Cryptocurrency

[AtW]

Oh dear - convicted fraudster says Bitcoin is a fraud

[Bean]

Oh dear - convicted fraudster says Bitcoin is a fraud

Lol, at 00:52 he says Bitcoin is NOT a scam;

It's almost as if he's shilling any viewpoint on Bitcoin, in order to get TV interviews to plug his books.......

Enjoy your echo chamber

[Jog On]

Lol, at 00:52 he says Bitcoin is NOT a scam;

It's almost as if he's shilling any viewpoint on Bitcoin, in order to get TV interviews to plug his books.......

Enjoy your echo chamber

I wouldn't bother engaging Atw in this thread, it just encourages him.

[Bread]

I've been a long-time lurker on this thread, but just made an account to chime in and agree with what Bean said. This guy is being deliberately provocative to get interviews and airtime to plug his book: and he's succeeding.

He's such a loser he gave himself the nickname 'wolf of wall street'.

[TheGreenBastard]

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...k-retail-sales

We really need a cryptocurrency pegged to local fiat; and yes I mean something like Tether (but with guaranteed holdings).

[AtW]

We really need a cryptocurrency pegged to local fiat; and yes I mean something like Tether (but with guaranteed holdings).

No, we don't need that.

What we need is ban on Visa/Mastercard selling your private info without your explicit permission, I would have thought GDPR will cover that - in EU.

[TheGreenBastard]

No, we don't need that.

What we need is ban on Visa/Mastercard selling your private info without your explicit permission, I would have thought GDPR will cover that - in EU.

That'd be great, if 1) card companies could be trusted 2) the EU/gov could be trusted 3) data harvesters like Google could be trusted. (I don't trust any of this chain).

I'm basically saying the technology (blockchain) could be very useful here; mathematically sound ledgers with no single controlling body.

I get your position against bitcoin et al. but the underlying tech is something else.

[Bluenose]

I don't follow XLM but I know some of you do. One of the worlds most respected crypto analysts has just done a piece on it.

https://www.investfeed.com/posts/1795184

[AtW]

Bitcoin millionaire loses $35m in cryptocurrency scam

22-year-old from Finland tricked by huge investment fraud plot in Thailand


A Finnish millionaire has been conned out of $35 million worth of bitcoin by cryptocurrency scammers in Thailand, according to a local report.

22-year-old Aarni Otava Saarimaa lost 5,564.4 bitcoins, according to the Bangkok Post, after inadvertently sending them to fraudsters in the country.

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...-a8492606.html

[SunnyInHades]

Bitcoin millionaire loses $35m in cryptocurrency scam

Saarimaa should've sent a few here, mainly visited by those who mined on their own PC in 2009/2010:
https://www.moonassets.io/supercars

Bugatti Veyron Ƀ 169.44
Lamborghini Aventador S Coupe Ƀ 70.48
Ferrari 458 Speciale Ƀ 61.52
Land Rover Range Rover Ƀ 12.47
Aston Martin DB9 V12 Ƀ 10.23

tread very, very, very carefully, as if you're life depended upon it, but 'seems legit'.
https://venturebeat.com/2017/12/15/m...-its-windfall/

For 99% buying a supercar 'for cash' is just a dream. Holding/trading Bitcoin and crypto gives a glimmer, a hope, a possibility of fulfilling it ... only time will tell.

Choice time..
"Fortune favours the brave, come on McAfee dickline - let's be 'aving u. Blockchain and Bitcoin's gonna change the world!"
or
"It's a ponzi scam played by the deluded, idiots and fools, sell all your bitcoin, forget it."