motoprose
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January 14, 2018, 09:22:47 PM |
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Watching an NFL playoff game, there's an ad for tonight's news segment on how to get and use bitcoin, followed by an IBM blockchain ad. This time is actually different, we have landed safely into the next stage of mass adoption IMO. I am less worried about hodling than ever before, let's hope our vessel can weather the barrage of private blockchain tech
EDIT: And then an ad of Experian's dark web scan! It is our time to rise from the sewers and take over the surface world!
Just like on cointelegraph with every article today being something about bank regulation on crypto currency in asia and about how all cryptos are in the red including the big BTC. Yeah mass media knows how not to time it right. Just as bad as that poor work who pressed the button in Hawaii last night saying there was a missle strike and bring back flashback of pearl harbor to those in nursing homes. Btw those seniors all died last night.
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The grue lurks in the darkest places of the earth. Its favorite diet is adventurers, but its insatiable appetite is tempered by its fear of light. No grue has ever been seen by the light of day, and few have survived its fearsome jaws to tell the tale.
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Wekkel
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January 14, 2018, 09:40:42 PM |
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Let's hope that we are past the low in the cycle now.
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Last of the V8s
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January 14, 2018, 09:49:38 PM |
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January 14, 2018, 09:54:04 PM |
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Considering the number of newbies trying to get into crypto capital one will lose a lot of customers. They will all vote with their feet and take their business elsewhere.
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jojo69
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January 14, 2018, 09:57:55 PM |
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because banning a thing has always been so effective at diminishing its dark allure... oh the wringing of hands and gnashing of teeth is going to be most enjoyable
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d_eddie
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January 14, 2018, 10:00:55 PM |
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Here's how that article ends. The big question is why Capital One has made this decision all of a sudden. It is certainly a move that will upset a lot of people and create some negative PR at the same time. While cryptocurrency may still be considered a niche market right now, interest in Bitcoin and altcoins has never been higher. If enough people ditch Capital One because of its aggressive stance toward cryptocurrencies, interesting things may happen in the future. It seems highly unlikely that will be the case, though.
Unlikely or not, the only way I've found effective to deal with a bank is switching to another.
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Last of the V8s
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January 14, 2018, 10:16:24 PM |
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because banning a thing has always been so effective at diminishing its dark allure... oh the wringing of hands and gnashing of teeth is going to be most enjoyable we can celebrate with a little tipple
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jojo69
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January 14, 2018, 10:35:34 PM |
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...the only way I've found effective to deal with a bank is switching to another not using them.
ftfy
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January 14, 2018, 11:02:23 PM |
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I use Capital One. But only because they give me 3% cashback on stuff I buy from Costco. It's called something else in my country, but it's obviously Costco.
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JayJuanGee
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Self-Custody is a right. Say no to"Non-custodial"
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January 14, 2018, 11:32:26 PM |
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Roach has had his funny and artistic moments, including this one.
Indeed...truth be told..he is a much better troll than all of us combined methinks. hahahahaha I would not go so far as to label him as "good" or "better" beyond the fact of his merely having some "from time to time, moments."
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JayJuanGee
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January 14, 2018, 11:36:05 PM |
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I had one of these kinds of threats with one of my "free" portfolio monitoring apps.. It said: "we have noticed that you have more than $5k in value in your portfolio, please buy this app.. blah blah blah." BIG BROTHER is watching, and he wants your BTC.
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JayJuanGee
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January 14, 2018, 11:41:32 PM |
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@LukeDashjr 22h22 hours ago If anyone who donated to me feels like it, I can pay the tax-man less if you get in touch with your cost basis for the donated coins. Please use email Luke_donation_costbasis@dashjr.org for this purpose. Don't forget to mention the number of bitcoins you donated & when. Thanks! Interesting... How do that work in the USA? Here, the cost basis of the donator is irrelevant to the one receiving the donated coins, he just have to pay the "donating tax" over the current market value of the asset received. It is the donator who has to pay whatever capital gains he realises at the time of donation (basically the same is if he sold instead of donate). Luke dash jr seems to have an "interesting" theory that is likely incorrect. Unless he is saying that if the donator chooses to NOT claim the basis for their donation, then Luke is going to claim it. In either case, sounds like a goofy theory.
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OWZ1337
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BITCOIN===>THE DISRUPTIVE CYBERCURRENCY
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January 14, 2018, 11:59:01 PM |
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I use Capital One. But only because they give me 3% cashback on stuff I buy from Costco. It's called something else in my country, but it's obviously Costco.
CostCo taking bitcoin would be a big deal :-D weee ~ got pizza?
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January 14, 2018, 11:59:23 PM |
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If you would like to help continue the ongoing stress test to the BCH network, please send 1 BCH satoshi to one of the following addresses. Include a fee of 1 BCH satoshi fee as well. Each address can be decoded to a special message as well. 173NAdgVkPH816WVdSJQ8rqcAz8Q6MB8bL 17RYviQbW4BhtyzsPq973Mqd8yvJhBnPif 17RYviQbUnELRZwbeuxddyDzGEsJCoy3m7 18bvDcSDVF3aH8WYU26qEUG5ure4ZuiUnA
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January 15, 2018, 12:02:54 AM |
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CostCo taking bitcoin would be a big deal :-D weee ~ got pizza? We're within about 10x of a pizza costing 10,000 satoshis, instead of 10,000 bitcoins.
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OWZ1337
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January 15, 2018, 12:07:43 AM |
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CostCo taking bitcoin would be a big deal :-D weee ~ got pizza? We're within about 10x of a pizza costing 10,000 satoshis, instead of 10,000 bitcoins. luckly i can save some satoshis roaming around CostCo for free samples~what a shame bitcointalk banned giveaways wtf!!! :\ ~> I CAME HERE FOR THE FREE BEER!! :-D
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January 15, 2018, 12:14:39 AM |
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This is over the head of some people here, but why cryptocurrency doesn't actually have scarcity: Who on Bitcoin can snap his fingers and create money out of thin air?
Anyone because PoW does nothing to force convergence of rough consensus attacks (aka forks or altcoins). This is because cryptocurreny is inherently non-fungible. It doesn't matter if you mix inputs to hide sender/receiver; that does nothing to solve the problem. Assumptions go into the white paper that things like the longest chain rule will prevent two coins with the same algo from existing at the same time and that PoW will force convergence, yet BTC and BCH both exist at the same time with the same algo, clearly nullifying that assumption. You agreed with my example that cryptourrency does not actually have scarcity because Vitalik can create one billion scamcoins in his basement by snapping his fingers then do it again five seconds later. The fact PoW does nothing to solve rough consensus attacks means proof of work is in the same boat. It just happens through slightly different mechanisms. So called "network effect" does absolutely nothing to force convergence either, because bitcoin has built-in usurious middlemen called transaction validators who want a cut of every transaction. Since block space is highly limited, the success of bitcoin is it's own worst enemy, increasing fees exponentially and giving it a reverse Schelling point - driving users to OTHER chains to avoid usury fees, compounding the inability of PoW to force convergence even further.
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January 15, 2018, 12:44:55 AM |
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January 15, 2018, 12:54:47 AM |
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Then (((they))) will chip with an RFID the JPM legal tender coins and you will be left with your lumps of metal that no one will accept. They've been cheating with the pm market since forever and you think that they would let you play their game?
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