yh     think folks are trying to draw on past history?  Gonna be a wild ride from now until August

i've got buy orders set at ~$605   (massive correction needed for that to complete : )

could be one of those times though that buying-in on a pump's a good idea lol ?  We could get another set of weekend pumps from China/US

if that's the case $800 a possibility

Still  24 days before the halving, suspect there willl be more volatility pre-halving?

i'm with jjacob, i think we'll have corrective dump next few Hrs for this current uptick.

lot of bitcoiners including myself thinking a massive correction (~-$100) should occur at some point.


cryptoland is crazy though ;p   a pump $1000+ is certainly possible for the coming weeks to the Halving

true the fiat value has changed with the recent BTC pumpage : )    but i'm pretty sure i can sell my DAO for more BTC than I invested atm

i've placed a Limit order for 0.0009BTC/DAO  come on! crazy crypto world, let's make it happen

Could be wrong, but i think we all can sell for a BTC profit atm  (well those that bought in at 1ETH : 100DAO)

i've put in a Limit order on for a ~4x    0.0009BTC/DAO

What do you guys think ETH price will be over next few days?

Nice one man, agreed - price on Chinese exchanges pretty high also atm - i'll try reloading ~$460 range

pretty fast pump, anyone think it'll correct back to $455-460 range?

got some funds on way to exchange(s), should have ability to buy in couple Hrs, fingers crossed can load up in that range : )

Interesting and sudden uptick : )

Anything to do with CFTC announcement?

http://www.coindesk.com/us-swap-platform-registration-cftc/

http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr7375-16

Not too sure, but I think this means investment banks can now acquire BTC-derivatives as part of portfolio?

Yes, seems to have quickly corrected back to $227range - with the Chinese exchanges still slightly higher BPI.

Best of luck for your Limit Order @ $220 bro 

I'll also buy some more if we hit that range 

Price has just hit $223.99 on Bitstamp - Well done OP

However, there appears to be a significant %margin between the Majors with:

Bitfinex @ $228.85

Okcoin/Houbi @ $230.61

BTC-e @ $226.05

Seems like Bistamp is leading the way in this recent decline

Highlights taken from an article writen 3Hrs ago, gives decent wrap on situation:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/social-media/11736230/Will-WhatsApp-really-be-banned-in-the-UK.html

" Home Secretary Theresa May has announced that a draft for a new Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act (DRIPA) will be published in the Autumn, with a view to introducing a Bill early in the New Year, or by December 2016 at the latest.

DRIPA builds on the proposals put forward in the Communications Data Bill – better known as the "Snooper's Charter" – which was first introduced to parliament in May 2012, but blocked at the last minute by the Liberal Democrats under the coalition government.

The Communications Data Bill proposed that communications service providers should store all details of online communication in the UK – including the time, duration, sender and recipient of a communication, and the location of the device from which it was made – for 12 months. "

"If the legislation is passed, Whatsapp, Snapchat, iMessage and other popular apps that use end-to-end encryption will be forced to hand over messages to intelligence agencies, if the sender of those messages is under suspicion. If they refuse, they could potentially be banned in the UK. "

"WhatsApp, and its parent company Facebook, declined to comment on whether they would be willing to concede to the UK government's demands for data. However, Facebook already receives thousands of UK government requests for user data, and complies with about 75pc of them. "

"Given Facebook's policy on complying with government data requests, WhatsApp is likely to end up complying too – although there is bound to be plenty of debate before that happens. Ultimately, the government knows that banning WhatsApp in the UK would be a PR disaster, so it will no doubt do its best to reach a compromise. "


Cheers for those who posted WhatsApp alternates, good to know there are plenty of others out there - We'll have to see what happens when this "Charter" comes into effect (September-December 2015). For now we'll press on ahead with setting up a Ltd for our BTC business in UK and evaluate compliance/migrating business to another jurisdiction if we need to.  

Thanks for the link FlappySocks - listening to it now (temperatue already elevating)

Also..   I agree with your libiterian stance regarding government! That's the way it should be!!  However I believe in historical metrics and sadly the government is currently made for central banks/and it's creditors and not for the people : (

Hey mate, you're right! The blockchain protocol itself won't be stopped, however it's the ISP's that point Bitcoin service providers like; Bitstamp, Kraken, Localbitcoins, etc. that concern me. If the ISP's are directed by government to block these services it will at least deter some BTC businesses and startup ventures like mine from incorporating in the UK.

This potentially will also prohibate the use of encryption based technologies, like iMessage, WhatsApp or PGP data transmissions.

So UK Prime Minister David Cameron is sticking to his guns with respect to his Conservative party planning which involves anti-trust and "Snooper" charter in turn, with respect to digital telecommunications and encryption.

Media in the UK this week begun speculating that this would affect digital messaging services like WhatsApp, iMessage and Snapchat and that any PGP/End to End P2P data transmission services would be BANNED.

I'm concerned at the moment because of it's potential implication to BTC and BTC-related services that currently operate in the UK.

The UK is a significant part of current BTC market, however most of BTC's use there is based on third-party services which are available over the internet. I fear that these service would be prohibited to operate.

i.e Localbitcoins stopped it's service within Germany for potentially violating by-laws early this year.

The UK is parent to the other Countries/States within the Commonwealth realm and thus affect them also in time?

Antigua and Barbuda   1981   Realm
Australia   1931   Realm
The Bahamas   1973   Realm
Bangladesh   1972   Republic
Barbados   1966   Realm
Belize   1981   Realm
Botswana   1966   Republic
Brunei   1984   Monarchy
Cameroon   1995   Republic
Canada   1931   Realm
Cyprus   1961   Republic
Dominica   1978   Republic
Fiji   1970 (rejoined in 1997 after 10 year lapse)    Republic
Ghana   1957   Republic
Grenada   1974   Realm
Guyana   1966   Republic
India   1947   Republic
Jamaica   1962   Realm
Kenya   1963   Republic
Kiribati   1979   Republic
Lesotho   1966   Monarchy
Malawi   1964   Republic
Malaysia   1957   Monarchy
The Maldives   1982   Republic
Malta   1964   Republic
Mauritius   1968   Republic
Mozambique   1995   Republic
Namibia   1990   Republic
Nauru   1968   Republic
New Zealand   1931   Realm
Nigeria   1960   Republic
Pakistan   1947   Republic
Papua New Guinea   1975   Realm
Rwanda    2009   Republic
St. Christopher and Nevis   1983   Realm
St. Lucia   1979   Realm
St. Vincent and the Grenadines    1979   Realm
Samoa   1970   Republic
Seychelles   1976   Republic
Sierra Leone   1961   Republic
Singapore   1965   Republic
Solomon Islands   1978   Realm
South Africa   1931
(withdrew in 1961,
rejoined in 1994)   Republic
Sri Lanka   1948   Republic
Swaziland   1968   Monarchy
Tanzania   1961   Republic
Tonga   1970   Monarchy
Trinidad and Tobago   1962   Republic
Tuvalu   1978   Realm
United Kingdom      Realm
Uganda   1962   Republic
Vanuatu   1980   Republic
Zambia   1964   Republic



^ above just copied/pasted

Hopefully the Government will have little controll over disruption of BTC services and that fully regulated services providers will fully vet/take all acceptable client due dilagence for compliance. Certain services in alternative data transmission have been blocked by many ISP's.

http://www.coindesk.com/would-uk-encryption-ban-kill-bitcoin/

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/07/10/snoopers-charter-bill-causes-social-outcry-as-government-looks-to-ban-whatsapp-and-others_n_7768768.html

After ~ 4Hrs of speculation, Admin just posted this and appears everything wrt BTC funds is cool : )

https://localbitcoins.com/forums/#!/general-discussion:error-sending-out-bitcoins


There was much FUD pertaining to a possible Exit Scam, but no evidence thus far!

Error message when folks are trying to send out:

txid {u'message': u'Error: Please enter the wallet passphrase with walletpassphr


Just a heads up if your thinking about buying on LBTC, maybe best to wait until they resolve

ProTip Campaign Update:

Congratulations to the Protip team!! Truly a fantastic contribution to the BTC-Space!!

: $9500 raised via indigogo

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/protip-peer-to-peer-tipping-for-the-web


... and also 24+BTC donated

1ProTip9x3uoqKDJeMQJdQUCQawDLauNiF

This is a great effort from all crowd-donators for this open-source project!!

Video discussion and further project discussion:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqiwXfTJBus

Coindesk App review:

http://www.coindesk.com/protip-app-proposes-bitcoin-solution-for-content-monetization/

This is a great project to have come out of 1st Qrt 2015

I like the thought been given to Protip feature set - Keep it up!!!

ProTip Campaign Update:

$6500+!! : )  Day 19 & Cheeky DEA Agents

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bw8XiHN7Tbc