#20 Why don't you invest your 10.000 BTC in some SC minirigs?
I'd prefer to invest in Ripple. |
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#17
What is the real risk for you? I guess you would not give any numbers but are 10.000BTC a little, moderate or big part of you overall balance?
As mentioned, I ask that some aspects of my personal privacy be respected. Having said that, yes, it constitutes a larged portion of holdings. |
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Why are you talking about your guitar in a supposed investment thread?
Why Is your thread title still misleading? ("Low risk")
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#16
do you think the FED putting pressure on governments to "crack down" on bitcoin is inevitable if the project gains any sort of real traction (like 100$ a coin)?
Can't say. I will say that I believe there are just as many jaded, selifish and controlling agendas in Bitcoin as there are in the FED, because you can't change people so quickly. |
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#15
What is the biggest bitcoin related mistake you have made, why did you make it, and would you unmake it if at all possible?
Trusting people too eagerly. Opportunity. No, it's what made me who I am so I must embrace it. |
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#14
What question would you most liked to be asked, and what would the answer to that question be?
"Where do I send the 10,000BTC?" "My BitStamp account, the only exchange I like these days." |
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#13 Why did you "really" create this thread?
To have a place for trolls to gather for the impending storm of FUD regardless of what side wins the bet. This community is rather drolly predictable afterall. |
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Backing up your wallet doesn't harm another person's business btw.
If what was said on forums about pirate started to hurt his business, he could have done many number of things to prove otherwise. When asking for millions of dollars from lenders this is a basic duty. But yet pirate refused all options. Locked his thread. Started his own IRC channel where he could control the discussion. Every one of his actions from the beginning followed classic ponzi behavior. It was not unreasonable for people to continue to warn others. What do you think of the other people that were encouraging deposits very aggressively? Surely you didn't miss the massive spam fest trying to drown out the naysayers. That behavior is so much more damaging than what you are complaining about. How much harm do you think pirate will have done to the community if he does abscond? The damage will be much much worse than if he was legit and "trolls" really did kill his business. And again he have many options to silence the trolls but did not. Micon explained this to you on his show. If I tried to make the claim Bitcoin Magazine was a scam people would just think I am an idiot. Actually some people were claiming that in some other thread, but it quickly and naturally devolved from scam to just being late on issues. And most rationale people would understand any new business is going to have growing pains and unexpected delays. It's pretty common for print issues and you guys have been doing great all things considered. Any forum is going to have massive trolls, you can't do anything to fix that (even betting). You can't let that crap get to you. This makes sense more or less, but doesn't exactly cover the reasoning I had. What you say is correct, but there are other arguments, including the "walks like a duck" fallacy, benefit of the doubt, discerning between educating about and crusading against investments, etc. let's talk about this more when the bet is over as it will probably help to understand more irregardless of outcome. I'll mull it over what you said though (and actually I -did- miss the part where Pirate and investors were being aggressive. Before I made the bet, I was only seeing the opposite. Do you have any threads as examples?) |
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#12
Can a person submit more than one question?
Yes. |
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#11) So you were home-schooled?
If you call your parents neglecting your education amd restricting you from educational activities because "God" as being homeschooled, then yes. I would better equate it to jail. |
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[8/20/2012 5:14:06 PM] bigpiggy666: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=100127.msg1115656#msg1115656 care to comment on this? [8/20/2012 5:14:42 PM] bigpiggy666: as you've previously told me that they knew who you were from the word go [8/20/2012 5:18:47 PM] Alberto Armandi: i should yes [8/20/2012 5:19:02 PM] Alberto Armandi: they knew [8/20/2012 5:19:07 PM] Alberto Armandi: both JRO and MNW So... lemme get this straight... you're presenting the word of a scammer as proof? I have no way of knowing if JRO knew or not, but I didn't find out until long after agreeing to work with JRO, and I have numerous witnesses of this. Bigpiggy, bless his heart, is fishing for a whale in a puddle. |
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#10 If you win the bet, what percent of 10k btc would you expect the losers to actually cough up? (the remainder getting scammer labels). This question gauges your comparative trust between pirate and generic forum members.
No comment on number. I trust the betters more than porate however, as I know many of them. |
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#9
Will you please list all your sockies?
Alpaca or wool? (all kidding aside, I do not engage in sockpuppetry. For better or worse, immature or educated, my opinions are mine and I own them. |
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#8
How will humanity break free from the bonds of false authority and begin to engage the universe with a reality based society and a resource based economy, and how does Bitcoin Magazine help accelerate this process?
Bitcoin. And, bitcoin magazine is going to be one of eight major key points of adoption the way I see it. Regardless of what some people think about "niche, deadtree publications", legitimate currencies must have representation outside of mere hobbyist blogs. |
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#7
Why is your Internet Honor/ forum rep worth 10,000btc to you? Or, to clarify, Why wouldn't you cut and run if you lose?..we are talking about a shitload of money on a gamble with strangers.
I have holdings and deep involvement in too many businesses in bitcoin to ever walk away. I'm long. Uber long. It's about much more than a forum rep, and I've never even attempted to be anonymous. Do the math. |
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#6 What drugs are you on at the moment? List Legal and Non Legal.
I've never done drugs (at least not knowingly) in my life, nor drank nor smoke. I'm a workaholic though. James Randi said it best: "I want to be, if I can, as sure of the world - the real world around me - as is possible. Now, you can only attain that to a certain degree, but I want the greatest degree of control. I never involve myself in narcotics of any kind. I don’t smoke. I don’t drink. Because that can easily just fuzz the edges of my rationality; fuzz the edges of my reasoning powers. And I want to be as aware as I possibly can." If I seem snooty, annoying, arrogant, self centered, queer, homeless, sociopathic, shady, insane or inexplicable for any reason, rather than drugs as an explanation, try to remember I've never been to public school of any sort, was working on my own business at 13, and have never once forgotten to stop and have fun. That might have assisted in molding my imaginative and risk loving personality. Or I'm just trolling. |
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#5 Why do we love you so much?
STOP CALLING MY HOME |
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#4: So you've got 10,000btc to gamble. How did you make so much money?
I own, co-own, hold equity in or work contractually for dozens of companies in the bitcoin community. |
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you my friend, have some fucking BALLS! and your totally nuts. no wonder you love bitcoin  #2
did you talk to pirate40 before making this bet?
Not about his business plans or bets, no. I sent him a PM months ago asking how to invest out of curiosity and he said use a passthru. That's it. |
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#3
Do Pirate's comments as Steamship in IRC and his constant claims of "it's complicated" concern you in regards to winning the bet?
Yes and no. I wasn't aware of him saying that, but I guess it is what it is. If he's running he'll say anything and if he's not, he's got it under control I suppose. |
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