To an extent, some countries are more influenced than others by the US depending on who their biggest trade partners are.
If they barely trade with them no one really cares unless it influences a partner who trades with them signifcantly as well which is the ripple effect.
In general terms yes but the extent varies if your DPRK who gives a damn you care about China

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Reapplying as well since Tuesday is here also didn't change the sig this week.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1253069.msg13001132#msg13001132
Looking forward to BBF

Congrats to the HH winners who could pass the tribulation of random trivia generation and @admin 
It was amusing to see

Since this is the last day in the Pokercoin campaign I'll ask if I can sign up if this campaign decides to continue for another week.
Thanks for your time.

No problem thanks for reminding me to check I looked through and then noticed I was #11 in the registration
Best of luck with the campaign

I didn't know that the Cambridge unit went offline my last newsfeed for it was in 2014
The main problem with BTM's is that they have costs and people need to make the appropriate markups the best locations cost a lot and advertising as well.

I agree with Neal location and promotion makes a big difference and the regulatory environment and uses for it locally.

Neal Conner, customer service manager for Lamassu, said the company has 138 machines currently operating around the world, with customers in “over 40 countries.” He said the firm that owned the Boston-area machines, including one in South Station that received considerable publicity because it was one of the first anywhere, had “pivoted” their business plan away from high-traffic locations to more targeted business “nationwide via cards in convenience stores.”

“We are waiting for the right person to come along and make a splash,” he said, noting that in some locations, including New York City, “they are doing very well.”

“It comes down to promotion and location,” he said.

I'm hoping for a stubborn block or two before the difficulty adjusts similar to the round a few games back where it literally was won by the skin of its teeth.

That is a tight spread you can't even get smaller than pennys unless it was a tenth of a penny then ...
Either way its an interesting trading range.

+8 Please and Thanks

It could be part of the difficulty adjustment that we were expecting, those miners from Bitmain took a while to ship and get sent out so some units may be coming online, that and the recent price increases set price stability in this price range so old miners are now being added to the network that were previously left offline. Combine the two factors and the present difficulty increase is not that bad considering the external factors involved.

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Seems like the game is nearing its end
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Payfirma is launching a Bitcoin API.

The API allows businesses to accept Bitcoin along with other traditional payment methods.

 Consumer preference and payment methods are changing, the Vancouver payments company says, so it’s important for businesses to quickly adapt and offer payment options: in-store, online, via mobile, and with alternative currencies.


Through a partnership with BitPay, Payfirma’s Bitcoin API allows beta users to accept bitcoin as a payment method with an integration directly connected to their Payfirma account. With the ability to embed it into the eCommerce checkout experience, users can see purchases and refunds made with Bitcoin that are automatically exchanged into dollars (USD or CAD) at a verified exchange rate.

“Today’s consumers are adopting new payment technologies, like Bitcoin, at a rapid pace,” says Payfirma CEO, Michael Gokturk. “We’re always iterating and innovating at Payfirma."

Payfirma helps you accept credit card payments online, in your store, and on your mobile device. Our cloud platform processes your payments and puts all your transaction data in one place. With you data in one place, you can use your numbers to make smarter business decisions about your customers, products, and employees.

http://www.techvibes.com/blog/payfirma-announces-beta-for-bitcoin-api-2015-11-06

Thanks for the update, well at least you know they are playing
As long as there is variance you have a chance to get it back, or I guess you could always make a second one and reset your stats lol...

This may seem a bit strange but Luckybit just ended their campaign so that title might be accurate again
Would need to check all the overview but think it sounds about right.

A population doubling won't have much effect for the generation that will need it the most
It may however help them out in the long term to some extent if their economy improves and they decide to have children.
This generation though will see a strange sex industry born.
http://www.businessinsider.com/the-incredible-story-of-chinas-sexual-revolution-2012-8

I thought this was quite the creative way for China to get people to pay attention with magic mushrooms perhaps?
https://twitter.com/XHNews/status/658837440375844864
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/27/china-turns-to-psychedelic-david-bowie-lookalike-to-push-five-year-plan

Psychedlic aside actual five year plan
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nathan-gardels/china-third-industrial-revolution_b_8478954.html

Price is consolidating and stabalizing for a bit or at the very least it stopped the exponential run for a few hours
It looks like mining difficulty did the same and tapered off for a while.

Bitcoin Difficulty: 62,253,982,450
Estimated Next Difficulty: 66,406,112,498 (+6.67%) 
Adjust time: After 888 Blocks, About 5.8 days 

To my knowledge it is, the informaton seems to have spread from the cryptocommunity blogs and has not been picked up by the mainstream media.
Either because they are confirming or denying it themselves or it was somehow missed on the radar.
No sourcing that I could see besides the focus taiwan article so perhaps it is a hoax.

This is the source
http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aeco/201511020025.aspx

That is one reason that fixed pay campaigns with an escrow help to ensure the reliability of the service as it ensures that their is a budget for that month set in advance regardless of what Bitcoin does.
And on the off chance that a campaign manager defaults someone will pay it out.

For convinience a backup wallet.dat and Bitcoin Core would be very secure and my recommended method to keep them safe.
Of course you can also use cold storage options like a paper wallet or download wallets that provide those capabilities such as Armory.