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chetty: hey how about a bet?
cerelenius: bitcoin will never work on a large scale
cerelenius: mjr you are a child probably 20 years old
cerelenius: who settles in btc on a larger scale? gambling sites, porn, strange "finance" operations etc.
mjr_: at no point have you ever shown me an example of how it is different to buy something with a dollar and a bitcoin
mjr_: you see a dog swimming, you think that dogs are aquatic creatures
chetty: I settle with btc, and I am not a criminal either
dignork: cerelenius i'm not a "cybercriminal" and for some transactions I settle for btc, problem?
cerelenius: bitcoin will always be a niche place
Vexual: cerelenius, can you give me a quote on dogs?
cerelenius: its not nerds meeting up with pennys underneath a tree
mjr_: it has changed a lot
cerelenius: bitcoin is too illiquid to function as anything other then a speculative tool, in terms of money in only functions as such in cybercrime for example because there are NO alternatives.
mjr_: i can picture a market for bitcoin that is not ililquid
cerelenius: thats what happens under a deflationary system
mjr_: regardless of whether it was issued by a govt, mined on a blockchain, or came out of my ass
MisterE: if it breaks 400 it's a rout
MisterE: oh will you 2 get a room already :p
mjr_: or a yen backed debt
mjr_: i can have a euro backed devt
Vexual: 700k and a fresh passport
cerelenius: you need a willing bidder
cerelenius: bitcoin you move the price with a tiny lot
mjr_: when i sell a lot of dollars for euros?
cerelenius: hence why it moves 40% in a day.
cerelenius: its not a liability
cerelenius: well yea it freezes up for a short term.
KRS-One: cerelenius: looks like it didnt break resistance, maybe we will indeed see a new low now
MisterE: it's over only a matter of time
mjr_: if i want a sandwich, i ask how many dollars
mjr_: and it works like a token
MisterE: not when the creator given them with a promise to pay back
mjr_: i treat it like a token
mjr_: you treat it like a "debt" and you will never be repayed
mjr_: and you obviously aren't smart enough to be a part of the convo
cerelenius: mjr your a tool.
mjr_: i want either A) a certain amount of bitocoin, or B) a certain number of dollars
mjr_: or buy a sandwich
mjr_: you haven't answered how empiracally this would be any different when trying to sell a car
mjr_: up a bit
cerelenius: misterE; LOL not a single bank in the US or europe has 10% currency reserves
cerelenius: mjr: yes its a form of check kiting
mjr_: so it is a big circle jerk
cerelenius: "reserve" means a tier 1 asset which is a US government bond
MisterE: since reserve requirements are a pittance
cerelenius: misterE; they can only write down a tiny % of it before they are insolvent.
Vexual: 4 mental patients walk into a bar
cerelenius: a bank can take loses on max 1-2% of total debt
mjr_: and you "forgive" that debt if i do you a favotr
cerelenius: because everything in nature has a beginning and an end
cerelenius: meaning there is a shortage of dollars
cerelenius: total debt + interest surpasses all available dollars at a given time
Vexual: youre broke, you can't afford to make a graph
cerelenius: misterE: btc is a commodity
cerelenius: its becuase of debt. theres always a shortage of dollars
cerelenius: thats how credit currencies have a bid
mjr_: ok, i buy a sandwhich
cerelenius: is make a tiny tiny %
MisterE: the soviet union was far better prepared for a crash than the US is
cerelenius: the end game is hyper deflation on a scale not scene in 500 years
cerelenius: MisterE: i hope im making sense to you because mjr is on a different planet.
Vexual: cerelenius, you're a two toned fuckstick
mjr_: you work for 100 a hour
mjr_: it is a piece of paper made by people
mjr_: so you are saying that we have a fully backed currency
cerelenius: they only buy printed dollars when a bank rqurests them
mjr_: is not a debt
mjr_: a printed dollar
mjr_: you said "every dollar is a debt, it can only be created through debt"
MisterE: I agree 2008 was a warning
cerelenius: 2008 was a shot across the bow, a warning of the future
cerelenius: hyperinflation under such a system is next to impossible, you can have hyperdeflation instead
MisterE: because you have a lot already Apocalyptic ?
Apocalyptic: see, that's a problem
cerelenius: you need a borrower on the other end
cerelenius: everytime new FRNs are to be printed, there has to be a posted asset
mjr_: i put in a book, " cerelenius owes me $5"
MisterE: ^ which is a mistake
mjr_: or rather...i should say that in our accounting system, a receivable is listed as an asset
mjr_: a debt is a "receivable" which is an asset
MisterE: yea it's called a stack of IOUs davout
MisterE: they print $ by adding zeros to a number on a computer
mjr_: are you saying it is physically impossible to print a dollar bill without the fed?
cerelenius: someone constantly needs them to repay a debt
cerelenius: thats why there is always a BID for dollars
cerelenius: every single dollar is a liability
mjr_: since the fundamental core concept of a debt is that it can be "redeemed"
mjr_: it cannot be a debt
mjr_: you cannot redeem a dollar for anything
mjr_: unless you are using that word in a completely differnt way than i think
mjr_: and a dollar is not a liability of anyone
cerelenius: mjr: a token is not a liability of someone
mjr_: it is a token
cerelenius: dabout: my point is bitcoin cannot function on a large scale without a bills of exchange system
mjr_: if you cannot trade it in for a fixed amount of something else...there is no difference to you
cerelenius: we have a credit money system
davout: cerelenius: by definition fiat money is a token that is assigned value because of a law, not because it represents a claim to anything
mjr_: it is a token
mjr_: then its not a debt
cerelenius: mjr: yea i agree its not redeemable, its like a 0day tbill