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Hey proudhon, guess you forgot.. so pointing you to the original thread:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=157693.0

In case others are wondering, I speculated in March that 1 BTC will hit 1000 USD before 2013 end. Proudhon said that he'll give me one BTC if it does (and it won't happen)/
Well it did cross 1000 USD in 2013, so I am owed 1 BTC.. would most people agree?



Proudhon, hope you will be as good as your word.

Thanks in advance.

EDIT: Proudhon was true to his word. (Proudhon, hope you didn't mind my gentle remainder)

Lol.  I'm sure he'll weasel his way out of it.  In any event, it would be amusing to leverage a tax on the bear and bull trolls here (proudhon used to be a bearish troll, now he is a bullish troll).  It would work like the upvote/downvote system on reddit.  Too many downvotes and you have to start paying BTC to continue posting.  The proceeds go to those who get upvoted routinely.   ;D

I'm pretty sure Proudhon has enough coins to do what he promised and he seems like a guy who'll do it without too much hassle.

LOL...This should be fun. I would love to see Proudhon part with 1 btc right now.

Sent OP a PM.  Genuinely forgot about this.  He sent me an address a few months ago, but I need him to confirm that I can still use that one, or give me a new one, before I ship my last bitcoin off.  Once this one is gone I won't have anymore, plus I'm short on margin since it's clear bitcoin is done.

That's pretty big of you proudhon. I honestly thought you'd try to weasel out of this.

Lol... well you are stupid if you pay, i think there are servies online that can handle such bets, but doing so just in a forum seems stupid.

he is stupid because he kept his word?

Of course he's not stupid. 1 BTC to Proudhon is going to be but one drop in a vast ocean awash with BTC.

Banter cost you a BTC... but you kept your word; good man.

You didn't mine did you? Hell, I figured you might have some equipment to give away since you're done with bitcoin :P

Got the PM. Sent you a reply with my address, which is 1F5B335C7fbqtuvFw5ZghgJTwvHxSuSRxv
Would be great if you do send the BTC :D

Shorting when the prices will certainly hit $5,000 by the end of the year?!??

Oh, you.

I don't envy you Proudhon whatever you do implication my be more serious than they seems to be.

I don't know what this means, you're scaring me.  In any event, just sent (https://blockchain.info/address/1F5B335C7fbqtuvFw5ZghgJTwvHxSuSRxv).

IMHO A Gentleman would send that BTC back.

If he pays. Much respect.

Already created the transaction (https://blockchain.info/address/1F5B335C7fbqtuvFw5ZghgJTwvHxSuSRxv), just needs a few confirmations.

Respect for paying up. Almost as much respect as for this guy:

http://www.reddit.com/r/BitcoinMarkets/comments/1rmc4m/can_you_guys_stop_bashing_the_bears/cdouq69 (http://www.reddit.com/r/BitcoinMarkets/comments/1rmc4m/can_you_guys_stop_bashing_the_bears/cdouq69)

who plans to eat his hat on youtube over a similar type bet  :)

I lost few bets  this  way some times ago. I paid  but  there are times when I regret. I suspect that if it would be other way around some of those people would only laugh at me,at that time they thought probably  that I am kind of easy mark, I saw this but I paid. Your situation reminded my this feeling, now I would probably not fulfill such obligation because of sour taste of memories.

and there is one other thing now we can trace your transaction back don't we?

This wasn't even a bet, there was no scenario where Amitabh S had to send Proudhon anything.

proudhorn should be named "Gentleman of the day"!  :)

You can trace transactions back, but you won't be able to discover much.  It was sent from my Coinbase account.

Now we know that you had a bitcoin!

I was just hodling on to it so that I could give it away when it was obvious they were worthless.

you are asking for another bet right? :) give him a break, use bitbet, it was his last one he said!

But it's not worthless... it's $800

I don't have time to watch the price all the time.  Sure, it's at ~$800 right now, but that's just an erratic blip on the way down.  I'm just getting out ahead of these things.

lol... why are u such a bear on bitcoin? what if it becomes $4k by the end of this year?

Speaking of bets, there is another one (http://bitbet.us/bet/716/btc-worth-over-5000-before-2015/) with better odds than the last (http://bitbet.us/bet/635/1btc-10-000-usd/). Odd termination policy tho.

impossible

It won't.  Already confirmed by sources.

Agreed, it was a one way bet with nothing at risk for the OP.

It would still be lose-lose even if it was a bet.

You're a gentleman Proudhon.  It's always nice to see people stick to their word.  

Leave him alone about sending it back, please.  It's his.  I want him to have it.

Want to make a bet that its higher then $1000 at the end of 2014?  ;D
Wouldnt matter that much to you since you think bitcoins are worthless.

Respect^2

The standards here is pretty low if everyone who is actually pays the lost bet automatically gains "wow, respect" status

Probably a bit different with this one since Proudhon had nothing to gain and it was from March.

Yes, there was no "BET" in this case. It was just a promise and Proudhon kept his words.

Well maybe proudhon still has some stake at bitcoins

Come on, Proudhon is an EA!

http://mackwebsolutions.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/scrooge-mcduck.jpg

Which means the guy is right. Keeping your word should be the default. Good to see he did of course, but it says more about most of the rest of humanity that it is taken as unusual.

It's Internet, and stupid promise, I wouldn't lost a bit of respect for him if he didn't pay, to be honest. Who gives a shit about some random word promised to some random nobody on Internet.

But I knew he would do it.

+1

Remember about half a year ago proudhon trollingly begged for donations, but when he actually got some from amused readers he sent those to the bitcoin foundation...

I have very low regard for the humanity in general, but some people you just know aren't cheap, so it's reassuring to have him prove it yet again.

Now we need to mistakenly send him 1000 BTC to test exactly how far his integrity goes ;)

Proudhon has been speaking negatively about bitcoin so if we're all going to $0 he shouldn't have a problem sending the OP his IOY 1 BTC.

Thats awesome!! Thanks!

I totally forgot about this! Props prodhon.

Props indeed. Two thumbs up IMO.

You don't see this sort of stuff around here very often.

Despite your bearish stance on Bitcoin, you're a top bloke  ;)

Very nice to see someone keep his word.

I´ve seen several proudhorn´s posts with very bad comments about bitcoin, my question:

Is he trolling or he might be right? i usually don´t post here, but don´t know what to think

He is playing a character. That doesn't mean everything he says can't come true. I wouldn't bet against Bitcoin though.

You are a realy good entertainer. Even better than Walsoraj! So if Bitcoin is done, don't worry. You can earn a lot of money with your entertainment-talent.

<3

Anyone who thinks Proudhon is stupid for keeping his word is a man not trust... or make bets with.

A man is only as good as his word. You should write that down.

OP. change the name of this thread to Proudhon honored his promise ...
That's the least you can do

Then, be honest and send it back to him, the price didn't yet cross the 1000$ on bitstamp/btc-e.

In 2013? Of course it did!

It's not the first time proudhon bets against bitcoin. I hope he has learned a lesson.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=200663.0

FTFY. Proudhon has so many bitcoins he likes to be generous and throw away a few in good fun! :)

Yes, it definitely did a month or so ago. And, I meant to pay him back then but I just forgot in the shuffle of the holidays and a busy work schedule.  

Seriously guys, please lay off of him about sending it back. He hasn't hassled me about it, he's been patient about it, and I just want him to have it.

And besides, it's only a matter of time before we get confirmed news from sources that the governments of the world will imprison anyone who holds bitcoin. Really, I'm just looking out for myself.

Indeed. It's a good thing you got rid of that hot potato before you had to actually pay someone to take it from you! We all know that is coming sooner rather than later!

Thankfully, Adam generously let me off the hook for that one. There was another one, if I recall, that I ended up paying out on, But I'm a little afraid to go digging around.

Yeah, there's this strange habit of people who are known to have lots of bitcoins, suddenly claiming they donated a bunch and lost a bunch and gave away a bunch and now have far less than they originally had.

Very convenient! Almost as if they worry the IRS is reading their forum posts ;-)

Just say "boating accident."

Holy shit. I don't want to go to jail! What should I do?

Is it plausible to say that although blockchain and bitstamp could prove that I have had bitcoins I currently don't have any because I accidentally lost the private keys?

Hmm, let me talk to Satoshi and Matonis and I'll get back to you on that.

Actually interesting how that would go in court. While with physical cash there always is some recepient (nobody would buy the "I burned it"), but "I lost the PK in hd crash" is quite a possible scenario now. Just present a broken notebook.

confirmed news from sources

^^ best part.

No way, didn't you hear, it already started! The FBI already imprisoned DPR and about 30 more people that held bitcoin; other countries will soon follow lead :D

yep, I saw those confirmed sources too... very worried about all this... have lost my private key now actually but still...

sources here: http://lmgtfy.com/?q=FBI+SOURCES