Lol @ countdowns. How to give your coin more of a pump and dump reputation.
Your post can be read as you are projecting as something you would do to pump a coin. I merely posted that due to the fact that there is a hard fork in a few days and people should upgrade (pools, miners, etc). But of course you can troll =) if you wish.  |
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I am still freaked out by the total volume in alts. Does it not seem fishy to anybody else?
I'm willing to accept the premise that it seems to be flowing from ETH as that dump continues. But if you look back to January 1st, the total market cap in alts has gone from less than a billion to more than $1.5 billion. That's a 30%+ jump and it's more than $500 million in new money.
Where is THAT coming from...and WHY? That's a pretty big reallocation of capital, but from where? Doesn't seem like it could be hedge funds and other financial players because Central banks are in stimulus mode.
A lot of that is out of thin air. Just because marketcap goes up 500 million does not mean 500 million was invested. The value was created from a much smaller amount of money being used to push prices up. In fact a lot of altcoins are premined so hard that the founders can push the marketcap to millions of dollars with only a few thousand dollars worth of investment. It's pretty artificial. This. I think it's reasonable to assume that the big FUD storm regarding bitcoin blocksize had made more bitcoiners interested in diversifying into altcoins, I've notice a trend of high profile bitcoin figures voicing support for various altcoins or jumping on the BTC FUD train.
"FUD train" is a bit dismissive and papers over the fact that for the first time, Bitcoin is meaningfully handing key use-cases to alts. Core's roadmap that clearly has no regard for keeping on-chain fees as cheap as possible for as long as possible, is opening the door for alts to satisfy the demand for secure & cheap transactions. Further, Core stonewalling the community, and stagnating development that's actually meaningful to users is scary. Thus, the key thesis that Bitcoin can and will adapt when necessary, and/or adopt innovations from alt-coins (adaptive blocksize anyone?) when it's clearly advantageous to do so, is now empirically in question.So you can count me as one of the people who's been staunchly Bitcoiin-maximalist for *years*, but is now questioning Bitcoin's direction in a fundamental way that I have not before. There hasn't been an event in Bitcoin, until now, which threatens to fundamentally change Bitcoin's longterm vision and key value. So it's pretty darn reasonable for people to start looking elsewhere. I personally haven't converted any cold-storage BTC to alts, but as you note, I'm seeing long-time Bitcoiners do so (or at least talk about it) for the first time. Core and supporters may want to take notice before the reality that Bitcoin is not operating in a competition-free vacuum hits them in the face. There's still time to fix this. But not much. The problem with bitcoin adopting an adaptive block size limit is that bitcoin will need a tail-emission otherwise in the end bitcoin will not work with an adaptive block size mechanism solely. The way I see it the only way that will happen is: 1. THe bitcoin community gets their shit together and can agree on a path forward. AND 2. An adaptive block size is implemented into bitcoin also with a tail emission (which will break the social contract of the hard limit of 21,000,000 BTC total). |
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Being on the internet (Bitcointalk etc) does only give my fingers any real cardio. By my own profession (software developer) usually I am in a sitting position behind a computer screen for countless hours every day for the last 15 years. This thread is to document and possibly (hopefully) encourage others who post on this forum to live a little (at the very least) more healthier. LINK: https://youtu.be/26z0D9gLxHE
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March 18th, 2016: Auction for FORTY LEALANA 0.1 BTC Brass Coins   *****Carefully read this auction post in its entirety before bidding*****Auction ends at or around March 23rd, 2016 Hawaiian Standard TimeThere is no specific hour this auction to end. Get your bid in early. I will announce on or around that day when the auction has ended.Minimum bid will start at 0.00BTC. Bidding will be done in 0.005BTC increments. Unsecure shipping (USPS Priority Mail): US - $10 International - $25 Secure Shipping (USPS Registered Mail): US - $30 International - $50 For either option buyer agrees to not hold myself or LEALANA, LLC liable if your coins are lost/stolen/damaged while in transit. Registered mail is just much more secure than regular priority. Choose your level of risk appetite. Shipping costs will be added to the winning bid after the auction.(ID will be required upon delivery for pickup) for both domestic U.S. and international customers. Bitcoin is the only accepted form of payment for this auction. Coins for this auction will ship out by April 4th, 2016.You are bidding for the following unfunded/buyer funded coins:
FORTY 2013 LEALANA 0.1 BTC Brass Coins (Green Addresses)By bidding on this auction you are agreeing to the terms listed at: http://lealana.com/tac.phpThe winner can choose how many coins they want to pre fund. All coins not pre funded before it ships will be marked "BUYER FUNDED" with a laser mark to each coin's hologram.
THESE COINS ARE BUYER FUNDED. The winner by bidding on this auction will accept the risks involved with shipping funded coins through USPS registered mail. The coins will be valued at the price paid plus the bitcoin that is loaded on to them. Winner agrees to hold LEALANA, LLC. and myself innocent of any losses while in transit (in the small event the coin goes missing/stolen while in transit).
Any customs/VAT taxes or fees that are placed on the package while going through customs for international customers are the responsibility of the buyer/winner to pay.Please bid in the following format (no extra precision decimals): CORRECT FORMAT
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"I bid 1.074839282"Payment address: <will be sent to auction winner in PGP format>Payment is due within 72 hours from the time the auction ends. Should the winner not honor their bid and not provide payment in that 72 period the next highest bidder will be required to honor their bid. By bidding in this auction thread you agree to this stipulation. In other words, please make sure you are able to honor your bid(s) in a timely manner before you bid.I RESERVE THE RIGHT TO INVALIDATE A BID FROM NEWBIE USERS. USUALLY THIS WILL BE THE CASE IF I HAVE NEVER DONE BUSINESS WITH YOU BEFORE.AUCTION WINNER INFORMATION SUBMISSION:
*If you win, please send me (IN ONE PRIVATE MESSAGE) immediately ALL of the following information as it is needed to ship you your coins correctly/promptly:
1. The # of coins you want to prefund. Which types and how many.
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Boy did I hit that overnight dip close or what! I just wish someone had hit me up for a OTB trade.  I need Moar! Before I spend it at the casino!  OTB = Over the Border trade?  |
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Would you say the same thing if there was a XMR bully bull whale?
PirateAt40 got burned because he thought he could hold the BTC price down in 2012.
I look at it as there is no manipulation if they bought their XMR legitimately. The price of XMR is what the price is right now.
Just my TWO 0.02XMR.
The solution is still the same: buy every spot Monero you can, don't use margin, and never capitulate your position once you own a spot Monero - regardless of what the (heavily manipulated) market depth is showing. Take XMRs one-by-one from those who either don't want them (and don't understand what they are holding), or those who would use their XMR to try to acquire more cheaper. Then never give it back; it's simple. Pennies now are thousands of dollars later. You never directly answered my question. My question was in regards to your previous statement that I bolded which you subsequently removed in your quote. Looks like the price shot up. |
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I just really hate this XMR bully whale. I watch as he/she/it ruthlessly works the stack for profit, using their hundreds of thousands of Monero to (try to) force holders to capitulate their positions, all the while scraping the asks and picking up cheaper ones - before releasing their price suppression walls just long enough to bully down any new exuberance.
You say consolidation is good, but what is not good is when a community can't even discern something's true price because it constantly gets forcefully manipulated. I just long for the day when one of the Bitcoin whales decides to make a grand entry into Monero and soaks up every single XMR being used for price suppression for good.
Until then the only answer is for HODL'ers not to give these tactics a single inch. Buy every spot Monero you can afford, attack fake ask walls when you see them, and never try to flip out of a position to get a lower price. If we as a community show these asses that these tactics aren't profitable, they'll stop.
Would you say the same thing if there was a XMR bully bull whale? PirateAt40 got burned because he thought he could hold the BTC price down in 2012. I look at it as there is no manipulation if they bought their XMR legitimately. The price of XMR is what the price is right now. Just my TWO 0.02XMR. |
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March 16th, 2016: Auction for TWELVE (1 DOZEN) 2013 LEALANA 1/2 OZ .999 Fine Silver 10 LTC Coins Batch Two   *****Carefully read this auction post in its entirety before bidding*****Auction ends at or around March 21st, 2016 Hawaiian Standard TimeThere is no specific hour this auction to end. Get your bid in early. I will announce on or around that day when the auction has ended.Minimum bid will start at 0.5BTC. Bidding will be done in 0.005BTC increments. Unsecure shipping (USPS Priority Mail): US - $10 International - $25 Secure Shipping (USPS Registered Mail): US - $30 International - $50 For either option buyer agrees to not hold myself or LEALANA, LLC liable if your coins are lost/stolen/damaged while in transit. Registered mail is just much more secure than regular priority. Choose your level of risk appetite. Shipping costs will be added to the winning bid after the auction.(ID will be required upon delivery for pickup) for both domestic U.S. and international customers. Bitcoin is the only accepted form of payment for this auction. Coins for this auction will ship out by March 31st, 2016.You are bidding for the following unfunded/buyer funded coins:
TWELVE (1 DOZEN) 2013 LEALANA 1/2 OZ .999 Fine Silver 10 LTC Coins Batch Two By bidding on this auction you are agreeing to the terms listed at: http://lealana.com/tac.phpThe winner can choose how many coins they want to pre fund. All coins not pre funded before it ships will be marked "BUYER FUNDED" with a laser mark to each coin's hologram.
THESE COINS ARE BUYER FUNDED. The winner by bidding on this auction will accept the risks involved with shipping funded coins through USPS registered mail. The coins will be valued at the price paid plus the litecoin that is loaded on to them. Winner agrees to hold LEALANA, LLC. and myself innocent of any losses while in transit (in the small event the coin goes missing/stolen while in transit).
These coins utilize the ORIGINAL LEALANA Litecoin holograms used for all Lealana silver coins.
Any customs/VAT taxes or fees that are placed on the package while going through customs for international customers are the responsibility of the buyer/winner to pay.Please bid in the following format (no extra precision decimals): CORRECT FORMAT
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"I bid 1.074839282"Payment address: [ <will be pgp signed via PM to winner of auction>Payment is due within 72 hours from the time the auction ends. Should the winner not honor their bid and not provide payment in that 72 period the next highest bidder will be required to honor their bid. By bidding in this auction thread you agree to this stipulation. In other words, please make sure you are able to honor your bid(s) in a timely manner before you bid.I RESERVE THE RIGHT TO INVALIDATE A BID FROM NEWBIE USERS. USUALLY THIS WILL BE THE CASE IF I HAVE NEVER DONE BUSINESS WITH YOU BEFORE.AUCTION WINNER INFORMATION SUBMISSION:
*If you win, please send me (IN ONE PRIVATE MESSAGE) immediately ALL of the following information as it is needed to ship you your coins correctly/promptly:
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0.32BTC
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"commit to disk" he means never save the seed in a text file, for example.
there are also ways to only save files in ram in linux, so they get erased upon shutdown.
I think you could improve safety here by booting from a Linux (Ubuntu) USB stick with the generator on it. @phishead, I could walk you through it if you want on IRC. Maybe post is here afterwards? I'm sure others would benefit greatly from such a tutorial if it does not exist! Yeah I'll try to make a guide for it, it's long overdue as well. Thanks I guess the video I made... is too long? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJQ5prfNfZQ&list=PLSNOd7dPYo3d2NRiybNNZf0xb6TKvh_UJGinger, I'm curious why for this video (which by the way you did an excellent job on  ) you opted to use the javascript version (or at least it appears to be) instead of the core code for full nodes? Was it a space issue? Or some other reason? |
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Is it a sure sign of becoming insane when you start to enjoy the TrueCryptonaire postings?  I'm asking myself this question as well since some time. I've put my definite answer on hold, waiting for him to switch to whatever direction is opposite to mine. (so basically, when he becomes uber-ultra-bearish). I speculate I'll enjoy less then. This meta speculation is becoming too much for me to bear. I recommend you use TrueCryptonaire as a form of entertainment and nothing more. I like the bipolar comedy but will never make decisions based on it. Is TC the Proudhon of Monero? |
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March 12th, 2015: Auction for ONE 1 oz Silver 1 BTC coin with Gold BTC   *****Carefully read this auction post in its entirety before bidding*****Auction ends at or around March 16th, 2015 Hawaiian Standard TimeThere is no specific hour this auction to end. Get your bid in early. I will announce on or around that day when the auction has ended.Minimum bid will start at 0.01BTC. Bidding will be done in 0.001BTC increments. Unsecure shipping (USPS Priority Mail): US - $10 International - $25 Secure Shipping (USPS Registered Mail): US - $30 International - $50 For either option buyer agrees to not hold myself or LEALANA, LLC liable if your coins are lost/stolen/damaged while in transit. Registered mail is just much more secure than regular priority. Choose your level of risk appetite. Shipping costs will be added to the winning bid after the auction.(ID will be required upon delivery for pickup) for both domestic U.S. and international customers. Bitcoin is the only accepted form of payment for this auction. Coins for this auction will ship out by March 22nd, 2015.You are bidding for the following unfunded/buyer funded coins:
ONE 1 oz 999 Fine Silver 1 BTC coin with Gold BTCBy bidding on this auction you are agreeing to the terms listed at: http://lealana.com/tac.phpThe winner can choose how many coins they want to pre fund. All coins not pre funded before it ships will be marked "BUYER FUNDED" with a laser mark to each coin's hologram.
THESE COINS ARE BUYER FUNDED. The winner by bidding on this auction will accept the risks involved with shipping funded coins through USPS registered mail. The coins will be valued at the price paid plus the bitcoin that is loaded on to them. Winner agrees to hold LEALANA, LLC. and myself innocent of any losses while in transit (in the small event the coin goes missing/stolen while in transit).
Any customs/VAT taxes or fees that are placed on the package while going through customs for international customers are the responsibility of the buyer/winner to pay.Please bid in the following format (no extra precision decimals): CORRECT FORMAT
"I bid 1.07 BTC" INCORRECT FORMAT
"I bid 1.074839282"Should bids come in at the last minute I will allow for the auction to extended by 15 minute increments between bids. Once the 15 minutes is up and no bidding is done after the deadline specified ABOVE, the auction will end. To be clear on the precision of the auction times in 15 minute increments we are talking about the actual MINUTE and not the seconds that are posted on the forum timestamp. Payment address: <will be pgp signed via PM to winner of auction>Please do not send payment to any winner address until the winner has been declared which I will post once the auction ends. If you would like a non-public payment address PM me and I will create a PGP signed address for you to send payment to. Payment is due within 72 hours from the time the auction ends. Should the winner not honor their bid and not provide payment in that 72 period the next highest bidder will be required to honor their bid. By bidding in this auction thread you agree to this stipulation. In other words, please make sure you are able to honor your bid(s) in a timely manner before you bid.I RESERVE THE RIGHT TO INVALIDATE A BID FROM NEWBIE USERS. USUALLY THIS WILL BE THE CASE IF I HAVE NEVER DONE BUSINESS WITH YOU BEFORE.AUCTION WINNER INFORMATION SUBMISSION:
*If you win, please send me (IN ONE PRIVATE MESSAGE) immediately ALL of the following information as it is needed to ship you your coins correctly/promptly:
1. The # of coins you want to prefund. Which types and how many.
2. FULL Shipping information:
FIRST AND LAST NAME
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3. If you are outside of the US and want to insure prefunded coins please send me PM for details.
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I'm very surprised this coin got such a low grade. Is the coin nicked/scratched or anything?
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0.3BTC
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March 8th, 2015: Auction for ONE 1 oz Silver 1 BTC coin with Gold BTC *****Carefully read this auction post in its entirety before bidding*****Auction ends at or around March 11th, 2015 Hawaiian Standard TimeThere is no specific hour this auction to end. Get your bid in early. I will announce on or around that day when the auction has ended.Minimum bid will start at 0.01BTC. Bidding will be done in 0.001BTC increments. Unsecure shipping (USPS Priority Mail): US - $10 International - $25 Secure Shipping (USPS Registered Mail): US - $30 International - $50 For either option buyer agrees to not hold myself or LEALANA, LLC liable if your coins are lost/stolen/damaged while in transit. Registered mail is just much more secure than regular priority. Choose your level of risk appetite. Shipping costs will be added to the winning bid after the auction.(ID will be required upon delivery for pickup) for both domestic U.S. and international customers. Bitcoin is the only accepted form of payment for this auction. Coins for this auction will ship out by March 16th, 2015.You are bidding for the following unfunded/buyer funded coins:
ONE 1 oz 999 Fine Silver 1 BTC coin with Gold BTCBy bidding on this auction you are agreeing to the terms listed at: http://lealana.com/tac.phpThe winner can choose how many coins they want to pre fund. All coins not pre funded before it ships will be marked "BUYER FUNDED" with a laser mark to each coin's hologram.
THESE COINS ARE BUYER FUNDED. The winner by bidding on this auction will accept the risks involved with shipping funded coins through USPS registered mail. The coins will be valued at the price paid plus the bitcoin that is loaded on to them. Winner agrees to hold LEALANA, LLC. and myself innocent of any losses while in transit (in the small event the coin goes missing/stolen while in transit).
Any customs/VAT taxes or fees that are placed on the package while going through customs for international customers are the responsibility of the buyer/winner to pay.Please bid in the following format (no extra precision decimals): CORRECT FORMAT
"I bid 1.07 BTC" INCORRECT FORMAT
"I bid 1.074839282"Should bids come in at the last minute I will allow for the auction to extended by 15 minute increments between bids. Once the 15 minutes is up and no bidding is done after the deadline specified ABOVE, the auction will end. To be clear on the precision of the auction times in 15 minute increments we are talking about the actual MINUTE and not the seconds that are posted on the forum timestamp. Payment address: <will be pgp signed via PM to winner of auction>Please do not send payment to any winner address until the winner has been declared which I will post once the auction ends. If you would like a non-public payment address PM me and I will create a PGP signed address for you to send payment to. Payment is due within 72 hours from the time the auction ends. Should the winner not honor their bid and not provide payment in that 72 period the next highest bidder will be required to honor their bid. By bidding in this auction thread you agree to this stipulation. In other words, please make sure you are able to honor your bid(s) in a timely manner before you bid.I RESERVE THE RIGHT TO INVALIDATE A BID FROM NEWBIE USERS. USUALLY THIS WILL BE THE CASE IF I HAVE NEVER DONE BUSINESS WITH YOU BEFORE.AUCTION WINNER INFORMATION SUBMISSION:
*If you win, please send me (IN ONE PRIVATE MESSAGE) immediately ALL of the following information as it is needed to ship you your coins correctly/promptly:
1. The # of coins you want to prefund. Which types and how many.
2. FULL Shipping information:
FIRST AND LAST NAME
STREET ADDRESS & BUILDING/SUITE #
CITY
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3. If you are outside of the US and want to insure prefunded coins please send me PM for details.
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Give me Adobe Creative Suite, Corel Draw and Battlefield 3 for Linux and I'll abandon Windows. For now I must run my Monero node under Windows :/
Why don't you try using a virtual machine to run linux and monero? Pretty sure there are solutions out there to do this. Best of both worlds. |
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You don't buy stuff with CPU cycles. You don't keep your savings in AWS units. I wonder why not. It at least has some intrinsic value compared to fiat for example, which people do use to buy stuff or keep their savings in. Besides the speculative price swings, won't the price of a bitcoin/monero be close to it's mining costs (c.q. a derivative from the hashrate)? Does anyone have a good hold on what it cost to mine XMR? That would be a good gauge of price. |
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