Think I just saw Chronoswiss also releasing a "crypto watch" series... same "token sale" model as Arcona, it would seem. I never actually really knew that this luxury item industry existed until I arrived in Brunei in 2013. Tax-free income there, lots of disposable income, and almost everyone collecting shoes, handbags, motorbikes, watches.

Granted, they all seem to appreciate in value due to collectibility, but then no one actually buys it until the original owner is dead

Maybe a hundred years from now, we'll find one of these Bitcoin Pens or Bitcoin Watches in some rich aristrocrat museum somewhere. Well. Not us. Our... descendants.

Learn to recognise success sometimes as luck, but kudos to your calls so far. Care to share the mistakes you surely also made?

P.S. Nice screenshots on CNBC's Fast Track. Probably not the entire story, but it goes to show that expert opinion is exactly just that: the opinion of an expert. All the McAfees and Drapers and Keisers of the world are only half the story. Good luck and happy to see more people jumping back onto the bull's back.

Right on. I'm sure if anyone dug up enough predictions from him, they'd notice they were not always on the mark. I think even a year's valuation would be enough to be in the "right region". The way Bitcoin moves, you only need to be right for a few minutes before corrections happen (might be more interesting if he'd make a prediction on a closer average rather than just a spot price.

Again, all due respect, at least he had his money where his mouth was/is.

On 2020: the last halving didn't seem to have much bearing, but I suppose by the next one, mainstream will see it as a huge scarcity factor. Olympics though? Who knows.

The only accurate word in the entire post is popular. But we all know ponzis need to be popular to be successful. I know sites are just doing PR so not going to shoot newsbtc as it's just the messenger, but this kind of outfit have scammed so many and are ready to scam even more now (what on earth, another ICO?). Shameful to call themselves a Bitcoin community.


There is one inaccuracy there though... it's not decentralised

Bitconnect. The original BCC. Got to hand it to them though.

Far too early for discussions! We're still in the thick of the tail-end of national leagues, not to mention both European cups - expect lots of drama from there. Coaches will be fired and appointed ahead of June, players will be named and some dropped, injuries etc. So yeah, too early to make bets now unless you're like me and like tipping an underdog like Iceland to go far (skybet has 150/1 on them just reaching the final!).

I'm also going to attempt a mini betting pool or two for WC. Bitcoin's about to wake up again so pot might just end up huge at the end of the final. Just keep your eyes peeled, my lovelies!

Nah, I don't buy that. Of course I'm happy for prices to go back up, and pretty significantly in my opinion. Right now, it's back up over $8k but that to me doesn't say anything about "legitimacy". If it were a pump yesterday, desperate buying or whatever, then surely those deep pockets weren't emptied out and will attempt to sustain this over the weekend.

I would say though that the news for once is swinging back towards good vibes. Maybe all the past regrets of not selling will turn into regrets of not buying more into the dip.

Wow. Made a mistake not to watch any of the games in Europa. Possibly a mistake not to back Marseille again (I bet on them on the first leg, the only losing match that failed my parlay). So Arsenal prevented a comeback, my favourite Athleti couldn't score but are through, would have made a lot of money betting on the underdogs this round.

Perfect Europa final: Arsenal Athleti.
Perfect CL final: Liverpool Real.

Worth an all English parlay?

I'd wait for more information before jumping to that conclusion. Police don't swoop down if there isn't a public report lodged. With all due respect to these conferences, I'd say that organisers have a bad reputation for managing participants. It's all fee-based anyway, so there's no incentive to screen participants. I mean, how many ponzis masked as cryptos have already made big stage appearances? Remember OneCoin and their Forbes cover?

News says suspicion of fraudulent ICO in the midst. Won't be surprised if these wolves are prowling these conferences for networking opportunities. There's already a pattern of corporate scams ala Madoff in Southeast Asia now.

Hmm. I rarely seem to like updates to sites, unless they've been really sporting dated looks, which Bittrex wasn't, in my opinion. Everything looks sort of pastelly now. The things that matter to me have yet to be improved. Speed is pretty much as slow as it ever used to be. Clicking Wallets and Orders always took 30 seconds or so to fully load, so that hasn't changed.

Small bug in my portfolio too, Gridcoin doesn't show up in my wallets list, only in the markets page.

Same same so far, I guess.

Damn I missed that! Just sold a bit of coin yesterday below 7k, wasn't that urgent but never saw the pump coming. 1k in one hour, though, so artificial at best. Can't have been the news from Wall St giants, that's several days old by now.

Can't do much as am not really online now. Probably all settled by the time I get home. Or are we in for a sustained round of whale pumping?

Just to add, yes virtually impossible for individuals now to find blocks. I'm pretty certain there is no longer any individual miner (or individual who owns a lot of rigs) trying on his own. I believe everyone is part of some pool now. In this case, then even your "low" hash can still earn you a proportional share of the rewards if the pool you joined finds a block. A somewhat comparable example is with so-called cloud mining services...


Wow, you actually caused a copy paster guy to edit and correct his post. I feel like you just achieved something amazing here...

I was actually extremely active in the late 1990s and early 2000s as an affiliate marketer and made decent earnings at the time, mainly because my traffic and audience then was a very new market in SEA.

There weren't that many gambling affiliates then, William Hill was the one that did all right. But towards mid 2000s gambling commissions tapered off and moved towards the lifetime commissions we're more used to seeing now with crypto casinos.

I dabbled in 2006, around the time I started using Bitcoin seriously... A lot of sign ups but practically zero returns on the sites I promoted. I would say crypto-games has a goof affiliate program. Commissions earned also contribute to the tiered levels, giving you permanent daily rewards.

It gave me a good watch throughout... but...

I shut off my connection after Ronaldo scored that penalty. Can't bear to watch now. Damned English ref sent off Buffon. Yes, it was a penalty, but surely you have to account for the emotion, to send off the captain when the spot kick is probably the last proper moment of the game? That was just a lack of class.

So it's Real to the semis... Juventus took it far and to lose like this. Takes away all the shine. Sorry to see a legend bow out like this. He won't even get his deserved send off from the Bernabeu if he's sent off right?

Are we for real? The Old Lady just scored and it's all level right now 3-3 on aggregate. Old boy Matuidi too, I remember him as a youth player on my Winning Eleven back in the day haha, even at that age he had been one of my favourite underdog Frenchies.

This competition is just the balls, guys. I'm just kicking myself for not taking a risky bet on yet another 3 goal recovery!



Streams are always f'd up for me, but I sent you a PM too, good luck!

Weighing in. I think from impressions alone, the signature campaigns here carry a lot of weight, particularly when they're done long term as every post still carries the signature. Marketing people will say the focus is on conversion rates but I think there's also some consideration for "repetition and confirmation" as pointed out by hugeblack. There's very powerful psychology behind that.

Reputation by association is also very powerful (or association by reputation maybe?) - bitcointalk is still, by far, the source for Bitcoin discussion and hosts the biggest micro economy for Bitcoin. If your brand's running a campaign, first choice has to be this forum.

With social media avenues also running out (note, though, that this forum also no longer carries ads for ICOs), the value of bct can only increase.

Belated thanks for the April update, Loyce. The silver lining here is that, apart from the dollar appreciation that is, is that even this quarter's battering still leaves us in reasonable profit. Somewhat goes to show that diversification doesn't much affect portfolio since the market seems anchored to Bitcoin's fortunes.

I'd definitely join a second round, just enjoying the experiment. Pleased to see Peercoin is one of the handful to still be in the black. Thankless task to host this, though, and I'd rather you do what's easiest for yourself and leave the participants to either trust you or not.

Edit: my eyes fool me. PPC has lost ground.

Salah is a machine, Mane is a beast, Firminho is a monster. No one in Europe will be pleased to face any of these, least of all in their entire triumvirate! Well done on booking Kiev. I wish the clock were turned back a few years and I have the resources (time mostly) to go. I was able to for a period of 4 years - all of which we weren't even in CL, so I feel like I've really missed an opportunity.

I forgot about Sterling to be honest. Suarez I could never begrudge, I love that guy with a twinge of sadness. Sterling though, he left and we got better so I'm happy for the choices people made. Even Coutinho I somehow never got attached to in his time. No bad blood, and I'm sure he and Suarez will be jumping up and down watching us in the semis!

Dude, don't crap on people's goods. If you want a $10 T shirt with thousands in print, you can find plenty of that. It's a small enough group of Bitcoin enthusiasts also in the creative crafts industry, and you're not forced to support them. If they feel their art is worth that much, then let them set the price.

OP, you might get better exposure in the correct forum section, suggest you move thread here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=51.0

You should check out prices of other sellers too. Might make you more competitive.

I was just discussing last night before the game, that a nice dream would be for Pool to progress and reunite temporarily with Barca either in the semis or who knows, all the way to the game in Kiev. But it was definitely not to be. I was too consumed by the game even when leading 2-1, I was half expecting 2 or 3 goals to still creep into the net but I've never seen Lovren so solid (please don't get jinxed, dude).

It was only after the game ended and commentary switched to Rome that I realised Messi and co were dumped out!

I honestly can't remember when quarterfinals were this exciting (though of course having pool in it ups the excitement for me). Who would have though Italy could still be represented in the SF when both Juve and Roma had 3 goal deficits? So now Italy and England await tonight to see who makes it. Two major upsets... Roma was over 20 to progress. I made a sweet 6.4 on Liverpool to win, but imagine a parlay with Roma!


It was a major talking point by all the commentators, but they roundly agreed - as did Pep himself, that they deserved to get knocked out by the way they played both 2nd halves. I'm a pool fan, and that was a goal for sure. I won't even comment about the first goal when Sterling fouled DVD leading up to the goal. van Dijk should know better than to look to the ref for a whistle. I just can't abide by players who look for fouls.

Actually, even in my previous industry, was frustratingly difficult to find a transparent wage level and I haven't seen any different in computer engineering. That said, the levels of competency in this really new, really saturated blockchain sphere seem to be much lower than I'd been given to expect. Outside of Bitcoin, only a handful are available and mostly spoken for. I suspect this is why you've got people coming here trying to headhunt CTOs on the forum.

Japan it seems is even hiring people without degrees, just sending them for open courses. I've seen now several projects with CTOs having next to no qualifications with very few projects under their belt. This is what's called opportunity, though, isn't it?