of course, all other altcoin have long way to obtained by a place next to Bitcoin. BTC is wilde accepted by businesses over the world.
What businesses? You mean the dark markets that you can access wherever you are in the world? Those businesses you say that accept Bitcoin are better off accepting credit card payments. It is more convenient and more efficient for them. But of course Bitcoin is still on the top regardless. For active traders I think XMR and ETH made the better gains compared to the rest. Yeah black market is the number one user of bitcoin worldwide. Period. I think it is because if the high price of bitcoin that is why trading is not that easy. Average people with an average salary cant have 5 bitcoin in just one swoop or one payroll so they tend to pick other coins. That is what I do and it is faster profit than just letting it stay in bitcoin. I disagree. The average people you speak of pick altcoins over Bitcoin is because they believe that the altcoins that they are holding and supporting so valiantly will also follow Bitcoin's path to a $1000 per coin valuation. I am also a victim of this kind thinking late last year. I almost invested 2/3 of my Bitcoins in ETC. Good thing my friend put me back in my senses. |
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of course, all other altcoin have long way to obtained by a place next to Bitcoin. BTC is wilde accepted by businesses over the world.
What businesses? You mean the dark markets that you can access wherever you are in the world? Those businesses you say that accept Bitcoin are better off accepting credit card payments. It is more convenient and more efficient for them. But of course Bitcoin is still on the top regardless. For active traders I think XMR and ETH made the better gains compared to the rest. |
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For trading, I try to stick to a system/plan and stick to it. It helps to take the emotion out of it because there are set buy and sell points rather than doing it by feeling.
This is one of the best answers as I was skimming thru the thread. A systematic approach to trading does help get rid some of the emotions involved in trading. Let us face it, we cannot avoid feeling any emotion when it comes to winning or losing money. Another thing to do is to use a bot if you want to entirely feel nothing and let the trading bot do all the work for you. |
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To me i believe they are trying to play politic if you examine it you will find out PayPal is not happy with the rise of bitcoin,they may talk to fiverr not to accept bitcoin but only PayPal so that PayPal will still be the dominant e money
At first, the PayPal guys were really concerned about Bitcoin. But after 2014, they have realized that their main competitors are Skrill and Qiwipay, and not Bitcoin. They are not spending much on negative propaganda against Bitcoin now. Fiverr is such a small market for Bitcoin that we should not worry about it. It is not a major blow. You want a major blow? The dark markets stopping the acceptance of Bitcoin and them having another cryptocurrency in its place. Now that is a big blow. |
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Hi guys, I read good things about this place so I thought I would join, question.... say I buy bitcoins from Coinbase and send it too my blockchain wallet... can coinbase find out who I sent my bitcoin to once it's in my blockchain wallet. do they have access to that or only access to where I sent it from if its coming from coinbase? thanks I like to keep my stuff private thats why I ask
Nope. The answer is clear. Bitcoin is created for the anonymity so that you do not have to worry about this issue. However, there is still another problem which I think can harm you: Coinbase does not allow users to gamble. Therefore, they will shut down your account if you break the rule for several times. Try not to gamble while using this wallet Or try to avoid using Coinbase. If they want and intend to limit how you use a decentralized, censorship resistant currency by trying to censor you by using it freely then that service should be avoided and closed down. Coinbase is against the Bitcoin ethos. They have sacrificed freedom for a little image or facade of "legitimacy". |
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I often think that too many confirmation useless, one thing which could make the bitcoin not ideal so that there are opportunities for other coins that can be used to replace the bitcoin. A idiotic comment from a person who probably does not care about Bitcoin. Most people like you only care about how you will make money out of this new innovative idea. For your information the more confirmations you transactions have the more secure it is in the blockchain. So if you really care about all your inputs, give it at least 3 confirmations before you can really call it yours. I am worried that if it took 50.000 confirmations then how if 1 million transactions simultaneously? Of course one time transaction could fail.
Consensus takes time. Who says Bitcoin is efficient in that area? You want something fast? Use cash. You get your confirmation as soon as the cash is in your hands. |
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Thanks for the payment and thanks for adding me to a Senior Member slot in the campaign. |
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Sh*t! It's happening again! We really need to increase that damned block size! I've been waiting for more than 6 hours for a transaction to be confirmed, and I'm shocked to see there are more than 50,000 in the queue. https://blockchain.info/unconfirmed-transactionsWe need SegWit, or an urgent block size increase. For the sake of BTC, something needs to be done, fast! Miners please activate Segwit already to free some space in the blocks to allow more transactions to fit in. It is far from what Bitcoin Unlimited may do in terms of block size but if the miners do not want Segwit then why is Bitcoin not forked to Bitcoin Unlimited? What is causing the stalemate? |
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thanks I like to keep my stuff private thats why I ask
If you want to stay private (or even if you don't, for that matter), do not use coinbase or blockchain for your transactions or storage. They are virtual banks, they give you an account, but don't give you private keys, they control the coins. They can impose spend limits, freeze your account, or even confiscate your balance. They also ask for your ID, so you can't be anonymous, and all your transactions are tied to your name. Use mobile or desktop wallet for transactions (e.g. Electrum, Mycelium), and paper wallets for storage. If you don't want Big Brother to trace you, use a mix before sending to your wallet. If you don't have sole and complete control over the private keys, you don't have bitcoin.I want to make a comment about your post. Coinbase has the reputation of freezing accounts, blockchain.io is more like an HD wallet on the web. You can load your blockchain wallet using Electrum or MultibitHD by inputting your secret seed words as far as I know. The site itself does not control your coins. Please do not lump Coinbase and blockchain.io as the same type of service. |
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This is a huge blow to Bitcoin users to as many of us. Use fiver for services and since they were accepting Bitcoins it was very useful. Though I feel this is a minor setback thanks to link given by op, I had first seen the site here on Bitcointalk.org and have browsed to it, it's looks nice and easy to use.
So people can make contact through Fiverr and make a separate transaction escrow for our needs as Fiverr has revealed the statement that they no more accept bitcoin.
This is a huge blow to Bitcoin users to as many of us. Use fiver for services and since they were accepting Bitcoins it was very useful. Though I feel this is a minor setback thanks to link given by op, I had first seen the site here on Bitcointalk.org and have browsed to it, it's looks nice and easy to use. Now will be using it more extensively. Guess this will soon over take fiver in the long run as most of btc users shall shift here.
Mods please take note of these 2 accounts. They could be controlled by one person. Or maybe I am even reading the posts of only one person using different accounts in this whole thread? |
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Segwit will not be activated in Bitcoin so the big blockers have nothing to be afraid of. One interesting development is in Litecoin. It might be a big possibility that Segwit will be activated there and soon they will have their own version of the Lightning Network. Can one now say that Litecoin is more advanced than Bitcoin if Segwit is activated and they have their LN operational? Will Bitcoin see the light and follow their example?
That would be utterly pathetic I guess if Litecoin adopts SegWit (and LN soon thereafter), it will be hard for Bitcoin to follow its lead since that would show in the open that it has no panties how corrupt and backward Bitcoin itself is, after so many disputes, debates, and quarrels. On the other hand, it will be more interesting to see how these updates will eventually affect the adoption and price of Litecoin. If everything is okay with updating Litecoin to SW and LN, this can't possibly have a negative effect but how much it could boost the price remains to be seen, though. So we should just watch Litecoin closely as it reacts on the news linked to the actual implementation of these proposals Utterly pathetic or not it is the direction of where Bitcoin is going. Litecoin will get there first and it will either be treat Litecoin like a testnet or the Bitcoin testnet just became Litecoin's testnet. It will very much depend on one's point of view. But in the end Bitcoin could lag behind. |
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In the end KimDotcom will have to implement a counter party token to make this successful, because SegWit and the Lightning Network will not be implemented for at least the next 2 to 3 years. I cannot see how this will work without these upgrades or going the off-chain route.
He cannot use centralized services for the off-chain option, because these services will get taken down, once this is linked to his service. ^hmmmmmm^
Are you suggesting that Kimdotcom start a ponzi to get Bitcache going? Who says that Segwit then the Lightning Network will be implemented if we wait 2 or 3 years more? Segwit may not get activated at all. If that happens what do you suggest Kimdotcom do? Your suggestion is bad. |
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So where is the big launch and why is Bitcoin far away from the promised $2000 valuation per coin? That fat guy Kimdotcom will turn out to be a joke if he does not deliver the goods. But what's new, most of the developers and business people involved in Bitcoin and blockchains are jokers who want nothing but attention.
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Segwit will not be activated in Bitcoin so the big blockers have nothing to be afraid of. One interesting development is in Litecoin. It might be a big possibility that Segwit will be activated there and soon they will have their own version of the Lightning Network. Can one now say that Litecoin is more advanced than Bitcoin if Segwit is activated and they have their LN operational? Will Bitcoin see the light and follow their example?
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I don't agree with the testnet, because we have already the teestnet with bitcoin, if you want tot ry something you can try it there without making an altcoin to scam investors, altcoin are bad for another reason and is the fact that they remove liquidity to the bitcoin market, if someone want to buy many altcoin he will dump bitcoin for them because it's the easy way instead of going with fiat first
Wrong. I can now see that altcoins deployed in a real world setting is beneficial for Bitcoin. In a Bitcoin testnet you cannot really now how new features will turn out in a controlled setting. If these features were deployed on an altcoin with real risk of losing real value in case something goes wrong then there is a lot more to learn. Think of it like beta testing for Bitcoin. The latest Beta test would be the deployment of Segwit then LN for Litecoin. |
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This is a huge blow to Bitcoin users to as many of us. Use fiver for services and since they were accepting Bitcoins it was very useful. Though I feel this is a minor setback thanks to link given by op, I had first seen the site here on Bitcointalk.org and have browsed to it, it's looks nice and easy to use. Now will be using it more extensively. Guess this will soon over take fiver in the long run as most of btc users shall shift here.
Stop lying and making things up post after post just to get paid from your signature campaign. There was never a big interest in Bitcoin use with Fiverr. That is precisely the reason why they have stopped accepting Bitcoins. |
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So you guys really think from hundreds of millions potential programmers, coders or maybe hackers only a few could fathom the genius of bitcoin?
There are thousands of computer science and basic coding language MIT graduated with PhD, and even more people with even greater knowledge but without any academical degree, are they to be considered retards?
Yes. Look at what those "smart" people who are supposed to be good coders are coming up with in terms of something relating to blockchains and Bitcoin. They are mostly stupid ideas that do not solve real world problems. They keep creating useless platforms without any real use cases. Do you also want to read something funny? Read Don Tapscott's book. That is real comedy gold. I advice you to cover your nose while you read it. He likes to fart. |
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I bet many delusional bitcoiners were thinking we were heading for $1000 again.
Fundamentals are still flawed and not being fixed, there is no support in the orderbooks, forget $1000.
To maintain $1000 i think we need many more smarter and wealthy people to be invested in bitcoin, which they won't because it's not smart to begin with.
We are going back down to 2014 values as there is nothing to hold these prices once the manipulators are done taking your dollars!
See you at $500.
Can you explain to us how you think the "fundamentals" are flawed? You keep posting here and fail to explain why you keep saying Bitcoin will fall. So you are really wasting your time because everyone will start to ignore you soon. |
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If you have the Bitcoins to spare then go ahead. But there are cheaper alternatives to secure your Bitcoin with the least amount of tech savviness needed. All you need is learn how to install Tails Linux, enable persistence, a decent USB thumb drive and follow instructions.
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As in fully understand the protocol fully? I believe only a handful. That is way less than the lowest number of people of 250 in the poll. Many people who claim to be Bitcoin and blockchain experts do not understand anything at all. Dave Tapscott, the professional book writer, is a good example of this. Do not listen to that guy. The person to listen to in Bitcoin are the people like Peter Todd or Adam Back.
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