I'm a little bit confused, was not bitcoin used to finance crimes only? : P

This is a perfect example about the human hypocrisy, im 100% sure that if this candidate needed to criminalize it to get more voters, he would have done that, but now he must thank the bitcoin that he can continue ...



Sure, now he have no choice, he must be a fan nº 1 of btc

Obviously, Iceland, like in other paradises for mining; I can not see any problem with energy, not at least if it did not affect directly with prices or other things to people.

Anyway if people think this is a scandal, just wait a few years more and you will see how this will increased a lot...: P

Why does not God simply destroy us for our evil?

It is simple, because we have not evil inside, I know it, I know it because i know who the evil is, she have the long hair and it was my girlfriend long ago, I have no doubt about it: P

Nah seriously, if you are a believer, you should not ask yourself about what are the intentions of god, you should simply accept it, because how can god be wrong?, thats all, so if he didnt destroy us yet, is because he / it / she or whatever you want to call it, does not want.

Like always, people should  understand "this game" that whales have been playing and will continue playing forever, taking advantage from poor/small investors who sell in panic.

To tell you the truth, and looking back on 2017, im not sure what will happen this year, everything seems possible for me, even 50k is possible, anyway, the current value is not bad at all

it does not matter how many times you advert people about it, people will make the same mistakes again and again, panic sell is my favorite, i will never understand why people sell his bitcoin at low prices, instead of waiting a little bit and recover.

Btw you forget one of the most important tips, never invest more than you are willing-able to lose....

Well ofc that there is lot of reasons to think that HOLD btc is a good idea, but i have my favorite, is very simply, simply maths, if there is always more and more people who want it and there is a limit number of bitcoins, what will happend?



yes, even if you need money "fast" is a good idea to HOLD instead of trade or sell, since all of us know that it will raise... soon

Even more is possible, if finally we have a good adoption and some improvements comes and run smoothly then 40 times it seems little

Anyway Winklevoss twins should not care about it since they are already millionaire, seems like they are a little bit greedy

Finally someone who use his brain , i must agree with you, obviously decentralized exchanges will have some others inconvenients, but people should not complain about things that could happen as an "accident", people should assume that there is few things that can't control, well if they can fix it fast then there is nothing to complain.

Anyway, decentralized exchanges is  the future at least IMHO and people should start to care about why there is not "good ones" out there.

Exactly, but do not forget that they have been doing it for years, although now it is more evident than ever, business people will always try to take advantage ...

There is lot of predictions around 50k in this year, the only thing that i know is that "nobody" predicted that bitcoin could reach 20k in 2017, so who know what will happen this year ?, 50k seems possible & desirable : P

Well you know is like all those botnet, smart tvs should not have lot of hash power but if hundreds of people are being affected.... what would be the next step? a virus on our smart tv that need to be unblocked if we want to see out tv? xDD


haha, /paranoid mode on   all precautions are not enough, they are getting smarter xD

Well you know, trolls will be always around there, you can't stop it, even if you think it carefully, the fact that trolls are more and more around there is like a positive thing for us because this mean that things are going well, so they need to work hard...



yes, people who are smart could always get some benefits from those trolls, but to tell you the truth i don't like that "game".

Political views is just an invention to control people "divide and win", that's exactly what it was created for, in a "perfect world" there would not be politicians because humanity will work together to have the same objectives, so for me, thinking about  what is the best political view, is just a lost time, also do not forget that what you choose, NEVER matter for them, i mean governments are the "big whales" but there is more "people" above them.

This cant be bad news for bitcoin, the more competition on creating mining hardware should be always good for all. Forget about all those problems that i'm reading in this thread about mining difficulty etc etc, there will be always similar problems for all, you should focus on the fact that bitcoin is growing up, that's all.


keep in mind that nobody can not stop it, so let's hope that "problem" bring us good things at all...

Well this is just like a good excuse for all those bitcoin haters around the world who want to show others how bad is bitcoin, you know, bitcoin now brings viruses etc etc ... believe me, uninformed people is the first thing that will think .

In the other hand, the "good news" is that maybe soon we will have our home appliances working on mining bitcoins xD

That's exactly what you have in your bank account, nothing but empty numbers, forget all those stories that you think you know about how things work because they are not true, if you still think that money is being created from people debt, you are completely lost, that's only a veil in front of your face

Be 100% sure my friend, there is bigger whales in the world than banks or even countries ...

The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist

totally agree @richardsNY, and this fact irritate me more

But i'm not sure that when LN comes out they want to use it, seems like they are only searching for an excuse and playing the game about "let others do it first...", anyway, in the end we "all" know that they will end accepting it

Will be steam company unhappy if bitcoin pump again to 20k?

That history about volatility just made me laugh ( i'm not talking about your comment ) i mean if companies really care about volatility why they dont convert bitcoins into $ in the act? that way they don't need to care about volatility they could convert his bitcoins into $ at the time and get his money...

Cheap bitcoins is a "relative" term, will be bitcoins cheap now if they reach 500k in 10 years? people seem to be always trying to buy integer numbers and forget the fact that what now seems to be an small fraction, in the future, this "small" fraction could be "huge"...

shhhh come on man, dont advert to all those noobs how they could made some profit!!



And this will repeat again in the future, people seems to never learn or never research a little bit before take any decision, only because of this fact, i mean because whales "are playing", im pretty sure that btc will pump very soon...

what made you think that wallets with small amounts of bitcoin are own by poor people? there is no reason to think on it, maybe is better to think that a huge % of bitcoiners are "good people"  and they will donate smalls amounts of bitcoins to known people who really need it, well, obviously if btc reach an "indecent" value, that way they will spread his love over the world, for them that small amount of bitcoins will be like nothing and for all those people will mark a difference on his life's