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Boxturret
Oct 3, 2013

Don't ask me about Sonic the Hedgehog diaper fetish
it is theorized that microscopic satoshi parasites used our ancient ancestors as hosts and developed our verbal communication as a way of procreation

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gschmidl
Sep 3, 2011

watch with knife hands

Boxturret posted:

i think he invented the concept of communication between several separate individuals

Only if they're called Alice, Bob, and Dr. Craig :wrong:

Wheany
Mar 17, 2006

Spinyahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

Doctor Rope

...! posted:

Arpanet was created in 1983.

okay, so now we're in the year 1993 of internet adoption. world wide web was invented 4 years ago, and was released outside CERN 2 years ago. usenet has existed for a decade now. pop protocol has existed for 9 years and pop3 has existed for 5 years. imap has existed for 7 years.

i'm sure bitcoin has similar useful applications built on top of it that people are actually using

spankmeister
Jun 15, 2008






...! posted:

Arpanet was created in 1983.

:wrong:

it was 1969. 1983 was when they switched to TCP/IP.

spankmeister
Jun 15, 2008






I just wanted to post :wrong:

Beelzebufo
Mar 5, 2015

Frog puns are toadally awesome


Comparing bitcoin to the internet is like comparing the concept of writing to cash for gold flyers.

...!
Oct 5, 2003
Probation
Can't post for 3 hours!

Sedge and Bee posted:

Comparing bitcoin to the internet is like comparing the concept of writing to cash for gold flyers.

i write to cash for gold flyers all the time


dearest cash for gold flyer,

divabot
Jun 17, 2015

A polite little mouse!

Boxturret posted:

i think he invented the concept of communication between several separate individuals

literally had one on twitter yesterday arguing that a bunch of basic cryptographic stuff like SSL needed people who understood cryptocurrency

this was part of his justification for proof of work being good actually

Soricidus
Oct 21, 2010
freedom-hating statist shill
transport layer satoshi

Weatherman
Jul 30, 2003

WARBLEKLONK
transport layer poo poo

gschmidl
Sep 3, 2011

watch with knife hands

Has anyone said ISO/OSIcoin yet

klafbang
Nov 18, 2009
Clapping Larry
I think you mean niocISO/OSIcoin

Hammerite
Mar 9, 2007

And you don't remember what I said here, either, but it was pompous and stupid.
Jade Ear Joe

Wheany posted:

okay, so now we're in the year 1993 of internet adoption. world wide web was invented 4 years ago, and was released outside CERN 2 years ago. usenet has existed for a decade now. pop protocol has existed for 9 years and pop3 has existed for 5 years. imap has existed for 7 years.

i'm sure bitcoin has similar useful applications built on top of it that people are actually using

let me tell u about a little thing called the lightning network,

AlbieQuirky
Oct 9, 2012

Just me and my 🌊dragon🐉 hanging out
maybe buttcoin should send everyone cds like aol did

just blanket the world with buttcoin cds

Papa Was A Video Toaster
Jan 9, 2011





AlbieQuirky posted:

maybe buttcoin should send everyone dog dick coffee tables

just blanket the world with dog dick coffee tables

Boxturret
Oct 3, 2013

Don't ask me about Sonic the Hedgehog diaper fetish
i thought it was an arctic fox

Hammerite
Mar 9, 2007

And you don't remember what I said here, either, but it was pompous and stupid.
Jade Ear Joe

Boxturret posted:

i thought it was an arctic fox

are you saying to me that the DDCT was an AFDCT all along? how long have you been keeping this bombshell a secret from us?!

Boxturret
Oct 3, 2013

Don't ask me about Sonic the Hedgehog diaper fetish
https://twitter.com/Rassah/status/336511775480635392

i don't know anymore

Beelzebufo
Mar 5, 2015

Frog puns are toadally awesome



Oh so it's a raccoon dick coffee table.

This changes everything!

Best Bi Geek Squid
Mar 25, 2016
kramer's coffee table book, but it's a raccoon penis

Hammerite
Mar 9, 2007

And you don't remember what I said here, either, but it was pompous and stupid.
Jade Ear Joe
do you suppose they put a tablecloth over it when the parents visit

Midjack
Dec 24, 2007



Hammerite posted:

do you suppose they put a tablecloth over it when the parents visit

do you suppose anyone visits?

Qwertycoatl
Dec 31, 2008

Midjack posted:

do you suppose anyone visits?

not more than once anyway

divabot
Jun 17, 2015

A polite little mouse!
https://twitter.com/IRLcheologist/status/1080814961180508165

Boxturret
Oct 3, 2013

Don't ask me about Sonic the Hedgehog diaper fetish
missed the best one
https://twitter.com/IRLcheologist/status/1080813591043940352

Slippery
May 16, 2004


Muscles Boxcar

Shame Boy posted:

anyway i stumbled across this thing:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/824450/Blockchain_Tycoon/


finally a game with simulated electricity bill paying

it does seem pretty realistic though, for example you can see here that all the mining rigs are clearly on fire:



the failure animation should be the youtube of that dude crying in an empty garage while surrounded by tens of thousands of dollars in fans, insulation, electrical power arrangements etc

...!
Oct 5, 2003
Probation
Can't post for 3 hours!

:wrong:

...!
Oct 5, 2003
Probation
Can't post for 3 hours!
Would you rather use a currency that is enforced by code, or one that is enforced by bombs? (self.Bitcoin)
submitted 5 hours ago by ElephantGlue

This is something that has bugged me about bitcoin naysayers for a while now.

It always comes down to 'Well, the dollar is backed by the U.S. Government and bitcoin is backed by nothing'.

As you all should know by now, this is bullshit. Bitcoin is backed by its unhackable protocol, and the exponentially growing group of users that refuse to sell for dollars - who give it its value.

This value, even though it is measured in dollars today, will at some point in the near future cease to be. The will of the government cannot stand up to the will of the people, and people value their individual sovereignty more than any government control whether they admit to it or not.

As more people awake to what bitcoin actually is, we're headed for the moon. Not on the back of U.S. Government dollars or the ICBMs used to enforce their use, but the building blocks of code for a new, sovereign economic system entirely.

So buy your bitcoin with dollars while you still can.

Boxturret
Oct 3, 2013

Don't ask me about Sonic the Hedgehog diaper fetish
exponentially!!

Endless Mike
Aug 13, 2003



actually people like to be able to walk into a store and buy a pack of gum without waiting 10 minutes to see if they actually have the money and spending $40 or the privilege of buying that pack of gum.

Boxturret
Oct 3, 2013

Don't ask me about Sonic the Hedgehog diaper fetish
they do realise there are other countries in the world, right?

klafbang
Nov 18, 2009
Clapping Larry
that's why bitcoin

EorayMel
May 30, 2015

WE GET IT. YOU LOVE GUN JESUS. Toujours des fusils Bullpup Français.
bitcoin is backed by math

bombs are backed by chemistry and physics, which are also math.

The choice is clear

Beelzebufo
Mar 5, 2015

Frog puns are toadally awesome


wouldn't there have to be something you could buy at a set exchange for bitcoins for it to be a currency? Like even in game currency in eve has digital goods denominated in it. is there anything that you can by in bitcoins exclusively, or at least not at the exchange value of bitcoins for usd, but in a set btc price alone?

Boxturret
Oct 3, 2013

Don't ask me about Sonic the Hedgehog diaper fetish
you can't even buy tickets to bitcoinventions with bitcoin

klafbang
Nov 18, 2009
Clapping Larry
bitcoin is backed by meth

...!
Oct 5, 2003
Probation
Can't post for 3 hours!
https://mobile.twitter.com/jianyanghotdog/status/1081515487060619265

...!
Oct 5, 2003
Probation
Can't post for 3 hours!
gammabum 1 point 6 hours ago*

So, let me propose a (incomplete) thought-experiment to answer this question: Can we control Gov't via their involvement in crypto?:

Scenario: you owe taxes, but your only asset is crypto, (& want gov't to 'seize' asset at high-value moment)

You go to court ($$), lose case. Subsequently, (time passes) Gov't sells your ('seized') crypto for less than you paid.

You purchase crypto at this lower price point.

rinse, repeat?????? (my brain has fizzled here... 'good luck, Jim').

Captain_Maclaine
Sep 30, 2001

Every moment that I'm alive, I pray for death!

Hammerite posted:

do you suppose they put a tablecloth over it when the parents visit

Midjack posted:

do you suppose anyone visits?

If I remember correctly, these sorts of questions were asked when he originally posted the DDCT, and his response was "well I could always put a magazine or something over it if anyone came over," in a way that implied it wasn't a problem he'd had, or foresaw ever having really.

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Boxturret
Oct 3, 2013

Don't ask me about Sonic the Hedgehog diaper fetish
but remember he managed to cash out enough to buy a car so he's one of the few people to win the bit-Coin :toot:


sure he did it by stealing money from his husband but this is bitconland after all

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