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sr. member
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January 03, 2014, 07:48:25 AM
#27
While I agree that there are quite a few articles/pieces in the media that say some silly things about bitcoin.   I personally think more and more people are becoming more educated thanks to this crazy year and you are starting to see more people in media report on the real benefits of bitcoin.

just my 2 cents
legendary
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January 03, 2014, 03:58:28 AM
#26
Sold to early eh?

Lol, neither. I am anti-speculation.

You have come to the right place. Buy high, sell low. If that is too risky, just sell and hold off.

Stay here, endarken us with anti-speculative insights every now and then. Why? Use this analogy: Being uninformed about Jesus takes you nowhere. Being informed and choosing the devil keeps you in the heat.
legendary
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Monero Evangelist
January 03, 2014, 12:44:03 AM
#25
OP, I take your coins.
legendary
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Learning the troll avoidance button :)
January 03, 2014, 12:43:01 AM
#24
Was like another troll then I was like wait Hero class not hacked
Read again I agree the media is pretty much nega bitcoin and I feel like their making it seem like were the idiots
But in reality it just is a statist view vs those who pay lip service to freedom and those that actually believe in it
hero member
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January 03, 2014, 12:29:40 AM
#23
There is certainly some truth to that joke. BTC are mostly useful for moving large amounts of money around the globe quickly and cheaply.

Buying a $3 latte is already not too cheap with an 8cent tx fee, 2.66%, more than the often quoted average 2.5% paypal or visa fee.


Visa and mastercard have minimum fees which are like $0.25 or something. So it's still less.
sr. member
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January 03, 2014, 12:12:04 AM
#22
There is certainly some truth to that joke. BTC are mostly useful for moving large amounts of money around the globe quickly and cheaply.

Buying a $3 latte is already not too cheap with an 8cent tx fee, 2.66%, more than the often quoted average 2.5% paypal or visa fee.
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January 02, 2014, 11:47:13 PM
#21
You're an idiot, simple as that.
+1
legendary
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Terminated.
January 02, 2014, 08:21:01 PM
#20
You're an idiot, simple as that.
hero member
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January 02, 2014, 07:42:48 PM
#19
Sold to early eh?

Lol, neither. I am anti-speculation.
sr. member
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January 02, 2014, 07:29:11 PM
#18
Sold to early eh?
hero member
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January 02, 2014, 07:15:01 PM
#17
Guess I shouldn't post after reading too many postings about bitcoins in the news. Kinda made me grumpy and maybe a little trolly.

All of what I read is bitcoin is worth $X, or it is this volatile, or so on and so forth.

The thing I was implying rather obtusely is that it is not worth a damn thing in dollars just as a euro isn't worth a damn thing in dollars, except on the rare occasions that you need to convert the two.

I would be happy if the news was no longer about the gyrations in the $/BTC conversions and how BTC compares to gold, and instead talked about how great an enabler it is of creating economic prosperity through nearly frictionless transactions. Bitcoin doesn't even store balances, it stores transactions. They are the root of what this is all about.

I sometimes think it would have been better for bitcoin if Satoshi would have set the block reward to 100 BTC for infinity so the fixation wouldn't have been on this pokemon like feeling that you got to catch them all. It might have lead to a slower adoption as you wouldn't have the hoarders descend upon the new form of gold, but you would have had a decreasing inflation rate relative to the quantity of coins out there anyway (which would have still led to long range deflation).


sr. member
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January 02, 2014, 07:03:33 PM
#16
So, I am going to follow along with all the bla bla reporting done about bitcoin in the press.

So, I am going to follow along with all the bla bla reporting done about bitcoin in the press.

So, I am going to follow along with all the bla bla reporting done about bitcoin in the press.

So, I am going to follow along with all the bla bla reporting done about bitcoin in the press.

Figured I'd repost since people still don't get it.
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Software Engineer
January 02, 2014, 06:54:54 PM
#15
What uses does the USD have? You can't make it into clothes, you can't eat it, you can't make a fire, you can't even wipe your ass with it since that would be illegal and highly uncomfortable. Had we thrown you into an isolated community somewhere on an island with a million dollars in paper they would be just as worthless as paper wallets not to mention that most people that actually studied finance and back up the dollar believe that inflation is great since it encourages spending, Bitcoin is guaranteed to deflate.

The only people that still doubt BTC are the ones living in states with heavily bank influenced media like Israel, that coupled with the dumb echos of "OMGISHHH BLACK MERKETZ BTC FINNA BE ELLEGALL" proves to be fatal to the stupid masses.
^ this
sr. member
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Giga
January 02, 2014, 06:52:19 PM
#14
Op bought high, sold low

U can sense the tears in every word he wrote lol
hero member
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January 02, 2014, 06:19:46 PM
#13
What uses does the USD have? You can't make it into clothes, you can't eat it, you can't make a fire, you can't even wipe your ass with it since that would be illegal and highly uncomfortable. Had we thrown you into an isolated community somewhere on an island with a million dollars in paper they would be just as worthless as paper wallets not to mention that most people that actually studied finance and back up the dollar believe that inflation is great since it encourages spending, Bitcoin is guaranteed to deflate.

The only people that still doubt BTC are the ones living in states with heavily bank influenced media like Israel, that coupled with the dumb echos of "OMGISHHH BLACK MERKETZ BTC FINNA BE ELLEGALL" proves to be fatal to the stupid masses.
legendary
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January 02, 2014, 06:04:36 PM
#12
It was not designed to be worth crap, rather it was designed to have a more generic type of value.
donator
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I outlived my lifetime membership:)
January 02, 2014, 05:56:25 PM
#11
i am just wondering how you could make 500 posts on a forum that is directly related to a thing you dont believe...

I have no comments on the main topic...  Wink

? Hack vs sold credentials...
legendary
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January 02, 2014, 05:40:15 PM
#10
the op quote bitcoin at $1000 yet we all know today its around the $800..

im guessing the OP made a bad judgement call on buying in, and is now butt-hurt they he probably sold out at a loss..

he does have one point though, bitcoin is not a commodity.. its an asset. im not sure where he got it in his mind that anyone thought it was a commodity as those that know the difference would never call it a commodity.

give it time and the OP will then be screaming again that he sold out too soon once the price moves back up above $1000..

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January 02, 2014, 05:37:32 PM
#9
He probably lost some bitcoins due to bad trading, and is now blaming Bitcoin itself for it.
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Carpe Diem
January 02, 2014, 05:33:23 PM
#8
Yeah I could see OP was facetious as well.  Agreed, it is just like fiat, it's just something that random people can pick to exchange and give value to.  The thing is that fiat has the gov.'s backing and BTC doesn't.
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