<story><title>Bank of America trying to load up on patents for the technology behind Bitcoin</title><url>http://qz.com/578974/bank-of-america-is-trying-to-load-up-on-patents-for-the-technology-behind-bitcoin/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>aburan28</author><text>Fuck Bank of America. $12.00 maintenance fee every month for holding my money? $35.00 overdraft fees? &amp;lt;&amp;#x2F;rant&amp;gt;&lt;p&gt;I don&amp;#x27;t understand why they are patenting this stuff, It will never hold up and they will never sue anyone</text></comment>
<story><title>Bank of America trying to load up on patents for the technology behind Bitcoin</title><url>http://qz.com/578974/bank-of-america-is-trying-to-load-up-on-patents-for-the-technology-behind-bitcoin/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>mabbo</author><text>Someone smarter than me, please explain: are they seriously just trying to patent bitcoin, which already exists? Or are they inventing new ideas that can be done with blockchain technology?</text></comment>