I was watching the game last night because I was betting on the game and 34 seconds into it Zion Williams the star and upcoming prospect of the NBA draft next season all the sudden falls to the ground.
At first everybody thinks he twisted his ankle. But then you see the sole of his shoe ripped apart.
Nike is in defensive mode and the Duke audience which they were playing at home were in shock.
They thought their star player was going to be injured all because of those shoes ripping apart.

With the success of their last documentary about the ever surging interest in cryptocurrencies Banking on bitcoin was made for those who were wanting to learn just how bitcoin was created and how it was doing 7 years after the first transaction was made. As another thread was created about the netflix feature film.
I decided this news would be more intriguing to those who are in the other half of the spectrum
The alternative coin market of cryptocurrencies.

Netflix has announced they are working on a film/8 part documentary about the mysterious dark side of cryptocurrency. Well because it is in the background of the king of crypto.
There was alot of fallout in these alt coin markets due to the prices of some dropping to 95% of their value in just 6 months after those who purchased them causing people to be financially ruined.

They say this documentary will be released in 2020.
https://themerkle.com/is-netflix-making-a-documentary-about-altcoins

I do not know if this person didnt know what they did and switch the sending amount with the transaction fee or what happened. But I think their boss will be giving them a talk tomorrow morning on why their customer didnt get the payment they were suposse to.

That is 2100 ethereum to the miners. As the comments say "They must be happy! "
 
https://etherscan.io/tx/0x1f73b43dc9c48cc131a931fac7095de9e5eba0c5184ec0c5c5f1f32efa2a6bab

He said he bought $60k worth of crypto at the all time high and spent it on expensive items and some questionable things if you read it on his reddit post below.
https://www.reddit.com/comments/amctmr

I dont know if I believe him but I can see it happening when the hype was there back in december 2017.
Crypto can be addictive and can buy things more easier then if it were real money because of its high volatility.

Excerpt from the post
"I got into cryptocurrency Jan 2017 with about $60k (invest over the period of Jan-March). By December I had over $1.6MM, while having pulled out 400k in '17 and another 300k in '18. Basically, after paying/setting aside for taxes and the crash, I had about 480k and 150k left in crypto, as well as having recouped my initial investment.

So, what does a 27 year old guy do, you might ask? I spent March '18 to August '18 traveling the world and blowing cash like a mad man. I didn't buy many material things (besides some clothes, random shit around the house that I needed, etc.), I spent it all on experiences. Traveled to over 25 countries, stayed in nice hotels, ate at the worlds finest restaurants (literally)... and... got addicted to hookers.

So I've had sex with maybe over 100 escorts. High class ones, famous porn stars, and one street walker who caught me off guard at a bar while I was hammered. I've made over 15 pornos (two with VERY famous porn stars), maybe spending a total of 140k on hookers in '18. It was AMAZING, and I basically have the best jerk off material I could ever get my hands on for life." etc

I am wondering if you would be so careless if you spent $60k and ended up with $1.66 million after cashing out?
I would think most level headed people would use it and invest it instead so it makes you more and doesnt run out like it did for him.
This would be more or less the most common sense thing to do for most people.
Wouldnt you agree?

A beer company has marketed itself as the first blockchain beer on the market starting February 1st.
This beer has a scan QR code on the front of the can so you can follow how it was produced.
Just like other foods I have seen advertising this availability on their packaging.

https://medium.com/te-food/blockchain-beer-introduced-by-canadian-collaboration-667a4b5d8480

There has possibly been other craft beers produced calling themselves a blockchain beer from doing a quick search there is one called downsteam.
The above mentioned Bock beer is distributed by a major brewing distributor and not a just a small craft beer brewery.

There was a security vulnerability which could cause a ongoing amount to be mined.
So they will be delaying it until a meeting tomorrow where they can determine when it can go forward.
https://www.coindesk.com/ethereums-constantinople-upgrade-faces-delay-due-to-security-

I was looking at a pools rewards this morning and noticed it was unusual to see a reward given for the block reward to be very high.
As far as I know the block reward for ethereum classic is 4 etc. Well until the block reward is lowered after the new fork.
So seeing it reach 109 etc for a block was very weird to me.
Is this right?



https://gastracker.io/block/0x2eecbdf3936900e8d4fc2ff39dcee19ae9c5749b776c7a774230b474bb59dfdd

Want to know if the trezor model t is at a discount during boxing day on any site below its regular price.

So I use a lot of bitcoin atms to buy and sell. I know the fees are high and it's not smart but sometimes I need money or bitcoin fast. They have around 40 within 20 miles where I live but I used a different company to buy yesterday. They charged 7.9 percent which is about average to buy. Here's why I was upset, they also charged a 5 dollar fee for the transaction. So when I put my first 20 dollars in I only had around 13.50 worth of bitcoin. In total., I bought 120 dollars worth and getting around 105.50 worth of bitcoin. It's only 5 dollars but it's the first machine to charge that. So I message customer support and he said this: 

"The miner fees in January were $40 so in order to allow people to buy at $20 low increments we kept it. Thanks for the feedback"
I then said, yeah when miner fees were high I understand, but that was 7 months ago. It only cost you pennies to send me the bitcoin (I think 8 cents). It's bad business that you didn't change that yet.

He then said:  "It’s a legacy thing and quite frankly your the first to mention it but we will review. It doesn’t add up to much really considering the cost to run the machines for cash purposes but I will bring it up in meetings next week. Thanks again for the feedback and any other questions or comments email me directly."

I'm shocked he said I was the first to mention this and it doesn't add up to much. None of the other machines in town charge a convenience fee or whatever they called it. I'm kind of shocked he didn't offer me 5 dollars back.  Obviously I know these machines are rip off but I do like them for the convenience of it. It's just the principle of being ripped off twice and not once like I expected lol. 

100 baseball cards from the 1950's

100 baseball cards from the 1960's

700 Garbage Pail Kids from 1986 to 1988 (Original Series 3 through 15)

There is money to be made if you have the patience to put up small lots on ebay.

165 dollars btc. Firm Price  (150+ 15 shipping with 2 day priority USPS delivery)

If you want pics or have any questions- just ask.

Hi, I'm selling my Localbitcoins account. I don't use it much anymore and I can use the money. Here are the details. I'm not sure what to charge but am searching for the best offer.  This will be an escrow only deal. Thanks! 

Trade volume
20-50 BTC
Number of confirmed trades
100+
…with 75 different partners
Feedback score
100 %
Real name verification
23 trusted verifications, 8 verifications, 0 rejected verifications
First purchase
3 years, 3 months ago
Account created
3 years, 3 months ago
Last seen
4 months, 1 week ago
Language
English
Email
Verified 2 years ago
Phone number
Verified 3 years, 3 months ago
ID, Passport or Driver’s license
Verified 2 years, 4 months ago
Trust
Trusted by 8 people
Blocks
Blocked by 0 people

Can only offer this account as collateral. Thanks

Anyway, I just got approved from a bank to get a 2,000 dollar credit card from a major bank. (My credit score is 756) I'm getting it in the mail this week.  I've heard horror stories about banks closing accounts when it comes to red flag spending.  So I was thinking about linking my credit card up to paypal and using it for Virowx (I'm level 3 there). I know the fees are high but it's instant and i'm using it as a loan.  So do you think if I make 3 or 4 paypal virwox purchases for around 400 dollars each.........the bank who issued my credit card will have a problem with that?  Do you think there is a better way of going about this without the bank locking my account?  I of course intend to make all of my payments on time (more than the minimum but I will keep a high balance probably). 

I know my bitcointalk account isn't worth much but I noticed Virwox level 3 accounts being sold for around 60 dollars.  I really like to use Virwox when I have paypal and don't want to sell it.  I would like to get a loan though and was wondering if anyone would accept this as collateral. Thanks. 

I bet them on Direct Bet sometimes but they don't always give you too many options (like sometimes you can only bet on 1 candidate and not the other......most of the time the odds are worse than non bitcoin sites). Any other bitcoin sites that will take action on the Clinton/Sanders May 17 primaries?

You can send goods and services and there is no risk for you.  I want this to be from a lender that loans a lot because after I pay back, I can't risk a charge back. 

[What happened::]

What happened::

I sent dj6230 a 60 dollar Amazon gift card and he was supposed to send me 39 dollars btc.  I have many pms shown below that he did receive the Amazon card and said he was going to pay me but right when he was about to his computer crashed for many hours.  Then he got back online and promised it again in 5 hours but didn't come through. He even got a loan while I was waiting for my money as said he needed to get his backup wallet on his hard drive or something.  It's been 36 hours after I made payment and no bitcoin for me.

Scammers Profile Link:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=128222

Reference Link:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1337518.msg13648233#msg13648233

Amount Scammed:

39 dollars btc

Payment Method:

60 dollars Amazon gift card

Proof of Payment:

See my screenshots of our private messaging

PM/Chat Logs:

http://imgur.com/DEPe3BY  http://imgur.com/mpGN2Mv    http://imgur.com/i8bjAdz   http://imgur.com/sghQGhm

Additional Notes:

He had good trust as it doesn't make any sense for him to scam me out of 39 dollars but this whole thing has been very shady.  I advise you to not deal with this user until this dispute is resolved.

Any bitcoin sites have daily horse racing bets.........like The California or New York tracks? 

I never even knew it was possible for something like this to happen. I sent it right after blockchain came back from being down for maintenance yesterday.  Do I have to worry?  How long will I have to wait?  Thanks for any replies.  

https://blockchain.info/tx/b8839083ebfce193f7e3d7fc0afcf0c45adf497738650b2e0dec03a186d602a1

I'll send you the code- you send me btc.  Lowered the price to 17 dollars. Final offer. Seems like a good deal. I might be able to take other payment instead of btc.