This wikipedia page about bitstamp seems uncertain where its actually located. It says it started in Slovenia but might be registered in the UK now. The company is registered in Reading in the UK, but this is in fact just the offices of UK PLC, a company specialising in company formation and which, amongst its services, allows companies to use its own address as their registered office, effectively acting as a forwarding address. There is no clear information available as to where this company is based or whether they actually have any presence at all in the UK or are still run out of Sloveniahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitstampThe bitstamp website gives ths address. BITSTAMP LTD. 5 Jupiter House Calleva Park, Aldermaston Reading Berkshire RG7 8NN United Kingdom However, a UK company search for bitstamp at the link below gives this address. Name & Registered Office: BITSTAMP LIMITED 5 NEW STREET SQUARE LONDON UNITED KINGDOM EC4A 3TW Company No. 08157033 http://wck2.companieshouse.gov.uk//wcframe?name=accessCompanyInfo |
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The weekend dip did not quite happen. I think its quite difficult to say now which way it will play out. Seems it may either go to 2xx or to 5xx.
I think that's why the volume's been so low over the past few hours. Nobody's sure which way it will go. |
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Contradict what? You were saying how they did not have access to Atlantic....because it is "frozen shut for much of the year"
I showed you a link that says..."ice free year-round" in Murmansk and Atlantic is "around the corner", so grow up and say "thanks", buddy...
And I showed you a link that says under common usage "ice free" does not mean that there is no Arctic sea ice. "Ice free" regions can contain broken ice cover of varying density, often still requiring appropriately strengthened hulls or ice breaker support for safe passageHow can the entire Russian fleet navigate from Murmansk to the Atlantic if most of its ships are unlikely to have appropriately strengthened hulls or ice breaker support for safe passage? <TL;DR>snip You have to check correct wiki articles. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Fleet"The Northern Fleet includes about two-thirds of all the Russian Navy's nuclear-powered ships."
"The Northern Fleet was considered secondary to the Baltic and Black sea fleets until operational responsibility for the Atlantic Ocean was shifted in the 1950s because of more direct access."
"The Bellona Foundation indicates the Northern Fleet main base is Severomorsk with six more naval bases at Polyarnyy, Olenya Bay, Gadzhiyevo (Yagelnaya/Sayda), Vidyayevo (Ura Bay and Ara Bay), Bolshaya Lopatka (Litsa Guba), and Gremikha. Arktika nuclear-powered icebreakers are based at Murmansk. Shipyards are located in Murmansk, Severodvinsk, Roslyakovo, Polyarnyy, Nerpa, and Malaya Lopatka. Spent fuel storage sites include Murmansk, Gremikha, Severodvinsk and Andreyeva Bay." Moreover, here is something else: http://natocouncil.ca/russias-resurgent-navy-assessing-the-northern-fleet/Moreover, unlike the American and Canadian navies, the Northern Fleet’s surface vessels are able to navigate through Arctic waters. Russia has the world’s only nuclear powered icebreakers, with five currently in service and one being constructed. These icebreakers can clear a path through floating sea ice for the Northern Fleet, allowing Russia’s fleet to operate freely in Arctic waters. Ok, it looks like I was wrong. Thanks for the links. |
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Perhaps it's because banks are starting to use the ripple network. These include two US banks that have recently signed up, and Fidor bank in Germany. Also a team from the Royal Bank of Scotland just won Deloitte Digital #GoneHacking capital markets hackathon by using the Ripple network. The team at RBS used the open-sourced payments and remittance network from Ripple Labs to add various crypto-currencies onto the FXMicropay service - those included bitcoin, litecoin and Ripple Labs' own ripples (XRP) http://www.finextra.com/news/fullstory.aspx?newsitemid=26704&topic=execution |
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What do you all think would happen if Satoshi came out of the woodwork and started posting on here again?
Again? I think Satoshi was/were long gone underground before Bitcointalk even started. Who is registered here as name: satoshi, position: founder? https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=3 |
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Contradict what? You were saying how they did not have access to Atlantic....because it is "frozen shut for much of the year"
I showed you a link that says..."ice free year-round" in Murmansk and Atlantic is "around the corner", so grow up and say "thanks", buddy...
And I showed you a link that says under common usage "ice free" does not mean that there is no Arctic sea ice. "Ice free" regions can contain broken ice cover of varying density, often still requiring appropriately strengthened hulls or ice breaker support for safe passageHow can the entire Russian fleet navigate from Murmansk to the Atlantic if most of its ships are unlikely to have appropriately strengthened hulls or ice breaker support for safe passage? Also navigating from Murmansk in the Arctic Ocean to the Atlantic is a little further than "around the corner". I don't know about anything else, but you need to freshen up on your geography lessons. I have one word for you: Murmansk "The port of Murmansk remains ice-free year round due to the warm North Atlantic Current" "Red october"... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWPBr4L1eyEThese Wikipedia links contradict you. Only one Russian seaport in the Barents Sea en route the officially defined Northern Sea Route which begins at the Kara Gates Strait is ice-free all year round, Murmansk on the Kola Peninsula.
The term "ice free" generally refers to the absence of fast ice, i.e. continuously frozen surface ice sheet cover. Under common usage "ice free" does not mean that there is no Arctic sea ice. "Ice free" regions can contain broken ice cover of varying density, often still requiring appropriately strengthened hulls or ice breaker support for safe passage.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Sea_RouteThe southern half of the Barents Sea, including the ports of Murmansk (Russia) and Vardø (Norway) remain ice-free year round due to the warm North Atlantic drift.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barents_Sea The screenshot above shows the Barents Sea is located in the Arctic Ocean. |
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To day trade you need to keep coins on exchanges, you make money (hopefully) but you take a third party risk Until there are decentralized echanges the only way to sell coins in move them to centralized exchanges. It's probably good practice to keep your coins there as briefly as possible. |
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Putin is Evil but not stupid. He knows he can get away with annexing Crimea, there's nothing the West can do about it. Ukraine has always been under Russia/Soviet's Sphere of Influence. It's their backyard/frontyard/sideyard or whatever. Ordinary people be damned. Ordinary people are stupid, have you heard that majority of Russian people are supporting their dictator right now?
james, can you explain to me the motivations of the US and Russia's involvement in this situation? I've so far had a hard time wrapping my head around that part. Your post indicates a perception of Putin acting out of greed (a trait of being evil) and I just want to know how it's different from what everyone else is doing there. I am not James but I can try to explain Putin's motivation. The Crimea was part of the Russian empire for hundreds of years and part of the Soviet Union after that. It wasn't until 1954 that Khruschev made it part of the Ukranian S.S.R. After the break up of the Soviet Union, the now independent country of Ukraine agreed to give up its nuclear weapon arsenal and the Russian navy was allowed to keep using its base in Sevastopol on the Black Sea (in Crimea). Thereafter, NATO expanded to include certain Eastern European countries. Ukraine has been split between the western Ukranian part of the country which is majority ethnic Ukranian and Ukranian nationalist and southern/eastern Ukraine which is majority Russian ethnicity in many areas and more pro Russia. Putin's actions may be based on mistrust of the west/the new government that just took power in Kiev as well as a desire to protect Russia's interests in the Crimea. A desire to look strong also probably plays well on the home front. I don't think all out war is likely however. Years ago I heard the Russian navy's base in Sevastopol on the Black Sea (in Crimea) was the only easy way the Russian navy could reach the Atlantic. Russia cannot give it up without giving up it's only easy route to the Atlantic, so it's unlikely it will back down. Russia has no direct outlets except on the Pacific Ocean and the White and Arctic Seas. To reach the Atlantic, the ships must travel along devious routes: in the north via the Finnish Gulf, the Baltic Sea, and the North Sea; in the south through the Black Sea, the Dardanelles, and the Mediterranean. In its early history, Russia's only ports were on the Arctic Ocean and frozen shut for much of the year. I don't know about anything else, but you need to freshen up on your geography lessons. I have one word for you: Murmansk "The port of Murmansk remains ice-free year round due to the warm North Atlantic Current" "Red october"... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWPBr4L1eyEThese Wikipedia links contradict you. Only one Russian seaport in the Barents Sea en route the officially defined Northern Sea Route which begins at the Kara Gates Strait is ice-free all year round, Murmansk on the Kola Peninsula.
The term "ice free" generally refers to the absence of fast ice, i.e. continuously frozen surface ice sheet cover. Under common usage "ice free" does not mean that there is no Arctic sea ice. "Ice free" regions can contain broken ice cover of varying density, often still requiring appropriately strengthened hulls or ice breaker support for safe passage.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Sea_RouteThe southern half of the Barents Sea, including the ports of Murmansk (Russia) and Vardø (Norway) remain ice-free year round due to the warm North Atlantic drift.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barents_SeaThe screenshot above shows the Barents Sea is located in the Arctic Ocean. |
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Sub 250 by Christmas. Sub 100 by summer 2015. Sub 50 by 2016. Sub 20 by 2017.
But wait, you were calling for 50-100k earlier this year. What happened! If I did, I changed my mind. Some people do that, even if it's impossible to believe for a bitcoin cultist. Why would you bother posting in a Bitcoin forum if you think Bitcoin will disappear? You still like it but think the price will fall? +1 If anyone really believed bitcoin would be sub 20 by 2017 they would sell now and have nothing more to do with it. |
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Putin is Evil but not stupid. He knows he can get away with annexing Crimea, there's nothing the West can do about it. Ukraine has always been under Russia/Soviet's Sphere of Influence. It's their backyard/frontyard/sideyard or whatever. Ordinary people be damned. Ordinary people are stupid, have you heard that majority of Russian people are supporting their dictator right now?
james, can you explain to me the motivations of the US and Russia's involvement in this situation? I've so far had a hard time wrapping my head around that part. Your post indicates a perception of Putin acting out of greed (a trait of being evil) and I just want to know how it's different from what everyone else is doing there. I am not James but I can try to explain Putin's motivation. The Crimea was part of the Russian empire for hundreds of years and part of the Soviet Union after that. It wasn't until 1954 that Khruschev made it part of the Ukranian S.S.R. After the break up of the Soviet Union, the now independent country of Ukraine agreed to give up its nuclear weapon arsenal and the Russian navy was allowed to keep using its base in Sevastopol on the Black Sea (in Crimea). Thereafter, NATO expanded to include certain Eastern European countries. Ukraine has been split between the western Ukranian part of the country which is majority ethnic Ukranian and Ukranian nationalist and southern/eastern Ukraine which is majority Russian ethnicity in many areas and more pro Russia. Putin's actions may be based on mistrust of the west/the new government that just took power in Kiev as well as a desire to protect Russia's interests in the Crimea. A desire to look strong also probably plays well on the home front. I don't think all out war is likely however. Years ago I heard the Russian navy's base in Sevastopol on the Black Sea (in Crimea) was the only easy way the Russian navy could reach the Atlantic. Russia cannot give it up without giving up it's only easy route to the Atlantic, so it's unlikely it will back down. Russia has no direct outlets except on the Pacific Ocean and the White and Arctic Seas. To reach the Atlantic, the ships must travel along devious routes: in the north via the Finnish Gulf, the Baltic Sea, and the North Sea; in the south through the Black Sea, the Dardanelles, and the Mediterranean. In its early history, Russia's only ports were on the Arctic Ocean and frozen shut for much of the year. |
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When someone suddenly becomes rich they often find themselves inundated with begging letters. No doubt Satoshi would be inundated with begging posts.
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So now everyone is agree we're going down.
According to the Rule of Maximum Pain : everyone is always wrong.
What is maximum pain right now?
option A. Loooooong serie of unpredictable jumps and drops until nobody knows what's going on and lose all his BTC with bad trades
option B. Big rise, too fast to get into (maybe not now... only when everyone will be sure we gonna fall in the abyss)
bonus : when everyone is aboard, we realize it's a dead cat bounce and the truth is we are going down again
The Rule of Maximum Pain sounds similar to Murphy's Law. Whatever can go wrong will go wrong. |
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Btc-e, Poloniex, Mintpal, Bter
WTF Mintpal? Nobody can trade on Mintpal because its gone bankrupt after everyone's bitcoins were stolen. |
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Sorry but I never traded there. I heard a rumor that the old owners will not repay money owed, but it was only a rumor and might be wrong. The xrptalk thread post linked to below says this about justcoin's liability in a bankruptcy. Justcoin is as company type (norwegian AS) of the type that in a bankruptcy situation, the owners will not be held personally responsible moneywise for the companys outstanding debts/expenseshttps://xrptalk.org/topic/4380-justcoin-no-responsibility/#entry53874This is the advice from another poster on the same thread. The lack of communication is stunning... the questions everybody asks are not getting any answers.
I would keep my distance with such company, before having a solid proof it is to be trusted again. |
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Price went up last October/November because there were big factors in play! Chinese exchanges opened, US congressional hearings were largely positive, and major retail adoption began for the first time (and now is fizzling out).
Now... there's nothing! What is there to look forward to? Regulation?
This isn't a numerology game... something needs to actually happen as a catalyst to demand.
willie bot also a big factor...aka fraudulent trading. that isn't going on anymore (hopefully) therefore there is no reason the price will rise again so fast like it did The author of the article below claims manipulation is still going on across exchanges. It might be FUD or there might be something in it. https://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/bitcoin-price-manipulation-centralized-exchanges-seems-coordinated/ |
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How fast are fully confirmed transactions? Dark coin is testing some new technology to speed up transactions and I was wondering how well NODE compares.
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How many free MYR can you get on the Sunday reddit tipping thread?
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Is the Nodebank decentralized or centralized?
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