Pretty amazing. We just had a $500 "correction" to go with the one we had 12 hours ago and we still keep going up.

Too fast and forming a bubble, or simply starting into the vertical stage of the adoption curve?

I guess we'll find out soon enough.

$13k stamp.

Oh look. Another ATH at Stamp.

I think he left out a zero and was using European notation.

He probably meant $100k.

An especially early fine good morning ladies and gentlemen of Bitcoinland.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MAtltZAlN4

Not just "another day, another ATH", but another day, another g-note leg up... currently $12850USD/$16290CAD (Bitcoinaverage).

Old coins are up to $14622USD/$18535CAD each (Coinmarketcap).

Nothing like waking up to see that you've earned an obscene amount of money.

We all know a correction is due, but it's starting to look like 5 digits might be here to stay.

Go Bitcoin go.

We did that already, in 2013. Look where that led us.

This is why I prefer correcting as we go.

I need both. Most of my life I've been blessed with both. When I was playing music 6 nights a week, we'd tour 3-4 weeks, then play downtown for a few weeks.

Before that I had free use of a lovely piece of bush with a  large creek running through it. For the last 22 years I've had a 23' trailer on a high bank overlooking a waterfall, so deep in a 50 acre lot I'd have to cut a road in just to get it out. Been off the grid for years.

In the city, I live downtown. No lawns. Walk to major league sports, arts and entertainment. Literally dozens of bars, many with live entertainment, cool shops, eateries, and what was once the premier strip of computer shops in North America, all within a few short blocks.

I couldn't have it any other way. I get stuck in the city too long, I get itchy feet. I get stuck in the bush too long, I get cabin fever.

I like to say I've got dual citizenship, country slicker and city bumpkin. I know my way around the booze cans and remember when Cold Tea was whiskey, not beer, yet I can re-chain and sharpen my own Stihl and tune up my own Skidoo and John Deere.

I wouldn't have it any other way.
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OMG while I was typing this we went up another c-note. Go Bitcoin go.

$12345 Bitstamp.

We did it.

$12.3k ATH at Stamp.

An extra digit for the value of your stash? 

Let's hear it for whale holders.

Every 1% rise is $10,000,000.00 earned for Bitcoin billionaires like the Winklevoss twins.

Add an extra zero for Satoshi, if he hasn't lost his keys. 

I'm waiting for $12,345.67. 

I wouldn't worry to much about Jamie Dimon.

I'm sure he stocked up quite nicely during the dip he created with his FUD.

I wonder how many thousands of coins he owns now. He must have made a killing since mid-September.

Pity the fools who sold cheap coins to him.

4 jackpots in a row now and 2 more milestones... 1.4m JPY and a big $15k CAD.

Go Bitcoin go.

Go figure. I spend some coins and the price immediately soars to a new ATH.  

At least what I spent is dwarfed by what the rest of my coins increased in value.  

Not only that, my overall fiat investment was lowered by about 7.8%.  

No problem. Some machines allow up to $10k per day to stay within AML limits.

My local ATM allows up to $5k per day but I had to split it into 2 $2.5k transactions.

Paid me all in brownies ($100 bills) after only 2 confirmations. Fast, clean and simple.

Indeed. "Paper" can mean anything from keys stamped in metal to JPG files.

Because I hate having to type keys accurately, I prefer JPGs stored on multiple encrypted microSD chips, hidden in multiple off-site locations.

I do keep an an actual paper wallet at home with a small amount in it, for emergencies like today. Of course I'll still keep the swept wallet. It still has Bcash and Bgold in it.

https://coinsutra.com/make-bitcoin-paper-wallet-spend-bitcoins/

It takes a little work, but it's the most secure way to hold bitcoins.

Some ATMs generate paper wallets for you but then you have to trust the ATM operators. They're also usually printed on thermal paper so it's wise to transfer them to paper wallets you generate yourself.

It's also a good idea to print them on a printer that is never connected to an internet-connected computer. Printers can be hacked.

Spending is easy. Just use the sweep option of a mobile wallet. In Mycelium  wallet, tap the 3 little dots in the upper right corner and choose "Cold Storage".

This will allow you to transfer all the coins to your wallet app. If you don't want to spend all your coins immediately, you can transfer the remainder to another paper wallet.

This is why I prefer to keep my coins in many wallets. You can sweep a wallet with only as many coins as you want to spend or feel comfortable carrying in your phone.

Ugh. I feel like such a loser. I just swept a paper wallet with 0.4BTC in it.

I needed a little cash in a hurry so I bought $5000CAD at the local ATM.

Phuque I hate spending any of my precious coins but I guess if I had to do it, today was as good a time as any. Unfortunately, the sell rate was up so I only got a little over $14k per coin including fees.

I guess I shouldn't bitch though. I still made over 50% profit over what I paid in November. That's the beauty of buying the dip. If you have to sell, it's pretty much guaranteed to be at a profit.

Hopefully I'll get to buy it back soon.

Indeed. We saw this at $10kUSD. It took awhile but now hopefully it's behind us.