Also should remember when we become most profitable coin to mine that is going to attract a special kind of temporary whale.

"Loving every minute 'cause you make me feel so alive, alive"

I know.  I don't typically play swings, but when we're swinging so hard I can't resist. The hardest part is getting a dercent trade to go through while polo is so jammed up.

I bought a little at 188.  Does this mean I am falling for the whale dumpers master plan?

The funny thing is the second quote is more likely than the first.

Pumper whales are setting fire to tens of millions of dollars to trick us into buying their coins back from them when they drop in price?  Or some mega rich person is quietly taking a stake in monero on the weekends.

I don't actually believe either but the second is far more plausible.

I think the next leg, which is coming imho, should be fairly exciting. 😗

It would work fine.

I agree.  I think the sorts of features that allow people to siphon off millions of of coins causing the need for hard forks and legitimizing a forked project are far far more interesting.

Too soon to say

I think the reason for planned XMR.to integration first is pretty obvious. That is a community project and Monero focused. Shapeshift, though we are all grateful that it supports Monero is far more multi coin focused. There's nothing wrong with that and I would be very surprised if I shape-shift plugin doesn't come along pretty quick. I also assume that the plugin architecture will be open source. So whoever wants to can make a shapeshift plugin.

Well we are breaking the bottom of a wedge it looks like to me.

Just have to wait somewhere between 3 minutes and 6 hours.

Looks like I might risk cutting my paw on the knife again tonight.

The article is actually quite even handed and positive in many regards.

The headline on the other hand... ...

My post had nothing to do with you it was aimed at our beloved primer- as that was who you were talking about.

I generally regret paying any attention to primer...  Seems it is even so by proxy, lol.

Currently not sure I was lucky. I put the bids in today but did not expect to fill them so violently.  Anyone have a bandaid?

Bought some at  137.  Let's see how bad my hands will bleed. 😁

Poloniex. And thanks for the liquidity.  Short a bunch IMHO.

I think btce is a perfect match for monero.  If we can just keep a decent fraction of current volume I think most exchanges will be working on integration.  It is a bit of a challenge.

I have always hated that terminology when I see it being used in the generic sense of a price rise whether or not manipulation is the motive force. But it is the same folks with the gnat sized attention span that seem to want to call it this. Also the idea this rise is some sort of market manipulation is dumbtastic. It's hilarious really.

These idiots like to think that there are some nefarious whales in the background pumping up the price. But they never stop to think how much it would cost to cause a price rise on this level with this magnitude of volume just by market manipulation.  For what reason?  To what gain. But I suppose those of us who do understand basic math may stand to profit from these idiots.

Now, to revive an old phrase from the 90s. There is such a thing as irrational exuberance. I am being very careful to try to recognize when it becomes a serious factor in the price... but it is so hard to do in the moment.

Don't worry he will be back to tell us that he sold all his monero the next time he thinks were at a top.  He completely full of shit.

Cheers to you as well.