...think about sound money and network effects of bitcoin rather than...

I'm in Bitcoin more than just for profit. What if what they say about LN trending towards centralization (and therefore government interference and control) comes true? What if BCH does live up to its promise of achieving massive on-chain scalability with low fees within the next few years? These are possibilities I take into account. I used to be a hard core maximalist, but I have changed my stance. It's much more than just bitcoin now, a whole industry is forming. I believe ICOs do have value. They offer anyone in the world a chance to invest in projects they believe in. I don't collect tokens, but there are many projects I respect and are trying to improve the world.

not so surprising, if we realize the velocity of money in the world using dollars automatically the country of origin of the dollar is the American state will be the sole ruler in the world, because they control the dollar, so the American people will always be the richest in the world, this is not strange, but if the crypto currency is able to turn off the dollar, in the future the richest people will not be Americans, but anyone who controls crypto.

No.  I think that he is largely the same... which means that it is likely that his account has not been SODLed nor compromised... hahahahaha

I can still read such variations of quasi-subdued gloating in his posts that leaks out of the post seams, every once in a while.. .. at least attempting to read the overall contents and tone...   

Nonetheless, I do have to say that I did appreciate some of his relatively recent efforts to screen bitcoin maximalists, and to send smerits to largely bitcoin maximalists rather than shit coin pumpers, but I think that he had given up on that angle as long as he could figure out other means of contribution.. I suppose that he could probably elaborate, if he were to conclude that such topic were worthy of any response from his highness.  hahahahahhaha

I write every single one of my posts.

One thing, so far, is that i have not been accused of plagerism... hahahahahahaha.. because almost every little word that I type flows through my fingertips.... believe it or not?

Hey QA... since I got you on the line.. I seem to recall that I was pissed off at you for a certain amount of time around December 2015 because you were bragging in the thread and proclaiming to sell a decently large stash of your BTC for christmas shopping.. something like that.. so I recall that presentation from you as being an irritating set of interactions and circumstances because it seemed to be a kind of rubbing in, and even encouraging BTC sales at an inopportune time.  Like gloating.   

 Am I remembering correctly or was that a different year or perhaps a different forum member?  Could have been 2014 or even 2016.. but for some reason I seem to recall the situation as 2015.

JJG doesn’t write posts. He sits and yells into a text to speech microphone. No one would ever type that much without being forced (like in school).

Agreed!

AFAIK only you (topic creator) and mods/admin can lock/move a topic. A regular member can not do it. I have never experience any exception however if you have then I am interested to hear.

Hi there,

Sorry to be an inconvenience but after a couple of months i finally log on to see some posts id like to reply to on my thread but it took me awhile to finally find out its locked. Odd, never had that happen before.

May I kindly please receive your help on two things;
(1) unlock this thread "Easy way to explain and teach Bitcoin"
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2357962.0
(2) was this an accident or mistake or could you come up with an understanding why this may have happened in first place?

At first I thought it was age of post or too many replies, but then, looking around same time period on high-reply topics proved this thought false, ie:
-https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2090105.0
-https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=702838.0
-https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1917167.0

Anyways, again sorry to inconvenience either of you. Any help here would be greatly appreciated as this is one of my favorite topics and I really do believe in helping others educating on bitcoin and just spreading awareness on the world's most secure, decentralized, global, fair, value-storing crypto.

thank you,

QuestionAuthority, please question the “authorities” who make such.  The whole “terrorist financing” bug-a-boo is a pretext, as is money laundering by drug dealers.  Compare the “Four Horsemen of the Infocalpyse”, in the context of arguments to ban strong crypto or require key escrow.

Surely, terrorists and drug dealers and other bad people do use money.  The smarter ones probably use strong crypto, too.  I suspect that most of them probably use this newfangled contraption called the “Internet”.  All of them also use automobiles, food, and air.

By definition, criminals break the law; and the powerful, organized ones are quite adept at so doing without ever getting caught.  I should think that professional money-launderers love AML/KYC/FinCEN stuff; such things make their services valuable to professional terrorists and drug dealers, and help lock out upstart competitors.  Ultimately, in this and every other way, when privacy is outlawed, only outlaws have privacy.

The American obsession with money-control is only about mass social control:  Control of everybody who isn’t a professional money-launderer, and lacks access to the services of one.  Not even people-control:  Cattle-control.  Like control of communications and transportation, total control of money is one critical part of an unlimited tyranny.  When every move you make, every word you say, every book you read, every interpersonal association you have, and every dollar you spend are all tapped, traced, tracked, and permanently databased, then each individual is left with only two choices:  Either submit as part of the ovine herd, with a status lower than that of any slave in history; or go straight to the slaughterhouse.

Bitcoin is the money which nobody controls.  It is imperfect; in this context, the linkability of transactions is a serious problem.  But first and foremost, nobody controls it.  Nobody can enforce a requirement that you meet “KYC” requirements to open a “Bitcoin account”.  Nobody can freeze or seize your coins—not by peremptory order, in general; and not by any means whatsoever, if nobody knows you have those coins.  And nobody can stop you from protecting your privacy with whatever technical means may be available.  Bitcoin is cypherpunk money; and it’s in the initial stages of taking over the world.

Thank you, Satoshi Nakamoto.

(I have some replies in mind for earlier posts on this thread; perhaps another time.)