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Topic: Gold collapsing. Bitcoin UP. - page 1351. (Read 2032266 times)

legendary
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February 07, 2013, 11:29:41 AM
the silverbox update (comparison from the beginning of this thread):

Bitcoin:  +311%

Gold:  -1%

GPL:  -25% silverbox long

Diff:  +312% advantage Bitcoin and growing
sr. member
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February 07, 2013, 12:46:20 AM
I have no idea what this thread is about, but judging from the title I thought you be interested in this: https://bitcoinity.org/charts/gold

It's utterly relevant and, like your other work, appreciated.  Even to someone who holds a lot more gold than BTC Smiley


Thanks a lot Smiley
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February 06, 2013, 09:48:58 PM
From Antal Fekete at 24hgold:

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The Chinese are alive to the fact that escaped the silver bugs in the West, that you can derive a silver income from your pile of silver by covered short selling, even while retaining physical control of your silver hoard.

That's not income, just money you aren't losing. Besides, if silver decides to go up, then you lose your pile being short.

I think the implication is that if they short sell it to someone in the West while still holding the physical they can quite easily steal it as soon as the markets start to get volatile.  "Sorry,we are bankrupt".... what are you going to do, fly to China and kick some ass?

Besides, hardly anybody buying the options would expect China to deliver him physical silver, which China could still use for whatever purpose she likes, including minting coins as mentioned in the article, which could be used for the delivery itself should she be required to do so.
legendary
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February 06, 2013, 03:18:01 PM
I have no idea what this thread is about, but judging from the title I thought you be interested in this: https://bitcoinity.org/charts/gold

I'm sorry if it's not really relevant.

It's utterly relevant and, like your other work, appreciated.  Even to someone who holds a lot more gold than BTC Smiley

legendary
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February 06, 2013, 01:39:19 PM
From Antal Fekete at 24hgold:

Quote from: Antal Fekete
The Chinese are alive to the fact that escaped the silver bugs in the West, that you can derive a silver income from your pile of silver by covered short selling, even while retaining physical control of your silver hoard.

That's not income, just money you aren't losing. Besides, if silver decides to go up, then you lose your pile being short.

I think the implication is that if they short sell it to someone in the West while still holding the physical they can quite easily steal it as soon as the markets start to get volatile.  "Sorry,we are bankrupt".... what are you going to do, fly to China and kick some ass?
sr. member
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February 06, 2013, 01:08:09 PM
I have no idea what this thread is about, but judging from the title I thought you be interested in this: https://bitcoinity.org/charts/gold

I'm sorry if it's not really relevant.
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February 06, 2013, 11:18:17 AM
From Antal Fekete at 24hgold:

Quote from: Antal Fekete
The Chinese are alive to the fact that escaped the silver bugs in the West, that you can derive a silver income from your pile of silver by covered short selling, even while retaining physical control of your silver hoard.

That's not income, just money you aren't losing. Besides, if silver decides to go up, then you lose your pile being short.

Yes, Bitcoin is on a meteoric rise relative to everything else; even with an instantaneous revaluation of the monetary precious metals, the cryptocurrency will outperform. This is not an issue of contention. However, Bitcoin still has at least a year or two before it is widespread enough to realistically be a direct competitor for contemporary currencies in the sense that it might be used for daily purchases and transactions.

I hope this reference to "contemporary currency" is not a reference to gold/silver. "at least a year or two before they're as widespread as dollars" is not a reason to prefer PMs over bitcoin. So why mention "contemporary currencies", and really, what's more contemporary than bitcoin?

If "might be used in daily contemporary life" is the value judgement, then PMs are completely ruled out, not even possibly an alternative. Maybe in an apocalyptic doomsday scenario, but certainly not a daily contemporary one.

If you just short your silver you won't lose anything, other than dollars that you don't want.(at the risk of default of course)
legendary
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rippleFanatic
February 06, 2013, 11:08:51 AM
From Antal Fekete at 24hgold:

Quote from: Antal Fekete
The Chinese are alive to the fact that escaped the silver bugs in the West, that you can derive a silver income from your pile of silver by covered short selling, even while retaining physical control of your silver hoard.

That's not income, just money you aren't losing. Besides, if silver decides to go up, then you lose your pile being short.

Yes, Bitcoin is on a meteoric rise relative to everything else; even with an instantaneous revaluation of the monetary precious metals, the cryptocurrency will outperform. This is not an issue of contention. However, Bitcoin still has at least a year or two before it is widespread enough to realistically be a direct competitor for contemporary currencies in the sense that it might be used for daily purchases and transactions.

I hope this reference to "contemporary currency" is not a reference to gold/silver. "at least a year or two before they're as widespread as dollars" is not a reason to prefer PMs over bitcoin. So why mention "contemporary currencies", and really, what's more contemporary than bitcoin?

If "might be used in daily contemporary life" is the value judgement, then PMs are completely ruled out, not even possibly an alternative. Maybe in an apocalyptic doomsday scenario, but certainly not a daily contemporary one.
legendary
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February 05, 2013, 10:08:37 PM
From Antal Fekete at 24hgold:

Quote from: Antal Fekete
The Chinese are alive to the fact that escaped the silver bugs in the West, that you can derive a silver income from your pile of silver by covered short selling, even while retaining physical control of your silver hoard.

A while back (don't have time to dig up the posts at the moment), we had discussed the potential of China being a major participant in market shorting while simultaneously accumulating physical assets. This bleeds western financial institutions while simultaneously increasing eastern strength. Realization of this is arriving too late for most.

Yes, Bitcoin is on a meteoric rise relative to everything else; even with an instantaneous revaluation of the monetary precious metals, the cryptocurrency will outperform. This is not an issue of contention. However, Bitcoin still has at least a year or two before it is widespread enough to realistically be a direct competitor for contemporary currencies in the sense that it might be used for daily purchases and transactions.

In the meantime, load up on some SD Smiley
legendary
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February 04, 2013, 07:16:23 PM
ya know, that pissy little Penny Bot needs to be taught a lesson. 

i should write an Anti-Penny Bot.
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February 04, 2013, 07:13:22 PM
It is a living organism - much like a virus.

More than that, it creates a foundation (along with other distributed networks) for something much greater than a new financial system Smiley

I think that almost nobody will realize when it happens, at least not right away. The shift will probably be too subtle, seeming like an incremental advance rather than a monumental change.


Yes, indeed. This potential is often missed. Bitcoin is not only the first monetary system ever proposed that credibly offers perfect information to all participants, it is the first system humanity has implemented which can serve as an authoritative record that's not under any single entity's control. I believe there are some proposals for "smart property" and "distributed markets" based on bitcoin kicking around. I think as you're alluding to miscreanity, numerous core functions of society could start getting offloaded to blockchain-style p2p systems, one by one, until it's central to civilization. The tide would indeed be slow and subtle, but quite powerful.

yep, some people do get it.
legendary
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February 04, 2013, 07:12:32 PM
ribosomes are so ruthless, LOL

nom, nom, nom, nom.  Cheesy
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February 04, 2013, 07:09:15 PM
ribosomes are so ruthless, LOL
legendary
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February 04, 2013, 07:05:49 PM
What a great way to take down a wall @ $21.  let it sell into you, then ramp:

legendary
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February 04, 2013, 06:43:26 PM
The Attack of the Ribosomes  Cheesy

legendary
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February 01, 2013, 02:42:42 AM
It is a living organism - much like a virus.

More than that, it creates a foundation (along with other distributed networks) for something much greater than a new financial system Smiley

I think that almost nobody will realize when it happens, at least not right away. The shift will probably be too subtle, seeming like an incremental advance rather than a monumental change.


Yes, indeed. This potential is often missed. Bitcoin is not only the first monetary system ever proposed that credibly offers perfect information to all participants, it is the first system humanity has implemented which can serve as an authoritative record that's not under any single entity's control. I believe there are some proposals for "smart property" and "distributed markets" based on bitcoin kicking around. I think as you're alluding to miscreanity, numerous core functions of society could start getting offloaded to blockchain-style p2p systems, one by one, until it's central to civilization. The tide would indeed be slow and subtle, but quite powerful.
hero member
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January 31, 2013, 11:33:28 PM

lol!  oh, THAT guess.  at least i guessed UP, not down, from where it was at the time.  Cheesy

Yeah, and actually you were closer than many. But you made me thinking for a while what are the reasons we would not be above $20 by then! Grin
legendary
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January 31, 2013, 11:28:08 PM

lol!  oh, THAT guess.  at least i guessed UP, not down, from where it was at the time.  Cheesy
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January 31, 2013, 07:58:13 PM
legendary
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January 31, 2013, 04:09:52 PM
Ooh, I like this one. Again, thank you cypher for making me realize the importance and prevalence of cyclic behaviors.

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