Quote from: KFR on August 26, 2015, 03:32:16 AM

Quote from: brg444 on August 25, 2015, 08:26:20 PM

Quote from: JorgeStolfi on August 25, 2015, 08:23:09 PM

Quote from: dreamspark on August 25, 2015, 07:40:15 PM

wasn't just laughing about the fact that people have been touting slush pool on the side of xt so it's funny to see them come out and say they wouldn't run it. Besides, If you can't see the difference between xt and just running big block patch on core that's your problem.

Well, I find it funny that people care about whether others run XT or Core; since that choice, besides being irrelevant, is practically invisible from the outside. Even the difference between the various BIP100s is not important at first.

The fact that you are too dense or disingenuous to understand the differences between XT, Core & the various BIP1xx does not make it true Stolfi, go play outside won't you? You brain is in need of much needed fresh air.

People here still falling for that Trolfi schilling?

It seems he's absolutely intent on getting his face in the dictionary right next to the word "disingenuous". Real academics and scientists look for facts that challenge their assumptions. Trolfi's only here to point out things he thinks back his own agenda and, unless you press his buttons just right, he usually does such a fine job of pretending he's earnest, sincere and objective that people keep falling for it.

In short, in spite of the fact that he occasionally points out something useful or says something vaguely intelligent, it's just camouflage for his nonsense and he can be safely ignored. He's such a proficient troll that he's quoted far more than he should be so you're unlikely to miss anything anyway.

Hahahahahahaha

Right on about Trolfi... .. but I kind of gave up on the battle to call him out a while back...

Regarding BTC pricing and recent volatility:

I do get the sense that there is going to be at least one more test of $200 by people selling and dumping BTC, but you can never know for sure when it comes to bitcoin prices. Yesterday, btc prices seemed to have been crashing along with fiat money systems and stock market systems; however, I would have thought that BTC prices would have been somewhat opposite of those mainstream systems ... even though maybe in the short-term BTC prices will sometimes correlate rather than serving as an opposing indicator

My sense is that in the past few days there have been several uncertainties contributing to volatility in BTC prices. 1) fork issue, 2) ongoing uncertainties with fiat/stock market systems, 3) bitfinex (BTC exchange located in Hong Kong) going down in the past couple of days several times for extended periods with crazy ass messages from Bitfinex administrators, 4) increases in Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt (FUD) spreading by BTC market manipulators that seems to occur more frequently when BTC price momentum seems to be overall on a downward trajectory and 5) other unaccounted for unknowns (at least unknown by me at the moment)....