I THC what you did there. 

I have some questions. How does the flavor and smell compare to more normal cannabis? Does smoking CBD cannabis like this provide noticeable effects? Do you still get the munchies? For pain relief, how does it stack up against CBD edibles?

I think it's probably a bit of both.  Sure, he could produce a few Cybertrucks now but the risk far outweighs any potential reward, to which I would argue there is none in shipping a few units now.  So obviously he's going to wait until they can get production going at full scale before doing anything.  The benefit of that is he is able to take the moral high road and give himself a pat on the back while making it seem like preorders are getting a million dollar vehicle for $40K.  Wins all around.

Not exactly cloud mining, but NastyFans has paid out weekly Bitcoin distributions for almost a decade now and generates the BTC from mining (along with donations and coin sales). There are also some pretty cool coins available that act as a wallet for your distributions.

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It was in the season finale of season 2.  A player calls home to talk to his Dad and his Dad is giving him a pep talk about how things are meant to be.  He uses the fact that he bought Bitcoin in 2009 to illustrate that point.  Then he repeats 2009 because the idea of someone happening to purchase some Bitcoin back in 2009 and holding it today would be life changing on a level most could never dream.  I imagine it would be giddy to even mention it had you been lucky enough to be in this position.  Makes me giddy even thinking about it.  As for the show, if you haven't watched Ted Lasso you're missing out.

This is the strategy being utilized by Wall Street currently, and most famously probably by Michael Saylor.  When you couple this with the wash trading rules, I'm sure a creative person looking to exploit loopholes could make quite a profit playing these sorts of games.  Personally, I think it's best not to do things that are going to make the IRS look into your activity, merely because that can lead to expensive repercussions even if everything you did is legal.  If you're a major player though and you're thinking long term, taking a loan against your assets instead of selling them is the play that the super rich have been using since investment markets began. 

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For him to be packing up his home and moving so quickly I would think he was probably getting lots of death threats and possibly even having his home vandalized.  I don't blame him for leaving.  As an individual, I applaud him.  As a fan of the NBA, the power dynamic has shifted way too far to the players.  The owners are starting to not be respected for their investment and that scares me.  As much as I think it would be a lose-lose for everyone involved, I think it would be a longterm win for the NBA if the 6ers just left him sitting without pay to show that players do not control the league.

Bitcoin is often declared dead and has been throughout it’s history. It is only fitting that the market rallies into the Day of the Dead every year. Make sure to celebrate El Dia De Los Muertes this year and give thanks to Bitcoin for continuing to rise from the ashes time and time again.

Dwight Howard was a monster tonight. 23 and 12 in 23 minutes on 72% shooting. I can’t stress enough how much I feel like him not be re-signed is the reason they didn’t win it all last year. I hope Carmelo has his moments this year too. As an old guy, the Lakers are going to be fun to watch.

I was surprised to see Bitcoin mentioned in the Ted Lasso finale. That has to be one of the most popular shows out right now on AppleTV and nowadays that’s barely newsworthy. We’ve come a long way…

In the scene a man on the phone says he bought Bitcoin in 2009 and repeats 2009 while laughing. Pretty cool.

I think the least risky thing to do would be to sell it now and enjoy your profits.  Maybe even stake that ETH you make from the sale so you can continue earning ETH even without mining.  If the ETH price and difficulty go up enough, you might even find you're making more from staking that ETH than you would have mining with your miner.

With GPU miner prices being absolutely insane right now (but seemingly dropping by the day) and everyone expecting ETH to rise more in price, I think selling is probably the right move at the moment if you have a good buyer on the line. 

If you like mining as a hobby though, you might find yourself going through withdrawals after you find yourself minerless.

Man, Kyrie Irving and Ben Simmons are really getting hammered on social media today.  There's a rumor going around that one of the teams offered the other a straight up trade and twitter is laughing at the idea of trading one problem for another.

It was also reported that Ben Simmons has packed up his home in Philly and will be putting it on the market for sale in the coming days/weeks.  I think it's safe to say we won't see Ben Simmons suiting up in a 6ers uniform again.  I'm not sure why he isn't in Sacramento yet...  Philadelphia must be holding out for more than they were offered, which is hard to believe when the other option is getting nothing.

I'm personally a fan of the Bitbones and BullsOnTheBlock NFTs.  They seem to have hardworking teams behind them that are innovating daily to stay ahead of the pack.  Bitbones with their cool development in the Sandbox and BullsOnTheBlock with their DAO and evolutions.  

Also an honorable mention to Stoner Cats.  That's a pretty cool little cartoon and with a team made up of celebrities (Ashton Kutcher, Mila Kunis, Chris Rock, Seth Macfarlane, Jane Fonda, & Vitalik) I think it's probably a little safer than most.

I should probably also mention I released my own collection on OpenSea.io not too long ago featuring bikini models with some of my coins:
https://opensea.io/collection/blockchain-treasure

I think you guys are really crazy betting the preseason.  Seems more like a coin flip to me instead of sports gambling since most of the players in the game aren't the team's main unit.  For some teams though I guess this is the only time of year you can win a bet with them.

It won't be much longer now...  The media interviews were enough to keep me satisfied for a little bit longer.  I am ready for opening day though and moreso for the upcoming Lakers/Warriors game.

Reading about the US minting a trillion dollar coin and thought I’d remind everyone who did it first (kidding). 

Honestly though, the idea that a coin could be valued at a trillion dollars and be made out of platinum says something about the rarity of platinum and the future inflation expectations of our officials even if the valuation is utterly ridiculous.

It’s been a while since this thread made an appearance so this bump is for the newcomers.

The funny thing to me is how they make a point to say it’s a platinum coin. As if that somehow makes it’s trillion dollar valuation more reasonable. They might as well make it out of aluminum. It makes no difference.

My response to the US government… FIRST.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4892746.0

I would agree that it's the combination of Klay and Steph that is so dangerous.  Steph is insane so he can get his own shot, but when you give him another shooter like Klay it opens up the floor and gives him a chance to shoot open jumpers at an outrageously accurate clip.  I think given that Klay was never really dependent on his athleticism he'll probably come back as good as ever, but Draymond hasn't kept up his game as well in the years since the Splash Brothers have dominated the league.  While I think they'll always be a threat so long as they're together, I think the lightning they had trapped in a bottle is out, and I don't see them winning another championship together. 

So many chipmixer signatures in this thread...  At a quick glance I'm not sure who the shitposters in this topic are but I do know who in this thread is paying the most money as a result and who is getting paid the most money to continue participating.  Strange how those things always seem to be the same regardless of what drama is being created or if there is any real basis behind it (not saying this isn't a legitimate case of shitposting, just saying it's almost always the same players getting paid for their role in participating in the discussion).  

Maybe stirring up drama and keeping it in the light for money isn't the best incentive to increase the usefulness of this forum and retain legitimate members with good intentions?

I guess I'm one of the folks who thought Bitcoin would be more brilliant today and has been extremely disappointed in the development the last half decade.  It was such a promising technology to change the world with so much momentum it's still carrying us to this day, even though now it's just a get rich quick tool that Wall Street is going to exploit for never-ending management fees.  I had such higher hopes and expectations.  The insane price appreciation brought the worst of the worst to our once great libertarian based community and it's now full of scammers out for a quick buck, jealous of those who built things and desperate to tear down others so they feel like they can catch up.  It's a toxic environment that I don't see how it could possibly be successful long term, but is the result of it's success.  Most of the real decentralized solutions involving game theory development are now done on alternative chains while Bitcoin is pushed as a store of value and it's users are urged not to use it.  If this is a successful approach to building a currency, everything I know about economics is wrong.

(in before the third chipmixer signature campaign member!)

Well, it can't be an actual merit cycling club, because that would be against the bitcointalk.org rules that were set in place long ago and that would not be allowed here.

It also can't be trolling, because that would be against the no trolling rules that the administration has been tasked with enforcing and therefore would also not be allowed here.

So in short, your guess is as good as mine.  I can't think of any legitimate reason for a merit cycling club to exist, so the mystery of why it exists and what it set out to accomplish remains without so much as a possible explanation.  It does give people a talking point, which means more posts like this one, more forum views, and more campaign money flowing to those of us spouting nonsense for bits.  So I guess that makes it a good thing.  

Namecoin has been underappreciated for far too long.  When you look at the statistics, it's dumbfounding why it isn't valued 100x higher.  I think it's the result of several unique market factors like merged mining causing constant dumping by pools, lack of advertising, prior performance assumed to be future performance, and lots of undeveloped potential.

I think once the market matures and the average investor in crypto ups their IQ a bit, gems like Namecoin and all the earliest NFTs will become sought after collectibles.  It was recently rated the #60 crypto coin by an independent rating team and if it were to realize that position as a market cap, it would be trading at $200 per coin.  That's likely a more fair and earned valuation, and I think it will be realized at some point.  If all the pump and dump shitcoiners only knew what they've been ignoring...