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1  Economy / Service Discussion / Advice needed - BTC-e Account getting hacked at the moment. on: June 18, 2014, 03:03:31 AM
I logged in 6 hours ago to my BTC-e account and all was well. I tried 3.30a.m (U.k time) and got the message "Your account was locked due to 2FA unlinking" "For unlinking you have to contact support"..
I didn't unlink, so I think my account is being hacked!
I can't log in to BTC-e support - my password does not work!
I still have google 2FA on my phone and always use it to log in -  obviously someone has tried to disable it!
I have raised a ticket at "https://support.btc-e.com/" - and it says someone will get back to me within 78 hours ?

How long does it take for them to "unlink" the 2FA support on my account? Is it less than 72 hours?Huh??
I have a lot of money in the account... any advice please cos I can't afford to lose my bitcoins?
2  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Bitcoin is not here to stay and won't save the worlds economy on: April 24, 2014, 12:56:27 PM
I am not creating FUD, I am stating my opinion and I expected to get slated on here, its a PRO BITCOIN board with biased opinions.

@Franky1
"all your words lead to one result. your trying to create FUD to psychologically make people crash the market so you can buy in cheap. how boring and old fashioned you are with your attempts. you are trying nothing new and many people can see straight through the emptiness of your words.
this is proved by your narrow mindedness of being a trader. "

Really Franky1? So I post an opinion of my own and I am accused of trying to make people crash the market, lol. You really think I will cause panic to the market with a post on this board? I think not. Being a trader I can make money on the rise and also the fall of the price of bitcoin so there is no validity in your statement.

I agree that btc can not be taxed but this is a problem and not a blessing, people trading across borders with no tax going to the governments creates a situation that threatens bitcoin. Sooner or later they are going to want their cut and revenue from this and someone will challenge it.

People mostly look at the positives of btc (and there are a lot) but they should keep an open mind to the negatives and realise that btc could be challenged and could be killed, It is possible!





(All my opinions are my own - slate me or debate me - I just want your opinions)
3  Other / Off-topic / Re: Why can't we just keep accelerating in space? on: April 24, 2014, 04:11:24 AM
The 8km/sec is just an agreed on maximum speed - they trade off time for fuel capacity.
Not true. It's an absolute maximum, you can't go any faster, no way, no how.

Remember, a rocket ejects its exhaust at a fixed velocity relative to the ship. Multiply that by the flow rate (mass per second) and you've got a certain amount of thrust (which, divided by the mass of the ship, is your acceleration). But you've only got a certain amount of propellant on board, and once it runs out, you can't go any faster. You've reached top speed. Changing the flow rate of the rocket does not, in fact, change this speed. If you throttle back to half the maximum flow rate, you can accelerate for twice as long, but you only accelerate half as much, so you end up accelerating to the same speed regardless.

The actual top speed of a rocket can be calculated using the Tsiolkovsky rocket equation:
Δv = Ve * ln(R)
where Δv is the top speed, Ve is the exhaust velocity, and R is the mass ratio (mass of fully fuelled ship / mass of empty ship).

Note that the absolute mass of the ship isn't a factor: a ship that's twice as massive can carry twice as much propellant, but only gets half as much acceleration for a given thrust, so it balances out. The mass ratio is important, because the ship constantly gets lighter as it consumes propellant. Carrying more propellant enables you to go faster, but only after you've consumed most of it. Also note that increasing your speed requires increasing the mass ratio exponentially; this is why most space rockets look like giant propellant tanks with a tiny ship on top and a tiny rocket motor on the bottom. It's also the reason for multi-stage rockets: dumping spent engines reduces the rocket's empty weight, and so increases the mass ratio even further.

It's not brain surgery. Wink





I take it you are quoting from leaving the atmosphere of earth and getting in to orbit?
What is the capacity of acceleration and deceleration of a nuclear (or more powered in the future) space shuttle after leaving from orbit?
There is a theoretical  "maximum" acceleration that can be reached and its not 8km/sec .

The theory of relativity does not limit the rate of acceleration only the maximum velocity. However the energy needed is enormous. For instance, in a particle accelerator if you used say an alpha particle and accelerate it to a very high velocity and it collides with another particle, let's say a proton the proton will accelerate very rapidly. - If you can control these factors then you can control velocity, acceleration and deceleration.


4  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Bitcoin is not here to stay and won't save the worlds economy on: April 24, 2014, 03:44:11 AM
Bit coin is just the first stage of developing a new currency..

This site is ALL BITCOIN PRO --- so wait a minute, no.. a month... no a few years! Everyone (just about) is Bit coin positive on here and everyone wants to see it win and go on to strength and strength.
I trade BTC but not with a shallow mind but with an open mind. Its a commodity with a lot of future (long term or short term) ... It is at the moment the most well known crypto in the world, the best know crypto in the world by the majority of the population.

The days are already here where the price of BTC is being controlled by the "major" players, its not a game anymore, its not a get rich scheme .... this is big business money and players are involved. This isn't a multi million $ investment any more ... its multi billion $ investment that the likes of us are small and insignificant. There are hedge funds involved, there are "well known" stock exchanges involved and lets face it..... who of us has 15000 to 100000 btc to manipulate the market, its already happening!

So how much money would it take to KILL Bitcoin when it could be challenging revenue in a country? At the moment there are many countries trying to embrace it and there are many countries that hate it and it threatens revenue (taxes).  For a country to take on "killing" btc it would be a splash in the pan .... nothing ... just a self preservation move. Come on ... some countries can spend more on there armed forces, nuclear program self defence in a week or month?Huh

Summary... BTC will be killed at some stage, by some organisation or joint government. Enjoy whats left of the ride and for how long it lasts because I will and I will weep when its gone Sad

Look to the future .. get in and realise the time to get out.


(All my opinions are my own - slate me or debate me - I just want your opinions)
5  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Bitcoin - the future or the past? on: April 16, 2014, 04:11:40 AM
In my humble opinion,
What is bitcoin all about? Well its about being able to trade across borders and across societies with out restrictions - this is a currency (some will argue) that allows freedom from international boundaries and some treat it as "discrete transactions" and "untraceable transactions" - and some use it for the wrong reasons! Well how about hard cash? Dollars, Euros, Pounds in your hand between a buyer and a seller or a giver and a taker! What's wrong with it - its like any currency and its how the people choose to use it.

 What has this got to do with any government? ---  Governments in time will try to tax this "new" currency and I ask you how can they? (They will try)

(Off topic) If China has embraced BTC but "doesn't totally condone it" (they have atm but they don't want the banks to support it?Huh? - (communist yet collateralising), well that's their politics - Chinese will trade this offshore - and are already doing it!

If I agree to sell you a "Ipod" for instance - pay me in BTC - if you pay import duty to your government then that is OK, if I pay import duty it is OK. I am not a criminal for dealing Crypto!
I believe in freedom of currency that the PEOPLE of the world can trade! - All people and not one nation or several nations having restrictions and their own "conversion rates" on incoming and out going currencies and exchange rates! - Banks are getting scared of losing out (comments please).....

May be Bitcoin isn't the answer to a universal currency - this is just the beginning - the next generation of "Universal - cross border currency" is yet to come. Lets embrace it while its here and make the most of it while it lasts and the future hold a true Universal currency.

I don't think its about a European market, USA dollar market or a Chinese market or any other market
How about about we play it on a level playing field with a universal market?




(All my opinions are my own - slate me if you like - agree with me if you like - this is just out there for debate and I would like all you opinions).....
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