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re: At $9600 per, Bitcoin is expected to hit the $10,000 mark today.

Posted on 12/7/17 at 9:46 am to
Posted by Bullfrog
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Posted on 12/7/17 at 9:46 am to
It’s like you’re digging up gold in your back yard.

Neighbor looks over the fence and says, “Hey man. What’s going on?”

You say, “We’re digging up gold, get a shovel and come on!”

Neighbor says, “Whoa buddy. Have you seen the price of shovels? Forget it!”
This post was edited on 12/7/17 at 9:48 am
Posted by anewguy
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Posted on 12/7/17 at 9:47 am to
Why is there usually a big price difference between coinbase and gemini?
Posted by Eric Nies Grind Time
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Posted on 12/7/17 at 9:49 am to
If you manage to lose your bitcoin there is no recourse. It is gone.
Posted by Bullfrog
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Posted on 12/7/17 at 9:49 am to
Coinbase is way higher today. My guess: So much buying pressure from new accounts is bidding up the price there.
Posted by LEASTBAY
Member since Aug 2007
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Posted on 12/7/17 at 9:50 am to
Actually with the ledger the important thing is the keywords that you wrote on a card they give you. You can restore your wallet on a new one if you lose it.
Posted by WG_Dawg
Member since Jun 2004
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Posted on 12/7/17 at 9:50 am to
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it's textbook greater fools theory, people already invested in bitcoin trying to convince other people to invest in it at a higher price through massive speculation




Meh. The poopooers to me seem to constantly talk abotu the negatives of bitcoin as if people buying in are stupid somehow, while ignoring that these stupid people are making actual, real money off of it.

You can think it's dumb, you can't think it has no real use or value, but that doesn't change the fact it's making a lot of people money.
Posted by PearlJam
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Posted on 12/7/17 at 9:50 am to
So nicehash or its users are just out 70 million with no recourse? Yikes.
This post was edited on 12/7/17 at 9:53 am
Posted by anewguy
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Member since Mar 2017
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Posted on 12/7/17 at 9:52 am to
Do you think there is an arbitrage opportunity? That gemini will follow coinbase prices and vice versa?
Posted by DVinBR
Member since Jan 2013
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Posted on 12/7/17 at 9:52 am to
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So nicehash is just it 70 million with no recourse? Yikes.


what's scary is that no one seems to care about a hack causing such a large sum being stolen
Posted by Eric Nies Grind Time
Member since Sep 2012
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Posted on 12/7/17 at 9:52 am to
Plenty of scammers out there for sure.
Posted by Bullfrog
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Posted on 12/7/17 at 9:55 am to
Maybe. Depends on how fast you can buy on one and sell on the other and the bid-ask spread.

I don’t know how well it would work but i suspect bots are all over it and the price will equalize soon.

Right now:
Coinbase $16930
Bitstamp. $15580
This post was edited on 12/7/17 at 9:58 am
Posted by PearlJam
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Posted on 12/7/17 at 9:58 am to
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Plenty of scammers out there for sure
Appears to be a hack, not a scan. Also, reports of North Korea stepping up it's hacking of Bitcoin.

Posted by rocket31
Member since Jan 2008
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Posted on 12/7/17 at 9:59 am to
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Why is there usually a big price difference between coinbase and gemini?



this likely reflects the disproportionate number of new investors on coinbase and the relative ease of getting fiat onto it to buy BTC or ETH or LTC

imagine each exchange as a different market. then imagine different markets as different groups of people on two separate sides of a room that are trading coins.

so in theory, arbitrage opportunities exist where you can sell high on one exchange and then buy back lower on another but its potentially risky with fees and market delays.
Posted by anewguy
BR
Member since Mar 2017
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Posted on 12/7/17 at 10:03 am to
Yeah i supposed it would work but I am not 100% sure on how to buy on one, take the coins to a wallet, then sell on another.
Posted by rocket31
Member since Jan 2008
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Posted on 12/7/17 at 10:06 am to
ive never attempted to arbitrage but i know people do; when its volatile like today it can def be done.

itd be as simple as having one account on each exchange and hoping your coins transferred in time
Posted by Bullfrog
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Member since Jul 2010
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Posted on 12/7/17 at 10:09 am to
This stuff will be at $36K in no time at all. Then $54K by spring.
This post was edited on 12/7/17 at 10:10 am
Posted by Bullfrog
Running Through the Wet Grass
Member since Jul 2010
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Posted on 12/7/17 at 10:13 am to
Try doing it with $50 of BTC and see if you can.
Posted by rocket31
Member since Jan 2008
41887 posts
Posted on 12/7/17 at 10:15 am to
ya, i wish i had that type of confidence but i dont

its at $17,425 on coinbase now, thats just retarded

eta: confidence in the future price, i have confidence in the tech, im just not sure the future value of that
This post was edited on 12/7/17 at 10:21 am
Posted by Mo Jeaux
Member since Aug 2008
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Posted on 12/7/17 at 10:15 am to
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so in theory, arbitrage opportunities exist where you can sell high on one exchange and then buy back lower on another but its potentially risky with fees and market delays.



Not in theory. I know people who have viable businesses doing just this.
Posted by Bullfrog
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Member since Jul 2010
61176 posts
Posted on 12/7/17 at 10:20 am to
The biggest problem is it’s sucking capital from the Alts. Though LTC is holding up pretty good.
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