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Old 1st July 2019, 11:58 PM   #121
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Originally Posted by Samson View Post
Let bitcoin never be dull
Bitcoin price goes up. Bitcoin price goes down.
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Old 2nd July 2019, 04:13 AM   #122
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Btw. most of the time people say how every new BTC bubble goes higher than the previous one. This one is clearly not the case. Has BTC really peaked ?
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Old 2nd July 2019, 05:06 AM   #123
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Originally Posted by Dr.Sid View Post
Btw. most of the time people say how every new BTC bubble goes higher than the previous one. This one is clearly not the case. Has BTC really peaked ?
Disclosure of interest.
I have never had any bitcoin, but as a complete believer with delivered proof on other threads here that price history alone is sufficient to deliver highly accurate predictions with concomitant certain profits, I can say that bitcoin is a sublime follower of technical fashion.

However my view is always coloured by the logic,
rat poison,
I think far less of it.

It is all bulldust, destined to be exterminated with the vermin.

I know I am being way too kind.
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Old 2nd July 2019, 05:21 AM   #124
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Originally Posted by Dr.Sid View Post
Btw. most of the time people say how every new BTC bubble goes higher than the previous one. This one is clearly not the case. Has BTC really peaked ?
I can't add much to what I said in post #115. NOBODY knows what will happen next and don't let anybody here tell you otherwise.
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Old 5th July 2019, 07:22 AM   #125
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Originally Posted by Samson View Post
Disclosure of interest.
I have never had any bitcoin, but as a complete believer with delivered proof on other threads here that price history alone is sufficient to deliver highly accurate predictions with concomitant certain profits, I can say that bitcoin is a sublime follower of technical fashion.
It's a good thing you didn't actually follow your own predictions on bitcoin. With how often you've been completely wrong you'd be dead broke.

You have never been highly accurate, you just champion the times you guess right and ignore all the times you guess wrong.

You're no different than people who claim to be psychic. The only person you're fooling is yourself.
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Old 6th July 2019, 03:15 AM   #126
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Originally Posted by The_Animus View Post
It's a good thing you didn't actually follow your own predictions on bitcoin. With how often you've been completely wrong you'd be dead broke.

You have never been highly accurate, you just champion the times you guess right and ignore all the times you guess wrong.

You're no different than people who claim to be psychic. The only person you're fooling is yourself.
Incorrect.
I have many times listed the specific predictions and actual outcomes on the TA threads, and faithful auditing shows a clearly non random profit profile.
Time and sales was the old way.

Bitcoin is highly predictable with TA, but rat poison fools even rats.
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Old 6th July 2019, 06:27 AM   #127
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Originally Posted by Samson View Post
Incorrect.
He was being generous. You may actually be the worst make believe trader in internet forum history.

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Bitcoin is highly predictable with TA
Not for you it aint.
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Old 8th July 2019, 03:20 PM   #128
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In fact I said sell at 11717, went as high as 12250 then down to 9614

Since then there have been multiple iterations of the algorithm saying buy it, but my disgust at the entity precludes me saying it.
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Old 8th July 2019, 07:13 PM   #129
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Originally Posted by Samson View Post
In fact I said sell at 11717, went as high as 12250 then down to 9614
ie You failed.

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Since then there have been multiple iterations of the algorithm saying buy it, but my disgust at the entity precludes me saying it.
If you say that there is something immoral about bitcoin then it must be the paragon of virtue.

Only a fool (or somebody with a vested interest) would say that one form of gambling is more moral than another.
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Old 9th July 2019, 08:58 AM   #130
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Originally Posted by psionl0 View Post
I can't add much to what I said in post #115. NOBODY knows what will happen next and don't let anybody here tell you otherwise.
This is about as harsh a criticism as you can get for a purported “investment”
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Old 11th July 2019, 03:50 AM   #131
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Bitcoin is poised to meet its doom.
Warren Buffet calls it rat poison and Charlie Munger says of bitcoin I like it a lot less than Warren.
Perfect.
The infinite supply of, say
Bitcoin 1, Bitcoin 2..................Bitcoin n

Means that Tyler and Cameron Winkelvoss should share the key and bail out.
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Old 11th July 2019, 04:16 AM   #132
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Originally Posted by Samson View Post
The infinite supply of, say
Bitcoin 1, Bitcoin 2..................Bitcoin n
Do you think that 40 days is long enough for everybody to forget that you tried this crap for the nth time and got your ass handed to you yet again?
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Old 11th July 2019, 05:56 AM   #133
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Old 11th July 2019, 01:27 PM   #134
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The algo just said go short

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Old 11th July 2019, 02:46 PM   #135
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The algo just said go short

11147 last
Can you clarify what that means? Does it mean you expect the price to fall? What time frame?

$11311.70 last.
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Old 11th July 2019, 02:58 PM   #136
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Can you clarify what that means? Does it mean you expect the price to fall? What time frame?

$11311.70 last.
Yes I expect it to fall over the next week, to around 10,000.
If it rallied above 12000 meantime I would call the trade a failure.
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Old 11th July 2019, 09:24 PM   #137
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Originally Posted by Mycroft View Post
Can you clarify what that means? Does it mean you expect the price to fall? What time frame?
It means that Samson is betting on tails.
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Old 16th July 2019, 03:48 PM   #138
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Libra is being designed with utility as the primary function, allowing instant transfer without cost. Bitcoin is declining accordingly. Libra can "suck the oxygen" from all other cryptos.
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Old 16th July 2019, 04:57 PM   #139
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Libra has no speculative potential, and other cryptos are not used for utility all that much. I don't see it.
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Old 16th July 2019, 05:05 PM   #140
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Originally Posted by Dr.Sid View Post
Libra has no speculative potential, and other cryptos are not used for utility all that much. I don't see it.
I watch Blocktv, just google it, goes all the time with very clever speakers.
Way above my paygrade so I listen for the most sensible sounding ideas, and that was one of them.

Think about it, blockchain is a thing, and facebook has 2.5 billion users, many with no access to bank accounts, who look for an easy way to remit or receive money. Bitcoin may have done the heavy lifting establishing protocols, but intrinsic value will be forever out of reach.
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Old 16th July 2019, 05:56 PM   #141
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Originally Posted by Dr.Sid View Post
Libra has no speculative potential, and other cryptos are not used for utility all that much. I don't see it.
And a significant portion of the non-speculative utility of bitcoin is in paying ransoms, money laundering, and buying illegal products. I suspect that Libra will be an inferior choice for those purposes. Bitcoin is safe for now.
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Old 17th July 2019, 10:36 AM   #142
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Facebook has had repeated issues with data collection, breaches of privacy, and lying about those things.

Anyone with even half a brain shouldn't trust them with their own currency.
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Old 17th July 2019, 11:05 AM   #143
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I watch Blocktv
Sounds slightly biased towards cryptos.
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Old 17th July 2019, 03:34 PM   #144
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Originally Posted by Belz... View Post
Sounds slightly biased towards cryptos.
Sort of, maybe more Fox than CNN or CNBC
Still, a subject that is more complex than I thought.
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Old 22nd July 2019, 03:45 AM   #145
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My last two time stamped predictions have afforded extravagant returns.

Don't mention it.

Sell right now for 8000, 12000 again the giddy limit.

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Old 9th September 2019, 12:06 AM   #146
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Locked in bear market, expect 6000

10210 last stop 11100
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Old 9th September 2019, 12:29 AM   #147
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Originally Posted by Samson View Post
Locked in bear market, expect 6000

10210 last stop 11100
You don't see the irony of posting this immediately after your July post? (The price never dropped below 9000 and has been sitting comfortably around the 10,000 mark for at least the last 3 months).
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Old 9th September 2019, 03:27 AM   #148
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You don't see the irony of posting this immediately after your July post? (The price never dropped below 9000 and has been sitting comfortably around the 10,000 mark for at least the last 3 months).
Not at all.
I made a prediction that worked, then one that entailed a far lesser loss.
I have made a new prediction that affords a 5 to 1 win ratio, and I plan to collect.
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Old 9th September 2019, 04:06 AM   #149
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Originally Posted by Samson View Post
I made a prediction that never worked
ftfy.
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Old 10th September 2019, 04:16 AM   #150
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Originally Posted by psionl0 View Post
ftfy.
Blocktv is great.
Bitcoin maximilists, hodlers, fomos, articulate pontificators, art of the chart is a highlight for those with appreciation of humour, fortunately it repeats and repeats, so it need not be a 24 hour addiction.
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The great crypto bearmarket is now underway, Winkelvoss twins should liquidate, this is the end of the line, nothing can be sustained by something that is fueled by abject greed.
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Add heavy bass line, and it would make for a nice rap.
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Old 11th September 2019, 03:49 AM   #153
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Originally Posted by Samson View Post
Not at all.
I made a prediction that worked
How did it work, exactly?
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How did it work, exactly?
Got some attention on a small forum on the outer edges of the internet ?
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Btw. most of the time people say how every new BTC bubble goes higher than the previous one. This one is clearly not the case. Has BTC really peaked ?
I don't believe most people say every new bubble goes higher than the previous one. I think you are confusing a bubble with an ordinary price increase. There will come a time when BTC peaks above 20K, but when is the unknowable.....

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Can you clarify what that means? Does it mean you expect the price to fall? What time frame?

$11311.70 last.
Al told him to Go away.
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Hey, bitcoin is pretty much a cult now for the dumber wing of the Libertarians and Right Wingers in general,
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Originally Posted by dudalb View Post
Hey, bitcoin is pretty much a cult now for the dumber wing of the Libertarians and Right Wingers in general,
When and how did it become that way?
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Originally Posted by ChrisBFRPKY View Post
I don't believe most people say every new bubble goes higher than the previous one. I think you are confusing a bubble with an ordinary price increase. There will come a time when BTC peaks above 20K, but when is the unknowable.....
Perhaps, but for John Mcafee's sake it needs to go much higher than $20k.

So far it's not looking good...

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