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Re: Bitcoin Believers Have Nothing to Worry About. Crypto Is Here to Stay. - Bloomberg

lukehardiman — Sat, 12 Jun 2021 09:01:43 -0000

It's a public blockchain. Nobody ever claimed otherwise. Anyone can track bitcoin transactions. Multiple profitable companies already exist whose sole mandate is to do just that.

Re: Bitcoin Believers Have Nothing to Worry About. Crypto Is Here to Stay. - Bloomberg

lukehardiman — Sat, 12 Jun 2021 08:59:39 -0000

It's up 350% in the last 12 months. An average annualized return of 230% since 2009. 10x better performance than any other asset class.

Re: Like A Bond Film: Satellite Catches Chinese Nuclear Sub Slipping Out Of Secret Underground Lair

lukehardiman — Mon, 24 Aug 2020 06:25:15 -0000

Asian superpower with military facilities * on its own soil * to protect its own territory. How is this even news? Are we going to pretend the US doesn't have a military presence in about a hundred countries and doesn't regularly bomb brown people - both civilian and military - into dust?

Re: Hello world

lukehardiman — Sun, 02 Aug 2020 08:07:34 -0000

Would like to subscribe only to ferns and skip the finance content. LMK if possible. Ta

Re: 7 ICE Killers We Would Really Like To See In Africa To Help End The ICE Age!

lukehardiman — Mon, 22 Jun 2020 00:58:57 -0000

Here in South Africa we have no charging network, and home solar installations (for charging) are still economically out of reach for 99% of the population. Maybe the Chinese will build us a charging network. We also need affordable leasing (zero capital outlay) solar options to kickstart adoption. Our power grid is largely coal driven, unreliable and on the brink of falling over. Government is wasting time and money pursuing corrupt nuclear deals, largely because of the backhander payments they have been promised.

Re: Putting an End to the Bitcoin Store of Value Fallacy

lukehardiman — Sun, 05 May 2019 23:50:36 -0000

Blathering on about Austrian economics is just pseudo-intellectual wankery. Look at the empirical evidence. https://twitter.com/UglyOld... Then look at the yearly chart. Best store of value of any asset class in the last 10 years. BCH not so much. Long term chart looks like an axe wound.

Re: Paul Krugman Might’ve Endorsed Bitcoin Cash, But That’s None of His Business

lukehardiman — Tue, 29 Jan 2019 07:13:19 -0000

Coinbase Commerce is just a payment gateway you irredeemable retard. How do you think you are paying when you pay with your credit card?

Re: Jack Dorsey Says He Once Ate a Goat That Mark Zuckerberg Personally Slaughtered With a ‘Laser Gun’ and a Knife

lukehardiman — Wed, 23 Jan 2019 21:24:40 -0000

So typical of liberals to kills goats with a laser. Real Americans eat store-bought goats.

Re: Paul Krugman Might’ve Endorsed Bitcoin Cash, But That’s None of His Business

lukehardiman — Wed, 11 Jul 2018 03:23:51 -0000

Here's one jackass. https://help.overstock.com/... Never seen one moron type so much horseshit. You must have a lot of time on your hands.

Re: Paul Krugman Might’ve Endorsed Bitcoin Cash, But That’s None of His Business

lukehardiman — Wed, 04 Jul 2018 01:48:57 -0000

Krugman is the world's most consistent idiot, and Bcash is toilet paper.

Re: Africa Overland Tours and Budget Safaris

lukehardiman — Tue, 19 Dec 2017 00:43:23 -0000

It depends on your destinations and type of Overland trip. We have some that are for those who want to rough it a bit and others that include more comfortable accommodations.

Re: Africa Overland Tours and Budget Safaris

lukehardiman — Sat, 16 Dec 2017 04:46:12 -0000

Yes we do Glen, if you use the site search you can filter by seven day long trips, or any number of days from 1 to 56.

Re: Vitalik Buterin: Central Banks Lack Ability to Create their Own Digital Currencies

lukehardiman — Thu, 19 Oct 2017 10:49:10 -0000

What equation?

Re: Bitcoin.org Operators Aim to 'Denounce' Segwit2x Participants - Bitcoin News

lukehardiman — Sat, 07 Oct 2017 02:03:28 -0000

Whilst you may think it makes you sound like a really clever person, sophistry just means 'I think your argument is wrong'. The Core / Blockstream oligarchy story is a load of nonsense (sophistry?).

Blockstream does not control Bitcoin Core; out of the five people who have commit access, only one person is a Blockstream employee (and founder). The others either work for their own companies that they founded or are part of the MIT DCI. In all contributions this year (since Jan 1 2017), there have been 41 contributors. Of those, I count 8 Blockstream employees or contractors related to Blockstream (of which at least 3 are founders of the company, and 2 don't really seem to work for Blockstream but are listed on their website), 2 that work for the MIT DCI, 6 Chaincode Labs employees (one person overlaps with Blockstream) and 22 people who work for other companies (only one or two per company), work for their own companies that they created, or are independent contributors contributing whenever they feel like. Many of the Blockstream contributors contribute rarely and also do so when they feel like; they are not paid to work exclusively on Bitcoin Core.

Blockstream does not need to influence or change Bitcoin in order to have products. They already have the Liquid sidechain which is a product for exchanges and it does not need Segwit or other changes to Bitcoin's consensus rules. This sidechain was already in use before Segwit activated.

Re: Bitcoin.org Operators Aim to 'Denounce' Segwit2x Participants - Bitcoin News

lukehardiman — Sat, 07 Oct 2017 01:55:02 -0000

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Re: Bitcoin.org Operators Aim to 'Denounce' Segwit2x Participants - Bitcoin News

lukehardiman — Sat, 07 Oct 2017 01:36:49 -0000

Like it or not, developers are critical to Bitcoin's survival and future success. Core are the most talented and capable collective we have by a very long way. If you want bigger blocks you will need user and developer buy-in. There is support within Core for bigger blocks (if we really need them at this point, in addition to layer 2 scaling). Please can we scrap this arbitrary 2x fork, set in motion by a tiny group of business owners - a fork that threatens a vast number of people's savings and net worth, and move forward with a genuine, inclusive and constructive roadmap for how we can handle increasing the block size in the future.

For clarity, I speak as a user living in a country with a failing economy, with a large proportion of my net worth invested in Bitcoin.

I believe in the future of Bitcoin, and that the very smart leaders in the Bitcoin ecosystem, who have got us this far, will find a way to move forward together, for the benefit of the community at large.

Re: Russia Likely to Ban Bitcoin Payments, Deputy Finance Minister Says - CoinDesk

lukehardiman — Fri, 29 Sep 2017 08:46:29 -0000

Who would want an alternative currency when the global economy is in such great shape, and stewarded by total geniuses like Donald Trump and Wall Street bankers, who definitely do not profit during times of economic crisis. I'm sure demand will be zero. /s

Re: 50 Blocks To SegWit: Why Bitcoin's Coming Upgrade Is a Blockchain Game-Changer - CoinDesk

lukehardiman — Thu, 24 Aug 2017 10:12:30 -0000

It's the miner arbitrage chain. Fun for daytrading and a bit of scalping but not much use for anything else.

Re: 50 Blocks To SegWit: Why Bitcoin's Coming Upgrade Is a Blockchain Game-Changer - CoinDesk

lukehardiman — Thu, 24 Aug 2017 10:10:43 -0000

lol

Re: 20-Year-Old Americans Put Their Retirement Savings in Bitcoin Despite Risks

lukehardiman — Sun, 30 Jul 2017 09:44:12 -0000

I'm 43 and all my money is in crypto, 67% BTC and the rest alts. I own some land but other than that I have almost no fiat and I'm totally fine with that. Fiat is heading for big trouble in the next 18 months. Western democracy is currently failing and the economic system it props up is going to go with it.

Re: Top Two Ethereum-Based ICOs To Be Launched This Week

lukehardiman — Tue, 20 Jun 2017 01:34:15 -0000

Sorry to state the obvious, but Civic is not an Ethereum ICO, it is Bitcoin + RSK

Re: The #Flippening: Will Ether 'Pass' Bitcoin And What Will It Mean? - CoinDesk

lukehardiman — Mon, 12 Jun 2017 23:10:17 -0000

Litecoin will tank when Bitcoin gets Segwit and then Lightning, and RSK takes off etc. It might grow in the short to medium term, but long term I'm less confident.

Re: Bitcoin Core Developer: Activate Segwit First, Then Work on Bigger Blocks

lukehardiman — Sat, 10 Jun 2017 15:59:52 -0000

Jihan Wu has a covert modification on his mining rigs called Asic Boost, which makes them 20% more profitable. This will be null and void when Segwit is activated. He is holding Bitcoin users hostage and douchebag Roger Ver is helping him.

Re: Opinion: Are Bitcoiners Losing Faith?

lukehardiman — Sun, 04 Jun 2017 11:10:56 -0000

BIP 148 UASF. Just do it. Fuck Jihan Wu.

Re: Top 5 Countries Interested in Bitcoin, According to Google

lukehardiman — Sat, 13 May 2017 11:46:00 -0000

Access to bank accounts and credit cards is just fine in South Africa you idiots. The problem is we just got downgraded to junk status by S&P and Fitch. The rand is about to tank. Bitcoin is a hedge for us like most people, not a credit card - how ridiculous.