How about I opine on threads where Bitcoin is specifically brought up by someone else and it is germane to the thread?
Oh, wait...
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- Sun Feb 13, 2022 10:49 am
- Forum: Gold
- Topic: Did Bitcoin Kill Gold’s Monetary Utility?
- Replies: 86
- Views: 21373
- Wed Feb 09, 2022 6:49 pm
- Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: Bitcoin question (How did FBI recover some pipeline ransom)
- Replies: 17
- Views: 4082
Re: Bitcoin question (How did FBI recover some pipeline ransom)
To put it crudely, "vanilla PoW" (Bitcoin) is one step above putting a "Hi, my name is..." sticker on your storage (wallet). Swiss banks in the 80's had roughly the same amount of privacy, if not more. In a data economy saying "better than most modern financial transactions" is not much. Anything t...
- Wed Feb 09, 2022 6:42 pm
- Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: Bitcoin question (How did FBI recover some pipeline ransom)
- Replies: 17
- Views: 4082
Re: Bitcoin question (How did FBI recover some pipeline ransom)
I Shrugged wrote: ↑Wed Feb 09, 2022 3:46 pmA lot of tracking going on with regards to the Bitcoin Bonnie & Crypto Clyde. Despite their use of the dark web etc.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/4-u-accu ... 54705.html
- Wed Feb 09, 2022 2:50 pm
- Forum: Gold
- Topic: Did Bitcoin Kill Gold’s Monetary Utility?
- Replies: 86
- Views: 21373
Re: Did Bitcoin Kill Gold’s Monetary Utility?
If we can't ban discussion of crypto on these forums we can at least not let the discussion be dominated by proselytizers for it. Two good recent items. One is this thread on the environmental costs: https://twitter.com/smdiehl/status/1350869944888664064 The other one, shared with me by Cullen Roch...
- Wed Feb 09, 2022 1:54 pm
- Forum: Gold
- Topic: Did Bitcoin Kill Gold’s Monetary Utility?
- Replies: 86
- Views: 21373
Re: Did Bitcoin Kill Gold’s Monetary Utility?
My opinion on the original question is a NO. Gold’s utility is still uniquely intact. Gold is acting like a risk off asset. I believe it is officially now treated as good as cash in the international banking system. It’s being stock piled by central banks possibly in preparation for a “great reset”...
- Wed Feb 09, 2022 1:49 pm
- Forum: Gold
- Topic: Did Bitcoin Kill Gold’s Monetary Utility?
- Replies: 86
- Views: 21373
Re: Did Bitcoin Kill Gold’s Monetary Utility?
I should've been clearer when I commented about the possibility of banning bitcoin discussion or at least proselytizers for it. I don't mean to inhibit anyone's free speech but promoting bitcoin in the gold sub-forum or anyplace other than the variable portfolio or other topics seems inappropriate ...
- Wed Feb 09, 2022 1:42 pm
- Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: Bitcoin question (How did FBI recover some pipeline ransom)
- Replies: 17
- Views: 4082
Re: Bitcoin question (How did FBI recover some pipeline ransom)
I've here that coinbase keeps track of the BTC that traverse their platform and "do something" if they decide they dont like a transaction that you may be very loosely connected to, they may lock you out of coinbase or freeze you account. When I say loosely, I mean you exchanged a few sats for a so...
- Wed Feb 09, 2022 1:39 pm
- Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: Bitcoin question (How did FBI recover some pipeline ransom)
- Replies: 17
- Views: 4082
Re: Bitcoin question (How did FBI recover some pipeline ransom)
I make this point every time somebody extols the privacy benefits of Bitcoin. Literally all your transactions are recorded permanently, publicly, and for all time. That's the opposite of "privacy" in every way. Its really a spectrum of potential privacy. I could put my name and address in a bitcoin...
- Fri Feb 04, 2022 12:08 pm
- Forum: Gold
- Topic: Did Bitcoin Kill Gold’s Monetary Utility?
- Replies: 86
- Views: 21373
- Fri Feb 04, 2022 8:09 am
- Forum: Gold
- Topic: Did Bitcoin Kill Gold’s Monetary Utility?
- Replies: 86
- Views: 21373
Re: Did Bitcoin Kill Gold’s Monetary Utility?
Good grief. (Shouldn't feed trolls). This is not the place for your misinformation/spam. Better would be the VP section, better still - in another forum. IBM is confident that it can exponentially increase the qubit number in the next few years, and could see a processor with billions of qubits wit...
- Thu Feb 03, 2022 8:13 am
- Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: Bitcoin question (How did FBI recover some pipeline ransom)
- Replies: 17
- Views: 4082
Re: Bitcoin question (How did FBI recover some pipeline ransom)
I make this point every time somebody extols the privacy benefits of Bitcoin. Literally all your transactions are recorded permanently, publicly, and for all time. That's the opposite of "privacy" in every way. Its really a spectrum of potential privacy. I could put my name and address in a bitcoin...
- Thu Feb 03, 2022 8:03 am
- Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: Crypto Crash!
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2358
Re: Crypto Crash!
I think its just a matter of inflation expectations into the future being lower, Fed tightening, deflation concerns, liquidity draining. Once traditional things crash during this tightening cycle and the Fed turns the corner back to easing policies will probably be the bottom and time for a big BTC ...
- Thu Feb 03, 2022 7:50 am
- Forum: Gold
- Topic: Did Bitcoin Kill Gold’s Monetary Utility?
- Replies: 86
- Views: 21373
Re: Did Bitcoin Kill Gold’s Monetary Utility?
If a private key isn't created/stored on a isolated (non internet connected) clean and verified as clean system that's locked away in a vault - then it isn't secure. Wrong. Multisig allows less securing of keys, even on mobile devices/Internet computers, while securing the bitcoins in an address. A...
- Thu Feb 03, 2022 7:47 am
- Forum: Gold
- Topic: Did Bitcoin Kill Gold’s Monetary Utility?
- Replies: 86
- Views: 21373
Re: Did Bitcoin Kill Gold’s Monetary Utility?
You can't retrospectively harden a old copy of the ledger (blockchain) that at the time was using older security algorithms/methods that most likely would have subsequently become trivial to de-crypt/hack. Wrong. Bitcoin protocol could disallow traditional spending of coins and require zero knowled...
- Thu Feb 03, 2022 7:39 am
- Forum: Gold
- Topic: Did Bitcoin Kill Gold’s Monetary Utility?
- Replies: 86
- Views: 21373
Re: Did Bitcoin Kill Gold’s Monetary Utility?
Ill await facts to back your statements.seajay wrote: ↑Wed Feb 02, 2022 2:55 pmI'll just say yes and also ... viewtopic.php?p=236090#p236090 (PP gold forum section is not the place for Btc Ads).
Otherwise it appears you are spewing misinformation again.
- Thu Feb 03, 2022 7:35 am
- Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: BTC in the PP
- Replies: 230
- Views: 111521
Re: BTC in the PP
Assuming Moore's law, Nah, Moores law's creator notes 2025 the law will end. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore%27s_law#Forecasts_and_roadmaps But lets suspend disbelief of reality and assume you can compute infinitely, Btc has perhaps another 10 years at most before copies of its earlier 'secure'...
- Thu Feb 03, 2022 7:22 am
- Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: A worthwhile read for all PP'ers
- Replies: 88
- Views: 30897
Re: A worthwhile read for all PP'ers
I've heard of many concerning things in the last few weeks as I am doing my research into crypto in general. Like this huge decentralized thing like ether was basically rolled back by the group that controls it. Tether is a potential fraud. BTC is traded mostly in tether, BTC is concentrated in 100...
- Wed Feb 02, 2022 10:53 am
- Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: BTC in the PP
- Replies: 230
- Views: 111521
Re: BTC in the PP
Here is my opinion since while not a pp user it is a part of my gold budget that flys fighter cover for my portfolio. The problem is we don’t know what bitcoin will respond to …. While it is not tied to a particular country’s currency it kind of marches to its own drum ..it is not held by major cen...
- Wed Feb 02, 2022 10:51 am
- Forum: Gold
- Topic: Did Bitcoin Kill Gold’s Monetary Utility?
- Replies: 86
- Views: 21373
Re: Did Bitcoin Kill Gold’s Monetary Utility?
The blockchain records everything, for all time. Nodes provide duplicate copies of that ledger to verify consistency, discrepancies flag up warnings but where the most common/numerously consistent copies are considered as the valid copy. Make a copy of today's ledger and in 10, whatever years time ...
- Wed Feb 02, 2022 10:49 am
- Forum: Gold
- Topic: Did Bitcoin Kill Gold’s Monetary Utility?
- Replies: 86
- Views: 21373
Re: Did Bitcoin Kill Gold’s Monetary Utility?
The two are different but it is to early to know how different..Bitcoin has not been through a really good recession yet nor high inflation .. Both have really lost their safe haven status quite a lot since today investors have so many options for betting on markets tumbling If dollar rallies and t...
- Wed Feb 02, 2022 10:49 am
- Forum: Gold
- Topic: Did Bitcoin Kill Gold’s Monetary Utility?
- Replies: 86
- Views: 21373
Re: Did Bitcoin Kill Gold’s Monetary Utility?
As far as I know there is no wash trading rules for cryptomathjak107 wrote: ↑Tue Dec 28, 2021 1:13 pmYes, only in my ira.
Wash sale rules would hit in a taxable account
- Wed Feb 02, 2022 10:39 am
- Forum: Gold
- Topic: Did Bitcoin Kill Gold’s Monetary Utility?
- Replies: 86
- Views: 21373
Re: Did Bitcoin Kill Gold’s Monetary Utility?
Indications are that rather than having to have 51% of the total mining computational power that 15% or lower levels might suffice, and with that reducing over time. Well within state sponsored attack potential or to some botnets. Are you saying a 51% attack can happen with 15%? And / or some cripp...
- Wed Feb 02, 2022 10:34 am
- Forum: Permanent Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: A worthwhile read for all PP'ers
- Replies: 88
- Views: 30897
Re: A worthwhile read for all PP'ers
mkdir Crypto ... mv Crypto/* /dev/null https://www.thestreet.com/.image/t_share/MTY3NTQxMjM0NjQxODA2NzI3/image-placeholder-title.png PP : Money you can't afford to lose Btc : Money you can afford to lose You see this BTC chart ends in 2017 right? Honestly this kind of 2014-era beanie baby thing is ...
- Wed Dec 08, 2021 9:44 am
- Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: PP vs Yield Farming Stablecoin Cryptos?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2526
Re: PP vs Yield Farming Stablecoin Cryptos?
Maybe you haven't checked it a while or it was just an anomaly, but I just checked and the OTM calls that you sell do not come close to being able to pay for the ATM puts. Markets fluctuate of course. Not all trades are available or as profitable at all times. BTC had a big pullback so calls are le...
- Tue Dec 07, 2021 1:26 pm
- Forum: Variable Portfolio Discussion
- Topic: PP vs Yield Farming Stablecoin Cryptos?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2526
Re: PP vs Yield Farming Stablecoin Cryptos?
1. Buy BTC, collar it. Which options exchange are you looking at for such a good deal? Deribit has the most volume and was probably what I was looking at. Delta Exchange can have cheaper BTC options if you are on the buy side. 2. BTC Cash and carry. If you take into account of the spread, then I ju...