Matthew, you magnificent troll.  I salute you!

Anyone want to bet me that MNW won't pay out on his bet about his bet about the pony scheme?

I'm sure he's good for it!

That's the million dollar question.  The answer is "Yes."

I'm chilling on the sidelines in cash, waiting for a flash crash.

Pirate is a modern day Texas horse trader.  I don't suggest trying to outsmart such Enron types.  

The market is his plaything, and it can stay irrational longer than you can stay solvent.

Thanks n8rwJeTt8TrrLKPa55eU.

Thn8rwJeTt8TrrLKPa55eU.

This is a great article.  Very well written and a good introduction for beginners.

The positive (almost glowing) tone is a pleasant surprise, considering it was published by American Bankster magazine!  

/sends author a generous tip for 'coining' the catchy phrase "Lightning Fast, Dirt Cheap: Bitcoin."

http://blockchain.info/tx-index/17059195/06c25868c83b63fa60d71694486ef01ce98c2331311bf22818f71e76666eec28

Yes it is!  Picture = 1000 words.

I'm going to get it tattooed on my back, to save time when giving introductory explanations of bitcoin.

Edit: Who made it?  Is it from an article?

I'll take that bet!  I'm very optimistic that the best laughs are still to come, especially when The Bets are decided.

He who laughs last, laughs best.  Besides, when has Bitcoin ever failed to provide fresh drama and new sources of lulzy hilarity?

*bwahahahaha.wav*

Thanks Insu!

Amazon Auctions had nothing to do with Bitmit and is merely a red herring.

Initially, you claimed to be able to count the things you can buy for BTC if you take off your pants and shoes.

When I pointed out that Bitmit alone (not to mention Memory Dealers and all the rest listed at https://www.spendbitcoins.com/places/) proves you are wrong, you ran away from your previous claim to a different position.  Nice job at moving the goalposts.  That's a good way to destroy your credibility.

Also, the market cap of BTC is about 100 million.  That's not "a few million" as you disdainfully claimed.  100 is quite a lot of millions, but you can't bring yourself to be anything but purposefully obtuse and sarcastically negative.  Another good way to lose credibility.

I agree that BTC has not taken off.  It's at the stage where the internet was in the early 90s, before email and the web.  But that grain of truth doesn't help make your lies and fallacies any more persuasive.

Good luck with your dream of bitcoin being regulated by anything other than the invisible hand of the free market.  You're going to need it, you silly pony.   

Investors must practice due digilence and not risk more than they can afford to lose.

EG:



Ask the right questions, or you could get caught in a pony scam!

OhEmGee, ty 4 posting this important nfo!!1   

We can't be too careful because there are wai moar pony scams out there than people think.



That's because people are too dumb to know how to use their ponycoins properly.

So we need you to teach us IMPORTANT THINGS about identifying ponies.

Otherwise we could end up like poor Bitchlane, creating endless threads about the time she lost all her ponycoins.   

Concern troll much?

Matthew is awesome and what he is doing is hilarious.  You are spending a creepy amount of time following him around, imitating him, etc.

I second Graet's suggestion for a pirate sub.  Let's call it "Bitlame & mem's FUD ghetto."

I'm very sure that mem does like MNW.  Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and mem just made an unfunny failtroll thread in his honor.

/never sells at <15 again

Bump!  Because Bitcoin is digital gold...

Oh hell yes!!!

When The Bet is over, vote for this Epic Epicness!

Since TPTB destroyed Telsa, it would be a thing of cosmic beauty if Bitcoin's gifts to the world 1)destroy banksters and 2)memorialize Tesla.

Meanwhile, everyone watch this tube of the Doctor Who theme being played on Tesla coils.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdrqdW4Miao

+5 Funny, +5 Insightful

I've been considering the possibility that Satoshi was/is feeding pirate, and their goal has been to accelerate the movement of fiat money into BTC.

Maybe we can convince (ie bribe) nanotube to create an exception to The Bet, just for Bitlame.   

Either you are a hideous mutant freak of nature or have never heard of Bitmit, where hundreds of things are on sale for BTC.  

And BTW, fuck coercive government interference in the economy (ie regulation).  Use Helicopter Ben's Fiat Funbucks if you like central planning.

What's even funnier is that Bitlame is going to call 911 and DEMAND, using a LOUD VOICE, that they respond to his panic attack by devoting actual law enforcement resources to getting back the magic internet monies he voluntarily gave away.

Then, I predict something even more funny will occur, as crazy Bitlame's frothing head meets Officer Friendly's nightstick/taser/sidearm!

Bitlame's threads are terrible.  Terribly entertaining that is.  I love reading his impotent ALLCAPS laced rants of Internet Tough Guy hilarity.

Smoothie is right, it's time to get the popcorn ready for our latest Bitcoin misadventure.

Bitlame must have broken Rule #1 of investing and sent pirate more than he can afford to lose.  Much more, judging by how high the pitch of his screeching and how loud his blustering baffoonery have become.

Hell, I'll pay pirate BTC100 to not ever give Bitlame one satoshi just to keep watching the meltdown go totally China Syndrome.