I've been saying we hit $200K in December for several years now.  I'd hate to change my tune now, but I'm getting nervous as we get closer.  This is exactly how I expected things to look at this point and I figured Halloween is usually when the market decides to make it's big last move toward a December high.  Could it really be happening again right on schedule though?  If so, the next 50 days are going to be a whole lot of fun for anybody involved in crypto.  I know what I'm hoping for...  $200K in early December.  Anything over $135K would be good though. 

The only places I could see Lillard going is Los Angeles to win a chip with the Lakers (the Westbrook move sort of killed that unless they want to trade places) or to Golden State to win one with his home team and play alongside Steph.  I can't really see that happening unless Klay wants out or comes back way below his expected playing level.  I don't see Dame chasing a ring with the Nets or getting dumped to a small market team after all he's done for the Trailblazers.  I was hoping it would have been him and not Westbrook running the point for the Lakers, but Russ ain't so bad either.

Daryl Morey said today that Sixers fans should strap in because they’re ready to take this Ben Simmons situation four years if they have to. They’re literally threatening to ruin Ben’s career. This is the most power heavy move I’ve seen from NBA ownership/management in as long as I can remember. They’re trying to shift the balance of power and so far they seem to be holding their ground… 4 years of Ben sitting… We’ll see.

It is pretty crazy to think BTC at $69,000 and ETH at $4,200 is probably going to be happening simultaneously thanks for the childish nature of the internet.  It's hilarious when you think about it.  A trillion dollar asset basically having it's price manipulated by a massive amount of people to show a price that will get a chuckle.  This is real life...  I'm all for it though.  Might have to set up a small buy/sell spread around $69K to do my part to help the cause.   

PM me your US shipping address and I'll get your 1oz .999 silver prize on it's way to you.

geophphreigh - You can send $40 in BTC to 168WXhArv7Fasqvi2xm5MQMfLhG18jifMe if you would be so kind, for your part of this raffle. 

Thank you to everyone for participating in this first Biggest Loser Raffle.  I'll try to throw some more crazy raffles together in the future and see what happens.  This was a lot fun.  Until next time... 

Bitcoin all time high and shipping a prize.  What a day. 

I originally thought about doing it where the loser has to buy everyone else a coin, but that seemed a little harsh. It would definitely be more funny though. If there were 16 people willing to risk $640 then we could make it happen. If that sounds fun, let me know and if there’s a few people who are down I’ll give it a shot. Since payment is made after I guess it can’t hurt to try.

We have our loser folks…

Block: https://www.blockchain.com/btc/block/0000000000000000000bf210029aeb507d5cfea8dfba70b2e7d8fbfa484b7134

Hash: 0000000000000000000bf210029aeb507d5cfea8dfba70b2e7d8fbfa484b7134

Loser: 4-geophphreigh

Read the message but you also need to include your username for merit. 

I’m not sure exactly what you’re saying, but I doubt it’s any technical issue keeping them from updating the page. If I’m able to track the price in BTC then I’m sure Tesla can do it with no problem. I think more likely they’re trying to discourage preorders since they’ll never be able to ship them all.

Alright, it looks like we’re all filled up and ready for fun. How about these for some block selections…

The winner of the silver prize will be chosen by block 705929 and the biggest loser will be none other than the user chosen by upcoming block number 705945. Suspense doesn’t work quite the same when reading text, so the delay between the two blocks is to provide that suspenseful excitement we all so dearly crave.

Winning block: https://www.blockchain.com/btc/block/000000000000000000074fbe035322cb5c47385bb0229dd64c60c7542990edea

Winning hash: 000000000000000000074fbe035322cb5c47385bb0229dd64c60c7542990edea

Winner: a-MrCryptHodl

Congrats! Price discovery here we come!

The march to $100K continues…

Where do we settle in for the next leg of accumulation?


EDIT: Added the current all time high to subject.

EDIT 2: Currently using data from https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/bitcoin/

It looks like Tesla has removed all the options from the Cybertruck preordering page. There is no mention of the different models whatsoever on the ordering page now. That’s an interesting development that hasn’t been seen before with other models. Hopefully it means they’re about to add a revamped page to finalize all the options and not bad news involving more delays.

I don’t think it’ll hit 1 million in 2022. It’s possible in 2025, but even that seems unlikely. I’d expect to see a repeat of the pattern we’ve been seeing, and a fall from starting the year around $200K to possibly falling to $40K before falling into a consolidation period for a few years. Then maybe the blastoff upwards to new highs in 2025. We’ll see though. With the stock to flow model going into unrealistic multiples next year, it will be interesting to watch where the market goes.

Nice coin and the pictures are great quality. If (big if) my eyes don’t deceive me that appears to have the series 2 hologram with the corrected spelling of Casascius. I believe this is the more rare of the 2 2011 Casascius coins that were sold. Great to see one hitting the sales block here and good luck with your sale. Trade safely!

Immersion cooling is like the holy grail of mining.  Very few pull it off successfully, but we all want to do it.  I've had installation quotes in the low six figures to get a finished product installed in my garage.  It isn't a simple thing to pull off.  Maybe you mean liquid cooling, which is like using a radiator to cool, where immersion cooling is submersing your miner in liquid?

In any event, if you do make an immersive mining model that uses "water" to keep it at cool temps, be sure to have a video camera recording when you flip the on switch.  I'd like to see the ensuing fireworks show.

You don't really believe that do you?  It would be the end of the world as we know it.  I don't think anyone wants that.  The rich people just want to keep the rats from spreading disease, the same way chicken farmers feed millions of pounds of antibiotics to chickens every year knowing they only metabolize about 20% of it.  Even the chickens probably aren't dumb enough to think this is done for their benefit...

The absolute worst possible nefarious government plot I could think of would be if the vaccine was found to cause kids of vaccinated parents to become sterile.  It would take long enough where most of the old rich people making the decisions would be dead before the backlash, and it would be widespread to the population before anyone was aware the vaccine was a population control.

If I had my choice though, I think the most entertaining outcome would be if aliens were behind the vaccine and are trying to clear our society of diseases before they take us over as to not fall into the pitfalls written about in the classic War of the Worlds.

There's a documentary series on Netflix right now called "Bad Sport" that did a great episode on fixed matches of ASU basketball games primarily by a player named Stevin 'Hedake' Smith.  I was unfamiliar with the story and thought it was well done.  Amazing how people can take advantage of others...  He got himself in debt for a few thousand dollars and ends up throwing away a promising career in basketball so that some rich guy can make millions of dollar gambling.  These are the stories you don't hear often about the desperation of people to get out of debt by any means necessary.

I watched it and my take was that Giannis was too big for the Nets. He seemed to be having his way with them all night. Harden seemed to be struggling too. He wasn’t controlling the offense the way he usually does. I don’t think they could have won that game the way they were playing even if Kyrie was there. Durant did OK, but he seemed to be forcing shots. They seemed to be out of playing shape. Might take a few games before they start looking good.

Man… We wait all summer to see the new look Lakers and the Nets back in action and they both lose. Not totally out of the realm of being expected since the Lakers are still trying to figure out how to play together and the Nets are without their point guard. Still, I’m hoping this doesn’t last too long. I want to see some highlights and blowouts!

I don’t see any trust ratings for you so I hesitate to add you to the list. Anyone want to vouch for the kid?

Great to see so much participation so far. I guess people weren’t lying when they said they wanted some raffle fun. I’ll have to see what craziness I can concoct next. Rarely a shortage of ideas in my ear separator.