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As of 2011-5 there are just over 6 million Bitcoins in existence. At current prices, the total value of the Bitcoin economy is about 22 million USD.<ref>[http://bitcoinwatch.com/]</ref> | As of 2011-5 there are just over 6 million Bitcoins in existence. At current prices, the total value of the Bitcoin economy is about 22 million USD.<ref>[http://bitcoinwatch.com/]</ref> | ||
The Bitcoin economy is still small relative to long-since established economies and the software is still in the beta stage of development. But real goods and services, such as used cars and freelance software development contracts, are now being traded. Bitcoins are accepted for both online services and tangible goods.<ref name="bitcointrade">{{cite web |url=http://www.bitcoin.org/trade |title=Bitcoin Trade |publisher=Bitcoin.org | | The Bitcoin economy is still small relative to long-since established economies and the software is still in the beta stage of development. But real goods and services, such as used cars and freelance software development contracts, are now being traded. Bitcoins are accepted for both online services and tangible goods.<ref name="bitcointrade">{{cite web |url=http://www.bitcoin.org/trade |title=Bitcoin Trade |publisher=Bitcoin.org |date=22 December 2010}}</ref> The [[Electronic Frontier Foundation]] and [[Singularity Institute]] accept bitcoin donations.<ref>[https://www.eff.org/helpout#bitcoin EFF Bitcoin donation page]</ref><ref>[http://singinst.org/donate/ SIAI donation page]</ref> Traders exchange regular currency (including US dollars, Russian rubles, and Japanese yen) for bitcoins through exchange sites.<ref>[http://bitcoincharts.com/markets/ Bitcoin Charts]</ref>{{Self-published inline|date=December 2010}}<ref>{{cite news | ||
|date=2010-10-10 | |date=2010-10-10 | ||
|title=Could the Wikileaks Scandal Lead to New Virtual Currency? | |title=Could the Wikileaks Scandal Lead to New Virtual Currency? | ||
