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[adamstgBit]

[adamstgBit]

its going to 520 with 2 legs up in <48hours.

i can FEEL IT!

shits about to get real.

buy Buy BUY!!!!!!!!

[oda.krell]

German weekly 'Die Zeit'. "Bitcoin instead of Euro?" Politically located ~top+middle on the Nolan chart, think (roughly): German New Yorker. Not a bad paper, actually.


It didn't register as big news anymore for me that Bitcoin is featured in a prominent way in a large paper, but what I thought is interesting is

a)  the article's comparably knowledgeable on crypto. Not extremely deep analysis, but no completely obvious misconceptions (except maybe for a bit of a flippant remark on confirmation times), and

b) while it's critical of the proposition in the title ("replace cash by Bitcoin?"), it considers it a serious enough proposal to discuss it in some detail -- both in terms of cash as some new blockchain based but government issued money, as well as in the form of the Bitcoin blockchain itself.

Interesting how a (rather drastic) change in perception can sometimes sneak up on you without you noticing it at first, I thought.

[r0ach]

its going to 520 with 2 legs up in <48hours.

i can FEEL IT!

shits about to get real.

I told you not to tell anyone

[JayJuanGee]

https://laanwj.github.io/2016/05/06/hostility-scams-and-moving-forward.html

Explanation for Gavin's Commit status being revoked.

Probably that explanation is sufficient and was probably necessary.  Additionally, the explanation likely demonstrates that Gavin is not getting back his commit privileges unless he begins to contribute.

The explanation could have also discussed Gavin's recent hostility to core development by proposing the hostile hardforks of XT and Classic and the disruptive change in governance proposals contained therein - yet for some unclear reason, the article chose not to include references to Gavin's involvement in XT and Classic as additional rationales for continuing to disallow Gavin's commit access.  I'm thinking that possibly Wladimir was attempting to avoid commentary or rationale that could be interpreted as too unnecessarily political because core should also not be viewed as an entity that is not open to controversial Bitcoin Improvement Proposals.  On the other hand, I personally believe that Bitcoin improvement proposals that posture hostility to the core essence of the project and/or decentralization by making changes to governance easier to go from consensus of 95%-ish to 75%-ish - are probably of another category because of their destructive nature towards the survival of bitcoin itself as a permissionless and censorship resistant platform.

[Fatman3001]

https://laanwj.github.io/2016/05/06/hostility-scams-and-moving-forward.html

Explanation for Gavin's Commit status being revoked.

Sure, they thought his account was compromised. It wasn't, but now they won't give it back.

I'm happy for you. You got your purge. It's important to wash out impurities. How else can you create the perfect society.

[adamstgBit]

its not like Gavin can't contribute anymore...

besides Gavin contribution these days is helping out competing implementations.

Core will NOT be in power forever, its only a matter of time.

as much as is scares the pants off JayJuanGee, governance WILL change.

[Ultrafinery]

buy Buy BUY!!!!!!!!

452! Bitcooin, you bangin'!

[adamstgBit]

buy Buy BUY!!!!!!!!

452! Bitcooin, you bangin'!

https://www.google.ca/trends/explore#q=bitcoin
 

[JayJuanGee]

its not like Gavin can't contribute anymore...

besides Gavin contribution these days is helping out competing implementations.

Core will NOT be in power forever, its only a matter of time.

as much as is scares the pants off JayJuanGee, governance WILL change.

Oh, I would imagine that Gavin could get his privileges back if he were to get back involved in bitcoin and interacting on a regular basis in a constructive (rather than seemingly destructive way).

I have no problems with changes in governance, but the latest one needs to be recognized for what it was, an attempted coupe that would have allowed bitcoin to become anyone's bitch with ease and propaganda. 

It is great that core both recognized and appears to have won the attempted hostile overthrow that would have turned bitcoin into an easily changing bitch rather than the robust decentralized structure that it is and that it has a very strong foundation to, through time, challenge the very essence of money on an international basis.  Bitcoin was, in no way, prepared to serve as a competing microtransactional system on almost an immediate basis as was seemingly proposed by XT and Classic.

[Fatman3001]

...but the latest one needs to be recognized for what it was, an attempted coupe that would have allowed bitcoin to become anyone's bitch with ease and propaganda...

[Ultrafinery]

buy Buy BUY!!!!!!!!

452! Bitcooin, you bangin'!

https://www.google.ca/trends/explore#q=bitcoin
 

[JimboToronto]

Good morning Bitcoinland. Finally starting to creep upward again I see.

Looks like Craig W's little shenanigans just created some publicity. There's no such thing as bad publicity.

BTC1500 ask wall @ $450 on finex was eaten.

Thanx for the post. I was wondering if it would be eaten or pulled when I left to go to the ballpark and a night of drunken debauchery last night. That answered my question.

[MingLee]

Well I'm glad to see Craig didn't manage to destroy the value, maybe we'll be seeing a few people coming to Bitcoin with a new interest in it, or just out of plain curiosity.

Maybe we can get more people coming out of the woodwork and start claiming they're Satoshi, I wouldn't mind seeing this trend continue 

[r0ach]

Maybe we can get more people coming out of the woodwork and start claiming they're Satoshi, I wouldn't mind seeing this trend continue 

Done.

Who is to say the creator of the genesis block longest chain longest thread on Bitcointalk isn't Satoshi...

[nioc]

its going to 520 with 2 legs up in <48hours.

i can FEEL IT!

shits about to get real.

buy Buy BUY!!!!!!!!

Oh boy you can FEEL IT

As I am highly sugestive I bought just after your post.  That makes it 11 of the last 15 days.  As my daily/weekly limits are small that's how I have to do it.  Also good for dollar cost averaging if that even matters.

Adam what sort of guarantee does the $520 in under 48hours have?  Oh wait it doesn't say $520 it says 520.  I guess like many people I am gullible

[JimboToronto]

Well I'm glad to see Craig didn't manage to destroy the value, maybe we'll be seeing a few people coming to Bitcoin with a new interest in it, or just out of plain curiosity.

Maybe we can get more people coming out of the woodwork and start claiming they're Satoshi, I wouldn't mind seeing this trend continue 

[DeathAngel]

Could be the last chance to get in cheap before the halving. Buy buy buy gentlemen.

[AliceGored]

https://laanwj.github.io/2016/05/06/hostility-scams-and-moving-forward.html

Day in, day out, there is trolling, targeted attacks, shilling on social media targeted toward us.

Poor Wlad, did he think they'd be able to pervert p2p cash into a crippled settlement token for off chain products with nary a complaint?

I can agree that Gavin's judgement has been weak, often underestimating adversarial actions and actors. Handing over the repo to these guys, for example.

[zimmah]

Well I'm glad to see Craig didn't manage to destroy the value, maybe we'll be seeing a few people coming to Bitcoin with a new interest in it, or just out of plain curiosity.

Maybe we can get more people coming out of the woodwork and start claiming they're Satoshi, I wouldn't mind seeing this trend continue 

I just love that picture of satashi nakamoto, even if he's not the founder of bitcoin, it's just such a nice picture.

i do not approve, of anything. lol