Bryan Micon's List of BTC Ponzi Schemes that should not be listed as "Lending" - page 19.

Micon

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Quote from: ?? on ??

When he does pay everyone back (with interest) will we get a heartfelt appology from Micon and everyone else on team Ponzi?

I will make a youtube video with a straw hat on, a sign that says "I, Bryan Micon, was 100% wrong about the matter of Pirateat40 & Bitcoin Savings & Trust"

I will then also compose 16 bars into a rap about FUD, and how BurtW was right. The rap will also touch on inducting Pirateat40 to the BTC hall of fame and will portray Satoshi as a closet cross-dresser from Idaho that makes it big time at Goldman Sachs and recruits some of his friends to start Bitcoin in 2008

I assume you will do the same for me if I am right and you are wrong?

Vladimir

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Quote from: drakahn on August 17, 2012, 02:19:35 PM

Team Ponzi should all be labelled as such, (maybe a dumbass tag?) - That way we know not to believe the FUD they spout

Miracles first, apologies second.

zerokwel

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I just want to see how many people Amit they where wrong and be the bigger person.. And how many act like cry baby's

imsaguy

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Don't send me a pm unless you gpg encrypt it.

Pirate's not paid everyone back yet.. so let's not get ahead of ourselves.

drakahn

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Team Ponzi should all be labelled as such, (maybe a dumbass tag?) - That way we know not to believe the FUD they spout

Coin.Karma

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this was the fastest from 0 to bullshit thread on this forum, and you have become forum history again by creating and supporting the death of one of the best opportunities that could have hit you guys given the limited intelligence you survive with, haha cheers micon and gang.....

gene

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Quote from: FreeMoney on August 16, 2012, 04:28:47 PM

Quote from: dust on August 16, 2012, 03:25:29 PM

If anyone is certain pirate is running a ponzi and wants to bet BTC100,000+ against him, PM me. I have an idea. You must be willing to risk large amounts of BTC.

I hope the idea is "Pay 6% until Pirate collapses" to lure away enough Pirate capital to break him.

All Ponzi schemes eventually collapse. Interesting how quiet it's gotten lately.

FreeMoney

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Strength in numbers

Quote from: dust on August 16, 2012, 03:25:29 PM

If anyone is certain pirate is running a ponzi and wants to bet BTC100,000+ against him, PM me. I have an idea. You must be willing to risk large amounts of BTC.

I hope the idea is "Pay 6% until Pirate collapses" to lure away enough Pirate capital to break him.

dust

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If anyone is certain pirate is running a ponzi and wants to bet BTC100,000+ against him, PM me. I have an idea. You must be willing to risk large amounts of BTC.

unclescrooge

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Quote from: wachtwoord on August 16, 2012, 01:45:06 PM

Nah Bitcoin yields nothing. 1 BTC == 1 BTC forever. It's just the amount of purchasing power (often expressed in monopoly money) that changes. While this is significant (to actual people) it does not imply yield.

I'm quite sad my wage keeps dropping every day Sad

(denoted in BTC)

Yes I understand that what I said was poorly phrased, sorry about that. I didn't want to be misleading.

Yes, that's why I'm searching for a job that pays in bitcoin, but that's hard to find at the moment Cheesy

wachtwoord

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Nah Bitcoin yields nothing. 1 BTC == 1 BTC forever. It's just the amount of purchasing power (often expressed in monopoly money) that changes. While this is significant (to actual people) it does not imply yield.

I'm quite sad my wage keeps dropping every day Sad

(denoted in BTC)

unclescrooge

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Quote from: Shadow383 on August 16, 2012, 01:26:23 PM

Quote from: unclescrooge on August 16, 2012, 01:13:12 PM

Quote from: ?? on ??

What is pirate and shills' response to http://www.theverge.com/2012/8/15/3243200/bitcoin-ponzi-schemes-savings-and-trust?

I like the quote by Gavin:

Quote from: Gavin Andresen on July 23, 2012, 09:40:10 AM

Good advice that I expect will be widely ignored: only invest in what you know.

So-called high yield investments are (almost?) always dressed-up Ponzi schemes. If you "invest" in them then please lick your wounds quietly when they implode. And if you're one of the lucky few who make money on them, don't expect me to admire your investing wisdom, any more than I'd admire the number-picking brilliance of a lottery winner.

(my emphasis)

Aside: Thank you shills, for helping me sharpen my Perl web-parsing skills!

Bitcoin itself is a high yield investment (relative to other currencies), so according to you it's a ponzi?

In what possible sense is bitcoin an HYIP?
Bitcoin is just a means of exchanging capital, it has no returns structure whatsoever. Stop trying to confuse the issue.

In term of real wealth, bitcoin is a high yield investments (for now at least, and yes, with no garantee whatsoever). It does yield wealth to buy bitcoins.

wachtwoord

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You do understand that HYIP is an abbreviation standing for High Yield Investment Program right? Firstly high is (highly Wink

) subjective. Second of all, all other things being equal (risk among other things) high yield investments are better than low yield investments. The term HYIP does not imply scam at all, it is merely an indicator of the yield on the investment.

Shadow383

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Quote from: unclescrooge on August 16, 2012, 01:13:12 PM

Quote from: ?? on ??

What is pirate and shills' response to http://www.theverge.com/2012/8/15/3243200/bitcoin-ponzi-schemes-savings-and-trust?

I like the quote by Gavin:

Quote from: Gavin Andresen on July 23, 2012, 09:40:10 AM

Good advice that I expect will be widely ignored: only invest in what you know.

So-called high yield investments are (almost?) always dressed-up Ponzi schemes. If you "invest" in them then please lick your wounds quietly when they implode. And if you're one of the lucky few who make money on them, don't expect me to admire your investing wisdom, any more than I'd admire the number-picking brilliance of a lottery winner.

(my emphasis)

Aside: Thank you shills, for helping me sharpen my Perl web-parsing skills!

Bitcoin itself is a high yield investment (relative to other currencies), so according to you it's a ponzi?

In what possible sense is bitcoin an HYIP?
Bitcoin is just a means of exchanging capital, it has no returns structure whatsoever. Stop trying to confuse the issue.

unclescrooge

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Quote from: ?? on ??

What is pirate and shills' response to http://www.theverge.com/2012/8/15/3243200/bitcoin-ponzi-schemes-savings-and-trust?

I like the quote by Gavin:

Quote from: Gavin Andresen on July 23, 2012, 09:40:10 AM

Good advice that I expect will be widely ignored: only invest in what you know.

So-called high yield investments are (almost?) always dressed-up Ponzi schemes. If you "invest" in them then please lick your wounds quietly when they implode. And if you're one of the lucky few who make money on them, don't expect me to admire your investing wisdom, any more than I'd admire the number-picking brilliance of a lottery winner.

(my emphasis)

Aside: Thank you shills, for helping me sharpen my Perl web-parsing skills!

Bitcoin itself is a high yield investment (relative to other currencies), so according to you it's a ponzi?

Frankie

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Quote from: Clipse on August 16, 2012, 06:49:30 AM

Im convinced now Micon is simply Trolling his own thread for higher page rankings.

Everyone with half a brain should just stop posting on this thread to kill its google rankings so that Micon doesnt get his stiff on every day googling himself. Im done posting here, Good day sir.

Are you capable of writting a post without personal attacks?

Try it (unless for some reason you follow your own advice).

Raoul Duke

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Quote from: ?? on ??

What is pirate and shills' response to http://www.theverge.com/2012/8/15/3243200/bitcoin-ponzi-schemes-savings-and-trust?

I like the quote by Gavin.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sKx6lhxM_8

Clipse

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Im convinced now Micon is simply Trolling his own thread for higher page rankings.

Everyone with half a brain should just stop posting on this thread to kill its google rankings so that Micon doesnt get his stiff on every day googling himself. Im done posting here, Good day sir.

drakahn

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You didn't respond last time but it fits again

Quote from: drakahn on August 13, 2012, 06:17:25 PM

you say words like investigate, but never like... show up with any results

Seriously, if you have anything else other than 1) "you don't know therefore ponzi" or 2) "omg 7% therefore ponzi" it would be good if it wasn't buried under those two piles of crap

Micon

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Quote from: TheOtherGuy on August 15, 2012, 08:19:34 PM

Quote from: PatrickHarnett on August 15, 2012, 07:14:08 PM

Quote from: koin on August 15, 2012, 07:00:35 PM

new addition for the list?

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"What am I doing with the coins?"
If I was to provide a simple answer like buying 50 BFL singles and going mining, or putting 10,000 coins into XYZ asset on GLBSE then there wouldn't be much science in that and it would ruin the market that I am looking at.

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/kraken-fund-100913

yay - I'm famous.

Good job and congrats on the new venture PatrickHarnett.

The free advertising is definitely a win for the Starfish!

https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/theotherguy-38896

yikes it seems like these shill and/or pro-Ponzi accounts are also big in the mining threads. I will bet even money some of the mining bonds are dirty. These are going to be much harder to prove when compared to this giant obvious Ponzi because there is in fact an underlying business unit that will likely make at least some money. The most transparent mining bonds with updated stats and verifiable blockchain payments from mining pools should be the standard. I have not looking into even 1 mining bond yet so I have no clue what I will find.

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