All posts made by P_Shep in Bitcointalk.org's Wall Observer thread
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Post 2809293 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_11.11h):
$100 before the end of the day?
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Post 3301989 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_11.17h):
Mtgox has dropped to third in the bitconity list now after Bitstamp and BTCe

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Post 3502556 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_11.20h):
anyone notice that MtGox also has 8000BTC ask wall at 170GBP, 6000BTC wall at 202EUR, 6000BTC wall at 847PLN, 6000BTC wall at 287AUD and 6000BTC wall at 285CAD.
So with the 6000BTC at 267USD, that's... a lot of BTC for sale.
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Post 3502618 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_11.20h):
anyone notice that MtGox also has 8000BTC ask wall at 170GBP, 6000BTC wall at 202EUR and 6000BTC wall at 285CAD.
So with the 6000BTC at 267USD, that's... a lot of BTC for sale.
wow, can´t believe I missed that one. Well spotted. Thank you
Its the same coins, I made the same mistake before.
You can do that? Thought that you had to have the coins for each?
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Post 3502631 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_11.20h):
anyone notice that MtGox also has 8000BTC ask wall at 170GBP, 6000BTC wall at 202EUR and 6000BTC wall at 285CAD.
So with the 6000BTC at 267USD, that's... a lot of BTC for sale.
Pretty sure they'll be the same coins. Gox uses some sort of cross-currency system to fill orders so I wonder if the wall is reflected in all the currencies used in that system
Hmm, ok. Guess that makes sense to self arbitrate.
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Post 3737352 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_11.29h):
Pleased to have witnessed that

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Post 3737700 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_11.29h):
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Post 3740058 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_11.29h):
Down it goes. WEEEeeee....
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Post 3750812 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_11.30h):
And a 549.75BTC buy.
Damn.
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Post 3753477 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_11.30h):
Bored of the $1200's.
Can we go up a bit further now?
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Post 3753555 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_11.30h):
1000€ would be nice now (~1360USD)
Naaaa, 1000 GBP!

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Post 3771038 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_11.30h):
Well that went up quick.
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Post 3835403 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_11.32h):
DING DING... Going up.
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Post 3862061 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_11.33h):
seems to be holding around 600 then.
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Post 3896240 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_11.35h):
OK guys, I ran the calculations. I incorporated S curve adoption, trigonometric functions, a cold beer on a Friday night, a pair of jeans that fit just right, and something I pulled from my underwear while I was wearing them. This all results in a new exponential trendline, demonstrated below:

Looks good, can't wait!
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Post 3909986 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_11.35h):
Why is it that people put in huge buy orders when the price goes UP to a certain level.
Happened at 900, and again just now at 1000, and I'm sure many times before.
Why wait? Don't they end up paying more for their coins?
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Post 3998235 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_11.39h):
Yay!
Made 4 BTC

with $36 left over.
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Post 4028082 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_11.42h):
I love seeing volume on gox - it gives me nostalgia. It's still NOTHING compared to april though.
God, my fucking head. Seriously?
Hint: It's currently traded more in DOLLARS than it did at any point in April, and the day isn't even over. Quit pricing it in Bitcoins.
+1
As the asset you are trading increases in value, the same amount of value can be exchanged with smaller amounts.
Look at a stock like Google (GOOG). At it's highest exchange rate (now), the volume (measured in shares) is far less than it was when the exchange rate was much lower. (Yes, I know Bitcoin isn't a stock.)
http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=GOOG&t=my&l=on&z=l&q=l&c=I guess then the volume charts should display price*volume to give a normalised figure?
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Post 4028234 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_11.42h):
I guess then the volume charts should display price*volume to give a normalised figure?
They do just on that on bitcoincharts.com
Just click "volume by currency."
OOooooh. Yeah, volume is massively massive more than April.
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Post 4787114 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_11.59h):
Happy

Made some BTC from this (not much, but a bit)

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Post 4787322 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_12.00h):
Happy

Made some BTC from this (not much, but a bit)

Where are you trading?
Stamp.
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Post 4802377 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_12.00h):
That was excellent, I thought.
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Post 4821532 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_12.00h):
Dig a bitstamp there.
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Post 4824388 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_12.01h):
We don't care about ripple. They're not asking about ripple. Shut the fuck up.
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Post 4824771 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_12.01h):
Ripple ripple ripple...
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Post 4825338 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_12.01h):
VOLATILITY!!!!11
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Post 4825623 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_12.01h):
MasterCharge? This dude is a dinosaur.
Noticed that too. Think he said it twice... Freudian slip?
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Post 4825782 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_12.01h):
$10,000 Bitcoins, you heard it here first!

Go make a new thread! An Economist just said that bitcoins are going to $10,000!
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Post 4841249 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_12.01h):
PANIC BUY!!!!1
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Post 4995724 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_12.04h):
Despite everything, I like that MtGox is now pretty much in-sync with everyone else though.
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Post 4997366 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_12.04h):
All aboard the MF train!
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Post 5015732 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_12.04h):
Holy crap, mtgox $20 below Bitstamp! That's awesome.
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Post 5015882 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_12.04h):
Holy crap, mtgox $20 below Bitstamp!
Where have you been? 0.o
Just got up. Haven't seen the price since yesterday
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Post 5052856 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_12.05h):
Bitstamp back on the way up

MtGox :p
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Post 12871881 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_14.31h):
This is crazy nuts

I think I'll sell a couple in the not to distant and take a little profit

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Post 15191775 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_14.52h):
Looks like we're going parabolic

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Post 17339450 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_15.00h):
But......but.....kwuk said it's going down to $300. I'm confused.
LOL I think he's the one who's confused.
Meanwhile I see 2 new threads started by random-6-character-alphanumeric-noob FUDspam bots posting identical messages.
Lauda must be taking an extended lunch break. He's been overworked lately. Someone buy the man a stimulating beverage.

_____
edit: Gone already, thanx Lauda.
It's become a strong rally indicator.
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Post 17407437 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_15.01h):
Made a tiny bit of btc profit there

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Post 17418522 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_15.01h):
I want moar cheap coins
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Post 18161997 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_15.05h):
I can't believe my bitcoin is only worth what it was worth 3 days ago

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Post 18228908 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_15.06h):
I'd like to buy some more bitcoin, so if we could just lower the price more, that'd be great.
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Post 18229301 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_15.06h):
Triple digits reached

Where are you looking!?
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Post 18930530 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_15.09h):
Everything is on track guys... I cash out a couple of coins and we proceed to hit an ATH.
FML

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Post 20260435 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_15.14h):
FFS

I transfer a whole wedge of cash just in time for the price to go from 1900 to 2600 :/
Damn bitcoin and its rapid price fluctuations!
Damn fiat and it's slow transfer times!
FML.
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Post 20531790 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_15.15h):
Here we go...
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Post 21018216 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_15.18h):
Well, I've increased my BTC holding by about 20%

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Post 21064720 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_15.18h):
Ok then let me post this and I expect some of you to call me an idiot here but here goes.
I have paper wallets and my plan to get BCH is this...
1. Create new paper wallets and using bitcoin core wallet as a middle man I'll transfer stash to new paper wallets.
2. Use a BCH software wallet and insert my old private keys (that are now empty)
(Which BCH wallet do I use? Is there more than one?)
3. When I want to trade them, send them to Kraken.
Will probably do this myself as well. Hard part will be moving the bitcoins to a new secure address.
Did the same at the weekend. Pulled the funds from my Trezor, then input the seed into a BCH BTC.com web wallet. Originally tried with the BCH version of electrum, but didn't work very well (it showed the transaction removing the funds from the trezor, so had 0 funds to move the BCH side of the fork).
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Post 21065182 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_15.18h):
Ok then let me post this and I expect some of you to call me an idiot here but here goes.
I have paper wallets and my plan to get BCH is this...
1. Create new paper wallets and using bitcoin core wallet as a middle man I'll transfer stash to new paper wallets.
2. Use a BCH software wallet and insert my old private keys (that are now empty)
(Which BCH wallet do I use? Is there more than one?)
3. When I want to trade them, send them to Kraken.
Will probably do this myself as well. Hard part will be moving the bitcoins to a new secure address.
Did the same at the weekend. Pulled the funds from my Trezor, then input the seed into a BCH BTC.com web wallet. Originally tried with the BCH version of electrum, but didn't work very well (it showed the transaction removing the funds from the trezor, so had 0 funds to move the BCH side of the fork).
I am a little bit confused by what you did or the reason why you did it?
If you had funds on your Trezor as of the August 1 fork, then the easiest solution is to use Trezor's coin splitting feature, no?
I know that Trezor had a glitch with their coin splitting feature for about 3 days around August 1; however, they fixed that glitch, no? And people have been splitting their BCH off of Trezor, so long as they had the coins on the Trezor as of August 1. Am I missing something?
You're not missing anything, I am... I wasn't aware of that. Ho-hum, no matter, got my coins

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Post 21090455 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_15.18h):
BCH is headed up sharply against BTC, maybe time to dump the rest of my BCH.
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Post 21573016 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_15.20h):
BCH pumping pretty hard today.
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Post 21729053 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_15.20h):
I get at least 33% off almost everything in Amazon ... but I have to wait a bit before someone buys it for me.
how?
http://www.purse.ioWhat if someone makes your payment with some stolen credit card?
This was addressed years ago, early on in their deployment. I believe someone was questioned by the police about a package and the item was taken by the police.
After that they created a guarantee on all purchases up to $10,000 and I assume have taken some measures to prevent this. I've used it for years and never had a problem.
I've always thought the whole idea behind it was a bit dodgy, but maybe it's worth trying then? I use GiftOff. Been great so far.
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Post 22274106 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_15.22h):
What about adopting a parrot? We are all pirates, after all. This way we can save our fingers some effort.
Way back machine engaged.
https://i.imgur.com/lKKfpQV.pngThis post was brought to you courtesy of the way back machine.
The way back machine. It takes you way back.
I'll admit. I got greedy. I lost over 1300 Bitcoins in that fiasco. In principal - several times that if we include my (so-called) gains.
Not much for nostalgia on that one.
Shiiiiiiit.
I lost 30 :/
Funny thing is I thought the savings and trust was dodgy af, so invested in another one. Turned out that was investing in BS&T... really should have read a bit more

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Post 22458703 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_15.22h):
Are we CCMF, gentlemen?
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Post 22459934 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_15.22h):
Are we CCMF, gentlemen?
I Googled CCMF and came up with Carolina Country Music Fest! Is that what it means? LOL!

Choo Choo Mother F**ker!
***Insert meme image of a train here***
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Post 22928859 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_15.23h):
Surprised the BBC still don't have an article mentioning see passed 5k. They're usually on top of that mind of thing. Maybe tomorrow. Suggests there's still some legs in the rally.
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Post 23570393 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_15.24h):
I prefered it when people created their own altcoins.
I don't like all these personal forks

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Post 23822492 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_15.24h):
And the next 24hrs?
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Post 23838166 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_15.24h):
Really? No one?
And the next 24hrs?
The correct answer:
'Is critical'
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Post 23865359 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_15.24h):
Finding it difficult to concentrate at work
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Post 23919942 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_15.25h):
I miss the animations on bitcoinity when passing milestones.
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Post 23973445 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_15.25h):
side note 5 ounces of gold for 1 btc wow
Or 1Kg, for a little over 6

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Post 23987673 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_15.25h):
So we can expect a minimum of 12K by May?
Not bad
*insert Obama meme*
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Post 24246063 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_15.25h):
Segwit 2x guys just threw in the towel - bullish as fuck?
https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-segwit2x/2017-November/000685.html...
Our goal has always been a smooth upgrade for Bitcoin. Although we
strongly believe in the need for a larger blocksize, there is something we
believe is even more important: keeping the community together.
Unfortunately, it is clear that we have not built sufficient consensus for
a clean blocksize upgrade at this time. Continuing on the current path
could divide the community and be a setback to Bitcoin’s growth. This was
never the goal of Segwit2x.
...
Holy crap, for realz?
Talk about 11th hour reprieve.
Well, 9th hour.
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Post 24292305 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_15.26h):
I can't believe that bitcoin is back at the price it was a day ago.

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Post 24335729 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_15.26h):
Goes back a little further, actually:
Are we CCMF, gentlemen?
I Googled CCMF and came up with Carolina Country Music Fest! Is that what it means? LOL!

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Post 24340519 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_15.26h):
I need to send my wife to a Japanese prison

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Post 24343990 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_15.26h):
When can I split my stash in to BTG? looking good to dump it about now
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Post 24344718 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_15.26h):
When can I split my stash in to BTG? looking good to dump it about now
I guess you will be able to split when Bgolds Blockchain is live.
This will happen in around 12 days, 12th of November.
And why you wanna dump when you've got no clue what the price on exchanges will be when they go live.
Sure dump with the herd. Sell at the bottom.
Dumped my BCH at 0.2 - 0.23 right at the start. Did alright there...
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Post 24496278 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_15.27h):
Hurry up trezor, get your splitting code in place. Daddy gotta dump some BTG...
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Post 24521141 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_15.27h):
Says 2399BTC in fees... that really the sum of BTC which would go the the miners!?
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Post 24531724 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_15.27h):
I consider the BCH team to be as reprehensible as if they they orchestrated a 51% attack on the bitcoin network.
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Post 24625877 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_15.27h):
8 is quite a large number of times for someone to visit a restaurant. Roger must really like BBQ chicken.
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Post 24628451 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_15.27h):
You just can't make it up.
I'm getting fork fatigue. I hope that most people do, and just stick with the first one to keep their lives simple.
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Post 24636535 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_15.27h):
I like it... a honey badger driving a Lambo racing with a train driven by a Spartan brandishing a fiddle, on the surface of the moon.
If they are the one and same bitcoin, would be better a train carrying dozens of lambos in its wagons, honey badger and spartan with a fiddle driving the train.
Someone go ask Jim'll paint it
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Post 24673008 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_15.27h):
Just $2500 to go.
Barely anything, really.
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Post 24732032 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_15.27h):
I may have missed some posts but no one speaks about the possible Segwit2x fork coming.
The Bitcoin Segwit2x would be happening in the next 6 hours according to a Coinbase statement:
https://blog.coinbase.com/bitcoin-segwit2x-update-b69a1c1e5ece"Last week, the Segwit2x development team announced they would no longer continue with the project. In addition, a significant portion of miners and other community leaders withdrew their support for the fork.
However, despite these developments, a small number of miners may attempt to go forward with a fork."
Have a window statement on my coinbase account too preventing BTC transactions pending situation resolves.
More free money!
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Post 24742214 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_15.27h):
Whales
I've never seen a Casascius in the flesh
I cut my teeth on doge coins with the groupies
And don't have no vanity address, in this Bitcoin boomtown,
no QR code envy
But every post's like Wall Street, futures, roller coaster to the moon,
blockchains, fake news, hashin' the mining boom,
We don't care, we're driving Teslas in our dreams.
But everybody's like bubble, black hat, shapeshift on your press release.
Jet planes, islands, Tethers are a conspiracy.
We don't care, we aren't caught up in your love of bears.
And we'll never be whales (Whales).
It don't run in our FUD,
That kind of bucks just ain't for us.
We crave a different kind of buzz.
Let me be your Bcash drooler (drooler),
You can call me a Ponzi
And baby I'll drool, I'll drool, I'll drool, I'll drool.
Let me live that fantasy.
My friends and I—we've cracked the code.
We count our satoshis on the train to the party.
And everyone who knows us knows that we're fine with this,
We didn't come from crypto
Awesome!

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Post 24936680 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_15.28h):
Pathetic crash was pathetic.
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Post 24937193 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_15.28h):
Last BTC dumps are being caused by clonecoins pump' n dumps lol. There is a good opportunity to arbitrage your BTG, between bittrex and bitfinex. The only con is that bitfinex deactivated the withdrawals for BTG

Cant seem to deposit BTG, either :/
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Post 24979059 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_15.28h):
Lol. Great idea.
Done.
He has gone full retard. Here is his latest tweet -
Thanks to the Streisand effect caused by liars claiming our Bitcoin wallet is deceiving people into using #BitcoinCash we grew our user base by about 10% in just the last day. Thanks for the pump!
https://www.bitcoin.com/choose-your-wallet/bitcoin-com-wallet …
There is no mention on bitcoin.com that you are downloading the bcash wallet. It even shows screenshots of a btc wallet.
There is a huge negative rating on the IOS and android store pages and the 10% bump he is getting is people downloading the wallets to give a negative review
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Post 24979483 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_15.28h):
Seems no one told Kraken it's dumping
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Post 25002727 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_15.28h):
That's good.
Still can't deposit my BTG though

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Post 25070592 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_15.28h):
Guys, have all of you sold your Bitcoin Gold (BTG)?
I'm itching to sell them now, and do the following:
1. Buy Monero,
2. Buy more BTC.
What would you recommend? Should I sell my BTG now, or wait for a pump? And if I should sell now, which one of the two options would you recommend? I know this is altcoin territory, but it feels natural to ask here as I value your wisdom and opinion, and I'm sure many of you HoDL some altcoins in addition to BTC.
So, Bitcoiners, wait or sell your Gold, and what to buy?
Sold 1/3rd for the hell of it. Will wait for a BTC dip for another 1/3rd.
Free money!
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Post 25088147 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_15.28h):
that looks full retard plus i bet the devs have zero experience in gemology :-D looks like epic scam<<< 210 million = x10 supply rotfflmao
Nice FAQ ...
"... This will cause a
bifurcation of the Bitcoin blockchain ..."

hang on... that's just a fancy word for FORK!
Still, I'll take the coins. And sell them.
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Post 25120207 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_15.28h):
Lovely BTG pump. Cashed out a bit more

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Post 25124524 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_15.28h):
RISE AND CHOO-CHOO! BTC
I see some little red candles on Bcash. Watching.
Aww, poor thing

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Post 25241360 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_15.28h):
Urgh. Can't believe we're back where we were 6 hours ago.
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Post 25366916 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_15.29h):
It's odd that Bcash should get their backs up so much.
I like that it does though.
Bcash
Bcash
Bcash
Bcash
Bcash
Bcash
Bcash
Bcash
Bcash!
Need to work google so that it does the old 'do you mean Bcash?' when you type bitcoin cash.
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Post 25367352 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_15.29h):
Lol, bitfinex has Bcash everywhere

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Post 25425761 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_15.29h):
No lambo for me. Want something a bit more practical... a Tesla!
Trouble is I live in a flat, so I'll have to buy a house first.

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Post 25425926 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_15.29h):
Didn't Professor Bitcorn predict bitcoin price would be $10k?
I know there's a Mayor Bitcorn around here somewhere. He's bullish seeming.
Not too bright I guess..
Yep. Found it.
Great insight on this guy.

Oh come on now. When he said 'bitcoin share' he meant mBTC
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Post 25432423 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_15.29h):
Starting to feel the same way as I felt back on the MtGox Peak in 2013. The world is mine... Too euphoric. Also seeing too euphoric comments everywhere... Hope this one will not end up like back then...
Yeah... I hate to also be
that guy, but it does feel almost
exactly the same:
Nov 2013: Bitcoin dips from 800 to 600, then takes off. (First selloff) Check
Nov 2017: Bitcoin dips from 8000 to 6000, then takes off. (First selloff) Check
Nov 2013: Bitcoin breaks 1000. Euphoria ensues. Check
Nov 2017: Bitcoin breaks 10000. Euphoria ensues. Check
Dec 2013: Bitcoin hits 1150, then majorly crashes. Major FUD bad news that no one anticipated comes out of left field. Check
Dec 2017:

??
Well if history repeats, it's not like anyone didn't know...

Crossing my fingers that this time it really is different.
I'm prepared to hodl through another 3-year bear market
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Post 25442395 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_15.29h):
So he did mean bitcoin and not bcash then.
Also suggests that if his model predicted $5000 at the end of the year, is model is rather off.
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Post 25448782 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_15.29h):
So that's quite the drop.
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Post 25455637 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_15.29h):
Well I imagine there are some who made quite some money over the last few hours. I did not.
Hodling may not be exciting or lucrative, but it's safe.
Hodle FTW!
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Post 25500797 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_15.30h):
Urgh, can't believe we're back where we were 4 days ago.
What. A. Drag.
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Post 25967359 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_15.31h):
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42275564"charging train with no brakes"
So, CCMF, then?
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Post 26037269 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_15.31h):
Bitcoin: 'I'm part of a crazy wave' -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42281004A whole 20 bitcoin?
That's cute.
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Post 26160648 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_15.32h):
From the r/K angle, most of the worlds population are rabbits. It would be surprising if most people didn't think bitcoin is a scam or bubble or any of the other synonyms.
We are the few, the intelligent, the brave. We are those who See. We are visionaries, in the most literal sense. And in the decades to come, we will have the means to reshape the world. Never forget that.
Sooooo, Gentlemen?
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Post 26367722 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_15.32h):
So fees are getting too damn high right now. While waiting for LN, what alt would people recommend for transferring $200-$1000 worth? My default would be lightcoin, but maybe there's something better?
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Post 26678529 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_15.34h):
Anyone cares about the triple bottom?
Pretty solid rubber there, eh?
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Post 26747580 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_15.34h):
Who the hell are you? You joined in 2015. Fuck off you twit
BobLawblaw
October 18, 2015, 10:19:19 PM
Nikauforest
March 08, 2014, 04:33:35 AM
* BobLawblaw pats nikauforest on the head for not being able to see the forest through the trees
Ooh, a dick measuring contest. This oughta be good.
Aww, bless them

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Post 27345158 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_15.36h):
The moon was $10,000.
We're way past the moon.
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Post 27345982 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_15.36h):
Who sold at the bottom ?
BobLawblaw, always with the bottoms...

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Post 28318434 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_15.38h):
Moon now?
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Post 28335845 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_15.38h):
The only chart that's making me happy right now is BTC/BCH.
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Post 47950406 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.13h):
I have 0.00000212 BAB *AND* BSV now. (leftover on bitfinix from dumping my BCH)
Can I buy an island?
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Post 48348909 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.17h):
not out of BTC but F*** i'm totally out "rekt" of SendableMerit, need some to give some around here
I just remembered I had a dream the other day where I accidentally gave away 12 merits to one post, that wasn't even all that good. Was kind of panicked about it. I really need to get a life.
There you go, have one one me.
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Post 48491615 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.18h):
All my funding on Bitfinex has been munched up. Lots of lovely interest for me

I like it when provided funding suddenly gets returned to the pot... Oh the joy of shorters getting rekt!
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Post 48491712 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.18h):
All my funding on Bitfinex has been munched up.
Lots of lovely interest for me 
I like it when provided funding suddenly gets returned to the pot... Oh the joy of shorters getting rekt!
Are the interests on Bitfinex anyway near attractive?
Last time I checked they were just ridiculous...
Is tiny, currently 0.03% for the FFR. But it trickles in nicely.
Are there other reasonable well trusted exchanges offering more?
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Post 48492404 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.18h):
All my funding on Bitfinex has been munched up.
Lots of lovely interest for me 
I like it when provided funding suddenly gets returned to the pot... Oh the joy of shorters getting rekt!
Are the interests on Bitfinex anyway near attractive?
Last time I checked they were just ridiculous...
Is tiny, currently 0.03% for the FFR. But it trickles in nicely.
Are there other reasonable well trusted exchanges offering more?
0.03% per day?
No no as far as I know. I trade with the BTC cause lending is just not profitable enough.
Yep, per day.
I'm shit at trading, so this is a much lower risk strategy for me!
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Post 48509671 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.19h):
Don't suppose the FCA can prosecute CSW for market manipulation, can they?
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Post 48511798 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.19h):
I do hope Roger Ver is sad/angry though.
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Post 48521587 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.19h):
Instead of waiting around drinking alcohol, we could make a WO altcoin, bring out an ico and everything...And drink alcohol. Who would be on board?
Count me in. I can do all the drinking.
Hold the fuck up. You will not be doing ALL the drinking. This is a team effort.
True dat, even I'd make an exception to support the team. So goldkingcoiner, sketch up a white paper and lets shoot it live?

Alright lets do this, buddy! Its basically going to be pictures of alcohol on laptops and the word "money" over and over again.
MONEY MONEY MONEY MONEY MONEY MONEY MONEY MONEY MONEY MONEY MONEY MONEY
MONEY MONEY MONEY MONEY MONEY MONEY MONEY MONEY MONEY MONEY MONEY MONEY
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Post 48521658 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.19h):
Instead of waiting around drinking alcohol, we could make a WO altcoin, bring out an ico and everything...And drink alcohol. Who would be on board?
Count me in. I can do all the drinking.
Hold the fuck up. You will not be doing ALL the drinking. This is a team effort.
True dat, even I'd make an exception to support the team. So goldkingcoiner, sketch up a white paper and lets shoot it live?

Alright lets do this, buddy! Its basically going to be pictures of alcohol on laptops and the word "money" over and over again.
MONEY MONEY MONEY MONEY MONEY MONEY MONEY MONEY MONEY MONEY MONEY MONEY
MONEY MONEY MONEY MONEY MONEY MONEY MONEY MONEY MONEY MONEY MONEY MONEYWell that didn't work very well.
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Post 48540392 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.19h):
All this doom and gloom, but I'm on for earning nearly 0.1btc today through funding on Bitfinex. So I'm happy enough

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Post 48543480 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.19h):
i am reading this a few days per week, lately every 1 or 2 days if i have time
and, i cant stand it anymore, so i am gonna pop the question
whats up with the hats?
circle jerk.
You stupid, myopic bastard.
A few years from now, these hats will be critical for verifying the identify of people worth more money than you can possibly imagine.
Just LoL
(literal, too)
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Post 48543663 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.19h):
-Snip-
Figures not quite right. Hashrate has an error of 3 orders of magnitude.
I did wonder about that. Couldn't be arsed to check.
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Post 48552345 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.19h):
When moon?
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Post 48556533 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.19h):
Guys, look at the graphs... I have the feeling that something is about to happen.
So moon now?
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Post 48558124 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.19h):
Bitcoin needs to get above 10k fast. Irobot has a new model that empties its own bin, and I'm thinking "Man that can make me even MORE of a degenerate pig".....
Oh hell yeah, I could do with one of those myself. Hurry the fuck up
BTC , some of us have needs!
As if any of you Hodlers will sell any when we see $10K. Hodlers don't know how to sell.
I SODL'd once. Felt dirty

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Post 48629810 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.20h):
If you did not continuously admit to bcash shilling, ...
I have never admitted to 'Bcash shilling'. You need -- once again -- to check your definitions.
I have admitted to advocating for Bitcoin Cash. I will admit to advocate for Bitcoin SV.
But the universally recognized definition for 'shilling' is predicated upon renumeration for advocacy of some thing that one would not advocate for if the payment was not made.
I have never shilled for any crypto.
Your insistence in misapplying such charged language only marks you as disingenuous. And is evidence of the
actual hostility in this conversation.
Rubbish. You constantly talk your book. And you carefully provide misleading information when you do so. Most of the time, what you say may not be technically wrong, but invariably amounts to a misrepresentation in the broader context. And some of the time it is outright fabrication.
This discussion is a case in point. You are relying on a historic definition of the term shill. We both know that is not how the word is used in 2018 in the crypto community. But you think yourself marvelously clever for having made the distinction. It would be most accurate to say you are a fraud and petty conman.
+ 5 WO sMerit for HM.
Out of them atm, sorry bro!
5 sMerits HMs way on your behalf.
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Post 48629999 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.20h):
Shameless example of abject irony snipped
And all written with a straight face? Amazing!
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Post 48720648 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.21h):
Thar she blows!
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Post 48776205 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.21h):
Well, ok then.
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Post 48776317 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.21h):
Not quite all of them though, I have a little over 5 BTC still provided and taken.
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Post 48985395 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.23h):
Private key==bitcoin.
I... am confused as to why anyone here would be confused about this?
It’s still there

Somebody is definitely going to steal it.
It's a BIP38 password encrypted paper wallet. Impossible to sweep without knowing the password...
+1, Your funds are safe as long as you remember the passphrase.
IMO, keeping a BIP38 password makes your paper wallet
less secure. There's a good chance that you'll forget that phrase by the time you need to extract bitcoin out of your paper wallet.

Compare the probability of getting your piece of paper stolen and the probability of forgetting the password; there are more chances that you'll forget your password!
I don't know, if not even the owner of the coins can move them, they must be SAFE.
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Post 49035258 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.24h):
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Post 49040750 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.24h):
You're a kind man, P_Shep. A kind and generous man.
Yeah, it's a fault of mine.
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Post 49086146 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.24h):
@jbreher, are you talking BTC or the bit'alts ? to hit that 100K ?
My hope is that it would be SV. As time goes by, hope diminishes. I will continue to think big blocks is the proper scaling solution regardless of the outcome.
If SV or ABC hit anything approaching 100k, I win extra-bigly. If BTC approaches 100K, I win something less bigly. Either way, future's so bright, I gotta wear shades.
At some point you have to recognize that a less superior tech, in your opinion, has won, or that it's victory is inevitable. We may not have reached that time yet for you.
However, at some point you have to retire the Betamax player and recognize that VHS won.
Segwit is a far superior tech. Increasing the block size is the least sophisticated way of solving the problem.
The thing is, as has been mentioned many times, Bitcoin will increase the block size when it becomes necessary, and not a moment before. Which means that Bitcoin will do everything the pretenders can do, plus more.
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Post 49086350 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.24h):
Out of merits now
Merit sources where art thou
I need more merits
Mmmm bones didn’t you had a double upgrade of stashes

Tried to make a haiku of it ....
But still need to try better cause still not getting it
Next one must be spot on before posting
Micgoossens haiku
are not very good at all
needs some improvement
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Post 49086510 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.24h):
Out of merits now
Merit sources where art thou
I need more merits
I have fucking loads
Have yourself 10 on me, mate
Feeling generous
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Post 49086674 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.24h):
Out of merits now
Merit sources where art thou
I need more merits
is it really that easy? free merits without memes, charts and TA? I'm out of merits too! I can post cat pictures:

Oh Jesus Christ
OK, have 10 merits too
I'll have none left soon
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Post 49086747 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.24h):
Does anyone else
count syllables on fingers?
So it's just me then.
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Post 49087162 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.24h):
Does anyone else
count syllables on fingers?
So it's just me then.
still figuring what syllables are.... thats why it ain't working for me
good BTC is more easy to understand

FYI
Does an-y-one else
count syl-la-bles on fin-gers?
So it's just me then.
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Post 49087347 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.24h):
Does anyone else
count syllables on fingers?
So it's just me then.
still figuring what syllables are.... thats why it ain't working for me
good BTC is more easy to understand

FYI
Does an-y-one else
count syl-la-bles on fin-gers?
So it's just me then.
aaaah
and does has to be
4
5
4
THX man
No, it's 5-7-5.
I spilt the words there into syllables - count them.
I have an Italian wife - I asked and she doesn't quite get it either. So it's particularly native thing. I guess it's a similarity Japanese and English. Hiragana being words split into syllables - as close as Japanese gets to an alphabet.
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Post 49087501 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.24h):
Does anyone else
count syllables on fingers?
So it's just me then.
still figuring what syllables are.... thats why it ain't working for me
good BTC is more easy to understand

FYI
Does an-y-one else
count syl-la-bles on fin-gers?
So it's just me then.
I be-lieve you may be on-to some-thing.
Per-haps we should write with hy-phens for the day so that mic-goo-ssens can try to be-come more a-ware of how sy-lla-bles work in the en-glish lang-uage.
Eng-lish can be ve-ry nu-anced, ne-ver mind ac-cents and re-gio-nal di-a-lects.
the mockerying
in that wall observer thread
micg will learn it all
'micg' is 2 syllables to me!
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Post 49087572 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.24h):
^^
it came out 5-7-5
on biodoms link .....
I think we've established it's not reliable
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Post 49088199 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.24h):
I was an SSD fan ...
You can thank me later

? ? ?
What was your involvement? NVRAM or controller development? Civil or military?
I realize SSDs date back to the late 1980s. I'm fascinated by the early history.
I always saw storage as the main performance bottleneck in any computer system. I figured when cheap low-power-consumption high-capacity dependable solid state storage was achieved, we'd see a whole new world of portable devices.
It's not surprising that the first netbooks and then smartphones and tablets followed closely behind the development of MLC and TLC flash and controllers with improved wear leveling and garbage collection algorithms. Sure, improved battery and radio technologies helped but the mobile revolution was spurred by SSDs.
Inb4 jbreher fully dox himself: He is a fucking good mass storage engineer/developer. Would love he tells us more details if he feels like. He may have a wrong view of what is the true Bitcoin but the guy really knows his shit and has more high stakes pro level technical background that most of us here. Respect.
And just like that, his hard-on for big-blocks becomes entirely clear!
Man's gotta make a livin'...
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Post 49088343 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.24h):
I was an SSD fan ...
You can thank me later

? ? ?
What was your involvement? NVRAM or controller development? Civil or military?
I realize SSDs date back to the late 1980s. I'm fascinated by the early history.
I always saw storage as the main performance bottleneck in any computer system. I figured when cheap low-power-consumption high-capacity dependable solid state storage was achieved, we'd see a whole new world of portable devices.
It's not surprising that the first netbooks and then smartphones and tablets followed closely behind the development of MLC and TLC flash and controllers with improved wear leveling and garbage collection algorithms. Sure, improved battery and radio technologies helped but the mobile revolution was spurred by SSDs.
Inb4 jbreher fully dox himself: He is a fucking good mass storage engineer/developer. Would love he tells us more details if he feels like. He may have a wrong view of what is the true Bitcoin but the guy really knows his shit and has more high stakes pro level technical background that most of us here. Respect.
To a man with a hammer, everything looks like a nail
I am retarded... what does that mean in this case?
Of course he believes in big blocks. He is a mass storage engineer. To him, more storage is easy and the answer to all (most) problems.
So we can safely ignore anything he has to say about big block forks as his opinion is massively biased by his profession. Which is fair enough.
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Post 49119749 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.25h):
Russian and French economies switching over to BTC: Confirmed
Confirmation verified.
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Post 49119827 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.25h):
what a weird ass candle lol
I've never seen an ass candle before, but I imagine it would, indeed, be quite weird.
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Post 49120357 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.25h):
Only Satoshi can speak for Satoshi. So much bullshit floating about. Usually big blockers to blame
I never really understood this 'What Satoshi would have wanted' thing.
He is no messiah. His thoughts are not the be-all and end-all. If they were, we'd still all be on version 0.001 alpha release.
Who's to say if he was still directing Bitcoin he wouldn't take it down a route to oblivion? Everyone would mindlessly follow? Well, if BSV is actually Satoshi's vision, the price and uptake of it just shows it was a poor choice.
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Post 49185384 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.25h):
This is what I use:
via Imgflip Meme GeneratorYeah, cost me $3718.
In fact nearly $20k at one point...
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Post 49189138 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.25h):
Here is what I use:

Cost me a few satoshis and I've been saving my bitcoins on it since last year. I don't see the point of hardware wallets if you are in bitcoin to hodl them.
To spend them actively i would still use my iphone for the job insead of hw wallets since I would carry my wealth in a paper wallet and my play money on my phone. But most importantly, it is just easier with a phone.
To me money spent on hw wallets is a waste. I would buy more crypto instead.
It's really all about the value of the amount you are storing, and therefore the risk.
Paper wallet is fine for smaller amounts, but...
- Where do you store the paper wallet safely
- What happens if you are burgled and the thief steals the wallet (wether or not they know what to do with it)
- Where do you store a backup, (and increase the risk of compromise)?
- What happens if your house burns down?
- Something gets split on the wallet and obscures the ink.
- 3 Years later, and you've simply lost the wallet, or thrown it out accidentally.
- When you spend the wallet and enter the address into a computer, are you 100% sure that computer is totally free from trojans/viruses, an attacker could steal the funds on the happy day when you cash-out.
These risks are small (ish) but if you had $100k or $100m, they would be much more important.
A paper wallet requires multiple diverse location copies, but each copy increases the risk of theft, and you need to trust someone else to look after other copies (family?)
So you can securely split the secret (Shamir's secret splitting
https://iancoleman.io/shamir/) , you can then choose how many parts of the total eg. 2 of 3 are needed to reconstruct the private key,
Then split it - 1 copy with a good friend or your lawyer, 1 with a family member, and 1 in your safe.
As its 2 of 3, 1 person can lose their key and its not a problem, and both the family member and friend need to collude to steal you coins.
You could of course increase this from 2 of 3 to any value such as 4 of 7, whatever makes sense to you.
When you come to spend the paper wallet, you should use a clean machine, install a new version of the OS ,and then only the wallet software.
I wouldn't use brand new software releases and I would check the authenticity of the code using release signing keys or hashes.
If you really want to do it properly, you should probably read Glacier protocol
https://glacierprotocol.org/, it discusses all the risks and possible solutions, you can then cherry pick the things you think are important to you.
You want to also factor in your own death to the scheme. Making sure 'your' people know about, and can actually get possession of the coins without you.
Exactly, for the amount i have, I'd need the whole airgapped/secure printer - computer combo thing. I don't have the space for that.
And at the time I bought it, it was $100.
Cyptosteel is an option, but the thought of making sure I get all those number and letters right!
And I do occasionally move some coins around - for example in Nov, when the funding % return rocketed on Bitfinex. Made a nice bit of BTC doing that. Then moved it all back before Jan.
Trezor's just so much more convenient. And now it work with Mycelium again!
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Post 49197990 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.25h):
I can think of at least one strong reason why satoshi would like to sow doubt about his existence.
So in your example of a possible scenario he (Satoshi) would come out and pretend to be a total dick to not be outed properly as a genius?
Or perhaps satoshi
is a total dick. I mean, why not?
As I recall, the initial outing was not uttered by CSW.
Yes he did, he told various people 'in confidence' and left clues lying around in the hope they would be picked up.
https://www.newyorker.com/business/currency/bizarre-saga-craig-wright-latest-inventor-bitcoinA particularity dickish thing to do.
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Post 49207005 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.26h):
All the news of advances for Bitcoin are nice.
But in LN some actors are entering the game ...,of dubious origin, banks, institutions, startups, supported by the same.

This as news is fine, you do not have the coins immobilized in LN waiting.
Crypto payment platform Bitrefill has launched Thor, a service that allows customers to open Lightning channels on demand. Thor will connect to Bitrefill's node on the Lightning Network, allowing users to receive Lightning payments whether they have bitcoin loaded into their Lightning wallets or not.https://bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/bitrefill-channel-opening-service-makes-accepting-lightning-payments-easy/I wouldn't worry about banks becoming major LN hubs anytime soon.
r0ach always posts his chart with Goldman Sachs, Chase, etc. as major LN hubs. What he doesn't tell you is that Theymos alone has more BTC than Goldman Sachs.
I can foresee an alternative scenario where the liquidity of LN is provided by all the cypherpunks, computer nerds, and libertarians who mined or bought most of the coins.
I see LN being service providers, like *ahem* PayPal, Visa, Mastercard, AmEx, et al. Used for making 'small' value transactions easier and cheaper. I use (some) of these services daily, if they run their own Node, I wouldn't have a too big a problem to use them to buy some milk and bread in the morning. Of course only this time, the majority of my BTC will remain in my possession, not the banks.
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Post 49219767 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.26h):
call me crazy but I believe over next 72 hours we will test 3200 or come close again to it. then from there we will have an epic rise again. ETH hardfork could be the catalyst to change things over next 3 days.
Next 24 hours are crucial!
'Critical', they're 'critical'.
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Post 49231059 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.26h):
I anticipate the market will come around to the superior solution. Admittedly, becoming less sure of this as time goes on.
It already has, you're just on the wrong side of it and got deluded.
If you don't think Bitcoin
TM with Segwit/LN is the *right* long term solution that will endure above all else, then you should just sell all your BTC holdings now get entirely out of the crypto world. Because I got some bad news for you about BCash ABC and SV... they've already failed in the eyes of the public.
BCH & SV are already dead, there’s literally zero interest in both. I’d love to see how many people buy & HODL thinking they’re the future. I see value in both for short term profits from random pumps but no way both will become mainstream payment options in the future.
Bitcoin will survive but the 2 shit forks are on life support imo, propped up by their scammer creators.
That reminds me, whatever happened to solidcoin?
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Post 49234370 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.26h):
This is something I ponder on and off. That 1-3% figure is pretty far out. I'll bet there are people who've been reading this thread for longer than most of us have been here who've never even registered, let alone written anything.
I'm sure it's easy to be intimidated by the astonishing power and paint-stripping insight of titanic intellects such as the one I happen to possess. I still think they should make themselves known. We need a lurker amnesty.
Come on out. We won't hurt you.
Finally, someone polite enough to invite the guy in the corner.
I've been lurking since Spring 2012. AMA.
1. When did you first find out about Bitcoin and how?
Pfft. I've been around longer.
(just)
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Post 49242007 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.26h):
How are exchanges still being hacked these days? Have lessons not been learnt?
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Post 49364750 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.27h):
So, err, what's the conclusion?
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Post 49383343 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.27h):
Why on these 'expert panels' do they continue to invite people to talk about things they don't know anything about?
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Post 49437469 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.28h):
Wife has had this since before we met.
Has good taste

via Imgflip Meme Generator 
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Post 49495162 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.28h):
which bitcoin credit card do you guys use, can you recommend one?
Wirex
I thought we were all hodling?
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Post 49497105 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.28h):
Actual footage of BTC bulls in 2019 

I'm no veterinarian, but I'm still pretty sure that's not a bull.
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Post 49497169 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.28h):
I'm no veterinarian, but I'm still pretty sure that's not a bull.
It's buffalo a different race of bull I guess. But it was a good laugh for me LOL
[/quote]
Not quite what I'm getting at.
A Bull is male, of whatever species (bovine, whales, elephant, etc)... THAT has teats.
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Post 49506645 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.28h):
thats right please only discuss the dictatorship of the proletariat or else you will be liberated to one of our special farms in the far west

It's this kinda shit and the pepe memes that make me not want to be here.
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Post 49516814 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.28h):
Just started a lightning node.
No idea what I'm doing. Probably just lost the funding i sent it, but, we'll see how it goes.
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Post 49529714 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.28h):
My Lightning Node is up and connected

I should probably read about what it actually does and how to use it.
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Post 49545680 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.29h):
Anyone care to share their Lightning Node URI?
I wanna make connections to the WO peeps

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Post 49550916 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.29h):
Anyone care to share their Lightning Node URI?
I wanna make connections to the WO peeps

Yeah.
No.
The reasons should be self-evident.
s'alright, already connected to yours.
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Post 49578265 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.29h):
...snip...
Yeah I hear similar stories almost every day. One guy from the UK I met last week had invested in Litecoin mining biz. He had some 10-15 Antminers. Had t shut them down and sell as the couldn't afford to pay the electricity bills and with today's LTC prices it wasn't paying off. His wife left him he's in the process of getting a divorce right now because of his financial situation. If this isn't freaking 'blood in the streets" then what is? HODL brethren, HODL till the end!
See now that's just not being very smart and forward thinking at all. Why would you hold on to them when they're unprofitable?
I sold my miners a few weeks before they became unprofitable to me. Made some good money on their sale too. I think they probably sold for more then they would have earned over the remaining profitable time.
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Post 49607465 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.29h):
In other news, my Lightning Node relayed it's first transaction! Yay!
That it was my transaction is COMPLETELY beside the point.
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Post 49633721 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.30h):
Unless they're also bringing back dwolla, I ain't interested.
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Post 49634646 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.30h):
Hahaha anyone stupid enough to fall for Brock Pierce’s bullshit deserves what they get
I'm holding out for pirateat40. Got some BTC burning a hole in my pocket for a sound, suspiciously high-return investment.
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Post 49634669 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.30h):
Hahaha anyone stupid enough to fall for Brock Pierce’s bullshit deserves what they get
I'm holding out for pirateat40. Got some BTC burning a hole in my pocket for a sound, suspiciously high-return investment.
I heard SolidCoin was making a come back too.
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Post 49638717 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.30h):
Ummm.... Dwolla never left.
washed their hands of crypto though
And also, I got a bunch of emails a while ago telling me to remove any funds I might have had on there (not for a loooooong time).
So yeah, dead.
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Post 49638772 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.30h):
I heard SolidCoin was making a come back too.
Isn't tether just solidcoin with a new name?
It matches DeathAndTaxes description of solidcoin.
ScamCoin requires implicit trust in a single semi-anonymous person, it isn't peer to peer and is completely centralized.
Well, yeah. That and about 60 other 'coins' which sprouted up around then.
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Post 49644555 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.30h):
Holy green dildo's batman!
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Post 49665498 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.30h):
^This brief time span in history will be known as the period where women erroneously thought they were more intelligent and more important than men simply because they spent orders of magnitude more time and money on physical appearance, clothes, and putting on makeup. Everything is presentation and no substance.
You're just a little grumpy because you'll never have kids. aren't you?
Kids doesn’t come from wrestling the snake...............
'Snake' might be being somewhat overly generous, tho.
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Post 49681498 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.30h):
it's much more about the mesh network stuff, keeping the chain size down. the fee market problems are way off
i agree it's early even for that former though
I have yet to see a convincing argument that the current system is broken. It’s all pie in the sky stuff.
Lighting will keep the chain size down. Just give it a chance.
I don’t think we need to worry too much about this at this point either.
I appreciate the forward thinking but believe that we need to allow BTC to mature before we look at doing anything with block sizes which might further jeopardise BTC’s adoption.
Give LN a chance to get further established and see where we are at a bit further down the road.
Who knows, someone might come up with a better idea than reducing block size to incentivise miners?
If miners go out of business due to block reward reduction, then that's down to their poor planning. It's not like the reductions and the timing of them hasn't been clearly laid out 10 years ago.
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Post 49702913 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.31h):
4 genuine (as in not generate by me) relayed transactions on my Lightning Node yesterday

I have now earned the princely sum of 0.2 satoshis!
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Post 49707769 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.31h):
4 genuine (as in not generate by me) relayed transactions on my Lightning Node yesterday

I have now earned the princely sum of 0.2 satoshis!
Woah, bunch more, nearly up to a whole satoshi!
Just 5000x more and i'll almost have enough to cover the costs of the initial BTC transfers!
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Post 49761849 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.32h):
Regarding the patent talk:
Patents don't have to be proven to work, just have to be unique.
CSW could hold a bunch of bullshit patents in techno babble, which patent clerks don't understand, which perform no valuable or even viable function.
Then CSW can sue anyone who infringes on his (bullshit) patent.
Cue years of legal back and forth, where no-one wins, while it's established that what CSW holds a patent for isn't what the counter party is infringing on. Meanwhile, the innovative counter party is left destitute and out of business due to defending their case and no-one gains from the truly ground-breaking technology they developed.
Awesome.
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Post 49762056 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.32h):
Hmmm what you recommend I try to get my wife to watch? Something like Game of Thrones would be good.
the list of what i recommend for TV watching is endless bro
I have PM's with kylapoiss about movies and serie's going back and for all the time
but its to much to spam the WO with
(i'm a BIG BIG movie/serie's and sh*t collector....) and thats an area where i do have some knowledge about

of-course if not seen.... i will always recommend the big lebowski (even for the GF's)

I've heard 'The Wire' is quite good.
And 'The West Wing'
But I'm not quite up to date.
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Post 49777027 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.32h):
I made parmigiana di melanzane for dinner today. It's not pretty enough to take a picture of.
However, these arrived:
via Imgflip
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Post 49782813 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.32h):
Bit worried about the Mayor and Quadrigacx
Oh yeah... hadn't thought about that possible connection.
By the way, it is funny that we have not had many members of this thread asserting that they lost money in Quadrigacx.
Never even heard of it until the other week.
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Post 49805293 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.32h):
Well, from a protocol aspect, SV does have more in common with the original Bitcoin protocol than does BTC.
#justsayin'
Maybe it was intended to be, so that you can have that exact argument.
and the corollary is: Adapt or die.
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Post 49818163 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.32h):
Yeh lets abandon the Bitcoin Network and jump on xrp version 2 lightning network (LN) instead.
I beg your pardon ?
Lightning
IS Bitcoin.
Right and Elephant
IS a Car
Bitcoin network is bitcoin network
Lighting network is lightning network
claiming otherwise is a dishonest shill.
A Bitcoiner supports Bitcoin network with mining or mining shares.
A shitcoiner supports a shitcoin node whatever his preferred flavor my be, XRP node, LN node, JPM node or what not crap node (cheap crap computer)
LN (in)directly supports JPMCoin, XRP..... with atomic swap any crap is instantly interchangeable
Crappy worthless nodes Version 1, XRP erks me like..., no difference with version 3, LN or version 4, JPM
Are you crazy? Is that your problem?
Didn't you know?
When you use TCP, you're no longer using over IP, and is in fact something completely different.
Also, IP is amazing and TCP is a shit protocol.
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Post 49819626 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.32h):
Yeh lets abandon the Bitcoin Network and jump on xrp version 2 lightning network (LN) instead.
I beg your pardon ?
Lightning
IS Bitcoin.
Right and Elephant
IS a Car
Bitcoin network is bitcoin network
Lighting network is lightning network
claiming otherwise is a dishonest shill.
A Bitcoiner supports Bitcoin network with mining or mining shares.
A shitcoiner supports a shitcoin node whatever his preferred flavor my be, XRP node, LN node, JPM node or what not crap node (cheap crap computer)
LN (in)directly supports JPMCoin, XRP..... with atomic swap any crap is instantly interchangeable
Crappy worthless nodes Version 1, XRP erks me like..., no difference with version 3, LN or version 4, JPM
Are you crazy? Is that your problem?
Didn't you know?
When you use TCP, you're no longer using over IP, and is in fact something completely different.
Also, IP is amazing and TCP is a shit protocol.
I am confused.
You don't use TCP over IP? Irony maybe?

It's not funny if you have to explain it.
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Post 49826241 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.32h):
Also many people think Satoshi is dead but you can't rule out a day when he decides to dump one million bitcoins on the market, just sayin......
I believe he is still alive - unless he was very unlucky.
Satoshi of course is not that sorry excuse of a person claiming to be so (Craig
Wright Wrong). No doubt on this one - 100%.
Yes Jbear. The following is my argument.
If Satoshi was greedy, or wanted to become possibly filthy rich in the future, he wouldn't have disappeared into thin air.
Instead, he did the only honorable thing to do. He set it free, without leaving any trace or room to be worshiped like a God or something.
It was a carefully executed plan.
He did the only thing he could do, to ensure the survival and success of BTC.
Took himself out of the equation. Like Prometheus and fire. Only the later was not so careful.
Believing Satoshi would pop out some day, cashing in his 1m coins, is believing that
BTC will fail.
I rest that there is a very tiny chance that this might happen, based only on the art of seduction & misdirection on a global scale. No.
I like to think he ritually destroyed his keys.
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Post 49831295 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.32h):
Problem is that nocoiners and the new crypto enthusiast will fall for this scams and they will buy into bCash before even introduced to the real Bitcoin.
Well, from a protocol aspect, SV
does have more in common with the original Bitcoin protocol than does BTC.
#justsayin'
still pumping (supposedly defending) bcash, trash? #yeahright

Just making a point. Do you wish to argue the contrary view? Again: from a protocol aspect, SV
does have more in common with the original Bitcoin protocol than does BTC.
And the significance of that is... what?
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Post 49831448 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.32h):
jbreher and the bcash SV shitcoin crew.

We are followings God's (satoshis, lol) vision hahaha.
I think Jbreher is still upset computers moved to those newfangled transistor things from valves.
Even those he had to be convinced about. Relays did the job ok.
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Post 49849574 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.33h):
Crazy how much more
Bullish things are than 2015. Just to name a few...
Bakkt coming soon
ETFs just a matter of when, not if
Samsung putting wallets in their flagship phone
Fidelity
Roach an Gembitz apologise and turn Bullish
Elon Musk comes out of his Crypto Closet and declares moon.
White House Chief of Staff for potentially the next 2-6 years is a Bitcoin lover.
We have Crypto Mom at SEC, plus another new commissioner is pro Bitcoin, and Stein, the Bitcoin hater just finished her term
Ive been converting nocoiners to Bitcoiners for 5 years out in the real world and its never been easier for me personally to convert them than now, they are dying to understand it.
We dont have to worry about chinese miners blocking segwit and big blockers have disgraced themselves over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over

Lighting is here and ninjas are buying pizza with it and sheeeeiiit.
Did I say lighting is here and its awesome.
Jack Dorsey is hard core Bitcoin maximalist.
Less people than ever believe the MSM Bitcoin haters, more percent of people than ever get there Bitcoin info from places like Twitter, Reddit, and the CEO of Bitcoin Known as WO.
Bitmain is going out of business as punishment for their sins against Bitcoin.
Google added our symbol to its keyboard.
The US gov doesnt have tons of coins to dump on our head everytime we pump.
and much much more.

Now all we need is for the mt Gox custodial to accidentally send all its Bitcoin to a burner address and the rally can finally begin.
Or mine. I'd be ok with that.
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Post 49857724 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.33h):
The word search is irrelevant as it doesn't contain hodl.
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Post 49858303 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.33h):
The word search is irrelevant as it doesn't contain hodl.
What're you talking about, mate? It's
crystal-clearly present.
Yay it is there!
I didn't bother checking as it wasn't in the words list. I do wonder, however, if that's intentional or not.
Things that make you go hmmmmmmm...
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Post 49858507 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.33h):
When a co.pany cones out and says they want to use 'blockchain technology', it doesn't really mean much. That just says 'linked list' to me.
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Post 49889747 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.33h):
Zhou Tonged - Bitcoin's Back (Eminem - Without Me)

Good vibes!

Guess who's back???

BITCOIN!
I like the video... It is fun, and pro-bitcoin (even though I had not seen it before - from 2013.. funny that).
I also did not know what the fuck or who Zhou Tonged is, but it appears that from the urban dictionary,
"getting zhou tonged" has gained some notoriety, like the way we say "getting roached" in this thread.
Anyhow "getting zhou tonged" is getting margin called on your trade.
Oh, you would have loved it

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Post 49889772 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.33h):
I like the video... It is fun, and pro-bitcoin.
I also did not know what the fuck or who Zhou Tonged is, but it appears that from the urban dictionary,
"getting zhou tonged" has gained some notoriety, like the way we say "getting roached" in this thread.
Anyhow getting zhou tonged is getting margin called.
You didn't get Zhou Tonged?
noob, I lost 10 BTC to the guy
and no, it is not getting margin called,
What is getting "Zhou Tonged," then? By the way, I don't play with margin.
I got the definition from here>
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Zhou%20Tonged>>>>>>Zhou Tonged
Bitcoin Slang, Your positions are automatically liquidated
due to insufficient trading balance after a margin call.
This occurs when trading using "leverage buying" at high levels 5:1 or 10:1
The large swings in the Bitcoin exchange rates can force automated margin selling, when the Broker sells out the customer without notice.<<<<<<
I guess they call it getting 'REKT' now.
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Post 49900784 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.33h):
I just got a shock when I mistook my unread mail count for the bitcoin price in crome's tabs.
I'm now pleased it's only gone down $300.
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Post 49902954 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.33h):
I just got a shock when I mistook my unread mail count for the bitcoin price in crome's tabs.
I'm now pleased it's only gone down $300.
My unread gmail count is over 16,000+. THAT would be a nice surprise

67,709

J H Christ guys, and I thought I was bad!
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Post 49903365 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.33h):
My god, did not appreciate quite how much BTC was locked up in MTGOX.
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Post 50001550 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.34h):
I approve.
For those of you who accidentally thought about selling an btc.

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Post 50006345 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.34h):
mines never laughed at me but he has stated i have big cajones for not selling more than i did during the `17 bull run.
hes actually very interested and we always talk about it when i meetup with him. ive told him 1% has a very limited downside and a potentially stupid high up side and he agrees. but he hasnt recommended it to any clients afaik. which a cant say that i blame him, at this point. he needs to fully understand it 1st of all. and hes pretty old school, which is fine by me. he covers the low risk stuff (per my instructions), as ive always told him i have the high risk bit covered. he certainly agrees on the high risk bit lol. but he is absolutely impressed with my btcs performance.
Thanks for sharing some of your back and forth with your financial advisor. Recently, I have kind of gotten into the 5% to 10% recommendation area for people, but I still stick with the conservative 1% as you mentioned as kind of a bare (bear?) minimum..
In any case, it seems that we continue to be really early adopters in terms of BTC, and most financial advisors are going to be negative or dismissive about BTC, so it is good that you have some kind of a dialogue going with your financial advisor even though it is likely that he has a bit of a financial biased against BTC since there are very few BTC financial instruments in BTC in which they could recommend BTC and that they can also makes some money too (on fees).
Still, also contrary to one of your interests of your financial advisor is that one of the best and most powerful ways to invest in bitcoin is directly, rather than going through a financial advisor, which, in the future, may cause you to wonder about why you are investing much of anything through your "financial advisor" and allowing that third party to take fees from you and likely to be underperforming your BTC investment(s).
When we talk of %invested, do we mean original amount invested, or current ratio? Because mine are VERY different.
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Post 50006766 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.34h):
When we talk of %invested, do we mean original amount invested, or current ratio? Because mine are VERY different.
That begs an interesting question with regard to rebalancing of investments.
For any investment, it should represent a minimum and maximum % of the portfolio. Sales and purchases rebalance when it gets outside the range. I would guess BTC s limits for an investor would be a lot wider than for conventional investments (example min 2%, max 50%) but the balancing would still apply.
Opinions will be interesting.
Every single time I rebalanced my stock portfolio, I lost potential gains.
The explanation is simple: winners (could be either individual stocks or sectors) continue to be winners and losers continue to be losers for much longer than you expect.
In other words: make the initial allocation, then, if it works, don't balance anything, apart from cashing out.
Happy with that

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Post 50007232 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.34h):
Still limping along in the same price range, there’s got to be a move up or down soon, surely?
Nope.
$2.5k-5k is the new boring range for the next 2 years. Don't expect anything more interesting than that. Keep accumulating.
This is my belief*.
*Based on the smell of my own farts (aka absolutely nothing).
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Post 50008717 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.34h):
I've just lost my erection.
I don't even have an erection, and it gone. Possibly forever. So thanks for that.
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Post 50008866 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.34h):
Hold my beer, I got this, man.
--J. H Christ--
I raise you mate...
--Holy mole--
Guys please ...

I've just lost my erection.
I don't even have an erection, and it gone. Possibly forever. So thanks for that.
Some nickels in that mountain of flesh, you just gotta lose the cheerleader vision (girls in groups get more attractive in hot groups and more ugly in ugly groups, it's science yo)
Seriously cover the bottoms two rows and top row isn't that fat.
There must be a couple of extra rows i'm not able to see in that picture.
And believe me, my standards are NOT high.
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Post 50008965 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.34h):
The wife is pregnant and under orders from the doctor for no sex. I may be in quite a forgiving mood when it comes to looks right now and the beer is adding to it.
Feel you dude.
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Post 50030513 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.34h):
Now moon?
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Post 50032589 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.34h):
Ahh, the glowing green phosphors, odd that they should buoy my mood so.
You really need to get a new monitor.
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Post 50336260 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.38h):
Gentlemen (and trolls)
With a sad eye and a heavy heart, I bring you bad news. Yes we have a a traitor in our midst
For an additional possible joke suggestion, I had thought that something like disabling all hat avatars would be great, but I just don't know if there is an easy enough algorithm to filter the type of avatars, and another problem would be to reverse the joke.. might not be easy, either. Anyhow, the ban of hat avatars premise could be that a kind of cult has established around hats, and such cult behavior takes away from forum cohesion.

Incumbent users of hats would be disallowed from employing the use of any kind of avatar for one year.
This is no joking matter JJG. It's pure, vile treachery.
I feel sick

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Post 50418900 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.39h):
Nuts. I expect we'll drop below 4000 again imminently though.
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Post 50430355 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.39h):
They stole our meme!

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Post 50431014 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.39h):
Don't think it is hacked, he has been trolling with twitter and twitter profiles for years.
Elon knows a thing or two about crypto (see also answers on what money Mars will use) but claims to currently not own any.
(all total speculation below:)
In fact, I think he doesn't have any cash at all, except for some fund for his children that hopefully isn't in his own name.
Except from some toys and pocket cash everything is invested in his companies, then borrowed against his shares and invested that too. He is in well over 100% trying to remain the largest shareholder, and I think that is the right move with his work/home balance. TSLA stock is almost as much fun as BTC and the only stock I own. About 25% of tesla stock is currently shorted, in my opinion without good reason, so it will be fun to watch how that pans out. But stock is totally boring in weekends, that is what I have the BTC for.
I bet it his pocket cash is worth way more than my crypto is.
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Post 50485877 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.40h):
Wow!.. That's your solution? Bigger Blocks?
I don't understand some people's way of thinking. We are living in an era where almost anything is possible, we just need to be able to imagine it.
Let me dumb it down here...
How do we fix a traffic congestion. I know, let's build/add more lanes on the freeway. that will solve the issue, Right?. Where do we stop? 10 lanes, 100 lanes , 1000 lanes?
Can you see a problem? Eventually your solution will be obsolete, eventually the traffic congestions will surface. Not only that, what about the towns and cities that may be around the freeway when it was just 2 lanes, you would have to demolish the towns and buildings to build these new lanes, eventually you won't have any towns and city to use the freeway with 100 lanes.
Not only that, what if the land is not suitable for your extra lanes. Ie, mountains/rivers/lakes etc.
The solution is not simple, it would have to involve a multi point attack. We could implement, high speed rail to move people around faster, we could use other transport methods, increase Bus or Multi-Passenger vecihles to reduce the amount of cars using the freeway. We can even think outside the box, change peoples driving and transport habit, work from home in the first 2 hours. Leave work later etc etc.
Now back to Bitcoin, does this sound familiar, now can you relate to what the developers are trying to archive? Layer 2? LN?
If you think Bitcoin is crippled because of small block size, then you are still thinking inside the box, and do not have the capacity to understand the full ramifications of larger and larger block size, let alone the importance of a smaller block size. Again, this is only one aspect of Bitcoin.
The other night, I came home and the front light was out. I found my keys, but was struggling to see in the dark, took a tad bit longer to get the front door open, then I thought to myself, wouldn't it be awesome if I had one of those proximity cards, like I do at work, and be able to just swipe my wallet and get inside. So in other words, my house is CRIPPLED and I should move out to my Office/Work. Again, the front door lock is just one aspect of my house.
"One does not grow a system by limiting the things for which it is useful." <- That doesn't apply to Bitcoin, data shows Bitcoin usage has grown year on year. Never have been limiting Bitcoin, infact, we are finding ways to push the boundary of it "usefulness"
The biggest problem you have with your mindset is that you are only thinking about what is here now and not what could be here in the next 5/10/15 years. The Bitcoin developers, not only have to think about block size, they have to think about the whole of BITCOIN. Do not ever say they deliberately crippled Bitcoin, because that is an insult!
This is all great and all, but you might as well be talking to a wall.
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Post 50641131 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.42h):
Lol, did anyone catch the quote in Kraken's blog?
https://blog.kraken.com/post/2274/kraken-is-delisting-bsv/This aggression will not stand
, man.

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Post 50767882 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.43h):
So a downgrade is what this is called, too bad SV won't be worth anything by that time anyways.
See you later guys, I'm reverting to windows 3.11 (Windows for workgroups).
IT'S BETTER BECAUSE IT'S ORIGINAL.
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Post 50877796 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.44h):
Careful out there guys, it's FOMO'ing pretty bad.
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Post 50897974 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.44h):
Back when Bitcoin started I was a heavy F@H contributor and was on OCN working to World domination (Which we accomplished!)
pffft
team33 FTW
BTW, open Zika sprints on WCG right now, got some fans running
Lol.
Team Picard for seti, f@h, g@h and a few others.
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Post 50899017 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.44h):
Back when Bitcoin started I was a heavy F@H contributor and was on OCN working to World domination (Which we accomplished!)
pffft
team33 FTW
BTW, open Zika sprints on WCG right now, got some fans running
Lol.
Team Picard for seti, f@h, g@h and a few others.
When did that team start?
Born out if NinjaMicros, which produced GFDs (gold finger devices) which plugged into the Athlon II(?) processor to change the multiplier.
Would have been around 1999.
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Post 50899640 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.44h):
GFDs (gold finger devices) which plugged into the Athlon II(?) processor to change the multiplier.
fuck me
there's a blast from the past...wow
that would be an overclocking artifact I would like to have
I think mine is LONG gone. Had a Alpha heatsink strapped to that thing too (modded on my uni workshop) and even toyed with a Peltier element

. Oh and put lights on the case. Back in 1999. Now it's all so cliche... Can't even buy a mobo without lights on board :/
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Post 50942279 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.45h):
I don't give a monkey's fart about football, but even I am amazed!
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Post 50942363 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.45h):
I don't give a monkey's fart about football, but even I am amazed!
I never liked it, but I love the passion our thread-mates have, and am delighted for them.
This match was not nearly as boring as they normally are.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oEhv6UBsSg highlights
I have a mates who are so into football, I go on lads trips with them (always to Germany). Indeed, mates' passions can be quite persuasive.
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Post 50942397 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.45h):
So, I guess we'll catch LFC in a couple of days. Let the 2-day hangover commence...
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Post 51036233 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.46h):
I am getting scared to to see the price increase of bitcoin.

Will there be any corrections with these huge bumps?
bitcoin only corrects big in the moment you have bought. it also only explodes pricewise when you have sold. just my observation from personal experience.

+1

, this is what i tell anybody who enters!
You can use this power for good tho. I personally started this rally with a (small) buy wall that never got eaten!
Confirmed.
Just sodled a small amount and it's gone up again.
Though I did so to withdraw... but still.
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Post 51153274 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.47h):
TF's happened to BSV!?

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Post 51166947 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.47h):
Out of interest does anybody (except jbreher) still own any BCH or SV?
I transferred all of my BCH into Bitcoin & spent it living like a king for just over 12 months.
(I don’t sell any of the Bitcoin I’ve bought myself but give me a break for wanting to enjoy the fruits of my labour here).
Obviously I got 0 SV because I had 0 BCH at the time of their shitfiri.
To my shame I do.
0.00000244 of each sitting on my bitfinex account
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Post 51240388 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.48h):
... he sourced and shipped me a number of euro spec thermostats ... I think it was 6 BTC for the parts.
Those have got to be the most expensive thermostats you've ever bought...
Like my TREZOR, which I bought for 0.13 BTC...
Lesson learned: spend fiat first, and BTC only when you absolutely have to.
Lol. Mine was 1BTC
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Post 51298181 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.49h):
https://www.crypto-news.in/explainer/bitcoin-explainer/paul-le-roux-yet-another-satoshi-candidate/"There are users on online cryptocurrency forums and message boards who theorise, Craig Wright may have been involved with Paul Le Roux from the day he started working on Bitcoin project. Wright became a snitch to US government leading to arrest of Paul Le Roux and used his friendship with Dave Kleiman to steal a hard disk of Le Roux which contains more than one million bitcoins which he has been using as basis to support his claims behind the identity of Satoshi Nakamoto.
...
There was also an anonymous user who theorised that Craig Wright’s hard dish with one million Bitcoin is actually hard disk stolen from Le Roux which was encrypted using his True Crypto software preventing Wright from accessing the bitcoins stored inside. The user also suggested that Calvin Ayre’s mining warehouse is just a front to hide true function of massive data centers which Calvin and Wright have so far been using to attempt decryption of true crypt volumes to plunder the bitcoins but have met with little success. "
Intriguing...
Assuming the above is true, they won't have much success, as TrueCrypt is a tough nut to crack. If Paul Le Roux has used it properly (i.e., using a cryptographically strong passphrase and/or nested encryption algorithms) it will take centuries for them to brute-force it open.
But... If Paul Le Roux was not very careful in choosing a strong passphrase, then there may be a good chance that they succeed. Craig Wright would then be able to sign as Nakamoto and would have the proof he needs. He could also dump those million BTC and cause havoc...
I really hope they end up like this:

Doesn't matter. By Craig's own words, possession doesn't mean ownership:
found this at his blog.
https://craigwright.net/blog/bitcoin-blockchain-tech/shades-of-black/Possession of a key is not evidence of ownership. It was never the intent of Bitcoin. It is the intent of people like Greg Maxwell, James Donald, and others who seek a system that acts outside the law. If you have a stolen asset, possession doesn’t make it yours. It applies to Bitcoin equally. If bitcoin is stolen through stolen keys, they do not give the receiver ownership. They do not act as proof. In monetary law, money is fungible and transferable only when it is exchanged without knowledge of fraud or malpractice and for good consideration. It is critical. To be money, Bitcoin does not rely on the mere possession of keys, which is the aim and desire of those seeking a new version of Liberty Reserve coin or e-gold. There are some who will tell you that the mere possession of a key is definitive evidence. They are avoiding the rules of evidence and courts, and seek to alter their nature.
sure sounds like a blacklisting of some sort. some coins will not be allowed to move via private key when some criteria/law is broken.
perhaps im misunderstanding. i seek clarity.
Soooooo.......
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Post 51313942 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.49h):
I mean... that's REALLY worked it's way up there.
Can't be comfotable to run like that.
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Post 51322361 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.49h):
Btw count me in for the 100k party.
What's the deposit? Where do I send it? (Tranche of random addresses in 3, 2...)
Don't recall anyone suggesting the only place one of the wealthy elite would party... Monaco.
Granprix weekend would be the cherry on top.
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Post 51324977 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.49h):
Btw count me in for the 100k party.
What's the deposit? Where do I send it? (Tranche of random addresses in 3, 2...)
Don't recall anyone suggesting the only place one of the wealthy elite would party... Monaco.
Granprix weekend would be the cherry on top.
Monaco is a fooking shithole filled with arseholes. A weekend in a bail hostel in a Detroit ghetto would be classier.
I was thinking the exact same thing about Ibiza, which I recall someone mentioning.
In the end, as much as I'd like to see it, I don't REALLY see it happening.
It will require someone with the ability, means and will to step up to the plate and organise. I mean, it's a BIG task. Just look at choosing the location, let alone the venue.
...Then factor in all the requests/demands of the kind you'd expect from the people in this thread. Think about that for a moment. Be enough to drive anyone mad.
Nice idea though. Hope it does happen, and so long as the logistics work out, I'm in.
What were the thoughts per head? 0.2BTC doesn't seem entirely unreasonable to me. Def has to be below 0.5 though.
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Post 51325089 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.49h):
Btw count me in for the 100k party.
What's the deposit? Where do I send it? (Tranche of random addresses in 3, 2...)
Don't recall anyone suggesting the only place one of the wealthy elite would party... Monaco.
Granprix weekend would be the cherry on top.
Monaco is a fooking shithole filled with arseholes. A weekend in a bail hostel in a Detroit ghetto would be classier.
I was thinking the exact same thing about Ibiza, which I recall someone mentioning.
In the end, as much as I'd like to see it, I don't REALLY see it happening.
It will require someone with the ability, means and will to step up to the plate and organise. I mean, it's a BIG task. Just look at choosing the location, let alone the venue.
...Then factor in all the requests/demands of the kind you'd expect from the people in this thread. Think about that for a moment. Be enough to drive anyone mad.
Nice idea though. Hope it does happen, and so long as the logistics work out, I'm in.
What were the thoughts per head? 0.2BTC doesn't seem entirely unreasonable to me. Def has to be below 0.5 though.
Below 0.5 now or below 0.5 then? It's a huge difference you know

Below $50,000.00 per head.
I mean, my 'reasonable' figure of 0.2 now is ~$1,700.
Pretty much just looking at hiring out a shitty nightclub in Ibiza for that price.
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Post 51325142 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.49h):
The way I see it, there are 2 types of people here.
1-Those who want go girls, yachts, private jets, foam party, monaco, ibiza, Vegas (ffs :p)... you get the picture. Ultra rich party. Snipers' dream.
2-Those who want to get together and drink some beers and maybe do some crazy stuff later in the night.

(not too crazy, we don't wanna break any laws)
I don't think those 2 groups can come together and find a common ground.
Which is one very good reason why I don't think it'll happen.
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Post 51325199 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.49h):
The way I see it, there are 2 types of people here.
1-Those who want go girls, yachts, private jets, foam party, monaco, ibiza, Vegas (ffs :p)... you get the picture. Ultra rich party. Snipers' dream.
2-Those who want to get together and drink some beers and maybe do some crazy stuff later in the night.

(not too crazy, we don't wanna break any laws)
I don't think those 2 groups can come together and find a common ground.
Dude says $50k/head for a party.
Below $50,000.00 per head.
I mean, my 'reasonable' figure of 0.2 now is ~$1,700.
Pretty much just looking at hiring out a shitty nightclub in Ibiza for that price.
LoL $20k managable but still too much.
And fuck yeah I wanna yacht!

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Post 51325252 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.49h):
Well, this is putting the 100K party Vegas location in jeopardy.
I thought it was agreed that we wouldn't do the party in the US, for our various international friends who have problems stepping onto US soil ?
Canada in the summer is nice (British Columbia ?), although I think somewhere in Europe might be an alternative (Spain ? The Netherlands ? Belgium ? Someplace that has no trouble with English)
Mexico or anywhere South America are out of contention for security reasons.
I have trouble getting out of the US, might make it into Canada, the Caribbean would actually be the easiest to pull off for me.
It was always going to be very impractical opsec-wise to have one huge party.
We're going to have to decentralise this thing.
One in Vegas, one in Canada, one in Amsterdam, one in my garden if the weather's nice
You are suggesting a kind of simultaneous and multiple locations thingie-ma-jiggie?
Would that mean that a certain minimum number of WO peeps would have to be present at each location in order for that location to count as an official $100k WO "hotspot?" It would seem kind of strange to me to allow only one person to be present, and for the spot to count, so I am having some trouble with the logistical and logical specifics in this regard, but I surely do like the idea of a kind of OpSec preservation attempt... I also believe in the concept of security through obscurity, so in that regards, OpSec would not have to be "perfect" in order for it to be substantially and materially sufficient. So, in those kinds of circumstances, I might even agree to attend such a "party," when otherwise, I might have told you WO "goofballs" (endearment intended) to go fuck u r lil selfies.

Security through obscurity?
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Post 51325360 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.49h):
On the security front, I was wondering (and I know very little about encryption) can you encrypt a message with the public key of a BTC transaction and have it only decrypted by the private key of said transaction?
In which case you could ensure secure comms to the parties who sent in deposits. Of course you can never guarantee said party won't divulge said comms, but maybe a start?
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Post 51325483 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.49h):
The way I see it, there are 2 types of people here.
1-Those who want go girls, yachts, private jets, foam party, monaco, ibiza, Vegas (ffs :p)... you get the picture. Ultra rich party. Snipers' dream.
2-Those who want to get together and drink some beers and maybe do some crazy stuff later in the night.

(not too crazy, we don't wanna break any laws)
Looking at number 1 all we have to do is check the various 'blockchain cruises' as cautionary tales - Ukranian hostesses either crying or yawning, crypto bros dry humping pianos, the autistic ones hiding in their cabins and texting into the great nothingness.
You need something compelling, bonding and memorable. I would suggest planning and executing a raid on an Al-Shabaab base in a remote area of Somalia.
Fuck I just want to get a couple of beers and make fun of some of ya to your face, I want to raise pint and have a cheers to the shit we saw, what we emotionally went through (Fuck I'd say one of our own members being hunted down by a fucking government is a big fucking deal) and just having a good time and hearing stories about goofey shit and knocking on each other.
I don't need a bunch of whores trying to lie our new found wealth out of us, I don't need some crazy shit that will make me see everything as a goat with milk dripping from its horns or anything, I don't need to go to somewhere and wear a suit to pretend im something (Im not craig)
Fuck 100k, we should just have a get together regardless.
Need two parties then:
-Extroverts
-Introverts
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Post 51326281 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.49h):
I think 0.1 is entirely fair.
I've been handing out that much to many of my (previously nocoiner) friends.
And you misspelled 'Yacht' as 'Travelodge'. Easily done.
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Post 51327100 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.49h):
Alright since everyones lost their damn mind on this party here's my suggestion.
UK, London (this could be changed)
Rent out a pub near the Guardian office, open bar, maybe some UK chav sluts, whatever. Open bar, easy peasy.
Use an invite system or just date based.
Why? English speaking country and we all know everyone here speaks English, it has relevance to Bitcoin with the Genesis Block.
We have a lot of Euro boys who could get their easy, us America have no issue getting in the UK, reading shits easy blah blah blah, we won't get murdered by cops (fuck they don't even have guns) it's all a good idea.
Keep things organized and easy, yachts are not easy, 10k is fucking stupid entry fee, fuck all that.
Find a hotel near the pub where everyone stays at and we can all help each other not die in the streets from alcohol poisoning.
Keep it simple boys and you have an actual shot of it happening.
So... a stag do then?
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Post 51327154 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.49h):
^
Be more on the light side .... a HAT Will follow soon .... 100 merit few activity and boom

For an OG account it Will not be to difficult.
xHomerx is the invitation decider?
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Post 51327282 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.49h):
^
Be more on the light side .... a HAT Will follow soon .... 100 merit few activity and boom

For an OG account it Will not be to difficult.
xHomerx is the invitation decider?
Haha guess not alone but perhaps a few older ones in here should Maybe do, so its not to full and Some no goods are avoided.....
Kurious looks like to know how things need to be done as well + he’s an older account as well Maybe a good guy on the staff as well (Then again just idea’s)

Btw you never liked a HAT? Why not just for Fun...
No worries, yanking your plank mate

Mainly not got a hat because:
1. Isn't it impolite to ask?
2. Can't think of a icon/picture/person to go on it.
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Post 51327326 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.49h):
Yeah, I was wondering if the Blue Peter dog might come up. Slightly before my time but have no objections to border collies. Lovely dogs.
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Post 51327364 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.49h):
Dear XHomer
Please accept this submission on behalf of P_Shep. He would like a hat but is a bit shy.
Based on my extensive research of his post history (14 seconds), please make him a hat based on this image.

I despise cats, but fuck it, it's hilarious, why not

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Post 51330308 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.49h):
All hats come with a 100% guarantee
1.

avatar-sized
1 I guarantee I enjoy making them.
My first ever avatar.
Thanks xhomerx

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Post 51330882 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.49h):
Afaik transaction malleability breaks LN. So Segwit is necessary for LN as it fixes transaction malleability. Also BIP 114 for MAST requires Segwit.
I think that the malleability bug is separate from the segwit. I think segwit required the fix in order to work. So segwit in on itself is not required for LN.
One advantage of segwit are reduced orphaned blocks, as the small header is sent separately and prior to the transaction data to other miners. The quicker transmission time reduces the chances two blocks are mined at the same time.
Another is simply a more efficient use of space. More tx's per Kb.
That's what I understand, anyway.
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Post 51331238 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.49h):
Afaik transaction malleability breaks LN. So Segwit is necessary for LN as it fixes transaction malleability. Also BIP 114 for MAST requires Segwit.
I think that the malleability bug is separate from the segwit. I think segwit required the fix in order to work. So segwit in on itself is not required for LN.
One advantage of segwit are reduced orphaned blocks, as the small header is sent separately and prior to the transaction data to other miners. The quicker transmission time reduces the chances two blocks are mined at the same time.
Another is simply a more efficient use of space. More tx's per Kb.
That's what I understand, anyway.
My understanding is that tx malleability shifts the tx id, which means the locked coins cannot be validly spent. So segwit is a dependency for LN.
Edit: this post explains it better than I could: http://cowpig.github.io/bitcoin/cryptocurrency/2017/06/24/Segwit-and-Lightning-Network/
Ah, ok. So Segwit IS the bugfix. thought they were separate.
Why would people want to used these shitcoin forks with bugs in them?
Crazy.
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Post 51348875 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.49h):
Apple adds
BTC symbol to its icon sett.

When does this start from?
More info will be released during Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference.
They will transform your phone into a hardware wallet for example, which is good for mass adoption.
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/cryptokitAFTER Samsung, who have already done it.
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Post 51356478 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.50h):
I’m out of sMerit but I would have sent you +5 for that post Lambie. Can somebody help me out & send him at least 1.
Thanks.
One from him, one from me.
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Post 51356488 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.50h):
I’m out of sMerit but I would have sent you +5 for that post Lambie. Can somebody help me out & send him at least 1.
Thanks.
Sent tow merits,
+1 from LFC
+1 form Fillippone
(almost empty of merits now)
Lol.
Too slow

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Post 51427758 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.50h):
This non-mooning is really becoming tiring.
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Post 51442446 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.50h):
MFW when I'm considering FOMOing $1,000 USD corn at these prices...
Can you just say that a few more times...
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Post 51445418 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.50h):
Really are a couple of school kids, Trezor and Ledger.
*Blows raspberry*
*Pulls hair*
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Post 51464997 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.51h):
19. Bakku-shan (Japanese)
Or there's this Japanese slang term, which describes the experience of seeing a woman who appears pretty from behind but not from the front.
Good from far, far from good
Body from Baywatch face from Crimewatch
Low resolution fox.
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Post 51554047 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.52h):
Who invented the shat next 24 hours are critical?
I hope we are breaking 10k in next 10 days. After that we are on good road to 50k.
It was... A long, long time ago.
As was 'gentlemen'.
Those are dark times. We should not speak of them.
*puff of smoke*
*coughs*
*still there*
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Post 51609679 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.53h):
This is unsustainable. The price will be under $10k before the end of the year, and stay there until Libra takes over. Bitcoin is done. Short bitcoin.
Yay! Proudhon is back!
Tell us all your stories!
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Post 51609864 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.53h):

Are you guys parting? Bitcoin is $12,730 after long wait. There was a time when it was under $3.5k anb people were talking shit.
This is Bitcoin and you never underestimate it's power.
I'm starting to lose motivation at work...
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Post 51609966 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.53h):
I'm starting to lose motivation at work...
I don't have a job. If I did I would do a lap dance in the boss's face until he passed out from the fumes or fired me. I do not think he would 'make it rain'.
Maybe at £50K.
I'm not quite a fuckyoucoiner yet.
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Post 51610695 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.53h):
This is unsustainable. The price will be under $10k before the end of the year, and stay there until Libra takes over. Bitcoin is done. Short bitcoin.
Sooooooo you say Libra will take over and be a global non-centralized, sustainable, real life good used asset or what are you saying?
We should avoid tha
BTC, why? Cause its a Jew-centralized scam?
Good to have you here, but you more likely belong here ....
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5094269.0Check it out if you like THX
Dammit HM don't merit a fool ............ Don't worry mic, Poudhon's alright

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Post 51614073 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.53h):
I like how BSV has flat-lined, and BCH has barely moved.
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Post 51615702 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.53h):
I can go to sleep relaxed now.
I might have been up all night thinking, and checking for, the correction otherwise.
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Post 51615736 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.53h):

we bought @ 13k+ =^) reeeee
Where do they shit?
That's always the biggest problem with micro-anything. Where to shit?
Well in gembitz case it's clearly their doorstep.
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Post 51627970 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.53h):
F*** just realizing i'm maybe a true master my pricePOLL = 10,500-10,999
Only participate on the first two days Wooooooooow gogogo Micg
Also voted for that option

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Post 51629248 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.53h):
We should definitely listen to proudhon’s price predictions.
...
I’m sure there are more quotes but to conclude - What a fucking loser.
Proudhon is the best contrarian indicator WO has.
When Proudhon's around, we're in good hands.
Proudhon is the Colbert of Bitcoin.
Satire at its finest.
Confirmed.Confirmed.
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Post 51638861 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.53h):
Proudhon is r0ach's father. The original WO troll. It is confirmed.
R0ach is mad as fuck now since the real troll proudhon came and stole his show.
Had a look into proudhon’s posting history. He’s a butt hurt early adopter who sold everything way, way, way too early. He could have been incredibly wealthy but sold everything for pittance.
Evidence -
I believe roach has a similar story too (selling way early when it was $600) but Since I don't care enough to read his posts I am not going to dig it.
I don't think Proudhon is a spoor as he wants us to think.
Don't take his posts too serious.
Confirmed.
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Post 51638988 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.53h):
I don't think Proudhon is a spoor as he wants us to think.
Don't take his posts too serious.
I am not.
I am ignoring both.
What's it called when satire is indistinguishable from truth?
LMGTFM...
Poe's LawThat's what it is.
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Post 51639011 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.53h):
The page you posted on is 204 kB. I guess it'll be around half a gigabyte compressed.

He's talking about the entire WO thread.
I would absolutely donate money to a fund that was created for the sole purpose of stuffing BSV with junk to these ends.
Someone needs to set this up.
Just start creating txs, duh. What the heck are you waiting for?
We're waiting for 2 GB blocks... or megagigs, or gigamegs... whatever... The plan will go too slow with the current block size restrictions, lol.
There's a certain irony in BSV blocks being too small...
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Post 51641423 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.53h):
There is some evidence (or at least I read about it) that there are about 1 mil btc in the trust.
Not sure if it is correct or not, but if it is incorrect, then these Florida proceedings make no sense.
I for one have not read of one single thing that points to this trust existing in any form whatsoever. There's never been any indication that Satoshi's coins are anything but a dormant mystery and no amount has ever been established.
I always presumed these proceedings made no sense from the start. It will dawn on everyone having their time wasted soon enough. Since it's civil I assume anyone can accuse anyone of anything as long as they have a bit of money to get rolling.
That's my thinking.
I'm confused about how a trust could even work.
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Post 51641716 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.53h):
Why does the crypto world seem to be infested with more than it's fair share of alt-right loons?
Indeed :/
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Post 51652353 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.53h):
Why all the questions for me?
Because you're uniquely stupid cunt.
While, in my view, misguided, jbreher's mental faculties are not impaired.
He has arrived at different conclusions than myself, but his positions are presented with consistency and integrity.
We are actually blessed, here in our little echo chamber, to have a cogent and worthy adversary with the patience (or is it masochism?) to stay and keep us honest.
Hey, what about roach?
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Post 51656238 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.54h):
LOL
Seems like the entire court is upset with Craig's stupidity.
The guy parked in a disabled space.
He threw documents in court.
He wore red socks with pants way too short.
He cried.
Yep, all real.
'badly', 'parked badly' in a disabled parking spot.
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Post 51692206 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.54h):
there are a strong resistance zone from the past above us. will we break through?
Of course. The real question is
when.
$11600 in one hour confirmed
confirmation approved
Approval confirmed.
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Post 51744756 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.54h):

Where you add??

"I'm never going to understand this"
And I've been at it for 9 years.
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Post 51778037 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.55h):
I can't BELIEVE we're ALL THE WAY BACK DOWN to just above where WE WERE TWO DAYS AGO!!111
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Post 51790577 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.55h):
For every banned account on this Forum the Price of the Pump jumps by 50Bitcoin. So by the time you all will realize that you need us the price will probably be 1000 BTC !
Who the fuck are you & what are you on about?
Here is your "Fucking" Answer
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5159331.0Hello dear Cryptonians
I am here to ask for Motivation and wellwisher charm, we will help Crypto be more widespread and adopted. I have had alot of influence in the past BTC Rally as i put Bitcoins name in the most popular YouTube & News Livestreams so as you have used the search engine and typed in Bitcoin the first thing that poped up was Bloomberg Global news ( You know that this was a great influence ) and various other places that had a nice influence over the globe. So we talked about BTC with Consumers everywhere we could in a positive manner, but we stopped as soon $15,000.00 hit and we partialy cashed out because we did not have much BTC and the BTC we cashed out was very welcome. But so did many others on the behalf of our hard work and dedication(not that i invy or anything i just want to point out) and we asked anything in return, as we quit doing it we were thinking that doing it once will be enough to keep BTC Rising in Value and Adoption while other groups will carry our torch.. At that time we did it for everyone and free of charge. Now we need motivation to do it again ! I have made a plan how to do it and where to do it very effectively! The Motivation we need as a whole team is 50 BTC(10 BTC per Person) and we will dedicate our 1 Year of life or abit more to Promote and Market BTC also other Wonderful Projects All over the Globe (+ working 1 year / 24/7 is exhausting) (+ We need abit of funds for this project to work as we will use an old technique aswell ETC.). We promise success as our methods are very unorthodox and influencing ! But i can not share any information on how we are going to do it as we might get Zuckerberged ( I hope you understand what i mean by that ) but i can share after the 50 BTC is collected. Every labour has to be paid in this day and age as nothing is free and we are not robots =) ! So this is the motivation we need and we will do our job as best as we can that BTC will be more distributed, adopted and widely used. It will take 1 Year or abit more to achieve the desired effect and price.
When we were at work Coinbase transactions were flooded and every Alt that is a good project Benefited aswell.
Yes the stakes are high but i promise we will make it worth it as i am in the Promo & Marketing Business for over than 9 years !!
As soon as we gather 50 BTC we will begin our job in maximum effort mode !
I hope this finds you well and without ill judgement as our intentions are pure.
Together we will reach new hights !!
Kind Regards Bitcointalk
Cryptonian
PM Me for Wallet

I really want to start working as soon as possible that is why i post this very often, we can also be on demand when we are needed.
You’re here asking for 50
BTC claiming you can move & manipulate the market? Are you a comedian?
Get the hell out of here, do you think anybody is that stupid?
Pathetic!
I don't know guys, seems legit.
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Post 51831866 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.56h):
This user is currently ignored.
Why does he keep writing that?
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Post 51833817 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.56h):
Dem green dildos tho'...

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Post 51836748 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.56h):
This user is currently ignored.
OMG, just fuck off already!
Who the fuck do you think you're talking to?
(Rhetorical, I won't see your answer)
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Post 51867650 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.56h):
Biggest green dildo in 2 months?
Give it to me baby.
*edit: hourly
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Post 51927113 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.56h):

See? I did spare you all the annoying lessons about Segwit, the respect for a scarce resource (Space in block) leading to technical development instad of relaxed and lazy (ab)use of abundant resoures, the necessity to scale on the second layer instead of scalin on-chain, the possibility for the average Joe to synchronise a node etc, etc...
If this is the block increase I'm interested.
MMmmmmmmmm.... Skinny Pop.
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Post 52138280 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.58h):
Oooooh, I probably shouldn't have investigated where that 500 or so sats came from that appeared in my cold storage stash.
But wouldn't that mean these attacks would have to come from the block explorer sites? That where one would go to trace transactions after all.I see, so it's in collecting the dust with a transaction. OK, haven't done that. Will make sure it stays where it is.
WO gang.
BTC is so lazy in these days, but I think this news is really important:
LITECOIN WALLETS HIT BY LARGE-SCALE DUSTING ATTACK, SO WHAT IS IT?Reports are emerging that Litecoin wallets have been hit by a new kind of cyber-attack called dusting. It has not affected LTC markets but is something that crypto traders and holders should be aware of. Binance Academy offered an explanation.
In short, a dusting attack is when scammers attempt to break the privacy of a cryptocurrency, Litecoin in this case, by sending tiny amounts of it to private wallets. The attackers then attempt to trace the transactional activity of these wallets in an attempt to discover the identity of the person that owns them.
The term ‘dust’ refers to the tiny fractions of crypto coins that most users ignore. A couple of hundred satoshis may be referred to as ‘dust’ as the sum is so tiny that most people would not even notice it. It is also prevalent on crypto exchanges as the remnants of transactions that remain in wallets and can no longer be user or transferred.
Here a description of the attack on Binance academy.
https://www.binance.vision/security/what-is-a-dusting-attackThis technique is used on Bitcoin to, so be alert WO gang: when someone send you some sats, be safe!
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Post 52160534 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.58h):
Oh, I was hoping to see more urine.
Probably the author (and VB001) wanted to troll us.
Exactly, I am a troll disguised as WO.

Congrats, Mic, special celebration tonight...

WO Gang,
brace yourself.
Wall of food pics are coming.
Hopefully, only food and drink pics...
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Post 52199855 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.59h):
Just took a look and the pinned post is about Bcash.
So assume it's run by Ver.

This twitter account make by 'Satoshi Nakamoto' sir?
966.4K Followers.
Joined August 2011
Location: Worldwide
Source:
https://twitter.com/BitcoinWhy bitcoin account use location Worldwide? It must have been made in a particular country Or is it controlled from the satellite!
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Post 52199940 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.59h):
Ah, guess that follows. Knew about the website, makes sense twitter too.
It is well known that Roger Ver bought the Bitcoin twitter account, just like he bought the Bitcoin.com domain
Edit: The underhanded wanker.
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Post 52293732 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_16.59h):
Every once in awhile I like to look at old bitcoin purchases.....
In March 2014 I bought a Wii U for 1btc.
I'm looking at it now. See how stupid I was?
HODL
Recently sold a DSLR for £500, which was bought for ~£320,000.
Seemed like a good idea at the time.
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Post 52336090 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.00h):

Not sure how accurate this source is...but something to keep you guys busy in Bearish and Baby Bull trend.
DetailsAge 30 Male
Not American
Atheist Hindu
Annual earnings ( skip)
Single in relationship not married ( using phone hard to read small fonts

Freelancer/self employed
No political leanings
Not generous - may be once in a month-

Got me nailed.
6 of 9 for me.
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Post 52365232 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.00h):
Fantastic! Hope the back-port it to the Trezor.
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Post 52365690 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.00h):
John Mcafee is in hospital.
Choked on his own dick?
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Post 52422846 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.01h):
I have seen some comments of yachts.
When you have a boat there are only two happy days:
- The day you buy it and the day you sell it.


Look at this picture and tell me you don't want it

Maintenance costs on a 100m ($200M) super yacht aren't that bad
Costs per year$4,000,000 to $15,000,000 on maintenance
$2,000,000 on crew (30 crew supplement)
$350,000 dockage
$300,000 on provisioning (food/drinks/wine cellar/etc.)
$240,000 insurance
$36,000 on navigation, TV, etc.
Other costs
$1.1 million on refits every few years
Totaling at something like $7M to $20M a year ....
So it's not as bad as you think....

Can't have a boat like that and not have a helicopter...
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Post 52423725 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.01h):
I am a BTC believer. I am a HODLer.
Sometimes, however, the serpent of doubt slithers through my soul. This halving might be different from the others. What we know is that halvings are going to be more and more irrelevant as the supply decreases. What we don't know is the rate of increase of the irrelevance. In order to estimate possible halving effects, we can use a priori data and contingent data.
A priori data: current level of supply.
Contingent data: state of adoption, price, market sentiment, etc.
Just for a rough estimate, assuming the price at the halving is in the same ballpark as today:
Date | Reward (BTC) | Price (USD/BTC) | Reward (USD) |
2012.11.28 | 50BTC | 12.35 | 617.50 $ |
2016.07.09 | 25BTC | 650 | 16.250 k$ |
2020.05.XX | 12.5BTC | 10500 | 131.250 k$ |
I've been looking at this table and pondering for a while, but the serpent isn't dead, not yet at least. Any food for thought? I'm still staying strong anyway, we all know why.
I am a BTC believer. I am a HODLer.
Think you need to take difficultly into account there. That reward is split among many more parties now.
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Post 52424691 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.01h):
finally a climate-neutral possibility to mine bitcoin

That's ridiculous.
Cat-bread's have almost no torque.
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Post 52433053 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.01h):
ok ok, wheres my hopium?
It's .... S e p t e m b e r ... things have to start moving. Just a lil' bit more patience. Just a little...
Urrrgh. Sick of being POOR!
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Post 52493571 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.02h):
I dislike London.
London and cats.
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Post 52497434 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.02h):
That is exactly what happened. He did offer it to me. I thought, and still think the price was too high, so he sold it to someone else who lied to him about his views on myself and Bitcoin Cash.
LoL whoever bought the @bitcoin from its previous owner acted like a bcash shill for a while and outbid Roger's offer. (If Roger isn't lying now)
Daym. That's class.
Urgh, that thread is no fun. Ver is being all reasonable and level-headed.
Where are the RANTS!?
Also, must have been painful to fake bcash shilling for long enough to convince the owner to sell.
Feel for the guy *shudders*
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Post 52506818 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.02h):
Mic tell the goose to fuck off so we can move on


Good morning and F*** off goose
On to 15K
After that NEW ATH
After that struggle for 6-digits with Some 35-40K lows
Then entering eternal ATH’s
Still always gonna remember 1
BTC = 1
BTCMmmm... Strong hopium.
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Post 52525334 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.02h):
And a very cool memento:

Really great meeting up with my WO brothers. Cool bunch

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Post 52534605 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.02h):
Love the new hat by the way, mic.
Only P_Shep missing on there
My highly characteristic wrists would be an Op-Sec nightmare.
...or I was just late to the party.
One of those.
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Post 52539824 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.02h):
I’m not even remotely bothered about price action like this any more. Just use it to accumulate, even if it’s relatively small amounts.
I love it, its a win-win, if Bitcoin goes down I can accumulate a little more, if it goes up, my net worth goes up. Ill take this any day over going sideways!
This is most likely weasels who were hoping to make profits by selling into a BAKKT pump losing their balls & unloading in panic.
Absolutely nothing to panic about. I’m sure we’ll end the week not much lower than this. It does make me laugh how weak willed some people are though.
Sooooo... We're NOT going to die?
That's a relief!
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Post 52546418 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.02h):
There was a meetup? Really?
You were even mentioned.
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Post 52553924 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.02h):
God Fucking Damnit.
Sheeit.
C'mon Bob, you've been through worse.
Quit your whining every time we dip a little.
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Post 52557340 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.02h):
Now moon?
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Post 52557471 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.02h):
Lol, its at £466, the idiots don't know they are not bidding on real bitcoin.
Deary me.
I can see the headline from Coingeek now - 'British government declares BSV's true value'.
Any luck they'll sue for false advertising and a law will be made saying the word 'bitcoin' may not referenced when mentioning bsv or bch.
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Post 52557476 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.02h):
Only interested if you're punting.
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Post 52572699 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.03h):
-... / .. / - / -.-. / --- / .. / -. // .-- / .. / .-.. / .-.. // .-- / .. / -. //
--. --- -... .. - -.-. --- .. -. --. ---!
Not this again!
My thoughts exactly.
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Post 52635712 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.03h):
Rawdog is exactly what you don't want your child to be. A combination of both low intelligence and education.
If you somehow realize that your kid isn't as smart as you'd want him/her to be, make sure that he/she takes a proper education. Being around smart people usually makes you smarter.
You can't cure stupid.
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Post 52653251 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.03h):
Without the "no homo" disclaimer, it's automatically gay by default.
Oh shit! I haven't said 'no homo' once after telling my wife I love her!
WHAT MUST SHE THINK!?
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Post 52689774 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.04h):
Maybe try "Fatty Fuck you"
Need a comma: "Fatty, fuck you."
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Post 52695543 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.04h):
I am an unapologetic big blocker. I am neither fraudster nor scammer. IOW, Go Fuck Yourself.
That's "...Go Fuck Yourself. #nohomo"
Jeeze, get with the program.
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Post 52728181 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.04h):
Good job he wore a suit, might look unprofessional otherwise.
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Post 52728281 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.04h):
Good job he wore a suit, might look unprofessional otherwise.
You seem to have a very stereotypical way of thinking

You're right, what was i thinking. 6ix9ine is the consummate professional. Flawless.
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Post 52728325 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.04h):
I had a college (been and left) who saw the writing on the wall over 2 years ago.
Was originally head-hunted by Dyson to work on the project. After less than a year saw it was going nowhere and left.
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Post 52728334 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.04h):
What do you expect? Dyson sucks.
Ba-dum-tish
Thank you ladies and gentleman, I'm here all week!
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Post 52728516 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.04h):
I had a college (been and left) who saw the writing on the wall over 2 years ago.
Was originally head-hunted by Dyson to work on the project. After less than a year saw it was going nowhere and left.
Pretty far-sighted. Dyson was taking on high-flyers as recently as the summer, bit weird.
He knows the business (hence head-hunted).
I mean, even from the outside think about it... Think about what it takes for a company with zero automotive history to get a high-volume production car on the road. The design, development and particularly the safety testing.
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Post 52738834 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.04h):
As a non smoker I prefer smokers over vapors. Smokers stink up the place and a little smoke may blow your way if they are close to you but you can easily avoid it or just use your hand to wave/fan it back in their face. Ive literally done this next to people who blew smoke towards me as the were next to me at a bar or casino. Their reactions of shock, fear, and or anger are always funny but im just returning their little gift to sender.
Vapors present a different dilemma bc they will sometimes be walking in front of you or past you and leave a giant vape cloud in their wake that you end up walking in to. These are hard to dodge sometimes bc of their size and impossible to hand wave back into the scoundrels face.
As far as Im concerned second hand smoke and vape are simple assault and should only be allowed in private places among consenting company.
TLDR:
I laugh when I hear of Vapors dying. Jk, but not really bc idgaf about scoundrels blowing toxic poisonous bubble gum flavored shit in my direction.
What gets me is when you're driving behind a vapor'er, you see a massive cloud appear from the drivers side window of the car in front, and your car sucks it in you get a dose of some shitty cherry flavoured nicotine.
Never fucking happened with cigarettes.
Thanks, I'd rather inhale diesel fumes.
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Post 52776728 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.04h):
@fillippone - People suggested the halving was priced in before the last one (and I presume the first one but I wasn’t around then).
I guess nothing continues the same way forever but we’ll definitely have a post halving BOOM again imo.
My body is ready

Exactly.
For first and very much for second one: 'People are aware of it this time'... then BOOM.
So yeah, will moon after.
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Post 52802079 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.05h):
Good afternoon WO!
Observing @ $7,934
Under $8k but it really does not matter.
Just more of ‘filling up the rocket’.

That's what it looks like to me. Bitcoin is the only one with strong support.
Ummmm... That looks like BTC is one small pothole away from opening the tailgate and depositing everyone on the road.
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Post 52878342 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.05h):
Just been Scrooge Mcducking.
Still seems less than it was a couple of months ago.
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Post 52914113 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.06h):
So that's what Satoshi Nakamoto looks like??

I'm extremely disappointed!!
#nohomoWhat the hell is all that about?
Numerology!?
TF?
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Post 52937376 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.06h):
It feels SO good.
Wait... what?
#nohomo
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Post 52937416 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.06h):
It feels SO good.
Wait... what?
#nohomo
I miss five figures
FIVE FINGERS!?
Ooooooh figures... right. Yes that.
#nohomo
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Post 52952718 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.06h):
You're close. It's South African Team but many members are probably descendants from the english and dutch people who colonised South Africa.
In this thread, I unexpectingly be learning lots.

You were not aware of this?
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Post 52953562 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.06h):
I just start watching mindhunter and F*** in episode two they are talking to “ed Kemper” ..... and damn it’s a copy of what r0ach always says about a lot of stuff
Great show.
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Post 52968380 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.06h):
Honestly speaking it's boring 😉
It's been boring since the end of 2017...
Imagine not having sex for 3 years, and suddenly the girl of your dreams comes to you and says "I'm yours, you can do anything to me!" That's how we're going to feel when the next mega-pump comes...
GTCTTWW!
HoDL!
Currently feeling like she's across the bar from you with someone else, but winking at you.
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Post 52971889 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.06h):
$9600 in one hour tbc
This didn't age well.
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Post 52983554 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.06h):
$9600 in one hour tbc
This didn't age well.
I take it back.
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Post 53023629 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.06h):
BoB and xhomerx are souls of the WO brother JJG one day you will understand

JJG is probably the type of guy I would punch square in the in the fucking face, to knock him down to the ground, if we were to ever meet IRL. Then I'd extend my hand, offering to help him up, then take him out to a pub and get shitfaced on Guinness, becoming best of friends afterwards.
It's just the way the world works, sometimes. I don't make the rules.
I wish to witness this.
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Post 53023638 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.06h):
great, just great. poor again.
next WO meetup will have to be at a soup kitchen or something.
Haha lol, garden party or a park party (wait is that poor?) cause we partially had a park part last meeting

We's a classy bunch.
Park bench, tinnies, the works...
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Post 53060391 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.07h):
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Post 53072477 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.07h):
What do you call a 98 lb (7 stone or 44.4521 kg) fraudulent psychic who has escaped from prison?
Come on, tell us.
A small medium at large.
OK, I snorted.
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Post 53087065 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.07h):

The year is 2021, it’s November & the cold, dark nights are starting to close in & 1
BTC is $154,000. Most of the WO’s have cashed in a significant % of their
BTC. It’s been a crazy roller coaster since the end of 2020.
Boblawblaw is chilling on his ranch, wiping his ass with $100 bills.
micgoossens married cryptoqueeen in the Maldives, he owns 50 Michelin Star Restaurants across the world.
JJG regularly drives his Lambo around LA, banging chicks & doing blow.
V8 lives in a $12,000,000 countryside estate.
......................
Fill in the rest

My loose plan is to cash out 1/3 when it moons, use 1/3rd to hold me over from my retirement 'til death, then 1/3rd inheritance for my kid.
Something like that. Moon depending...
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Post 53105559 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.07h):
Bitcoin is not going to be a way to avoid reporting to the authorities. Craig Wright has explained/argued how the authorities will be able to pressure exchanges and 50+% of the miners to censor transactions:[/size]
...
So a key insight from Craig’s point is that if mining is not sufficiently in the hands of users (i.e. decentralized) then censorship resistance is going to gradually die over time. Initially governments will focus on coordinating on freezing cryptocurrency associated with major crimes. But of course over time this will digress into a form of abject totalitarianism.[/size]
Umm.
What?
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Post 53150715 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.07h):
Observing volume on the daily chart (Bitstamp) and it is happening for the third month in a row that volume increased drastically towards the end of the month. Any idea why is that?
Bakkt, init?
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Post 53151405 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.07h):
This is fine.
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Post 53174447 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.08h):
This is fine.
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Post 53179542 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.08h):
LoL (genuinely) @ 'because boomer'
Anyone interested to answer this stupid?
But... in the crypto world, they are possible. Take for example bitcoin. People are paying thousands or even million times more for bitcoin than for some altcoins, even though these coins have the same or better utility than bitcoin. Meaning, the same as bitcoin these coins can be transferred easily, fastly, cheaply, safely and transparently to someone. Such coins can be bought for as low as $0.001. Why people in the crypto world pay millions time more for the same thing? Why they behave so irrationally?

Epic gif!
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Post 53193184 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.08h):
Only three months to go !
Till
I change jobs?
I'll be walking to work and not stuck in traffic for an hour each way. Aaaaahhhhh...
Maybe 6 months after that I can retire?
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Post 53193244 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.08h):
sorry i lost my litecoin wallet in a Boateng jacket i left somewhere
Couple of years ago, my phone was stolen at Reading music festival. Had some BTC on it worth significantly more than the phone.
All good, blocked the phone, restored the wallet and moved the funds to a new one as soon as I was home.
I giggle at the thought of the thief not realising what he held for a while

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Post 53210918 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.08h):

JJG!?
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Post 53215614 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.08h):
I mean, I'm confused. I've definitely send others more merits than you, so surely they would be my BFF?
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<spam redacted>
<spam redacted>
LoL!

Pathetic.

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Post 53252572 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.08h):
So here we have P_Shep

Credit to Basorexia for making the card, I hope I could provide some subtile touches

Btw I know he knows where this is going to

#nohomo but we had a fun time....
You take the pole, I'll work the oar, and we'll try not to tip CryptoQueen into the Cherwell

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Post 53261842 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.08h):
What's going on guys...
It Barted.
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Post 53269865 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.08h):
Whoa, wait a sec! Hodl my beer...

Seems legit.
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Post 53294609 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.09h):
Thanks so far for your suggestions and opinions on the secure, inheritable seed storage topic.
It's a hell of effort for me to quote everybody's contribution i'm referring to here, so i round it up in this unilateral post, to avoid to totally mess it up.
I now consider storing one half of every seed in a place where i must have at least personal contact to a human to access the seedwords.
That means safe (yuck) or notary. Maybe both, half seedwords in the safe, passphrase at the notary for post mortem inheritance reasons or something like that.
JJG: I didn't tell the bank's employee anything about crypto, and i would i never do so. I just mentioned folded, single paper sheets and little items. I guess i will keep the ledger(s) at home for everyday use and to follow the two-level anti-thug advice of sacrificing a few % of my crypto (by mindrust, if i'm correct), which was also brilliant.
Somebody was curious about the country, it's Austria (the one without the kangaroos).
The finger is doing nice, at least no signs of infection and i can use it for typing again. This should end well, and i regard that as a warning by the universe, to follow safety standards with cutting tools. Even worse, i have a pair of kevlar gloves lying around. I should have used them. Once i rammed the base of my thumb into a sharp sheet metal edge, which got it cut half off, with a lot more blood, hospital, stitches and temporary nerve damage involved. Doctors did beautyful work, ten years later the scar is very light and thin.
Thanks for the love, practical tips and support so far #nohomo
I'm in read-only mode for the rest of the day or two, need to make a few wood/metal rings (jewellery) soon, which still needs quite some research and experimentation, and also craft another two of those bitcointalk anniversary ebony poker chips, using a different process.
There's better than that... Satoshi labs have BIP (and have implemented there own version) for a key sharing on the trezor:
https://blog.trezor.io/shamir-backup-the-revolution-of-private-keys-backup-is-here-858687ed7fe7As soon as I saw that, I bought the model-T (already have the one, but is unsupported on that).
Now I have mailed out shares to my most trusted friends and family, signed and sealed with an explanation letter so that if anything happened to me it can all be recovered. Made A LOT of shares and most of them are required for recovery.
Originally I did split the seed words, but that does mean the number words required to be guessed is greatly reduced. I my case they had 2/3rds of the words, so just 1/3rd had to be guessed. With the Shamir there's no worries there.
Just would be nice for others to implement the BIP!
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Post 53314304 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.09h):
MATIC was launched by Binance's launchpad and has throughout remained one of CZ's favorite projects (according to CZ's tweets about it). It really feels like it was a coordinated dump by the MATIC's Indian team and Binance (don't forget that Binance even offers margin trading on MATIC, which made a few people super-rekt overnight).
$MATIC holders basically became 1% poorer every 15 seconds for 30+ mins in a row

That is unnaturally linear!
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Post 53355441 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.09h):
I think it is time for a yearly update:
CoinATM 2019 EOY stats update: 6297 crypto ATMs installed worldwide
Thanks for the update. I made good use of Bitcoin ATMs while on the run.
Bitrefill and Bitcoin ATMs...quite useful when fleeing a nation.
Unfortunately more and more people will likely need to discover this themselves.
They're going to make a movie out of you

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Post 53378684 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.09h):
Now $100K?

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Post 53399078 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.10h):
Flat Earth!

Someone say flat earth?Anyone manage to get through 'behind the curve' without laughing?
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Post 53399113 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.10h):
Roach and notbatman would make beautiful babies.
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Post 53399763 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.10h):
People sometimes ask whether other people have a problem or whether they have a problem.
In this case, you are the one with the problem. Sorry to be the only person frank enough to tell the truth and to break the news.

Everyone else
("we" (royal)) doesn't have no problems with this issue. In other words, no one else complained.
(except just a few peeps here and there)You are right, they are all assholes for doing that as if we haven't better things to do than having to quote a post just to read it
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OMG WHAT HAVE I DONE!I hate you.
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Post 53399773 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.10h):
Please everyone here support my motion to put up a poll to end that nonsense already:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1009045.msg53399096#msg53399096It's been too long already and we need to turn the page and go on to serious business.
Options:
1- Earth is flat
2- Earth is NON-flat
3- Notbatman is retarded, but earth is indeed flat
4- All of the above.
5- $9K (Vegeta time)
6- weee weeeeeeeeeeeee
Imagine, if you will, the world was a cube.
If you walked towards the corners, it would feel like you're continually walking up an ever steepening hill.
Though that does require you to accept gravity as being a singularity...
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Post 53447763 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.10h):
I think this is exactly what drives him.
I am ashamed to admit if I had the money he had when 24, I would have retired to some exotic places or relentlessly travelling the world.
He’s instead running two of the most disruptive firm in the world working 80 hours week.
I’m not ashamed to admit that I would have retired too.
Some people need to be on the go all the time, it’s what keeps him relatively sane probably.
I wonder if I really could retire if (when) BTC hits $100K. It's a nice dream, and I'm sure it'd be nice for a while. But I'm pretty sure I'd go nuts unless I found some kind of project/job to take on.
Designing and building my own house could be one such project. Always quite fancied that... Grand Designs has a lot to answer for.
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Post 53487085 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.10h):
Happy Preemptive New Years WOers !
A small competition to celebrate the ending of 2019 (and the bear season with it) and a welcome to 2020.
As always, name this landmark. It is a major global landmark. Usual rules apply: 10 merits to first person to name location. V8 is only allowed two guesses per day. More pixels added at random intervals. The full picture is identifiable as the landmark.

Shibuya, Tokyo?
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Post 53489498 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.10h):
I bastardised a Paella recipe to make a marinade for chicken thighs (turmeric, paprika, garlic, etc.) and a totally wrong interpretation of patatas bravas.
...because.
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Post 53489501 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.10h):
Happy Preemptive New Years WOers !
A small competition to celebrate the ending of 2019 (and the bear season with it) and a welcome to 2020.
As always, name this landmark. It is a major global landmark. Usual rules apply: 10 merits to first person to name location. V8 is only allowed two guesses per day. More pixels added at random intervals. The full picture is identifiable as the landmark.

Shibuya, Tokyo?
Shep. That is just outrageous.
Yes it’s Shibuya Scramble Crossing.
GET IN!

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Post 53489536 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.10h):
Full picture

I bought a Sony point and shoot just around the corner

How it looked when I was there (2007):

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Post 53500617 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.11h):
Does it mean "justice requires weapons"? If so, it should be "armas".
I don't think arma is a first declension noun. I'm pretty sure it would follow the same declension (2nd) as bellum in the plural form (one of the only declensions I remember well from high school Latin)
The accusative pl. would be 'bella'. I'm pretty sure the motto is fine the way it is. I mean if I was a betting man...

You're right, xhomerx10 and Arriemoller. I stand corrected.
It is actually a plural-only noun, neuter gender, second declension.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/arma#Latin
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Post 53550935 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.11h):
The location for the 100k party has been under our noses this whole time!
It would be funny for a bunch of WO'er to crash it

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Post 53553695 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.11h):
Capwearers be warned, BSV are calling you out as corrupt

Full list of Corrupted Capwearers
Not a FULL list, I'm not there, and I'm feeling left out.
So now I've supported all flags against bsv and opposed those they mentioned.
I hope to make the list now.
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Post 53556449 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.11h):
That's well known. Been around since well before he was 'famous'.
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Post 53572375 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.11h):
Cool instagram photo you "borrowed" there, got anymore?

This is the rather lithe little thing who'll be keeping me warm tonight arriving at Nobu earlier on. Things are heating up already and she's only on her fourth bag of offal.

WHAT!? I KNEW my wife was cheating on me! And to find out like this!
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Post 53572421 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.11h):
WHAT!? I KNEW my wife was cheating on me! And to find out like this!
Don't you worry.
Turns out she doesn't want to get jiggy. She just wants you dead.
I'll split the fee if you disappear tonight.
My mistake, she's not mine. Just had a better look and mine has more chins.
That was a close one.
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Post 53572444 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.11h):
My mistake, she's not mine. Just had a better look and mine has more chins.
That was a close one.
That's proper weird.
It's still you she wants dead.
She's just an ex.
I have a type.
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Post 53580357 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.12h):
Just watched The Laundromat on Netflix :
https://www.imdb.com/rg/em_share/title_web/title/tt5865326/?refIts about the panama papers leak.
Really interesting and filmed in clever way.
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Post 53583577 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.12h):
I lost all my bitcoin due to complications with crones disease while in India.
Did i get that right?
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Post 53584334 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.12h):
I lost all my bitcoin due to complications with crones disease while in India.
Did i get that right?
Sorry to hear that, I lost all mine when I was in hospital in Uganda. I was struck down with a rare strain of malaria. Whilst I was in intensive care somebody stole my Trezor & I don’t have a copy of the seed, it was in my backpack which wasn’t recovered when I fell ill.
Sucks to be us, eh?
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Post 53587112 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.12h):
Now I lost all my bitcoin anyway as my cat ate the seed.
Can you still afford to buy a wrench?

Sounds more like a job for a can opener.
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Post 53596561 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.12h):
Shoot me down here if I’m wrong but these things are usually designed to suppress the price are they not?
They just allow shorting & not even physically backed bitcoin trading?
I have a feeling that we have to suck up things like this in order to achieve mass adoption.
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Post 53604322 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.12h):
Observing Bitstamp is some $20-$30 higher than Bitfinex.
That doesn't usually happen.
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Post 53604944 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.12h):
Well that was fun whilst it lasted

Yeah, maybe we dip down to $82XX, but it still looks like tomorrow you'll have to pay the lucky winner.

$9000 = $50 ———> Vegeta Winner
$9000 = $xxx,xxx unrealised HODL stash gains ——-> Me
I’m happy with this

I thought you lost all your coins in a tragic kebab accident?
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Post 53606261 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.12h):
The Bitcoin SV pump is based on CSW's saying that the bonded courier actually showed up with the tulip trust keys. In other words, he says he's now in possession of 1 million or so BTC (half of which is supposed to go to the Kleimans).
https://beincrypto.com/bitcoin-craig-wrights-courier/ If only there were a way for him to prove that they keys arrived and that he truly is (along with Kleiman) Satoshi.
If only...You mean prove, cryptographically that he is Satoshi Nakamoto by signing a message?
That’s asking for too much

To be fair...he may not know how to do that.
Can someone explain that to him so he can prove he's Satoshi?
So when he subsequently fails to move any coins or sign any messages, how are the (what are we calling SV believers these days? Morons? Is it morons?) morons going to explain it?
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Post 53621311 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.12h):
Well, objectively, the price of both BCH and BSV are higher than BTC's was, just about 5 years ago, or around 2013-ish ... The problem is they might stick around at least another 5 years just because ... reasons.
Presumably when CW fails to sign a message from any address holding large amounts of corn ahead of this final court date on Feb 3rd then BSV, at least, will suffer a massive dump.
It’s his final opportunity to show he’s (lol) Satoshi. You’d think any of his dumb sheep who buy & believe in BSV will start to sell as it plummets.
BSV @ $50 incoming!
Can't wait until someone moves the contents of one of those 16404 addresses. Or signs a message against one

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Post 53627780 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.12h):
Fantastic stuff.
jbreher must be screwing his nut. Further pollution to Craig Writes Vision! *spit*
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Post 53628527 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.12h):
Of course JJG has feelings!
...Such as the pain in his diodes down his left-hand side.
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Post 53630222 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.12h):
Received & confirmed with thanks!
Message to r0ach:
LFC_Bitcoin just sent me 0.00587140 BTC (the equivalent of around $50). He doesn't know who I am. I don't know who he is. We did not have to register to any site or server. No one, I repeat, NO ONE, could stop this transaction from happening. Even if one miner refused to confirm it for some reason, there are thousands more who would. There were no intermediaries. No company or bank to allow or deny it. He cannot take it back. No one can. He was the sole owner of that amount. He transferred ownership to me. Now I am the sole owner of that amount. He did this from (probably) thousands of miles away from me. He did not have to send anything by mail. It happened over the air. Electronically. It took less than half an hour. It cost less than $0.40. It will stay in the Blockchain forever. That's Bitcoin.
I wish I had some merit for this post. One of the best I have read and If you don't mind I'd like to pass it on to some people?
Merited on your behalf.
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Post 53644473 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.12h):
Urgh. Tired of all this $9K.

When 10K?
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Post 53649294 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.12h):
Urgh. Tired of all this $9K.

When 10K?
Now look what you did.

Aww, shit.
My bad.
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Post 53649335 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.12h):
you have no fear that CSWs insane mind will finish its decent into lunacy and utterly destroying whatever you think bsv is?
No. Users are not forced to accept new versions of SW. Anyone is free to continue using the previously existing version. This nullifies any threat.
Of course, it is likely that nChain is a significant miner, which does lead to some exposure in this regard. But Craig does not hold exclusive chains of power in that organization, and others there are not suicidal. So, somewhat mitigated.
So you're banking on BSV users making good decisions?
Hmm.
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Post 53649501 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.12h):
Yeah, they stopped doing that after continually breaking the ATH for months

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Post 53649519 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.12h):
LOL
"When our team discussed how to tackle these issues in the US, it seemed clear that Mt Gox had by far the best security record in the Bitcoin exchange landscape."
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Post 53649746 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.12h):
That was like 8 months before I started. On Oct 18th, 2013..sometime during the day, BTC was $150 when I looked.

I miss my Newbie BTC Youth! The thrill of being absolutely 'clueless' on wtf you were doing and still making out like a bandit!
KNC Jupiter Miner arrived 0ct 18th, 2013. I got it sopping wet full of water and parts floating inside. Dried it out. It was $5,131.80 USD.
Tried to turn it on, IT CAME WITH NO FRIGGING SWITCH, I was utterly befuddled.
Emailed them got a prompt reply to use a 'paper clip' and short out the PSU leads to the
computer cable for power to a computer motherboard.
Sat there 'stunned!'
I mean really, I paid the amount above for this beastie and it does not even have a 'frigging' switch!
Closed my eyes, turned my head away for expected flash/explosion and of the certain 'bricking' of the device.
Worked fine, Ran like a top for a couple of years, till difficulty got to high on BTC vs electric. (considering BTC price now should have run it another 1/2 year!)
Best Miner I ever had par none for output and stability. Sometime during that day, I looked up the price of BTC it was $150 USD per BTC!
I think I made 1 BTC a day.
I 'long' for a return to those glory 'newbie' home mining days, but alas,they are gone forever.
Those were the days.
I had a pretty tidy return from this:

I bought 6 in all.
And then this:

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Post 53650046 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.12h):
Man. I waited nearly 7 months to get my BFL miners. When I did, the taxes my government charged were more than the value of the Bitcoin I could mine with them even if I didn't include the cost of electricity. To add insult to injury, my wife called me at work the first night I was running them to tell me of a strange smell coming from the room. I told her to unplug them and in the morning when I got home, I saw that one of the power supplies had melted - those were SHIT (the power supplies)! I connected some better PSUs and ran them for a while to heat my feet under my computer desk.
I've always wished I had simply spent that money on coins rather than miners - it would have bought ~ 30 Bitcoins.

Yeah, one or two of the supplied PSU's blew up on me on the short time I used them, but I always planned on wiring up a high efficiency PC PSU.
Think I sold them on ebay!
The FPGA ones (first set) were a bit late. The ASIC ones were VERY late, but still made good profit on them.
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Post 53657065 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.12h):
What kind of game are you guys playing with my nick?

We ll don e, bits erve!
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Post 53657227 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.12h):
Bitcoin Price Matches Stock-to-Flow Forecast as $100K Halving NearsBitcoin (BTC) now almost perfectly aligns with the historically accurate price chart, which has charted its growth from pennies to digital gold.
According to data from Digitalik, a resource that monitors Bitcoin's position relative to the Stock-to-Flow model, as of Jan. 20, BTC/USD is exactly where it should be.
$8.6K Bitcoin sticks rigidly to forecasts
https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-price-matches-stock-to-flow-forecast-as-100k-halving-nears I wonder what would happen if, instead of halving every 4 years, the reward incrementally dropped every block so you didn't get these abrupt changes.
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Post 53659156 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.13h):
LOL, how is this guy still getting press? ...
https://cointelegraph.com/news/interview-craig-wright-still-999999-sure-that-hell-get-btc-fortuneWright said that he formed the trust “back when Bitcoin was not worth anything at all” as a prescient move to secure his prospective assets. When asked why he himself is not one of the trustees, he said:
“Because I’m smart enough not to be. Because then people could force me to actually move coins. You can take things from trustees. If it was mine, people could have seized assets from me.”
An one might ask... "Pray tell, who and why would anyone seize assets from you? Hmmm?"
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Post 53659168 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.13h):
I thought this had been settled years ago.
It's Jaywick of course.
Sun, sea, affordable property, 'community spirit' which is important as you get older and all a short hop from London.

The ocean is just over the concrete wall at the end.
I just adore the rustic prefab aesthetic.
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Post 53659319 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.13h):
I guess a free soap opera is the one upside.
The most bizarre thing is that what was once thought of as shit social housing is actually vastly more liveable than what's billed as an exciting modern executive luxury new build development.
A 1930s council house is rock solid and bursting with space and storage.
I used to live in a 19th century Glasgow tenement which was a flat out slum when built. Now the space is beyond the height of luxury.
I want to upgrade at some point to house from my tiny flat. But all 'houses' that are available are the ones in the plethora of out of town estates. It makes be want to vomit to event drive on to one, let alone buy one.
Prospects are not good.
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Post 53690605 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.13h):
One short visit to META and what did I see....
we are in
www.merittalk.org aren't we ??
I still think its bitcointalk.org though some are seeing it differently and I know many thinking the same (again some new merit threads and stats)
Now please send me Merit for my fine and extremely useful thread/topic
Actually there should be a new board like
merit>> Stats & graphs, merit discussion, merit abuse, merit source applications etc
Guarantee who makes a fine thread will gain lots of merit

What exchanges do people recommend for sMerit???
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Post 53690713 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.13h):
Thanks. I clicked that at work

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Post 53709717 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.13h):
<BSV shilling redacted>
Why are you here?*
*Rhetorical, you're back on ignore.
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Post 53730374 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.13h):
BUT...
Will it Bart?
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Post 53732153 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.13h):
Do they have a dark theme version?
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Post 53732258 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.13h):
of course

Naa, that one's making my eyes water even more.

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Post 53733645 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.13h):
Do we really want to send them to coinbase? I understood they've been naughty in assisting agressive nutrino chainalyasis/analytic tactics.
Genuinely curious. What _exactly_ do you think they are doing to aid chainalysis? Divulging private customer data?
First things come out of my mind:
Doing chain analyisis on all the trades you do before funding deposit/ after funds withdrawal.
Coinbase: the Neutrino scandal and the #DeleteCoinbase campaignOkay... from the article: "
hypothetical activity". Got any evidence that they are divulging any such data?
Also from the article: "CoinBase marketing manager Christine Sandler said:
“It was important for us to migrate away from our current providers. They were selling client data to outside sources..."
So they were able to move from an external provider who they knew was selling customer data to others, and bring that function in-house, by purchasing an existing vendor if such services, who they can now control. Perhaps stopping such sale of customer data.
Yes, that's provocative. But rather than a net negative for privacy, it could be a net positive. Again, what evidence exists for your speculated nefarious activity?
Yes. Dust attack has been known since years. Evidence Coinbase is misusing these small bonuses? I mean, such could be perfectly explained by a simple enticement to garner new customers. Much as banks used to offer a free toaster for opening an account.
Selling those data to government agencies
Again... evidence?
Inspiring other Bad actors to follow the same vicious path. Read:
#deletePaxos'Inspiring'? OK. I guess. But not (e.g.) Binance, right?
I don't deny you have some scattered facts upon which to
start to build such a case. But from what I have seen your evidence, it falls woefully short of being convincing that they are involved in any nefarious activity. Got anything more conclusive?
Ever notice that jbreher is never too slow to defend bad actors in the space?
Wonder why?
Stolfi, is that you?

Yeah.

Wondering why he's taken offence to the point he felt it necessary to defend.
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Post 53743373 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.14h):
Unless I missed it, P_Shep has not responded.
I really just don't care.
Edit: Apart from annoying you. That shit tickles me.
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Post 53743398 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.14h):
Ehi!
One of us fellow WOer has just been interviewed!
I'd rather not be associated with that, thanks.
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Post 53747787 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.14h):
I never thought the end of the world would be from everybody getting an STD.
Seen 'The Tick' series?

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Post 53747813 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.14h):
I never thought the end of the world would be from everybody getting an STD.
Seen 'The Tick' series?

No, but Im guessing everyone died except Magic Johnson.

It's not much of a spoiler to say that the super heros were wiped out by weaponised gonorrhoea.
Worth watching, very funny

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Post 53783426 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.14h):
Did somebody say PUMP
Observing $9,817 $9,828 and another yearly high.
Looking a little spicy!
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Post 53786655 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.14h):
Correct. BSV is just as decentralized as BTC. Craig's escapades notwithstanding. As they are irrelevant from the standpoint of the protocol and the chain.
Shut the fuck up. You can't be this stupid. At this point you have just become another meme in the long list of idiots who spent their days on this thread trying to bash BTC because they had mental problems or some social hysteria disorder.
Stop embarrassing yourself with your altcoin non-sense. Any idiot who thinks CSW is even potentially satoshi is a moron of the highest order. Like world class idiot.
So just shut the fuck up and go away. No one likes you. I just took you off ignore long enough to rip you another asshole, you asshole.
Don't sit on the fence, tell us how you really feel!
Correct. BSV is just as decentralized as BTC. Craig's escapades notwithstanding. As they are irrelevant from the standpoint of the protocol and the chain.
The USA doesn’t have a president if you disregard Trump
I was thinking along the same lines

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Post 53792593 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.14h):
Gone sideways too long. When moon?
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Post 53808868 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.15h):
Never seen a gang of obvious virgins that old before.
In Vitalik's case no way would Putin permit a symbol of Russian manhood, even an intellectual one, to keep his cherry intact.
I reckon he sent an army of icy blondes to his programming bunker who slapped him around and then manhandled Little Vitalik up them one by one. He may not even know he's no longer a virgin.
Haha!
I imagine he’d be in to strong, dominant women. He’s probably one of those sissy's who gets handcuffed & eats semen from used condoms in a escort’s bin.
Eww.
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Post 53819326 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.15h):
We now have a name for the disease and it’s COVID-19,” WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters at the latest conference on the virus in Geneva, Switzerland
I dunno what the corvids are going to think of that
they won't be raven about it that's for sure
Awful

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Post 53845566 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.15h):
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Post 53846910 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.15h):
People don't realize one thing: Mother nature doesn't f-ck around.
All stories about lab escape are irrelevant from a historical perspective.
We, humans, exist as a species for only 180K years, give or take, a very "young" species.
There are lots of us and we differ very little (0.1% or so at the DNA level).
Read the story of bananas. Once there is a dominant homogeneous species, it almost always gets wiped out, like prior banana "version".
What i am getting at is this: as planet is warming up (it does not matter due to humans or not) and our population grows and becomes more urban, further "weird" epidemics are inevitable.
We already got HIV, Corona, zika (affecting brain development), brain eating amoeba in fresh water, antibiotic resistance, etc.
I am afraid that we, humans, would be culled, which would suck big time.
As I was thinking about this, I remembered the "Children of men". Maybe artists/authors have a pre-cognition of some sort.
This all is too sad to think about, let's celebrate life which we are still having.
This is pretty much how I see things. How long were dinosaurs around for? Millions of years. We're but a tick of a clock in comparison. Something will wipe us out well before the dinosaurs, and it'll inevitably be our own undoing. Whether that be climate change, genetically engineered bio-weapon, AI robots gone rogue, general war, over population, genetic engineering gone wrong, inadvertent EMP, and any number of other possibilities. We'll be lucky if we get another 100K years.
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Post 53864050 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.15h):
my theory is this: until halving in May 2020 volume on marketplaces will decline because miners and others will hold back their BTC and plan to sell it after halving. they are speculating the price will increase after halving.
so low volume is not good for markets because then markets are easier to manipulate by big fishes.
any thoughts on this?
I would have thought if miners were not selling, the price would go up. Its definitely not doing that.
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Post 53869176 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.15h):
but then i figure if folks like me we not actually using bitcoin what good is it?
so, no regerts.

Fuckin' a dude.
If nobody uses said commodity for its intended purpose, it is indeed no different from a Ponzi scheme. I can't help but think if there was more people with your mindset, Bitcoin would have arrived to a greater degree within the mainstream than it currently has. However, it is doing just fine, so hodlers HODL on, if you must.
I'd be a millionaire by now if I didn't keep spending 0.1BTC here, 0.05BTC there on takeaways and stuff over the years.
I like to think I helped the cause.
Though in reality, it probably ended up in the hands of whales :/
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Post 53875315 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.15h):
Observing $10,140
Only 82 days until the halvening, things are looking good.
I hold LFC personally responsible for the Bart.
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Post 53875347 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.15h):
I'd be a millionaire by now if I didn't keep spending 0.1BTC here, 0.05BTC there on takeaways and stuff over the years.
I like to think I helped the cause.
Though in reality, it probably ended up in the hands of whales :/
If you are in the accumulation phase of your bitcoin, then any spending of bitcoin should be obviously considered as having a replacement (a subsequent buy).
Once you get to your maintenance or liquidation phase, then you are likely to have a bit more flexibility, which might allow you to consider the size and/or portion of your bitcoin a little bit differently, and surely maintenance means what it's name implies.....
In other words, no matter what phase you are in, you should be considering how you are spending your money in terms of gresham's law, and of course, spending the worse monies first, and if you are really depleting the size of your bitcoin holdings because of spending, then you likely have invested too much into bitcoin.... I am not saying that there is NOT any value in spending bitcoin, and I have spent some and found some value in trying to play around or figure out the bitcoin ecosystem in that direction... ... and so spending bitcoin would merely amount to whatever it's dollar value at the time, and so who fucking cares if it would add up to a $million right now.. because you still have to live, and most people can only stock so much away into investing, anyhow.
Surely, any of us who have the ability or the actual fortune to have an income that is greater than our living expenses should feel grateful to be able to do that, but we are still tasked with trying to figure out our own budgets and figuring out how much to live within our means including the value of deferred gratification, when possible. So, yeah, it makes way more sense to be living it up with a lot of luxuries maybe including buying cups of coffee when you can make it much cheaper without loss of quality and when you have a lot of extra value coming in versus if you are in a stage of setting up your investments, including if you are in a BTC accumulation stage.
Basically, the situation I'm in is if I didn't have BTC to supplement my income I'd have a very sad life; never eating out, no holidays, no 'nice' things every-so-often.
I'm VERY lucky to have BTC. Very.
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Post 53879805 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.15h):
Had a Gox notification that my claim is 'agreed'.
Seems civil rehabilitation and bankruptcy proceedings are both running. No news on when anything will be paid out, though. Next creditors meeting in March.
Claimants should have had a confirmation mail - do check if you are involved.
Hmm, not yet...
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Post 53879878 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.15h):
Had a Gox notification that my claim is 'agreed'.
Seems civil rehabilitation and bankruptcy proceedings are both running. No news on when anything will be paid out, though. Next creditors meeting in March.
Claimants should have had a confirmation mail - do check if you are involved.
Had my amount agreed a long time ago though.
Just noticed a fairly significant OPSEC violation in the claims: Have access to all claims, names and amounts!
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Post 53903248 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.16h):
There really are some 'characters' in the crypto space :/
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Post 53905084 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.16h):
Yeah, that didn't age very well.
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Post 53919003 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.16h):
How can mounting a USB stick on an AutoRun-disabled VM affect your host's BIOS? Honest question, I want to know.
Don’t lost track of the fact that USB is an acronym for
Universal Serial Bus. That device could contain any number of USB endpoints, each implementing a different device class. What if one of the endpoints identifies as a Human Interface Device — for example a keyboard — and injects a number of commands to the system? From the users perspective, invisibly. Or even deeper, a bridge device, giving it access to the underlying I2C bus - maybe even the SMB?
Yeah, but who is going to maintain the discipline required to ensure any potential infection does not spread from the separate PC to others in your stable?
There is the Yubikey which types for you like a USB keyboard. There is that Rubber Ducky, which types like a USB keyboard and can type like it was there at 100 words per second or something as fast as a keyboard will accept, such as Windows-R, CMD, and do any number of commands from the command prompt.
https://shop.hak5.org/products/usb-rubber-ducky-deluxeAs for virgin clean PC's, I used to (and still do) use something called Deep Freeze, reboot to restore thing. If the host computer it's installed on gets infected, before it can propagate any problems to the rest of the network (assuming you disconnected it physically from the rest of the network), you just reboot, and it's back as new, as if it was never updated.
Most malware is unaware of it's existence. It's great for setting up kiosks that provide internet access through regular browsers. At the end of the session, reboot, it's back to the way it was. If you need to update anything, reboot, turn it off, update, reboot, and it will stay that way.
In theory, it can still be hacked, but in practice it's as if the whole computer is one giant VM. Reboot, and it's back to the way it was yesterday.
If you need to save data or files or documents, you save them on a different drive or partition or folder designated as such. But the rest of the OS, reboot, and it goes back to the way it was.
I recall reading an article where they made a 'flash drive' act like an ethernet adapter and would intercept all internet traffic for a man-in-the-middle attack.
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Post 53965633 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.17h):
It's not a pendulum, it's a cycle. It can't restart before it has either completed or a specific type of event happens that resets it. The "pendulum" does not simply stop at the halfway point and then go in the other direction.
It kind of does. It swings one way until it can't anymore, gradually slows down to zero, reverses its direction and repeats the same action but mirrored, then it resets and begins a new cycle.
It's the same thing, in some sense. If you project circular motion onto any straight line coplanar with the circle, you get harmonic (pendulum) motion.
Thanks. This was what i was trying to say by "looking at the circle sideways" before, but you explained it about 99% better

Being pedantic, not *quite* true.
With a small swing angle a pendulum closely approximates a sine wave, but this approximation gets worse with larger angles.
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Post 53990096 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.18h):
What do you think is the small towell besides the bidet is used for? Of course, that is after you have *perfectly* cleaned it all. .....
I don't think I would touch that...for reasons....
Yeah, I don't think I'm capable of the faith necessary in trusting in the previous users.
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Post 54013333 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.18h):
If it continues like this by the time my next pay packet comes around, there's a very good chance I'll buy back some of the corn I sold a while back

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Post 54013382 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.18h):
If it continues like this by the time my next pay packet comes around, there's a very good chance I'll buy back some of the corn I sold a while back

Plot twist: your next pay is not coming due to coronavirus-caused depression

Awww, sheeeeet!
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Post 54017695 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.19h):
Sooooooooooo buying moar!
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Post 54024259 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.19h):
Don't you have a nice house? I guess you have. Invite your friend and order make the best mexican food available.
ftfy
Isn't Bawb a Gen Xer? While he may not be an ambitious Boomer, neither is he an Uber-lazy Millennial incapable of cooking for himself.
He could try making some real carnitas, the basis of the best tacos.
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Cut 4-5 lbs good fatty skin-on bone-in pork shoulder into 3" pieces after removing and reserving the skin. Salt liberally, and fry in enough lard to cover. Don't skimp on the lard.
After it's a nice brown add about a cup of orange juice (preferably fresh-squeezed, 3/4 cup of Coca Cola (preferably non-HFCS Mexi-Coke) and 1/2 cup evaporated milk along with a whole large onion, a few cloves of garlic, the juice of a couple of limes and a herb bundle. Oregano and bay leaves are standard. No cilantro though. That goes on later with chopped raw onions as a condiment. Likewise no chilies. Place skin on top and cover.
After it is back up to a boil, reduce the heat to a low boil (just over a simmer), and cook for at least a few hours (or overnight) until the juices are reduced to a thick gravy, enough to keep the meat moist while basically frying in the lard again. The meat should be super tender and moist, similar to what Americans call pulled pork.
Serve by cutting the pork, a chunk at a time, and some of the skin, into small pieces across the grain and piling on freshly made (or at least reheated)
corn tortillas garnished with chopped raw onions, cilantro, pico de gallo, salsa verde (mmm, chili de arbol), etc.
Leftovers can be frozen and reheated by frying in a little of the lard and moistening with a little of the juice. The bulk of the lard can be reserved, frozen and used for your next batch.
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These are not to be confused with TV-cooking-show/foodie website/Youtube bullshit. These are real Mexican carnitas, cooked the way experienced Mexican mamas and vendors make them.
They're best made in a heavy cast iron pot but a good stainless steel stockpot with a thick enough embedded aluminum bottom will do. Ideally they should be made over an open fire.

Bookmarking this. Looooooooooove me some carnitas. Semi-regularly make it using various recipes - like beer, still looking for that perfect one

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Post 54060921 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.20h):
Have the honour of witnessing all the halvings so far.
Can't wait to see what this one brings:)
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Post 54071897 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.21h):
"Laughs in Dutch"

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Post 54072895 (copy this link) (by P_Shep) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_17.21h):
If things get really bad and they start shutting down centralized messaging services, what are our decentralized options?
Isn't the LN supposed to provide a solution to this?