Actually the theory and the reality not match always, and that's basically my point.
And in the summer of 2016, while some miners were disconnecting, I am almost certain that not all of them were mining on profit. And it's clearly not the only case. And if it has happened before, it can probably happen again.


The relationship between increase of reward and increase of difficulty is not necessarily as you say. It's somewhat similar to "what was first, the chicken or the egg?".
With the current semiconductor shortage the situation is unnatural an indeed the difficulty doesn't rise as much as expected, but, on the other hand, isn't this yet another sign that the overall rule doesn't always work as expected?

Neither. If you are asking this then you have no idea what you're doing and you don't know the differences (at least as investment) between the two coins.
Learn more and then you'll know what to do. A 250$ investment is not that time critical.


Do you expect us to have a crystal globe and predict the future?
Neither is really safe, it just .. one is altcoin, hence in theory even more volatile than Bitcoin; also it can be the subject of heavy price manipulation. And the other one is Bitcoin, which, now it goes downside although it's expected to be in the middle of bull run.

As I said, you have to read more and decide for yourself.

I guess that this is a bug:



It's the same on user profile too.

1. Your post doesn't make much sense, maybe you take your time, structure it better and tell clearer what you have there.
2. If you mined <whatever coin> you need that somebody - either you, either the pool - convert into Bitcoin in order to actually have Bitcoin and you didn't tell if it's the case or not.
3. If you see transactions there you *might* be on the correct direction, but I think that you need it to be sync-ed in order to have correct balance and make transactions
4. How and what you sent to Airbitz if the core wallet is not synced? Can you tell us what you think you've done there with more detailed steps?

The address where the pool has sent you the coins could be of help. That should tell us:
* if you received indeed Bitcoin
* if there is still money on that address
* if and when money was sent out from there

Of course, you may be able to do that yourself, just put the address into blockchair.com

I also agree that Dev & Tech (well, the entire forum) could use a couple more merit sources and OP amount of activity indeed recommends him as Merit Source.
So yep, I also support the application.

Bitcoin energy narrative always ignored the energy wasted by other activities or industries, nothing new under the sun.
And let's say that banking is probably not even that much energy hungry, but just think on advertising, or physical casinos, or, as I've read somewhere, the Christmas lights...



Yes and no. We don't know what the future holds. One example is the ever rising difficulty, decreasing the income/kWh.
And the advance of technology is not always able to cope, leading to increase of consumption for the same revenue.
(And if the technology is advancing, the gears are not for free either).
So.. the "formula" is more complicated and not as easily predictable.

Cel mai probabil fiindca intre timp spaima guvernantilor fata de crypto s-a mai domolit, ca au vazut ca pot sa ia urma banilor chiar mai usor decat unii ar crede.
Si da, in general pionierii sunt cei care au parte fie de cele mai mari castiguri, fie de cele mai mari ponoase. In general ponoase...


A gratiat in principal corupti care i-au tinut spatele. Adica pe criterii mafiote, nicidecum de moralitate. Deci comparam mere cu pere...


Intotdeauna exista 2 moduri de a aplica legea.
1. L-ai prins pe unul cu matza-n sac.
2. Se stie ca s-a intamplat una groasa, creste presiunea sa se gaseasca faptasul, si se gaseste un "faptas" (cel corect sau nu) si se aplica corectia in functie de cat de mare ajunsese presiunea.

Iar in cazul [2] legea nu mai conteaza, ca toti cei din sistemul politienesc si legal incearca sa-si pastreze jobul si sa dea o iluzie de eficacitate.


Celelalte chestii poate apuc sa le vad in week-end....

Sell high, buy low. It's not difficult to sell some, launch some bomb shells on the national television, then buy back, no matter if we talk about Bitcoin or stocks.
Of course, we don't know if he did this or not, but, as you said, he's not stupid. Impatient, maybe, but not stupid.
And he knows, and we know that after a week or two nobody will remember this and the prices should get back to normal.

We know that Elon's narrative on Bitcoin CO2 footprint is weak, at least because Tesla knew all this before buying Bitcoin and before accepting it for car payments.

So imho the fact it's an old narrative taken back up from the dusty vaults it's not of great importance.
Plus, we already know that extrapolations are wrong:

Well, most of the news I hear about Tesla is that they won't make the number of cars they planned or that they earn more from carbon certificates than from cars.
All in all, they're not where they should be, or would like to be, hence my statement.

Although the ideas are good, I don't see any breakthrough there. The industry still has its disadvantages because they still rely on overly expensive and ineffective batteries (for the job), although I don't deny that the cars do look good (not the truck though).

And Tesla is not SpaceX. And Tesla is not only Elon.

I would be surprised if they wouldn't, at least a little. And I remember that this is not the first such announcement coming out just after a dip. I mean that it would be stupid to not try to save millions of $ here and there. On the other hand, they may just DCA on a different scale.

But yeah, fillippone is right and this time the price is from before the dip...

As usual, great move from their side. It was kind of expected though, they've got specialized lately to buy the dip.

Maaaamaaa... nu am stiut ca-i chiar atat de stupida situatia. In cazul asta clar ispaseste muuuuult prea mult.


Multumesc pentru rezumat. Chiar mi-a fost util!


Sentinta are sens ca sa nu se trezeasca cu unii ca beneficiaza de legile (care nu au voie sa discrimineze/bage exceptii) de buna purtare si sa iasa de acolo. Are sens pentru chestii super nasoale, crime...
Dar fara probe nu este cazul...


Hai ca ala era doar un taranoi cu bani; am mai multe asteptari de la actualul.


Zici ca au invatat de la ai nostri, plm...
Trist... Imi pare rau...

I think that you've chosen a dangerous moment for this recommendation. The difficulty has just jumped + 21.53 %, hence there will be quite a slow down in blocks.
We're back from ~8.3 minutes to ~10 minutes and I expect that get pretty soon visible in the fees.

Actually his statement did affect stocks, Tesla's stocks:


Also, some Bitcoiners did cancel their orders for Tesla cars and announced it loudly, in response for this mess.

 


Exactly. They do play some dirty game to take advantage of the already dropping price, somewhat in sync with the stocks.
The story is so weak it cannot be another reason. (Edit: For example also Tesla cars run on electricity i.e. coal, by the same logic...)


All the stocks have been falling anyway and all this tweet/story makes sense only as a short-term move imho.

Hai sa nu comparam cu Romania. La noi legea se aplica preferntial spre deloc. Bineinteles ca si la ei se aplica oarecum preferential, sistemul nu este deloc impartial si stim asta, nu cred ca necesita dezbatere.


Ai dreptate. Dupa cum spuneam, sistemul este departe de a fi perfect.
Nu stiu cum sunt tratate cazurile de omor (despre care cica Ross credea ca au avut loc, chiar daca de fapt nu), doar alea pot indreptati asemenea pedeapsa, nu deschiderea unei piete, oricat de ilicita ar fi.
Si este clar ca, speriati de ce se poate cu crypto, au dorit sa dea un exemplu. E o chestie politica, umana, stupida si profund incorecta, dar nu cred ca este singurul caz.

You can see what has happened to Bitcoin. That may happen at any time to Dogecoin too.
Also Dogecoin has a huge tail emission, making it a rather poor long time investment - the demand for it has to rise continuously to keep the price, unlike Bitcoin where constant demand is fine.
However, DYOR and invest wisely. And try to discuss altcoins .. in the altcoins board  

1. Stocks were falling and I strongly believe that they had more effect on the price that this tweet.
2. I do think that Tesla is playing pump and dump games on the market. With that amount of money they can earn better than attempting to build cars.
3. Yet again Elon farted and all the Bitcoin community talks about it. When will this mindless behavior stop?

Cred ca problema este ca se vindeau acolo chestii (produse si servicii) ilicite, si aia nu mai e asa OK.
Plus ca am citit undeva ca i-au pus in carca si anumite "comenzi" de a ucide - nu stiu cat de be bune sau nu.

Din pacate sunt cam afon/nedocumentat in acest subiect, dar sa pateasca asta doar pt concurenta la eBay (chiar daca cu Bitcoin), sorry, dar suna implauzibil si exagerat.