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Re: Write an article and win up to 5 BTC in Cointelegraph contest!
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knifeedge
on 11/06/2015, 10:19:49 UTC
Can I write about my own Fin-tech startup?
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Re: Great Giveaway from Cointelegaph and Sponsors!
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knifeedge
on 26/02/2015, 12:24:56 UTC
I love to gamble, and a chance to gamble for free is great!

Thanks
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Re: $30 Giveaway from Cointelegraph and Counterparty Foundation
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knifeedge
on 09/02/2015, 11:38:11 UTC
Offer still open? I'm interested.
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Re: New CPA affiliate network
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knifeedge
on 21/01/2015, 09:49:06 UTC
Do I understand it correctly - you're planning on a limited number of users whom you'll be offering special conditions?

How many users will it be?
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Re: New Digital Currency Aims to Unite Every Money System on Earth
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knifeedge
on 17/09/2014, 13:06:24 UTC
What's more important is the lack of clarity on how it solves the Byzantine Generals Problem.
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Re: Power Company Tip Leads to Bitcoin Mining Raid
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knifeedge
on 17/09/2014, 13:04:47 UTC
Charged with marijuana possession, and yet they confiscate everything bitcoin related.
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Re: Paypal. Is. Scared.
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knifeedge
on 17/09/2014, 13:03:08 UTC
When bitcoin proponents attack Paypal its different though because bitcoins have never been stolen
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Re: Bitcoin ATM Fees analysis
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knifeedge
on 17/09/2014, 13:01:30 UTC
A good attempt but lacking detail The Bringabong shop in Nimbin is mentioned but no fees .We currently charge 3% on bit average which will help with the averages for Australia. Our shop recently burnt to the ground and we have relocated to lot 9 No2 BlueKnob Rd Nimbin NSW 2480 Australia. Fortunately we saved the Lamassu which is now back in commission.
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Re: PayPal VISA and other companies with BTC. It is good?
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knifeedge
on 17/09/2014, 12:59:43 UTC
Define 'good' and 'positive'. Those words mean different things to different people in different situations.
If I could fund my PayPal account with Bitcoins and pay any other PayPal user in their currency of choice, that would be convenient. If I could receive funds from others through PayPal and withdraw those funds as Bitcoins, that would also be very convenient.
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Re: Bitcoin price PLUS $1000 - Would Bitcoin then see world wide acceptance?
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knifeedge
on 14/09/2014, 13:33:21 UTC
I think you would have better luck if this entire subreddit decided to buy $5 worth of bitcoin on the same day.

We should have a bitcoin purchase day! Start it off once a month or something. The 1st of every month! National Buy-a-Bitcoin day
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Re: Charlie Shrem Pleads Guilty - What do you think?
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knifeedge
on 14/09/2014, 13:19:58 UTC
I'm sure these prosecutors are really proud of their bust—pressuring yet another harmless kid into a plea deal.
And while they're doing that, countless professional launderers go to work, day in and day out. The only difference is that they have the financial backing and legal counsel from those who specialize in these things.

Most of what the pros do is technically "legal" so there's nothing to prosecute. And when it's not 100% legal, they know how to structure their arrangements to fall within certain grey areas of the law, making a successful prosecution of their practices, a legal nightmare.
Instead of facing any of these fundamental issues, or having the balls to investigate real cases, the prosecutors, as typical, go for the low hanging fruit. Regardless of the fact that what Shrem did, is for all practical purposes, harmless.
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Re: Bitcoin’s future depends on public acceptance
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knifeedge
on 14/09/2014, 13:12:38 UTC
A little obvious but this is an important point. Bitcoin users have to value educating newbies and pushing for adoption if Bitcoin is going to survive.
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Re: 1991 Electronics -> 2014 Smartphone. 2014 Banking -> 2018 Bitcoin
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knifeedge
on 14/09/2014, 13:06:19 UTC
The difference between electronics and bitcoin is electronics didnt have 'cartels' that made laws and cornered the market. It was much more free, so to speak. The financial system, money etc. is not, which is why bitcoin could run into trouble down the road.
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Re: Why There Should Be A Bitcoin Central Bank
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knifeedge
on 14/09/2014, 12:59:51 UTC
After this early line.
"To put in simpler terms: banks only has in their vaults a small percentage of the money that their customers gave them;"

I don't think the article will be taken seriously.
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Re: Coinbase Insured
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knifeedge
on 14/09/2014, 12:53:33 UTC
This is good to hear but still doesn't mean keep your Bitcoin savings in Coinbase.
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Re: What are your top 5 altcoins - in order?
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knifeedge
on 03/09/2014, 12:32:45 UTC
pandacoin
ducknote
flexcoin
dnote
crypt
We have a winner! (c)

If only you'll throw away a dnote and get here a Bytecoin - you will see my top 5 atlrcoins.
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Re: Coinbase Insured
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knifeedge
on 30/08/2014, 19:26:23 UTC

Interesting. It's good to see Coinbase setting the standard here. Of course, employee infidelity and hacking are just two ways that bitcoins could disappear.

What about physical theft? Summary says that the insurance covers losses due to physical security breach, so presumably physical theft is covered. Missed that in the summary.
What about natural disasters, fire, flood, etc.?
What about kidnap/ransom/extortion of employees?
What about lawful confiscation (usually not covered by policies)?
What are the actual limits of the policy?
Are the limits on a per-account basis (like the FDIC), per occurrence basis, or per policy period?
Was the policy designed to cover the type of hacking that allegedly occurred with Mt. Gox?


Their statement is actually very vague and very limited. I wouldnt rely on this insurance.... And especially since coinbase is staying very quite about the bitlicense ordeal, Im starting to put less and less trust in them. I dont even use their service anymore and am eagerly waiting for my circle invite.
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Re: Why people price things in fiat but want BTC - choose one or the other
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knifeedge
on 30/08/2014, 19:19:58 UTC
I think it will one day shift into pricing directly in BTC, but not until we reach mass adoption. For now, the bitcoin economy is still in the kindling phase... not yet the blazing fire economy. For now, people relate better to USD or their base currency when trying to adopt BTC I think.
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Re: A service that sends you a text message when there is big Bitcoin news?
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knifeedge
on 30/08/2014, 19:13:40 UTC
Problem is you often don't know if news is really big until a week later. at least, a lot of headlines i think are big have no immediate effect on price, and sometimes the price makes a big move and it takes me a day or 2 to find out what the catalyst was. anyway, I think your best bet is to use IFTTT and use a RSS feed as input, and an sms as output. trick is to find the best RSS feed for your needs...
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Re: Democracy 2.0 (Beta)
by
knifeedge
on 30/08/2014, 19:07:30 UTC
Anonymous and verifiable voting systems

A little bit of a contradiction here. How would you know what one identity, one person is, without an authority like a registration office?
or better put, how would you prevent a person from voting twice or multiple times? (let's call this the double-voting problem)
though it indeed is an interesting philosophical question what an identity is. if i'm a programmer at day and a rockstar at night, do i have two identities?

You are one identity with two hobbies.