Alt coins are the testing area for new features and innovation. We are not worried about Alt coins, because they have nearly no support network compared to Bitcoin, and it's the support network that makes Bitcoin so robust. Yes, these Alt coins can grow bigger and stronger, but Bitcoin will always have the security track record to back up it's position. ^smile^

Do you possibly have a Bitcoin vending machine, because I find that is a much easier option than a Bitcoin ATM. I would much rather see Bitcoin vending machines than these complicated BTC Atm machines for newbies. The placement is the most important aspect of a kiosk and has to be placed in a area where a lot of Bitcoin merchants are situated or in a bar.

Food and drink always generate sales, so rather chose a bar ^smile^

I have not seen any attempt by Roger Ver to pull the parties together in this community. Instead of doing that, he jumps on the freedom of speech bandwagon and flames this forum with his supporters and then creates a supposedly uncensored forum in direct competition with Bitcointalk.org

It seems to me that he is out to divide the Bitcoin community and this will do more harm than good in the long run. We are getting tired of all this fighting over block sizes and just want Bitcoin to grow. Do something positive for Bitcoin, and take less out of it for yourself. ^hmmmmm^

I feel your pain, and also hate these site with a passion to kill. I have also been a victim of these guys and I would gladly contribute to a pool of money to track these people down <Paying hackers> and to get them convicted in their country of origin.

The thing is, in some of these countries these type of schemes are legal or the authorities see it as a low priority crime or they simply do not have the skills and the resources to track them down.

Good luck with your business and I hope you not going to turn against Bitcoin, because of these scammers and thieves. 

There was a steady increase in the price of Bitcoin in the buildup to this event, but we are not sure if this was because of the event or possibly Brexit or other factors. All speculations are being based on the theory that if the supply of something is halved, the price for that item or commodity should go up. We are not sure if this is going to happen or not, but it's looking much better than 1 year ago. ^smile^

Well, I am hoarding my coins and are not dumping because the price will be going up. There are a lot of people, who wants to cash in on this event, but they are going to cry like little babies when this thing goes to the moon after the Halving event is over and all the hype and speculation has calmed down.

Just imagine that you selling at say $700, thinking that it is the best price and it goes to $1000 to $2000 when all this is over. ^smile^

I usually start out like this, "You know all money are fake right? It is not based on gold anymore and with Fractional reserve banking, it is created out of thin air. You also know, money is already in digital form, right? ..Then I start to explain the digital form of money that are not going through the banking system and which is not governed by anyone, but the people participating in the network.

I am very successful with that, once they get over the fear of digital money. ^smile^

In your experience, how easy is it to find goods and services on OpenBazaar? I find, if I find something worth it, it only stays on their for a few hours and the next time you search for it, it is gone for hours. I know that is how it was designed and how it was supposed to work, but I think for the average user, new to decentralized market places, this might be a bit confusing.

Most of them are used to centralized services that are always online and available. I guess it has it's pro's and con's and we just have to deal with the way it works, but it's still a challenge for newbies. ^hmmmmm^

I think it is for a reason, if they have to double check every piece of work someone has typed, they could just do it themselves. So the people who type accurately are rewarded and treasured and the people who hand in poor work are kicked and sorted immediately.  

This is pretty hard work for very little reward, and you have to be a spot on megatyper to survive. ^hmmmm^

They are just enforcing fiat rules onto Bitcoin, like the US did with exchanges. So this is nothing new, but you can still send Bitcoin directly between people without having to go through services that has to adhere to all the KYC and AML regulations.

The moment when these Bitcoins enters the fiat system, it becomes a whole other ball game. ^hmmmmm^

It is not that they cannot see the difference, but rather a deliberate attempt at attacking Bitcoin for the mistakes being done by these third party websites. If you cannot attack Bitcoin directly, you will have to look for vulnerabilities in other associated services to harm it.

I would ignore this as another attempt to spread fud about Bitcoin, which is totally blown out of proportion on purpose. 

It is Mark turning Bitcoin Robinhood and spreading the stolen coins as a gesture of good faith. ^joke^ I hope some day, someone will do this and send money to all the bitcoin addresses that was involved in the MtGox and other scams. I just hope these coins will not be funded from other stolen coins.

Then again, these addresses have not been used for years and most of the people who got burned by that experience, turned away from Bitcoin or turned shill. ^hmmmm^

For one thing, it would make the bookkeeping a lot easier for the employer, because all payments can be tracked on the Blockchain. Imagine having all your payroll information for all your employees backed up on the Blockchain. It can serve as a extra archive facility at no extra cost.

The tax authorities can also access this information directly from the Blockchain, if you provide them with the person linked to that Bitcoin address. ^smile^

If this is true and Bitcoin was dominated by men, then women will have the last laugh about this experiment. Just image if they dump the Satoshi hoard at the worst time, and then have the ultimate revenge over the men, who have thought for years that Satoshi was a man. Would that not be funny. ^smile^

So all men, must bow to women now. ^lol^

So you are basically paid to spam your family and friends and business partners with useless ads, right? Ok, replace the word spam with the word promote. ^smile^ Then again, they get spammed in any way with useless ads, wherever they go on the internet. <FB / Youtube / Search engines> So what harm can that do, right? Well for me I do not signup for these sites with my personal accounts. I create anonymous accounts to protect myself and my followers.

So how much money can I make, with my 10 Twitter followers on my fake account? Still $3 per Day? ^smile^

So, what they are saying is this. We are busy finding loopholes in our ToS to block your account and to confiscate your coins, just be patient until we find a fake reason to do that. We need a copy of your life to verify your identity and to also feed the Big brother looking over our shoulder. Dude, you should avoid these centralized services. The customer support sucks and they have access to your account and your private key. Why would anyone willingly hand over their money to these businesses?  

Good luck finding someone to help you with this, I have given up with them with all their KYC and AML verification BS.

It would be sunshine in paradise, if we can down to those prices per Bitcoin, because I would once again have a opportunity to buy at a very low price. ^smile^ Let all the price watchers panic and let the price drop to those levels, we are waiting for those cheap prices like a pod of dolphins following a school of sardines. At the moment we just buy the panicked fish on the side and we leave the school to do it's thing. Bring on the cheap coins, we are hungry for more. ^smile^

You will have to be a bit more specific OP, on the one hand you are talking about Blockchain? Are you referring to Blockchain.info? They have implemented a HD wallet service, but you can still opt to use the old software/wallet. Then you are talking about buying hash power? Where, on that site do they sell hash power? If you are in a hurry for the tx to confirm, rather pay more than the minimum required fee. Give us some more detailed information and then we can help you. ^hmmmm^

A lot <notice, I did not say All> of the Chinese people are also big gamblers and they like to invest in high risk investments with possible high profits. This makes Bitcoin attractive to them to, under situations where there are high volatility. I should think that these speculators have enough fiat capital to create volatility if they wanted to, so it's all a high risk gamble for them. On the other hand, they are one of the most disciplined and hard working people I know, so combine those two and you can see why they will soon rule the world economy. ^hmmmmmm^

We know SegWit was released, but the 2mb block size upgrade was not included ^confused^ We are going to have a lot of people blocking this upgrade, if we do not see some sort of scaling being done, with the SegWit implementation. Luke and the Core guys created the expectation that there were to be a small increase with the SegWit implementation, and it is too late to turn back now. So everyone are standing with their balls in hand, waiting to #$$5## off to the new changes and scaling. ^hmmmm^