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Manitoba, Canada? That sounds like wheat producing land (or else forest).
If you own the land, but do not live near it, there is always the possibility of sharecropping it. You work out a deal with a local farmer, he does the work, you split the profits. Typically, the landowner gets 50% (varies though) of the profit, the guy on the tractor the rest.
You would need to look into Canadian law and/or visit to see if it is a good deal or not.
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... Being always curious about learning more about mixing BTC, I found this transaction: https://blockchain.info/tx/72ac39c88c6df7ce4b15ee5dfdeb64179b9b7e42cc58c821c8eaa7e7a9b2e14bThis looks to be a SharedCoin transaction (lots of inputs and outputs, many outputs having similar amounts of BTC). But, in THIS transaction we can find an input that is very large (vs. the others) and an output that is also very large vs. its others: Address 1BLh2VNt8MmNiZ1q3D3qXPGH1qUiybuBxH shows some $99,800 sent. Address 1JV9CRKXDVSK9RmqQ8K9TR18bHxE1X2XA8 shows some $87,500 received. All other addresses in that transaction show $12,341.00 amounts or less. Total output (transferred) was a majestic $211,000 or so. It would appear to me that addresses 1BLh2...BxH and 1JV9CR...XZ8 seem to be related. Were it me mixing BTC to cover my trail, I would have done it over, say, 5 - 10 transactions...Comments welcome! Am I interpreting this correctly? I am always happy to get educated here at bitcointalk.  |
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In recent days, so new players in mining have stormed onto the stage (or perhaps more accurately identified by blockchain.info). I know very little about any of them:
-- BitFury makes ASIC chips, correct? Their pool would then remind me of AntPool and KnC Miner, hardware makers.
-- 21 Inc. is the new & mysterious company that wants mining in almost any electrical device, correct?
-- Who is Telco 214? My Google search was not very instructive...
Any other details would be informative (perhaps even useful) to us here.
EDIT: Are all three are US companies? In whole or in part?
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We do not have a VAT in the USA, but I am somewhat familiar with Peru's version of a VAT (they tax each transaction our bearing import company makes).
Our company there has to send every line item on every invoice that we produce (in other words, EVERYTHING we sell) via email on MS Excel spreadsheets to the Peruvian tax authorities.
That means that even if Bitcoin were popular in Peru, which it is NOT, then our company there would have a very hard time beating the tax man.
Only tiny little unincorporated businesses can get away from Peru's "VAT". But, they can get caught, as most other businesses have to record THEIR info in transactions. And Peru's tax collectors are as bad as any others...
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... litecoinguy, in another thread, posted a picture of the (presumably) soon to be released digitalbitbox. It resembles the Ledger Nano in that it uses a smart chip. It will NOT include firmware updates by design, so probably making it easier to use (and to control). digitalbitbox.com is a Swiss company. The website is worth a look. The device looks like it will be just right for BTC users like me. (I am happy with my Ledger and my Trezor, but BOTH are asking to have their firmware updated...) |
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More ideas to consider re what to buy:
-- foreign real estate, preferably by a (foreign) corporation that you own. LOTS of real estate in other countries yields nice rents too...
-- short-term, I would expect that the US$ will likely go up vs. most other currencies. Wait on Greece...
-- very high quality numismatic coins (ones costing THOUSANDS of dollars each, like MS-60+ condition pre-1933 US gold coins) may do very well over a long period
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FATCA is a beautiful example of Economic Totalitarianism. If the US .gov wants your money, it is getting harder to keep it away from them. I have not heard of any overseas banks welcoming deposits of Americans. None do in Peru. Maybe there might be handful in rogue states (?)
FATCA was designed for just this: to corral Americans, nicely put TPTB. There is no question that the USG pushed this onto banks around the world, thereby demonstrating plenty of power.
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trollercoaster
Another example of USG power abroad. Touché!
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I too have had that error from time-to-time at blockchain.info. I do have a wallet there, but have gotten the error both checking wallet balance as well as normal blockchain observation. In particular, I used to get that error (or another) when using their "Taint Analysis" tool, but recently I have received that error less often.
Hmm, the blockchain stress test may explain some of today's errors.
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... LiteCoinGuy I went to take a look at their website: digitalbitbox.com, looks like an interesting product! I like the use of the chip (like Ledger I suppose), I also like the fact that they say it will be simple and that there will be no firmware updates. Both my Ledger Nano and Trezor are asking me to update firmware... I look forward to finding out how much it will cost and become available. |
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... I have not had the time to study these (Y-Axis in particular), but the charts are interesting: http://charts.coin.dance/It is interesting to see how BTC purchases vary by country through time. |
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... From https://blockchain.info/blocks/21%20Inc.Block 361870 won today (21 June) by 21 Inc. Block 361836 " " " " " And 5 blocks won yesterday. EDIT: Note their interesting transactions (their BTC address): 1CdJi2xRTXJF6CEJqNHYyQDNEcM3X7fUhD |
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... Well, sort of. It may take time for blockchain.info to figure out the latest players, but I note that they now break out BitFury as well as the mysterious 21 Inc. and Telco 214. Link: https://blockchain.info/poolsSummary for today: F2Pool 21% AntPool 18% BitFury 12%BTC China 11% BW.com 6% KnCMiner 5% 21 Inc. 4%BTC Guild 3% Slush 2% GHash.io 2% Telco 214 2%Eligius 2% BitMinter 2% |
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... Last night I was browsing blockchain.info and I saw a much larger share of mixing transactions (SharedCoin) than I ever recall seeing before. I only looked at trx over $30,000 (and also browsed a couple of blocks), and found that most of them were mixed. Here is an example of a transaction I just found at blockchain.info: https://blockchain.info/tx/6f964a43ce61e3a2a40982d57c3f4b1f0e1bf6e5d0f863fe7003bd4aaccc206cI saw a couple of very large transactions, over $200,000. But, since the largest amounts "out" matched the amounts going "in", I would guess that those transactions were not well hidden. Is there any reason for such an increase in SharedCoin mixing transactions that any of you can comment on?* * * It is not easy to ID bitmixer transactions, at least for me. |
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I agree with above reply re Goldman Sachs also being at fault here. But there are MANY at fault in this mess: Germany, Europe (for letting Greece in), and Greece itself (all of their governments have behaved shamelessly).
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There is talk within Greece itself as to who would impose capital controls. So much talk re capital controls, that IMO (not an expert, not Greek) some kind of controls are coming.
Individuals there should consider taking money out of the banks now. And buying some BTC and Au now. There may not be much time.
EDIT: We here in the USA (and W Europe) could look at Greece as a test-run for responses to future crises. Just as Cyprus is a model now for authorities to place capital controls on the population...
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I vote for the bot, at least in bitmixer's case. I have not had a problem.
And if I had to guess, the owner probably does a little bit of spot-checking to make sure posts are of reasonable quality. Bot to do the tedious work, person to spot-check quality.
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I wonder if bitmixer's bot also does the mixing... The site runs very smoothly. Automating as much as possible of a website means less work, and once it is shown to be working well, that adds value to them, and to their customers.
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Well, the lower price of BTC from $700 - $1200 range has not been really great for me. Other than the fact I was able to lower my average cost basis when I bought more in the $190 - $240 range. I would have to run the numbers, but my average BTC cost now would be around $300 - $350.
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Yes, TPTB, I understand that the margins for mass-produced products are decreasing (especially as CHINA pushes further into "el-cheapo" bearing production). And that the returns on high-knowledge products and services will increase in the future.
Peru, alas, is not ready for the Knowledge Age. And those of us running our bearing company are too old to be active participants in the new age to come.
One of the few areas where knowledge DOES help us is that certain automotive applications require "special pieces". The OEM car companies wanted to be able to corral owners, where possible, into buying a replacement piece that ONLY they have (that a Korean bearing maker made for Hyundai for example). WE know many of those pieces, and we OWN the Korean bearing market in Peru.
A mini-monopoly, close anyway and for now (as China edges into these markets)...
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... TPTB's frequent references to Martin Armstrong have helped me find many further examples of Economic Totalitarianism. Today's example is his article wondering why (and explaining...) why no banksters have personally gone to jail since the 2007 - current financial crisis started: http://armstrongeconomics.com/archives/33417It looks like Armstrong will be as useful a source as Zero Hedge is for further demonstrations of Economic Totalitarianism. * * * NO ONE of significance has gone to jail.
NONE of our financial problems have been solved. |
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