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1  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Incredible stories of Bitcoin millionaires on: August 02, 2016, 11:26:32 PM
Seems like all the donations to Stefan are really small:

https://blockchain.info/charts/received-per-day?address=1Fd8RuZqJNG4v56rPD1v6rgYptwnHeJRWs

2  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Shop Anything Using Bitcoins at Amazon Internationally. 100% Safe. on: December 20, 2015, 04:50:34 PM
Hi Friends.

I have seen lot of people willing to use there BTCBitcoins to SHOP ONLINE

Now use BTCBitcoins to Shop Internationally At Amazon

Steps to shop on Amazon using bitcoins:

Step 1. Add to Wish List

Click “Add to Wish List.”
If you’re new to wish lists, select “Create Wish List” (make sure the list is public)

Step 2. Configure wish list

US Customers: Select “List Settings”
International Customers: Select “List Actions” then “Update list profile”
Select “List Details”

Step 3. Add address to wish list

Fill out ‘ship to’ section with your address.
Make sure that “Third party shipping” is checked.
Make sure the “Don’t spoil the surprise” box is unchecked

Step 4. Get Your Amazon Wish List URL

Navigate on Amazon to your wish list and copy the URL.

Step 5. Create An Account In Purse

Website: https://purse.io

Step 6. Paste the URL into the search bar on Purse.

Paste your Amazon Wish List

Step 7. Name Your Discount

Select a discount by sliding the bar.
Fund the order.

Step 8. After funding your order your bitcoins are deposited in Purse Escrow

Step 9. Your Wish List is purchased

Another user will purchase the order and ship it to you (in exchange for your bitcoins). at purse.

Step 10. You Get Your Shipment Tracking Details.

The Product is usually Delivered with 1 - 5 Days.

Step 11. After you receive your product go back to purse and release the bitcoins held in Purse Escrow to the Buyer.

 Cheesy Cheesy Cheesy CheesyHurrry... Now Buy Anything in Amazon Using Your Bitcoins.


i just tried it this week...  it was a really easy experience to get the order... but then somehow the delivery was sent to a completely different address!!!!

I mean a different country alltogether...

I was reimbursed my BTC after about 12 hours of my reporting it.

Anyhow, it was a good/strange experience... I will try to use them again later

Anyone ever have this happen?
3  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Don't let bitcoin overtake your soul on: December 20, 2015, 04:32:43 PM
This story (including your proofs) could make a great, sad song!!!

Try to find a musician and make it into a One-Hit-Wonder!

Good luck...!!!  --- I would find a female singer Wink
4  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Don't let bitcoin overtake your soul on: December 20, 2015, 04:31:22 PM

*Whining*




feel sry for you! i been in the same spot in my life but with sport betting instead of bitcoin mining (gambling) and it sucks :/

You know, I had similar experience with online gambling.
Never, never allow that virtual life take over your real life. Period!
Computer and Internet can't love you, hug you, can't give you real family, friendship, human touch et.
It's illusion, not real.
So, make balance in your life or you will ruin what is the most important in your life, believe me.


And yet, you advertise a gambling site in your signature! Can you see my sig line? It's advertising Gamblers Anonymous, a help line for addicted gamblers. There's help staring people in the face and I bet that link has never been clicked. That's why I have no sympathy for people like the OP. Unlike other diseases, gambling addiction is easy for the infected to spot. They may choose to live in denial but they understand that they have a problem but refuse to get help.

I've had gambling addicted friends and one call to GA fixed their lives. GA has a lot of resources available including financial advisors and bankruptcy legal support. Blaming Bitcoin instead of himself just means he's still sick and needs treatment. Someone needs to slap him in the face and wake him up. It may seem like I've said cruel things to him but I consider what I've said a long distance slap in the face. Click the link and change your life.


+1
5  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Announcements (Altcoins) / Re: ★★★ PandaCoin [PND] ★★★ New devs, old community ° No more locked threads on: December 17, 2015, 12:58:23 AM
Okay... this is funny and interesting... all the attempt at reviving little PND baby!!!

I think the name ought to STAY! That is the whole point... it is borne out of the Dogecoin legacy of FUNNY (slightly meaningless) coins!  No need to "improve" or to make it oh-so-different...

I think just a standard, fun, and interesting update would be great... for example... where is the latest version of the PND qt?  last I checked all the websites were GONE!

Some of that needs to be revived if this is going to happen.  If there is a whole bunch of rebranding, then there is almost no point to having any connection to PND at all!!

Anyhow, that is my two cents... I personally don't care if there is a ton of pumping and dumping happening... WHAT COIN DOESN'T DO THAT!

PND has been the absolute winner in this regard... reviving it, and seeing what comes of it is absolutely hillarious!

I'm in!

I have a few million PND's somewhere.. but I think I have about a billion PANDA's as well.... so if anyone wanted to revive that too, that would be funny... oh.... perhaps also make it so the very first PAND can also be thrown into the mix

Just the same, in the end THE BRAND must stay:

PANDAAAAAA!!!

Hahahhaahahaha!!

6  Economy / Speculation / Re: Rallye topped at 300$, sell now! on: October 29, 2015, 01:22:51 AM
Rallye topped, sell now! BTC is declining just right now.

TO the moon we GO! BUYBUYBUY

Nice try Cheesy

Ok... I agree about the moon... but who still has fiat to buy?
7  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Is there any female BitcoinTalker around you? on: October 20, 2015, 01:21:28 PM
I am!  Cheesy
I'm female and love bitcoin, not because I'm a geek but because it has the potential to end the corrupt monetary system we have today, which is at the source of many other 'problems', such as war and poverty. (as everyone here knows)

Here's a video I made last year:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RY9oaxdt91o

And a slideshow made in 2012:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hO5ondiZTH4

And my bitcoin fashion facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/bitcoinfashion

I got my Russian (girl!) friend to like bitcoin too, here we are dancing in the I love Bitcoin t-shirts we made:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YH_3AV5n_iU

 Wink
Since you're female i think it's best to ask this question to you
"What does it take to attract womens to use bitcoin"
They said women understand each other so let's see if you can answer this Wink

That's a good question actually! To be honest, it's very hard, even for me, to find or to make other girls interested in Bitcoin. Giving out these cute t-shirts was probably the closest I got to getting girl's interest.
https://scontent-hkg3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc3/t31.0-8/1965524_657331941022133_6146642929014352556_o.jpg

Another thing that might work is to explain the reason why the current financial system is so evil and problematic and why bitcoin is a solution to that. Nothing's more exciting than a REVOLUTION to make the world a better place Wink If it's hard to explain or she's too impatient to listen, watch some documantaries like 'all wars are Bankers wars' or the 2nd part of Zeitgeist of 'The Lie we Live'.

Good luck! Smiley

P.S a short explanation I usually use goes something like this:
There are of course many problems in the world, but to make the biggest impact and positive change we need to address the source. Zoom out and you will see almost any issue can be linked back to the financial system. It’s not hard to understand. Some have the power to create money, others give up their time and energy to work for it. The ones who supply the money, control and rule this planet. As long as you accept their paper currency, you keep giving them this power. Wherever money goes, energy flows. Stop accepting their money and they'll soon lose their power. Use and store your value in a currency that cannot be controlled or manipulated, because it's transparent, decentralized and limited in supply. BITCOIN! CheesyCheesy
That Shirt is actually pretty good, I like it Cheesy
Why don't you try to sell that shirt here ?
You might a nice extra money from selling that shirt Roll Eyes
Anyway, welcome to the Bitcoin talk community, Hope you enjoy your stay here Smiley

I agree, the shirts are AWESOME!!!  How can I buy one?

How much do you sell them for?
8  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Is there any female BitcoinTalker around you? on: October 20, 2015, 04:58:22 AM
I am!  Cheesy
I'm female and love bitcoin, not because I'm a geek but because it has the potential to end the corrupt monetary system we have today, which is at the source of many other 'problems', such as war and poverty. (as everyone here knows)

Here's a video I made last year:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RY9oaxdt91o

And a slideshow made in 2012:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hO5ondiZTH4

And my bitcoin fashion facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/bitcoinfashion

I got my Russian (girl!) friend to like bitcoin too, here we are dancing in the I love Bitcoin t-shirts we made:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YH_3AV5n_iU

 Wink
Since you're female i think it's best to ask this question to you
"What does it take to attract womens to use bitcoin"
They said women understand each other so let's see if you can answer this Wink

That's a good question actually! To be honest, it's very hard, even for me, to find or to make other girls interested in Bitcoin. Giving out these cute t-shirts was probably the closest I got to getting girl's interest.
https://scontent-hkg3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc3/t31.0-8/1965524_657331941022133_6146642929014352556_o.jpg

Another thing that might work is to explain the reason why the current financial system is so evil and problematic and why bitcoin is a solution to that. Nothing's more exciting than a REVOLUTION to make the world a better place Wink If it's hard to explain or she's too impatient to listen, watch some documantaries like 'all wars are Bankers wars' or the 2nd part of Zeitgeist of 'The Lie we Live'.

Good luck! Smiley

P.S a short explanation I usually use goes something like this:
There are of course many problems in the world, but to make the biggest impact and positive change we need to address the source. Zoom out and you will see almost any issue can be linked back to the financial system. It’s not hard to understand. Some have the power to create money, others give up their time and energy to work for it. The ones who supply the money, control and rule this planet. As long as you accept their paper currency, you keep giving them this power. Wherever money goes, energy flows. Stop accepting their money and they'll soon lose their power. Use and store your value in a currency that cannot be controlled or manipulated, because it's transparent, decentralized and limited in supply. BITCOIN! CheesyCheesy

WOW!!! What a WISE girl, you are!  Are you a Jedi-girl? Smiley
9  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Describe BITCOIN in ONE word. on: August 14, 2015, 11:14:57 AM
TRUTH!
10  Economy / Speculation / Re: What was the starting price of Bitcoin? on: March 15, 2015, 07:24:03 AM
This is a great question, I remember reading really good detailed explanation of it by Peter Surda (I believe)

in short, this is the explanation that best answers your question:

Quote
"A suspicion that Bitcoin might one day be a big deal explains everything about its original demand. "

at that point, the price became "NOT ZERO"... I don't think it is fair to call $0 a "price" so, I believe you are searching for the moment that it was something...

here is the source of that quote:

http://nakamotoinstitute.org/mempool/the-original-value-of-bitcoins/


btw... the above quote was not from Peter's work, though his 93 page thesis is well referenced and an interesting read so here it is:
http://dev.economicsofbitcoin.com/mastersthesis/mastersthesis-surda-2012-11-19b.pdf
11  Economy / Service Announcements / Re: [ANN] Bfxdata.com | Bitfinex Market (price and market depth) + Swap Charts on: March 03, 2015, 09:13:06 AM

I was wondering, is it possible to download the historical data in a file ?


I've been asked this before and am planning to add an option to export data as csv, just hadn't had a chance to build it


This site is Grin  amazing  Grin, thank you for all your great work BJORNW!

I am also looking for the historical swap data, it is not available on bitcoincharts... have you had the chance to make it available?
12  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Cost of buying 51% of BTC (for attack if bitcoin were to go PoS) on: February 28, 2015, 07:41:37 AM

This video talks about the "old" bitcoin that is POW... this thread is on the "what if..." on a new bitcoin that were to become Proof of Stake
13  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Cost of buying 51% of BTC (for attack if bitcoin were to go PoS) on: February 28, 2015, 07:19:49 AM
A friend of mine suggested that the gov't (or some evil attacking entity) would ANNOUNCE their plans publicly to buy 51% of the POS Bitcoins

14  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Cost of buying 51% of BTC (for attack if bitcoin were to go PoS) on: February 28, 2015, 07:16:34 AM
I think you need at least $1 trillion to buy 51% of all bitcoin
I'm sure bitcoin price could rise up to $1 million if you do that Grin

But, bitcoin will fail if it going to PoS

I hope you voted <$5 billion in that case... since you think POS will kill bitcoin
15  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Cost of buying 51% of BTC (for attack if bitcoin were to go PoS) on: February 28, 2015, 07:11:54 AM
51% attack means To own the 51% of hashing power over all not 51% of btc
When a coin is POW, yes, but POS is different. POS is vulnerable to a 51% shareholder attack. Honestly I don't believe that this could be done. Good luck finding 7 million Bitcoin to buy.

You have it wrong. You don't need 51% of the total coins to do the attack. You just need 51% of the total staking coins to do the attack(which is much lower than 51% of the total coins).

Thats why PoS is not as secure as PoW.

That's a good point.. though that seems to be alleviated by things like "balance leasing" 

Quote
"it is possible to loan forging power from one account to another without giving up control of the tokens associated with the account. Using a transaction of the account control type, an account owner may temporarily reduce an accounts effective balance to zero, adding it to the effective balance of another account. The targeted accounts forging power is increased until the end of a time period specified by the original account owner, after which the effective balance is returned to the original account."
https://wiki.nxtcrypto.org/wiki/Whitepaper:Nxt#Balance_leasing
16  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Cost of buying 51% of BTC (for attack if bitcoin were to go PoS) on: February 28, 2015, 07:07:01 AM
If Bitcoin were to go the Proof of Stake option (using sidechains perhaps), one of the problem people have with the idea is that it will become much less secure because it would be very cheap to perform a 51% attack.

Some PoS coins boast that you need more than 51% of the coin to control/destroy the normal functioning of the network, but we'll just focus on 51% now.

How much would it cost to buy 51% of BTC (not including lost/unused/unallocated)


Please comment below.  

The reason it is 51% of "owned" coins is that in PoS only actively owned/used coins count, so lost/unused coins don't count... at present, i think there are about 10-12million BTC that are "used"... so the question is, how much to buy about 6million btc...although this figure may change if the purchase happens slowly, over a year or two. The cost estimate still stays valid/interesting

51% attack means To own the 51% of hashing power over all not 51% of btc

the whole point is to consider this this if Bitcoin switched to Proof of Stake (POS)... so not about hashing power...but the number of units

my curiosity is what people think the cost of buying the coins would be if it was POS
17  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Cost of buying 51% of BTC (for attack if bitcoin were to go PoS) on: February 28, 2015, 04:40:54 AM
If Bitcoin were to go the Proof of Stake option (using sidechains perhaps), one of the problem people have with the idea is that it will become much less secure because it would be very cheap to perform a 51% attack.

Some PoS coins boast that you need more than 51% of the coin to control/destroy the normal functioning of the network, but we'll just focus on 51% now.

How much would it cost to buy 51% of BTC (not including lost/unused/unallocated)


Please comment below.  

The reason it is 51% of "owned" coins is that in PoS only actively owned/used coins count, so lost/unused coins don't count... at present, i think there are about 10-12million BTC that are "used"... so the question is, how much to buy about 6million btc...although this figure may change if the purchase happens slowly, over a year or two. The cost estimate still stays valid/interesting
18  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: The cryptocurrency short list on: January 27, 2015, 10:53:30 PM
Thank you for this analysis.

I'm afraid this analysis is flawed on so many levels.

Here's the most up-to-date information:

https://www.coingecko.com/

^^^ It's not perfect, but it's a good up-to-date overview that would take a lot of work to improve on.


My "category A" alt-coin shortlist is:

- Ripple
- NXT
- Stellar

That's it.

LTC is dead.

There are about 10 "category B" (no money, few developers, no influence, no experience) alt-coins vying with each other.

Then there's "category C" - a waste of time.

dude, the site you suggest, coingecko, lists LTC as number 2... where do you see it "dead" ?  Just wondering... I am really heavy into LTC.
19  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: What is Your Top 5? on: January 23, 2015, 05:58:04 PM
Great Topic!

NXT, BTS, PND, ETH, NXT.... oh and of course LTC!!!!  Go LTC!!!!

I hope LTC implements SideChains!!!
20  Economy / Speculation / Re: It takes as much to get back to $300 as it takes to go to $0 on: January 13, 2015, 08:23:46 AM
please read this

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=800330.0

Quote
" That's the kind of speculation I am interested in, the big picture. How the world might (or might not change) the actual price is not so interesting. I just picked a big number to illustrate the potential magnitude of what one possible outcome might result in. It's a top end estimate but well within the realm of possibility.

What is more telling is that if you consider wilth1's "niche market" scenario you need to think about what kind of market cap that works for. if you still use the s curve + fluctuation model and take the ATH of 1230 as your absolute ATH, then the price that btc ultimately settles at cannot really ever be much lower that what we are at now.

Any argument that it is going to crash to zero, or single digits or even double digits just doesn't make any sense when you consider the big picture. all the "crash" posts seem to reason that price will go down because price has been going down. They assume a zero demand scenario, which is way more outlandish than assuming btc will go mainstream. If you have nonzero demand then evey halving if price means your going to see twice the demand. This kind of exponential increase in buying pressure will ultimately halt any sell off of an asset with limited supply.

Sure we could go half off, maybe even half off again, but the lower we go the more resistance there is because for x dollar amount you have to sell more btc. Totally simple, totally obvious to probably everyone reading this, but it is the massive gorilla in the room whenever you read any Bitcoin to the gutter post.

Ah, but Bitcoin to the moon posts are the same but in reverse!

No. Ther is only ~14m bitcoin, selling supply dries up quickly, on upticks there is infinite dollars. Buying supply can theoretically never dry up.

Assuming the pie ends up a serious size. Which is basically all that your long term holders are assuming. It's all about peice of the pie. "
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