Even in my own auctions, I always crack up when people do that, or people bid 0.01 when the starting bid is 1 bitcoin.

This is the point I was missing apparently. I hadn't seen where Dank agreed that driving *sober* is proven safest. As an ex-pilot, a drifter, and a motorcycle owner, I can say I absolutely cannot understand a lack of sobriety in people while operating a vehicle at fast speeds. It's not "fun" or "adventurous". It's unnecessarily reckless, like not wearing a helmet or eye protection (preferably full face helmet) on a motorcycle. It only takes one beetle or pebble to the face at 120mph to realize that one.

Weird. Yea, I got used to commenting on things below my posts from SA, but all I did was:

• Click "quote" on the bottom post
• Copy content from box
• Click "edit" on my own post
• Paste content into box
• Visit Tysat's house and screen capture it
• Create this thread on his computer for an excuse to talk to people

Me too.

myrkul, I don't doubt what you're saying, especially if it's coming from your own experiences, what I doubt is what dank is saying which was literally:

Plenty of studies show that drivers are less likely to get in an accident while high on cannabis

I'd like to see even one of those studies.

This auction has ended! Congratulations to MikeMark. (The ending price was actually $85).

PM me with a BitStamp code and your bitcoin address!

Source?

Since there were no bids, that's probably for the best. As for closing the thread, doesn't it let you lock it yourself?

Unfortunately, that's not a property people look for in a currency. The reaction to Bitcoin's volatility should be evidence of that.

I hardly see how something that is not controlled by the government can't equally be recognized by a body of financial institutions with a standard quote symbol though. Korea used to be spelled "Corea" until Japan changed it during their occupation to "Korea" to make "Japan" come first. Kind of sucks, but looking back, "Corea" seems like a totally retarded name for a country, don't you think?

I've contacted SIX to see just what their objections (if any) will be to adding it as a currency code, and if none, I will follow through and see how far it can go. When it gets to a point I can't handle it all on my own, I'll pass it on to someone much more knowledgeable, and will keep this thread posted just the same. If I make no future posts in this thread, it means SIX ignored me completely.

Compromise and conformity are not the same thing. One of them enhances exposure and acceptance of what you already believe in. It seems you believe doing this would somehow harm bitcoin or its underlying principles. The current implementation of Ripple started out as "NewCoin" btw. Aren't you glad they changed the name and "compromised" for clarity and marketing purposes? Doesn't it make it a bit easier to know what it is as a result?

I'm not against "BTC", but I think it's more likely it will be given an "X". If your argument is just "wait and see what they say" (which doesn't seem to be your argument at all), then I guess I could agree with that but wouldn't want to sit around and not have some options to toss at them.

Bottom line: we should agree on it as a community and send a clear, consistent message to the ISO, that would be great. BTC is probably impossible as Bitcoin is not a currency of Bhutan.



This. The official code of the US dollar is USD, but we still call them "dollars", "bucks", "greenbacks", "$", etc.

What do you have against common knowledge? Is it in bitcoin's best interest to complicate things purposely because "fuck everyone"? Did you realize that the characters you're typing your opinion on are in ASCII, an international standard? Do your rights feel abused now that you know this? Did you want to talk in sticks and dots from now on?

There are plenty of threads on this topic, just search google for "XBC". One here dates back as far as 2 years ago on this issue, I'm just rehashing it because it's relevant. That said, the XBC code was previously used for this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Unit_of_Account_9

If XBC is not accepted by the ISO, I would recommend XBT instead.


Yes, you're right, in looking over the old threads that was what the general consensus had come to. I've updated my OP to reflect. Long live XBT!

In light of recent implementation of BTC prices on some sites such as CNBC, I think it's time we follow the ISO 4217 currency code standard in preparation of larger organizations.

Yes, there are a plethora of threads just like this one, one posted even last month and some 2 years ago. That doesn't change the fact that it's an important topic that needs attention.

This standard is created by the International Organization for Standardization and is published as a list of standard currency codes referred to as the ISO 4217 code list.

Currency codes are composed of a country's two-character Internet country code plus a third character denoting the currency unit. For example, the Canadian Dollar code (CAD) is made up of Canada's Internet code ("CA") plus a currency designator ("D").

In the event a code is not sponsored by a government or country in specific (Bitcoin), it is preceded with an "X". If Bitcoin is ever to be added to the ISO 4217 currency code list, it is the belief of many including myself, that this will happen as XBC or XBT (edit: XBC being unlikely since the EU has used it to refer to a bond). To facilitate this transition, from this day forward I will be referring to bitcoin as either XBC or XBT in all of my projects, writings, and work. I ask that those interested in the standardization and mainstream adoption of Bitcoin do the same, or in the very least explore and share their opinions on what we can do to make the code more standardized.

I wish they'd give licenses to speed and special lanes for it as well. That'd be a tax I wouldn't mind paying.

Hey look, I found an image of dank.

Has anyone bothered to meet dank in person yet (you fucking pussies)? I think it'd be entertaining to at least prove if he's really this insane or just another scammer mocking losers on the forum for giving him free money he has no intention of ever paying back.

Dank, if you can draw, why don't you draw on Etsy, DeviantArt, etc and earn back the money you stole?

Please update OP with the one I watched from Korea: http://www.vidhog.com/ix6wrlkcdbe0

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