New Moon on Dec 4th => Full Moon on Dec 18th and the weekly chart reminded me of a dragon.
I think things are about to heat up(ward).  SOMA!

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/croatia-largest-retail-chain-konzum-now-accepts-bitcoin-payments

 ○ Croatia’s largest food retailer has enabled bitcoin payments in its online shop.

 ○ Konzum said it plans on deploying the payment option in its physical stores soon.

 ○ “We are proud to be leaders in another area that is rapidly developing and dictating the future,” Konzum board member Uroš Kalinić said.

Croatia’s largest food retailer has enabled bitcoin as a payment option in its online shop, the company said in a statement Wednesday. Konzum has become the first local retail chain to offer customers the choice, allowing them to purchase everyday consumer items with bitcoin.

“Cryptocurrency owners can buy and pay for groceries, hygiene, and household items and other products from the rich offer of our online store with more than 12,000 products,” Kozum said, according to a translated version of the statement.

Reuters reported that Konzum is part of the Balkan region’s biggest food producer and retailer, Fortenova Grupa. The report also noted that Konzum’s shops are popular among tourists visiting Croatia, who will now be able to purchase products online with cryptocurrency. The company said it plans to enable the new payment option in its physical stores soon.

“As the largest retail chain in Croatia, which in its almost 65-year history is a continuous leader in the domestic market in terms of business results and technological achievements, we are proud to be leaders in another area that is rapidly developing and dictating the future,” Konzum board member Uroš Kalinić said.

Konzum implemented the new payment avenue through a partnership with local fintech Electrocoin and their PayCek system, a bitcoin payment processor. The system provides a QR code for the customer to scan and pay using their bitcoin wallet of choice while fixing an exchange rate as the purchase begins to protect the consumer from volatility.

“We continue to invest in the development of innovations and technologies in order to remain the first choice for our customers and as a next-generation retail chain to provide a premium shopping experience,” Kalinić added.

edit: translated text from the Konzum website -

Payment in cryptocurrencies

In our webshop you can use nine different cryptocurrencies for payment - bitcoin (BTC), ether (ETH), bitcoin cash (BCH), EOS, DAI, ripple (XRP), stellar lumen (XLM), tether (USDT) and USDC.

The process of paying with cryptocurrencies is simple and similar to card payments.

When you have finished selecting the product, select the cryptocurrency payment option, after which the system will offer you a list of available cryptocurrencies.

After selecting the desired cryptocurrency, the amount in its equivalent will be displayed and a QR code and payment address will be generated. It is necessary to scan the QR code exclusively with a personal krypton wallet .

With the confirmation of the transaction, the payment will be made, and the confirmation of the transaction from the PayCek system will be sent to the email, and the invoice for the paid service or product will be sent by Konzum.

Due to the volatility of the cryptocurrency exchange rate, which can vary from minute to minute, the PayCek system guarantees the buyer a fixed exchange rate equivalent in time to initiate the transaction, sufficient for its successful execution at no additional charge .

I haven't subscribed to the youtube channel for opsec reasons but I am keen to watch any and every episode that airs.  I doubt I'm alone in this.

The anticipation reminds me of waiting for Heinz ketchup to come out of the bottle.  Maybe useful for product placement ad revenue?

 There are far more than one.  

 They =

 unelected bureaucrats (as numerous as cockroaches) who have been delegated power by those we elected but who never leave
 
 +

 https://bilderbergmeetings.org/
 Invited millionaires, billionaires and various power brokers who nobody elected (or may have at one time been elected) to represent the rest of us

 +

 https://www.weforum.org/
 comprised of paying members and invited guests in the form of business and political leaders (generally leaders we elected but did not give license to take marching orders from this group of narcissistic freaks), billionaires (again because they know best how to steal the commoners money for their time), celebrities (because us peons will do whatever they say) and journalists (because how are you going to do what they say if nobody incessantly beats you over the head with it?)

 Build Back Better

 Now that you know, are you going to ignore it again?


Edit.  I didn't make it clear that in order to attend the World Economic Forum one must be invited. 

 Don't you live on permafrost?

 Edit:  Can't you make a deal with your neighbour to get some wifi temporarily?

 I like this part:

 "The Long-Term Holder Net Position Change indicator measures the change in Bitcoin supply that remains in the hands of long-term holders (LTH). These are those addresses that hold BTC for at least 155 days (about 5 months)."

 5 months makes a long-term holder???  I wonder what that makes most of us?

 Seems as though China might still be messing with us.

source:  https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2021/11/26/multiple-mining-pools-are-facing-connectivity-issues/

"Major crypto mining pools including Binance Pool, F2pool, Poolin and ViaBTC are reporting connectivity problems, they said in their Telegram channels in the past 24 hours.

 • The issue is caused by domain name system (DNS) “pollution,” Binance Pool and Poolin said on their Chinese Telegram channels. F2pool also said the pool’s domain name is not being properly resolved.

 • The DNS is the internet service that converts domain names like coindesk.com into internet protocol (IP) addresses, which are strings of numbers. DNS poisoning can occur when a hacker redirects traffic from the domain name to an imposter website.

 • ViaBTC users are also reporting on Telegram that they are having difficulty accessing the pool. On its English Telegram channel, the pool acknowledged the issue but did not specifically mention DNS connectivity problems.

 • “The connectivity issues appear to be primarily affecting Chinese miners,” said Alejandro De La Torre, founder of ProofofWork.Energy consulting firm and former Poolin vice president. De La Torre thinks the Chinese government is likely interfering with the mining pools.

 • Binance Pool’s bitcoin hashrate is down 14% in the last 24 hours. F2pool has dropped almost 8% and ViaBTC has fallen by 7%, according to BIT Mining’s information platform.

 • A large part of the pools’ operations are located in China, which has vowed to eliminate crypto mining. While their hashrate does not come only from China, and they have said they plan to exit the country by year-end, the publication of material in Mandarin could be interpreted as courting its population.

 • Binance Pool, F2pool, and Poolin advised users to modify their DNS to solve the issue. Binance Pool said that a long term solution is to use a VPN to circumvent the country’s telecoms carrier."

 A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving.  It's only half an hour.

 
 N.B. Use a pop-up blocker such as ublock origin; a VPN is a good idea too.

 That's bad news for sure.  This happened to us a while ago in the middle of winter but we also have a gas stove so we kept a couple burners going to warm up in the kitchen/living room, purchased a couple of electric blankets to help in the bedroom and thermal underwear and toques were a godsend.


 edit:   Hey!  Don't you have a pile of old bitcoin miners lying around?

 Zombees

 

 Being a shift-worker, I was always looking for something to help me switch back and forth.  Light therapy works and while there's nothing like natural sunlight, bright white LEDs seemed to do the trick.  I find it strange though how something called a SAD lamp can make one happy.

 https://www.healthline.com/health/sad-lamp

 There's also some research about light in the ears being beneficial and one company has come up with earbuds (sound capable!) to help with that.

 https://humancharger.com/global/

 I wonder when they'll come up with something similar to aid in perineum sunning?  Would it also come with sound?

 OMG!  That's probably where Satoshi was born! I think you're onto something.

Love that tune

 GET YOUR HANDS UP PEOPLE!!  MASTER BLASTER!

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

 No, they lied again.  They can't stop lying as they no longer report news objectively.  The printing of physical money has actually tapered off since the last recession (read gov't induced country wide shutdown using covid as the excuse) most likely because nobody uses it any more except for drug dealing and other illicit activities while the honest majority have switched to Bitcoin.

 Those @#!$in' Canucks!  Bunch of pilfering freaks.

 Moon was last night.  Full blood moon but it was obscured for hours due to the eclipse.  I'm sure if that weren't the case, we would have been over 70k by now.

 There's absolutely nothing wrong with citing ChartBuddy even in error.  The least-biased member of this thread; this guy is all about the facts which he presents on time, every time and in an easy-to-read format.