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I voted after 2020, because the hope is by then we'll have a sufficiently large enough user base that a news channel or even a dedicated niche show will be Bitcoin/Crypto centric ala Bloomberg News or CNBC or the like.
We'll see what happens after these Bitcoin exchanges open up for trading...
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No one "notable" in almost 20 years?
LOL what? Not sure what you're getting at. You took one look at this list and that's what you got? Some of the top minds at Google and Yahoo. The inventor of Ethernet. The "Mother of the Internet". And you're asking for someone notable? How the fuck did you become a Hero member here?  "Notable" is their term, that's why it's in quotes. I took a look at the list and thought "has it not been updated in 20 years?" I became a hero member the same way all other hero members did, post count and time elapsed. Is MIT your alma mater? No, it is not. However, I do have respect for the sheer amount of impressive alumni that have came from MIT. I mean if your list requirement is within 20 years, not sure what else to tell you. Just an unbelievable list of human intelligence: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology_alumni |
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It's where all these technologists went also: http://wiki.mitadmissions.org/Notable_Alumni#ComputersComputers
Robert Metcalfe '68, inventor of Ethernet and founder, 3COM
Wesley Chan '00, developed Google Voice, Google Toolbar, and Google Analytics
Raymie Stata '90 SM '92 ScD '96, Chief Technology Officer, Yahoo! Inc.
Kenneth Olsen '50 SM '52, founder, Digital Equipment Corporation
Brewster Kahle '82, founder of the Internet Archive and Alexa Internet
Ray Kurzweil '70, inventor of Optical Character Recognition (OCR) and speech-to-text technologies
Jeremy Hylton '94 MEng '96, developed Google Blog Search and Google Real Time Search, published "The Complete Works of William Shakespeare," the first online compilation of Shakespeare
Dan Bricklin '73, co-inventor of Visicalc, the first WYSIWYG PC spreadsheet program
Radia Perlman '73 SM '76 PhD '88, the "Mother of the Internet," computer scientist and network engineer
Steve Kirsch '78 SM '80, inventor of the optical mouse and founder of Infoseek Corporation
Steve Russell '60 SM '62, wrote the first computer game – Spacewar
Alex Rigopulos '92 SM '94, founder of Harmonix Music Systems, developer of Guitar Hero and Rock Band
Megan Smith '86, SM '88, General Manager of Google.org and Vice President of New Business Development for Google
Jeannette Wing '79 MEng '79 PhD '83, Head of Computer Science Department, Carnegie Mellon University No one "notable" in almost 20 years? LOL what? Not sure what you're getting at. You took one look at this list and that's what you got? Some of the top minds at Google and Yahoo. The inventor of Ethernet. The "Mother of the Internet". And you're asking for someone notable? How the fuck did you become a Hero member here? |
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wot is mit
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, it is the university where the top tier of students go who are training in technology fields. The Harvard of technology if you will. It's where this clown got his Ph.D.   It's where all these technologists went also: http://wiki.mitadmissions.org/Notable_Alumni#ComputersComputers
Robert Metcalfe '68, inventor of Ethernet and founder, 3COM
Wesley Chan '00, developed Google Voice, Google Toolbar, and Google Analytics
Raymie Stata '90 SM '92 ScD '96, Chief Technology Officer, Yahoo! Inc.
Kenneth Olsen '50 SM '52, founder, Digital Equipment Corporation
Brewster Kahle '82, founder of the Internet Archive and Alexa Internet
Ray Kurzweil '70, inventor of Optical Character Recognition (OCR) and speech-to-text technologies
Jeremy Hylton '94 MEng '96, developed Google Blog Search and Google Real Time Search, published "The Complete Works of William Shakespeare," the first online compilation of Shakespeare
Dan Bricklin '73, co-inventor of Visicalc, the first WYSIWYG PC spreadsheet program
Radia Perlman '73 SM '76 PhD '88, the "Mother of the Internet," computer scientist and network engineer
Steve Kirsch '78 SM '80, inventor of the optical mouse and founder of Infoseek Corporation
Steve Russell '60 SM '62, wrote the first computer game – Spacewar
Alex Rigopulos '92 SM '94, founder of Harmonix Music Systems, developer of Guitar Hero and Rock Band
Megan Smith '86, SM '88, General Manager of Google.org and Vice President of New Business Development for Google
Jeannette Wing '79 MEng '79 PhD '83, Head of Computer Science Department, Carnegie Mellon University |
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CoinDesk appears to be down for me. Is it same for all ? Are they under DDoS ?
Bookmark this site for future reference: http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.comNope, we can all reach CoinDesk just fine. |
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These 2 charts always seem to put my mind more at ease and put things in perspective:   Just a matter of time... |
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@yayayo Gavin leaving the Bitcoin Foundation is essentially admitting TBF is a mistake. Look who they put in charge! None other than that pedophile Brock Pierce: http://www.coindesk.com/brock-pierce-bitcoin-foundation-board-chairman/Where is this crowdfunding going towards Bitcoin that you speak of? There's nothing coming in. It takes substantial money and resources to lead and develop a project of this magnitude. Gavin was in the absolute right to leave TBF, and landing/partnering at MIT Media Labs of all places, is an absolute godsend. Thats great Gavin gets paid. Phew. Got to love short term thinking. Look if Bitcoin needed funds for any development it could of been found rather than go to the people that are more than likely gonna get tapped to hack, recreate it or worse. Hooray for shortsighted planning. Talk about cutting off your nose to spite your face. You do realize there are other Bitcoin Core developers working on this project besides Gavin Andresen right? Short term thinking? Where are all these open source developers that are picking up the slack and making better wallets than Bitcoin Core? I see a bunch of SPV wallets, light, and web wallets, but I still haven't seen any that are as robust as the Core wallet: https://bitcoin.org/en/choose-your-walletBitcoin Core is the defacto and official Bitcoin wallet for good reason. It is the first wallet that Gavin and Satoshi transacted with. It is the wallet loaded onto servers and VPS all over the globe to serve as nodes. Reward and fund these people for chrissakes. |
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@yayayo Gavin leaving the Bitcoin Foundation is essentially admitting TBF is a mistake. Look who they put in charge! None other than that pedophile Brock Pierce: http://www.coindesk.com/brock-pierce-bitcoin-foundation-board-chairman/Where is this crowdfunding going towards Bitcoin that you speak of? There's nothing coming in. It takes substantial money and resources to lead and develop a project of this magnitude. Gavin was in the absolute right to leave TBF, and landing/partnering at MIT Media Labs of all places, is an absolute godsend. |
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Whatever you do, don't transact that amount of money using LocalBitcoins.
Alot of people have been arrested for money laundering and operating as an illegal unlicensed money transmitter using LBC for large amount of BTC.
Stick to the compliant exchanges like Coinbase, Circle, BitStamp, Bitfinex, Kraken, etc for large sums.
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Because it's a whole paradigm shift from the norm. Bucks the trend. It's a new phenomenon.
Bitcoin threatens to eat into alot of the old money/old guard's livelihood. Centralized banks and authorities especially.
This is a truly revolutionary invention. It'll change the way currency and money is looked at forever.
I'd be shitting bricks too if I were the Guvment...
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Right now, it seems like bitcoin is moving slowly. Winklevoss ETF is in regulatory hell. GBTC sits there (not trading) with <100 BTC in bids. Still few places in your average city where you can use bitcoin. Remittances are not really catching on as fast as we thought.
But in reality, bitcoin in 2013 was 100% amateur bullshit. Alpaca socks, Mark Karpeles, friedcat, and DPR.
It's really hard for me to decide whether we're moving fast or slow.
First of all the Winklevoss ETF is waiting on the NY Bitlicense final revision. If you can't wait until next month, I don't know what to tell you: http://www.coindesk.com/lawsky-bitlicense-will-be-finalized-by-end-of-may/GBTC or Bitcoin Investment Trust is about to trade any day now. Patience young Padawan! Soon we'll also have Gemini and Noble Markets as well. These things all take time... |
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In 2015 without a shadow of a doubt, Signature Campaigns.
Requires less work, less overhead, no electrical costs, no entry fee, and you're always operating in the black.
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That's awesome! Can't wait for the Windows version.
Windows version won't see the light of day for a while, they said it would come out like 6 months ago. Why is there no Windows version? Makes zero sense to me. You guys want OpenBazaar to succeed and become the future of decentralized marketplaces, but don't release a version for the largest user base in the world? Ass backwards, developers that's a come on man!  You understand it is an open source project and developers are not being paid? What are you waiting for to contribute instead of whining? You want some Whine with that CheeeZe!!!  No, seriously, look at the developers priority list from November 2014: https://blog.openbazaar.org/openbazaar-teams-developing/We’ve identified 11 areas we want to have teams focusing on;
Code Quality
Design & UX
Legal
Marketing
Networking
OB Developer Network
OB Labs
Operations & Recruiting
Quality Assurance
Security
Windows Windows is 11th or last on the list....they're basically fucked out of the gate. |
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LOL I don't see how this is anything but good news. People want Bitcoin to succeed, but don't want certain entities or forces to "drive" it.
Shit ain't free, man.
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I never personally liked Gavin. He's loving being the prom queen too much. And I think he's being way overpaid. I think he'll stretch out development as long as possible to maximize stuffing his own pockets. If I had to analyze Gavin's true motives, he only cares about the attention and the money. He doesn't care if he was working on Bitcoin or some massive secret government project, as long as they pay him and put a camera in his face, he'll be flaunting that tiara hard.
Gripes about Gavin aside, what about the other Bitcoin core devs? You don't think they deserve to be paid either? What about Wladimir van der Laan and Cory Fields? Do they continue writing code pro bono? Some posters have to read the articles and the whole story before posting.... |
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Looks like Gavin and core devs about to upgrade to the penthouse suite: https://twitter.com/gavinandresen/status/590884520318078976Get out from the Bitcoin Foundation shack and into the 5 star MIT estate. No more cup o noodles and tuna fish for the core devs. Lobster and New England Clam Chowdah babee!!! |
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When will people stop being impressed by 'big names' and 'powerful' organisations and start thinking most of them have your welfare as last on one big friken list of priorities. Its embarrassing to read on a Bitcoin forum. A desperate need to be accepted by the powers this technology is designed to fight. Who do you think groups like the NSA get all their tech knowledge to screw the hell out of you on a daily basis. Damn it people, get some balls. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrOZllbNarw Acceptance, pfft. It's a matter of survival. Without funding and adequate facilities, the core devs wouldn't be able to make the updates that we desperately need. Nothing to do with powers that be. It's all about money, something that the Bitcoin Foundation ran out of. http://www.ibtimes.com/bitcoin-foundation-effectively-bankrupt-considers-restructuring-report-1871683Can't have your Bitcoin Core wallet updates on a negative budget... |
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wot is mit
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, it is the university where the top tier of students go who are training in technology fields. The Harvard of technology if you will. kingcolex, obvious 1 post 0 activity troll is obvious.  Don't feeed them!!!  |
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wot is mit
You don't know mit? It's a leather glove used for catching baseballs or softballs.  |
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