93 - 20kevin20

Thank you!

Or perhaps they're waiting for the moment national cryptocurrencies turn into reality to see what happens to BTC and other cryptos. They sure do know stuff we don't yet. Don't you think Bitcoin will become a threat to national cryptos once they are released? I mean, it's going to be centralized cryptos with crappy inflation vs Bitcoin with decreasing inflation.

They better come out with something smart or sooner or later Bitcoin might take the leadership, it's growing to unseen levels indeed

Will they let spectators in or is it a private conference? I'd rather believe they'll talk about the dangers Bitcoin implies over their corporation than believe they're looking forward to doing something positive about it.

I'm very paranoid when it comes to corporations and banks and their "good willing", especially when it comes to the latter.

But then I guess an investor could be considered a trader as well, based solely on their actions: they buy and they sell, right? They could buy for their retirement portfolio or .. they could buy now and tomorrow, if BTC dips to $5k, they might sell out of fear. Why do you think there's not much of a difference them?

I'd take it another way to differentiate the two: traders follow charts, investors follow potential.

Investors sure do care whether the price grows or not, but they mostly rely on how much potential of growth some asset/stock has, studying it. Traders mostly do chart analysis and care about the exact time a pump happens so they could cash in. There's long term trading as well, so if we rely only on length of investment/trading.. we'd mistake one for another.

It's partially forced from Apple too, as you will probably never be able to update your device again to a newer, better-looking and more secure OS without having to also get the COVID update.

Google's update might actually be easier to back out from as it only requires the Services update reversal (although IIRC, you some apps become obsolete without the latest version of Google Services).

What annoys me is the fact that they add these things without ever letting you know that "hey, this is something new we added inside your device!". I, for one, don't agree with contact tracing be it anonymous or not, so I would never want to have even the basic stuff of it inside my phone.

As he wouldn't ever use a centralized exchange to cash in his potential fortune, we also wouldn't even notice a thing in the markets in case he decides to sell besides the scared weak hands thinking selling the first coins means the end of Bitcoin.

Never done a smart contract with locktime on BTC so I am really wondering whether you could set a locktime for your mined coins and if yes, if that would be transparent for anyone to see or only the miner would know. If I was an early miner, maybe that's something I would've done if I ever wanted to force myself not to move anything for a long while.

I had the thought a few times to set a locktime on my txs in order to forcefully control my emotions when I was a very weak hand, but what made me back out of that idea is the fact that in case Bitcoin ever dies with very clear signs of it, I'd be forced not to move anything and watch my balance and Bitcoin's price effectively die out right in front of my eyes.

Bump

I see an insane number of topics about Satoshi popping up every few hours and I wonder how long it'll be before they are considered nonsense threads .. +95% of the stuff people "know" about Satoshi is just potential truth nobody has proof for. CShitW is the best example.

It's quite silly and annoying how people desperately hope Satoshi lost his coins (if they are even his) or will never sell.

Like God damn it, he created this thing that made many, many people richer, revolutionized tech and saved lives in some 3rd world countries and you hope he never gets a buck out of his supposed fortune because it may drop your $50 wallet balance by half a buck. That's such a f'ed up way of thinking.

I suspect it's the halving. Knowing all the stuff related to BTC as a trader takes time, most traders going for stocks, fiat & crypto rely solely on charts and news they catch on-air.

As always, around halving time there's lots of hype so the word was spread around easily and quickly. As both previous halvings ended up in a very large profit, that might be the most logical explanation.

Most awesome ideas are in the works or are on hold as the minds behind them may not have the necessary resources to fulfill them.

I think we've seen most of the concepts out there and there isn't very much more you can do (except non-affordable ideas) with the existing technology we have. As far as I can see, most new platforms become successful or not based on how convenient they turn in time for their own customers.

I would personally not rely on those little switches in our phone settings. I'm very suspicious when it comes to them - as they are not physical switches, a little coding backdoor could give you only the impression that you've turned the permissions on. And honestly, I believe Google has control over your phone at any time.

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We have some news now:

Apple has launched a software update for iOS which includes the basic stuff needed for contact tracing apps. In other words... this thread now has even more substance.

The problem is that, while iOS has an optional software update, Google introduced the basic stuff needed for contact tracing without asking you for your permission. If your phone has had Google Play Services updated recently (and I believe it's done automatically), you most likely have the contact tracing stuff in your phone already.

To check if you do, you only need to do 3 steps:
 1. Open your phone's Settings
 2. Look for the "Google" settings, open them
 3. If the opening window shows some COVID-19 exposure settings, you have the update in your phone.

One more reason to forever and completely abandon Google. No offense but fuck them.

Multumesc, dar as putea spune ca meritul e al OP-ului mentionat in postarea mea. Ma bucura sa mai vad si alte nume pe aici pe board-ul Ro!

Sunt de acord, DuckDuckGo este putin cam slab fata de celelalte.. insa imi fac treaba cu el cat de cat. Daca nu, in cel mai rau caz, trec intr-o sesiune de Tails (sistem de operare amnezic) si fac o cautare rapida de Google ca sa caut ce imi trebuie, dupa care dau reboot.

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In alta ordine de idei, Apple a lansat un update de software pentru iOS care include bazele necesare aplicatiilor de contact tracing. Cu alte cuvinte... acum acest thread capata si mai multa substanta.

Problema insa este faptul ca, in timp ce iOS are update de soft optional, Google ne-a introdus tuturor in telefoane fundamentele pentru contact tracing fara sa ne ceara vreun acord. Daca v-ati facut recent update la Serviciile Google Play (pare-mi-se ca se fac in mod automat), cel mai probabil aveti acestea deja in telefonul vostru.

Pentru a verifica acest lucru, e voie doar de 3 pasi:
 1. Deschideti Setarile din telefon
 2. Cautati rubrica "Google", apasati pe ea
 3. Daca in fereastra deschisa vedeti ceva legat de notificari pentru expunerea la COVID-19, aveti actualizarea in telefon.

Inca un motiv in plus sa renunti complet si definitiv la Google. No offense but fuck them.

Au avut probleme destul de semnificative in special in nebunia aia cand BTC ajunsese la +$12k. Inainte limita era doar 1 RON (aceeasi pe care azi o avem la Shitcoins Club), apoi au crescut-o pana la un punct in care si eu m-am dat batut si am preferat sa nu mai fac vizite la ATM..

Era o problema usor de rezolvat daca nu cumva au fost ei putin cam "greedy" cu comisioanele pe tranzactii, cred ca era suficient de logic ca nu multi isi vor permite sa puna cate 500 RON in BTC prea des. Mai greu sa scoti 500 din portofel decat 50 de 10 ori sau 10 de 50 de ori, iar asta probabil i-a lovit putin direct in bot pe cei de la Bitcoin Romania, pierzand astfel si clientela. Unul dintre ei eram eu, iar eu le-am adus la randu-mi clienti care le-au introdus in aparate sume de mai bine de 50.000 EUR... care si ei, la randul lor, au abandonat odata ce au pus limite asa de ridicate pe langa ca, cursul de vanzare era de cacao..

Pacat.

Advertisement from Binance or not, did the tweet attract some of her fans to BTC or not? It did, and that's what matters. We've seen a lot of celebrities and known personalities get into BTC or somehow advertise it (paid or not) in the recent years, and that speaks words.

I think advertising BTC is a risky thing itself anyway, a risk you have to assume - you don't want hoards of fans come in and insult your family every tweet for making them lose money, which makes me think she might've done some research herself beforehand.

It's quite suspicious if someone asks for a posting interval timer indeed. I can't see a reason I'd use such function unless I have to post every X minutes and be reminded for it.. besides the case in which I'd want to avoid burstposting.

ZebraPay? Nu au scos cryptomonedele de mult? Din cate stiu, ZebraPay a devenit SelfPay acum mult timp iar acum nu mai au serviciu Bitcoin Romania pt cumparare ETH si BTC.. Era superb serviciul fiind aproape de oricine oriunde, desi era scump (dar pe de alta parte, ridicasera suma minima de achizitie la 500 RON ce mi se parea cam exagerat..).

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Nea' Sandule, daca nu imi beam cafeaua cat timp scriam reply-ul te intreceam )))

I'm blessed for having used Coinomi with my paper wallets and emptying them out every time before even knowing change address was a thing.

I felt like they could be compromised without even having to go through any flaw: a hacker may gain access to my camera and easily use my privkey at any time. Paper wallets should have a little warning sign on them to know what you shouldn't do.

Ah, here we go again - the old "I prefer this game as it gives me more chances to win". I came to the conclusion that any game you play and any strategy you choose, gambling is gambling and changing payouts (or going for longer sessions) only change the length of the timeline before you bust.

It all really comes down to personal preferences. You could bet 10BTC and hope for a $1.2k easy win with a 98% chance of winning and bust instead within the first try. That's an insta-bust. On the other hand, you could bet a satoshi with some "better strat" and bust within 24h of non-stop autobets. The only difference is the session length.

It's kind of ironic how the guy who invented Neuralink is the same guy who says he's concerned about AI. Perhaps he knows something about the way humans could evolve with his new Neuralink?

Humans with AI sure do look like a very creepy future, and it's going to turn into reality in a matter of months if Musk proceeds with his plan of implanting the first chip before the end of the year. It could have some very strange effects on humans and that really does scare me. If I decide to take the implanted chip, how do I ever know that chip doesn't take over my brain and cancel all my abilities, hence making me become basically trapped inside my own body with no way of taking back the control?

If his Neuralink AI consists in auto-learning and will give us the ability of communicating non-verbally, doesn't this mean the chip will be able to communicate with other chips and, one day, they could auto-teach each other to overtake humanity?

I'm just not sure this is the right path we're taking. When I think of it in-depth, it scares me. If we take a look back at relics and all the ancient symbols of astronauts and etc, what if this is similar to the last advancement in technology the last advanced race before us was able to achieve before they self-destroyed.. How will you know that, when you talk to me while I have the chip linked to my brain, you're communicating with me and not with the artificial brain inside me?

The chip being linked to our brain means it'd be able to make us see things that aren't real.. perhaps fooling us into thinking we've discovered a new dimension with other beings while, in fact, that's all only inside our brain.

This is a new level we're taking science to and I personally fear we're going to enter a phase of science we create but cannot understand.

If he dumps the entire million in an hour, it'd be my time to shine and hoard all coins possible. As soon as you're hodling, it'd be just a little upside down spike you see on your account balance. If you don't sell in panic, you may not even feel it. In fact, you don't lose anything as long as you don't sell.

I'm really wondering whether those hodling are hodling for real if they fear such an event. If that million ever proves to be Satoshi's, then this is a risk that's going to be out there forever. If Satoshi doesn't plan to sell his coins, maybe his grandchildren will.