Wall Observer

[Norway]

@Peter R
Are you the "Don't block the stream"-Peter R on the scaling convention?

 

[Peter R]

@Norway
Yes, I am. We have a thread to discuss the transaction fee market and items related to my talk and paper here, if you're interested in participating:

https://bitco.in/forum/threads/block-space-as-a-commodity-a-transaction-fee-market-exists-without-a-block-size-limit.58/

 

[Norway]

Very cool, @Peter R !
I liked your presentation from Canada.

I'll introduce myself. I'm a 45 year old guy from Oslo, Norway. I learned very early to program computers (14 years old or something), but studied nuclear physics later at the University of Oslo. Worked the most of my life in media. Now I learn how the global economy actually works because of bitcoin. I organize Oslo Bitcoin Meetup, and you should come and visit us if you are in Norway.

I believe (but I don't know) that some of the Core developers have been compromised. Based on what they do (or don't do).

And I learned this year that the option of forking is a major strength of bitcoin. And the last weeks, I learned that even the forums can be forked.

I'll check out your thread

 

[Cconvert2G36]

And again. I wish okcoin would release some info on why this is happening. Seeing mysterious spikes like this could only diminish their credibility with curious onlookers.

 

[Norway]

It IS very weird, Cconvert. The volume on your graph is an extreme sell (green) volume at OK. It could be fake, it could be real. It's certainly a pump! But the price did not move at all! My impression of the global trading is that the manipulation is about keeping the price down. All I know, is that those very strong drinks are kicking in right now. Cheers mate!

 

[Cconvert2G36]

That's the problem Norway. It wasn't an extreme anything, just a wash basically, likely a tactic to trick dumb bots into doing something that could be arbed out for profit. Skål!

 

[Cconvert2G36]

Bitstamp doesn't want to be left out.

 

[Zangelbert Bingledack]

@JayJuanGee

I usually avoid posting on low-volume forums due to lack of viewership. The reason I post here is that the so-far small viewership is both highly intelligent and highly influential (often from "behind the scenes," in well-placed little comments here and there on various forums that end up getting absorbed into the debate because of their incisiveness despite people forgetting the origin or maybe ending up thinking it was their idea all along...I call this "spilling memes" and find it a highly effective way to influence discussions over time).

I know that if I make a powerful post here, it will be seen, linked, referenced, or incorporated into the arguments of a good number of smart and persuasive people's future posting. It's therefore a high-leverage platform for shaping debate.

BCT has been hollowed out to the point where important points and posts get drowned in a see of noise. Even Roger's forum seems to be heading in that direction, though time will tell. Reddit has its moments, but is often unsuitable for long debates since new threads have to be started daily, not to mention the censorship and brigading.

Right now, this is the place to be. The only thing I feel is lacking is more intelligent and charitable small blockers to debate with. Of late this seems to be a rare combination among their camp: /u/waxwing is the only one I can think of right now, besides @Yoghurt114 who has argued admirably.

 

[Inca]

I think the Wall Observer is approaching critical mass.

A few more stragglers (minus the noise) from that toxic spec forum on btctalk and the migration is complete!

In other news, still holding, still adding and back over 240 on finex with bullish walls.

 

[Ivanhoe]

+ the quality is already so much better.

Let's keep it this way. Remembers me of the days of the pre march 2013 hype cycle again.

 

[ladoga]

A few more stragglers (minus the noise) from that toxic spec forum on btctalk and the migration is complete!

ChartBuddy seems lonely: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=178336.270920
+ what happens to lambie and other trolls when everyone is gone?

There's something you could call a wall at 240 @ stamp. 900 BTC or 216 kUSD worth and the price is slowly creeping up towards it. Interesting to see what happens.

 

[Georg Engelmann]

I made a script that clones the ChartBuddy posts (and makes them usable for this forum), but I'm having trouble with the login here.

Coin

 

[humanitee]

+ the quality is already so much better.

Let's keep it this way. Remembers me of the days of the pre march 2013 hype cycle again.

There was a sweet spot of content producers on Bitcointalk around that time. I agree this forum does feel similar.

Does proudhon still post? His endless bearishness will forever be engrained in my memory. We still need Alex!

 

[Peter R]

Very cool, @Peter R !
I liked your presentation from Canada.

I'll introduce myself. I'm a 45 year old guy from Oslo, Norway. I learned very early to program computers (14 years old or something), but studied nuclear physics later at the University of Oslo. Worked the most of my life in media. Now I learn how the global economy actually works because of bitcoin. I organize Oslo Bitcoin Meetup, and you should come and visit us if you are in Norway.

I believe (but I don't know) that some of the Core developers have been compromised. Based on what they do (or don't do).

And I learned this year that the option of forking is a major strength of bitcoin. And the last weeks, I learned that even the forums can be forked.

I'll check out your thread

Nice to meet you, Norway! I've always enjoyed your comments at BCT and I'm happy to see that you've joined us here.

 

[Bloomie]

@chmod755 that's great! Once every 3 hours might be an overkill for ChartBuddy in this thread though, since there's less noise here. I can reach out to the original author and see if he's open to porting the source here and allow us to tweak the frequency settings?

 

[Georg Engelmann]

We made it to 240 USD again.

Some upcoming events (possibly affecting the markets):

• KnCMiner launches Bitcoin Tracker EUR (Euro denominated Bitcoin ETN) on Nasdaq Nordic
  Oct 5 2015, 9:00am UTC+1

• OKCoin continues processing USD deposits and withdrawals (end of the holidays in China)
  Oct 8 2015

 

[Georg Engelmann]

Bitcoin Tracker EUR is now available http://www.nasdaqomxnordic.com/etp/etn/etninfo?Instrument=SSE113749
http://www.nasdaqomxnordic.com/etp/etn/etninfo?Instrument=SSE113749
Trading details: http://www.netfonds.se/quotes/ppaper.php?paper=BITCOIN-XBTE.ST

 

[Norway]

Only Nordnet Bank AB trading with itself so far. I will be watching this during the day

 

[Norway]

The Winklevii finally got their approvement:
http://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-exchange-gemini-new-york/

 

[Georg Engelmann]

I was hoping for more good news for Gemini to come this week after the last update – I didn't expect this to happen on Monday.