I can’t say I know enough about how slot machines online and their service providers are considered or who is the third party to have an educated opinion on the matter, but… I always tend to think that the less hands you have on something the better, so whatever method has you dealing with less people in the event something goes wrong is probably the way to go.

It seems like they underestimated the difficulty and cost of shipping these and might be trying to figure out how to streamline their shipping methods to make sure you get it in one piece without them having to raise the price. Just my feeling after seeing their message. I look forward to seeing the results and I’ve always thought solar and immersion cooling was the combo everyone should have.

Search around. I think there  are probably folks on these forums that still have access to hundreds of sets. I used to sell complete sets for around $200 I think. While they are hard to find at decent prices, I think that people who have lots of them would say they’re difficult to sell. Putting up a WTB post might not be a bad idea. You never know who will see it.

Can’t you even do this sort of trade in the metamask wallet? Fees might be high but I imagine they will be nothing compared to what you’ll lose buying pepe coin. Plus, if metamask ever does an airdrop maybe you’ll qualify for using their in wallet exchange. I imagine sites like Uniswap or whatever people are using nowadays would work also.

Buying gold to me is something people to do protect their wealth. If you have more money than you know what to do with, sure, get some gold as insurance. If you’re trying to maintain spending power and beat inflation though, your best bet has always been stocks. I feel like cash and gold are both lost or confiscated more than I’d feel comfortable with, but you rarely ever hear of stocks being lost or confiscated, not to mention their historical return has been quite higher than gold or cash.

The crazy part about the stock market is every young guy thinks he is going to get in and trade himself a couple % in profits per day and be rich in a year. It just doesn’t work like that. Those people get bled dry. Unfortunately, it takes age and wisdom to see that being debt free and slowly building a portfolio of dependable companies or index funds is truly the way to reach financial freedom. Slow and steady…

This Russian gas ban is seemingly having an unintended effect of Russia finding new partners willing to launder their natural resources and setup new methods of trade that bypass the American dollar. I think we’ve reached the point where the tighter the US clenches it’s grasp, the more the world slides out from our palms.

There are several reasons for the market to decline right now. You have the US government dumping coins like crazy. You have the threat of the mtgox coin distribution hanging over the market. Now you have a flooded mempool and developers talking about censoring transactions from the blockchain. There are good reasons to be bearish at the moment. However, I think all of these threats will be behind us within a year and it will be off to the races.

The thing about working as a trader for someone else is… If you are a good trader then you wouldn’t need to work for someone else. That’s a bit of a red flag in itself. Most of the time what people offering trading services mean is that they want to take massive risks with someone else’s money and take a cut if it goes well and say sorry if it goes badly.

To answer the question of if there will be another pandemic you have to look at the power and money dynamic of what happened with the last pandemic. Did the companies involved make money? Did the politicians get more power? If the answer to those 2 questions is yes, the behavior will repeat. This also goes for wars, printing money, and basically all the shady shit that shouldn’t happen but does.

Given the statistical nature of slots, I think it’s safe to say that everyone who plays slots loses. However, there are those moments when you get lucky and win more than you have played with. This is the concept behind gambling so while everyone loses, occasionally someone will win. Instead of asking if anyone loses on slots, ask if anyone has ever won.

A lot of the market price is going to depend on whether or not there are buyers to scoop up the mtgox coins that are likely to hit the market. If Bitcoin has a positive sentiment around it and investors are accumulating, the mtgox distribution could be a non-event. However, if the mempool is still clogged, banks are still failing, and Bitcoin isn’t holding up as a safe haven, I could see the mtgox coins flooding the market and holding the price down.

I feel like the bet to make tonight is the Boston Celtics beating the Philadelphia 76ers to go along with the Denver Nuggets beating the Phoenix Suns. The short version, betting on the home teams. Longer version, Philadelphia has been playing too erratic and I don’t think they’ll be able to consistently win again, especially in Boston. As for the Suns, they seem to have pissed Denver off last game and I expect Denver to respond. I do hope the Suns win though.

I would be surprised if there were still pool owners keeping the block fees but I guess it is possible. I know before pools got super competitive it was a thing.

I agree that these are clearly valid transactions and the free market fee structure is working as intended. I wonder if your opinion on future “trash” would also include the Lightning network when looking backward. I think either developers want to allow for things like Ordinals and the Lightning network or they don’t. They shouldn’t get to pick and choose who utilizes the blockchain for what.

That was a nice back and forth game between the Lakers and the Warriors but in the end Los Angeles came out on top. With the Warriors down 3-1 now it looks like LeBron is going to get to the Western Conference Finals. I hope he is playing the Suns but we’ll see. I think the key to this game was Lonnie Walker. He came in and made some big buckets to put the Lakers back in it.

I’ve been reading about this and it’s more of a possibility than people think. I know I will personally freak out if I’m unable to access my own money. This will probably get people to dump funds into real estate or stacks in an attempt to maintain ownership of their funds in some form. Leave it to the government to force people to do the worst thing at the worst time.

Curry is still sort of the new kid on the block in my opinion. I think a matchup of LeBron James and Kevin Durant would be legendary. Plus, I’ve never had the opportunity to see LeBron play in person and I feel like the chance to do so is much more limited than the chances I’ll have to see Curry in the future. Not to mention I like LeBron more than Steph.

It looks like the recent full mempool has led to a buying opportunity if you are the kind of guy that thinks this too shall pass. I personally don’t think the fee cost has gotten so high that it will have a major effect but it could make some people think twice and explore other options. Probably good for altcoins no matter what but I’m sure this will turn out good for BTC as well.

Looking forward to this Lakers game. Now that the Suns are making their matchup a series I’m hopeful I might get to see a LeBron James vs Kevin Durant matchup. Tonight the Lakers could put the Warriors backs to the wall so it’s a somewhat important game for them to win. I’ll be watching and hoping the champs lose.

I was surprised that the Sixers were able to pull out a win tonight. James Harden had himself his second great game of the series. Looks like that’s what is necessary for them to get the win. I don’t know if you can bet on them given how inconsistent he has been but I’m glad he’s keeping the series interesting.