Post 9ft3TtNkl5S3SWyy2q by nickcook@bitcoinhackers.org
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(DIR) Post #9ft2pT7oxhgaRQFrI8 by nickcook@bitcoinhackers.org
2019-02-16T08:29:27Z
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I need a sofa and have been blown away buy the price of them. I found a real beauty but it would have meant having to sell some Btc, which I just couldn't do. So I found an affordable second hand one, which, with some new covers, will be fine. Bitcoin left unscathed. Savings used to be about growing your capital, but the banks broke that. So spending savings doesn't mean anything anymore. Bitcoin teaches you about savings again.Oh and JPM can suck my Bitcoin! Long Bitcoin Long Sofas
(DIR) Post #9ft3TtNkl5S3SWyy2q by nickcook@bitcoinhackers.org
2019-02-16T08:36:46Z
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@BugmanExtraordinaire No not me, have been buying for a long time. But to sell at this price would be silly. I determined to keep skin in the game for ten years, so that's what I am sticking to. So far so good. Have bought all the way up and all the way down, and it's done me great. Would rather loose everything than keep money in the banks and keep this shitshow running any longer that absolutely necessary. Full Btc node, full lightening node. Bitcoin maximalist walking.
(DIR) Post #9ft4KGiFGG9asMXgHY by nickcook@bitcoinhackers.org
2019-02-16T08:46:14Z
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@BugmanExtraordinaire Not to me. I don't need more Fiat, that's the whole point. I have just retired at 56 and fucking hate the current system. It's broken and is not letting humanity move forward in a positive way. What would I have done having sold my Bitcoin? Paid tax on it? Spent it on something that I thought would change my life for the better? You will never find anything more than a transient moment of joy in any possession you buy. It's not about making more Fiat, it's about change.
(DIR) Post #9ft543ZuQXMzSdTbwO by nickcook@bitcoinhackers.org
2019-02-16T08:54:30Z
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@BugmanExtraordinaire Ok, no worries.
(DIR) Post #9ft5H5S2m3B52E0jrM by htimsxela@bitcoinhackers.org
2019-02-16T08:56:51Z
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@BugmanExtraordinaire @nickcook its quite easy to pick out ideal times to sell (and buy) in retrospect, but that misses the point of what I think @nickcook is saying. This old meme puts it well-- excuse me for reposting but I don't think its graced mastadon with its presence yet:
(DIR) Post #9ft8Mn3YNY2baFy0sS by htimsxela@bitcoinhackers.org
2019-02-16T09:31:31Z
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@BugmanExtraordinaire @nickcook I don’t think that’s necessarily true, even if you aren’t someone who buys into Austrian economics/hard money. I think BTC might allow freedom of economy in a similar way that the internet allowed freedom of information. I don’t see how anyone could control it in the same way economies are controlled now. That isn’t to say it’ll make current regulations obsolete to those that live under them, but it will allow new ways of transacting that don’t exist otherwise.
(DIR) Post #9ftIF49nuhnpqVqWQa by Sosthene@bitcoinhackers.org
2019-02-16T11:22:10Z
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@BugmanExtraordinaire @htimsxela @nickcook medium of exchange does change the world, for the best or the worst, so even if there might be too much ideology among bitcoiners (I know what I'm talking about, I'm a pretty hardcore believer myself), on the other hand I think you're missing the big picture by just ruling it out. By holding bitcoins you're taking a political and ideological stance, wether you do it on purpose or not.
(DIR) Post #9ftIPXPA1gi9S51Ry4 by Sosthene@bitcoinhackers.org
2019-02-16T11:24:03Z
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@htimsxela @BugmanExtraordinaire @nickcook It's up to us to not allow the current concentration of power to happen again with bitcoins. We only have one shot at it and we might just miss the mark, but that's the best shot we will ever get so we better try it.
(DIR) Post #9ftUudyspDJuH5KXUe by waxwing@mastodon.social
2019-02-16T13:44:07Z
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@nickcook I also find the price of sofas shocking when I look at them. Is it maybe because we're conditioned to expect the 'China price' (a 2 decade old concept but still somewhat applicable) on all physical goods?Honest Q, i dont really understand furniture pricing :)
(DIR) Post #9ftavfjeO5O7jK4wim by Sosthene@bitcoinhackers.org
2019-02-16T14:51:33Z
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@waxwing @nickcook I don't know, there's a lot of affordable furnitures like IKEA now, even if I don't like it. I'm buying a lot of my furnitures 2nd hand now, but I have to admit I'm a bit reluctant to buy sofas used by someone else. Maybe it's stupid
(DIR) Post #9ftc1r07VzAiMTIHkO by nickcook@bitcoinhackers.org
2019-02-16T15:03:52Z
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@waxwing Missed the action, was off into town. Always good when a discussion kicks off. :) The price of a sofa is just silly money. It's because they sell it on the idea of being a one time big purchase. I found a really good one, which you can buy replacement covers for. Pretty much new for a fraction of the price. In fact the covers cost more than the sofa, but still way cheaper than a new one. Indeed my point was, saving is a good idea, and that banks had killed that idea, by dropping rates.
(DIR) Post #9fu2lQCC6dN5M6KXyq by TallTim@bitcoinhackers.org
2019-02-16T20:03:25Z
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@nickcook Its criminal how much is charged for furniture. Almost enough to make me want to just make my own damn stuff. Anyone have access to a large-format industrial additive printer? Put those fools out of business. Use renewable stuff like wood composite pastes or something.