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Taking into account the Genesis message and that he stayed on the project for almost two years after release, it's doubtful he just abandoned the project completely. I suspect he is active in Bitcoin related development in some capacity, and probably a well-funded one at that.
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Bitcoinmagazine.net and bittalk.tv are down, and Matthew is nowhere to be found!  *FLAIL-FLAIL-FLAIL!!!* I paid for the mag 9 days ago, and was just wondering how to get the digital version  By the way, I never implied that this was a scam. Matthew is way too open for that. I'm just flailing around for no reason, and being too demanding in jest. Servers do go down. In fact, this may even be a publicity stunt. |
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If you believe in Freedom of speech you would have to let all these items except for the last(paying to have someone off'ed.) If you not allowed to voice an opinion about wanting some one dead then you don't have freedom of speech. Such a touchy topic love it.
One could say "I would support someone financially that is willing to organize people to kill blue-eyed people." Should that be considered acceptable as free speech? |
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Really? Over 50% think it would be ok to pay someone to kill blue eyed people?
I think what it means is that over 50% of the people say that one should be "banned" for approving of all of the above. |
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I wonder how much it would cost to ship a flaming bag of dog poo to S. Korea?
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I sent a e-mail about an ad.The next issue is fine if you are no longer accepting.
I would wait a bit before sending any btc... this guy took me for over 100 and i'v seen nothing in return. I was suspicious one month ago when right after I gave him my email address I got a phishing email regarding mtgox. Maybe it was a coincidence. That would've been a pretty stupid move, if he did that. It wouldn't be in line with setting up a convincing magazine scam*, so imo it's most likely a coincidence. *I don't actually think it's a scam Do you really think he can deliver a 100+ page color magazine (even with ads) delivered for $6 with a small run? Unless he has some financial backers with a lot of publication experience, it is a dubious prospect. When he was asked about that, he was evasive. [edit] I don't think it was a scam so much as maybe biting off too much at once. If it was a scam, it wasn't more than a few thousand dollars. |
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True dream last night:
Matthew and I were at Atlas's house setting around the kitchen table with Atlas's parents. Atlas came home, walked right pass us, and proceeded upstairs without acknowledging us. Matthew then states he doesn't talk to strangers until he gets to know them.
End of dream. (don't try to read anything into this, for it really was a dream I had last night)
~Bruno~
well, at least we know where he is at... If he's takin' a vacation in my head, then he's fucked for life. At least the dream wasn't about where they really are. Pattaya. |
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I sent a e-mail about an ad.The next issue is fine if you are no longer accepting.
I would wait a bit before sending any btc... this guy took me for over 100 and i'v seen nothing in return. I was suspicious one month ago when right after I gave him my email address I got a phishing email regarding mtgox. Maybe it was a coincidence. |
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Its interesting that you don't have a "Who cares what colour peoples' eyes are?" option. A poll with no valid options is hardly going to produce valid data.
The color of the eyes isn't the point, it's the scenario. Replace it with creed, color, religion, whatever you like. Be careful of a substitution fallacy here. It's interesting the poll chooses blue-eyed people here. Eye color is not a choice. Expressing emotion, positive or negative, while it doesn't add weight to the argument itself, emphasizes one's position and often belies their beliefs. Calling to action or suggesting to cause harm OTOH is often considered a criminal act. This goes beyond expressing opinion. No rules, just guns. Legalize it all and let the chips fall where they may.
I'd like to see historical evidence of anarchists try to organize an army to avoid getting wiped out. |
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People may need to hold larger bitcoin reserves to avoid the possibility of running out of btc and being unable to obtain more.
That said, I think this is a theoretical possibility rather than the reality.
How is that theoretically possible? Once people own all 21M Bitcoin they sit around staring at their wallets all day? Peon, stop asking questions and go back to your menial labor. We've been over this elsewhere. You are an idiot. Your brain is not of sufficient quality to absorb instruction. There is nothing I or anyone else can do for you. It's genetics, stupid. That argument makes you sound so very intelligent. I am waiting for your answer. Mind your Ps and Qs.  |
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I just can't get enough of this ROCKETZZ!!!111iii!!1!
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People may need to hold larger bitcoin reserves to avoid the possibility of running out of btc and being unable to obtain more.
That said, I think this is a theoretical possibility rather than the reality.
How is that theoretically possible? Once people own all 21M Bitcoin they sit around staring at their wallets all day? |
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The fact of the matter is, the larger Bitcoin gets the more of a threat it becomes. The people and institutions that share the most to lose will do everything in their power to stop it.
Wether Paxum decides to fold this early is up to them, and I will do everything in my power to keep them on our side.
....This is war boys, stop wining, strap in and get to work.
I guess it is. acknowledged, back to the battle stations  If that's all they got, the war will soon be over. |
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Like Whitney Houston's career?
Too early?
too late The difference is that Bitcoin cannot die. |
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Can we make them edible? This way when you are done spending them, you have a tasty snack.
Facetious bastard, everyone knows that eating Bitcoins will create a bezoar. LOL Much like the creation of pearls in oysters. |
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I posted this somewhere else so I'll [pst it here too.
Personally I think this is done because the Mt Gox API's are so shitty. During high volatility both Mt Gox Live and clarkmoody (which uses the mt gox ticker api) just plain shut down. Small trades would let you keep track of the current buy and sell prices at least.
This isn't really losing any money after all. Just watching it I see he trades about once every 6 seconds up, and six seconds later down. And the spread is about 3-5 bitcents. So assume one loss every 12 seconds times the amount traded times the average spread and multiply it by about 10 hours. (usually when I see this behaviour it is during high volatility and runs for ten hours or so)
# of losses per minute = 5 (ie 60/12)
# of minutes per hour = 60
Amount of trade = .0001
The spread of the trade or loss = .04
#of hours = 10
5 * 60 * 10 * 0.0001 * .04 = .012 US dollars lost
But while this person has lost about .012 US dollars, they are able to output their trades as a CSV and at least see where the buys and sells are located. This will let them build their own chart of where the price is at any given moment regardless of whether the APi has popped out yet again.
Hmmmm, this is clever. this could explain a lot... Reality can be soooo boring. |
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Can we make them edible? This way when you are done spending them, you have a tasty snack.
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"We had been in discussions with our banking partners, Mastercard and our auditors for the last couple of weeks, and on Friday our banking partners ended the discussions with us and stated that it was too much of a potential risk to continue doing business with Bitcoin and Bitcoin Exchangers and instructed us to close all Bitcoin-related accounts." --RuthB of Paxum Yes, the potential risk is to MasterCard's business model.  It's kinda funny. My dad was involved with the development of Master Charge. He commented that Bitcoin seems to be the next and very much needed change in money generation. |
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from: http://www.financialsense.com/contributors/david-zweig/paper-currency-in-a-bitcoin-worldI don't usually criticize articles like this because they are normally the predictable FUD, but this one struck me with an important distinction. This one had some good thoughts, it just hits a wall in trying to make a paradigm shift. He starts off with seeing the inevitable failure of banks and that they may devolve back into what they were originally intended. He mentions a national bitcoin database which I presume is the public ledger. No interest is paid on bitcoin. Well, no interest is paid on cash either, so I don't know where this comes from. Good so far. Then he just goes into a rant. - You are tattooed (metaphorically speaking) with a bitcoin address. Huh? I'll try to get one with 666.
- You must invest your money. Why not just save it and let deflation make it's value grow?
- Government creates bitcoins to spend as needed. Government spends what it wants and automatically destroys your bitcoins to cover it.
This is where it seems to completely misunderstand Bitcoin and breaks into complete lunacy. He talks about an automatic 10% Bitcoin tax while fiat money becomes non taxable. It would not be legal tender, nor enforceable in contracts. but if you wanted to buy it with Bitcoin, you would still pay 10% tax. He then goes into barter scenarios that are full of more loopholes than grandma's crocheted sweaters. He eventually predicts that all fiat currencies will transition to Bitcoin over the fulness of time. Historically, currency changes happen swiftly. |
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