This is what happens when society chooses to go cheap on education.  If you thought college was expensive wait until you see what stupid is going to cost us.

If you think there are a lot of conspiracies here, it's epic in the Mid-East. According to Houthi (the founder) 9/11 was Al-Qaeda and the CIA trying to persecute him specifically.

Yeah, that makes sense.     

I'm left holding the bag. 

The bag of MONEY!!11!   

I have a theory. A traditional P&D is done with stocks. You hype the price and let the speculators drive the price beyond it's value, then you divest and leave everyone else holding the bag when reality returns. This causes a collapse of the price and the issuing company may fold as a result.

Since bitcoin is not a company and does not need money in the first place this process can be repeated again and again.  It does not hurt bitcoin but is a brutal game for those who fancy themselves as "investors".

Funny stuff.   

I thought it would be fun to add your "famous last words" in the bitcoin economy. Perhaps it will also help out a newbie who is considering the various options for bitcoin use. Here are my examples of...


"I just found a website that can double my bitcoins!"

".... PayPal .... loan"

Surely someone here is funnier than that. Your turn.

He is a good example of why we need a BF. Is he representing you; some 12 year old boy?  We can just put them on ignore, but what about a serious person who wants to know more about BTC? What is she going to make of his childlike views and obvious ignorance about women?
To be clear I don't want to censor him. Let him dig his hole and rant on. For him it's probably really about the cute girls who made fun of him in sixth grade.

They were given the choice. She chose wisely.

I was there last week and man, its already a disaster. The farmers are now starting to sell their water shares because it is more profitable than farming. It could be that in 50 years L.A. becomes a dried up ghost town.
The "wasted" water is not just going to go into some pipes underground and be available for Cali again. The water is going to stay on Earth, but it will move out of the region. That whole area is a desert and only blooms when you bring in water from the mountains. This year the snow-pack is down to 12% and the reservoirs are mostly dry.  As the water evaporates into the desert air it is carried East and will likely fall past the rain shadow of the Rocky Mountains.
L.A. is living on borrowed time.

Not sure? My guess is she still uses them.

And it was a shame. She was one of those people who turns ideas into action and gets the job done. She was one of the most competent bitcoiners I have met.

I dunno. I would consider it less fungible if the price were lower for some listed coins. However there is always someone who will buy them at full market value. Any blacklist would be a voluntary system and such systems never work broadly because everyone has to agree to leave money on the table.

There is also the problem of washing such coins. Its easy and makes "coloring" coins or assigning "taint" a pointless exercise.

That is a message I am down with also. The days of thinking of Israel as a victim are over for me. They are stealing land and refuse to recognize that as a blatant criminal act. Not that I'm a Hamas supporter, but Israel has created an apartheid state and can blame itself as much as anyone for it's problems. 

ask yourself this:
If there were a way to double bitcoins why would that person want or need your bitcoins?
These are scams and the only doubling of bitcoins will be theirs doubling because of your contribution. Forget the idea of "investing" in BTC. Just spend them the way God and Satoshi meant for them to be used.

I would be worried not only about creating it online, but the inherent security of finger print scanners. I bought one to experiment with security for my laptop. It was cool. But once it was working properly the hacker in me set out to defeat it. Unfortunately it was easy. I lifted my print from a drinking glass with Scotch tape and pencil lead dust (not even superglue vapor). I placed the tape on a different finger and scanned it. It was far too easy.  

That is why I was worried about this quote: "redeemed for gift cards and other rewards"
That implies BK coins only have value within their system. No different than "awards points" or "frequent flier miles". Just a coupon that they control the value of. No thanks.

Hmm. "BK coins" sound more like an alt coin? The bankers must be high to think I would want a bank created alt.
"redeemed for gift cards and other rewards" 

Ah yes. I used coinmap. And I did not visit all them. But it was cool to walk down the street and know that if I need dry cleaning I could pay with BTC.

That is not the exact one, but it is surely related. Thanks! It was black and the same font. I was in an Uber cab and so I did not see it very well.
Damn, I missed a free lunch? lol Thanks anyway.
I did know SF was a leader. I was at the San Jose conference in 2013, but was still shocked at how it has grown. I was waiting for someone to ask me if I had any spare Satoshi instead of change.
Sadly, I had neither cup nor cake.

I know what you mean, but I must go along with their games for me to be duped. With fiat you can be ripped off in broad daylight and there is nothing you can do about it. My friends in the banking space tell me that they no longer laugh at bitcoin. It is starting to be recognized as a real threat. There will a response, perhaps some kind of campaign to paint crypto as dangerous and credit card companies as your friend.

Bottom line is that banks compete with you for bitcoins and can't stop you from using them. It's the first time they have had to face the specter of people engaged in commerce without their approval. More importantly, without them receiving a cut.

Well that was in response to a claim that credit cards are cheaper than BTC. But anyway, I have no problem with the greed of banks, I expect it. The problem is that they have gamed the monetary system to keep the poor poor and the rich rich. The levers of supply and their control over the movement of money are things not possible with bitcoin. To me, bitcoin is just fair money and greed is a basic human behavior. The two are not related.  

Thanks for the heads up, I'll give it a try. 

You mentioned "Black Mirror". That was a cool and weird show. Anyone who can stomach the first episode you will love it!