We may find out soon. I think the Binance FUD is nearing some sort of conclusion. Now that their auditor quit, it seems there is a bit of fire below all that smoke. Something will have to happen soon. Either Binance proves without a doubt they have the money to back deposits, or they don’t and the market crashes again. I tend to think Binance isn’t as strong as they say and BNB is ripe for a blowup. We’ll probably find out for sure soon enough.

ESPN having a good doubleheader on the air tonight. First up the Golden State Warriors vs the Philadelphia 76ers then the Los Angeles Lakers vs Denver Nuggets. With no Steph I think the 76ers might be able to pull out a victory over the defending champs. The Lakers might struggle a bit playing against the Nuggets. Denver is just stacked these days. Lakers will need a good game out of LeBron and AD to get a W tonight.

Just received word from Sondors that the Metacycle should be here next week. Great timing for a Christmas present. They’re mailing the charger and stuff to me and gave instructions on how to register the Metacycle. They also said if I’m not available there is a $250 charge to reschedule delivery. I’ll update again when something else happens. It does appear this product is not vaporware as suggested by many.

Elon is selling stock because he has to raise funds for his Twitter purchase and keeping it afloat. He borrowed money and wants to be certain he can pay it back so he doesn’t accidentally bankrupt himself if Tesla stock continues to fall. For these reasons he will not be buying BTC with these funds. If he did decide he wanted more BTC, he would implement crypto payments on Twitter and keep a % for himself. This seems far more likely than a market purchase.

CZ’s interview today seemed as though it was an admission of guilt that Binance does not have customer funds available to meet the needs of their customers. Just another FTX situation, but Binance had more liquidity to try and stay afloat. Tokens are now coming out and saying that Binance made them put up 200K BNB tokens they couldn’t withdraw in order to obtain a listing. Suddenly the cat is out of the bag. Binance is naked and BNB is worthless as a stand-alone token. This may just be my opinion, what do you think?

I’ll be surprised if Binance isn’t below $100 in 90 days…

My takeaway from this… The more BTC people withdraw from exchanges, the higher the price of BTC will go.

I guess we can agree to disagree.  I'll continue not promoting money laundering and advocating for protocol level fungibility, not fungibility that depends on a 3rd party breaking the law and users being participants in that choice to break the law by using said third party.  That is not the vision I had (not that anyone gives a fuck) for blockchain privacy.  It will only lead to more regulation and honeypot attacks on community members just trying to have privacy, who like you, thought this was a legal and reasonable option to use because the moral police on bitcointalk were promoting it. 

A true block function is definitely needed here.  I've found a great deal of happiness using this site after ignoring a great deal of troublemakers, but occasionally I still see them posting on my threads or mentioning me when they're quoted.  I'd hate for these individuals to think I still acknowledge them or their posts as being anything but worthless garbage, as I may respond to the users who have quoted them.  It would be great if we could just hit the block button and then never have to waste time reading anything they write every again.  Free speech shouldn't equal a forced audience.

Well, Twitter's crypto implementation has been ass so far, so I'm not surprised.  Elon probably has his own crypto guys and wants to be able to trust the developers working on this sort of thing to keep any surprises from happening due to some liberal developer with a grudge.  I think this is probably a good thing and maybe Twitter will play a bigger role in crypto than any of us currently envision.  Regardless of the why or what's coming, when it comes to firing employees at Twitter, I think Elon would have a hard time going too far...  That was one company that went off the rails and Jack shouldn't be excused of his role in it happening. 

I think that's the kind of mistake you only make once though.  Early on in my Bitcoin experience I made the mistake of thinking that all my coins were held in my wallet so if I had my private key backed up I would be fine.  Then when my computer crashed I learned about change addresses and coin control.  I still have the crashed hard drive with what I estimate is tens of thousands or possibly hundreds of dollars worth of BTC on it.  Maybe someday I'll try and recover it.  The lesson I learned was far greater though.  I think a lot of people have these sorts of things happen, which is why Bitcoin's actual market cap is probably significantly lower than it appears, and also why so many coins never move... 

Not really as far as I'm concerned, due to the sun only shining 1/2 the day.  The amount of batteries to do something like this at any decent scale is much more expensive than people think.  However, using solar to offset your mining consumption is a great idea.  A lot of times people pay "peak" electricity rates, and this peak is exactly when you'd get the most from your solar panels.  So if you're mining, it's of course great to have the most expensive energy provided by the sun, then cheaper grid energy is available when the sun isn't shining.  I think this is the more realistic approach to using solar panels for mining.  I do have solar panels and batteries running my mining operation, but I don't use the batteries to keep me off the grid during the night, as it wouldn't make sense with my power plan.

I saw that you mention you have a location in Phoenix, AZ.  If we are ever near this location, is it possible to drop in and check out the inventory?  Maybe grab some inventory and avoid the shipping costs?  Just curious.  I wouldn't mind seeing all of this gear in person just to see it.    Maybe getting on your good side to be available if any great deals arise might not be a bad thing either.  Would love to learn more about what your location in Phoenix entails and what sort of other crypto stuff you have going on.  Do you ever attend meetups in the area, or is it just a reshipping location?

Seems like a good offer, but what NFTs are you sending exactly?  Do you have any examples or can we see your wallet address to look at what sort of NFTs you're dealing with?  NFTs can be scary in that interaction with them can put the rest of your assets in jeopardy if the creator has nefarious intentions.  This is why typically people don't accept NFTs that are sent to their wallet for free.  Not saying that's what is happening here, but perhaps with more information someone would be able to take a look at the collections you're giving away for free to make sure the contract doesn't contain any funny business.  Stay safe and good luck! 

You mention that you make assets for the metaverse.  Do you have any specific examples of assets that you've created and are available on the blockchain?  Do you make assets for any metaverse or is there one specific metaverse that you have experience working with?  What sort of pricing do you charge for this sort of work?  Do you make playable avatars as well?

I've been waiting for the right time to jump into the metaverse and while I think prices still have some room to come down before it makes sense, never a bad idea to start learning and working with people that have experience in the space.  Good luck!

Part of me thinks that the whole teams belongs in jail.  The other part of me thinks that there had to be one person who made the decision to start defrauding people.  The rest of them were just doing their jobs right?  With how educated their team was, I can't decide if they were stupid kids who thought they were in control of the crypto space, or genius con artists who worked the laws to hide billions for themselves while giving their attorneys enough leeway to get them off without any serious consequences.  We'll see when things get to court.  I tend to think people as educated as them always had a plan and executed it, but there is a chance they were dumbass kids high on drugs that got way too much investment due to who they knew. 

I also read an article yesterday that suggested Conor McGregor would be given a shot at a title fight if he wins his comeback fight.  Not sure how fair this is, but it's the right business decision.  Given that McGregor is on so many steroids he is making the Liver King seem tame, I would agree that he is probably the most dangerous fighter he's ever been right now.  In six months when that stuff is all out of his system I don't know what lingering effects will remain, but I wouldn't want to be the first guy to step in a ring with him.  He looks downright scary to be around with how ripped he is at the moment.

I can't remember the last time the world cared so much about the World Cup tournament.  I don't know if it was the upsets, or the return to stadiums after the covid lockdown nonsense, but it seems like I've heard the words World Cup more times in the last 2 months than I have in the last 10 years.  I guess this shows that soccer is becoming more popular in the US, perhaps people are getting sick of football after years of public relations disasters, or sports are just becoming more global.  I'm happy for soccer fans, but I think the sport has a long way to go before I'll sit down and watch a game.  Still, I'm glad that people are becoming more passionate about fun things.  

I'd be hesitant to gamble on a platform just because you like the odds they give with their sportsbook.  That seems like a risky way to choose an online casino.  Especially one where you don't know any users that have a good recommendation.  Why take the risk?  You're already taking great risk with gambling, then compounding it by gambling with a casino that may or may not pay you if you win...  That seems like a bad idea.  I'm not saying that nobody should ever try another casino again, but there are definitely risks involved.  It's never a good idea to be the first guy to try a new site.  If concern about reputation is an issue, choose a more reputable casino.  Seems like a reasonable solution.

It doesn't have to be that way.  You don't have to either promote money laundering or force everyone to operate in a vast draconian infrastructure.  That's ridiculous.  There is also a third option.  Don't promote money laundering.  The fact that so many users are willing to openly promote money laundering for a couple hundred bucks a week while trying to maintain some level or authority over other users here is being a hypocrite on a level you can only describe as being a sellout.  Now I see people are personally attacking me and going after my signature sponsor?  I wonder why...  This is what they do.  Try to villainize anyone who shines a light on their bad behavior.  Stake is perfectly legal though, operating sites for use in many countries including my own.  There is nothing illegal about it and while more and more laws are being passed to support online gambling being legal in more and more states/countries (including my own), you'll find these same places moving forward with regulation against money laundering "mixers" and the like.  I don't expect any apologies when mixers do become illegal and aren't allowed to run signature campaigns here anymore, but remember those who were supporting organizations that launder funds for members who defraud others here.  Similar to those who supported extortion attempts (shocker, they're mostly the same individuals).



You mean the members who support money laundering and extortionists might not be good people?  Absolutely shocking.

I disagree about your explanation that chickens are the reason behind this drop. I would say it was caused by pigs. Greed got companies playing musical chairs with each others funds in a game of curclejerk that ended in nobody having a place to sit. Their overleveraged bets are now forcing them to sell, not fear. Retail investors with a small leveraged position may have fear that they’re selling to run from, but the reason for this drop is most definitely not scared retail sellers.

The highlight that Bol Bol just made is downright dirty. He went on a full court break and dunked through the lane while juking 3 Hawks out of their socks. Check it out on Twitter to see it. He’s currently trending as a result. I can’t believe he didn’t get more playing time before the trade. I know he’s probably gotten better as a player but it’s clear he has major skills that go beyond a year of growth on the basketball court.