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Topic: Wall Observer BTC/USD - Bitcoin price movement tracking & discussion - page 21662. (Read 26610987 times)
May 25, 2015, 07:57:35 PM
May 25, 2015, 06:59:59 PM
holy shit guys. Satoshi is back.
I'm not Nash!
not
What would I say to him?
Well, if one of the IMO less plausible theories of his identity is true, I'd say,
"Should have worn a seatbelt!"
(too soon?)
Well, if one of the IMO less plausible theories of his identity is true, I'd say,
"Should have worn a seatbelt!"
(too soon?)
I'm not Nash!
not
May 25, 2015, 06:57:37 PM
May 25, 2015, 06:48:35 PM
The book also mentions that Wences had an investment in Bitpay but doesn't believe that BTC transactions have to increase for it to be valuable.
He's betting purely on its store of value property.
He's betting purely on its store of value property.
May 25, 2015, 06:43:38 PM
some interesting takeaways from the Digital Gold book:
- Wences Cesares had ~10% of his net worth in BTC at some point.
- Reid Hoffman, Peter Briger of fortress have significant positions.
- Ver has a market cornering amount of coin.
- Shrem was acquiring BTC for the Winklevoss Twins.
- Lot of circa 2012 businesses buffer coins were on Gox.
Just had a plow through myself.
I think the thing that surprised me the most was the amount of buying these heavyweights did on Gox, and on the open market too.
I would've expected them to be a bit more diligent and discrete in how they obtained the coins they did.
If we guess the amount of coins some of these people bought, and it must be in the hundreds of thousands, that tells us that the price at certain points was founded on the buying of less than ten people.
yep ... bullish. What happens when couple of hundred heavy hitter investment funds decide it is time to place 1% risk-on in btc?
May 25, 2015, 06:42:33 PM
Gee, I almost forgot about my long position at finex...
Well, since it's already to late to take some action lets keep it there some months...
Well, since it's already to late to take some action lets keep it there some months...
May 25, 2015, 06:16:42 PM
I haven't owned a toaster for 20 years and have no plans for getting one.
I'm sorry. But how can you live without a toaster?? Serious question!
Nice avatar!
There have been many different rhythms to my life the past 20 years and very few of them required toast. White bread gains the most by being toasted and I don't eat that. Presently I'm out of the house before 5AM without eating breakfast. My gf doesn't live with me, that is the biggest reason.
We live in very different worlds you and I.
May 25, 2015, 06:15:09 PM
some interesting takeaways from the Digital Gold book:
Where do you found it? - Wences Cesares had ~10% of his net worth in BTC at some point.
- Reid Hoffman, Peter Briger of fortress have significant positions.
- Ver has a market cornering amount of coin.
- Shrem was acquiring BTC for the Winklevoss Twins.
- Lot of circa 2012 businesses buffer coins were on Gox.
- Charlie Lee of LTC fame bought a chunk of Mike Hearns mined BTC when they were in Google.
May 25, 2015, 06:10:15 PM
some interesting takeaways from the Digital Gold book:
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Just had a plow through myself.
I think the thing that surprised me the most was the amount of buying these heavyweights did on Gox, and on the open market too.
I would've expected them to be a bit more diligent and discrete in how they obtained the coins they did.
If we guess the amount of coins some of these people bought, and it must be in the hundreds of thousands, that tells us that the price at certain points was founded on the buying of less than ten people.
Yeah, some of the price movements caused by one or a few people was mentioned in the book.
One of the Winklevii's personal bids on Gox were responsible for BTC hitting the billion dollar market cap mark.
May 25, 2015, 06:04:40 PM
some interesting takeaways from the Digital Gold book:
- Wences Cesares had ~10% of his net worth in BTC at some point.
- Reid Hoffman, Peter Briger of fortress have significant positions.
- Ver has a market cornering amount of coin.
- Shrem was acquiring BTC for the Winklevoss Twins.
- Lot of circa 2012 businesses buffer coins were on Gox.
Just had a plow through myself.
I think the thing that surprised me the most was the amount of buying these heavyweights did on Gox, and on the open market too.
I would've expected them to be a bit more diligent and discrete in how they obtained the coins they did.
If we guess the amount of coins some of these people bought, and it must be in the hundreds of thousands, that tells us that the price at certain points was founded on the buying of less than ten people.
May 25, 2015, 05:57:35 PM
May 25, 2015, 05:57:29 PM
some interesting takeaways from the Digital Gold book:
- Wences Cesares had ~10% of his net worth in BTC at some point.
- Reid Hoffman, Peter Briger of fortress have significant positions.
- Ver has a market cornering amount of coin.
- Shrem was acquiring BTC for the Winklevoss Twins.
- Lot of circa 2012 businesses buffer coins were on Gox.
- Charlie Lee of LTC fame bought a chunk of Mike Hearns mined BTC when they were in Google.
May 25, 2015, 05:49:04 PM
There are several hot topics to catch up with, among them the Digital Gold book and Roger Ver calling Star Xu of OKCoin a liar. 
Also, Bitfinex got hacked and robbed
Can someone point me to some more info on this Bitfinex hack?
http://www.reddit.com/r/BitcoinMarkets/comments/36uy29/bitfinex_sending_a_notice_out_re_hot_wallet_hack/
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Update:
"the irony about the whole thing is that we will be implementing the new bitgo secure walleting in a few days from now"
"a definitive update about our losses brought the count to 1301.9313 BTC. The initial number of 500 coins didn't include all the pending deposits that were on the way.....[..].. We managed to get some of the incoming coins but the hacker got some others (it's like a lottery)....."
Update 2:
"Passwords are not compromised but you can always change if you want. More secure is better than less secure."
Update 3:
Phil Potter (PGP) & Zane from Bitfinex is on teamspeak now talking through what happened, segmentation, security procedures etc..
"the irony about the whole thing is that we will be implementing the new bitgo secure walleting in a few days from now"
"a definitive update about our losses brought the count to 1301.9313 BTC. The initial number of 500 coins didn't include all the pending deposits that were on the way.....[..].. We managed to get some of the incoming coins but the hacker got some others (it's like a lottery)....."
Update 2:
"Passwords are not compromised but you can always change if you want. More secure is better than less secure."
Update 3:
Phil Potter (PGP) & Zane from Bitfinex is on teamspeak now talking through what happened, segmentation, security procedures etc..
May 25, 2015, 04:57:40 PM
May 25, 2015, 04:56:04 PM
Thanks
May 25, 2015, 04:52:18 PM
There are several hot topics to catch up with, among them the Digital Gold book and Roger Ver calling Star Xu of OKCoin a liar.
Also, Bitfinex got hacked and robbed
Can someone point me to some more info on this Bitfinex hack?
http://www.reddit.com/r/BitcoinMarkets/comments/36uy29/bitfinex_sending_a_notice_out_re_hot_wallet_hack/
May 25, 2015, 04:50:13 PM
There are several hot topics to catch up with, among them the Digital Gold book and Roger Ver calling Star Xu of OKCoin a liar.
Also, Bitfinex got hacked and robbed
Can someone point me to some more info on this Bitfinex hack?
May 25, 2015, 04:47:47 PM
One thing's for sure, while bitcointalk.org was offline everything went up; BTC and most of the alts, gosh, even DOGE! Then, we go online again, the price falls $6. Seriously?
It gave people time to think and trade rather than gaze at photographs of aged, knotty penises.
May 25, 2015, 04:44:33 PM
One thing's for sure, while bitcointalk.org was offline everything went up; BTC and most of the alts, gosh, even DOGE! Then, we go online again, the price falls $6. Seriously?
May 25, 2015, 04:03:05 PM
bitcointalk wants moon:
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Question: short term is:
bullish as fuck - 20 (20.4%)
bullish - 22 (22.4%)
neutral - 32 (32.7%)
bearish - 9 (9.2%)
bearish as fuck - 15 (15.3%)
bullish as fuck - 20 (20.4%)
bullish - 22 (22.4%)
neutral - 32 (32.7%)
bearish - 9 (9.2%)
bearish as fuck - 15 (15.3%)
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