All posts made by mechs in Bitcointalk.org's Wall Observer thread



1. Post 3183299 (copy this link) (by mechs) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_11.16h):

Quote from: SheHadMANHands on September 18, 2013, 06:20:25 PM
Unfortunately there is nothing to watch. Ask sums is constantly being push back to 50k. Every time it goes over; market orders fix that. And whenever it goes under... the price recedes back under 140 and they pop up again.

Bid sum is also pretty stable in the 12-14m range. (Last 4 days all about $1.35m, 50k asks)

Something has to give. Unless bitcoin market is going back in to dormancy. Thats not any fun!

If Gox withdrawals arent fixed, price will rocket up. If they are, total collapse.. yeah?

If Gox withdrawals aren't fixed Gox will become irrelevant at some point and Bitstamp will be leading the price. We already see market depth increasing fast at Bitstamp; in just one week bid depth increased from 1.5M to 2.3M. Within 1-2 months from now it will overtake MtGox and these withdrawal problems will no longer distort the market. Only the fiat bag holders on MtGox will keep on insisting that this is a disaster for bitcoin in the hopes of crashing the price so they can buy their way out of Gox.

The other option is that Gox fixes their shit, and in that case coins will flow back to Gox but I don't believe we'll see any kind of crash then either. When too many people expect something you can be pretty sure it won't happen.

I have that line, embroidered and framed, hanging right over my bed.

To many people here expect BTC to be worth thousands.

Emm... What?

That might be a popular opinion on this forum, but it's certainly not mainstream otherwise.
Bitcoin has two distinct methods to raise its BTC/Fiat ratio:
1. Expansion of the Bitcoin protocol as a system of payment
2. Devaluation of Fiat currency by central banks

There is also a bear argument, but being a bull I will not repeat such rubbish!



2. Post 3187216 (copy this link) (by mechs) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_11.16h):

Quote from: solex on September 19, 2013, 05:21:04 AM
Gox proclaimed dead. Funeral to be arranged shortly:



Invitations going out soon...


I think Gox will survive this - but they have definitely lost their front-runner status which is not necessarily a bad thing.



3. Post 3188928 (copy this link) (by mechs) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_11.16h):

Quote from: ElectricMucus on September 19, 2013, 11:18:48 AM
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EM, what do you honestly expect to happen with bitcoin in the next 3-5 years?

Mtgox and/or Bitpay might be gone, SR still kickin but lots of competition from alts and technical problems.
I expect the Bitcoin community to be composed of Internet Libertarians for the entirety of the Project. It will be all about "spreading the word" still.

sr is here to stay unless dpr gets nabbed, but another would pop up in 48 hours

mtgox is already a zombie exchange

bitpay will either remain or get bought out by bigger players


SR has one problem right now: It's not really possible to order anonymously when all exchanges require verification, tricks like mixing and choosing the transaction output address don't really help. (Courts can get a warrant for transaction data off the exchanges)
The only real solution is zerocoin which, quite frankly would be better off being implemented in an altcoin.
I don't expect SR to go under because of this, the money flow just has to come from OTC and similar mechanisms.

Yeah, gox is pretty much undead. This could go on for a long time still...

I don't think that bitpay will stand up to scrutiny. They have been messing around on the exchanges (according to their own admission) with their clients and VC money. When the shit hits the fan on Gox there will be a lot of long faces there once they realize how much of their money was in gox accounts.
people need to bite the bullet, trade their mt gox usd for BTC even if it a 15% premium. And just cash out elsewhere.