This would be my hope as well.  I would hope a young person would hold since they could for 20+ years if they want.  They could be millionaires in their 30s or 40s depending on how young they are when they get btc. Short term gains are not needed for the youth.

What does this mean for those of us less technical on btc. thanks!

I thought about that spam too!  Does anyone have a copy?  It would be a good read right now.

This last dip was merely a correction.  The price is on an upward trend in general and there will be may dips, therefore many will panic. I have been there...panicking.

When is the price of bitcoin not acting weird?    Seems like this is the only thing you can know for sure about bitcoin = it behaves weirdly.  Definitely quiet right now though, people probably paying taxes in US.

Great rank list.  Love the Fiat Worshipper.  These are pretty spot on, thanks for the humor.

Exactly! Completely ridiculous that it would take 48 hours.  There are so many things wrong with banks these days:
-unsanitary monopoly money paper..gross!
-overdraft fees preying on low income
-lines at the bank
-checks, why do they still give these to people? especially the ones in front of me at the grocery store!
-fund clearing times...give me a break, they just collect interest while they tell you it is pending
-2 days for a debit purchase to clear...haha.
-ATM fees...don't get me started (and we are worried about pennies of transaction fees with bitcoin??)

Please make this stop. thanks for the ability to rant!

My thoughts exactly.  I feel like a "mistake" like that just does not happen on a microsoft website.  That would be an huge error simple to avoid for the web content manager.  I didn't think it was a big deal when I first heard about it but now it is interesting.

Very cool that Microsoft acknowledges this.  The price of btc did not seem to be affected by it anyway. Everyone can relax now.

This thread is up there for legendary status.  The responses are choice and I am dying laughing but this one takes the cake.  "operation Paperclip 2.0".  This needs a t-shirt.

Well that is interesting.  I wonder how that happened. Hopefully people did not freak out too much and what it would mean for bitcoin.

I have used Kraken with out too many issues, also btc-e awhile ago but I think they do not allow US customers anymore.  I am going to checkout yobit because I have heard it is ok.  I try not to keep coins on any exchange for too long though, no matter how good they are.

I think so yes, as was another one and I cannot remember.  It may have no impact but this is going to be interesting to watch. 

I think this is most likely the reason, the connection with BitPay.  I don't think this is terrible news and Microsoft can change their stance in the future. Nothing to see here.

Don't mind what other people think.  This is why it best not to discuss finances of any kinds with friends or family, it is like politics and religion.  People don't understand bitcoin yet - they will.

I buy whenever it works out with the budget.  Try to buy small amounts at a time so the price really does not affect it, it is more about the amount of btc rather than what price i purchased. I learned this awhile ago, it is a more relaxing approach to a very volatile coin.

This. Seems odd they would bother returning it creating another trail.  If they do get the 13000 btc and altcoins back that were lost maybe people will see some coins returned to them, so that is good news. 

lol.  Bitcoin is a "niche for aficionados"...ok sure.  Well let's see where this "supercurrency" goes. 

I see it is back up but this brings up a good question in regards to Russia's new stance on btc.  Wonder how long they will last.  I have used them in the past and had no troubles.

Exactly how I feel, I am not sure of anything about it but very interesting to watch.  It has major momentum and there may be some announcements this week about it.  I had some around the high $2 range and sold.  yikes.