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Title: Prof. Bitcorn: wikipedia update
Post by: LiteCoinGuy on July 01, 2014, 06:12:26 PM

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_T._Williams

Boston University as Executive-in-Residence/Master Lecturer.[3] He is a member of the Standard and Poors Academic Council, a senior advisor at the Brattle Group and is on the board of Appleton Partners, a Boston-based private wealth management firm. Recently, he provided congressional testimony on the risks related to Bitcoin.[4]

He became well known for his prediction that Bitcoin would fail and trade for less than 10 dollars by mid-2014.[5][6] However, on June 30, 2014, Bitcoin was trading for approximately $620, [7] more than 60x the price he had predicted.









 :D :D :D


Title: Re: Prof. Bitcorn: wikipedia update
Post by: BTFjmwn on July 01, 2014, 07:12:24 PM
Like many with fancy credentials, he appears to have little practical knowledge. I feel sorry for anyone that took economics classes at Boston U, and I wonder how many other Bitcorns are out there in colleges, banks, credit card companies and Govt regulatory agencies.


Title: Re: Prof. Bitcorn: wikipedia update
Post by: Nautica on July 01, 2014, 07:24:50 PM
A new low. Let the guy go, so he made a knee-jerk prediction that turned out to be wrong. Big deal. This tiny pitchfork persecution is making the Bitcoin community look ridiculously petty.


Title: Re: Prof. Bitcorn: wikipedia update
Post by: indiemax on July 01, 2014, 07:55:05 PM
A new low. Let the guy go, so he made a knee-jerk prediction that turned out to be wrong. Big deal. This tiny pitchfork persecution is making the Bitcoin community look ridiculously petty.


Er,why? check his Wiki and he appears to have his sights on Bitcoin,His last FIVE articles no less

looks like he's the one conducting a witch hunt

good luck to him ;D


Title: Re: Prof. Bitcorn: wikipedia update
Post by: Beliathon on July 01, 2014, 07:59:05 PM
Like many with fancy credentials, he appears to have little practical knowledge. I feel sorry for anyone that took economics classes at Boston U, and I wonder how many other Bitcorns are out there in colleges, banks, credit card companies and Govt regulatory agencies.
Economics is a form of indoctrination, the goal being for you to think within a particular narrow framework about the world and capitalism. It should come as no surprise that people with advanced training in Economics cannot think freely.

Economics is a colored lens through which these people see the world. The problem is that they have long since forgotten how to take the glasses off.

Case in point: Paul Krugman

http://mybitcoinnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/74262024.jpg

http://d65852kwq1u8u.cloudfront.net/uploads/14_paul_krygmen_internet.png


Title: Re: Prof. Bitcorn: wikipedia update
Post by: yayayo on July 01, 2014, 08:01:27 PM
A new low. Let the guy go, so he made a knee-jerk prediction that turned out to be wrong. Big deal. This tiny pitchfork persecution is making the Bitcoin community look ridiculously petty.


Er,why? check his Wiki and he appears to have his sights on Bitcoin,His last FIVE articles no less

looks like he's the one conducting a witch hunt

good luck to him ;D

Exactly!

It is only fair to expose his lack of competence. He is harmful to the economic well-being of others.

I really enjoyed reading the updated wikipedia paragraph.

ya.ya.yo!


Title: Re: Prof. Bitcorn: wikipedia update
Post by: DannyElfman on July 01, 2014, 10:01:52 PM
Can't pretty much anyone update/change a wikipedia article to anything they want it to say?


Title: Re: Prof. Bitcorn: wikipedia update
Post by: Gleb Gamow on February 05, 2017, 07:16:01 AM
https://themerkle.com/top-4-worst-bitcoin-price-predictions/

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Mark T. Williams, a contributor to Business Insider in December of 2013 and best known as Professor Bitcorn, painted a very grim future for bitcoin. One of his posts explained how bitcoin would crash to US$10 by mid-2014. This was by far the most ludicrous bitcoin price prediction the world has seen to date. While the value dropped quite a bit in 2014, it never got even close to the US$10 point by any means.

Mark T. Williams as in Mark Thomas Williams (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_T._Williams) as in Tom Williams as in Tom Williams of MyBitcoin.com?

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In 1993 he earned a Master of Business Administration from Boston University and joined the Federal Reserve Bank as an examiner in Boston and San Francisco.


Title: Re: Prof. Bitcorn: wikipedia update
Post by: Wendigo on February 05, 2017, 10:24:40 AM
Can't pretty much anyone update/change a wikipedia article to anything they want it to say?

I think so.

More info here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing

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Anyone can edit any unprotected page and improve articles immediately for all readers. You do not need to register to do this.

and

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Some pages are protected from editing. These pages are denoted by a lock icon on the top right of the page and, if you are not allowed to edit the page, it will have a View source tab instead of an Edit tab. You can still edit these pages indirectly, by submitting an "edit request" – an editor with the ability to edit the protected page will respond to your request.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_T._Williams is available for everyone to edit freely without even registering I think.


Title: Re: Prof. Bitcorn: wikipedia update
Post by: Xester on February 05, 2017, 10:30:35 AM

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_T._Williams

Boston University as Executive-in-Residence/Master Lecturer.[3] He is a member of the Standard and Poors Academic Council, a senior advisor at the Brattle Group and is on the board of Appleton Partners, a Boston-based private wealth management firm. Recently, he provided congressional testimony on the risks related to Bitcoin.[4]

He became well known for his prediction that Bitcoin would fail and trade for less than 10 dollars by mid-2014.[5][6] However, on June 30, 2014, Bitcoin was trading for approximately $620, [7] more than 60x the price he had predicted.









 :D :D :D

Unlike other commodities cryptocurrencies have different system for prediction and its very hard to analyze. Predictions on bitcoins having to collapse or having a meltdown in value is unbelievable this days. That professor bitcorn have made itself a laughing stock with his poor predictions whose purpose I guess is to discourage users so they will have a panic selling. The only correct prediction that I will believe in was that the price of bitcoin will go up to $2000 or more this year.