I could hardly count that as a "sweet" win... The Raps should not have struggled that much with the Nuggets. It's frustrating to watch them sometimes because I feel like they have a trend of heavily under-performing against weaker teams for whatever reason. But hey, you hit your bet haha .

And I agree, the Lakers youth are looking solid. Randle and D'angelo are gonna be two scary dudes in the next couple years, can't wait to see them develop!

I'd been a pretty big fan of this faucet since its inception, so its really cool to see this thing back up and running. Hopefully all the kinks and issues will be resolved soon, definitely gonna be getting back into this.

Best of luck running things around here!

As proud as I am of the Raps.... That really hurt 

I prefer to use my Canadian dollar because it makes the bitcoin price seem more impressive. Though it's not so great for buying...

I think a lot of people see bitcoin as a sort of "stock," where they just want to buy and sell according to price changes and nothing more. I don't see this concept of price associated with bitcoin going away anytime soon, simply because it provides a way for people to turn a virtual asset into real, current money, and keeping it is always a risk because of the uncertainty of its direction. I think a worldwide switch to bitcoin would be mainly driven by a social cause, not so much economic, and that can be hard to get behind for most people.

How much of an effect do you realistically think the halving will have and what do you predict the future price will settle at? (Assuming that there is a spike in price a couple months after the halving, followed by a pretty large dump). It seems it would have to be higher than current prices for mining to remain profitable, but by how much?

Yesterday was pretty painful to watch, hopefully we rebound at home.  Jurassic park is gonna get wild.

Regardless of a win or loss, we've got a lot to be proud of in our Raptors

My Raps will get this Game 7 win, and our streets will be on fire 

Also hoping the Warriors make an epic comeback, I'd hate to see one of the most dominant teams in history go out like this.

Yeah, whether they like it or not, they are going to have to discuss it and acknowledge it one way or another. It's cool to see that these bigger companies are slowly starting to see bitcoin as a serious prospect of future technology.

While I'm seeing the benefit this could bring for bitcoin, I'm still having some struggles understanding what benefit PayPal gets from this? Unless they somehow charge and take in money off bitcoin transactions through them, would they not potentially be losing customers?

I feel like that's true for people who are either truly invested in bitcoin or are passionate about its cause and its technology. But there are plenty of people who are uncertain about bitcoin and countless numbers that have lost trust in it because of their experiences with some of its users.

Bitcoin is being held back on chargebacks as well imo. I think there would be many more people using bitcoin if they could obtain them by using PayPal funds. Mining isn't really an option for many, and I think there are people that are not entirely comfortable linking their bank to stuff like this

Pretty sure PayPal is bigger than bitcoin in terms of user (I think). Bitcoin still has some issues it has to floss out both technically and in the public view before it is really ready for widespread use.

I don't think they have any intention to make it better, I don't see how they benefit from that. And while they may not take it down, afaik people complain about PayPal being relatively slow and having high fees for transactions, so they may try to implement a bitcoin-like system to make quick, cheap transactions that deal in fiat. Maybe they will try to get people to switch from bitcoin to PayPal and become dominant again

Are there any cloud mining sites that have real profits? With bitcoin prices at a long-time high right now, I figure they'll drop and so it would be pointless getting into that now. That aside, assuming that the prices remain relatively constant, do any sites have the opportunity to make an actual profit?

Ore-mine was visually unappealing and looked like it was a scam that someone put together in an hour 

What happened to the sites though?

So I recently heard that the guy who started up Xapo was appointed to the board of directors at PayPal, which I think is a very interesting move, since they are competitors. The thing is, I'm confused as to their motives. I figured that they could perhaps be wanting to bring someone on to help integrate bitcoin into their system (which I think is unlikely) or they want to bring someone in who would help them "beat" bitcoin. What's your take on this?

I'm still feeling the Warriors beating the Bulls' 95-96 record this season, despite the slight decline in performance recently. Statistically, they're on track to have a better season, if you look at percentage of games won overall 

Gambling is pure luck, and while this is true for stocks, there's a degree of certainty about them as well. You can predict changes fairly accurately in most cases, or invest in long term stocks that pay dividends, so there is a sense of security and safety in this investment. Gambling is mad fun though 

That was absolutely insane! There's something about Ronda that rubs me the wrong way, but she's an incredible fighter. Still, seeing her KO'd like that brought a certain level of satisfaction