gentlemand (OP)
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https://twitter.com/officialmcafee/status/887024683379544065A bold claim. I'm not sure which is bolder. Ludicrous but fun all the same. I do believe 2020 is going to be pretty spectacular if Bitcoin remains above ground. As an aside can anyone tell me when John Mcafee became a Bitcoin mogul? He seems to have appeared out of nowhere relatively recently. When did he first start talking about it?
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marcus_of_augustus
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July 17, 2017, 11:17:00 PM
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As an aside can anyone tell me when John Mcafee became a Bitcoin mogul? He seems to have appeared out of nowhere relatively recently. When did he first start talking about it?
I believe Erik Voorhees and Ver had a sit down chat with him at some point and he was hooked ... they are partners in a bitcoin mining venture in WA state since around that time also. |
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sgbett
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July 17, 2017, 11:25:35 PM |
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Pft. It's obvious now.
HODLers know. They have known it. The know it. They continue to know. Spartans...
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"A purely peer-to-peer version of electronic cash would allow online payments to be sent directly from one party to another without going through a financial institution" - Satoshi Nakamoto*my posts are not investment advice*
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Ted E. Bare
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July 17, 2017, 11:31:53 PM |
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Bitcoin may be the TCP/IP of money. I'm hyped as fuck today.
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duke944
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July 18, 2017, 12:12:58 AM |
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I think John had a LOT to drink while making that comment, maybe on some crack as well. I can assure everyone that when bitcoin isn't anywhere near $500k in 2020 that John will welch on this bet, mystery solved.
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JimboToronto
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July 18, 2017, 12:24:33 AM |
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Isn't a "dick" a spotted British pudding.
Meanwhile a "winkle" is a delicious shellfish, sort of a marine escargot.
John Mcafee isn't stupid.
$500k bitcoins are certainly within the realm of possibility but not hardly a certainty.
I like his style though. Too bad his AV software sucks.
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July 18, 2017, 12:28:14 AM |
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gentlemand (OP)
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July 18, 2017, 12:58:35 AM |
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John Mcafee isn't stupid.
He is completely batty though which might have inspired the tweet. He probably snorted a couple of litres of vodka from some young hooker's eye socket. |
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July 18, 2017, 01:03:50 AM |
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https://twitter.com/officialmcafee/status/887024683379544065A bold claim. I'm not sure which is bolder. Ludicrous but fun all the same. I do believe 2020 is going to be pretty spectacular if Bitcoin remains above ground. As an aside can anyone tell me when John Mcafee became a Bitcoin mogul? He seems to have appeared out of nowhere relatively recently. When did he first start talking about it? I think he is just trying to attract some newbie's but the price is really high and I don't really think that bitcoin would be that high, It seems really impossible for bitcoin to reach that high half a million in just 3 years and look at it's current price it is really just a dream and it is hard to believe. |
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July 18, 2017, 02:42:14 AM |
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https://twitter.com/officialmcafee/status/887024683379544065A bold claim. I'm not sure which is bolder. Ludicrous but fun all the same. I do believe 2020 is going to be pretty spectacular if Bitcoin remains above ground. As an aside can anyone tell me when John Mcafee became a Bitcoin mogul? He seems to have appeared out of nowhere relatively recently. When did he first start talking about it? I think he is just trying to attract some newbie's but the price is really high and I don't really think that bitcoin would be that high, It seems really impossible for bitcoin to reach that high half a million in just 3 years and look at it's current price it is really just a dream and it is hard to believe. Newbies are not gonna make this higher, but companies, that's another story. There's not big money (from companies, banks, governments, etc) in bitcoin yet, and maybe all this FUD was to get rid of weak hands so that the big guys could enter the market and only exchange with the strong ones. |
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July 18, 2017, 03:34:37 AM |
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in just 3 years ? u got to be kidding me ? hmm, sounds impossible... but it might, who knows
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July 18, 2017, 06:37:30 AM |
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Well if that does happen on national TV one day I would go  Wonder why and then come back to this thread and be like oh ya a gentleman with a D told me that this would happen one day ^^. (But ya 3 years maybe he's planning gonad surgery or testicular cancer?) |
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July 18, 2017, 03:02:14 PM |
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John Mcafee's prediction will come true right after Kim Dot Com releases his MegaUpload 2.0 with bitcoin integration.
Like when hell freezes over.
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July 18, 2017, 04:04:19 PM |
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McAffee is known for his drug usage and hooker adventures, he may have been high, but the math is there, it may grow in an exponential fashion and then we are not ready to see such growth because our minds are not really hard wired to think inters of algorithmic exponential graphs, a lot of people are judging bitcoin with the linear graph on and think it's a bubble which is a big mistake.
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July 18, 2017, 05:12:19 PM |
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That guy is crazy. He should stop drinking and sniff less bath salts!
When you read the discussion below his tweet it looks like he is talking about a centralized chinese version of Bitcoin, as he is definitely following Jihan who in his opinion is one of the smartest guys out there.
Don't know how any normal behaving person can take this guy seriously?!
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fabiorem
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July 18, 2017, 07:48:32 PM |
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McAffee is known for his drug usage and hooker adventures, he may have been high, but the math is there, it may grow in an exponential fashion and then we are not ready to see such growth because our minds are not really hard wired to think inters of algorithmic exponential graphs, a lot of people are judging bitcoin with the linear graph on and think it's a bubble which is a big mistake.
Those linear graph analysis were created with stock markets in mind, stock markets which are under heavy regulation by the State, with its taxes and policies. Bitcoin have near to zero regulation in most countries, it's a alien monster in the room, so anything is possible. |
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July 18, 2017, 08:27:54 PM |
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 someone made a nice comment on ZH : take on the bet, for let 's say 200 K. Buy 100 K BTC. No matter how it ends, you win... . 
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July 19, 2017, 12:45:22 AM |
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Finally someone who puts their genitalia where there mouth is.
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July 19, 2017, 04:13:17 PM |
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McAffee is known for his drug usage and hooker adventures, he may have been high, but the math is there, it may grow in an exponential fashion and then we are not ready to see such growth because our minds are not really hard wired to think inters of algorithmic exponential graphs, a lot of people are judging bitcoin with the linear graph on and think it's a bubble which is a big mistake.
Those linear graph analysis were created with stock markets in mind, stock markets which are under heavy regulation by the State, with its taxes and policies. Bitcoin have near to zero regulation in most countries, it's a alien monster in the room, so anything is possible. This guy gets it. You can't use the linear graph for bitcoin, because it's a global asset, it is really something unique, massive amount of wealth can flock in and create an huge price increase easily. The people using the linear graph will always see an huge green candle in all time graph and will always think it's going to crash but it will keep going up. |
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