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No threat at all. A coin that is controlled by the government and can only be used in one country vs. Bitcoin? No threat at all.
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Yeah guys, Stop buying the only crypto that has ever had any real traction and start buying hopecoins.  You can afford hopecoins because one BTC = 15,000 HC! EDIT: since I started writing this the rate has changed. one BTC now = 117,000,000,000 HC. |
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I can't recall any instance when stolen coins were recovered. There are a few cases of coins sent to the wrong address that resulted in the receiver sending back the payment. I can also remember some stories about people forgetting their password then figuring it out later.
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Dobar Dan friends!
It's great to see Croatia's efforts. The last time I was in Zagreb was in the early 90's, during the war. It was a bad time, but even then I met a lot of nice people.
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I guess this is a super-duper, last time EVER, final warning. anyway, see you tomorrow Xiaoxiao!  |
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I was a skeptic. But these blurry, unattributed photos have convinced me to throw out all modern science!  |
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I know you have presented us with many "warnings" about the danger of using bitcoin. But gambling?
You do realize that the odds are you will lose? Why are you not warning us about that? Unlike guessing the bitcoin price tomorrow, one can be mathematically certain that the chances of you losing are greater than winning. A backer is not going to change the odds, but it will help you preserve your money by losing theirs.
If you want to make money gambling the only real way is to buy a casino. The casino has the favored odds. Or you could buy some bitcoin and hope for a higher price. The odds are far better of that working than gambling online.
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Setting aside the truth of a literal god, I have a religious question, at least for Christians.
Is the devil as powerful as God? If he is a weaker god then why does regular God not kick his ass? Why after all this time does he exert more power over the world than the forces of good?
Maybe the Yazidis are right? They believe the devil (The fallen angel) is really like gods helper. he keeps god's human children in line by punishing them in ways god could not.
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...Hurray, we just reinvented the SWIFT or ACH systems.
SWIFT doesn't work like this at all... I think what he meant was that it would be like SWIFT in that it would mostly be for large international transfers. A fork like this will have to happen sooner or later. |
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For non-altruists, this is a good tax offset.  |
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Now I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop. When Russia announces Putin-coins. "The coin you MUST use!"
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Problems with btc:
1. wild, unstable exchange rate
2. difficulty to obtain and use (for most people)
3. getting coins hacked or lost by sending to wrong address
4. fraud/theft at exchanges (if it happened at Gox it could happen anywhere)
5. it enables criminals to get paid online
6. absolutely no buyer protection
good things:
1. cheap way to send money
2. only 21 mil ever in circulation
So why should more people start using btc? It seems the cons outweigh the pros.
1. no problem. That is called a free market. You want a mommy to smooth everything out like the dollar? 2. fixable by business. If there is a demand it will be met. 3. You could pay for secure storage. Like you do with your fiat. 4. Like it happened to me twice this year using a debit card? Target breach, Home Depot breach. 5. And non-criminals 6. You could pay for it. Like you do now with your fiat. There is no such thing as free protection. 4. Don't forget JP Morgan Breach that affected tens of millions of accounts. I'm still waiting for that letter. The bottom line for me is that I do use it as a currency and have for years now. You need to be ignorant of bitcoin to buy these assumptions. And I don't really care what people who can't understand bitcoin are going to do. Na, you keep your shitty bank paper coupons. I'm doing quite well using BTC as my money. It reminds me of the internet in 1991. The same arguments were made to me about how stupid the internet was. Yet it did work out, and take over the planet. |
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Problems with btc:
1. wild, unstable exchange rate
2. difficulty to obtain and use (for most people)
3. getting coins hacked or lost by sending to wrong address
4. fraud/theft at exchanges (if it happened at Gox it could happen anywhere)
5. it enables criminals to get paid online
6. absolutely no buyer protection
good things:
1. cheap way to send money
2. only 21 mil ever in circulation
So why should more people start using btc? It seems the cons outweigh the pros.
1. no problem. That is called a free market. You want a mommy to smooth everything out like the dollar? 2. fixable by business. If there is a demand it will be met. 3. You could pay for secure storage. Like you do with your fiat. 4. Like it happened to me twice this year using a debit card? Target breach, Home Depot breach. 5. And non-criminals 6. You could pay for it. Like you do now with your fiat. There is no such thing as free protection. |
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Maybe a lot of them still remember the egg on their face after pronouncing bitcoin dead. Which has happened like a hundred times.
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Actually, the only thing that maintains the ability to believe that there is no God is the freedom that God allows. Close to proof for God: 1. Machine quality of the Universe; need a Machine-Maker that is not evident from the universe; 2. There is no such thing as pure random; random as we know it is a crutch to help us because of our weakness; evolution does not exist without God in no pure random; 3. Consciousness and conscience both suggest strongly that there is a God. These things are evident. They are even scientifically evident. The only time science nullifies them is when people pick and choose the science they are going to use, and then interpret their science in ways that they want, ignoring the other interpretations. I just don't think those premisses are true. The universe is in no way machine like. At the small scale it is super weird and follows none of the physical laws that govern machines. I don't understand the non-random comment? Are random numbers not random? Lastly, I see no suggestion that because I am conscious there must be a God? It doesn't mean there is no god, but that's like saying that a dinosaur might live under my bed. He is a disappearing dinosaur, so when you look at him he vanishes. Now, try proving that a disappearing dinosaur is NOT under my bed. |
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Don't they meet weekly at Union square? By the statue I think.  |
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I'd like to coin Centoshi for 100 Satoshi. |
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Wow, you guys are still talking about this. I think it's clear that if you build your world and philosophy around the idea of a god, you CAN'T accept science or anything else that would destroy your ego. Us non-believers need to understand that while it's easy to see that there is no god, it is asking a lot of believers to recognize the obvious. Its not just this one fact they have to accept. They must throw out all their notions about reality. Not everyone can do that.
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I have a PSU shorted with a paper clip that has worked for years. Not for mining but for my electroplating rig. It does not seem to have damaged the clip or the power supply.
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I like your idea. I don't think the protocol can accommodate this. But perhaps some kind of service that relays your spend, with a grace period before they broadcast it to the blockchain? I'd pay a tiny fee for that piece of mind. No matter how may times I buy stuff with BTC I still cringe a little when I hit the send button.
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