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[OutOfMemory]

wow, elwar made it to one of the most reputable german newspapers! (only in german)

https://www.sueddeutsche.de/leben/bitcoin-peter-thiel-libertaer-1.5161423


here is a quote:

... Nadia, die eigentlich Supranee Thepdet heißt, hat wieder etwas Gutes, Scharfes gekocht. Chad Elwartowski, ihr Mann, ein US-Amerikaner aus Michigan, Mitte 40, mit Strohhut und Shorts, blickt sie nach dem letzten Bissen dankbar an.

Dann erzählt er, wie sie 2018 nach Thailand kamen und in einer Bar in Bangkok Rudy trafen. "Wir sind nur die Sideshow", sagt Chad, "er ist die Type." "Wenn man mit ihm aus dem Haus geht", meint Supranee, "gibt es immer ein Abenteuer." Der Kontakt war im Internet entstanden, auf einem Forum der "Seasteader", der Seesiedler-Bewegung. Der Deutsche lud das Paar ein, in Phuket Quartier zu machen. Und erkor die beiden bald zu den ersten Bewohnern seines achteckigen Häuschens, das draußen auf dem Meer schweben sollte.

Rudy, vor mehr als 50 Jahren in Karlsruhe geboren, hört von Amts wegen auf den Namen Rüdiger Koch. ...

you are the man, elwar! the entire article is way more friendly/neutral than some of the reactions in bitcointalk. i am impressed. ms satoshi story is also covered.

Elwar surely has some HUGE balls! He's sort of a public figure and everybody knows where he lives etc... frankly, don't want to sound cynical but I'm surprised he's still alive and well and nobody has tried to extort his coins yet    So seems like many WO-ers overestimate the importance of opsec.  Or maybe not... 

OpSec is more a risk management of possible future events. (not only unlawful ones)
It's much harder when you're having a business, especially one associated with bitcoin...

[xhomerx10]

I am amused that we have made a new ATH of $29,700 and no one seems to have noticed.  Including myself.  

ATH for 🐜

              ↑ What is that a llama for ants?


 I woke up to the new ATH but by the time I had made a cup of espresso, it was back down to $29,350 so I decided to wait for 30k to celebrate.

 see, I've been generating 30k addresses.

 1BtCis3oKZapWavWuJLPohDqajujES5A8F

 and my favourite so far:
 
 1BTcis3okLampCoptF3gEbB7EpTbMU5YbW

 The computer is pulling nearly 500 Watts to do this so it's keeping me nice and warm too.

[lightfoot]

So posters with 0.5-10 coins may still be posting a lot. As they really need BTC to move to 100k or more

before they think they have decent money.

Eh. I've been enjoying New Year's (thank fucking God 2020 is over) but at the same time I'm really just in awe of what's going on. I'm sure it will pop at some point but truth be told I don't need any fiat right now so no need to screw with the bitcoin stash.

But yeah, it's a good thing to remember that if it goes to 100k I'll probably feel the same way.

[jojo69]

[JimboToronto]

I am amused that we have made a new ATH of $29,700 and no one seems to have noticed.  Including myself.  

I don't like saying, "I told you so" but I did mention it in my morning greeting.

I realize nobody actually reads it but it's a good way to keep my post count up. 

[bullrun2024bro]

I always love when Peter Schiff gets trolled. 



Source: https://twitter.com/WhalePanda/status/1344923201198022656/photo/1

[heslo]

Haha Schiff is a clueless dinosaur stuck in the "old ways"

Even when the truth hits him square in the face he can't see it. Well, I think he does, but he chooses not to

Even his son takes the piss out of him

[HairyMaclairy]

I am amused that we have made a new ATH of $29,700 and no one seems to have noticed.  Including myself.  

I don't like saying, "I told you so" but I did mention it in my morning greeting.

I realize nobody actually reads it but it's a good way to keep my post count up. 

Apologies, you did indeed.  Your Guinness post was quite captivating though!

[kurious]

Happy New Year, brothers!

Allow me a little rant?

TPTB are increasingly making things difficult for us 'plebs' to act freely and do as we please as we have been able to thus far.  

Today, Bittrex just gave 14 days notice (they normally give 30) of de-listing privacy coins - including Monero, which is a top 20 market cap, and IMHO an honest traditional and respected POW coin.  

You may not hold this coin of course, so you may think it doesn't matter.  But it is the creeping march of an increasingly controlled market wishing to become all seeing and all-knowing, which will enable it to squeeze out what it cannot control; Like, well - you and me.

Just be aware that your right to any kind of privacy means nothing any more, unless of course you are a major institution engaging in their 'normal' institutional practice.

If we have any power it is surely to boycott exchanges that act against our interests.  Exchanges like Bittrex should not be able to act against honest customers' buying preferences without some pushback.  If you care - boycott Bittrex and don't let them do what they want with your Bitcoins, your shitcoins or your privacy.
In a few years, ordinary people like us won't be able to even participate in the market without accreditation at this rate.  
 
Is that what we wanted, is that what Satoshi wanted?  Is this it?  I really hope not.  But while we still have power (when exchanges want our coins) let's think about who we give our coins to, eh?  Without our coins they are finished.

Let's not sleep through a total takeover of the market and a mission creep that is intended to gradually squeeze us out?

Fuck Bittrex.  
/rant.

[JimboToronto]

I am amused that we have made a new ATH of $29,700 and no one seems to have noticed.  Including myself.  

I don't like saying, "I told you so" but I did mention it in my morning greeting.

I realize nobody actually reads it but it's a good way to keep my post count up. 

Apologies, you did indeed.  Your Guinness post was quite captivating though!

A JPG is worth 1k words.

[janggernaut]

I am amused that we have made a new ATH of $29,700 and no one seems to have noticed.  Including myself. 

$29,600 at CmC

Keep HODLL, we are almost reach $30,000!

[Wekkel]

https://hardforum.b-cdn.net/data/attachment-files/2021/01/416591_FB_IMG_16095337044152.jpg

Yeah good ol' times... config.sys missing though... 

And not enough memory to start program. And make sure to load a Hercules graphics driver from the command line before attempting to play those accolade racing games.

[heslo]

Happy New Year, brothers!

Allow me a little rant?

TPTB are increasingly making things difficult for us 'plebs' to act freely and do as we please as we have been able to thus far.  

Today, Bittrex just gave 14 days notice (they normally give 30) of de-listing privacy coins - including Monero, which is a top 20 market cap, and IMHO an honest traditional and respected POW coin.  

You may not hold this coin of course, so you may think it doesn't matter.  But it is the creeping march of an increasingly controlled market wishing to become all seeing and all-knowing, which will enable it to squeeze out what it cannot control; Like, well - you and me.

Just be aware that your right to any kind of privacy means nothing any more, unless of course you are a major institution engaging in their 'normal' institutional practice.

If we have any power it is surely to boycott exchanges that act against our interests.  Exchanges like Bittrex should not be able to act against honest customers' buying preferences without some pushback.  If you care - boycott Bittrex and don't let them do what they want with your Bitcoins, your shitcoins or your privacy.
In a few years, ordinary people like us won't be able to even participate in the market without accreditation at this rate.  
 
Is that what we wanted, is that what Satoshi wanted?  Is this it?  I really hope not.  But while we still have power (when exchanges want our coins) let's think about who we give our coins to, eh?  Without our coins they are finished.

Let's not sleep through a total takeover of the market and a mission creep that is intended to gradually squeeze us out?

Fuck Bittrex.  
/rant.

I did see this too. XMR has taken a bit of a beating this morning with the news. I don't think it's a massive deal currently but there's surely something going on in the background. Even Voorhees alluded to such

https://twitter.com/ErikVoorhees/status/1345100565735378947

[xhomerx10]

I am amused that we have made a new ATH of $29,700 and no one seems to have noticed.  Including myself.  

I don't like saying, "I told you so" but I did mention it in my morning greeting.

I realize nobody actually reads it but it's a good way to keep my post count up. 

Apologies, you did indeed.  Your Guinness post was quite captivating though!

A JPG is worth 1k words.

 Not anymore, Bittrex just de-listed it too.

[Wekkel]

TPTB are increasingly making things difficult for us 'plebs' to act freely and do as we please as we have been able to thus far.  

I did see this too. XMR has taken a bit of a beating this morning with the news. I don't think it's a massive deal currently but there's surely something going on in the background. Even Voorhees alluded to such

https://twitter.com/ErikVoorhees/status/1345100565735378947

This will drive privacy tokens off the radar and underground. Of course prevailing prices may take a hit but the cryptocurrency technique of privacy doesn’t give a hoot about what governments think. It will only become stronger.

[explorer]

I am amused that we have made a new ATH of $29,700 and no one seems to have noticed.  Including myself.  

I don't like saying, "I told you so" but I did mention it in my morning greeting.

I realize nobody actually reads it but it's a good way to keep my post count up. 

Apologies, you did indeed.  Your Guinness post was quite captivating though!

A JPG is worth 1k words.

A  JJG post's worth.  A JJG JPG.  Get the picture?

[vapourminer]

I am amused that we have made a new ATH of $29,700 and no one seems to have noticed.  Including myself. 

I don't like saying, "I told you so" but I did mention it in my morning greeting.

I realize nobody actually reads it but it's a good way to keep my post count up. 

Apologies, you did indeed.  Your Guinness post was quite captivating though!

A JPG is worth 1k words.

wazzat? a JJG is worth 1 kilowords?

per second?


edit: explorer beat me to it

[Toxic2040]

[lightfoot]

TPTB are increasingly making things difficult for us 'plebs' to act freely and do as we please as we have been able to thus far.  

Today, Bittrex just gave 14 days notice (they normally give 30) of de-listing privacy coins - including Monero, which is a top 20 market cap, and IMHO an honest traditional and respected POW coin.  

You may not hold this coin of course, so you may think it doesn't matter.  But it is the creeping march of an increasingly controlled market wishing to become all seeing and all-knowing, which will enable it to squeeze out what it cannot control; Like, well - you and me.

This is... a problem.

I remember quite clearly when the Internet was smaller and a lot more fun and little Google's motto was "Don't be Evil". People there lived by it. But as time went on and the big entertainment money flowed in, founders got rich and the concept of a free and open internet was shoved by the wayside.

Now? Google mail pretty much blacklists you if you are a small ISP because they don't care enough to fix their stuff to meet standards. Laws are passed to make anything that digs into the current profit margins punishable by 10 years in jail, and of course the barriers to entry are raised nice and high so everything can stay like it is... forever.

Will this happen to Crypto? Yeah, probably. The whole personal wallet thing is great for the big centralized players who will loan out your bitcoins or seize them for the Govt so why not? After all, only a criminal would want their own bitcoins. (yeah. /s).

And truth be told there will be a new set of cool innovations. Too many people forget that the Internet really was not supposed to be based on TCP/IP, but IPX/SPX under AT&T's "Connect" system. X.25 mail, X.400 identities, and ISDN connections to every household to servers lovingly hosted and run by the good people at AT&T.

Be glad that didn't happen. Because a six month difference would have made that. Instead we got a good 15 years of freedom before AOL's "people" ran over the net with 2.0.

So think about what's next. Look for the new idea, cherish it, nurture it. See how long you can keep it pure before it's bought for shit fiat and turned into another toxic waste dump.....

[serveria.com]

Longer fight at $30k.... this mark seems to be mucho mucho importante for bears...