Who cares about China. A few months ago I didn't even know that Chinese people had bitcoin. This China effect is so overblown.

I don't understand. How are they going to force me to use their alt-coin? And why would acceptance by some of the worlds largest companies cause bitcoin to die?

I agree. Assuming you had billions to spend you might  be able to hurt bitcoin. Of course bitcoin 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, etc. will require additional billions. In the end what has been achieved for all this money, and why was it done in the first place?

lol, well they certainly have spent billions on other ill fated projects. 

Will not work. Will cost billions.

I think alts are silly, but it's your right to be silly. Maybe the recent posts could exclude posts made in the alt-coin section? It does junk up the forums to sift through pages of really stupid alt-coin announcements. Why not require users to go to that section if they want to read more? I know I don't.

I'll have to check out this mint thing. Thanks Intuit! Now if you can add the ability to spend I think you can capture a big market for online transactions. I know I would use it.

Why are the police "dangerously repressive" for enforcing the law? Police don't choose what laws they are going to uphold. If you don't like the law you can work to change it, the police can't. Of course convincing people that money laundering should be legal will be an uphill battle.

I am having a little trouble figuring out your first question. But the drop in price today may just a normal supply/demand adjustment. I suspect that new big players like overstock may be changing the price dynamic. In the first day overstock was open the claim to have grossed $130k in BTC sales. All those coins were sold the same day and dumped on the market. Each day they cash out we see btc for sale that may have been hoarded last year.

I support anyones right to make any coin they want. Still, 99.9% of alt coins are done the moment the creator has convinced someone to pay for them. That is what they are for. To quickly make a few hundred bucks for a few guys. They are not going to survive. Doggy coins, coinye west coins, ...? Oh please.
A lot of new users come here and read about alts as just like bitcoin. But they aren't are they?  

There is a lot of data there to sort through. It would take some graphing to make sones of. However I don't see a colling trend? For example six of the hottest years recorded have been in my lifetime, vs. on three of the coldest years. But again. Math isn't pick and choose. It would take more effort to make a judgment about trends.
Another unscientific anecdote is that talking about how much warmer it is in St. Louis has become as common as asking where you went to high school. (StL joke there).   

Bad idea 

It's a freaking awesome idea! 

...as long as awesomeness is your only goal. 

Na. If your buying alt-coins then you have been tricked by some very small players. It could be a 13 year old who is able to convince you that his latest stupid coin is better than bitcoin. None of the "huge"players I know screw with alts. (well, maybe litecoin)

I grew up in St.Louis. As I kid we played hockey all winter and dug tunnels in the snow drifts. Now St. Louis is like the south. There is hardly a winter at all, mostly sleet and cold rain. I believe I'm going to die on a different planet than I was born on. 
 

Sorry NewEgg, Tiger is getting my money now.

EDIT: Wow, from the looks of their front page they're all in.

It's a "terrible store of value", huh?
The money that I keep in dollars is almost always declining in value. My bitcoins are almost always gaining. Some of my coins are worth 1000 times what I paid for them.

Jamie, what the hell are you talking about???

The mysterious "manipulator" is back then. He/she must sure love bitcoin. This must be costing millions of dollars a day. 
As mentioned above, bitcoin has always had long periods of stability. You don't hear much about it because it's boring.

Don't know about them. 
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Welcome fellow peer. 

Those of us in Wisconsin can relate to your frozen heinie. It's been brutal for weeks now. It was -17F last week, -40F wind chill!

You didn't really think those silly alts had a future? They are mostly created for a month long pump.  Of course, I also thought that about litecoin. Litecoin does have some actual users. But a coin based on a guys favorite dog??? No.  

I have chosen to not willingly participate in the program, and you can too.

https://prism-break.org/en/