Topic: [XMR] Monero Speculation - page 860. (Read 3314350 times)

Weekends are slow on Poloniex lately. But no matter that Monero had this weekend lowest  volume in last 3 months.   Bitfinex and Kraken are tiny reasons for it.

We will see what will happen. I think lots of last months volume was because of BTC jumps and falls, where people was jumping from BTC to alts and back daily.

it's been about a week now ( maybe more ) that i have missed the news in XMR.

i say i missed because i saw only now that is in 3rd position in poloniex and used to be 1st or 2nd.

So something must be out or something... we have a stable price of ~0.013 but in my opinion this should be double by now...

can somebody with simple words explain what happened ?

it's been about a week now ( maybe more ) that i have missed the news in XMR.

i say i missed because i saw only now that is in 3rd position in poloniex and used to be 1st or 2nd.

So something must be out or something... we have a stable price of ~0.013 but in my opinion this should be double by now...

can somebody with simple words explain what happened ?

it's been about a week now ( maybe more ) that i have missed the news in XMR.

i say i missed because i saw only now that is in 3rd position in poloniex and used to be 1st or 2nd.

So something must be out or something... we have a stable price of ~0.013 but in my opinion this should be double by now...

can somebody with simple words explain what happened ?

it's been about a week now ( maybe more ) that i have missed the news in XMR.

i say i missed because i saw only now that is in 3rd position in poloniex and used to be 1st or 2nd.

So something must be out or something... we have a stable price of ~0.013 but in my opinion this should be double by now...

can somebody with simple words explain what happened ?

I couldn't disagree more on this.
You are saying in indirect manner that everybody who needs Monero will found it.
You are forgetting that the most people are not like you - they are average Joe's watching TV, drinking diet coke and eating processed food and when they go to pick up the daily mail they take a car/rollator to do so. Still, they might have a need for Monero.
Those people are going to find Monero only when they hear it from the sources they are following. Despite the project might speak for itself, the problem is that people who need it cannot hear the speech.

There are different ways how to get publicity... One way is to pump the price and people start discussing about Monero everywhere and even mainsteam media starts to pay attention to it and the community will grow.
The second approach is the way the Dark coin community does: They have hired "shills" to make sure people speak about it.

I couldn't disagree more on this.
You are saying in indirect manner that everybody who needs Monero will found it.
You are forgetting that the most people are not like you - they are average Joe's watching TV, drinking diet coke and eating processed food and when they go to pick up the daily mail they take a car/rollator to do so. Still, they might have a need for Monero.
Those people are going to find Monero only when they hear it from the sources they are following. Despite the project might speak for itself, the problem is that people who need it cannot hear the speech.

There are different ways how to get publicity... One way is to pump the price and people start discussing about Monero everywhere and even mainsteam media starts to pay attention to it and the community will grow.
The second approach is the way the Dark coin community does: They have hired "shills" to make sure people speak about it.

Druggies will find it first, then the media will flip out and it'll be Bitcoin 2013 all over again. Dash's advertising seems like corporate LARPing to me, I doubt its very effective or they'd be beating us.

I admit to fungibilitiphilia. Not quite as far gone as you, but heading there.

Well, you would have lost then, I am guessing. Since he already offered a discount for Monero, and in the end, sold it for his asking price, in USD. Anyway, I'm going to keep an eye out to see if this idea gains traction. Might buy something, though I prefer Citizens and G-Shocks, myself.

If I knew I might have bought - but I would have offered only 6 XMR (you know, I am the stingy guy).  

High quality genuine wrist watches are cool but never pay what you are asked to pay.

Saw this a few days ago. Seller offered a discount for Monero, but sold for USD via P@ypal in the end.

http://forums.watchuseek.com/f29/seiko-skx007-iconic-diver-classic-3953418.html

"I have received queries about Monero. Here's a link to HOURS and HOURS of fun reading on the subject. https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/ TL/DR? It's a peer to peer cryptocurrency. Think of it as a vastly superior Bitcoin 2.0, with enhanced security and privacy features.

If you pay in Monero, it'll be fun! You'll learn a lot about the future of money. AND you will get get a substantial discount over the USD price of the watch. And I'll ship immediately. With paypal, you will have to wait until the payment clears. And pay a higher price. Which can be fun too. for me

Edit: Sold, for 111 USD. Will continue to offer watches for Monero. It's the better way!"

Maybe... it's happening?

I think there's a 4th basic category of user adoption, which has not gotten very large yet *but* IMHO could potentially become the biggest one of all.

Let's call them...

4) The FungibiliFreaks 

These would be bitcoin users who have been bitten by BTC's lack of true fungibility, i.e. people who have had a coinbase account closed on them due to 'tainted' coins coming into their wallet from 4+ hops earlier, etc., even if they themselves never did anything questionable at all.  Stuff like this that we all *know* is going to be impacting BTC adoption and actual real-world *use* more and more over time, especially as the so-called "chainalysis" gets stronger.

Personally, I am not doing it yet, myself, but more and more I feel like I may be turning into a FungibiliFreak, LOL 

What I mean by this is: lately I've been thinking that the best way to manage all my crypto-currency use the BEST way, is gonna be to simply keep nearly all of it in Monero, at first, and only quickly "flip over" some XMR, to BITCOIN, whenever I need it to be spendable... something like that.  And then, when buying-back the BTC I've spent, before ever *using* it, I'd always FIRST put it BACK into the MONERO stash!

Doing things this way, basically means XMR's fungibility is front-and-center, making all my crypto use "as good as cash", since any Bitcoin in my wallet was always first acquired "clean" from an untrackable Monero source (even if it's just a few dollar's worth, quickly and simply on Poloniex or thru ShapeShift).

This would mean BTC only, small amounts, kept in a daily-use spendable wallet, but my REAL WEALTH stored in "bulk", long-term, safely, quietly, and privately in MONERO.

What do you guys think...?  Anyone else feel like they may be turning into a FungibiliFreak...?  OR maybe you already *know* you ARE one?? LOL

Saw this a few days ago. Seller offered a discount for Monero, but sold for USD via P@ypal in the end.

http://forums.watchuseek.com/f29/seiko-skx007-iconic-diver-classic-3953418.html

"I have received queries about Monero. Here's a link to HOURS and HOURS of fun reading on the subject. https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/ TL/DR? It's a peer to peer cryptocurrency. Think of it as a vastly superior Bitcoin 2.0, with enhanced security and privacy features.

If you pay in Monero, it'll be fun! You'll learn a lot about the future of money. AND you will get get a substantial discount over the USD price of the watch. And I'll ship immediately. With paypal, you will have to wait until the payment clears. And pay a higher price. Which can be fun too. for me

Edit: Sold, for 111 USD. Will continue to offer watches for Monero. It's the better way!"

Maybe... it's happening?

Good to see some monero speculation here. Are there transactions that monero accepted already like bitcoin?

Wow. Precious stuff! This is the first time in all these years where a coin gets a BTC shill! Wow just wow. Monero is rattling some cages...

Respectfully - paid shills is beneath Monero - so I disagree with this.  And we don't 'pump' Monero, it responds to market sentiment and news.

As for funding - whenever the devs have requested funding for development projects it has been funded pretty quickly by Monero supporters this far.

I am sure specific marketing efforts will be similarly received and supported in future, too. We are not exactly struggling in terms of what the devs have done to develop Monero. Anyone who bought more than a few months ago has seen an appreciation in their net worth because of it.

This cannot be said of most coins. And even the rise in BTC was not as good in 2016 as the rise in Monero.

Let's count our blessings, eh?