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The best piece on valuation is still: https://s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/john-pfeffer/An+Investor's+Take+on+Cryptoassets+v6.pdf Which I shared here in 2017! The point I continue to make! Search and you will find. You are simply being lazy or just want to echo chamber to yourself what you already believe. Why do you need a public board for that?

Are we comparing credentials? I have all the same as you plus a PhD does that matter to you? It doesn't to you. You didn't find the use case while the main one, and the only one needed, is plain to see since the start: a store of value better than any that ever existed before (cause of the benefits over #2 gold). Again: this is not rocket science. There you got me responding again

Old "news"? This is about what is and what isn't. Or do you also reject valid mathematic concepts simply because they were discovered over 2000 years ago? The article you posted certainly isn't better.

I shared an article which did.

It's you who doesn't know what a store of value is. I'll stop responding now.

Again: this has all been discussed over 8 years ago and nothing changed so I suggest you go read it if you truly want to know (I doubt it). You can also read the article I posted above but you could have easily found this in old posts on this very forum. My comment here today was just me lamenting. I don't think there's much to add on the subject. Especially not at the level this discussion is stuck at. What rkababang and the others are doing is a Sisyphean Task. Merry Christmas!

But why? You seem to have your final opinion cemented quite hard in your brain already. Bitcoin has no intrinsic value Anyway I'll play nice and share this article from 2012 (once again) which has all the content you should need to understand this. New link cause the original link is dead. https://medium.com/lux-initiative/bitcoin-the-libertarian-introduction-c616edd8496c

You clearly have no idea what you are talking about or even where to look. 1. These tokens are fully centralized and ran by a central party 2. Even if you do copy Bitcoin literally and allowed anyone to run it that would not automatically lead to a similar level of centralization. I'm always amazed how otherwise intelligent people like to pretend to have a well formed opinion about something they clearly know nothing about. It's fine to not know things and to not look into it to learn because you chose it does not interest you. It's (morally) bad to pretend to know what you are talking about and spread misinformation. And for what? To stroke your own ego? Anyway, I'll leave it at this again I've said enough. I take my head of for eg Rkabang snd others here who are showing angelic patience trying to help others on this board. I decided it's unnecessary as people that are truly interested can go back years on this board and find the sane discussions that are being held today. Nothing material changed and people keep falling for the same things. Story of the world I guess.

You are on a value orriented investment and think that 6 months is long term and you value investment by recent price action? It's a store of value due to its intrinsic characteristics and it's extremely obvious if you'd actually take a look.

Arbitrarily created tokens aren't a cryptocurrency. There are many others that are marketed/sold as cryptocurrency that aren't yes but that doesn't make your statement true as those aren't cryptocurrrencies just unregistered self issued securities with literally zero decentralized aspects.

Look better. This is not the original thread. The naming of this threat showed focus was lost not gained (original threat was called Bitcoin NOT cryptocurrencies like this one). Remember Bitcoin is decentralized while the others are not (basically none of them) and all off the major panics stem from problems of centralization. Bitcoin IS a long term store of value. Everything else is pure speculation. I don't post here often but am often amazed of the simple-mindedness of many clearly very intelligent people (to be clear: NOT targetted at the post I'm responding to specifically). This really shouldn't be very difficult. Carry on And happy holidays!

The ZH article is a lot better though. Why would I prefer an auto translated Telegram post?

Again: seems more believable to me then what western state media that you reference write. With time we will know more (but never all unfortunately). Just posted now because of the giant anti-Russia hugfest this thread had become in my opinion. Also you can't "stop believing ZH forever" as much as you'll refuse to do that with western main stream media (as I'm sure you won't, as I can show you many proven false news articles from the west) as ZH articles are written by many people. Many easily identifiable (because of cross-publicing) many more anonymous for their own protection.

I think you're giving in to your geographical, societal and ideological bias way too much in lauding this analysis. I rather enjoyed reading this ZH article instead as it seems far closer to the truth than the propaganda we get bombarded with on a daily basis: https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/war-has-just-begun

Oh it's not the White house or either of the 2 puppet parties, it one or several of the actors (partially) in control of all of the former. That's what I summarize as state actor US. Likely that is also too simplified and the high up actors have their finger in the pie in several or even most of the jurisdictions that decide matters in our world. Us mere mortals don't have access to the Intel who's really in charge as they rather enjoy their personal safety (anonimity).

My personal opinion is this absolutely is the US (or an entity instructed by the US to do so). They want to make Europe even more dependant on the US and make it impossible for them to backpeddle and make a deal with Russia when times get tough. The US has Europe in the bag and can force them to be the frontline vs Russia so they pay most of the cost of war. It's a double whammy for the US cause after the war their economy can sail again on rebuilding poor old Europe like after '45. This is why they forced Putin and naive Europe to be in the situation they are in: natural allies pinned on different sides by a brilliant puppet master.

Strange laws you have there in North America if they can unconditionally do that without spefically stating it extremely clear during the buying process. Being (morally) right and getting your way are 2 different matters altogether however. In general turning paying customers into people hostile to your business is not a wise decision however. Personally I remember very well and don't really forgive so it'll be permanent.

I tend to complain too but really I'm just offering them to correct their mistake and possibly keep me as a customer or at least diminish the bad mouthing to others I might otherwise do if the company comes up in conversation. If they choose not to do so I geberally let it go like Greg, unless it's a real easy case (eg delayed flights within Europe) and the money is worth the procedure to me.

Yes, if you booked a flight and paid there is a binding contract between seller and purchaser. If the law contradicts this then the law is obviously wrong.

Contracts should be binding for both parties or do you think they'd accept his unilateral cancellation? The being riled up is fully out of principle and not to do with anything practical. I hope he manages to punish them a bit for their unacceptable behaviour.

I owned Dell back when Michael Dell became a thief. He stole my shares in a forced buy out I did not want at a ridiculous low price. I will not piss on the thief if he were on fire. I don't forgive people that steal from me.

Nah, they just auction it off (it's the law).

2015 called. It wants its thread back Wait, 2014, 2013 and 2012 are claiming the same thing!

Sharding hurts decentralization.

Ethereum's proposed scaling solutions will make it even more centralized (and it's already too centralized). Without decentralization none of the "blockchain" technologies make any sense as that's the thing that makes it that you don't need government permission (at the cost of extreme inefficiency). In cases you will get goverment permission regardless just make a much more efficient traditional solution without a blockchain.