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I would consider going to that one.
But with the lack of exchanges in the UK those that live there have said that Bitcoin is not too prominant.
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Food is not wealth.
Words are fun. I consider it unethical to pay for food. Good luck with that. Food is free, ask the dumpster or your garden. Scarcity is a malignant lie. When the capitalist corners the market on human livers in addition to other commodities like mineral reserves, water, or food, or land in the case of the state, we will always see the same disparity. Lets avoid that. Corporations like Exxon ect. manage resources in a way that kills people or at least deprives them of free access to that resource. To maintain this we need the coercive state, or at least clever marketing. When Monsanto corners the food market even more fully, mere existence becomes debt to the capitalists. Meanwhile, outside of capitalism, all is for all, the price is not manipulatibely inflated by monopoly, and people stop starving to death. AT THE SAME TIME, my chef buddy prepares free ingredients, makes the tasty tasty, and I donate BTC to help the talented chef feed more people wonderful delicacies. Is raw material wealth? No. It's the potential for it Like I said, good luck with that. You are in good company with most Americans but they word things a bit differently. When the system collapses you will have an edge and be the best at scavenging while other people will starve. Your wealth of knowledge will come in handy. |
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At Bitcoin 2013 there was a fair bit of talk about the need for a distributed escrow. While it would be a great technical achievement, I didn't hear much talk about how it would actually be used. I have a concept that I am thinking of working on, that could add such functionality. But I am interested in what use-cases you guys envision? What do you think the key use-cases would be?
How exactly does a distributed escrow work? Is there someone that still decides which party was right and which was wrong? |
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Say some company with good credit issues a bitcoin note and the value of each is 1 BTC. The public key of the BTC is printed on the note so the public could see that there is certain value in this note. The public also believe that with such good reputation the company won't take the bitcoin and run away. Also the company promises to pay the note-owner the bitcoin once requested.
This looks like a monetary system on gold standard. But I think it may be a way to facility payments in some certain circumstances.
Happens all the time. Except it is called an online wallet. |
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I have an illuminati in my bedroom and I had no idea it was planning on WW3.
Should I unplug it or just turn off the switch?
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Food is not wealth.
Words are fun. I consider it unethical to pay for food. Good luck with that. |
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Would a dirigible for a smaller community work? It could travel slowly back and forth between CA and NY...
"Hey! The government can't control the sky. What if you lived in a balloon?" -Grampa Simpson |
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88F here...fortunately I work at night. In my air conditioned CHU during the day.
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Darn I was going to say a yard.
I guess I do not get the "priviledge of donating to my pursuits"
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I too would like to see this study...perhaps one listing the most promiscuous countries and perhaps a list with phone numbers.  |
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BitPools!
Pooling bitcoins for large projects and voting with your money.
Link in my sig to the discussion.
So like a Bitcoin board of investors. At its smallest it could be a few family members getting together to buy mom a birthday present. They find out how much they all are willing to spend first and then decide what to buy. At its largest it is a city of people trying to decide if they can fund a new electric company with people pledging their bitcoins and once certain thresholds are made, they can start getting proposals on what would be the best way forward. Once everyone agrees on one proposal the project is funded and the electric company is built. |
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I have just been at bitcoin conference in san Jose ca, this was a great thing for bitcoin. One thing I noticed while at the conference is there where heaps of ripple employees/promoters their pretending to be bitcoin users and supporters. They where very sneaky and have also disguised themselves on this forum as bitcoin users by building up lots of posts. Have have seen ripple for what it is now. ripple is a group of people trying to fool people into using their system and their own crypto currency to get rich and hold a monopoly on the market.
ripple is not decentralized.
ripple is polluting bitcoin. they do not like bitcoin and this can be seen easily when speaking to them face to face. don't be fooled by clever marketing.
Ripple should only ever be discussed in alternate crypto section.
I am re posting this hear because it was deleted from the ripple for bitcoin users discussion.
So it is like Ripple is the Romney campaign with paid supporters while Bitcoin is the Ron Paul campaign with unpaid grassroots supporters. |
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It would be easier to get out of your war torn country and make it to a neutral country with bitcoins than it would take to get out with gold or money.
And it would be easier for family to send money to their family members under attack.
Imagine the jews in WWII having access to Bitcoin to bribe their way out or be able to pay for things while on the run.
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BitPools!
Pooling bitcoins for large projects and voting with your money.
Link in my sig to the discussion.
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Well, someone had to have seen the discussion at the conference. "World's First Cryptocurrency-based Political Zone" talk (Edan Yago)  |
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Yes, but only if Bitcoin's value were stable and applicable across many currencies and cultures. As of now, only private BTC wealthy interests could supply smaller armies with guns, food, and supplies; but it would be those small armies that would have trouble getting guns, food and supplies with Bitcoin, or the private interest would need to deal only with other believers in BTC who could supply. Bitcoin doesn't have any real power right now - regardless how you define 'power' - only potential.
Far future, and if BTC is established, global and independent? Then yes, very effective for funding resistance. And it could transcend any nation's fiat if the internet and personal electronics are seen just as strong and independent.
It was already shown that someone could put together a small 20 person coup to overthrow a government via Bitcoin. Reporter at Gizmodo went through the simulated steps of trying to put together such an operation with much success: http://gizmodo.com/5927379/the-secret-online-weapons-store-thatll-sell-anyone-anythingAbsolutely, we can accommodate your request, but we need more parameters such as your exact arms needs and destination country. We only deal with small arms and equipment, but if you need artillery, MANPADS [Man-portable air-defense systems], ordinance, APCs, Helos we do have resources and can make certain introductions for a fee. |
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I can see Bitcoin being used for small bands of operatives coordinating anonymously online via encrypted messages, paying for military grade weapons via the anonymous Tor gun site and the group being able to amass an army better equipped than some small nations.
So essentially, a small group of people could use Bitcoin to take over a nation.
As far as its effects on a world war. Think the French resistance but being funded completely with Bitcoin.
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I predict Bitcoin reaches $1,000,000 by 2020.
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