It reminds me a little bit about what I said to a loved one that ultimately got them to want to purchase Bitcoin many years ago. I said it was an answer for all the people who so often ask, “but what can I do?” Easy. You can buy Bitcoin.

Ya, I saw he had 6 points and 5 rebounds in his first 7 minutes, yet still barely saw playing time the rest of the game.  I'm not a huge Dwight Howard fan, but the guy is really playing at damn near an MVP level right now and he's not even getting decent minutes.  Maybe he's old so they're limiting his time and that's why he's a monster when he does get out there.  Who knows...  From my perspective it's like the coach is trying to not play his best guys...  DeAndre Jordan has been good this year too, but Dwight deserves the starting spot for sure, although I guess I can see wanting him to come in for defensive purposes when AD sits down...   

I see the github has seen a little action lately.  Nice to see it continuing to roll forward.  I know that a lot of people have been wanting to see this done for some time.  I only hope that it gets taken advantage of by miners once it's available.  Thanks for doing your part to keep this project alive!

I know it hasn't been long but I just wanted to bump this up again as this issue is still constant and keeping me from using the site.  The TOR browser crashes after a few seconds on the site repeatedly using the latest update.  If this is not a known issue, please slap it down on the todo list.  If it is a known issue and there's any sort of a workaround, perhaps an onion site, I would be very appreciative to have that information.  Thanks!

Pretty amazing to see Compass mining offering 840TH/s hosting bundles at a price we could afford.  When I discovered Bitcoin the entire network was less than 10TH/s.  It's hard to really fathom the growth...  If people want me to massively expand the mining operation, this would be a likely way forward.  It would bring somewhat of an end to the "free electricity" claim that NastyMining was built on, but I also agreed to provide 25GH/s in hashrate of which I'm currently providing more than 1000x that and a move like this would bring us to more than 30,000x that.  Perhaps something to be debated quickly, as December every 4 years has historically been a great time to purchase mining equipment.

https://support.compassmining.io/hc/en-us/articles/4410887005457


There is also the recent news of the "Volcano Bond" that has been going around.  These bonds will be tokenized on the Liquid network and offered for trading on Bitfinex.  I am not sure how people feel about this opportunity.  We as an organization have never supported additional layers on the Bitcoin network or ran a Lightning node, but this is the direction Bitcoin development is heading and if we are to continue supporting Bitcoin only then perhaps we should consider an investment like this to do our part to support Bitcoin's ongoing development.  My original goal in getting involved with Bitcoin was to change the world and although this isn't the way I would've like to see things go, I think supporting this bond offering is the best opportunity we have right now to help Bitcoin change the world.

https://www.reuters.com/markets/rates-bonds/el-salvador-plans-first-bitcoin-city-backed-by-bitcoin-bonds-2021-11-21/


I'm still trying to get all the winners from the 100 coin giveaway their coins, so hopefully once that is taken care of we can move on to the next thing, which I think should be one of the above or both opportunities.  Would love to hear feedback.

Also, I'm not sure how much longer I'm going to be shipping outside the US, particularly to Europe due to their recently implemented VAT tax registration rules, so take advantage if you've been on the fence about buying something from the NastyShop and you're overseas while you still have the opportunity to do so.

As long as you have proper expectations and have the money to invest, it makes sense to diversify into assets like Bitcoin. If you’re trying to get rich quick, you should probably be careful. We are at the end of a long bull run and by every measure the market will be expecting a correction in the coming markets. If you’re looking to make a long term investment into Bitcoin, now might not be the most opportune moment, but dollar cost averaging is always a good idea.

They made a valiant effort to comeback but it looks like they’re out of gas now that they’re back to being down by 10. It’s a little bit sad to see so many hall of gamers struggle to get wins during regular season games. I don’t know if he rest of the league is targeting them for being a super team or if they’re really this bad, but it’s hard to watch at times.

No LeBron tonight for the Lakers vs the Knicks. A shame because the game is nationally televised on TNT. I’m not sure the Lakers need him to win this game, especially after playing so many games without him lately, so hopefully they get a W and make it an interesting game. Seems like a pretty weak TV schedule for TNT’s game night this week…

I think these dirty style plays from LeBron are going to become more and more common as his aging lowers his play level to be below some of the young guys in the league. I don’t he’s going to have an easy time adjusting to him not being the most dominant player on the court. When I start seeing stuff like that, it makes me think he should start considering retirement before he cheapens his legacy.

Don’t discount Dwight Howard’s performance either. 13 points in 13 minutes on 5-6 shooting with 5 rebounds… I really can’t believe he isn’t getting more minutes. He’s even knocked down 2 three-pointers in the last 2 games. I feel like he’s literally playing like a hall of famer and nobody is noticing. It’s crazy. Get Vogel out of there.

I like the video they made to promote it...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cS9qCre_sv8

Peeling a 0.1 BTC Casascius coin would be bordering on insanity. If there is one coin that still demands a hefty premium of more then 100%, it’s been shown to be this one. I wouldn’t even consider offers or even a listing price below 0.2 BTC. There’s just no reason for it.

I just read the news that Klay Thompson has started full practices with the team and the Golden State Warriors will have him in uniform playing games before Christmas. This team is going to be scary if he comes back anywhere close to where he was when he got injured. The thought they still have another starter in Wiseman that’s due back soon and I’m starting to think the Warriors might have another shot at reigniting their dynasty.

Nothing too exciting going on in the NBA today.  The Jazz should slap the Kings around, that's about all I see on the schedule.  Probably not worth betting on that outcome either since they're such heavy favorites.

The big news in the NBA at the moment appears to be LeBron James and his ever worsening views on American justice.  Not to mention Enes Kantor has been slamming him all week and just spoiled his return to the Lakers...  Been a rough week for the King.

It is so weird to me that people think the government even has the capability to "lockdown" those who haven't had the vaccine.  I can tell you that there is absolutely nothing to government could do to stop me if I want to go outside.  I mean this completely literally.  It's weird that while being faced with the truth that they can't do anything about citizens who don't want the vaccine they still think they wield some sort of power over these people's choices.  They've become so comfortable abusing their power, they don't realize that they have none over people's choices.

I can tell you that nothing has moved quickly with this resolution.  I'm not expecting to hear anything else on the matter until next year, at which point they will likely begin the process of collecting banking information.  I haven't even gotten notice of approval yet (even though I read the vote was approved).  I will absolutely shocked if I get a payout in the next 6 months.  A little surprised if I get it in the next year, and about what I expected if a payout is sent in about 18 months.  As far as something moving the market, I think it's a non-issue at the moment.

LeBron is having a great game but the Lakers are getting destroyed in the paint. They’re being outscored 2 to 1 in the key and outrebounded by 10. All this and Dwight Howard had as many rebounds as anyone with only 1/4 of the minutes played… This is painful to watch. I think Vogel’s days are numbered. He might not be coaching the Lakers in the playoffs if he can’t figure out how to take this roster to a better than 500 record.

I don't mean to be rude but you have no idea what you're talking about.  It's actually pretty amazing how much people assume about this site and how wrong they are.  Granted there aren't many people still around from back then, but the amount of misinformation about the 2009-2011 time period is pretty shocking at times.  I think people don't realize how much of a shoddy operation Bitcoin was back then.  It's not like the leaders were error-proof gods making great decisions along the way.  I'm actually amazed with all the mistakes and mismanagement from the top down, that Bitcoin was able to succeed at all.  It goes to show just how much of a game changer the idea of blockchains and miners was.  The momentum of that invention overcame so much incompetence... 

I wouldn't waste money grading them, but to each their own.  I know some people like to have their collection in slabs and have storage methods setup to accommodate these holders.  As far as resale or authentication goes though, I doubt you'd get your money back.  You never know though.  Mostly I would say that it's your collectible in your collection, so do you want to see it in a graded slab, or do you like it in it's more original clothes.  In the end that's really all that matters.  If you aren't planning on keeping it though, like I said, I doubt you'd recover the funds you spend grading it, and if it came back with a low grade it might even hurt it's value.

It's closer to a $250,000 premium at current rates.  That's more in line I think with what the market would expect for these.  Even with a $50K premium though, there are a lot of Casascius coins I'd sell for that...  The only ones I wouldn't are probably the 10 BTC coins.  When you're discussing fiat sales though, everything is dependent on the Bitcoin exchange rate.  If BTC goes to the moon then obviously this would be a dumb sale, but if it drops a lot then the seller would look like a genius.  In the end, the premium is so dependent upon Bitcoin's price, it's almost like the coin doesn't really matter at all.  At least in today's market.