Another win by the Chicago Bulls but yet another win that was a very close call. I’m not sure what’s going on with the Bulls but they seem to keep blowing huge leads in the 4th quarter.  It’s kind of an odd deal and I’m glad they’ve been making these come backs but they can’t keep this up for forever.

Yeah in hindsight maybe I shouldn’t have been surprised at all that the packers lost. Let’s face it, you can argue Rodgers is top 3 all time but the guy is constantly underperforming in the playoffs. He really needs to have more than just one championship by the time it’s all said and done.

As for the Niners, I still dont think they are very good. They knocked off two good teams in the Cowboys and Packers but these teams also are a bit of choke artists. I still don’t see them beating the Rams but we shall see!

Exactly one of bitcoins most valuable features is its scarcity. The fact that only 21 million will ever be made..if you think about how many people are in this world, it just goes to show how truly scarce it is versus so many other coins (or even the US dollar).  All these coins with unlimited supplies are just silly.

On CNBC yesterday they posted a stat of all of the publicly traded businesses that have significant bitcoin holdings and of course Michael Saylors Microstrategy was number one. They posted it almost like as a way to mock these companies due to the big dip. We shall see who will have the last laugh.

Why take the risk? There’s also a big difference between risking your bitcoin in these coins and risking your bitcoin with coins like Casascius or Kialara who are both two well known makers , everyone knows there names and roughly their location with years of trust built up..all that matters.

I think the main difference of using crypto versus fiat money is the ease of transactions.  Using cryptocurrency is a lot faster and more smooth than using fiat in my opinion.  Before bitcoin was implemented often using offshore websites would take weeks to months to get a payout.  They also would send checks from shady looking offshore banks.  Using bitcoin makes things more private and just smoother overall.

I think it all comes down to who's earning the most money for the sport/sports owner/team etc.  I have heard that UFC fighters are a bit underpaid but I am not very well versed on the subject so not sure if there's any merit to that or not.  I am curious if the UFC has some sort of "players union" type deal like other sports do (baseball/basketball/NFL etc) where they can help fight for the fighters (no pun intended) to receive more fair contracts.

Get out of here with this nonsense  This coaching genius doesn’t want to come to a dumpster fire that is the New York Giants lol. I have to say part of me is bashing this idea because I am hoping that he will want to come to the Bears eventually lol.  I wasn’t really surprised to see him step away if we are being honest. No Brees is tough and life is short.

That’s pretty impressive my friend! I wish I had diamond hands that strong. At this point I’m quite sure that I’ve sold several million dollars worth of bitcoins and of course wish I hadn’t done so but with so many ups and downs it was hard to know where bitcoin was heading next all these years and when you have several thousand percentage gains it’s hard not taking some off the table.

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Peter Schiff is such a joke himself. He’s an absolute clown. I have followed him on twitter for some time just to look at all his tweets and laugh. Yes while bitcoin had been down of late it’s been very annoying seeing him spout of more and more nonsense but I’m more than confident we will be the ones having the last laugh.

Those who said no are wrong. Now technically you can always buy and sell OTC ( Over The Counter) which can be done completely unregulated but if all governments were to ban bitcoin that would mean they’d not allow for exchanges to be operational in their countries and that would ruin bitcoin. Period.

I think the only reason I picked the titans was because they kept seemingly winning by what I feel like was a lot of luck, but they had all theirs stars for this game and I figured the bengals luck would run out. I’m glad the bengals one though. They deserve it and have such a bright future. I however can’t believe the Niners one. They are just so overrated imo, but they came out to play and beat the mighty Rodgers. (He should be embarrassed).

Kind of an ugly win by the Bulls last night. At one point they were up almost 30 points and only ended up winning by a single point vs one of the worst teams in the NBA. Of course DeRozan had the night off but I think the bigger issue is that both Alex Caruso and Lonzo Ball are going to be out for possibly two months. This is a big kick in the nuts as that’s two of the three starters. Hoping they can continue to play decent ball until they are back.

This was an intelligent reply, this guy is clearly not a dummy. Sure he is technically down some since he converted his US dollar denominated salary in to bitcoin, but he knows this is how markets work. They go up and down. Now Of course the hope is bitcoin will become more stable, but this will take time. I thought this was a wise response from the mayor.

This isn’t just how things normally go for bitcoin but this is how things normally are for all markets. I am constantly getting calls from clients when markets are doing very well or even at all time highs wanting to invest but when markets tank all they want to do is sell. People are too overcome with emotions and often let it guide their investing.

44- ChiBitCTy please

Thank you very much for hosting this! Very generous 

I like how host laughed about Tman being an option for Mrs Bitcointalk. Would be my pick ! Lol

No, this is a very common misconception and simply not true.  Many stocks can be purchased for a few dollars, same as mutual funds or ETFs.  Bitcoin is at 38k per coin, but yet you can still buy $25 worth or say $100 worth.  Same thing applies with other traditional investments like stocks.  Many stocks aren't very expensive per share plus you can buy fractional shares. You can buy a gram of gold for less thank $100 dollars.  Now sure land isn't cheap, but that's a more outside the box exception. If money is tight then purchasing bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies is the exact type of investing you should NOT be doing.  Volatility is not needed for profits either.  It can be helpful or desirable in certain cases, but it's not needed.  

I'm glad to see an outlet asking about these important features. I chose licensing in the poll but I can't really say that any of these options are necessarily more important that the others.  Licensing is of course very important. Types of payments accepted also one of the top things of importance that can be offered. Speed of payout is also one of the most important factors.  For a long time before cryptocurrency wasn't accepted as payment so it took forever to receive payments, adding bitcoin has been amazing!