Wow really, I had no idea !

Technically bitcoin is not an investment at all.  I think it's important that people remember or understand that first and foremost bitcoin is a currency.  It's a digital currency, which is unlike any other we've seen before, and it's become an investment just like trading of fiat currencies, which is common place, but I think it's an important reminder that first and foremost it's a means of transferring money in a better way.

Not necessarily at all.  Everyone's situation is going to be different.  You might consider yourself a bit of a fool if you had thought about investing in bitcoin for a long time, and never pulled the trigger until now, when it's at it's all time high, and you dump all the money you had ever planned to "invest" in to bitcoin in at once, that MIGHT be a bit foolish, but it's hard to say, we will see where bitcoin goes from here.  For others, it might simply be part of their Dollar Cost Averaging strategy which wouldn't be foolish at all.

I think these are the two biggest gambling mistakes gamblers make, and easily the two biggest mistakes I tend to make when gambling.  When you get hot , you feel hot and like nothing can stop you and this is where getting greedy can really backfire.  Or in the same token, feeling too over confident.  I have been to many in-person casinos and rode a bit of a hot streak only to lose everything because of over confidence.  Something that's easier to avoid when sober lol.

Wow, what a week of free agent signings it's been so far!  I honestly can't remember a week with this much action going on in the "legal tampering" period like there has been this year.  The one thing I'm certainly surprised about as well as not very happy about is the fact that Justin Fields is still a Chicago Bear.  There's a number of factors that go in to play with this, but I was really hoping the Bears could at least snag a 2nd rounder for him.  There's still some time, but that window is shrinking by the day.

I almost fell out of my seat when I heard this fight being announced, but the more I thought about it, the more it made sense.  Jake Paul doesn't fight legitimate fighters, and I'm of course not saying Tyson isn't legitimate, as he's on of the greatest boxers of all time, but he's what, 60 years old and Paul is like 30..just another money grab in my opinion. I honestly can't take any of these fights seriously.  I think they are rigged.

They are not all created equal by a long shot, so careful. Air-tites.com tried and true. Even the New Zealand Post let me down big time recently w their capsule, Lord of the Rings coin I’ve had in climate control for at least a decade toned on me I just recently noticed. Have had worse however.

Technically Loyce is an “AGI”. Everything is AI this , AI that and as I’ve said here before and will debate this to my grave, AI does not exist..yet. It’s advanced programming, and amazing achievements have been made, but true AI or AGI are self learning, autonomous, doesn’t have built in parameters limiting its true upside and full honesty- https://www.newyorker.com/science/annals-of-artificial-intelligence/there-is-no-ai

However Loyce is likely the very first AGI. Keep denying all ya want man, not foolin this guy lol. Cheers bud

I'm trying to find this guy as surely someone posted about him here already but no dice yet, will keep looking but..Anyone remember that one user who had that bald headed weird looking guy as his forum avatar who used to be the king of doing this, maybe 5-6 years back..I mean it was all day, every day..I can't remember his name but he was maybe up there with "The one above all" (which I'm also forgetting his orig forum name, as I think TOAA was his 3rd-5th alt or so..hard to keep up).  Those two were so deranged I almost miss them, and miss Tman going at them, who was equally loony just in a diff way, though a former friend (when he was thought to be trustworthily ..smh).  

I think it's also fair to say sometimes it's simply a matter of opinion that can't be proven.  Mike Caldwell is a cryptographer we all know well (he's not around anymore as he's flying the world in his leer jet, his small plane, and hanging out in his castle making tik tok videos with his new wife lol...all public info btw) who created bip38 or 39, can't ever remember.  But he's a sharp guy who believes the blockchain can help change voting methods.  I've heard other skilled cryptographers say the same, I wanted to discuss this topic further but Gmax shut it down  (I remember telling Mitchell, former mo,,still kind of a mod about this and he said he'd have done the same thing in a grumpy manner..lol..I love ModMitch though, he just a funny grump).  I mean I know Gmax is up there with the worlds elite like Szabo and Back..but is he 1000% right, while other cpunks disagree?  I dunno.  Also I wish I had someone to discuss this post with me like maybe say once a year ( https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=750.msg8140#msg8140 ).  It's such an epic post and a will become a thing one day (though Szabo who did say he believes satoshi was referring to smart contracts here..which...well you guys know...but one of the last things I heard Szabo say on a podcast was that smart contract advancment stalled out and is so far from advancing he's lost faith in real progress anytime soon.

Though some say it's already done.  The link I posted is indeed the satoshi escrow thread.. lulz ( I am going to frame this one day)
 (sorry so large..my buddy hueristic has already scolded me for these large photos but I've already forgotten how to resize  ..something a topic in the proposed tech talk thread would likely be easily found ..though I have no right to ask anything of Theymos as tech I shouldn't be here right now.

Anyway Yogg is gone, probably off with Rusbitcoin ruining lives elsewhere now, but glad to know other Mr Robot are around and I'll be paying attention to them now.  @Pooya hopefully you don't take offense to our disagreements of late..just differences of opinions is all and I appreciate your work here on the forum!

Last novel, I promise.  Thanks everyone

If this is all true, you need to read a recent post I made.. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5485048.msg63658943#msg63658943 .

STOP telling people how much bitcoin you have.  Don't even tell anyone if you own a single dime.  Keep this stuff private man!  Also, NO ONE can tell you properly how to go about this unless they knew your entire financial situation, your financial outlook, where you live and the tax implications etc etc etc.  Discuss it with a financial advisor in confidence ONLY!!!

So ya'll hear Caleb williams is going to the bears? Did you all hear the bears are trading justin this week.  Did any of you hear the Bears are being offered 3 first round picks for Caleb?  Did you hear...okay I'm done.  I think you all understand my point here.  Imagine being a bears fan..this is fun and all but also so stressful.  Seriously if they don't draft him then I'm a Bucs fan.  That's my second team having lived in Tampa and gone to many games, and who doesn't love the creamsicle old school unis?!..


I had the Doug Martin creamsicle jersey his rookie year.  Was living in tampa at the time and heard he was gunna be good...anyone remember his I 5 TD game? or was it 4 with 300 yds..something like that. 

I'm higher than two kites right now playing poker and doing quite well.  No offense, but it's obvious when people make posts like this, that they have likely never done drugs.  Have you ever gambled while eating candy?  Then you've gambled while under the influence of drugs. What about while drinking soda? Then two drugs (caffeine and sugar).  Smoking weed is being legalized across the world for a reason. 

Now I don't do hard drugs, and gambling while doing heroin is probably not going to work out well for you.

To me there is nothing better than an in person at home gambling game.  Growing up in college we would have texas hold'm tournaments almost daily and they were always so much fun.  I was never a fan of buy back poker, but it did make the night last longer. 

That said as long as it's fair, not cheating, it doesn't matter to me period.

I was chatting with Cyrus the other day about the forum vs twitter/reddit etc..& was telling him I can't imagine having started my path of bitcoin knowledge anywhere else online outside of btalk. But this isn't where I started period. I found out about bitcoin through Anonymous, more specifically my favorite hacktivist Jeremy Hammond (lulzsec used btc back when the gov had no idea how to track it..they were fighting a cause I deeply believed in and that's how I came to find orange coin). First I read Mastering Bitcoin, front to back, understood maybe 20% of it (even DL core which I think took an entire week  ).  Long story, but collectibles is what lead me to the forum finally.  Being in a close community/chat group with the likes of Charlie Lee, Fluff Pony and legit Mr Robots who understand cryptography like Rusbitcoin (scumbag), Satoshisghost, Yogg (scammer) and others..plus prob 75% of collectors are IT guys (who know a lot, but not cryptographers) I got lucky as they all guided me down the right path ..what wallets to use, best wallet practices etc. But that only goes so far in really learning the ins and outs like I want to. 

I also of course watched all of Andreas's stuff, but it's not like I can ask him questions when I don't understand parts of his books or videos. Rusbitcoin and Yogg are the two from here who spent hours teaching me and I ate it all up, but now they sub-humans are gone.  Not sure why such talented intelligent folks break bad. Neve will get that.

Satoshisghost many of you prob don't know, is the real deal..but he's not around much and I can't "bug" him like I would Yogg, Rusbit etc. Also that's the other thing, with cpunks and elite level guys..many don't have patience for fools like myself.  Gmax has been great and has taught me a lot, but he reaches a limit.  I get it though. I had a convo with Szabo a year or so ago that turned ugly pretty quickly & had to remind him I'm not a cpunk, didn't create bitgold nor did I coin the phrase smart contracts.  He laid off..but the convo ended there lol).  This is why I rarely post in btc tech dev..the few topics I've made have had good discussions but they seemingly fade pretty quickly or get locked (which I get, to a point), but feel some topics deserve further discussion so people like myself can keep trying to learn (my last post there https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5202083.0  is a good example. I now realize Gmax knows Steven Goldfeder (over the wknd I found that infamous roundtable photo and saw that they sat across the table from each other) whos a big ETH/shitcoin shill.. so doubt he has any interest going down the road discussing his character or the merits of the paper I was asking about that Goldfeder wrote.

But, the list of names everyone mentioned is a great start to knowing whom I can truly learn from and know it's not bs.  I don't google stuff much as how the heck do I know what's legit that pops up on google, like w/the aforementioned post about Goldfeder's paper on Satoshis proposed 2 party btc escrow).  Half the shit you find is from sites from dipshit nefarious turds like Ver, Calvin, CSW etc who paid corrupt ass google to get them towards the top (like the fake privnote keeps doing..google is corrupt and just cant be trusted, outside spelling stuff lol).

  I "know" franky1, ranochigo, cygan, dkbit98, BlackHatCoiner, NotATether, Charles-Tim, NeuroticFish, n0nce, and DireWolf (who I know well and will likely regret ya'll told me he's an expert lol..kidding) and they've all been helpful to me personally over the years. Plus others I mentioned and ones I'm forgetting.

I really really wish Theymos would consider a general tech discussion board.  Learning stuff there would greatly help with advancing my and others basic tech knowledge which is where you've got to start really.  I know it's a pain adding new boards and mods have their hands full as is..but I just think this would bring a whole new level to this forum and bring in new members which could grow the community, which isn't what it once way, as we all know (traffic wise anyhow).

If I can ever help anyone in terms of traditional finance, DM is open (I will never ever ask for a penny or anything in return).  If you're ever interested in collectible wallets, also feel free to reach out. These are areas I know well. Not much, but it's what I can offer.

Sorry for the novel..just had always wanted to share my thoughts on all this, as I know I'm not the only one w/these thoughts/feelings.



I know this, my point was asking if it COULD be an indicator.  I've got a lot of earned merit because I help the community out in different ways (scam busting, running forum events/charity auctions, providing financial knowledge/assistance which actually helps a lot in this space as I often can easily read white papers and recognize scams typically within just a few paragraphs, as well as discussions on "investing" in btc/crypto (something Gmax has merited me for as well interacted in threads I've made in this area).  Though it also can be, big time...Nullius being the best example.. A Mr Robot with an elite level of cryptographic knowledge. Merit, or lack of.. CAN also help point out morons whom aren't worth anyone's times...like..um...yourself.

Will he “allow this” ? That might break his no info to be posted as they are to remain “mysterious” rule  

Any idea about the older Kialara bars?  I hate NGC as a company (though not fond of PCGS customer service of late either as a PCGS rep told me just a week or so ago they don’t grade “fantasy coins”. Replied w proof they do, even with a link to their site and got no reply back. Some unprofessional bs) but their holders are way nicer for coins with the brackets holding them in place. Better slabs too imo.

As for bars, not sure which I prefer between the two..but thrilled PCGS is doing this nonetheless. Knew it was inevitable..

It's like I've said on here many times before, people fear what they don't understand or when things change status quo.  Warren Buffet is a prime example.  Somehow he got insanely rich despite being incredibly ignorant in some many factors.  The man didn't invest in tech (best performing sector for the past 15 years or so, until he bought some apple shares a couple years back but think he dumped.

He even admitted he doesn't understand it, yet hates on it.  That's the epitome of ignorance!  Baby boomers are the non-internet era and are living in the past.

Anyone who talks shit about bitcoin to you I challenge you to do this...ask "do you know what the blockchain is"  "do you know the basic concept of it"... 99% will have no idea, and that's where the convo ends.  Tell them to study up then come back and talk.

I recently posted about this based off this article I came across.  I have seen this photo long ago, but never this article. 

If you read the article you can easily tell it's very opinionated.  There's no proof that Nick Szabo was satoshi (despite thinking he and Hal are).

Anyways it goes on to say this is the btc core team and that it's all under NSA.  Most of these cypherpunks despite government/NSA etc.  No way these freedom fighters would be willing to work with the goverment, the exact reason bitcoin was created..go= not to be trusted

https://www.experiencelab.info/2018/06/unveiling-bitcoin-team-led-by-nick.html?m=1

 

Just wanted to share something that I find insanely amusing, sad and depressing all rolled in to one.  The Chicago Bulls have the #1 attendance this year (and many others) over all other teams...the Chicago freaking Bulls.  When a team does poorly due to lack of proper ownership...STOP supporting them.  I won't even turn a game on via the TV.  When they have turn outs like they do, make more and more money each year...where's the incentive for the owner to go out and spend money. 

I'm also done betting on the Bulls going forward due to this. Only against.  That doesn't change any of the above, but I simply don't want to do anything in favor of the Bulls until they decide to legit build a team.  You guys feel the same way?  Does it effect your gambling habits ?