people can say this or that, predict so and so...
but the fact remains no one in this world can see beyond 3 days what the long-term strategy, let alone the endgame, for Bitcoins is.
Bitcoin is a non-sentient currency, and has no strategy. you speak as though there is some central, guiding hand. there isn't. you may have a strategy. and your actions may have an effect on what happens to Bitcoin, if they are broad enough. but that's pretty much it. |
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wow. i think we have a winner...
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Yeah, who knows the origins of slang, but I feel like many slang words are just shortened versions of the original word. Maybe we'll say something like: My new car cost me 10 bits.
Whenever I am writing about Bitcoin, though, I've already gotten into the habit of writing BTC, because it's quicker.
sorry - you can't use 'bits'. it's taken. a bit is half of a US quarter. |
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i am an unreconstructed, Jeffersonian, Constitutional anarchist.
chew on that...
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there would appear to be a reason why you are unemployed...
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i want one-click exchange between Bitcoin and any currency on earth - in both directions.
i want to be able to exchange BTC for any currency, and have that currency deposited into any bank - no matter what the status of that account might be to the regulators in my country (the US). i don't mind using tor, or a VPN.
i want no records kept after transactions are successfully completed, to the satisfaction of both parties. so it would need to be established in a place where that is possible.
i don't care about short-selling, long-buying, credit default fanciness, or anything other than a pure exchange.
but YMMV.
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The regulations mentioned were clearly related to bitcoin exchanges.
I think some people are under the impression that Bitcoin exchanges equal Bitcoin network. precisely. this whole thread is BS. garzik didn't have anything to say about regulating Bitcoin - only that the public, bank-tied exchanges adhere to the regulatory confines of the countries they exist in. and he's absolutely correct. what does that have to do with Bitcoin? are the Linden people, or the WoW people yelling about this? i doubt it. none of what garzik said has anything to do with the anti-regulatory possibilities of Bitcoin - by itself - that we all love. not anything at all. |
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Meh, I don't care. USD, banks, and credit cards are all becoming obsolete now, thanks to Satoshi's wonderful creation. Senate, what is that? So a bunch of special people get to hang out together in a room and write stuff on pieces of paper and vote? That's cute. Good for them. heh. and the further we get away from paper (especially paper money), the less relevant they are. |
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These threads should be bannable offenses.
Apparently no one on this forum cares if it becomes a total shithole. I made a thread suggesting that we moderate this forum and so far all I'm getting is hostility. the forum is moderated - and pretty well, too. if you've ever done it (moderation) you know how excruciatingly difficult that is. i tend to agree with mintaka though - there should be bannable offenses. a power which should be used only occasionally - but it should be used. |
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It is not down for me. But your fear is scaring some people. FUD. banktrolls. There do seem to be a lot of people with the same concurring opinion that flies in the face of the facts. Makes you go 'hm'? no. it makes you go: http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=13344.0 |
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It is not down for me. But your fear is scaring some people. FUD. banktrolls. |
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is it just me and my evil comcast ISP - or is this system getting overloaded?
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uh huh. but now the alphabet soup guys have their own. why would they use the others? |
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"Most of us" must refer to the majority of your multiple personalities, right? Because it certainly doesn't refer to me or anyone else I know well enough to be aware of their motivations for supporting bitcoin.
"multiple personalities"? you're playing my song... http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=13344.0 |
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this looks fantastic!
a question...?
i see no information on limits. are there any daily/monthly/etc. limits to deposits or withdrawals?
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Lost 6 Dollars now from todays high, rally's over guys.. Don't think it will ever climb back, seems like the old guys decided theyre rich enough at 30 and will massively sell over the next hours..
* sigh * "wotta maroon." ~BB |
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hey look - my first concern is the success of Bitcoin. ideology comes second - at the moment. and the plain facts are that we are going - at some point - to need votes; whether in congress or in a general public election. we need to lay the groundwork for that. we need Bitcoin to be non-threatening to as many people as possible.
It's naive to think that disingenuous, 'bitcoin-is-traceable' media interviews will result in congressional votes. What votes does bitcoin need anyway? no, it isn't naive. it comes from (what i hope is) a certain understanding of how the political process works. by which i do not mean the process of voting, or of elections; but rather the process of how memes are propagated and become the norm. start here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overton_windowthe free market, and capitalism, are wonderful things - but like it or not we exist in the political structure of the world as it is. |
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i don't understand.
perhaps you should answer your own question...
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