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

[Wolf Rainer]

I sold a small part of my stash at $390. Not sure if I should buy back with it...

What it feels to sell and see how instantly the price grow 25$?

[cmacwiz]

getting real close to a buyer's strike mentality and serious illiquidity .... dangerous territory for highly leveraged shorts and exchanges that harbour them with a limited good

I am a bit confused. Buyer's strike -> lower price -> good for shorts...

So you mean a shorter's strike?

[Sitarow]

[sartech]

they wont stop until over 500+, huobi moove the walls

[Patel]

All the bidders who don't win the auction, have to get their coins from somewhere 

[tarmi]

should I change my nick to :

2015bubble_over

?

[marcus_of_augustus]

getting real close to a buyer's strike mentality and serious illiquidity .... dangerous territory for highly leveraged shorts and exchanges that harbour them with a limited good

I am a bit confused. Buyer's strike -> lower price -> good for shorts...

So you mean a shorter's strike?

oops yeah seller's strike

[JorgeStolfi]

I invested even more work and time on the Voynich Manuscript, and don't regret it at all.

What is your conclusion on this baffling piece of literature?

I am firmly convinced that it is not a hoax, ancient to modern.  Besides that, I have only some theories, but not much faith in any one.

I see no reason to believe that the text is unrelated to the illustrations.  So it is probably what it seems to be: a compendium of herbal, medical, and astrological stuff.  Unfortunately, only a couple of plants can be identified with certainty, and they grow all over the world.

In my view, the statistics of the text fit either: (a) some East asian language with monosyllabic words -- like Chinese, Tibetan, Vietnamese, Burmese, Thai, and several others -- encoded in an invented alphabetic script, possibly under dictation by someone who did not understand what he was writing.  Or (b) a codebook cipher, where words of the dictionary are mapped to random numbers and these are written in some invented system similar to Roman numerals.

In either hypothesis (a) or (b) I don't have much hope of deciphering it.  If (a) is true, to decipher it one must identify the language (among hundred possibilities), learn it with the vocabulary, syntax, and pronunciation of 500 years ago (and we know that Chinese changed a lot in that time), figure out the orthography that the author used (which can be very complicated because of tones) and then wrestle with the inevitable scribal errors (it is quite possible that the book we have is just a copy of an older original, made by someone who could not read it). If (b) is true codebook ciphers are notoriously hard to crack.

[bobabouey2]

Uh oh, short squeeze running out of ammo.

[kromtar]

should I change my nick to :

2015bubble_over

?

change to "I deceive myself"

[JimboToronto]

should I change my nick to :

2015bubble_over

?

No need to change. Just enjoy the ride.



 

[Mervyn_Pumpkinhead]

The guy with the highest income in Norway for the last four years is a trader who only trades in the energy market. He started his carrier in Statnett and Aker RGI, both major players in the Norwegian energy market, and went on to trading solo. Getting to know a market and sticking to what you know is not necessarily a bad idea.

His choice of trading comes from understanding the energy industry. The more you understand the industry, the better you can speculate on the outcome of things. So, yes, there is nothing bad about focusing on one specific industry that you do understand.
But buying bitcoin and holding it with blind hope isn't exactly "understanding the industry" isn't it. Most of the euphoric folks here don't even know when to buy or sell bitcoin. Trading other cryptos for profit is way over their head. My remark was more about that..

[WeltMaster]

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[ErisDiscordia]

I invested even more work and time on the Voynich Manuscript, and don't regret it at all.

What is your conclusion on this baffling piece of literature?

I am firmly convinced that it is not a hoax, ancient to modern.  Besides that, I have only some theories, but not much faith in any one.

I see no reason to believe that the text is unrelated to the illustrations.  So it is probably what it seems to be: a compendium of herbal, medical, and astrological stuff.  Unfortunately, only a couple of plants can be identified with certainty, and they grow all over the world.

In my view, the statistics of the text fit either: (a) some East asian language with monosyllabic words -- like Chinese, Tibetan, Vietnamese, Burmese, Thai, and several others -- encoded in an invented alphabetic script, possibly under dictation by someone who did not understand what he was writing.  Or (b) a codebook cipher, where words of the dictionary are mapped to random numbers and these are written in some invented system similar to Roman numerals.

In either hypothesis (a) or (b) I don't have much hope of deciphering it.  If (a) is true, to decipher it one must identify the language (among hundred possibilities), learn it with the vocabulary, syntax, and pronunciation of 500 years ago (and we know that Chinese changed a lot in that time), figure out the orthography that the author used (which can be very complicated because of tones) and then wrestle with the inevitable scribal errors (it is quite possible that the book we have is just a copy of an older original, made by someone who could not read it). If (b) is true codebook ciphers are notoriously hard to crack.

heh you really do obsess over stuff. Thanks, I've always found this book intriguing.

[lemmyK]

Just heard a tinfoil theory.... US Government playing with the bitcoin market so they can make a ton of $$$$ with their auctions this week.

   one of the options...

[Sitarow]

[ErisDiscordia]

Bear used dump!

It's not very effective...

[peonminer]

[Paashaas]

BTCC now accepting direct bank deposits!

Recent bitcoin price increases have reignited enthusiasm in buying bitcoin. BTCC is confident this trend will continue. As such, we are pleased to announce that we now accept direct deposits

https://www.btcc.com/news/article/btcc-now-accepting-direct-bank-deposits.

[spooderman]

please hit 420.

thanks.