I think the problem for me would be what do you do with your space heater once it becomes worthless for mining?  With graphics cards you have a strong market of computer users and gamers that will buy pretty much any GPU you can find, so there's always another angle at resale.  I doubt you'd be able to find someone willing to pay for a subpar space heater that doubles as a non-profitable mining device.  

So to answer your question I would say that competition from GPUs is a good reason why a Bitcoin mining space heater would never work.  It would be a very small use case for someone who would want one of them.  Maybe people with free electricity that live somewhere cold and don't own a computer?  I'm guessing that's a pretty limited market for a Bitcoin space heater miner (what Bitcoiner doesn't own a computer?).

OgNasty - 8

Thanks for putting on this free raffle.  Gotta love free stuff right.  I also wasn't familiar with this shirt, but am very familiar with the feeling...  Fuck inflation!

I like the old english lettering as well.  Gives it a real OG feeling to it. 

I must say that there's no possible way I could fit into a Medium, but this would make a truly great gift for me to give someone and that's the best prize I could think to win here.  So thanks again and good luck to all the participants!

I don't think it was ever a debate as to whether I was a Bitcoiner or not, but I appreciate the sentiment.  I've done a lot for users of this forum and for Bitcoin over the years (now measured in decades), so it's nice when someone picks up on a tiny thing I've done to try and help out and gives me my flowers while I can still smell them.



So many people here focus on the negative.  They try to drag down as many people as they can with negative feedback and are even proud of the negativity they spread.  I have always chosen the opposite, and gone with positivity (except to defend myself from those casting provable lies my direction).  At some point when you've been here for long enough, you figure out that you can only elevate the good, not lower the bad.



I did check all of the signatures and also took a quick glance at the user's posting history to try and determine if they were a legitimate poster or not.  Many of those who did not receive merit were able to sign messages correctly, but it was blatantly obvious that they were alt accounts spamming for money so they did not receive any merit.


My conclusion from reading this thread...  LOL
People here like stats more than good deeds.  I've been working on that merit thread doing good for approaching 3 years now and it received less merit than this thread has in under a week...  A perfect showcasing as to why this forum has more people creating statistics than those actually creating use cases for Bitcoin and helping members of this community succeed with their projects...   Please do better.  If you merited this thread and not mine, you are the problem here (both threads deserve it, TBH).  Please don't take this as me caring about merit either.  I don't care if you never send me any.  Just pointing out a hilarious observation.

A lot of things make sense or don't make sense based on your own personal situation.  Did you buy the rigs using BTC when the price was at $60K?  If so, selling the rigs off for more BTC now would be a smart move.  Are you having problems cooling those rigs during the summer?  Are you forced to sell at low prices to pay for electricity?  Do you have strong conviction in another asset you want to purchase and need to raise funds for it?

There are always so many variables...  Consider everything and do what's best for your own situation.

I've got a couple of my 1g coins left, which were also created by DobZombie (same maker as the coin sought above).  I see these coins selling for enormous markups on eBay, so they've become a bit of a sought after item.  Anyway, good luck with getting your coins and if you haven't already, try reaching out to DobZombie as he does pop his head back in here every couple of years to see how the community is going.

   
[WTS] NastyFans 1g .999 Fine Silver Collector's Rounds (2013) - 0.001 BTC
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=273629.0

[WTS] NastyPool 1g .999 Fine Silver Collector's Rounds (2014) - 0.001 BTC
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=728063.0

(I know you already know this Todamont, but posted here for others who might be interested.)

They must have done a poll on the streets in Boston or something.  There's no way people could actually believe the Celtics are that likely to win against a team with a core that had the best record in the NBA and a legitimate dynasty before a few injuries, that allowed them to tank and pick up even more talent in Wiggins.  Sure, the Celtics might have more to prove and they're a bigger and stronger team...but...Steph Curry is the greatest 3 point shooter of all time in a league where 3 pointers determine the winner.  I think the Celtics have their hands full...

They seem to be raising the amounts they give away and pay their users as fast as they can keep up with doing.  I'm sure the bonuses will arrive.  I think we're well within the patience zone still.  I've been really happy with all the new things coming out of Stake lately.  They've been on fire.  I can't imagine that's easy to keep up with on their end of things.

We do seem to be at a bit of an impasse.  Do we turn the corner and start heading upward to retest the highs at $69K, or do we slide below resistance levels and retest the support in the $10K range.  I sure hope we go up, but I'd urge people to be just as prepared for a $10K Bitcoin as they are for a $70K Bitcoin, otherwise it might be a rough couple of years for you.  Given that a recession is bearing down on us with increasing speed, and I'd urge people to make sure they are going to be able to keep a roof over their head for 2-3 years before dumping money into crypto at this point in the cycle.

Community based anything here is likely to not work due to the manipulation of community members and the urge to create multiple accounts to have an oversized influence on whatever the issue is.  Just look at the DT network.  It's more of a fear based system to get in line with the manipulators or face continued attacks via having trust inclusions removed or being outright distrusted for not going along with empowering manipulators.  I can only imagine how if left up to the community this would become yet another way they attack users.  The "community" here is really a much smaller number than most think with a lot more alts than most believe could be true.  

In the United States, our education system is in big trouble.  The woke virus is making it so science teachers can't even have a legitimate lesson on the scientific differences in genders without having parents come and yell at them or force the removal of this curriculum.  I honestly don't know what's going on in society that simple things like male or female aren't even common sense and aren't allowed to even be taught.  I knew I was supposed to use the boys restroom by the time I was in kindergarten but now suddenly there are grown adults that think this is a preference.  I fear for society in another 25 years when these kids start getting into positions where they're making decisions for their communities.

This is why a lot of the collectors in the collectibles community managed to find themselves suddenly wealthy.  A lot of folks didn't want to part with their Casascius coins or other loaded memorabilia until it was life changing for them to do so.  I've seen many people say that they would have been better off buying BTC instead of a loaded collectible, but those that did mostly sold off their BTC on the way up.  Don't discount using your emotions against you to reach your goal.  Emotions are a powerful tool.  Learn to harness them.

I don't really think the Celtics can stop the Warriors.  They may have a size advantage that they'll be able to exploit in the key, but I don't see how their defense can keep up with the shooters on Golden State.  Is Marcus Smart supposed to chase Curry around all game?  I think the Celtics will be forced to play the Warriors game, and they won't be able to beat them at their own game.  Unless Tatum has a lucky shooting night from three point range, I don't see how the Celtics are going to keep up with the Warriors offense.  We'll see tomorrow.  Excited it's almost time for the NBA Finals!

The people running the Fed have done so from ivory towers for so long they have no idea what they’re doing. They didn’t see inflation coming when every other person in the world knew it was obvious. They couldn’t talk down the problem and they can’t print us out of this mess. That leaves them with the only thing they’ve seen crash prices in the past, a recession. They’re going to do everything they can to send us into a recession now to fight the problems their incompetence caused. Guess who that’s going to hurt? Buckle up…

I think it’s a great idea but likely hard to implement. I don’t think using merit as the sorting method would be the best way to do it as others have stated.

A simple way to implement something like this might be to give the OP the ability to pin a reply as the first response so that they can select the response they felt best helped them. This could also lead to cool other uses to make threads more entertaining.

That is an interesting concept. I haven’t heard of this specific utility for an NFT before, but it seems great. I could see these being popular among members and casinos looking to reward their users with something special. Nice find. I can’t say I’ll be participating but it’s always nice to learn of a new use case.

I’m betting that grading services would even be willing to grade them without a care in the world if the hologram is authentic or not. Someone should try and see what happens. Again, I think most people would be able to tell if it is real after doing some comparisons, but casuals at Bitcoin events with too much money could be easily fooled. If anyone comes across these in real life, make sure to share pics with the rest of us.

Super cheap also...  Definitely cause for concern for folks buying these coins.  Granted, it looks as though these would be easily spotted as being fake by someone who is familiar with them, I'm sure there are going to be people who lose a lot of money as a result of their existence.  Sad.  This is also the reason why I charge such a high premium for mine that I sell.  At least the buyer can know they're legitimate and have been held in a collection for close to a decade.  Be careful out there.  In this field there are more people trying to steal from you than there are people looking out for you.

Is it mathematically possible for such a bad luck streak that the having takes 8 years instead of 4?  Sure.  Is it realistically possible?  No.  Maybe some sort of solar flare taking out the electronics on earth could put blocks on hold, or maybe the government bans Bitcoin and ISPs shut down all crypto activity on their networks.  That might cause a delay in solving blocks until a solution could be widespread.  If any of these things happen though, Bitcoin would probably be worthless, so you'd have other things to worry about.

Seems like we got a little bounce and now everyone is bullish again.  The reactionary emotions in this market are interesting to say the least.  If you are being affected by such small market movements then you have way too much money invested in crypto.  I remember when people got excited by 500% moves, not 5%.  Still, I'm happy that we didn't see the ultimate plunge yet, but I'm a bit concerned by all the bullishness given how much bearish fundamental overhang is on the overall crypto market right now.  I'd be careful until some of that leverage goes away if you're overinvested. 

I don’t think it will be as close as some others seem to think. The Warriors have so much Finals experience, I expect them to dominate the first two games and then maybe lose one in Boston. Warriors in 5. We’ll get our first look in just two more days! Exciting.