A close one but I got the parlay (and I did end up getting to watch it).  That Lakers/Spurs game was a nail biter.  Anthony Davis looked like he was trying to throw the game for a minute there.  We'll have to wait and see how bad his knee injury is.  Russell Westbrook came through tonight and delivered the win.  He looked good for the first time as a Laker.  At one point in overtime AD was in front of him telling him to slow the ball and then he took off sprinting and dunked it.  Funny...  Carmelo was good for some clutch minutes down at the end too.  I still think Howard is being underutilized and they need to get Kendrick Nunn back from injury along with LeBron.  I see the potential.

No LeBron tonight for the Lakers. He was held out last minute with an ankle injury. He was questionable before that and I’d hoped he’d still play. It might be a good thing for the Lakers after his defensive effort last game, but it’s early in the season to be getting hit with a test like this. At least it’s against the Spurs where they should be able to win anyway. 

I threw a few bits at a Warriors/Lakers/Mavs parlay and some on the individual games. My thinking is that the Warriors are on a tear and the Rockets (playing the Mavs) are terrible. I’m also hoping the Lakers will build on the 4th quarter we saw the other night. Tensions are high and the old guys are pissed off. I’m just mad I won’t be able to watch the game.

Halfway and all my bets are losing. 

These 2oz .9999 gold NastyFans minted seats exist and would likely serve as a nice solid gold physical wallet for Bitcoin storage: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1306251

However, that's a bit of a moot point as they are not within your budget.  Still, they're the cheapest ones I've made and you don't see too many gold ones around.  I'm sure others will chime in with other options closer to your budget, but for a gold coin complete with a trustworthy key it might be a tough find at that price.

Just a quick guess on my part...  but judging from minerjones' response (what little we are allowed to see) it seems that he never received funds as he's asking if the scammer controlled your wallet as well.

My guess is that the seller pulled a Man-In-The-Middle attack and convinced the buyer to send funds to him while thinking he was sending funds to minerjones.  Again, just a guess since not enough information is provided in the messages, but the first thing I would do is check where you got the Bitcoin address to send the funds to escrow.  My again random quick guess of the situation is that you didn't get the address from minerjones.

LaMelo Ball is something else.  He's putting up big numbers every game.  I honestly didn't think he'd make it in the NBA.  That's the most wrong I've ever been.  I wouldn't sleep on his brother the way everyone seems to be after the preseason he had.  Those Ball kids are winners.  It would be amazing to see them all on one team someday, although unlikely.  LaMelo is blossoming into the kind of player that could get his brothers to his team, but I think we might have to wait a few more years for him to really get that kind of pull...  Plus, his brother really seems to be flourishing in his role in Chicago.

eBay has it's uses, but personally my policy when it comes to eBay is to never sell anything there that I would be upset if it disappeared.  They've gotten much better recently when it comes to chargebacks, but I still don't trust them.  Amazon has a much friendlier seller environment.  I never hesitate to buy things off of eBay, mostly because I know they almost always side with buyers, I've heard plenty of horror stories about sellers though.  Some of those con artists really go to lengths that no sane person would expect in order to win cases with their dispute department.  So I'd be less worried about their vrc policy and more concerned with their refund policy.

I still don't believe it.  I see more and more media outlets picking up the story so it could very well be true.  I haven't seen Logan or Mike confirm it yet though so until that happens I'll just keep this in the fantasy section of my brain.  It's clear to see that Logan has youth and size on Tyson, but is Tyson so old that he can't deliver a hit?  I don't think Logan can hurt Mike, but I'm not sure Mike has the stamina to go a lot of rounds with Logan.  I could see him giving up because he's tired before getting knocked down. 

Barstool is running with it now and I'd think they have an inside track to Logan's camp, but maybe not...  All eyes on the Impaulsive podcast...

You got a like and a retweet from me and not just because I'm a YouTube celebrity now.  I'm glad to see this happening and hope it turns into something fun for you and everyone involved both making and watching it.  I enjoy watching channels like this evolve over time and I'm sure each episode will bring along new improvements and ways for us to enjoy the content you provide.  Looking forward to an official show coming soon.

The Lakers really needed that win.  They barely snuck it out on the back of Carmelo Anthony's team leading 28 points on 10-15 shooting.  I'm glad he's already off to such a great start in his new role.  Westbrook's 9 turnovers and 33% fg shooting isn't getting it done.  He needs to figure out what's going on.

Ja was the star of the game though.  Making those old guys look like it's time to retire out there. 

Watching the Nets vs Hornets game and it’s so weird seeing LaMelo Ball out there playing against Durant and Harden. It seems like he shouldn’t fit in but he holds his own. It’s crazy such an immature kid can be out there with greats putting on a show. It doesn’t seem right. but it’s happening. That kid has surpassed all my expectations for him by quite a bit already.

Paul George dominated the game and they still lost. Maybe Memphis is better than I had given them credit for, but the Clippers look like they’re in trouble without Leonard. Pretty hard to believe when just a couple years ago they were huge favorites as the next big super team. They really underperformed expectations. It seems like the leagues journeyman like Westbrook, Anthony, George, Harden, DeAndre Jordan, never quite find themselves the success they search for. That only seems to work for LeBron and Durant.

Mostly feet pics.

What sort of late 80's hip-hop vinyl do you have?  I'm always looking for some classics for the 1200s.  It's been a while since I bought any wax.  I was just thinking the other day I need to find a local record store and go support.  Would love to see what you've got in your collection.  There are some late 70s classic rock albums I've been searching for as well.  I'm always curious to hear vinyl collector's thoughts on the best record players out there too if you have an opinion on that.  I was thinking I need to get one of those old horn style players.

Gotta let Cyrus get this one so we can see them in the background of a Bitcointalk YouTube podcast.  

Every time I see these posters come up for sale I'm reminded of just how awesome they are.  I have them hanging in my dining room and they are among my favorite Bitcoin collectibles.  I just wish when we were all creating cool things back in the day we would have loaded them all with BTC so their value would have maintained their worth.

Good luck with the bidding!

I don't believe this yet...  I'd love to see it.  I'd put Mike Tyson up against any human being on earth when it comes to boxing and feel confident Mike has a chance.  Maybe it's my nostalgia talking, but he's the baddest man on the planet.

Logan has quite a bit of size on him and obviously youth, but Mike isn't like Logan.  He comes from a place of pain and I don't think Logan is going to come out of it with his consciousness in tact.  Sucks to see it's an exhibition and there will probably be all sorts of rules to discourage knockouts, but Mike is a monster. 

I'm crossing my fingers this happens.  Mostly because Mike deserves the payday and it would really help his business ventures outside the ring.  I'd probably even pay for this pay-per-view just to support him.

My regular portfolio drops 2% in a week and I'm eating ramen for dinner.  My crypto portfolio can drop more than the value of my house in an hour and I just chuckle.  I don't know why.  I guess I just don't worry so much about my BTC holdings because I know that the government isn't going to stop printing money anytime soon and most likely any dip is temporary.  The macro environment is just too fresh for Bitcoin's dominance to fear.  So long as you aren't trading with leverage, I don't see why you'd care about the price unless you're going to sell.  The lower the better in every other scenario.

Seems like that would be the main reason to buy them for me.  I didn't purchase one because they aren't solid silver and I don't want to bother storing coins that aren't at least that, but the idea, design, complimentary products/packaging...  All look great.  If the liquid network is ever stabilized and used by people maybe these tokens will be worth something in the future as collectibles. 

Now that Fluffypony is an infamous international criminal I would think they are probably sought after by a whole new crowd of collectors.  I just wish they were .999 silver...

After watching the postgame interview it looked like Howard was cool about the situation but AD seemed obviously still annoyed.  I don't remember what happened on the play, but it looked like AD went up to say something to Howard who was sitting down and when Howard got up to confront AD there were problems...  AD had a pretty off night shooting and looked downright terrible up until the end of the game.  I'm sure that had something to do with it.

After seeing the night's highlights though, Durant seems to be the story of the evening.  He was on one tonight...

They did show some promise at the end after the Suns were making them look foolish.  They cut the lead from 30 down to 12 and then pulled the stars.  A good way to end I guess, but it took them being disrespected on their home court in order to make it happen.  I need to find out more about what happened between Dwight and AD.  I'm really hoping tonight was a bit of a rock bottom moment for them and they rally from here and start kicking ass.  I don't think I'm ready to accept that so many of the greats I watched for so long can no longer compete.