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1  Economy / Economics / Re: Big Crash coming on: January 07, 2017, 10:47:18 PM
Yeah I doubt that. Why? What would trigger a crash in 2016? People claim there's gonna be a crash every year.

Yeah I'm skeptical about this overly dramatic doomsday crash as well, but I did read about there being a similar crash (2008/09 housing) related to car financing coming up, probably not as intense. We'll see though. I think the ETF things the Winklevoss are trying to spearhead will have a large affect on bitcoin price this year though.

2008/2009 crash is caused by subprime mortgage.

Exactly, It was caused by allowing americans to take out mortgages (on homes) they really couldn't afford if interest rates went up. The lenders of those mortgages bundled them into securities and sold to large investment banks and insurance providers. Rates went up, and a ripple effect of defaults occured... What I'm saying is apparently there's a similar thing going on with car loans that americans can't really afford

I don't think that car loans and defaults due to inability to pay them will have any dramatic effect on the markets as it happened in 2008 when the Fed had to bail out major banks considered too big too fail and start a series of quantitative easings after that. Cars are much cheaper than houses overall. Really, how many cars do you know that cost half a million dollars or more? Further, cars are not as endurable and lasting as houses so banks giving such loans should have taken into account this...

And last but not least, it is easier to sequester a car than a house, especially if you and your family live there (small children and such things)
Yes, those are all good points.

It looks like the car loans are about 12% what mortgages are plus the other minimizing factors you pointed out. I agree, won't have much of an effect. Will be interesting to see what comes of it!
2  Economy / Economics / Re: Big Crash coming on: January 06, 2017, 09:12:57 PM
Yeah I doubt that. Why? What would trigger a crash in 2016? People claim there's gonna be a crash every year.

Yeah I'm skeptical about this overly dramatic doomsday crash as well, but I did read about there being a similar crash (2008/09 housing) related to car financing coming up, probably not as intense. We'll see though. I think the ETF things the Winklevoss are trying to spearhead will have a large affect on bitcoin price this year though.

2008/2009 crash is caused by subprime mortgage.

Exactly, It was caused by allowing americans to take out mortgages (on homes) they really couldn't afford if interest rates went up. The lenders of those mortgages bundled them into securities and sold to large investment banks and insurance providers. Rates went up, and a ripple effect of defaults occured... What I'm saying is apparently there's a similar thing going on with car loans that americans can't really afford.
3  Bitcoin / Project Development / Re: The Easiest Way to Participate in a Multi-sig/Escrow Tx on: January 06, 2017, 07:32:30 PM
Both Electrum and Copay provide a fairly easy way to do it. Create a 2-of-3 wallet together with your counterparty and the escrow agent.

While there is still a risk of the escrow agent colluding with the recipient to defraud the sender, the escrow agent cannot embezzle the funds on his own. Nor is he required to do anything in case the sender decides to release the funds.

Hey! Sorry for the late response. Thanks a lot! With bitcoin currently, are there any oracle services as the escrow agent? Like (ESPN for sports, Weather Network for weather at a certain time, etc?
4  Economy / Economics / Re: Big Crash coming on: January 06, 2017, 05:26:19 AM
Yeah I doubt that. Why? What would trigger a crash in 2016? People claim there's gonna be a crash every year.

Yeah I'm skeptical about this overly dramatic doomsday crash as well, but I did read about there being a similar crash (2008/09 housing) related to car financing coming up, probably not as intense. We'll see though. I think the ETF things the Winklevoss are trying to spearhead will have a large affect on bitcoin price this year though.
5  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Announcements (Altcoins) / Re: Mainstreet Investment LP (The Fund) 🌟 THE FIRST SECURITIZED BLOCKCHAIN ASSET 🌟 on: January 06, 2017, 01:07:59 AM


If someone from Africa or Asia for example wanted to invest , how do you know from where he is ? providing ID scan is a must ? I also wants to know , by holding the Mainstreet tokens from the ICO , what would the users gain ? your project looks pretty much like ICONOMI and I want to see the differences and the profit possibilities between the two to decide where to invest.

To participate in the ITO, you must be registered on the exchange that is initializing the sale. The specific exchange is TBD from my understanding. Also, yes, I believe you must provide ID (register) to participate in the initial ITO. Afterwards you can trade the MIT token freely, to anyone, however there may be issues when trying to receive distributions if you're from US or EU at time of quarterlies.
6  Bitcoin / Project Development / The Easiest Way to Participate in a Multi-sig/Escrow Tx on: December 01, 2016, 09:39:07 PM
Hey looking for a very simple way to introduce someone to, and engage in, a multisig escrow transaction.
7  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: How to sign a message?! on: November 29, 2016, 05:32:17 PM
This was very useful and concise. Thanks for posting!
8  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / SegWit HF vs SF on: November 02, 2016, 11:36:57 PM
I've been searching around can't find much information on the decision to have the implementation as a Softfork vs a Hardfork. It's been noted around the community that it was initially intended to be added as a HF but was changed. Can anyone enlighten me on this subject, the advantages or rationale?
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