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Tsietisin
Jul 2, 2004

Time passes quickly on the weekend.

Raspberry Jam It In Me posted:

No wait, this is a really bad idea and encourage infecting people with aids and trying to prevent a cure from being developed. DON'T ICO THIS

It's too late. You said it. So rule 34 of blockchain is initiated. If it's mentioned, a cryptocurrency must be made if it.

http://aidscoin.com/

It already exists.

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Ignatius M. Meen
May 26, 2011

Hello yes I heard there was a lovely trainwreck here and...

Why go through a disease middleman? Introducing Life-and-Deathcoin! Post records of births to get individual Lifecoins that are automatically traded for Deathcoins on the posting of a matching obituary. It's naturally deflationary!

Barudak
May 7, 2007

Raspberry Jam It In Me posted:

No wait, this is a really bad idea and encourage infecting people with aids and trying to prevent a cure from being developed. DON'T ICO THIS

Poz my Neg wallet

GABA ghoul
Oct 29, 2011

Tsietisin posted:

It's too late. You said it. So rule 34 of blockchain is initiated. If it's mentioned, a cryptocurrency must be made if it.

http://aidscoin.com/

It already exists.

Lmao

yeah, but what does aids coin do? It doesn't do anything, that's the beauty of it

gary oldmans diary
Sep 26, 2005
:ughh:

Nessus
Dec 22, 2003

After a Speaker vote, you may be entitled to a valuable coupon or voucher!



Raspberry Jam It In Me posted:

Lmao

yeah, but what does aids coin do? It doesn't do anything, that's the beauty of it
It makes the ICO issuer rich (maybe). That is the purpose of the entire exercise.

Sluggz
Jun 15, 2002

https://bitcoinexchangeguide.com/how-bitcoin-mining-power-consumption-is-actually-driving-green-energy-innovation/

Words of wisdom from Andreas Antonopoulos:

“The energy consumption in mining, I think, is misrepresented. […] What happens when you build a 50 megawatt plant in a place where they only have 15 megawatts of demand? In some cases, if it’s alternative energy, like wind, solar, or hydro, you can’t turn it off or turn it down. You’ve built it, and it will produce, and then what? You’re basically wasting energy.”

“Now what if, in that environment, you can find a way to turn that energy into an alternative store of value […] by using electricity that would be otherwise wasted. Now, Bitcoin is an environmental subsidy to alternative energy all around the world.”


So the power consumption of bitcoin is good for the environment, and is driving green energy innovation.

divabot
Jun 17, 2015

A polite little mouse!

Sluggz posted:

So the power consumption of bitcoin is good for the environment, and is driving green energy innovation.

if someone claims this, the answer is https://jmkorhonen.net/2018/05/25/bitcoin-is-not-a-good-fit-for-renewable-energy-heres-why/

tl;dr bitcoin is a 24/7 continuous load and that's absolutely poo poo for wind/solar and blatantly encourages coal

hydro is good but has hard capacity limits, which is why towns with dams are telling miners to gently caress off now

Shwqa
Feb 13, 2012

Sluggz posted:

So the power consumption of bitcoin is good for the environment, and is driving green energy innovation.

Ah yes electricity is the "useless" thing that we have too much of. Thank god bitcoins finally solved the too much energy production problem.

comedyblissoption
Mar 15, 2006

divabot posted:

if someone claims this, the answer is https://jmkorhonen.net/2018/05/25/bitcoin-is-not-a-good-fit-for-renewable-energy-heres-why/

tl;dr bitcoin is a 24/7 continuous load and that's absolutely poo poo for wind/solar and blatantly encourages coal

hydro is good but has hard capacity limits, which is why towns with dams are telling miners to gently caress off now
even if bitcoin somehow only ever used sustainable energy sources, this would just mean it's displacing others from being able to use sustainable energy sources

Razorwired
Dec 7, 2008

It's about to start!

Raspberry Jam It In Me posted:

Lmao

yeah, but what does aids coin do? It doesn't do anything, that's the beauty of it

Well not by itself but it'll make your computer super vulnerable to other computer viruses.

gary oldmans diary
Sep 26, 2005

Sluggz posted:

“Now what if, in that environment, you can find a way to turn that energy into an alternative store of value […] by using electricity that would be otherwise wasted. Now, Bitcoin is an environmental subsidy to alternative energy all around the world.”


So the power consumption of bitcoin is good for the environment, and is driving green energy innovation.
these loving people. bitcoin creates literally nothing actually valuable for the world. it doesnt create $6000 that didnt exist before
the only actually valuable thing in the scenario is either burnt in a power plant or polluted

Call Your Grandma
Jan 17, 2010

Actually, your honor, my client was just trying to keep this city's homicide detectives prepared for the next time someone kills twenty-five hookers.

a shiny rock
Nov 13, 2009

some guys at work used to talk about how they were going to get rich off bitcoin, and now they don't talk about it anymore. that's my bitcoin story

Mumpy Puffinz
Aug 11, 2008
Nap Ghost

Parallax Scroll posted:

some guys at work used to talk about how they were going to get rich off bitcoin, and now they don't talk about it anymore. that's my bitcoin story

that's a good story. Also I like your av

Jombo
Feb 20, 2009

Nessus posted:

I realize it interferes with the misery porn, but wasn't the Australian coal plant everyone jacked and despair-cummed over actually just like edition #9 of some Z-grade local scam artist trying to run a hustle?

...

Nope - http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-11-09/northern-power-station-port-augusta-boilers-demolished/9134360

This place was up north from me - since it was demolished by virtue signalling politicians our power prices have continued to increase because we now must buy our power from other states.

a shiny rock
Nov 13, 2009

Mumpy Puffinz posted:

that's a good story. Also I like your av

ty. never made an av before but i figured let's see what i can do under 150 kb

Nessus
Dec 22, 2003

After a Speaker vote, you may be entitled to a valuable coupon or voucher!



Jombo posted:

Nope - http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-11-09/northern-power-station-port-augusta-boilers-demolished/9134360

This place was up north from me - since it was demolished by virtue signalling politicians our power prices have continued to increase because we now must buy our power from other states.
So it got dynamited into rubble? Seems like the planet's safe from it then :v:

PhazonLink
Jul 17, 2010

comedyblissoption posted:

even if bitcoin somehow only ever used sustainable energy sources, this would just mean it's displacing others from being able to use sustainable energy sources

Buttcoiners are a stupid version the paper clip making AI problem, except they're too stupid and too powerless to get to the step of using a whole planet/star/galaxy to mine butts.

paternity suitor
Aug 2, 2016

Parallax Scroll posted:

some guys at work used to talk about how they were going to get rich off bitcoin, and now they don't talk about it anymore. that's my bitcoin story

This but instead of some guys it’s everyone. And it owns.

kuddles
Jul 16, 2006

Like a fist wrapped in blood...

Parallax Scroll posted:

some guys at work used to talk about how they were going to get rich off bitcoin, and now they don't talk about it anymore. that's my bitcoin story
I had multiple people talk about it near my workplace, but there were like 3 guys at our office building gym at the beginning of this year that would always talk about how Bitcoin investment was the surest bet and they were putting all their investment dollars into it. All other times I just ignored the conversation, but these specific dudes tried to bring me into the conversation and convince me it was a good idea. I told them in the nicest way that it didn't seem legit to me and regardless that if we were at the point where regular people are being told about investing in Bitcoin, we already missed our chance and it likely would never get any higher. They told me I was a sucker avoiding easy money.

All 3 of those dudes can't even look me in the eye now LOL.

GABA ghoul
Oct 29, 2011

A homeless man asked me about Bitcoin once. apparently some guy at his shelter(whom he suspects of being a street dealer) had talked about it a lot.

even the bums are into bitcoin now.. this is a good sign, buy buy buy

Waltzing Along
Jun 14, 2008

There's only one
Human race
Many faces
Everybody belongs here
I'm going to do an ICO for cumcoin. It's finite because only so much can be mined a day. And some days I just don't feel like mining at all.

Tsietisin
Jul 2, 2004

Time passes quickly on the weekend.

Waltzing Along posted:

I'm going to do an ICO for cumcoin. It's finite because only so much can be mined a day. And some days I just don't feel like mining at all.

Rule 34 of cryptocurrencys.

You mentioned it thus...

It Exists.

GABA ghoul
Oct 29, 2011

Tsietisin posted:

Rule 34 of cryptocurrencys.

You mentioned it thus...

It Exists.

this is actually a good idea. some anonymous token you can spend on your hosed up moose sex fetish site, without it appearing on your credit card. it will just say you spend $2k on cumcoins and nobody will be the wiser

(I guess porn sites charge your credit card with some discreet statement nowadays. but still, you can probably google which hosed up fetish site uses which statement)

Waltzing Along
Jun 14, 2008

There's only one
Human race
Many faces
Everybody belongs here

Tsietisin posted:

Rule 34 of cryptocurrencys.

You mentioned it thus...

It Exists.

:suicide:

AEMINAL
May 22, 2015

barf barf i am a dog, barf on your carpet, barf
Lol @ it nearly hitting 7400 then dropping down to 7000 in like an hour

Mozi
Apr 4, 2004

Forms change so fast
Time is moving past
Memory is smoke
Gonna get wider when I die
Nap Ghost
let the bitcoin hit the floor
let the bitcoin hit the floor

Harveygod
Jan 4, 2014

YEEAAH HEH HEH HEEEHH

YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYIN

THIS TRASH WAR AIN'T GONNA SOLVE ITSELF YA KNOW

Mozi posted:

let the bitcoin hit the floor
let the bitcoin hit the floor

6000! Nothing wrong with this.
8000! Nothing wrong with this.
6000! Nothing wrong with this.

7000! Get outta here with that FUD.
8000! Get outta here with that FUD.
6000! This is good for BIT! COOOOOOOOIN!

The Duchess Smackarse
May 8, 2012

by Lowtax
My roommate spent a month or two last fall never shutting the gently caress up about Ripple.

I mentioned it offhand in the spring and he got real quiet

Powershift
Nov 23, 2009


One of these things is not like the other ones



one of these things just doesn't belong

Uranium 235
Oct 12, 2004

ethereum is just way, way better than bitcoin

































at dropping in price

moolchaba
Jul 21, 2007

Powershift posted:

One of these things is not like the other ones



one of these things just doesn't belong

Well from the looks of that EKG, I can confirm you have cardiac AIDS.

The good news is that your now eligible to buy AIDS coin.

lazorexplosion
Mar 19, 2016


lmao

lazorexplosion
Mar 19, 2016

I just adore the people who pay $7400 for bitcoin like the fourth time after it's crashed to $6000 and expect that this has to be time they aren't going to get owned

Heath
Apr 30, 2008

🍂🎃🏞️💦

lazorexplosion posted:

I just adore the people who pay $7400 for bitcoin like the fourth time after it's crashed to $6000 and expect that this has to be time they aren't going to get owned

So you're saying now is a good time to buy

Adar
Jul 27, 2001

Uranium 235 posted:

ethereum is just way, way better than bitcoin

































at dropping in price

that magical .023 entry is gonna be a thing and it's going to be beautiful

jimmyjams
Jan 10, 2001


King Kong of Megadongs
Gobblin' them mega schlongs
Makin' sure they mega long
Stroke' 'em if they mega strong
satoshis theorem: "bitcoin can *only* go up"

Shinjobi
Jul 10, 2008


Gravy Boat 2k
I'm just glad I dont personally know anyone dumb enough to get into crypto

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Barudak
May 7, 2007

Shinjobi posted:

I'm just glad I dont personally know anyone dumb enough to get into crypto

Im glad I do because he went from smug poo poo to depressed poo poo in the span of weeks and his girlfriend went from bragging about him to dumping him and I am nothing if not a conneseur of others misery.

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