Could this be some kind of promotional probe they're going to send to the moon with a BTC logo? Is that financially viable these days? That'd be a let down. If it's just some promotional bullshit with no effect on the interoperability of Bitcoin here on Earth I'll not be impressed.

Yup. Place it on that spot in the Sea of Tranquility. :-)

Isn't it payday for a lot of western salaried workers in ten minutes?

Yeah. In a previous job mine used to deposit in the early hours of the morning (UK time) on the last working day of the month. I believe a lot of people get paid over the next few hours. Might make something of an impact to the current low volumes.

How does MaidSafe differ from StorJ?

Edit: off-topic, but there's nothing else to talk about in this thread tonight!

Bookmarked for when I'm less tired. Thanks!

^^is that a dinosaur turd?

I'm fundamentally put off by Ripple being centralised and having seemingly much investor backing by those that are already part of the financial system.

I'm no expert; I've only casual knowledge of the Ripple system but it appears to be the one crypto that is funded and driven by those already involved in banking and position of financial power.

I'm interested in up and coming alts (or crypto 2.0, if you will) and I have invested in a couple, but I'd be very happy if one of the genuinely decentralised systems usurp it over the next couple of years.

Wishful thinking, maybe, but I don't want to use a crypto version of the current banking system. I'm happy to be corrected if I'm wrong, though.

Every time I look at coinmarketcap and see Ripple sitting ubiquitously just behind Bitcoin it makes me slightly sad that people are using a crypto that's so establishment based, like others have said.

I wish people would look a little deeper and see that there are a couple of fantastic alternatives out there that are doing it for the people, not for the venture capitalists.

The distinction I'd make with this point (even though I agree with what you're saying) is thus:

Most of us want to see great returns from Bitcoin and we therefore see it as an investment. But even if Ripple were to gain you a return and was therefore a "good investment" would it trouble you that you'd used a protocol that has establishment links and is possibly a threat to the decentralised, free spirit of crypto?

I don't necessarily want to come across as a crypto-anarchist, but I'd rather support a genuine alternative to the economic system that's failing us.

^that's pretty much the attitude I meant: that you'd use whatever it takes to achieve financial gain without changing the world for the better.

Thanks for illustrating my point.

I'd like to think that since we've had a mini-pump today that China will go with that. We've seen a China dump every night for ages now: is it going to be like that forever?

I'm cautiously optimistic that they'll change their tune.

Where have all the trolls gone?

Is this small climb, coupled with missing trolls, indicative that they were trolling all along to try and suppress price and now that they've loaded up on coin it's time to CCMF?

It just means the same as "To tha moon!!!!". It stands for "Choo-choo motherfucker!".

Personally I find it funnier than "To tha moon!".

I saw it a couple of months ago. It was good, yeah. Interesting idea for a film.

I'm looking at coinmarketcap and all major cryptos are down, which is unusual. Normally when one of the major ones takes a drop the volume is made up in others. In the short time I've been using coinmarketcap as a rough guide I've never seen so much red.

Can anyone hazard a guess why?

Is it likely that lots of money is being exchanged back to fiat for some reason?

Would there actually be a market for a Bitcoin whale to travel to an economically stricken country with a trezor wallet packed with 100s+ BTC and sell them locally?

Anyone think this sort of thing happens? Serious question. Just musing on the idea.

Make it a microSD card and if you land into trouble it can be quickly swallowed.

Providing you have a backup card stashed somewhere safe

Does anyone expect a pre-weekend mini pump tomorrow, like what happened last Friday?

I've got a small amount of BTC I want to use to buy alts and don't want to exchange today if we get a little bit of action in the next 24 hours.

Chances of happening? Crystal ball?

I'm far from being an expert but the buy/sell ratio on bitcoinity looks slightly bullish to me.

Yeah, I have a tendency to stare at the greater green slope and think "why isn't price going up?".

That's about the limit of my trading knowledge!