It seems the more one looks into this, the less true it becomes.

I don't get it either. I have never bought anything illegal with bitcoins. I seems to me a classic case of picking the most provocative, sexiest narrative possible. Like people who see a blinking light in the sky and assume it to be an alien spacecraft, even though that it the least likely explanation. 

There is a clue in one of the first sentences.

"Mr. Lewis leads the Phoenix Fund, a Zurich-based private-equity fund that on Tuesday plans to invest $200 million in Avalon"

So what kind of fund manager says what he is going to buy beforehand? 

I used to live in Belize. You may find it hard to get a good lawyer there. Belizians have a chill attitude about work. Don't be surprised if your lawyer misses your court date because the fishing was good that day.
lol, I'm exaggerating a little.

I suspect they did something server-side to reveal identities. Maybe?

Hi and welcome.

That is my attitude as well.

Hi. 

Cool. Thanks for checking.

hmm. that is a suspicious looking link.

Good points. I would never even consider letting them in my house without a warrant. Then we would have a record with a judges name on it, and the name of the requesting authority.

From an NSA instruction manual:
"Point barrel downward toward foot and depress trigger."

As of today I do not use the Internet, I am going to go 100% TOR. I would also like to see a list of backdoored software. I will certainly not be buying any such products in the future.


Here are some resources:  https://prism-break.org/

I really dislike these attempts to enforce ignorance. I have known how to make bombs since childhood. I studied chemistry and physics and I know what quinoa is. WTF do they want me to do, unlearn everything?

Since anyone can DL the software and confirm transactions there is no true middleman. As opposed to a central authority, the peer to peer nature of it is what is meant by "no middleman". I suppose you could argue that we are all middlemen also?

The price of a bitcoin is always correct, no matter what you or I would like it to be. That is how markets work.

I think it would only be profitable if you do not factor in the new laptop you may have to buy. There are websites for determining your profitability, but generally laptops are not going to cut it. Even a more robust desktop may loose money on electricity costs.
The problem is competition. As more miners move to dedicated hardware, this will likely only get worse.   

Hi and welcome. Note that the 5 posts must be actual posts of some value. Posts of a few words won't be counted.

I think it will hit $200 again. But a speculative opinion and a cup of coffee are worth exactly a cup of coffee.

The problem you may run into selling this is that the buyer assumes huge risk even with escrow. For example, without credentials how can one check the balance until the transaction is complete? It could be an empty account.
And if the buyer were scammed, who would help? Mt.Gox..? No, you violated their TOS. The police..? LOL, Right

I'm not accusing you of anything, but it is buyer beware when dealing with BTC.

Maybe I'm misreading, but how did you "peg" it? The market did not peak and rather than a sell off, the price of a bitcoin has gone up.

My understanding is that most of the whales have moved to KrillCoin.