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Lot 1: 0.011
Lot 2: 0.011
Lot 3: 0.011
Lot 5: 0.003
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Lot 3: 0.0075
Lot 4: 0.0075
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One millisecond of silence for all these pretty chips that had to die.
Lot 2: 0.0002
Lot 3: 0.0002
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Very happy to welcome you onboard, Carlos!
Make sure to check by the collectibles every once in a while - especially around this time of the year we got quite a few free raffles to roll.
All spots updated - want to close this soon.
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This looks awesome! I will definitely posting my entry today or tomorrow  Nice, looking forward to some great photos here. Plan on posting an entry until tomorrow evening, too - just not certain I can make it in time. *panic* |
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Lot 1: 0.0016
Lot 3: 0.0054
Lot 4: 0.0026
Lot 5: 0.0012
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$15,818.18 USD
Just noticed the 2 predictions rule in OP - does this one count even though I didn't participate prior to the 20th? Thanks and good luck all. I hope I'm wrong and we see BTC prices double... But I doubt it'll happen that soon. |
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Lot 1: 0.0012
Lot 2: 0.0012
Lot 3: 0.0046
Lot 4: 0.002
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Thanks for kicking this auction off, Yoda & Mr Mojo! Current high bidsLot 1: .003 MrMojoRising26 Lot 2: .003 YodasRedRocket PS: I updated the OP from "All cards will be shipped bend- and water- proof." to "All cards will be shipped bend- and water- protected." - Gotta stay realistic.  But unless there is serious serious mistreatment from the postal-service they will arrive unharmed. |
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I do not think there's any centralized exchange that can boast of being 100% safe. No matter how well they work hard to ensure safety, there are also people working tirelessly and round the clock to ensure that they find a loophole to hack their system.
That an exchange appears to be safe today doesn't mean it is invincible to hacking.
Exactly. And even though it's nice to *maybe* see some improvements in exchange security and transparenty because the spotlight is currently shining on them - after FTX happening this year - I wish people wouldn't worry too much about this topic. Instead just take your coins into your own custody. You can start by creating your own cold-storage paper-wallets for cheap (maybe use some more duarable materials than real paper and normal laser-jet ink - but you get the point) or go with a Trezor, Keepkey or some budget version like the Ballet-wallet. And don't worry too much about trading: Unless you are into -EV gambling or belong to the less-than-5% of top-tier traders you would lose money longterm anyway. So really no reason to keep your corn on an exchange. |
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3 - kryptowerk
Thanks, cygan!
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With the first type, not so many questions are asked. The second one could bring about more questions. Who are you? Where are you from? What is the source of your funds? Why are you using a private currency? Centralized exchanges couldn't care less about bitcoin as long as they make their money. If they can replace the lost profits from delisting a private bitcoin by getting funding from elsewhere (let's say from those who would be interested in destroying Bitcoin), I think that many wouldn't mind. I would rather not be in the position of having to find out what will happen.
Satoshi's whitepaper doesn't speak about a privacy coin or a private network. If we hardfork towards such a path, are we still using bitcon and where do we draw the line of what is acceptable and what isn't?
(Almost) all your concerns are void, if the majority chooses the privacy chain. That being said I tend to go back and forth on the concerns what will actually happen regarding regulation if privacy is indeed implenented on the base-layer. Would be worth a try imho. And sure, some of the exchanges will take a deal (however that may look) and turn their back on Bitcoin. But new exchanges will emerge. And after all, I highly doubt ALL countries will establish a legislation where private bitcoin will be sanctioned or even banned - so we would see some Bitcoin-heaven countries with lots of new crypto-services (incl exchanges) emerging from it. I see your points, though - but then again I am just an optimist, disguised as a realist. That's just me. :p |
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Nice one, bigtimespaghetti. Count me in.
3 - Kryptowerk
Will make payment this evening if this fills up.
PS: Regarding the doge bars - is it made of real silver or just silver look?
Oh, I just noticed, this is not the usualy raffle format. Anyway, I'm in - payment later today.
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This is a bait and switch. They claim to want to regulate crypto to protect people, but they really want to regulate crypto to protect themselves and their power over people's money and consequently their lives. They like being able to tax the people of the world 5-10% every year via inflation. With around $460 trillion in global wealth, that is a TON of money they'd lose out on stealing from people with the "little guy" being hit the most with high inflation.
Agreed, the government has never wanted to protect the people. 99% of the politicians who run the government only want to act on their self interests and the personal agendas of their backers. The cryptospace is a threat to the banking system because it will break their monopoly on the creation of money, moving money, laundering of money and many other things about money. It will also break the monopoly on the government's definition of money. If anyone has noticed, much of the people in the community has considered bitcoin to be a more authentic form of money than fiat. Your conspiracy BS doesn't make sense at all. No need to wear a tinfoil hat when we can apply easy common sense: "Government" isn't as simple as you are trying to suggest to us. It's different from country to country, some politicians are indeed corrupt, some want more power and some are just clueless but quite a large number of politicians are honest people. Even Bukele wants more power because he's trying to run for a second term. Is it good? - No! But are his intentions malicious? I don't believe it. Quite a large number of politicians want to protect people and bring prosperity. In my opinion, Bukele wants to protect people and bring prosperity, too. But it's very difficult to be succesfull. For Bukele, he bought Bitcoin when it was very pricey. Now, it has lost tons of value. Would you say he has a personal agenda, backed by criminal El Salvador networks or similar conspiracy bullshit? I would not. He's just trying to improve his country and many politicians are trying to improve her country as well. Yes, it's different in dictatorships, like Kim Yong Un, China, Putin's Russia or Erdogan's Turkey, where officials don't need to be elected and can't be removed. Or take Iran, where so many people protested for more human rights. I would not generalize it too much. Scammers and hackers need to be caught and regulation is necessary. Crypto is full of scam maybe even more like we have scam, money laundering and corruption in traditional markets. Just take Ripple, Ripple should be taken out by Gary Gensler! I hope it will happen soon! Crypto is a heaven for money laundering enabled by mixers like WasabiWallet, ChipMixer or Sindbad.io. Even if a group like "war of rugs" is prepared better to fight against rug pulls or shady Darknet operators get arrested is already a good sign. It is not easy but after time, crypto will get rid of scams, fraud, hackers, unbacked stablecoins and similar abuse. While I agree with most of your statements especially regarding the "government-issue" is not a black-and-white thing and varies a ton from country to country, I need to jump in and with your statement about mixers. While it is ceraintly used by money laundering individuals, it is also the only possible way to create some strongly needed privacy in the transparent Bitcoin chain. I would argue that the majority using these services are doing so 100% legally just trying to protect their privacy and aiming for some fungability to Bitcoin. Check out this discussion if interested: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5410526.0@OP: Fails like FTX are just a happy excuse for tighter regulations. What would really work is proper (crypto) education. But I think we are still 5 - 10 years away from this becoming a reality in schools. |
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Never thought about it but yes, the real Satoshi would definitely deserve a Nobel prize.
However, just imagine they issue the prize to Satoshi and who shows up? Fake-Toshi Graig Wright. *pukes*
Besides that, the current committee issuing the Nobel prize is questionable at best. The prize has big popularity / publicity, but it is far from politically independant or innovative.
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You can now buy 2x 0.25 XMR funded cards in this auction: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5430211.0Besides smoothies funded coins, this is the only ever created crypto collectible loaded with Monero I am aware of. One of the last chances to grab one.  |
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<Snip> I understand what you are saying. And if it ever comes to a point where crypto will become heavily regulated or even outlawed in some cases, I think stablecoins and privacy coins will be the first targets of such sanctions. We shouldn't forget coin mixing services either. I don't think it's a good idea to put Bitcoin on top of such a list. We know that Monero and privacy coins are already banned on many centralized exchanges. Even if you don't use those, they are the most popular way to trade crypto and it tells you a lot about what the future could look like. Wasn't Litecoin also delisted by a bunch of exchanges during the summer after the MimbleWimble upgrade went live? They experimented with a better privacy solution and there is your result. I just don't see bitcoin becoming a widely accepted payment method if there is a CEX-wide ban and if we are going to have to hide in some back alleys to trade with each other. It kind of feels like a debate of idealism vs realism. But let's rethink if "realistic thinking" is not actually FUD-thinking. If we manage to get widespread consensus in Bitcoin devs and miners (and ideally consumers/people using BTC in any way) that L1 privacy is the way to go, I believe it would benefit Bitcoin in the long run. - The network and adoption is already there, exactly what is lacking from any other privacy coin right now, even Monero. So creating facts and so letting the snail-slow governments and regulators try to react could actually work. I cannot imagine any crypto-CEX surviving by not accepting Bitcoin anymore. So these powerful (rich) institutions would also have high incentives to push for a pro-(privacy)-Bitcoin legislation. Also, even in traditional banking there are actually quite a number of people that want privacy and fungible currencies. tldr: Creating L1 privacy when done right could work and will just something the world would need to adopt to. Too much FUD around it certainly is contraproductive. |
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