I wonder where is the old good Barry: why didn't he sign the suspension? Jihan has Bitcoin Cash anyway, probably this was his plan anyway. Now that he accepts BCH for the miners it gets interesting.
One battle has been won but the war is not over.
In the meanwhile GO BITCOIN GO!
And sadly that was true. We should have understood that the whole NYA crap was a weapon of mass distraction. Alternative Cash has been created as a way to take over Bitcoin. Thanks @AlexGR and fluidjax for your posts. |
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I do not know about you people but I am not afraid. We had this before, we suffered many times and we have grown stronger since then. From what I see around this is dumb money (weak hands, noobs) being eaten by sharks who are buying lower.
BCH is no better than LTC hence I am not afraid.
Carolina goes for Bitcoin.
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A generation ago, multi-user time-sharing computer systems had a similar problem. Before strong encryption, users had to rely on password protection to secure their files, placing trust in the system administrator to keep their information private. Privacy could always be overridden by the admin based on his judgment call weighing the principle of privacy against other concerns, or at the behest of his superiors. Then strong encryption became available to the masses, and trust was no longer required. Data could be secured in a way that was physically impossible for others to access, no matter for what reason, no matter how good the excuse, no matter what.
It's time we had the same thing for money. With e-currency based on cryptographic proof, without the need to trust a third party middleman, money can be secure and transactions effortless. http://p2pfoundation.ning.com/forum/topics/bitcoin-open-sourceBitcoin has already changed the world. At least it changed the way we see the world. This is a long conversation that does not fit in the space of a forum and this is not the right thread to discuss over these things. |
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BTC is going to the moon long term. Don't worry about the relatively minor short term price fluctations. Just get as many as you can and don't cash any out until at least 10K, even if it takes a year. No one here has patience it seems. It will happen.
You seemed very reasonable and forward looking back then. What happened to you in the meanwhile if I may ask? Only one thing from my side: why do you keep on talking about +100$ fees? Why do you still keep on thinking them in USD? I think you don't need to look at them in USD but in satoshis: that changes the perspective on the matter. As for the rest, I mean, peace man. Have some Carolina with us  |
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I wonder where is the old good Barry: why didn't he sign the suspension? Jihan has Bitcoin Cash anyway, probably this was his plan anyway. Now that he accepts BCH for the miners it gets interesting.
One battle has been won but the war is not over.
In the meanwhile GO BITCOIN GO!
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What I've learned with Bitcoin so far. Store your keys securely. Buy forget rinse and repeat! Buy forget rinse and repeat! Store your keys securely. Don't rely on exchanges too much. Don't tell anybody you have bitcoin, tell them you have eth (always pretend something else). Buy forget rinse and repeat! Get to know how to use Bitcorn and BE FREE And enjoy the right music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtVBCG6ThDk |
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Thanks for your reply, I'll keep on reporting them. Personally, I find it very handy to log into the forum and have a look at all the recent press hits. I see some articles get many views so I imagine others also enjoy such service. I agree that people may use it as you said but if they post relevant articles I think that's fine. Lastly, I only wanted to point out that non-Bitcoin related articles should not be allowed there. See you around |
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This is a real Bitcoin victory; a well-known business (a Montessori Schools... franchisee?) accepting BTC and refusing VISA/Mastercard payments.
I'll be happy to see more of this, although maybe we should be celebrating Bitcoin's successes in Zimbabwe and Venezuela more. In failing economies, Bitcoin has the potential to defeat the government where physical means alone seemingly cannot.
People ain't that stupid Carlton! The Bitcoin seeds have been planted and nothing can stop people to get back their financial freedom and independence. The more of these examples the better. Let November pass (fork) and let this baby grow |
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Yes, this is definetely the only thread that matters when one needs to get the sentiment behind price, scaling, forks and stuff. I've finally come to realize that the November fork is solely about control over Bitcoin. Bitcoin will not be rebranded or redefined! The following must be quoted for reference again Network protocols are not a democracy. They need near universal agreement in order to work.
The reason is simple:
If for every contentious choice, there was a 52% group that said "yes I like that" and a 48% group that said "I don't like that", then you have two protocols. In the second contentious choice for each fork, of similar dynamics (52-48), you have four protocols. In the third, you have eight protocols - which all do not recognize each other. If there were, say, 8 DNS protocols, your router wouldn't even know where to begin with in order to convert a name to an IP address...
Bitcoin is trying to compete with assets like Gold. You can't "fork" Gold or redefine what Gold is and that has value. Bitcoin's resistance to re-definition, likewise has value. Some people are trying hard to damage this resistance in order to say "see? Bitcoin is crap, it can be forked, it can be inflated through forks, uncertainty can be introduced on what fork will be the "right" one, etc etc... gold doesn't have all this bullshit, I'll stick with gold / stocks / fiat".
This is why all the forkers are cancer. They are undermining bitcoin, or are actively trying to control it, under any narrative like "bigger blocks". Even when they had their "big blocks" with BCH and the 8mb fork, now they are trying to take BTC to 8mb as well with S2X. Why don't they simply stick to BCH? It's simple: Because it was never about big blocks, it was about CONTROL.
Very well said! |
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Bitcoin – a currency run by a peer-to-peer online network, rather than any single organisation – has powered its way into the public consciousness. Adverts for brokers appear on London Underground; major investment shops such as IG and Hargreaves Lansdown now offer ways to buy, and a deluge of emails encouraging people to invest is flooding the nation’s inboxes. Some believe it is a new order of finance that will turn traditional banking and economic control upside-down. Others invest simply for fear of missing huge returns. More @ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/investing/news/bitcoin-hits-mainstream-really-new-gold/ |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrLr7MdyyLgConfirmed @11:50 what I've always suspected to be true: fractional reserve shares (aka "phantom shares") in the U.S. stock market are real. I fkn knew it! That along with collateralized and even naked re-hypo liens on personal/corp shares exactly confirms why when the U.S. stock market crashes, it crashes so hard.... because of all the unwinding. Yet another reason to stick with Bitcoin as one of the most important asset to have in our portofolio. We know Bitcoin dynamics while we don't know anything about the stock market world. I became almost fully invested in Bitcoin in the last years because Bitcoin value is way higher than anything else that I have. Hence, for me an economic collapse would make me in good position knowing that Bitcoin will not suffer from "their financial economic crisis". It's no coincidence Bitcoin was proposed in 2008 and launched in 2009 Coinbase
The coinbase parameter contains, along with the normal data, the following text
The Times 03/Jan/2009 Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks
This was probably intended as proof that the block was created on or after January 3, 2009, as well as a comment on the instability caused by fractional-reserve banking. |
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Is bitcoin a legitimate asset, or a super-bubble waiting to implode? As prices for the cryptocurrency skyrocket, investors and pundits are increasingly taking sides. Whether you’re a backer or a detractor, what’s not in doubt is bitcoin’s dizzying rally this year. The most widely used digital currency crossed the $7,000 mark on Thursday and is up more than 650 percent in 2017. It’s managed to whip past the $100 billion total value mark despite governmental crackdowns and mainstream market skepticism. Bitcoin was trading at $7,207 at 3 p.m. Hong Kong time on Friday. More @ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-11-03/big-investors-are-taking-sides-in-bitcoin-s-great-bubble-debate |
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Hodl on guys! Stamp is making me crazy! I got hypnotized during the first correction. I should leave work I'm not doing anything today and people keep asking me about bitcoin!  |
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Ok I will say it. $7550 by the end of the year and $16000 by the end 2018. I played a bit with the charts and did some pure speculation (imagined 2% of the world population using Bitcoin, ETFs approved and such). It's always good to write down our goals. Sometimes we reach them Who said that shit? I don't believe to myself anymore! I was way too conservative. I will confirm what follows though: It's always good to write down our goals. Sometimes we reach them Go on BTC |
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Finding it difficult to concentrate at work
Yep, it is bit of a problem. It's difficult to concentrate when dollar and euro are collapsing at such a pace. This. Two things: either I quit or they fire me for good. In the end it's up to us. Do we feel we can really be gentlemen living on Bitcoin magic money? I planned to decide by the end of the year but Bitcoin does not care about my plans  |
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Hi SafeDice I think I can speak for many people here if I ask you what is your position about the November HF. As a player/investor on your platform it would be good to have your stance on the matter.
I mean, no rush but please let us know. Thank you
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Come on too much excitement over here. Nothing to see here, back to business.
Go on BTC we need 7k.
We are on this train together gentlemen
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So, small techie question. I'm on vacation and wanting to sell a bit of coin I picked up somewhere below 6k, but there is no way I'm doing that over some random hotel connection. I'm currently connected on my laptop, through my phone which is acting as a hotspot, on a danish mobile plan that works in most of the world. How safe would it be to access kraken this way, compared to a regular computer over a normal house connection?
Seriously? You travel with no available VPN ready to use? You should definitely buy a good vpn service, I will not advertise mine there are plenty of them. No VPN no glory here. In the meanwhile we are stuck on 6k Go on BTC |
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