BITCOIN

DannyCarey

https://www.macrumors.com/2023/04/06/macos-includes-bitcoin-whitepaper/

For all mac users out there. ... 😁
I tried this on my machine and sure enough the whitepaper popped up. 

GDB2222

I have some shares in Shell. They have done quite well, and if someone asked me about them I might give some information. If someone said they are a good or bad investment, I’d be moderately interested. I might comment, but probably not.  In short, I’m pretty laid back about Shell. 

In contrast, this thread about BTC just goes on and on. Why? What can possibly need saying still, after 283 pages of comments? Why do some people here care so much what others think? 


 YMMV on the page count, btw. 

DannyCarey

I guess it revolves around people in various postions: believers, people not sure, non believers.. and trolls.

Also bitcoin is continually being developed and extending its tentacles into more industries, so there is always something to talk about...whether you like it or not.

You can just ignore the thread if you have no interest. Why waste your own time and give this thread more oxygen if its not of any interest to you? 

Scottex99

DannyCarey said:

https://www.macrumors.com/2023/04/06/macos-includes-bitcoin-whitepaper/

For all mac users out there. ... 😁
I tried this on my machine and sure enough the whitepaper popped up. 

It’s cool that this took so long to get traction and get noticed.

Also saw a funny post about BSVers being in disbelief that Craig Wright wasn’t mentioned anywhere.

Oh, and $30k today, not bad

aaj123

Scottex99 said:

DannyCarey said:

https://www.macrumors.com/2023/04/06/macos-includes-bitcoin-whitepaper/

For all mac users out there. ... 😁
I tried this on my machine and sure enough the whitepaper popped up. 

It’s cool that this took so long to get traction and get noticed.

Also saw a funny post about BSVers being in disbelief that Craig Wright wasn’t mentioned anywhere.

Oh, and $30k today, not bad

Notably, 30k is the price that last prevailed before scams and bankruptcies hit the crypto ecosystem, starting with the luna collapse. But ofcourse Bitcoin as an asset is far stronger and anti fragile compared to the ecosystem. But...few understand!

Qyburn

Scottex99 said:

Oh, and $30k today, not bad

Around 50% loss from a year ago? Not bad?

Scottex99

And 2x from the low this year, or 10x from Covid low? Not bad

Qyburn

That's great for people who bought during this year's low (yourself?). Not so good for people already holding the coin and suffering the loss. But I guess without those, there's nothing to fund your gain.

Malthusian

GDB2222 said:

I have some shares in Shell. They have done quite well, and if someone asked me about them I might give some information. If someone said they are a good or bad investment, I’d be moderately interested. I might comment, but probably not.  In short, I’m pretty laid back about Shell. 

Making a profit from Shell doesn't rely solely on convincing other people to invest in Shell.
And people investing in Shell aren't entirely relying on it to move them from the precariat to generational wealth within their working lifetime.

In contrast, this thread about BTC just goes on and on. Why? What can possibly need saying still, after 283 pages of comments?

People are still debating whether a guy came back to life and became Superman 2,000 years after the fact. For similar reasons (replace generational wealth with not having to die).

aaj123

Malthusian said:

Making a profit from Shell doesn't rely solely on convincing other people to invest in Shell.

And people investing in Shell aren't entirely relying on it to move them from the precariat to generational wealth within their working lifetime.

Really? What does making a profit from Shell depend on then? Dividends you say? But on the Ethereum thread, when it was pointed out that ETH too gets yield, then somehow the excuse shifted to stuff about asset needing to be productive and being able to give a reason that excludes both price and yield. Can we make up our mind or w just want to oppose for the sake of it?

And what does your second statement have to do with assessing an investment? Maybe Bitcoin is just seen as having much more upside than Shell. We already acknowledged that once it reaches maturity adoption, we no longer expect it to keep growing exponentially but rather to keep pace with fiat supply.