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[ragnar0k]

Gemini wants my bank account login information for validation ?

They asked me passport and utility bill... and one week for verification, then I was in

[Wekkel]

[Globb0]

Normally I'd spend like $25 on them.  Not close close friends, just good work friends.  

What's my play here.

Do it at the office party. Have them download a wallet to their phone. Gift them $25 worth in real time from your phone.

Go big, half a BTC each and back to yours for coke and champagne   

[Lopumbo]

When the FOMO starts GDAX is always heading by a large step, currently:
Kraken: 11300€, GDAX: 11927€ 

[bitcoinPsycho]

uncanny this chart looks identical to my positivity chart

[InvoKing]

$13.099 in bitfinex which is the lowest price in all the exchanges. Wake me up tomorrow at $15k please  

Edit : LoL, nice one AlexGR

[AlexGR]

$13.099 in bitfinex which is the lowest price in all the exchanges. Wake me up tomorrow at $15k please  

Korea knocking the 16k door right now

#   Source   Pair   Volume (24h)   Price   Volume (%)   Updated
1   Bithumb   BTC/KRW   $1,015,460,000   $15,945.10   9.18%   Recently
2   Bitfinex   BTC/USD   $938,115,000   $13,083.00   8.48%   Recently
3   GDAX   BTC/USD   $539,415,000   $13,427.20   4.88%   Recently
4   Binance   IOTA/BTC   $389,423,000   $12,683.40   3.52%   Recently
5   Bitfinex   MIOTA/BTC   $321,600,000   $12,919.80   2.91%   Recently
6   Bittrex   EMC2/BTC   $319,748,000   $12,997.20   2.89%   Recently
7   bitFlyer   BTC/JPY   $302,846,000   $13,327.10   2.74%   Recently
8   Bitstamp   BTC/USD   $233,160,000   $13,175.00   2.11%   Recently
9   HitBTC   BCH/BTC   $217,101,000   $13,151.10   1.96%   Recently
10   Coinone   BTC/KRW   $209,399,000   $15,934.60   1.89%   Recently
11   Gemini   BTC/USD   $178,582,000   $13,150.30   1.62%   Recently
12   Korbit   BTC/KRW   $175,350,000   $15,934.60   1.59%   Recently

[erre]

I was just checking out the chart for the Dot com bubble.

The market actually only went up from about 800 to 5000 before falling back to just over 1000.
So it made me wonder, has there been a major market that has risen 10x+ over a year or less and has held its gains i.e. not fallen back near to the start price.

Tulips and the Dot com bubbles are well known, but there must be cases of exploding markets that stayed high. I am looking for a good Bitcoin-esque example to reply to the haters (my brain included!)

[bitserve]

Gemini wants my bank account login information for validation ?

The fuck kinda lunatic shit is that ? No fucking way am I giving them my banking login credentials.

Either that or wire funds IN to verify an account ?!

About the "colonoscopies"... what sort of documents do they force you to provide?

It got reduced to "hold up this document in one hand, clearly visible, with a piece of paper, with this written text on it in the other hand".

For added shits and giggles, I stuck a boot on the top of my head and had a stern, serious look staring into the lense.

It was the most humiliating photo my partner has ever taken of me.

The bank account credentials request seems too weird indeed.

The wiring funds in is a standard process in banking to vinculate accounts. Just send them $10 or whatever and your done.

I had to do that ridiculous selfie thing on Bitcoinbuilder. I understand it is a good policy for avoiding identity theft, but I also felt awkward... more so considering the small amount I had there.... but hey, it's my money and I wanted it back!

I thought that maybe they requested some proof/certification of how did you obtain the BTC in first instance, and how you paid for it, etc etc.... That would make sense to avoid money laundering... and we all know how hard it would for some to produce that sort of "documents".

I would diversify my withdrawals between as many "legit" exchanges I could.

[strawbs]

I'm guessing a few folk here use GDAX - I haven't used it before but thinking about it.  Are there any issues I should know about? Specifically, I'm wondering about any issues withdrawing BTC, withdrawing $USD, and whether they do SEPA transfers?  I haven't used an exchange based in USA before (I'm in UK) and would prefer the opinions of this community before going ahead. Thanks y'all.

Nothing anything I am aware of. You should just be 100% sure that you are fully verified. GDAX also tends to freeze an account from time to time if a larger withdrawal happens AND you should know that GDAX is currently handing out information about US citizens (not sure if all nations), which traded more than $10-15k?!
Why not using bitstamp instead ? Some features but based in UK

Yeah, I've been using Stamp for a long time, but BTC/$ exchange rate always seems to be higher on GDAX, so I'm just trying to see if I can make the most of that.  Thanks.

[BTCMILLIONAIRE]

$13.099 in bitfinex which is the lowest price in all the exchanges. Wake me up tomorrow at $15k please  

Korea knocking the 16k door right now

#   Source   Pair   Volume (24h)   Price   Volume (%)   Updated
1   Bithumb   BTC/KRW   $1,015,460,000   $15,945.10   9.18%   Recently
2   Bitfinex   BTC/USD   $938,115,000   $13,083.00   8.48%   Recently
3   GDAX   BTC/USD   $539,415,000   $13,427.20   4.88%   Recently
4   Binance   IOTA/BTC   $389,423,000   $12,683.40   3.52%   Recently
5   Bitfinex   MIOTA/BTC   $321,600,000   $12,919.80   2.91%   Recently
6   Bittrex   EMC2/BTC   $319,748,000   $12,997.20   2.89%   Recently
7   bitFlyer   BTC/JPY   $302,846,000   $13,327.10   2.74%   Recently
8   Bitstamp   BTC/USD   $233,160,000   $13,175.00   2.11%   Recently
9   HitBTC   BCH/BTC   $217,101,000   $13,151.10   1.96%   Recently
10   Coinone   BTC/KRW   $209,399,000   $15,934.60   1.89%   Recently
11   Gemini   BTC/USD   $178,582,000   $13,150.30   1.62%   Recently
12   Korbit   BTC/KRW   $175,350,000   $15,934.60   1.59%   Recently

I have a hard time telling which one is the real Bitcoin.

[fluidjax]

BTC to $45,000 is my goal! I only have 0.44 worth of BTC but if it hits my goal then I might be able to afford a deposit for a house when I finish my final year of uni! (It has 6months to make it lol...) A man can dream!

Never have no Bitcoins.

Always leave a little in case Bitcoin becomes the global store of value, sell some percent of your holding, say 50% and wait until $90k.

[Lopumbo]

BTC is no longer accepted on Steam 'cause of high-fees and unstable price

[ragnar0k]

I was just checking out the chart for the Dot com bubble.

The market actually only went up from about 800 to 5000 before falling back to just over 1000.
So it made me wonder, has there been a major market that has risen 10x+ over a year or less and has held its gains i.e. not fallen back near to the start price.

Tulips and the Dot com bubbles are well known, but there must be cases of exploding markets that stayed high. I am looking for a good Bitcoin-esque example to reply to the haters (my brain included!)

Mobile phones, microwaves, color tvs, radios, cars, computers, any revolution really
I think the best way to compare it is with the total market cap of cryptos, rather than BTC. I would probably consider BTC the Ford of cars during their growth

[hazukison]

BTC to $45,000 is my goal! I only have 0.44 worth of BTC but if it hits my goal then I might be able to afford a deposit for a house when I finish my final year of uni! (It has 6months to make it lol...) A man can dream!

Never have no Bitcoins.

Always leave a little in case Bitcoin becomes the global store of value, sell some percent of your holding, say 50% and wait until $90k.

It was more of a case of just being able to afford to get my own place when i finish uni. Needing 15 to 20k is kinda sucky just to start off

[BTCMILLIONAIRE]

BTC is no longer accepted on Steam 'cause of high-fees and unstable price

Who cares. It will soon get re-accepted anyways once the Lightning Network rolls out.

[Rosewater Foundation]

LN Zap wallet is testing realtime lightning network mapping

https://twitter.com/JackMallers/status/938286578471964674

Brave new world

[flynn]

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Mobile phones, microwaves, color tvs, radios, cars, computers, any revolution really
I think the best way to compare it is with the total market cap of cryptos, rather than BTC. I would probably consider BTC the Ford of cars during their growth

Not sure these are a good model, because all these goods, when successful, have been produced in quantities to lower their price, plus they got competition. Bitcoin cannot have mass production or fake ones.

[BTCMILLIONAIRE]

BTC to $45,000 is my goal! I only have 0.44 worth of BTC but if it hits my goal then I might be able to afford a deposit for a house when I finish my final year of uni! (It has 6months to make it lol...) A man can dream!

Never have no Bitcoins.

Always leave a little in case Bitcoin becomes the global store of value, sell some percent of your holding, say 50% and wait until $90k.

It was more of a case of just being able to afford to get my own place when i finish uni. Needing 15 to 20k is kinda sucky just to start off

Why not wait with getting your own place until you have enough to flatout buy it without even batting an eyelash? The opportunity cost of shorting 20k is quite high with the current Bitcoin market.

[Meuh6879]

BTC is no longer accepted on Steam 'cause of high-fees and unstable price

  use a complet node instead of external processing fabric (bitpay, etcs ...).
and guess what, it's more easy to DRIVE !!!