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Re:BTC bubbles on Wednesday April 17, 2013 @11:43AM (#5565080)
Technical Analysis is the Homeopathy of the financial world, just an "advanced" kind of scam using some basic maths...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random_walk_hypothesis

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nash_equilibrium

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Efficient-market_hypothesis

I though you guys were more smart than this.

Re:Are Bitcoins The Future? on Thursday April 04, 2013 @10:22PM (#5496494)
Democracy is also vulnerable to 51% attacks ;P
Sure... US $58.566 billion (2011) is not enough profits
because people are disgusting... companies are obsessed with money and they really give a shit if there are hundred of thousands dying because they aren't rich enough for buying their products.

The right to use certain information (aka patents) is more important than human life in our society.

Re:The Big Book of Bitcoin - An introduction on Friday March 22, 2013 @02:09PM (#5424559)
Looks like you are describing conventional cash! ;) Any kind of currency allows criminal actions...

check for example this: http://www.nbcnews.com/business/report-hsbc-allowed-money-la...

and this: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/aug/17/cocaine-dollar-b...

Re:The Big Book of Bitcoin - An introduction on Friday March 22, 2013 @02:02PM (#5424519)
but it does, check it again: 4. Proof-of-Work
Re:Bitcoin rises on Tuesday March 19, 2013 @04:36PM (#5403443)
Please tell me what is the "formal definition of security".. Bitcoin is based on AES256 and a chain of hash-trees