briatx

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by briatx 8y ago
> The worst time to buy is when everyone else is buying. It's also when everyone is selling. Nothing says this can't go lower.
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by briatx 8y ago
Institutions want investments that confer actual rights, something which these cryptocurrencies do not do. If you are expecting a large influx of institutional investment money, I expect you will be disappointed.
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by briatx 8y ago
It seems to me that eth would trigger many of his factors (listed below) for determining whether or not it is a security. How many people are buying eth for "gas" vs holding it for a return? > What are some of the factors to c
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by briatx 8y ago
This report: 1. Is not an audit to be used for assurance purposes. The disclaimer at the top states that it "should not be used or relied on by any other party." 2. Is rather old now. 3. Was conducted by a firm that no longer con
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by briatx 8y ago
His claim was: > You don't need a "blockchain" for timestamps. He didn't say anything about whether the timestamp services were centralized or not. So saying "ha, but they're centralized!" is not a rebu
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by briatx 8y ago
And vendors. https://www.technologyreview.com/s/608716/bitcoin-transactio... And if your id is leaked in one transaction, it links your id to all other transactions done with that wallet.
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by briatx 9y ago
> It makes me wonder what a kid could accomplish with a little bit of individual attention. I thought the same thing as I read through these comments. Perhaps the attention deficit is not that of the child, but that of the parents/
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by briatx 9y ago
Bitcoin isn't backed by an asset. It's not really backed by anything other than people's expectation that it is worth something now (and it will be worth more in the future). This is true even for the miners, since they woul
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by briatx 9y ago
That's strange. The blockchain hype reminds me instead of the late 90s dotcom bubble, and CryptoKitties reminds me instead of the Beanie Baby Mania of the same era. I don't remember any of the early internet negativity that Bitco
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by briatx 9y ago
> Sick and tired of accusations being thrown out with no skin in the game. This is a weak attempt at deflection by those who want to discredit criticism. Anyone who understands this sector and thinks it is a bad investment, will not inv
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by briatx 9y ago
The convenience factor of Steam is making the DRM argument moot. Even with titles that I have the option of downloading DRM free, say via Humble Bundle, I will still just go for the Steam key because it makes it easy.
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by briatx 9y ago
The problem is that all of the Bitcoin futures are cash settled contracts. This means that they are not resolved with delivery of the commodity and have no direct influence on the underlying markets.
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by briatx 9y ago
This will sound absurd, but https://www.reddit.com/r/Buttcoin/ is the best place I've found for rational and serious discussion of bitcoin (and yes the occasional butt joke). Try posting a serious question th