Short reminder: Bears aren't stupid. They don't sell "for the lulz", but because they have reason to believe the price will go down. As soon as the market changes they, too, go back and invest their money again. In a bullish period a lot of bears become bulls. It's important to remember this isn't a game of which team to root for, but too see which way the wind currently blows: Changing teams isn't something dishonorable - it's just smart.

I was wondering... What is the block with the lowest hash, or what are the, say, 10 blocks with the lowest hashes? Is there a list? Also, until which difficulty would these blocks be accepted in the blockchain?

Just before the real buildup to 2013's second bubble started, there was a sharp drop, due to the seizure of the Silk Road marketplace. Everyone was worried that it might be the end of Bitcoin. Luckily the price recovered pretty quickly, and didn't stop there. It continued to climb, and climb, and climb, and bubble.



Have we just witnessed a similar incident for the alleged 2014 bubble? Discuss!

Guten Abend!
Ich habe mich gefragt, wie die Besteuerung von Bitcoin-INTERNEN Gewinnen abläuft und konnte dazu in den letzten Monaten nichts finden. Ich meine damit Gewinne, die etwa aus Kursgewinnen oder auch Dividenden von Bitcoin-notierten Aktien (ASICMiner Anteile, o.ä.) entstehen. Wann müssen die versteuert werden? Sobald sie anfallen (bzw. innerhalb der Fristen die auch für Fiat gelten)? Sobald die Bitcoin in Fiat umgewandelt werden?

- Was ist insbesondere mit Gewinnen, die zu Zeiten stattgefunden haben, in denen der Bitcoinkurs noch erheblich niedriger war? Sagen wir ein Kursgewinn von 10 BTC zu einer Zeit in denen der Kurs noch bei 10 Euro/BTC lag. Das würde einen "relativ" unbedeutenden Gewinn von 100 Euro bedeuten, heute jedoch von beinahe 10'000 Euro. Sagen wir, es fallen 35% Steuern an, müsste man dann heute eine Steuer von 3,5 BTC an das Finanzamt abführen oder eben 35 Euro? Vielleicht ist die Frage trivial, jedoch gibt es nicht so viele Währungen, die heutzutage so erhebliche Kursschwankungen haben. Auch bin ich kein Experte.

- Wie versteuert man Bitcoinverkäufe, bei denen man die Quelle der Bitcoins nicht oder nur sehr undeutlich nachvollziehbar nachweisen kann? (- Mixing Services, Groupbuy Mining in Pools, Gewinne auf SatoshiDice o.ä.). Wird dort etwa einfach der gesamte Veräußerungserlös als Gewinn erachtet und entsprechend besteuert?

I'm thinking about selling my 16 BFL Chips, ordered with CanaryInTheMine in his groupbuy (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=236103.0)

The chips have been ordered with him and have been fully paid for on June 21. Since the chips have been ordered in back then, they're expected to already arrive in September(!) Things are looking rather smooth now, sample chips have been received by board designers and board designs have proven to work just fine. Nevertheless, I'm quite tempted to spend the BTC otherwise, so I'm open selling the chips to you. Payment is safe, since the order at Canary will be said to be irrefutably yours, as soon as your BTC payment hits my address.

I think selling single chips is a bit of a hassle, so I think going with 8 (or the full 16, of course) is best. (If there are 4 people in for 4 chips each, this is fine for me, though)

I'm thinking:

All 16 chips: 10.5BTC (This is less than the current price)
8 chips: 5.5BTC
(4 chips: 3BTC)

But I'm also open to your suggestions! So don't hesitate and post/PM now!  

minerpumpkin

[Price & auction is for all 4 miners together!]

I've placed and paid an direct order for 4 Block Erupter USB miners with SilentSonicBoom (who's doing a ton of groupbuys for them). They'll be ordered on sunday morning.
I'm now passing this order on to you! You may bid on them and receive them directly from SilentSonicBoom. Shipping method is you choice, fee on top of the auction price (because shipping fees may vary dramatically, starting at 0.12 BTC (USA priority shipping), see his groupbuys for shipping fees https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=261257.0).
Price & auction is for all 4 miners together!

Bidding:

• Starting Bid: 0.5 BTC
• Increment: >=0.01 BTC
• Auction ends on July 28th, 12am EDT
• Each bid makes sure the auction is open for at least another 5 minutes (bid at 11:58:20 pm lets the auction last until 12:03:20 am, and so on)

Receiving the miners:

• The winner of the auction tells me his/her address, which I'll forward to SilentSonicBoom and instruct him to ship the miners to you. You may choose the shipping method (USA priority shipping starting at 0.12 BTC)
• He will send you a message, confirming he's going to ship the miners to you
• THEN you're sending me the BTC
• Everyone's safe and happy

Original deadline (may be postponed due to bids!):
Timer removed. End time: 2013-07-28+00:00:00EDT