I suppose so. Here in the Netherlands you pay VAT on silver bullion but not on gold bullion. (Silver is treated as a commodity, gold is treated as money.) I'm not 100% sure what our tax authorities think about cryptocurrencies, but if there is another price spike like the ones in April and November, I suppose I need to find out soon. And hire an accountant. This Monopoly money is quickly turning into serious business.
1. Get up. 2. Greet the first person you see with a compliment and a big smile. 3. If you're feeling adventurous give them a hug. 4. Report your findings here.
The majority of Dutch people are too nice and prefer to avoid violence, otherwise those rude dicks (and have quite a lot of them over here) would have been taught a quick and painful lesson in manners early on in life.
It doesn't help that some go on to careers in television of publicly degrading their fellow humans for entertainment and setting a bad example. (And before you complain that television is the same everywhere, remember that Big Brother and the majority of those shitty talent shows that followed it started out as Dutch exports from a company that's run by the biggest blowhard of all.)
Bitcoins are stored in adresses which have a private key associated with them. These address keypairs can be made on the fly by bitcoin wallets or wallet generators. Once you transfer coins into an address and the transaction is confirmed as legitimate it is recorded in the blockchain and from that moment on it is a matter of public record that address X contains Y bitcoins. If you want to transfer the coins out of the address you import the private key into wallet software and then you can spend it.
That address-key pair can be stored in an electronic wallet or be written down on a piece of paper. Paper wallet software does this for you and can conveniently add QR codes which saves you from typing in 50+ character keys. Those pieces of paper (or fancy metal tokens with a piece of paper glued on them) can be traded like collectible trading cards.
Everyone with access to the address can confirm that the bitcoins are in there, but only those with the private key can transfer money out.
This is one guy making physical objects. So he's low hanging fruit. The Bitcoin network is distributed over many clients worldwide. Difficult to make a dent in that. If you can't shut down Bittorrent you go after the Pirate Bay. If you can't shut down Bitcoin you go after a harmless one man operation.
They generally look like crap. Either you can't recognise the individual pictures that make up the mosaic or you can't recognise the total image because the resulting mosaic looks like you're watching digital TV during a thunderstorm. Usually it's a combination of both.
So if someone doesn't have your level of expertise on a single isolated topic you automatically dismiss this person as unworthy of your company? This is why people don't like you.
An atheist shouldn't have a problem with this. A pantheist however... Note also how it doesn't deny the existence of the other gods, or forbids worshipping them. It only says that Old Greybeard needs to be worshipped first and foremost. Which is the kind of loyalty that any god would want in his followers.
Good thing too. Eagles eat rabbits. Are you seriously going to defend a monster that rips apart cute little bunnies and feasts on their lifeless corpses?
Being able to casually travel to most places without a visa.
You do understand that entry visas are required by the country you visit, not by the country you leave? Unless you live in a real dictatorship like North Korea you don't need an exit visa.
If there's a way to reclaim lost bitcoins (crack the encryption), then you can get a stability point.
The public keys and contents of all addresses that have been involved in transactions are public knowledge through the blockchain. If someone cracks the encryption, no bitcoin is safe from theft any more not even those stored on paper locked in a safe. But I guess a value of zero is a stability point too.
But I want to put my hand on the screen. In the glowing hand outline. Like in the movies. Right after I have my destiny surgically altered of course. I love living in the future.
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I suppose so. Here in the Netherlands you pay VAT on silver bullion but not on gold bullion. (Silver is treated as a commodity, gold is treated as money.)
I'm not 100% sure what our tax authorities think about cryptocurrencies, but if there is another price spike like the ones in April and November, I suppose I need to find out soon. And hire an accountant.
This Monopoly money is quickly turning into serious business.
Slashdot tip to brighten your day:
1. Get up.
2. Greet the first person you see with a compliment and a big smile.
3. If you're feeling adventurous give them a hug.
4. Report your findings here.
Good luck.
The majority of Dutch people are too nice and prefer to avoid violence, otherwise those rude dicks (and have quite a lot of them over here) would have been taught a quick and painful lesson in manners early on in life.
It doesn't help that some go on to careers in television of publicly degrading their fellow humans for entertainment and setting a bad example. (And before you complain that television is the same everywhere, remember that Big Brother and the majority of those shitty talent shows that followed it started out as Dutch exports from a company that's run by the biggest blowhard of all.)
I didn't even know that NASA held a raffle.
I was going to use it for barbecue parties. You guys were all invited.
Bitcoins are stored in adresses which have a private key associated with them. These address keypairs can be made on the fly by bitcoin wallets or wallet generators. Once you transfer coins into an address and the transaction is confirmed as legitimate it is recorded in the blockchain and from that moment on it is a matter of public record that address X contains Y bitcoins. If you want to transfer the coins out of the address you import the private key into wallet software and then you can spend it.
That address-key pair can be stored in an electronic wallet or be written down on a piece of paper. Paper wallet software does this for you and can conveniently add QR codes which saves you from typing in 50+ character keys. Those pieces of paper (or fancy metal tokens with a piece of paper glued on them) can be traded like collectible trading cards.
Everyone with access to the address can confirm that the bitcoins are in there, but only those with the private key can transfer money out.
He's handing out the public and private keys to bitcoin adresses with bitcoins stored in them. They are fancy paper wallets.
This is one guy making physical objects. So he's low hanging fruit. The Bitcoin network is distributed over many clients worldwide. Difficult to make a dent in that. If you can't shut down Bittorrent you go after the Pirate Bay. If you can't shut down Bitcoin you go after a harmless one man operation.
They generally look like crap. Either you can't recognise the individual pictures that make up the mosaic or you can't recognise the total image because the resulting mosaic looks like you're watching digital TV during a thunderstorm. Usually it's a combination of both.
So if someone doesn't have your level of expertise on a single isolated topic you automatically dismiss this person as unworthy of your company?
This is why people don't like you.
An atheist shouldn't have a problem with this. A pantheist however...
Note also how it doesn't deny the existence of the other gods, or forbids worshipping them. It only says that Old Greybeard needs to be worshipped first and foremost. Which is the kind of loyalty that any god would want in his followers.
Good thing too. Eagles eat rabbits. Are you seriously going to defend a monster that rips apart cute little bunnies and feasts on their lifeless corpses?
He knows a lot about buttsex. Maybe he went to pubic school.
If they can grow basil on the moon they can grow anything.
I can't even keep basil alive on my windowsill.
Being able to casually travel to most places without a visa.
You do understand that entry visas are required by the country you visit, not by the country you leave? Unless you live in a real dictatorship like North Korea you don't need an exit visa.
You're not eating chimps because they are not found in your local forest. Bushmeat is a booming trade in Africa and chimps are on the menu.
Humans are used as experimental subjects too and are by all accounts quite tasty.
As long as they pay their fair share of taxes I'm OK with this.
Cash has bulk. A micro SD card or a postage stamp sized piece of paper are very easily hidden.
If there's a way to reclaim lost bitcoins (crack the encryption), then you can get a stability point.
The public keys and contents of all addresses that have been involved in transactions are public knowledge through the blockchain.
If someone cracks the encryption, no bitcoin is safe from theft any more not even those stored on paper locked in a safe.
But I guess a value of zero is a stability point too.
But I want to put my hand on the screen. In the glowing hand outline. Like in the movies.
Right after I have my destiny surgically altered of course.
I love living in the future.
Don't you mean the second Bitcoin panic? The fork fears in April led to the first panic.
It isn't? Tesla needs to get their priorities straight!
Because nine out of ten rednecks prefer loud machines that billow toxic smoke over electrickery. It reminds them of grandpa's still.
Sour grapes. He didn't get any when they were cheap and now he missed the boat.
You hang your backpack off your handlebars?