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Why Gary Gensler is delaying spot ETF Bitcoin Discussion
What is the real underlying reason Gary Gensler is delaying the spot ETF? And wh…
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n/a | brainactive | April 28, 2022, 05:46:15 PM |
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Is Bitcoin really censorship-resistent if they can't reach Canadian truckers Bitcoin Discussion
The canadian truckers are unable to get a hold of the 21 bitcoin that have been…
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n/a | brainactive | February 16, 2022, 06:18:54 PM |
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Cash and carry trade Trading Discussion
Bitcoin futures expiring 31 Dec 21 are currently 2.6% higher than spot price. Th…
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n/a | brainactive | November 05, 2021, 04:25:43 AM |
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Treasury bonds and bitcoin Bitcoin Discussion
What the OP says does not only apply to bonds, there are some Bitcoin enthusiast…
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n/a | brainactive | November 04, 2021, 03:53:22 AM |
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Treasury bonds and bitcoin Bitcoin Discussion
There seems to be a belief by some people that:1) The money that is currently pu…
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n/a | brainactive | November 03, 2021, 06:36:37 PM |
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Bitcoin price suppression - futures volume vs spot volume Speculation
What changed then? I mean yeah between 2009-2017 there were no futures market an…
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n/a | brainactive | September 26, 2021, 05:00:43 PM |
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Bitcoin price suppression - futures volume vs spot volume Speculation
Basically FUD and negative news started to take a strong factors that made this…
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n/a | brainactive | September 24, 2021, 06:42:26 PM |
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Bitcoin price suppression - futures volume vs spot volume Speculation
Perhaps would be the best word, and honestly, yes the “ruthless” bankers “could”…
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n/a | brainactive | September 24, 2021, 04:00:47 PM |
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Bitcoin price suppression - futures volume vs spot volume Speculation
I don't think futures necessarily "suppress" prices; I think it just makes the m…
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n/a | brainactive | September 24, 2021, 04:57:07 AM |
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Bitcoin price suppression - futures volume vs spot volume Speculation
Prior to 2017, there was no futures market for Bitcoin and all trades were 100%…
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n/a | brainactive | September 23, 2021, 09:33:57 PM |
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Proof of work Bitcoin Discussion
How much of a network do you need to damage before it enters a death spiral?If y…
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n/a | brainactive | August 28, 2021, 09:15:18 PM |
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Proof of work Bitcoin Discussion
There are also several miscellaneous costs that the article seems to have ignore…
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n/a | brainactive | August 28, 2021, 07:58:00 PM |
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Proof of work Bitcoin Discussion
Instead of thinking which is more expensive, either in monetary terms or execut…
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n/a | brainactive | August 27, 2021, 01:50:57 AM |
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Bitcoin, Capitalism, Democracy and Decentralisation Bitcoin Discussion
"Benefit" or "Control" or whatever else you want to call it, they are two sides…
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n/a | brainactive | August 26, 2021, 06:24:18 AM |
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Bitcoin, Capitalism, Democracy and Decentralisation Bitcoin Discussion
But mostly the reason why any government is hesitating about bitcoin is because…
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n/a | brainactive | August 26, 2021, 12:24:30 AM |
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Bitcoin, Capitalism, Democracy and Decentralisation Bitcoin Discussion
I believe that’s why Bitcoin should never substitute the existing financial syst…
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n/a | brainactive | August 25, 2021, 11:09:16 PM |
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Bitcoin, Capitalism, Democracy and Decentralisation Bitcoin Discussion
Governments have copped a lot of flack ever since the start of the pandemic, wit…
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n/a | brainactive | August 24, 2021, 06:07:35 PM |
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Does Bitcoin increase wealth equality? Bitcoin Discussion
The "wealthy" have already printed and accumulated trillions of dollars and not…
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n/a | brainactive | August 16, 2021, 03:39:33 AM |
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Does Bitcoin increase wealth equality? Bitcoin Discussion
Due to Bitcoin's supply issuance schedule, it's fair to say that those who buy b…
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n/a | brainactive | August 15, 2021, 11:26:42 PM |
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Is there merit to a fixed supply increase rather than fixed supply cap? Bitcoin Discussion
Most of the responses in this thread seem to boil down to "that's how it was fro…
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n/a | brainactive | August 15, 2021, 09:32:46 PM |
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Is there merit to a fixed supply increase rather than fixed supply cap? Bitcoin Discussion
Increasing overall supply above 21 million is a red line for me.Why do you think…
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n/a | brainactive | August 15, 2021, 06:30:40 AM |
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Is there merit to a fixed supply increase rather than fixed supply cap? Bitcoin Discussion
Global population growth is about 1% every year. A fixed total supply means the…
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n/a | brainactive | August 15, 2021, 05:08:10 AM |
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Proof of work Bitcoin Discussion
The argument above assumes that it is simple to acquire and manage the resources…
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n/a | brainactive | August 15, 2021, 03:19:41 AM |
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Proof of work Bitcoin Discussion
The argument for PoW and against PoS is that there is a greater opportunity cost…
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n/a | brainactive | August 14, 2021, 08:16:13 PM |
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Bitcoin being decentralised an illusion? Bitcoin Discussion
After reading some articles from https://endthefud.org/, I am still not fully co…
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n/a | brainactive | August 12, 2021, 01:46:41 AM |
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Origins of the orange bitcoin logo Bitcoin Discussion
What are the origins of the orange bitcoin logo? Is there any significance to th…
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n/a | brainactive | August 10, 2021, 09:53:58 PM |
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Bitcoin's blockchain size Development & Technical Discussion
Potentially a dumb question but... if node operators have the most power (as som…
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n/a | brainactive | August 06, 2021, 06:37:25 PM |
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Bitcoin's blockchain size Development & Technical Discussion
That's good. And I would have loved to see you start with that. There are plenty…
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n/a | brainactive | August 05, 2021, 02:30:09 AM |
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Bitcoin's blockchain size Development & Technical Discussion
This silliness keeps coming out now and then. If you are genuinely interested, w…
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n/a | brainactive | August 05, 2021, 12:33:27 AM |
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Bitcoin's blockchain size Development & Technical Discussion
Bitcoin's block chain size is currently around 300GB and increasing. How much of…
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n/a | brainactive | August 04, 2021, 11:27:21 PM |
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Non-KYC exchanges - premium over spot Exchanges
1. People like their privacy and are willing to pay for it. Also, some trades ar…
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n/a | brainactive | August 04, 2021, 10:39:56 PM |
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Non-KYC exchanges - premium over spot Exchanges
I am not into arbitrage, but this is what I experienced even Nigeria Central Ban…
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n/a | brainactive | August 04, 2021, 07:41:53 PM |
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Non-KYC exchanges - premium over spot Exchanges
I had a look at some non-KYC exchanges such as localbitcoin. Was surprised to fi…
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n/a | brainactive | August 04, 2021, 06:25:49 PM |
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Aftermath of Bitcoin's 2018 inflation bug Development & Technical Discussion
An inflation bug was discovered in 2018 which allowed some nodes to mint bitcoin…
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n/a | brainactive | August 03, 2021, 07:05:20 PM |
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Who determines bitcoin transaction fees? Development & Technical Discussion
For on-chain transaction, probably. You would want to look at the state of the m…
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n/a | brainactive | August 02, 2021, 05:19:13 AM |
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Can Bitcoin solve the world's debt problem Bitcoin Discussion
The current fiat incentivizes debt and investment. Bitcoin incentives saving.We…
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n/a | brainactive | August 02, 2021, 05:07:11 AM |
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Proof of work Bitcoin Discussion
If you introduce concepts which favors those that has the most resources (having…
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n/a | brainactive | August 02, 2021, 03:43:04 AM |
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Can Bitcoin solve the world's debt problem Bitcoin Discussion
Can Bitcoin provide a way out of the world's debt problem? The current fiat worl…
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n/a | brainactive | August 02, 2021, 03:10:00 AM |
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Proof of work Bitcoin Discussion
The main gripe is not only that a person that has more coins have more power ove…
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n/a | brainactive | August 02, 2021, 02:18:29 AM |
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Proof of work Bitcoin Discussion
This is the reason there is a incentive in place, miners get the coinbase reward…
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n/a | brainactive | August 02, 2021, 01:55:18 AM |
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Proof of work Bitcoin Discussion
One of the arguments against proof of stake is that those with the most stake ma…
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n/a | brainactive | August 02, 2021, 01:31:28 AM |
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Who determines bitcoin transaction fees? Development & Technical Discussion
Seems like a complex process for determining fees, with "negotiating" between th…
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n/a | brainactive | August 01, 2021, 10:46:57 PM |
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Who determines bitcoin transaction fees? Development & Technical Discussion
I've got two questions on bitcoin transaction fees, the first one relating to th…
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n/a | brainactive | July 31, 2021, 08:30:32 PM |
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Relationship between chain reorg frequency and block size/speed Development & Technical Discussion
Although bitcoin transaction is 10 minutes on average, but mining block can take…
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n/a | brainactive | July 30, 2021, 02:54:53 AM |
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Relationship between chain reorg frequency and block size/speed Development & Technical Discussion
How likely do chain reorgs happen due to blocks being mined at the same time? Ho…
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n/a | brainactive | July 30, 2021, 12:05:09 AM |
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Best Staking Platform Service Discussion
What is the best platform for staking Bitcoin?
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n/a | brainactive | July 28, 2021, 10:38:47 PM |
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Suggested resources for technical understanding of Bitcoin Development & Technical Discussion
Thanks all - I've only had a look at Learnmeabitcoin so far (it's excellent) but…
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n/a | brainactive | July 28, 2021, 06:13:18 PM |
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Suggested resources for technical understanding of Bitcoin Development & Technical Discussion
Are there any recommendations on any resources (either books, articles, posts et…
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n/a | brainactive | July 28, 2021, 05:14:07 AM |
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How new code changes are made to the Bitcoin protocol Development & Technical Discussion
If the next block comes in and the rules based on the reference client accepts t…
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n/a | brainactive | July 26, 2021, 07:51:05 AM |
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How new code changes are made to the Bitcoin protocol Development & Technical Discussion
If someone doesn't run the reference client, doesn't that make their node is use…
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n/a | brainactive | July 26, 2021, 05:00:15 AM |
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How new code changes are made to the Bitcoin protocol Development & Technical Discussion
Majority of the network runs the reference client (Bitcoin Core), for which the…
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n/a | brainactive | July 25, 2021, 10:58:35 PM |
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How new code changes are made to the Bitcoin protocol Development & Technical Discussion
My high-level understanding is that if one person decides to make a malicious ch…
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n/a | brainactive | July 25, 2021, 09:24:01 PM |
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Buying BTC from KYC exchange Exchanges
Is there a way to reverse the damage? Perhaps through things like mixers etc? Wh…
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n/a | brainactive | July 24, 2021, 10:17:49 PM |
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Buying BTC from KYC exchange Exchanges
Up until now, I thought the only way to convert fiat to BTC is through KYC excha…
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n/a | brainactive | July 24, 2021, 09:51:18 PM |
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Is Ethereum not decentralized? Altcoin Discussion
Is Ethereum decentralized? Vitalik seems to have taken a hands off approach in r…
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n/a | brainactive | July 22, 2021, 05:17:00 AM |
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Bitcoin Optimal Parameters for Scaling/Decentralisation Bitcoin Discussion
I'm slowly making my way through the paper below, written by a member of this fo…
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n/a | brainactive | July 22, 2021, 04:57:07 AM |
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Bitcoin Optimal Parameters for Scaling/Decentralisation Bitcoin Discussion
Bitcoin transactions are much slower than say Litecoin (or Bitcoin Cash). One of…
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n/a | brainactive | July 22, 2021, 01:41:30 AM |
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Tether FUD Altcoin Discussion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pILNFu0bxx0Thoughts?
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n/a | brainactive | July 18, 2021, 09:17:48 PM |
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Will Bitcoin be artificially lowered by banks just like gold/silver? Bitcoin Discussion
Will (and can) Bitcoin be artificially lowered by banks just like did with gold/…
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n/a | brainactive | July 18, 2021, 06:16:31 PM |
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Bitcoin and GBTC premium Speculation
GBTC is currently trading at a 20% discount to NAV. From an institutional fund m…
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n/a | brainactive | July 13, 2021, 10:34:09 PM |
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People still don't know about Bitcoin Bitcoin Discussion
Where do you guys live? In the US, I would say 95% of people have already heard…
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n/a | brainactive | July 12, 2021, 02:30:38 AM |
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What is the technical reason why bitcoin can't scale? Development & Technical Discussion
The scaling issue requires increasing the size of the chain.The decentralization…
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n/a | brainactive | July 09, 2021, 01:49:29 AM |
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What is the technical reason why bitcoin can't scale? Development & Technical Discussion
What is the technical reason why bitcoin transactions can't scale? Is it technic…
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n/a | brainactive | July 09, 2021, 12:24:34 AM |
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How are you feeling about Bitcoin? Off-topic
How are you feeling about Bitcoin?
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n/a | brainactive | July 08, 2021, 09:37:07 PM |
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Fractional Reserve Banking System vs Tether Altcoin Discussion
Fractional reserve banking is a system where only a fraction (10%) of bank depos…
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n/a | brainactive | July 06, 2021, 08:59:14 PM |
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Could the LN be the cause of the incentive's dead end? Bitcoin Discussion
If lightning network is well adopted, it will reduce the on-chain fee dependency…
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n/a | brainactive | July 05, 2021, 11:21:49 PM |
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Bitcoin Black Paper Bitcoin Discussion
What is he trying to say with this equation?Is he basically saying: for an asset…
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n/a | brainactive | July 05, 2021, 04:57:26 AM |
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Bitcoin Black Paper Bitcoin Discussion
This is equation he refers to:https://www.fooledbyrandomness.com/BTC-QF-appendix…
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n/a | brainactive | July 04, 2021, 06:01:06 PM |
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Which asset class will have the highest returns from 2021-2030? Off-topic
Moreover, what makes me even more convinced that Bitcoin can provide high return…
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n/a | brainactive | July 02, 2021, 08:09:44 PM |
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Which asset class will have the highest returns from 2021-2030? Off-topic
It is not surprising that in a Bitcoin forum we think that precisely the Bitcoin…
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n/a | brainactive | July 02, 2021, 02:51:24 AM |
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Bitcoin security in the long term Bitcoin Discussion
Depends. I don't foresee it being much more desirable to attack Bitcoin, even if…
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n/a | brainactive | July 02, 2021, 01:04:05 AM |
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Which asset class will have the highest returns from 2021-2030? Off-topic
Physical Assets like Land, Gold, PropertiesInteresting... can you explain why yo…
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n/a | brainactive | July 01, 2021, 11:06:11 PM |
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Bitcoin security in the long term Bitcoin Discussion
Yes. The compensation for the miners comes in the fees within the blocks. I'm as…
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n/a | brainactive | July 01, 2021, 10:59:44 PM |
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Bitcoin security in the long term Bitcoin Discussion
When Bitcoin gets to a stage where the mined supply is basically 21m (that is, v…
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n/a | brainactive | July 01, 2021, 10:48:57 PM |
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Do you think Michael Saylor is a bit dodgy? Off-topic
We really have no right to judge someone because that person changes in everythi…
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n/a | brainactive | July 01, 2021, 08:47:45 PM |
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Which asset class will have the highest returns from 2021-2030? Off-topic
Which asset class will have the highest returns from 2021-2030? Total return fro…
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n/a | brainactive | July 01, 2021, 06:19:28 PM |
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Do you think Michael Saylor is a bit dodgy? Off-topic
With that said, I've already watched like more than a dozen interviews of Michae…
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n/a | brainactive | July 01, 2021, 04:25:30 AM |
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The Bearish Case for Bitcoin Bitcoin Discussion
Vijay Boyapati wrote a book called "The Bullish Case for Bitcoin". A summary of…
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n/a | brainactive | July 01, 2021, 02:42:37 AM |
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Do you think Michael Saylor is a bit dodgy? Off-topic
Yes and no.Bitcoin is indeed scarce. Bitcoin has indeed limited supply. Indeed,…
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n/a | brainactive | July 01, 2021, 02:13:40 AM |
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Do you think Michael Saylor is a bit dodgy? Off-topic
We could make a list of people who said contradicting things over the years. Mar…
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n/a | brainactive | July 01, 2021, 01:46:18 AM |
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Do you think Michael Saylor is a bit dodgy? Off-topic
How about JP Morgan's Jamie Dimon who wrote the bitcoin is a fraud and some year…
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n/a | brainactive | July 01, 2021, 01:42:38 AM |
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Do you think Michael Saylor is a bit dodgy? Off-topic
On 19 December 2013, Michael Saylor tweets "Bitcoin's days are numbered. It seem…
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n/a | brainactive | July 01, 2021, 01:04:09 AM |
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Bitcoin and pension fund Bitcoin Discussion
institutional pension portfolio managers dont want to dabble in bitcoin direct.…
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n/a | brainactive | June 30, 2021, 06:42:56 AM |
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Bitcoin and pension fund Bitcoin Discussion
Pension funds typically provide investment options such as shares, property, cas…
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n/a | brainactive | June 30, 2021, 04:48:07 AM |
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China's game plan Bitcoin Discussion
I've been hearing the "Bitcoin will be more decentralized" argument a lot lately…
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n/a | brainactive | June 30, 2021, 04:24:36 AM |
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China's game plan Bitcoin Discussion
The Bitcoin hash rate reduced almost 60%, I remember there was a time the hashra…
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n/a | brainactive | June 30, 2021, 03:42:14 AM |
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China's game plan Bitcoin Discussion
There are here 2 direction of thought:1. China is known for big announcements th…
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n/a | brainactive | June 30, 2021, 02:40:51 AM |
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China's game plan Bitcoin Discussion
To be honest we don't really know but one thing that I am sure of when it comes…
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n/a | brainactive | June 30, 2021, 01:22:23 AM |
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China's game plan Bitcoin Discussion
Seems like China is done with Bitcoin. Hash rate has dropped by over 60% in the…
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n/a | brainactive | June 30, 2021, 01:12:06 AM |
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Fixed supply vs reducing supply Bitcoin Discussion
Well answered, makes sense to me now.
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n/a | brainactive | June 28, 2021, 04:29:54 AM |
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Fixed supply vs reducing supply Bitcoin Discussion
Bitcoin currently has fixed supply of 21m coins. Are there any advantages to hav…
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n/a | brainactive | June 28, 2021, 04:13:04 AM |
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No One Can Shut Down Bitcoin Bitcoin Discussion
Agree that no one can shut down Bitcoin from a technical standpoint. But it can…
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n/a | brainactive | June 25, 2021, 03:55:58 PM |
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Is the money printing / devaluing dollar argument for buying Bitcoin overrated? Bitcoin Discussion
Yes, but saving is a good thing. It reduces risk.Typical Keynesian economics vie…
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n/a | brainactive | June 25, 2021, 03:40:58 PM |
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Is the money printing / devaluing dollar argument for buying Bitcoin overrated? Bitcoin Discussion
Thanks for all the excellent responses. I have one remaining question related to…
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n/a | brainactive | June 25, 2021, 07:51:25 AM |
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Is the money printing / devaluing dollar argument for buying Bitcoin overrated? Bitcoin Discussion
Unpopular opinion but hear me out:- If you want your currency to be a store of v…
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n/a | brainactive | June 24, 2021, 05:24:14 AM |
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Why is moving mining out of China a bad thing? Bitcoin Discussion
The negative sentiment is created more by the FUD that came out of the news rath…
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n/a | brainactive | June 22, 2021, 09:43:27 PM |
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Why is moving mining out of China a bad thing? Bitcoin Discussion
Yeah, at least there is no single country that has the total monopoly of bitcoin…
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n/a | brainactive | June 22, 2021, 09:28:57 PM |
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China FUD Bitcoin Discussion
China seems to be close to the full suite of Bitcoin restrictions:1) No crypto e…
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n/a | brainactive | June 21, 2021, 07:13:58 AM |
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The biggest battle for Bitcoin's life is coming
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Tether FUD Altcoin Discussion
Is there anything that is new, the transparency issues were there from the begin…
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n/a | brainactive | June 19, 2021, 07:39:46 PM |
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