I somehow randomly came across this article that discusses how the US based sandwich shop Which Wich ran a promotion selling these crypto boxes with coin tied to actual bitcoin value that could be used in stores to purchase food. As many of you know already and I know many of us here own some of these physical coins they made, but did anyone come across these crypto boxes or have one for sale?  |
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Some of you may have seen this clip before, and I’m assuming a good amount of you know who Mr Beast is (if not he’s a highly followed social media “influencer” I guess you could say, but an actually cool/good guy who gives back a lot to people). Here he talks about how his house was robbed, but the idiot robber just passed by his Pc which had a piece of paper sitting next to it that said “public and private keys” right on it lol. He laughs at what morons they were. Reminds me of the time my car was robbed of about $10 in change but they left my $600 radar detector and $2000 dvd player just sitting there lol. Lesson here, not all robbers are this stupid, hide your keys! https://youtube.com/shorts/rtDFx-U2IJU?feature=share |
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Miami Heat is leading by three nill right now. It really does not feel like Celtics will actually be able to recover.
Heat just proven that ESPN's analytics is just another analytics but not the actuality of what can happen into the game and match ups. Celtics has already gone even before this game started. It's like more of formality that they'll be seen on the game 4 and they should have just conceded to allow the win to Heat but I don't know if this is allowed as per NBA ruling. I will also say that Miami Heat and Nuggets are going to be the finalists.
You're not the only one that sees that, most of us have it in our minds that these two will be the ones playing the NBA finals. No ypu can't just concede a game and in the world we live in if it was even remotely determined they threw the game it would cause an earthquake in sports. Being down 0-3 is not optimal but why wouldn't you think they wouldn't try. I means it's for the right to go to the finals. I'm throwing money on the Celtics it's tough to get a straight sweep in the playoffs. Sure you can, I see teams just saying "nah you guys got it" in conference championship series all the time  Really sucks that I got caught up in what I was watching on TV as well as paying attention to my fantasy baseball leagues and a really tight match yesterday (which of course I tied and didn't end up winning) and totally forgot to bet the Heat at +5.5, which was just a no brainer bet too. Damnt! |
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Could not find it on their site
Same, I checked some of their bricks, but the Bitcoin-themed one didn't pop up so far. Their pricing seems through the roof. But maybe it's just because we are used to industrialized products, looks like they do a lot of manual finishing on their products. Still... paying $1k to store away 10k appears kind of strange to me.Anyhow, cool massive Bitcoin brick in their video for sure. Agreed... you could spend that $1k that on a real safe... and to add that seems like a display piece and would probably be the first thing taken if you were robbed thus negating it being a "safe"  https://www.safeandvaultstore.com/collections/under-1000/500-1000Oh I hear ya, but they are pretty damn cool. Out of my price range, but would love to have one. Certainly not a great “safe” as you said, it’s quite clearly something someone would steal first. Shit I bet a good majority of robbers would think it’s actual bitcoin lol. Of all the designs to use, why would they use that one? I know it was originally designed by MJB, but it has been completely ruined. Just the amount of shitty AliExpress "coins" I've seen with that specific design makes it instantly undesirable.
I hear ya. But I think for most people that aren’t physical crypto collectors, and know what we know and all that, it’s not as big a deal. Also, whether we like it or not, this is by far the #1 most used / recognizable bitcoin coin design. So it’s something most people are familiar with. |
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Are you looking for a funded 25 Cas or peeled ?
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I wanted to put something on this game, and as I sat to think about to bet it, the more I couldn’t figure out how I wanted to lol. I think it was one of those situations where I was just desperate to bet but made a dumb decision, and put my btc on the Lakers simply because I want them to win. They are playing like shit and this series really has gone to show how Lebron just isn’t close to the guy he once was (still a star of course). Anyways, thankfully I made a cheap bet.  |
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It would be pretty sweet if those were made out of silver. That would be an epic piece. Would make my 10oz silver coins look tiny in comparison. I wonder if they would be willing to do a custom silver version. Might have to reach out and get a price for shits and giggles. A gigantic silver minted seat replica would make me happy but I wouldn’t know how to keep this thing from tarnishing. Probably why they don’t use silver.
I imagine a fine silver version would be incredibly expensive. I don’t have any, but I’ve certainly used legit silver silverware before, know what they make it out of and how it typically doesn’t tarnish too badly? Probably not pure silver I’m assuming. Or perhaps it can be coated in something? Oh nice find, it’s different than these two in the video. I honestly haven’t spent much time on their site, but this is a cool piece as well. I’d love to have any of these 3 pieces. |
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Could not find it on their site
Same, I checked some of their bricks, but the Bitcoin-themed one didn't pop up so far. Their pricing seems through the roof. But maybe it's just because we are used to industrialized products, looks like they do a lot of manual finishing on their products. Still... paying $1k to store away 10k appears kind of strange to me. Anyhow, cool massive Bitcoin brick in their video for sure. I somehow came across these guys and their products a few weeks ago. I think it was on either instagram or YouTube and the algorithm had it pop up for me. What I had noticed was they used a lot of those basic 1oz fine silver bitcoin coins, so that caught my eye. Then this post popped up on my timeline yesterday. I agree with you guys, very cool but pricey, not sure I can justify it. Would love to have one though. |
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You sounds like you don’t have a sound plan for investing. Something about that’s been repeated time and time again on this forum is the best way to “invest” the in bitcoin (and many other “assets”) is simply by utilizing the DCA/ dollar cost averaging method. By not doing so you’re trying to time the market and that’s basically impossible, without getting most lucky.
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As a long time financial advisor, and someone who’s worked closely with banks throughout my career, the main reason I “got in to” bitcoin back in 2014ish was my utter disdain for banks and how they were ran. So much corruption and bullshit, and I was fascinated and blown away with the technology that bitcoin brought to the table for the first time.
You forgot to mention they make money, A LOT OF MONEY, by scamming the shit out of their customers.
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I think Trump will end up being the candidate, but I'm not sure who will win the presidential vote.
From what I've seen, Trump is the frontrunner in the polls, and rumour has it that DeSantis could end up as his VP, so if Trump wins, DeSantis could run for president, and if he wins, serve up to two more terms. Specifically about the next election, if it's between Trump and Biden, I think Trump could cause a lot of votes against him that another GOP candidate wouldn't cause, so I think it's going to be pretty close. There’s no chance that DeSantis becomes Trumps VP. I do have no doubt that if Trump beats him out to secure the Republican nomination, that Ron will get down on his hands and knees for Trump (especially if he wins the presidential election) and blow him just like all of that party has and did, even after doing shit like calling their wives ugly. Smh. Biden and Trump are absolutely pathetic options. Ronny isn’t much better either. |
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I guess I’m embarrassed to admit that I have been saying emphatically that I didn’t think the Miami Heat had a chance against the Boston Celtics. Being a Jimmy Butler fan (former Chicago Bull and all), I’m glad to see them playing this well.
Will be interesting to see if they end up being able to keep this up. Just wish the Lakers were in a better position to meet them in the finals. Didn’t put any money on this game but will the next.
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Bitcoin is the best choice as a retirement fund
No, it isn't. I've written about this topic in detail, you can see an old topic thread that I made titled "Bitcoin is NOT a replacement for the stock market/ traditional investments" - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5288768.msg55577767#msg55577767Bitcoin is inherently a currency, a digital currency. Just as the US dollar and all fiats are currently traded and used as investment assets, so has bitcoin..but, that's not what it is by definition. Therefore it is very different than stocks or bonds or money markets or whatever. It's important to have a foundational retirement portfolio in place before you spend much on bitcoin as an investment. |
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Dude what in the fuck are half of you even talking about? Honestly, you guys who comment shit and have absolutely no idea what you're saying, you really should be embarrassed. Do yourselves a favor and take a few minute and use this cool tool called google that can actually explain what a bear and bull market are.
OP in simple terms, not by an definition, a Bear market is when the stock market is going up, and more people are buying equities than selling, and a bear market is the opposite. It's a term that's been adopted to other types of markets, such as cryptocurrencies.
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The only way I've ever seen people being able to borrow money to gamble, is a casino loaning out money to a famous/rich person whom they know for an absolute fact is able to pay them back, or that they have assets for collateral. Even then, this is probably typically some behind the scene's type stuff and I don't that it get "published" all that often.
I'm not an expert on this matter, but I'm pretty sure if he owes that much in gambling debt he probably is using an illegal gambling outfit or bookie.
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I can't remember if I knew that they were the company that partnered with Apmex to make these rounds or not, but I sure don't remember that these were a Miami conf release, is that definitely the case? And didn't you say there was a round for each year, so what was the other round?
BitPay may be shit, I sure as hell wouldn't be surprised being that most exchanges are, but they are an early goer and as I'm sure you know Mopar they were the ones who sponsored the St Pete bowl, which I will always appreciate the work they put in on that and other early day endeavors/advertising for btc.
Tread you find us any treasures at the conf?
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Finally got home after a long week of traveling for work and tuned in to the game a bit ago (which I bet earlier) and enjoying seeing the Lakers being ahead, if even just a little bit. Hopefully they are able to keep the lead, I just don't think Denver is as entertaining to watch as the Lakers on, and I'm on the Lebron train this year. Has Ja pulled out any guns in the last 2 days?...been on the road and kinda out of the loop |
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Financial education has always been a game changer in the financial state of a man, it is the best education a father can give to his children because once you are financially educated, it's near impossible not to be financially stable.
Have you wonder why most lottery winners have gone back to square one after winning or most rich kids losing their inheritance due to poor/bad management of funds, it's because they lack financial education.
On the other hand 1million dollars is truly a life changing amount of money but if you are not financially educated, you will lose it all on the long run,
I don't know if anyone sees it the same way I do?
As a financial advisor by trade, I have my father to thank who taught me about finance from very early on. He instilled in me basic financial principles such as saving money, investing, keeping a budget, living within your means etc. He also taught me about stocks from very early on. I remember thinking to myself “I’ll never be able to understand the stock market fully, it’s so confusing” but he helped me to understand and now I’m a financial advisor, which makes me laugh as I now fully understand. That said, financial education absolutely does not guarantee financial stability what so ever. So saying it’s nearly impossible, is just not true. I know plenty of financially educated individuals whom are poor savers and investors and are completely unstable financially. |
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Hello everyone.
Lately, I've been talking with a lot of people on this forum and before that, I really thought that most people here treat Bitcoin as a technology that gives us freedom and represents ideas of satoshi, but I realized that everyone I talked to treat it just like an asset to invest in.
I don't want to say that it's bad, it's just surprising me. I created a thread where I asked if people think that Bitcoin will become stable enough to become a new currency cos I thought it was the whole idea, but everyone was telling me that it will always fluctuate and it's just a method to earn money.
What do you guys think about that? Do you think it's okay that we as a community treat Bitcoin as an asset and not as a technology that should be used to give people freedom from the banks?
Personally, I think that Bitcoin is a great asset, but it's strange to think that crypto just becomes a new stock market where people follow hype and money, and not technology and progress.
It drives me absolutely insane when people simply see and view bitcoin only as a financial asset, and not the breakthrough technology that is a decentralized currency that solved double spending. Cypherpunks have been trying to create bitcoin for decades, and now it’s here, and should be utilized as currency as often as possible. The more that bitcoin is used as a currency, the more it legitimizes it as an asset, which gives it a major utility. Those who don’t see it as such simply don’t understand finance overall and why it’s important. Drives me insane. |
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