[free to join] Contest of the Gods : Zeus Cryptotag for the winner !

[Becassine]

1. My little darlings,

I am lucky and honored to once again have a quality sponsor for this fun competition. I'm just making the rules so there's no dispute. Of course Bitmover will simplify the draw for us. While waiting to have the complete rules and the presentation of the prices (it's because I'm a little slow, but it's OK now, you can have a look at the the rules), I'm already giving you one so get ahead: you will need to make a quote from a well-known character about bitcoin (this can of course be an absurd assertion, a predictive or amusing quote, in short whatever you want). Once the quote has been written by another participant, you do not have the right to copy. If you really can't find one, look for one on this forum that you like. And if you really can't find it, give free rein to your creativity.

I enter the names of the participants into the Bitmover magic tool only when they have given me a quote. => https://bitcoindata.science/giveaway-manager/

Et merci à notre sponsor !!!!


2. Hello sweeties,

Look at the nice image our sponsor made  



Rules : We have a beautiful pack for one winner.

You must know that it's not possible to deliver in those countries : (but citizens of these countries can play of course !)

Afghanistan
Brazil
Costa Rica
Iran
Iraq
Kosovo
Russia
Ukraine

And imports can be a headache in these countries (but you can participate and offer your prize if you win):

Chile
Bangladesh
India
Montenegro
Nigeria
Pakistan
Serbia
Turkey
Venezuela

1. very newbies can not participate, you must have a minimum of 10 funny or interesting messages and be in the forum since 3 months at least. Maybe for a next contest ?

2. It will last 3 weeks, deadline 10 december, midnight (Paris time).

=> After midnight 10 december, it will no longer be possible to participate.
=> No possibility of getting satoshis instead of the prize.
=> You can offer your prize to anyone you like.
=> Cryptotag covers the delivery costs (except for the countries mentioned above where delivery is impossible or too complicated

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Good luck to all  

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[Becassine]

Since I don't know all your crazy tools and I make the lists manually, tell me if I forgot anyone  

1.

"Bitcoin will do to banks what e-mails did to the postal sector"

from Rick Falkvinge

2.

Here is a good quote from Satoshi Nakamoto himself:

If you don't believe me or don't get it, I don't have time to try to convince you, sorry.
Link>>> https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=532.msg6269#msg6269

3.

John McAfee …. tweeting about “Bitcoin moves above  $500,000 within three years.”

And backing his bet with a very famous quote …” if not, I will eat my dick on national television.”

4.

Bitcoin is the most important invention in world history since the internet.

From Roger Ver, the world's first investor in a Bitcoin startup.

5.

My quote from Former CEO of Microsoft "Bill Gates" about Bitcoin is: "Bitcoin is a technological tour de force."

6.

from Brian Armstrong, the CEO and co-founder of Coinbase,

“Money has three stages: 1) Commodity (gold, silver, etc) 2) Paper backed by commodity (gold standard) 3) Paper backed by nothing (fiat currency). We are now entering stage 4: Digital currency backed by cryptography. "

7.

Tim Draper
"I think Bitcoin is the future currency. It’s not a question of if, but when."

8.

I like this one from hodl thread.

sue me
(but only if it's payable in BTC)

9.

The danger is if people are buying bitcoins in the expectation that the price will go up, and the resulting increased demand is what is driving the price up. That is the definition of a BUBBLE, and as we all know, bubbles burst.

Hal

10.

Quote: "Bitcoin has no top, because the dollar has no bottom" -Max Kaiser

11.

Quoting Michael Saylor

#Bitcoin BTC is a swarm of cyber hornets serving the goddess of wisdom, feeding on the fire of truth, exponentially growing ever smarter, faster, and stronger behind a wall of encrypted energy.

Posted Saylor (x.com)

12.

Here's mine from a tech entrepreneur Anthony Pompliano.

"Bitcoin is only risky to those who don't understand it."

13.

Here's my entry:

It's very attractive to the libertarian viewpoint if we can explain it properly. I'm better with code than with words though.

Source: Satoshi Nakamoto

14.

"Bitcoin is the phoenix of finance, rising from the ashes of traditional currencies."

15.

I Think This Is the First Time We’re Trying a Decentralized, Non-Trust-Based System

https://p2pfoundation.ning.com/forum/topics/bitcoin-open-source

16.

Since Woodie already took my favorite, I'll go with another one, by Satoshi, of course:

It might make sense just to get some in case it catches on. If
enough people think the same way, that becomes a self fulfilling
prophecy. Once it gets bootstrapped, there are so many
applications if you could effortlessly pay a few cents to a
website as easily as dropping coins in a vending machine.

17.

Here's my entry. Quoted from laszlo

I'll pay 10,000 bitcoins for a couple of pizzas.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=137.0

18.

satoshi quotes

Lost coins only make everyone else's coins worth slightly more.  Think of it as a donation to everyone.

19.

Here is one quote I love

BTC will be WORTHLESS and have ZERO VALUE in 2019

Calvin Ayre

20.

I think the fact that within the bitcoin universe an algorithm replaces the functions of [the government] is actually pretty cool. I am a big fan of Bitcoin

21.

I'll go with a nasty quote from mr Buffet (april 2022) : 'Bitcoin is probably rat poison squared' (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mldCPQ4ypYM).

22.

"Not your keys, Not your Bitcoin"

23.

Dead Bitcoins are Good Bitcoins

Code:

Lost coins only make everyone else's coins worth slightly more. Think of it as a donation to everyone.

Satoshi Nakamoto

24. Danydee
 

Gavin gets it wrong. Big deal.
You know, there's a reason in business, why it's usually not the code-monkeys who get to make strategic decisions.

Are you this annoying in person, or just online?

I spent last week talking to some of the largest Bitcoin businesses (much bigger than Paymium/Bitcoin-Central or anything anybody in #bitcoin-assets is involved with), and they all want the maximum block size to increase.

The poll in this thread says people support it by a three-to-one margin.

It is going to happen sooner or later. I want it to happen sooner because Very Bad Things will happen if we get to 100% full 1MB blocks:

At 100% we're up at a huge 7744 seconds (more than 2 hours)! If the network were ever to reach this 100% level, though, the problems would be much worse as 10% of all transactions would still not have received a confirmation after 22800 seconds (6.3 hours).

http://hashingit.com/analysis/34-bitcoin-traffic-bulletin

I'm busy writing benchmarks, finding bugs in current code, and generally making sure nothing will break when we increase the maximum block size. If you want to be helpful instead of being an annoying troll, I have a TODO list you could help out with. Although the last time you agreed to help out, Dave, you didn't follow through on your promises (do you remember when you agreed to help with the testnet?).

25.

Bitcoin is not simply a system of accounting; it is the first digital artifact that provides forever-history, that provides true digital immutability. [...] It is a planetary-scale, thermodynamically-guaranteed, self-evident system of immutability. ​
​Planetary-scale, because in order to do it you need to marshal resources that only exist in a planetary-scale effort.
Thermodynamically-guaranteed, because you can calculate the exact amount of energy it took to create it and there is no shortcut. [...]
Self-evident, because the number that is produced as proof-of-work tells you exactly how much work has been done cumulatively.
It really is a monument.

26.

I believe Craig Steven Wright is the person who invented Bitcoin.

Source: http://gavinandresen.ninja/satoshi


Gavin has admitted his mistake already, but this quote was a big thing back then in 2016.

1. paid2 (ex-Iwantmyhomepaidwithbtc2)
2. Woodie
3. Mbitr
4. bitzizzix
5. albon
6. bitmover
7. malcovi2
8. libert19
9. Yamane_Keto
10. 3kpk3
11. BABY SHOES
12. inthelongrun
13. GazetaBitcoin
14. cafter
15. dkbit98
16. NeuroticFish
17. julerz12
18. ajiz138
19. hopenotlate
20. G.Seed
21. GrosWesh
22. xLays
23. Sunderland
24. Danydee
25. F2B
26. Jayce

Too late but interesting quote

“I'm sure that in 20 years there will either be very large transaction volume or no volume.”

[paid2]

Nice, thank you Becassine 

A very famous one:

"Bitcoin will do to banks what e-mails did to the postal sector"

from Rick Falkvinge

[Woodie]

Here is a good quote from Satoshi Nakamoto himself:

If you don't believe me or don't get it, I don't have time to try to convince you, sorry.
Link>>> https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=532.msg6269#msg6269

[Mbitr]

John McAfee …. tweeting about “Bitcoin moves above  $500,000 within three years.”

And backing his bet with a very famous quote …” if not, I will eat my dick on national television.”

Good luck all, great concept for a game Becassine 

[bitzizzix]

Great contest, thanks Becassine.

Bitcoin is the most important invention in world history since the internet.

From Roger Ver, the world's first investor in a Bitcoin startup.

[albon]

Welcome back, dear @Becassine. We are pleased to see this excellent collaboration among you, as we have been eagerly waiting this competition for a long time, and today is the day.

My quote from Former CEO of Microsoft "Bill Gates" about Bitcoin is: "Bitcoin is a technological tour de force."

Thanks to the sponsor Bitmover, and you for organizing the upcoming competition. Good luck to all participants.

[paid2]

Thanks to the sponsor Bitmover, and you for organizing the upcoming competition. Good luck to all participants.

Bitmover is providing the tool to make the draw fair and transparent: https://bitcoindata.science/giveaway-manager/

For now we are not aware of who is sponsoring this contest  

Good luck to everyone !

[bitmover]

 from Brian Armstrong, the CEO and co-founder of Coinbase,

“Money has three stages: 1) Commodity (gold, silver, etc) 2) Paper backed by commodity (gold standard) 3) Paper backed by nothing (fiat currency). We are now entering stage 4: Digital currency backed by cryptography. "

[malcovi2]

Tim Draper
"I think Bitcoin is the future currency. It’s not a question of if, but when."

[Becassine]

Thanks to the sponsor Bitmover, and you for organizing the upcoming competition. Good luck to all participants.

Bitmover is providing the tool to make the draw fair and transparent: https://bitcoindata.science/giveaway-manager/

For now we are not aware of who is sponsoring this contest  

Good luck to everyone !

As you are players I'll give you a hint (I don't know if it's good though).

You may have found yourself using the words “hint” and “clue” interchangeably, but did you know there is a difference between the two? The proper word to use depends on the context, but generally speaking, a hint is a subtle suggestion or indication, while a clue is a piece of evidence or information that can help solve a problem or mystery.

Well I don't know if it's a clue or a hint 

[Becassine]

or maybe this one ?

hebergeur d image imageshack

[libert19]

I like this one from hodl thread.

sue me
(but only if it's payable in BTC)

[Yamane_Keto]

The danger is if people are buying bitcoins in the expectation that the price will go up, and the resulting increased demand is what is driving the price up. That is the definition of a BUBBLE, and as we all know, bubbles burst.

Hal

[3kpk3]

Glad to see another contest from the current Santa of this forum(Becassine). Also, it's good to see Bitmover's tool steadily gaining well-deserved popularity over time within this forum.

Quote: "Bitcoin has no top, because the dollar has no bottom" -Max Kaiser

[BABY SHOES]

Great contest, this was my first time.

I always love quotes from Michael Saylor and championing Bitcoin.

Quoting Michael Saylor

#Bitcoin BTC is a swarm of cyber hornets serving the goddess of wisdom, feeding on the fire of truth, exponentially growing ever smarter, faster, and stronger behind a wall of encrypted energy.

Posted Saylor (x.com)

[inthelongrun]

Nice idea of a contest. Here's mine from a tech entrepreneur Anthony Pompliano.

"Bitcoin is only risky to those who don't understand it."

Cheers OP and good luck everyone!

[cafter]

here's mine, thanks @Becassine

"Bitcoin is the phoenix of finance, rising from the ashes of traditional currencies."

[dkbit98]

Thank you for another giveaway Becassine

I Think This Is the First Time We’re Trying a Decentralized, Non-Trust-Based System

https://p2pfoundation.ning.com/forum/topics/bitcoin-open-source

[NeuroticFish]

Since Woodie already took my favorite, I'll go with another one, by Satoshi, of course:

It might make sense just to get some in case it catches on. If
enough people think the same way, that becomes a self fulfilling
prophecy. Once it gets bootstrapped, there are so many
applications if you could effortlessly pay a few cents to a
website as easily as dropping coins in a vending machine.

Thank you Becassine and the sponsor. Wonderful contest, as usual, and I like a lot the idea of gathering all kind of quotes in here.

[julerz12]

Thank you Becassine and the sponsor 

Here's my entry. Quoted from laszlo

I'll pay 10,000 bitcoins for a couple of pizzas.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=137.0

[ajiz138]

Thank you Becassine for coming again with your sponsor.

satoshi quotes

Lost coins only make everyone else's coins worth slightly more.  Think of it as a donation to everyone.

[Becassine]

Hello I'm glad you like this new competition 


The rules you escaped: make a video of you killing a bear with your bare hands, invite 5 people from the French section, do 50 push-ups (+ video), make me understand how to sign a bitcoin address. But as these conditions are almost impossible to achieve, I gave up. Besides, I don't know what is the most difficult in these rules...

Feel free to invite friends to participate.

[hopenotlate]

Here is one quote I love

BTC will be WORTHLESS and have ZERO VALUE in 2019

Calvin Ayre


Thanks Cryptotag and Becassine for running this contest

[Becassine]

Here is one quote I love

BTC will be WORTHLESS and have ZERO VALUE in 2019

Calvin Ayre


Thanks Cryptotag and Becassine for running this contest

I love it too 

[G.Seed]

I think the fact that within the bitcoin universe an algorithm replaces the functions of [the government] is actually pretty cool. I am a big fan of Bitcoin

[Becassine]

Look at the old tweets it's funny, here are some ideas

Leif Högberg, 6 decembre 2010 :

#bitcoin seems interesting but at the same time it also seems like scammer heaven. Is it safe?

https://twitter.com/leihog/status/11766464461668352


Arlen Abraham,14 juin 2011

HYPOTHESIS: BITCOIN IS A SCAM, INVENTED BY NVIDIA TO SELL GPUS

https://twitter.com/arlenarlenarlen/status/80439770374864896

GOOD, 28 june 2011

Bitcoin is a virtual currency, a libertarian wet dream, an experiment in group trust, and ultimately a scam.

https://twitter.com/good/status/85694458305318913

Philip J. Hollenback, 17 april 2011

I've read the bitcoin website and started the client... now how the hell does it work? Do I have to convert USD to bitcoin? Is this a scam?

[GrosWesh]

Hey there 

Didn't notice this topic until now (coucou Becassine !  )

I'll go with a nasty quote from mr Buffet (april 2022) : 'Bitcoin is probably rat poison squared' (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mldCPQ4ypYM).

I picked this one to balance a bit, avoid making this thread a circle jerk 

Have fun everyone!

[Becassine]

Hey there 

Didn't notice this topic until now (coucou Becassine !  )

I'll go with a nasty quote from mr Buffet (april 2022) : 'Bitcoin is probably rat poison squared' (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mldCPQ4ypYM).

I picked this one to balance a bit, avoid making this thread a circle jerk 

Have fun everyone!

Maybe we'll get to the 5 French participants? 

That would be an achievement 


cool 


PS : But you know there is no cheating thanks to the bitmover tool to which I cling like a mussel to its rock. It's just that the French forum is sadly moribund.

[xLays]

I'm surprised no one posted this. So let me

"Not your keys, Not your Bitcoin"

[Becassine]

I'm surprised no one posted this. So let me

"Not your keys, Not your Bitcoin"

Bravo, excellent !  (don't know if excellent in english is the same as excellent in french, like well done)

[Sunderland]

Dead Bitcoins are Good Bitcoins

Code:

Lost coins only make everyone else's coins worth slightly more. Think of it as a donation to everyone.

Satoshi Nakamoto

[Danydee]

 
Hiya Becassine !   me apply

edit for inserting the Quote properly,  thank you paid2 !

Gavin gets it wrong. Big deal.
You know, there's a reason in business, why it's usually not the code-monkeys who get to make strategic decisions.

Are you this annoying in person, or just online?

I spent last week talking to some of the largest Bitcoin businesses (much bigger than Paymium/Bitcoin-Central or anything anybody in #bitcoin-assets is involved with), and they all want the maximum block size to increase.

The poll in this thread says people support it by a three-to-one margin.

It is going to happen sooner or later. I want it to happen sooner because Very Bad Things will happen if we get to 100% full 1MB blocks:

At 100% we're up at a huge 7744 seconds (more than 2 hours)! If the network were ever to reach this 100% level, though, the problems would be much worse as 10% of all transactions would still not have received a confirmation after 22800 seconds (6.3 hours).

http://hashingit.com/analysis/34-bitcoin-traffic-bulletin

I'm busy writing benchmarks, finding bugs in current code, and generally making sure nothing will break when we increase the maximum block size. If you want to be helpful instead of being an annoying troll, I have a TODO list you could help out with. Although the last time you agreed to help out, Dave, you didn't follow through on your promises (do you remember when you agreed to help with the testnet?).

Le forum est mort: Bienvenu chez les ninounours !

[Becassine]

Hello,

Soon the end of our great competition. There's a lot going on at the moment on the forum, it's true, but that's no reason to forget our competition. Especially since our great sponsor is preparing another surprise!  


MAJ : see you tomorrow after french hour breakfast 

[F2b]

Damn, I really have a problem with deadlines!
I promised I would participate, so here I am (although maybe a tiny bit late, I know ).

We could find a few more quotes from Satoshi, but let me quote someone else:

Bitcoin is not simply a system of accounting; it is the first digital artifact that provides forever-history, that provides true digital immutability. [...] It is a planetary-scale, thermodynamically-guaranteed, self-evident system of immutability. ​
​Planetary-scale, because in order to do it you need to marshal resources that only exist in a planetary-scale effort.
Thermodynamically-guaranteed, because you can calculate the exact amount of energy it took to create it and there is no shortcut. [...]
Self-evident, because the number that is produced as proof-of-work tells you exactly how much work has been done cumulatively.
It really is a monument.

(and if that quote still isn't long enough for you, you can have a look at my signature)

Thanks Becassine for organizing the game, and Cryptotag for sponsoring it!

[jayce]

Thank you Becassine for this contest and the sponsorship you able to bring here

Here is mine;

I believe Craig Steven Wright is the person who invented Bitcoin.

Source: http://gavinandresen.ninja/satoshi


Gavin has admitted his mistake already, but this quote was a big thing back then in 2016.

[Learn Bitcoin]

Thanks for the invitation, buddy.
I guess I am late already. But here is mine

“I'm sure that in 20 years there will either be very large transaction volume or no volume.”

[Becassine]

Hello,

I'm checking that I didn't forget someone and let's go.

Sorry I have a connexion problem, I will use the tool at 9.30 (heure de chez moi).


Target Block was 820679

And the winner is G. Seed

I send you images later, you can check on the Bitmover magic tool. (I have problems with my PC, see you later  )



https://bitcoindata.science/giveaway-manager/

[paid2]

Target Block was 820679

And the winner is G. Seed

I send you images later, you can check on the Bitmover magic tool. (I have problems with my PC, see you later  )

Congrats G.Seed 

Thank you Becasse for the nice contest, and thank you to the sponsor 

I really appreciated this idea of using nice quotes, I hope to see this concept used again in futures raffles 

[Becassine]

And as we have a very generous sponsor and I like surprises, Cryptotag is offering a Zeus to the first participant who enters this competition.

So I put the two winners and our sponsor Cryptotag in touch. Thank you very much to everyone for participating and I look forward to offering you a new competition (But always with a quality sponsor) and of course the bitmover magic tool.

[NeuroticFish]

Wow, impressive. Congrats to both winners and thank you Cryptotag & Becassine.
Keep it up Becassine with the nice and thoughtful contests! 

[GrosWesh]

GG Becassine for managing this contest the right way, one more time !

[Becassine]

Thank you to our super sponsor and don't forget "not your keys, not your coins" !

For those who are looking for nice gifts, please visit cryptotag => https://cryptotag.io/

[G.Seed]

Yay, I am so happy 

I wanted to play just to please Becassine but I take the gift

[Becassine]

And I have another great news : maybe Cryptotag will sponsored another contest in January  

And, like the famous expression "stay tuned".

Yay, I am so happy 

I wanted to play just to please Becassine but I take the gift

That's what contests are all about: having fun and making people happy.


I've been to the Dutch, the French, the Italians and the Portuguese local sections : not many of them took me up on my invitation.

Next time maybe ? 

(or they all have their bitcoins on exchanges ?  )

[paid2]

And as we have a very generous sponsor and I like surprises, Cryptotag is offering a Zeus to the first participant who enters this competition.

So I put the two winners and our sponsor Cryptotag in touch. Thank you very much to everyone for participating and I look forward to offering you a new competition (But always with a quality sponsor) and of course the bitmover magic tool.

Thank you Cryptotag and Becassine for the nice price 

I will post a photo here when it'll be delivered!

[paid2]

Thank you again to Cryptotag and to Becassine for this very nice prize 



I am amazed by the quality!
And thank you for the stroopwafel 

[Becassine]

Thank you for the picture and thank you Cryptotag for this very nice prize ! 

[G.Seed]

Just received my prize today:





Thank you Cryptotag, Indy and Becassine xxx. Going to try it right now.

[Danydee]

Thank you again to Cryptotag and to Becassine for this very nice prize 

I am amazed by the quality!
And thank you for the stroopwafel 

Koi ??!  meme une gaufrette pour passer ton café ?  😄🤣🤣

Congrats to you guys !  👍

. Going to try it right now.

Eh doucement.. c'est du metal, tu peux pas effacer et recommencer !

[paid2]

Koi ??!  meme une gaufrette pour passer ton café ?  😄🤣🤣

Congrats to you guys !  👍

Merci 

Haha yeah, the stroopwafel was a very nice surprise! I barely never go to Netherlands, so it is always welcome 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDPSjup6yK8