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[jbreher]

Or "He ... still actually has a bunch of mining capacity hidden away somewhere."

Oh. Would you look at that. Turns out that he did.

Believe it when we see it.

How's 2/3 of the network - up from considerable minority days ago.

https://cash.coin.dance/blocks/today

Oh too late! You didn't close your eyes fast enough.

There is none so blind as he who refuses to see.

Ok. Where do you think that hashrate increase is coming from? They were previously mining BTC? Is it leased hashpower?

Well, it is a fascinating question. And one to which I have no ready answer. I can imagine a number of possibilities, but they'd all be idle speculation.

It is interesting how close to a BTC difficulty change the BCH fork and hash battle is occurring however. Provocative.

[JayJuanGee]

Or "He ... still actually has a bunch of mining capacity hidden away somewhere."

Oh. Would you look at that. Turns out that he did.

You don’t like theymos much, do you? LOL

Relevance? Never met theymos, so I don't have any basis upon which to like or dislike him or her.

I was just pointing out that theymos' blanket statement was erroneous.

Anyone can control bitcoin if they have enough money and the desire to do it. But who is stupid enough and has that much money to throw away? hash power=money.

In my experience, stupid people rarely amass much money. Lacking knowledge of the contrary, I would venture to speculate that an incidence of a stupid person amassing enough money to steer a $100B market is unprecedented.

Just some of the things you’ve said in the past. Maybe I should change that to “agree with him” instead of like.

Yes, it’s almost impossible to control $100b market by purchasing btc directly. Hash power is a lesser figure. Still tons of money but not $100b.

Stupid people don’t amass much money? Have you heard of Donald Trump and Paris Hilton?

Both born into it. What's your point?

Bitcoin is easy to control.

SEC disapproval of Winklevoss ETF:

“The Winklevoss ETF proposal was rejected because the SEC found that the significant markets for Bitcoin tend to be unregulated overseas markets that are potentially subject to price manipulation.”

Who gives a ratt's ass what SEC finds or says or approves or disapproves?

[HI-TEC99]

Craig Wright is tweeting literally every 10 minutes tonight


Dr Craig S Wright @ProfFaustus
Well. In 2017 I said there was a MAJOR issue with SegWit.

In mid to late 2019, I will explain it.

It cannot be removed. It cannot be fixed. It is not solvable and, you cannot work around it.

Sorry. You allowed Core to kill BTC.

I did try and stop you.

Fuck the lying bastard.

He has a history of breaking his promises.

Years ago he promised to transfer Bitcoin from “an early block” to prove he's Satoshi. He never did.

He's taking the piss expecting people to believe his new bullshit.

[HairyMaclairy]

I dont care whether CSW, Jihan or Cobra wins the hash battle.

One Bcash shitcoin is much like another.  

[jonoiv]

3 day RSI hit 30 then it seems to have rebounded a little.

calling the bottom, at least for now.  I voted for below 6000 by close but not sure now.

[jbreher]

Exactly. By the chain that wins the upcoming BCH hash battle. Bitcoin Cash implementing the SV consensus rules.

The hashrate fight has not even started yet. All we are watching are preliminary intimidation movements. I would not count a winner just yet.

True enough. Though if momentum be any valid indicator...

Where's the ABC white knight? Is bitmain going to stop mining BTC in order to mine their fork?

[JayJuanGee]

The market is actually betting that CW is Satoshi, basically.

Not me. I'm betting on the demonstrated hash power that SV has amassed. Why so many ignored such an obvious signal is beyond me. More grist for the 'most people are basically irrational' mill.

Why you think this is dependent upon CSV being Satoshi is a mystery.

I will still believe it when I see it... meaning the actual fork.  This pre-fork pump and dump may be much more profitable than actually following through with an actual fork.  Let's see it... let's see it.  I still remain skeptical... is it 75% likely now, rather than $70% likely.. that still leaves a 25% chance that such stupid ass fork won't happen.

Hmm. I had been hoping for a kumbaya moment. But now that it seems clear that ABC will the minority fork -- to the point where it becomes an economic non-factor -- I am happy for split to occur. I quite prefer the structure of SV over ABC. What with it being essentially 'the original bitcoin minus some coding errors'.

So SV adopts the mantle of The Real BCH as a stepping stone to eventually becoming The Real Bitcoin. Cool. I can live with that.

I appreciate everything that you explain here regarding your thinking, but still why do you believe that it is accurate to respond with a statement that ABC will fork blah blah blah... You really think that the fork is close to 100% when it has not happened yet?  Why don't you at least suggest that my 75% estimate is pie in the sky or something like that... Even if you said 95% likely, that would be much more reasonable, and I might even move a bit upwardly off of my 75% stab in the dark... but going above 95% just seems too absolutist, especially when we already know that the players involved in this are not very many and many of them are disingenuous pumpers, shit talkers and shit stirrers (did I say greedy, too?)... and I don't know why we should trust them for what they say.. even if they are flashing supposed mining power, will power, resoluteness and/or other kinds of possible abilities to follow through.

[Gyrsur]

[becoin]

Who sold at the bottom?
Jihan, Ver, or CSW?

[HI-TEC99]

Exactly. By the chain that wins the upcoming BCH hash battle. Bitcoin Cash implementing the SV consensus rules.

The hashrate fight has not even started yet. All we are watching are preliminary intimidation movements. I would not count a winner just yet.

True enough. Though if momentum be any valid indicator...

Where's the ABC white knight? Is bitmain going to stop mining BTC in order to mine their fork?

What plans are there for block explorers and electrum wallets for the new forks? The SV and ABC websites only seem to offer qt wallets. I can't find anything for everyday people, only stuff for miners and full node hosters.

[bitserve]

Or "He ... still actually has a bunch of mining capacity hidden away somewhere."

Oh. Would you look at that. Turns out that he did.

Believe it when we see it.

How's 2/3 of the network - up from considerable minority days ago.

https://cash.coin.dance/blocks/today

Oh too late! You didn't close your eyes fast enough.

There is none so blind as he who refuses to see.

Ok. Where do you think that hashrate increase is coming from? They were previously mining BTC? Is it leased hashpower?

Well, it is a fascinating question. And one to which I have no ready answer. I can imagine a number of possibilities, but they'd all be idle speculation.

It is interesting how close to a BTC difficulty change the BCH fork and hash battle is occurring however. Provocative.

Let's speculate then. We don't have much else to do in the meantime.

Depending on where the hashrate is coming from they could or could not sustain the "bluff" for long. Even if what Craig said in the Tone Vays interview is true, Jihan exactly knows how much hashpower they do have in total.

[Torque]

I dont care whether CSW, Jihan or Cobra wins the hash battle.

One Bcash shitcoin is much like another.  

Shhh, quiet you. Next thing you'll tell them is that the public will never buy any of their shit regardless.

Quit trashing their dreams. And jbreher's.

[Globb0]

I'm behind this nice bottom, on many scales.

[Gyrsur]

is Crypto dead now?

[JayJuanGee]

Central bank coin coming soon.

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/14/central-banks-should-consider-issuing-digital-money-imf-boss-lagarde.html

IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde said central banks should "consider the possibility to issue digital currency" in a speech in Singapore on Wednesday.

Didn't they already try that?   

Wasn't R3 about something like that?

[xhomerx10]

is Crypto dead now?

 I don't think so but just in case, I made us some alternate hats.

[Topbanker]

Central bank coin coming soon.

https://www.c[Suspicious link removed]m/2018/11/14/central-banks-should-consider-issuing-digital-money-imf-boss-lagarde.html

IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde said central banks should "consider the possibility to issue digital currency" in a speech in Singapore on Wednesday.

Didn't they already try that?   

Wasn't R3 about something like that?

R3 was (or is) a blockchain firm started in 2014.

Some more info http://fortune.com/2018/06/07/blockchain-firm-r3-is-running-out-of-money-sources-say/

[El duderino_]

is Crypto dead now?

just saw a hearthbeat so not yet

[JayJuanGee]

[edited out]
 

That is quite possible, and I've been considering this outcome too. That's why I want to be flat (out of the market) before the shitshow scheduled time - well, except for my historical, suffering long.

I'd merit you again, except I already spent some on you, and I am reluctant to shell out to legends, who really don't need the stuff.

"need" is a relative term.  Surely there can be some benefits, as a whole, to spreading out smerit sending, and surely, there are some amazing posters who receive a lot of merit, but sometimes, gotta just space out the smerit distribution a bit - even though the poster might deserve some merit for efforts and sticking to the topic with meaningful (and sometimes uniquely resonant and timely) contributions (which is also a relative consideration).

[El duderino_]

is Crypto dead now?

 I don't think so but just in case, I made us some alternate hats.

f*** cost me 50% Sm. stash but this one is just GOOD realy GOOD

lmao

don't let us say, we miss the days of 6420= the new 6420