I was agreeing that it is definitely gambling....
But it is definitely *not* "the bitcoin phenomenon". It has nothing at all to do with bitcoin.
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I was agreeing that it is definitely gambling....
But it is definitely *not* "the bitcoin phenomenon". It has nothing at all to do with bitcoin.
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Bitcoin offers solutions to some of the absurdities of the traditional banking system. For example, a virtual currency like Bitcoin could dramatically speed up and reduce the cost of sending money abroad. ItтАЩs ridiculous that it can take four banks (all taking a cut) over a week to send dollars from a UK company to a Chinese producer. Implementing this change alone could save the real economy billions of pounds in card fees and transaction costs every year.
And itтАЩs not just the big guys that would benefit. It could transform the prospects of millions of small businesses. The reduced cost and simplicity of a digital currency could circumvent laborious bank processes and give small merchants quick, fairly-priced access to online and mobile payments.
--- Kristo Kaarman, TransferWise co-founder
PayPal Founder Peter Thiel ( who by the way is gay and is a *very* close friend of a good friend of mine )..... quite agrees with me.
He says, "Bitcoin is the future of money." ( but I was saying that publicly years before he did )
That's why businesses which accept PayPal *also* automatically accept bitcoin.
Watch this video from February of this year, https://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/paypal- ... e-bitcoin/
( By the way, at the time of this video, Peter did not yet know about Airbitz. At that time, Airbitz was brand new and hadn't become famous yet. So, from Peter's perspective, what he was saying was *exactly* correct.... Prior to Airbitz, bitcoin *was* extremely difficult for non-technical average people to use. They were forced to use horrible ancient wallet software like Electrum, or Mycelium, or Core, or worse apps.... which are a nightmare compared to Airbitz' ease of use. )
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"US dollars and other paper currencies are credits issued by a single nation. Their strength lies in the strength of the nation that controls them.
BitcoinтАЩs strength lies in its mathematical design. Its open nature eliminates the need for trust.
When nations print more money, their currencies get weaker. In bitcoin, nobody can just decide to increase the amount, including the creator of bitcoin. Bitcoin is more like gold than cash."
--- George Coffie
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"Bitcoin is not a currency for a government; it is a global currency for the people. "
--- Wences Casares (Xapo's CEO) said in TechCrunch
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"One of the things I notice over time is how people who at first said Bitcoin could never work now begin to say things like "Bitcoin might work on small scale". Andreas Antonopoulos made a great point about how a lot of the counter arguments about the limitations of Bitcoin are really only valid about it's core code as it stood back in 2009, but they don't take into account all of the supplementary technologies that are being built around and for Bitcoin like the 2.0 protocols and escrow services and such and it's these supplementary technologies which will help make Bitcoin capable of scaling as a global currency and can ultimately prove against the majority of the things people think it can't do."
--- Kevin Caza
How is any of Brucie's tripe related to 'gay Thailand' in any conceivable way.
If there ever was a topic which begged being broken up and the Bitcoin nonsense part relegated to - at the very least - the 'Everything Else' Forum, this is it.
Obviously,
Bitcoin is THE best alternative to Western Union for instantly sending money to Thailand with virtually zero fees..... which is the original topic.
( Also, I was not the one who brought up the subject of bitcoin.... In all these years, I never mentioned that topic here.... until others did. )
To Send Money To Thailand:
(1) Install the Airbitz wallet to hold your bitcoins... at https://airbitz.co/bitcoin-wallet
(2) Go to https://www.buybitcoinworldwide.com to figure out the best company to buy your bitcoin from locally with zero or near zero fees.
(3) Once you have your bitcoins inside your Airbitz wallet, open a free account at https://coins.co.th
(4) Immediately do a Sell on coins.co.th and have them send it as THB to your boyfriend's Thai bank account.... or to any ATM in Thailand (with no need for any ATM card).
(5) Done. (Total Fees should be about US $0.03 *regardless* of the amount of money you are sending .....plus the 30 baht that the Thai bank will charge.)
Absolute bullshit. You are nothing but a quintessential snake oil salesman, in the same fashion as the horse and buggy days of the American 19th century. You are using this board as a flogging tool ... your version of a horse-and-buggy so to speak. The only difference is that a message board can talk back, unlike a horse.
A side note....
I observed this "law of nature" a long time ago.... and pointed it out to people.
The smarter, and more technical, a person/engineer is.... the more *excited* they are when they learn about how bitcoin works.
Thus....
You can always tell the intelligence and expertise of a person by how excited they are about the future of bitcoin and blockchain technology.
All the greatest minds on earth are *raving* about it.
But don't listen to me... Use google..... read, and learn.
Bill Gates says bitcoin is the future of money. ( sources: http://www.whatisacryptocurrency.com/bi ... ocurrency/ and: http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/238103 and: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCAtt1AxDR4 )
Joe Blow unpaid journalist/blogger says bitcoin is a scam.
You decide who to listen to...
Or just keep using your horse and buggy every time you want to travel to the market.
A great little documentary....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zKuoqZLyKg
Roger Ver is a close friend of mine. I am the one who first gave him the nickname, "Bitcoin Jesus". :D It stuck.
I've been with Roger into his parking garage elevator and in his car. I stay at his condo when I am in Tokyo.
As you can see, bitcoin was at $267.50 on that day they filmed this. It's $433.50 today. ( http://preev.com/btc/usd/source:bitfinex )
Most of the other people interviewed in this documentary are friends of mine too.
[youtube:383rg201]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zKuoqZLyKg[/youtube:383rg201]
Thank you for your delicious condescension. But, trust me, it will never be you.Quote:
Originally Posted by bruce_nyc