Well, I priced them in BTC and I’m looking to sell them all before a price change is needed. I only have a couple of the NastyFans rounds left, but I’ve got a few dozen of the NastyPool rounds that I can sell. If you ask nicely I can even include them in plastic airtites. PM me if you’re interested. I’ve heard of a couple people flipping these things for huge premiums on eBay. Maybe they can act as someone’s saving grace after this BTC price drop.

It’ll go back up man… Wall Street is pumping it. They’re just making sure that it’s the rich who stay rich, which means absolutely destroying anyone who tries to cut the line and play with leverage. That’s all that is happening. Once they’ve bankrupted all the companies using leverage and bought as much BTC as they think they’ll be able to charge management fees for, the next pump will begin. It’s really not a complicated game they’re playing. They play the same game with our economy and stocks, but with Bitcoin it’s every 4 years instead of every 15. I think the true all time high pump won’t be in until the Saudis start cashing out, and it looks like they’ve just started accumulating.

I wonder if Saylor learned anything from Do Kwon's idiot plan to publicly telegraph giant buys of bitcoins.  The big market players literally bought into his buys, letting him pay top dollar, then shorted him into bankruptcy.  Now they seem to be targeting one company after another.  Celsius and 3 Arrows Capital seemingly becoming the latest victims.  It appears that both have been able to raise a little bit of funding to help lower their liquidation number, but the market keeps targeting it, seeking to punish those who trade on leverage.  I'm not sure the big boys will stop until they've cleared the leverage out of the system.  The timing of this happening right before ETH 2.0 and mtgox coins are distributed seems like they're creating a perfect storm again.  Typically you see this happening with bullishness during rallies, so it's a bit frightening to witness on the way down.  I expect this drop will end with a giant volume spike and a massive rebound.  So far we're seeing slow motion drops causing all sorts of pain.  That to me means there's more pain ahead in the short term.

I'm seeing Stake sponsoring videos for some of my favorite social media influencers recently.  This has me wondering what other influencers they might be sponsoring that I have no idea about.  I don't see announcements when Stake sponsors Nelk or Stevewilldoit videos.  Is there a place somewhere that we could go to review all the influencers being sponsored by Stake and maybe links to their various channels or videos?  I'd think Stake has to be spending a pretty penny on sponsorships these days, so it seems logical they'd want a way to promote all their sponsored stars.  Does this exist and I'm just unaware? 

I guess my opinion would be that Doge underperformed from the highs a great deal, so maybe it's already been waiting at the bottom of the cliff for everyone else to catch up...  Bitcoin is down something like 70% (ballpark figure) from the highs, while doge is down more than 90%.  I have a hard time considering that outperforming.  Sounds more like wishful thinking.  Doge has some bright spots though.  If Elon does manage to buy Twitter, I wouldn't doubt it if he adds Dogecoin tipping and tries to really get that currency to take off as a way to show you like tweets somehow.  As far as shitcoins that were created as jokes to scam a little money from meme users, Doge is the best out there.  I wouldn't go expecting it to break $1 anytime soon though.

OK, so the 2021-2022 season (this thread really needs a subject update, it's 2 years behind now) is in the books.  My question is, where are people going now to get their fix of basketball?  Are we all just waiting for summer league or the latest trade news?  I was thinking maybe I need to get more involved into international basketball, as I prefer that to college.  Anyone have any tips for me to help point me in the right direction?  Would love to get a year round basketball routine going so I'm not forced to watch baseball or football to get my athletic fix. 

What makes you think it's cloudflare blocking this?  Wouldn't it make more sense that it's code within the forum infrastructure that is altering the code as it may be possible to exploit it somehow?  That would be my first guess and seems to be the most logical.  Are you seeing something that makes you think cloudflare is altering your posts?  Personally, I don't think that's what cloudflare does, or is capable of doing.  I thought of that service as a router of data and to block malicious attacks, not alter text for users who are trying to use the protected website.  Seems like one of us is missing something here.

It's still a business.  With aging contracts like Green's, the Warriors need to be careful they don't spend themselves into a losing franchise once their big 3 is aged out of the league.  Green already looks like a buyout candidate.  Thankfully Poole and Wiseman have friendly contracts (for now).  Maybe that will help them bridge the gap to building a team for the future.  Their window with this team is closing though.  I think without Wiggins they wouldn't have had a chance this year, and I think Green is going to start getting a lot worse as time goes by.  I think Wiseman is going to have to develop quickly and become a serious part of this team if they want to keep winning while Steph is on top.

$1 equals $1 as well.  1 pubic hair still equals 1 pubic hair.  Crazy how that works.  I'd give as a rebuttal that the BTC I sold a couple of months ago are worth 3 BTC now.  While it's fun to pretend there's a Bitcoin standard, there just isn't.  It's as speculative investment as a person can make.  I'm pro-Bitcoin, but I hope people realize that the guys who are telling you 1 BTC equals 1 BTC are the ones also taking their companies public and trading their entire Bitcoin existence for massive amounts of dollars, or trying to use those Bitcoin to get people to give them dollars to manage it for them, which they will charge dollars for.  Don't be a fool.  Bitcoin isn't about having nothing to lose, it's about protecting what you do have.  We've gotten way off course.  I hope a drop to $10K acts as a course correction.

This checks out.  Things don't always have to be extremely complicated.  In fact, I think it was Einstein would said if you can't explain things simply, you do not understand them well enough.  I think this is as true as ever with the Bitcoin price.  Give a 6-year old a crayon and tell them to finish the pattern of the Bitcoin price.  I can assure you that an entire classroom of children would look at a picture showing the long term trend line and draw that price right down to it.  It's not some crazy mathematical prediction model.  It's really as simple as the fact there was a bubble, and now we're returning to the mean.  No amount of politics and drama effects that.  The liquidations and "market swan" events we're seeing is a result of the price returning to the mean, the price returning to the mean isn't a result of the liquidations...  It was going to happen.  All that's left now is to set the narrative.

I don't think it's out of the question for Bitcoin to revisit the long term trend line, which is now just below $10,000.  It was clear after the double top that the pump was over for this cycle.  If I were to pick an absolute peak moment where you should have sold, it was when Samson Mow and Michael Saylor were in the news saying that Bitcoin was going to go up forever.  I knew I should have sold every last satoshi after seeing that interview...  Hindsight...  Just keep an eye on the talking heads.  Blockstream still thinks we're going to see above $100K this year, so I'd wait until they throw in the towel and start casting blame for why we're dragging new cycle lows before selling your possessions for BTC.

So much for the claim the BTC has never fallen below the previous cycle. Just yesterday I feel like Saylor was on tv saying nobody has ever lost money on BTC that’s owned it for more than four years. A shame that is no longer true. I guess it’s a sign of a maturing market, but with all the doom and gloom out there it feels a bit like we’re about to fall off a cliff price wise.

I'm just curious if we'll get to find out more information about the hack.  Seeing some of Razzlekhan's talks about social engineering makes me wonder if this was all done via a computer hack, or if they really got themselves into a physical position to exploit some social engineering hack.  I'm also curious if it was just one of them that pulled everything off, or if they were working as some Bonnie & Clyde team.  I'd love to think there was some crazy story and real life Catwoman style break in accompanying the hack, but I guess it's more likely that one of them were just messing around and found a loophole from their bedroom computer.

No idea what will happen to them, but I'll watch the movie.

As a newbie, you are eligible to get some merit from me for demonstrating that you have the ability to sign a message.  It's a pretty simple task and if you have a Bitcoin wallet, it shouldn't take you more than a couple of minutes.  I'd recommend taking a look and getting your merit journey started there.  Like a struggling musician who throws some coins in their guitar case to spur donations from others, maybe having a few more merit will get people to more freely send you more. 

Here's a link to the thread but I don't check it as frequently as I should so have some patience.  https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5300698.0

It was a great year in the NBA.  Lots of frustration and disappointment surrounding superteams like the Lakers and Nets.  Kyrie held his ground on the covid nonsense.  Ben Simmons sat out with hurt feelings.  James Harden and Russell Westbrook showed they are no longer top tier NBA players.  Zion didn't play and blew up like a balloon.  LeBron showed he can still put up huge numbers.  Giannis showed continued improvement.  Embiid nearly carried his team to the Finals with a broken eye socket.  

Looking forward to next year and what moves happen in the offseason.  I'm expecting the Lakers to attempt to trade Westbrook, but likely find no suitors.  I think DeRozan and Beal will likely find new teams.  Ayton is as good as gone from Phoenix...  I'm already excited to see some moves being made.  Bring on the 22-23 season!

...and congrats to the Warriors for being the 2021-2022 NBA Champions.

We are certainly closer to the bottom than the top at this point. I’d feel ok recommending people buy again, although I don’t expect any of the people who were excited to buy at $50K to do so now. Human nature and all that. It’s scary with the recession backdrop, but that’s why the price is on sale. I think those that buy now and can hold on for another 2-3 years will likely be well rewarded for their effort.

Once they got Porter out of there it turned around quick. The Celtics have shifted their strategy to a more typical defense and while that is hurting Wiggins, the Splash Brothers look like they’re back to normal. If Draymond Green could hit a 3 pointer this team would be as dangerous as the old Warriors teams. The Celtics better bring it in the second half. It’s starting to look like we’re getting our last look at NBA basketball for the year.

Not a great start for the Warriors, letting the Celtics get a 12-2 lead to start the game. Otto Porter is getting exposed out there on every play. Some NBA players just don’t have what it takes to perform at the highest level and it shows. The Warriors better replace Porter immediately. He’s being hunted on defense, turning the ball over and missing open shots on offense, and the game JUST started. I hope Kerr makes a move during this timeout and doesn’t look back.

I would always prefer long odds.  Anything can happen, so you can lose with good odds just like you can lose with bad odds.  At least one of them makes the payoff worth it though.  One should always consider the payout and weigh the risk/reward of any gamble.  Personally, if it's about the money I'd rather have a low chance of winning a big stack, rather than a good chance of winning slightly more than my money back.  Otherwise I'd go invest it (not now obviously as we head into a global recession) in the stock market and enjoy the long term gains.

As we get closer to gametime, I'm wondering if the Celtics defense will take the same approach that they've been taking...  Completely ignoring Andrew Wiggins in favor of making sure Curry never has an open shot.  I think that strategy hasn't been working and they'll need to adjust.  I think they'd be better off letting Smart play Curry 1 on 1 while their defense focuses on shutting everyone else down.  Maybe a hard foul here and there...  I do hope we see a good game and I hope that there are no injuries.  Boston's gameplan has to involve roughing up the Warriors a little though.  Size and strength haven't played as big a factor these last 2 games and the Celtics can't let Wiggins get 10+ rebounds again.  That's unacceptable.