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Quote from: Gyrsur on January 19, 2016, 08:26:55 PM

Quote from: LFC_Bitcoin on January 19, 2016, 08:25:28 PM

Sounds like get everything the fuck into cold storage to me & await the chaos.

not the worst strategy for a certain time.

best strategy of all time.

just do what everyone says and lock away all your bitcoin on paper wallet and come back in 10 years.

bitcoin will have halved and forked like 14 times!! Grin

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Quote from: BlindMayorBitcorn on January 19, 2016, 08:22:38 PM

Quote from: Richy_T on January 19, 2016, 08:20:33 PM

Quote from: LFC_Bitcoin on January 19, 2016, 08:17:32 PM

What kind of notice could/would/will we expect?

I've got coins spread across various devices, forms of storage etc. I don't fancy being left with a load of shitcoins (whichever becomes the defeated chain).

Acid rain, dogs eating cats...chaos everywhere.

Entire towns being washed away
Favelas exploding on inflammable spillways
Lynch-mobs, death squads, babies being born without brains
The mad heat and the relentless rains

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Quote from: billyjoeallen on January 19, 2016, 08:04:19 PM

Does anybody know which exchanges offer cryptographic proof of reserves? It seems like an obvious selling point to any that want to gain market share.

doesn't bitfinex only hold some kind of custodial key so that owners can remain in control of their BTC while holding a balance on bitfinex?

i that i saw that somewhere on bitfinex idk i dont use it, maybe it was another exchange, good concept tho.

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Quote from: LFC_Bitcoin on January 19, 2016, 08:25:28 PM

Sounds like get everything the fuck into cold storage to me & await the chaos.

not the worst strategy for a certain time.

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Sounds like get everything the fuck into cold storage to me & await the chaos.

Edit -

NLC style

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Quote from: Richy_T on January 19, 2016, 08:20:33 PM

Quote from: LFC_Bitcoin on January 19, 2016, 08:17:32 PM

What kind of notice could/would/will we expect?

I've got coins spread across various devices, forms of storage etc. I don't fancy being left with a load of shitcoins (whichever becomes the defeated chain).

Acid rain, dogs eating cats...chaos everywhere.

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Quote from: LFC_Bitcoin on January 19, 2016, 08:17:32 PM

What kind of notice could/would/will we expect?

I've got coins spread across various devices, forms of storage etc. I don't fancy being left with a load of shitcoins (whichever becomes the defeated chain).

It's only an issue for coins stored on keys you don't control (exchanges primarily)

Though it could get kind-of complicated for regular coins if a fork happens and the weaker fork somehow manages to stay relevant for any period of time.

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Quote from: Richy_T on January 19, 2016, 07:32:44 PM

Quote from: AlexGR on January 19, 2016, 06:53:17 PM

Regarding existing holders, if you have your own keys you are relatively ok (minus the obvious destruction of USD value), but the situation with coins in online exchanges and wallets will be "problematic" if say an exchange with 500k BTCs, say 'ok my clients, now you have 500k BTCCs because we adopted this fork' (and we are keeping 500k BTCs of the other fork for ourselves). It would be like stealing BTCs and exchanging them for Gavincoins.

This is a legit concern. However, there will be plenty of notice. Anyone who is genuinely worried about this should ensure their Bitcoins are withdrawn to keys they hold themselves, as always (and as you say. Missed that bit).

What kind of notice could/would/will we expect?

I've got coins spread across various devices, forms of storage etc. I don't fancy being left with a load of shitcoins (whichever becomes the defeated chain).

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on BFX: That 500 coin wall at $375.01 has withstood two attacks. I suspect it will be tested again. If Stamp or another major exchange goes below $370, it's dust. Price keeps bouncing off it, but not as high as the last time.

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Quote from: biggus dickus on January 19, 2016, 07:48:25 PM

Quote from: coins101 on January 19, 2016, 07:43:29 PM

Quote from: AlexGR on January 19, 2016, 06:53:17 PM

Quote from: smooth on January 19, 2016, 06:01:59 PM

Splitting a currency unit into two does not dilute the currency any more than moving the decimal point does.

In order to dilute you would need to create new units and issue them to someone other than existing holders.

Well mining does create new units, doesn't it? And instead of having +6mn coins, you then have +12mn due to parallel mining of +3600 coins on each fork.

Regarding existing holders, if you have your own keys you are relatively ok (minus the obvious destruction of USD value), but the situation with coins in online exchanges and wallets will be "problematic" if say an exchange with 500k BTCs, say 'ok my clients, now you have 500k BTCCs because we adopted this fork' (and we are keeping 500k BTCs of the other fork for ourselves). It would be like stealing BTCs and exchanging them for Gavincoins.

People need to do a bank run in every exchange (maybe even online wallets too) well before we reach the point of the hard fork, to ensure that they have control of their BTCs.

Alex, what have you been smoking dear boy? I'd like some.

Exchanges would be in court for years, well the ones that didn't have their doors smashed in, if they tried a slight of hand like that

How can anyone take btc-e to court over a slight of hand like that? Nobody knows who they are, what country they're from, or what country btc-e operates from. If nobody knows the slightest thing about them there's no legal recourse for anything they do.

well, lets treat them as a basket case....who would use them again if they tried a slight of hand? But if they did, then some of the users of btc-e have the capabilities to find the owners.

I agree with the general point that Alex makes - if you don't control your private keys, you don't have any bitcoins. But most exchanges use accounting records for trades, Bitcoins can be put on ice for a small period of time while forking takes place.

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Quote from: biggus dickus on January 19, 2016, 07:48:25 PM

How can anyone take btc-e to court over a slight of hand like that? Nobody knows who they are, what country they're from, or what country btc-e operates from. If nobody knows the slightest thing about them there's no legal recourse for anything they do.

Which is also exactly true of the current point in time. They could walk away with all the funds any time.

If you don't control the keys, you don't control the coins.

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Does anybody know which exchanges offer cryptographic proof of reserves? It seems like an obvious selling point to any that want to gain market share.

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Quote from: CuntChocula on January 19, 2016, 07:42:48 PM

^Not frog? (my favorite story).

The fox and the frog?

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Quote from: smooth on January 19, 2016, 07:43:10 PM

Quote from: BlindMayorBitcorn on January 19, 2016, 07:39:45 PM

Quote from: Richy_T on January 19, 2016, 07:32:44 PM

Quote from: AlexGR on January 19, 2016, 06:53:17 PM

Regarding existing holders, if you have your own keys you are relatively ok (minus the obvious destruction of USD value), but the situation with coins in online exchanges and wallets will be "problematic" if say an exchange with 500k BTCs, say 'ok my clients, now you have 500k BTCCs because we adopted this fork' (and we are keeping 500k BTCs of the other fork for ourselves). It would be like stealing BTCs and exchanging them for Gavincoins.

This is a legit concern. However, there will be plenty of notice. Anyone who is genuinely worried about this should ensure their Bitcoins are withdrawn to keys they hold themselves, as always (and as you say. Missed that bit).

This might be a dumb question, but: have we ever had a contentious hard fork before? What will plenty of notice look like?

No the only hard forks have been uncontroversial development issues or bugs.

According to BitcoinHistory, a hardfork occurred March 12, 2013.

http://historyofbitcoin.org/

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Quote from: BlindMayorBitcorn on January 19, 2016, 07:39:45 PM

This might be a dumb question, but: have we ever had a contentious hard fork before? What will plenty of notice look like?

Good question. I believe the plan for classic is to go straight to 2mb ~~but I'm sure there will be a notice period and there may be a trigger~~. They plan to release end-of January so that's fairly short. BIP101 had a trigger and then a wait to give the network chance to catch up. Unlimited is a bit of a wildcard as it's designed to follow the network.

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Quote from: biggus dickus on January 19, 2016, 07:48:25 PM

How can anyone take btc-e to court over a slight of hand like that? Nobody knows who they are, what country they're from, or what country btc-e operates from. If nobody knows the slightest thing about them there's no legal recourse for anything they do.

Hey, everyone knew where Cryptsy was, and who was behind it, and yet Sad

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Quote from: coins101 on January 19, 2016, 07:43:29 PM

Quote from: AlexGR on January 19, 2016, 06:53:17 PM

Quote from: smooth on January 19, 2016, 06:01:59 PM

Splitting a currency unit into two does not dilute the currency any more than moving the decimal point does.

In order to dilute you would need to create new units and issue them to someone other than existing holders.

Well mining does create new units, doesn't it? And instead of having +6mn coins, you then have +12mn due to parallel mining of +3600 coins on each fork.

Regarding existing holders, if you have your own keys you are relatively ok (minus the obvious destruction of USD value), but the situation with coins in online exchanges and wallets will be "problematic" if say an exchange with 500k BTCs, say 'ok my clients, now you have 500k BTCCs because we adopted this fork' (and we are keeping 500k BTCs of the other fork for ourselves). It would be like stealing BTCs and exchanging them for Gavincoins.

People need to do a bank run in every exchange (maybe even online wallets too) well before we reach the point of the hard fork, to ensure that they have control of their BTCs.

Alex, what have you been smoking dear boy? I'd like some.

Exchanges would be in court for years, well the ones that didn't have their doors smashed in, if they tried a slight of hand like that

How can anyone take btc-e to court over a slight of hand like that? Nobody knows who they are, what country they're from, or what country btc-e operates from. If nobody knows the slightest thing about them there's no legal recourse for anything they do.

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Quote from: marcus_of_augustus on January 19, 2016, 07:24:16 PM

AlexGR raises an excellent point. If there is an upcoming contentious hardfork scheduled then the first things people are going to do is withdraw ALL their coins off the exchanges and out of any custodial services.

They could also purchase filthy fiat, depending on their preference.

Given how easy Bitcoin is to move around, only lying scumbaggy exchanges need worry. Which may not be all that comforting depending on your level of cynicism.

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