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      "body": "As a rule, I hate rules. \n\nThey're too often used to defend outmoded practices and vested interests that impede progress. \n\nOf course, we need some rules. But I wish we chose more carefully when and where they should apply. \n\nCrypto vs. Rules \n\nCryptocurrencies take an interesting approach to rules. \n\nRules are embedded in the software that gives these coins life. \n\nFor example, only 21 million bitcoins can ever be created. That's the software speaking, not an outside party. \n\nI have no doubt that the anonymous creator of bitcoin, who goes by the name of Satoshi Nakamoto, hated the idea of rules being foisted on bitcoin (and other cryptos) from the outside.\n\nThe Crypto Creed Is Evolving \n\nTrue believers in crypto don't like rules. 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It issued dozens of subpoenas to major crypto players, including exchanges, funds and companies that had initial coin offerings (ICOs) or were in the process of launching coins. \n\nLate May saw another probe launched - this one courtesy of the Department of Justice (with an assist from the CFTC). They're looking into the manipulation of prices through spoofing (creating the illusion of rising demand by submitting orders to buy bitcoin and then canceling). They're also targeting wash trading (buying and selling to yourself, which creates the impression of trading activity). \n\nMost recently, The Wall Street Journal reported last Friday that the CFTC is demanding more trading data from Bitstamp, Coinbase, itBit and Kraken. CME Group, which offers bitcoin futures trading, gets its prices from them. \n\nCME was granted access to a few hours of daily trading data - after asking for a full day's worth. The CFTC is reportedly \"upset\" with this arrangement. \n\nThese investigations and subpoenas make it abundantly clear that the government has crypto players in its crosshairs. \n\nBut here's the thing. \n\nIt's not exactly accurate to conclude that crypto is under attack by the government. \n\nThe SEC does NOT hate crypto players, ICOs or bitcoin. \n\nWhat it does not tolerate is price manipulation... bad actors... or scams. It rightly thinks there's been too much of all three in the crypto world. \n\nAnd many crypto players are finally distancing themselves from their previous \"if you're not with us, you're against us\" stance. \n\nI say, it's about time. \n\nSomething needs to be done about the $3 billion in fake daily volume, according to investor Sylvain Ribes... \n\nSomething needs to be done about rampant price manipulation... \n\nSomething needs to be done about the illicit activity that relies on cryptocurrencies. 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      "body": "just last month, the European Central Bank (ECB) published data \nshowing that some of Italy’s largest banks are still on the brink of failure \nand that average citizens would bear the brunt of the losses.\n\nJust this month, average citizens in Argentina have suffered massive \nlosses in their life savings, as their pesos have plunged in value.\n\nAnd they’re relatively fortunate when compared to Iranian citizens, whose\nrials have plunged to 42,000 to a dollar and even lower on the black market.\n\nBut if you think people’s savings are at risk strictly in third-world countries, think again.\n\nIn 2008, the global financial system almost ground to a halt. \n\nCredit markets froze. \n\nPanic was the order of the day.\n\nMonetary authorities decided they had no choice: \n\nEither bail out the banks or let the world melt down.\n\nIt was a big, quick fix, sustained by nearly a decade of quantitative easing.\n\nAnd it seems to have worked, at least so far. \n\nBut has it really? \n\nThe fact is the experience also unmasked fundamental weaknesses in the global financial system:\n\nWeakness #1. \n\nThere was, and still is, an over-reliance on megabanks — not only as depository institutions \nand custodians, but also as a major source of liquidity for global capital markets. \n\n(They provide this liquidity not just with ordinary lending, but also with high-risk speculation\nin instruments called “derivatives,” which we’ll review in just a moment.)\n\nWeakness #2. \n\nThere were, and still are, rich rewards for excessive risk-taking — not only by commercial \nbanks but also investment banks, nonbank banks, insurance companies, and even \ngovernment-sponsored agencies.\n\nIn the mid-2000s, these financial institutions helped create a historic speculative bubble in real estate, \nmortgages and mortgage-backed securities.\n\nIn current cycle, they’ve retained the will and the means to do the same in other sectors, \nsuch as speculative-grade corporate debt or even sovereign debts.\n\nThese potentially toxic assets are not simply investments and speculations banks make with their own capital. \n\nNo. They do it with your deposits — sometimes in quantities and with risk levels sufficient to wipe out their capital.\n\nIn the event of a meltdown, trillions of dollars in savings are at risk. \n\nThousands of businesses, big and small, would have to cease operations.\n\nWeakness #3. \n\nDerivatives. These are leveraged side bets, also made with depositor funds and often risky in the extreme. \n\nWhy so risky? \n\nActually, there are at least five factors that contribute to risk:\n\nThe amounts are so huge. According to the fourth quarter 2017 report by the Office of Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), although down from their peaks, the notional (face) value of derivatives held by U.S. banks at year-end was still a massive $172 trillion. Foreign banks hold even more.\nThe ownership of derivatives is so extremely concentrated and centralized. The OCC reports that, although a total of 1,364 U.S.-insured institutions reported derivatives activities, 89.4% of the derivatives are held by only FOUR large commercial banks: JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, Bank of America and Goldman Sachs.\nUnlike most stocks and bonds, 62% of derivatives are still not cleared in central exchanges, according to the OCC. So even if a bank wins a bet, it can still lose money if its trading partner fails to pay up. To avoid this risk, fortunes are spent on counterparty due diligence. But the 2008 experience demonstrates conclusively that all it would take is one failure, like a Lehman Bros., to cause a chain reaction of defaults on derivatives and sink the financial system.\nPortfolio diversification is very weak. The OCC reports that 75.8% of derivatives contracts are bets on interest rates. If we see some big interest-rate surprises down the road, their losses could be so devastating that no amount of hedging would protect them.\nAll this helps explain why these institutions had to be bailed out in 2008.\n\nWe can debate till we’re blue in the face about the ethics or specifics of bailout policies. \n\nBut the bottom line is this wasn’t just crony capitalism at its finest. \n\nIt was also a pragmatic emergency response to a very real problem …\n\nThe banks were buying all these speculative assets with other people’s money — ours.\n\nMost of the Public Still in the Dark\nAverage savers and small business owners don’t care much about “the benefits of fractional reserve banking.”\n\n\nNor do they get warm and fuzzy when you tell them banks are “the lifeblood of the credit markets that enable commerce and world trade.” \n\nThey use banks because they’re a convenient place for their money. That’s it.\n\nThe fact that, once deposited, their money is removed from their direct control, loaned out and no longer held by their bank is an uncomfortable truth. \n\nOne that most are unaware of.\n\nThis is a problem — not only because it’s poorly communicated and the public is misinformed, but also because banks fail in their most fundamental of functions: to provide the population simple, safe and unencumbered storage for savings.\n\nIn most developed nations, this failure comes into question only during extreme crises — like during the thousands of bank and S&L failures of the 1980s or the megabank failures of 2008.\n\nBut in Third World countries, it is the unspoken reason many people, even among the financially literate, often shun bank accounts. \n\nThey do so because of firsthand experience with policymakers that abused their power by printing money wildly, swapping their money for cheaper currency, freezing assets, confiscating retirement accounts to bail out governments and worse.\n\nThe informed citizen’s response is a rational one: No money in the bank. \n\nNo savings in the national currency. \n\nBetter to park your money “under the mattress” or some equivalent.\n\nCryptocurrencies do such a fundamentally better job as a safe depository, it’s difficult to envision a world in which this technology does not become a game-changer for money and banking.\nBitcoin was invented in 2009 as a direct response to the government bailouts that were being announced across the world.\n\nThis is why Satoshi Nakamoto, the inventor of Bitcoin, wrote on the very first Bitcoinblock: “The time is 03/Jan/2009. Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks.”\n\nIt was a not-so-subtle shot across the bow of the monetary system — a time-capsule message declaring the intent behind the creation of this revolutionary technology.\n\nAt the very core of its design stands this one guiding principle: Everyone should own their money directly. Everyone should trade directly with whomever they please. No third party, no custody, no trust in a central authority.\n\nAnd unlike derivatives, all are automatically enforced by the code and the community. No need to spend fortunes on due diligence.\n\nNo institutions gambling and speculating on global markets in a scheme that gives them the quick profits but gives you the ultimate risks.\n\nThat’s a scheme that, in the final analysis, does not work. It lacks the fundamental feature that cryptocurrencies restore: You and only you can be the true owner of your assets. Only you can control them. Only you decide your financial destiny.\n\nSo now, we circle back to our opening question:\n\nCan banks survive the coming cryptocurrency revolution?\nYes. But not their current form.\n\nRight now, there are only two reasons the majority has not yet switched to cryptocurrency platforms:\n\nToo much volatility: Prices need to stabilize. But that will happen naturally over time as adoption grows and liquidity improves.\nLack of information: Few people know what cryptocurrencies are or how they work. Fewer still understand the advantages of cryptocurrencies in a wallet over money in a bank.\nAs soon as they learn the difference, they almost invariably express extreme interest — especially in parts of the world that have a history of financial instability.\n\nThat’s where adoption is accelerating now and where it will continue to grow. Just look at Argentina, Venezuela, Iran or Zimbabwe. Despite lower-than-average financial literacy, people in these countries are often demonstrating higher-than-average adoption or interest in cryptocurrencies.\n\nStill, the lack of reliable information remains the most significant barrier of entry today. We laugh when the so-called “experts” say widespread adoption can’t happen because “it requires technical knowledge beyond the expertise of the average individual.”\n\nHave you tried sending a bank wire recently? We’d argue that trading in crypto is orders of magnitude easier. And cheaper!\n\nMoreover, there’s abundant evidence that cryptocurrencies are going to become much more user-friendly very quickly. New, easy-to-use mobile apps are being launched globally. The technology is already here to simply whip out your phone and scan a code. All with robust security.\n\nSo what happens when these interfaces are streamlined … and when the public learns more about the inherent risks of traditional banking and starts to gain more confidence in cryptocurrencies?\n\nIt’s hard to imagine a world in which banks retain custody of people’s assets. And it’s easy to imagine one in which crypto platforms disrupt banks like Uber or Lyft disrupt taxis.\n\nIf there is one thing we can state with certainty is that the simplest application of DLT (money) is one that makes banks as we now know them redundant and obsolete. Their business model falls apart.\n\nSo will banks survive the crypto revolution? It all depends on how well and how quickly they can adapt.\n\nThere will still be a need to invest the assets that people own. There will still be a need for credit. But the structure and process will change. Today, banking institutions have a virtual monopoly on money. Savers and investors have few other practical options. 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      "body": "just last month, the European Central Bank (ECB) published data \nshowing that some of Italy’s largest banks are still on the brink of failure \nand that average citizens would bear the brunt of the losses.\n\nJust this month, average citizens in Argentina have suffered massive \nlosses in their life savings, as their pesos have plunged in value.\n\nAnd they’re relatively fortunate when compared to Iranian citizens, whose\nrials have plunged to 42,000 to a dollar and even lower on the black market.\n\nBut if you think people’s savings are at risk strictly in third-world countries, think again.\n\nIn 2008, the global financial system almost ground to a halt. \n\nCredit markets froze. \n\nPanic was the order of the day.\n\nMonetary authorities decided they had no choice: \n\nEither bail out the banks or let the world melt down.\n\nIt was a big, quick fix, sustained by nearly a decade of quantitative easing.\n\nAnd it seems to have worked, at least so far. \n\nBut has it really? \n\nThe fact is the experience also unmasked fundamental weaknesses in the global financial system:\n\nWeakness #1. \n\nThere was, and still is, an over-reliance on megabanks — not only as depository institutions \nand custodians, but also as a major source of liquidity for global capital markets. \n\n(They provide this liquidity not just with ordinary lending, but also with high-risk speculation\nin instruments called “derivatives,” which we’ll review in just a moment.)\n\nWeakness #2. \n\nThere were, and still are, rich rewards for excessive risk-taking — not only by commercial \nbanks but also investment banks, nonbank banks, insurance companies, and even \ngovernment-sponsored agencies.\n\nIn the mid-2000s, these financial institutions helped create a historic speculative bubble in real estate, \nmortgages and mortgage-backed securities.\n\nIn current cycle, they’ve retained the will and the means to do the same in other sectors, \nsuch as speculative-grade corporate debt or even sovereign debts.\n\nThese potentially toxic assets are not simply investments and speculations banks make with their own capital. \n\nNo. They do it with your deposits — sometimes in quantities and with risk levels sufficient to wipe out their capital.\n\nIn the event of a meltdown, trillions of dollars in savings are at risk. \n\nThousands of businesses, big and small, would have to cease operations.\n\nWeakness #3. \n\nDerivatives. These are leveraged side bets, also made with depositor funds and often risky in the extreme. \n\nWhy so risky? \n\nActually, there are at least five factors that contribute to risk:\n\nThe amounts are so huge. According to the fourth quarter 2017 report by the Office of Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), although down from their peaks, the notional (face) value of derivatives held by U.S. banks at year-end was still a massive $172 trillion. Foreign banks hold even more.\nThe ownership of derivatives is so extremely concentrated and centralized. The OCC reports that, although a total of 1,364 U.S.-insured institutions reported derivatives activities, 89.4% of the derivatives are held by only FOUR large commercial banks: JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, Bank of America and Goldman Sachs.\nUnlike most stocks and bonds, 62% of derivatives are still not cleared in central exchanges, according to the OCC. 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If we see some big interest-rate surprises down the road, their losses could be so devastating that no amount of hedging would protect them.\nAll this helps explain why these institutions had to be bailed out in 2008.\n\nWe can debate till we’re blue in the face about the ethics or specifics of bailout policies. \n\nBut the bottom line is this wasn’t just crony capitalism at its finest. \n\nIt was also a pragmatic emergency response to a very real problem …\n\nThe banks were buying all these speculative assets with other people’s money — ours.\n\nMost of the Public Still in the Dark\nAverage savers and small business owners don’t care much about “the benefits of fractional reserve banking.”\n\n\nNor do they get warm and fuzzy when you tell them banks are “the lifeblood of the credit markets that enable commerce and world trade.” \n\nThey use banks because they’re a convenient place for their money. 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Only you decide your financial destiny.\n\nSo now, we circle back to our opening question:\n\nCan banks survive the coming cryptocurrency revolution?\nYes. But not their current form.\n\nRight now, there are only two reasons the majority has not yet switched to cryptocurrency platforms:\n\nToo much volatility: Prices need to stabilize. But that will happen naturally over time as adoption grows and liquidity improves.\nLack of information: Few people know what cryptocurrencies are or how they work. Fewer still understand the advantages of cryptocurrencies in a wallet over money in a bank.\nAs soon as they learn the difference, they almost invariably express extreme interest — especially in parts of the world that have a history of financial instability.\n\nThat’s where adoption is accelerating now and where it will continue to grow. Just look at Argentina, Venezuela, Iran or Zimbabwe. 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      "body": "![Steemit NG entertainment 20180517_084906.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmRgJMLGm6KfDWm1MfN8AuRSTQfCbx5eb9RxAUa5NJxHzS/Steemit%20NG%20entertainment%2020180517_084906.jpg)\n\n\nWays to earn Steem\nI am getting tired of reading from people that Steemit is some corrupt system that doesn't allow 99% of people to make money Because the mega whales make all the money. Sure, whales earn a lot, but does that stop you from earning? No! Inevitably when I read this and check these people's blogs it's full of plagiarism and 15 word posts. Guys! STEEMIT IS A MERITOCRACY! The amount you earn is directly proportional to the quality of your content and your readers. (Notice I said readers and not followers, I will explain further down why). 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      "body": "![‪+234 816 780 0166‬ 20170922_221629.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmeMBvYz3Z7Qz669k5QM8zzrDQ2scmsrGh8D4EKnh8jNZs/%E2%80%AA%2B234%20816%20780%200166%E2%80%AC%2020170922_221629.jpg)\n\n\"Digital gold\" is the most popular way to summarize bitcoin's purpose. \n\nToday we take a deep dive into this analogy to see how gold and bitcoin stack up. \n\nLet's start with size.\n\nBitcoin: $163 billion market cap (price per coin multiplied by the number of coins)\nTotal gold: $8 trillion (estimated)\nTotal money (digital and physical): $80 trillion\nSo bitcoin is roughly one-fiftieth the size of the total gold market today. \n\nAnd only one-five-hundredth the size of the whole money market. \n\nStill, that's pretty significant, considering bitcoin only started in 2009. Gold has been money for thousands of years.\n\nNow let's look at some common traits.\n\nScarce\nLiquid\nDesirable\nPotentially profitable.\nBoth have the rare qualities that make a good speculative \"store of value\" asset. \n\nBoth are used as hedges against reckless monetary policy. \n\nThey are assets that will likely rise in value if the old system becomes \noverloaded with debt (U.S. debt is at $21 trillion and counting) and is forced to \"monetize\" (print away) the debt. \n\nThis is why scarcity is an important quality. \n\nThere's a limited supply of gold around the world, and there will only ever \nbe 21 million bitcoins (with each bitcoin divisible into 100 million pieces). \n\nImportantly, both assets can also be held by individuals. \n\nStocks and bonds typically require a broker or bank to hold custody. \n\nThis introduces \"counterparty risk.\" \n\nIn other words, there's always a small chance that the other party may go \nbankrupt and take some of your assets down with it. \n\nCould Bitcoin Challenge Gold? \n\nI don't think gold is replaceable. \n\nThere's something about gold that will always be desirable to some people. \n\nAnd its price is stable compared to bitcoin. \n\nBitcoin and other cryptos are something altogether different. \n\nThey are the beginning of an alternative monetary system. \n\nOne that people opt into rather than inherit. \n\nSure, bitcoin could be the size of gold eventually. \n\nBut I think surpassing gold could be just the beginning. \n\nRemember, all the money in the world, including digital cash, \nis worth roughly $80 trillion. \n\nBut for the first time in history, it's not a given that government money will dominate the market. \n\nA race has begun to capture market share of money. \n\nIt's the largest market in the world. \n\nBitcoin has only a tiny sliver of that market today. \n\nBut it's growing extremely fast, and new coins are launching daily. \n\nUnless a miracle happens, the old systems are headed for trouble. \n\nDebt continues to pile higher, and the interest payments on that debt are \nabout to increase rapidly as interest rates rise. \n\nIt is very likely many governments will resort to printing money to pay off their own debts. \n\nIt's not often that an $80 trillion market is vulnerable. \n\nYet that's the opportunity I see for crypto today. \n\nSure, there's a chance it will fail, or government will shut it down. \n\nI don't expect it to happen, but it's possible. \n\nThis is why you should limit crypto to a small portion of your portfolio, \nsay 1% to 3% if you're a conservative investor. \n\nA bit more if you're okay with risk and can afford to lose the money.",
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      "body": "Dear Early Investor, \n\nBerkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett and Vice Chairman Charlie Munger both came out swinging against bitcoin this week. \n\nBuffett called bitcoin \"rat poison squared,\" while Munger was cruder, comparing the cryptocurrency to \"turds\" and \"selling baby brains.\" \n\nThe irony here is rich and layered. Munger and Buffett are legendary value investors known for advising people to invest in what they know and avoid what they don't. \n\nClearly, neither of these gentlemen knows much about crypto (or technology in general). \n\nBuffett reportedly doesn't even use email, so how can he hope to understand digital assets like bitcoin? \n\nI would argue that he can't. \n\nAnd he shouldn't attack assets he doesn't understand.\n\nIt's worth noting that Berkshire Hathaway essentially missed out on the entire tech boom. \n\nThe firm missed on Google, Amazon, Microsoft and others.\n\nIt did buy Apple, but only in 2016, when it was more of a value stock than a growth one. \n\nMeanwhile investors like Peter Thiel, PayPal founder and first investor in Facebook, and Marc Andreessen, legendary venture capitalist and web entrepreneur, are bullish on bitcoin. \n\nSo Buffett and Munger's lack of tech savvy provides some insight into why these legends don't invest in crypto. \n\nBut considering how nasty and personal the attacks were, I suspect there's more at play here. \n\nTalking Their Book \n\nIn a CNBC appearance in 2017, Buffett was asked what his favorite bank stock is.\n\nHis reply was telling: \"What's your favorite child?\" \n\nClearly, he loves them all. \n\nAnd Berkshire Hathaway has made a great deal of money investing in the banking, insurance and traditional payment sectors. \n\nToday Berkshire Hathaway remains one of the largest owners of bank stocks in the world. \n\nThe firm's top holding is Wells Fargo. \n\nIt holds approximately $30 billion in Wells Fargo shares.\n\nIt also owns around $20 billion worth of Bank of America shares. \n\nBerkshire arguably saved Goldman Sachs in 2008 with a $5 billion investment that netted a $3.1 billion profit. \n\nBerkshire Hathaway's fifth-largest holding is American Express. \n\nThe firm is also a long-term owner of Moody's, the ratings agency \nthat contributed to the last financial crisis by slapping AAA ratings on what were essentially junk bonds. \n\nThese stocks, which make up the core of Berkshire Hathaway's portfolio, \nare exactly the types of firms that crypto is disrupting. \n\nBitcoin was designed to eliminate the need for financial middlemen. \n\nIt's a decentralized, peer-to-peer monetary system specifically \ndesigned as an alternative to the current financial system. \n\nIn the long run, crypto has the potential to replace banks \nwith decentralized computer networks. \n\nSo it's only natural that Buffett and Munger are lashing out at crypto \"whippersnappers.\" \n\nIt's a new industry that they don't understand beyond the fact that it threatens their portfolio. \n\nFrom \"Mirage\" to \"Rat Poison Squared\" \n\nThe last time Buffett criticized bitcoin publicly was in 2014, when bitcoin was trading around $600. At that time, he called it \"a mirage\" and advised investors to \"stay away.\" \n\nBack then, Andreessen made an excellent rebuttal. \n\nNow that Buffett has doubled down on his bitcoin bashing, \n\nI believe it's worth revisiting Andreessen's original reply from 2014. Here's an excerpt:\n\n \nThis is a standard trope of technology criticism by people who don't understand technology... \"Yes, sure, it's great technology, but it won't be useful or valuable in the way that those crazy nerds think it will be useful or valuable.\" I've heard it my whole life applied to every new important technology. It's fake sophistication - it sounds nuanced but it's not.\n \nAndreessen is completely on point. Buffett and Munger simply don't see the big picture with crypto. And their portfolio of traditional financial stocks likely clouds their judgment. \n\nWhat's most interesting to me is just how nasty the most recent attacks were. Why would Munger feel the need to say \"I think the people pushing it are a disgrace\"? \n\nIt seems a bit much. But when you consider the fact that cryptocurrency is essentially a direct attack on the traditional financial system, and then look at Berkshire's portfolio, it starts to add up. \n\nThe legacy financial system is starting to get scared. And it should be. \n\nGood investing,",
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      "body": "Dear Early Investor, \n\nBerkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett and Vice Chairman Charlie Munger both came out swinging against bitcoin this week. \n\nBuffett called bitcoin \"rat poison squared,\" while Munger was cruder, comparing the cryptocurrency to \"turds\" and \"selling baby brains.\" \n\nThe irony here is rich and layered. Munger and Buffett are legendary value investors known for advising people to invest in what they know and avoid what they don't. \n\nClearly, neither of these gentlemen knows much about crypto (or technology in general). \n\nBuffett reportedly doesn't even use email, so how can he hope to understand digital assets like bitcoin? \n\nI would argue that he can't. \n\nAnd he shouldn't attack assets he doesn't understand.\n\nIt's worth noting that Berkshire Hathaway essentially missed out on the entire tech boom. \n\nThe firm missed on Google, Amazon, Microsoft and others.\n\nIt did buy Apple, but only in 2016, when it was more of a value stock than a growth one. \n\nMeanwhile investors like Peter Thiel, PayPal founder and first investor in Facebook, and Marc Andreessen, legendary venture capitalist and web entrepreneur, are bullish on bitcoin. \n\nSo Buffett and Munger's lack of tech savvy provides some insight into why these legends don't invest in crypto. \n\nBut considering how nasty and personal the attacks were, I suspect there's more at play here. \n\nTalking Their Book \n\nIn a CNBC appearance in 2017, Buffett was asked what his favorite bank stock is.\n\nHis reply was telling: \"What's your favorite child?\" \n\nClearly, he loves them all. \n\nAnd Berkshire Hathaway has made a great deal of money investing in the banking, insurance and traditional payment sectors. \n\nToday Berkshire Hathaway remains one of the largest owners of bank stocks in the world. \n\nThe firm's top holding is Wells Fargo. \n\nIt holds approximately $30 billion in Wells Fargo shares.\n\nIt also owns around $20 billion worth of Bank of America shares. \n\nBerkshire arguably saved Goldman Sachs in 2008 with a $5 billion investment that netted a $3.1 billion profit. \n\nBerkshire Hathaway's fifth-largest holding is American Express. \n\nThe firm is also a long-term owner of Moody's, the ratings agency \nthat contributed to the last financial crisis by slapping AAA ratings on what were essentially junk bonds. \n\nThese stocks, which make up the core of Berkshire Hathaway's portfolio, \nare exactly the types of firms that crypto is disrupting. \n\nBitcoin was designed to eliminate the need for financial middlemen. \n\nIt's a decentralized, peer-to-peer monetary system specifically \ndesigned as an alternative to the current financial system. \n\nIn the long run, crypto has the potential to replace banks \nwith decentralized computer networks. \n\nSo it's only natural that Buffett and Munger are lashing out at crypto \"whippersnappers.\" \n\nIt's a new industry that they don't understand beyond the fact that it threatens their portfolio. \n\nFrom \"Mirage\" to \"Rat Poison Squared\" \n\nThe last time Buffett criticized bitcoin publicly was in 2014, when bitcoin was trading around $600. At that time, he called it \"a mirage\" and advised investors to \"stay away.\" \n\nBack then, Andreessen made an excellent rebuttal. \n\nNow that Buffett has doubled down on his bitcoin bashing, \n\nI believe it's worth revisiting Andreessen's original reply from 2014. Here's an excerpt:\n\n \nThis is a standard trope of technology criticism by people who don't understand technology... \"Yes, sure, it's great technology, but it won't be useful or valuable in the way that those crazy nerds think it will be useful or valuable.\" I've heard it my whole life applied to every new important technology. It's fake sophistication - it sounds nuanced but it's not.\n \nAndreessen is completely on point. Buffett and Munger simply don't see the big picture with crypto. And their portfolio of traditional financial stocks likely clouds their judgment. \n\nWhat's most interesting to me is just how nasty the most recent attacks were. Why would Munger feel the need to say \"I think the people pushing it are a disgrace\"? \n\nIt seems a bit much. But when you consider the fact that cryptocurrency is essentially a direct attack on the traditional financial system, and then look at Berkshire's portfolio, it starts to add up. \n\nThe legacy financial system is starting to get scared. And it should be. \n\nGood investing,",
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      "body": "we learned about bitcoin wallets and how they work. We explained that bitcoin wallets don’t actually store physical bitcoins – they store private and public keys required to access your bitcoins. you’ll learn things like:\n\nA bitcoin transaction is a transfer of value using the bitcoin network\nBitcoin transaction information isn’t encrypted\nAnyone can view a bitcoin transaction using a blockchain explorer\nTransactions must be verified by miners on the blockchain network\nMiners receive bitcoin rewards in exchange for verifying transactions\nBitcoin Transactions on the Bitcoin Blockchain\nThe bitcoin blockchain is a public ledger on which every bitcoin transaction is recorded. Every bitcoin transaction in the history of bitcoin can be found on that ledger – from the very first bitcoin transaction to mysterious transfers of $100 million. It’s all viewable for anyone to see.\n\nThe blockchain is maintained by a network of nodes. Nodes are computers connected together across the bitcoin network. Each computer runs the bitcoin software. These nodes create the decentralized network behind bitcoin. No single node is worth more than any other node. It’s a decentralized, democratic system outside the control of any centralized authority.\n\nLet’s say you want to send bitcoin to someone. You open your bitcoin wallet, enter your recipient’s wallet address, and authorize the transfer.\n\nAt this point, your transaction is sent to the bitcoin network where it will be validated by the network of nodes. Valid transactions are added to their individual copy of the ledger, and each computer broadcasts their version of the ledger to other nodes on the network. These nodes create a “consensus” – they reach an agreement on the “true” version of the bitcoin blockchain. Then, a block of transactions is added to the chain – hence the name blockchain.\n\nOnce a transaction is processed and verified by the bitcoin network, the private keys for that particular bitcoin are transferred to the recipient’s wallet.\n\nTo be clear, you don’t ever actually “hold” your bitcoins. Instead, you own bitcoin because there’s a verifiable chain of transactions proving your ownership of that bitcoin. The reason you “own” your bitcoin is because the last transaction of that specific bitcoin was traced to your wallet address. Your private key proves ownership, and you hold that bitcoin for as long as you own the private key.\n\nAnyone can check bitcoin’s transaction history using a blockchain explorer. A blockchain explorer is like a search engine for a blockchain. You can search for specific wallet addresses or transactions. All of this transaction information is publicly viewable.\n\nNodes Compete for a Block Reward\nSo you’ve sent a bitcoin transaction to the bitcoin network. Next, the nodes on the network will compete with one another to verify that transaction. The first node to successfully solve that transaction will receive a block reward in the form of bitcoins. Nodes receive bitcoins in exchange for their work validating transactions and maintaining accurate records across the bitcoin network.\n\nOnce the node has verified the transaction, your recipient’s wallet will display the received bitcoins, and your wallet will no longer display your own bitcoins. The node that processed your transaction will receive a reward in the form of bitcoins.![IMG-20180418-WA0005.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmQLy6haUmtxot3o6EeEVFt4dsV9HWx4rSgG1VZxVhumN6/IMG-20180418-WA0005.jpg)![IMG-20180418-WA0007.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmfVjKySToGDci6ikvNgDHBsc2XiU77GndZoLnvCkhdQRU/IMG-20180418-WA0007.jpg)",
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      "body": "Cosmopolitian - 29.04.2018 - How do Hollywood starlets look so toned and slim into their 40's, 50's, and even 60's? Is it always expensive liposuction and dangerous plastic surgery? According to Dr. Oz, the answer is NO! So if they aren't all using surgery to stay looking great, what is their secret? Keep reading, it's excitingly effective, safe, and cheap! \n\nA few weeks ago on the Dr. Oz show, he shared the secret he gives his celebrity clients who want to lose some kilograms fast, but are scared of the potential risks of surgery or do not have enough time for working out. We were so surprised by how shockingly simple, cheap, and effective his technique was, we had to test it ourselves and write a feature article on the results!\n\nThe Best Weight-Loss Solution You’ve Never Heard Of\nDr Oz had always kept this weight-loss secret reserved for his high paying celebrity clients until recently. He said he felt like he had to let his audience know because he was tired of hearing countless stories about his viewers throwing away thousands of dollars on expensive dietary supplements or dangerous surgical procedures that make big promises that often do far more harm than good. As a result, a few weeks ago he shared the simple solution with everyone watching his show, and he had previously only shared it with his celeb clients!\nHe actually discovered this weight-loss miracle when multiple celebrity friends and clients were constantly reaching out to him hoping for a solution to look slimmer to prolong their career without going in for surgery.\n\nOn his show he said he was thrilled when after months and months of painstaking tests and research, his team came across a product that literally allows people to lose 22-27 kilograms in just a month. More shockingly, it is safe, and costs next to nothing! 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You simply take Green Coffee 30 minutes prior to each meal, and you will see the noticeable changes in your body in several days!\nWe Decided to Put it to the Test!\nAs excited as we were after the show and after getting a flood of letters, we wanted to try it for ourselves before we wrote this feature piece praising it. We decided to take a volunteer, someone in our office. Let me introduce Brenda Wright, a 37 year old mother of 3 who jumped at the chance to test this weight-loss product. Here is her story...\nBrenda's Story & 14 Days Experiment Results:\n\nBrenda is a 37 year old mother of 3 from Chicago. Like most women her age, the years have started to give her unwanted kilograms. Brenda said she volunteered because she was so frustrated that nothing she had tried seemed to work. She was even considering highly risky and very expensive liposuction. This was somewhat of a last resort for her.\nHere are her results...\nDAY ONE:\n\nAfter the first day of using Green Coffee, I was surprised at how wonderful it made my body feel. There was no heavy feeling in the stomach or intestinal disorder. It felt like every muscle on my body was being tightened by this magical drink. It actually gave me so much energy so I started eating less junk food but I still didn’t workout because I didn't have time for it.\nDAY 10:\n\nAfter ten days of taking Green Coffee, I was shocked at the fantastic results. I lost 12 kg! I was astonished by the results, and literally felt more confident. It was a pleasure to look in the mirror every time!\nDAY 14:\n\nAfter 14 days, not only had all my doubts and scepticism absolutely vanished - SO DID MY EXCESS WEIGHT! By now, I have already lost 17 kg. I've never felt or seen anything tighten my skin with this kind of force before, no matter how expensive the product is! All my friends and family were shocked. 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      "body": "By  taofoq2020\n\nTwo weeks ago, we attended a conference in Miami. \n\nSeveral crypto enthusiasts were there… \n\nThe price of bitcoin has fallen from a high of around $20,000 to about $8,000 today. \n\nThat kind of a fall would knock the wind out of most investors. \n\nBut the bitcoin bulls are still surprisingly bullish.\n\n“This pullback is very healthy,” \n\nsaid one speaker. \n\n“There were so many bad deals in the initial coin offerings (ICOs—similar to initial public offerings, but with cryptocurrencies instead of stocks). \n\nSome of them were just absurd. \n\nAnd people who bought into those deals deserved to lose their money.\n\n“Now, we’re getting onto more solid ground.”\n\nHe could be right.\n\n Bitcoin seems to have found its footing in the $6,800–$7,000 range. \n\nThereafter, it began a modest recovery.\n\n“Look, a lot of people think there is ‘nothing’ behind these cryptos,” said one source.\n\n“But if there were nothing there, the price would have kept going down. \n\nThe market would have discovered that there was nothing there… \n\nand the price would have gone to zero.\n\n“It didn’t. Instead, the market discovered firm ground in the $7,000 area… \nwhich is a lot more than zero.”\n\nWhat the market may have discovered is that bitcoin has a value as, well, bitcoin. \n\nWhen financial chaos strikes, gold holds its value… and bitcoin goes up.\n\n\nGeezers on the Internet\n\n“When you are in a crisis, it can be hard to get gold,” explained another of the cryptophiles. \n\n“The dealers don’t want to trade gold for local currency; nobody does. \n\nGold tends to disappear…\n\n“It’s just Gresham’s Law at work. \n\nBad money drives out good money. And usually, people are trapped. All that’s available is bad money. That’s the whole idea—to force people to use paper currency that is losing its value. That’s what is happening in Venezuela, for example, right now.”\n\nWe turned to The Christian Science Monitor for confirmation:\n\nIn the midst of a financial crisis with inflation nearing 2,000 percent, Venezuelans are using bitcoin to pay for groceries, medical bills, even honeymoons. Unaffected by the economic crisis, bitcoins give users an alternative to black market worthless government currency.\n\n“This is not a matter of politics,” [local Venezuelan] Mr. Villar said. “This is a matter of survival.”\n\nOur boys bought bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies back in June 2017, against their father’s advice.\n\nThe old man has waited for an “I-told-you-so” moment ever since. But it hasn’t come yet. In June, bitcoin was selling for about $2,500. Even after suffering a 60% drawdown, it’s still three times what they paid for it.\n\n“Hey Dad, remember when you introduced your readers to bitcoin… two years ago? \n\nYou and Vern Gowdie tried to buy it. \n\nYou got that young French girl, Claire, in the Paris office to help you.\n\nI think the title was something like ‘Geezers on the Internet.’”\n\n“Ha ha… very funny.”\n\n“Between the three of you, you couldn’t figure it out.\n\n“Well, if you had been a little more tech-savvy, you would have made a lot more money. \n\nThe price of bitcoin was just $500 back then. 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