I saw an interesting stat about the Lakers playing without their stars...  They are 0-2 now after the recent loss to San Antonio without Anthony Davis.  At the same time, they are 2-0 without LeBron James.  This certainly leads one to believe that Anthony Davis is important to the Lakers, maybe even moreso than LeBron James.  Interesting to note that in both scenarios they played the Spurs and even in the game they won (without LeBron James), they barely squeaked by with a win.  This makes me think the problems with the Lakers are less about talent, and more about motivation.  The win in the tournament also supports that.

That is completely understandable. I’ve had a lot of people lately tell me that they don’t want to spend Bitcoin to buy my goods because of high fees. I’ve started accepting pretty much any major altcoin as a result, which has left me with an interesting mix of coins, but it shows that high fees are most definitely punishing Bitcoin vendors and customers alike.

It’s hard to imagine that a team of professional athletes can win so few games and lose so badly. It’s like they’re not trying to win games…

I was bummed to see that Bradley Beal was injured again yesterday. Looks like he only got 4 minutes on the court with Durant and Booker. I hope he gets healthy soon and there was some silver lining as he shot 2-2 for 6 points while draining a 3 and a free throw for a 4 point play that left him injured.

It is the rarest among the brass Casascius coins because it was originally released with an error in the hologram. Once the holograms were corrected, the remaining stock was switched over to the new hologram but there weren’t many left compared to other releases. That makes it more rare than even the first error coin, which you might think would be the most sought after.

I have a few 1 BTC Casascius coins that I’d let go for the right price. If I’m setting the price it would be 1.35 BTC for the latest brass Casascius coin, but of course there’s always room to negotiate. Any idea what you’re willing to pay for the right specimen? I’d also require payment up front. Good luck with your hunt. They’re out there.

I’m going to say while your wishlist is full of great things that casinos can offer to attract users, the only thing that really matters is #1 that it is of course not a scam casino. All the bonuses and benefits in the world won’t mean a thing if the casino isn’t reputable and lets you withdraw your funds. For that reason I suggest Stake, who I feel is the most reputable casino in the space.

Same. I don’t see us even hitting $50K this month/year. It would require breaking through some pretty long lasting resistance levels. $45K or maybe even $47K I would see as possible, but it would take a great deal of buying to get us to even $49K, let alone breaking the psychological barrier of $50K in such a short time.

Significant how? As far as I could tell Lauda was directly involved in one of the largest ICO escrow scams ever pulled here who lied about multisig and stored funds on an exchange. Plus HE was a constant troll who is responsible for chasing countless members from this forum over the years and always seemed to support the wrong side of every argument. Not to mention a confirmed extortionist who was fired for doing so… I guess that’s “significant” in it’s own way.

A lot of evenly matched games today but none that I particularly want to watch. There are a couple of easy wins on the table if you wanted to get a parlay victory but I’m not sure how much you’d win. The Bucks should easily beat the Pistons today though and likewise for the Mavericks beating the Trail Blazers.

I think we’re seeing the Santa Claus rally due a little as people start window dressing their portfolios for the end of the year and taking profits or rebalancing. This might cause a stall in the price for a bit but I suspect we’ll see the rally resume once tax returns start making their way to the market. Too much positive news for it to end here.

I’m excited to see Paddy fight again. I don’t think he would stand a chance against Tony in his prime, but maybe now he can… We’ll see. I think Paddy might struggle with Tony’s speed and endurance but if it goes to the floor I think Paddy can get him. It’s a good fight matchup and definitely Paddy’s biggest challenge yet.

The Lakers have been playing so well lately and then today they mess up my parlay by losing to the now 4-20 San Antonio Spurs. That should’ve been a gimme. They need to work on keeping the same energy they had in the tournament. Also news, the Spurs are attempting to trade for Bol Bol to create an insane twin tower situation in Texas.

You gotta give props to Jake Paul when they’re due. He knocked that Andre dude out in the first round with a wicked uppercut. Even the clip made it seem like there wasn’t much hype in the building but you have to consider this mission accomplished if you’re Jake Paul. A brutal knockout on a real boxer… That’s what people said he couldn’t do…

It will be interesting to see what demand is out there for these cards. I don’t think many people are mining alts yet but they are profitable so I would imagine it will be difficult getting your hands on one of these cards. Might have to watch Best Buy inventory and hope to get lucky. I know I’d like to grab one of these for testing in January.

The interesting thing to me about Draymond Green’s suspension is that it is indefinite. I can’t recall ever seeing the NBA do this type of suspension before. I think it’s a good thing as long as he doesn’t come back next week and I think it shows the league actually cares about his mental health a bit. I also think if they suspended him longer for the Gobert choking, this may have been avoided.

This is indeed a big deal but it’ll be another year before it goes into effect so the timing of it being announced right before the ETF approval doesn’t mean much. What it does mean is that a perfect storm is once again brewing for the 4 year ATH to get set in mid/late 2025. Exciting for people who are already happy with the $40K price.

That's a tall order in my opinion.  It would have to take out a great deal of old resistance to get above $50K.  I don't see it happening, but I've been wrong before with how bullish this market is.  I personally think $48K is about as high as we can hope for in the near term.  Maybe if an ETF does get approved in early January we'll see a candle take us up near the all time high, but to me it seems too early in the cycle for that.  I would be expecting a heavy correction at that point, but maybe FTX holding down the market caused more built up buying pressure than I had assumed.

You got quite a bit of merit on your first post here so I think you probably know more than most of the posters on this forum how to earn it.  You displayed that you had some knowledge and were actively seeking a solution, which brought out some good replies and merit.  I think you'll do just fine if you continue using the forum like that and don't worry about trying to earn more merit.  It will come as you post, regardless of what the topic is so long as you display that you're honestly presenting knowledgeable information on whatever you're discussing.

As long as there is somebody telling a story of how they got rich easily, there will be people willing to try it for themselves.  The entire meme coin industry seems built upon the back of the greater fool theory, so I've never jumped into that pool personally, but I do know quite a few people who got involved with crypto after wading into the pool with dogecoin.  Elon Musk seems to have generated quite a few crypto people with his involvement and promotion of dogecoin.  Hopefully we can see him promote Bitcoin by getting Tesla to start accepting it again soon.

I've only found 1 coin before it hit "blow up" status and that way Ravencoin.  I guess I started buying it because I had heard about it from Patrick Byrne who was at the time the CEO of Overstock and had a history with Bitcoin and alternative investments.  I believed his vision that it could help people run organizations transparently on a blockchain and that he may even get legitimate offerings like Overstock stock on the platform.  I ended up scoring a big return getting out during a bubble and I don't think Ravencoin has seen much success since, but I guess sometimes it's better to be lucky than good.