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[jbreher]

RIPPLE .

Hey - remember back when Ripple's market cap was greater than Bitcoin's? Yeah - those were the days.

[iCEBREAKER]

Europe wants end to anonymous Bitcoin transactions

Money-laundering powers seen as crimp on terror funds if virtual currencies offer (unlikely) help
3 Feb 2016 at 07:18, Simon Sharwood

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/02/03/ec_virtual_currency_regulation_suggestion/

[celebreze32]

RIPPLE .

Hey - remember back when Ripple's market cap was greater than Bitcoin's? Yeah - those were the days.

I read a CoinDesk story about ripple today and there was a footnote saying the company that owns CoinDesk is an investor in the company that runs ripple. That's news to me. I have read loads of CoinDesk stories about ripple and I always thought they were unbiased. If I'd known CoinDesk was a ripple investor I wouldn't have taken those stories at face value.

[blunderer]

Europe wants end to anonymous Bitcoin transactions

Money-laundering powers seen as crimp on terror funds if virtual currencies offer (unlikely) help
3 Feb 2016 at 07:18, Simon Sharwood

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/02/03/ec_virtual_currency_regulation_suggestion/

Monero is the in-game currency for My Little Kingdom, right?

[coins101]

Need a breakout, people

[gentlemand]

I read a CoinDesk story about ripple today and there was a footnote saying the company that owns CoinDesk is an investor in the company that runs ripple. That's news to me. I have read loads of CoinDesk stories about ripple and I always thought they were unbiased. If I'd known CoinDesk was a ripple investor I wouldn't have taken those stories at face value.

Coindesk should not be taken all that seriously regardless of the subject. They've promoted blatant scams in the past and have helpfully censored the subsequent comments. Certain companies have never attracted one single critical article which says all one needs to know. I don't think there's much or any proper journalism taking place there.

[Fatman3001]

Europe wants end to anonymous Bitcoin transactions

Money-laundering powers seen as crimp on terror funds if virtual currencies offer (unlikely) help
3 Feb 2016 at 07:18, Simon Sharwood

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/02/03/ec_virtual_currency_regulation_suggestion/

Yup. No risk whatsoever.

I think you should move to Russia and preach the gospel of Monero.

How can you lose?

[ChartBuddy]

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[Elwar]

RIPPLE .

Hey - remember back when Ripple's market cap was greater than Bitcoin's? Yeah - those were the days.

I read a CoinDesk story about ripple today and there was a footnote saying the company that owns CoinDesk is an investor in the company that runs ripple. That's news to me. I have read loads of CoinDesk stories about ripple and I always thought they were unbiased. If I'd known CoinDesk was a ripple investor I wouldn't have taken those stories at face value.

CoinDesk was recently acquired by another company.

[rekinthis]

the price is dropping more and more, i hope that it will bounce back soon

[WeltMaster]

the price is dropping more and more, i hope that it will bounce back soon

nah mate

to le core

:^)

ether to mun xD

[billyjoeallen]

I'm the king of sideways. Makin' mo $$$$$$$$$.

Margin funding interest rate is down a bit and that concerns me, but we are close to a 4 hr Moving average crossover, and there might be a short term pump. I just don't wanna play anymore. Not with ~20% APR guaranteed.

Everything everything is so damn risky. Even if there is a consensus on larger blocks, there will prolly be a spike before I even find out about it. I'll have to get in on the retracement. So what? I'm not counting coins anymore. I'm just looking for ROI.

Price will likely double or more with 2MB blocks so what are the damn miners waiting for?  Is basic economic literacy really so rare?

u shouldnt keep all your money in fiat.. you really should consider buying pms. an economic reset with a revaluation of gold to much higher prices would solve a lot of the central bank problems instantly ... bitcoin does not have that same ability that i am aware.

There's no way of really knowing what would happen in a SHTF scenario. It's past the singularity. PMs will always have some sort of value, but it may be lower than today's. No, what you need is flexibility to adapt to a situation that could radically change lightning quick. For that, nothing beats cash- the most liquid asset. 

People are using the money they save on lower fuel prices to de-leverage, which means that we actually have some disinflation as the fractional reserve money multiplier runs in reverse.  We're near the zero bound on interest rates. Things will have to get substantially worse before the FED and USGov start outright printing money.   

[bitebits]

CoinBase sent me a nastygram telling me that they were dropping my daily limit due to their data showing that I was selling my bitcoins on localbitcoins.

Bitcoin's transparent ledger is both beautiful and scary at the same time. It's transparency enables applications beyond imagination, but at the same time it is a wet dream to every government or TLA (Three Letter Agencies).

[coins101]

CoinBase sent me a nastygram telling me that they were dropping my daily limit due to their data showing that I was selling my bitcoins on localbitcoins.

Bitcoin's transparent ledger is both beautiful and scary at the same time. It's transparency enables applications beyond imagination, but at the same time it is a wet dream to every government or TLA (Three Letter Agencies).

I think I read somewhere that Coinbase let one of the AML businesses have access to their nodes, so they can track what people are doing.

[ChartBuddy]

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[SnokkomBTC]

RIPPLE .

Hey - remember back when Ripple's market cap was greater than Bitcoin's? Yeah - those were the days.

I read a CoinDesk story about ripple today and there was a footnote saying the company that owns CoinDesk is an investor in the company that runs ripple. That's news to me. I have read loads of CoinDesk stories about ripple and I always thought they were unbiased. If I'd known CoinDesk was a ripple investor I wouldn't have taken those stories at face value.

CoinDesk was recently acquired by another company.

Barry Silbert his company (DCG)


Barry is also one of the most prolific angel investors in the bitcoin space via his personal investment vehicle, Bitcoin Opportunity Corp., with investments in over 40 bitcoin-related companies, including BitGo, BitPay, BitPagos, BitPesa, Chain, Circle, Coinbase, Gyft, Kraken, Ripple Labs, TradeBlock, Unocoin and Xapo.

[hdbuck]

RIPPLE .

Hey - remember back when Ripple's market cap was greater than Bitcoin's? Yeah - those were the days.

I read a CoinDesk story about ripple today and there was a footnote saying the company that owns CoinDesk is an investor in the company that runs ripple. That's news to me. I have read loads of CoinDesk stories about ripple and I always thought they were unbiased. If I'd known CoinDesk was a ripple investor I wouldn't have taken those stories at face value.

CoinDesk was recently acquired by another company.

Barry Silbert his company (DCG)


Barry is also one of the most prolific angel investors in the bitcoin space via his personal investment vehicle, Bitcoin Opportunity Corp., with investments in over 40 bitcoin-related companies, including BitGo, BitPay, BitPagos, BitPesa, Chain, Circle, Coinbase, Gyft, Kraken, Ripple Labs, TradeBlock, Unocoin and Xapo.

I just dont understand where does this silbert come from..
Out of the blue, that mofo basically owns ~every major bitcoin company.

http://dcg.co/network/

[Adrian-x]

Europe wants end to anonymous Bitcoin transactions

Money-laundering powers seen as crimp on terror funds if virtual currencies offer (unlikely) help
3 Feb 2016 at 07:18, Simon Sharwood

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/02/03/ec_virtual_currency_regulation_suggestion/

sure they are, the EU wont let you sell XMR to buy a prepaid credit card or anything without KYC.

[aztecminer]

YO! u landlubbin HODLERS.. surrender yo bitcoins to us now! the next punch is coming. (got ya covered while u away billyjoe) #FourPunchRaiders

You are all over the place Mr. Aztec...


I thought a punch is an upward BTC price movement, even though the overall claim coming from you and BJA (even though you guys seem to be saying different things) is that BTC prices are moving downward until a purportedly necessary fix of BTC is achieved.


I get the sense that you, Aztec, are asserting that a fix of BTC cannot be achieved because BTC is all a mirage and pump mostly orchestrated by the US Gov, and BJA is suggesting that a fix could be achieved (if they followed some intelligent guidance from people like him (BJA that is)), even though in the end, historically, BJA has demonstrated over and over through his posts (since 2011 or so) that he likes to whine and be emotional and to exaggerate about something or another no matter what in order to get a lot of attention and to talk his book.

yeah that is about right. i'm #1.. i am the best.. i am "all over the place" .. and.... i reserve the right to change my mind without notice.

basically i do whatever i feel morning after i wake up. a lot times i like to talk trash. i pride myself as #1 trash talker ..  this morning i talked trash about #gimpedCoin ........ i dont talk trash about RIPPLE........cuz..... i am on more friendly terms with those guys. although i am not really active in RIPPLE.. not that i do not want to be ...right now i am only on Coinbase and RIPPLE GATEWAY .

what i think Juangee is that you are emotional about your investment in bitcoin, hence.. why you defend it no matter what. we could have some virus spreading through the blockchain that steals peoples bitcoins for EIGHT MONTHS and you would be in here telling everyone bitcoin is fine.

the fact that your brain has yet to register is: BITCOIN CANNOT SCALE; until it does scale, then it doesn't. ......there is no exaggeration of this fact... the exaggeration is in your brain that thinks there is nothing wrong with bitcoin.


i think billyjoe is more intelligent than you juangee .. he makes more sense than you do ..  plus, he is with the #FourPunchRaiders and your not.

[aztecminer]

RIPPLE .

Hey - remember back when Ripple's market cap was greater than Bitcoin's? Yeah - those were the days.

WOOT WOOT !! go team RIPPLE .. #1 ....... bitcoin is #GimpedCoin