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Mike Caldwell
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The Casascius 1oz 10BTC Silver Round (w/ Gold B)
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June 12, 2011, 04:16:03 AM |
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The talk on #bitcoin-otc is that bitcoins are a great buy now because droves of first-timers will be lining up on Monday morning to buy in.
I find myself in the doubter camp. To me, I can't think who would rationally want to jump in on Monday morning. Especially knowing that over 60% of the "value" of Bitcoins evaporated while no more than two percent of them moved. (as determined by Saturday volume divided by total circulation)
Then again, a lot of people want one or two of them just for fun - the same way I bought a few BitBills even though I have no imminent plans to spend them. They certainly have a future, and the P2P network itself is standing up well. And things would be a lot different if every joe citizen who wanted a couple bitcoins didn't have such a difficult time getting them.
So anyway, would you mind answering my poll?
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imperi
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June 12, 2011, 04:17:56 AM |
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The best time to buy is after the price goes up a lot, not down, so I share your doubts.
Buy high, sell low.
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dingus
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June 12, 2011, 05:23:11 AM |
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The best time to buy is after the price goes up a lot, not down, so I share your doubts.
Buy high, sell low.
Can't...tell...if...serious...
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jhansen858
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June 12, 2011, 05:42:02 AM |
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The coins are still over valued.. At 30 they are insanely overvalued.
Fundamentals do actually matter and right now you cant buy anything with bitcoins...
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Hi forum: 1DDpiEt36VTJsiJunyBc3XtG6CcSAnsQ4p
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imperi
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June 12, 2011, 05:45:08 AM |
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The coins are still over valued.. At 30 they are insanely overvalued.
Fundamentals do actually matter and right now you cant buy anything with bitcoins...
Except drugzzz. Don't forget.
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June 12, 2011, 08:05:45 AM |
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The coins are still over valued.. At 30 they are insanely overvalued.
Fundamentals do actually matter and right now you cant buy anything with bitcoins...
You can buy dollars with BTC (repeat this to yourself 10 times). Sometimes you can buy more dollars than you paid for them (which is the whole point of buying BTC). Sometimes less (cut your losses or wait it out). This ability means BTC is not your average virtual currency (Liberty Reserve, PayPal USD, facebook credits, amazon gift cards, WoW gold, iTunes points, smurph berries, farmville pigs, zynga poker chips, etc. etc.) And FYI, this is the fundamental backing bitcoin: http://bitcoin.sipa.be(not the number of bitcoin merchants)
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June 12, 2011, 08:14:16 AM |
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two percent of them moved. (as determined by Saturday volume divided by total circulation)
Where did you get the saturday volume movement? Thanks.
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istar
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June 12, 2011, 10:03:17 AM |
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I think on wednesday we will see the rally. People havent yet got their funds in.
But if I had funds I would by some now.
There will be a couple of turbolent months. But I can only see bitcoin going up in the long term. Even if there are some major bugs right now. The fact that they were found means they will get fixed.
I can imagine people looking back in a couple of months thinking they sold em to cheap now.
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Bitcoins - Because we should not pay to use our money
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piuk
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June 12, 2011, 10:47:30 AM |
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Depending on the closing price today I think we might see a small rally on Monday. People will have the perception that if it was worth $30 a few days ago then it's got to be worth more than it is now. The ability to hold that price will be based on the amount of new investors and what the large holders decide to do.
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Keep it real
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June 12, 2011, 12:49:38 PM |
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Depending on the closing price today I think we might see a small rally on Monday. People will have the perception that if it was worth $30 a few days ago then it's got to be worth more than it is now. The ability to hold that price will be based on the amount of new investors and what the large holders decide to do.
Closing price? I think you may want to use a different term than that, as the market is always fluctuating.
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Spreading Bitcoin love
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June 12, 2011, 01:56:12 PM |
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The coins are still over valued.. At 30 they are insanely overvalued.
Fundamentals do actually matter and right now you cant buy anything with bitcoins...
Not true! You can buy anything in my store! www.cheaplightning.com
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Ian Maxwell
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June 12, 2011, 02:33:54 PM |
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The problem with using "Well, are you buying?" as a metric is that a lot of people here first bought in at like $0.50 or so. If someone invested $1000 at that price, they're already well over $30,000 in at this point. $30,000 is more than my annual stipend as a grad student. If I had that much invested in one instrument, then no, I don't think I'd be looking to put more money into it.
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Drifter
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June 12, 2011, 02:38:00 PM |
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It'll be more likely we see Monday evening action rather than Monday morning action. Well, US evening, Japan morning
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RomertL
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June 12, 2011, 03:46:26 PM |
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Have some cash on the way to Mt Gox that I will use to buy if sub 15, if not I will probably wait and observe, it's just too crazy now
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imperi
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June 12, 2011, 03:49:25 PM |
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Have some cash on the way to Mt Gox that I will use to buy if sub 15, if not I will probably wait and observe, it's just too crazy now
You'll be lucky if it ever goes back down there.
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RomertL
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June 12, 2011, 04:04:01 PM |
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Have some cash on the way to Mt Gox that I will use to buy if sub 15, if not I will probably wait and observe, it's just too crazy now
You'll be lucky if it ever goes back down there. hehe lucky maybe not since I already have some coins bought at the very peak (31$)
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imperi
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June 12, 2011, 04:06:35 PM |
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If you look historically at the volume of $ being traded each day, compared to the price per Bitcoin, I don't think $31 was such a bad deal for over $2 million being traded daily. Even after the price crash, so much money is being traded. Bitcoins are in high demand. I think people just weren't ready for the price to go higher, and got scared, leading to a crash that experienced traders were instigating to take money from suckers. Also Mtgox isn't exactly stable so it isn't good for very high volume trading (yet).
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June 12, 2011, 05:04:02 PM |
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People who became interested in bitcoins after all the SR press will not have their funds ready to trade until Monday -- I know because I am in this exact situation, eagerly waiting for my Dwolla bank transfer to go through tomorrow.
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imperi
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June 12, 2011, 06:27:13 PM |
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People who became interested in bitcoins after all the SR press will not have their funds ready to trade until Monday -- I know because I am in this exact situation, eagerly waiting for my Dwolla bank transfer to go through tomorrow.
I started transferring money to dwolla the moment after the very first SR article was published (on wired.com), and was able to purchase on June 7th. So you are late to the show.
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June 12, 2011, 06:59:28 PM |
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Looks like this thread may have started a pre-market frontrun of psychological resistance @ $10
pretty thin market, interesting how the rumor mill can cause a $12 move....
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