the things that 'need to be disrupted' in the financial industry aren't actually the things that bitcoin is 'disrupting'. it is not hard to buy things with us dollars either irl or online. in fact it's so easy that some existing technology that makes it easier to buy things (like buying stuff using your phone) is having trouble catching on, because the marginal convenience isn't worth the trouble.
― iatee, Monday, 10 February 2014 19:56 (ten years ago) link
yup
― lag∞n, Monday, 10 February 2014 20:01 (ten years ago) link
mail
― socki (s1ocki), Monday, 10 February 2014 21:25 (ten years ago) link
ya i thought of that and like is mail an industry or is the industry shipping where ups and fedex are stronger than ever and very much taking advantage of the internet and then theres the post office which is this weird government agency that really doesnt behave like a for profit company anyway and is def being replaced by email etc but did they really exist even in the first place
― lag∞n, Monday, 10 February 2014 21:53 (ten years ago) link
i mean the music industry for sure but that gets a major * cause it relied on the sort of insurgent illegality that wld never be tolerated w finance
― lag∞n, Monday, 10 February 2014 21:55 (ten years ago) link
http://www.btcreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/bitcoin-atm.jpg
― hang son doong (am0n), Monday, 10 February 2014 21:57 (ten years ago) link
Aside from retail and print media, I don't know if it disrupted any entire capital I "Industries" but it definitely disrupted a lot of sort of sub-industries and service stuff -- e.g. there are tons of services for the legal and financial industries that no longer exist because of the internet. Probably a lot of logistics / supply-chain management-type behind-the-scenes services. Random other stuff like travel agencies, couriers, lol porn shops, video rentals, etc.
― Burt Stuntin (Hurting 2), Monday, 10 February 2014 22:01 (ten years ago) link
2ND SECURITY CAMERA (photographs yr dong)
― bizarro gazzara, Monday, 10 February 2014 22:02 (ten years ago) link
backlit topper is a must
― hang son doong (am0n), Monday, 10 February 2014 22:12 (ten years ago) link
http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/AbP0qsV5S48/hqdefault.jpg
― pplains, Monday, 10 February 2014 22:16 (ten years ago) link
Seriously, I must be 68 years old for making that post.
no, i was thinking it too; well played
― PSY talks The Nut Job (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 11 February 2014 00:26 (ten years ago) link
@bitcoin_txt: Please do not compare Beanie Babies to bitcoin. Bitcoin is a medium of exchange. Beanie Babies was a toy that for some reason people valued
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 11 February 2014 00:38 (ten years ago) link
@bitcoin_txt: Please do not compare Beanie Babies to bitcoin. Beanie Babies are a medium of exchange. Bitcoin was a toy that for some reason people valued
― 龜, Tuesday, 11 February 2014 00:42 (ten years ago) link
Ty Warner lives out here. People really valued those beanie babies!
― the Norwegians are leaving! (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 11 February 2014 00:48 (ten years ago) link
I think my grandma paid $200 for a Princess Di beanie baby. I wonder how many bitcoin my grandma would have were she still with us today.
― the Norwegians are leaving! (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 11 February 2014 00:51 (ten years ago) link
limited edition Princess Di Bitcoin
― the Norwegians are leaving! (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 11 February 2014 00:52 (ten years ago) link
sm one shd make beaniecoin
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 11 February 2014 00:52 (ten years ago) link
We have a box of fake Beanie Babies in our basement that we brought over from China back in the late 90s
We thought they'd appreciate in value
― 龜, Tuesday, 11 February 2014 00:54 (ten years ago) link
makin beaniecoin like heinz
― selfie bans make dwight the yorke (darraghmac), Tuesday, 11 February 2014 00:54 (ten years ago) link
http://www.wired.com/business/2014/02/rise-fall-rise-patrick-byrne
“Someday, either zombies walk the Earth or something close to that,” says Byrne, the son of the man who built the GEICO insurance empire, Jack Byrne, and a protege of Warren Buffet, the most successful investor in the history of Wall Street. “Bitcoin is the solution.”
― PSY talks The Nut Job (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 12 February 2014 14:04 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhIz2Dz_KEE
Kinda feel bad for Rich :\
― 龜, Wednesday, 12 February 2014 14:36 (ten years ago) link
This is kinda like watching Hanson come back in 2009 ;(
― 龜, Wednesday, 12 February 2014 14:38 (ten years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/NxLpcL2.gif
― action bronson pinchot (sanskrit), Wednesday, 12 February 2014 22:13 (ten years ago) link
“Someday, either zombies walk the Earth or something close to that,” says Byrne, the son of the man who built the GEICO insurance empire, Jack Byrne, and a protege of Warren Buffet, the most successful investor in the history of Wall Street. “Bitcoin is the solution.”― PSY talks The Nut Job (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, February 12, 2014 9:04 AM (11 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
this needs to be imprinted on every bitcoin
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 13 February 2014 01:50 (ten years ago) link
The problem with the modern economy, Byrne says, is that it rests on the whims of our government and our big banks, that each has the power to create money that’s backed by nothing but themselves. Thanks to what’s called fractional reserve banking, a bank can take in $10 in deposits, but then loan out $100. The government can make more dollars at any time, instantly reducing the currency’s value. Eventually, he says, laying down a classic libertarian metaphor, this “magic money tree” will come crashing down.
idg how you can be smart enough to run a giant company but stupid enough to believe stuff like this
― lag∞n, Thursday, 13 February 2014 02:10 (ten years ago) link
like theyre both money things
― lag∞n, Thursday, 13 February 2014 02:11 (ten years ago) link
lol nm
― lag∞n, Thursday, 13 February 2014 02:21 (ten years ago) link
― lag∞n, Wednesday, February 12, 2014 9:10 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
otm
― Burt Stuntin (Hurting 2), Thursday, 13 February 2014 06:04 (ten years ago) link
i mean not just from a corporate background but from an insurance background which I think of as a financially sophisticated business
― Burt Stuntin (Hurting 2), Thursday, 13 February 2014 06:07 (ten years ago) link
isnt the essence of bitcoin a bunch of people making up money out of thin air
― socki (s1ocki), Thursday, 13 February 2014 14:53 (ten years ago) link
*_*
― lag∞n, Thursday, 13 February 2014 14:55 (ten years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/icUA8Bi.png
― diamonddave85 (diamonddave85), Thursday, 13 February 2014 16:56 (ten years ago) link
welp silk road 2 just got hacked
― frogbs, Thursday, 13 February 2014 21:43 (ten years ago) link
http://www.deepdotweb.com/2014/02/13/silk-road-2-hacked-bitcoins-stolen-unknown-amount
Maybe not hacked after all, see update 2.
― StanM, Friday, 14 February 2014 01:37 (ten years ago) link
crazy how all these places keep getting "hacked"
― lag∞n, Friday, 14 February 2014 01:47 (ten years ago) link
btw if you want a reliable place to buy drugz come to my new silk road three it is reliable i am not planning on stealing your btcoins at all why would u even think that damn man that hurts my feelings
― lag∞n, Friday, 14 February 2014 01:48 (ten years ago) link
do nerds have a real tough time finding drug dealers or something, i mean it's not the hardest thing in the world to do
― Clay, Friday, 14 February 2014 03:00 (ten years ago) link
lol yeah anytime something gets "hacked" in the bitcoin world it's generally code for "the admins ran off with everyone's money because there's no recourse"
― frogbs, Friday, 14 February 2014 04:48 (ten years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/GNqe8bp.jpg
― AIDS (Hungry4Ass), Friday, 14 February 2014 16:58 (ten years ago) link
lulz
― Burt Stuntin (Hurting 2), Friday, 14 February 2014 17:01 (ten years ago) link
occupy silk road
― |$̲̅(̲̅ιοο̲̅)̲̅$̲̅| (gr8080), Friday, 14 February 2014 19:17 (ten years ago) link
omg
― i have the new brutal HOOS if you want it (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Monday, 17 February 2014 16:50 (ten years ago) link
irl
― lag∞n, Monday, 17 February 2014 17:43 (ten years ago) link
do nerds have a real tough time finding drug dealers or something, i mean it's not the hardest thing in the world to do― Clay, Friday, February 14, 2014 3:00 AM (3 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Clay, Friday, February 14, 2014 3:00 AM (3 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
a lot of nerd innovation comes from the desire to not leave the house
― calstars, Monday, 17 February 2014 18:37 (ten years ago) link
― lag∞n, Monday, 17 February 2014 18:44 (ten years ago) link
we just need denser cities then delivery service will flourish like in ny
― lag∞n, Monday, 17 February 2014 18:45 (ten years ago) link
http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2014/2/20/harvard-odyssey-dogecoin/
― am0n, Monday, 24 February 2014 18:18 (ten years ago) link
lol
― diamonddave85 (diamonddave85), Monday, 24 February 2014 18:49 (ten years ago) link
mt gox deleted all of their tweets?
― calstars, Tuesday, 25 February 2014 00:56 (ten years ago) link