GoBills808 Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 10 minutes ago, Foxx said: what are the problems that you see? it's obvious you didn't read the statement. i see it as much more of a movement than a scheme. it is a trustless mechanism which means that it is honest. one where the select few cannot impoverish mankind (decentralized). do you understand the benefit for the unbanked population of the planet (of which i might add is far in the majority)? How are the unbanked going to afford BitCoin @ $10,000? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxx Posted February 6, 2018 Author Share Posted February 6, 2018 (edited) 5 minutes ago, GoBills808 said: How are the unbanked going to afford BitCoin @ $10,000? 1 bitcoin: 1.00000000 $10,000 is nothing. @ $10k, .0000001 is $.01 cryptos in general are the boon to the unbanked. BTC will most likely end up as an intra-state settlement vehicle. Edited February 6, 2018 by Foxx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greybeard Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 32 minutes ago, Foxx said: nice. way to address the content of the post Gandhi once observed that every movement goes through four stages: first they ignore you; then they abuse you; then they crack down on you and then you win. can you guess where we are at? Sounds like the path of a Bills fan. Except for that final win. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jauronimo Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 17 minutes ago, GoBills808 said: How are the unbanked going to afford BitCoin @ $10,000? Each BTC is divisible out to 8 decimal places. You can buy $20 worth of BTC if you want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoBills808 Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 1 hour ago, Jauronimo said: Each BTC is divisible out to 8 decimal places. You can buy $20 worth of BTC if you want. So that’ll get you 1/5000th of a hitman? 23 hours ago, Jauronimo said: I suppose crypto assets have "no intrinsic value" from the standpoint of traditional equity analysis but plenty of other assets have value that do not produce cash flows. Comparing bitcoin to speculation on fungus infected tulips solely because of rapid price appreciation demonstrates very little understanding of the situation. Fun talking points but they ring hollow. Why does gold or silver have any particular value? Their actual use in tech and products is minimal. Production grows every year. Is there really anything more to it than we as a species like shiny stuff that stays shiny? Not too long ago our paper money and the full faith and credit of the U.S. was based on how much shiny stuff we had yet people balk at crypto like the concept is totally unheard of. Now we have a digital asset with a true finite amount that can act as digital shiny stuff in a trustless environment sans central bank or clearinghouse. And unlike physical shiny stuff, you can carry a fortune of it in your pocket and send it across the globe in an instant. Sounds like a process improvement to me. Actual use of gold in tech and products is minimal? Maybe compared to steel and concrete, but there are an ton more practical applications for gold than Bitcoin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeginnersMind Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 1 hour ago, Jauronimo said: You can buy $20 worth of BTC if you want. Until it's accepted for purchase, you will keep measuring its value in govt backed currency, and that is its problem. Bitcoin is not the first alternative currency to make the claim of making a run at government backed ones. Not even the first digital one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jauronimo Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 28 minutes ago, GoBills808 said: So that’ll get you 1/5000th of a hitman? Actual use of gold in tech and products is minimal? Maybe compared to steel and concrete, but there are an ton more practical applications for gold than Bitcoin. Name the practical applications of gold and how much of gold's per ounce value is based on its practical application? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoBills808 Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 1 minute ago, Jauronimo said: Name the practical applications of gold and how much of gold's per ounce value is based on its practical application? Pretty much every electronic device has gold in it...and much like everything else (and in particular the topic of this thread), its practical application is only one factor in establishing market value, along with scarcity, public perception, etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jauronimo Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 25 minutes ago, BeginnersMind said: Until it's accepted for purchase, you will keep measuring its value in govt backed currency, and that is its problem. Bitcoin is not the first alternative currency to make the claim of making a run at government backed ones. Not even the first digital one. Bitcoin doesn't even aim to be a currency anymore from what I understand. Blockstream says bitcoin is essentially digital gold. No one uses gold in purchases. It still has value. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mead107 Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 Meadcoin dbl in price today. ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 5 minutes ago, mead107 said: Meadcoin dbl in price today. ? YOU’RE RICH!!! You can fund all future tail gate activities if you play this right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punching Bag Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 43 minutes ago, mead107 said: Meadcoin dbl in price today. ? 36 minutes ago, Augie said: YOU’RE RICH!!! You can fund all future tail gate activities if you play this right. I do not see how that works. It went from mead paying a beer (or piece of stromboli) for every mead coin accepted to paying two beers or two pieces. How does that fund future tailgate activities? And he is NOT RICH. I know R. Rich and he is not even in same weight class. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mead107 Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 (edited) 12 minutes ago, Limeaid said: I do not see how that works. It went from mead paying a beer (or piece of stromboli) for every mead coin accepted to paying two beers or two pieces. How does that fund future tailgate activities? And he is NOT RICH. I know R. Rich and he is not even in same weight class. r. Rich is 2 feet taller. ? If you promise to show up at the tailgate party I will give you a meadcoin. Plezmed owns one. Edited February 7, 2018 by mead107 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plenzmd1 Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 13 hours ago, mead107 said: r. Rich is 2 feet taller. ? If you promise to show up at the tailgate party I will give you a meadcoin. Plezmed owns one. 2 My most cherished possesion, even changed my will to specify where it goes upon my demise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PolishDave Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 On 2/6/2018 at 5:47 AM, BeginnersMind said: I have no problem with this argument and it backs what I’ve been saying. No one values bitcoin or its alternatives. You can use it to make a small number of trades for services but not many. 99.9999% of transactions still require a medium directly related to govt backed currency, which is why this was a senseless bubble. Can it become an accepted currency? Sure. But despite blockchain technology, it’s currently following a well trodden path of wildly unsuccessful attempts to dethrone government backed currency. I wish it luck but if the digital metals-backed currencies didn’t catch on, I have serious doubts about the blockchain currencies, except in very narrow sectors. If nobody valued it - then you could't exchange it right now for thousands of $. Obviously lots and lots and lots of people do value it and other crypotcurrencies. 19 hours ago, BeginnersMind said: Until it's accepted for purchase, you will keep measuring its value in govt backed currency, and that is its problem. Bitcoin is not the first alternative currency to make the claim of making a run at government backed ones. Not even the first digital one. Hard to ultimately predict what is going to happen with Bitcoin itself regardless of whether or not it becomes accepted widely as a currency. Right now it appears that Bitcoin is better suited for and more commonly being used as a store of value - like gold is widely used as. Some other (better designed) cryptocurrency is more likely to become the leading accepted currency across the globe. And even then it is very unlikely that it will become too widely used in any major country - as large country governments must retain control over their own currency in order to attempt to maintain economic stability. They simply won't allow it. They will outlaw it if it gets too popular. They will be forced to. All of this Cryto-stuff is still in its infancy. We haven't seen the finished product yet. Not even close in my opinion. A government created crytocurrency that they can monitor and track forever is very likely to come at some point in the future. First in some other smaller countries way before the United States. I can see a day in the distant future where governments issue a blockchain based currency tied to a person's government issued ID# (like a social security number). Then every single transaction taking place using that currency has a permanent record that will make it easy to identify/track down crimes involving money and also track down tax evasion. Or perhaps they issue that currency for corporate entities and retain a dollar style system for individuals. It is coming though. Eventually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 Extraordinary Popular Delusions And The Madness Of Crowds by Charles MacKay great work on tulip mania and other swindles of the gullible, my favourite anecdote has to be: But the most absurd and preposterous of all, and which showed, more completely than any other, the utter madness of the people, was one, started by an unknown adventurer, entitled "company for carrying on an undertaking of great advantage, but nobody to know what it is." Were not the fact stated by scores of credible witnesses, it would be impossible to believe that any person could have been duped by such a project. The man of genius who essayed this bold and successful inroad upon public credulity, merely stated in his prospectus that the required capital was half a million, in five thousand shares of 100 pounds each, deposit 2 pounds per share. Each subscriber, paying his deposit, would be entitled to 100 pounds per annum per share. How this immense profit was to be obtained, he did not condescend to inform them at that time, but promised, that in a month full particulars should be duly announced, and a call made for the remaining 98 pounds of the subscription. Next morning, at nine o'clock, this great man opened an office in Cornhill. Crowds of people beset his door, and when he shut up at three o'clock, he found that no less than one thousand shares had been subscribed for, and the deposits paid. He was thus, in five hours, the winner of 2,000 pounds. He was philosopher enough to be contented with his venture, and set off the same evening for the Continent. He was never heard of again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxx Posted February 7, 2018 Author Share Posted February 7, 2018 lol. the internet was just a bulletin board. Amazon was just a bookstore..... it's too bad you can't see where this is going..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plenzmd1 Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 18 minutes ago, Foxx said: lol. the internet was just a bulletin board. Amazon was just a bookstore..... it's too bad you can't see where this is going..... To be fair, the internet was a bulletin board and PORN !!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBill Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 3 hours ago, plenzmd1 said: To be fair, the internet was a bulletin board and PORN !!!! Yes, there is a great deal of speculation suggesting that without porn the internet (as Al Gore invented) would not be what it is today. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 10 hours ago, plenzmd1 said: My most cherished possesion, even changed my will to specify where it goes upon my demise I don’t know how to thank you!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plenzmd1 Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 4 hours ago, Augie said: I don’t know how to thank you!!! I do, but its not suitable for a family-friendly message board Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 5 minutes ago, plenzmd1 said: I do, but its not suitable for a family-friendly message board You can probably take the warning points. I’m curious, and feeling like a middle schooler. Do I have to double dare you? Honestly, I would never really encourage such behavior, since I don’t know if they offered alcohol at the game you attended tonight. I wish I could have had control of a TV the see the great PLENZMD1 in action courtside! My oldest son, Michael, chose basketball because......it was air conditioned! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeginnersMind Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 (edited) 16 hours ago, Foxx said: lol. the internet was just a bulletin board. Amazon was just a bookstore..... it's too bad you can't see where this is going..... And the Segway is going to revolutionize human transportation. Hype is easy. Longevity is hard. Tell me the long term vision. Blockchain is and will be a valuable idea. It’s unfortunately not all that monetizable on its own (perhaps an application agnostic platform like Ethereum may succeed in making some $$ as middleman to provide a blockchain platform for developers). But no matter what, the real question is what of value will be the end result of blockchain. The currencies may float around but they are storage vehicles at best right now and nowhere near mature enough to take seriously as a currency. And even as an investment vehicle, they are off the chart risky. F This is is a field full of noise and hype. Every startup I meet these days says blockchain in their pitch. The same way they said machine learning 2 years ago but had no machine learning tach. The same way they said internet of things 2 years before that but had nothing to do with iot. The same way they said social media two years before that but didn’t create social networks beyond a Facebook link. Some leader may emerge but unlike those others, right now I don’t see it. Everyone and their brother touts blockchain. It’s a great idea. It really is. But anyone can do it. And when an idea is so readily available, you have to look to see if anyone can either monetize that idea or build a successful company that would not have been possible before that idea arose. I am waiting. For now I see a thousand vuvuzelas heralding the second coming of PT Barnum. Edited February 8, 2018 by BeginnersMind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plenzmd1 Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 2 hours ago, BeginnersMind said: This is is a field full of noise and hype. Every startup I meet these days says blockchain in their pitch. The same way they said machine learning 2 years ago but had no machine learning tach. The same way they said internet of things 2 years before that but had nothing to do with iot. The same way they said social media two years before that but didn’t create social networks beyond a Facebook link. Some leader may emerge but unlike those others, right now I don’t see it. 1 Enjoyed this post, especially the bolded! The hype machine game in the Valley is strong. Also, like that we have a civil conversation on here with different viewpoints on this stuff. I have learned a ton, found a lot of topics to investigate further, and know about crypto because of it. Good stuff for a sports message board! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PolishDave Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 4 hours ago, BeginnersMind said: And the Segway is going to revolutionize human transportation. Hype is easy. Longevity is hard. This is is a field full of noise and hype. Every startup I meet these days says blockchain in their pitch. The same way they said machine learning 2 years ago but had no machine learning tach. The same way they said internet of things 2 years before that but had nothing to do with iot. The same way they said social media two years before that but didn’t create social networks beyond a Facebook link. Some leader may emerge but unlike those others, right now I don’t see it. Everyone and their brother touts blockchain. It’s a great idea. It really is. But anyone can do it. And when an idea is so readily available, you have to look to see if anyone can either monetize that idea or build a successful company that would not have been possible before that idea arose. I am waiting. For now I see a thousand vuvuzelas heralding the second coming of PT Barnum. Were the people who already made fortunes in those fields you mentioned foolish for daring to try to make their fortune? Was the inventor of Segway foolish for trying to invent a new industry? Were the other search engines who tried to build the industry leader foolish for trying because Google ultimately won (at least so far)? Were the other social media site inventor/investors foolish for trying to build the leaders in their field? People made millions or billions in those industries even if their business idea was only temporarily successful. Just like the guys who manufactured buggy whips, spittoons, typewriters and dial-up modems did back in the day. People have made fortunes and are still making fortunes in the cryptocurrency field - and will continue to do so - for who knows how long. Teddy Roosevelt once said: "It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat. " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jauronimo Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 4 hours ago, BeginnersMind said: And the Segway is going to revolutionize human transportation. Hype is easy. Longevity is hard. Tell me the long term vision. Blockchain is and will be a valuable idea. It’s unfortunately not all that monetizable on its own (perhaps an application agnostic platform like Ethereum may succeed in making some $$ as middleman to provide a blockchain platform for developers). But no matter what, the real question is what of value will be the end result of blockchain. The currencies may float around but they are storage vehicles at best right now and nowhere near mature enough to take seriously as a currency. And even as an investment vehicle, they are off the chart risky. F This is is a field full of noise and hype. Every startup I meet these days says blockchain in their pitch. The same way they said machine learning 2 years ago but had no machine learning tach. The same way they said internet of things 2 years before that but had nothing to do with iot. The same way they said social media two years before that but didn’t create social networks beyond a Facebook link. Some leader may emerge but unlike those others, right now I don’t see it. Everyone and their brother touts blockchain. It’s a great idea. It really is. But anyone can do it. And when an idea is so readily available, you have to look to see if anyone can either monetize that idea or build a successful company that would not have been possible before that idea arose. I am waiting. For now I see a thousand vuvuzelas heralding the second coming of PT Barnum. That would be an equity investment not an investment in a crypto asset. Crypto assets do not and will not produce cash flows. In most cases, they aren't controlled by companies which would defeat the spirit of this decentralized movement. Companies you and I invest in will adopt centralized blockchains to automate internal processes and save on costs but you won't buy and trade their tokens. I think the question isn't will any of this tech survive. The question that gives me anxiety as someone with skin in the game is will ETH and some of these other platform tokens appreciate in value or even maintain current value years from now even IF everyone you know is using their technology on a daily basis. Like the example put forth below, what if Karn is an overwhelming success and supplants ticketmaster and stubhub as a the global leader in event ticketing. Does the token have much value? https://multicoin.capital/2017/12/08/understanding-token-velocity/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 my former IT guru colleague was bang on with Bitcoin and blockchain catching on , he was there from the ground floor on both matters when he tells me what the next great thing will be, I'll get in at $0.02 gladly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
\GoBillsInDallas/ Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 5 hours ago, BeginnersMind said: And the Segway is going to revolutionize human transportation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxx Posted February 9, 2018 Author Share Posted February 9, 2018 On 2/7/2018 at 2:11 PM, plenzmd1 said: To be fair, the internet was a bulletin board and PORN !!!! lol. you didn't the blockchain would escape that realm did you? Spankchain 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxx Posted February 9, 2018 Author Share Posted February 9, 2018 (edited) On 2/8/2018 at 6:00 AM, BeginnersMind said: And the Segway is going to revolutionize human transportation. Hype is easy. Longevity is hard. Tell me the long term vision. Blockchain is and will be a valuable idea. It’s unfortunately not all that monetizable on its own (perhaps an application agnostic platform like Ethereum may succeed in making some $$ as middleman to provide a blockchain platform for developers). But no matter what, the real question is what of value will be the end result of blockchain. The currencies may float around but they are storage vehicles at best right now and nowhere near mature enough to take seriously as a currency. And even as an investment vehicle, they are off the chart risky. F This is is a field full of noise and hype. Every startup I meet these days says blockchain in their pitch. The same way they said machine learning 2 years ago but had no machine learning tach. The same way they said internet of things 2 years before that but had nothing to do with iot. The same way they said social media two years before that but didn’t create social networks beyond a Facebook link. Some leader may emerge but unlike those others, right now I don’t see it. Everyone and their brother touts blockchain. It’s a great idea. It really is. But anyone can do it. And when an idea is so readily available, you have to look to see if anyone can either monetize that idea or build a successful company that would not have been possible before that idea arose. I am waiting. For now I see a thousand vuvuzelas heralding the second coming of PT Barnum. i actually really like this post. it is very constructive and asks legitimate questions, thank you. as i have stated previously and i suspect you and many others know, in all of this cryptoverse, the underlying brilliance is the blockchain. it is the technology that these cryptos are built upon and makes them even remotely possible. this tech (blockchain) is going to revolutionize the world and it is already happening in so many ways. it is going to, or rather has the potential to make your everyday life easier and less expensive. although that is debatable since corporate america has never really given a cost savings back to the public, they would rather increase their bottom line and that is a major reason why these new start up companies that are utilizing the smart contracts of the Ethereum blockchain so valuable. they are going to truly create competiton with the oldschool network and make them come face to face with extinction. it may not happen today or tommorrow but it is going to happen. as an example of the blockchain tech being explored, the WSJ reported the other day that Walmart ran a simulated recall utilizing the blockchain. it traced the origin of a bag of sliced mangos in 2.2 seconds. their other systems, over 6 days. airlines are testing blockchain for tickets i could go on and on but i think you get the idea. what i would really like to see in blockchain's future are things that really matter and affect us all. put voting on it, if done, there can be no fraud or even allegations of fraud. you and i cannot be cheated. put the government on blockchain, make them accountable to public scrutiny. we are accountable to them with their ever expanding domestic spying, i say they should be held to the same standard. there is already a company by the name of Propy that is attempting to put real estate on the blockchain. poof, no more need for title searches and the costs associated with that. they are San Francisco based and have sold a number of houses already. i think if memory serves me correctly, an apt in the Ukraine was the very first transfer of property on the smart contract built upon the Ethereum blockchain. Vermont has teamed with Propy to launch of a pilot program in South Burlington, to use Blockchain technology to record real estate documentation. again, i could go on and on about all the start ups that are currently building the new economy upon the blockchain, but i think you get the idea. the tech is here to stay, it is only a matter of who and what succeeds. you are correct, it is a crap shoot at present to try and determine who and what will be the next Amazon, Microsoft and Google. however, i've a strong hunch that there are going to be several that come out of this intital start into this new tech. ICO's are the newly emerging economy's IPO of yesterday (yes, yesterday). had you or i had the vision back in the early days of the internet to invest in some of the start ups, yes many would have proved worthless, but had we bought Amazon, Microsoft or Google back then, we would be very happy campers today. history is repeating itself. i for one don't want to miss the boat the second time around. when looking at the whole realm of this verse, i try to look for ones that are first movers in their space, have good vision and a strong team. the ground floor is open, for how much longer, i can not say. On 2/8/2018 at 10:58 AM, row_33 said: my former IT guru colleague was bang on with Bitcoin and blockchain catching on , he was there from the ground floor on both matters when he tells me what the next great thing will be, I'll get in at $0.02 gladly lol! is this your tacit admission that all the trolling you have done in this thread is nothing more than sour grapes because you didn't listen the first time? i've good news for you, it's still not too late. lol! Edited February 9, 2018 by Foxx 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jauronimo Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 4 minutes ago, Foxx said: ICO's are the newly emerging economy's IPO of yesterday (yes, yesterday). had you or i had the vision back in the early days of the internet to invest in some of the start ups, yes many would have proved worthless, but had we bought Amazon, Microsoft or Google back then, we would be very happy campers today. history is repeating itself. i for one don't want to miss the boat the second time around. when looking at the whole realm of this verse, i try to look for ones that are first movers in their space that have good vision and a strong team. the ground floor is open, for how much longer, i can not say. One of the best aspects of the ICO model and crypto space is that its the first time in modern history where individual investors beat institutional money to the game. The average investor is closed out of the initial rounds of IPOs where the windfall profits are made. As a result, the investment banks and big time asset managers get the deals. The game favors Wall Street but its all good because its for our "protection". In crypto, main street beat wall street to the game and wall street is still mostly closed out of the space. Average peeps have the inside track for a while yet to come. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snafu Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 On 2/8/2018 at 10:50 AM, Jauronimo said: That would be an equity investment not an investment in a crypto asset. Crypto assets do not and will not produce cash flows. In most cases, they aren't controlled by companies which would defeat the spirit of this decentralized movement. Companies you and I invest in will adopt centralized blockchains to automate internal processes and save on costs but you won't buy and trade their tokens. I think the question isn't will any of this tech survive. The question that gives me anxiety as someone with skin in the game is will ETH and some of these other platform tokens appreciate in value or even maintain current value years from now even IF everyone you know is using their technology on a daily basis. Like the example put forth below, what if Karn is an overwhelming success and supplants ticketmaster and stubhub as a the global leader in event ticketing. Does the token have much value? https://multicoin.capital/2017/12/08/understanding-token-velocity/ So at the end of the day, what are crypto assets for? Are they like savings accounts? People are taking useable money out of the marketplace and converting it into non-useable money. I get that it is akin to investing in a commodity, or gold, but it also isn't like that, because the market for the crypto asset isn't nearly as widely accepted to trade or spend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jauronimo Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 On 2/9/2018 at 3:31 PM, snafu said: So at the end of the day, what are crypto assets for? Are they like savings accounts? People are taking useable money out of the marketplace and converting it into non-useable money. I get that it is akin to investing in a commodity, or gold, but it also isn't like that, because the market for the crypto asset isn't nearly as widely accepted to trade or spend. They are not like savings accounts. Relatively few crypto tokens/coins aim to be "useable money". What does market infrastructure have to do with behavior of the asset class and comparability to commodities? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxx Posted February 11, 2018 Author Share Posted February 11, 2018 (edited) very simply, the cryptoverse is an emerging market. except, this is on a global market scale. as well as a micro within the macro. think about that for awhile.... Quote An emerging market is a country that has some characteristics of a developed market, but does not meet standards to be a developed market. This includes countries that may become developed markets in the future or were in the past. -- Wikipedia Edited February 11, 2018 by Foxx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snafu Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 (edited) 2 hours ago, Jauronimo said: They are not like savings accounts. Relatively few crypto tokens/coins aim to be "useable money". What does market infrastructure have to do with behavior of the asset class and comparability to commodities? I don't know. My mind is trying to come to terms with cryptos. If I take money out of a stock and buy into crypto currency -- and I can't spent that currency -- then aren't I effectively putting my money aside, as thoug I'm saving it? Almost like a high yield CD. My question had more to do with how this particularly new investment has affected the economy as a whole (though I'm sure it didn't come across that way at all). There's so much uncertainty with the future of cryptos, in my mind. Too many sovereigns seem to be trying to limit their use. Edited February 11, 2018 by snafu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plenzmd1 Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 (edited) Just listed some tickets on Craigslist, and there is an option on there to get paid in Crypto...pretty cool! BTW, Sabres Caps 02/24 in DC--if you want em, I got em(unfortunately) Edited February 12, 2018 by plenzmd1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 33 minutes ago, plenzmd1 said: Just listed some tickets on Craigslist, and there is an option on there to get paid in Crypto...pretty cool! BTW, Sabres Caps 02/24 in DC--if you want em, I got em(unfortunately) So how are you going to cash out the bitcoins? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plenzmd1 Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 7 minutes ago, /dev/null said: So how are you going to cash out the bitcoins? I didn't check that box, and it didn't specify Bitcoin. Now let's just hope some Caps fan is dumb enough to spend money on essentially a preseason game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 2 minutes ago, plenzmd1 said: I didn't check that box, and it didn't specify Bitcoin. Now let's just hope some Caps fan is dumb enough to spend money on essentially a preseason game Glad you didn't go the bitcoin route. If you had tried to cash out thru any reputable financial institution the transaction would be reported to the IRS and you would have been sent a 1099 next year reporting taxable investment income. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greybeard Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 11 hours ago, /dev/null said: Glad you didn't go the bitcoin route. If you had tried to cash out thru any reputable financial institution the transaction would be reported to the IRS and you would have been sent a 1099 next year reporting taxable investment income. It could have been a loss. How do they know what price you obtained it at? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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