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[RejectedBanana]

Looks like we are completing the third inverse head and shoulders of the month on the 1 hour and 30 min charts. Every 10 days, like clockwork. Bullish.

Today or tomorrow may be the day we break out above $20k.

https://www.investopedia.com/terms/i/inverseheadandshoulders.asp

[luckygenough56]

bch pumpin, is it a bad sign ?

[bones261]

Someone, early this morning, while I was sleeping, hacked into my main e-mail account. They then proceeded to change the password on my Gmail account, which tipped me off, by sending me a text. After I changed the password back on my main e-mail account, it had an e-mail with a code to change the password on my Facebook account too. I then learned that they changed the passwords on my Coinbase, my Bittrex and My Poloniex account. Fortunately, I have 2fa activated on all of them, so they didn't get shit. I guess the lesson learned is that I should use a different e-mail for each and every one of my online accounts. What a fucking pain in the ass.  

[bitserve]

Someone, early this morning, while I was sleeping, hacked into my main e-mail account. They then proceeded to change the password on my Gmail account, which tipped me off, by sending me a text. After I changed the password back on my main e-mail account, it had an e-mail with a code to change the password on my Facebook account too. I then learned that they changed the passwords on my Coinbase, my Bittrex and My Poloniex account. Fortunately, I have 2fa activated on all of them, so they didn't get shit. I guess the lesson learned is that I should use a different e-mail for each and every one of my online accounts. What a fucking pain in the ass.  

How did they change your password on coinbase, bittrex and poloniex if you have 2FA enabled? Or you have it only for withdrawls?

ANyways, good to hear it didn't have bigger consequences.

[AlcoHoDL]

Someone, early this morning, while I was sleeping, hacked into my main e-mail account. They then proceeded to change the password on my Gmail account, which tipped me off, by sending me a text. After I changed the password back on my main e-mail account, it had an e-mail with a code to change the password on my Facebook account too. I then learned that they changed the passwords on my Coinbase, my Bittrex and My Poloniex account. Fortunately, I have 2fa activated on all of them, so they didn't get shit. I guess the lesson learned is that I should use a different e-mail for each and every one of my online accounts. What a fucking pain in the ass.  

I think the lesson learned is that you should have used 2FA on your Gmail account. And how did they manage to hack your Gmail anyway? Were you using a weak password? Or leaked it somewhere? Always use 2FA everywhere you can, and use a different, random password for each site (with the help of a password manager perhaps). And never write down or disclose your passwords to anyone (not even your parents, spouse, children, etc.).

Not meaning to offend you, but I've found that in most cases it's the user's lack of good security practices that's at fault.

Well, at least they didn't cause any serious damage.

[Paashaas]

bch pumpin, is it a bad sign ?

People dumping Bcash instead of ''using'' them..



Bitcoin looks more healthy.

[bones261]

Someone, early this morning, while I was sleeping, hacked into my main e-mail account. They then proceeded to change the password on my Gmail account, which tipped me off, by sending me a text. After I changed the password back on my main e-mail account, it had an e-mail with a code to change the password on my Facebook account too. I then learned that they changed the passwords on my Coinbase, my Bittrex and My Poloniex account. Fortunately, I have 2fa activated on all of them, so they didn't get shit. I guess the lesson learned is that I should use a different e-mail for each and every one of my online accounts. What a fucking pain in the ass.  

I think the lesson learned is that you should have used 2FA on your Gmail account. And how did they manage to hack your Gmail anyway? Were you using a weak password? Or leaked it somewhere? Always use 2FA everywhere you can, and use a different, random password for each site (with the help of a password manager perhaps). And never write down or disclose your passwords to anyone (not even your parents, spouse, children, etc.).

Not meaning to offend you, but I've found that in most cases it's the user's lack of good security practices that's at fault.

Well, at least they didn't cause any serious damage.

I really don't use the g-mail account. It was the main e-mail account through my ISP that they got into and were resetting my passwords. MY ISP e-mail doesn't have 2FA. I do use an different password randomly generated by a password manager for each site. I guess the weak link is the main ISP e-mail account that I use.

Edit: The ISP does have 2FA that I activated but it's weak. Only does it when it detects a new device and will only send code through text and e-mail. No Google Authenticator.

[Searing]

bch pumpin, is it a bad sign ?

People dumping Bcash instead of ''using'' them..



Bitcoin looks more healthy.

As a LTC dumper of 2 min ago (to pay bills) the LTC price is now pumping.....(my skills at selling at the wrong time is epic!)

anyway, your welcome!

enjoy!

[Torque]

Funny how we live in this bizarro world where Jamie Dimon calls Bitcoin a fraud, but J.P. Morgan upgrades Twitter and says it's one of the best buys of 2018. A company that literally makes no money and cannot be monetized.  

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/12/18/twitter-shares-jump-after-jpmorgan-upgrades-the-stock.html

[bones261]

Someone, early this morning, while I was sleeping, hacked into my main e-mail account. They then proceeded to change the password on my Gmail account, which tipped me off, by sending me a text. After I changed the password back on my main e-mail account, it had an e-mail with a code to change the password on my Facebook account too. I then learned that they changed the passwords on my Coinbase, my Bittrex and My Poloniex account. Fortunately, I have 2fa activated on all of them, so they didn't get shit. I guess the lesson learned is that I should use a different e-mail for each and every one of my online accounts. What a fucking pain in the ass.  

How did they change your password on coinbase, bittrex and poloniex if you have 2FA enabled? Or you have it only for withdrawls?

ANyways, good to hear it didn't have bigger consequences.

You can reset the password without doing the 2fa. They just need the e-mail that you use. Just not get into the account afterword.

[bitserve]

Funny how we live in this bizarro world where Jamie Dimon calls Bitcoin a fraud, but J.P. Morgan upgrades Twitter and says it's one of the best buys of 2018. A company that literally makes no money and cannot be monetized.  

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/12/18/twitter-shares-jump-after-jpmorgan-upgrades-the-stock.html

But... it has been some time now since twitter started monetizing the service via ads:

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/10/26/twitter-earnings-q3-revenue-eps-and-maus.html

Not saying it is a good investment though. I am happy with Bitcoin

[Paashaas]

bch pumpin, is it a bad sign ?

People dumping Bcash instead of ''using'' them..



Bitcoin looks more healthy.

As a LTC dumper of 2 min ago (to pay bills) the LTC price is now pumping.....(my skills at selling at the wrong time is epic!)

anyway, your welcome!

enjoy!

I added 2 pics in my post but somehow i dont see them...

Bitcointalk lags like hell when it comes to posting pics these days  

[Torque]

Funny how we live in this bizarro world where Jamie Dimon calls Bitcoin a fraud, but J.P. Morgan upgrades Twitter and says it's one of the best buys of 2018. A company that literally makes no money and cannot be monetized.  

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/12/18/twitter-shares-jump-after-jpmorgan-upgrades-the-stock.html

But... it has been some time now since twitter started monetizing the service via ads:

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/10/26/twitter-earnings-q3-revenue-eps-and-maus.html

Not saying it is a good investment though. I am happy with Bitcoin

Twitter has never had a profitable quarter based on generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). And I believe both their user growth as well as earnings will continue to fall in the coming years.

A company that makes zero money should not be worth billions.

[vapourminer]

Again, I've done dumber this year (2 Bitmain D3's that will never ROI at 2.51 BTC w/PSU's etc)

But, again...damn tough to sweep the floor in the workshop w/o this crossing my mind....

ON THE OTHER HAND....if I added up all the BTC I spent (don't look at your Jan 2017 hot wallet...it is ugly) I could be beating myself up

I should just think when I sweep the floor, better the twinge about that, over the angst of adding up all the dubious stuff I got with crypto this year ..shudder

an inoculation against 20/20 hindsight as it were

the mind is a funny thing

engrave "next time HODL" in the cement.

[Meuh6879]

I added 2 pics in my post but somehow i dont see them...

BUG reported : less than 24h.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2605179.msg26551575#msg26551575

[Ludwig Von]

Funny how we live in this bizarro world where Jamie Dimon calls Bitcoin a fraud, but J.P. Morgan upgrades Twitter and says it's one of the best buys of 2018. A company that literally makes no money and cannot be monetized.  

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/12/18/twitter-shares-jump-after-jpmorgan-upgrades-the-stock.html

What is that saying again, it is difficult to make a man understand something if his salary depends on not understanding it? We could generalize this easily to the whole cohort of Wallstreet, CB's and Academics... .

[milkshock100]

Whats going on, Jihan making another run to add to his list of failed runs?

[BTCtrader71]

I try to keep things in check..and have done worse things with BTC this year..but the one that stands out as an OUCH!

Is the 1.01 BTC I paid when BTC was worth about $1,150 bucks...thus I paid at $18,920.73 btc now $19,109.94 to pour cement in an old
cistern in my basement to level the floor up....for a workshop there....again OUCH!

I did worse, last year...but reminded every time I sweep the workshop floor. Ack!

I paid 19 btc if I remember correctly in 2013 (currently over $350k) for a brick from Butterfly Labs. 

[Torque]

I try to keep things in check..and have done worse things with BTC this year..but the one that stands out as an OUCH!

Is the 1.01 BTC I paid when BTC was worth about $1,150 bucks...thus I paid at $18,920.73 btc now $19,109.94 to pour cement in an old
cistern in my basement to level the floor up....for a workshop there....again OUCH!

I did worse, last year...but reminded every time I sweep the workshop floor. Ack!

I paid 19 btc if I remember correctly in 2013 (currently over $350k) for a brick from Butterfly Labs.  

Ouch, that's gotta hurt.

It's kinda interesting looking through posts from the past few years and seeing the same type of comments.

I think in the next 4-5 years, comments are going to be even more amusing to read. Instead of people talking about how they regret spending their btc, we'll look back 5 years from now and see comments like: "In 2017 I divested some portion of my bitcoin into multiple altcoins.... now I look back and did the math, and had I just left everything in bitcoin I would have had [2X/ 3X /4X /insert some multiple here] more wealth than I do now."

[Higher Altitude]

I try to keep things in check..and have done worse things with BTC this year..but the one that stands out as an OUCH!

Is the 1.01 BTC I paid when BTC was worth about $1,150 bucks...thus I paid at $18,920.73 btc now $19,109.94 to pour cement in an old
cistern in my basement to level the floor up....for a workshop there....again OUCH!

I did worse, last year...but reminded every time I sweep the workshop floor. Ack!

I paid 19 btc if I remember correctly in 2013 (currently over $350k) for a brick from Butterfly Labs. 

Ouch, that's gotta hurt.

It's kinda interesting looking through posts from the past few years and seeing the same type of comments.

I think in the next 4-5 years, comments are going to be even more amusing to read. Instead of people talking about how they regret spending their btc, we'll look back 5 years from now and see comments like: "In 2017 I divested some portion of my bitcoin into multiple altcoins.... now I look back and did the math, and had I just left everything in bitcoin I would have had [2X/ 3X /4X /insert some multiple here] more wealth than I do now."

I could tell that story right now.  If I had left everything in Bitcoin THIS YEAR I would have made more money than any of my other Altcoin "investments" + trading (where I lost even more money because of high risk). Lesson learned: Never take advice from boneheads. Especially not in the crypto world.
But I think it's really unhealthy to think that way because the moment you make a decision that information is not available to you so beating yourself up for it later is really just as stupid. Just learn from mistakes and move on.