'Government' is an extremely wide ranging term. It's one thing to have a NSA project slipped out by a few weirdos without their own master knowing. Quite another to have all of the shape shifting lizards meeting in their golden bunkers and making it so.

I think it's quite possible its creation came from state employees. The only thing left over from that that still matters is them owning a high percentage of the coins. Beyond that they don't have any more control than you or I. That's the joy of open source.

The silly thing is no one will give a shit if an ETF pops up anywhere other than America. For some reason people want their American Daddy to endorse them, not some joke continent like Europe or Asia.



I wonder how much one of these applications costs. The applicant and the SEC are basically helpless. Neither can bring about the conditions to make one viable. That's down to thousands of factors beyond their control.

If this is the case then I expect Coinbase to come up with a better solution for them than this. I'm sure plenty of people do this already. To have it endorsed by Coinbase isn't a great look.

It seems a shame to have taken his money and not respected the spirit in which it was given, so on the anniversary of Ross's sentencing I run over a dog walker or help a forestry worker into his wood chipper and think of Ross.

In my own case I'm the guy who took all of Ross's money for assassinations and sent back photos of Ken dolls covered in ketchup.

I sleep fine at night.

I think it's more fund(s) under the control of community members than that one particular fund.

Can you shed some vague light over who controls the most significant funds and how engaged they are with events? Not naming names but I'd be interested to know whether they've taken a total back seat or have remained active.

One of the most surprising things this whole foundation implosion has revealed is how in the dark the different elements seem to be about each other.

He has his, er, moments. But this is largely correct.



I think the new people are showing vastly more potential than the faceless donkeys who went before. The way they're trying to press their point is still more than a little aggravating albeit it's entirely the creation of the slackers who came before them.

I find this angle... unattuned to the zeitgeist.

'The previous foundation fucked itself and nem's progress. Give us money or we'll finish the fucking off properly.'

Nice one.

The chances of selling that would be much higher than anything else, but obviously it's not guaranteed. Maybe it would be better to post examples of work that exists and then concept art for Bitcoin related stuff. You could see what interest there is before actually making anything.

This would be the best place to see if there's interest - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=217.0

I think we need to permanently steer him away from this subject before an aneurysm lets go in an explosive manner. It's blocking reason from entering the mind as it is.

If it's true then that is one of the dimmest courses of action I've read about in recent years in relation to cryptoland. I sure as hell would not subsidise such utter stupidity.

No. It's complete and utter bilge. More like 0.2% of Turks and that might be optimistic in the eXtreme.. Check the relevant exchange volumes. Turkey is nothing.

https://www.coindesk.com/etf-tied-to-bitcoin-futures-withdrawn-after-sec-staff-request

Another one died today. It sounded pretty stupid and kludgey but another ones bites the dust all the same. What's notable is in the past hopes were higher for futures based stuff because it doesn't touch actual Bitcoin.

Nope.

How many people believed Bitcoin would carry on into multiple tens of thousands in late 2017? More than a few. They were wrong.

How many people believe Bitcoin might never reach impressive heights again in early 2019? More than a few. They'll be wrong.

You'd probably find it more alien than a full sharia UK and you'll be blown up by far right crackers instead of jihadis.

Aye. If you halved or more the rate at which the chain is growing it's still going to be a 99% turn off to most. You'd have to be a very specific person to find 350gb fine and 500gb not. At present it would probably take my connection about 60-70 hours to download it. No idea about syncing but that seems to be the one that bothers more people.

The price on Brexit vote day was about $660. I well remember having a chuckle as everyone screamed about the exchange rate collapsing and feeling unaffected. I don't know if now is the best time ever but in the long run it's likely to be a far better bet than being stuck in GBP.

The front of my motor is held together with zip ties and there are now so many noises I favour driving with noise cancelling earphones. The previous one got to 550,000 miles before the rust was so bed there wasn't enough metal left to attach important things like number plates and doors. It ended its life T boning a Rolls Royce to death in a banger race.

I was going to get an Alfa Giulia Quadrifoglio last year but the amount of animals and drug dealers that smash into me makes it pointless. I'm sticking to heaps of shit for life most likely, though in future I may sneak in the odd enormous engine.

Yup. I can't remember when it was at its deadest of all but there's little comparison to now.

Compared to 2015 this is still a 24/7 carnival. I well remember 3-6 hours between posts on this thread.