When you say 99.9% of people are retarded and do not question reality, you are almost right. But saying "99.9%" merely shows how biased you are. Clearly, you think 100% of people are retarded. Give or take some downtime from dumbness, when people become really smart. 

I mean, I wonder who the 0.01% of people are? Are you maybe talking about how smart only you are? Please, then, enlighten us with your brilliant intelligence. Tell us simple-minded 99.9 percenters how you know that the world is shaped like a globe / sphere / giant peach.
 
If it helps your explanation, pretend that I am one of the 0.01% of humans who are not gullible. I will not believe a word of what you say, unless it is the absolute truth.

Are you using RBF (Replace By Fee)? If so, other Electrum users should know that this isn't the default option with Electrum wallet. I would love to RBF a transaction I made with below normal fees... But I can't, because I didn't tick the checkmark for RBF before that transaction. Now I'm stuck just waiting it out. I guess there may be a faster method, but it would have helped if I had known about RBF before I tried to get stingy with fees.

You're talking about Meniscus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meniscus_(liquid)

"The meniscus (plural: menisci, from the Greek for "crescent") is the curve in the upper surface of a liquid close to the surface of the container or another object, caused by surface tension. It can be either concave or convex, depending on the liquid and the surface."



So the Earth could also be convex or concave, depending on whether the glass is full or not full? The oceans aren't overflowing onto the land, are they? Hmm.

Edit: What if the glass is both full and not full? Would totally explain waves. A slight yet constant ebb and flow on the shore between full and not full.

If the glass is both full and not full, Earth is convexically-concave, or concavely-convex. In other words, flat.

Therefore, ocean waves prove flat Earth.

Yes, I'm patenting this proof.  

You're right, and a good point that learning about Bitcoin can be done on the web, by anyone. It's best to stick with up to date, online sources of info, unless you're studying theoretical Bitcoin economics or engineering or what have you. Buy a hard copy Bitcoin book one year, use it as a doorstop the next...

I don't know how you can tell anyone is a Jesuit online, but okay.

For those who don't know how Jesuits could be involved:

"So it gets you wondering, what Jesuit order, charged with converting non-Christians to Christianity, was doing getting creative with secular art, carving Egyptian Pharaohs, building Hindu temples and mini Islamic palaces in an underground cave in the Netherlands?"

The Jesuits are a religious group of people and are somewhat renowned for their forgery skills. They aren't just good at creating fake artworks and imagery, they enjoy it for the sake of it. You could see them as professional trolls in the real world.

Here's a story on a mysterious Jesuit who has been forging famous art pieces and gifting them to museums (who think they're authentic) for over 20 years. Apparently, he does it for the lulz.

The question that #teamglobe should ask when presented with the idea of a grand global conspiracy is not, "How could hundreds of thousands of people be in on the conspiracy?" but rather they should ask, "Which small group is responsible for fooling the whole lot of us, then?"

Then #teamflat can step in and reply, "Good question, glober, here is some specific information for you to consider."

While I don't agree with everything in that article, there is useful information for us:


So... Let's put some things together. Jesuits are known to be skillful hoaxers, forgers, or illusion artists. Jesuits are well-placed in society thanks to them being tight with the Pope, who back in the day had enough power to banish Kings. They are also a widespread organization, working in countries all over the world.

Now, what kind of hoaxing could a group like that pull off, with approval from the Pope and who knows what other societies they connect with?  Probably something big. Like the true nature of the Earth we live on.

It would certainly benefit a religious group to be able to control that knowledge, or obfuscate it.

**Gets back on the fence and fetches popcorn.

I believe the Satoshi reward fluctuates according to the Bitcoin price. And maybe some other reasons, I wouldn't know.

On topic... A few days ago I hit my first lucky number above the default. It was only a couple hundred / thousand Satoshi win (can't remember exactly) but it felt good.

How many photographs are we talking here? I know of Blue Marble and the Apollo images taken from the moon landings.

Pretty much, these 3 (the other two are composites / artificially rendered): https://www.metabunk.org/sk/NASA_Blue_Marbles_Comparison_-_1600.jpg

And then there's Earthrise: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthrise

And then? I'm trying to find the thousands of other images we should have between the moon landings and now. Can you help me with this? It would be cool to collect all the single-shot, Earth-in-one-frame photographs from space that are publicly available. Then we can talk about why there are so few of them.

I look forward to Part 2: How to earn Bitcoins creatively.

That's where it gets interesting, I think. The most common ways of earning Bitcoin are getting to be a stale topic for regular users. But if we can turn this resource thread into a creative discussion, it may add to the value.

The focus of 'how to earn BTC' is often from the investor / freelancer / freeloader perspectives. Perhaps if we get some interesting business ideas listed it will encourage others to start thinking about earning Bitcoins in the same way.

With those who have dev skills, the earning potential looks as good as ever. For instance, creating an app (web or mobile) that solves a problem or makes life easier is an excellent way to start stacking coin. You can think about online services like CouchSurfing and adapt it for payments in Bitcoin. Of course, this requires more responsibility and dedication, but that's business for you.

Say you live in a popular tourist city and you have a spare room you can rent for a short time. Your customers might be international tourists who need a place to stay urgently, but have no local cash and a bank transfer would take too long. Simply offer to take payments in Bitcoin and you have creatively solved a problem for this market. In terms of earning Bitcoin, you can either try to provide the platform and take middleman fees, or you can just be the person who rents out a room for Bitcoin using the platform.

In a word, innovation!

I found that the Wikipedia page on Bitcoin is a brilliant primer on the essential must-know stuff.

It makes for boring reading, but commit 15-30 minutes careful reading of the concepts behind Bitcoin. After that, you'll realize that it all makes simple sense and you won't have to get hung up on all the newly-invented terms, Bitcoin apps, and company names.

You will get an even better understanding if you read some of the academic papers linked in the Wiki's citation section. It's all very logical, and doesn't require any specific IT background to understand.

Not many people are asking me personally, but that's because I don't get out much. I know that on my country's sub on Reddit, there has been much renewed interest in Bitcoin. When there's national interest like this, I know that Bitcoin's trending higher than before. Even the non-techies are curious about the investment potential at the moment.

Those are good criteria. As Panda Trump mentions, it might be a good idea to publish that list on the site.

Btw, the site appears to be down. There's just a blank page, no text, nothing.

Well, I tried my luck with a low fee (~9 Sat/byte) a few weeks ago on a small transaction. Now I'm stuck with an unconfirmed and dusty transaction. Ugh! Trying to figure out how to get it unstuck is taking more time than the money was worth.

In future, I will be sticking with recommended fees. You never know when the low fee will bite you.

I'm sure you've gotten many great replies here but it bears repeating... You should consider starting small and working your way up to a comfortable income on the side.

A lot of people make money off investment (and arbitrage), even enough to live comfortably with no other source of income, but in many cases they got lucky. Or they just got there first.

So if you are looking to make Bitcoin your sole or primary income stream, you have to figure out how you can provide value to the world. It doesn't matter whether you get paid in Bitcoin, Dogecoin, USD, or whatever - the essential ingredient for creating an income is to create something worthwhile, or to provide a worthwhile service.

The other thing is that, even though the price of Bitcoin is looking fantastic, no one really knows where it's going. Maybe it's going to $10K-$50K per Bitcoin, or maybe it levels out at the current $2K - $3K in the long term. So, if you want to make Bitcoin your only income source in the long run, you're going to have to build on it with the same determination and passion that you put into your ordinary day job. It might be a hard slog, or maybe you get lucky. In either case, start working towards it NOW. There's no sense waiting to see where the price goes.