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Rewarding those which score high on an IQ-test. What for?
To foster the ongoing abuse of IQ-testing to boost the self-esteem of a selected group of high scorers?
Better educate yourself on the history of IQ-testing, the limitations of interpretability of the IQ concept and of any test score per se.
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Search volume growth requires some novelty of the search object as most searches are done in the discovery process of the search object by the public.
For an object that is already well known there's less reason to search for.
So the more commonplace Bitcoin will be, the less meaningful are search volume trends.
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Ich hab's in einem anderen Thread schon gesagt, aber ich wiederhole mich gerne: Leute, nutzt Bitmessage statt Email und Freenet statt WWW! Die breite Masse wird dererlei wohl nie benutzen. Trotz der Enthüllungen (die für Kenner der Materie keineswegs überraschend sind) fehlt es weiten Teilen der Bevölkerung an grundlegendem Verständnis, welche menschenrechtsrelevante Bedeutung Datenschutz hat. Ja, leider.  Diese Technologien müssen eben massentauglich werden. Und selbst dann verbreiten sie sich nur wenig: Es gibt soviele Leute, die sagen: "Ich hab' doch nichts zu verbergen."  Es ist zum Lachen und zum Weinen... Die meisten posten doch so ziemliche alle Infos über sich sogar freiwillig bei Facebook. Wieso sollte so jemand Verschlüsselung einsetzen? Die Leute wachen erst auf, wenn sie konkrete Nachteile zu spüren bekommen. Aber dann wird es heißen: "Wir haben nichts gewußt, wir konnten nichts machen und jetzt ist es eh zu spät." Hatten wir in Deutschland ja alles schonmal. |
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Added on July 2nd as well.
Fulfilled all requirements.
Requesting payment.
Edit: Got it. Thank you!
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Ich hab's in einem anderen Thread schon gesagt, aber ich wiederhole mich gerne: Leute, nutzt Bitmessage statt Email und Freenet statt WWW! Die breite Masse wird dererlei wohl nie benutzen. Trotz der Enthüllungen (die für Kenner der Materie keineswegs überraschend sind) fehlt es weiten Teilen der Bevölkerung an grundlegendem Verständnis, welche menschenrechtsrelevante Bedeutung Datenschutz hat. |
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10 GB can be stored on a 2007 low-end Zune, so I see no issue with the blockchain size. If you can't hold it, either get some better software or use a lite client.
Disagree. Any software should aim at reducing resource requirements where technically feasible. And 10 GB is a lot for what is from most users viewpoint a simple tool for managing transactions. All bitcoin users I know are unsatisfied with blockchain space requirements and download times. On the other hand the majority of them does not want to use lite clients as they prefer full control over verification. Reducing the blockchain size and thereby improving performance of the reference client will clearly be a huge benefit. |
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You know I really don't care if that's true. Because what I do know is that it's wasting time on a problem that we might have over spending vital time we don't have on a problem that we have RIGHT NOW which frustrates me to no end. I understand you very well, but all I can tell you is: get used to this - it's normal. They only fix/optimize things if people have reported (and proven) an issue. And since by their definition an uncompressed blockchain data is not an issue, they just keep following the usual road map, which is always about adding over-complicated things that: 1) nobody really needs, nor they help him with anything 2) can be as well implemented outside the bitcoin node But try to explain them that no sane bitcoin user seeks a technology that requires him to submit all his personal details (full name, address, etc.) to a certificate issuing authority, in order to receive a bitcoin... and good luck with it! They already found it important and they are going to spend 12 months while nothing else matters implementing and testing it, repeating that this is very important and widely requested feature - there is nothing any of us can do about it, except maybe laughing on how the suckers waste their time by burying a complex code of unnecessary features inside a so crucial piece of software that a bitcoin core is. So yeah, at least it's funny  You're so right. Instead of improving core functionalities, Bitcoin gets bloated with features that are optional "nice-to-haves" which could be more efficiently solved by third party services. It's false to claim that blockchain size isn't a problem. Every single bitcoin user I know complains about blockchain download times. Implementing pruning would be a great leap forward in usability. |
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- Received, thank you! -
Namecoin is great. I love to see the recent progress.
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It's entertaining to see these lightspeed transitions between euphoria and depression. Bitcoin without drama isn't bitcoin. So please keep panicking!  |
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I don't see any reason to save Bitcoin.
It's not dying.
The drop in fiat-exchange value is because of the rapid introduction of cheap ASIC mining power.
At some point this will end.
The difficulty adjusts itself fairly rapidly to compensate for that. Difficulty does not drive price directly in any case. Seems we're in a bear market, is all. It's been known to happen. How long and how deep remains the big question - anybody's guess really, and that belongs in the Speculation subforum of course. I agree that Bitcoin doesn't need "saving", and it survived a 94% drop in its fiat spot price in 2011. If it can absorb that... Difficulty adjustments have a time lag. The hashing power growth rate is very high at the moment so this time lag results in a temporary increase in the proportional difference between hashing power and difficulty. Not all miners use ASICs yet, so ASICs have (because they are more efficient by magnitudes than other hardware) a relative ROI advantage over the rest of the network. This could result in increased fiat-offloading of Bitcoins. |
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I don't see any reason to save Bitcoin.
It's not dying.
The drop in fiat-exchange value is because of the rapid introduction of cheap ASIC mining power.
At some point this will end.
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Can Europe save Bitcoin?
I guess you got this wrong.
Corrected question: Can Bitcoin save Europe?
Most western-style countries (USA and Europe alike) need new economic impulse. Bitcoin is here to help.
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Ich denke, auf Akka oder phantastisch könnte sich die Community in jedem Fall einigen. Vielleicht sogar beide? Ich finde aber die Idee ganz reizvoll, wirklich eine Wahl abzuhalten. 2013 ist eh Wahljahr! Es ist ja nicht so, dass das Forum untergeht, wenn wir nicht sofort einen neuen Moderator haben Auch wenn ich mich mal wieder unbeliebt mache: Für eine Mod-Aufgabe ist mir Akka nicht liberal genug in seinen Ansichten... Ich bin auf jeden Fall für eine Wahl. Frage ist natürlich, wer sich überhaupt alles zur Verfügung stellt... |
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Was momentan fehlt sind Wertschöpfungsketten und Handel. Als die ASIC angekündigt wurden, haben die Leute ihre Coins gespart um sich die ASIC zu kaufen. Nun haben sie diese, ihre angesparten Coins werden nun ziemlich kurzfristig von den Herstellerfirmen auf den Markt geworfen und gleichzeitig müssen die neu geminten unters Volk gebracht werden. Die vielen Gemeinschaftsprojekte die Coins auszahlen an Investoren, diese Investoren wollen ihr Fiatgeld back, weil sie dann woanders investieren wollen wo keine Bitcoins genommen werden.
Es muss sich nun erstmal der Handel etablieren, der dafür sorgt das die Milliarde in Bewegung bleibt und dadurch auch Menschen motiviert werdne ihre Coins zu halten oder für Wareneinkäufe zu nutzen.
Vollkommen richtig. Gebraucht werden komplette Wertschöpfungsketten, insbesondere ausgehend vom primären Sektor, dann wird eine Fiat-Konversion schnell ganz überflüssig. Also: Bauern, her mit dem Gemüse! |
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Um die ganze Misere zusammenzufassen:
Recht hat, wer die Macht hat, sein Recht (was auch immer das sein mag) durchzusetzen.
Bei den aktuellen Machtverhältnissen kann man leider nicht erwarten, dass ein Vasallenstaat wie die BRD einem von den USA aus politischen Gründen Verfolgten Asyl gewährt.
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If I remember correctly there was a very similar scam/phishing ongoing with alleged btc-e codes not long ago.
I would not be surprised if the same scamming entity is behind this "giveaway".
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OP makes valid points.
However I think (well at least hope) that more ASIC manufacturers will emerge and competition will increase.
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There's no reason to loose faith. BTC/fiat valuation drop is mainly due to mass activation of highly profitable asic devices while difficulty adjustments always lags a bit behind.
Bitcoin acceptance is constantly growing.
Just be patient and use Bitcoin.
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It's totally irrelevant and silly to discuss what denomination "should be" used or not.
People will simply use what makes most sense to them.
Conventions are not needed for this to happen.
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