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.
Off Topic Does anybody understand bitcoin?
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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.
Aha, a bit like Schrödinger’s dead cat bounce paradox thought experiment.Impossible to fathom out.
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.
A conference dedicated to Bitcoin has stopped accepting the cryptocurrency in payment for tickets because of difficulties in processing payments. 
https://news.sky.com/story/bitcoin-conference-stops-accepting-bitcoin-over-processing-costs-11203399
https://news.sky.com/story/bitcoin-conference-stops-accepting-bitcoin-over-processing-costs-11203399
It also allows criminals of all sorts to get paid in ways that cannot be traced.
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.
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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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.
That was me in disguise ernie. Little known fact I'm. A master of disguise.
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.
For the electricity required for the lamps for the weed growing in their attic in their absence
I'm off to pub but I know I'll be doing long john silver impressions all night now. Cheers Ernie.
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?
And kilos of Turkish brown.
What’s not to like?
You can actually use it to have people killed. Or maimed, if you're having a kind day.