Regardless I would choose SSD over HDD for any application. You simply can't go back after using them. Plus you get hardware level drive encryption.
I use both in my home system. The SSD is getting a bit full though and it's getting time for an upgrade. Because we all know what security is, please don't entrust your bitcoin wallets ONLY on SSD drives. They tend to fail too... What's more important is, that they're harder to recover.  |
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Not long before #Mega ditches Bitcoin as well for some DRK/XMR coin. Wait for it when BTC goes more "government friendly"... |
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There was something between barter and gold. Currencies like salt, rare shells, rai stones, to name a few. Gold coins replaced those. While the other currencies were local, gold worked globally (well, almost, it didn't get to the Americas). See the parallel between contemporary local fiat currencies and the global bitcoins?
Why do you insist with gold? I said already that I am not a "gold bug". To me, the speculative overvaluation of gold is almost as bad as that of bitcoin. ("Almost" only because gold does have some intrinsic value, although it has little infuence in the gold's market price.) Very few of this traded gold is "out in the open". In that perspective it's in essence the same with bitcoin. Only it's here longer.  |
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Its wallstreet moving into bitcoin😳😂😂
Wallstreet only ? No with all those banks , Bitcoin can't change just simply the word this is a grand marketplace were banks controlled by Lobby they will never let bitcoin them up . Bitcoin just have two things : [1]_ Banks integrate and make profit from it [2]_ Banks kill bitcoin  They now don't think about integrate it so [2]; Mind you, I tend to differ. It's easy to kill Bitcoin. It's only 5Bn cap. Comparing to the FED, it's a day's job at most. Inflation will have its consequences and we're already experiencing a preview of them. Do you think the Global Monetary System will be able to rub out another Lehman Bros scandal? The next one will be humongous! 2008 will look like a walk in the park. Bitcoin is not perfect but it works; and I strongly believe the smartest people in the Banking industry are already "in". Plus; I don't expect they will let us peasants know... |
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@hdbuck: I agree; there are paradigms of digital currencies that have a centralized authority to monitor/mine for them (ie: Ripple). I'd say though; incorporating bitcoin instead is not a bad idea at all. Maybe it would have been the BEST idea as a move towards a better/healthier monetary system. We only need a spark for a fire...
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I've long considered a country to back bitcoin as a second currency. I couldn't think about Greece though. I mean; imagine that every citizen would have to pay -inside the country- in Bitcoin.
Then every person wanted something that Greece produces would have to pay in Bitcoin (exports). The debt would be in Euro, but Gresham's law is relentless. I'm sure Varoufakis is smart enough to think this long before I did; but still, I don't know if it's feasible for such a policy to be formalized in Greece under the current circumstances.
I think the EU won't let it happen.
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Things have been seemingly normalized for the time being, so such a scenario is rather distant, but... it could be really funny to see what happens when such a coin emerges. |
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On other news... Bitcoin.de Launches Integration With Fidor Bank AccountsBitcoin.de's long-standing partnership with Fidor Bank has finally borne fruit, with the company claiming it is the world’s first bitcoin trading platform with a "direct connection to the classic banking system".
Bitcoin.de says the arrangement brings far faster service, allowing EUR/BTC trades to be completed within "seconds" when both customers have a free 'FIDOR Smart Giro Account'.http://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-de-launches-integration-with-fidor-bank-accounts/Coinbase and Circle NEED to do this also. I'm talking an account with a retail bank (not SVB commercial bank) so I don't have to wait four damn business days for bitcoin delivery. The first U.S. exchange to allow instant purchases with their partner bank will prolly get 50,000 accounts with people direct depositing their paychecks. I expect things to go much better into EU exchanges after this. Kraken's Bank is also Fidor. |
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On other news... Bitcoin.de Launches Integration With Fidor Bank AccountsBitcoin.de's long-standing partnership with Fidor Bank has finally borne fruit, with the company claiming it is the world’s first bitcoin trading platform with a "direct connection to the classic banking system".
Bitcoin.de says the arrangement brings far faster service, allowing EUR/BTC trades to be completed within "seconds" when both customers have a free 'FIDOR Smart Giro Account'.http://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-de-launches-integration-with-fidor-bank-accounts/ |
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Nope, I don't think that anyone received their payments. I think that this is the last campaign before AMHash4. That means we will have to wait until the new campaign is up and start get paying again. Until then I'd call this phase a "pause". I won't leave it, since I never have missed a payment so far, but if you think you'll have a better chance elsewhere, maybe you will gain about 1 month extra payments.
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Understood. My point is if someone (ie: John Doe) has GoxBTC, what are the chances he ends up with REAL BTCs under these circumstances. I'm not talking about outsiders; just insiders (and the site owner). It's all about trust and good will (that everything goes OK)... or not...
I'm not 100% sure what you trying to say. My understanding was that bitoinbuilder pays BTC for GoxBTc right on the spot. As I have lack of information, I will believe what you're saying. I thought that if someone possesses some GOXBTCs there, he'll be able to withdraw them WHEN and IF MtGOX distribute theirs. But, as I said; I don't know the details. |
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have you read about buying 1 gox btc at 0.11 btc? https://bitcoinbuilder.com/what do they know that we don't? they say they expect distribution until September.. so they have inside information? It's only for the GoxBTC already on their site. With the main site down you can't transfer GoxBTC to other accounts anymore. They know how many GoxBTC they have on their site which helps to calculate their risk. IIRC, the numbers commonly thrown around (800'000 missing / 200'000 found mysteriously) would indicate that 1 GoxBTC ~ 0.25 BTC. So they take a gamble at that. This is based on wishful thinking for the moment. Too many things at stake for someone to "invest" into some of this. But it's a free market I suppose... No one can invest in anything at bitcoinbuilder any more. It's just a gamble between those who have GoxBTC there already and the site operator. Understood. My point is if someone (ie: John Doe) has GoxBTC, what are the chances he ends up with REAL BTCs under these circumstances. I'm not talking about outsiders; just insiders (and the site owner). It's all about trust and good will (that everything goes OK)... or not... |
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have you read about buying 1 gox btc at 0.11 btc? https://bitcoinbuilder.com/what do they know that we don't? they say they expect distribution until September.. so they have inside information? It's only for the GoxBTC already on their site. With the main site down you can't transfer GoxBTC to other accounts anymore. They know how many GoxBTC they have on their site which helps to calculate their risk. IIRC, the numbers commonly thrown around (800'000 missing / 200'000 found mysteriously) would indicate that 1 GoxBTC ~ 0.25 BTC. So they take a gamble at that. This is based on wishful thinking for the moment. Too many things at stake for someone to "invest" into some of this. But it's a free market I suppose... |
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Greece won't bother the EU (and the World for that matter) for the next 4 months. What will we do, when the focus is where it should be all these 5 years?
Just sayin'...
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*click* Unignore NotLambchop.... Usual BS
Sigh... *click* Ignore this user.  |
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