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Chris Knight
Jun 5, 2002

me @ ur posts


Fun Shoe

Robawesome posted:

Hahaha I can't believe what I saw that.

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DaTroof
Nov 16, 2000

CC LIMERICK CONTEST GRAND CHAMPION
There once was a poster named Troof
Who was getting quite long in the toof

Antlerhill posted:

e: also i'm the butt in the top right corner that's pooping the future

im the measure of value leakage

more like dICK
Feb 15, 2010

This is inevitable.

Its actually depressing that my brain is so broken that I got this.

more like dICK
Feb 15, 2010

This is inevitable.

quote:

YOSPOS...poo poo.
I'm still only in YOSPOS.

A Pinball Wizard
Mar 23, 2005

I know every trick, no freak's gonna beat my hands

College Slice

*wakes up in empty yospos hospital*

Chocobo
Oct 15, 2012


Here comes a new challenger!
Oven Wrangler
not one of the figures in those paintings is holding a bag

surebet
Jan 10, 2013

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Robawesome posted:

This is torture. People are filing out. They're reading off slides verbatim. Now they're defining the Internet...

nnngh pet peeve

you got that poo poo beaten out of you during freshman year over here, please don't tell me that at no point during a harvard+oxford education no one threatens to flay you alive if you keep that up

Just-In-Timeberlake
Aug 18, 2003

Greyhawk posted:

maybe but then again



pretty sure that whale would have died anyway without water.

surebet
Jan 10, 2013

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andreas_Antonopoulos

faaaaaaaaart



Keep According to the Canadian Senate, Andreas Antonopoulos is one of the most notable experts on what looks to be a multibillion dollar economy. From a quick glance I was able to find articles about him and mentions of him from publications outside the Bitcoin community, such as this article from PandoDaily, a general technology website. Andreas Antonopoulos. I searched Bloomberg and found dozens of mentions of and quotes by Antonopoulos.Redpointist (talk) 14:51, 4 November 2014 (UTC)

i find it :allears: when americans think our senate is the same as your senate, in the sense that ours is literally a decorative instance

Happy Noodle Boy
Jul 3, 2002


what is wrong with his face

i thought he didnt like ties

Greyhawk
May 30, 2001


Just-In-Timeberlake posted:

pretty sure that whale would have died anyway without water.

in the bitcoin future all water is needed to cool mining rigs

creatine
Jan 27, 2012




it looks like someone tried to photoshop a half life face to look more realistic

Just-In-Timeberlake
Aug 18, 2003

surebet posted:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andreas_Antonopoulos

faaaaaaaaart



Keep According to the Canadian Senate, Andreas Antonopoulos is one of the most notable experts on what looks to be a multibillion dollar economy. From a quick glance I was able to find articles about him and mentions of him from publications outside the Bitcoin community, such as this article from PandoDaily, a general technology website. Andreas Antonopoulos. I searched Bloomberg and found dozens of mentions of and quotes by Antonopoulos.Redpointist (talk) 14:51, 4 November 2014 (UTC)

i find it :allears: when americans think our senate is the same as your senate, in the sense that ours is literally a decorative instance

every once in a while you see a face that makes you think "you know, a claw hammer to that would vastly improve it"

surebet
Jan 10, 2013

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ok, going full ...!, but read this poo poo


quote:

Winklevoss preso at 20/20 bombs, no ETF launch in sight (self.Bitcoin)
submitted 12 hours ago * by WeGotCactus
I'm a permabull/hodler myself [... already quoted]

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[–]MrMadden 19 points 9 hours ago
Is it really that freaking hard to start a bitcoin fund?
The IRS ruled bitcoin as property. Structure it as a REIT, get it listed on an exchange, and let's get on with it!
There are over 8 trillion dollars invested in 401k and IRA plans in the US, 2000 times more than the current market cap of bitcoin. There are over 20 trillion in total retirement assets, or 5000 times the present market capitalization of bitcoin.
If just in the USA, people invested 1% of their retirement savings into bitcoin, the price of bitcoin would be 50 times higher. 0.1%? 5 times higher.

(but... why?)

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Ah, the 1% fallacy..
If 1% of people gave me a dollar I'd be filthy rich. It doesn't mean anything without explaining specifically how you're going to capture that 1%.

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https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf <- on these merits.

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Then you're hosed.
No one cares how a plane flies, they just care that it does. No one studies the schematics of a 747 to understand the value of the aeroplane. The value is strikingly obvious. It'll get you from A to B in the shortest distance possible, at the highest speed possible for the cheapest price possible.
Where is Bitcoins strikingly obvious use case?

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Its almost like this guy is using some kind of magic to communicate with strangers miles away, if only 1% of people did this we could have something useful.

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Why not just form an actual counter argument?
'The internet did well!' isn't a particularly strong argument for Bitcoin. It's a strong argument for how good the Internet is, though.

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No one gave a poo poo about the Internet back in the 80/90s. No one cared about how it worked or operated. Mainstream laughed at it, called people who used it nerds. Then people started to realize how easy and efficient the Internet was for the flow of information.
Bitcoin is set for doing the same for the flow of money, property, assets, contracts, and any other "apps" where a decentralized trust-less medium shakes the foundations of our current centralized systems. We're in the no one gives a poo poo how it works phase.

(this person was obviously born in the late 90s)

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Your argument is still that Bitcoin will do well because the internet did well.
I could equally pick a less successful example technology and use the fact it failed to claim Bitcoin will therefore fail, but that'd be equally ridiculous.

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No. My argument is that the blockchain technology is superior to our current systems.

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U just got rekt, mate.

surebet
Jan 10, 2013

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[–]iagoz 3 points 10 hours ago
Looks like its more of an ad hominem attack against them than against bitcoin.

Greyhawk
May 30, 2001


guys i think they're onto us

quote:


Why does /r/bitcoin have so many loving trolls?! (self.Bitcoin)
submitted 22 minutes ago by easyrandomguy

it's almost like someone is paying them...

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[–]b44rt 2 points 10 minutes ago*
Very possible, its no theory that the government (which is only an extension of big corporate interests) employs internet trolls just to comment on certain things they want to steer public opinion on.

It is also no theory that bitcoin is a threat to the status quo, since they derrive their power from the fiat currency paradigm.

It is also no theory that the people in high places are not dumb and are not in those position for letting things go their natural way.

My thinfoil hat theory: everything in bitcoin is up except the price. Big money (and you dont even need that big of a portfolio to pull this off) is trading bitcoin downwards, even swallowing losses for it, to have the plebs sell their bitcoin for cheap.

They know they cannot do this forever, but as long as they can manipulate the price downwards it allows for them to buy for cheap and make bitcoin look bad for plebs that must remain plebs for them to be elite.

If bitcoin would have just mooned in 2013 the wealthy elite, kings queens and emperors would have been nerds like me and you wo where holding bitcoin. This can never happen ofcourse

Hammerite
Mar 9, 2007

And you don't remember what I said here, either, but it was pompous and stupid.
Jade Ear Joe

Pumpy Dumper posted:

it looks like someone tried to photoshop a half life face to look more realistic

Tayter Swift
Nov 18, 2002

Pillbug
so from what I gather from wiki the twins are famous for being old money trust fund babies and lovely Olympic rowers right

like in slightly different circumstances they'd just be the menendez brothers again

theflyingorc
Jun 28, 2008

ANY GOOD OPINIONS THIS POSTER CLAIMS TO HAVE ARE JUST PROOF THAT BULLYING WORKS
Young Orc

Bananalogue posted:

so from what I gather from wiki the twins are famous for being old money trust fund babies and lovely Olympic rowers right
Bitcoin's biggest proponents are two twins best known for not inventing facebook

MORE CURLY FRIES
Apr 8, 2004

what happened to the person that wanted to bet that a year from now (about a year ago) bitcoin would be worth more than some shares in some bank or something

Wells
Sep 21, 2008

THIS IS A BIZ!!!
Lipstick Apathy

MORE CURLY FRIES posted:

what happened to the person that wanted to bet that a year from now (about a year ago) bitcoin would be worth more than some shares in some bank or something

http://bitbet.us/bet/786/bitcoin-to-surpass-berkshire-as-an-investment/

We have time yet!

Malloc Voidstar
May 7, 2007

Fuck the cowboys. Unf. Fuck em hard.

Greyhawk posted:

They know they cannot do this forever, but as long as they can manipulate the price downwards it allows for them to buy for cheap and make bitcoin look bad for plebs that must remain plebs for them to be elite.
actually if they want to go all government conspiracy then based on bitcoin's market cap vs worldgov income i'm pretty sure they can literally do this forever

The Leck
Feb 27, 2001

TVarmy posted:


the internet of thigns is more like this. ... its like a mom, but its also cyberpunk.

Tayter Swift
Nov 18, 2002

Pillbug

theflyingorc posted:

Bitcoin's biggest proponents are two twins best known for not inventing facebook

oh that's right

I should get around to watching the social network, the soundtrack is some of Trent's best work

RubberJohnny
Apr 22, 2008

http://bitbet.us/bet/635/1btc-10-000-usd/

1 BTC >= $10,000 closes in 2 weeks

quote:

Price to be taken from MtGox or BitStamp as per bitcoincharts

there's still time for BitStamp to go under!

theflyingorc
Jun 28, 2008

ANY GOOD OPINIONS THIS POSTER CLAIMS TO HAVE ARE JUST PROOF THAT BULLYING WORKS
Young Orc

RubberJohnny posted:

http://bitbet.us/bet/635/1btc-10-000-usd/

1 BTC >= $10,000 closes in 2 weeks


there's still time for BitStamp to go under!

hahahaha "price to be taken from MTGOX" is pretty fantastic

Tayter Swift
Nov 18, 2002

Pillbug

RubberJohnny posted:

http://bitbet.us/bet/635/1btc-10-000-usd/

1 BTC >= $10,000 closes in 2 weeks


there's still time for BitStamp to go under!

Calculator: placing a winning 1 BTC bet on:
Yes pays: 1.41054186 BTC
No pays: 0.99736426 BTC
after fees, at current weight and assuming no one else bets

I'm the people still betting no even tho it pays less than the bet

vanilla slimfast
Dec 6, 2006

If anyone needs me, I'll be in the Angry Dome




sorry i was phone posting and going from memory

MGN001
May 12, 2012

Bananalogue posted:

Calculator: placing a winning 1 BTC bet on:
Yes pays: 1.41054186 BTC
No pays: 0.99736426 BTC
after fees, at current weight and assuming no one else bets

I'm the people still betting no even tho it pays less than the bet

Bitcoin: Even When You Win, You Lose

How does this work, did so few people bet yes that it's less than the fees or something?

surebet
Jan 10, 2013

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MORE CURLY FRIES posted:

what happened to the person that wanted to bet that a year from now (about a year ago) bitcoin would be worth more than some shares in some bank or something

beaten, but enjoy the collage



314 butts is worth ~48% of a share

Tayter Swift
Nov 18, 2002

Pillbug
that's not a very sure bet!

Robawesome
Jul 22, 2005

Pretty sure the owner of that betting site Mirceau Popescpoo has a lot of money to lose there

Boxturret
Oct 3, 2013

Don't ask me about Sonic the Hedgehog diaper fetish

so did that guy ever pay the 5 bitcoins for this stuff?

i would so love it if people were scammed into making commemorative art of when they "defeated" a person by giving them 9 million dollars

surebet
Jan 10, 2013

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Aleksei Vasiliev posted:

actually if they want to go all government conspiracy then based on bitcoin's market cap vs worldgov income i'm pretty sure they can literally do this forever

that whole tinfoil theory also proves that people are ridiculously terrible with large numbers, there's this dissonance between gov't is printing infinimoney, gov't sees bitcoin as valuable but is doing these tiny ninja buys to keep the price low, and why doesn't the gov't just plop it's balls on the table menacingly and print infinimoney to buy out everyone?

the us gov't could swallow the entire bitcoin economy in one gulp aka the price of like a jet fighter if they put up 1000$ buys all around, a couple bil is literally fun money in the correct context

Alan Smithee
Jan 4, 2005


A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

Enthusiasms, enthusiasms...

AlsoD posted:

I'm the soldiers reaching to help their fellow who fell in rather than saying "free market, bitch" and ignoring him

By sinking to the bottom of the see he shall hodl forever. Don't forget to tip the ferryman

Herman Merman
Jul 6, 2008

FMguru posted:

your honor, that flag has a gold fringe, which is a naval flag, which makes this court an admiralty court and I'm going to need to see some proof of your right to "captain" the "vessel" of this court room
*without missing a beat, judge presents a ship's master's license* :smugdog::pipe:

AlbieQuirky
Oct 9, 2012

Just me and my 🌊dragon🐉 hanging out

Robawesome posted:

Pretty sure the owner of that betting site Mirceau Popescpoo has a lot of money to lose there

Poopscoop just takes his ball and goes home when he doesn't like the outcome. See BitCourt for an example. Then he will shout at people about how Timisoara is the world's financial and cultural center, so gently caress New York, London, Tokyo, and Beijing.

duTrieux.
Oct 9, 2003

Greyhawk posted:

shrug



anyway here's a thing


reminder 10000 bits is about 3 bucks fiddy

i want these assholes to go after martha stewart so that i can watch her annihilate them

duTrieux.
Oct 9, 2003

surebet posted:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andreas_Antonopoulos

faaaaaaaaart



Keep According to the Canadian Senate, Andreas Antonopoulos is one of the most notable experts on what looks to be a multibillion dollar economy. From a quick glance I was able to find articles about him and mentions of him from publications outside the Bitcoin community, such as this article from PandoDaily, a general technology website. Andreas Antonopoulos. I searched Bloomberg and found dozens of mentions of and quotes by Antonopoulos.Redpointist (talk) 14:51, 4 November 2014 (UTC)

i find it :allears: when americans think our senate is the same as your senate, in the sense that ours is literally a decorative instance

he looks like a villain from a spider-man reboot

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duTrieux.
Oct 9, 2003

Bananalogue posted:

so from what I gather from wiki the twins are famous for being old money trust fund babies and lovely Olympic rowers right

like in slightly different circumstances they'd just be the menendez brothers again

bitcoiners rallied around them because the JEW BANKER zuckerburg stole their idea for a BOOK OF FACES and obviously it's the idea that's worth the money and not the implementation

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