actually for us sorta early hobbyist miners btc were continually trickling in, so we replaced some as we went anyway.

i dont recall the price point (EDIT: more the ROI point, not btc price point) where i actually considered btc as possibly a real investment as opposed to pure experiment, but once it hit that i started to pay more attention. early on though the chance of it all crashing down to zero was much higher than today, so i didnt bother replacing any aside from my mining them. but now? nope, while it still may fail in some way hodl or use and replace is the name of the game until set goals are achieved. even then i will always try to have a reserve to call on.

heh yup, got one of those too. the block erupter. dont remember what i paid though.

if i had just held everything.. but meh. if no one had actually used btc it would be a failed experiment by now. and i didnt replace my early btc because it was all just majik internetz moneyz anyway..

had to edit my post. ~4 btc was my 1st tx to my trezor.  it was actually ~0.27 btc.

i dont think i repurchased the btc i spent on it. no regrets though. the security of that trezor has allowed me very good nights of sleep knowing my corn is safe. between trezor and paper wallets for long term storage... happiness

EDITED POST: 0.27 btc for mine. ordered in jan 2016 according to my core wallet.

original post had the btc amount that was my 1st tx to my trezor

cant stress this enough, as i almost screwed up with a paper wallet before i understood that some clients handle it ok (sends the change back to the original addy), some dont (change can become part of the miner fees for that block). luckily the client i used sent the change back to the original addy. but i sure was sweating until i saw the change back at the original addy.

so for paper wallets, just sweep all the entire balance of a paper wallet to the new addy. take no chances. even if the client handles the change ok you still have published the pubic key for that addy which reduces security and privacy.

dude, wtf

cant you at least get a self propelled one?

when armed, dont think like that. think like you are unarmed and have a big blinking light over your head.

if anything you need to think more DEFENSIVELY.

never NEVER go further into a situation just because youre armed. you need to be further away from that situation, not closer to it. unless thats your job of course, or perhaps extraordinary circumstances to defend someone else.

LFC, not saying you would do that, just commenting in general because some people do think that way.

as long as it can hang in the 8k or above ill be happy.

but man were we really that pessimistic only a couple months ago? like 90% of us were calling below 8k.

nice setup.

my geothermal (ground based) heatpump/DHW system (3.5 ton) in winter is about ~3000 watts flat out (stage 2) during the night if the temps get near/below 0 F.

in the summer with it in AC mode (with desuperheater for DHW assist) only calling for stage 1 (~2000 watts) it will cycle slow enough even with 90s F at night for a powerwall to maybe last the night.. havent run the numbers but i do want a power wall with a sun tracking system.

so being 100% off grid at night will be hard for me.

EDIT geo system set to hold house 71 F day/night/summer/winter

man i can checkoff 8 items on that list.

sadface

but i still have some corn left.

happyface

so, overall:

stupidbutstillinthegameface

https://www.reddit.com/r/btc/comments/bsohgn/pay_up_roger/

tldr: tx was added manually by slush and bet was end of day local time not 24 hours. if i got it right.

^^^

nothing public yet.

IP issues seem to be the holdup.

oops my bad i suck at financial terminology. i just wanna be rich.

yup thats the way i figure it. sure be a drag to be lounging in my mega yacht 10 years from now and suddenly have 3 letter agencies crawling over your life, all because you tried to avoid paying a few thousand in taxes.

in the USA we pay capitol gains on the difference in price when bought vs when sold. so i actually like having a very simple straight forward way to match my coins for tax purposes. there are a few different ways to do it, last in 1st out; 1st in 1st out etc. it can make a big difference in what you pay.

thats why i never bothered with mixers or even trying to hide my purchases made with btc at newegg or for PMs and reported those purchases on my taxes as they were taxable events. and i dont worry about KYC at the two exchanges i use as fiat on/off ramps. btc is not anonymous and i never treated it as such.

((they)) may not be able to trace some transactions and link them to people now, but i am certain they will be able to do so to a large extent in the future. they will be able to go back as far as they want as its all public anyway. and i would rather not have the IRS, or whoever, make my life miserable down the road.

point taken, merit sent.

will go back and edit post.

ive used my ignore button more in the last few weeks than the entire previous 8 years ive been here.

[another idiot] is another instant ignore.

seems to be more and more instant ignore accounts arriving the the WO thread lately. ive added several, based on their 1st post here, in the last week or two. something in the air maybe?

while thats true, we (my buds and i) were indestructible when we where young. and we proved that, to a point. we just collected a fairly amazing collection of scars, broken bones, and burnt out brain cells.

i mean thats the point of being young. test the bodies limits. worst that can happen is you die in a spectacular way, worthy of stories told down the ages.

even if the we knew all those "hold muh beer" moments of youth would knock years off of our lives (and we more or less did), we still would of done them if we had the chance to do it again. it was a blast.

sitting around the nursing home in a diaper and sucking your gums while a nurse wipes the drool off your face doesnt really appeal to me. and medical advances wont be anywhere near the point that regeneration of your body and brain are feasible, not for a long time yet. as thats the only way to really extend quality life.