It's possible that these rumors will become reality within a few days. It happened in Cyprus before. Greece is in serious trouble without continued emergency support from the ECB. If this happens a second time, it will have an increased psychological impact. Savers all across Europe will take out money from the banks... this could start a chain reaction. |
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Not necessarily - maybe they just want to liquidate their position...  I think the reason banks are starting to talk about Bitcoin is that they are afraid of it. They are afraid that Bitcoin could push them out of business or at least destroy their main sources of income. So they will try to integrate it somehow into their business model. But I don't think they will have much success, because Bitcoin already contains everything the average Joe needs - there not much room for profitable banking services in addition to that. Regarding the BIG RESET (sorry for not writing it big enough  ): It will come, but it's difficult to estimate the exact time... |
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KYC/AML heisst nicht automatisch Selfie und Perso-Kopie!
Genau. KYC ist völlig in Ordnung und wird auch in den meisten zivilisierten Ländern per Geldwäsche-Gesetz gefordert. Sehe ich nicht so. KYC ist ein weiterer Mosaikstein des Überwachungsstaats, der nicht dazu dient, Straftaten zu verhindern (denn die Kriminellen umgehen die Gesetze sowieso (siehe oben)), sondern die finanziellen Verhältnisse und das Verhalten der Allgemeinbevölkerung zu politischen und fiskalischen Zwecken auszuspähen und zu kontrollieren. "Geldwäsche" ist ein Sekundärdelikt. Der Staat ist unfähig, die ursprüngliche Straftat aufzuklären, weshalb er versucht, diese indirekt zu unterdrücken. Das ist grundsätzlich bedenklich, weil es einen großen Verdachtsraum für unbescholtene Bürger eröffnet. |
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Well, that's a remote location for sure. Personally I would prefer a place that has a more rich vegetation, especially some trees.
I think having a Bitcoin HQ is not very compatible with the concept of decentralization that is a core concept of Bitcoin. But that's mostly a naming issue. Call it "Bitcoin retreat facility" and I'm fine with it...
Although one question remains: Who's gonna actually use it? Travel around the world for coding?
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Ursprünglich hatte ich ja gesagt, dass ich erst an eine Trendwende glaube, wenn der Kurs längere Zeit über $ 300 steht... nun bin ich aber doch zum ersten Mal nach langer Zeit wieder positiv gestimmt, was die Kursentwicklung angeht. Daher dieser Post - als Warnung.  Das überrascht nun wohl keinen mehr... denke dass fractional-reserve-Bitcoin bei chinesischen Börsen zum guten Ton gehört. |
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I think sooner or later Greece will leave the Eurozone. They should have done this years ago, because it's the only reasonable way to reduce their debt burden and to become more economically competitive. It's really bad that there isn't a established mechanism for leaving the Euro-club. The current situation has destroyed all trust between the EU and Greece and ignited a lot of anger between people. This is a serious burden for the EU.
Another possible scenario would be the introduction of a parallel currency in addition to the Euro.
I don't know how things will work out - but it won't be pretty. The whole EU is on the verge of collapse (Spain and France as big economies also have serious problems). Only for now the music still plays...
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Greeks have problem with their economy not with their currency. Euro is fine as a FIAT can be. They don't need to exchange their currency to Bitcoins like other countries with failed economy and own currency would want. Euro won't collapse over night to have zero value. In this scenario Bitcoin could help individuals to keep their savings in case of emergency. That is all.
Well the Euro might be stable for know, but it's well possible that the Drachma is introduced again. Then Bitcoin would come in handy for storing value without inflation exposure. Of course this would not help their economy at all. I seriously doubt that Bitcoin is ready for true mass adoption in Greece - most older people will have serious problems understanding the concept. Usability would have to improve first (having a very simple Bitcoin hardware device would be of great help). That said, there will be adoption by younger people for sure. |
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A few weeks ago a Bitcoin-lightbulb was presented...now I really hoped to see the first genuine bitcoin-miner-toaster-combi. I'm a bit disappointed...  Of course the question is: Would it be technically possible to have chips that generate enough heat to toast without ruining the hardware? |
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I'd like to join your campaign. Name: IIOII Posts: 790 Activity: 790 Position: Hero Member Address: 16dNr2zCyawUg2FLfDR1BuGiWG5xSGq7nj Please confirm. Edit: Forgot address.  |
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Increasing the block size is the most simple change, lightning network and side chain just sounds too complicated to be easily maintained, raised level of complexity is the worst enemy for long term sustainability
You take it for granted that a change is needed now, but that's not true: https://medium.com/@allenpiscitello/there-is-no-crisis-20b58e14b09cDecentralization is much more important than microtransactions, because the former is the foundation of value for Bitcoin. |
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All those who blindly follow Gavin and Mike will regret it. When reading most of the comments here I feel the same atmosphere of group delusion like back in the days when the Bitcoin Foundation was started... People should at least read and think: https://medium.com/@allenpiscitello/there-is-no-crisis-20b58e14b09cBitcoin will not break when the block limit is reached. Gavin and Mike are creating FUD to enforce their specific agenda for Bitcoin when they say that a block increase is urgent. |
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Gavin's actions come as no surprise to me, because he's the founding father of The Bitcoin Foundation. He obviously likes to grab for power instead of reaching consensus on a sound solution. There have been far better proposals to implement a sliding block size increase based on demand. Proposals which are much more likely to reach consensus among developers than a 20 MB step function, because they are more sound. Meanwhile, hitchhiking on Gavin/Hearn-BitcoinXT (marketed to public mainly as a "solution" for max_blocksize) come other changes which where previously rejected by other developers, because they weaken security. I will not support this power grab. I will not support the GavinHearnCoin-fork. And nobody actually read his post. This is the biggest amount of FUD I have seen in a long time. ... Please point to the place where "Gavin Threatens to Quit Bitcoin Development and Join Hearn's Fork" You quoted it. |
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Ich verstehe um ehrlich zu sein den Sinn eines Angriffes auf ein Forum nicht.
Wenn hier Wallets "lagern" würden sähe ich ja ein Motiv.
Aber die Nutzerdaten von Forenmitgliedern?
Ich denke vor allem die PM's können sehr wertvolle Daten enthalten, weil die meisten Leute zu bequem sind auf verschlüsselte E-Mails auszuweichen... |
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Vielen Dank für die Einblicke!
Ist mir unverständlich, wie man solch horrende Preise für null Leistung verlangen kann - die meisten Aussteller haben aber offensichtlich sofort gesehen, dass es sich nicht lohnt...
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Ich will es ebenfalls nicht, aber wo soll man da anfangen. Selbst das hochpolitische BVerfG wollte die VDS nicht, und was soll gerade im nächsten Anlauf - in Rekordzeit - beschlossen werden?!
Das stimmt so nicht. Das BVerfG hat die VDS nie kategorisch ausgeschlossen. Lies mal das Urteil. Vom BVerfG kann man imho in Sachen Grundrechtsschutz nicht mehr viel erwarten, wenn man sich einige Urteile in jüngerer Zeit durchliest... Das TTIP und die VDS wird ja anscheinend von der Mehrheit der Deutschen befürwortet, denn sie wählen seit mehreren Legislaturperioden überwiegend jene Parteien, die diese Projekte vorantreiben... |
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Im Netz nur grad Gerücht gefunden was mit Griechenland und Geld konfiszieren zu tun hat.
Näheres weiss ich aktuell nicht.
naja das gerücht gibts ja schon seit 2013 Meine Hauptbefürchtung ist, dass uns dieses Gerücht bis in alle Ewigkeit begleitet und nie zur Gewissheit wird... Ansonsten: Recht merkwürdige Bewegungen am Markt heute. Weiß nicht, was ich davon halten soll. Zum Glück bin ich kein Trader, muss also nicht handeln. |
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I would consider joining, if I didn't need to register and you would be paying to an address I'm controlling.
Is this possible?
(Call me paranoid, but I don't trust campaigns that require payout requests instead of paying directly. There are examples of abusing this practice in the past.)
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If Satoshi had used an S-curve allowing a slow release at first instead of large dumps of Bitcoins, would it have seemed more fair to those that shout "EARLY ADOPTERS ARE ELITISTS!" and only now would 50 BTC blocks be offered?
Life is never fair. The question is if a different release scheme would have triggered sufficient participation in the first place. Why start mining now, when you get less reward today than in the future? |
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When the M-Pesa / Kipochi partnership was first launched, there were lots of interest, and it seemed that BTC will capture quite a lot of market share. But now it seems that things have cooled down a bit.
Unless African population is educated to use internet & smart phone, bitcoin has no future over there. I disagree. I think the key is to offer more simple Bitcoin services that do not rely on internet & smart phones but on SMS service instead. The problem is not that African people are not educated to use smart phones the problem is that simple cell phones are cheaper and more readily available (also in terms of infrastructure). |
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