I seriously cannot think of a reason why someone bothers to spam random words. I really wonder what's their motivation. Been reporting the ones that don't get nuked instantly. Haven't been able to hit my report limit lately tho

Nobody listens to them for quite a long time and obviously they didn't spent that much on tickets... These guys are a real disgrace. They should simply put their heads under the sand and dissolve the Foundation without further issues like these. Their maths is utter chaos.

Bitcoin is more dependent on p2p connections than on the internet itself. If we all could be connected directly through, as an example, bluetooth signals bridging each others computer we could have the blockchain functioning like it does today on the internet. In case of a catastrophe ways to communicate would definitely be discovered so Bitcoin working or not is more dependent on the will of people carrying on with the network. But yeah, no Internet would be a huge disservice to keep the network running in a healthy way

I haven't heard anything that they're actively blocking/censoring the > 1MB block possibility, could you link us to that? As far as I know they just have a proposal they consider better, thus they're in disagreement with bigger blocks.

As for small blocks... Why is Satoshi Dice spam? What makes them spam? They're legitimate transactions on the blockchain with legitimate use. Unlike, as an example, those excessive stress tests we've seen that have shown us things that we already knew... Paying more for a transaction is not a good idea: for that we have regular/traditional banking systems.

Could the 2FA secret be calculated in a realistic time frame on those exchanges using 80 bit?

Build satellites to orbit around several planets and keep them with updated copies of the blockchain

Speaking more seriously, cages, bunkers etc would be a pretty good solution to keep it stored safely. There are many copies around that make it unlikely that the blockchain will be totally erased...

If this is correct and witness information is prunable, how is it a solution to scaling? It would still require a block size increase. Maybe I thought I knew what scaling is, but I'm not quit grasping the concept...

In 20 years I'd be pretty happy if I could buy groceries and pay my bills exclusively and directly with Bitcoin... The rest might take some time and it might not even be Bitcoin as we know it powering it

As far as I've heard BTC is starting to take off in the UK, Germany and Holland too. I just hope it spreads further through Europe!

Video was added but doesn't add much to the discussion... OKCoin's guy has a very wierd English I guess we'll hear more about this soon either from OKCoin or Roger Ver

First heard about it on the end of 2012/beginning of 2013, I think. Read about it on mainstream media and thought it was cool but didn't investigate further. Read about it later on the 1000$ climb and eventually got interested because of money reasons... Ended up staying mainly because of what Bitcoin stands for, because it is much better than conventional banking, because governments who control fiat are corrupt and we need an alternative to the expensive banking system that ends up stealing individuals.

This is definitely not Bitcoin Discussion...

Let's see what happens to this guy on trial. I just hope that mainstream media doesn't start saying that this guy is a Bitcoin expert and his business was based on Bitcoin

Chip re-purposing for your own ASIC Heatsinks and PSU's can also be used

It's definitely safer to buy Bitcoin and properly store it in a cold storage.

That's something that really bothers me. If you look at Europe, as an example, many big/medium cities have 2, 3, 4 or more Bitcoin ATM's and some others don't have any. They aren't evenly distributed in most places! Where they exist, there are a few of them, and in the other places around there aren't any!

There aren't many because they're expensive, they require a space to stay, they aren't quickly profitable, their fees are big, some required too much personal information... I think these are the main reasons, there are probably quite a few more

It's great to contribute and make a goal happen, but starting a discussion on a topic that was a bit disregarded so far is quite important too, in my opinion. It's good to see all these developments around Bitcoin and services supporting it, but that's not thinking in the future sustainability of the network itself, it's more of a short term goal. Devs are discussing the currency's future and all those services being developed depend on this

I chose Armory. It's a very advanced wallet, with good developers and a track record of allowing to be deployed easily on safe environments and being quite stable. It works with core and extends it's functionality all while having a nice graphical interface that helps more novice users learn, become more expert and setup their Bitcoin wallets in the right way.

Mike Hearn is the man for me this year. He brought up the discussion about block size and released a solution that he believes to be the correct one. It wasn't just talk, he really wants to improve and change Bitcoin in a way he believes to be correct and future proof and he is pushing his philosophy ahead. It doesn't matter if his change is pushed through/is accepted... What matters is that he showed that there are people caring about Bitcoin. This is the kind of people we need.

This Gift Card selling websites are a bit questionable. I've used one once and had nothing bad to say about them, but there have been many scams related to gift cards, and they accept people selling their cards there, so... How do we know this is safe?