I've had a couple of dealings with FatManTerra, he seems like a reasonable guy.  Obviously I don't agree with his claim about ChipMixer but as others have already said, there's no way to prove or disprove, so we'll have to leave it to each person to decide for themselves what their risk threshold is if they chose to use ChipMixer.  Having said that, I did respond to his thread on Twitter, against my better judgement.

As for his shitcoining fails, that's not relevant to this discussion.  I'm not trying to defend the guy, but he is entitled to his opinions.

I know I'm not mathematically out, but I've been considering myself as out for the past couple of weeks.  Still trying to make an effort to keep my team relevant, but I haven't put in the effort this year to research injuries or predict who's going to step up to replace the injured players.  A big part of FF is luck, but if you put some time into research it helps make educated decisions on waivers.

Best of luck to those of you still in contention, but if I can spoil your chances I'm going to put in my best effort to do so!  

Lol, sorry if this comes off like I'm being an asshole, because I am...

But why in hell do you care if your wallet app is decentralized if your trading centralized shitcoins like ETH and USDT?  And on top of that, why would you even trust a "decentralized wallet app" with a centralized service like a Debit Card which spends centralized Fiat?

None of this makes any sense.

None of that matters.  I think you're overvaluing the method by which you connect to servers, hoping that your method of connecting is helping you remain private and secure.  It's not.

For example; if you are always changing your IP through Tor or VPN, but always connect to the same server, that server operator knows it's the same wallet connecting every time despite the different IP addresses.  Connecting to different public SPV servers every time only distributes your transactions to more server operators, increasing the potential that someone will use the data to target you.  There's no method of connecting to a public server that will guaranty your privacy.

Realistically, the only way to privately use a wallet that needs an SPV server connection is to run your own server.  Electrum Personal Server is easy to use, very light, and will provide you the privacy you seek.



That could help, but it seems like a lot of trouble.  It would be much easier to just use Bitcoin Core as your main wallet, and effectively achieve the same results.  Core doesn't need to connect to SPV servers, and if you use each address only once then you're taking full advantage of Bitcoin's inherent privacy features.



Not that I know of, but you could use a P2P exchange to trade your bitcoin for bitcoin with a different transaction history.  Personally, I use Bisq to do just that.  I trade my bitcoin for Monero, then trade that Monero for someone else's bitcoin, effectively breaking the traceability of my transactions by replacing them with someone else's transactions.



I can only speak about Electrum, Sparrow, and Trezor Suite since they're the only ones I've used extensively.  All will allow Tor connections, but you need Tor running as a service.  If you have the Tor Projects browser installed it'll run Tor as a service while the browser is running, but it shuts down the Tor background service as soon as you close all the browser windows.  Tor Project's website has instructions on how to run Tor as a background service for Windows and Linux.  It's a very light daemon, and uses very few resources, so there's no reason not to have it running by default as soon as the computer boots up.

Good luck.

That thread made for a fun investigation.  I encourage anyone with an hour to kill to read it, as it turned out to be an epic discussion of ethics, morality, buried treasure, and mushrooms.   It's too bad we couldn't convince easternklass to share more data from the "wallets" sooner, it may have prevented some from getting scammed.

USA vs England was a pretty good match, and the draw was not a bad outcome for the US's prospects.  Group B is turning out to be a tougher nut to predict than I originally thought.  The US should have beaten Wales, and they looked like the better team against England.  Hopefully they'll take 3 points from Iran, but again, in their match with Wales today, Iran didn't look like the same team that let England score six goals.

The group stage has been fun so far.  Brazil is fun to watch, so many familiar faces from the Premier League.  They looked pretty comfortable against Serbia, it's hard to see them not taking 9 points out of the Group Stage.  

This just tells me that it's a good time to buy bitcoin. 
Many folks are still bullish, and many investors buy regardless of the price.  Even at a 3% premium the current price does a lot for one's dollar-cost-average.  Also note in the screenshot you posted, the really high percentage offerings are for small amounts.  Most people aren't going to bother to sell $39 worth of bitcoin, but if they were planning on buying something at Amazon anyway, an 8% discount can't hurt.


Zelle is far from perfect for the seller, chargebacks are possible.  But it's one of the better options in the USA for now.  Cashing out isn't hard at all, the money is deposited straight to your bank account.  I've never had issues with it, but Bisq tends to be one of the safer trading platforms for various reasons.  For both buyers and sellers with US based bank accounts, Zelle is the most convenient payment method available.

Thanks for the encouragement.  Winning isn't everything for me when joining the pools, I really enjoy the community aspect and the competition.  I'm traveling for pleasure at the moment, but I should be home early next week and I'll have time to reevaluate the pools.  Right now I'm having way too much fun with family and friends to sit in front of a computer for much of my time.  That will change once I'm back to work and things are back to normal.

The only time my bank has called to ask me about a transaction is when I'm buying bitcoin with Zelle, but the funny thing it is when they did call it was because of a relatively small amount compared to other transactions.  I just tell them it's for "general transaction" and don't give them any more details about why I'm sending Joe Schmoe money.


Banks aren't going to give you an account without KYC, and I don't mind either.  If I'm selling bitcoin I will pay capitol gains tax on my proceeds, and likewise claim a loss if I have to sell for less than my purchase price.  So linking my KYC to deposits into my bank account doesn't bother me.

1.  Mayweather
2.  Over 2.5 Rounds
3.  Round UD

Game 1: 27' 1-2 Liverpool
Game 2: 27' 2-0 Arsenal
Game 3: 27' 1-0 São Paulo FC

14. Israel Adesanya
13. Weili Zhang
12. Dustin Poirier
11. Chris Gutierrez
10. Claudio Puelles
9. Renato Moicano
8. Dominick Reyes
7. Erin Blanchfield
6. Wellington Turman
5. Karolina Kowalkiewicz
4. Choi Seung-woo
3. Ottman Azaitar
2. Montel Jackson
1. Carlos Ulberg

Match 14 winner Total Strikes: 52

It's an interesting thing to witness failure on such a large scale when most of us would and could live quite comfortably on a very small fraction of their net worth.  I wonder how much of an affect their investment strategy had on their marriage, and how much the tension between them has had on his success (or lack thereof) this season.

Anyway, he's been the goat for so long, and he'll continue to be the goat for decades to come.  The endorsements alone are likely to keep him financially secure for the rest of his life.  A super-models marketability, however has a waning outlook in most cases.  Unless your Heidi Klum, she's still hotter than Gisele if you ask me, but having a full time plastic surgeon on your payroll can give that appearance. 

Those look like a lot of fun, but unfortunately I feel like I don't have the skill, experience, or time to participate.  Good luck to all.

I am looking forward to the games, however and will likely place a bet or two once the competition starts.  It's been a long time since the USA has been involved, so that's adding to the excitement for me.  I'm not giving my countrymen much of a chance, but it'll be fun nonetheless.

One of the important things you have to keep in mind about Bisq is that the approved electronic payment methods are largely selected to enhance the safety of the seller.  I reckon privacy is also a prioritized consideration, but I believe safety is higher priority.  As you mentioned there will always be a trace of evidence that could link you to a transaction, even if that trace is purely circumstantial in nature.

I tend to agree that f2f cash trades are likely to provide the most privacy, but in this day and age it would be pretty darn difficult to ensure anonymity.  Unless you left all electronic devices at home, including your modern car, there will be some circumstantial evidence of your presence, potentially linking you to a trade that took place.

Personally I use Zelle to buy and sell using Bisq.  There is a leak of personal data, but in my case it's only my real name and the email address or phone number that's linked to my Zelle account.  No bank data is leaked to the trade partner.  Privacy is maintained by the fact that all the data required to conduct a trade on Bisq is stored on your local machine, and is only made available to your trade partner while a trade is active.  You don't have to worry about your data being leaked or hacked from a centralized server because none of your personal data is stored on any servers.  The only link to your "account" that exists on a Bisq server is the Tor address that you've been assigned by your local client.

Again, my words should be taken in regards to one of the distros with a Desktop environment installed, and not the base OS alone.  Manually turning off the closed source components of Ubuntu also takes mere seconds, but uninstalling the bloat that gets installed with Debian/Gnome takes much longer.  Since Agbe is the target of my recommendation and he's been clear that he has very little experience with Linux, I'm assuming that he will be installing a Desktop environment via GUI features.

There is a way to install Debian and Gnome (or any DTE) without all the bloat by doing so manually from the command line using the --noinstallrecommends flag, but again I am assuming that is a bit advanced for him.

Considering his machine's lack of resources and his lack of experience I'm still convinced that installing Ubuntu Minimal is the best recommendation we can give him.


If we're talking about DTEs I totally agree.  Ubuntu is basically Debian under the hood, so stability isn't really an issue in either case if you only plan to use the CLI.  In fact I would say that Debian is probably a bit more stable since it's essentially just the nuts and bolts needed to run a PC.  If a DTE is to be installed Ubuntu is the most user friendly Linux OS I've used.

Having grown up in an area known for it's homosexual population I have known a few men who readily admit to physically sucking dick, but I would not categorize as the type to suck metaphorical dick.  I've also known plenty of heterosexual men about whom I would say the exact opposite.  I've also known homosexuals who are rather indifferent about being labeled faggot, homo, flamer, or, for that matter, cock-sucker.  Because they are men, they are comfortable with who and what they are, so they consider slanderous phrases of those types as a reflection on those who utter them rather than a slight on themselves.

Anyway, sorry to veer off topic, as you were.

Thanks for the warning and the links.

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@nubcake_MeoW_ and @FatManTerra

I've built the transaction, and posted a QR code and a PSBT file to our Telegram discussion group.  One of you will need to add your signature and broadcast the transaction, but before you do please confirm the addresses and the amounts are correct.

Thank you both.

Hello nubcake_MeoW_ and FatManTerra,

I have made up my mind to invoke clause 3 and call this bet a draw.  Based on Zazarb's decision and LoyceV's appreciated input I think this is the best course of action.  Although I'm not convinced this is necessarily the correct course of action, I think it's best for all involved.

As I've said previously, I am not convinced that we've seen the last adjustment to the burn initiative, and there's still a chance for either party to win the bet.  However, if the situation remains as it is until January 1^st a draw is how I would see it.  Since cause 3 did not indicate any timeline I have a bit of reservation about my decision, but I understand that there's little clarity, and it's does come down to subjectivity.  At the start this looked like a friendly wager and both parties were optimistic.  I will admit that the recent drama and conflict has played a part in my decision.  The last thing I want is to be responsible for more conflict and drama.  I do apologize to you, FatManTerra, I know this is not the decision you hoped for.  I do implore both parties to accept this decision as it is.

nubcake_MeoW_ and FatManTerra, please send me an address here or via PM so I may build the multi-sig transaction.  Thank you both.

Hello all,
I just want to apologize for taking so long to respond to this thread, and issue an other in advance.  I was super busy at work last week trying to prepare my team before I started a much needed vacation, and I've traveling over seas the last couple of days.  I'll be away from home visiting family and being a tourist in foreign land for the next couple of weeks, but I do have a secure machine and my wallets with me.  I just want to assure everyone that I am giving this bet serious consideration, and I'm not ignoring the situation not am I intentionally evasive.

I value LoyceV's comments and opinion, but I still want to give this bet it's due consideration before I make a decision.  Please continue to patient with me while think it through and consult with LoyceV and zazarb.