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 Benson_JV World Chat Champion
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 Posted: 19:19 - 21 Nov 2012 Post subject: Bitcoins |
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Salutations
If one were to buy some bitcoins, where would one buy them from?
I've had a look at intersango but if anybody has any better idea's I'm all ears.
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ATTENTION
BENSON IV WANTS TO BUY DRUGS
If it didn't even require a little bit of googling then every idiot would be using coins and attracting more attention. |
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when I was looking into it this site was helpful
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I read a bit into bitcoin mining purely out of interest, the general consensus being if you aren't prepared to build a mining factory (I've seen pictures of rows of 7-8 shelves connected in series), and steal the electric, then it doesn't even approach being profitable. Given that its not really a currency either, and price fluctuates a lot..... even with a artificial currency, it seems you can;t print your own money easily
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There was entire bitcoin companies who shut themsevles down and vanished ith huge values of it, which in turn fluctuates the market
The problem is it's a currency based on no real value, real money was all based on silver and gold, but bitcoins are controlled by well, the companies that sell them and hackers that exploit them
| Quote: | Theft and fraud
On 19 June 2011, a security breach of the Mt.Gox (an acronym for Magic: The Gathering Online Exchange, its original purpose) Bitcoin Exchange caused the price of a Bitcoin to briefly drop to US$0.01 on the Mt.Gox exchange (though it remained unaffected on other exchanges) after a hacker allegedly used credentials from a Mt.Gox auditor's compromised computer to illegally transfer a large number of Bitcoins to him- or herself and sell them all, creating a massive "ask" order at any price. Within minutes the price rebounded to over $15 before Mt.Gox shut down their exchange and canceled all trades that happened during the hacking period.[63][64] The exchange rate of Bitcoins quickly returned to near pre-crash values.[65][66][67][68] Accounts with the equivalent of more than USD 8,750,000 were affected.[65]
In July 2011, The operator of Bitomat, the third largest Bitcoin exchange, announced that he lost access to his wallet.dat file with about 17,000 BitCoins (roughly equivalent to 220,000 USD at that time). He announced that he would sell the service for the missing amount, aiming to use funds from the sale to refund his customers.[69]
In August 2011, MyBitcoin, one of popular Bitcoin transaction processors, declared that it was hacked, which resulted in it being shut down, with paying 49% on customer deposits, leaving more than 78,000 BitCoins (roughly equivalent to 800,000 USD at that time) unaccounted for.[70][71]
In early August 2012, a lawsuit was filed in San Francisco court against Bitcoinica, claiming about 460,000 USD from the company. Bitcoinica was hacked twice in 2012, which led to allegations of neglecting the safety of customers' money and cheating them out of withdrawal requests.[72][73]
In late August 2012, Bitcoin Savings and Trust was shut down by the owner, allegedly leaving around $5.6 million in debts; this led to allegations of the operation being a Ponzi scheme.[74][75][76][77] In September 2012, it was reported that U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has started an investigation on the case.[78]
In September 2012, Bitfloor Bitcoin exchange also reported being hacked, with 24,000 BitCoins (roughly equivalent to 250,000 USD) stolen. As a result, Bitfloor suspended operations.[79][80] The same month, Bitfloor resumed operations, with its founder saying that he reported the theft to FBI, and that he is planning to repay the victims, though the time frame for such repayment is unclear |
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| Jamie. wrote: | Someone please explain what bitcoin is.. I've googled it and still don't have a clue. |
It's a virtual currency that's traded for drugs and sex, because befuddled users have been told that it's anonymous.
That's only true in the sense that The Man has got better things to do than perform a couple more steps than are required to investigate a credit card transaction. If bitcoins ever do become a significant currency (and they won't) then that fantasy will be dispelled sharpish.
You can 'mine' a bitcoin by running a program that is (bad analogy ahoy) a fruit machine that parcels out a strictly limited supply of bitcoins. The faster your computer (or these days the graphics card) can pull the handle, the more likely you are to win one. As bitcoins are won, it becomes harder and harder to win more. It's already a literal waste of electricity to bother trying it at home, and sooner or later it'll be folly for even the professional 'miners'
This is because the value of bitcoins is entirely dependent on the collective belief of those who use them. When people stop believing in them, they'll be worthless, and consigned to a curious footnote in history.
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| The Artist wrote: | | Rogerborg wrote: |
That's only true in the sense that The Man has got better things to do than perform a couple more steps than are required to investigate a credit card transaction. If bitcoins ever do become a significant currency (and they won't) then that fantasy will be dispelled sharpish.
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Please explain how bitcoins can be traced.
Let's say I purchased an 8 year old vietnamise girl in the mail and paid through bitcoins. How can the payment be traced exactly? |
If you honestly believe bitcoins are full proof you are a fool I am afraid.
I think borgy was spot on with his post, as always
| Quote: | While it may be easy to transfer bitcoins anonymously, spending them anonymously on tangibles is just as hard as spending any other kind of money anonymously. |
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Myths
Notice myths don't include "Bitcoins aren't anonymous"
in fact by that snippet, they are saying the contrary
And with what you've said many things
In the mail - Well a company would deliver it, to your address, unless you've got a fake address that's one step where they can trace you.
Buying the coins from your card, your bank will have a record of you transferring funds to the bitcoin company. If you did it by paypal, paypal will have the record, and your details.
Buying the product now you've magically completely anonymously bought bitcoins
Okay...so you use say Silkroad, the most popular site out there, the law is VERY much aware of it.
oh look here https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/07/australian-cops-tout-arrest-of-man-for-bitcoin-drug-deal/
I recommend you all research it a lot more before doing something silly. You will probably be okay for the most part but it wouldn't take much if you started buying things like arms for the law to keep an eye on you.
Drugs I imagine they care less about.
I honestly wouldn't be surprised if someone had their eye on this thread about it
I'd like bitcoins more if they were actually more legit and less illicit, as it is now we know if you're going to use it you're only looking for something illegal. If they had normal products and served as an alternative to regular payments with its own deflation/inflation, you could actually buy coins and get something cheaper than buying it directly, for example, then it'd be good. But as it stands now it's purely for buying illicit goods and everyone knows it. The first posts on this thread is an example of this. ____________________ Fzr-600 1999 |
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 13 years, 258 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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