It seems Second Life lost a few users and, specially, some private land sims, but not much (http://gridsurvey.com/). It's still a popular "game". More than 52,000 avatars logged at this moment, if we don't discount all the bots.

Italy confirmed that currently makes little sense to implement AML to strict cryptocurrencies business: http://www.coindesk.com/italian-central-bank-no-aml-requirement-bitcoin-exchanges/

I replied to your message. I'm sorry, but I have the same problem: too much avination credits that I don't need.

I still have lindens to sell.

I have been using Bx.in.th for some time.

Sent them cryptocoins with some value, but with a mistake on the destination tag of the address (since I always copy and paste them, I can't explain it). Because of the mistake, the coins ended up on another account balance. They had an opportunity to keep my money by saying that the owner of the account had withdrew it, but no: I had to wait some time, but they emended my error and credited the money on my account.

I'm here vouching for their honesty and for their good technical conditions.

Confirmation of Russia plans to implement a complete ban of bitcoin:

http://rt.com/business/187440-bitcoin-ban-russia-cryptocurrency/

http://www.coindesk.com/russia-proposes-fines-bitcoin/

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/cryptocurrency-round-russias-bitcoin-ban-internet-less-transactions-092021432.html


A very complete status of the national regulations on bitcoin can be find at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legality_of_Bitcoin_by_country

It seems that bitcoin was also banned in Bangladesh, even if the country has a history of ignored bans by its population:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/currency/11097208/Why-Bangladesh-will-jail-Bitcoin-traders.html

Besides, the ban conclusion under its regulations doesn't seem to be clear:

http://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-foundation-bangladesh-ban-bitcoin/

The Bank of England arrives at the same conclusions about the problems that bitcoin can create to public monetary policy it it goes mainstream and the negative consequences that a deflationary currency could have on the Economy:
http://www.coindesk.com/bank-of-england-bitcoin-disrupt-monetary-policy/

And Russia seems to be considering a ban on bitcoin:
http://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/russia-plans-bitcoin-ban-2015/

As usual, cryptocoinsnews mixes news and opinion. And seems to take seriously the stated reason for the eventual ban: the use of bitcoin for illegal activities. However, clearly, Russia is concerned with the competition between bitcoin and the ruble. And it has good reasons for that.

As stated in the OP, States with weak currencies (because of inflation and/or precedents of rupture) will be the first to have problems with bitcoin similar to the problems they have with foreigner hard currencies (Zimbabwe and Ecuador already don't have national currency and use foreigner currencies, mainly the US dollar). Their citizens prefer to buy foreigner fiat than having the national currency. Therefore, we should expect the first bans or heavy regulation on these States (already, Ecuador, Bolivia) and, also, it's precisely on these countries that we should see more general adoption.

As long as we see stable fiat currencies on western economies, we shouldn't expect to see general adoption of bitcoin there. But that might slowly happen in countries with problematic currencies, even if most of its people still prefer to keep hard fiat currencies, because of limited knowledge or bitcoin volatility.

Of course, a positive volatility will help a lot. It's possible that 2014 will be a very negative year to bitcoin, with even lower prices ahead. But in that case, it is to be expected that 2015 will be an extraordinary year. That will bring many new users.

Thanks, but I think they will offer me an even lower rate than the one I'm asking here. Anyway, I'm in no hurry to sell.


Most of them weren't earned in Second Life, but traded for crypto. If you are looking to make money, you are in the right place, this forum (check the signature payment systems) and the cryptoworld (trading). Forget about Second Life to make money. Good luck.

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If you think you were scammed, just open a thread about the issue on https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=83.0
If you are not shore if that was a scam, open a thread on https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=85.0
But you can always talk first with the exchange and threat to post about the issue if not solved.

I haven't use this exchange for some months now, therefore I can't write about the new improvements. I'm expecting to check them soon.

However, I can vouch for the integrity of their management, since I never had a problem withdrawing any funds, and for their helpful support system.

No, TY.

Tell me where it is written that we have to trade stellers on that thread. I'm trading on my own thread, to allow buyers to post and read my feedback.

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Thanks for your vouche, msc.

Another central bank official (irish) admits that bitcoin may create problems on tax collection, central bank monetary policy, regulation and economic analysis: http://www.coindesk.com/irish-central-banker-envisions-hybrid-bitcoin-fiat-future/

It seems that even central bankers are starting to believe that bitcoin may become the premier form of money: http://www.coindesk.com/new-zealand-central-banker-cryptocurrencies-supplant-cash/

Actually, bitcoin already is the premier form of money, most people just don't know how to use it yet.

This doesn't mean that the volatility isn't a problem. It's a serious problem that, as I wrote in the first post, won't go away for years, even if it might be slowly reduced. Anyone jumping in on the wrong moment can lose up to 90% of its capital, at least for some months, until bitcoin starts going up again.

As is consensual (there were some heretics that said there were two different gods, the Jewish God was a different one, like Marcion of Sinope), the Christian God is Yahweh, the Jewish God, since Christians adopted the Jewish prophets and holy books. Christianity initially was a Jewish sect.

By the way, the islamic Quran also accepts the Jewish prophets and Jesus as a prophet, saying I'm the God that sent them, including Jesus (but not as a son of God).


But Yahweh initially was just a God in the middle of others. Most Jews, even during David times (about 1000 BC) and after, kept praying to other Gods of the Canaanites (Semitic people comprising the Phoenicians, the Jews and some other peoples of the Levant).

There is controversy, but Yahweh has been identified with EL, the supreme God of the Canaanites, that had one or two wifes and an extensive number of sons (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_(deity)#Hebrew_Bible). Or, initially, with one of his sons: sometimes, Baal (the confusion was easy, because Baal means Lord; clearly, later, the Torah fights this identification, by ridiculing Baal), sometimes Hadad, sometimes a different son. In some of the Jewish holy books, we can still find several traces of this evolution, with references to a council of the Gods presided by EL/Yahweh (see, a summary in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divine_Council#Hebrew).

Well, the Greeks were influenced by the Phoenicians and copied their Gods, with different names. El was Uranus, the father of all Gods (or sometimes Cronus, since some mythology says El was not the original God, but rather Elioun), that was deposed by his son, Cronus. Cronus was deposed by Zeus. The Romans used the same Gods (Caelus as Uranus; Saturn as Cronus and Jupiter as Zeus).

So, are the believers on the three main religions praying to Uranus (Caelus) or even to Cronus (Saturn)?

You can rest assure that there will be debt and bitcoin fractional reserve lending.

There are already sites paying interest for bitcoin deposits and lending them.

And this might help saving the economy from deflation. Without debt, it would be hard to have high amounts of investment and without investment the economy is dead.