300 Bitcoin Berkshire Hathaway bet - page 2.

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Quote from: Chris_Sabian on March 15, 2014, 02:14:56 PM

Quote from: Stunna on March 15, 2014, 04:14:51 AM

Decided to post this here as the gambling section is over-run by ponzi scams.

Essentially a redditor is willing to bet 300BTC against 1 share of BRK-A (~$183k) that the one share will be worth more than 300BTC.

http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/20gkdx/legitimate_wager_300_bitcoins_vs_1_class_a_share/

I've commented here and sent him an email showing my interest in his offer with a few modifications. Seems like fairly good odds?

I'm also willing to double-down and offer this deal to Warren Buffet himself with profits going to charity if he somehow sees this, I doubt he even uses the internet though. It isn't much money to him, but who doesn't love winning?

I like this bet. If Warren Buffet saw this (or his army of of assistants) it would be a good way to spread the word about bitcoin.

Yeah, if anyone has any way to reach his assistants please let me know.

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Quote from: Stunna on March 15, 2014, 04:14:51 AM

Decided to post this here as the gambling section is over-run by ponzi scams.

Essentially a redditor is willing to bet 300BTC against 1 share of BRK-A (~$183k) that the one share will be worth more than 300BTC.

http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/20gkdx/legitimate_wager_300_bitcoins_vs_1_class_a_share/

I've commented here and sent him an email showing my interest in his offer with a few modifications. Seems like fairly good odds?

I'm also willing to double-down and offer this deal to Warren Buffet himself with profits going to charity if he somehow sees this, I doubt he even uses the internet though. It isn't much money to him, but who doesn't love winning?

I like this bet. If Warren Buffet saw this (or his army of of assistants) it would be a good way to spread the word about bitcoin.

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Quote from: AnonyMint on March 15, 2014, 09:37:52 AM

Did you extrapolate that it can't ever be a unit-of-account unless the government changes its stance on classifying it for tax purposes as a commodity?

Let's see..

Quote from: AnonyMint on March 15, 2014, 09:26:45 AM

I think the government is going to tax BTC as a commodity, which will insure it can't be a unit-of-account because legal tender is not taxed on VAT and capital gains. And then merge Bitcoin into some digital fiat plan...

I think you are out of your mind if you believe any such government-bankster hijacking of Bitcoin will be even remotely successful or tolerated by the cryptocurrency community.

World governments will have no more success taxing Bitcoin than the US government has had stopping the spread of piracy or winning the insane war on drugs.

And proper decentralized exchanges are coming sooner than you think.

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Quote from: Beliathon on March 15, 2014, 09:15:00 AM

Quote from: AnonyMint on March 15, 2014, 09:08:38 AM

I don't agree with that part. You have confirmation bias and this is very dangerous to objectivity.

Perhaps. Or maybe I have supreme confidence in the probability engine that is my mathematically-gifted brain, because for the past twenty years it has been making me quite wealthy.

Did you extrapolate that it can't ever be a unit-of-account unless the government changes its stance on classifying it for tax purposes as a commodity?

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.5710868

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Quote from: AnonyMint on March 15, 2014, 09:08:38 AM

I don't agree with that part. You have confirmation bias and this is very dangerous to objectivity.

Perhaps. Or maybe I have supreme confidence in the probability engine that is my mathematically-gifted brain, because for the past twenty years it has been making me quite wealthy.

<< Went all-in to BTC with my life-savings just before the $100 mark. Never day-traded, just held on patiently and saw huge return on investment year over year. I'm what you call "smart money".

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I agree. Any altcoin will be #2. However, note smaller things grow faster, so #2 could be a much better investment.

And regulation should actually make Bitcoin more mainstream (in the dying industrial economy).

Quote from: Beliathon on March 15, 2014, 09:06:36 AM

With a long enough time horizon, I'd take this bet even if it was the value of the entire US dollar economy bet against 100 BTC.

300 BTC = set for many lifetimes. Generations of your children will be set.

I don't agree with that part. You have confirmation bias and this is very dangerous to objectivity.

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Quote from: AnonyMint on March 15, 2014, 08:40:55 AM

But then you have the problem of what if an altcoin challenges Bitcoin by then

Won't happen, way too soon. For an alt-coin to challenge bitcoin, bitcoiners would need a reason to divest from BTC into this altcoin. Bitcoin is adaptive, organic, like a virus. No need to switch over.

Quote from: AnonyMint on March 15, 2014, 08:40:55 AM

or if government clamps down on regulation of Bitcoin.

They already are, worldwide. It's only a speedbump, trust me. There is no stopping this train now that it has been set into motion. The beast is unleashed, and all we can do now is watch it eat the world.

Technology giveth, technology taketh away.

This bet is free money, and a huge amount. I'd take it in a heartbeat.

With a long enough time horizon, I'd take this bet even if it was 5 shares bet against 1 BTC.

With a long enough time horizon, I'd take this bet even if it was the value of the entire US dollar economy bet against 100 BTC.

300 BTC = set for many lifetimes. Generations of your children will be set.

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Why 1 share? Let's up it to something that will really matter to him?

Come on this is akin to taking candy from a baby.

But the time horizon needs to be reasonably long because Bitcoin is highly volatile and so they price could stay flat or down for a while before it blasts off again.

Also note that the NYSE is likely to double in price between now and Sept 2015 (because of capital fleeing the BRICs and Europe into the only safe haven remaining), then it will crash in 2016 or so.

So you would want to set the time horizon probably in 2016.

But then you have the problem of what if an altcoin challenges Bitcoin by then or if government clamps down on regulation of Bitcoin.

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wow - it needs bitcoin to rise to around ~ 755$ even if berkshire rises by almost 20% within this year?

the guy betting on the berkshire asset really needs to have balls or he has serious insider information regarding bitcoin. a market cap of around 10-11 billion dollar for btc on the 15.03.2015? with all the positive mid term news for bitcoin? if I would be a whale that would be a snapcall

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Go stunna!

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Decided to post this here as the gambling section is over-run by ponzi scams.

Essentially a redditor is willing to bet 300BTC against 1 share of BRK-A (~$183k) that the one share will be worth more than 300BTC.

http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/20gkdx/legitimate_wager_300_bitcoins_vs_1_class_a_share/

I've commented here and sent him an email showing my interest in his offer with a few modifications. Seems like fairly good odds?

I'm also willing to double-down and offer this deal to Warren Buffet himself with profits going to charity if he somehow sees this, I doubt he even uses the internet though. It isn't much money to him, but who doesn't love winning?

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