Quote from: Aismen on November 07, 2018, 07:47:43 AM

Quote from: WickedPigeon on November 06, 2018, 05:24:02 PM

Quote from: Aismen on November 06, 2018, 08:24:50 AM

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You just try to do something for you own benefit and use it as you think it's best. People didn't believe in Bitcoin and still 2 pizzas were sold for 10.000 bitcoin. I think that person who gave 10.000 bitcoin hanged himself or something after seeing where it got to.

Aismen,
You've got the pizza story all wrong. Yes Its one of the best-known cryptocurrency legends: The guy who bought two pizzas with 10,000 Bitcoin back in 2010 to prove the digital currency worked. He wasn't mad about the cost, he did to prove it could be done. He helped prove that BTC was/is viable as a currency, thus that transaction helped make BTC what it is today. Plus he had a lot more BTC in his wallet.

And guess what - hes at it again.

This time, early Bitcoin developer Laszlo Hanyecz wanted to test the Lightning Network, a technology that runs parallel to a blockchain like Bitcoins network and aims to speed up transactions. A couple of months ago he ended up paying 0.00649 Bitcoin for two pizzas, or $67, and the transaction cost about 6 U.S. cents.

In a year or two someone will say - that guy who bought the pizza for 0.00649 Bitcoin over paid. NO - he is a true Pioneer. And NO, he didn't hang himself. He made millions on Bitcoin.

Just clarifying. Otherwise I agree with your post and your general thoughts.
RVN... to the moon!

Thanks for the answer. I agree that he was a pioneer and yes maybe he payed 10.000 BTCs out of maybe 100K he had. Of course if you look back at all the decisions you've ever made you will always find something that based on current data, looks let's say...stupid. Of course it wasn't back then. That is and will be the first transaction that involved BTC. Even if it wasn't exactly BTC for pizza (for those not knowing the story (short version), a dude asked on a forum who would buy him a pizza or two for BTC. Someone from the UK answered, 10.000 BTC were transferred and the dude from UK placed a long distance call for a pizza order (in the US), payed with credit card and sent the pizza to the requester's home).

Of course, if you look even at today's prices, those two pizzas cost 65 million dollars. In December they would've cost 200 million. When you look at it like this it's absurd but back then BTC was 1 cent i believe. Take into account the long distance call and 2 pizzas, and suddenly 100 dollars doesn't seem so much. Again, i'm pretty sure some part of that guy died when he say BTC at 10.000.

))) it's a nice way of thinking about stuff in a funnier way (i don't wish anything bad to that guy, i might just be a sadist here).

Truth is, people nowadays go on about crypto and the future and i trust this and that and blablabla, but at the end of the year we all sell most of our cryptos for this thing we call "real money" (dollars, euros, yens etc) to buy stuff with them.

Unfortunately, i was talking to some people a few days ago about crypto and it occurred to us that if a centralized institution, some authority would build a crypto and have a bit of traction from real big players, most of the hashpower in the world i think will go there. Think of it like this. If NASDAQ builds their own coin and crypto network and idea and all, how many people would go on that coin due to the sole reason that when they have a problem they would have someone to go to. As it is crypto's main asset is decentralization, but that all goes out the window when you see you get hacked and expect someone to refund or help you. I don't think the world is ready yet for any type of decentralization (see religion, see politics, see the world actually) yet. When we'll all have chips implanted in our head and have a hive mind, that is when decentralization will really be the way accepted.

Just food for thought.

Shit did i write a lot of text

)))

RVN pizza worth $220 today.

Quote from: dikgatvel on November 07, 2018, 02:35:45 PM

Some names are vulgar and insulting. It is difficult to have a serious approach to this. So, someone can send an asset called "Bill Clinton is a rapist" to other wallets!! My kids are using this wallet. I am OUT!!

lol. wut. Yeah Chatturga this guys mom can't read the assets. Shut it down.