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[explorer]

OK, it's getting depressive taking a bullish aspect. So now I am going to switch to bearish, again. So were can I participate in margin shorting BTC vs fiat, as an American? I would prefer an easy verification process.

You'll be in time to short the bottom.  You know somebody's gotta do it.  Good on ya  

Well, I'm still trying to research which exchange I can participate, as a US citizen, in Margin trading for BTC-USD pair. Kraken seems possible. But I'm so ambivalent, I'm not sure that I want to take the steps to register for yet another exchange. My Keepass is getting to full.  
Having a Myers-Brigg personality type of INTP can be so exasperating at times. It's a wonder that I can arrive at any decision. 

In my experience, Kraken is glitchy as fuck, and slow.  Too frustrating to use, unless they've changed in the last 6 months or so.

[notme]

OK, it's getting depressive taking a bullish aspect. So now I am going to switch to bearish, again. So were can I participate in margin shorting BTC vs fiat, as an American? I would prefer an easy verification process.

You'll be in time to short the bottom.  You know somebody's gotta do it.  Good on ya  

Well, I'm still trying to research which exchange I can participate, as a US citizen, in Margin trading for BTC-USD pair. Kraken seems possible. But I'm so ambivalent, I'm not sure that I want to take the steps to register for yet another exchange. My Keepass is getting to full.  
Having a Myers-Brigg personality type of INTP can be so exasperating at times. It's a wonder that I can arrive at any decision. 

GDAX (coinbase) has margin trading.

[bones261]

OK, it's getting depressive taking a bullish aspect. So now I am going to switch to bearish, again. So were can I participate in margin shorting BTC vs fiat, as an American? I would prefer an easy verification process.

You'll be in time to short the bottom.  You know somebody's gotta do it.  Good on ya  

Well, I'm still trying to research which exchange I can participate, as a US citizen, in Margin trading for BTC-USD pair. Kraken seems possible. But I'm so ambivalent, I'm not sure that I want to take the steps to register for yet another exchange. My Keepass is getting to full.  
Having a Myers-Brigg personality type of INTP can be so exasperating at times. It's a wonder that I can arrive at any decision. 

GDAX (coinbase) has margin trading.

I hardly am anywhere close to being considered an Eligible Contract Participant. Not by a long shot. Not an option for this minnow.

[Icygreen]

OK, it's getting depressive taking a bullish aspect. So now I am going to switch to bearish, again. So were can I participate in margin shorting BTC vs fiat, as an American? I would prefer an easy verification process.

You'll be in time to short the bottom.  You know somebody's gotta do it.  Good on ya  

Well, I'm still trying to research which exchange I can participate, as a US citizen, in Margin trading for BTC-USD pair. Kraken seems possible. But I'm so ambivalent, I'm not sure that I want to take the steps to register for yet another exchange. My Keepass is getting to full.  
Having a Myers-Brigg personality type of INTP can be so exasperating at times. It's a wonder that I can arrive at any decision. 

Polo? They have margin. I always felt vulnerable there with the limited withdraws and downtime with each buy-able crash.

[bones261]

OK, it's getting depressive taking a bullish aspect. So now I am going to switch to bearish, again. So were can I participate in margin shorting BTC vs fiat, as an American? I would prefer an easy verification process.

You'll be in time to short the bottom.  You know somebody's gotta do it.  Good on ya  

Well, I'm still trying to research which exchange I can participate, as a US citizen, in Margin trading for BTC-USD pair. Kraken seems possible. But I'm so ambivalent, I'm not sure that I want to take the steps to register for yet another exchange. My Keepass is getting to full.  
Having a Myers-Brigg personality type of INTP can be so exasperating at times. It's a wonder that I can arrive at any decision.  

Polo? They have margin. I always felt vulnerable there with the limited withdraws and downtime with each buy-able crash.

I was looking for margin trading on BTC-USD trading pair. Not possible on Polo. I don't want to "short" BTC by going long on bullshit. Yes, I know that USD is bullshit too, but at least the currencies generated by Proof of Debt still have widespread merchant acceptance, at the moment.

[notme]

OK, it's getting depressive taking a bullish aspect. So now I am going to switch to bearish, again. So were can I participate in margin shorting BTC vs fiat, as an American? I would prefer an easy verification process.

You'll be in time to short the bottom.  You know somebody's gotta do it.  Good on ya  

Well, I'm still trying to research which exchange I can participate, as a US citizen, in Margin trading for BTC-USD pair. Kraken seems possible. But I'm so ambivalent, I'm not sure that I want to take the steps to register for yet another exchange. My Keepass is getting to full.  
Having a Myers-Brigg personality type of INTP can be so exasperating at times. It's a wonder that I can arrive at any decision. 

GDAX (coinbase) has margin trading.

I hardly am anywhere close to being considered an Eligible Contract Participant. Not by a long shot. Not an option for this minnow.

Oh damn, I didn't realize that requirement.  Yeah, that's crazy.

[bones261]

Thanks for all the tips. I guess the best option is to continue to HODL my meager stash and consider my options tomorrow after a full night of rest. Maybe I'll lurk in the altcoin ANN thread to see if there is anything new and interesting to consider mining or buying hash to mine. However, I doubt it.

[jojo69]

Relax McGumbo. It's only science.

http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/news/update-continued-g4-severe-geomagnetic-storming-observed

"Does this mean that bitcoin will pump!?"



*edit(0):  Earthquakes, solar flares, hurricanes, exploding volcanoes, crop losses, lower quality crops, no more coffee... In my view those are all reasons for bitcoin to rally!

*edit(1):  I just bought another 50 kilo coffee bean bag! Top notch quality! From the old good times when the coffee was good. I'm going to sell those cups of coffee in my secret cafe shop for nuggets of gold!

coordinates please...I have some very small nuggets, and I like very good coffee

[CoinCube]

Looks like Equifax will be buying 600 bitcoin soon.

Alleged Equifax hackers demand $2.6 million Bitcoin ransom — or else..
https://www.google.com/amp/mashable.com/2017/09/08/equifax-hackers-bitcoin-ransom.amp

That's according to an onion site, whose authors insist that if Equifax forks over 600 Bitcoin — approximately $2.66 million at the time of this writing — then they'll delete all the stolen data. Oh, and Equifax better decide quickly, because if the ransom isn't paid, the self-identified hackers say they'll dump all the data on September 15th.  

Well, almost all of the data. The supposed hackers wrote that they won't publicly post credit card numbers—suggesting an intention to get some illicit use out of those.

"We are two people trying to solve our lives and those of our families," the site explains. "We did not expect to get as much information as we did, nor do we want to affect any citizen. But we need to monetize the information as soon as possible."

After all when you are dealing with a potential 70 billion dollar liability what's another 2.5 million to try and staunch some of the bleeding.

Equifax hit with $70 billion class-action lawsuit after massive hack
https://www.google.com/amp/mashable.com/2017/09/08/class-action-lawsuit-equifax-breach.amp

[explorer]

Looks like Equifax will be buying 600 bitcoin soon.

Alleged Equifax hackers demand $2.6 million Bitcoin ransom — or else..
https://www.google.com/amp/mashable.com/2017/09/08/equifax-hackers-bitcoin-ransom.amp

That's according to an onion site, whose authors insist that if Equifax forks over 600 Bitcoin — approximately $2.66 million at the time of this writing — then they'll delete all the stolen data. Oh, and Equifax better decide quickly, because if the ransom isn't paid, the self-identified hackers say they'll dump all the data on September 15th.  

Well, almost all of the data. The supposed hackers wrote that they won't publicly post credit card numbers—suggesting an intention to get some illicit use out of those.

"We are two people trying to solve our lives and those of our families," the site explains. "We did not expect to get as much information as we did, nor do we want to affect any citizen. But we need to monetize the information as soon as possible."

After all when you are dealing with a potential 70 billion dollar liability what's another 2.5 million to try and staunch some of the bleeding.

Equifax hit with $70 billion class-action lawsuit after massive hack
https://www.google.com/amp/mashable.com/2017/09/08/class-action-lawsuit-equifax-breach.amp

BTC would not be among my first choices, but...  whatever.

These people are slime.  Summarized here:

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHcGVOJXRzI 

[Elwar]

Centralized ledgers are always a good idea.

Everything is fine.

Nothing to see here.

[Karartma1]

It's seems like China banned bitcoin, again.
I bought more.
and still hold

[Wekkel]

 Just like the bitcoin obituaries site, we need a site listing all banning of bitcoin.  Especially the successful ones 

[JayJuanGee]

OK, it's getting depressive taking a bullish aspect. So now I am going to switch to bearish, again. So were can I participate in margin shorting BTC vs fiat, as an American? I would prefer an easy verification process.

You'll be in time to short the bottom.  You know somebody's gotta do it.  Good on ya 

Yeah.. .Bones261.. you talk about not having very many bitcoins, and if you are making moves like this (planning to short), you are setting yourself up for decent odds of reducing your bitcoin holdings further

There are strategies that consistently work with bitcoin, and margin betting is not one of them.

[york780]

When moon sir? Whats the news?

[mymenace]

When moon sir? Whats the news?

http://www.coinfox.info/news/7582-china-to-allow-ico-after-deciding-on-licensing

china
ico's illegal in china, but will resume under licensing


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTcvO0bKCxY


ether casper update

http://dailybitcoinnews.com/ethereum-casper-update-takes-shape-buterin-pushes-development-forward/

[Lauda]

Today we've beaten the previous high:

Bitstamp | Total bids: 57956573 USD. Total asks: 2415 BTC. Ratio: 23989.41228 USD/BTC. | Data vintage: 0.0161 seconds

And it continues:

<gribble> Bitstamp | Total bids: 58856048 USD. Total asks: 2767 BTC. Ratio: 21264.24643 USD/BTC. | Data vintage: 0.0181 seconds

We'll recover much sooner than people anticipate.

[Last of the V8s]

oo a guy from wizsec re MtGox on Breaking Bitcoin live stream https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCE2OzKIab8
Jimmy Song earlier

[Pajulapoiss]

oo a guy from wizsec re MtGox on Breaking Bitcoin live stream https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCE2OzKIab8
Jimmy Song earlier

it just stated, that MT Gox was robbed on sept 11?!?

Coincidence you think?


Wanna guess when is the IRMA hurricane going to hit the coast of Florida?

Coincidence? 


https://www.instagram.com/p/BYyJPagjBQl/

[u9y42]

[...]
Wanna guess when is the IRMA hurricane going to hit the coast of Florida?

Coincidence?  

https://i.gyazo.com/7be1452b6b259434902e0ef6d8125837.png

https://www.instagram.com/p/BYyJPagjBQl/

Well, yeah... I mean, don't meteorologists watch TV?

EDIT: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/0/hurricane-names---how-are-they-decided/ TIL; I guess we're using the same list this year, as the one used in 2005 (they are reused every 6 years).