indeed very strange. looks like they have changed their login procedure.. but dont knwo why?

Wiping out a BILLION DOLLARS wasn't enough for you?

Because there's a feedback loop:

Existing volume creates a good environment for trading, which attracts volume. It's a virtuous cycle that is only broken when they fuck up (more and more, as the volume increases).

There's a lot of 'inertia" from people who are not willing to try another exchange because of the hassle of verification and signup (weeks), wire transfers (weeks) etc.

Which is why people need to use this opportunity to STAY ANGRY and remember why they are angry. Use that anger to motivate them to sign up to new exchanges today. So that next time this happens (and it will, sooner rather than later), they can dump gox.

Kann mir auch einfach vorstellen, dass er bei dem Ansturm auf seine Exchange gerade ganz andere Sorgen hat als dieses Eiskaffee. So in der Form von kaum Zeit um überhaupt mal zu schlafen.

Yep many people say that. My point is that Bitcoin will be successful on its own ground and NOT because of some marketing BS and gimmicks.  People will figure out how to call things, no need for marketing BS.

http://mars-one.com/en/mars-one-news/announcements/11-news/390-mars-one-accept-bit-coins-donations

And they're now accepting bitcoins.

And that will never happen. We will buy mBTC and then whatever next.

1BTC 0.1BTC 0.001BTC 0.0001BTC, we will be buying all of that until we can't because we run out of money.

So we can go about 10x higher before hitting the Bieber peak? Bullish to me xD

Okay guys, I'm a hyper-bull, but I'm feeling some euphoria here. It is simply a fact that growth will slow very soon (else we'd be at mainstream adoption by summer, and we all know the infrastructure simply isn't ready for that).

We can keep going up at staggering speeds on average, long-term, but if the exponential doesn't curve straighter again soon I may have to part with 5% - for the first time ever - just in case there's a big correction (almost definitely temporary, but still). I'd just be doing my part to smooth any panic drop that might happen. If we can slow down just a tad that would be perfect.

Bubble-o-meter was at 15% last week, now 25%. Time to start being just a little cautious, just a little suspicious of your premises. Check everything once again with no emotion. Are all the exponential indicators still there? I still expect us to hit at least $300 (or even $500 or possibly $1,000) before a cooldown.

The mood here has remained collected and cool up to just this week or so, even through such dramatic increases. That was very bullish. Now it just might be changing. I'm not saying it is for sure, but watch sentiment closely.

I think we can all agree that Bitcoin is a more important than Beiber though, right? Right?

I think this is true, and on the other side we now have a bunch of new millionaires whose wealth is in bitcoins, they are going to want to start spending. I believe selling luxury goods for btc is where its at

the annual rate of deflation?

I guess I should clarify: In relation to the dollar. Obviously the dollar inflates at least 3 % or something per year. So that means bitcoin would appear to at least deflate 3% per year (not including growth) right?

Na dann hoffe ich mal dass der Brief nach Italien, den ich mit €800 versichert habe auch ankommt. Ich werde jedenfalls ab sofort nicht mehr als 2 coins pro Brief verschicken.

Vielen Dank an alle für die Diskussion (die hiermit natürlich nicht beendet sein muss).

I was approached by a bunch of Nigerians recently who informed me about a bunch of million btc I am supposed to pick up in Nigeria.

sounds very trustworthy, no?