I was randomly scrolling on Instagram last night and all of a sudden a fantasy football reel popped up and the guy talks about how playing fantasy football has been proven to help ones health.  Here is the link - https://www.instagram.com/reel/C6Y8nQuO-Wb/?igsh=a3d5ZGhsMzJvdmV1 .

You might have to be set up with an account to view it, but not 100% sure.  Anyways fantasy football is certainly a form of sports gambling that I love so much.  Definitely brings me a lot of happiness.

I have detailed this all in this thread - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5351100.0  

Rob Gray who stole the design from Mick and claims as his own has been running scams for years and year and years.  This is what I've been trying to tell everyone, for years.  I just came across a bunch of old research I will be publishing soon exposing his cat and mouse game even more so. He's had countless websites, countless LLCs, countless lies and deception ..I mean I could write a 1000 page novel about it.  I will be pushing harder at JM Bullion, Amazon, Walmart, and the countless other pop up sites who sell his bullshit.  He's a con, and should be in jail.  His coins detract from Bobby Lee's Ballet coins which should be sold by JM , WalMart, Amazon etc.   It's only a matter of time however until Rob and all his bs gets busted and these companies stop selling these wallets, and maybe for good.  So ...help me spread the word, if you care about this space/hobbby and preventing others from being scammed.

Is it not sickening how little the FBI and all other US law enforcement agencies have given a shit.  As a Murican I pay their mf salaries and  they could give a fuck less it would seem.  (shout out to all those who've reached out to them regarding past scams like Tim Fillmore at Titan..which was well over a million dollars.  At least it's documented, not that we don't have enough proof of how pathetic these law enforcement agencies are).  

Anyways...I will be updating the Cold Storage Coin scam thread soon.  Adding even more substantial proof of rampant fraud.  Maybe the FBI or FinCen, CIA, or any of those lazy fucks might actually step in and do something ..maybe?!

What really pisses me off is reddit mods for r/coins and other major coin/PM sub reddits.  They refuse to let me present this info.  Old timey fckrs (they just hate crypto too, even though they don't understand it, so that doesn't help).  Aaron Swartz is the legend who helped build reddit just for things like this, and his project has been ruined by dipshits and selfish turds who don't want to bring negative light to their precious sub's since they make a ton of money running them...regardless of what's right.  

I had more written up here but I was just going off on a personal tangent no one cares to read through lol.  This shit just gets me worked up like no other.  Okay I need to smoke some reefers and calm down a bit.  



"missing, ie STOLEN" https://casetext.com/case/mulligan-mint-inc-v-republic-metals-corp-in-re-mint

Shoot, I saw this online a few weeks ago and completely forgot that I've got a few buddies out in HK.  I just emailed one of them asking if he might be able to source either some newspapers or magazines discussing this breakthrough for HK.  So fingers crossed he can get me some cool keep-sake collectibles regarding this historical event. 

I can't imagine China is happy about this!

Oh that's right!  I'm a fool, I remember just reading about it in Digital Gold.  I bought that book years ago, and remember reading it on a long flight.  I remember thinking it was fascinating, but didn't know much about the tech at the time nor the people.  I'm actually staring at the book right now on my coffee table.  I was telling a buddy about it over the weekend and how he should buy it.  I skimmed through it and started reading it again, and that came up (SatoshiDice).  It's also so cool to have gotten to know so many of the pioneers featured in that book.  Would have never imagine that happening looking back.

Anyone know if Yogg ever helped work on this site? I feel like he did, or perhaps it was some other sort of "satoshi dice" gambling program/website. 

I'm kind of struggling to understand what you're saying here, but I think I got you.  The is a lesson I learned early on from Fantasy Football (a form of gambling).  My first year I draft Brandon Jacobs as he went to college with me (former NFL star player) as well as Pierre Thomas (went to HS with my x/gf and we use to hang out a bit, also a stud NFL player).  Since I had an "emotional" attachment to the two of them, it really hurt me.  Now I'm saying they weren't both great players, as they both are two of the better running backs in NFL history, but they could have been drafted lower, and by playing with my heart and not my head, it cost me. 

This is why I often bet AGAINST the Chicago Bears as I know that team so well, that I won't let my fandom take over and bet on them just because they are my team.

Bet with your head, not your heart!

Right out of college is when I started to really take gambling more seriously.  Well maybe not "seriously" but I started to care more and play more. A close friend I went to school with whom had just finished up law-school wanted to make some extra money and started acting as a bookie.  It was great for a while, but he ended up closing down ship "too much work/stress".  I had only ever really used Bovada (formerly Bodog) and I knew that when you won, you would receive some shady looking check in the main (IF you ever got it) and it took weeks to months to get to you.

When I found out bitcoin was now available on many online casinos, especially Bovada, the one I had been using for some time, I was THRILLED.  Total game changer.

That said, does anyone know when they first came about?  What year?  Who was first?  Etc...

Very un-Dude like man. Not cool. 

I do not see why someone's parents would funnel their money in to their child's account outside of the potential for tax purposes.  I use to work for a law firm where the lawyer would do this with his daughters accounts to take advantage of some tax looop-holes.  Here, this just seems like straight negligence.

I guess sometimes the Dude doesn't abide.

I am VERY against the whole "anti-college" nonsense that has been picking up steam over the years.  My 4 years in college were the best 4 years of my life.  Not just because of all the partying, lady friends, great friends I met and am still close to this day, but all that I learned, both in books and outside.  If you make the most out of it you gain a lot of real world experience just simply interacting with others, gaining connections as well as educating yourself.  I wouldn't be where I was today without it.

The whole "college is a waste of money since it's too expensive" crap is just that...CRAP.  At least here in the US you could go to a community college for 2 years and an "In-State" college to finish and come out with no or very little manageable debt.

It doesn't matter where you go to school mostly, it's just what you do with your degree. 

That said, MBA's I often feel are a waste of time and money.  Unless it's in a certain field, I've found it to be a waste.  Lets take business school for example...why is it needed?  I don't support it for many majors.  Some, I feel differently about.

How is this thread on the main page but had yet to have bee replied to since August? 

Regardless I think it's a good time to bring this back up.  My two big negatives regarding bitcoin right now are Ordinals and Runes.  I always use to tout bitcoin as the coin that was focused on other things rather than silly on chain jpegs where the blockchain is really not needed.  It's clogging the network, increasing fees, slowing down transactions etc. I feel like we are moving backwards here.

I understand this is good for the price of bitcoin as many people like this foolishness, but I want LEGIT utility, not nonsense.  Satoshi proposed escrow using cryptography and proposed as such in a thread here on the forum.  He even discussed in in his email chain with Sirius.  "I'll be working on that next".  He  never did ( I wish I knew why ) but I sure wish people would pick up the slack with that as that is GAME CHANGIGN technology !

Lulz, every single one of them.  I have never had any sort of favorite slot machines because I don't seem to have any sort of luck that differentiates from one slot to the next, regardless of what I'm playing.  I enjoy playing slots because at times when I'm at a casino, whether online or not, my brain starts to work in overload and slots are just a fun easy way to bet..insert coins, pull lever, and see if you win.  Something refreshing about that.

I know it's playoff time and all but I wanted to switch the conversation in a slightly different direction just for a brief moment.  We all know we are seeing the end of Lebron James career which is truly saddening (if you can appreciate greatness that is, and this is coming from a Bulls fan).

That said, I know he wants to play with his son, and that his son entered the "portal".  I think anyone who knows anything about basketball knows he son is not good enough to play in the NBA, but could certainly join a squad if his father wants him on one (one he's likely on, of course).  Has there been any sort of consensus if this is definitely going to happen or not yet?  I think it would be foolish and his father would be pushing his son who clearly needs time to maturate.  Thoughts?

Yeah it would almost seems that there is something about Kurt Cousins that the Flacons are just not letting us in on (ie potential injury woes).  I am still shocked and we are coming up on a week later already. 

As for college football there's genreally 3 different teirs.  It use to be division III as the lowest (small schools), and then Division 1 (Big 10, Pac 12, SEC etc) and Division 1AA which was for schools such as my own that are mid-major type schools. Southern Illinois University, Western Illinois. Appalachian State, etc.  I think it's call FCS as Div 1 is called FBS.  Kind of confusing but jus think of it as 3 tiers. 1 of cour being the highest.

I mean you could put this same scenario in many different circumstances and they end up turning out to being a “source of violence “ or “domestic violence”.  So I wouldn’t say it’s something that is directly correlated but it certainly could lead to it, but so could a lot of other things. Just don’t be a gambling junky and control yourself and all will be fine, no?

This is kind of a funny time seeing this thread as I’ve been making a massive external hard drive archive of everything in my life that I’ve saved from jpegs to audio files to video files etc and one thing I recently came across was a screen shot of a buddy saying he sent my NBA betting picks to a friend and that “I better have gotten them right” lol. To this day I don’t know if he was joking or not, but this kind of stuff is never on you, and it’s silly anyone would every try and hold someone else accountable in a circumstance of educating or telling someone about bitcoin.

Just watched the trailer. I am surprised this is the first I’m hearing about it. Can’t wait to go watch this whether in the theater or when it comes to DVD/ some streaming platform. The only thing that kind of sucks is I’m pretty sure I just saw a Ledger wallet in the clip lol. I just absolutely despise ledger wallets. But that’s me. Thanks for making this post !

Here in the United States I would say middle aged people are easily the biggest group of gamblers. The 30-50 age ranges. I fall in this range and I’m in a few text groups of buddies from college and it seems like damn near every one of us are gamblers. Small or big we all seem to make bets fairly regularly. It’s fun to talk about and see what people are doing versus yourself .

Watched a few of the games so far tonight. Decent games. Was surprised seeing the Clippers take out the Mavs, and tying up the series. Definitely interested in how that series is going to end up. Then watched the Knicks and Sixers games a bit. Still kinda hard to believe the Knicks have been doing so well, especially getting a 2 seed. Will be interesting to see how these other games play out.

Thanks so much! I was genuinely really curious what was going on. So they are acting like coin is legitimately actual bitcoin?  I was pretty confident it was a prostitute lol.

To first not go by what anyone here says.  Now I could properly guide one, and so can some others, but most can't, and really there's no way for you to know if I'm legit, or if anyone is , for that matter.  I guess I could provide my CRD #, which for an American is your virtual code, that identifies you as a financial advisor.  If someone is trying to work with you and your finances and can't product this, you know they aren't legit.   

But my advice is to work with a season advisor who is open minded.  Don't go to a bank for one (Chase, Wells Fargo, Bank of America), don't go to a company like Northwestern Mutual who thinks it's okay to sell everyone Whole Life Insurance, nor a company like Fisher Investments who encourages people to "We hate Annuities and you should to", ie sell them before out of surrender, as well as produces a brochure chalk full of bullshit and won't address it (a buddy and myself wrote them a letter as members of a large broker dealer firm, and they refused to address it.  We pointed out the lies, misconception and hypocrisy.  AMAZING that the SEC allows it.  Well, pathetic, not amazing).  Best firm to hire someone to help would be an independent one..Raymond James, Edward Jones type.

Never go to free meal financial meet ups ( just had a client tell me about being invited to one, she told me she "ended up feeling back for the guy, and bought an annuity from him for about 30k.  Nothing wrong with that, technically, until she told me it was the Allianz 222 which is a bonus annuity and famous for being utilized as a scam by advisor.  No such things as bonuses in finance, at all !!! 

Be careful out there everyone.

This stuff comes up all the time, to the pleasure and excitement of Theymos no doubt lol, but I forgot how much of this info was in the book Digital Gold.  I read Digital Gold right after "reading" (if you want to call it that) Mastering Bitcoin.  Before ever even thinking about owning any btc (I study too much sometimes).

What's so cool is I was talking to a buddy last night about the book, we just really kinda met in the past few months so talk about a lot of this stuff I talked about years ago with most buddies here..but I realize how little I knew at the time of reading that book. Going back and skimming some pages and highlighting some things to send him to show him some examples of what the book is all about, it discusses all this stuff.  Lot of talk around people I ended up getting to know, getting to chat with, being yelled at (hey Nick Szabo lol) ..just such a fun look back at how little I knew then compared to what I know now.  And becoming buddies with some of these pioneers, and even just having slight interactions ..just so happy to be a tiny speck a part of it.  I think we all are, or at least those who are here for more than just sig money and bountys and whatever else that's money involved.  Sure I'm here for that, but that's secondary.  

Anyways, pick up the book Digital Gold, you wont regret it!  (oh and I always thought Satoshi registered bitcoin.org and that somewhere a company had his real info, but it was Sirius who did that at his request.  Satoshi thought of freaking everyting!)