That's correct.

I also thought about this.

Strictly speaking, the game is still ON !!!

Exactly.

What traditionalists like r0ach fail to understand is that the informational realm is just as real as precious metals, with several added benefits that a piece of metal can never have, by its very definition. Assuming he's serious and really believes what he posts, he's either bitter at losing a large chunk of coins by selling early (which shows he's immature), or he's just a stubborn, delusional individual who simply fails to realise the significance of the informational realm. Yet, he has no issues surfing the net and making use of a wealth of information in cyberspace every day...

Kinda like a broken version of Ted Kaczynski.

Is Greta Thunberg a blockchain supporter? That's BIG news, I was a bit hesitant, but now I'm going ALL IN!

FTFY.

True HoDLers need not worry.

Funds are safu, this is fine.

I see troll activity is increasing...

Must be a pump in the making.

This is fine^TM.

That's what I meant. When you defect you either end up glowing in the dark from Polonium-210 or you've never actually defected.

There is no such thing as Ex-KGB...

Not sure if true, but I've heard of a story of a family going to a restaurant somewhere in Asia. They had their dog with them, and asked the waiter to keep an eye on him while they were there. After they finished eating and were ready to leave, they asked for their dog back, only to realise that they had actually just eaten it! The waiter thought they brought the dog for them to cook!

In the western world, humans tend to avoid eating carnivore animals. I can't think of a carnivore animal in any western cuisine. Pigs are omnivores, but are fed corn and soybean meals. Cats and dogs are carnivores, so they're out. I don't know if there is a scientific basis for this.

Hey, welcome to WO.

Almost out of merits, so only one will have to do for now.

Carolina?

Hey Bas!

Thanks for the card, I appreciate your time and effort! Looks really nice, and blue/cyan is my favourite colour!

One thing to change if you can, spell my username as AlcoHoDL (preserve the capitalization - A, H and DL capitals).

Merited, thx again and Happy 2020! 

It's not essential to understand how Bitcoin works, in order to profit from it, that's true. But understanding how it works removes almost all reservations you may have in putting a good percentage of your wealth in Bitcoin.

Take the Halving events for example. My initial purchase of 0.5 BTC for $120 back in 2015, that was immediately followed by several other purchases, was triggered by the 2016 Halving. I just knew I had to get into the 2016 train. It was common sense, understanding how it works, and the knowledge that production was soon going to be halved, that triggered the purchase of many of the coins I now have. Without that knowledge and understanding, I may have ended up delaying the purchase (and bitterly regretting it).

Knowledge is power, and it's all out there for those willing to see.

4 years. Your choice!

...couldn't resist! 

In other words, the above "Neural Network" is a whole load of crap... Even Siri would give a better answer (don't have an iPhone handy, and never will).

Very interesting read, thanks for the link!

A related article:

Trump’s Russian Laundromat

Quote: "Without the Russian mafia, it is fair to say, Donald Trump would not be president of the United States."

Well, if my coins are ever worth several million US dollars, I wouldn't mind paying my taxes and thus being able to spend the rest of my wealth without worrying about the tax man checking me out all the time. For example, assuming I end up holding the equivalent of $100m, I wouldn't mind at all paying even half of it ($50m) in taxes! If this means that I end up with $50m that I can freely and totally legally spend without worrying at all, I'm perfectly happy with that.

BTW, the above is purely hypothetical, I forgot my passphrase, all coins gone, now only have what's left in my Kraken account (around 1000 Doge I think)...

I'm pretty sure that, with a modern colour laser copier and the right kind of paper, one could make usable banknotes to give to old, unsuspecting small shop owners, etc.

Go photocopy a Bitcoin... You can't!

One more reason fiat is doomed and Bitcoin is the way forward.

9751-9800

As always, many thanks to fellow WO member micgoossens for yet another great game.

Cheers mate!

Fun fact:

So I run out of fiat cash with all the season's expenses and the BTC buying spree, and thought of using my brand-new Canon colour laser printer to photocopy some bank notes. Here's the result:



It seems that the printer has some pattern matching s/w inside it, to detect bank notes! So I scanned the A4 sheet of the copy, and tried to crop and resize it in Photoshop to prepare for posting (image above). Here's what I got:



WTF! Even Photoshop has protection! I tried Corel PHOTO-PAINT. Same thing:



... So I launched good old Microsoft Paint, which did the trick! Never expected an M$ product to be so functional!

I Googled it, and found this:

EURion constellation

I covered the pattern and it worked! Bank note copied! Now I can go buy some MOAR BTC. Yeah!

Sorry for the OT, I just found it interesting. I guess consumer printers have become very capable lately, and companies are trying to prevent their use for illegal purposes.

Edit: I wonder if this protection works on that Z$100,000,000,000,000 third Zimbabwean dollar...

Edit 2: Took a photo of the same 50 € bank note, using my mobile phone. Photoshop still refuses to open it, displaying the exact same message. Corel PHOTO-PAINT opens it fine though...

Naaah... Bitcoin has died hundreds of times already...

There's no hope...

"Zed's dead baby, Zed's dead!"