Hi @jetblake
I like the interview man. I'm busy working my way through it.
Wanted to ask you about the battle between BTC & BCH. Have you been following the news on this?
I have written a post on BTC and it being compromised - https://steemit.com/crypto/@dpl/they-will-make-you-hate-bitcoin-post-removed and we all know, in the current market, if you control BTC you control the entire market (source of BTC being compromised - ~~~ embed:btc/comments/47zfzt/blockstream_is_now_controlled_by_the_bilderberg/) which happened from February 3rd, 2016. reddit metadata:fGJ0Y3xodHRwczovL3d3dy5yZWRkaXQuY29tL3IvYnRjL2NvbW1lbnRzLzQ3emZ6dC9ibG9ja3N0cmVhbV9pc19ub3dfY29udHJvbGxlZF9ieV90aGVfYmlsZGVyYmVyZy8pIHdoaWNoIGhhcHBlbmVkIGZyb20gRmVicnVhcnkgM3JkLCAyMDE2Lnw= ~~~
Roger Ver claims that BCH is the solution to the cartel that bought up BTC (source - https://steemit.com/bitcoin/@rogerkver/bitcoin-cash-has-the-roadmap-that-lead-to-bitcoin-s-original-success-and-bitcoin-cash-has-the-roadmap-that-will-lead-to-bitcoin).
One thing that does not make sense is that fact that the BCH hard fork was executed on 1 August 2017, which is more than a year and a half after the bilderberg group apparently started buying up BTC.
In this time frame from February 3rd, 2016 to 1 August 2017 the price of BTC fluctuated between US$370 and US$4450 mostly costing less than US$1000. If we go on an avg of US$680 a BTC over this time the group bought something in the line of 80000 BTC which is 0.5% of the current circulation supply. Although you can make some influential moves in the marked with this volume this is definitely not close to owning the market.
Lets give Roger Ver the benefit of the doubt and assume the Bilderberg group has control over BTC (which is what I believe as well) and it was orchestrated before the BCH hardfork. Then they would also have control over BCH because they had the BTC before the hardfork which makes me wonder why he is going on the way he is (I don't know maybe I'm missing something).
If you are following the news on this battle please give your thoughts on the matter.
@vimukthi, @funbobby51 and @positivesynergy has also been following this closely.
1st rate humans pursue freedom and self-development. 2nd rate humans pursue power and control. The "elites" or whatever you want to call than are not smarter than you or more efficient than you. They simply have better funding and better networking. Lots of conspiracy nuts stupidly belive in grand conspiracies that control the fate of the world. That doesn't exist. It's a game of influence with multiple parties trying to take control. It best describes as a mafia. The reality of the world is much closer to Godfather movies and The Fountainhead/Atlas Shrugged behind the curtains.
What these inefficient mafias see is BTC leading the way and all alt-coins being tied to BTC like waves reacting to the moon. Instead of building something better than BTC and competing (like Dash did) or just creating a different kind of crypto like XRP, they try to take over BTC via controlling funding and propping up their useful mutts.
Also read:
https://steemit.com/cryptocurrency/@primeer/why-ripple-token-xrp-is-terribly-overvalued
https://www.internationalman.com/articles/doug-caseys-two-days-with-the-real-and-wannabee-elite/
https://www.internationalman.com/articles/doug-casey-on-the-self-identified-elite/
Those are excellent points. I also wonder what is going on. I believe close to 60% of all BTC is in cold storage. That leaves just a little on the market to be bought and sold. Big money could still move the market and give a certain perception of price reality that is not always true. I do think that some want to discourage people from holding long term and sell out of frustration. The ultimate goal, of powerful groups, is to control 1% of BTC (each group having 1%). 1% is all that is needed for political and commercial influence once blockchain and crypto currencies take over the old monetary system. BCH is an attempt to stick to the original intent of Bitcoin (a low cost daily digital currency use case, like buying coffee with). I do not have inside information on this. I just think like you do and try to figure out what is going on in the background. Good work on your articles, they really are of value to the reader.