No idea about the opening question but as for being in their own bubble, without a shadow of a doubt. Objectivity is not a strong point of anyone here and confirmation bias oozes from every pore.

No bank will give a UK Bitcoin company an account though that might be slowly changing. As a result of that the UK Bitcoin scene is laughable compared to other places. There are no proper exchanges and very little commerce.

If banks everywhere refused to work with exchanges then Bitcoin's usage will be vastly curtailed. It's not sexy but that's how it is. If we ever reached closed loop status then the problem goes away but there'll always be a need to interact with fiat and that means banks.

As for the original question, 2037 maybe?

Farage certainly served up no shortage of fantasy during the brexit campaign. Amazingly enough he retracted most of his pledges within a few days. Didn't see that one coming.

There is no mostly. I can't believe anyone would ask this question with a straight face.

The day HSBC offers 600% returns a day that are fully insured and guaranteed by congress is the day I might be inclined to take a look, but more likely they'll be laundering a serious amount of someone's drug money.

You wee charmer, you.

If someone had skipped between the most explosive alts over the last twelve months which I suppose is ETH, ETC, XEM, XMR and a few others I haven't paid enough attention to then it would have been possible.

What I'm really curious about is how you'd go about getting your 1000 BTC off Poloniex. Their withdrawal restrictions might mean it would take you several months. I dunno what there is beyond normal verification.

Anyone who values the opinion of someone who's paid to be told what to say because they don't have anything to say themselves is equally vapid.

Isn't this the case in most countries already? It certainly is in the Uk at least. I lived in Italy for a year or two. Tax evasion is one of their national sports. Businesses use estate cars instead of vans to avoid being pulled and searched and the tax man has his own police force. I'm sure they'll love what Bitcoin can do if they ever get into it.

I will finally release those balloons that live in my house just like Up and float away to a world of marvellous adventure.

Have you thought this through? The real investors out there aren't going to pay it the slightest attention until one whole coin isn't a realistic prospect for most people. They can't put decent amounts in or out or preserve a fraction of their value with Bitcoin priced as it is. It's a piddly little curio right now to them.

Nah. Premiums were higher when BTC was considerably more than it is now. I think premiums are related to more general hype cycles but I'm curious to see what the future holds.

My Aryan sperm flowed freely into the vulvas of an army of placid blond haired and blue eyed maidens one crisp winter afternoon in the Berlin car park above Hitler's bunker. If I remember rightly it was somewhere around 138 vulvas.

When we all met at the hospital for the births we realised that we didn't want them to become too master race until the time was right. Now there are 157 new Mohammeds in the world as there were a few twins and triplets, and that includes the girls too.

What a strange little person this is.

 Thanks for the feedback. It's great to know that someone's paying attention to me even though I don't have a fucking clue what it's about nor do I give the slightest fuck either. I'll cherish it all the same.

Join the club. Once I am a legend I will use my new powers to wreak horrific revenge for this snub. I don't know what it'll be yet but I'm thinking earthquakes or plagues of locusts on whatever building houses the server. If I'm that powerful then I'm going to crash a planet into it.

Changed me password. My account's linked to a junk email address but they're welcome to sift through my expired trials and lengthy string of 419 baiting.

Did you do that purely to live up to your username? I admire people who go the extra distance in whatever they do.

Maybe I'm missing something here, but someone uploads a film, shares the link, loads of people download it. Referral earned.

Bitcoin and piddling amounts just don't go well together. That goes for withdrawing fiat or coins themselves.

Then those who do upload are going to make some serious BTC in referrals. Which would inspire others to sit around in upload tedium in the hope of making money too.

As there are already lightning networks being played with, I assume this is similar in principle. But perhaps there is something super new. Regardless I don't really know how they'll get all these users on and off their side chain with the proper chain as it is.

r/btc quote = instant death spiral of credibility no matter what the subject matter,  but super especially this one.

I don't know anything about him myself. I don't massively care. If Bitcoin does look like it's permanently crippled then it deserves to go down in flames.

I'll pick up the ideas again with a descendant that does follow the original principles.

No one 'invested' in mining with such companies. They invested in a scheme that was taking money from other people to keep you fooled until there were no fools left. Had any of these people bothered to ask around before doing so then they could've been informed and saved themselves their loss. It's not a tricky one to work out.