Yes, I think that is the dilemma for a lot of people. It works for some but not for others and it depends on their personal situation and expenses. I think it's always good to have a steady income until one starts making significantly more with Bitcoin. That is the moment when one can confidently say goodbye to their job!

HA! HA! HA!

True though... Just imagine trying to hitch someone in C++....

I wonder what a standard pick up line in Java could be...!!!

It is not indicated but I guess the language of origin must be English, right?

It could be useful to specify that but since it isn't that must mean that they're not looking for qualified professional translators

Fake Happy is when you either consciously pretend or downright swallow pills.
Real happy is when you stick your finger out to anyone who tells you what you should do and how you should be and just do your own thing.
Being away from a laptop and out into the real world also helps, methinks...

EXACTLY!
Too sad that the world is full of deluded people who hope for the afterlife instead of living it to the fullest while they're on this planet...

It depends better from which point of view. It is obviously complicated to store physical gold safely, carry it around and exchange it when you need cash. But otherwise, investment funds trading gold have surged significantly in the past year or so. Yes, they tend to be quite volatile but still  provide an alternative to people who are unsure about getting into Bitcoin.

If you have some money on the side and were  planning to buy Bitcoin then you should go ahead and do it because if some changes are implemented, they are more likely to affect transactions from then onward and not retroactively.

If you're not sure, you can still split the amount between now and after August 1st, to see what happens.

It all depends on how much money you have now that you can afford to lose or set aside for the medium-long term.

There is no investment that completely guarantees increased ROI, apart from maybe real estate.

The truth is that just like it went up it can all come crashing down and trying to replicate those who started buying Bitcoin from 2010 onward and are now millionaires will not guarantee you the same outcome. Otherwise we would all be on the way to become millionaires.

I effin hate clickbait.  There is nothing that points to the fact that the guy is dead.

Being this a theoretical thread, I theorize that:

1. Bitcoin technology would not be affected

2. The price of a Bitcoin would only significantly vary if the guy had left a will demanding all his Bitcoins be dumped on the market ASAP

3. The community would only be devastated in case of 2. , otherwise they might shed a tear and then quickly get on with their life.

I don't think there are those many people who suddenly leave their jobs to solely concentrate on Bitcoin. They might turn to it when out of a job and struggling to find a suitable, stable one that earns them a decent salary.

Of course it depends on where you live but the in current economy it's quite hard to have a good, well paying job so if you happen to have one, stick to it. You can still concentrate on Bitcoin in your spare time. It's never so immediate to start something and be profitable right away. Usually it requires a lot of work and time before you can break even. Once you're up and running and making more from this than your current job, that's when you can resign.

Besides, it's better to have a steady source of income that you can invest and that could later become a source of passive income.

I am planning to hold on to my Bitcoin as if my life depended on it!

I want to see how its value evolves and how long it takes for people to jump on the bandwagon and embrace it. I don't believe we're anywhere near to being able to pay with it in average shops, at least not without intermediary currency conversion, so I will just keep it in my wallet for now. I think it's a much better investment.

I am not planning to change it back to a fiat currency for now, unless I ran in an emergency situation where I need the cash.

For me the greatest thing about Bitcoin is the decentralization of power from the banks to the individual.

It's great that it is anonymous, not traceable and consequently it can also be used as a way to dodge the taxman. Fair or not, one must only remember what happens when banks go under and swallow all your savings so from this point of view Bitcoin can be considered nothing less than self defense.

With its rising value, it has also become a valid alternative to average investments. Of course it is still affected by fluctuations and just because it has grown exponentially it doesn't mean that it will continue to do so indefinitely and without temporary setbacks, otherwise the whole world would have bought some already. But altogether, the most important thing about Bitcoin for me is that it provides a good alternative to the fiat system.

I think it's a good idea to mix and match and not keep all your eggs in one basket, just in case.

Keep some on your PC in a wallet and store some others on places like blockchain.info.

Personally, I don't really trust storing them on a smartphone, I just think it's less safe than the other options available but I guess keeping a small amount there can be ok too.

I completely second this. I'm in stitches every time someone calls the US land of freedom and democracy!!! There hasn't been a conflict in the past century that has not been initiated or instigated by the US, covertly or otherwise. If they were not struggling to keep their world hegemony at all costs, we would all be living in a much more peaceful world.

There is this interesting book called "Confessions of an Economic Hit Man" by John Perkins published in 2004 which details many covert operations by the CIA, especially in LatAm. You can find it on YT as audiobook. It's quite chilling how far they are willing to go to cling on to their status of only world superpower. Unfortunately for them though, the world has since changed and there are more big players involved now to keep them all under control.

It's obvious that regardless who you have in the WH, it really is the intelligence services that are in charge and in bed with the big corporations

£1.5bn would be a good deal only if it got rid of Ireland altogether, not to take on board a bunch of mad misogynists. Will be interesting to see what happens in the next few months and if this will affect the anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement.

May called the elections to avoid a hung parliament but that's exactly what she got and lost her majority and jeopardized the whole Brexit negotiations. What a shameful waste of time and public money.

Money, however, they seem to have plenty of if they can afford to be involved in wars in countries that have not attacked the UK. Fortunately, and unlike Eurozone countries, they can just print more to their heart's delight. And yet, in spite of this, the NHS is going down...