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by dustcoin 12y ago
I actually enjoy HN's more intelligent commentary, technical expertise, and fact checking on huge mainstream news stories.
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by dustcoin 12y ago
For this reason, vendors on darknet markets almost exclusively use USPS for domestic shipping.
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by dustcoin 12y ago
The ETF could short REITs (Real estate investment trusts) that hold Miami property.
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by dustcoin 12y ago
http://twitter.com/dustcoin - Mostly bitcoin & cryptocurrency related.
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by dustcoin 12y ago
It is true that if mining revenues fall, less profitable miners will drop off, lowering the difficulty, eventually reaching an equilibrium where some population of miners continue to mine. The big question is: Will the amount of hashpower w
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by dustcoin 12y ago
The reference client does not store the blockchain as a giant file and instead splits the data into 128MB chunks on disk.
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by dustcoin 12y ago
Nearly every mobile client does not download the blockchain and instead uses SPV (Simple Payment Verification / headers only mode) or relies on a trusted server for block information.
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Olivier Janssens awards $100K bounty for software to replace Bitcoin Foundation(reddit.com)
2 points by dustcoin 12y ago|0 comments
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by dustcoin 12y ago
The bidders who announced they did not win specified bids in the $400-$500 range. Draper likely won with a higher, but still below market, bid.
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by dustcoin 12y ago
UChicago spent $446M on academic salaries, $889M on staff salaries and $338M on benefits (not broken out into academic vs non-academic) in the the 2011-2012 fiscal year that Zimmer's compensation temporarily spiked to $3M. It is safe
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by dustcoin 12y ago
Students do default on student loans, even though they cannot be discharged in bankruptcy. 14.7% of students who started repayment in 2010 defaulted within 3 years. (Source: http://www2.ed.gov/offices/OSFAP/defaul
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by dustcoin 12y ago
I doubt executive salaries make up a significant portion of any school's budget. Overpaid non-executive administrators are a much larger cost in aggregate, because there are so many of them.
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List of possible Silk Road Bitcoin bidders leaked by US Marshals(coindesk.com)
8 points by dustcoin 12y ago|0 comments
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by dustcoin 12y ago
The $88 coin must be a special coin and/or in proof condition. They are selling an American Silver Eagle for $27 which is still a huge markup, but not 360%.
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by dustcoin 12y ago
Physical precious metals have some of the worst spreads/fees and friction involved buying and selling compared to other assets. Stocks: $5 flat fee per trade is typical, index funds charge as low as 0.05% / year. Bonds: Cheap bond
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by dustcoin 12y ago
Overstock keeps 10% of bitcoin sales in bitcoin: http://www.reddit.com/r/tabled/comments/24knns/table_iama_im...
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by dustcoin 12y ago
Voorhees agreed to settle the SEC’s charges by paying full disgorgement of the $15,843.98 in profits plus a $35,000 penalty for a total of more than $50,000. Voorhees later sold S.DICE for 126k BTC ($12.4M at the time). S
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by dustcoin 12y ago
I use a mix of driving, biking, walking and public transit to get around, and don't commute via car, so I should have a fairly neutral view. That said, I find that the cyclists come across as the most irrational and biased in these dis
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by dustcoin 12y ago
Ok, the bet is on.
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by dustcoin 12y ago
Don't M&A deals take a long time to actually close? From some quick googling I'm seeing an average of a couple of months. I'm betting that a deal is actually going to happen, not that lawyers will move quickly. I'
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by dustcoin 12y ago
I'll take this bet. I'm in the US so i'm not sure the best way to transact GBP but I can also do £100 of bitcoin. Edit: Some proof of reputation: http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=J9u6KyMk Reply to this post to
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by dustcoin 12y ago
The GP was making the assumption that the kickstarter backers were evenly distributed among the 50 states.
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Now on Yelp: Businesses that Accept Bitcoin(officialblog.yelp.com)
3 points by dustcoin 12y ago|0 comments
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by dustcoin 12y ago
The article text says "Four major tech companies including Apple and Google have agreed to pay a total of $324 million". Google and Apple are just the ones that get the bad press in headlines.
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by dustcoin 12y ago
Agreed. It isn't surprising that a minimum wage worker would have trouble affording 40th percentile housing (the basis for the pricing data).
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by dustcoin 13y ago
Phil Ivey is also involved in another lawsuit over a similar issue. In that case, he was suing the casino after they refused to pay out his winnings due to accusations of similar "cheating". In both cases, it appears that casino
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by dustcoin 13y ago
The 600 USD threshold is a requirement for form 1099 reporting and is completely unrelated to capital gains tax. Capital gains have no minimum threshold, buying something for $1 and selling it for $2 is a taxable event.
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by dustcoin 13y ago
When was the last time in a Presidential debate that one guy said "yeah, my opponent is right, and I would do things the same way"? Off the top of my head: Marijuana prohibition and benefits for veterans.
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MPEx CEO responds to SEC inquiries(trilema.com)
2 points by dustcoin 13y ago|0 comments
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by dustcoin 13y ago
I didn't see any mention of inflation. $79 in 2005 when prime was launched is equivalent to $96 today.

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