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[julian071]

https://blog.coinbase.com/2015/11/20/introducing-the-shift-card/

Today, we’re excited to introduce the first US-issued bitcoin debit card, the Shift Card. The Shift Card is a VISA debit card that currently allows Coinbase users in twenty-four states in the U.S. to spend bitcoin online and offline at over 38 million merchants worldwide.

Wow. That really expands the number of stores you can spend Bitcoin at!

[LFC_Bitcoin]

I declare raccoons as the new official pet of BTC

[hdbuck]

https://blog.coinbase.com/2015/11/20/introducing-the-shift-card/

Today, we’re excited to introduce the first US-issued bitcoin debit card, the Shift Card. The Shift Card is a VISA debit card that currently allows Coinbase users in twenty-four states in the U.S. to spend bitcoin online and offline at over 38 million merchants worldwide.

Wow. That really expands the number of stores you can spend Bitcoin at!

[hdbuck]

I declare raccoons as the new official pet of BTC

[Divitiae miserae]

FTFY

[jaberwock]

https://blog.coinbase.com/2015/11/20/introducing-the-shift-card/

Today, we’re excited to introduce the first US-issued bitcoin debit card, the Shift Card. The Shift Card is a VISA debit card that currently allows Coinbase users in twenty-four states in the U.S. to spend bitcoin online and offline at over 38 million merchants worldwide.

Wow. That really expands the number of stores you can spend Bitcoin at!

I hope they have fairer fees than the other Bitcoin credit cards.

Otherwise it won't affect the usage


And the coins will be easier to spend, so more sell pressure

[ChartBuddy]

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[Tstar]

Things really got heated, didn't they?

https://www.reddit.com/r/bitcoinxt/comments/3t21dh/dangerous_homebrew_cryptography_in_blockstream/cx586r1?context=3

u/nullic: If what I am told about your affiliations is correct, your failure to disclose them clearly is unethical.

Looks like something's happening amongst the Knights of The Round Table. I really don't understand all this. Just give a working BTC I don't care about all the disputes. Is that so difficult? You see when the human part comes into place, everything goes nuts

I agree, there is more talk about personality and agendas than actual discussion of development. The former can more easily be skewed. Math actually contains real answers.

That's exactly what I meant: I don't care about those discussions so long as they do not involve active development. I got interested in bitcoin because of what you say here

Math actually contains real answers.

[julian071]

https://blog.coinbase.com/2015/11/20/introducing-the-shift-card/

Today, we’re excited to introduce the first US-issued bitcoin debit card, the Shift Card. The Shift Card is a VISA debit card that currently allows Coinbase users in twenty-four states in the U.S. to spend bitcoin online and offline at over 38 million merchants worldwide.

Wow. That really expands the number of stores you can spend Bitcoin at!

I hope they have fairer fees than the other Bitcoin credit cards.

Otherwise it won't affect the usage


And the coins will be easier to spend, so more sell pressure

I never got my head around the argument that less spending (=usage) of Bitcoin would somehow be benficial. Seems like a very short-term view to me.

[makeacake]

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I never got my head around the argument that less spending (=usage) of Bitcoin would somehow be benficial. Seems like a very short-term view to me.

Bro, do you even hodl?
Just buy bitcoins, put them in a paper wallet, and watch them grow! Never spend them, because you won't be as rich -- use worthless fiat to buy things bitcoins.

[ChartBuddy]

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[ImI]

Here: http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/bitcoin-giant-btcc-launches-priority-blockchain-transactions-its-customers-1529730

Two-tier services for the wealthy elite. Isn't it lovely?

The company said in a statement that BlockPriority provides expedited confirmations of bitcoin transactions sent through BTCC's services even when the bitcoin network is under stress or undergoing spam attacks.

that basically just means they are paying the fees for their customers. thats all.

pay the fees by yourself in case of a stress situation in the network and you will have the identical outcome. no big deal.

[ImI]

Here: http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/bitcoin-giant-btcc-launches-priority-blockchain-transactions-its-customers-1529730

Two-tier services for the wealthy elite. Isn't it lovely?

The company said in a statement that BlockPriority provides expedited confirmations of bitcoin transactions sent through BTCC's services even when the bitcoin network is under stress or undergoing spam attacks.

that basically just means they are paying the fees for their customers. thats all.

pay the fees by yourself in case of a stress situation in the network and you will have the identical outcome. no big deal.

That's not so bad then.

no 

[makeacake]

Here: http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/bitcoin-giant-btcc-launches-priority-blockchain-transactions-its-customers-1529730

Two-tier services for the wealthy elite. Isn't it lovely?

The company said in a statement that BlockPriority provides expedited confirmations of bitcoin transactions sent through BTCC's services even when the bitcoin network is under stress or undergoing spam attacks.

that basically just means they are paying the fees for their customers. thats all.

pay the fees by yourself in case of a stress situation in the network and you will have the identical outcome. no big deal.

Or just get a Bitcoin credit card. Then, you can transact instantaneously. Problem solved

[Divitiae miserae]

Finally! More dust to clog the ridiculous transaction rate.

[BlindMayorBitcorn]

Enough with the chit-chat. Let's do this thing.

[nioc]

https://blog.coinbase.com/2015/11/20/introducing-the-shift-card/

Today, we’re excited to introduce the first US-issued bitcoin debit card, the Shift Card. The Shift Card is a VISA debit card that currently allows Coinbase users in twenty-four states in the U.S. to spend bitcoin online and offline at over 38 million merchants worldwide.

Wow. That really expands the number of stores you can spend Bitcoin at!

I hope they have fairer fees than the other Bitcoin credit cards.

Otherwise it won't affect the usage


And the coins will be easier to spend, so more sell pressure

These are the fees, ofc subject to change


Fee                                          Amount
Plastic Card Issuance Fee           $10.00
Plastic Card Replacement Fee   $10.00
Annual Fee                                   $0.00
Domestic Transactions           $0.00
Domestic ATM                           $2.50
Intl. Transactions                    3%
Intl. ATM                                   $3.50

sorry tried to line up the columns

Sell pressure?  I have bought with btc and yet have more btc than ever before.

[ImI]

More dust to clog the ridiculous transaction rate.

[ChartBuddy]

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[JorgeStolfi]

the First Halvening was epic partytime.

Well, it wasn't. 

It happened on 2012-11-28, and the price didn't budge for 5 weeks. 

Then a  rally started, that peaked on Apr/2013... pulled by BTC-China, which
had just ben taken over by Bobby Lee, and explained as the "discovery" of bitcoin
by the Chinese amateur commodity speculators.

Correlation does not imply causation.  Lack of correlation is strong evidence of lack of causation...