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

[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.