Topic: Wall Observer BTC/USD - Bitcoin price movement tracking & discussion - page 13579. (Read 26716660 times)

Well, if he was really on an assignment he wouldn't have been that straight in his first interaction... nor he would have used his real identity in this case.

Maybe the guy was just feeling lonely or something... I read it more like "Hi Satoshi, you are cool, me too, wanna be my new best friend?"

Odd yes... A bit gay too.

I find it a little odd he asked so many personal questions in his first message.

HI SATOSHI I R PROGRAMMAR TOO
WHAT'S YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER, FULL LEGAL NAME, DATE OF BIRTH, AND MOTHERS MAIDEN NAME?

BTW I HELP OUT THE CIA BUT IT'S TOTALLY COOL

A million quid for a tattoo on your froufrou. I do hope she kept at least some of that.

Great find and a good read. I will have to it read again in the morning to really take it in - but it's an interesting fresh take.

Those were the days.

So... Forgive me, Torque - but it begs this philosophical question:  Isn't this just unfettered capitalism in action?

Don't get me wrong, I am not trolling you or trying to catch you out.

But...  

We seem to be at the peak of a long era of 'laissez faire' rampant capitalism - which has just produced debt slavery for the world's masses and incredible wealth and power for the few.  Without any alternative competing systems to rein it all in since the 'victory' over communism and socialism, we simply seem to have completely accepted modern capitalism 'raw in tooth and claw'.

I actually agree with most of what you say here and basically it's obvious the current system is corrupt to the core - and on a simple, human level - yes, patently unfair.

So if it's not working for the common good - do we tear it all down, or are we just trying to make sure we are getting a slice of the pie?

Just wanting to be rich is 'joining them, not beating them'.  Wanting to change it requires new ideas, new heroes thinking of new ways - and people prepared to be part of the solution, not just wannabes who want to be part of the elite that cause the problem - with lambos to prove it.

Is parachutes for the rich and pink slips for the ordinary Joes ok?

Or not.

I am not pretending I have an answer to this and I am part of this system by default, but I would be interested in your thoughts

that poor guy got seriously goxxed in 2011
also participated (a bit) in this thread https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/worlds-first-bitcoin-tattoo-nsfw-27958 Worlds First Bitcoin Tattoo [NSFW]

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.97244
I'd guess @mewantbitcoins typoed 'post' for 'posts'.

first time i put in a pin code of ledger 3times wrong   

can be an idiot sometimes lol

good to know the restore words where correct .......... 

3) Satoshi runs
    
Is Satoshi Alive? Thread
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2757.140



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Re: Gavin will visit the CIA
28-04-2011, 07:59:08
   
This is a bad idea and gives me uneasy feeling
But I guess if Bitcoin is going to survive, it will have to go through it. Although, if you declined their offer, it would most probably delayed any action against bitcoin

Edit: and by reading satoshi's post I get the same feeling, that he wanted to keep bitcoin under the radar for as long as possible.


???What satoshi post - this is after satoshi left on the Last Active:    14-12-2010, 02:45:41

4) Gavin Adreeesseennnn dicusses bitcoin whitepaper with CIA 28-04-2011, 05:00:26
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.97181
I want to get this out in the open because it is the kind of thing that will generate conspiracy theories:  I'm going to give a presentation about Bitcoin at CIA headquarters in June at an emerging technologies conference for the US intelligence community.


5) Bitcoin gets attacked non stop even ongoing today

Why is Bitcoin so dangerous?
First ever block exposes 2 things

1) The theory of everything
2) 500000 bitcoin on hold can be used to create a new currency reserve

Also, since everyone is throwing out conspiracy theories...here's one I cooked up.



CoInbAse



hmmm... ? ? ?

Nice to see that 49% are in for spending and changing the world.

Judging from reddit and forum posts it seemed like anyone coming in the past year was just in it for lambo and more fiat.

Here's to hoping that is true.

I understand that calculations about miner profits are somewhat variable based on electricity costs and efficiencies of the miner (including equipment and practices).  Furthermore, there are likely a considerable amount of miners variation in terms of how long they might be willing to ride out period of low profitability or non-profitability.  And, another variable is that as miners engage in behavior that is responsive to relatively low price, there could be a few reactions, one is the shutting off of mining equipment temporary or permanent or even some opposite game theory to purposefully attempt to ramp up the hashrate in order to attempt to wipe out competition.

I guess that I am responding in this way because even if we were to agree with your general presumption that $5k is the current approximate cost for mining a bitcoin, I don't think that it would be reasonable to rely merely on that factor to keep BTC prices up, even if it is merely a margin consideration.. In other words, momentum is momentum, if the momentum continues down and there is some perception by BIGGER players that they are going to be able to squeeze some more weak hands, then they might find considerable pressure to dump and to attempt to maintain below $5k prices to truly weed out some additional seeming froth that becomes more weedable at those seemingly unsustainably low and hope doesn't happen prices.

meanwhile, some volatility returned to the market. rejects everywhere.

http://www.visualcapitalist.com/investors-hold-onto-bitcoin-sentiment/



wtf only 10 years such weak hands

Making my way through it now

You may be interested in that link I posted. He also has us in a Wyckoff accumulation 1 pattern, but his counts are a little different.

Thanks for that buddy, makes interesting reading. I hope you’re right, I never expected anything sub $5,000 myself. That’s a price which becomes close to a point where miners are not making profit any more.
If the price is subject to manipulation then sub $5,000 won’t be allowed & if so, very briefly.

A trend reversal would be a breath of fresh air to me, fingers crossed.

HODL on gentlemen.

Why Satoshi committed suicide?

..."that there is even more going on and other logical connections that you have not captured in your above attempt."....

That is the correct question!

Fill in the blanks (More to add, a lot of resources)

1) Wikileaks exposes bitcoin (Scares the shit out of Satoshi)
https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/satoshi-3
Satoshis last page of posts reflect hurriedly handing bitcoin off to Gavin


https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.26999
Wikileaks thread on bitcoin being exposed

2) Bruce Wagner tells the newspapers its Satoshi




3) Satoshi runs
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Re: Gavin will visit the CIA
28-04-2011, 07:59:08
   
 +Merit  #17
This is a bad idea and gives me uneasy feeling
But I guess if Bitcoin is going to survive, it will have to go through it. Although, if you declined their offer, it would most probably delayed any action against bitcoin

Edit: and by reading satoshi's post I get the same feeling, that he wanted to keep bitcoin under the radar for as long as possible.
   




???What satoshi post - this is after satoshi left on the Last Active:    14-12-2010, 02:45:41






4) Gavin Adreeesseennnn dicusses bitcoin whitepaper with CIA 28-04-2011, 05:00:26
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.97181
I want to get this out in the open because it is the kind of thing that will generate conspiracy theories:  I'm going to give a presentation about Bitcoin at CIA headquarters in June at an emerging technologies conference for the US intelligence community.



5) Bitcoin gets attacked non stop even ongoing today

Why is Bitcoin so dangerous?

First ever block exposes 2 things

1) The theory of everything
2) 500000 bitcoin on hold can be used to create a new currency reserve