Not good enough. If you decide to really sell out, those people will just watch your dust. You can sell off everything in a split second.
Now that is just plain wrong on a factual levelPlease let me know how do I magically sell coins faster than an exchange confirms incoming fund transfer (it's pretty trivial to see that stuff is not on exchange) which with 5 min/block is definitely not a split second.
No offense, but you seem to be glossing over vital technical details, hopefully unintentionally.
Well said, I stand corrected. Still:
1. Do we have proof that the pre-mined coins aren't already at an exchange of sorts? Perhaps even an exchange that will pop up later? I don't know who owns btc-e, perhaps you're the owner and those coins are there already. If not, you can start another exchange tomorrow. In this scenario, you can really sell everything off instantly.
2. Suppose the coins aren't in any exchange, and that it takes you 10 minutes to move them to an exchange. Would a significant part of TBX holders be aware and sell their holdings before you do? If their holdings aren't on an exchange, it would take them longer than you to move them. I'm not sure a 10 minute window is enough to defend against you selling off the pre-mined coins.
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Any particular reason not to provide such credentials?
Ever heard of Republic of Belarus?
Do enlighten me.
I can understand why Satoshi stays hidden, his idea is a real breakthrough that will collapse whole organizations (banking, paypal, etc...), so he should very well stay hidden to avoid persecution. I don't think TBX is innovative on that caliber, so even if successful, people won't hire assassins to kill you. I hope.
So... you both believe that bitcoin will destroy "classic" banking (and paypalbomination), and you think that multi-billion companies are petty enough to hire hitmen to seek vengeance upon Satoshi (an act that would only make BTC more popular, and make them somewhat less popular)?
I am afraid our worldviews diverge quite radically... And that makes finding common ground harder
I think in 10-20 years, Bitcoin
could eliminate a lot of the fat in a lot of financial organizations. And that if I were the inventor of such a currency, I would want to remain very well hidden. Imagine a disgruntled bank owner that just lost 1 billion dollars over a few years "because of Bitcoin". Is it inconceivable to imagine he would try to avenge? I don't think this is plausible, mind you, but I understand why Satoshi would want to eliminate the possibility.
I'm not a conspiracy theorist.
Easy. People hate the fact Bitcoin early adopters "got rich" or "will get rich", so they seek an alternative. SolidCoin isn't really an alternative (The IRC chat between CoinHunter and Gavin showed that to a lot of people). NameCoin isn't well developed yet. Basically TBX is the only alternative I'm aware of that has an exchange and a GUI client
So by your logic they hate system with phat first-adopters so much that they move to a system with even phatter first-adopters ?Well, IMHO that makes no sense.
But then, IMHO, neither does first-adopter hate so there is a probability you have unique insight into that mindset.
People do not "make sense", or act logically. IMO it is probable that people will be jealous of early adopters but still would like the chance to become early adopters themselves.
Not really. Everyone buying or selling any stock or commodity is basically say that the market is wrong at the current price level. If I buy Google stocks at whatever price, it's because I think they will be worth more tomorrow ... in effect, they're worth more now to me than the market believes
Well, markets are just so designed that they inherently sorta-kinda with current value (there are ways around, like shorting, but they still hinge on current value+agent's belief about future)
Market isn't wrong, it's just stating that current value is X. If you believe that circumstances will force it to reconsider at a later date, you can act accordingly, but at this moment, market isn't wrong - market is never really "wrong" or "right". Market simply is
I sort of agree. But I hope you agree that a person can "disagree with the market valuation". So if he disagrees, and he thinks valuation Y is "correct", then he subjectively thinks the market is "wrong". Anyway, meta point, not really on topic.