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Local / Anfänger und Hilfe / Re: Raiffeisen verbietet mir Bitcoin. Welche Bank in Österreich geeignet?
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on: February 11, 2015, 04:18:49 PM
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Dagegen gibt es Gesetze. Welche Gesetze? Wenn ich jetzt meine ganzen Ersparnisse nehme und mir ein viel zu teurer Auto damit kaufe, kann die Bank ja auch nichts dagegen machen. Spekulationen sind natürlich deine eigene Sache. Das ist auch nicht deren Argument. Die Begründung der Raiffeisen ist vermehrtes Risiko der Geldwäsche in Zusammenhang mit Bitcoin (vgl. "Silk Road", "CryptoLocker", etc.).
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Local / Anfänger und Hilfe / Re: Raiffeisen verbietet mir Bitcoin. Welche Bank in Österreich geeignet?
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on: February 11, 2015, 03:15:23 PM
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Basierend auf was? Mir ist kein vergleichbarer Fall bekannt. Dir etwa?
Nein, aber wir sind ein relativ freies Land und ich glaube nicht, dass eine Bank gezwungen werden kann Zahlungen / Geschäfte durchzuführen, welche von ihnen als hoch riskant eingestuft wurden (auch wenn die Einstufung übertrieben sein mag) - letztlich sollte es im eigenen Interesse der Bank liegen Zahlungen abzuwickeln um Gebühren zu kassieren.
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Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Bitcoin + Litecoin = Nokia ?
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on: March 20, 2014, 05:00:12 PM
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- Bitcoin and Litecoin are not companies
- I will definitely consider buying a Nokia phone if they're offering a phone that is running free software (I just returned a Nexus 5 and my experience with Apple products was more than just disappointing)
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Economy / Economics / Re: Winklevoss: Trying to pump before they dump?
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on: December 16, 2013, 10:09:23 PM
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Yes, this another major problem for bitcoin, however they cant solve it, as they are tiny in comparison to some other early adopters. We already have a huge one sided distribution in favor of early adopters, who hold over 50% of the bitcoin supply. This design was built in on purpose, Satoshi himself doesnt seem to mind otherwise he would have designed it differently. Again I find it peculiar to say the least, that they are so convinced of the $40000 price tag but already want to dump.
Where did you get this number? It seems difficult to estimate the amount of Bitcoins that has been destroyed permanently and to see how the distribution of Bitcoins on exchanges and other services breaks down and how addresses belonging to the same person are connected… Of course: if your money is on an exchange it's technically a single place in control of it…
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Economy / Economics / Re: Winklevoss: Trying to pump before they dump?
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on: December 16, 2013, 09:23:25 PM
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If they are so convinced of this high price, why sell the position.
Some (especially those with several billions or even trillions) might avoid Bitcoin as a currency with public information available about two people owning ~1% of it – knowing they bought "low" compared to the current exchange rate and they might need some money to get their IPO started. It simply can't go – or at least it won't stay at $40,000 with a wealth distribution like this – greed and the risk of someone dumping 1% holds it down – that's why you diversify… That being said: I think their intentions are good.
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Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: How much can world governments control (strangle) bitcoin?
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on: December 08, 2013, 09:31:39 AM
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If something becomes very popular those who are wealthy are buying it up and you won't hear about it - and dump it when it's getting very expensive - followed by a large amount of paid media articles to get fools to sell after them so they can rebuy at low rates just to repeat the cycle. They're not giving up their powers, if they can take control of many Bitcoins.
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Economy / Economics / Re: Hedge against BitCoin collapse
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on: November 29, 2013, 08:01:29 PM
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Metals have a seeming correlation, but it's not tied. So if bitcoin were to collapse, it's not likely gold would suddenly shoot up during the same moments.
Of course it's not "tied on a fundamental level", but precious metals are the winner if other financial assets are failing - that's why we've seen them going up during the financial crisis. Otherwise you'd have to bet a certain amount of money against Bitcoin (and also be sure that the other party is reliable) in which case you can also lose.
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Economy / Economics / Re: Real Bitcoin believers don't spend coin
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on: November 29, 2013, 06:33:41 PM
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Only doubters do and drive btc economy, so that believers can be more wealthy. Seems true since day 1.
I highly doubt that you started using Bitcoin on the very first day. Yes, spending makes Bitcoin more valuable, but you can spend them on something that is also valuable like precious metals or real estate.
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Economy / Economics / Re: Hedge against BitCoin collapse
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on: November 11, 2013, 05:45:09 AM
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why wouldn't gold and silver be a hedge? i would assume that many people who hold bitcoins want something that has store of value, something that cannot be created out of thin air... so they'd choose gold/silver.
I agree. If anything happens to Bitcoin and it 'collapses' - it doesn't mean that other types of online payment will be successful.
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Economy / Speculation / Re: Whats happening to BTC ?
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on: November 10, 2013, 07:02:28 PM
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When there are not enough people spending hoarding BTC the exchange rate goes down.
Fixed for you. Bitcoin is like a stock and we're the company so we can support it's share price (value) by making successful business with it.
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