Lakers and Nets both got slaughtered tonight. No starters for the Lakers played so that’s to be expected. Durant had himself a good night but no minutes for Kyrie. Ben Simmons looks like a guy who hasn’t played basketball in over a year. I don’t know what it is about the 76ers but whatever they did to Fultz and Simmons should be studied by therapists.

Thanks for the support. You don’t need to leave any details or anything like that. It’s sort of tongue in cheek that this thread continues to exist. Don’t get me wrong, NastyFans is great, but there’s little reason for random people to wear the signature as there are no payouts.

The team is punishing Draymond and Draymond came out and acknowledged that he was wrong. I think the big 3 feel like these new guys are eating off their success and not giving them the respect they deserve, which is understandable. Still, with Jordan Poole negotiating an extension, this is a bad time to be making waves. I’m sure there will not be a no trade clause in that extension…

So much love in this thread. Reading back and seeing the folks who helped build something together brings a warm feeling to my heart. Some people still even have the signatures! Likely because they aren’t active anymore but I’ll take it! Bumping because I mentioned this in another thread and it seemed the thing to do. Plus, not all of us are still rocking free signatures. 

In the event that people wanted a signature to wear for free of a long running, trustworthy, and awesome community organization, such a thing has existed a long time (although could probably use an update). I present to you the NastyFans No-Pay Signature Campaign: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=767863.0

Feel free to use the signature, rip off the code for your own signature campaign, or use it in any other way that makes you happy. 

Not bad guesses. Personally, I’d guess something a little more exciting. Maybe it’s satoshi coming back and he wanted to start not just from the bottom, but below the bottom. I fully expect to see this account sign with satoshi’s keys in the near future just to give away a million BTC to users of this forum, then make back all million BTC publicly just to disappear again.

Mexico is much more susceptible to political pressure than El Salvador.  Even El Salvador was receiving a lot of urging to step away from Bitcoin.  I imagine Mexico would find a lot of issues with trying to go the El Salvador route.  They are much more easily punished financially than El Salvador.  With all of the issues Mexico is facing, even with El Salvador's imminent success, I think they aren't ready to be the next one to go to Bitcoin.  More likely in my opinion is that smaller countries more distanced from the dollar will be next up.  I'm thinking countries in Africa or possibly more small South American countries.

Of course he's going to say that...  I'm sure the funds belonged to whatever bad guy was helping him launder his money and now that their funds are frozen they're probably searching for Do Kwon along with the rest of the world.  If he doesn't turn himself in sometime in the next two weeks, the charges against him will start to build up and he'll find himself getting forcefully arrested at gunpoint.  I think it's safe to say that by Halloween he will either be in jail, or no longer able to claim that he isn't a criminal on the run from the law.

Definitely some trouble brewing in the Warriors training camp.  Draymond Green and Jordan Poole had a fight yesterday because Jordan Poole scored on Draymond in a scrimmage and then called him a "triple single."  Meaning he doesn't get double digits in any stats during a game.  An interview with Klay Thompson after winning a 3 point contest (against Steph and Poole) had him saying the best part of the win was to "humble Jordan Poole."  When Jordan Poole then interrupted the interview with his own microphone, Klay said that Poole was coming for the reporters' jobs too.  I think it's pretty clear the Warriors are getting frustrated with the young guys wanting a piece of the pie.  I wouldn't be surprised if the Warriors signed Poole to an extension just to make him a more valuable trading piece.

Kendrick Nunn looked great today for the Lakers in their game against the Suns. He was the missing piece last year and healthy he’s a great addition. He shot 8 for 13 and 4 for 7 from 3 point range to get 21 points. I think LeBron is going to love passing the ball out to him this year. If AD can stay healthy I think they have a shot.

It's starting to feel more and more like we aren't going to see a big crash.  Mining profitability is starting to creep back (not quite there yet) and we're passing through the danger zone as far as the 4 year Bitcoin cycle is concerned.  It wouldn't surprise me to see a rally here where pretty much the entire market jumps up 50%.  I think the only thing that's holding everything back at the moment is capitulation from miners who are throwing in the towel and the big unknown of what will happen when the mtgox coins hit the market.

How much to make sure we aren't on that list?   

Definitely not a bust.  That's ridiculous.  When he's healthy he's one of the most if not the most dominant player in the NBA...

A lot of preseason games today but none on cable TV so I won't be able to watch any.  The only one that really seems interesting is the Lakers/Suns.  Tomorrow has a couple of good games though.  Heat/Nets should be a good one as we get another look at the Kyrie/KD/Simmons lineup.  Then on ESPN you have the Lakers and Timberwolves.  That one I will probably try to catch some of. 

I'm glad that you went on to explain that it is possible to mine bitcoins with a GPU.  It always bugs me when people say it isn't possible, when it most definitely is.  Is it profitable?  That's a whole other story.  Even if BTC went to a million it would probably be a losing venture to mine with a GPU.  If you're feeling like the luckiest man on earth, you could solo mine BTC with a GPU and hope to hit a block.  If you were able to beat the odds and make it happen, you'd be legendary.  I'm sure you'd be much better off buying lottery tickets though.

I think the halving will likely be a somewhat non-event as usual.  Sure, we'll probably see a runup in price beforehand and a selloff once it's done as people buy the rumor and sell the news (as if it weren't already locked in).  The real fireworks will probably happen when the rubber hits the road in 2025 though and the cut supply starts really being felt by the market.  I'm expecting summer of '25 to probably bring us the 6 figure Bitcoin we've been waiting for.  If it doesn't hit at least $85K I can say that I will be disappointed. 

When someone dies there is no doubt that things in crypto get lost.  I'm sure we all put in effort to make sure that those who love us would be able to recover certain stashes, I seriously doubt that anyone would be able to recover everything in the event of my death.  I'm not even sure if I know all the different coins and NFTs I've owned on different chains, not to mention airdrops, etc.  This is definitely one of the problems with crypto, but it's also a reason to be bullish as market caps don't take into account lost coins.  I'm not sure how this problem could be solved without biometrics, but I'm not sure anyone really cares.  That's the survival of the fittest attitude.

Very cool.  I love that this campaign continues to grow and give back to it's members.  I can't say I've seen other campaigns give raises to their participants.  It shows that Stake is having a great deal of success and willing to share it with those who put in effort to help make that possible.  With other advertising outlets being removed by centralized services, it's great to see them putting more attention in here.  Amazing that this campaign is nearing 100 weeks of payments as well.  Great accomplishment. 

Not only did they do it without Zion last year, but they didn't have CJ for a majority of the year as well.  I'm sure they'll make the playoffs this year and if Zion can stay healthy I could see them getting through a round or two.  They looked great.  Especially Jaxson Hayes & Willy Hernangómez.  Zion looked faster than ever though.  He's easily lost 75lbs since some of the offseason pictures of him floating around and he's the lightest and most in shape he's ever been.  That quick baseline dunk was a flash at what he's capable of.  This is going to be a great year for the Pelicans.  When Ingram gets back this team will be tough to match up against.

I probably won't bet this fight because I have no idea who will win.  Anderson Silva is clearly the better and more established fighter, but he's old...  Jake has age and likely supplements on his side, so for me this is a risky fight for Anderson Silva while also being one hell of a payday.  I can see why he didn't want to turn this fight down.  Win or lose I suspect it'll be the last time he enters the ring.  Personally, I'd like to see Jake get knocked out and I'd hate to see Anderson Silva get knocked out, so I probably have too much emotion on the line to add money to it.  I'll watch the fight though and hope for the best.  Old man power better be on display.

The question for me now is if Tesla stock is done being sold off to make this purchase.  Tesla stock has seen some dramatic drops in the last week, with the likely reason being Elon selling off more shares to make sure he can finance his Twitter purchase while also making sure he has the funds to survive the coming economic calamity.  If he is done selling, this could be a Tesla buying opportunity, but if he's planning to sell more, obviously it's best to wait until he's finished.  He's said multiple times now that he was done selling, but I don't believe that and think he's the reason behind the drops this week.  I guess we'll find out soon enough, but for now it's looking like possibly a decent entry point.