Everyone could have lots more BTC. Maybe if you had more BTC you wouldn’t have become such an inspiring miner to so many. Things happen as they should. Early on I was spending BTC supporting every product and service I could find on these forums. It’s easy to look back and say I should’ve just hoarded thousands of coins, but you never know what the butterfly effect could be. We all did exactly what we needed to do to get us where we are today, and that’s a pretty good place.

I saw a report that Bitcoin has $9,000,000,000 in shorts at $73K. Things could get wild fast if that gets squeezed.

You can’t say enough how dominant Kristaps Porzingis was tonight. I think a lot of people expected Kyrie to come out and put on a show to get back at his former team after their rocky break up, but it was Kristaps Porzingis that showed up to dominate his former team. I guess his injury is healing well. I expect he’ll get more minutes in game 2.

I thought an 8.5 point spread was enough for me to be safe with the Mavericks.  I guess not.  Boston came out swinging.  It seemed a little obvious that they were the better team, but they're not THIS much better.  It seems like Boston's defense is really targeting Kyrie with the ball and keeping him from going off.  I don't want to say Boston in 4, but I figured this would be a close game or Dallas would surprise people with a win when I thought it would be Boston in 5 or 6.  Makes me think the 2023-24 NBA basketball season will be over pretty quickly...

Got my 300 in today.  I could probably push it to 400 but I don't see a need so I'll maybe try that another time.  Smaller sets would have probably helped me get through it easier.  Still, I feel pretty good that I did 300 today easier than it was to do 100 when I started this competition.  I for sure have never done 300 push-ups in a day before in my life.  Seeing the growth in push-ups of this community is almost as fun as watching the growth of Bitcoin.  I say almost because you guys aren't giving me any money.    Push on!

100k,OgNasty,126,13000,2024-06-06

I've gotten 130 push-ups in today.  I think I'm going to go for 300 just to push myself a little bit and see if I'm delusional about the possibility of doing 800 in a day (quite possible).  So far so good though.  I'll be able to hit 200 I think without much effort.  After that it might get a little difficult.  Actually, let me bang out another 20 real quick so I can say I am halfway to my goal for the day...

...alright, that was a quick 30.  160 on the day en route to 300.  I'm going to space them out quite a bit in an attempt to make it easier on me so I'm not sore when I get my 100 in tomorrow.

@210 now. Still feel good.

@275

300...

I can understand that opinion.  Kraken & Gemini did the same thing to me, or actually a little worse but I won't go into that too much.  I would never use either one of them again either. 

I guess I don't really worry about Bitstamp because I haven't used their service in like a decade so if it's declined then I would be unaware.  Also, my account is fully verified and KYC'd already so I'm not sure what else I could provide them.  I'd happily let them know where any BTC I get that touches their platform came from, but can understand there are those that wouldn't.  I'm on my best behavior when it comes to exchanges, at least until my mtgox BTC is distributed and held in self-custody.

I'm unsure if Biden will end up being the candidate.  I think I'm more certain that Biden will not be the next President than I am that Trump will be.  There's just no world where someone in Joe Biden's condition is the best candidate for President of the United States.  I'm suffering from secondhand embarrassment for the democratic party.  This current administration has to be one of the worst in the history of the world in my opinion.  Sure, they will try to cheat the election again (confirmed again yesterday in Arizona), but at this point I think their support is so low, even with cheating I don't think they can win.

I think that Boston will win this series.  I think that Boston will win tonight's game.  However, I don't like the odds against Dallas that I'm seeing.  Especially for a game 1 when Dallas has already beaten them multiple times during the season and Boston has been without Kristaps Porzingis for a few games.  I think tonight has all the makings of an upset, so I'm going with the best odds for Dallas here.  I think they can lose by less than 9 and have a chance to win, so there you have it.  I would've taken Boston to win if the odds were better.


Boston Celtics - Dallas Mavericks
Handicap (Incl. Overtime)
Dallas Mavericks (8.5)

Odds
1.71

Conor released a statement on social media yesterday and then instantly deleted it, but someone recorded it for people to hear.  Conor was saying how this fight isn't cancelled, he just does whatever he wants and when the fight arrives he'll be there and will emerge the winner.  I don't know if this was a drug fueled delusional rant, or if he's really going to fight.  I suspect the former, but I'd like to be surprised.  As a fan of McGregor in his heyday, I don't even care if he gets his career ended again.  I just want to see the guy do what he was born to do, fight.

Absolutely amazing. A successful splash down landing for the heavy booster and Starship flying around the earth. SpaceX is an amazing company that is going to change mankind’s footprint. One of the more exciting developments of my lifetime. Awesome to watch.

Edit: Successful splash down for the Starship. Amazing. This was something special to see.

That is crazy news… I’m not sure how I feel about it from a personal perspective but overall for the industry this is incredibly bullish. Robinhood is known for having high risk investors and pairing them with on-ramps for crypto is probably a good match that will benefit everyone. I just hope bitstamp’s service doesn’t decline as a result.

SpaceX is doing yet another Starship test launch with the hope of making it through reentry without burning up. Elon has stated that this test flight will be streamed live on X for those interested in watching. I don’t have a link but I’m guessing it will be obvious when using the app. Should be at 7:20 am “Texas time” according to Musk. Feel free to post your favorite clips/pics here for those who sleep through it.

Whenever I’m sports betting and the line looks off to me I usually start researching why that is. Most of the time it’s a star player out with an illness or family emergency, etc. I’ve been guilty in the past of just taking the bet and thinking I got a deal only to find out later that I didn’t know something. So if something looks off, find out why.

You could very well be right. I have no idea how many push-ups I can do in a day. Maybe I’d hit 300 and stop or maybe I’d hit 500 and my arms would snap. Who knows? I probably wouldn’t push myself to that level, but I think I can do a lot more than 200. 800 might be ambitious, but I feel like maybe I could get there. Perhaps I should try 300 first.

I don’t think this fight is happening. They cancelled it. According to Dana White Conor injured his shin during a sparring match and will be unable to fight. Whether or not they reschedule it I believe is an unknown, but with Conor having a fresh injury right before his comeback, I think we may never see Conor in the cage ever again.

Got myself a nice swim in after doing my push-ups today. I see that people have some thoughts about my 1000 push-ups in a day when we break $100K. I’ll admit I have no idea how difficult that will actually be, so I propose myself a new challenge. 800 push-ups the day we break $80K. I’ll give it a try. I may not make it, but I want to challenge myself to find my limits.

100k,OgNasty,125,12700,2024-06-05

I don’t really watch hockey so I probably won’t be placing any bets unless something happens to get me interested in the series. I have a buddy who is a big fan of Dallas so if they had made it maybe I’d have a little invested in watching the games. Still, good luck to anyone whose team made it this far!

I have sold off the St.Petersburg Bitcoin Bowl Coin that was made by Casascius. I don’t believe it was ever pictured on this thread, nor does it hold actual BTC, but I wanted to update anyone that may be watching this thread. The brass coins are still available for sale if anyone wants them individually. Happy coining!

Gavin Andresen and Roger Ver aren’t disappointments. They were people close enough to the situation to see what was happening and they chose to handle it in different ways. Gavin admitted he made a mistake with CW and walked away from Bitcoin development because he was being badgered by Blockstream supporters. Once they got control of development they started pushing their own patented scaling solution that was not only unnecessary, but lacked many of the things that made Bitcoin special. Roger then tried to fork the coin after Blockstream didn’t honor the New York agreement they agreed to in order to get miners to activate segwit. While Blockstream controls the narrative now, people are waking up to what they did and their dishonorable behavior to get their way at the cost of many existing Bitcoin businesses and use cases. In other words, the bad guys won and Gavin and Roger are now painted as enemies of the community they worked so hard for. I was there. Roger may not have handled it in the best way, but he is still a BTC legend and anyone who says otherwise is probably on the Blockstream payroll or learned about Bitcoin after 2016.

Well, we had a few weeks of suchmoon not starting drama...  I guess she's back to posting here again from the looks of this title...  Was nice while it lasted...