A mobile wallet would definitely encourage commerce. I can't recall where I read this, but some focus group predicted that there would be more mobile devices than home comuters by this year. I don't know if this came to pass, but I don't doubt it. EVERYBODY has a smartphone these days.

As for a mainframe wallet/exchange combo, can you elucidate on details? The idea intrigues me.

and yes, your comment was more constructive than mine. It wasn't meant as a reprimand, just that somebody besides the devs focusing on the coin makes for wider exposure, and shows that there is interest beyond just tekheads.

Hey, don't knock it. Third party developer doing things for the coin Some will want it, some won't.

That does seem to be the case. And yet, I know a number of nominal Muslims who are very peaceful people. But they are NOT middle eastern. In most cases, not even indirectly, they've converted or were from someplace other than that area to begin with. The culture needs serious revision.

I'm an anarchist, so I'm a bit more radical in my thinking than most. I actually think that everyone should be the guys with the guns, and law, to the extent it's tolerated, should only deal with things done to someone. This would put most nations out of the business that they are best at: Powermongering. It also would be anathema to most religions. Maybe all of them. For reasons that even as a formerly religious man I cannot wrap my brain around, there's something in the religious mindset that requires that all must conform to your ideation.

Religious men have accused me of not having strong beliefs in the things I do believe in because I am not willing to kill over it. I find this curious as well as fallacious. It says more about them than me. No, I won't kill because you think something different than I do. I would kill without hesitation or remorse if my life or that of my family were threatened, but not because I disagree with you. And they see that as weak.

..and yet they trust wizards...

Yeah, that's a more comprehensive way to state it, and looking at my own life, I would have to agree. I was raised very Christian, and even though the religion overtly speaks of tolerance, they simultaneously taught us to be aloof, superior, distrustful of all people (especially successful people and other sects of christianity), and generally rotten 'values'. Yet the culture in the US is rather secular. There are no serious penalties, in the sense that there are in places ruled by religious law, to questioning the unquestionable answers presented by religion. Personal, yes. It's not easy to wake up from a dream that was forced upon you since birth. It's not easy to deal with the fallout when you do, up to and including family members who will no longer speak to you.

But the culture allows it to happen, and in places that are increasingly irreligious, the quality of life seems to be improving across the board. Sweden comes to mind. I can't speak to that one directly, having never been there, but I have lived in more secular AND more religious areas of the United States, and the places with a heavy religious influence, the quality of life is very good for the well connected, and not so great for anyone else. But again, the consequences are more personal than not, and can be overcome. When a religion actually rules a culture, all the bad parts of their scripture come quickly to the fore.

Old news, unfortunately. Yobit has been informed, harassed, yelled at, and spammed by most TEKheads including Thundertoe. They've done nothing about it.

Much of the middle east: Islam. Much of South America and Central Africa: Catholicism.

Taking it a bit further, look at the best places to live, and I think it likely you will find that NO religion holds all that much sway in the culture.

I thoroughly disagree. It is my contention, rather, that humans are generally able to socialize and be decent in spite of religion. Most religions have elements of xenophobia, hatred, dehumanization of the 'other', etc. Almost all claim to be the only truth, and specify violent resistance to any counterclaim or argument. Islam, currently, is worse about this than most others, but they weren't always. Christianity's flag was the bloodiest for millennia. If your religion says it's alright or mandatory to kill for it's beliefs, then even it's creators don't believe it fully.

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Oh, I don't know. Why on earth would anyone associate the ISLAMIC STATE of IRAQ and SYRIA with Islam? It's not like it's in the name or anything...

I won't go into Thunder's personal business, because it's personal, but I do know he's been struggling for some time. Had a lot of eggs in the 'tek' basket, and lost them on cryptsy. He's also prone to biting comments before coffee

Seriously, though, I'm not sure what innovations 'should' be made to TEK. It works. I'm more of the opinion that social outlets and drives for adoption of the coin are of more value. It's one of the first high POS coins, and after all these years, it still works good. A couple of problems along the way, which were fixed. Possibly a bit of a facelift to the wallet might be in order, but I can't really see ANYTHING wrong with the function of the coin that hasn't already been addressed.

What I think would do more good is if some of us were to buy and sell goods and services priced in TEK. I'm not sure where to start on that, but I can think of at least one market where it might be doable with minimal resources: Crafts. Hand made cutesy shit sells at ridiculous markup in fiat, why not TEK?

Everyone has to determine their own optimal strategy, of course, but most of the really wealthy men out ther have diversified their investments a great deal. Starting out, this is extremely difficult. But I think that anything less than two baskets is asking for trouble.

I don't think they've used it much, but the dollar is already backed/guaranteed by SDR. That's not a pretty thing in my opinion, as internationalization of an already horribly centralized ponzi just begs for it's crash.

I agree that in the longer term, all or most monies are going to revert to something with some backing. Blockchain based currencies are a good bet, because once put in place, they're very hard to game. I expect the dollar to be 'backed' by a government commissioned blockchain within a few years, but I also expect that Bitcoin will outperform it BECAUSE it's not backed/hacked by any government.

Gold and silver, and rare earths most likely, will be good hedges as well. Gold and silver's history speaks for itself, but rare earths or contracts for them is something I find very interesting because they're necessary for the creation of silicon based computing devices.

I would also expect some of the lesser metals to appreciate in the coming years, particularly aluminum and titanium. Reserves are getting smaller, and demand is not.

I guess where I'm going is that BTC is best as part of your strategy. It's always wise to have a lot of baskets.

uhh...

Have you ever watched a congressional debate? Those considered elite currently frequently have less brains than a common housefly. The bar is actually pretty low.

good riposte

As to the previous, yeah, it's important to me. If it's not to you, so be it Back to our regularly scheduled promotion of the best POS coin

I am still involved with GameCredits, though to a lesser extent than I was due to too many projects. It would be a conflict of interest, though if you were to contact them, they might be amenable to a partnership. They're good people, and pretty driven.

On the subject of atheism, we should probably continue this elsewhere. But your conception of atheism is basically what theists say about us, not the actuality in most cases. But I need to clarify that a bit, because there is a subset of atheists who state it as a positive belief. Religious types have dubbed this "strong" atheism, vs what it seems most of us hold to, which they dub "weak" atheism.

In my arrogant opinion, "weak" atheism is by far the stronger position. Not because it's a positive belief, but because it is not. Our stance is not that we believe there is no god(s), but that we do not believe that there is based on the available evidence. "strong" atheism, to me, is just as much a religious stance as Christianity or Islam would be.

Weak atheism does not deny the possibility of deities, it just doesn't accept ordinary proofs for extraordinary claims.

That's all pretty general. Personally, I've no problem with the idea of a god or gods, but I see no convincing evidence. Religion, on the other hand, I take a strong and oppositional stand to. It makes broad, unprovable claims, and demands that those who adhere to it AND THOSE WHO DON'T accept it. Even, often especially, when those claims are contradicted by fact. And they're willing to kill over it.

I'll kill in defense of my person, my family, possibly even my nation were it actually invaded. I'll never even consider killing because a man believes something differently than I would. Depending on what that belief is, I might think him a fool. I might even say it, especially if he's not a fool generally. I'll talk about it, but I won't kill for it.

I can also state as fact that ALL current theistic religions are false. I base this on their own claims. Not all of them, some of their claims are either good morals or at least a bit of wisdom that is applicable regardless of derivation. But particularly, these two. That there is a god who wishes to be worshipped, and that he/she/it is the god of their religion.

Were these two things true, and based on their further claim that their sky daddy is all powerful, then there would be NO POSSIBILITY of plural, contradicting religions.

I could go on for pages on the particulars, but this is a thread about TEK

I have some prejudice against ETH. Trying to put that aside, it's utility really lies in other areas than remittance, and it's a great platform for a lot of things that bitcoin is not. I don't see any problem with them coexisting.

I don't believe that BTC will lose it's first mover position any time soon. I do think other coins will overtake it in time, as it has some disadvantages as well.

theist is a rigid viewpoint. Atheism describes what you DON'T believe, not what you do. In a rational world, it wouldn't be considered extreme.

I'll have a look You were right when I was wrong before.

make sure your firewall settings are not blocking it. It should pick up multiple nodes fairly quickly.

Gramatically, Both would be correct Not sure what would be more widely used. I'm guessing it's regional.

How ya doin', Bruno?