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your basically gambling that youll be able to pull your dollars out before they confiscate them or inflate them to zero...
If the USD becomes worthless, stuff like law/order will be history. You need those things for money of any kind to work better than a pawnshop .25 or a meat cleaver. On top of being money, BTC also needs at least a web-enabled mobile device to work. Grid power/interwebs/cell service will also be sporadic at best. Those you also need before BTC can work. BTC: Not apocalypse-friendly. OTH, if BTC becomes worthless right now? I'd have to explain to most folks what BTC *is* before asking them if they cared  As far as me gambling on "pulling my dollars out"? Working out well thus far. Total losses over my lifetime? Zero  ...(think Cyprus) - we will see an effect on typical safe havens.
...  Memories... *TL;DR: The government needs you for your wool and, occasionally, lamb chops. This does not mean you're better off without it. As soon as you stray from the herd, ...When they you stray from the herd, as you seem to be suggesting you've done, they you do not somehow become un-sheep. They You simply get eaten by wolves, or run over by drunk kids in pickups. Sheep that resent being sheep are ill-adjusted sheep with high mortality rates. Contrary to their belief, they aren't lions--they're simply unwell  |
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^Bro, there are much simpler ways for your government to pwn you. BTC or no BTC they are not going to "pwn" you if your wealth is in bitcoin. unless you're a very rich high profile target they will just leave you alone and proceed to rob the rest of the sheep who hold their money in the banks and in government bonds. Robert Paulson, don't be so disdainful of well-adjusted sheep. They are herd animals, fairing awfully outside of the herd. When they stray from the herd, as you seem to be suggesting you've done, they do not somehow become un-sheep. They simply get eaten by wolves, or run over by drunk kids in pickups. Sheep that resent being sheep are ill-adjusted sheep with high mortality rates. Contrary to their belief, they aren't lions--they're simply unwell *typos |
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^Bro, there are much simpler ways for your government to pwn you. BTC or no BTC Oh, and that national debt? We lied--we're never paying it back. And you can't keep calling to bug us about it. Because Geneva Convention |
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My bank account is protected by FDIC. I also don't keep more than the insured amount in my account--that's stupid. Get on my level. |
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^My banker could steal my money.
A cop could cap my ass as I leave the bank, empty-handed.
A dog could run over, snack on my blownout brains, lap at the blood, get bored, lift his leg and piss on what used to be my face.
How paranoid are you?
Re. your link: My bank account is protected by FDIC. I also don't keep more than the insured amount in my account--that's stupid.
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^I'm willing to do more than that. I go under a surgeon's knife, without the urge to take it from him so I could do it myself. And that guy could kill me |
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with bitcoin for the first time in 550 years YOU are the bank, each and every one of us is actually a walking bank.
... Not everyone dreams of being his own bank. I, for instance, don't. No more than I dream about being my own plumber, or butcher. ...
You are soon flying back after a two week business trip out the country. Whilst walking through the airport departure lounge your phone PA agent app offers to arrange a taxi to pick you up at the other end and drive you home. You tap yes and via your inbuilt hardware smart wallet credit card the agent instantly books a cab and pays with bitcoin credit card. You order a beer and pay with bitcoin credit card using the contactless payment system from your phone. Your phone offers to get the cleaner in to tidy up the house before you arrive home but you decide against it as the place wasn't too messy when you left. It is the end of the month and whilst you wait your phone bill and electricity bills appear on the screen. Bugger you think and tap pay as they are paid instantly with a few precious satoshis debited from your wallet "why am I seeing this? These are paid automatically through my credit card!" ... etc., etc. FTFY. If you trust apps with your coin, trust them with your CC. No need for Bitcoin  Credit Card. Your tomorrow is here, today! Edit: And I'm not even going to get into you ordering a beer and waiting for confirms, missing your taxi in the process, and coming home to find others living in it. It's been sold because I wrote your apps, which were open-source, but you didn't audit the code. There is no CC company to make it all better--BTC transactions are irreversible, and you're your own bank. |
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Disarming sincerity. Sober, self-critical situation appraisal.
When will you be posting OP's d0x?
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^Daddy issues?  Stop being stingy and invest in an operating system designed by adults for adults |
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Thanks for this WIKI though, I find it funny that almost ZERO super computers use windows. The idea that one might is pretty funny to me. A blue screen super computer That's probably because supercomputers don't use intel x64 architecture Just guessing. |
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I guess it must have been the tree's fault.
Kate's automotive failure is the result of a sudden decrease in velocity. No one could have seen this coming - that hill could not have possibly been seen in advance or anticipated. Maybe now Kate can restructure the parts so that they are a different car and provide shares of the new car on a pro-rata basis to the creditors for the old car. Such sarcasm. How's ur communicating with ABitInterested going, twentyseventy? Worked up the nerve to call him yet? |
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... We are already putting things in motion that were on hold so stand tight. ... Cant wait to see  |
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Comrades! Stay vigilant against government infiltrators and market manipulators! Together, we're strong!
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lol google image search resulted in "child smoking photography"
I'm not sure what you mean hah
Wisdom beyond your years Just a pic that popped into my mind. Joseph Szabo. |
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...I was in the forces and I lived in 4 countries before I turned 18. I've seen a lot of the world, there aren't too many places I fancy going left. You got 20 years on me old man, haha, I must be wise beyond my years   |
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I live in South East Asia, I live on around $2000 a month. That's in a nice villa, with a nice car, and I eat out at least 2x a day (in western restaurants not local food)
in Europe my lifestyle would eat 90% of my income, over here I save >75% of my income.
In most of US, you wouldn't be able to afford your lifestyle, period. I lived on $2k a month (NYC) and trust me, there was no talk of "villas" or saving |
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there are 0 benefits for users with 0 btc to use paypal with btc.
like I said, only early adopters who bought really cheap coins could benefit from it for some micropayment, if the fees are reasonable.
One word: moving the goalposts. (Okay, more like three words.) even if paypal takes 0 fees for transactions (why would they do that?) you still have to transfer your money to btc exchanges and pay the fees for their services. too much of a hassle for 1 micropayment for a new user. Gentlemen! The issue at hand is much simpler than it appears. Allow me to illustrate:  *The night crew can't be trusted with Bitcoin. Exchanges should remain open only between 9am and 5pm, EST  |
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