If you get state assistance (insurance), you never have to worry about paying for anything.  Our system rewards laziness big time.  I have private insurance but I wouldn't have to pay for an ambulance.  That's included.

So how's Cryptsy doing?  I saw another topic started where the guy was just noticing that things went kablooey over there.

Why doesn't that stock certificate look right to me?  I've owned modern certificates and they look nothing like that.  I'm not suggesting anything by this, I'm just thinking out loud.

How much per share?  I don't know anything about Coinsetter.  How would you transfer the stock?

Edit:  looks like OP deleted his post.

Since OP hasn't put a link up I haven't checked out Amazon yet, but am I to understand that each book is 2 pages long and sells for 5.99?  I think that's a bit much if that's true.  As far as writing about these particular coins, I don't think it's a bad idea but I can't imagine there's a whole lot to write about at this point.  But I could be wrong.  I'll check it out on Amazon.

Might it not be better to write one book with chapters on each individual coin?  NorrisK has also suggested this and I think it's a good idea.

Man, I don't know.  As much as I like DOGE I can't see the price jumping 100-fold anytime soon.  And maybe not even by 2020--if it still exists then.  I'm not sure what's behind the recent price rise, but I think it's going to be short-lived.  I hope not, but I'm not very optimistic.

Nevertheless you'll have to resolve that, with proof, before you're likely to get a loan here.  Too much scumbaggery going around these days to take chances.  Especially with your loan request being no-collateral.  You might want to reconsider that part.

It is pretty damn near impossible, and that's why so many people lose money.  Look at how many folks around this forum predict where bitcoin is going with absolute certainty.  And that certainty is an illusion. 

As far as the stock market goes, we had a little itty bitty correction.  I think there will be more to come, but I can't say for sure.   

OP check out the recent threads here about Cryptsy, you'll see that this has been in the making for quite a while now. One of the threads is in the scam accusation section.

Well, he's very close to being a hero member so I don't think he's going to abandon his account because of this.  So that means that even though you denied the extension, he probably couldn't pay it before the deadline and that he probably still will. 

I just made my first loan the other day and it was also without collateral and to a senior member.  Fortunately he did right by me, but then that dude who's sticking up for Muhammed Zukir was asking for a loan with no collateral and I had to refuse him.  I just don't trust people around here.  We learn (hopefully) from our mistakes.

Jesus Christ, that's a geriatric portfolio.  I hope you're living in a retirement home.

OP, you are a smart young man for planning your financial future, and it sounds like you're not going to be stupid with your money.  My advice would be for you not to blow it on shit that typical 20 year olds do--partying and so forth.  But if you do I still wouldn't blame you.

I've always been a stock market guy, and I'd tell you to put your money there but now's probably a good time to be holding cash.  I think we're in for a correction or crash sometime soon.  Be careful with bitcoin.  It's totally new and its future is very uncertain.  And good luck to you.

I'm glad to see Master-P is paying back at least some of what he scammed.  I'm not sure what his plan was from the get go, but this looks like a longish-term no-interest loan which he had no business making.

Got your PM, but as I said I wouldn't give out a loan of this size without good collateral, and I wouldn't even want your account.  The interest you're offering is fine I think, but it's a risky loan.

I see you're still using "ain't" so I'd assume you didn't sell the account.

However, this is bitcointalk and after the Master-P scandal, I don't think you're going to get many people willing to give out bitcoin just on reputation alone.  I would probably do it with collateral, meaning altcoins.

That would be one hell of a drive for me, but I think I'd come up there just for the drama.  And fried dough.  A good carnival must have fried dough.

Diversify your assets, my man.  30 btc is a lot, but I definitely wouldn't keep everything you own in btc.  Gold is probably a good short-term bet, but I'd say look at the stock market too.  We're due for a correction, and you can probably scoop up some cheap stocks.  I think 15 btc is good to keep.

How about the dogecoin community?  It's pretty solid, I think and it's definitely active.  At least on Reddit and I think they have their own forum.  I say this because the "shibes" seem to be friendly and they're genuinely trying to make their coin work.  Good luck, sir.

OK bro, I do hope you're right.  I'm not so sure that the halvening is going to affect the price all that much, unless speculators drive the price up in anticipation.  I mean, it's not news that it's going to happen, so I think it's already been priced in.  We'll see.

Hmmm, I did not know one could participate in multiple signature campaigns.  I think it's possible to post a lot and be constructive, but you'd have to devote quite a bit of time to doing that.  I sometimes find it hard to find threads I want to share in.  A lot of them are just complete BS.  But OP, good luck.

The bitcoin price is just fluctuating, fellas.  I don't know how anyone can say with certainty that we're stuck at 450 or whatever.  It's just random movements.

Well-said.  And it's not surprising that derivatives are as big as this.  Long Term Capital Management was brought down by their super-sized leveraged derivatives in 1998 and it almost crashed financial markets around the world.  Crazy.

Moonbit.co.in is my all-time favorite and it's pretty much the only one I still use on a regular basis.  They've also got dogecoin and litecoin faucets as well.  I do some of the Faucetbox faucets as well, but a lot of them are very advertising-heavy.