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6301  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Speculation (Altcoins) / Re: Grin Observer - GRN/BTC - Price Movement and Discussion on: September 06, 2019, 05:17:41 AM
Does anyone who has denied the unsayable or else Cryptotourist will jump from a cliff already convinced? Grin's infinite inflation was chosen for stability in price.

https://github.com/mimblewimble/docs/wiki/Monetary-Policy

Also, its fluctuations might become more similar to dogecoin than bitcoin.
6302  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Peter Brandt: 99% of Altcoins Will Be Forgotten in Five Years on: September 06, 2019, 04:53:20 AM
@avikz. Should there be? Are the cryptocoins outside of your 3-5 cryptos really garbage? I reckon community formation and opensource development should not be stopped. One of those projects might develop something that bitcoin can use.

have you ever checked some of the projects?
go on github and just go through the source code of different altcoins, even the most popular ones among the top 10. you will see that 90% of them have "copied" bitcoin exactly and have created their own coin. some have the decency that directly forking the project and giving credit to the original but most try to hide it!

The most popular of those cryptocoins which is litecoin. No development, copied from bitcoin, however, supported by a large community, supported by some opensource developers and has held top 10 longer than most altcoins.

There are smaller coins similar to Aeon that might appear forgotten, however, it has a loyal community of contributors and hobbyists that might let it live longer than Peter Brandt's 5 years. I would consider this a success.
6303  Economy / Speculation / Re: SEC delays decision on ETF again on: September 06, 2019, 04:39:45 AM
@1Referee. Agreed. However, the SEC has not given its approval for VanEck and SolidX to let investors invest in a bitcoin ETF yet. But they might have found an ambiguity in the rules that might allow them to sell bitcoin ETFs to institutional investors only.
6304  Bitcoin / Press / Re: [2019-09-02] Argentina capital controls, a strong case for bitcoin on: September 06, 2019, 04:15:28 AM
@cr1776. It will then be their political class' fault if they lose the trust of the people. In the next election or the next change in regime, the people will choose the opposite of the incumbent. I have read about a country electing a murderer for a president. I reckon the president before him must be learned, belonging to a political class but very corrupt and who failed his people.
6305  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Peter Brandt: 99% of Altcoins Will Be Forgotten in Five Years on: September 05, 2019, 03:47:22 AM
@avikz. Should there be? Are the cryptocoins outside of your 3-5 cryptos really garbage? I reckon community formation and opensource development should not be stopped. One of those projects might develop something that bitcoin can use.
6306  Bitcoin / Press / Re: [2019-09-03] Burger King Starts Accepting Bitcoin for Online Orders in Germany on: September 05, 2019, 03:20:57 AM
So, We have some third-party app that takes the order and takes money in bitcoins and then processes the order just like foodpanda does?

I have not tried out takeaway.com

Yes, it's middlemen on top of middlemen, lol. Burger King in this cases pays a fee to Takeaway for the exposure/listing of your restaurant, and then pays ShitPay a 1% fee.

Important to point out is that Takeaway has been accepting Bitcoin in several countries (Belgium, The Netherlands, Switzerland, Austria, etc) they are operational, and that for years now.

However, Cointelegraph released this as exciting news for bitcoin. I reckon that we might be witnessing a bear market in the bitcoin news creation business hehehe. Any old boring news, becomes good news.
6307  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: The UFC Info and Prediction Thread on: September 05, 2019, 02:03:25 AM
@pereira4. However, Dustin Poirier has the power. 50% of his fights were knockouts and technical knockouts, his fighting style is to stand in front and throw power punches. Also, Conor fought the younger versions of Dustin and Max Holloway. If they fight Conor today, they would beat him.

Khabib can also weaken on the 4th and 5th rounds similar to his fight versus Al Iaquinta.



6308  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Motosport General discussion tread --- Formula1, MotoGP, WTCC, ETCC, DTM..... on: September 05, 2019, 01:19:05 AM
No applause for Alex Albon? He also had a good race starting from 17th and to finish on 5th. I reckon that new Redbull spec4 engine might do more in the hands of Max Verstappen in Italy hehehe.

He seems to be more confident than Gasly with Redbull.

Bigger applause should be done for Norris, I really like him he was 5th till the last lap before engine problems.

He will be one of the top drivers after the Hamilton-Vettel era with Max and James.

Agreed. Who is James, however? Charles LecLerc?

In any case, Redbull will begin installing Max Verstappen's car with the spec4 engine for the Italian grand prix, which will also give him a penalty. However, he might be a good bet for the Singapore race hehehe.
6309  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Announcements (Altcoins) / Re: [ANN] AEON [2019-03-20: current version is 0.12.9.0] on: September 04, 2019, 04:50:42 AM
@smooth. Organizing a small bug bounty using the community funds might be suitable. It might receive interest not only from the Aeon community because there is a financial interest to do it.

It might also be good as a way to promote Aeon and the winning bounty hunters might also become one of us hehehe.
6310  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Peter Brandt: 99% of Altcoins Will Be Forgotten in Five Years on: September 04, 2019, 04:34:55 AM
I reckon he might be partly correct, however, there are altcoins that are supported by small but loyal communities and excellent developers that refuse to be forgotten.

I am an Aeon bagholder and I have already accepted its fate that it will never be as big as bitcoin or its big brother, Monero. Will I stop supporting it? No and I am not the only holder giving it support as a hobby.

Peter Brandt thinks everything is about making holders rich. He lost the essence of community and opensource development in the cryptospace.



The altcoin market continues to bleed out, setting one fresh low after the next. It’s caused the overall crypto market sentiment to reach extreme fear and despair, with many worrying that the altcoins they hold may never again return to their previous all-time high prices.

However, career trader Peter Brandt says that the fate of the altcoin market is much worse than never again setting new highs. The professional trader claims that in five years, 99% of all crypto assets will be a distant memory.

According to Peter Brandt – in response to a tweet suggesting that Litecoin, Ethereum, and Ripple were going to continue to set new lows and that crypto traders should focus on Bitcoin as their main asset of choice as the one with the most “lasting value” – as much as 99% of all crypto assets will be forgotten in five years time.

Investors in Litecoin, Ethereum, and Ripple were particularly defensive, but later Brandt clarified that “LTC and ETH have far more going for them” than the rest of altcoins, which he refers to as a “junk pile.”

However, Brandt may not be wrong about his statement. Earlier this year, crypto analytics firm DataLight shared a visual representation of the top ten cryptocurrencies by market cap and how it has evolved since 2013.

Before even clicking play, the only recognizable cryptocurrency on the list aside from Bitcoin itself is Litecoin. Not even Ripple was released at this point.

The list includes the likes of Peercoin, Namecoin, Feathercoin, Novacoin, Mincoin, Devcoin, Terracoin, and Aphrodite Coin. If you are scratching your head, wondering what these altcoins are, then it may not be unfathomable that the current crypto market top ten might all be forgotten in the matter of another five years, just as Brandt says.


Read in full https://www.newsbtc.com/2019/09/03/peter-brandt-99-of-altcoins-will-be-forgotten-in-five-years/
6311  Economy / Speculation / Re: SEC delays decision on ETF again on: September 04, 2019, 02:38:05 AM
The skeptical me is thinking that a bitcoin ETF offered to ordinary investors is what the American government do not want. The government has always been a hurdle for ordinary people to prosper by blocking them from entering into more unfamiliar investments.

Is this what the SEC was planning from the beginning? Approve a bitcoin ETF limited only for the rich?



VanEck and SolidX bypass SEC by offering Bitcoin ETFs to accredited investors

Two investment companies whose Bitcoin ETF proposals have been delayed by the SEC have found a way around the tight regulations. In a joint statement, VanEck Securities Corp. and SolidX Management said they planned on launching a “limited version” of the BTC ETFs, only available to accredited investors.

After facing yet another delay on their joint Bitcoin exchange-traded-fund (ETF) proposal, asset management companies VanEck Securities Cop. and SolidX Management LLC found a way to bypass strict SEC regulations.

In a joint press release, the two companies announced that they plan on issuing a limited version of their originally planned Bitcoin ETF, only available to institutional investors.

According to The Wall Street Journal, VanEck and SolidX will sell shares in the VanEck SolidX Bitcoin Trust to qualified institutional buyers. In the statement, the companies said that the shares will be the first Bitcoin products for institutions that is cleared. It will act much like a traditional ETF, featuring the same creation-and-redemption process.


The companies were able to launch this unusual product thanks to an exemption in the law regulating securities in the U.S. The statement referenced Rule 144A of the 1933 Securities Act as the enabler of this offer. The rule specifically allows “privately placed securities” to be traded among “qualified institutional buyers” without having to register with the SEC.

Starting from Thursday, Sep. 5, the shares will be quoted on the OTC Link ATS, an alternative trading system directly regulated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.


Read in full https://cryptoslate.com/vaneck-solidx-bypass-sec-bitcoin-etf-accredited/
6312  Bitcoin / Press / Re: [2019-09-02] Argentina capital controls, a strong case for bitcoin on: September 04, 2019, 01:51:39 AM
JFK?   You can't be serious he was a drugged-up stooge on the path to socialism.  

And that's why they killed him, you would probably do the same, the killing culture is very developed in USA.

The mere fact that he was one of the most popular president in recent American history probably doesn't mean anything to you, but if you are American you must be proud with George W. Bush or Trump.

Agreed. However, John F Kennedy had a more lasting legacy in America and passed on that legacy to the bitcoin community. He invented the phrase we are going to the moon hehehe.
6313  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Tyson Fury vs Otto Wallins on: September 03, 2019, 03:02:10 AM
I mean really is this the best opponent they could find for this TYSON FURY character come on  Huh
We all want to see TYSON compete with 1 other person WILDER so anything other then that is just going to be very long shots

Agreed! This fight is not worthy of its own thread. Treat this similar to a prequel to the real movie and should be discussed in the Tyson Fury, Deontay Wilder rematch thread hehehe.
6314  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Ethereum update on: September 03, 2019, 02:47:17 AM
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AFAIK, next scheduled hard fork is Istanbul that is expected to happen around November this year but it is still within framework of Ethereum 1.0. As to Ethereum 2.0 its zero phase i.e Beacon Chain is planned for the end of 2019 - beginning of 2020, also via hardfork  on the understanding that all ETH addresses remain valid;  KYC, this is not the case here.


Ethereum 2.0 will not be a hardfork. It will be a new platform not connected to the original Ethereum. What the users will do is transfer their wallets from Ethereum 1.0 to Ethereum 2.0 through a smart contract.

I shake my head at this. Why did Vitalik not release a proof of stake Ethereum from the beginning?

Thanks, didn't know that. Thereby next year ethereum community will find itself on the verge of splitting and will be dealing with two ETH branches i.e. POW and POS, isn't it?


I do not know. However, I predict that some of the miners might organize something and find a new development team to hardfork to their own version of Ethereum where they can continue mining.
6315  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Motosport General discussion tread --- Formula1, MotoGP, WTCC, ETCC, DTM..... on: September 03, 2019, 01:59:36 AM
No applause for Alex Albon? He also had a good race starting from 17th and to finish on 5th. I reckon that new Redbull spec4 engine might do more in the hands of Max Verstappen in Italy hehehe.
6316  Bitcoin / Press / Re: [2019-09-02] Argentina capital controls, a strong case for bitcoin on: September 03, 2019, 01:15:27 AM
I reckon that there might be a stronger case for the Argentinian government to hold bitcoin in their reserves if they want to remove themselves of state intervention.
It’s horrible advice. The Argentine government should consider finding real solutions to the problem by encouraging production rather than looking for more loans.
The dependence of the national economy or reserve on a highly volatile currency makes the adoption of economic policies really unknown.
Even individuals who invest in BTC should not put all their capital in this currency. "Don't invest more than you can lose."

I agree with you that relying on the US dollar as a single reserve is not right

There was nothing in my post that implies that Argentina should look for more loans. Did I not already say that loans from the World Bank, the IMF or China and America are troublesome for 3rd world countries?
6317  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Motosport General discussion tread --- Formula1, MotoGP, WTCC, ETCC, DTM..... on: September 02, 2019, 03:18:43 AM
I predict Sebastian Vettel's retirement after this season. Charles is younger, faster and the more exciting driver. Ferrari will certainly begin favoring him.

This is very hard for Sebastian because he knows this feeling. He did something similar to Mark Webber in Redbull when he was young.
6318  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: The UFC Info and Prediction Thread on: September 02, 2019, 02:55:43 AM
@pereira4. Khabib's chin has never been tested. We thought Conor was going to test it, however, the strategy he used did not give him this opportunity.

I reckon Poirier's fighting style might give him a chance to test it.
6319  Economy / Speculation / Re: Bitcoin Price Could Surpass $15,000 This Week: Max Keiser on: September 02, 2019, 02:29:04 AM
$28k?

Which character does the forum consider more of a joker? Tom Lee or Max Keiser? Tom Lee is funny for me because we know he has invested hundreds of millions of Fundstrat investors' money in bitcoin. He is under pressure hehehe.

However, Max Keiser is very annoying for me. What does he want to be? A bitcoin influencer?



Max Keiser Sets $28,000 Bitcoin Price Target as Market Falters

Bitcoin permabull Max Keiser set an exuberant $28,000 bitcoin price target, citing its escalating hash rate and Game Theory.

On Twitter, Keiser reasoned that per the "protocol's hard-coded Game Theory, hash precedes bitcoin."

Keiser interprets that to mean that a $28,000 bitcoin price target is now in play. So is a bull run around the corner? Who knows?


Source https://www.ccn.com/max-keiser-28000-bitcoin-price-target/
6320  Bitcoin / Press / [2019-09-02] Argentina capital controls, a strong case for bitcoin on: September 02, 2019, 01:55:16 AM
I reckon that there might be a stronger case for the Argentinian government to hold bitcoin in their reserves if they want to remove themselves of state intervention.

Some of you might not know this but if a powerful country like America or China loans US dollars to a 3rd world country, it is not because those powerful countries want to help. The 3rd world country borrowing the money has given America or China some control in its economy or policy making in exchange.

The IMF and the World Bank are also 2 institutions that make these kind of deals.



The government of Argentina has imposed capital controls on its citizens in a response to growing financial issues for the country. The South American country has limited dollar purchases to only $10k per month after $3 billion was drained out of their foreign currency reserves on Thursday and Friday alone. Is it time to switch to Bitcoin?

Argentina’s national currency, the peso, has been in free fall the past few weeks as the government attempts to pay off their short term debts. The peso is down over 25% in the last month alone. Interest rates spiked heavily as the Argentinian central bank tried to control their debt, making the decision Wednesday to delay payments on the $7 billion of debt this year.

The decision comes from President Mauricio, who ran on the promise to get rid of state intervention in the economy. He is now doubling back on his ideals by imposing currency controls. The current political landscape in Argentina is suggesting Mauricio and his party will lose power in the upcoming October election. This fact is scaring many investors in the country.

The opposition has been calling for currency controls, claiming that the government was in a “virtual default.” The reserves of the central bank fell nearly $12 billion due to political uncertainty


Read in full https://bitcoinist.com/argentina-imposes-capital-controls-strong-case-for-bitcoin-adoption/
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