So I messaged bytepimp who created the awesome Bitcoin graphics, but he seems to be MIA. Anyone else know who he is? I'm looking to get a high-res version of his awesome Bitcoin graphic to make up a few t-shirts.  Also, if anyone wants such a t-shirt, let me know. |
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The bottom line is that the government's war on piracy will be about as successful as its war on drugs. Once government gets involved, it's bound to make more problems than it solves. SOPA, for example, will eventually be used for far more sinister purposes than just fighting piracy.
Although I don't approve of piracy personally, I also don't believe that anyone has the moral right to force me to pay (taxes) to support police that protect their property - no matter if it's intellectual or physical or whatever. Rather, it is every property owner's duty to pay the cost of defending ownership, NOT the non-owners of that property. If it was, that would be slavery!
This is one more reason I like Bitcoin. A Bitcoin is my property not because of some complex philosophy, not because government says it is so, not because goons will come attack you if you take it, but because *you don't have my private key*.
If Microsoft can stop people from pirating Windows good for them, if they can't that's their problem. But that's Anarchy, and anarchy is where technology is slowly taking us - get used to it.
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It had to be said.
F*ck SOPA
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I'm not interesting in using your strategy, however, I would be very interested in your base platform as a way to write, execute, and backtest my own strategies.
Let me know
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Hey anyone thought of the potential that we're in a large B wave and that we'll ultimately hit new lows (below $2) before the next major wave 3 that takes us above $32? I lean more towards the idea that's we're starting wave 3 up, but I think the alternative is definitely possible. I hope for the alternative since then I can accumulate more coins  |
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Yes I said BTC, but I'm actually quite bullish on the USD right now, think it's going to new highs as deflation sets in again in 2012.
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Hey guys, this sounds great! I live here in Las Vegas  I don't think I'll be able to go though, I'm still too sick with my CMP problem. Hopefully you'll do it again next year. |
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+1 DeathAndTaxes, sold best buy gift cards, paid quickly and was friendly
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I once complained regularly about early adopter unfairness, but now that prices have touched all the way down to $2 and stayed there long enough to be well within reach of anyone with vision, I don't think the complaint has merit anymore.
+1 Another thing late adopters don't get is what early adopters were thinking. To illustrate, I have a friend who mined about 5K bitcoins long before the first bubble and cashed out for practically nothing, he just thought "they were fun". I thought of them in the same way -- I got my first coins from selling an unused copy of Windows 7 on biddingpond just for fun. Early adopters were not thinking "I'm going to be rich!" at all, they thought BTC was just play money. I was kicking myself for not getting more back then when the price jumped. Late adopters don't understand this. There was no premeditation or anything for the vast majority of early adopters, it was just damn luck. It was also very hard to get BTC back then, you often had to sell stuff or do cash in the mail due to exchange problems. Not to mention that I got royaly goxxed and all my "early adopter" coins were stolen anyway. I bought back in when it hit $3 (and keeping them safe this time!), and now have far more coins than before. This "second chance" to get into BTC on a fire sale was a real gift, and if you didn't take advantage of it, you have no right to complain. |
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Bubbles happen. It's human nature. You can't stop them.
People made way too much out of the last bubble, proclaiming the "end of bitcoin" when it popped. All nonsense. It was just a hype bubble, nothing new in the world here.
That's why if you believe in Bitcoin, as I do, but you're not into market timing or speculating, you can just use dollar cost averaging by buying BTC every month -- and stop worrying so much about the day-to-day price changes. Let the speculators sweat that stuff, you don't have to if you only care about the long-term success of BTC.
I've bought BTC at 6 cents, and I've bought it at $30. Overall I've been increasing my wealth since I discovered BTC because the long-term trend is up. And I don't worry about it.
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jesse from Ogrr.com has won the auction for 4 btc!
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8.25 BTC
DeathAndTaxes, you have won the auction with the highest bid for 8.25 BTC! Just send to my BTC address (below) and PM me telling me if you want the codes electronically and how you want them, or if you want me to physically mail the cards along with a mailing address. I will write you up on the trustworthy traders thread and I hope you will return the favor. Thanks! |
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Auction Closed - sold to coinabul
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This is great! I especially like the section about "The Manipulator", personally I have never believed in him/her But this is probably the best rundown of the important properties, as well as pitfalls, of Bitcoin that I've seen. |
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FOSM - Free and Open Source Money
yes? no? good or just stupid?
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