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November 02, 2012, 07:03:49 PM |
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...there was much discussion on this forum about how many bitcoin users there were, and many doubters questioned whether there were, or would ever be, more than 10K people who used or cared about bitcoin at all.
At this time, this forum alone has over 68K registered members. While that's certainly a far cry from a 'critical mass' of users, the number of people discovering Bitcoin each day is rising exponetially.
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"The powers of financial capitalism had another far-reaching aim, nothing less than to create a world system of financial control in private hands able to dominate the political system of each country and the economy of the world as a whole. This system was to be controlled in a feudalist fashion by the central banks of the world acting in concert, by secret agreements arrived at in frequent meetings and conferences. The apex of the systems was to be the Bank for International Settlements in Basel, Switzerland, a private bank owned and controlled by the world's central banks which were themselves private corporations. Each central bank...sought to dominate its government by its ability to control Treasury loans, to manipulate foreign exchanges, to influence the level of economic activity in the country, and to influence cooperative politicians by subsequent economic rewards in the business world."
- Carroll Quigley, CFR member, mentor to Bill Clinton, from 'Tragedy And Hope'
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November 02, 2012, 07:10:01 PM |
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this is a great comment.
and very positive. sometimes I feel that in the Bitcoin forum, the percentage of people being negative and complaining about everything is 80%. it should be the opposite.
people trying to see the positive and work jointly on ways to make it grow
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November 02, 2012, 11:28:14 PM |
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60,000 of those are Atlas' accounts. Another 7,000 belong to goons. Subtracting scammers and their related sock puppet accounts, bitcoin has 5 legitimate users. Last year there were four, though; so at this rate it will only be about 43.5 years before there are 68,000 legitimate users.
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November 02, 2012, 11:30:51 PM |
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this is a great comment.
and very positive. sometimes I feel that in the Bitcoin forum, the percentage of people being negative and complaining about everything is 80%. it should be the opposite.
people trying to see the positive and work jointly on ways to make it grow
^ This was ruined by below and is a perfect example 60,000 of those are Atlas' accounts. Another 7,000 belong to goons. Subtracting scammers and their related sock puppet accounts, bitcoin has 5 legitimate users. Last year there were four, though; so at this rate it will only be about 43.5 years before there are 68,000 legitimate users.
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MoonShadow (OP)
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November 02, 2012, 11:31:23 PM |
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60,000 of those are Atlas' accounts. Another 7,000 belong to goons. Subtracting scammers and their related sock puppet accounts, bitcoin has 5 legitimate users. Last year there were four, though; so at this rate it will only be about 43.5 years before there are 68,000 legitimate users.
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"The powers of financial capitalism had another far-reaching aim, nothing less than to create a world system of financial control in private hands able to dominate the political system of each country and the economy of the world as a whole. This system was to be controlled in a feudalist fashion by the central banks of the world acting in concert, by secret agreements arrived at in frequent meetings and conferences. The apex of the systems was to be the Bank for International Settlements in Basel, Switzerland, a private bank owned and controlled by the world's central banks which were themselves private corporations. Each central bank...sought to dominate its government by its ability to control Treasury loans, to manipulate foreign exchanges, to influence the level of economic activity in the country, and to influence cooperative politicians by subsequent economic rewards in the business world."
- Carroll Quigley, CFR member, mentor to Bill Clinton, from 'Tragedy And Hope'
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November 02, 2012, 11:40:11 PM |
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60,000 of those are Atlas' accounts. Another 7,000 belong to goons. Subtracting scammers and their related sock puppet accounts, bitcoin has 5 legitimate users. Last year there were four, though; so at this rate it will only be about 43.5 years before there are 68,000 legitimate users.
That's actually funny. I SECOND THIS |
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November 02, 2012, 11:44:02 PM |
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this is a great comment.
and very positive. sometimes I feel that in the Bitcoin forum, the percentage of people being negative and complaining about everything is 80%. it should be the opposite.
people trying to see the positive and work jointly on ways to make it grow
Just keep in mind that many people may have and use Bitcoin and not be a registered member of this forum. I for example joined this forum over two months after I bought my first Bitcoin. |
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November 03, 2012, 02:17:52 AM |
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...there was much discussion on this forum about how many bitcoin users there were, and many doubters questioned whether there were, or would ever be, more than 10K people who used or cared about bitcoin at all.
At this time, this forum alone has over 68K registered members. While that's certainly a far cry from a 'critical mass' of users, the number of people discovering Bitcoin each day is rising exponetially.
about a year ago this forum already had >30k users and the network had way more nodes than it has now.... in terms of good news regarding adoption i value torrentleech and ogrr using bitcoin much higher. the >1000 registered merchants bitpay has is nothing to sneeze at either. |
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November 03, 2012, 02:19:53 AM |
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...there was much discussion on this forum about how many bitcoin users there were, and many doubters questioned whether there were, or would ever be, more than 10K people who used or cared about bitcoin at all.
At this time, this forum alone has over 68K registered members. While that's certainly a far cry from a 'critical mass' of users, the number of people discovering Bitcoin each day is rising exponetially.
about a year ago this forum already had >30k users and the network had way more nodes than it has now.... in terms of good news regarding adoption i value torrentleech and ogrr using bitcoin much higher. the >1000 registered merchants bitpay has is nothing to sneeze at either. Email users vs email servers. Ignore nodes when contemplating bitcoin users. |
Play Bitcoin Poker at sealswithclubs.eu. We're active and open to everyone. |
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fornit
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November 03, 2012, 02:38:53 AM |
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the bad news: the official punishment for not reading what you quote is being hanged by the balls.
the good news: ignoring half of what you quote only gets you hanged by your left ball.
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MoonShadow (OP)
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November 03, 2012, 03:10:30 AM |
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the bad news: the official punishment for not reading what you quote is being hanged by the balls.
the good news: ignoring half of what you quote only gets you hanged by your left ball.
Maybe it was two years ago. I'm old, so a year, give or take, isn't all that much anymore. |
"The powers of financial capitalism had another far-reaching aim, nothing less than to create a world system of financial control in private hands able to dominate the political system of each country and the economy of the world as a whole. This system was to be controlled in a feudalist fashion by the central banks of the world acting in concert, by secret agreements arrived at in frequent meetings and conferences. The apex of the systems was to be the Bank for International Settlements in Basel, Switzerland, a private bank owned and controlled by the world's central banks which were themselves private corporations. Each central bank...sought to dominate its government by its ability to control Treasury loans, to manipulate foreign exchanges, to influence the level of economic activity in the country, and to influence cooperative politicians by subsequent economic rewards in the business world."
- Carroll Quigley, CFR member, mentor to Bill Clinton, from 'Tragedy And Hope'
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November 03, 2012, 04:56:10 PM |
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60,000 of those are Atlas' accounts. Another 7,000 belong to goons. Subtracting scammers and their related sock puppet accounts, bitcoin has 5 legitimate users. Last year there were four, though; so at this rate it will only be about 43.5 years before there are 68,000 legitimate users.
In your calculations, did you take into consideration the increase in difficulty due to Atlas procreating? |
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November 03, 2012, 05:13:47 PM |
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...or would ever be, more than 10K people Someone actually thought that? |
In Cryptography we trust.
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MoonShadow (OP)
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November 03, 2012, 06:03:08 PM |
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...or would ever be, more than 10K people Someone actually thought that? Yes, we had a great many hecklers on this forum in the first year at least. Some are still around, I think. |
"The powers of financial capitalism had another far-reaching aim, nothing less than to create a world system of financial control in private hands able to dominate the political system of each country and the economy of the world as a whole. This system was to be controlled in a feudalist fashion by the central banks of the world acting in concert, by secret agreements arrived at in frequent meetings and conferences. The apex of the systems was to be the Bank for International Settlements in Basel, Switzerland, a private bank owned and controlled by the world's central banks which were themselves private corporations. Each central bank...sought to dominate its government by its ability to control Treasury loans, to manipulate foreign exchanges, to influence the level of economic activity in the country, and to influence cooperative politicians by subsequent economic rewards in the business world."
- Carroll Quigley, CFR member, mentor to Bill Clinton, from 'Tragedy And Hope'
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November 03, 2012, 06:04:26 PM |
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....due to Atlas procreating?
Pictures or it didn't happen. I'm not sure I'd believe it with pictures. |
"The powers of financial capitalism had another far-reaching aim, nothing less than to create a world system of financial control in private hands able to dominate the political system of each country and the economy of the world as a whole. This system was to be controlled in a feudalist fashion by the central banks of the world acting in concert, by secret agreements arrived at in frequent meetings and conferences. The apex of the systems was to be the Bank for International Settlements in Basel, Switzerland, a private bank owned and controlled by the world's central banks which were themselves private corporations. Each central bank...sought to dominate its government by its ability to control Treasury loans, to manipulate foreign exchanges, to influence the level of economic activity in the country, and to influence cooperative politicians by subsequent economic rewards in the business world."
- Carroll Quigley, CFR member, mentor to Bill Clinton, from 'Tragedy And Hope'
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November 03, 2012, 09:50:45 PM |
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60,000 of those are Atlas' accounts. Another 7,000 belong to goons. Subtracting scammers and their related sock puppet accounts, bitcoin has 5 legitimate users. Last year there were four, though; so at this rate it will only be about 43.5 years before there are 68,000 legitimate users.
That's actually funny. I SECOND THIS thirded.  |
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November 04, 2012, 11:11:49 AM |
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At this time, this forum alone has over 68K registered members.
Any metrics on daily/weekly unique users logging in? (ie active users). |
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November 04, 2012, 02:31:35 PM |
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At this time, this forum alone has over 68K registered members.
Any metrics on daily/weekly unique users logging in? (ie active users). Yes |
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