bitcoin makes you rich
bitcoin makes you rich
Bitcoin makes you rich ????
Pls share your experiences.
I have heard If you have invested $1000 for Bitcoin in2007, you have 54 million now ????.
How the Bitcoin works, and what is it and how to invest it??. I want to set aside for playing money and want to buy.
Is it something like you are buying software programming with digital wallets like paypal, and you can trade ????. I have no clue and confusing.
Best wishes
looking.
Pls share your experiences.
I have heard If you have invested $1000 for Bitcoin in2007, you have 54 million now ????.
How the Bitcoin works, and what is it and how to invest it??. I want to set aside for playing money and want to buy.
Is it something like you are buying software programming with digital wallets like paypal, and you can trade ????. I have no clue and confusing.
Best wishes
looking.
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It's the same as Enron. It's always going to go up, up, up. What could possibly go wrong?
Bogle: Smart Beta is stupid
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A few things you might read,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulip_mania
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_fool_theory
There is a quote 'If you've been playing poker for half an hour and you still don't know who the patsy is, you're the patsy.'
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulip_mania
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_fool_theory
I fundamental rule of investing, and even gambling, is to never invest or gamble with something that you do not understand.
There is a quote 'If you've been playing poker for half an hour and you still don't know who the patsy is, you're the patsy.'
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A few people get rich but many more will lose everything they put into it?
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Read this thread - viewtopic.php?f=1&t=225613&newpost=3494459
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I feel like we need to start merging the low quality bitcoin questions. If its a specific technical question leave it be but all of the "who's a bitcoin and where is he going to be worth" questions need to be merged.
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Bitcoin was released in 2009. I didn't hear about it till 2012…
IMHO it's a speculative bubble… but am considering adding cryptocurrency to my allocation at some point eventually: it would augment or replace what I use gold for. Probably waiting for a correction on that front. No big rush or sense of FOMO.
IMHO it's a speculative bubble… but am considering adding cryptocurrency to my allocation at some point eventually: it would augment or replace what I use gold for. Probably waiting for a correction on that front. No big rush or sense of FOMO.
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Not going to touch bitcoin, or any other currency. It's speculation. The average expected return of a speculative investment is 0.
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You couldn't invest in bitcoin in 2007; the first bitcoin block (the genesis block) was mined in January 2009. Here it is on the blockchain: https://blockexplorer.com/block/0000000 ... b60a8ce26f
Yes, it's true, bitcoin has generated positive returns for nearly everyone who has invested in it, and it has made many people rich, rapidly. However, its past performance is no more an indicator of its future success than it is of its future failure. At this point, those who say "bitcoin will fail" are no more correct than those who say "bitcoin will succeed".
The smart people are saying the same thing that smart people always say: "I don't know."
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There is no legal way to get rich quickly.looking wrote: ↑Wed Aug 16, 2017 8:00 am Bitcoin makes you rich ????
Pls share your experiences.
I have heard If you have invested $1000 for Bitcoin in2007, you have 54 million now ????.
How the Bitcoin works, and what is it and how to invest it??. I want to set aside for playing money and want to buy.
Is it something like you are buying software programming with digital wallets like paypal, and you can trade ????. I have no clue and confusing.
Best wishes
looking.
There is many ways to lose everything in a heartbeat.
If you have $1,000 now and ready to lose it all, well then go ahead and buy some bitcoin.
Time is the ultimate currency.
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Keep in mind that there are also notable thefts and problems with exchanges that can wipe out an entire holding. Not to mention the possibility that you lose your data and all of your bitcoins, like the guy who lost his bitcoins in a landfill. 100% loss for these types of events.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=83794.0
http://money.cnn.com/2013/11/29/news/bi ... index.html
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=83794.0
http://money.cnn.com/2013/11/29/news/bi ... index.html
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It is important to understand who has created value for the world society as a whole in this:looking wrote: ↑Wed Aug 16, 2017 8:00 am Bitcoin makes you rich ????
Pls share your experiences.
I have heard If you have invested $1000 for Bitcoin in2007, you have 54 million now ????.
How the Bitcoin works, and what is it and how to invest it??. I want to set aside for playing money and want to buy.
Is it something like you are buying software programming with digital wallets like paypal, and you can trade ????. I have no clue and confusing.
Best wishes
looking.
- every "winner" from bitcoin means an equal and opposite "loser"-- someone who sold at a cheaper price. This is a societal zero sum game, like the Dutch tulips (maybe more tulips were grown as a result?) or South Sea Company shares?
- notwithstanding, value has been created:
-- for users of Dark Web, eg Wannacry worm (virus?) that held up the British health service, who have been able to purchase and sell things which would otherwise have been illegal-- drugs, stolen passwords, zero day hacks etc
-- for those seeking to bypass exchange controls e.g. in China. We can argue whether this is legit, but it is certainly the case that it is against the wishes of the Chinese government
-- for any widely accepted use, I can't think of something that Bitcoin allows, that could not be achieved by other ways, eg my Amex card
Of course value has also been destroyed:
-- electricity consumption and associated pollution, eg in China (virtually free coal-fired electricity)
-- wasted mental bandwidth of fools like me who post on these threads
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You have surely checked? You know, someone made an extreme claim about an investment so you checked whether this is true?
Do you think you will make those sorts of returns in the future?
If you have to ask questions like "how the Bitcoin works" here, then you don't know enough to invest. This is not the place to ask that sort of questions.How the Bitcoin works, and what is it and how to invest it??. I want to set aside for playing money and want to buy.
There a lot of guides to crypto currencies online. I suggest reading some of them.Is it something like you are buying software programming with digital wallets like paypal, and you can trade ????. I have no clue and confusing.
Best wishes
looking.
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Unless the utility value of bitcoin grows (and grows faster than the cost of mining them, because the incentive to be an exchange lies in the mining I believe?).
there's the argument for bitcoin. I myself am quite sceptical but that doesn't mean that I am right .
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The last get rich scheme was GT Advanced Technologies. That was a real company that made real things. It didn't turn out well for the "investors".
We're all gonna be rich:
http://forum.thecontrarianinvestor.com/ ... c-gtat.69/
Oh, crap!
http://forum.thecontrarianinvestor.com/ ... post-25008
Perhaps not a good comparison to bitcoin, but the point is that you shouldn't just look the hype and past returns.
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What I did was go to ebay, bought a bitcoin, which to me, was like buying stock. It just sat there in my online wallet (offline paper wallets are also available) as an investment sits in an investment account. Then, I transferred some of that to a Coinbase account and sold some of it for double my initial investment in US dollars wired to my checking account. I plan to continue to buy low and sell high, taking profits due to gains. Sure, eventually bitcoin might (or might not) lose it's value entirely, but in the meantime I will have made enough to make up for my losses. Bitcoin fluctuates enough that I think I can continue to buy very low, wait, and then sell rather high.
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You have some good arguments, but are you sure bitcoin is zero sum? We know bitcoin has more than zero utility right now, and it may have the potential for much more. There are smart and respected people on both sides of the zero sum argument. More: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Myths and https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Weaknesses .Valuethinker wrote: ↑Wed Aug 16, 2017 11:26 am every "winner" from bitcoin means an equal and opposite "loser"-- someone who sold at a cheaper price. This is a societal zero sum game
This is a reasonable assumption, but don't forget the exchange fees. They're acting as market makers. Also, many bitcoiners are not exactly Boglehead-style fee savvy, and the exchanges can make a killing with a sufficiently obfuscated fee structure.Valuethinker wrote: ↑Wed Aug 16, 2017 11:55 amthe incentive to be an exchange lies in the mining I believe?
To be complete: yes, something like day-trading bitcoin can reasonably be said to be zero sum.
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Make sure to keep very good record and report gain/loss, otherwise the IRS can come after you.Gauss44 wrote: ↑Wed Aug 16, 2017 12:15 pm What I did was go to ebay, bought a bitcoin, which to me, was like buying stock. It just sat there in my online wallet (offline paper wallets are also available) as an investment sits in an investment account. Then, I transferred some of that to a Coinbase account and sold some of it for double my initial investment in US dollars wired to my checking account. I plan to continue to buy low and sell high, taking profits due to gains. Sure, eventually bitcoin might (or might not) lose it's value entirely, but in the meantime I will have made enough to make up for my losses. Bitcoin fluctuates enough that I think I can continue to buy very low, wait, and then sell rather high.
Time is the ultimate currency.
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Yeah, like most of trades and investing transactions, it's a zero sum game. Some will win and some will lose after the dust settles.Jonathan wrote: ↑Wed Aug 16, 2017 12:16 pmYou have some good arguments, but are you sure bitcoin is zero sum? We know bitcoin has more than zero utility right now, and it may have the potential for much more. There are smart and respected people on both sides of the zero sum argument. More: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Myths and https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Weaknesses .Valuethinker wrote: ↑Wed Aug 16, 2017 11:26 am every "winner" from bitcoin means an equal and opposite "loser"-- someone who sold at a cheaper price. This is a societal zero sum game
Time is the ultimate currency.
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Data mining, excuse the pun, at its finest.
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What I did was go to ebay, bought a bitcoin, which to me, was like buying stock. It just sat there in my online wallet (offline paper wallets are also available) as an investment sits in an investment account. Then, I transferred some of that to a Coinbase account and sold some of it for double my initial investment in US dollars wired to my checking account. I plan to continue to buy low and sell high, taking profits due to gains. Sure, eventually bitcoin might (or might not) lose it's value entirely, but in the meantime I will have made enough to make up for my losses. Bitcoin fluctuates enough that I think I can continue to buy very low, wait, and then sell rather high.
pls show me the procddure in detail so i buy from ebay and depost into onpine wallet and sell ???? i am consused the procedure
1) buy from ebay
2) depost at online wallet
3) transfer to coinbase account
4) sell it
5) wire the sold us $ to my checking accounts
please tell me exactly how to go by doing this
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Post by Gauss44 » Wed Aug 16, 2017 12:15 pm
What I did was go to ebay, bought a bitcoin, which to me, was like buying stock. It just sat there in my online wallet (offline paper wallets are also available) as an investment sits in an investment account. Then, I transferred some of that to a Coinbase account and sold some of it for double my initial investment in US dollars wired to my checking account. I plan to continue to buy low and sell high, taking profits due to gains. Sure, eventually bitcoin might (or might not) lose it's value entirely, but in the meantime I will have made enough to make up for my losses. Bitcoin fluctuates enough that I think I can continue to buy very low, wait, and then sell rather high.
pls show me the procddure in detail so i buy from ebay and depost into onpine wallet and sell ???? i am consused the procedure
1) buy from ebay
2) depost at online wallet
3) transfer to coinbase account
4) sell it
5) wire the sold us $ to my checking accounts
please tell me exactly how to go by doing this
Re: bitcoin makes you rich
No thank you.
I'll get rich without bitcoin or stay poor.
I'll get rich without bitcoin or stay poor.
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anybody buying bitcoin I'm buying with a small amount
when I hear one guy just made 6 million with the investment of $ 50 k ( true story ????)
so what do you take on this
anybody buying bitcoin I'm buying with a small amount
when I hear one guy just made 6 million with the investment of $ 50 k ( true story ????)
so what do you take on this
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lookingpost:
If true, "one guy" with a winning number in PowerBall is similar.
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No, I don't buy currency to make money.
The forward-looking average expected return on currency is zero.
The forward-looking average expected real return on currency is zero minus inflation.
Be happy for those who have won the lottery. Understand that copying their winning numbers is not a winning strategy.
You're almost 80, dude. Do you really think you're going to get rich quick?
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Well, a lot of people made a ton of money by taking a big gamble when Bitcoin was practically worthless
Now it is valued crazy high. It could keep going up, or it could crash. It's complete speculation
Remember the mantra "buy low, sell high"?
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The time to buy was 5 years ago. What you want to do is find the next big thing. Good luck with that if you intend to try.
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I most certainly am NOT buying Bitcoin at these levels. The rapid run-up has all the hallmarks of a speculative bubble, especially the runaway increase in price with no real underlying reason (such as the need for large amounts of Bitcoin as a medium of exchange).
Yes, Bitcoin may go even higher, but betting on this is pure gambling. And if you want to gamble, the risks and odds at the blackjack or roulette tables are much easier to evaluate!
Yes, Bitcoin may go even higher, but betting on this is pure gambling. And if you want to gamble, the risks and odds at the blackjack or roulette tables are much easier to evaluate!
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You asked about bitcoin almost exactly 2 months ago.
viewtopic.php?f=1&t=225794&p=3498389#p3494639
There, you asked:
"I have heard If you have invested $1000 for Bitcoin in2007, you have 54 million now ????."
There was considerable discussion, leading to the thread getting locked.
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Better odds investing in the highest yielding Vanguard fund you can find.
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Not yet, but eventually. It's just too volatile now for my intended usage. Really, I would love to use it as a transactional currency for some day-to-day expenses, and absolutely expect to do so in the future. But as an investment, no. Not now, not ever.
Really, I hold this opinion for much the same reason as I don't trade foreign currencies - the odds are strongly against me as an individual. If I felt the odds were otherwise, I would trade them. That type of trading doesn't scare me, or confuse me, but I just won't play if I can't win. Then, with Bitcoin specifically, add extreme volatility and the massive hacking targets that the intermediaries in this represent. Perhaps that will change. Although, as a stock investor (to a degree) who is intrigued by the underlying blockchain technology, THAT piece of the technology might trigger some investing decisions (with those companies that leverage the technology).
When this all cools down and more places accept Bitcoin for transactions, sure, then I'd be happy to load $100 to $1000 into my digital wallet and use it day to day. And for micro-transactions, which I believe will become more prevalent near-term, Bitcoin could be extremely useful.
Really, I hold this opinion for much the same reason as I don't trade foreign currencies - the odds are strongly against me as an individual. If I felt the odds were otherwise, I would trade them. That type of trading doesn't scare me, or confuse me, but I just won't play if I can't win. Then, with Bitcoin specifically, add extreme volatility and the massive hacking targets that the intermediaries in this represent. Perhaps that will change. Although, as a stock investor (to a degree) who is intrigued by the underlying blockchain technology, THAT piece of the technology might trigger some investing decisions (with those companies that leverage the technology).
When this all cools down and more places accept Bitcoin for transactions, sure, then I'd be happy to load $100 to $1000 into my digital wallet and use it day to day. And for micro-transactions, which I believe will become more prevalent near-term, Bitcoin could be extremely useful.
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The bitcoin train already left the station.
But there are 900+ other cryptocurrencies that you can gamble on:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cryptocurrencies
But there are 900+ other cryptocurrencies that you can gamble on:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cryptocurrencies
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Bitcoin is up 425% since January 1st.
I had purchased some in April 2016 to use with a bitcoin only marketplace for Amazon products.
I ended up leaving it in my Coinbase account and it went from $150 to $500 a few months ago. I sold it.
The roller coaster of Bitcoin would be pure speculation. Plus, I don't think there are many people who truly understand what Bitcoin is and how it's used.
If you want me to tell you more, just send me 3 Bitcoins to my public wallet here: 1JDDaaTyAsqj8Ek7W7Y8pjJ9b6rczkxd99
(Just kidding...don't send me anything)
I had purchased some in April 2016 to use with a bitcoin only marketplace for Amazon products.
I ended up leaving it in my Coinbase account and it went from $150 to $500 a few months ago. I sold it.
The roller coaster of Bitcoin would be pure speculation. Plus, I don't think there are many people who truly understand what Bitcoin is and how it's used.
If you want me to tell you more, just send me 3 Bitcoins to my public wallet here: 1JDDaaTyAsqj8Ek7W7Y8pjJ9b6rczkxd99
(Just kidding...don't send me anything)
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Four percent of the Bitcoin holders own about 95 percent of the market--a very small group is manipulating prices, and no one knows who they are (probably not even each other.) I was curious about it at the end of last year and thought about buying one when it was around $1,000 but then the hype started and I lost interest in the risk.
It's probable that blockchain technology will be the real value instead of Bitcoin or other cryptocurrency, but that value will manifest in the total stock market indexes anyway instead of a currency--because currency doesn't create or service anything.
It's probable that blockchain technology will be the real value instead of Bitcoin or other cryptocurrency, but that value will manifest in the total stock market indexes anyway instead of a currency--because currency doesn't create or service anything.
I'm not smart enough to know, and I can't afford to guess.
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I bought about $15 in Bitcoin in January, just to play around with it and see how the clients work, etc.
It is worth about $72 now, but I don't think I'm smart, and I'm not still buying.
It is worth about $72 now, but I don't think I'm smart, and I'm not still buying.
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I have BTC, LTC, and ETH. about 6k spread out total. Will check again in 2022.
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Bitcoin is magical. The more expensive it gets, the more people like it.
Here's a family that sold their house and vehicles to buy more bitcoin: https://www.cnbc.com/2017/10/17/this-fa ... tcoin.html
Here's a family that sold their house and vehicles to buy more bitcoin: https://www.cnbc.com/2017/10/17/this-fa ... tcoin.html
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Back in 2011, I almost went through the trouble of making a coinbase account and putting maybe a hundred bucks in there just for the heck of it. 1 bitcoin was roughly equal to 1 dollar at that time. Anyone who did that and let it ride till now, would have over 500k in their coinbase account.
It sure has a long way it could potentially drop. Maybe another cryptocurrency will suddenly look much more appealing to everyone, sending bitcoin down to nothing?
Edit: Just found this list of cryptocurrencies by market cap, there are a lot: https://coinmarketcap.com/
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The same can be said for the lottery as well. The lure of making a massive amount of money easily and quickly is very enticing.
For me it doesn't matter how valuable bitcoins or the lottery prizes get to be. I'm not interested with spending money like that in the hopes that such things will make me ultra-rich overnight.
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I believe there are two things going on.
The technology behind Bitcoin, blockchain, is revolutionary. As technology goes that "changes everything" it changes everything. It is simply a very very very important innovation. Problem is, you can't "invest" in blockchain.
Many people who are piling into Bitcoin that are not simply "investing" based on the "it goes up" theory, are buying it because it is the most visible and popular implementation of blockchain. However, anyone can implement a blockchain for anything nowadays, and the real earth-changing implementation of blockchain will not necessarily be the specific implementation called "Bitcoin." Bitcoin investors are going to miss out on that.
I use US dollars to convert my labor into goods and services, or shares of publicly traded businesses. I try not to hold dollars in large quantities or for longer than I have to. I can foresee using Bitcoin in the same manner. People using Bitcoin as a medium of exchange are likewise not bothered by the market price of the day. And people holding Bitcoin are being paid to provide liquidity to people transacting in Bitcoin, but obviously at substantial risk. It's fascinating.
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I have been buying bitcoin this year. I will keep buying. It's always easy to say "I missed it" with any asset class, stocks included. This is not a recommendation for what others should do, this is just what I am doing with my money... The market is very hot and bubbly, but that doesn't mean when/if the crash comes it will crash to a lower level than current prices because it could keep rallying before that moment. You just have to recognize the level of volatility/risk you are signing up for when you enter this space.
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I am not buying any bitcoins.
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Yeah, but nobody would have done that. You would have cashed out at $2000 or $5000 or something. Or at least sold half, then sold half again when it hit $20,000, etc. Very few people who are paying attention would let it ride all the way to $500,000, without ever locking in any gains.Longtermgrowth wrote: ↑Wed Oct 18, 2017 1:40 pmBack in 2011, I almost went through the trouble of making a coinbase account and putting maybe a hundred bucks in there just for the heck of it. 1 bitcoin was roughly equal to 1 dollar at that time. Anyone who did that and let it ride till now, would have over 500k in their coinbase account.
Anyway, it's already risen 120x if it grew from 50k to $6 million. To repeat that return, bitcoin would have to grow nearly as big as every single stock listed on the NYSE COMBINED. Somehow that seems unlikely.
Even if those stories of crazy high returns are true, it's too late to get them for yourselves. Sure, it might double again or even grow 10x, but it's not going to see 120x growth again. It's too big now to grow that much.
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I think this is a very good explanation. It would be interesting if one company was responsible for blockchain and had a patent on it. It might be as simple as buying an individual stock if that were the case, but from what I've found, it's not.Chuck wrote: ↑Wed Oct 18, 2017 3:02 pmI believe there are two things going on.
The technology behind Bitcoin, blockchain, is revolutionary. As technology goes that "changes everything" it changes everything. It is simply a very very very important innovation. Problem is, you can't "invest" in blockchain.
Many people who are piling into Bitcoin that are not simply "investing" based on the "it goes up" theory, are buying it because it is the most visible and popular implementation of blockchain. However, anyone can implement a blockchain for anything nowadays, and the real earth-changing implementation of blockchain will not necessarily be the specific implementation called "Bitcoin." Bitcoin investors are going to miss out on that.
When I hear blockchain I always think of cryptocurrencies, but it's looking like it could help streamline banking transactions as well: "IBM has a new blockchain for banks to speed up cross-border payments" https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ibm-bloc ... 50867.html
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Apparently, the investors in those 900-something other crytocurrencies Greg mentioned are buying a lot of bitcoin.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/201 ... e-all-bad/
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/201 ... e-all-bad/
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We did our fantasy football betting in bitcoin about 5 years ago. Winner got a total of 300 bucks worth. We all sort of assumed we had just had a fun lesson and called it a day.
I reminded him we did that earlier this year, since he had forgotten. He graciously paid my 50 dollar entry fee this year
That is likely the only time I have/will buy bitcoin.
I reminded him we did that earlier this year, since he had forgotten. He graciously paid my 50 dollar entry fee this year
That is likely the only time I have/will buy bitcoin.
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I'm too busy with my safe and profitable coal mine. j/k
Bitcoin? No way. I've haven't seen people make such reckless investment behavior since the .com boom. The posts on reddit by speculators are pretty entertaining.
Bitcoin? No way. I've haven't seen people make such reckless investment behavior since the .com boom. The posts on reddit by speculators are pretty entertaining.
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looking - I merged your question back into your discussion from August. As noted earlier:
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