The entire Bitcoin protocol is a human creation and hence artificial. That includes everything with in it, such as the limited supply and hence scarcity of Bitcoins.

While your rationale works well for video games on Steam it does not hold for Bitcoin. While true that the scarcity is artificial by virtue of being programmed in it's not comparable to video games on Steam which can be sold without any limitations.

As soon as some malicious actor tried to remove scarcity by increasing the amounts of Bitcoins we'd simple tell them to fork off by forking off ourselves.


You could make an argument that this would be a democratic process and that the majority of humans is too fucking retarded to realize when they're being manipulated into believing that increasing the amount of coins is a non-issue. But that would still result in two chains, one with the idiots and one with the rest.

Now another argument that you could attempt would be to state that the scarcity was broken through the fork. But as we have already seen quite clearly forks only have a fraction of the original value and the more forks there are the less valuable each fork will be with a quick convergence towards value for erroneous forks. Hence irrelevant for both the Economy as a whole as well as the 21m Bitcoin chain.

We try to take over the world.

Nice

The same thing we do every night.

Are you planning on becoming the "uncontacted native tribe" of the future?

I don't know anything about opiates (don't care for addictive substances or anything that you could die from), but what LSD does is create new neurons as well as new connections between neurons (which is why some experience synesthesia under the influence).
It's pretty much what happens when you learn new things and also why it's so powerful in treating depression by breaking up bad habits (or thought patterns) through the creation of new ones.

This can go out of control if you take retarded amounts in retarded environments and situations, but responsibly (low dose, no mental issues, physically and mentally healthy, not on medication, no combination with other drugs etc.) this isn't just harmless but can also be a very useful tool.

One time I used small doses to study and the results were pretty remarkable. You can go much deeper than you ever could hope to in a sober state, although it's very easy to "overdose" in the sense that you'd be too busy staring at random stuff and going off on tangents instead of focusing on your task.





Speaking of dips, eating a snack just made me extremely hungry. Thanks body.



Holy fucking volatility Jesus.

So we can keep accumulating.

Sounds pretty much just as expected then.

I still haven't found a single case where responsible use resulted in anything other than positive experiences. You're basically concluding that alcohol is unsafe because somebody chugged bottles of scotch and sustained permanent braindamage.

If they were grinding their teeth it certainly was the right stuff. MDMA does that in higher doses (200mg range).


Sorry to hear that, especially if they were close.

Do you know under what circumstances they went off on their trip?

So far all such cases that I've found were of people who took it in very sub-optimal environments, mixed it with other drugs, or were already predisposed to problems. Psychedelics are certainly no joke and I would never take them without due consideration.
But if you're in a stable mindset and do proper research and preparation I don't see how it could go wrong - hence the question. I'm trying to find any evidence that it could go bad despite due diligence, which seems impossible to me so far.


This is what all the evidence suggests to me so far as well.

I spent years researching all sorts of reports, papers and stories from all sides of the camp before even trying a tiny dose of cubensis for the first time. Went to absurd places numerous times afterwards without any issues whatsoever.

If you're on medication that could also stop some substances from working entirely or even have dangerous contraindications so always triple check beforehand.

Have you tried psychedelics? I can see MDMA leaving you indifferent depending on the circumstances, but with psychedelics I'd be hard pressed to believe that they wouldn't be profoundly notable even if they'd leave you fully functional on lower doses.

We have a yearly tradition where we usually extend two to three times. Never lost its magic in over five years.

When we started the tradition I took more than the years afterwards which that was pretty dreadful and fucked me for two weeks (bit over half a gram per person split into multiple doses - can not recommend).

With 150/75/75/75 the come-down is just fatigue but no bad mood and merely a couple days of hang-over.

With 150/75/75 just sleepiness during the come-down with nothing whatsoever the day after and anything under 150~200/75~100 doesn't even have a come-down for me.

Once a year for some 5 years with no loss of magic or depressive symptoms of any kind, so anything less than that should be generally safe without "loss of magic".



No such thing as too old, but I strongly agree with the notion that you should find "the right occasion" and the right people and environment for it.


For reference, I've never taken it in a club or any of the sort. Always either while taking a walk outside in nature or while sitting around at home with close friends. Not much movement or any dancing, so generally less stressful on the body, much less to no dehydration and easier to stay hydrated.
That could possibly take the edge off of the comedown, don't have any comparison. But I've literally never had a crash except for that one night where I went full retard to test the limits.


I also recommend not taking pills since it's impossible to dose them accurately unless you've pressed them yourself, which nobody does. They're also often spiked with amphetamines and other garbage that makes comedowns much worse in general, regardless of circumstance.

Stay safe.



Smoking or drinking strongly dampens the effects of MDMA. Pills also often contain all sorts of random crap, so unless you had crystals I'd give it another shot. Also double check your dosage for your specific weight. Heavy people need more MDMA, something that you don't have to consider with most drugs whatsoever.

Damn. I was aware of Japanese face letters, but actual text emojis are new to me.


Can anyone confirm/deny/extrapolate? BitShares seem to be rather low volume so would hope for other pairs as well.

Why do the smileys that you post look so different? Is Bitcointalk racist?

Greed or incompetence?

Are there any properly backed and transparent stablecoins that can be used without worrying?


We are still up 25% since the beginning of April.

TIL ?mod=rsswn

Thank you.

The expected? I'm surprised it didn't go a little higher and then dropped from there, but still. You can't stay above the slow EMAs forever and we've been above 25 and 99 on the daily since early February and late March respectively.

Haikus didn't even cross my mind since they were related to the MS thread. Needless to say, I was very confused about both until reading your post.

Agree with V8 though, just wait for a week or so. I'd be surprised if you didn't get accepted.


Do you say HODL as one syllable instead of HO-DL?

Thinking about it, the social welfare state, at the very least in its current form, is partially responsible for the steep increase in wealth inequality.

Too bad the irony is likely lost on those who are responsible and hit the hardest.

First thing I found was that KYC is required for publishers and content creators, e.g. those that get tipped by Brave users. Using KYC for that is a no brainer, otherwise anybody can claim anyone's tips.



Edit: Looks like anyone who wants to withdraw BAT out of the Brave ecosystem needs to KYC for now due to AML horseshit. They hinted at the possibility of avoiding this issue by future decentralized custodial services.


https://www.reddit.com/r/BATProject/comments/9qgt4k/will_brave_ads_have_kyc_to_claim_tokens/e89k4oz/

The good old rat race. I'm sure Brave or some other company will be able to screw Google out of their new way to track when time comes. The only way Google can remain relevant in the long-term is by making ads and tracking opt-in and compensated.