Thank you for everything you do Andreas. I hope I get the chance to go to one of your events someday, I'd love to shake your hand and buy you a beer man. Keep up the fight dude!
He might not be a marketeer, but he is a messenger. If as many people as possible are to hear him, the least he can do is think about what makes a video pleasing to the eye, so people want to click on it. Andreas has wise words to say, but it is a shame if people don't get to listen to him just because of the video quality.
That's the most ridiculous response I've ever read. Your reply is entirely about hearing, wise words to say, listening, yet you're concerned with the eyes.
We stand behind you brother;) And hope can only be where more of you step forward from the masses...but they will, the hellenic spirit of freedom is invincible and eternal;)
Good info as usual. You might consider get a better camera and setting for these reports. PR is very important and many people judge the book by its cover.
Andreas, thank you so much for finally addressing the manipulation by means of controlling the narrative. I think everyone has greatly underestimated the ease of doing it and that it has already been our biggest problem to date. Not only have they infiltrated the community and created huge amounts of friction but I also believe they do it with all this trading technical analysis BS. Years ago I was your first caller on the Let's Talk Bitcoin podcast. My question to you was, what about the powers that be and how they will manipulate bitcoin. I don't think you fully understood the depth of my concern and the many avenues of manipulation at that time, however it appears you do now. Studying the history of Money, Bankers, Power and the CIA will help people understand the who, how and why of what they do and the great lengths they go to to do it.
Chris Maxwell, Agree, Andreas understands way better now that the larger powers have let him know just how much they can alter his reality. Just wish he was free to tell us what squeeze they put on him. Anyone wanting to hear the difference in how Andreas used to speak vs how he speaks now has only to go back to those early let's talk bitcoin podcasts to understand. Perhaps it can be simply attributed to maturity? Perhaps, but I will remain skeptical and listen from here.
Hi Andreas. Thanks for all your contributions to the Bitcoin community. My question is how can I achieve the maximum possible anonymity using my mobile wallet and hardware wallet. In the past, I purchase a small amount of crypto from coinbace and they have all my personal information. I understand that sending crypto from my coinbace account to my other wallets (as I did) make those addresses completely traceable to me. If I create new addresses from my mobile and hardware wallets and never associate them (via transactions) with my old wallets be enough to achieve anonymity on those addresses? In what extent are tor and VPN necessary?
Thanks for the fabulous content. How do you see the roll of the cryptoATMs in the mid and long term as a getaway for less a computer-native type of person?
It is perceivable that the state function of "printing money" will become obsolete; but what specific implications do you foresee? More defaults? More disintegrated states? What happens if this happens in a nuclear-capable autocracy?
Top and thank you a lot but in the explanation of the Gold & Silver Market you forgot to mention that Goldman & Sachs are selling empty these markets short for decades and the advantage they have is control themselves their Margin Account ;) sorry for limited english.
Hi. I love your work and your positive contribution to this crazy world. I wrote this on the LTC foundation's channel. I just wanted to share here -- maybe an idea like this could be useful? Just one well-written, short graphic that the BTC/LTC community can each individually share to their social media channels. It feels to me that we've left the bulk of our audience behind -- all of them fearful, uneducated etc. See what your people think, anyway. :) Chris C 1 hour ago Hello there, Dan, Sakura, and Tyler S I'm a quiet watcher of all of you -- great work, keep it up. It seems to me that the crypto sphere has tapped out in terms of its advertising and raising awareness for the folk who want to make a quick buck or to 10x their stockpile. Twitter, Google, RU-vid -- all are banning ads, as we know. Searches for bitcoin and crypto in general are stagnant at best. There are guys like Andreas Antonopoulos, and you guys, who work tirelessly trying to raise awareness and to bring money flowing into the market ... but what about your collective followers? We're not only legion, we're believers in this technology! Right? You are building a community -- is it time to put the community to work? My belief is that the largest untapped audience for crypto are the people who have been fed their knowledge of the space from mainstream (fud inducing) media. John Oliver etc. This won't do. I imagine that at least 90% of the population believe they have a basic understanding of crypto. And that understanding STILL stands as the public believing we're a bunch of pimps, ho's, Columbian Cartel and tax dodgers. Am I right? Tell me, because I'm just guessing here. This huge portion of the population are on the outside of the crypto market because they believe what they think they know about it. But, we the ltc (and crypto in general) communities have social media! We have twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest etc. Could those channels ban each of us for posting a really smart, thought provoking, powerful graphic/info graphic to our respective pages? I figure that the 90% who are currently lost to this market would love nothing more than to see that it's 'regular' folk who occupy this space. People who believe in the blockchain and its inherent implications for society, the world, mankind etc. They truly have NO idea who we are and what we stand for. So is it possible we educate them? Is it possible that we could all pull together as a community and get the word out there? Something to spark curiosity? Something to get people thinking? Something that shows these lost souls that we, the investors in crypto, are just like them. With hopes and dreams of a better future etc? I'm not a marketer, copywriter, or graphic designer -- so the graphic I'm posting here I just made in 2 minutes. But what if there were graphic designers in this community? What if there were copywriters who could write, killer, heart-tugging, brain fizzing copy? You know, all those winning keywords etc? If we could come up with something that would have people clicking on regular people's posts .... could this be like a metoo# campaign? To get people talking and curious and snuffling around to find out more? Imagine it .... your neighbour sees your post, and he's like "Honey, Derek down the road invests in crypto. I always thought he was a nice guy." People WILL dig deeper. If only to find out what their previously unassuming neighbour is up to. This kinda thing should be shared around all cryptocurrencies. Tron heads, Ripple Nipple's alike. Is it a good idea? Or no? I really, really, really feel that it's the uneducated (largest portion) of the market that needs to 'got at.' And I believe that it's 'regular' folk that could stir the pot. Here is my (Completely laughable) graphic idea.... but it's really just to get people thinking .... maybe there are people here who'd like to work together and make something of us. WE ARE NOT: Drug Pushers Pimps Tax Evaders Arms Dealers WE ARE: Regular folk who believe in a better future for humanity. 10X, To the moon, Lambo --- these have all been done, and we've already magnetized (and in all likelihood, lost) this audience. It's the people who either know nothing about crypto, or THINK they know something based on whatever's come out of mainstream media. The public doesn't know WHO we are. And that needs to change. And I think a grassroots campaign like this might work. Obviously, if Tyler S, Dan and Sakura wanted this linked back to the litecoin foundation -- then I'd guess there'd have to be some kind of material in place for BRAND NEW adopters. Maybe short instructional type videos that explain the blockchain, what it could change in the world etc. Maybe a short video on how to set yourself up on an exchange etc. This would only apply IF you wanted to add the LTC foundation as the source material. Otherwise ... we could just word it so it just gets people looking and doing their own research. Not going to lie though -- I think the brand new adopters are the gargantuan slice of the market, so maybe they really should be brought 'home' to the LTC foundation? Anyway, not to add to your workload .... really, I just wanted to know what people think of the idea as a whole. :) If it seems like a good idea to anyone. Run with it. Let's get people interested/fascinated/curious, in a 'regular' people to 'regular' people kinda way :)
If you use TOR to hide sites you may wish to be anonymous on, but the also on another tab use it to login to say Facebook, is everything you do now exposed to that identity? Or is each tab its own?
The BTC attacks to demonise, slow and limit the uptake have so far been overcome by the coin (keeps recovering). This means the resilience test of the asset is increasing every time this scenario occurs. Therefore should the developers also consider "datanise" this as a "resilience scale" which would further instill confidence and maintain stability?
What would happen if a government attempted to attack as many mining sites as possible globally - what would be the solution to that problem. Also if they were successful in shutting down the majority, if not all of the large mining sites, will the difficulty to solve the mathematical problems be automatically be reduced to the point where the problems can be quickly solved by personal computers again, like the old days?
Aantonop is a national treasure----I hope he remains in the USA---if he doesn't it means, we are all in trouble----keep up to date with his national status. Please note Roger' s national status.
I believe that all (most) technologies will be forced to adopt blockchian or be passed by their competitors who do. My question is: When big companies like Google, Facebook, Banks and the government decide to develop their own blockchain and not make partners with existing platforms, or projects, what will this do to the existing crypto currency market? I’m having a hard time wrapping my head around this.
I'm going to watch the video now. Why don't we organize a cryptocurrency lobby like the NRA for example or many others. We could organize them in different countries. These lobbies would defend our best interests. Sorry if this is a silly question.
Wouldn't it be easy for a financial titan to simply create many accounts and then sell and buy they're own coins back at a lower price thus forcing prices down. They could then also buy any other coins that are being sold by people that are too fearful or desperate to HODL? This seems like a venerability and a very likely and effective attack vector to me!
When counterfeiters buy gold with their fake bills they can alter the public trading price of Old. Most of BTC is purchased with Federal Reserve Notes or it's eqivalent.
What happens if 2 nodes had LN txn and 1 or both are just cut off from the BTC n/w for a long time(more than your lockin times) by their governments or systen failure?
Both parties can get a refund on their own channel balance, without help from the other party. Neither party can steal the balance. This scenario is called an "uncooperative" or "unilateral" close.
How can i buy bitcoin with ease and staying anonymous in america? I cant sell at a btc atm because i have to use my ID... i cant sell on an exchange because i have to present ID... i cant buy any where without ID... i cant escape the tax man.. i cant be free from my country's regulations..
localbitcoins to buy. With regards selling I would recommend holding your bitcoins until they are fully accepted everywhere. So hopefully you'll never need to sell them and by the time they are universally accepted their value may have went up as well. Trading Bitcoins is probably a bad idea.
Philip Egan I heard that too.. but what I think what he meant is that if you have come in for the long run, you'd already accept that you can have a 80%+ correction every so often. So in that larger perspective long term perspective this could very well be that correction.
I don't have a studio setup. I'm working on the road (digital nomad), with a few portable cameras and microphone and not that much knowledge on how to use them properly. I'm getting better, but not fast enough!
Andreas, we understand your desire to not want to support one crypto over another but how can you even mention bitcoin cash when all hate that community expresses? You said it yourself that bitcoin has a scalability problem which block increase can’t fix if it’s to remain decentralized. Why tell people to use it? We are so confused on your statements. You are an idealist I assume but these two cryptos cannot co-exist. It sets a bad example for future devs that they can just steal the bitcoin name and its worth $. It has to be trademarked. Please explain your thought process on telling people they can use bitcoin cash for onchain transactions? Do you know something we don’t?
All cryptos can co-exist. Crypto can co-exist with banks. Telling people to choose one over another is exactly the kind of hierarchical and centralized thinking I am leaving behind. Names don't mean anything. No one owns the name "bitcoin" and I'd rather see it remain that way. Build and stop worrying about what others are doing. If others waste their time arguing instead of building, they will lose. Stop feeding the drama.
No. The cynical status-quo narrative doesn't need a bribe to sell. Just take it as comedy and consider that a couple of years ago they wouldn't be talking about crypto at all.
Please don't become Roger Ver later on in the future. Please stay in Bitcoin for ever. And i will promise you that you have Asgardians backup. Cuz i am tired of CON ARTISTS ! Bitcoin dont need Satoshi, but we need thinkers n leaders. And you are one, just don't sell it.!.! Hexx0r
