... What really hit me in this article is this quote. Decide for yourself if it is meaningful, credible, etc: In semi-public discussions, Poon said yesterday that “the extension block proposal is… a litmus test for corruption in the Bitcoin community.” He further added that “Core is getting what they want (soft fork plus malleability fix), but oppose due to nonsensical reasons.” Give them some time, they're probably brainstorming the reason to reject the proposal as we speak. Shifting narratives on such short notice ain't easy.
Corallo said that “extension blocks are a very bad idea,” before adding that “much of the western businesses I’ve asked have no interest in any extension block proposal.” He was asked to name the businesses by a discussion participant but failed to do so. Fucking LOL. I'm sure Corallo's first reaction was to rush to businesses to ask for their opinions. He just forgot who had he spoken to, it happens, there was so many of them... Fucking liar. Meanwhile, the proposal is supported by purse.io, an actual bitcoin business: https://medium.com/purse-essays/ready-for-liftoff-a5533f4de0b6 |
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ITT: "Everyone I don't like is a paid shill - The emotional child's guide to Bitcoin discussion" [image needed]
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Overall, I would say that blockchain and crypto currencies are a great way to create political party, solving global international issues. What place should it be discussed, if not here?
You can't create political party on blockchain. You could only use blockchain to allow members of a party to vote on issues and/or for funding. Would you support ICO of political party, which will lobby interests of block chain community?
No. Probably the only common denominator of 'blockchain community' is the desire that the governments don't interfere/restrict usage of cryptocurrencies. Creating global(?) political party just for that is massive overkill. You could get much better effect at cheaper cost just by hiring a lobbyists. Internationally, across different countries. Such party can be based on Ethereum smart contracts and managed as DAO for example.
Such party can support and promote:
- Visa-free travelling
- Free education
- Equal life quality level worldwide
- Discussion and removal of all sharp question
- Technological fixing of security issues, globally
- Global medical care
- Removal of military forces worldwide
- Global democracy
you definitely should add: "- portrait of Marx in every room of every public building" and you're good to go.
I have to ask, what did you mean by this: "- Discussion and removal of all sharp question" ? |
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Thanks achow, that's all I was asking. To push the discussion a bit further, is it possible (when LN reaches its full potential) for the average user to use LN without ever performing on-chain transactions? If: 1) LN are secure and fraud resistant; 2) you don't need to engage any funds to open channel; 3) you can connect to pretty much every other user or service via hub; 4) channels can stay open indefinitely (according to the wiki page) - Then it seems perfectly plausible to be able to buy/sell for fiat and perform all kind of transactions directly on LN without ever touching the blockchain. Is there anything that enforces users (or even businesses) to settle on-chain? |
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As in subject: will Lightning Network allow opening channels with zero funds and without initial 'deposit' transaction (by just generating address and associating it with the channel)?
ie. If I wanted to send btc to other person (new to bitcoin) would that person need to have any own funds beforehand (on-chain)?
I'm guessing it's possible, but would like to confirm this with someone more knowledgeable.
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Damn, you may like Amir or not, but the sonofabitch sure ain't your average 'starbucks anarchist' and puts his actions where his mouth is. His political views are teenage-tier imo, but I admire his consistency. >tfw Bitcoin becomes official currency of Kurdistan |
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Yes sir, I am at risk. I created an account has loaded $ 190 into the account but have not set up the username and password you wish to check mail I sent you mail
Did you at least save your secret link? If your computer crashed and you didn't save your secret link and didn't set a username and password then your account is gone forever. Even if you contact support they can't get it back to you because there is no way to prove you were the actually owner of that account. That's why its never a good idea to send any BTC to that secret link if you don't have an actual account on the site. There are other ways of proving ownership. Admin can check for ip match and/or he could sign a message from previously used address. It gets tricky when he can't do it (i understand he deposited directly from exchange) |
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... and > 85% of economic value is backing core...
Economic value defined as what? Any source for that claim? |
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Cheers! How come BTC price drops? ETH price dropped before hardfork. Panic, FUD.... And what happened? ETH went from sub $10 to over $50, after the hardfork, and people got free ETC on top of that. Currently at $2 or a little less. So pricewise, the hardfork was the best thing that ever happened to ETH. In fact if BTC splits into BTC and BTU, then that BTC may be worth $5000 and BTU maybe $200, a year from now. Mind you, a hardfork means you get the same number of coins in both forks, so no matter which sides wins you are fine.  Jesus Christ lad. I'm not opposing hard forks but your logic is way off. How do you know what the ETH price would be if they had never forked? How do you know it wouldn't be >$100 by now? If it generates free money, why don't they, or any other altcoin, fork every month making everyone a millionaire? No such thing as free lunch. You're also forgetting that ETH was on early stage of development with zero adoption outside of exchanges, which made the hf easier to manage. |
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With altcoins on the rise like DASH, I'm extremely worried about bitcoin. If bitcoin dies then confidence in all crypto coins die.
there will come a time when even bitcoin might die. But i highly doubt it will be any time soon. Just do not panic and sit on your BTC. is just NOOBs buying fud and panic selling. Noobs? Why wouldn't you temporarily swap depreciating asset for appreciating one? After the bottom is reached, you swap back and have more bitcoins. |
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So I ask the serious question : Apart from network effect, what does bitcoin have going for it right now?
* still the highest market cap * still the highest trading volume * the first mover advantage/most recognised cryptocurrency * highest hash rate/most secure (debatable) * highest merchant adoption * still considered to be trustless and decentralised (ignoring geographical centralisation) * still anonymous (if you try real hard) * still faster and cheaper than most international bank transfers (but this could change soon) * still proves to be effective as a long-term investment or store of value That's all I can think of. But if stalling continues, BTC could easily lose its "No 1" badge, causing serious damage to the entire cryptocurrencies market, which would then be seen as only good for short-mid term speculation. |
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Total estimated gold ever mined: 171,300,000 kg
1 kg of gold = $39,847
Market cap: $6,825,791m
Total bitcoins ever mined: 16,193,587
1 btc = $1,249
Market cap: $20,230m
You should postpone the 'parity party' until 1 BTC = $421,512, or when its value equals the value of ~10.6 kg of gold.
sources: google + coinmarketcap
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Was this resolved?
Don't hold your breath for the follow-up from OP. He created an account just to start this topic and was active for only one day. But, since he went silent, I reckon the issue must have been resolved by now. |
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I received the notes today. Very nice work, waiting to see the next 0.20 note, and hoping to see more mbtc test notes they are very beautiful too.
Thank you, maybe we have something in store for you then... I've noticed you've been referring to BTC0.2 notes few times but image shows 20 mBtc, so BTC0.02. Are these different notes, or is it a mistake? 0.02 btc seems bit low amount for cold storage. It would be good to put both denominations in the design, is large "20 mBtc" + small print " BTC0.02" underneath. |
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Quoting for more exposure: Weekly Lottery WagerUpdates: Our current weekly wager will end Feb. 11th UTC 0:00 and rewards will be calculated and handed out accordingly. New Weekly Lottery Wager: Starting Saturday Feb. 11th UTC 0:00 for every account that wagers 0.01 BTC will earn 1 lottery ticket. You can earn as many lottery tickets as possible so the more you wager the more lottery tickets you earn. Once the contest ends on Feb. 18th UTC 0:00 we will have a lottery drawing for the participants. Any wagered BTC before or after the contest duration does not count. We will have pools of: 1 winner of 0.1 BTC2 winners of 0.05 BTC30 winners of 0.01 BTCThe first winning ticket drawn will earn the 0.1 BTC and so on down the line till the 33 winning tickets are drawn. Our approach in this contest is to have more winners and give smaller wager players a chance to win some BTC also! I hope you guys will participate and are excited as I am! Total BTC rewarded is 0.5 BTC. If you have any questions please feel free to ask! Good luck everyone!  Note:Only one win per player With 33 prizes and "one win per player" rule, everyone has a real chance of winning. Also: ... Also I am giving out 10k tips in the chat so come say hi!
And:  If I am not in the chat room, post your SafeDice and twitter username here and I will tip you. So if you like free bitcoins, easy wins, low house edge, check https://safedice.com and their official thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=868275.0 |
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This will just be boring though, why should i keep on write it down if they can implement some leaderboard on it? So every single player dont need to keep on write it down this thing everytime they do some wagered. Of course OP should rethink this and make the implemented as soon as possible to make player have easy way to bet, just start some bot and then will put the rest and do other thing
If you were indeed interested on the number of tickets you've earned - you'd only need to note your starting wagered stat once, you don't need to record every bet ffs. Total site's daily/weekly wagered is also available, so you can even calculate your share of the total tickets for all players. This is a one-time, one week promo. So don't expect OP to redesign the site just to show you your number of tickets, while you've been too lazy (or struggling with simple math) to do it yourself. |
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But if we using bot all the time how can we know how much we already wagered? Do you have any leaderboard or some stat that we can see on how much we already wagered? Because this will pretty hard to remember each tickets that we already earn. May be you can add stat on each people that wagered will be good for this feature
Easiest way to know how much tickets have you earned was to note/write down your total wagered at the beginning of the contest. Then you can just check the difference and divide by 0.01. I don't expect SD to make any changes to the site just to show the tickets earned, but posting a mid-week update with all the contest stats would be really nice. |
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