Bitcoin Price Tracking & Discussion -- 2017

**Sam Odom** · 08-04-17, 05:12 AM

3,000 soon

**bigtymer56** · 08-04-17, 06:20 AM

Originally posted by trytrytry

coinbase announced all customers will rightfully get coins about Jan 1 2018

only many bitcoin sportsbooks left stealing from customers. hope SBR gives them all a downgrade.

Bcc/bch will probably be worthless by then.

**RoyBacon** · 08-04-17, 07:32 AM

Having a rough day today down 32% to mid 200's.

**Sam Odom** · 08-04-17, 07:38 AM

Nobody knows... but BCH may be the joke of cryptocurrency then again

**trytrytry** · 08-04-17, 08:05 AM

Originally posted by RoyBacon

I didnt think of that. So 5Dimes converts me to cash but Nitro doesnt. So Nitro got a bunch of free BCC unless they simply leave it in a players account as BTC but actually convert it,,,which would make zero sense. Good find try.

we had a thread going. its not a super easy issue but I always trytrytry to advocate first for the players post up money and rights.

SBR if sportsbooks holding customers BTC steal some of that value? downgrade??? - Sportsbook Review Forum

https://www.sportsbookreview.com/forum/bitcoin-sports-betting/3411355-sbr-if-sportsbooks-holding-customers-btc-steal-some-value-downgrade.html

Bitcoin sportsbook discussion and reviews by SBR and bitcoin sports bettor enthusiasts.

I tried with a thread to get discussion and some possible SBR statement or type forum pressure going but its too big of an issue too late to do much.

crazy week for sure. even with the new coins at $300 now that still major money like 10% im sure bitcoin sportsbook customers would like to have. dont understand how Nitrogen and others sportsbook would think in this day and age of forums, social media marketing, etc that stealing players funds is a good idea. but maybe it blows over, football season cures lots of memory loss!

**Sam Odom** · 08-04-17, 08:11 AM

IMO - books that convert btc to cash then adds cash to your available balance have NO obligation , none whatsoever , to their clients as far as BCH is concerned... almost feel the same way about btc only books

**themike78** · 08-04-17, 08:22 AM

Yeah. I really don't see sports books as stealing our money. They are not an exchange. Nobody knew that this was going to happen. If they have our funds in Bitcoin that's it. Its really not their obligation to give us extra money because Bitcoin forked or whatever. Who knows if they even keep all our funds in Bitcoin. They might just convert it all to cash instantly and have stored Bitcoin to pay out.

**TheSideBet** · 08-04-17, 08:36 AM

Originally posted by Sam Odom

3,000 soon

Feeling much better about my choices now. Not tripling money but making it so better than taking an L on this one. On to the next coin hoping it thrives.

**RoyBacon** · 08-04-17, 09:03 AM

I think I'm with Sam and Mike on this one too. The books are vendors and probably don't even have the ability to make that work without a lot of planning and development expense. Kind of up to the client to move their coins for a day.

**TheSideBet** · 08-04-17, 10:13 AM

So who all still has their Bitcoin Cash on cold wallet? At what price was it acquired?

Who had success getting it on an exchange and sold already?

**Bsims** · 08-04-17, 11:23 AM

I sold my BTH in Kraken for BTc and withdrew that portion. Unfortunately today I'm missing about half of my original BTCs but still have some BTH's. My order was correct, but my balances are not. Have sent a request to Kraken to straighten this out. We'll see how that goes. Apparently they were only partially ready for this fork.

I also have BTC in an Electrum wallet, on Coinbase, and Blockchain.info. Haven't even considered trying to retrieve the BCH's yet.

Update: Kraken got back to me quickly saying I put the trade in backwards. Maybe, it was late at night and I waas tired.

**trytrytry** · 08-04-17, 11:58 AM

Originally posted by Bsims

I sold my BTH in Kraken for BTc and withdrew that portion. Unfortunately today I'm missing about half of my original BTCs but still have some BTH's. My order was correct, but my balances are not. Have sent a request to Kraken to straighten this out. We'll see how that goes. Apparently they were only partially ready for this fork.

I also have BTC in an Electrum wallet, on Coinbase, and Blockchain.info. Haven't even considered trying to retrieve the BCH's yet.

Update: Kraken got back to me quickly saying I put the trade in backwards. Maybe, it was late at night and I waas tired.

how do you even do those steps?
coinbase not until Jan 2018 they announced to get out the new coins.

**bonzaii** · 08-04-17, 12:51 PM

Does anyone know of a good place to buy bitcoins other than coinbase? Everytime I try and make a purchase on coinbase now it gets cancelled for some reason. I think they are blocking all my transactions with them now.

**ChuckyTheGoat** · 08-04-17, 01:23 PM

Originally posted by Sam Odom

3,000 soon

Bump. What is your ETA for 3000?

**TheSideBet** · 08-04-17, 02:14 PM

Originally posted by ChuckyTheGoat

Bump. What is your ETA for 3000?

End of next week but will be hard to hold much over that level in my own opinion.

**TheSideBet** · 08-04-17, 02:15 PM

ETH at 217 and change was a steal today. Knock on wood.

**ChuckyTheGoat** · 08-04-17, 02:16 PM

Originally posted by TheSideBet

End of next week but will be hard to hold much over that level in my own opinion.

Salud, have a good wkend.

**raiders72001** · 08-04-17, 02:38 PM

**jjgold** · 08-04-17, 03:27 PM

It seems to have steadied now we need to make a run again

**bonzaii** · 08-04-17, 03:45 PM

Originally posted by raiders72001

You are going to be waiting a long time and will need a computer with at least 500 GBs if you want your BCC from there.

**RoyBacon** · 08-04-17, 05:28 PM

Originally posted by bonzaii

Does anyone know of a good place to buy bitcoins other than coinbase? Everytime I try and make a purchase on coinbase now it gets cancelled for some reason. I think they are blocking all my transactions with them now.

Not many choices if you are a US guy but...
I'm in Kracken - to me they are a joke. If you ever dare to need CS you are totally fvvcked. But a lot of guys in there..They are legit.

Bitstamp - I'm a fan/ I think they are conservative and well funded. They don't diddle around if you need to transfer or request a wire. A little more know your customer stuff but they are licensed and audited and run a pretty tight ship in my uneducated opinion.

**trytrytry** · 08-04-17, 05:53 PM

Originally posted by bonzaii

You are going to be waiting a long time and will need a computer with at least 500 GBs if you want your BCC from there.

why is that? seems simple steps

**bonzaii** · 08-04-17, 06:05 PM

Originally posted by trytrytry

why is that? seems simple steps

Forget what I said, this is a completely different process than the video I saw the other day which takes a lot longer to get your BCC from a blockchain wallet and involves having to process a bunch of information onto your computer. Thanks for the post Raiders.

**bonzaii** · 08-04-17, 06:07 PM

Originally posted by RoyBacon

Not many choices if you are a US guy but...
I'm in Kracken - to me they are a joke. If you ever dare to need CS you are totally fvvcked. But a lot of guys in there..They are legit.
Bitstamp - I'm a fan/ I think they are conservative and well funded. They don't diddle around if you need to transfer or request a wire. A little more know your customer stuff but they are licensed and audited and run a pretty tight ship in my uneducated opinion.

Thanks for the info, Ill take a peek.

**MeanPeopleSuck** · 08-04-17, 08:57 PM

Trying out a new av. What do you guess reckon, yes? no?

**MeanPeopleSuck** · 08-04-17, 09:12 PM

Originally posted by bonzaii

Does anyone know of a good place to buy bitcoins other than coinbase? Everytime I try and make a purchase on coinbase now it gets cancelled for some reason. I think they are blocking all my transactions with them now.

I second Roy's opinion: if you're in the US, Bitstamp.net's your best option, since there's very few exchanges left still willing to take deposits in dollars without totally ripping you off (Coinmama style).

The good news is that after you've made your first successful deposit in dollars (a process that could take up to a week), your movement problems are over. Once your dollars are at Bitstamp, you can buy Bitcoin (BTC), which is super easy to move around: to your own wallet, to other exchanges if you want to buy alt coins, to sportsbooks, wherever.

**semibluff** · 08-04-17, 10:35 PM

Up to $3150 in the last few hours.

**Sam Odom** · 08-04-17, 10:41 PM

Originally posted by semibluff

Up to $3150 in the last few hours.

tripped some sell orders no doubt

but holding above 3K

**Sam Odom** · 08-04-17, 10:49 PM

Originally posted by Sam Odom

Nobody knows... but BCH may be the joke of cryptocurrency then again

224

**Sam Odom** · 08-05-17, 07:14 PM

Just wow...

BTC = 3266

BCH = 209

**Sam Odom** · 08-07-17, 06:56 AM

3350

sky is the limit

**Sam Odom** · 08-07-17, 09:42 AM

Originally posted by themike78

I don't understand how a store or restaurant could ever accept Bitcoin. What if it's time to pay the bill and the transaction gets stuck on the block chain?

Pay via an app... app connected to a specified wallet... transaction is almost instant if proper amount/btc is in wallet

**MeanPeopleSuck** · 08-07-17, 10:26 PM

I think this runup is in anticipation of SegWit locking in tomorrow.

Hopefully, that will generate pro-BTC headlines in the "regular" financial media. Guessing crypto prices is always fraught with peril, but I'm guessing those headlines might drive BTC even higher, to another ATH, above $3500 tomorrow/Wed.

**seaborneq** · 08-08-17, 08:05 AM

Originally posted by Sam Odom

Coinbase

Galvanizing the Coinbase community to secure the rights to trade or withdraw the BCH tokens that rightfully belong to them!

https://coinbasebch.com/

I logged into coinbase the last few days and didn't see anything about them doing anything with BCH.

**Sam Odom** · 08-08-17, 09:09 AM

Coindesk

Barring unlikely interruptions, the scaling proposal called Segregated Witness (SegWit) is expected to lock in on the bitcoin network today.

Should enough miners continue signaling support, SegWit is projected to meet the necessary threshold later this afternoon (around block 479,708). And while it's theoretically possible miners could change their minds, it's unlikely they will – in short, miners have a huge financial incentive to enforce the change.