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Title: Bitcoin mentioned
Post by: Trongersoll on December 17, 2013, 01:48:30 AM
Bitcoin was just mentioned on the TV show Almost Human. They just mentioned it in the course of the show progression.


Title: Re: Bitcoin mentioned
Post by: drrussellshane on December 17, 2013, 02:20:56 AM
Care to elaborate as to the context?


Title: Re: Bitcoin mentioned
Post by: betyourbits on December 17, 2013, 02:34:11 AM
Cool story bro.


Title: Re: Bitcoin mentioned
Post by: TheButterZone on December 17, 2013, 02:36:36 AM
http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1t20eu/bitcoin_reference_on_almost_human/

Quote from: starsoccer
A bitcoin reference at about 46 mins when they find a dead body and the person has in their sock a device which i assume is a bitcoin wallet of some sort and has 4,999btc on it to may a anonymous payment.

http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1t20eo/bitcoin_just_got_name_checked_on_almost_human/

https://i.imgur.com/Zql6i34.png

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My mother used
to hide money in her sock.

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(siren wailing in distance)

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Bit coin.

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Totally untraceable.

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How much has she got on there?

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(whirring, beeping)

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4,999.


Title: Re: Bitcoin mentioned
Post by: desticy on December 17, 2013, 02:47:35 AM
that's enough so.


Title: Re: Bitcoin mentioned
Post by: Trongersoll on December 17, 2013, 04:22:37 AM
The officer pulled what looked like a pack of Gum or disposable lighter out of the dead girls sock after making a comment about keeping money in your sock. he held it up and said "Bitcoin" then asked his Robot sidekick to read how much was in it. This is suppowsed to be like 2088. I think he might have said something about it being untracable.


Title: Re: Bitcoin mentioned
Post by: GenTarkin on December 17, 2013, 04:42:30 AM
Bitcoin was just mentioned on the TV show Almost Human. They just mentioned it in the course of the show progression.
What episode? Ill watch it =)


Title: Re: Bitcoin mentioned
Post by: Aruut on December 17, 2013, 05:46:24 AM
It is set in 2048.  Only about 0.05 BTC reward per block by then :P


Title: Re: Bitcoin mentioned
Post by: GenTarkin on December 17, 2013, 05:48:17 AM
haha, watching episode now... ah this scene is cool =) nice reference to bitcoin hehe!


Title: Re: Bitcoin mentioned
Post by: TheButterZone on December 17, 2013, 06:03:04 AM
Added subtitle/closed caption to https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=373934.msg4002905#msg4002905


Title: Re: Bitcoin mentioned
Post by: DeathAndTaxes on December 17, 2013, 06:14:56 AM
He had 4,999 mBTC in 2048 must have been a rich corpse.


Title: Re: Bitcoin mentioned
Post by: Aruut on December 17, 2013, 06:37:07 AM
Satoshi's maybe?


Title: Re: Bitcoin mentioned
Post by: pand70 on December 17, 2013, 07:06:33 AM
Why the "Totally untraceable" comment? What's the context for that?


Title: Re: Bitcoin mentioned
Post by: GenTarkin on December 17, 2013, 07:24:13 AM
whats intresting is ... early on in the episode .. it was mentioned by the female cop that "victim paid a fine of 5 grand" to stay alive...
Ive not seen any other episodes of this show, therefore dont know if theres a standard currency designation...
But, that "5grand" comment is really close to 4999btc ... as in  , I wonder if this show is painting a picture of the future where "bitcoin" is very widespread.


Title: Re: Bitcoin mentioned
Post by: GenTarkin on December 17, 2013, 07:25:17 AM
Why the "Totally untraceable" comment? What's the context for that?

Maybe by that point in time they got something like zerocoin fully integrated into the bitcoin blockchain =P


Title: Re: Bitcoin mentioned
Post by: pand70 on December 17, 2013, 07:36:59 AM
Why the "Totally untraceable" comment? What's the context for that?

Maybe by that point in time they got something like zerocoin fully integrated into the bitcoin blockchain =P

I 'm asking if the context is that bitcoin is used by criminals because of features like anonymity


Title: Re: Bitcoin mentioned
Post by: TheButterZone on December 17, 2013, 08:04:57 AM
Quote from: Intro narration
The year is 2048. Evolving technologies can no longer be regulated. Dangerous advancements forever alter the criminal landscape. Police are not prepared. Law enforcement combats this corruption with a new line of defense. But not all are created equal.

Pretty much if there's tech in the show, the cops are barely managing to fight the tech-using criminals/put it to good use themselves, and only one of the cops' droids is able to not get "killed" every episode.

If you took everything literally, you'd think JJ Abrams and co want everyone to be impressed/scared shitless about technology (keeping in mind other shows like Revolution, Fringe, and Alias).


Title: Re: Bitcoin mentioned
Post by: Trongersoll on December 17, 2013, 08:37:41 PM
It is set in 2048.  Only about 0.05 BTC reward per block by then :P

Where is it written that fractional coins will be mined. I see people say this, but it is not my understanding of the plan for Bitcoin or how it is supposed to work.


Title: Re: Bitcoin mentioned
Post by: DeathAndTaxes on December 18, 2013, 02:03:04 AM
It is set in 2048.  Only about 0.05 BTC reward per block by then :P

Where is it written that fractional coins will be mined. I see people say this, but it is not my understanding of the plan for Bitcoin or how it is supposed to work.

The network only works on satoshis (1E-8 or 0.00000001 BTC).  The block reward began as 5,000,000,000 satoshis (50 BTC) and it will be halved every 210,000 blocks (~4 years) until it reaches 1 satoshi and then go it goes to zero.

https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Controlled_supply

There is nothing special about a "whole Bitcoin" everything on the network is recorded in integers as satoshis.



Title: Re: Bitcoin mentioned
Post by: Trongersoll on December 18, 2013, 02:26:44 AM
It is set in 2048.  Only about 0.05 BTC reward per block by then :P

Where is it written that fractional coins will be mined. I see people say this, but it is not my understanding of the plan for Bitcoin or how it is supposed to work.

The network only works on satoshis (1E-8 or 0.00000001 BTC).  The block reward began as 5,000,000,000 satoshis (50 BTC) and it will be halved every 210,000 blocks (~4 years) until it reaches 1 satoshi and then go it goes to zero.

https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Controlled_supply

There is nothing special about a "whole Bitcoin" everything on the network is recorded in integers as satoshis.


Oh, cool, i was remembering wrong. confused satoshis and BTCs. I had to read your reply twice before i got it right. thanks. :)


Title: Re: Bitcoin mentioned
Post by: RickJamesBTC on December 20, 2013, 03:00:39 AM
The more mentions of Bitcoin the better! Currency of the future!

I just watched this episode of Almost Human and saw that little segment about Bitcoin. I want a wallet key like that!