With the great 1,000 Gold Casascius coin making headlines this week on major news outlets (and here on the forum) I thought I'd take the opportunity to bump this topic and show that there are still OG physical bitcoin wallets available for purchase at reasonable prices to be found on the market. If you're looking for a pre-2014 Bitcoin collectible at a steal of a price, these Minted Seats are tough to beat and can still be found at https://nastyfans.org/mint
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It's not a one-man video crew. Guess we now have one less excuse if we miss the mid-September launch ![Grin](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/grin.gif) A gentle reminder: tomorrow is Sep, 15th, a.k.a. mid September. Staring at the Calendar, day 3. Please @Cyrus, I am holding my breath! I have also been teased of a teaser! It's October 5th in forum time. Half of the world is already on Oct 6th. Wondering if we will ever have an official update on this. I assume if there hasn't been an update it's because they're busy working on bringing a quality product to the table. I'd rather wait and have something I'd want to watch then not have to wait and not be able to get through the video because it's so poorly done. With this project, it's quite possible they'll only have 1 chance to grab a major chunk of this community as followers. I doubt many people would dislike the first video and then come back to check out the second. They need to make a good impression and I have faith that's what they're spending their time doing.
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I remember seeing some drama about this when it was a thing but don't recall how it turned out. I couldn't find it with a quick search either. Anyone got a link so we can refresh ourselves on what this was about? Seems like a lot of BTC was held on these coins for this to not be a bigger deal if true. Also, if these coins are indeed not redeemable as is being alleged, shouldn't they be added to the [INFO] Breached or Scam coin makers list thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3315347.0Please keep us updated as to the outcome of this situation.
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Doge is a pump and dump. They're trying to polish a turd.
In my opinion Elon Musk will never accept Doge because he knows it's a joke. I think he was just trying to help pump some bags in order to 1) grow his fanbase, & 2) help his fans make some money so they can convert it to BTC and spend it on a new Tesla. I'm sure any Doge Elon himself is holding was purchased for well under a penny, and before he started manipulating nocoiners into dumping their life savings into a shitcoin.
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Bitcoin doesn't even have a reliable side chain to host NFTs yet. The closest thing is Namecoin as a merged mined chain, and even that has a long way to go with development before it's usable by most people.
We are still very early in the NFT scene. Sure, 99% of them will probably end up worthless and the ones that are successful (at least the ones currently on the market) will likely end up looking similar to the current state of the CryptoKitties project in a couple years. I'm pretty sure at some point events will be using NFTs for tickets and that alone is a pretty awesome use case.
I think of NFTs like shitcoins, only much more limited and actually have something you can see. I'll take some random image minted on the blockchain over a pile of Safemoon any day.
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I am assuming the game would change a bit wouldn't it? I mean without this rule it was three point era and everyone is shooting three pointers that is for sure however how well do you think will this rule work?
I assume that people may end up not creating their own shots too much anymore, defenders will eventually realize that these fouls won't be called and they will defend better and shooters will realize they can't get that foul anymore so they will try to find even more open places. All in all I believe this may hurt the all around three points taken in a game average down this year. Not that I am complaining, I believe it is a marvelous decision, just waiting to see how it will work.
I award the NBA for instituting this. Tired of watching guys lean into defenders from 40 feet out. Will see how good Trae Young really is. He relies on people not covering him because of his leaning into fouls. Harden gonna feel this one too. We need to wheel this back to 90s basketball. Ya, Paul George is the worst to watch sometimes when he's doing his jump into defenders thing. On a different note, I can't believe the Suns are not wanting to give DeAndre Ayton his max contract. He was the reason they had such a good playoff run and if he hadn't completely disappeared vs the Bucks things might have been different. He's still young and probably not worth the money to be honest, but he's developing fast and if he can find a way to keep that energy that got him through the first few rounds of the playoffs, dude will be a beast. Not sure salting the relationship is something Suns management should be doing, but it's Suns management... Did we really think they were going to be able to keep a team competitive?
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In before someone comments that the buyer would have been better off holding their Bitcoin and not purchasing this coin in the first place... Be careful OP, I've gotten negative trust feedback for mentioning a coin's value in USD. ![Cheesy](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/cheesy.gif) Sorry for the obvious troll. I just love the double standards of this place sometimes. This is no doubt a great coin. I really enjoy looking at mine (although it has been a few years since I've seen it, lol). The idea that a few lines of test on the blockchain is the only thing keeping mine from being the most valuable coin in the world is pretty cool, although I guess everyone could say that same thing about their Bitcoin wallets. ![Smiley](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/smiley.gif) the only way that it would have been worth more if they bought/held btc is if the same amount spent on the coin would have been used to buy btc and only then if that btc was would today be worth more than that coin. If so, then it would have been better to buy/hodl the btc. If not, then the coin is a better deal. Probably helps that the coin is super rare and made of gold that so that increases the value, quite a bit imo. that is not the same as the guys who spent btc to buy your seats, while your seats are (for some) worth more USD now than maybe they spent ie paid 100 bucks and seat is worth 110 bucks (made up numbers, I have no idea what anyone paid or what their seats are worth and that would vary for each person) so yes they are up 10% but had they bought 100 bucks in btc and held it, they would be up considerably more. in the end, i think it is safe to say, hindsight being 20/20 the best anyone could have done was to buy btc and hodl. These coins were priced in USD and offered for sale in Bitcoin, exactly the same situation as my offerings... Just stating the facts. There is literally nothing you could have purchased back then in the world that would be worth more BTC today than back then. Even the Coinbase initial ownership offering has failed to keep up with Bitcoin itself. I feel this is necessary to continue to point out until the community gets it. This thread is a perfect example... People are valuing things in USD, not BTC. All the major news agencies aren't giving the purchase price in BTC for a reason. It doesn't matter. Edit: For anyone actually wondering (not that it matters), the purchase price when released for these Casascius coins in Bitcoin was 1,578.125 BTC. By the logic of some on this forum, that means purchasing one of these coins would have resulted in the loss of over 550 BTC (or more than $27,500,000), so we can all breathe a sigh of release that we didn't purchase one.
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65 - OgNasty
Thanks. I wanted one of these when they were first released but...
Well, I'm glad they're still around and available. One of the first if not the first 1oz silver round if I'm not mistaken. Must have spend thousands of BTC having these things minted back then... I believe they also offered a small gold round at some point.
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In before someone comments that the buyer would have been better off holding their Bitcoin and not purchasing this coin in the first place... Be careful OP, I've gotten negative trust feedback for mentioning a coin's value in USD. ![Cheesy](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/cheesy.gif) Sorry for the obvious troll. I just love the double standards of this place sometimes. This is no doubt a great coin. I really enjoy looking at mine (although it has been a few years since I've seen it, lol). The idea that a few lines of test on the blockchain is the only thing keeping mine from being the most valuable coin in the world is pretty cool, although I guess everyone could say that same thing about their Bitcoin wallets. ![Smiley](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/smiley.gif) => but where's the point of having a trust-system when the guy you've done successful businesses with "rewards" you negative... whose solely reason to entrust him that amount of BTC in the first place was his trust-level on this very board? Yeah, no-yeah [/sarcasm].
Don't stress it. I've done business with nearly everyone on this board and many don't leave me trust because they are salty about some truth I told at some point or that I exposed wrongdoing by one of their buddies. Some of them have trusted me to handle tens and even hundreds of thousands of dollars in trades and would do so again... I even get people leaving me negative trust out of jealousy (see above mentioned example). You just have to realize who the bad actors are and leave them a ~ in your trust settings so you can ignore their judgement. The default trust network is a mess right now, so you sort of have to take it into your own hands.
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I had no idea who you were before
That's because I'm not infamous for all the wrong reasons. Unlike you. Makes total sense the guy who wants to not advertise money laundering for scammers here is scum, while the folks who profit from it are considered the good guys…
You keep acting like everyone's out to get you, yet you bring it all upon yourself. If I had done a bunch of questionable things in the past and then decided to open fire, completely unprovoked, on a group of people who make this forum a joy to read, I wouldn't be surprised when one of those people called me out on it. I mean, if you genuinely want people to see you as one of the good guys, do better. And stop projecting your insecurities onto others. You can contribute to conversations without making it a witch hunt. It's really not that difficult. But no, it must be a conspiracy. Dun Dun DUUUUUUUNNN ![Roll Eyes](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/rolleyes.gif) Get over yourself. I haven’t done anything questionable although weak members of the community do try and use me as a scapegoat to cover their failures. I only want the truth to be recognized and for lies to stop being perpetuated on this forum. Your post is another such example. Why is it always the chipmixer guys? You say you want this forum to be fun to read… I want it to be accurate. That’s the difference. I’m not here to fill time in an otherwise boring life by seeking joyful posters who insult others with lies for a laugh. I’m here to help change the world. Sadly, the place I thought this was possible is now more likely to give you false information and tell you not to use crypto. I hate seeing this place slide further into irrelevance and if the reason is so people can read joyful posts from trolls instead of propagate facts, we as a community deserve it. No conspiracy. Just facts.
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Many have stopped believing in the Bitcoin I got involved to spread adoption for. Community leaders push the narrative that you should hold and not use your crypto. The entire idea of it being a p2p currency is now controversial. I’m not sure if I have lost faith completely in Bitcoin, but I can tell you that if it was being pushed as a store of value when I discovered it, I wouldn’t have gotten involved at all.
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I’m curious if legalized gambling is going to start taking a bite out of crypto’s gambling empire. It would be hard to argue against gambling being one of cryptos most profitable industries. I wonder if this will have an effect on gambling and might even possibly begin to change the landscape of bitcointalk as we have all grown accustomed to seeing gambling advertisements everywhere.
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Where I grew up people didn’t play dice much. I’m not sure why as all the movies would have you believe that people are gambling and playing craps on street corners. In my experience though, the game people are playing for fun and profits is dominoes. Something about dominoes, 40ozers, and wheelchairs that really takes me back to good times…
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It isn’t just Apple, but social media companies as well doing their best to stop groups like this from getting popular. I know the recent social media challenge that had to be shut down by social media companies was kids stealing everything they could from public areas. School bathrooms have had to start strapping towel and soap dispensers in with metal straps as a result.
It’s a good idea, but a reminder that this is why we can’t have nice things.
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That is gonna be pretty tough for Ben. Being fined over 360,000 dollars for every game he misses is gonna be a huge financial hit to Simmons. What I think the best option would be for both the parties is for the Sixers to trade Simmons off. But the problem is, the Sixers are looking for better options in order to trade Ben off. But I don't think any of the team will be looking to trade their start point guard for Ben at this moment. Even if Ben is traded to a sub-par team, they won't have the quality player to add to the trade. Let's see what we get to see next. It is crazy to think someone would pass on that sort of money for any reason. I can relate to him though. When you have a shitty boss that doesn’t have your back, sometimes it isn’t about the money. It’s about getting away from toxic people who will turn their back on you when you need it. People like that are beyond useless and I get where Ben is coming from. I hope he finds a new team and sticks it to the 76ers whenever they play. The way that city turned on him during the playoffs last year was disgraceful.
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If you ever think that Bitcoin is in a downtrend and it isn’t 2014, 2018, or 2022, then the problem is that you are looking at the wrong chart. You need to hit the zoom out button. We’ve been in a bull market since $3,500 and it will stay that way until we break six figures in the next couple of months. Enjoy the ride. Don’t question it. You won’t like the answers.
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Hooray for 50K. Feels different this time. Q4 is going to be something special. The only crazy part to me Is that we all know it and it’s still going to happen. That doesn’t usually happen but here we are. See you on the other side of 100K I’m the next 30 days. All we need is more leveraged shorts. ![Tongue](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/tongue.gif)
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Why not? Or better yet, why ask why? In the end, people will make up whatever fool hearty story they want to explain the daily movements of crypto. The truth is though, that we’re dealing with math and fractals. Bitcoin doesn’t give 2 shits what news story is being traded for the day. So basically, it doesn’t matter why it had a little movement on some specific day. It is irrelevant.
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Does Bitcoin desensitize us to risk?
I would argue, based on personal experience: No. It does not desensitize you to risk. May have the opposite effect and make you more risk averse. It might desensitize you to volatility in crypto, but that’s about it from my experience. I’m used to the daily swings now. Losses that would have caused me to lose sleep and have a panic attack 10 years ago only bring a smirk to my face now. It does seem limited to crypto though. If my stock portfolio dips by a % point I feel like I have to eat ramen.
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