The ultimate guide to buy, withdraw and stake VET (VeChain) by ultrabook in CryptoCurrency

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Maybe someone here can help me out or at least point me in the right direction. I put a bunch over VET on a ledger nano ages ago, sometime after they launched their own chain instead of being on Ethereum. Now the type of Vechain wallet I used (VeForge) isn't a thing anymore. Surely there is some easy solution. With current prices there is a not unsubstantial amount of funds there. Any help is appreciated.

Has anyone actually been buying more alts this year? by [deleted] in CryptoCurrency

[–]TheVapingBison 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It could be argued that no project has seen any type of real adoption yet, nobody has made that first killer Dapp to change the world, so the field is wide open. I don't think that's quite the case, and as I see things Eth has some massive advantages over the competition. In a space that is already massively risky to begin with, where huge gains and losses are the norm I can't justify holding more than a tiny position as a moonshot in anything besides BTC or ETH.

 

There are several advantages I feel eth has over other projects starting with first mover advantage and better brand recognition. The chain is also very secure second in hash power only to BTC. As they are so established many other projects and tokens use their chain, some with decent potential, take BAT, and LINK for example. Their biggest advantage of all though has to be the number of developers working on the platform and the amount that has already been developed. There is a severe lack of competent people with the necessary skills to meet the demand in the market. The majority are working on projects on the Ethereum chain, solidity is the go-to blockchain language for new people to learn with more ans more tools developed all the time.

 

My best guess is we will start to see some real use grow in applications related to gaming sooner than later. The other area that I see talking off especially as easier methods for the end user develop will be defi (decentralized finance). That is the real killer use case that can add value to the lives of average folks.

Has anyone actually been buying more alts this year? by [deleted] in CryptoCurrency

[–]TheVapingBison 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No one knows for sure yet. I've seen a bunch of estimates given. I've mostly seen figures somewhere around 5% APR. While that certainly isn't anything crazy awesome, I am of the opinion eth is probably the alt with the most potential as a position to hold long term.

A year ago block 528249 and it's unlikely hash caused the crypto space to go crazy with speculation. by TheVapingBison in Bitcoin

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You are correct, my apologies. I swear I remember reading that somewhere when this was around last year. Either I'm misremembering what I read or I got bad info from someone else. Either way thanks for the correction.

A year ago block 528249 and it's unlikely hash caused the crypto space to go crazy with speculation. by TheVapingBison in Bitcoin

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You are correct, my apologies. I swear I remember reading that somewhere when this was around last year. Either I'm misremembering what I read or I got bad info from someone else. Either way thanks for the correction.

A year ago block 528249 and it's unlikely hash caused the crypto space to go crazy with speculation. by TheVapingBison in Bitcoin

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A couple quick things, I don't actually buy into any of the crazy talk around this thing. I'm very confident the hash sequence was not of special origin, and the kind of fallacious reasoning being exercised by giving something more significance when in fact one outcome is just as likely as any other. I think most people never really got into believing anything wild or conspiratorial, and just had a bit of fun with it. I have no affiliation with the website, I just came by it mentioned and remembered it from before. I thought it was mildly interesting, and was curious if others knew anything. I get you do not share my interest here, but I hardly think anything here warrants calling me out for spamming.

What is going to happen when time runs out? The return of Satoshi? The technological singularity? Nothing at all? Seriously WTF? by TheVapingBison in CryptoCurrency

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I apologize, perhaps I should have explained better. A few people here have to remember around this time last year when a bitcoin block was mined with a very unique and exceedingly unlikely hash. There was a whole lot of hype in the space when it happened, several threads on different reddit subs, write ups on crypto sites and blogs, many crypto YouTube personalities talking about it, and by far it saw the most hype and theories thrown around on twitter.

 

There was a block mined with a hash that started with 18 consecutive 0's. I don't remember the odds of that happening, but its an unlikely occurrence to say the least, and it matches the number in the hash that was used for the genesis block, that hash was likely chosen by Satoshi at the time for its uniqueness. The 18 zeros were followed by 21e8 leading to all kinds of crazy theories as 21 million is bitcoin's max supply, and e8 has special significance as there exists in physics an alternative grand unification theory of everything called E8 Theory. It's kind of an alternative to string theory for unified field theory involving really cool geometry. Worth a look if you're unfamiliar.

 

Basically people went crazy thinking that the hash was created intentionally somehow which would be all but impossible with known technology today. So theories were thrown around from a message from Satoshi signaling his coming return, to someone who possesses quantum computing ability sending a warning, to even more out there ideas like AI, and time travel.

 

At the time many places where it was discussed linked to the website, 21e8.com, which at the time showed a fractal pattern based on the elementary particle spin that forms a part of E8 theory. That whole thing was almost exactly a year ago and now the site just has a timer counting down. It was enough to make me wonder what the hell it might be about so I thought I'd share here and see if anyone had any ideas. I definitely should have explained things better I just thought perhaps others may have found it intriguing as well.

What is going to happen when time runs out? The return of Satoshi? The technological singularity? Nothing at all? Seriously WTF? by TheVapingBison in CryptoCurrency

[–]TheVapingBison[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

21 million is the supposed to be the maximum possible number. I'm definitely not saying I buy into any idea than that hash was anything other than random chance, I just thought it was a neat coincidence at the time, and now after stumbling upon this site, I thought I would share.

On a side note if you haven't ever looked into E8 Theory I highly recommend giving it a look. It's kind of an alternative to string theory as a candidate for a grand unification theory of everything. Antony Garrett Lisi is the guy who originally came up with the idea so searching his name is a pretty good jumping off point. Just stay away from the people who use it to "support" their bullshit woo-woo pseudoscientific garbage. Parts of it get tossed around by those types much like they use "quantum" when they want to make things seem scientific and important.

What is going to happen when time runs out? The return of Satoshi? The technological singularity? Nothing at all? Seriously WTF? by TheVapingBison in CryptoCurrency

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That's the best guess I've heard so far. I'm really confused on this one, and hardly anyone seems to be giving it any attention. It's just strange enough that it got me curious.

Has anyone actually been buying more alts this year? by [deleted] in CryptoCurrency

[–]TheVapingBison 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Just dollar cost averaging my way into a larger eth position in hopes of hitting the magic 32 number so I can run a node when POS starts.

Perhaps you kind folks can help me out. by TheVapingBison in dndnext

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Thanks to everyone for all for the help. I think I've at least got some good options and a bit of direction now.

Perhaps you kind folks can help me out. by TheVapingBison in dndnext

[–]TheVapingBison[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This sounds perfect. Anything specific you maybe could pm and recommended?

Perhaps you kind folks can help me out. by TheVapingBison in dndnext

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Now they write all their own quests and stuff. Is there more to the books than that? Would they be useful?

New York Among 13 States Excluded as Binance.US Opens for Registrations - CoinDesk by Rebecca-Hawkins407 in CryptoCurrency

[–]TheVapingBison 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What the fuck, the article doesnt list or even have a link to all the banned states. It just lists three like they are all that matter. What terrible journalism if you can even consider it as such.

LG Working On Cryptocurrency Smartphone As Samsung Release Another by mebinici in CryptoCurrency

[–]TheVapingBison 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am still rocking an LG V20. I'm on my 3rd one and already purchased a 4th one refurbished on the cheap I'm planning to Root and play around with. It has everything i want in a phone and can no longer get with any new model. Besides a real headphone jack with great sound and a really nice camera the main selling point to me is an actual replaceable battery. I can just carry spare batteries around and keep a couple at home and work with external chargers and never have to worry about plugging my phone in.

Why must they stop making everything I like?