Wall Observer BTC/USD - Bitcoin price movement tracking & discussion

[roach_lost]

First of all, there is no perfect competition. Some businesses will always gain an edge. As happens over and over again, an oligarchy is eventually formed. If left unchecked, a cartel is then formed. Then the cartel can charge whatever price the market will bear. For some products and services, this price is quite high indeed. As can be seen from the current tx market with Bitcoin, the cost people are willing to expend on a transaction is quite high. Pennies is not going to be that price. It will be magnitudes of orders higher.

This is actually a good point.  TX fees are extremely high right now because BS/Core has formed a cartel in order to limit the production of block space.  What is confusing (and ironic) is that the miners (those who one would naively suspect to attempt to form a cartel) want the production quota lifted!  So, yes, experience is showing that Bitcoin is somewhat susceptible to cartel formation (it's just surprising that it's cartels of developers rather than cartels of miners).    

 Oh yes, this recent growth in the mempool is totally organic.   Or do you think Bitcoin Core may be deliberately spamming the network even though AFAIK, it would have no benefit to them? Seems like a pretty pricey demonstration for them to demonstrate why LN is needed. Of course, Saint Jihan Wu and friends would never consider stuffing the mempool with lower fee transactions so they can collect the higher transactions piling on top of that. We all know Saint Jihan Wu is much too altruistic to even consider doing something like that.  

Does it matter the reason who or why transaction fees are high? To me the high fees are a weakness which is being attacked. It is completely predictable.
Bitcoin Cash sees an opportunity and it is attacking Bitcoin . (a predictable result)
“the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.” ( Core's high fees)
― Sun Tzu, The Art of War
tags: defeat, enemy, opportunity, strategy, war

All of this makes sense. The correct conduct is to just abstain from indulging in the grand promises from Satoshi's Bitcoin. This game was rigged, is rigged and will be rigged. The temporary individual gains will eventually be cancelled by an exponential expansion of 1984.

[bones261]

First of all, there is no perfect competition. Some businesses will always gain an edge. As happens over and over again, an oligarchy is eventually formed. If left unchecked, a cartel is then formed. Then the cartel can charge whatever price the market will bear. For some products and services, this price is quite high indeed. As can be seen from the current tx market with Bitcoin, the cost people are willing to expend on a transaction is quite high. Pennies is not going to be that price. It will be magnitudes of orders higher.

This is actually a good point.  TX fees are extremely high right now because BS/Core has formed a cartel in order to limit the production of block space.  What is confusing (and ironic) is that the miners (those who one would naively suspect to attempt to form a cartel) want the production quota lifted!  So, yes, experience is showing that Bitcoin is somewhat susceptible to cartel formation (it's just surprising that it's cartels of developers rather than cartels of miners).    

 Oh yes, this recent growth in the mempool is totally organic.   Or do you think Bitcoin Core may be deliberately spamming the network even though AFAIK, it would have no benefit to them? Seems like a pretty pricey demonstration for them to demonstrate why LN is needed. Of course, Saint Jihan Wu and friends would never consider stuffing the mempool with lower fee transactions so they can collect the higher transactions piling on top of that. We all know Saint Jihan Wu is much too altruistic to even consider doing something like that.  

Does it matter the reason who or why transaction fees are high? To me the high fees are a weakness which is being attacked. It is completely predictable.
Bitcoin Cash sees an opportunity and it is attacking Bitcoin . (a predictable result)
“the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.” ( Core's high fees)
― Sun Tzu, The Art of War
tags: defeat, enemy, opportunity, strategy, war

Even if Bitcoin Cash was never launched, this would have been exploited for profit. However, Blockstream is developing an alternate method, which would give an alternative to this cash cow. No longer would you ultimately need a mining node to cash in. Also, the cost of entry for someone to set up a lightning network hub to profit will be lower than the set up cost for a mining/SPV node to handle unlimited block size, which is the ultimate goal of Bitcoin Cash. Always remember, a miner has the power to include or exclude any transaction from the block they are trying to mine. Even with unlimited blocksize, a mining node can elect to exclude any transaction using any criteria. The criteria most likely to be used is a certain "small fee." Add on top of this the "small monthly SPV service fee." I hear the cash registers ringing for Jihan Wu.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpbbuaIA3Ds

[roach_lost]

The price of Bitcoin, it's too low. I liked it when it was higher. The world liked it when it was higher. This shouldn't even be an argument.

The world wants it to be higher. It will be much, MUCH higher. Consider it the cost of a PR giveaway vs. other forms of PR. It will be worth it to the ones giving it away. This is similar to free email or free social networking, a bargain to you and a bargain to them. Fortunately they want you in the blockchain about 1000 times as much as they want you on Facebook so here comes the money.
It's a sell your soul kind of deal but it seems like they have all been for most of us during the past seventy years or so. The question is, do we actually have a choice?

[rolling]

FACT CHECK

Ok, as of right now, the price to send a transaction in the next block is about 140 satoshis per byte and a typical 1 input/2 output transaction is about 225 bytes. At $14k per bitcoin, a satoshi is worth $0.00014. So, 140 X 225 X $0.00014 = $4.41 per transaction.

Value of a Satoshi = Bitcoin price divided by 100,000,000
Typical Transaction Size = 225 bytes
Current fee in Satoshis per byte for next block = 140

Satoshi Value x Typical Transaction Size x Satoshi fee per byte = Transaction Cost.

Currently:
$0.00014 X 225 X 140 = $4.41

At the peak:
$0.00020 x 225 x 1000 = $45.00

[BlindMayorBitcorn]

The price of Bitcoin, it's too low. I liked it when it was higher. The world liked it when it was higher. This shouldn't even be an argument.

The world wants it to be higher. It will be much, MUCH higher. Consider it the cost of a PR giveaway vs. other forms of PR. It will be worth it to the ones giving it away. This is similar to free email or free social networking, a bargain to you and a bargain to them. Fortunately they want you in the blockchain about 1000 times as much as they want you on Facebook so here comes the money.
It's a sell your soul kind of deal but it seems like they have all been for most of us during the past seventy years or so. The question is, do we actually have a choice?

At this time of year, for some reason, I like to think of those ancient mariners that survived the ice age floods, spreading across the globe, obsessed with loss.

[civilufo]

FACT CHECK

Ok, as of right now, the price to send a transaction in the next block is about 140 satoshis per byte and a typical 1 input/2 output transaction is about 225 bytes. At $14k per bitcoin, a satoshi is worth $0.00014. So, 140 X 225 X $0.00014 = $4.41 per transaction.

Value of a Satoshi = Bitcoin price divided by 100,000,000
Typical Transaction Size = 225 bytes
Current fee in Satoshis per byte for next block = 140

Satoshi Value x Typical Transaction Size x Satoshi fee per byte = Transaction Cost.

Currently:
$0.00014 X 225 X 140 = $4.41

At the peak:
$0.00020 x 225 x 1000 = $45.00

Nice calculation sharing. I remember I have been charged for $30+ on my last transaction this month. Sooner or later the transaction fee will be sky high once bitcoin climbs to a new height.

[podyx]

Are we going down? Kinda looks like we headed for lower lows

[triads]

Are we going down? Kinda looks like we headed for lower lows

Orderly correction in progress... volume does not indicate panic. So far, I'd say it's just taking some of the froth out of the price.

[triads]

CME is colossal, more and more fuel is added to the rocket.

Um... it's not guaranteed "rocket fuel". CME futures actually allow traders to short BTC.  In other words, it's equally likely that traders can push the price down, as well as up.

[realr0ach]

Is there still a chance bitcoin breaks ath before the new year?

Get me some of whatever this guy is smoking.

[bones261]

Is there still a chance bitcoin breaks ath before the new year?

Get me some of whatever this guy is smoking.

You never know. DCG may decide they need to offload some $20K+ BTC to some noobs on Coinbase to ring in the New Year.

PS: I live in Colorado, so you already know what I have been smoking.

[flounderella]

There's an important 50/200 MA crossover coming up on daily chart (likely tomorrow). Expect that we will overshoot a little to the downside and then a short term bottom can form there

[Arriemoller]

<nonsense>

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=532.msg6306#msg6306

Satoshi would not have wasted his time answering such a question if it was not in his original mind frame.

Great quote from that link too "If you don't believe me or don't get it, I don't have time to try to convince you, sorry."

I mean that link alone says more than anything I could or would ever need to say... something needs to change to regain market confidence in my opinion.

LOL good one!

Or fucking Poloniex  

I think that's a woman.

Nahh..its just one of those "either or's" that seem to be coming outta the woodwork these days. No worries...just dont raise an eyebrow
or anything like that. Its not polite....

No Adam's apple.

[Last of the V8s]

got up early to fiddle with the goose

Happy Christmas wallies

[arklan]

Come on baby, just another 1k up and I can still without taking a loss. Come on bitcoin, be good to me.

[jojo69]

Come on baby, just another 1k up and I can still without taking a loss. Come on bitcoin, be good to me.

Yeah, they painted that fake breakout pretty good.  A lot of folks on the wrong side of that.

[arklan]

Come on baby, just another 1k up and I can still without taking a loss. Come on bitcoin, be good to me.

Yeah, they painted that fake breakout pretty good.  A lot of folks on the wrong side of that.

Yea, it was really obvious, looking back. This is what I get for trying to actively trade while not sitting at my pc monitoring things. Sure I can trade on stamp from my phone, but it's not a good idea.

[Dink]

The world wants it to be higher. It will be much, MUCH higher. Consider it the cost of a PR giveaway vs. other forms of PR. It will be worth it to the ones giving it away. This is similar to free email or free social networking, a bargain to you and a bargain to them. Fortunately they want you in the blockchain about 1000 times as much as they want you on Facebook so here comes the money.
It's a sell your soul kind of deal but it seems like they have all been for most of us during the past seventy years or so. The question is, do we actually have a choice?

Please explain in detail your thoughts, annoyimint would explain things even for the simple hearted, dont be a scrouge.  Peace

[JayJuanGee]

So anyone buying their other half or family members some BTC for Christmas?

I've given each of the progeny (3 kids, 2 inlaws, 2 grandkids) 1 BTC each of the last three xmases. I see no reason to divert. This year, they'll be wrapped in Ledger Nano Ss.

O.k.

I understand that each of us have our proclivities for generousity, or not, but that sounds financially ridiculous for normal people.

I am presuming that you and I have similar quantities of bitcoin, and it seems ridiculous to me to give away gifts that are valued at about 40x more than they were two years ago and three years ago - merely because it is your tradition to give away the unit value of bitcoin, but bitcoin is measured in terms of dollars - and 40x just seems too outrageous.

[TERA2]

Thats it. Christmas is cancelled. Remove all the presents under the tree.