I did notice. It's somewhat funny that he thinks that if he edits the posts the internet doesn't keep traces of what he wrote initially.
Just look at this or this


I know, that's why I chose not to answer to him and his mindless insults. I've made my point and I went on.

Prediction 2: $32,654.20
bech32 address: bc1q5cl9jwt8wkg6h3e38axkedhla8lq69m45tnd6y

While the numbers are impressive, it's no longer such a wonderful news as new ATMs were seen in the previous bull run.
Now the laws/rules are more strict and KYC is needed in much more cases/places and in some cases also the fees have gone up (and we know that crypto ATMs were never cheap).
Overall it's a good news, but, again, not as great as it would have been some years ago. US and Canada look good now; Europe and he rest of the world needs to also get the numbers rising.

Russia desperately needs means for the various countries pay for the gas and oil they still manage to sell. And if those payment methods are under the radar, even better.
However, a digital Ruble is imho not the best way forward, since those states will clearly be wary about a coin controlled by Russia both as infrastructure and value. Bitcoin or Monero would have been much better suited for the job.

And related to the population.. we see most of the Russians do whatever they're told to do. So CBDCs for population will be a great success (if no notable errors will be there and some hackers will become billionaires overnight).

It took me some time to understand where is that "blackmail" screenshot from.
Let me tell you in simple words: If you would spam my mailbox with that kind of messages I would report them straight away without being as kind as yahoo was and let you know you're doing it wrong.


Interesting. Still, the image you've posted tells "I want a refund".


What "the dude" is .. that's something you've just proven that you cannot assess, since you seem to have big issues: you're either a cheap butthurt liar, either have deeper mental issues.
Seeing the evidence I've checked I start doubting that even those "transaction screenshots" come from a wallet you control. But I don't even care enough to ask for proof, since it won't prove much anyway.


Very well said!

This would be imho a bad idea. This would have the potential to boost again account sales, maybe merit selling and who knows what other related "cheating".
So why would he introduce new risks? I think that ignoring altcoin bounties and maybe altcoin service announcements too is a more sane approach.

You are only partly right and I don't think that your request has many chances to be successful.
Let me tell you my logic for this:

* Signature campaigns (1) are beneficial to the forum because they keep many quality posters remain interested in staying and posting here.
* The signature campaigns also have posts that can be seen 0-value: the posts of people signing up for the campaigns, the post from the campaign managers informing who got accepted or about the payments being made.
* Altcoin signature campaigns are often part of larger bounties (2) so they're .. let's say okay-ish.
* Then there are the bounties completely off this forum, with only their "ledger" being kept on-forum. These are indeed a stretch from the rest, since they're not useful like their siblings (1 and 2), but, on the other hand they're pretty similar to (2). And I think that this is what may be one of the reasons for keeping them.

Another logic may be that they're after all still crypto related services, and crypto services are okay to be discussed and handled here.

I hope it makes sense.

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Thank you for the raffle(s)!

I talk about mining ASIC chips. I don't know if they make the miners too or only the chips and it doesn't matter much in this discussion. Even if they're only the chips, they have no other use than for mining Bitcoin or similar coins, hence being used inside mining hardware.
And they can sell a good number of units only if mining stays profitable. Else the mining businesses will certainly not invest into new hardware... At least this is how I see the things.
The Intel miners (ASIC chips or full devices, whatever) are a novelty, but I doubt people (and businesses!) will only buy them as collectibles 


This math is actually not too bad. But this means the next pump will go 2-3x from the last ATH (if no recession or bigger war). And this contradicts the initial statement that in the next decade (meaning 10 years) the price stays in the 20k-60k range.
So what I've missed or where we don't understand each other?


That's correct. Still, the history has shown for now that the difficulty went down only for rather short periods of time and this trend seems to still be strong. For how long? I don't know, but, again, it breaks that 20k-60k range prediction.


Franky1 has some interesting calculations he posts here and there. According to those, now the minimum price for obtaining bitcoin (by the miners) seems to be at about 15k (maybe 16k).
The halving will make that minimum price become 30k (maybe 32k), hence I think that it's still the main fuel for the next massive pump (or bubble).
As I said, your long term calculations are not bad, still, last block (777359) had 6.25BTC block reward and less than 0.25BTC tx fees; the tx fees are still not a big enough percentage of the total income to make a real difference. I think that the problems you're telling about will really happen only when the tx fees will become larger then the block reward.

That's correct. It's an unfortunate reality we should not deny.
While the migration to bitcoin standard would have been much more beneficial for the citizen, ... that old wisdom you posted tells the story.
So we'll get CBDCs. However, as you said, the largest, the "fittest" will survive. And we know that the current stable coins are not so fit and, excepting Tether, they're not large either. So.. I don't see why they're bashing them already... unless they really want to implement into CBDCs all the bad features we're afraid of and we're talking about every time CBDCs come into discussion (full control of the state on people's money, from history of transactions to seizing the funds from inside people's wallets). And then no sane individual would touch those. Something doesn't seem to add up...

I thought that this rule stands only for DT1. Thanks for correcting me (I'll edit now the other post too).
Then it was even easier. Indeed, this guy is no longer DT2. Problem solved.


I didn't tried to imply anything wrong about Buchi-88. I just tried to find a "quick fix" because I didn't know that the DT1 exclusion works in the same way on DT2.


You were correct. It's already done.

I had to Google translate that trust feedback and I agree:

Negative tag is not OK to be given for insults.
Negative tag is not OK to be given as a result of disagreements.


Now.. I see some sort of oddity too.
You are trusting Buchi-88 (DT1), he trusts mr.relax (and makes him DT2) and you distrust mr.relax.

I may be wrong, but I think that mr.relax remains DT2 as long as Buchi-88 trusts him and no matter how many direct distrust we give him. <-- I was wrong with this, see the rest of the posts too.
But if my logic is correct, an idea would be that maybe you also discuss with Buchi-88 review his trust list. After all, I see he's a fellow German and may be more aware of the context too.


Of course, the direct distrust on mr.relax most probably also helps on long term.

Political showmanship is usually meant to attract businesses and individuals (preferably wealthy ones) into the empty or poor countries, or states, or regions.
Actually doesn't even have to be poor or empty... one example I see is Lugano (in Switzerland) making bitcoin some sort of legal tender.

 
Tocmai am venti sa anunt concursul.. ca sa vad ca ai facut-o tu 

Nu ar fi stricat sa zica cu cate zecimale se pune suma. Eu am ghicit un pic mai putin decat tine, ca sa fie de vreo 0.05 LTC 
Bafta sa avem!

I'll guess: 4.98$
OP, maybe you'll state how many digits after the decimal point are allowed.

Thanks for the raffle!

Depinde de persoana si de fapta. Adica unul poate sa omoare martorii sau macar sa-i sperie bine. Sau poate sa isi stearga urmele. Sau sa fuga/dispara complet.
Sunt si motive care pot sa aiba sens. Si cel mai probabil de asta s-a venit cu povestea ca Ross a ordonat moartea unora, sa fie considerat suficient de periculos pentru a fi bagat rapid la rece (nu ca sefii mafioti nu si-au putut continua afacerile pe telefon si din inchisoare, inclusiv sa ordone moartea unora...)


Corect. Si inca se intampla, uite ce a patit programatorul tornado cash.


O, da, foarte bine punctat. Iar cei bagati la zdup in prohibitie sunt la rece, ca asa a fost legea atunci...


De aceea zic: ma ingrozesc si ma deprim. E o marsavie fara sens si fara seaman. Cei care fac nasoale cu carul scapa, se prescrie, dispar, iar cine pica sa fie la locul nepotrivit la momentul cel mai nepotrivit o ia pe coaja de-i merg fulgii. Iar Ross cum are in carca si chestia cu ordonat crime (reala sau nu, dovedita sau nu, nu conteaza, presa conteaza, vezi Wag the Dog), nu stiu daca se va gasi vreun presedinte suficient de curajos sa-l gratieze. (Asta referitor la ce scrisese Gazeta).

I think that all the businesses are proudly putting their logo on their products, no matter how (in)appropriate it is 
I've said it on Willi's thread too. These look to me more like collectibles. More like nice things to show off.
If one wants to hide their stuff on steel, I think that the best idea I've seen on this forum was the use of washers.

Ooohhh, so sorry. I've fixed now my other post too. It was a typo there. I meant "That's by far not unexpected."
I hope now it makes more sense. Yes, they started buying and as the bullish trend becomes something beyond doubt they're expected to increase their sales. We're on the same page 


You're right about the far future, but we're not there yet. The amount obtained from tx fees is still small compared to the block reward. And will still be so after the next halving.


The advance in technology still happens. Intel has entered the game and I think that they've made a much more comprehensive research than you and me. And if this step is expected by them to cover the costs and also bring them very good returns, that means that the hash rate will still grow in the near future. So again, your logic may be right for a farther iteration, not for now...

True, and you'd be surprised to find out how many hope to see it also equal to 1 USD...
We both know that the only thing equal to 1 USD is 1 USD and also that its value has became smaller since I've started writing this post.
Some still believe this or that business' claims that their coin worth the same as the dollar. Yes, it does... until it's not.


Actually I think that these moves are not related to protecting American citizen, nor American businesses. I think that it's meant to pave the way for the upcoming CBDC. And that's, sorry, overly hypocrite.

And there's no protection for you - the buyer - for the cases you didn't know you've bought stolen goods? That would be a bit odd, there must be something that can help you.

Plus, in case of Bitcoin, there's a very good chance that when you get coins from somewhere, maybe 1/100 of an input would be from "bad sources". Will you call that tainted? Most don't. Most businesses tend to work with a number of steps back and a certain percent of "bad". A skilled thief (ie one that's not doing an obvious theft that's known almost instantly by everybody) has very good chance to get the time to conceal his coins even under the legal (percent, steps) "radar" (PS: afaik the last heists were not made by thieves that skilled). You know, it's not all black and white. That's why I said that for the sake of sanity the miners should not censor for reasons like "taint coins".


Actually this last point is invalid. And that's because of the way bitcoin works. Technically the link between the miners' fee and the "tainted transactions" is lost.
It's like for all the mined transactions the fees are sent into oblivion (destroyed) and spoof, the same amount gets added to the block reward (as newly created money).
(So while there can be a debate whether miners should censor or not transaction - but you would not have enough good arguments in that - on the tx fee I think that you have an even weaker case.)