This project could be better than Ethereum thanks to the dedicated work of (mostly, if not entirely) a single guy. Before saying well done I'd say thanks. Either way David, you showed us what to believe in one's own project means.
 
Long live

Thanks tokeweed, finally I have someone supporting me when I say that Manchester United is on the rise. Next game against Liverpool is fundamental though: 10 pts difference with Chelsea are still too much.

I think they will target exchanges. They will ask for customers' data and they will link fiat money to IDs (not crypto which they obviously can do).
1984 has always been here with us.
Do your own research guys

It seems like Yahoo Finance is out of topics to cover. 

"It was only one week ago that the price of the digital currency bitcoin hit a new all-time high of $1,130. Now the price has fallen precipitously, and was hovering around $800 on Thursday afternoon.
The reason is China.
The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) said on Wednesday that it plans regular on-site inspections of the leading Chinese bitcoin exchanges, including BTCChina, Huobi, and OKCoin."

Read more here
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/why-chinas-central-bank-fears-bitcoin-192321568.html

Bitcoin has been, is and will always be my wisest financial store of value. I would have never believed something could have been possible but I've always dreamt of it.
Don't be worried  Bitcoin will die many times before its death.

This could explain the last drop. But I definitely agree that the price will find its own way. Many had a good chance to jump off the train with a bag full of profit and they did. We go in cycles, if we do understand this that's enough.
Those of us see the true bitcoin potential will stay here as long as it takes.

so many rebuy opportunities missed. why do bank wires take so long? and then they ask me why do I prefer btc over fiat.
Ok, buying mode on: let's accumulate more 

I can't wait to have the buying chat bot on the mainnet: it seems to me a really good achievement tonych! Also I'd add that we all wait to know when the next linking phase will take place.

Bitcoin block hash as "proof of life"! Isn't it cool? 

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange used data from the blockchain as a "proof of life" during a Reddit ask-me-anything session today.
For months, some of Assange's ardent Internet fans have been theorizing that he had died. However, Assange responded in a livestreamed talk, calling the theories "silly" and confirming that the video wasn't prerecorded by reading off the most recent block hash (a string of letters and numbers, unique to block 447506 on the bitcoin blockchain).

Read more
http://www.coindesk.com/julian-assange-just-read-bitcoin-block-hash-prove-alive/

This reminds me when Satoshi got asked why the 21 Million limited coin supply was chosen. The good answer back then was: does it matter?

That is called history: we've seen too many exchanges exploding along the ride. The most infamous one was Mt.Gox and we all know about that.
But others got "hacked" or forced to die: Bter, Finex, Mintpal, Cryptsy......
We need to be watchful and follow the golden rule: control the keys.

Talking price it seems we are up and running today. Nice

Yes, that's a good stage to get a rough idea of what that will be for bitcoin as well. Only one real concern is always present: I don't feel much comfortable knowing that a large pool (f2pool) controls more than 50% of the global hashrate.
Anyway, I care about segwit's adoption to see whether that works or not.

Bitcoin prices experienced intense price volatility on 9th January, continuing a trend that's been the new normal since late last week.
Prices fell nearly 5% in less than two hours across global exchange today, declining from an opening price of $913 to a daily low of $878, according to CoinDesk USD Bitcoin Price Index (BPI) data. After falling, bitcoin prices rose roughly 3.4% to $908.37, before tapering off again below $900.
The continued market volatility comes in the wake of new concerns that the Chinese government may impose further restrictions on the digital currency.

Read more here
http://www.coindesk.com/bitcoins-price-volatile-900-china-concerns-linger/
If you ask me this article means: sideways again.

Out of 100 poker players (online) usually less than 5% earn money in the long run. Don't tell me poker is a short term thing. Even an experienced poker player needs a long time frame to make a decent profit. Unless you pay a lot of money for expensive tournaments (usually paid by sponsors if you are really good) and win them.
No man, is extremely hard to make poker a profitable activity

I second you completely. It's like finding a needle in a haystack: I like it because this is like everywhere. There are true pearls scattered all over this thread (and the forum at large). If one finds them, well you know about it. 
Sometimes I just have to remember who said it and some words used in a post and I am able to find everything I need.
Nothing gets lost here

This is such a good thread which is showing how early adopters will probably get robbed of most  of their coins by the Composite Men (aka whales here). Looking at OP I supposed sandiman was talking about the recent activity: I got astonished when I realized he basically predicted the course of action we've seen recently.
Well done 

A newly released study on the relationship between bitcoin and global uncertainty finds that bitcoin acts positively to uncertainty. Analyzing a lengthy period from the 17th of March, 2011, to the 7th of October, 2016 by using the VIX index, a widely used key market risk indicator that reflects market sentiment and investor expectation of 14 countries, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Japan, Mexico, Russia, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK and the US, the study concludes:

“Bitcoin is shown to serve as a hedge against uncertainty at the extreme ends of the Bitcoin market and global uncertainty, but at shorter investment horizons. Therefore, short-horizon investment in Bitcoin can help investors hedge global equity market uncertainty, especially when the market is functioning in bear and bull regimes and also when uncertainty is either low or high.”

More and study (PDF) here
https://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/study-bitcoin-hedges-global-uncertainty/

Those who get profits from gambling are the casino guys. Us, the players, can earn mostly by luck. Gambling should be considered as a fun activity. No money will be made regularly out of it. I would suggest to invest in a btc casino but always consider the risks.
Summary: you can't make a living from gambling alone.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1728405.0
The above is the byteball trading thread: if you don't have slack that's the way to go. Try to put your wtb & wts over there and check what others are asking to get a rough idea of blackbytes value.

I can't find the quote but tonych said that the next linking phase has not been announced yet. At present you don't need to link your address.
Anybody correct me if I'm wrong