All posts made by xcrabber in Bitcointalk.org's Wall Observer thread



1. Post 8506782 (copy this link) (by xcrabber) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_13.08h):

Quote from: inca on August 23, 2014, 09:18:02 PM

I prefer yachts. I am looking at between 35 and 45 feet. Need to be able to sail it singlehanded - the missus is not capable!


http://www.boattest.com/All-boats/AllBoatsThumbs/Nordhavn/Nordhavn-43-run.jpg

Nordhavn boats are go anywhere, no nonsense vessels, VERY fuel efficient world cruisers.  They are made in sizes up to 120' if you happen to belong to the Vladamer Club.  These boats reminds me a lot of bitcoin, no matter how rough and how far down in the wave trough it is, you can rest assured it will come back up the next wave.

  If by yacht you mean sailboat, Mason 44 is a fine go anywhere vessel by the same builders.  Lafitte 44 is another fine go anywhere sailboat of older vintage, bargains can be found.

Now back to lurking... Cool



2. Post 9096869 (copy this link) (by xcrabber) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_13.20h):

Quote from: myworkaccount on October 05, 2014, 10:48:52 PM
more fun?
 Wink

I own this market!

I can understand using leverage if you have the ability to do so, but doesn't there come a point where you want to encourage the Bitcoin community and keep a positive sentiment for the sake of long term success?  "With great power comes great responsibility" so the saying goes.  There are many people that are new to Bitcoin that will be scared away from investing their time and resources in it just from "games" being played.  We don't want to lose these people.  They are valuable to growth and sustaining the market.  





is not important whilst having a megalomanic coke rush!


I usually just listen and learn but great responsibility was shown with that wall of great power.  That wall could of easily crushed the "strong" support of 266.  As for the new people they should not invest without due diligence, having studied the extreme volatility and fundamentals that is BITCOIN. 



3. Post 9228901 (copy this link) (by xcrabber) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_13.24h):

Quote from: MoreFun on October 16, 2014, 11:56:21 PM
I got an email from Bitstamp earlier during the evening to get my account verified or they will seize it. I logged on Bitstamp after 7 months and I had $2 in it. I, hereby, allow Bitstamp to hand it over to whoever the fuck they will hand over to.
Don't give the thieving government a single cent, they'll only waste it on even more stupid regulations. Convert your $2 to BTC and withdraw IMO. And tell us whether that actually works.

That is, if Bitstamp allows doing a $2 transaction. Not sure on that.
seriously!

market buy with that 2$  NOW and withdraw like a pro.

There is a $5 minimum limit on orders at stamp.
Just deposit $3-$4 of bitcoin sell than do a $6 buy to get you $2 out.   hehehe

EDIT    Adam beat me to it.



4. Post 9362371 (copy this link) (by xcrabber) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_13.27h):

Quote from: inca on October 28, 2014, 10:18:52 PM
Wala? Voila maybe?

I thought you said you were leaving. A lot of us no doubt had our hopes up you meant it.  Wink

Yeah, Shroomy has single handedly made me question the belief that shrooms are good for the mind, body, and soul.  Shocked



5. Post 10036900 (copy this link) (by xcrabber) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_13.43h):

Quote from: JimboToronto on January 04, 2015, 05:42:23 PM
...one year of bear market (never happened before)...

June 2011 to February 2013 was less than a year?

Jimbo 2012 went from under $5 to over 12, I know because I started researching it around June around $5ish,  I studied up on it a little and kept telling my wife this is big, then looked at price and it was nearly $7.  I figured I would by when it came down a little because it had risen so fast (I thought).  December it was over $12, I said ###K IT and started buying.

2012 was only a bear market in "bitcoinland".



6. Post 10206746 (copy this link) (by xcrabber) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_13.51h):

What happened to the glowing ignore button???  I have so many on ignore I can not keep up with them.  Sometimes I click unignore to see if I had ignored on accident.  If the button still glowed it could be assumed it was for good reason without having to see the garbage again.  PLEASE bring back the glowing ignore button.



7. Post 10207193 (copy this link) (by xcrabber) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_13.51h):

Quote from: JimboToronto on January 19, 2015, 04:39:16 PM
What happened to the glowing ignore button???  I have so many on ignore I can not keep up with them.  Sometimes I click unignore to see if I had ignored on accident.  If the button still glowed it could be assumed it was for good reason without having to see the garbage again.  PLEASE bring back the glowing ignore button.

It got removed with the ability to set avatars - a real shame considering the all time high number of trolls around here..

I'm all in favor of the re-institution of newbie jail. A month of posting only in the noob and off-topic sub-forums and 6 months before starting threads would seem about right.

Bringing back the colored ignore button probably wouldn't help much though. Hardcore trolls don't care. Wasn't it ElectricMucus who used to brag that "if your ignore button isn't glowing red, you're doing it wrong"?

Of bigger concern is that real trolls might ignore honest posters just to turn their ignore buttons red in an attempt to discredit them.

Just a thought.

Maybe do like I believe Fonsie suggested and have a proof of stake.  It could be done just in speculation where you have no business if you have no stake.  Enough trolls buying in to troll would surely cause a ramp up.   Grin



8. Post 10231617 (copy this link) (by xcrabber) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_13.51h):

Quote from: medialab101 on January 21, 2015, 07:47:20 PM
Has anybody noticed that even at 200 nobody wants to buy Bitcoin.

And yet i see all these idiots here dreaming about how we will go up soon.
How far in the sand can your head be.

January 15th:

"It feels so good having bought all these cheap coins at 170. Please let me know if they were yours so i can personally thank you."

"So which one of you tools sold at the bottom?"

"Well, that was the bottom. I picked up a shitload of super cheap coins. Thanks to you idiots selling at the very bottom.
Thanks for playing. "

Yep that was me, wish it wasn't......

 BIG margin call at 172!   Everybody was so bearish I started buying from 500 down to 300.

  Had been up 36 hours trading with my collateral in exchange account making good coins (i thought).  Nodded off around 220 woke back up at 210 going up.  Thought (sleepily) that it was the bottom and didn't transfer more collateral into trading account.  Woke up later they were GONE. Cry  

 Received a high dollar education in hours.



9. Post 11080544 (copy this link) (by xcrabber) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_14.11h):

I am always surprised to see it go down!  What happens when a scant 21 million people want to hodl an average of 1 measly bitcoin each???



10. Post 11080679 (copy this link) (by xcrabber) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_14.11h):

Quote from: thebitcoinquiz.com on April 14, 2015, 02:29:54 AM
I am always surprised to see it go down!  What happens when a scant 21 million people want to hodl an average of 1 measly bitcoin each???
I don't think in todays date there are 21million bitcoin users and there aren't even 21 million bitcoin(there will never be those many bitcoins), so a simple answer- 21million people will never be able to hold 1BTC each, the situation is statistically incorrect.

Yeah that the point!  21 million people can ONLY WANT to hodl a whole bitcoin.  It is after all the most secure and unchangeable ledger in the history!



11. Post 11223434 (copy this link) (by xcrabber) (scraped on 2020-04-04_Sat_14.13h):

Quote from: JorgeStolfi on April 28, 2015, 02:45:03 PM
some Chinese electricity company must surely realise soon that accepting and holding bitcoin would be a ridiculously successful strategy. Or is that banned?
 

EDIT: Since we are on the topic, albeit off-topic: it was on news sites recently that some New England electricity company is suing John Garza's GAWminers for a ~300'000 $ unpaid electricity bill.
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That is Mississippi Power who is suing, the mining facility is in Purvis, MS.  I believe Garza had/has some sort of telecom business up in the New England area.