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[HairyMaclairy]

Bitcoin bottomed around 0400 hours GMT on 14 January 2015.  

We are now past that time in this cycle.  If the fractal holds, we have bottomed.  

I just bought again.  

Happy to hear this from yourself Hairy.



Sent you my last sMerit.

Tell me to fuck off if you want but I’m interested -

Are you British?
What’s your employment background, I’m just curious where you learnt to read charts etc

Hi LFC.  


No I am not British but for my sins I have to spend a fair amount of time in the UK.  My employment background is loosely described as helping businesses solve stupid, repetitive problems, mostly with tech.  

I learned to read charts by listening to Tera on this board and then picking up some text books on candlestick patterns.  I follow a bunch of people that do Bitcoin TA on Twitter, but think most of them are idiots.  @MustStopMurad is good and @PeterLBrandt has his moments.  Generally I try to aim for TA that is long term, on based on weekly candles with multi-year cycles, focusing on price, volume, trend lines and moving averages.  Anything else is largely noise imho.  

PS fuck off

[El duderino_]

BAKKT confirmed

https://twitter.com/rnr_0/status/1084883424006098944?s=21

[LFC_Bitcoin]

Bitcoin bottomed around 0400 hours GMT on 14 January 2015.  

We are now past that time in this cycle.  If the fractal holds, we have bottomed.  

I just bought again.  

Happy to hear this from yourself Hairy.



Sent you my last sMerit.

Tell me to fuck off if you want but I’m interested -

Are you British?
What’s your employment background, I’m just curious where you learnt to read charts etc

Hi LFC.  


No I am not British but for my sins I have to spend a fair amount of time in the UK.  My employment background is loosely described as helping businesses solve stupid, repetitive problems, mostly with tech.  

I learned to read charts by listening to Tera on this board and then picking up some text books on candlestick patterns.  I follow a bunch of people that do Bitcoin TA on Twitter, but think most of them are idiots.  @MustStopMurad is good and @PeterLBrandt has his moments.  Generally I try to aim for TA that is long term, on based on weekly candles with multi-year cycles, focusing on price, volume, trend lines and moving averages.  Anything else is largely noise imho.  

PS fuck off

Thanks man, have a nice day

[Karartma1]

Last year I was a millionaire (in dollars).

[bitserve]

^ Just so you can finally shut up repeating the same old argument over and over. Yes, we are going to a cashless society. That is probably already irreversible, it's just a matter of time.
No, I don't think states are supporting Bitcoin for that nor they really need to but if that were the case it would go to the moon first.

Now just fucking stop FFS.

What do you mean we are going to a cashless society?

The only time I have used cash in the past 12 months was when I was defeated by a parking machine in a UK seaside town which would not let me out without a pound coin.  I had to go to an ATM and then to a pub to buy a beer so I could get a coin.  Fucking savages in the UK.

Well that's exactly what I mean. I still profusely use cash because of reasons. Most people don't because of convenience. But we are going onto a path where soon will come the day that we won't be able to use cash (for the most part) even if WE WANTED TO.

Most euro countries you can not even buy a high end TV set using cash. It's forbidden by law. They will keep decreasing the max limits over time.

Why?

Because cash is way harder to control than banking fiat or even Bitcoin.

I only use cash for herbs or while in Japan. Too lazy to pass by an ATM otherwise.

What's the deal with those max limits though? And how recent is that? I bought a high-end TV some 10 years ago with cash and didn't have an issue with that. Granted that was pay cash on delivery, but still.

The restrictions started a few years ago. The max limit has been gradually being lowered. It depends on each country, currently it is 2500€ in Spain. They tried to change it to max 1000€ for this year, but it didn't pass. It will eventually do. The reasoning behind is that it is a way to counter money laundering and tax "avoidance" (which makes sense indeed) among others.

Also, 500€ notes have been stopped to be printed and will be gradually be retired out of circulation during the next few years, leaving the (even more rare) 200€ note as the highest cash denomination.

Yes, we are going to a cashless society not only because people is already used and prefer to avoid it and just use credit cards, but because the states will have more control that way.

No, I don't like it. That's one of the reasons I am into Bitcoin.

[El duderino_]

Last year I was a millionaire (in dollars).

And Maybe now a more inceased position in BTC?
Better BE

[Karartma1]

Last year I was a millionaire (in dollars).

And Maybe now a more inceased position in BTC?
Better BE

Not much Mic, not as planned.
I had quite a few unexpected expenses that required some fiat money that then I was not able to re-acquire and re-invest.
I am good anyway since with the current prices I should have a bit more time 

[kenzawak]

Still in Hong Kong today.
I'm a bit disappointed with my investigations.
It turns out I couldn't find any place that accepts BTC as payment. Also, some ATMs have disappeared as well.



My first stops were on Cameron Rd. in Kowloon.
There's a tailor there named Raja Fashion who was supposed to accept BTC... well he doesn't anymore. 
Same disappointment with the "Chic Oyster Bar". There should have been an ATM there, well they took it out. 
More luck with my next stop, an ATM nearby located on Kimberley Rd. in a toy shop named Color Rich.



General Bytes ATM

[kenzawak]

Then I walked on the famous Nathan Rd. where I found a few more ATMs.
First one was in the lobby of the Prudential Hotel, on the side of the front desk, a bit hidden.

[kenzawak]

There was also this one... and no Starbucks doesn't accept BTC here. It's just that the ATM was next to the famous shop at the Nathan Hotel.

[kenzawak]

I also wanted to check a Bitcoin accessories shop named "too free to fail" but apparently... it failed at staying in business.
So my last stop was another ATM on Nathan Rd. in the W Plaza... actually there were two ATMs in there !

[HI-TEC99]

Cryptopia's the first exchange of 2019 to get hacked.

https://twitter.com/Cryptopia_NZ/status/1085084168852291586

[mOgliE]

We know of how much?

Significant doesn't mean anything :/

[P_Shep]

How are exchanges still being hacked these days? Have lessons not been learnt?

[Cryptotourist]

We know of how much?

Significant doesn't mean anything :/

Maybe:

The announcement didn’t specify the amount of the damages.

However, 43 hours ago, an ETH transaction took place, seeing 19,390 ETH moving out of Cryptopia’s tagged wallet to an unknown address. The value of the ETH transferred is a little more than $2.5 million.

How are exchanges still being hacked these days? Have lessons not been learnt?

When you ask something like that, think of r0ach

[HI-TEC99]

We know of how much?

Significant doesn't mean anything :/

I found this in the comments. I'm not sure if they lost Bitcoins too.

https://twitter.com/whale_alert/status/1084442862970945536

19,391 #ETH (2,438,152 USD) transferred from #Cryptopia to Unknown wallet Tx: https://etherscan.io/tx/0x8a7c2b34f23eee02401e7c3fa1ea2ce8d3132e7ca3811d673ca35898c9535aae

[bikerleszno]

We know of how much?

Significant doesn't mean anything :/

3,5 mil usd for sure in BTC and ETH

[bikerleszno]

We know of how much?

Significant doesn't mean anything :/

I found this in the comments. I'm not sure if they lost Bitcoins too.

https://twitter.com/whale_alert/status/1084442862970945536

19,391 #ETH (2,438,152 USD) transferred from #Cryptopia to Unknown wallet Tx: https://etherscan.io/tx/0x8a7c2b34f23eee02401e7c3fa1ea2ce8d3132e7ca3811d673ca35898c9535aae

[mOgliE]

We know of how much?

Significant doesn't mean anything :/

3,5 mil usd for sure in BTC and ETH

Ok thanks.

A few millions isn't too bad. Won't have any big market consequences.

[D. Lerk]

Welcome to participation, D. Lerk.  

Regarding your AMA statement, what has been your BTC investment strategy since 2012?   Have you bought/sold any?  Did you get distracted by any other cryptos?  Have you changed your strategies over the years?  or have you been scared out of bitcoin based on various FUD over the years?

Basic strategy has been to view bitcoin as a far-out-of-the-money put on the dollar (as the reserve currency, the one with the most to lose) with no expiry. Whats not to like about that? Very little cost to hold compared to the potential upside.

Bought more at key confidence building points, when it seemed to me that chance of survival, or even success, increased. For example, the non-collapse after the SR takedown and crucially for me, when the US decided to auction seized coins. This is rarely mentioned, but I think those auctions were a huge 'mistake' by TPTB. From their pov, they should have destroyed the coins - instead they literally legitimised BTC.

Sold about 3% in the 5-digits for treats, but not out of scale to general lifestyle.

Played a little with alts, missed ETH though (didn't like the too-slick build-up) now just XMR. Dumped the forks for one-sixth stash boost (thanks Roger). Thought BCH an obvious take-over attempt by the corps and China and would rather have sunk with the ship than be pwned by Jihan, the CCP and fvckin Calvin forcrissakes. Surprised that jbreher bought in, respected the guy.



edit: Hi Toxic2040, and thanks for the charts. I like that you present a range. 3 shades of grey, as it were.
edit: thanks Globb0, you can be a funny guy