Aww, that would be most generous, ChiBi. If you ever have something going to MJ, maybe you can include it in that parcel.
Feel you on the lost coins there. Better not to think too much about it.
Side question regarding the alibaba-fakes: Ist it still possible to distinguish them for an expert? Maybe weight ora closer look with a lense or even microsope?

If that's the case, glad to take you up on your offer @Fortify and get 2 or 3 of these.

Think about it as any other "reasonable" investment. Stocks, real estate, gold... Unless that's your main source of income, people usually don't buy to resell when it increases in value.
It is actually a way to diversify your wealth against several risk factors, creating a solid portfolio and maybe a retirement plan.
What usually happens with these portfolios: They change, maybe swapping one asset to another, cashing out some, or adding on some.

I personally believe, if you understand the foundations of Bitcoin, you would never want to sell all/most of your holdings, unless you are really in a financial crises that doesn't leave you any other choice.

While I agree with the fundamental sentiment of your worries, a few points to consider:
- the current age of around 14 years for Bitcoin may seem long, however it's not compared to any other payment method or store of value. Adoption for completely new technologies tends to take longer than one may thing. Mainly because the original structures are strong and working and people tend to be very inflexible when it comes to completely new things they are not familiar with or that are kind of hard to grasp in the beginning
- The general sentiment of Bitcoin in mainstream media may still be slightly negatively biased, however more and more you can hear and read reasonable voices on the topic of Bitcoin - usally coming from those that did indeed spend some time for real research about it.
- Bitcoin does not have a massive marketing department - every little bit of adoption comes either from a real need for a new payment and/or store-of-value-soluton or because a company or individual is convinced that Bitcoin does indeed provide something, that is not achiveable with fiat etc.
- I believe the stigma of Bitcoin as a scam is slowly but surely disappearing. Yes, it still exists but there are a lot of resources now clearly showing it is the opposite of a scam - a true revolution in digital trust that is.

What the actual f... Recovering funds: Great, I am happy for the people affected, hopefully they get some of their coins back.
Regarding reopening FTX: Are they serious? A name as shit-stained as FTX is... and now they want to come back. Cannot believe it.

Btw, if you were like me and wondered if this may be fake news - seems like it's real: https://www.reuters.com/technology/bankrupt-crypto-exchange-ftx-has-recovered-73-bln-assets-attorney-2023-04-12/

I truely wonder f they at least consider a re-branding. The big scam-whales in the background and the scam-tech (software) maybe even with the original backdoors for private profit may stay the same.
But at least they have to change the front-fassade to get any chance at a comeback with lots and lots of clueless new customers.

I am quite certain all CI coins were released loaded.

Nice to see a few up for auction. The only CI coin funded with 0.005 that I know of. MS69 PL ratings, yummy.
Haven't seen much from him recently, hope to see some new designs soon.

Awesome find! It is not an official Disney release I assume? Or is it?
Any more Donald Duck or Disney themed stuff out there?

I only know about that comic from the Netherlands, it was an official release.

Lot 6 - 8: 0.0062 each

8 - kryptowerk

Thanks MJ, very generous!

Any more info on that Bitcoin sweetness, I think I haven‘t /tasted that thing before.

There are always some Nostradamuses around I guess.
The thing about these kind of advice is, you’ll easily find as many arguments for the contrary. One of the best advice regarding when to buy bitcoin is still dollar cost averaging over several months or even years. You can go into advanced mode and adjust the amount you invest each time depending on whether prices went up or down recently.
Anything else will make you very vulnerable to an almost unpredictable amount of short term factors influencing the current price of bitcoin.

No worries about a slight delay, it’s great that you keep us in the loop.
And yeah, if it’s a one man army project, getting 40+ packages ready can be surpisingly much work if you are not used to it, especially if it’s additional to your main occupation. Looking forward to the coins.

The further you dive into world politics and the global dynamics of world and individual (country based) economics you’ll see there are no black and white answers. BRICs catching up (and in some areas overtaking) was long overdue and has benefitted millions or even billions of people.
Some of that success, especially in regards to India and China is based on huge sacrificies for freedom and human rights in general. Ofc it’s a concerning topic, but at the same time western „democratic“ countries struggle with similar isssues, so I would be very careful to look at these things via a simplifying-lense.
It’s tempting, because it seemingly explains the world situation in an esier to grasp way, but ultimately fails to describe reality.

Last note, BRICs do already impact crypto, yes, but a lot is still subject to change.

Oha. Traurig zu sehen, zu was heise verkommen ist.
Auf jeden Fall danke für die ausführliche Zerpflückung und Richtigstellung des „Artikels“.

Wurde heise.de nicht vor Jahren übernommen und hat seitdem an Qualität stark verloren? Oder verwechsle ich da was mit golem.de?

Geringfügig ot, aber welche newsseite ist denn im Bereich crypto kompetent und vertrauenswürdig? Deutsch oder englisch.

I second that. You could also argue that for every shitproject ending up as a scam, the valid ones will become more valueable.
I am just curious and hopeful at the same time to see what happens with new crypto-ATH maybe end 2024 in our collectors space. Feels like things have been stalling a bit recently in regards of new peeps discovering this niche.

The prison scenario seems like one of the more-likely ones to me. There are 100 other possibilites, from someone finding an old harddrive with the keys to being in need of some quick cash-flow for an unexpected reason.
However 280 BTC isn't a massive amount that would have any huge impact on the market at all.
Also, regarding your question about cashing out in the current market situation: I don't think the market is THAT bad right now, it's still up over 75% from recent lows, so if you know you need the cash within the next 6 - 12 months, now seems like a reasonable time to cash-out (even though I think going doller-cost-average over a period of a few months is usuall the better way).

Just a quick note in this case: Thailand was never colonized, but I guess this still doesn't necessarily mean they are uninfluenced by other countries' way of legislation.

Still, anyone with insight what is about to happen after the ongoing current eletion? Quite curious what we can expect in regards of crypto regulation in Thailands future.

My bad, didn't realize these are peeled. In that case interested to buy the sparrow one if still available, or arrange a nice trade.
Shoot me pm anytime @AT101ET otherwise will get back to you with an offer soon.

Meh, missed it (sleeping is bad for auction success). If anyone wants a quick flip on one of the sheet-packs (ot 3 - 9) shoot me a quick dm.
Cograts to the winners and tweety for catching the original.

Since they are a EURO mockup, you should send one of these coins to the EU parliament (with a huge FU-EU-sticker included). These bricks just voted in favour of a ridiculous legislation coming into effect in around 18 months.
It includes the total survelleince of any transaction made with crypto, energy-emission control for any crypto-coins and assets and more shenanigans completely missing the reality and possibilites of crypto. Oh well, nothing new, just needed to let off some steam, sorry for that.

Time to slowly but surely continue replacing Euro with Crypto.

https://www.heise.de/news/Regeln-fuer-Bitcoin-Co-EU-Parlament-besiegelt-Aus-fuer-anonyme-Kryptozahlungen-8974491.html

Im Kern nichts Neues, nur dass jetzt die Abstimmung dafür durch ist.
"Zu dem beschlossenen Paket gehört eine Verordnung zur Übermittlung von Angaben bei Geldtransfers und Kryptowährungen, die mit 529 zu 29 Stimmen bei 14 Enthaltungen das Abgeordnetenhaus passierte. "

Das Paket beinhaltet Forderungen, die an der Realität von Crypto meilenweit (kilometerweit - ist ja EU) vorbei gehen: "Demnach müssen alle Überweisungen von Krypto-Vermögenswerten Informationen über deren Quelle und Empfänger enthalten. Diese sind den zuständigen Behörden zur Verfügung zu stellen."

Desweiteren tauchen Forderungen wie diese hier auf: "Herausgeber von neuen Coins müssten künftig auch relevante Informationen zum Energieverbrauch und zu den Umweltauswirkungen vorlegen. Dies schaffe Transparenz für Verbraucher."
Wie sich das mit dem erschaffen dezentraler Systeme in Einklang bringen soll, steht in den Sternen (und selbst die blicken ratlos).

Any estimate on how much you are looking to spend for a sealed roll? Can reach out to a contact who would probably be interested in a good deal for one of these. Can continue via DM if you want.
ISO is new to me, too, always nice add-on a good abbr. to my vocabulary.