benjii

Agree entirely.

Sort of. Ethereum is the name given to a platform that has been developed that is intended to allow people to run decentralised applications via blockchain. I know that's a load of jargon but if you want to know what any of those things are then you'll have to Google them. The fact is, though, that lots of big businesses and industries are looking at how blockchain can be used in innovative ways and Ethereum is one way of deploying blockchain uses. "Ether" is what you need to use Ethereum. I guess you could think of it more like oil than actual money. Ie. a heavily traded commodity that people need to make things run. This is distinct from, say, Bitcoin which is a "cryptocurrency" in a truer sense. Ie. it has no functional purpose other than allowing people to exchange value. So, there are really two main reasons to invest in Ether: - I) pure speculation - II) you think Ethereum itself has value as a platform which exceeds the current value given to it in the Ether market. To borrow the oil analogy again: if we wind the clock back and imagine we are pioneers of the petrol engine... you might see oil as a commodity which will become crucial in a new industrial epoch.

He will definitely be proven correct. He has said that someone will take over at some point.

A lot of dogs are proper ****s, to be fair.

Bit harsh but not exactly a problem. I would expect an appointment pretty soon then.

What's your source for that? It looks to me as though national debt, in pure nominal terms, has grown by about 70% since 2010, not 300%.

I agree with most of this. Good post.

If you want to do that then you do that - you don't buy a football club.

That's got to be one of the most simplistic posts ever committed to messageboardery. Maybe tot up the human cost of imperialism and slavery before doing your sums next time?

Maybe Kat should digitise the club and do an ICO on Ethereum. She'd raise loads more.

I know you're joking but it's a name I've heard...

Haggling over whether the new ground will be a 130,000,000,000,000 or 150,000,000,000,000 capacity stadium.

It seems as though buying on Coinbase is currently down again.

Climbing again now. The point about the exchanges is relevant. They've grown too quickly for their own infrastructure (technical and human) to cope at peak transaction-demand times. It's something that would put me off speculating too much at the moment. If you're loaded up and decide you need to get out quickly, I'm not sure you can be entirely confident of being able to sell.

ETH over £300 now.

He's been a victim of the system this season. Whatever he personally thinks, he's better out wide than in the hole. If we appoint a manager who wants to play with wide forwards we should definitely keep him.

We need to massively hike MP salaries. Something like £200k p.a. and a generous package for MPs who lose their seat would be reasonable. Need to make it an aspirational job for normal but talented people. We still have too many privileged establishment types and rampant weirdos involved.

Says the guy who cited The Canary!

Agree entirely with this.

Paul Hart and Arigo Sacchi dream team.

I just had a soft breakfast.

A reach around?

Agreed!

Interesting that May has the highest priority of the vote for a Tory leader since Thatcher in 83. She's got a higher percentage than Cameron did when he got his majority last tine round. There's a hell of a lot going on in this election!