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261  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: ASICS killing BTC ? on: July 03, 2013, 11:16:53 AM
OP, you don't understand how Bitcoin works. Owning hashing power does not mean you control the network. Miners do not control the network, full nodes do. Meaning nodes which maintain the blockchain and relay new blocks and new transactions.

The only reason why 3 is bad is because it lowers the bar for one of these companies to start a 51% attack if they desired to destroy Bitcoin and their investment with it.

Miners don't control the network?  Only full nodes do?  What???

Sorry, but every miner out there is securing the blockchain.  No one "controls" the network.  Only a miner with 51% can manipulate the network.

+1

ASICS are not Killing Bitcoin but securing the network more and more and this will increase the value

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIivL1TYV1g
262  Other / Off-topic / Re: What happened to...Bruce Wagner? on: June 30, 2013, 12:48:34 PM
Who is he ?
263  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Memorable quotes on: June 30, 2013, 12:46:58 PM
I've been working on a new electronic cash system that's fully peer-to-peer, with no trusted third party.
- Satoshi Nakamoto, November 1, 2008
This pretty much sums the whole thread.

+1
264  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: ! 5 Bitcoin Independence Day Raffle ! on: June 30, 2013, 04:33:41 AM
Liquid

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Go Bitcoins Go  Cheesy
265  Economy / Trading Discussion / Re: Bank Account Closure - Australia (possibly due to sending money to TechnoCash?? on: June 27, 2013, 11:11:51 AM
I have used Technocash to Gox many times i used NAB all good for me
266  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Hello everyone! on: June 27, 2013, 09:53:02 AM
Welcome to the world of bitcoin you will love it  Wink
267  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Marketplace (Altcoins) / Re: ► ► ► LEALANA PHYSICAL SILVER LITECOINS [pre sale ANNOUNCEMENT] on: June 26, 2013, 10:57:00 AM
YES at last  Cheesy

put me down for first order bro  Wink
268  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Bitcoin-Qt / bitcoind version 0.8.3 released on: June 26, 2013, 07:12:16 AM
Cheers  Cheesy
269  Other / Off-topic / Re: Who else is fed up with the core development team? on: June 26, 2013, 12:00:29 AM
Have you looked at the technical subform its littered with all the coders and dev team trying hard to remove all the bugs and clean the code up !

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=6.0
270  Economy / Speculation / Re: Lost my faith on: June 25, 2013, 11:57:41 PM
I'm afraid I've lost my faith in Bitcoin. Somebody save me..

Never loose faith!

Bitcoin does not need faith but numbers  Wink
271  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Anyone know what happened to knightmb and his 371,000 BTC? on: June 25, 2013, 11:52:22 PM
> $37million in today's money Cool

 Cool
272  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Announcements (Altcoins) / Re: [ANN] Litecoin - a lite version of Bitcoin. Launched! on: June 25, 2013, 09:28:47 AM
0.6.9.1 has been released. Please grab it from here: http://litecoin.org/

0.6.9.1 comes with lowered fees, but please see: https://forum.litecoin.net/index.php/topic,4615.0.html

Thanks bro needed this  Smiley

Ah these are the days LTC is unregulated and i would like to add how amazing it is  Cheesy

http://193.28.235.60/~warren/litecoin-0.6.9.1-FINAL/win32/
273  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Why is litecoin hyped so much when it doesn't add any value over bitcoin? on: June 25, 2013, 09:27:08 AM
Litecoin is different from bitcoin in following ways, however none of them is particularly useful and on the contrary are only less worthy.

84 million vs 21 millions: since bitcoin is divisible upto atleast 9 decimals and also micro BTC can be used for dealing with low amounts

faster blocks 2.5 minutes vs 10 minutes average: 6 confirmations of bitcoin are not equivalent of 6 confirmations of litecoin, so litecoin payments are usually confirmed after many more confirmations. It also wastes mining power because in litecoin, most of the time miners may start work with non-best blocks.

scrypt vs sha-256: since scrypt can be relatively efficiently run on CPU/GPU which means botnets can easily control a lot of hashing power. Also, scrypt is relatively less analyzed and used than sha-256, so it may not be more secure tha sha-256.

Technically, bitcoin does what litecoin in an equal or better way. Also, bitcoin testnet can be used to experiment with new features.

Why do we need litecoin that actually has monetary value?(around 2.7USD per LTC now) Is it just promoted by a group of people who missed the bitcoin get-rich boat?

Bitcoin is novel concept and early adopters rightly earn their rewards for the risk they have taken.

Keep talking you will change nothing  Roll Eyes

The biggest downside of BTC that I see is ASICs.


This is why I believe LTC will be successful in the short term (a couple years).

ASICs and their distribution on the bitcoin network can't be guaranteed to not be centralized at some point.

This is uncharted waters in bitcoin so no one can say for sure that bitcoin will not get attacked via a large asic manufacturer.

Time will tell.



+1
274  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Network Alert!!! http://litecoin.org/upgrade = 404 on: June 25, 2013, 09:24:04 AM
http://litecoin.org/upgrade

Apparently that is not the page I am looking for.


+1 help pls
275  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: What Litecoin means for Bitcoin (and crypto in general) once it's on Mt.Gox on: June 24, 2013, 09:53:33 PM

I can send you some LTC if you want post up your address  Cheesy

Yes please    x4lqb9gED2AVqJfescaf   Smiley

That is not a valid address
276  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Anyone feel like BTC is like play money? on: June 24, 2013, 11:47:10 AM
Using Bitcoin "feels" natural i don't know why but it feels like i've been using it all my life, and NO it does not "feel" like play money

I see it as a huge technological advancement in economic evolution, i like to think of it as the new underlying financial internetwork of humankind.

Night by night this magical cryptographic currency grows and entangles with the world wide web creating the most spectacular currency imaginable !

Quoted feel because it is not a tangible object but you understand my meaning







277  Bitcoin / Legal / Re: Bitcoin Foundation receives cease and desist order from California on: June 24, 2013, 11:09:00 AM
 Grin
278  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: BitCoins for Edward Snowden. on: June 24, 2013, 11:07:24 AM
"Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad man." - John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, 1st Baron
279  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: What Litecoin means for Bitcoin (and crypto in general) once it's on Mt.Gox on: June 24, 2013, 10:59:41 AM
Ok lets say you are right then why do newbies and crypto beginners like the idea of owning some LTC then ? Its not all about bitcoin you know Roll Eyes

I do value your maturity and intelligence on the subject though Smiley

I can send you some LTC if you want post up your address  Cheesy
280  Economy / Marketplace / Re: List of honest traders. on: June 24, 2013, 09:52:56 AM
+1 for Liquid on a currency conversion transaction. Quick, easy, negotiable and fun.

BitCoiner2012 +1
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lightlord +1

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