Says the guy with the most points in the thread.  

For all others who are looking for their first points, I'd suggest going where the old timers hang out. They're the ones with 1000s of merit points at their disposal. Those who don't have 'em can't give 'em.

The Wall Observer thread is a good place to start. While it's a bit of a trollbox and often quite off-topic, it's also the heart and soul of Bitcointalk and the unofficial hangout of old school Bitcoin HODLers. In fact it's the place where GameHyuubi first drunkenly coined the term HODL.

If you wade through the BS and look past the silly charts and GIFs you might learn a bit. If you post something they deem worthwhile, you might be surprised at how the merits flow. Just don't spread BS yourself or try fishing for merits. They'll be on to you like that.

Starting unnecessary new threads is not a way to get merits. Posting new links to topical news or other websites and adding new insights to existing discussions are excellent ways to get merits.

Remember, it's the quality of the post that counts.

Maybe for wage-slave employees. For those who have money work for them, 50 is just the beginning.

Bang on.

I consider myself a hoLDer (with apologies to GameKyuubi). I hold Bitcoin not to cash out into fiat, but to continuing to hold as many coins as possible.

I buy whenever I can get a good price, be it from a market dip, or an OTC buying opportunity. I spend only as necessary, and then by buying fiat only if there's no other way. When I bought a house in Mexico last January, I paid about half in cash and half in Bitcoin. Too bad my dental surgeon won't take Bitcoin. I'll be forced to sell some coin(s?) in November to pay for my implants. Hopefully I can do it with the coins I bought this summer.

Being a hoLDer since the days of double digits, I've obviously done OK for myself but I'm still looking forward to possible serious wealth in the future. That wealth won't be in the form of fiat currency though. It will be in Bitcoin.

I didn't get into Bitcoin originally as an investment, it just turned out that way. I got into it after a friend first told me about Silk Road. It wasn't the availability of contraband that fascinated me. It was the weird cryptographic money they used.

I was already a big fan of decentralization and peer-to-peer networking. When I first heard of Napster, it wasn't the free music that interested me. It was the concept of file sharing. I watched as file sharing slowly became less and less centralized, first though Kazaa and Limewire, then Bit Torrent, then Magnet links and multiply redundant cloud-based trackers.

I watched as Wikipedia went from being one of the least dependable sources of information to being one of the best. The site itself may be centralized but the content is not. It is provided and vetted by a worldwide decentralized community of volunteers. Any bullshit is quickly called and removed. If there is any controversy, we hear both sides of the story.

This is what I call the real New World Order. It includes open-source software, crowd funding, and anything else that's not under central control but controlled by the citizens of the global village. Its money is Bitcoin.

Bitcoin HODLers (there I said it) aren't the problem. Fiat lovers are.

A slightly late good morning Bitcoinland.

I see we touched $7.2k... currently $7190USD/$9380CAD.

Hopefully we've seen the last of sub-$7k. I still think the bottom was in last time it went under $6k.

Onward and upward. We've certainly had all the buying opportunity we need. Time to earn some profit.

That, living within your means is a big part of it. Losers spend their money before they earn it. They take on mortgages and buy merchandise on time. They're losing money while they sleep paying compound interest.

Those who skimp on luxuries, hold off on buying things they don't absolutely need, and invest their money in things that earn more money are already compounding in their own way. When you must buy something, buy high-quality used stuff cheap.

Time and money are negotiable.

Too many people waste their time chasing money. Others waste their money trying to buy a little time.

I try to get ahead by trading cheap city dollars for cheap jungle time. Money comes easily here but time is always short. Down there there's lots of time but little money. When I go down I take money. When I come back I'm re-energized by the time I bought down there. That's what traders have always done, transport commodities to where there's more demand.

The trick is to have the money come to you. I believe it was Warren Buffett who said that if you're not making money while you sleep, you'll work your whole life.

More on ass eating:

https://www.thealternativedaily.com/donkey-meat-found-tainted-fox-meat-wal-mart-stores-china-whats-meat/

It seems that ass you're going down on might be a fox.

Green and orange.

There's nothing wrong with taking profit. Just why do it in fiat? Keeping your profits in Bitcoin makes more sense.

Sure, by all means live a little,  buy yourself a treat or toy or something, but keep the bulk of your profits where they'll continue to earn money.

Good morning Bitcoinland.

Nice to be back over $7k... currently $7087USD/$9150CAD (Bitcoinaverage).

Dog days almost over?


Because:



This thread is the spice of Bitcointalk.

Good morning Bitcoinland.

Flat as a pancake... currently $6514USD/$8502CAD (Bitcoinaverage).

Right where we were a week ago. Ho hum.


Great read. Thanx for the link.

I know what you mean.

Good morning Bitcoinland.

Nice leg up last night... currently $6654USD/$8670CAD (Bitcoinaverage).

Looks like solid support at $6k.


Classic. Life of the wage/debt slave:

Week days: bed-> car-> cubicle-> car-> couch-> bed

Saturdays: bed-> lawnmower-> car-> mall-> car-> couch-> bed

Sundays: bed-> couch-> bed

Get a life!

Good morning Bitcoinland.

Not much to say. Sideways is sideways... currently $6457USD/$8442CAD (Bitcoinaverage).

Oh, the dog days of August. Kinda reminds me of Aug 2013 or Aug 2015.

Actually the original Shroomskit wasn't all that bad. I think a troll bought his account.

Other hilarious trolls from the past included Proudhon the comedian, the ever-cynical ElectricMucus, and the dual-personality Jaroslaw with his alter-ego (though he claimed no connection) Walsoraj. Fun times.

I almost forgot the pathetic Kwukduck. Still good for a laugh.

I can overlook a little racism, sexism, homophobia, xenophobia or other political incorrectness. The idiots who spew that crap just make themselves look bad.

Where I draw the line is personal attacks such as commonly used by NLC and MTC. Also NLC's constant pedophilia references and posting of geriatric porn images were a little too much.

This can be a fun place but it does tend to bring out the scumbags too.

At least I have an ignore list, but it's just 2 names...

Notlambchop

Matthecat.

Oops, I guess I'm a little out of date.

Actually, a lot of the posters on other people's ignore lists can be entertaining at times, just occasionally tedious and boring. Even our resident gold-

(and silver)-bug bigot isn't as obnoxious with personal attacks as the 2 above were.

Instead of putting people on my ignore list, I keep a mental do-not-feed-the-trolls list.

Good morning Bitcoinland. Long time no see.

Got flooded last week and I've been busy cleaning up and sorting out the water-damaged from the salvageable. Barely got to take off enough time for a dinner date and concert on Saturday. ZZ Top blew away both 38 Special and the tribute band calling themselves Lynyrd Skynyrd (only 1 original member).

While we've had a few ups and downs over the past week we're still pretty much where we were a week ago... currently $6475USD/$8530CAD (Bitcoinaverage).

Hopefully we're back on the rise again. I wanna see at least 5 digits by the time I have to sell some coin in November to pay for my next round of dental surgery in Mexico.

Go Bitcoin go.

Old news.

My printer has only ever been connected to PCs without internet access and then only through an actual cable. If there's no ethernet cable and no wifi card there's no way to get in.

People get lazy and complacent and leave themselves vulnerable. Everything about paper wallets being the most secure form of cold storage goes out the window if you're careless about leaving images of private keys lying about.

I think print-spooler buffers have been a target for years.

Geeze. Sorry about that. I didn't mean to bum you out.

I'll admit the writing style is a little "cringe-y and homespun" but it left me feeling happy after reading it.

Maybe xhomerx10's suggestion will work better.

You mean this one?

http://v1x0r.com/downloads/Books/SelfHelp/The%20Subtle%20Art%20of%20Not%20Giving%20a%20Fck.pdf

Thanx. I just grabbed the PDF. Will read.