** ALERT: NOW READ THIS: ** This is a simple text file. It is NOT a web page. THIS FILE SHOULD **NOT** BE VIEWED ON A CELL PHONE (too small). VIEW ONLY ON A COMPUTER MONITOR OR AT LEAST WITH A TABLET DEVICE. Last Update: 20210419 20210416 20210326 20210305 20210224 20210223 20210222 20210220 20210218 20210217 20210209 20210131 20210105 20201202 20201119 20201113 20201106 20201103 20201031 20190914 Local Path: "C:\DAN\Budget\Fidelity\Retirement\On_Line\BITBlockCOINChain_fyi.txt" Web Path: https://www.dansher.com/USD_fyi/BITBlockCOINChain_fyi.txt VIEWING THIS ON THE WEB? Your web browser MAY allow you to jump directly to the links further below with NO TYPING: (1) Highlight the entire link. (2) Right-click the highlighted link. (3) Left-click on the "Go to..." option. =========================================================================================== ALERTS: All the below is FAR FROM a complete resource of BitCoin or BlockChain information. Both are fast-changing fields and demand the due diligence of your own research. The very existence and growth of BitCoin (and other digital "currencies") is utterly dependent on: (1) The availability of the Internet (as we now know it) almost everywhere, AND (2) Planet-busting trigawattts of reliable, 24/7 electrical current (mostly fossil-fueled), AND: (3) Government(s) that do not Track, Tax, or Punish use of BitCoin and other cryptos. PLUS: (4) World Peace for good measure. Then there is this below, which speaks in paraphrase to 1-5 above... 20210419: Is Coinbase Netscape 2.0? Here Are 5 Things You Must Believe [i.e., have faith in] "Today (April 19 2021, before the market's open), Coinbase's market cap stands at $64 billion, give or take. Coinbase offers many services, but it mainly operates as an exchange for cryptocurrencies." https://seekingalpha.com/article/4419790-is-coinbase-netscape-2_0-are-five-things-you-must-believe You MUST SEE this short (8 min) YouTube video on BitCoin: * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3-BKBDAF48 THEN DO watch these (12-14 min) follow-ups: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-6g8_wggYo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyXY8FZjEwU *If annual BitCoin transactions ever approached current credit card transaction volume, then 13 times the annual world electrical consumption would be required to support them. In the event both (1) and (2) become impossible, you get a NOT(1234) World: Dark Ages 2.0. Which would you rather have then, 100 ounces of physical gold or 100 virtual BitCoins? I choose the gold, but YOU HAD BETTER GET TO KNOW the "Other Side" of BitCoin and similar "tokens": Bitcoin’s Revolution Is Now: The Bretton Woods Reset https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8KYcUmtb8g Length: 22:07 Cryptocurrency Documentary "Inside The Crypto-Kingdom" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaI3HakYw2s Length: 37:34 ======================================================================================== See Also: https://tinyurl.com/y9dun4ow = FYI from ComputerWorld https://blockchain.info/ = Latest Blockchain Transactions https://blockchain.info/markets = Live Prices Digital "COIN" Market fyi https://www.coinbase.com/ = Buy, Sell, & Track all digital currencies https://www.cryptocompare.com/ = Live prices Bitcoin, Etherium, Others https://www.blockchain.com/explorer = Bitcoin (the brand) live pricing https://www.blockchain.com/prices = All digital tokens/currency pricing * https://www.fidelity.com/viewpoints/active-investor/beyond-bitcoin https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/BTC-USD = Bitcoin current price & News https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/ETH-USD = Ethereum current price & News https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/DOGE-USD = Dogecoin current price & News https://seekingalpha.com/article/4398172-what-is-dogecoin-worth https://www.investvoyager.com/ = A way to invest in a bundle of (50) digital tokens https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/voyager-token/ = Voyager token current price & News https://www.investvoyager.com/VoyagerToken/White_Paper.pdf = A good Read https://www.coingecko.com/en = Live pricing onscores of digital tokens https://www.coinbase.com/ = More digital token information * https://blockgeeks.com/guides/what-is-a-blockchain-operating-system/ https://www.blockchain-council.org/blockchain/blockchain-operating-system-a-complete-overview/ * These are especially useful reading 20210419: Bitcoin: 5 Signs This Bull Market Has Legs https://seekingalpha.com/article/4419803-bitcoin-5-signs-this-bull-market-legs 20210416: Bitcoin will be outlawed if it becomes "successful." https://www.kitco.com/news/2021-04-16/Jim-Rogers-History-shows-that-Bitcoin-will-be-outlawed-if-it-becomes-successful.html 20210326: What If We're Measuring Inflation All Wrong? "As International Monetary Fund (IMF) economist Marshall Reinsdorf recently put it: "Spending patterns changed abruptly, and the Consumer Price Index (CPI) weight suddenly became obsolete." As a result, there may be a huge amount of inflation that simply isn’t being detected." https://www.usfunds.com/investor-library/investor-alert/what-if-were-measuring-inflation-all-wrong/ 20210304: Bitcoin Will Not Save the World and It’s Nothing Close to a Safe Haven Warns Puru Saxena https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJ_gtSeVQvA 20210223: Digital Transformation Comes To Energy, Autos, And Currency https://seekingalpha.com/article/4408199-digital-transformation-comes-to-energy-autos-and-currency-jon-markman-and-greg-king-join 20210220: The Future Of Money Is Gold https://seekingalpha.com/article/4407674-future-money-gold 20210219: FRI CLOSE: DJIA: (+$0.98) S&P500:(-$7.26) Nasdaq: (+$9.11) BTC @ $56,139.03 DJIA=31494.32 GOLD=1784.60 VIX=22.05 USD=0.9034 20210217: BLOK: Look At Blockchain's Uses, Not Just Bitcoin's Value https://tinyurl.com/3zk9zb6k https://seekingalpha.com/article/4406678-blok-look-blockchains-uses-not-just-bitcoins-value Forget Bitcoin, DeFi Is The Next Game In Town "Crypto is unlocking the next level of enterprise and the pioneers are the Decentralised Finance (DeFi) companies that are erupting on the scene now." https://seekingalpha.com/article/4406862-forget-bitcoin-defi-is-next-game-in-town 20210216: THE VAST ENERGY COST OF MINING FOR BITCOIN https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5dHRozWJM4 20210209: Tesla Just Bought $1.5 Billion Worth of Bitcoin. Is Apple Next? https://www.usfunds.com/investor-library/frank-talk/tesla-just-bought-1-5-billion-worth-of-bitcoin/ 20210205: FRI CLOSE: DJIA: (+$92.38) S&P500:(+$15.09) Nasdaq: (+$78.55) DJIA=31148.24 GOLD=1815.20 VIX=20.87 USD=0.91042 20210129: Why I Don't 'Invest' In Bitcoin https://seekingalpha.com/article/4401602-why-i-dont-invest-in-bitcoin 20210129: FRI CLOSE: DJIA: (-$620.74) S&P500:(-$73.14) Nasdaq: (-$266.46) DJIA=29982.62 GOLD=1848.10 VIX=33.09 USD=0.90584 20210111: What Is A Dogecoin [even] Worth ? https://seekingalpha.com/article/4398172-what-is-dogecoin-worth 20210102: I Blockchain, Therefore I Am https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/01/i_blockchain_therefore_i_am.html 20201231: THU CLOSE: DJIA: (+$196.92) S&P500:(+$24.03) Nasdaq: (+$18.28) THUR: DJIA=30606.48 GOLD=1898.00 VIX=22.75 USD=0.89919 20201127: FRI CLOSE: DJIA: (+$37.90) S&P500:(+$8.70) Nasdaq: (+$111.34) FRI: DJIA=29910.37 GOLD=1787.70 VIX=20.84 USD=0.9179 20201118: The Unfortunate Case Against Bitcoin https://seekingalpha.com/article/4390109-unfortunate-case-against-bitcoin 20201112: Bitcoin: Addressing Misconceptions https://seekingalpha.com/article/4388422-bitcoin-addressing-misconceptions 20201110: "Bitcoin May Be In A Bubble But Blockchain Is Here To Stay" says Seeking Alpha https://seekingalpha.com/article/4123178-bitcoin-may-bubble-blockchain-stay 20171229: Bitcoin Is Fool's Gold: Top 10 Income And Capital Appreciation Ideas For 2018 https://seekingalpha.com/article/4134485-bitcoin-fools-gold-top-10-income-capital-appreciation-ideas-2018 ============================================================================= ========[ OTHER ON-LINE FINANCIAL RESOURCES (frequently updated) ]========== UNDERSTAND WHAT "EBITDA" AND DOZENS OF OTHER INVESTMENT TERMS MEAN: https://www.dansher.com/USD_fyi/Acronyms.txt INTRODUCTION TO VIRTUAL [DIGITAL] "MONEY": https://www.dansher.com/USD_fyi/BITBlockCOINChain_fyi.txt WHERE I [DRM] GO TO BUY & SELL STOCKS & MUTUAL FUNDS AND WHY:: https://www.dansher.com/USD_fyi/Fidelity_Stock_fyi.txt PHYSICAL METALLIC GOLD vs PAPER US DOLLAR (Fiat Treasury Note) https://www.dansher.com/USD_fyi/DollahVsGold.txt LEARN ABOUT THE MOST PRECIOUS GOLD COIN IN THE USA: https://www.dansher.com/USD_fyi/Gold_Eagle_fyi.txt THE REASONS GOLD PRICES NEVER REALLY GO UP OR DOWN: https://www.dansher.com/USD_fyi/gold.txt WHERE I GO TO BUY PHYSICAL GOLD: https://www.dansher.com/USD_fyi/Kitco_Gold_fyi.txt WHY AN OUNCE OF GOLD WEIGHS MORE THAN AN OUNCE OF LEAD: https://www.dansher.com/USD_fyi/Troy_vs_Avoir.txt FYI ON VIX; A GOOD SHORT-TERM INDICATOR OF STOCK MARKET PRICES: https://www.dansher.com/USD_fyi/VIX_fyi.txt https://www.dansher.com/USD_fyi/VIX_fyi.jpg https://www.dansher.com/USD_fyi/VIX_fyi_20190117.pdf ELECTION FRAUD, CUTTING THE CABLE, AND NON-MAINSTREAM NEWS SOURCES https://www.dansher.com/MAGA/Q_Links_fyi.txt ============================================================================= EOF