Thanks for another prompt payment.  Payrate increase?  Sounds good to me.    Keep up the great work.  I'm proud to be a member of this campaign and I hope we continue to see it grow.  I hope we see more mentions of Stake in youtube videos from our favorite influencers and in the ring with our favorite fighters (now even our favorite musicians are getting in on the act).  Hope week 79 goes great as well! 

I don't think they gave them a good game at all.  It started out 18-1 and that was as close as it ever was...  It was pretty clear from the first 5 minutes that Boston was in control and Miami had next to no chance.  I'd like to see them put up a fight and make a series out of this, but to me it looked like they were broken out there.  I think the first win they got was a result of covid and injuries, the second win was a bit of luck...  I don't think they get another win this series.  It's Boston vs Golden State in the Finals...

I'm on more of a 'if it ain't broke don't fix it' kind of kick.  So long as Stake keeps me happy and keeps paying out wins, I don't see any reason to try anywhere else.  Maybe I'm missing out, but if you're happy where you are there's no need to be a journeyman.  There's just too many bad actors out there to risk trying out every new site that pops up.  There may be some great ones out there, but there will also be scams.  The more you try, the more likely it is to run into a scam.  Just my $0.02.

Looking like the Warriors are going to finish the Mavericks off tonight and get themselves another NBA Finals bid. It’s going to be extremely difficult for Dallas to extend this series. Mentally they’ve got to be thinking it’s over while Golden State is eyeing a sweep for some extra rest before taking on the Eastern Conference Champions. With the game expected to be a close one (as far as betting goes) I think I’d have to ride the Warriors here.

Maintaining the lead is one way to put it… They destroyed them the entire game. The Heat bench looked defeated in the first quarter. The Celtics won by 20 and that makes the game seem closer than it was. The Heat need to pretend this one never happened. I feel pretty good about calling the Celtics vs Warriors Finals matchup now after seeing a few games in this series. Boston is just playing great.

Wow. That 18-1 start by the Celtics is they most dominant beginning of any playoff game I’ve ever seen. Miami has plenty of time left to come back, but this has got to be mentally testing for them. There’s still more than 2 minutes left in the first quarter and they’re down by 17… Now we watch to see if it’s going to be a crazy blowout or if the Heat can grind their way back into this one (on ABC/ESPN).

I think if you’re expecting solar power to run your miners you have a lot to learn. The amount of batteries you would need to keep it going through the night or cloudy days would be so much that it isn’t even worth mentioning that you plan to install solar. It’s nice to have solar to help with long term electricity costs, but it’s really more of a home choice than an addition to a home mining setup. Even if you spend nearly $50K on your solar setup like I did, it would still barely power a small mining setup.

Not to mention there's no telling how the funds got there in the first place.  Maybe the account was involved in a scam that blew up and now the police are just waiting for whoever is dumb enough to upload their info and take the blame for $150. 

Regardless of the situation, verifying your identity with online sites should never be taken lightly and doing so in a situation like this would be hard to view as anything other than fraud in the eyes of the law.  Even if the amount was 50x higher, I still wouldn't recommend anyone go near this.

Very cool project.  I enjoyed doing it and found the site to be responsive and easy to use.  Thanks for building this.  I'll have to check back occasionally and see if I can get them all right in the future.  It's great to see that people are still building cool things related to Bitcoin and this one even has a blockchain element with the prize.  I can appreciate your effort here and hope that you'll keep the cool projects coming in the future.

He'll likely be a trillionaire, or multi-trillionaire before he's done, so long as he doesn't get suicided.  I doubt it'll be from electric cars though.  His car business is already heavily overvalued.  The thing people don't seem to be realizing is that he's setting up a lot of his investments into colonizing Mars.  He has electric cars, to drive on Mars.  He has battery tech, to store energy on Mars.  He has solar energy tech, to produce energy on Mars.  He has the Boring Company, to build tunnels on Mars to shield from radiation.  He's now building robots to assist with jobs (on Mars) that humans might not be able to do...  Getting the picture yet?  If you think Tesla and Elon's focus is on Earth, you are missing the big picture.  He's basically going to control all usable land and colonization of Mars.  I imagine that will be a profitable venture for him.  Nobody else is even close...

The drill of just continuing to live your life normally and ignoring all the idiocy out there?  Sure thing.  I must admit though, they are pushing this 10% mortality rate as if they learned their lesson on the flu so they're trying it with something they can make bigger headlines with...

Still, at 10% odds I think I'll take my chances and bet on my belief that this is all just a kickback to big pharma for failing to pass the universal healthcare plans in the US.  The elite have decided that the people need to pay for their own medical costs as a group to shield themselves from having to take any responsibility for their cancer causing products decimating global health.  It doesn't matter what we vote or what we think.  The decision has been made.  You can expect more and more stimulus packages to hand trillions more to big pharma until they get their way and universal healthcare is a thing in the US.  At some point, the inflation will crush us and we will have no choice but to go along with whatever "free" things they offer us.

The Warriors are too quick with their ball movement already.  They've been exposing the Mavericks' defense a little bit in this series.  It looks to me like they've been toying with them a bit even.  I'm seeing Wiggins get a ton of shots and way more activity on the ball.  I would say that they're using this series to get his confidence up and let him play a larger role on the team's offense.  Whether this is to show him what could be if he took less money to stick with the team, or they think he has a mismatch in this series they're trying to take advantage of, I'm not sure.  I do think the next series will look different and we'll see an unleashed Steph Curry go for a Finals MVP.

I think eventually he’ll face enough internal pressure to stop this war. It hasn’t gone well for him and his people are suffering. Plus, there are rumors of his health being an issue. I don’t think his successor will want to continue this if Putin was unable to continue leading his country. Who knows when that is, but we’ve got to be getting close.

^ I don’t think we’re going to see a miracle. Luka should be proud he was able to get Dallas this far, but this Warriors teams is arguably one of the best teams ever (or was in their dynasty days). I’m looking forward to seeing the Warriors in the Finals again. Now we just have to wait and see who their opponent is.

Now seems like a really dangerous time to buy Bitcoin.  Not just because of the price, but moreso because of the amount of leverage currently taking the long side.  A small breakdown from here would trigger margin calls and liquidations that would send the market into a downward spiral.  I'm a bit surprised that so many people are betting the farm here after the breakdown we just had.  People seem to be placing their bets that Do Kwon was an idiot and the damage he did is now behind us.  I tend to agree, but I'm not making leveraged bets on it.  I'd wait until the longs get liquidated or cash out before jumping back in if you're on the sidelines.

As Elon Musk has stated a number of times already, this is where he feels 3rd party solutions will takeover.  For example, many vendors today use Coinbase to accept payments.  You can log into your Coinbase account, finish their invoice, and you have 0 fees with an instant payment.  Sure, this isn't exactly how Bitcoin should be used, but it is the custodial solution that gives people what they want.  Those who are more versed with crypto can use other solutions that offer more privacy and security, but for a majority of people, a service like Coinbase payments is what they are looking for to use their Bitcoin.

I had no idea that online cockfighting was a thing, but it makes sense.  I'm sure as technologies like cryptocurrency become more widespread and more people become comfortable setting up platforms on the onion routing network, things like this will become more common.  It seems like only a matter of time before some sort of darknet gameshow like something out of a horror film becomes a reality.  I'm sure such a thing probably already exists, but certainly isn't mainstream...yet.

Personally, I think more casinos should "prove" their reserves.  If I saw that a casino was publicly showing they had X amount of BTC backing up their operation, that would do a lot for building trust.  Additionally, having actually provably fair games instead of relying on a gaming provider to be honest does a lot as well.  Quick processing of withdrawals and attention to the community also help.

Investor safety isn't something I typically long for either.  Stupid investors become a problem though when they pile into things like Luna and risk the entire ecosystem crashing because they think they can turn $1 into a million with the greater fool theory.  Something needs to be done though.  You could take Do Kwon to prison, but I doubt that would do anything to stop the next Bitconnect that rolls around...

I would agree with this take.  Without evidence it's just someone screaming that Bitsler is bad while Stake is good.  I can certainly attest to Stake being good from personal experience, but have no experience using Bitsler.  I did advertise for them at one point long ago, and was attacked pretty unfairly for doing so, as they had a great reputation at the time.  I don't know if they have a hate campaign against them or they're actually a bad site, but I'd need some sort of evidence before demonizing them.