Do we have any idea how much of the mined coins is being sold in the market/exchanges? Just want to find out how miner handle their coins and are they hodling them?

Just go to https://perfectmoney.is/


I haven't used perfect money before but I guess you do not need any exchange for that.

Still on my way to 2.1BTC- my ultimate goal! That's 1 in 10millions. So far I think I have about 1+ BTC in 2-3 wallets.

I don't use iOS but I guess the OP is trying to backup/export the private keys used by the wallet. This can be useful when the phone is lost or the Apps is no longer supported.

Actually I feel nervous as I always make sure the send address and fee are the correct ones before sending, so that there is no mistake.

During the good old days when there are puzzle/quiz related to solving private keys as answers, it was great when I send the bitcoins from solved private key to my own address... I guess just like other- it feels good to receive, rather than sending.

I think posting and reply in this forum is straight forward and I never have issues even when I first started.

It will be good for newcomers to read more about bitcoin before contributing to the discussion. I am considered as newbie and I am still reading more through this and other online forums.

Personally I think the price will remain in the current range ($400-450) for the next few months unless something big happen (such as the real Satoshi reveal himself and convinced everyone he is Satoshi, or there is a breakthrough in blocksize debate).

Reward halving may see a small increase but the effect will only seen long term.

This is really not the right way to use bitcoin. This will only make bitcoin a bad currency with prevent the mainstream adoption.

Human brain have incerdible procssing power taht can soemtime read wrods taht are worngly tpyed adn porcess them into smething taht they are vrey familair with...

I think these scams make use of this to make poeple believe they are visitnig teh correct site.

Unless they want to ban internet... most likely they will have a hard time. I heard bitcoin can even be transmitted via Short-wave radio frequency! It really can't be stopped.

Not only banks in Europe is performing badly. Those in Asia are also not doing well. I guess this is a global crisis.

As many has already explained, the effect of halving is yet to surface. The main reason is the current block-size debate as well as the real demand-supply imbalance has yet to set in.

Most likely the effect of halving will be seen a few months after the real reward halving.

My worse was to invest a small amount in the HYIP scam. It was only 0.01 but sufficient enough to teach me a lesson.

Current number of blocks mined is only 4.8%. Still a long way to be successful but still not dead yet!

Bitcoin is just like money. The money itself is not evil but the greed for money which is evil.

Yes, bitcoin can be taxed but the process could be a bit challenging. This is why the government of many countries decided to define it as non-taxable for the time being.

However, if bitcoin continue to grow, new regulations will sure come out to include bitcoin use in tax.

How about the Chinese? I didn't see on the list with BTC/RMB? Or maybe the Chinese are using USD or JPY or EUR??......

I am currently using BTCM in iOS to monitor bitcoin addresses and price. It is quite simple to use and no issue at all.

Do you mean another 10 minutes of waiting time for my food in the restaurant? What if there is a stress test (my meal will be "unconfirmed" for few days!)?

I think at that time people were focus on how to get the protocol/software to work and how to perfect it. Nowadays, the focus is more on "how to get rich with bitcoin?" or "how am I going to benefit from it?". I really hope the spirits of the initial group will come back.