Thanks for putting this on, here're my picks. 

XMR	40%	https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/monero	25
DOGE	30%	https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/dogecoin	8
BUSD	15%	https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/binance-usd	6
GRIN	15%	https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/grin	998

Rational;

• Monero (XMR) because it's been my experience that it's exchange rate with BTC has been fairly stable, therefor it gets the lion's share.  Of course it's among the very few alts I trade, so my perception of the alt market is admittedly limited.
• Doge Coin (DOGE) because it's unwise to underestimate the power of persuasion.  It wouldn't surprise me to see Elon incorporate it into Twitter sooner or later, and if that happens in 2023 that could be a boon.
• Binance-USD (BUSD) as a hedge against volatility.
• GRIN because of wishful thinking.  I like the coin, and I like MimbleWimble.

Then why feed into it?  No one is forcing you to seek out "freshly mined" bitcoin, you're choosing to do that on your own.  No one is forcing you trade on centralized exchanges, again, that's your choice.  There are plenty of alternatives, as you've mentioned.  And since you brought up P2P exchanges, the odds of obtaining a significant amount of ill begotten funds on those platforms is slim to none.

You've allowed yourself to become afraid of "some bitcoin," again choosing to listen to those who would rather keep you afraid so you remain under their control.  If a taco vendor accepts a marked $100 bill from a bank robber, that doesn't make the taco vendor responsible or accountable for robbing the bank.  He accepted a perfectly fungible commodity (the $100 bill) in exchange for goods and services.

And your argument about land makes me think you don't understand fungibility.  Like the example you provided about a used car, land is also diverse in ways that two identically sized and adjacent pieces of land can have significant natural differences that cause their value to be different.  Those differences could create a subjective difference in value, for example; if one parcel floods every year, while the neighboring parcel doesn't that could make one more desirable to a rice farmer, while the other more desirable to a shepherd.  Therefor the value of the parcels is dependent on the individual.  That's exactly the definition of something that is not fungible, and it has nothing to do with government designations or limitations.



I dislike tyranny also, and there's no "but anything."  What better way to fight tyranny than by taking away the tyrant's power?  Tyrants fear bitcoin because it can do just that, if we let it.



I apologize if you think I'm trying to shame you, my goal is to educate you.  But again, this statement causes me to think that you don't understand fungibility.  The fungibility of bitcoin is not in question, the software has indeed been engineered to provide fungibility, and it's quantifiable.  The only thing that can hurt bitcoin's fungibility is our own capitulation to government attempts to "taint" some bitcoin.

Governments power is provided by the people, not the other way around.  We obligate governmental laws that help to keep us safe, so those who commit crimes are punished, or otherwise deterred.  The use of bitcoin (any bitcoin,) in and of itself is not a crime.  The abuse of power, however is criminal, and should be treated as such.

I have the same issue, but I'm certain it's due to the combination of my fat fingers and the small screen.  I've used a stylus in the past and couldn't replicate the issue when doing so.  It is important to make sure the screen is clean, no dust or smudges.  I've since learned how to enter the pin very carefully with my index finger, and usually I'm able to unlock the Trezor T on the first try.

Just out of curiosity, when you go to a bank to withdraw cash do you ask for freshly printed bills directly from the mint?

If yes, how often are you laughed at?  If no, aren't you concerned that the bill you receive may have been stuffed into a strippers skivvies?  What if that money was deposited into said bank by a drug dealer or a doctor who overprescribes narcotic pain killers?  What if those funds were donated to a politician who's views you don't share?  Would you still accept them?

It's ideas like yours (and those reprehensible links you shared) that hurt bitcoin's fungibility and keep people afraid of using it.  This plays right into the hands of draconian government overreach which relies on financial control to keep people enslaved.

The theory was to have the fantasy championship game during week 17 in case teams rest their star players during week 18.  This is based on the assumption that the top teams may have nothing left to play for.  For example; if the Eagles win this weekend they'll clinch the top seed in the NFC, and can start all their backups the last two weeks of the season.  No need to risk injuries for their starting lineup.



That was an amazing comeback, one of the best in NFL history.  Vikings fans will remember that one for generations to come, despite Cousins, lol.  I still remember when Jeff Garcia lead the 9ers back from a 28 point deficit to beat the Giants in a wildcard game in 2002.  I bet Wheelz also remembers that game. 

Lol, he's looking pretty bad, but I don't see him as the problem.  Belichick is a defensive coach with no offensive coordinator.  That's the fist thing that needs to be fixed, then we can talk about a quarterback who's better than Mac Jones.  His situation is reminding me a lot of Alex Smith's when the 9ers drafted him in 2005.

That's all she wrote for the FF regular season, it looks pretty much official as of now.  Congrats to suchmoon, bbc.reporter, Hueristic, and South Park for reaching the semifinals.

On the other end of the table, it's tight race for last place.  At the moment I hold that spot by a mere tenth of a point.  I just need Arron Jones to gain a net two yards, or my team is officially the shittiest.   

Honestly, that's all I ever intended for them to be.  I like the looks of the notes, but never had any intention of funding them.  I haven't looked too deeply into the compatible app, so I'm not sure about all the workings.  I may be paranoid, but if I understand things correctly the app is used to generate an address.  That's a non-starter for me if the notes are intended to be "cold storage."

As for their spotty responses; they delayed shipment of the batch that Mopar ordered also, for whatever that's worth.

You never know, the might both be giants.  And Istanbul was Constantinople.

Yeah, that's me.  My record suggests I may have rolled too much sativa, but I will neither confirm or deny the accuracy of such a suspicion.

Yeah, I've been a fan of the Grateful Dead since I was 15 years old.  My parents had no idea who they were, but growing up the northern Bay Area nearly all my friends' parents were longtime fans so I got exposed early.  I thought they were a bluegrass band until I was 17 when I went to see them for the first time.  It was at the Oakland Colosseum, which was notorious for parties in the parking lot whenever the band played.  My first comment was "who let all the fucking hippies in?"

A couple of the band members owned properties in the town where I grew up.  No one lived on the properties at the time, by then they all owned nice houses in $outh Marin.  One particular property had a "trip-out" shed built among the trees, it was one of those optical illusion rooms with trapezoidal walls.  We waisted a lot of time exploring what we called "Dead Land." *



* I know I just publicly admitted to trespassing (when I was a minor,) but it's a Marin County cultural thing.  In fact, most ranchers in Marin provide convenient access points for the general public which also prevent their livestock from wandering off.  Look into James Hetfield's (Metallica lead singer) struggles with Marin County over people trapesing across his property.  He fought (and lost) that culture war.

He was wrecking ball last year, but yeah he's been plagued with a hamstring injury for the majority of this year.  So have I, btw, but I'm paid much less and my hamstring has no impact on my job duties.  Getting old sux.

As for your Fantasy Leagues, I think you can write Deebo off for the remainder of the fantasy season.  If he does play again this year it probably won't be until Week 18.



As long as Bosa, CMC, and Mr Irrelevant stay healthy I think we'll be fine.  Deebo is obviously an important part of the offense, but mostly on novelty plays.  He's super fast, so he'll be misses as a standard slot receiver also, but none of that is insurmountable from the team's perspective.

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As for our fantasy league, I'm in the running for last place!  I guess it's fitting since I won the championship last year...  I feel like the Rams. 

It's a high ankle sprain, so he'll likely be out for at least three weeks I'm guessing.  Hopefully he's back before the playoffs.  He'll be missed for sure, there are a bunch of tricky plays that just wouldn't work without him. 

The only game that I'm really concerned about is this Thursday at Seattle.  If we win that one we clinch the NFC west, so that guarantees the 3rd seed at least.  The rest of the season looks fairly easy with the Commies at home, a trip to Vegas, then the Cards at home.

I'm trying to keep my enthusiasm from getting the better of me, but HOW ABOUT THEM 9ERS?!?!?

Our defense kept the GOAT guessing all day, and our quite relevant rooky QB is looking like he's got a great career ahead of him.  Last week as I watched Garoppolo being carted off the field, I was sure our season was going right along with him.  Somehow, I think our chances of reaching the playoffs (and winning) just got better.

Speaking of Garoppolo, did anyone see him on the sideline yesterday?  Neither did I. 

Honestly, I think this is a horrible reason to choose legacy over segwit addresses.  It's also unlikely that the core dev team will implement a method for signing and encrypting messages with Taproot addresses, but that won't prevent me from using Taproot exclusively as soon as I can.  

I recommend familiarizing yourself with GnuPG for signing and encrypting messages, it's a far more practical tool for this use case.

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Electrum will also allow you to create 24 word seed phrases with the same command just by changing the nbits field:

ESPN's playoff machine is up and running: http://www.espn.com/nfl/playoffs/machine

My prediction for the playoffs:

All things considered, he did look pretty good, particularly in the 4th quarter.  No experience with the Rams' playbook or their receivers, but he was able to come out and play street ball anyway.  There's a reason he was the number 1 draft pick, and I don't think he's nearly as bad as his detractors claim.  But he's been streaky, for sure.  Sometimes he looks amazing, and other times he looks horrible.


Lol, incentive based bets are for real.  Anyway, I figure since I've been abstaining from betting on football for most of the year I'll give myself a chance to make up for lost time.  Win or lose, lol



One game that really has me intrigued from a gambling perspective is the Ravens @ Pittsburg.  Baltimore is the underdog, with 2.10 odds at the moment.  Lamar is out for the week, but Huntly has been a decent backup in the past.  That seems like a bargain, especially with a small handicap.

Congrats to Morocco for the win.  They looked amazing today, and in retrospect have been incredible on defense throughout the competition.  Incredible and historic job making it to the semifinals, and I'm sure they'll be a force for either England or France to deal with.  I was thinking that Croatia was the darkhorse this time around, it may be actually be Morocco.


I can only imagine his disappointment, and the disappointment of a whole nation.  Obviously this was his last opportunity ro bring the trophy home to Portugal, and I'm sure most of his countrymen thought this one of the best chances they've had in a long time.

As for Cristiano, I wonder if he'll play again.  I'm sure he wants to, but he certainly doesn't have to from a financial perspective.  The other, and more significant part of the question is who'll take him?  


Fixed it for you.  Morocco is in Africa, and obviously European teams have made it to the semifinals numerous times.

What an amazing match!  So much awesome defense in the first 90, two incredible goals in OT, and to finish it off on penalty kicks against Allison Becker!  Hats off to Croatia, I had Brazil going all the way at the start, but I suspected that Croatia wouldn't make it easy for anyone they faced.

No, it doesn't have a camera, but it does generate QR codes for addresses and signed transactions.


To use USB connectivity you need to enable a setting on the device, that's all.  It'll work just like any typical wallet with Electrum.  With the default setting the USB port only provides power.  I tend to forget that it also has NFC capability, but I don't know of an app that I would want to use with the feature.



 



Okay, now I get it, I must have misunderstood your previous post.  That's actually a much better system, and what I would have expected from the device.  

Not that I know of, just wishful thinking.  But you know what they say about being in business for yourself; if you're not growing your business your actually shrinking it.  There's no such thing as being stagnant. 


Absolutely.  As has been demonstrated by new arrivals like the Foundation Passport, the market is ready for upgrades and new innovation, and accommodating of higher prices than we've seen so far.  I really like my ColdCard but to remain relevant they need to add features to their devices that make them easier to use.  A camera would fit right to their original philosophy of keeping the device air-gapped, as well.