Some of ya'll might remember I posted about these coins months ago.  If memory serves me (too lazy to look) I advised everyone to hop on these as I knew they'd all be sellouts.

June 13- Army westpoint -sold out in a day- the best of all being a Westpoint mint coin
Oct 10- Navy Eagle
Nov 10- Marines eagle- https://www.usmint.gov/250th-anniversary-united-states-marine-corps-american-eagle-one-ounce-silver-proof-coin-25MPM.html/








Set my reminder as I do for these, was on work cell and in a deep convo w/ a client, forgot all about it until about 12:45 pm central.  Sold out within the hour.  First two did not.  Kinda wild. I am not happy as I love one off eagles, about the only thing worth a fuck the US mint makes, ever.  So I need one of the Marine Corps versions, I'm sure they are at over $200 (cost $105) on ebay right now if not more as this was the quickest sellout with a potential mintage of 100k I've ever seen and the other two started on ebay at 2 x cost.

If anyone snagged one, and willing to trade for a physical btc of some sort, lemme know

[Final compilation of entries and list of participants for the pumpkin carving contest 2025]

Voting begins now.  There will be one full week of voting, as I want to give everyone a chance to get their votes in.

How the Poll is to be Run
Poll will run for 7 days.  1 vote per user. You are NOT allowed to use your alt account to vote twice. You can change your vote, of course only up until the contest ends.  


Once the 7 days is up, the voting will end, but the final results will possibly not be the actual tallies/winners until Theymos comes in and implements a few things to make the voting more fair.  Those things are, as stated by Theymos..“ 1) only Member+ votes will count, where copper membership does not on its own count as Member; and 2) users who haven't made a post in the year between the time of this post and 1 year ago will not be counted".

In the unlikely case of a tie, we'll run another poll which will be set to run for 3 days.

No manipulation of any kind allowed. If I see you trying to manipulate the votes in any way, I reserve the right to disqualify you. Please no alt-accounts, no begging for votes etc.



EXTRA as promised- Winner 1 will get their choice between 3 very cool physical btc collectibles ( a redeemed 2012 Casascius coin (1st ever physically funded coin, 2 item to be..a bitcoin relic to be certain), a self funded "Bit-Card".  A very rare and very early btc wallet.  These are harder to find than BitBills (the first ever physical btc to be funded, that means paper wallets, hardware wallets etc), and item 3 a 2018 PSA grade 9 Topps (the most famous sports card brand ever) Cryptocurrency card.  After the overall winner picks, number 2 goes and 3 gets what's left.

For those who didn't win but participated- will do a random number generator for those of you and have 3 winners in total.  Prizes 1) Lealana physical btc 2)Genesis physical btc ) 2017 short roll of Bitcoin Penny copper btc pennies

I will be reaching out to those who put the lists together or assisted, you're getting more than merit from me.  A million and 1 thank you's!

Final compilation of entries and list of participants for the pumpkin carving contest 2025

We have a total of № 116 entries.

Forum Edition Halloween Pumpkin Carving Entries 2025

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Pumpkin #113	Pumpkin #114	Pumpkin #115	Pumpkin #116

VOTING NOW LIVE: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5565152.0


Welcome to the 2025 Btalk Pumpkin Carving Contest. I started this contest back in 2022 ( https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5416347.0 ), it far surpassed my expectations. From Theymos, mods, newbies to Legendary members who I’ve know for many years, everyone got involved in one way or another and was just such a blast.

I picked up a few babies at the store today and you might notice a very American wooden pumpkin in the back,
Saw that today too and it was an easy call to purchase, my fav things about fall are those two pumpkins and football (American football).



I will be doing some traveling over the next month so getting out ahead of this a little in prep. Also because it’s Sunday , that means NFL all day so a quick ANN

Opens Oct 1st

To follow : exact rules , and prizes. I will be using the same rules as my last contests. Prizes will be provided by myself alone. I want this to just be all about the btalk community (Oct 1 being my 9 year Ann 🤯) . The winner prizes will be good ones, I promise

Stay tuned

Last years contest for reference : https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5512198.0

When I learned of bitcoin back 2014ish I was already working in finance for some time.  Was discovering more and more how corrupt my industry was, and most of all how corrupt the big banks are (BOA, 90B in fraud violations since 2000, JP Morgan Chase, 40B since 2000 (most since 2006 when Jamie Dimon took over as CEO) fraud, against their own clients much of the time).  The first book I read about Bitcoin before owning any was Mastering Bitcoin.  Way out of my league and always will be, but I did learn a little bit, was lead here, turned on to Andreas etc etc. This all said, I know many here don't work in traditional finance and this is not to throw jabs, but most don't understand what so ever.  Do yourself a big favor, and read this book!  One needs to understand how traditional finance and banking works to truly understand bitcoin.

Nick Szabo always talks about the history of money before btc.  When he does events, in his blog ( https://unenumerated.blogspot.com/ ), etc.  Nick is an OG cypherpunk,created bitgold ahead of btc, coined the term Smart Contracts, a lawyer, an economist and a computer scientist..you get the point. I'm essentially echoing what he has been telling everyone to do, indirectly, for many years.  This book that I'm just now reading is eye opening even to myself whos worked in finance for several decades and kept a close eye on the fraud from within.  

Do yourself a favor - https://www.amazon.com/Creature-Jekyll-Island-Federal-Reserve/dp/091298645X

如果翻译得不太准确，请见谅（如果翻译得不太准确，请见谅，我可以让香港的朋友帮我翻译一下）。

我九月或十月会去香港。长途飞行中途停留。除了想和那里的朋友一起吃饭，我还想找到实体数字人民币钱包。我有一包（卡上有龙图案，一个里面存了一些人民币。我正在寻找新的卡类型，或者一些更酷炫、更高端的电子硬件钱包。有人知道这些钱包现在还在吗？在香港哪里可以找到？谢谢🙏

附注：我还拥有龙图案的加密货币实体黄金印章，以及e-cny和其他机构发行的其他加密货币印章，很幸运拥有它们。
Rúguǒ fānyì dé bù tài zhǔnquè, qǐng jiànliàng (rúguǒ fānyì dé bù tài zhǔnquè, qǐng jiànliàng, wǒ kěyǐ ràng xiānggǎng de péngyǒu bāng wǒ fānyì yīxià).

Wǒ jiǔ yuè huò shí yuè huì qù xiānggǎng. Chángtú fēixíng zhōngtú tíngliú. Chúle xiǎng hé nàlǐ de péngyǒuyīqǐ chīfàn, wǒ hái xiǎng zhǎodào shítǐ shùzì rénmínbì qiánbāo. Wǒ yǒu yī bāo (kǎ shàng yǒu lóng tú'àn, yīgè lǐmiàn cúnle yīxiē rénmínbì. Wǒ zhèngzài xúnzhǎo xīn de kǎ lèixíng, huòzhě yīxiē gèng kù xuàn, gèng gāoduān dì diànzǐ yìngjiàn qiánbāo. Yǒurén zhīdào zhèxiē qiánbāo xiànzài hái zài ma? Zài xiānggǎng nǎlǐ kěyǐ zhǎodào? Xièxiè 🙏

fùzhù: Wǒ hái yǒngyǒu lóng tú'àn de jiāmì huòbì shítǐ huángjīn yìnzhāng, yǐjí e-cny hé qítā jīgòu fāxíng de qítā jiāmì huòbì yìnzhāng, hěn xìngyùn yǒngyǒu tāmen.

Not a big US mint fan, but every once in a while they drop a cool item.

This year in celebration of 250 years of US military they are making a custom eagle coin for both the military Navy and Marines. These are all West Point struck coins, of course adding to the lure and value. Regular versions go for $95, so for $10 more 🤷‍♂️.

The 3 examples dropping this year ($$105 for this coin. I imagine the others will be the same. Also, what I found interesting is that in the beginning it had a household limit of three at this point it’s down to one. Does anyone have any idea what kind of vintage they may end up producing now it says max vintage of 100 and K but as someone who used to purchase coins from the US met quite often that really doesn’t mean much. Any thoughts around this much appreciated !

https://www.usmint.gov/product-schedule/2025/?prefn1=pastRelease&prefv1=false&start=0&sz=36



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I give up, won’t CC properly from the uploader, not to mention FF mobile blows







This one I’m not in know about it so if anybody could provide some feedback, it would be greatly appreciated!
https://www.usmint.gov/american-eagle-2025-one-ounce-silver-coin-laser-beam-privy-mark-25EALE.html

Gold coin, bad ass (2024 release). Superman smh (has anyone ever seen him with his shirt off w an S on his chest like this. When are they going to fire the moron who runs this mint already smh

As an FA who got in finance to fight from within a corrupt world, to truly help people, I took to bitcoin back in 2013-14 when I discovered it, especially when I was learning how corrupt big banks truly were/are at that very same time ( I wish one CNBC host had the balls to say to Jamie next time he calls BTC a scam, “what about Chase under your leadership. From 2000-2006 JPM had roughly 6M in fraud violations. When you took over in 06, to today…”). Look where that number stands now- https://violationtracker.goodjobsfirst.org/parent/jpmorgan-chase . Think that’s bad, check out BOA.

Anyways, Outside of btc’s potential to change the world, at least IMO at the time,
I also was and am beyond fascinated w SNs Escrow proposal. I’ve posted about it before here, esp after Szabo told me he “believes so” when I asked if SN was referring to the use of SCs to create this proposal. GMax has shared w/me why this proposal hadn’t (still hasn’t?) come to fruition. The sheer time coding up such a revolutionary financial programing proposal using cryptography is what I believe to be the equivalent to btc’s solving of DS and true decentralization.  Hashcash, Bit-Gold , Ripple (not then XRP) etc had all been proposed years before SN finally cracked the code.

I’m assuming the SN 2party escrow proposal “answers” ( ex https://www.comsys.rwth-aachen.de/fileadmin/papers/2019/2019-wagner-dispute.pdf  ) that have been created thus far are the equivalent to what HashC, Bit-G etc were trying to achieve. Greg, Achow and I know a few others here can confirm this one way or another and would LOVE an update, if possible 🙏

On to what I’ve shared here a few times over the years but still never been given a definitive “yes, you busted him out here” or “no, you didn’t because..”

So, id love to put this to bed once and for all.. (any feedback is greatly appreciated).

“We are all SN, except for CW” 😁

FYI I was baiting him here, and purposely trying to sound completely lost and like a moron, a tactic learned from Sasha B.C. who explained how pretending to be a complete ignoranous will help put one’s guard down if they believe you are that. Respkt!

1 of each. Funded (Eagle.01btc/bch / Bull .001btc). Both are in excellent condition. Looking to sell right around where the last few have sold (adjusted up/down depending on price of btc at that time, naturally). Too lazy to gather this info for myself atm, if anyone can share plz do so. I will work on it tom otherwise (it’s roughly 11pm central for me rn).

Note - I consider both coins to be “at risk”. It is well known that coins were swept, then quickly added back on a Bull coin a few years back, a coin that had not been peeled. Maker of both, TopWorldCoins, are scammy cunts.  Also note redemption process for Bull coins (I can’t remember if it’s the same for the eagle coins) is unlike any BTC redemption process I and most have ever seen (it’s not super simple).

Reply or DM if interested. Will ship WW (buyer takes on full liability for shipping/taxes/vat etc if outside the U.S.)

Hand-full of photos for both. I can’t take pics for shit.

Bull https://imgur.com/a/fQZ5J2i

Eagle https://imgur.com/a/YUqypNr

I believe I'm going to Vegas for the bitcoin conference (well, to meet up with/support a friend with a booth there), as well as the litcoin summit (because of Charlie, a bud) which overlaps the btc conf.  The time spent at the conferences will be minimal, so that means the rest of the trip will be spent at the Bunny Ranch.  JK (or am I).  So I plan to mostly play poker and roulette., with a bit of sports betting.  Can anyone recommend which casinos are their favorite for poker (hold'em..both "fast play", as well as for no limit tournaments).  Then for roulette and sports betting, lastly.



What I'm most excited to check out...Stadium Swim and the Sphere



Sphere "event" playing during my days - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eryP10tAFGQ


Short trip, little gambling, little pool side sports betting, show at the Sphere..good eats..I'll be happy all said and done and have always been told 3-4 days is plenty in Vegas lol.

Any tips appreciated. 

Thanks in advance

Coming form the perspective of : A US based licensed financial advisor of 20 plus years.  Got in this line of work to TRULY help others and  change lives for the better..as fucking cheesy as that sounds.  To , "fight from within".  I work around a lot of bullshit (which is what lead me to bitcoin 11-12 years ago now) and I wanted to state this up front as this is not an uneducated opinion /guidance here..

Anyways ..you're going to get a lot people telling you this or that, opinions based on emotions and not rationale/facts/history etc.  I always tell my clients, the last people you want to take financial advice form is your co-workers, family or friends..as 99.8% of what you're going to be told is BULLSHIT. Now some, wont be..but how will you know for sure?

Always keep this in mind, when it comes to finances, you want to ask yourself this "with my long term investment portfolios, if the market crashes today and lasts for say 2-3 years (which is on par with an avg downturn, at least within the US stock markets) do I have the time to "make up" for market downturns, or if the market crashes today, and for the next 2-3 years..it would be devastating to my day to day as I need those funds soon and don't have the time to "make up" for a sizable downturn.  Let this always be your guide. Now keep in mind, I am talking your "sound" "backbone" type investments for the long term.  No group retirement plan ( 401k, 403b, 457b etc) in the United States has or allows for any asset type that is that aggressive, relatively speaking.  Meaning most peoples long term portfolios consist of "basic" stocks and bond. You want to remain diversified, and NEVER panic sell.  You don't technically lose anything unless you sell (or gain) for that matter. They are what's called unrealized losses and gains.  You obtain shares when purchasing say a Mutual Fund, ETF, or CIT.  Shares don't go away in market downturns, and if you retain them, you've got the ability to grow back unrealized losses as markets bounce back.

Markets will always bounce back.  If not?  We all have a lot more to worry about than what's in our bank accounts or retirement plans. 

Keep in mind ..most of us despise our governments and want the same things at the end of the day.  Don't let them divide us!   ( this is as short and simple as I could possibly make it lol..so there are things not said that should /could have been.. my inbox is always open for help if needed..I don't work in sales, I never will again, and I would never ask for a red cent (or red satoshi) for any of that help I provide, outside of course from my employer ( but again, not in sales, no commissions being paid out to me).

I still have the humor of my 14 year old self and simply wanted to say I appreciate you whale, well played. I figured decent chance you’ll see this post, and I appreciate the childish humor and the laugh. This is at least a somewhat newish update I know that much. That’s all.


https://casascius.uberbills.com/?address=1AWe32boSBj88Uxvdu4nnVZffZ3oPeLits

I wanted to start a thread dedicated solely to Chinese related cryptocurrency and “cryptocurrency” (ie Digital Yuan) collectibles.

I think I’ve got one of the best and most unique collections in the space so figured I’d share.

First up are coins issued from within China (not gov backed). Geek Bitcoin might be the first, or one of (Not sure off hand when BTCC launched their first physical BTC (but they were the first ever cryptocurrency exchange in China. The large silver coin has some info (and a COA I’m working on finding).


Geek Bitcoin







ANX Bitcoin
I believe this ended up being a scam. But these coins were issued as a marketing ploy







https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2014/02/24/hong-kong-to-get-first-offline-bitcoin-store

“Momax Physical Bitcoin” (I have no info on this coins at all, yet)



BTCC - Chinas first ever Bitcoin/Cryptocurrency Exchange created by no stranger to many of us, Bobby Lee, brother of Litecoin creator Charlie Lee (as a buddy and no stranger to many of us). Their coins are about as desirable as any in the space. They mined all coins funded on to the physical bitcoins themselves, adding extra desire/premiums thanks to the “un-tainted”/ “Virgin” bitcoin. They made some silver coins (the Two BTC silver coins are beyond rare and BEAUTIFUL). China does not allow the manufacturing of precious metal coins (or at least silver, I know) to be made by a company who ships over-seas. In response Bobby started producing Titanium Coins as well as the extremely popular “chips” and Titanium Block.  























https://coinidol.com/longest-running-bitcoin-exchange-btcc-releases-physical-coin/?amp

3oz Silver coin - “CoinSpot Trading Limited”






Digital Yuan “Cryptocurrency” - China made mining and trading bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies illegal. In comes what they call, the “Digital Yuan” a self proclaimed “cryptocurrency”, however it’s actually just a centralized way of digitally using the Yuan, not true decentralized blockchain technology.  This still marks a new era of money/how money is used  in China which spawned many cool collectibles including hardware wallets, digital hardware wallet cards and other wallet hardware cards.

















https://www.ledgerinsights.com/china-produces-cbdc-guide-for-tourists-in-english/

https://www.registrationchina.com/articles/china-e-cny-guide-for-foreigners/

In 2024 “Year of the Dragon” China issued the first ever “State backed” digital crypto stamp (or anything real crypto related regarding collectibles which uses the polygon network. A joint venture between China, HK Post and a third party company.  

It seems though as sales have ceased/gone out of business ( and FYI to those asking how to obtains the stamps case set as well as the .999 gold stamps (3 weight sizes in total ).























https://www.chinadailyhk.com/hk/article/372235

https://crypto-stamps.org/catalogue/asia/china/


Will update post as more info / items come available.

(please let me know if I’ve missed anything !!)

Anyone else noticing this? I mostly just use Insta but what’s kind of funny is I never saw gambling ads until just recently and in fact, maybe two of the recent four posts I’ve found,  I found were for” dual bits” the current campaign I’m in. I thought this was really cool. I know I took a screenshot somewhere. I will have to dig it up to add to this thread but again I’ve also seen others and just curious if anyone else is seeing the same they tend?

So half of gambling talk here is sports betting pretty much right. I am in an NFL Chicago Bears discord group where the admin is just fn awesome and runs streams for every bears game in every possible way.

This is of course a very diverse global forum (one of the best aspects about it; and why I hold it to be so special) and the most global game that we all could agree on I would say probably NBA ? (Soccer bigger globally but it’s not much of a focus in America (I LOVED the Classico with Barcelona/Messi vs RM/Ronaldo , I have a couple buddies who were fans and I came to understand the Classico w those two facing off, will never be that good again in our lifetime, so I did get way in to that game for a few years, knowing I was watching something special). I imagine there plenty of members here who’d appreciate watching some NBA games here and there but too costly where you live or whatever.

Maybe there’s a big boxing or UFC matchup going down, I know a stream would be desirable. I don’t believe (could be dead wrong) there’s any legality issues with doing this. So let’s say there’s not, what do you guys think ? @cyrus any interest in this , is this something you’d have to set up or can anyone do so, can it be granted, you have any familiarity? Thx 🙏 Feel like it could be a fun community engagement type deal. 🤷‍♂️


Was just chatting w @nutildah & @hueristic about watching XFL games this season and I just dropped my cable tv contract as I don’t watch much TV outside of football season.

Any thoughts appreciated. This is one of those Ty thinking out loud deals.

Looking to trade this hand signed print from yBitcoin magazine cover art Vol 2 Issue 4 (2015-16 I believe  https://issuu.com/ybitcoin/docs/ybitcoin-volume2_issue4) by artist  Josh Dykgraaf, who I believe is a pretty well known artist in the space, designed quite a few of the yBitcoin mag covers, like the St Pete Bowl.


Full Image - https://internationalrescue.com/artwork/josh-dykgraaf-33/  ( this is incredibly detailed, so look hard and you'll keep finding Waldo)


Edit : will throw this in too. Lynx Casascius Astronaut Coin print, signed, 1 of 21 (Mike Caldwell/Casascius gave his blessing for this piece to be sold, and I want to say that’s the last time he’s been active in collectibles, this is I dunno, 6-7 years old? Will get a link to sales thread shortly




WTT FOR- https://cryptograffiti.com/products/terrible-store-of-value


This cover theme is a ploy from the famous HBO TV Series Silicon Valley intro , which the show has plenty of bitcoin and cryptocurrency mentions throughout.  Here's the intro/inspiration ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7m2j_0ivw2I )  

If you haven't seen the show, do yourself a favor.  First few season are epic.  
This is not part of the show, just a side marketing sketch, classic ! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjrdJBP5i1I

Others: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28IpiLraUoc    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uS1KcjkWdoU  

 As an FA, I was an anomaly in the industry overall as almost none of my peers advisors/traders/etc either knew of bitcoin back in 2014 or they had a negative "scam" view , of course none had ever done the homework like I had.  When I first read up on it, man it hit me like a ton of bricks as I lived/saw first hand how bitcoin could change the world.  I worked at a very large Fortune 500 firm on a trading floor back when I discovered btc, with a lot smart people but every time I whipped out "Mastering Bitcoin" I got shit or odd looks.  I have been stealing accounts away from JP Morgan Chase for years, and never more so than now.  I can't go in to specifics but it's sizable enough to where it makes a small differences that could grow, I'm working on it!   I fucking despise this piece of human filth (Jamie Dimon) that should be behind bars as he runs the worlds second largest bank, which under his rule as CEO has been fined nearly 50 BILLION dollars in fraud violations.  This piece has meaning to my life's work and really want it.  When it was available I just didn't have the spare funds.  

Open to trading something else, I would buy probably too but I got too much stuff and would rather trade for it.  

I believe this print had a run of 25 but i could be wrong, working on finding out for sure.  I know Cryptografitti bank deposit box had 100 prints

Please post below of DM if interested.  Thx

So I think I may have mentioned this in a post before but haven't made a topic.  One of my long time buddies was diagnosed with cancer recently and as a way to help boost his moral is a handful of other buddies have all bought oculus VRs and they play all sorts of games but often play poker.  Do any of you play poker on Oculus and do you know if there's a way of doing so and making real world bets?  I'm assuming you'd probably have to create your own room with your friends and have to do it "offline".

Anyways I'm planning to get one here very soon to join in and support my boy going through tough times. 

Is this Oculus?  This is one of my favorite internet clips ever    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0h4zQGMfN6k

https://cryptonews.com/cryptocurrency/physical-bitcoin/

Here's an example of another idiot who's editor doesn't give a shit if his articles are fact or fiction.  It's getting REALLY tiresome of seeing so many shit articles with misinformation.  First off, most still say Casascius was first, much to the dismay to many (especially Krogo lol) - but for christ sakes I've written out a timeline spelling it all out, not that hard to find - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5174217.0 

Also, many articles state they aren't really being made any more.  If they aren't funded they are just novelty, with little premium value, and that there is no use for them any more as we have hardware wallets.  What these fools don't understand is that it is still cold storage, even safer than hardware wallets in some ways, but one KEY point, they are an excellent way to trade/buy/sell bitcoin off the blockchain.  So there's no actual blockchain movement showing to whom and from the coins were sent to.  This is a BIG DEAL. 

This was apparently not "AI" written, but many are.  There's so many other shitty ones, anyone else been noticing this too?

Man, a lot happens in 8 years looking back- https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1963763.msg19520346#msg19520346

I made that topic and we have kinda gotten there but kinda not, as well. @owlcatz (reply to someone asking about grading Kialara’s very nicely shutting the idea down 😛., well now PCGS does, maybe NGC?  I can’t keep up but I also don’t like either company because they do shady/shit business. PCGS does not allow drop offs? Fuckn ridiculous! I could go on (to no ones surprise). But the slabs are huge and make Kialara’s way less fun to play with after that.  I guess I understand if you plan to send to an auction house (after authentication by a ghost, prob Elias, a non-expert so still trying to figure authentication procedure out. This is going to backfire, sooner than later too).  

That said while Max was ridiculously generous having cases made, and while it took me some time to have the discussion with him being a buddy and him being VERY generous…I never trusted the cases fully and saw air pockets the day I got them. As anyone knows who’s bought a clear phone case ..no clear soft material will hold its color or provide an “air-tite” fit (technically not even slabs do, I know). Half of mine are yellowing, fog up and while I’ve had a couple bars in them, and not sure if they have created any damage, others have reported slight issues (@MinerJones could speak to this better than I).

In that old thread LesbianCow and I were adamant about using high end acrylic ONLY.  Max rightfully was concerned about it damaging his art. He still is (still, very understandably). I’ve assured him a proper fitting acrylic case will NOT damage anything. I’ve got coins with big jewels on the outside, all sorts of metal types (hard/soft) and everything in between in acrylic caps, plus 10oz silver bars in the air-tites.com cases which have been in them a decade now..zero issues what so ever.

My idea, price out a one size fits all bars acrylic case. For the newer small bars, custom inserts would be placed in all corners to hold them in place, retaining protection and still looking professional.


I spent an hour + on the phone with air-tites.com a few days ago. While they don’t manufacture, they are the leader in 3rd party resale for coin collectors needs (namely acrylic capsules/cases) and have close relationships with their producers. I spoke with the owner directly who was very receptive to our hobby, Kialara’s and is helping me out more than he certainly has to. Should know more soon!

For those of you who plan to hodl your Kialara’s forever, like myself, this imo is a no brainer.  

Interested ? (Price point unknown, but it would be at cost, of course).

If anyone knows makers who could accommodate such a project plz chime in.  Anyone in touch w @BG4?? Believe his company could makes these np.

(Sorry for the novel but I wanted to be thorough). Cliff Notes-read the colored sentences only  

Link to my longest ongoing scam thread thanks to complicit accomplices (Apmex, JM Bullion, Walmart, Amazon and on and on (LLC loop hole fraudsters expose why LLCs are more shit than legit) https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5351100.msg58484556#msg58484556

Article on Bevis (Buttheads bestie) -blockchain mint “tech” tracking all physical crypto (they mention bcash a lot but do say Bevis is on all thier products wallets ) wallets they make to sell ur data and spend a few pages telling you how great this is for YOUR benefit! https://blockchainmint.com/pages/bevis

Done scam busting but won’t rest until I drive these fuck wads out of crypto (so they can file for bankruptcy, use LLC protection and come up with their next scam).

This past weekend I was out at a few bars for one of my long time best girlfriends birthdays.  I am normally not a slot guy but said to myself, lets just see.  I guess it's been a while since I've played slots as they are a massive waste of money, but said f it.  Good lord they were BORING.  

First one I played had instructions, semi clear.  Second one I played was due to a girl I had gone out on a few dates with last year and well I wanted to take her home to play her slot machine, if ya know what I mean ( I'm being gross for a laugh) but yeah I did want to take her home but also just wanted to chat, say hello etc.  She was down to like a dollar when I showed up.  I put like 5 of 10 bucks in.  We got up to 60 and lost it all.  The machine had ZERO instructions.   and these new age slots just have tons of rows with all sorts of shit in the rows, and I thought to myself that I'd post about this as one it's a waste of money but the payout are garbage and it's ZERO fun. Push a button lose, Push a button win a few bucks, meanwhile no strategy, not real big pay out etc.

What is fun about slot machines in modern times, anyone? I don't get it.