Very odd to leave out one of the most innovative offerings in the space attached to such a long running community organization here.  Luckily, flying under the radar is what would allow someone to still be able to purchase these historical pieces before they completely sell out and are subject to secondary market price increases.    For those wondering about these coins receiving Bitcoin distributions on a weekly basis, here are some links that you might find useful or might be valuable to add to such a historical timeline with information about these products.

https://nastyfans.org/mint.json - This gives you a list of all Minted Seats, their addresses, and the amounts held under the payout threshold for each.

https://nastyfans.org/distribution.summary.csv - This is a list of weekly distributions made by NastyFans dating back to 2012 (earlier payouts when NastyMining was traded on the GLBSE can be viewed here: https://pastebin.com/XR7zjXNA)

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=86854.0 - Forum discussion thread.

Agreed.  Anything with a "vault" to me seems like it's dead from out of the gate.  I don't think that "technology" is one that is going to be looked at as coveted by the masses anytime soon and I'm a bit surprised that it's still being pushed as an option.  

I'm sure Bitcoin's secondary layers will become the popular place to trade Bitcoin NFTs once there is open discussion and development tools available outside of those in the Good Old Boys Club.  Most Bitcoiners still think NFTs are pictures with no use, so I think they're more concerned with how to get the next wave of users to sink their savings into Bitcoin to HODL forever...  

Good matchup tonight between the Suns and Nets.  Durant is out and Harden is questionable, but since the game is in Arizona and not some liberal draconian state, Kyrie Irving will be allowed to play.  With the Suns still not having Ayton in the lineup, that even things out a little, but I'd still say the Suns have the advantage here.  If Harden can't play, the Suns should be able to get a W here.  Even with Harden, the Suns have the much better record and would likely be the favorites at home. 

This game will be televised tonight on TNT at 10:00 PM ET.  A great way to kick off February. 

Some collections like the Bored Ape Yacht Club have grown so valuable that they are larger than companies like Harley Davidson...  Imagine still thinking that NFTs are worthless.  I get that to some people you can't grasp the innovation and think it's about pictures.  It isn't.  If you think it is, you have a lot of learning to do and should probably focus on education rather than spitting disinformation.  NFTs are the first mainstream use case for crypto I've seen and I don't think they're going away.  I actually think that toxic maximalism is going to lead a lot of people to miss out on massive opportunities, like the Bored Ape Yacht Club, thinking they're just pictures.  They aren't.

Why skip over NastyFans Minted Seats?  These were such a massive innovation on physical crypto collectibles at the time that hasn't been matched nearly a decade later...  There are still only a handful of coins with engravings and vanity addresses, and no coins ever produced tied to an organization that generates revenue for the coins (as far as I'm aware)...  Given that hundreds have been sold here, you'd think that would be a tough one to miss as an oversight...  There are even still some available for sale at https://nastyfans.org/mint for anyone who wants a piece of the longest publicly traded Bitcoin organization in existence, a title that can never be taken so long as trading continues unabashed.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=352515.0

Bitcoin's main use case for about 4 years now has been an easy way to trade altcoins.  Sadly, this is what has become of it.  The Lightning network is a poor substitute for Bitcoin in my opinion, but it could be the technology needed for Bitcoin to have a metaverse presence as well as a way to trade NFTs with much cheaper fees than some of the more popular networks.  The problem is that development tools and hubs of communication are few and far between, along with the toxic Bitcoin maximalist attitude that Bitcoin will retain it's first mover advantage forever even if nobody is using anymore.  Hopefully time will weed out the toxic attitude, as massive altcoin outperformance of Bitcoin hasn't.  Honestly, I think if it wasn't for Tesla and MicroStrategy I think the ETH/BTC flippening would be much closer than it is to happening, and am concerned that a handful of entities is really all that is stopping this phenomenon currently as every new entrant in the crypto space I've met in the last 4 years has a much larger altcoin portfolio than exposure to Bitcoin (if any at all). 

https://www.blockchaincenter.net/flippening/

Will Smith made an entire movie about this, complete with big scary fear sensing monsters and a young boy's struggle to contain his emotions.  Not a bad flick actually.  The movie was called After Earth and here's the quote I'm referring to:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSKzLtRzY78

I've seen so many people make bad decisions out of fear.  I think it's best to train yourself to not have fear.  Whether this be with desensitizing yourself to scary situations or just making a conscious effort to disregard emotions that will be harmful in intense situations.  Personally, I like to watch lots of horror movies late at night and put myself in situations that others may find uncomfortable.  As a result, when in dangerous situations I do not cower in fear, but step forward with an adrenaline rush and sense of excitement.

I think it's just a bad fit.  Vogel is a defense first coach, coaching a bunch of aging hall of famers who have "saved energy" by not playing defense most of their careers.  The defense first mentality just isn't going to work with them.  That's why you're seeing young guys like Malik Monk thrive in the system while everyone else is seemingly struggling.  They need to get a run and gun score 120+ per game coach in there and see what these hall of famers can do.  The only guy that comes to mind is Mike D'Antoni but I think his days of being a head coach are over.  I really believe that's the style of play they should be going with.  Let Dwight Howard handle the defensive responsibilities and let everyone else run and gun.  This small ball defense first system is not going to work with this roster and I can't be the only one who knows it.  I'm still expecting Vogel to say goodbye during the all star break.

Nice troll.  I'm assuming this is more about trying to stir up a pot and get some attention then any question about sex right from the start.

You've made your religious beliefs very clear here, but I'm not sure that not participating in fun activities is as godly as you may believe it is.  Again, nice troll to anger the atheists.

I don't know how healthy it is for your prostate to go without a release, but I'm sure it won't kill you quickly.  I honestly have no idea.  I'm assuming at some point a release wouldn't be voluntary, but who knows.  This isn't something I'm really knowledgeable about.

His huge what?  This is the line that really cemented the troll.  Sort of displays that the whole post was a joke. 

All in all, not a bad troll.  It's got God, sexual insinuation, comedic relief, and is sure to anger some people.  I give it a 7/10.

Looks like we're slapping the top of the recent trading range here.  I would assume a breakout above $39K would lead to a retest of $43K.  I'd probably trim a little at that point of whatever you grabbed at the bottom at $33K if you're a trader.  If not, this is still an exciting level as a breakout above $43K would be extremely bullish and I think would probably move us up over $50K.  There's a couple resistance points around $53K & $57K after that, but then we'd pretty much be looking at retesting $69K at that point...  I'm not sure if we've got the momentum for all of that yet, but I do think we'll probably retest $43K as soon as this week.  We might be dependent upon the news cycle to go any further than that.  All eyes on Biden regulation as we see where this market wants to go.

Rough day for those picks.  Honestly, I would have chosen the same.  I didn't watch anything but highlights from the Bengals and Chiefs, but I used to date a girl from Kansas City and she left a lasting impression on me, so I never bet against KC. 

The 49ers game was a great one also.  At the end of the 3rd quarter I was even texting some friends who adamantly hate the 49ers just to stir them up a bit.  It worked but then everything in the game changed.  When that 49ers defender dropped the pass that literally went right to him with nobody else around, it felt like it was only a matter of time before the Rams won.  I know that guy is going to spend his offseason wishing he made that catch...  I know you can't blame a loss on one guy and it isn't solely his fault, but if he makes that catch (99 out of 100 times he probably would have) then the game is over and they're going to the Super Bowl.  I'm sure he had a rough morning today.

Great games though.  What we all love to see.  Hopefully the Super Bowl doesn't disappoint.

I blame Frank Vogel. He used to be one of my favorite coaches before this year, but he’s absolutely terrible for the Lakers. A team with 5 hall of famers and Malik Monk is leading them… Dwight Howard playing at a top level and getting next to no minutes is downright disrespectful. If Frank Vogel is still the Lakers coach after the all star break then I’ll be shocked. He’s a great guy and like I said one of my favorite coaches, but he’s got to go if the Lakers want to have a chance of getting beyond the first round of the playoffs, and to be honest if he’s the coach I don’t see them getting past the play-in game.

Bitcoin is valuable because there are people who want to buy it.  This value is derived from Bitcoin's blockchain being a publicly visible decentralized and immutable ledger with the utmost security of available options. 

The game theory at play with the mining aspect has also led to massive investment.  This investment was made by major players globally and they will protect their investment by purchasing the underlying currency if needed.  This leads to a feedback loop of sorts that will continue to cause the price to rise until one day there has been so much investment made that needs to be recouped, that it surpasses the funds available to prop up the underlying currency, and it crashes.  No idea if this will happen in 5 years, 25 years, or 150 years, but it seems inevitable from a long term view.  Technology will continue to present better solutions to the problems that Bitcoin fixes, and at some point I believe that will overcome the network and first mover effects.  Until then, dance while the music is playing.

I just can't wait until the press conference...  Maybe a drinking game where you take a sip every time he uses the word, "complicated" in his speech.  I feel like every time he discusses anything, that's his go-to saying.  Everyone else just doesn't understand because things are so complicated only the great intellect of Joe Biden could possibly grasp it.  If there's one thing that inspires confidence on the world stage, it's considering everything extremely complicated. 

I learned at an early age that if people think things are complicated, it's because they lack understanding.  If someone understands something completely, they can describe it to you in very simple terms.  Beware the person who hesitates to explain something because it's complicated.  That only means they don't understand it. 

As for Biden's view on Bitcoin, I'm pretty sure he'll say, "it's complicated."

If only that pesky sun stayed up 24 hours a day...

I think rather than looking to install enough solar panels to mine on 100% renewable energy, people should think of mining on renewable energy as a way to elevate their financial benefit from overproduction of electricity.  For example, there are a lot of solar systems in use throughout the country that overproduce electricity during certain hours of the day.  Currently, many of these producers get compensated very poorly for energy they add to the grid.  Mining crypto is a good way to take that excess energy and profit at a much higher rate.  Additionally, at night it can save wasting energy on heating and instead put that toward generating crypto assets.

So instead of looking at mining as a problem that needs to be solved with a ton of solar panels, look at it as a solution for how to benefit from excess energy production. 

My understanding is that the government has a very distasteful view of stablecoins like USDT and wants to replace them with their own digital dollar eventually.  While going hard after exchanges that aren't currently requiring KYC is inevitable, Biden's administration seems to want to accelerate that process.  I imagine at some point exchanges that choose to use USDT instead of actually dollars will also be facing some regulatory fire.  The % returns available on these stablecoins is too much of a thread to the current system.  With such a massive amount of funds globally stuck in negative real yielding bonds, USDT has become a real threat to their system.  The fact people can take out mortgages on their house and dump the funds into USDT and reap benefits from a massive interest rate spread is terrifying to those in power.  This couldn't possibly last forever. 

It’s out there charging. I’m glad we’re seeing more and more shots of this beast. From the pictures you can see the charging port’s location confirmed. Hard to believe it could be another two years for these things to hit the streets. I think that has more to do with supply/production issues then anything else.

https://insideevs.com/news/564011/tesla-cybertruck-prototype-spotted-supercharging/amp/

Starting to sound like the Lakers are going to get some help soon.  They're pursuing Buddy Hield pretty hard and the Kings seem willing to dump him due to his unhappiness the last few years with the team.  I think he'd be a great fit with LeBron, and would allow for a pretty amazing lineup of Westbrook, Hield, LeBron, AD, & Howard.  A couple years ago that would have passed for an All Star team.  Not to mention having Carmelo & DeAndre Jordan coming off the bench...  I really think Hield is a missing piece they need and for the sake of wanting to see the Lakers and Nets in the Finals I hope they can manage to pick him up as he's one of the best shooters in the league.

https://www.yahoo.com/now/arizona-senator-introduces-bill-bitcoin-213046518.html

More information being made available about this bill now.  Pretty interesting to think taxes could be paid in Bitcoin.  I remember this was an absolutely absurd thought as recent as half a decade ago.  I still have my doubts as to whether this will actually pass, but the fact it's even on the table is a pretty massive step forward that I thought would be extremely unlikely to occur for decades if ever.  Pretty amazing how some politicians have embraced Bitcoin and acknowledged the US Dollar is doomed as a result of overprinting.

It came down to the last shot by Westbrook. He made 2x 3’s and 2x layups before taking that last shot for the win. A shame it didn’t go down. Westbrook had the most points by a Laker in a half at Staples Center (Crypto.com Arena) since Kobe Bryant in his final game. Pretty impressive. Of course Dwight Howard didn’t get any minutes because why would Frank Vogel play his best big man since AD was out… I think the Lakers are just letting Vogel keep his job until the All Star break. It’s obvious he needs to go.