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ThickAsThieves: what if they run off loaned money and then achieve dominance
ThickAsThieves: i'm playing a drinking game, every time tiberius quotes a % with authority
ThickAsThieves: i will concede that generally buying and holding has been the safest way to invest in bitcoin and make profit
ThickAsThieves: the events of the week can probably amplify or dampen that effect as well
ThickAsThieves: my name is tiberius and everything you say has nothing to do with anything
ThickAsThieves: cant use bitcoincentral when they wasnt such a premium in USD
ThickAsThieves: the irony is that lesser exchanges must match gox price to have a fair chance of getting enough users to not rely on gox
ThickAsThieves: sadly when you try supporting other exchanges, all they do is fuck it up
ThickAsThieves: gox is a standard because a standard was needed to let the market work better
ThickAsThieves: when i say 'exchange' you know i mean in the abstract right?
ThickAsThieves: [14:12] <tiberiusiv> of course its the most important venue.
ThickAsThieves: <tiberiusiv> gox does NOT set bitcoin prices for everyone
ThickAsThieves: <ThickAsThieves> but arent 'all of the other exchanges" basing decsisions on gox?
ThickAsThieves: in summary, gox influences price heavily, i have not heard a sound argument otherwise
ThickAsThieves: so you think all this uptake to the current price is mostly big players, and not amatuer speculators?
ThickAsThieves: hard to say on one day that Cyprus or other good news causes btc to go up, yet the market isnt easily influenced on bid price
ThickAsThieves: and you really want to underestimate the population's neglect of orderbooks when buying bitcoin?
ThickAsThieves: gox buybox says, pay this price and you get your coins
ThickAsThieves: SR buyers, people who just buy when wthey get their deposits, people cashing out
ThickAsThieves: it just gets stuck at suggesting you pay 66 for 5 minutes
ThickAsThieves: like i said when Gox data freezes, like their socket, or more importantly, their suggested price in the Buybox, it effectively changes the price to that until it stops