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Off Topic Does anybody understand bitcoin?

Discussion in 'Hull City' started by Plum, Jan 10, 2018.

  1. balkan tiger

    balkan tiger Well-Known Member

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    Ah well I can help you with that. The universe does have an end, Milliways the restaurant at the end of the universe which serves a particularly fine Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster.
     
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  2. Ernie Shackleton

    Ernie Shackleton Well-Known Member

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    That's typical of cats mind.

    To be both alive and dead simultaneously and only give away their actual state of being dependent on the theoretical outcome of random sub-atomic events.









    ****s.
     
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  3. originallambrettaman

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  4. dennisboothstash

    dennisboothstash Well-Known Member

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    so did Spiders (they maybe still do?)
     
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  5. Walter Sobchak

    Walter Sobchak Well-Known Member

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    It also allows criminals of all sorts to get paid in ways that cannot be traced.
     
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  6. over18and legal

    over18and legal Well-Known Member

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    I first heard of Bitcoin about 4 years ago.
    Sadly, I did not invest because tbh it all went over my head.
    Hey ho, what you never had you never lost.<cheers>
     
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  7. Sir Cheshire Ben

    Sir Cheshire Ben Well-Known Member

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    Is it like playing “Dope Wars” but with imaginary currency instead of imaginary drugs?

    I spent the odd afternoon & morning filling my time at work over the years playing this game with some success. I may give “Bitcoin Wars” a go.

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  8. Chazz Rheinhold

    Chazz Rheinhold Well-Known Member

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    I first heard about bitcoin before anyone else on here. Fact
     
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  9. Ernie Shackleton

    Ernie Shackleton Well-Known Member

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    I remember having a conversation with a bloke from Stroud in the Admiral Benbow pub in Bristol, in 1983, where I posited the argument that as computer usage became more prevalent, humans would evolve to have no fingers as such but just little stumpy flippers, with which to jab away at keyboards.

    He countered, not unreasonably, by describing my theory as ****e, saying 'How would we get our money out of our pockets with short, stumpy digits?'

    We won't need to, I retorted, financial transactions will be entirely electronic.

    'Ernie, you're a no-nowt ****', he cheerfully rejoined, in a deep west country drawl, 'Get your hand in your pocket whilst you still can and buy us a pint.'




    During that evening I think I invented Bitcoin.
     
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  10. C'mon ref

    C'mon ref Well-Known Member

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    Everything clear now then folks? :huh::emoticon-0164-cash::emoticon-0183-swear
     
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  11. tigerscanada

    tigerscanada Well-Known Member

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    The bit that bytes your hands off !!
     
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  12. Chazz Rheinhold

    Chazz Rheinhold Well-Known Member

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    That was me in disguise ernie. Little known fact I'm. A master of disguise.
     
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  13. Edelman

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    There's that many people around the world ( especially China) currently trying to Mine bit coin the electricity being used is equivalent to the electricity being used in the whole of Ireland.
     
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  14. Ernie Shackleton

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    Only other things I remember about him (sorry, you); he was a big fan of The Cure and he did a lot of weed.

    He really landed on his feet, mind. We all lived in digs. His was this fantastic house with a lovely posh couple. Two weeks in they announced they were going to spend the year in the States and would he mind awfully house-sitting for the duration.

    They even left him a maintainance allowance.


    Which he spent on dope.


    We had some great parties there.
     
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  15. tigerscanada

    tigerscanada Well-Known Member

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    For the electricity required for the lamps for the weed growing in their attic in their absence :emoticon-0105-wink::emoticon-0105-wink:
     
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  16. Chazz Rheinhold

    Chazz Rheinhold Well-Known Member

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    I'm off to pub but I know I'll be doing long john silver impressions all night now. Cheers Ernie.
     
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  18. Steven Toast

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    As has been said, it's just easier to hack and nick somebody else's. **** mining.
     
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  19. Carmine Galante.

    Carmine Galante. Well-Known Member

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    The only thing I know about bitcoins is you can buy Russian prossies off the dark web with them.

    And kilos of Turkish brown.

    What’s not to like?
     
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  20. Steven Toast

    Steven Toast Well-Known Member

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    You can actually use it to have people killed. Or maimed, if you're having a kind day.
     
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