All posts made by albert73 in Bitcointalk.org's Wall Observer thread
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Post 11506835 (copy this link) (by albert73) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_14.16h):
shit doesn't look good, max leverage short now?
WTF is a permabull talking about max leverage shorting for?
You are HODLING right?
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Post 11796555 (copy this link) (by albert73) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_14.19h):
anyone can explain to me why is there such a large gap between BTC-e and the other exchanges BTC-USD price ?
It's a bit of a world unto itself. It can be much more fiddly and expensive to get USD in and out of there compared to other exchanges due to the multitude of third party services you have to use.
This has been commented on in a number of bitcointalk threads and that was the answer that came up most frequently. I think it might be because either its withdrawal or trading fees are much higher than on the other exchanges. However, I have never traded on BTC-e and have no first hand experience.
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Post 11797153 (copy this link) (by albert73) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_14.19h):
Bitcoin is going up since OXI (no) was said to be the winner by various polls. The small pump started when the first results were given, but it is not settled yet, it can still change.
I didn't think the Greeks conducted exit polls. Can you post some links to where you got your information from please?
The last thing I read said it was 50/50 but it was based on old information. Plus everything can change on the actual voting day.
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Post 11798376 (copy this link) (by albert73) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_14.19h):
That reminds me of when the US made possession of large amounts of gold illegal, and nobody could open a safety deposit box without an official there to check it didn't contain gold. The Greek government will no doubt force Greeks to open their safety deposit boxes in front of an official, and deduct 30% of any money in there for the bank's bail in. They would have been better off buying Bitcoin.
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Post 11799398 (copy this link) (by albert73) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_14.19h):
So, that means 53% of all valid votes is "no". "No" confirmed.
That's what the official government website shows, the no voters have won and the votes not counted yet won't make any difference to the final result. The prime minister will probably be doing speeches and TV interviews about his next moves all night.
http://ekloges.ypes.gr/current/e/public/index.html?lang=en
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Post 11799715 (copy this link) (by albert73) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_14.19h):
so thats it, greeks are getting out of the EUR?
It means they are not accepting the proposed deal, but there will be more talks soon. AFAIK there's no way to leave the Eurozone without leaving the EU completely.
And there is no way to leave the EU. The treaties don't allow that.
They will probably find a way to change the treaties. The Germans said the Greeks were voting on whether to stay in the EU or not, despite what the referendum question was.
Mr. Gabriel, the German economics minister said “But it must be crystal clear what is being decided. It is, at the core, yes or no to remaining in the eurozone.”
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Post 11800456 (copy this link) (by albert73) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_14.19h):
Chinese gov is pumping LTC with overstock USD to switch then back for BTC later.
They don't care about LTC bag holders
No reason to hate on LTC just because those who had the balls to hodl it TRIPLED their wealth IN JUST THE PAST MONTH. Not every crypto has to be a disappointment, you know
I remember I dismissed it as a dead crypto back in March, when I exchanged some bitcoin to it, and then changed back at a loss about a week after. Now look at it, revived (more or less). Bitcoin and Litecoin have at a positive-thinking feedback loop "just wait and see what
Bitcoin's halving will do" a little voice in the back of my head says. "Wait and see". It might be the reason for me to leap into the job's market, just s I can buy some cheap sub-$400 BTC.
I remember a thread about how litecoin was dead saying it would soon be below a dollar. In retrospect I suspect the OP started it to try and drive the price down as low as he could get it so he could stock up on cheap litecoins right at the bottom. Next time I see a thread like that I'm buying, not selling.
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Post 11800523 (copy this link) (by albert73) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_14.19h):
You can pump LTC 5% with about $60k. Do the same with BTC and no one will notice. Also, you try to cash out huge gains for significant sums, you slip right down.
Fun tool for multiplying(or dividing) nickels and dimes tho.
I notice the market is much thinner than Bitcoin's, and the price can rise or crash very fast. It's a much bigger gamble than Bitcoin, you might double your money or lose half very quickly. Once you have bought in getting back out is much harder when it's crashing.
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Post 13166278 (copy this link) (by albert73) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_14.36h):
That arstechnica story doesn't mention the word bitcoin. Where did you find out another ~300k BTC may be auctioned by the feds?
I looked at that bitcointalk link you posted and couldn't find anything about a possible future auction there either. The thread has hundreds of posts in, and I could have missed something, but there's nothing in the latest posts.
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Post 13168524 (copy this link) (by albert73) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_14.36h):
Greece narrowly approved its austerity budget today. Without its approval the EU would have refused to pay it any more money and the threat of default would have returned. Could the budget vote have had any bearing on bitcoins price yesterday? I had forgotten all about Greece, but I'm sure others hadn't.
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Post 13170262 (copy this link) (by albert73) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_14.36h):
http://www.coindesk.com/purse-raises-1-million-plans-secret-bitcoin-project/Bitcoin e-commerce startup Purse has raised $1m in seed funding in a round led by investor Barry Silbert’s Digital Currency Group.
The startup used the announcement to advertise what it called a forthcoming "secret bitcoin project" it calls
Tritium, which it said would bring “new value to consumers and partners”.
Very exciting
Remember Jed's "secret bitcoin project" that had very little to do with bitcoin? It was stellar, a ripple clone which is now little more than a low volume pump and dump coin on bittrex. Purse's "secret bitcoin project" better have more to do with bitcoin if it's to be a success.
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Post 14993486 (copy this link) (by albert73) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_14.51h):
"It can be phased in, like:
if (blocknumber > 115000)
maxblocksize = largerlimit
It can start being in versions way ahead, so by the time it reaches that block number and goes into effect, the older versions that don't have it are already obsolete.
When we're near the cutoff block number, I can put an alert to old versions to make sure they know they have to upgrade." - Craig Wright
I see what you did there.
Craig Wright's a ginormous block size proponent, he would have written something like the below quote, with the proviso that the blockchain moves to a private network for banks controlled solely by him.
"It can be phased in, like:
if (blocknumber > 115000)
maxblocksize = 200GB
It can start being in versions way ahead, so by the time it reaches that block number and goes into effect, the older versions that don't have it are already obsolete.
When we're near the cutoff block number, I can put an alert to old versions to make sure they know they have to upgrade." - Craig Wright
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Post 14994961 (copy this link) (by albert73) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_14.51h):
Where da friggin rocket pics at ?
There ya go.
Is that the sort of rocket pic you wanted?