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Buttcoin purse
Apr 24, 2014

evilweasel posted:

i disagree

when you can make someone part with $10k that easily you have a moral obligation to scam it out of them for a video game spaceship before someone else scams them out of it for something else

after all that money's going into the wrong hands somehow you might as well make sure it's hands that will just spend it on hookers and blow

Maybe I'll scam for good - I'll separate idiots from their money and then donate it to charity. :catholic:

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Dr. Honked
Jan 9, 2011

eat it you slaaaaaaag
the concept of idiots is rather like the concept that americans have of good and evil. "i am a good guy, therefore this gun that i carry will only be used for good." the world is not polarised like disney tells you. there is no good or evil, standing either side of a conceptual barrier, there's just a bunch of people trying to do whatever.

the concept of "idiot" and "not idiot" carries the exact same mistaken idea of how the world works. there's no line that you stand either side of.

for this reason, i am not on board with the idea that taking money from idiots is a good thing.

this has been my friday night seriouspost. cheers

vOv
Feb 8, 2014

iawtp

a cyberpunk goose
May 21, 2007

Dr. Honked posted:

the concept of idiots is rather like the concept that americans have of good and evil. "i am a good guy, therefore this gun that i carry will only be used for good." the world is not polarised like disney tells you. there is no good or evil, standing either side of a conceptual barrier, there's just a bunch of people trying to do whatever.

the concept of "idiot" and "not idiot" carries the exact same mistaken idea of how the world works. there's no line that you stand either side of.

for this reason, i am not on board with the idea that taking money from idiots is a good thing.

this has been my friday night seriouspost. cheers

a cyberpunk goose
May 21, 2007

truly we have been honked

StateOwned
Dec 30, 2005

this lane closed
wrong it is a good thing and it is funy

Proteus4994
Jan 2, 2001

Do not engage. Just tell me to go back to Kiwi Farms where I waste days upon days crying about how I wasted years upon years on SA. Did you know I was personally responsible for SA's rise in popularity in the 00's? It's true! Just come to the Farms and find out how! It's the trash kingdom I deserve.
the problem with this whole thing is that either the reddit founders get a bunch of money or the reddit users do or possibly both of somehow this works but all of the parties involved are poo poo so no matter what someone who I don't like is making money off of this

so I don't care about redditcoin unless it involves lawsuits

Dren
Jan 5, 2001

Pillbug
Heh

[–]SPONSORED_SHILL 6 points 3 hours ago
Read every single post by /u/ryancarnated.
Well we haven't actually decided what reddit notes are
another redditor:
Then why would you announce them now?
ryan again:
Because we know what they're called, how many there are, approximately who will be getting them, and we now have a new subreddit where interested people can join and follow the project.
oh boy:
This won't be possible, as the supply will be limited to 950,000, not unlike how bitcoin is limited to 21 million.
god drat it:
Lemme put it another way ... if we use "currency", it will be bitcoin, not reddit notes. reddit notes serve a different purpose than currency.
decentralize the universe:
Decentralizing reddit is on our TODO list. If you're an engineer, please join us and make this happen!




Looked at Ryan's blog a little bit. He dropped out of his physics PhD program to pursue Bitcoin opportunities in May of 2013, he posted about the death of his dad in January of 2013, he posted some stuff about libertarianism and non-aggression, and he posted a lot of scattered half-jokes. His most recent stuff has been all about Bitcoin.

He also made a thread on bitcointalk to discuss reddit notes. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=899962.0

Dren fucked around with this message at 06:20 on Dec 20, 2014

Don Lapre
Mar 28, 2001

If you're having problems you're either holding the phone wrong or you have tiny girl hands.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnm4xFC2xNo

Don Lapre
Mar 28, 2001

If you're having problems you're either holding the phone wrong or you have tiny girl hands.
https://bitmaintech.com/productDetail.htm?pid=000201412171033028658LE40FU705ED

Description:

1PH/s (500 units of S4) for $425,000 USD
Electricity: $80/KW per Month

Purchaser will own the physical S4 unit and electricity rate is locked for up to 12 months.

All necessary hardware is included to mine. Miners will be pointed to the pool of your choice. (Pool1-3)

Hosting Location will not be disclosed to the customer, other than it is in USA. If you’d like to resell used miner, we will provide shipping logistic for you via UPS. (These S4 will not have a packaging box)

If you want to move the hosted miners outside of our control, 30 days notice is needed. (when you need to remove out the bulk quantity of miner, there will be at least $2,000 per 14’ truck load fee will be charged to the customer)

90-days parts/labor warranty is provided from the date of purchase.

Feel free to contact Yoshi with any concerns before you place an order:
Phone: +1 844-248-6246 x635
Email: yoshi @ bitmaintech.com

FCKGW
May 21, 2006

so you're saying I need to start up buttnotes.org now?

Malloc Voidstar
May 7, 2007

Fuck the cowboys. Unf. Fuck em hard.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/2pnoga/1250th_of_the_network_antminer_christmas_sale/cmykbwl
this is good news for money launderers

Don Lapre
Mar 28, 2001

If you're having problems you're either holding the phone wrong or you have tiny girl hands.

Looks up laundering in the dictionary

indigi
Jul 20, 2004

how can we not talk about family
when family's all that we got?

FCKGW posted:

so you're saying I need to start up buttnotes.org now?

breaddit notes

Alan Smithee
Jan 4, 2005


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

Enthusiasms, enthusiasms...

FCKGW posted:

so you're saying I need to start up buttnotes.org now?

"Hey there I like Le Website you created im just average joe who wants to buy your website yes sir"

text editor
Jan 8, 2007
http://www.dailydot.com/crime/silk-road-ross-ulbricht-evidence-list/

PleasureKevin
Jan 2, 2011

announcing reddit notes:

a while ago we said we wanted to give you shares in our company.

on a legally completely unrelated topic, here is a thing called reddit notes.

we really don't know what this is and don't assume anything.

tags: #cryptocurrency

PleasureKevin
Jan 2, 2011

like... that "this ain't what we promised but that would be illegal so here's another thing with no claim of legal tender" vibe

PleasureKevin
Jan 2, 2011

yesterday I said I'd suck you off through a glory hole.

well now it's today and there is the hole.

feel free to stick your dick in, I'm just uh getting pampered.

hobbesmaster
Jan 28, 2008

PleasureKevin posted:

like... that "this ain't what we promised but that would be illegal so here's another thing with no claim of legal tender" vibe


PleasureKevin posted:

yesterday I said I'd suck you off through a glory hole.

well now it's today and there is the hole.

feel free to stick your dick in, I'm just uh getting pampered.

not at all, its literally "well, we figured out we can't actually print real money. so uh, heres some monopoly money"

Alan Smithee
Jan 4, 2005


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

Enthusiasms, enthusiasms...
http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/2ptac4/can_somebody_create_a_decentralized_uber_already/

Can somebody create a decentralized Uber already? The State and taxi mafia should not be able to stop voluntary peer-to-peer activity.

[–]satoshis_ghost 23 points 8 hours ago*

Yeah, let me know how you're going to have background checks in a decentralized manner. The whole appeal of Uber and Lyft is that the drivers are vetted by ratings and through background checks. Somebody got raped by an Uber driver in Boston. Imagine what would happen if anybody could drive an Uber car. I'm sure taxi drivers have done the same before, but no rational person is going to get in the car with a random person.

Edit: Jesus Christ, people, learn to read. I said Uber and taxi drivers have raped people before, too. I just don't see how a decentralized app couldn't possibly make that a larger problem with today's technology.

[–]actinblack 19 points 7 hours ago*

A rating system like in the decentralized free markets would pretty much solve that problem. If you are a women, just choose drivers with excellent rating and a long history of successful drives. These guys here explain it in more detail in their white paper: http://quicksilvercoin.co/

infernal machines
Oct 11, 2012

we have sealed ourselves away behind our money, growing inward, generating a seamless universe of self.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPcql4FuCK0

infernal machines
Oct 11, 2012

we have sealed ourselves away behind our money, growing inward, generating a seamless universe of self.

hobbesmaster posted:

not at all, its literally "well, we figured out we can't actually print real money. so uh, heres some monopoly money"

exactly. there's no legal association between redditbux and reddit, it's just a thing reddit has decided to name and distribute.

if idiots decide to spend money on the redditbux, that's their business, and the redditbux will have whatever value people are willing to trade them for. what they won't have is any legal title to or say in reddit operations

theflyingexecutive
Apr 22, 2007

Alan Smithee posted:

[–]actinblack 19 points 7 hours ago*

A rating system like in the decentralized free markets would pretty much solve that problem. If you are a women, just choose drivers with excellent rating and a long history of successful drives. These guys here explain it in more detail in their white paper: http://quicksilvercoin.co/

rapist tags

infernal machines
Oct 11, 2012

we have sealed ourselves away behind our money, growing inward, generating a seamless universe of self.
the crossover between bitlords and anarchists is amazing.

they've both seen their theoretical systems implemented in practice multiple times and the complete and utter failure thereof has no bearing on their conviction that they will work

Nintendo Kid
Aug 4, 2011

by Smythe

infernal machines posted:

the crossover between bitlords and anarchists is amazing.

they've both seen their theoretical systems implemented in practice multiple times and the complete and utter failure thereof has no bearing on their conviction that they will work

the best part of anarchists is there's a whole bunch of different strains that violently despise each other, but each believe no states existing will mean their flavor would clearly be the dominant form.

Dubstep Jesus
Jun 27, 2012

by exmarx
if i were a rapist buttr driver or whatever i'd just not rape 99% of my clients and give them the best service possible

fermun
Nov 4, 2009

slogsdon posted:

if i were a rapist buttr driver or whatever i'd just not rape 99% of my clients and give them the best service possible

going through too much effort, if you are just good to 51% of your clients, you will have a net positive rating.

My Linux Rig
Mar 27, 2010
Probation
Can't post for 6 years!

Yeah better than 30 but gently caress I wouldn't feel that blessed

QuarkJets
Sep 8, 2008

"Taxi driver was prompt and polite, rates were good, he wound up raping me afterwards but at least he used a condom. 4/5 stars"

QuarkJets
Sep 8, 2008

Don Lapre posted:

Hosting Location will not be disclosed to the customer, other than it is in USA. If you’d like to resell used miner, we will provide shipping logistic for you via UPS. (These S4 will not have a packaging box)

How many bitcoin mining contracts are just guys who buy bitcoins and slowly trickle them back to "miners" at an inflated price?

surebet
Jan 10, 2013

avatar
specialist


shrem's sentence is bringing them all out of the woodwork...

trigger warning: libtards

[–]sentdex 121 points 10 hours ago
The punishment doesn't fit the crime at all.
He laundered money out of greed to make money. You simply fine him a significant amount, and move on. Why are we taking away his freedom? Why does he need to be removed from society?
Makes no sense at all.


[–]rabidmonkey1 39 points 9 hours ago
Money laundering = financial thought crime.


[–]olliec420 22 points 9 hours ago
I'm not quite clear how he laundered money, can you explain to me. How is selling bitcoins to someone who pays you fair market value for them "laundering money?" Unless there is something I'm missing.


[–]felipelalli 23 points 9 hours ago
The fact is that he did make no crime. No one single crime. The current laws are immoral.


[–]dmp1ce 5 points 6 hours ago
Locking up Charlie is a crime in my book. These financial "crimes" were foisted upon the general population. I don't agree with them at all and I don't think most people do.


[–]metamirror 23 points 10 hours ago
If you think this is wrong, buy bitcoin, use bitcoin, spread the word.

Alan Smithee
Jan 4, 2005


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

Enthusiasms, enthusiasms...
I thought libtards were liberals ie statists. I don't know what is what anymore

surebet
Jan 10, 2013

avatar
specialist


Alan Smithee posted:

I thought libtards were liberals ie statists. I don't know what is what anymore

libertardians then?

Malloc Voidstar
May 7, 2007

Fuck the cowboys. Unf. Fuck em hard.
lolbertarians, obviously

Chocobo
Oct 15, 2012


Here comes a new challenger!
Oven Wrangler
i'm having trouble figuring out what seperates redditnotes from any other altcoin other than it being lotteried to redditors

more star citizen talk: yesterday they put out 15 packages of space ships for $15,000 dollars each, and there are only 3 left
https://robertsspaceindustries.com/pledge/Combos/The-Completionist-Digital

Sweevo
Nov 8, 2007

i sometimes throw cables away

i mean straight into the bin without spending 10+ years in the box of might-come-in-handy-someday first

im a fucking monster

only 1 now

Alan Smithee
Jan 4, 2005


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

Enthusiasms, enthusiasms...

Sweevo posted:

only 1 now

which 2 of you bought it

Sweevo
Nov 8, 2007

i sometimes throw cables away

i mean straight into the bin without spending 10+ years in the box of might-come-in-handy-someday first

im a fucking monster

0 now.

they literally sold $45,000 worth of pretend spaceships in the last 25 minutes :psyduck:

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Alan Smithee
Jan 4, 2005


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

Enthusiasms, enthusiasms...

Sweevo posted:

0 now.

they literally sold $45,000 worth of pretend spaceships in the last 25 minutes :psyduck:

It was you, you were the last buyer

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