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What's so special about the NAP? Politics & Society
Before the law, 37% of people wore seat belts. After the law, 94%. That's over…
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n/a | JoelKatz | July 06, 2012, 05:47:51 AM |
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Why not adjust the block reward on every retarget? Bitcoin Discussion
Actually, it could have been done without too much difficulty. The trick would s…
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n/a | JoelKatz | July 01, 2012, 05:17:09 AM |
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What's so special about the NAP? Politics & Society
I eat a banana. Is that aggression? Well, not if it's *my* banana. Yes if it's y…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 30, 2012, 04:54:27 AM |
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Deflation and Bitcoin, the last word on this forum Economics
My claim is that a deflation caused by an increase in hoarding is not equivalent…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 30, 2012, 12:17:18 AM |
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Deflation and Bitcoin, the last word on this forum Economics
Again, it seems like the effect of hoarding your money is to make goods and serv…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 27, 2012, 08:16:03 AM |
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Deflation and Bitcoin, the last word on this forum Economics
Think of an island of farmers that hoards money during good times. When a disast…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 26, 2012, 06:34:25 AM |
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Side stepping nonsense governments, OpenGov can it work? Politics & Society
Again, all you are proposing is a change in the decision making process, not the…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 26, 2012, 08:36:39 PM |
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***WARNING TO PEOPLE WHO USE MONEYPAK/WALMART MONEY CARD*** Trading Discussion
Agree. "They" was just one person on the other end of the telephone, not the fin…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 26, 2012, 01:37:14 AM |
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WARNING TO PEOPLE WHO USE MONEYPAK/WALMART MONEY CARD Trading Discussion
Its not forgery, they were actual transactions. You're providing records of them…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 24, 2012, 05:46:51 AM |
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The cost of illegal immigrants Politics & Society
If it included the taxes paid by illegal immigrants and the money saved by compa…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 22, 2012, 03:46:00 AM |
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Deflation and Bitcoin, the last word on this forum Economics
Does this means that you would be ok with a government issued currency with a fi…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 22, 2012, 03:02:19 AM |
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[ANNOUNCE] Casascius-compatible address tool for Android. Project Development
One party chooses b, calculates g*b and sends that to the other party, which cho…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 09, 2012, 10:34:12 PM |
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[ANNOUNCE] Casascius-compatible address tool for Android. Project Development
Honest party chooses key H and gives GxHDishonest party should choose key D and…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 08, 2012, 03:54:28 PM |
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[ANNOUNCE] Casascius-compatible address tool for Android. Project Development
This addition method has a vulnerability that allows the 2nd party to send a rig…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 08, 2012, 03:48:57 AM |
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[ANNOUNCE] Casascius-compatible address tool for Android. Project Development
The first party sends that public key to the second party. The second party als…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 07, 2012, 07:06:51 PM |
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[ANN] Selling online never been easier thanks to Mt.Gox's new “Pay Now” button! Bitcoin Discussion
As stated, we clearly said that a few people has been affected when it comes to…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 06, 2012, 04:13:50 AM |
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PHP martingale bot for satoshiDICE Trading Discussion
I respectfully disagree. Positive balances are the consequence of having "enough…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 06, 2012, 02:24:16 AM |
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PHP martingale bot for satoshiDICE Trading Discussion
Joel.... you picture freaks me out.I'll ask if I can use the picture of me from…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 06, 2012, 02:21:22 AM |
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PHP martingale bot for satoshiDICE Trading Discussion
And, equally importantly, the longer you postpone the house's win, the more the…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 04, 2012, 10:38:47 PM |
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BTCrow.com - New Bitcoin Escrow Service Services
But at the opposite, I don,t want to release it for people abusing of it. Like u…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 03, 2012, 11:08:40 PM |
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SatoshiDICE.com - Verified rolls, up to 64,000x winning Gambling
Has anyone done a broad data analysis on past lucky numbers to see how evenly di…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 02, 2012, 01:33:46 PM |
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PHP martingale bot for satoshiDICE Trading Discussion
Be careful.As other users have pointed out, no matter what strategy you use (inc…
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n/a | JoelKatz | June 01, 2012, 04:16:43 PM |
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custom bitcoin address wanted Bitcoin Discussion
1) You generate a random 256-bit integer less than the SECP256k1 generator. You…
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n/a | JoelKatz | May 30, 2012, 10:36:50 PM |
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Am I misunderstanding this or? Economics
Don't worry about it, since predictable, long-term deflation of bitcoins is esse…
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n/a | JoelKatz | May 28, 2012, 07:22:59 AM |
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Am I misunderstanding this or? Economics
For example, I know that in six months, I can get a better and cheaper computer…
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n/a | JoelKatz | May 28, 2012, 05:03:39 AM |
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Bitcoin Savings and Trust is probably a Ponzi Scheme: A Petition Lending
Normally when you say short sell, you are talking about selling at market price…
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n/a | JoelKatz | May 24, 2012, 07:44:49 AM |
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Bitcoin Savings and Trust is probably a Ponzi Scheme: A Petition Lending
He's not shorting bitcoins. You should read this thread: https://bitcointalk.org…
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n/a | JoelKatz | May 23, 2012, 11:05:10 PM |
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Bitcoin Savings and Trust is probably a Ponzi Scheme: A Petition Lending
My guess is having access to bitcoins instantly is important to his buyers, so h…
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n/a | JoelKatz | May 23, 2012, 05:16:10 AM |
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Bitcoin Savings and Trust is probably a Ponzi Scheme: A Petition Lending
Hey hey, he might just be selling coins, why not?Because he pays people their in…
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n/a | JoelKatz | May 23, 2012, 03:17:27 AM |
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Bitcoin Savings and Trust is probably a Ponzi Scheme: A Petition Lending
How is it not possible that pirate is Jesus?The burden is on the claimant to sho…
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n/a | JoelKatz | May 22, 2012, 11:43:21 PM |
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Deflation and Bitcoin, the last word on this forum Economics
Is this the "predictability makes deflation impossible by perfect speculation" a…
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n/a | JoelKatz | May 22, 2012, 09:33:54 PM |
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Bitcoin Savings and Trust is probably a Ponzi Scheme: A Petition Lending
Jesus. Pirate is Jesus. We can't prove nor disprove. Satisfied?I'm pretty sur…
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n/a | JoelKatz | May 22, 2012, 09:28:39 PM |
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Bitcoin Savings and Trust is probably a Ponzi Scheme: A Petition Lending
Where's the support for your claim that he is a ponzi?I never said that he was a…
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n/a | JoelKatz | May 22, 2012, 10:36:33 AM |
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Deflation and Bitcoin, the last word on this forum Economics
The problem would be, again, that the empty inventories meant a trade depression…
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n/a | JoelKatz | May 22, 2012, 08:18:57 AM |
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Bitcoin Savings and Trust is probably a Ponzi Scheme: A Petition Lending
I honestly can't conceive of anything simpler than a Ponzi scheme.So therefore,…
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n/a | JoelKatz | May 22, 2012, 01:03:39 AM |
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Bitcoin Savings and Trust is probably a Ponzi Scheme: A Petition Lending
What I'm saying is that the amount of effort he'd have to put in to be running a…
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n/a | JoelKatz | May 21, 2012, 09:43:26 PM |
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Deflation and Bitcoin, the last word on this forum Economics
How does it [deflation] hurts merchants?Easy: their inventories dropping in pric…
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n/a | JoelKatz | May 21, 2012, 07:15:21 PM |
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Bitcoin Savings and Trust is probably a Ponzi Scheme: A Petition Lending
What I'm saying is that the amount of effort he'd have to put in to be running a…
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n/a | JoelKatz | May 21, 2012, 07:13:14 PM |
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Satoshi Dice -- Statistical Analysis Service Discussion
satoshidice has a very wide dynamic range... doing the standard 2x martingale, i…
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n/a | JoelKatz | May 18, 2012, 06:32:30 PM |
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Bitcoin Savings and Trust is probably a Ponzi Scheme: A Petition Lending
To be a bit more precise about my position, I don't think it's a Ponzi because i…
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n/a | JoelKatz | May 17, 2012, 10:47:53 PM |
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Bitcoin Savings and Trust is probably a Ponzi Scheme: A Petition Lending
To be a bit more precise about my position, I don't think it's a Ponzi because i…
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n/a | JoelKatz | May 17, 2012, 01:10:03 AM |
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De-troll Bitcoin Services
That article exactly describes what you want to do: Change public perception by…
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n/a | JoelKatz | May 16, 2012, 05:28:55 AM |
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[Emergency ANN] Bitcoinica site is taken offline for security investigation Bitcoin Discussion
Why are Bitcoiners, the trumpeters of currency free from the tyrannical and corr…
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n/a | JoelKatz | May 16, 2012, 03:00:01 AM |
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MT.Gox will not release over $26,000 USD Trading Discussion
The funny thing is people seem to think Amazon/Steam/Newegg/etc will be acceptin…
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n/a | JoelKatz | May 15, 2012, 11:09:07 PM |
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MtGox Collapsing (and taking bitcoin down with them?) Trading Discussion
Being a firm believer in caveat emptor, I'm not going to claim that fractional r…
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n/a | JoelKatz | May 15, 2012, 06:33:17 PM |
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custom bitcoin address wanted Bitcoin Discussion
Also you will not be able to get an address without a private key, therefore you…
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n/a | JoelKatz | May 15, 2012, 04:33:05 AM |
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MtGox Collapsing (and taking bitcoin down with them?) Trading Discussion
So you're saying they should gamble my deposit on the currency markets in the ho…
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n/a | JoelKatz | May 14, 2012, 01:15:23 PM |
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SatoshiDICE.com - Verified rolls, up to 65,000x winning Gambling
dude I'm telling you people are cheating, you can raise your edge to 50% and it…
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n/a | JoelKatz | May 13, 2012, 10:49:31 PM |
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MtGox Collapsing (and taking bitcoin down with them?) Trading Discussion
Do MtGox issue loans?Not to my knowledge.QuoteIf not, why would they ever issue…
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n/a | JoelKatz | May 13, 2012, 09:06:03 PM |
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Tainted coins - Who dictates that a coin is tainted? Bitcoin Discussion
Not necessarily... If someone gave you a pile of fiat that was splattered with…
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n/a | JoelKatz | May 13, 2012, 03:01:13 PM |
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[Emergency ANN] Bitcoinica site is taken offline for security investigation Bitcoin Discussion
Unless the human saying yes must enter a passphrase to temporaily decrypt the wa…
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n/a | JoelKatz | May 13, 2012, 02:57:33 PM |
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How to receive transactions to old addresses after deleting wallet.dat? Bitcoin Technical Support
I sincerely hope you kept a copy of the wallet. Otherwise, any funds that get de…
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n/a | JoelKatz | May 13, 2012, 06:16:25 AM |
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[Emergency ANN] Bitcoinica site is taken offline for security investigation Bitcoin Discussion
Then our defenitions of a hot wallet may be different. I am thinking that a hot…
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n/a | JoelKatz | May 13, 2012, 06:13:49 AM |
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Tainted coins - Who dictates that a coin is tainted? Bitcoin Discussion
It seems that it already are some tainted coins out there that for example Mt.Go…
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n/a | JoelKatz | May 13, 2012, 05:47:22 AM |
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SatoshiDICE.com - Verified rolls, up to 65,000x winning Gambling
Quick update: Since our house run of luck has been terrible (though we still be…
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n/a | JoelKatz | May 13, 2012, 05:52:50 AM |
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MtGox Collapsing (and taking bitcoin down with them?) Trading Discussion
MTGOX MUST ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS STRAIGHT.DO YOU EVER ISSUE MORE MTGOX BTC REDE…
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n/a | JoelKatz | May 13, 2012, 03:09:26 AM |
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[Emergency ANN] Bitcoinica site is taken offline for security investigation Bitcoin Discussion
A hot wallet would be btc immediately available for withdrawl. In this case, how…
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n/a | JoelKatz | May 13, 2012, 05:41:41 AM |
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[Emergency ANN] Bitcoinica site is taken offline for security investigation Bitcoin Discussion
As some people have said, there should be a hold on large or unusual withdrawls…
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n/a | JoelKatz | May 13, 2012, 03:02:22 AM |
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Bitcoin Savings and Trust is probably a Ponzi Scheme: A Petition Lending
According to my research, his real name is most likely one of the following:Ends…
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n/a | JoelKatz | May 10, 2012, 06:32:40 PM |
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[VIDEO] New Animated Bitcoin Video! "Screw Banks" make it viral! Bitcoin Discussion
Does this community really endorse trying to spread bitcoins through brainwashin…
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n/a | JoelKatz | May 10, 2012, 02:18:49 AM |
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[VIDEO] New Animated Bitcoin Video! "Screw Banks" make it viral! Bitcoin Discussion
In context, the only plausible meaning for "screw banks" is that you should view…
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n/a | JoelKatz | May 09, 2012, 09:22:06 PM |
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Bitcoin Savings and Trust is probably a Ponzi Scheme: A Petition Lending
Just thinking about it if he is running the MMM ponzi scheme. If he does he woul…
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n/a | JoelKatz | May 09, 2012, 04:32:29 AM |
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Bitcoin Savings and Trust is probably a Ponzi Scheme: A Petition Lending
Anyway, more thinking out loud; if this is not a ponzi sensu stricto, and pirate…
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n/a | JoelKatz | May 09, 2012, 04:31:31 AM |
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PHP martingale bot for satoshiDICE Trading Discussion
Martingale changes the odds from a very high chance of losing a small amount of…
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n/a | JoelKatz | May 08, 2012, 10:47:04 PM |
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Bitcoin Savings and Trust is probably a Ponzi Scheme: A Petition Lending
What might speak against it being a ponzi:* Even though a lot of people are begg…
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n/a | JoelKatz | May 08, 2012, 10:40:34 PM |
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Where can I find an anarchy? Politics & Society
I need to find one ASAPHave you tried Somalia?And, strangely, they are getting t…
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n/a | JoelKatz | May 08, 2012, 04:12:01 AM |
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Bitcoin Savings and Trust is probably a Ponzi Scheme: A Petition Lending
Do you people actually know how to borrow money? Do you know how banks decide t…
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n/a | JoelKatz | May 07, 2012, 04:50:47 PM |
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Bitcoin Savings and Trust is probably a Ponzi Scheme: A Petition Lending
Why doesn't everyone just leave it alone and let people do whatever they want ?M…
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n/a | JoelKatz | May 07, 2012, 01:37:52 PM |
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Bitcoin Savings and Trust is probably a Ponzi Scheme: A Petition Lending
Who claimed lack of risk, Joel? You?Actually, I had a specific citation in mind…
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n/a | JoelKatz | May 07, 2012, 05:37:11 AM |
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Bitcoin Savings and Trust is probably a Ponzi Scheme: A Petition Lending
I understood his concerns. I just don't think it is wise to throw around assumpt…
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n/a | JoelKatz | May 07, 2012, 04:20:33 AM |
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Bitcoin Savings and Trust is probably a Ponzi Scheme: A Petition Lending
Now this is just jealousy. Where is your evidence that he's driving out legitim…
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n/a | JoelKatz | May 06, 2012, 11:07:06 PM |
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Bitcoin Savings and Trust is probably a Ponzi Scheme: A Petition Lending
I cannot think of anything else it could possibly be other than a Ponzi scheme,…
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n/a | JoelKatz | May 06, 2012, 09:36:46 PM |
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Bitcoin Savings and Trust is probably a Ponzi Scheme: A Petition Lending
I gave you an example. Lets put it another way. Lend me $100 dollars to buy and…
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n/a | JoelKatz | May 06, 2012, 09:33:43 PM |
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Bitcoin Savings and Trust is probably a Ponzi Scheme: A Petition Lending
You are essentially asking: Why isn't he greedy enough to keep it all and pay no…
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n/a | JoelKatz | May 06, 2012, 06:52:40 PM |
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Bitcoin Savings and Trust is probably a Ponzi Scheme: A Petition Lending
Because people operate irrationally. Perhaps that's why charities survive.Trust…
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n/a | JoelKatz | May 06, 2012, 06:49:18 PM |
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Bitcoin Savings and Trust is probably a Ponzi Scheme: A Petition Lending
I am not saying it is, I am not saying it isn't. But, why does everyone assume t…
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n/a | JoelKatz | May 06, 2012, 04:46:34 PM |
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Deflation and Bitcoin, the last word on this forum Economics
However I'd like to stress that I don't see why the concept of "Bitcoin becoming…
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n/a | JoelKatz | May 05, 2012, 08:04:30 AM |
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Deflation and Bitcoin, the last word on this forum Economics
I already addressed this in the past, e.g in the Bitcoin wiki article on FRB. Bi…
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n/a | JoelKatz | May 04, 2012, 06:06:42 PM |
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Bitcoin Savings and Trust is probably a Ponzi Scheme: A Petition Lending
How would you propose he demonstrate he isn't a ponzi?Only Pirate can answer tha…
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n/a | JoelKatz | May 04, 2012, 01:38:26 AM |
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Deflation and Bitcoin, the last word on this forum Economics
You would be more likely to accept something that you can use again in payment,…
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n/a | JoelKatz | May 03, 2012, 09:45:40 PM |
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Deflation and Bitcoin, the last word on this forum Economics
You basically argue that if a medium of exchange has an appreciating value, this…
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n/a | JoelKatz | May 02, 2012, 06:20:09 PM |
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Did a withdrawal from Mt. Gox to Dwolla, still hasn't arrived - Is this normal? Currency exchange
Update (28/4/2012): Dwolla transfers are still delayed. While any outstanding wi…
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n/a | JoelKatz | May 02, 2012, 05:00:05 AM |
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Deflation and Bitcoin, the last word on this forum Economics
Do we agree that deflation can make it harder for capital to be profitable?Yes,…
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n/a | JoelKatz | May 01, 2012, 09:09:10 PM |
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Deflation and Bitcoin, the last word on this forum Economics
However, in order for this instrument to be treated as a substitute of Bitcoin,…
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n/a | JoelKatz | April 27, 2012, 01:07:30 AM |
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CoinLab obtains $500k in seed funding Service Discussion
Rather than burning through energy and CPU/GPU cycles to earn a few quid, would…
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n/a | JoelKatz | April 25, 2012, 06:47:19 AM |
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CoinLab obtains $500k in seed funding Service Discussion
Even if they have the option of paying a smaller fee instead?Don't know... if yo…
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n/a | JoelKatz | April 25, 2012, 04:50:35 AM |
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CoinLab obtains $500k in seed funding Service Discussion
Also let's remember that many gamers will have a kickass GPU computer, but might…
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n/a | JoelKatz | April 24, 2012, 08:58:51 PM |
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Bitcoin Tax Information - Interesting Bitcoin Discussion
"Hobby losses" wtf?The basic idea is that hobbies are generally money losing ope…
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n/a | JoelKatz | April 18, 2012, 07:11:50 AM |
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Bitcoin Tax Information - Interesting Bitcoin Discussion
If you are simply mining bitcoins and don't sell them or trade them for anythin…
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n/a | JoelKatz | April 18, 2012, 01:56:33 AM |
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{ANNOUNCEMENT} WBX Exchange Frozen Service Announcements
It's bullshit when people jump on a bitcoin site operator whenever they are gett…
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n/a | JoelKatz | April 17, 2012, 04:15:32 PM |
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US citizens, do you pay taxes on bitcoin exchange? Beginners & Help
If USD is made we are supposed to claim it. It seems BTC turned into USD would b…
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n/a | JoelKatz | April 17, 2012, 03:56:05 PM |
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US citizens, do you pay taxes on bitcoin exchange? Beginners & Help
How would you and/or the IRS/revenue-service-of-your-country prove or disprove g…
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n/a | JoelKatz | April 17, 2012, 01:27:45 AM |
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Trickle-down taxation? Politics & Society
I think maybe they mean blackmarket goods are cheaper like if you buy an HDTV in…
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n/a | JoelKatz | April 13, 2012, 04:36:33 AM |
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Trickle-down taxation? Politics & Society
If you are right, then regulated markets will always drive unregulated ones out…
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n/a | JoelKatz | April 09, 2012, 06:17:01 AM |
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Deflation and Bitcoin, the last word on this forum Economics
Do we agree that deflation can make it harder for capital to be profitable?Yes,…
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n/a | JoelKatz | April 09, 2012, 06:11:17 AM |
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Trickle-down taxation? Politics & Society
Who is to say what an owner will do?Right, but who cares? That's the point. With…
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n/a | JoelKatz | April 09, 2012, 12:59:50 AM |
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Trickle-down taxation? Politics & Society
Nobody's going to be owning migrating blue whales anytime soon.Right, but that's…
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n/a | JoelKatz | April 09, 2012, 12:04:51 AM |
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Trickle-down taxation? Politics & Society
The reasons? 1. There's enough individuals who don't care if a resource is deple…
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n/a | JoelKatz | April 08, 2012, 10:54:01 PM |
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Trickle-down taxation? Politics & Society
Correct. Even where the goods are being traded legitimately, the price on the b…
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n/a | JoelKatz | April 08, 2012, 04:41:35 PM |
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Trickle-down taxation? Politics & Society
Um no. It reduces the dividend the company pays. The consumer pays the maximum…
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n/a | JoelKatz | April 07, 2012, 05:26:27 AM |
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