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  • Doctor PhibesD Online
    Doctor PhibesD Online
    Doctor Phibes
    wrote on last edited by
    #41

    Reading this thread makes me understand how my grandparents felt when they tried to program the VCR.

    I was only joking

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    • LuFins DadL Offline
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      LuFins Dad
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      #42

      Just reached my first $1.00… 1% in 6 hours….

      The Brad

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      • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

        Reading this thread makes me understand how my grandparents felt when they tried to program the VCR.

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        #43

        @doctor-phibes said in The Bitcoin/Crypto Thread:

        Reading this thread makes me understand how my grandparents felt when they tried to program the VCR.

        Exactly.

        What the actual hell are you guys talking about?

        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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        • George KG George K

          @doctor-phibes said in The Bitcoin/Crypto Thread:

          Reading this thread makes me understand how my grandparents felt when they tried to program the VCR.

          Exactly.

          What the actual hell are you guys talking about?

          Doctor PhibesD Online
          Doctor PhibesD Online
          Doctor Phibes
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          #44

          @george-k said in The Bitcoin/Crypto Thread:

          @doctor-phibes said in The Bitcoin/Crypto Thread:

          Reading this thread makes me understand how my grandparents felt when they tried to program the VCR.

          Exactly.

          What the actual hell are you guys talking about?

          I’m not totally convinced they know, either

          I was only joking

          Aqua LetiferA 1 Reply Last reply
          • LuFins DadL LuFins Dad

            Just reached my first $1.00… 1% in 6 hours….

            CopperC Offline
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            Copper
            wrote on last edited by
            #45

            @lufins-dad said in The Bitcoin/Crypto Thread:

            Just reached my first $1.00… 1% in 6 hours

            That's 4% per day.

            28% per week

            Nice

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            • LuFins DadL LuFins Dad

              @mark said in The Bitcoin/Crypto Thread:

              @lufins-dad said in The Bitcoin/Crypto Thread:

              Okay, I put the money I had set aside for one of Karla’s Christmas Gifts on Solana. Let’s see if she is getting new EarPods, a diamond necklace, or a lovely card for Christmas…

              What made you select Solana?

              It’s probably Ethereum’s biggest competitor and can handle more transactions than Ethereum. It’s been listed in many of the top 10 lists and has shown pretty consistent growth. This is going to be a trial run for me, so I wanted a currency that would have a little bit of volatility but should at least maintain a pretty safe return. I actually got it somewhat on the cheap today, but it’s still dropped since then, lol. Ethereum is having a good day!

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              mark
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              #46

              @lufins-dad said in The Bitcoin/Crypto Thread:

              @mark said in The Bitcoin/Crypto Thread:

              @lufins-dad said in The Bitcoin/Crypto Thread:

              Okay, I put the money I had set aside for one of Karla’s Christmas Gifts on Solana. Let’s see if she is getting new EarPods, a diamond necklace, or a lovely card for Christmas…

              What made you select Solana?

              It’s probably Ethereum’s biggest competitor and can handle more transactions than Ethereum. It’s been listed in many of the top 10 lists and has shown pretty consistent growth. This is going to be a trial run for me, so I wanted a currency that would have a little bit of volatility but should at least maintain a pretty safe return. I actually got it somewhat on the cheap today, but it’s still dropped since then, lol. Ethereum is having a good day!

              Just bought a little Solana. I am limiting my purchases by not linking any payment methods that permit large transactions. We will see where these little gambles go for a while.

              LuFins DadL 1 Reply Last reply
              • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

                @george-k said in The Bitcoin/Crypto Thread:

                @doctor-phibes said in The Bitcoin/Crypto Thread:

                Reading this thread makes me understand how my grandparents felt when they tried to program the VCR.

                Exactly.

                What the actual hell are you guys talking about?

                I’m not totally convinced they know, either

                Aqua LetiferA Offline
                Aqua LetiferA Offline
                Aqua Letifer
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                #47

                @doctor-phibes said in The Bitcoin/Crypto Thread:

                @george-k said in The Bitcoin/Crypto Thread:

                @doctor-phibes said in The Bitcoin/Crypto Thread:

                Reading this thread makes me understand how my grandparents felt when they tried to program the VCR.

                Exactly.

                What the actual hell are you guys talking about?

                I’m not totally convinced they know, either

                My theory is that "bitcoin" and "cryptocurrency" is, at the end of the day, just Chinese MMO gold farming.

                Please love yourself.

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                • markM mark

                  @lufins-dad said in The Bitcoin/Crypto Thread:

                  @mark said in The Bitcoin/Crypto Thread:

                  @lufins-dad said in The Bitcoin/Crypto Thread:

                  Okay, I put the money I had set aside for one of Karla’s Christmas Gifts on Solana. Let’s see if she is getting new EarPods, a diamond necklace, or a lovely card for Christmas…

                  What made you select Solana?

                  It’s probably Ethereum’s biggest competitor and can handle more transactions than Ethereum. It’s been listed in many of the top 10 lists and has shown pretty consistent growth. This is going to be a trial run for me, so I wanted a currency that would have a little bit of volatility but should at least maintain a pretty safe return. I actually got it somewhat on the cheap today, but it’s still dropped since then, lol. Ethereum is having a good day!

                  Just bought a little Solana. I am limiting my purchases by not linking any payment methods that permit large transactions. We will see where these little gambles go for a while.

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                  LuFins Dad
                  wrote on last edited by
                  #48

                  @mark I have mine set that I have to authorize every transaction. This feels like the Wild West or the very first days of the Dow Jones…

                  The Brad

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                  • KlausK Online
                    KlausK Online
                    Klaus
                    wrote on last edited by Klaus
                    #49

                    Now that I've learned more about the whole thing and have programmed a few smart contracts myself, I've also bought some Ethereum. This whole distributed finance thing looks really cool, I must say. Time to buy some non-fungible tokens!

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                      #50

                      Bitcoin hit an all-time high of $68,530.34 early Tuesday, according to CoinMarketCap.

                      More: https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/08/business/bitcoin-ethereum-price-new-record/index.html

                      Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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                      • LuFins DadL LuFins Dad

                        @mark I have mine set that I have to authorize every transaction. This feels like the Wild West or the very first days of the Dow Jones…

                        89th8 Offline
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                        @lufins-dad said in The Bitcoin/Crypto Thread:

                        @mark I have mine set that I have to authorize every transaction. This feels like the Wild West or the very first days of the Dow Jones…

                        I do a lot of things based on gut.

                        My gut says crypto is absolutely here to stay, in one form or another. BTC and ETH are "too big to fail" (kinda) and will be here indefinitely. I think NFTs have a massive future, too. At least conceptually, the first way to really provide "unique ownership of a digital asset"... I think will grow in importance considering we'll forever be in a digital world going forward.

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                        • KlausK Online
                          KlausK Online
                          Klaus
                          wrote on last edited by Klaus
                          #52

                          My impression is that Blockchain technology will really take off when "security tokens" become a thing on a large scale, that is, if things like stock, bonds and Fiat currencies can also be treated just like ETH or BTC and integrated into smart contracts and dApps. That works to some degree with US dollar already, and from what I understand, a full-scale integration of securities is in the making.

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                          • LuFins DadL Offline
                            LuFins DadL Offline
                            LuFins Dad
                            wrote on last edited by
                            #53

                            Yeah, but at some point you do need to see some regulatory policies come into play. You can’t have Shiba Inu types of stunts occurring all of the time.

                            The Brad

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                            • KlausK Klaus

                              Now that I've learned more about the whole thing and have programmed a few smart contracts myself, I've also bought some Ethereum. This whole distributed finance thing looks really cool, I must say. Time to buy some non-fungible tokens!

                              AxtremusA Away
                              AxtremusA Away
                              Axtremus
                              wrote on last edited by
                              #54

                              @klaus said in The Bitcoin/Crypto Thread:

                              Now that I've learned more about the whole thing and have programmed a few smart contracts myself, I've also bought some Ethereum. This whole distributed finance thing looks really cool, I must say. Time to buy some non-fungible tokens!

                              Is there a particular website or tool you use to write these “smart contracts”?

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                              • AxtremusA Axtremus

                                @klaus said in The Bitcoin/Crypto Thread:

                                Now that I've learned more about the whole thing and have programmed a few smart contracts myself, I've also bought some Ethereum. This whole distributed finance thing looks really cool, I must say. Time to buy some non-fungible tokens!

                                Is there a particular website or tool you use to write these “smart contracts”?

                                KlausK Online
                                KlausK Online
                                Klaus
                                wrote on last edited by Klaus
                                #55

                                @axtremus said in The Bitcoin/Crypto Thread:

                                @klaus said in The Bitcoin/Crypto Thread:

                                Now that I've learned more about the whole thing and have programmed a few smart contracts myself, I've also bought some Ethereum. This whole distributed finance thing looks really cool, I must say. Time to buy some non-fungible tokens!

                                Is there a particular website or tool you use to write these “smart contracts”?

                                The simplest way to get started is Remix. When it gets more serious, there's a big set of (mostly) Python-based tools and libraries such as Brownie as well as Blockchain simulators such as Ganache.

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                                • LuFins DadL LuFins Dad

                                  Yeah, but at some point you do need to see some regulatory policies come into play. You can’t have Shiba Inu types of stunts occurring all of the time.

                                  89th8 Offline
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                                  89th
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                                  #56

                                  @lufins-dad said in The Bitcoin/Crypto Thread:

                                  You can’t have Shiba Inu types of stunts occurring all of the time.

                                  Woah woah woah.... let it get to the moon (or at least $1) before you kill that coin. That's my ticket to early retirement. I have 4 million coins! Yes, I like saying that.

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                                  • 89th8 89th

                                    @lufins-dad said in The Bitcoin/Crypto Thread:

                                    You can’t have Shiba Inu types of stunts occurring all of the time.

                                    Woah woah woah.... let it get to the moon (or at least $1) before you kill that coin. That's my ticket to early retirement. I have 4 million coins! Yes, I like saying that.

                                    LuFins DadL Offline
                                    LuFins DadL Offline
                                    LuFins Dad
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                                    #57

                                    @89th said in The Bitcoin/Crypto Thread:

                                    @lufins-dad said in The Bitcoin/Crypto Thread:

                                    You can’t have Shiba Inu types of stunts occurring all of the time.

                                    Woah woah woah.... let it get to the moon (or at least $1) before you kill that coin. That's my ticket to early retirement. I have 4 million coins! Yes, I like saying that.

                                    When did you buy?

                                    The Brad

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                                    • LuFins DadL LuFins Dad

                                      @89th said in The Bitcoin/Crypto Thread:

                                      @lufins-dad said in The Bitcoin/Crypto Thread:

                                      You can’t have Shiba Inu types of stunts occurring all of the time.

                                      Woah woah woah.... let it get to the moon (or at least $1) before you kill that coin. That's my ticket to early retirement. I have 4 million coins! Yes, I like saying that.

                                      When did you buy?

                                      89th8 Offline
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                                      89th
                                      wrote on last edited by
                                      #58

                                      @lufins-dad Oh like back in May after the first spike. I think I bought $200 worth and now have $300 worth. It's stupid, but figured it would be fun to get lucky with a viral meme coin.

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                                        LuFins DadL Offline
                                        LuFins Dad
                                        wrote on last edited by
                                        #59

                                        I was planning on adding some of my weekly spending cash every week, just trying to figure out whether I want to keep putting it into SOL or diversify…

                                        The Brad

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                                        • 89th8 89th

                                          @lufins-dad said in The Bitcoin/Crypto Thread:

                                          You can’t have Shiba Inu types of stunts occurring all of the time.

                                          Woah woah woah.... let it get to the moon (or at least $1) before you kill that coin. That's my ticket to early retirement. I have 4 million coins! Yes, I like saying that.

                                          markM Offline
                                          markM Offline
                                          mark
                                          wrote on last edited by
                                          #60

                                          @89th said in The Bitcoin/Crypto Thread:

                                          @lufins-dad said in The Bitcoin/Crypto Thread:

                                          You can’t have Shiba Inu types of stunts occurring all of the time.

                                          Woah woah woah.... let it get to the moon (or at least $1) before you kill that coin. That's my ticket to early retirement. I have 4 million coins! Yes, I like saying that.

                                          I plan on buying some Shiba Inu next week when my limit is reset. lol

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