This mempool congestion is annoying but luckily it shouldn't affect me too badly. I paid a much lower than usual fee today to transfer half a coin to one of my OTC dudes because I anticipated a possible Xmas dip and I liked $44k. I needed to give the taxman his monthly pound of flesh and have some extra bank money to cover utilities etc while I'm in Mexico. Surprisingly it confirmed quickly.

I should be good now until April and hopefully by then this pathetic ordinals crap should have passed like a constipation turd and fees will be more reasonable. Today's transaction was large enough that the fee really wasn't that important. It's still much cheaper and faster than any other payment method except cash hand-to-hand.

The one place where it will affect me is my ride to the airport. My go-to driver not only charges me much less than a taxi but he takes payment in Bitcoin. The fee I paid today is more than he charges me. I guess I'll have to pay him with fiat. Oh well.

Another vote for Green, I see. Good to know. Will keep an eye on it re. LN integration.

Yes, the on-chain fee size is becoming an issue for small payments. But then again, buying coffee on-chain is like using a chainsaw to cut butter. So yeah, 2nd-layer BTC networks are important, and will be more so in the future. I know (have been reading here and there, and also in WO) that LN has its problems, but I hope they get ironed out and we end up with a robust 2nd-layer network, with the uptime and reliability of on-chain transactions, that's going to be standardized and adopted worldwide as a payment method. Michael Saylor is actively promoting this IIRC, as is Jack Dorsey and other big players out there. And no, LTC won't cut it, as it is just a matter of time (i.e., network load) before it clogs up too. The solution must be by design, not by low utilization.

Talking about erections and "all-in"...

$44,520 @ Stamp as I type this. Another AYH.

Onwards & upwards!

My father, who is still alive, got burned on an investment back in the 1980s.

To this day he refuses to discuss it with me, but it must have been a bad enough blow to his psyche and/or wallet, because he has never privately invested in anything since. He has become far too risk averse.

That is the real tragedy and lesson: not getting back into the game once burned.

He sat on the sidelines and missed so many investment opportunities from the 80's, 90's, 2000's and beyond...

You keep everything in one place?

The price is up over $35K and seems to show no signs of slowing down. It will be interesting to see if once the ETF  is approved if we’ll see a selloff or a moon shot. The perfect storm seems to be aligning between the timing of this rally, the coming ETF approvals, and the halving. 2024 could be one of the bigger years we’ve seen for BTC.

Well friends, my DCA days are over. It's time to start selling. I'm a little sad to spoil my stash, but it's about something important. For years I was not satisfied with the city and the institution where I work. I was recently invited to a prestigious institution with better pay and less working hours. For opsec reasons, I don't want to say what I work, I'll just say that it's a very prestigious position, and only 1 month of working days is required per year. My work is a hobby and there is no question of retiring, because that's what I'll be doing anyway.

The city is large, with a rich history and culture, with many places for entertainment, recreation and restaurants. The people are good, cordial and I feel very well there for 1 year now. So I decided to buy an apartment. I'm putting off the idea of a house for now because I don't have that many bitcoins. My plan for the apartment is to use a mortgage, paying only 20% of the price now. It's a small percentage of my bitcoins, so I'll be able to swallow it. When the price reaches some level, I have decided to repay the entire loan by selling bitcoins, and my goal is to sell no more than 10% for the purpose. It's all worth it, because it's how I drastically change my lifestyle in the right direction. And I'm insured with my bitcoins, in case of financial difficulties to sell some more and not lose the apartment.

My 10 year anniversary in bitcoin is in May 2024. Hopefully we have an approved spot ETF by then & an ATH maybe.

I was a fresh faced mid 20’s noob back then. I have done very well from bitcoin but my God, it ages you.

I remember years ago when my dear old late Dad told me this "strategy", I couldn't for the life of me figure out why it wouldn't work with say just a few dollars.
As mentioned above, I did do it on my last visit to a casino like 30 years ago, and walked away with 5$ or something. Of course in order to be up that $5, I had to
end my gambling fun right then and there, forever, which of course I didn't do, that's no fun. I promptly lost it all in the slots...After all, it was just house money, man!
Admittedly, I probably lost more trying to win it back. Yup, the house always wins...lol.  (unless you are a card counter, but then you just get kicked out, if recognized)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=no1c6rWw0co

so I don't see why some 1900 BTC that will be sold would signal a crash?

Top 25 highest grossing movies of all time!!

1. Avatar: $2,923,706,026
2. Avengers: Endgame: $2,797,501,328
3. Avatar: The Way of Water: $2,320,250,281
4. Titanic: $2,257,844,554
5. Star Wars: The Force Awakens: $2,068,223,624
6. Avengers: Infinity War: $2,048,359,754
7. Spider-Man: No Way Home: $1,921,847,111
8. Jurassic World: $1,671,537,444
9. The Lion King: $1,656,943,394
10. The Avengers: $1,518,815,515
11. Furious 7: $1,515,341,399
12. Top Gun: Maverick: $1,495,696,292
13. Frozen II: $1,450,026,933
14. Avengers: Age of Ultron: $1,402,809,540
15. The Super Mario Bros. Movie: $1,357,471,840*
16. Black Panther: $1,347,280,838
17. Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Part 2: $1,342,139,727
18. Star Wars: The Last Jedi: $1,332,539,889
19. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom: $1,308,473,425
20. Frozen: $1,290,000,000
21. Beauty and the Beast: $1,263,521,126
22. Incredibles 2: $1,242,805,359
23. The Fate of the Furious: $1,238,764,765
24. Iron Man 3: $1,214,811,252
25. Barbie: $1,212,583,000

Currently in the theaters now.

I watched these movies almost 2/3 times and these were my favourites .
Avatar, Spider-Man, Avengers, Titanic, Black Panther

What's your favorite movie?

Funny how peeps just love to exaggerate during times like these?

Or alternatively, go to some non-referenced price ticker in order to select the price that best tells their story.\

Seems to happen every time, so not really that funny.


Ok... I will do it anyhow.. why not employ an emoji, or two, just for funzies?


 



You can say that again.

 


Fuck CMC.

Who gives any ratt's asses about what CMC says, if that happens to not be our official referent.


For sure mine was a fluke.. and my fluke was right around June 20, 2023. . - so already 2 months ago.


I recall that, exactly... and it does seem like a kind of similar pattern.. of sorts, even though none of them play out the same and even though there are a lot more BIGGER players in BTC these days, including various financial tools that they have and if the patterns largely still fit, then all of those financial tools and BIGGER players might well end up just washing each other out.

It's a wash.

You heard it here first.

25K?  It didn't even make it down to 26K.

$26266 to be exact.