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John McAffee LOL

Look up his murderous home in San Pedro and Corazol drug lab. Belizean adventures lol.
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griz wrote:Did you get some bitcoin?
Not yet, but it is interesting reading. I can see it growing in value as the trading network and user base expands, but I wonder if there might be a clampdown someday due to the organised crime element.

Still got to research some more, but it's also possible to make 2x, 5x, or 10x your money on stocks, so bitcoin is not the be all and end all.
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:mex:
5thhorseman wrote:
griz wrote:Did you get some bitcoin?
Not yet, but it is interesting reading. I can see it growing in value as the trading network and user base expands, but I wonder if there might be a clampdown someday due to the organised crime element.
When you hear that some criminals have used bitcoin, keep in mind that some criminals have also used USD/CAD.
5thhorseman wrote:Still got to research some more, but it's also possible to make 2x, 5x, or 10x your money on stocks, so bitcoin is not the be all and end all.
Definitely. The more ways to earn the better! CME is starting bitcoin futures in a week or two and that should open it up to a LOT more people.

John McAffee, Trump, Boeser and Bitcoin rocks! :mex:
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Interesting look at bitcoin and the power consumption needed to keep it going.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/201 ... explained/
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Topper wrote: Sat Dec 02, 2017 2:25 pm Reads like a pump and dump
Current price: $3565....

Somebody made a shitload of money. I'm guessing many more lost a shitload.
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Cornuck wrote: Thu Feb 14, 2019 6:57 am
Topper wrote: Sat Dec 02, 2017 2:25 pm Reads like a pump and dump
Current price: $3565....

Somebody made a shitload of money. I'm guessing many more lost a shitload.
Yeah, don't invest in something you don't even remotely understand. Wonder if griz got out in time.
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I wonder if short selling was a possibility?
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I got sucked into a pump and dump early on in my investing career. Only a few grand lost; seemed a lot at the time but now it's small change for the lesson I learned.
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5thhorseman wrote: Thu Feb 14, 2019 11:06 am
Cornuck wrote: Thu Feb 14, 2019 6:57 am
Topper wrote: Sat Dec 02, 2017 2:25 pm Reads like a pump and dump
Current price: $3565....

Somebody made a shitload of money. I'm guessing many more lost a shitload.
Yeah, don't invest in something you don't even remotely understand. Wonder if griz got out in time.
What little I understood made me stay away. It's a currency. Currencies fluctuate. When more people want more of a specific currency, the value goes up. When less people want it, the value goes down. It seems highly implausible that any currency would increase in value indefinitely. Even less so a currency that is not propped up by any government or central bank. It looked like a big bubble, and bubbles are prone to bursting.

That being said, there were people in Holland in the 1600's that built fortunes trading tulip bulbs.
https://www.investopedia.com/features/c ... ashes2.asp

The earliest known financial speculation bubble.

If you get in early, and get out before the inevitable crash, you can do quite nicely. But it is a hell of a risk.
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Per wrote: Fri Feb 15, 2019 4:16 am
5thhorseman wrote: Thu Feb 14, 2019 11:06 am
Cornuck wrote: Thu Feb 14, 2019 6:57 am
Topper wrote: Sat Dec 02, 2017 2:25 pm Reads like a pump and dump
Current price: $3565....

Somebody made a shitload of money. I'm guessing many more lost a shitload.
Yeah, don't invest in something you don't even remotely understand. Wonder if griz got out in time.
What little I understood made me stay away. It's a currency. Currencies fluctuate. When more people want more of a specific currency, the value goes up. When less people want it, the value goes down. It seems highly implausible that any currency would increase in value indefinitely. Even less so a currency that is not propped up by any government or central bank. It looked like a big bubble, and bubbles are prone to bursting.

That being said, there were people in Holland in the 1600's that built fortunes trading tulip bulbs.
https://www.investopedia.com/features/c ... ashes2.asp

The earliest known financial speculation bubble.

If you get in early, and get out before the inevitable crash, you can do quite nicely. But it is a hell of a risk.
Once you start reading about these things in a newspaper it's usually too late to join.
I know people who made millions on Bre-X. I was prompted by my broker to buy in at $12, I declined because I didn't trust a project booming like that in a country controlled by the Suharto clan. Sooner or later they would get their cut and things would get messy.
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griz wrote: Sun Aug 13, 2017 9:44 am Anyone into bitcoins?

It's not too late.

The price is rocketing up.

Even a single bitcoin (currently about $5K Canadian) could become serious value in a few years. And you can buy partial bitcoins if you can't afford an entire one.

Just wanted to let my fellow Canuck fans know.

Questions? I'll try to answer if I can.
If anyone had listened to Griz, they would be thanking him about now. Mid August 2017, the price was about $4200 USD - it's now at $33,811 (aprrox).

Like a lot of people, I thought it was a classic pump and dump - which it kinda looked like for a while - but it just keeps going up.
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Griz now lives on his super yacht off the french riviera coast with 4 different bitches all fighting over his sausage
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The Brown Wizard wrote: Tue Jan 05, 2021 12:42 pm Griz now lives on his super yacht off the french riviera coast with 4 different bitches all fighting over his sausage
That's the only thing which would explain his absence.
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one of my client's share price, a year ago $0.015, mid November $0.30
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