Only a major ban by the USA or China, a series of exchange bankruptcies or hacks.
If you're worried about the price, my question is: did you sell when it was below $200? If not why are you worried now? Bitcoin is actually recovering after hitting the bottom in January.

Drugs, gambling, guns, ISIS and now Ukrainian protesters. Bitcoin is surely becoming more and more popular.
Even if by accounts they mean their addresses, I wonder how they are planning to block these. Jam their internet access? It's funny that these government services can't afford to hire an expert to at least use the proper terminology.

You are wrong. Ever heard of a consciousness test? Just a short explanation i quickly googled for you:

(...) only a conscious machine can demonstrate a subjective understanding of whether a scene depicted in some ordinary photograph is “right” or “wrong.” This ability to assemble a set of facts into a picture of reality that makes eminent sense—or know, say, that an elephant should not be perched on top of the Eiffel Tower—defines an essential property of the conscious mind. A roomful of IBM supercomputers, in contrast, still cannot fathom what makes sense in a scene.

Just a few thoughts that might help. Check the thing that blew, if its a capacitor it's probably the filter. It is placed in most electronic equipment between the positive and negative inputs.
It's fairly easy to burn it if you switch the inputs or have a short somewhere, so just like others have said check the cables with a probe or a multimeter and look for loose screws. The miners should still work, just replace the burned cap and clean the board.

Of course, you'd just have to do the math and probably run the miners in a closed loop, because you'd need a higher pressure in the boiler. It would be good to install a heat pump to make it more efficient.
The reason why people aren't doing it is probably due to the short life of their miners. You rarely use the same units for more than a year so it's not worth it.

Stereotypes, we all love them. All bitcoiners are fat nerds, right?

I actually like the idea because as Bitcoin becomes more popular the companies will target the general population, not only computer enthusiasts.

It has to be extremely hot in there. If he wanted to torture James he could chain him to the floor and come back in 12 hours. Our agent would be dry like jerky by then

In the movie he's probably breaking encryptions or passwords and needs a lot of computing power. A true villain wouldn't mine Bitcoin, where's the evil in that?

That's right, but theft is usually sudden and leaves you no time to react. I really doubt it's possible for Bitcoin to go down 90% in a short period of time (like 24h). In extreme case it would be losing 20% a day without a rebound, so you'd have enough time to save at least half of it. Volatility can be dangerous, but it can't be put on the same level as theft or seizure.

A 15% drop in 24 hours normal? That's why I love this crazy world of Bitcoin. You won't find people saying things like that anywhere else in the financial world.

Damn, another 10 years before it happens? I'll be old by then
It doesn't seem to optimistic, though. Look at personal computer and internet expansion. 20 years maybe one out of 10 families had a computer at home and even less had access to the internet.  Now it's hard to find somebody that doesn't, at least in developed countries. Soon the same will happen with electronic money. Maybe it won't be Bitcoin, but other electronic currency, but the money of the internet will prevail.

It's about time. Wtf was that dump anyway? Price was slowly growing for 2 weeks and then suddenly crashed out of the blue in 12 hours back to where it started. I smell a manipulation...

But it's against the whole idea of Bitcoin i.e. keeping your wealth under control. If you store it in a bank you could as well invest in fiat, there's no difference

Hopefully it will also push the prices up. If it takes more to mine, maybe it will automatically be worth more
I'm not afraid of all this quantum hype. Bitcoin is an open source platform and can be upgraded, so if the hardware becomes too advanced the software will have to adapt.

Still it doesn't help when you want to move your funds to an exchange or some other place that doesn't allow you to use your money without multiple confirmations.
I had a number of transactions with a normal fee, that took more than an hour to confirm, which is quite annoying.

I don't think they want to "rewrite history" or are trying to deny the victory, which was in large part achieved by Russian troops. You seem to be ignoring that it's all about the current situation in Ukraine.

We are all asking the same thing. They named themselves to look professional and important and nobody cared. Suddenly this Tom Pullar-Strecker found some random info in google and thought it must be something big if the world bitcoin association is in trouble! Time to write an article, duh...

All righty, my posts weren't cut this time and I got a good rating. Looking forward to another week

Only 11 losses in a row? I've seen people with 20+, who also came here and started the same conversation about it being rigged. I played there and lost just like you, but I have no proof of scam, so I keep my mouth shut. You could learn something from me.

And then, when it went crazy, wanted a piece of it and went to court. They are hoping Bitcoin will be their first successful investment, so they can finally say "we told you so!" 

Did you really come to a Bitcoin forum to ask which is better gold or Bitcoin?

The answer is simple. With gold you have less to gain, but also less to lose. Bitcoin can go to a couple bucks and basically cease to exist as an investment. Gold on the other hand won't become worthless, but it also won't triple its value like Bitcoin did in the past (and still can).