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Top Business & startup events in #Africa you should know about this week 2019

Top Business & startup events in #Africa you should know about this week 2019

Starting us off this week’s biggest event is the African Tech Summit Kigali which kicks off on Wednesday (13 February) in the Rwandan capital.

Games are all the rage in Cape Town this week. Look out for the Gamification Workshop taking place in Woodstock on Tuesday (12 February). Another event in the city on Wednesday (13 February) will look at how game developers have secured clients and funding.

Those in Joburg who are curious about South Africa’s drone industry will want to check out AeroCon 2019 on Tuesday (12 February)

If you have any event recommendations for us to add to the list, or next week’s, please let me know in the comments below or Connect with me.

Not all of the events are free and some will require booking in advance. Please click on the event names to find out more information

Cape Town

Fireside chat with The Lean Entrepreneur author Brant Cooper

Join Brant Cooper — the co-founder of Moves the Needle and The New York Times bestselling author of “The Lean Entrepreneur” — as he chats about leadership and innovation in entrepreneurship.

Date: 11 February, 6.30pm to 9pm

Location: Seedspace Cape Town, 8 Spin Street, Cape Town

Gamification Workshop

Do you want to get skilled in making an exciting value proposition to your client or customer with games and gamification?

Join this Gravity Ideas event to learn how organisations around the world are embracing behavioural science, and how games and gamification fit into this toolbox.

Date: 12 February, 9am to 12pm

Location: 3rd Floor, Bandwidth Barn, Woodstock Exchange, Albert Road, Cape Town

Lean Coffee

For those that work in startups, lean (startup) coffee is a weekly one-hour coffee meetup that runs a mash-up of leancoffee.org with theleanstartup.com

Unlike other startup meetups, lean (startup) coffee has no set agenda or a line-up of speakers — instead the talks are centred around what you care about. 

Date: 6 February, 8.30am to 9.30am

Location: 1 Somerset Road, Green Point, Cape Town

Success with Serious Games

Join CiTi, Serious About Games and Bird Tracks to hear more about successful local games developed for education, training and financial services.

Learn how game developers have secured clients and funding, designed their games to achieve desired outcomes and reached new audiences with their products.

Date: 13 February, 6pm to 7.30pm

Location: 3rd Floor, Bandwidth Barn, Woodstock Exchange, Albert Road, Cape Town

LaunchLab Meetup with Brant Cooper: Be like a startup VC

Brant Cooper will address how leaders can learn to hold teams accountable, ask the right questions, determine non-return on investment (ROI) based startup metrics and help teams overcome obstacles.

Date: 13 February, 2pm to 4pm

Location: LaunchLab, Hamandshand Road, Stellenbosch Central, Stellenbosch

Free Cape Small Business Network hosts James van der Hoven (Vane Digital, Leaderless)

If you have an interest in ecommerce you’ll want to attend this talk by social entrepreneur and Vane Digital founder James van der Hoven.

Date: 13 February, 1pm to 2pm

Location: MEST Incubator, Woodstock Exchange, Albert Road, Woodstock, Cape Town

IoT Startup Festival

If you’re into the Internet of Things (IoT) this festival will help you discover the local IoT startup ecosystem and learn how to define a strong value proposition in the industry. 

Date: 14 and 15 February, 8am to 3pm

Location: Workshop17 Watershed, 17 Dock Road, Cape Town

Durban

Silicon Durbs Innovation Session

This event will see five tech innovators with ideas for innovative ideas work with 20 people with tech and entrepreneurial skills work together to come up with tech ventures.

Date: 16 February, 10.30am to 2pm

Location: 12 Browns Road, Innovate Durban Offices, Durban

Johannesburg

AeroCon 2019 Johannesburg

Aerocon is the place to be if you want to enter the drone industry in South Africa as a pilot or a service provider.

You will walk away from the event knowing exactly what it entails, and what it will cost to become a legally compliant drone pilot in South Africa.

Date: 12 February, 11am to 4pm

Location: Pirates Club, 25 Braeside Road, Johannesburg

Ethiopia

Financial Fitness Introduction to Bitcoin Entrepreneurship

This event will help you learn how blockchain affects your industry, bitcoin mining, exchanges and other cryptocurrencies.

Date: 16 February, 2.30pm to 5pm

Location: Holiday Hotel, Next to Lex Plaza Building, Addis Ababa

Kenya

Data Science Event

Join mSurvey lead data scientist Samuel Kamande as he chats about his journey in the data science industry, building teams, the future of the discipline and available opportunities.

Date: 11 February, 6pm to 8pm

Location: Nairobi Garage, ALX, Nairobi

EdTechXAfrica Startup Pitch Competition – Nairobi

The Nairobi edition of the EdTechXAfrica Startup Pitch competition will see five or six local edtech startups pitch their solutions to a panel of judges, investors and industry leaders.

The winner, selected by these judges and the audience in attendance, will then receive an all-expenses paid trip to London to speak in front of more than 900 global thought leaders at the annual EdTechXEurope summit as part of the final Global Startup Super League Competition.

Date: 13 February, 6.30am to 8.30pm

Location: ALX, Nairobi Garage, 7th Floor, Ngong Road, Nairobi

Namibia

RAW: Pitch Carousel

Learn how to pitch your business to anyone like a pro within three minutes.

Date: 14 February, 6.30pm to 8.30pm

Location: Dololo, 118 Robert Mugabe Avenue, Windhoek

Tanzania

EdTechXAfrica Startup Pitch Competition Dar es Salaam

Edtech incubator Injini in collaboration with Buni Hub will showcase five or six local startups who will be pitching to a panel of judges comprised of investors and industry leaders in the Dar es Salaam edition of the EdTechXAfrica competition.

The winner, selected by these judges and the audience in attendance, will then receive an all-expenses paid trip to London to speak in front of more than 900 global thought leaders at the annual EdTechXEurope summit as part of the final Global Startup Super League Competition. 

Date: 11 February, 4pm to 6.30pm

Location: Buni Hub, Sayansi Building, COSTECH,Buni Hub, Dar es Salaam

Tourism Innovation Weekend 

Want to build a tourism startup in three days? Tourism Innovation Weekend is your chance to learn how to take any idea from conception to creation within days.

Join this event if you want to solve problems and fill gaps in the travel and tourism industry.

Date: 15 to 17 February, 6pm to 10pm

Location: NSSF Mafao House, Arusha

Rwanda

Africa Tech Summit Kigali 2019

Africa Tech Summit Kigali 2019 will once again provide insights, networking and business opportunities for African and international tech leaders and investors who want to drive growth in Africa.

Date: 13 to 15 February, 1pm to 5.30pm

Location: Kigali Convention Centre, Kigali

EdTechXAfrica Startup Pitch Competition Kigali

Don’t miss the chance to watch five or six Rwandan edtech startups pitch their solutions to a panel of judges.

The event winner will receive an all-expenses paid trip to London where they will participate in the EdTechX Europe summit as part of the final Global Startup Super League Competition.

Date: 15 February, 6pm to 8.30pm

Location: ALU, Kigali Heights, 2nd floor, KG 7 Avenue, Kigali

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[Daily Discussion] Tuesday, February 12, 2019

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Chinese Billionaire, Zhao Dong, Says Get Bitcoin Now While No One Really Cares (current BTC/USD price is $3637.45076837)

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[Daily Discussion] Tuesday, February 12, 2019

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[Daily Discussion] Tuesday, February 12, 2019

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The Relentless Belief in Bitcoin of Blockchain Developer Jimmy Song: A Look at the Pioneering Engineer - Bitcoin Exchange Guide

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Global Investigation Led by US DOJ Sees Extradition of 12 Bitcoin Scammers to US for Fake eBay Car Sales - Bitcoin Exchange Guide

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Bitcoin, Ether, and XRP Accepted for $5.5 Million Events Venue | NewsBTC

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[Daily Discussion] Tuesday, February 12, 2019

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Chaos is a Ladder - and so is Artifact Bitcoin League

Note: This is an internal communication meant for ABL community members, as such it should be considered propaganda. It is reposted here in purely for the possible interest of those on the outside looking in.

The first week of the new Chaos-Is-a-Ladder project was a great success! A special thanks to all who played and especially to all those sacrificed their time and energy to admin or do other behind the scenes work. Now the first week is over, we have learned much and I would like to share with you, the ABL community, what has been happening.

Our new Chaos Admins achieved nearly perfect coverage, with only a few lobbies missed. They said it couldn’t be done, they said it was impossible, but we proved the haters wrong. An international team of dedicated volunteers can indeed host an hourly 24/5 schedule. How did it happen? It was the love of the game. Nothing else can explain the dedication and devotion. Hats off to these heroes. Even I sometimes wonder how such amazing people exist and found their way to Artifact Bitcoin League.

From lobbies of 16 or less to regularly getting 60+, player count has risen incredibly fast. Feedback from players has also been great. Many people have stated ABL is the only reason they still play Artifact. We are all looking for something else to do than grind increasingly worthless tickets and packs. Personally, I was only interested in tournaments when I purchased Artifact. It is my objective and hope that this project will be jump start the tournament scene needs for some players to come back to the game.

I know the rest of the ABL team is as anxious as I am to see this coming week’s players count. Nothing is greater validation that we are on the right track than higher player counts. In the end, it is all about the players. Come play a lobby or two, even if you don’t expect to get into the top 128.

One failure has been the continued fragmentation of the artifact tournament community. Only a small minority of our admins are seasoned admins from other tournament groups. This is in contrast to what I see as a more united player base. Players from China, CIS, SEA, EU, and SA have led the way in joining the Chaos Ladder and making ABL a success in general. We are still surprisingly lacking players and admins from the NA region. Perhaps it is the American sense of individualism that is causing a disconnect. I still hope over the coming weeks more NA players will not only play, but also step up to host lobbies.

Now the part everyone wants to actually read: the leaderboard. Another ABL hero, cat0ftheyear, has been sacrificing his nights and sleep to automate the leaderboard. A key problem here is the lack of an official or even beta API for Artifact lobbies. We are dependent on convoluted data collection and manual correction of faulty data. As of now, we have figured out a system for keeping track of the top eight placement from each tournament. We have cut this down from top sixteen for the following reasons:

• An error in the data collection forces an admin to manually enter each winner individually. Across 480 lobbies for this month, that is an intimidating amount of data entry.

• This last week, about 20% of the lobby ATCs did not parse correctly. Admins are manually entering in all this data right now.

• In an effort to reduce the number of data collection errors, we are limiting the number of finishers the bot is required to look at for each lobby. Changing from top sixteen to top eight will reduce the potential number of errors by more than half.

• Thanks to the amount of data we were able to collect the first week, we were able to narrow down the cause of most of the erroneous data collection issues. However there are still one or two bugs that we cannot work around.

• This week, we are testing the stability of the bot and lobby admin methodology. To obtain more insightful and actionable results, we are temporarily reducing the points to top eight only.

• After we figure out the the right workflows, we will go back to top sixteen. This can and will be done retroactively once we can stomp out the bugs.

• Apologizes to anyone really counting on their 9th-16th place finishes to get them into the top 128 for the main event. If this is unacceptable, please wait until next month to play. I am sure we will have it figured out by then.

• Please don’t message cat0oftheyear asking about your personal points. He is already holding a dagger to his own belly, ready to commit seppuku if he fails to write a bot up to his standards.

• I assure you he/we are aware of your issue, it is the same issue everyone else has. You were in a lobby where the bot could not properly verify the data given to it, and so the points were not added to the leaderboard. The more time he spends addressing individual concerns, the less time he has to actually code a functioning bot.

• I encourage flooding cat0oftheyear’s inbox with any and all messages of praise and thanks if you got a spare minute. He might not respond but I assure you he will read them.

That’s all for now. Again, a sincere thanks to all the volunteers who are making this happen. As you may or may not know, I got incredibly busy IRL and as a result had to reduce the number of hours I can contribute to ABL. These volunteers are the ones making ABL happen right now, not me. Please thank them whenever you get the chance.

See you on the river,

-Opsy

https://discord.gg/6PUdk58

https://www.artifactbitcoinleague.com


[Altcoin Discussion] Tuesday, February 12, 2019

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Ten things to know about crypto taxation.

The IRS opened their e-filing on January 28th and many people are now filing their taxes.

While the new tax laws have changed a few things this year, most rules regarding cryptocurrencies have remained the same.

If you are new to including cryptocurrency in your tax returns, or just could do with a refresher, here are 10 useful pieces of information.

1. Profits from cryptocurrencies are capital gains

A tax event occurs whenever you dispose of any cryptocurrency. For each event, you have to calculate if you made or lost any money. These are declared as capital gains/losses (Schedule D) on your tax forms.

This includes:

  • selling crypto for fiat currency, e.g. trading it on an exchange for dollars
  • trading one crypto for another, e.g. buying ETH with BTC, as you are disposing of the BTC
  • spending crypto, e.g. buying a gift card

If you didn't receive a dollar amount, such as when selling for USD, then you would use the fair market value of the crypto at the time. This might be how much it was worth, or the value of the item you are acquiring. For example, if you buy a $100 gift card, then the fair market value of the BTC you are spending is $100.

It also doesn't matter if you traded and never withdrew the USD to your bank, or received crypto to your own wallet. If the account is under your control and you would have access to the received funds, then it needs to be declared. It also doesn't matter if it is a US or foreign exchange. For US taxpayers, all activity must be included.

2. Long-term gains have discounted tax rates

If you sell or spend your crypto that was owned for more than a year, it can be classed as long-term and any gains made will have discounted tax rates. The rate depends on your other income, but can be 15% or even 0% for lower income taxpayers. There is a 20% rate for high income earners.

You will need to keep records in case you are even asked to prove you owned them for longer than a year.

3. Losses can be offset against income to reduce taxes

To calculate your total capital gains, your short-term gains and losses are combined. Then any long-term gains and losses are combined. Finally, these totals are combined into a net gain or loss.

If you have a net loss, you can use it to deduct up to $3,000 against your normal taxable income, for example, saving $720 in taxes with a 24% tax rate.

Any remaining losses are carried forward to next year. They can again be used to reduce capital gains from that year as well as another $3,000 against income. This continues forever until you have used up all the losses.

4. Like-kind exchanges

Trading between cryptocurrencies is a tax event and you cannot use a 1031 like-kind exchange.

The new tax law in 2018 has changed the wording to:

No gain or loss shall be recognized on the exchange of real property held for productive use in a trade or business or for investment if such real property is exchanged solely for real property of like kind which is to be held either for productive use in a trade or business or for investment.

While some people reported using like-kind exchanges for 2017 and earlier, it definitely cannot be used for this tax year and onward.

5. Record forks, splits and airdrops

Any crypto you receive is treated as income on the day it was received. The dollar value is its fair price or market value.

While some crypto may have an established price, often, there is no market or known price. In this case, you should still add the crypto as Income, but for zero value.

This is needed for when they are eventually sold or traded, as you will use the date and amount from when they were acquired to work out the appropriate gains.

6. Being paid in cryptocurrency should be reported as if you received dollars

If you are paid with crypto, you should report the income as if you were paid in dollars. If you were paid by an employer, it is likely the figures have already been included in your W2 and there is nothing else you need to do.

But if you received crypto from self-employed, or other work, then you need to report the fair value as your income. For example, if you did some work that you would normally have been paid $1,000, but instead you received crypto, then you report $1,000 as income in your taxes. If you just received some crypto with no equivalent dollar value, then you must use the fair or market price of those crypto on the day you received them.

7. Tips/gifts aren't taxable

If you were tipped, as long as it was not for any provided product or service (i.e. you didn't earn it), then it is gift and does not need to reported and is not due income taxes.

However, if you were tipped or gifted crypto that you subsequently sell or trade, you will incur capital gains.

If you were given the cost basis along with those gifts, you can use this information to reduce any gains when you come to sell them. However, you cannot take losses from the basis of these coins, but instead have to use the market value on the date you received the gift.

8. Transfers do not have to be reported (but fees might)

When you transfer any crypto between various wallets or exchange accounts that you own, you do not need to report or pay any tax on those amounts.

However, you might need to report any fees associated with the transfer, either mining or withdrawal fees. These are disposals, where you are paying for a service, and so should be included as Spending even though the tax amount is likely negligible.

If you were transferring your crypto to an exchange to sell, you could add this to its basis, or deduct it from the proceeds you receive.

Any fees included for spending from a wallet should be included as part of the fair market value. For example, if you are spending 0.01 BTC on something worth $36 but have to include a mining 0.001 fee, you should record this as spending 0.011 BTC for $36.

9. Identify lost, stolen or fraudulent activity

Prior to 2018, stolen property could be claimed as a deduction by reporting it as a casualty loss (subject to certain amounts). This deduction has been removed and now is only available for presidential declared disasters.

While lost crypto could never have been claimed, as accidents or negligence are not tax deduction, losing crypto because of fraudulent activity could instead be seen as a capital loss. For example, if the crypto had become worthless or you are no longer able to access it.

Each situation is different and you should check with your tax professional to decide how to report any lost crypto due to fraudulent activity.

10. Keep records

You should keep records of all your crypto activity in case you are ever audited or required to show documentation relating to your tax returns. For example, you might be required to prove the long-term gains you declared were owned for more than a year.

The burden is always on you to keep documentation and perform record-keeping.

Recently, we have seen exchanges go offline and users have no access to their historical records, or even funds. You should access your accounts and download your data as frequently as needed.

  • Keep records of all your cryptocurrency activity.
  • Periodically download your trading history from any exchanges you use.
  • Export transaction logs from any wallets you have.
  • Ensure you have records for each time you spend any crypto.

This post is for informational purposes only and not intended as tax or financial advice. Please speak with your own tax professional on how you should treat the taxation of your own cryptocurrencies given you own circumstances. Disclaimer: I am a part of the bitcoin.tax team - a cryptocurrency capital gains calculation service.


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[USA-FL] [H] Console games, SNES, NES, Genesis, PSX, Ps2, XBX, GCN, More! [W] PayPal, Crypto, Cash App, Local Cash

[USA-FL] [H] Console games, SNES, NES, Genesis, PSX, Ps2, XBX, GCN, More! [W] PayPal, Crypto, Cash App, Local Cash

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This is a cross post - selling on a couple of other forums as well but thought perhaps this one may have more exposure. Thusly, cross feedback is available on these aforementioned platforms. That said, I understand I am new HERE.

 If anyone needs to get ahold of me for any reason pertinent or otherwise, PM me, I am here. Will be adding more soon and will try to evaluate prices, but no guarantee on a timely manner of that, offer if you see something you like. I understand some of the brand new and sealed stuff is better for eBay - but trying here first.

I will consider all offers! Will ship international, worldwide!

Offers entertained and encouraged. Paypal accepted, Bitcoin or major alts strongly preferred.

WTS:

Saturn:

Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together JPN - Complete w/ Spine Card, 15 shipped.

PSX:

Beyond the Beyond - Complete, 35 shipped.

O.D.T. Escape or Die Trying - Complete, 8 shipped.

Puzzle Star Sweep - Complete, 11 shipped.

Wii:

Sin and Punishment Star Successor - Sealed/New Wii - 14 shipped

Zack and Wiki - Used, complete, case/manual in poor condition. 9 shipped.

Ps3:

Sonic Ultimate Genesis Collection - Used, complete, 15 shipped.

Resident Evil 5 - Used, complete, 10 shipped.

Ps2:

Fantavision - New/sealed 18 shipped.

Ultimate Spiderman - Complete, 16 shipped.

Prince of Persia Warrior Within - Complete, 9 shipped.

Super Bust a Move - Complete, 8 shipped.

Tekken Tag Tournament - Complete, 6 shipped.

SSX Tricky - Complete, some scuffing on the case, 12 shipped.

Armored Core 2 - Complete, 8 shipped.

Dynasty Warriors 3 - Complete, 11 shipped.

The Bouncer - New/Sealed, offer.

Dynasty Warriors 4 - Complete, 8 shipped.

Auto Modellista - Complete, 7 shipped.

Jet X20 - Complete, 5 shipped.

Ring of Red - Complete, 19 shipped.

Phantom Brave - New/Sealed, 28 shipped (also have guide which can be worked into the deal somehow).

RPG Maker II - New/Sealed, 40 shipped.

No One Lives Forever - Complete, 9 shipped.

Bombastic - New/sealed, 14 shipped.

Mad Maestro - New/sealed, 12 shipped.

SSX - Complete, 10 shipped.

Dragonball Z: Budokai - Complete, 12 shipped.

Ready 2 Rumble: Round 2 - Complete, 6 shipped.

Kessen - Complete, 6 shipped.

Big Mutha Truckers - Complete, take it.

Guitar Hero - Game / case / manual only, 5 shipped.

Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution - Complete, 7 shipped.

32X:

NBA Jam T.E. - 12 shipped.

Gamecube:

007 Agent Under Fire - Complete, 8 shipped.

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles JPN - Complete, 13 shipped.

Legend of Zelda Master Quest Bonus Disc (Full Ocarina Game/Master Quest game on Gamecube) - New/sealed 90 shipped.

Phantasy Star Online Episode I & II - Complete, 50 shipped.

Spiderman 2 - Used, complete, 10 shipped.

Star Wars Rogue Squadron: Rebel Strike Preview Disc - Complete, 18 shipped.

Tom Clancey's Splinter Cell - Complete, 10 shipped.

Super Nintendo:

Eye of the Beholder - 13 shipped.

Final Fantasy Mystic Quest - 18 shipped.

Inindo Way of the Ninja - 22 shipped.

JPN Aladdin - Whatever

JPN NBA Jam - Whatever

MegaMan X - 30 shipped

NFL Quarterback Club - 5 shipped.

Pac Man 2 Adventures of Pac Man - 6 shipped.

Pitfall - 7 shipped.

Populous - 5 shipped.

Super Empire Strikes Back - 10 shipped.

Super Mario World - 14 shipped

Super Mario World - 15 shipped.

Super Return of the Jedi - 12 shipped.

Super Star Wars - 10 shipped.

Taz Mania - 7 shipped.

Genesis:

Aladdin - 10 shipped.

Altered Beast - 7 shipped.

Bernstein Bear: Camping Adventure - 7 shipped.

Chester Cheetah: Too Cool to Fool - 8 shipped.

Desert Demolition (Road Runner/Coyote) - 6 shipped.

Ecco the Dolphin - 6 shipped.

Gunstar Heroes - 50 shipped.

Hook - 5 shipped.

Jurassic Park: Rampage Edition - 6 shipped.

Lion King (x2) - 9 shipped.

Maximum Carnage - Red cart, 12 shipped.

Mig-29 Fighter Pilot - 7 shipped.

Mortal Kombat - 6 shipped.

Mystic Defender - 9 shipped.

NBA Jam - 7 shipped.

NFL 98 - 6 shipped.

Olympic Summer Games - 6 shipped.

Power Rangers - 7 shipped.

Road Rash - 18 shipped.

Shadow Dancer The Secret of Shinobi - Tear on label, 8 shipped.

Shining in the Darkness - 18 shipped.

Sonic 2 (x3) - 6 shipped.

Sonic the Hedgehog (x3) - 7 shipped.

Space Harrier II - 11 shipped.

Street Fighter II Special Championship Edition - 9 shipped.

Tecmo Super Bowl - 11 shipped.

Toy Story - 9 shipped.

Virtua Racing - 10 shipped.

WeaponLord - 11 shipped.

Williams Arcade's Greatest Hits - 8 shipped.

Winter Olympic Games - 7 shipped

World of Illusion Starring Donald Duck and Mickey - 10 shipped.

X-Men - 9 shipped.

X-Men -Box/cart - 15 shipped.

NES:

Battle Chess - 8 shipped.

Bomberman - 25 shipped.

Castlequest - 10 shipped.

Classic Concentration - 8 shipped.

Cobra Triangle - 9 shipped.

Defender II - 6 shipped.

Double Dragon - 13 shipped.

Double Dragon III - 20 shipped.

Exodus - 10 shipped.

Faxanadu - 13 shipped.

Final Fantasy - 20 shipped.

Galaga - 12 shipped.

Gauntlet II - 13 shipped.

Ghosts 'N Goblins - 12 shipped.

Gradius - 8 shipped.

Hydlide - 7 shipped.

Indiana Jones Temple of Doom (black cart) - 12 shipped

Iron Sword - 6 shipped.

Jeopardy! - 6 shipped.

Legacy of the Wizard - 10 shipped.

Lode Runner - 10 shipped.

Mario 3 - 15 shipped.

Mario Bros / Duck Hunt - 7 shipped.

Mission Impossible - 7 shipped.

Monopoly - 7 shipped.

Mystery Quest - 8 shipped.

Renegade - 8 shipped.

Robocop - 7 shipped.

Rolling Thunder - 8 shipped.

Rush 'n Attack - 7 shipped.

Section Z - 7 shipped.

Shinobi - 18 shipped.

Strider - 8 shipped.

Super Pitfall - 10 shipped.

T&C Surf Design - 10 shipped.

Tecmo Bowl - 14 shipped.

Tecmo World Wrestling - 8 shipped.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (x2) - 10 shipped.

The Black Bass - 8 shipped.

Time Lord - 7 shipped.

Yoshi's Cookie - 8 shipped.

Nintendo 64:

Army Men: Sarge's Heroes - 12 shipped.

Duke Nukem Zero Hour - 8 shipped

Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine - 45 shipped.

JPN Yoshi' Story - 15 shipped.

Lego Racers - 15 shipped

Lode Runner 3D - 10 shipped.

Mario 64 - 25 shipped

Pokemon Puzzle League - 20 shipped.

Pokemon Stadium - 16 shipped

Quest 64 - 15 shipped.

Rogue Squadron (x2) - 15 shipped

Snowboard Kids - 27 shipped

Turok Rage Wars Black Cart - 14 shipped

Wave Race - 8 shipped

360:

Assassin's Creed - Used, complete, 10 shipped.

Devil May Cry 4 - Complete, 10 shipped.

Halo ODST + Forza 3 Combo - Complete, 12 shipped.

Halo Ultimate Companion DVD (x2) - 10 shipped.

Last Remnant - Used, complete, 10 shipped.

Perfect Dark Zero - Complete, 9 shipped.

Rainbow Six: Vegas - Complete, 8 shipped.

Xbox:

Armed and Dangerous - Complete, 10 shipped.

Guilty Gear X2 Reload - Complete, 8 shipped.

Star Wars Clone Wars / Tetris Worlds (x3) - New/Sealed - 25 shipped.

Toejam and Earl III - New/Sealed, offer.

Dreamcast:

Draconus: Cult of the Wyrm - Complete, 15 shipped.

NBA 2K1 - Complete, 6 shipped.

Seventh Cross Evolution - Complete, 25 shipped.

Spec Ops II: Omega Squad - Complete, 10 shipped.

Test Drive LE Mans - Complete, 10 shipped.

DS:

Feel the Magic - Used/complete, 9 shipped.

Magnetica - New/sealed 25 shipped

Ping Pals - Complete, 6 shipped.

Touch Detective - New/sealed - 35 shipped

I'll take PayPal, but I really prefer Bitcoin/Stellar and major altcoins and may be more willing to flex price when receiving crypto.

More coming...

Also, when offering in comments or message, please specify what for of payment as it may have a determination of my response (IE preferring crypto, I may go a little lower than USD and traditional payment gateways).

I think I purged everything I sold so far here and on eBay/forums, should be accurate.

Completed trades thread:

https://www.reddit.com/r/mushroomkingdom/comments/9b0tx7/ugameliquidator_completed_sale_thread/



Token Sale announcement

Dear Pledgecamp Community members! Today we are pleased to announce our long-awaited public sale.

Here are some things to keep in mind:

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Logistics

We are launching our public sale on February 18 at 4pm GMT (8am PST). If you are not whitelisted yet, do so now (proceed via this link). Note: citizens of the US and China will not be able to participate. Please accept our apologies for the inconvenience.

The raise limit will be $3,000,000 for this sale. Individual contributions are limited per person, depending on a Proof of Care score, to enable more people the chance to participate. In this token sale, we will be accepting ETH and BTC.

The Token

Name – Pledge Coin (PLG)

Type – ERC20

Price per PLG – $0.0001 USD

Total Supply – 1,000,000,000,000 PLG

Public Distribution — 2,000,000,000

Remaining for Sale – 30,000,000,000 PLG

Min. Contribution – $50 USD

Currencies Accepted: ETH, BTC

Token Allocation

What is Pledgecamp’s mission?

We believe that good ideas can come from anywhere, and no one should be denied the opportunity to become an entrepreneur. Our mission is to give everyone that opportunity.

About Pledgecamp

Pledgecamp brings transparency, accountability, and trust to crowdfunding. With the blockchain enabling a decentralized, collaborative crowd, backers can help any idea, anywhere with the confidence that creators will keep their promises.

Until now crowdfunding has mainly been an act of faith — falling in love with a project, putting some financial skin to it, and hoping it will work out. By marrying crowdfunding with the benefits of blockchain, Pledgecamp provides a solution for that imperfect scenario in 5 ways:

  1. Backer insurance
    Backing a project with your hard-earned money shouldn’t leave you helpless from a financial nightmare. With “Backer Insurance”, backers have the power to hold creators to a higher standard and ensure their money is rewarded with good faith. Creators will have skin in the game to set realistic expectations and remain accountable, even after the funding period is over.
  2. Campaign deposits:
    Before backing a project, you should know exactly what you’re getting into and who you’re jumping into it with. Campaign deposits force creators to put money where their mouths are, and rewards them for providing material disclosures that foster transparency to better protect your money.
  3. Incentivizing collaboration
    We believe the crowd has much more to offer than just their money and should be rewarded for bringing their skills and connections to the equation. “Pledge Coins” enable automated, blockchain-based payments where users can help the platform grow at the same time as earning tokens themselves.
  4. Decentralization
    Crowdfunding is at its heart a decentralized system, but currently, it is burdened by centralized parties whose bottom lines consist of generating listing fees regardless of the ultimate success of the companies. Combining crowdfunding with the decentralized nature of the blockchain will allow users to participate in and shape the network according to their needs and priorities, and scale without centralized constraints.
  5. Industry experience:
    As experienced crowdfunders ourselves and among the top 1% most-funded teams on Kickstarter after four successful projects, we know what tools work and which are missing from the current solutions. We will supply the tools and the marketplace the services and information creators need to succeed. For pros and first-timers alike, data-driven Automation, Advanced E-commerce, Analytics, and Data Management integrations will help creators build and optimize their campaigns.

Further Research

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This is not an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy tokens described herein in any jurisdiction or to any person to whom it is unlawful to make such an offer or solicitation. The tokens will not generally be available to “U.S. Persons” as defined by US securities regulations and will be offered and sold outside the United States under the exemption provided by Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933. The tokens have not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act of 1933.

P.S.: we are exploring exchanges for listing our token at the moment. If you have an inquiry or a suggestion, feel free to reach out to our operations manager — Tania (hello[@pledgecamp.com](mailto:tania@pledgecamp.com))



Eclair: Cannot create my first channel. Usually get insufficient funds error

Hello,

I decided to try to help out the lightning network by setting up an Eclair node. I followed the guide from Ivan on Tech. I set up the rpc user and password and made sure by bitcoin core 0.17 is fully synced and loaded with 0.004 BTC. At the time of this writing it has 66 confirmations.

I went to 1ML to get some nodes and tried about 20 of them. They all failed. Usually get an error about insufficient funds (code -4).

What am I doing wrong? One thing I noticed is that on the bottom of the eclair window it says total 0.0000000 BTC. Does this mean it somehow doesn't see the BTC in core?



Successful Mainnet Launch Doesn’t Help Zilliqa (ZIL) Improve Crypto Rankings - Bitcoin Exchange Guide

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[Daily Discussion] Monday, February 11, 2019

Thread topics include, but are not limited to:

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Writing Project Charlie I

I know I’m required to write this down, otherwise I might be here forever. Let me apologize for any errors, confusion, nausea or vomiting, epileptic seizures, trouble sleeping, or any other side affects you may experience from reading this novel. If someone appears in your dreams claiming to be me, please notify the nearest member of the Mushroom Cult. An imposter armed with Twitter bots is on the loose. Be warned, he only has ill intentions.

Okay, here I go.

I was wandering through the woods when that gang of minion bears ambushed me. Honestly, if this whole thing is anyone’s fault, it’s those responsible for my false imprisonment, and that damn lawyer for drafting me into the labor force. Maybe then, we could have avoided the whole apocalyptic end-of-the-world situation.

But I’m getting ahead of myself.

There I was walking peacefully, lawfully, and responsibly through the woods. I don’t remember walking into any woods, and I know for a fact there are none in the area I live in. I just suddenly found myself strolling under the thick ceiling of these large pine trees. It was as if I had just woken up and started walking.

What I do remember is avidly enjoying myself in my new-found surroundings, the scent of pine was thick. There was a cool breeze that made the air comfortable. Sunlight could barely penetrate the trees, and a low fog added to the mystic of these woods. Pine needles crunched under every step I took.

I was drifting aimlessly through these woods observing the trees. I touch one of the trunks, and my eyes followed it to the top. The unusually wide branches made it impossible to see the top of the tree. It seemed to stretch on forever. I could barely see the sky. The voices in my head whispered, this place was extremely curious.

I moved past the tree, and stopped to observe a growth, not twenty feet from the base of tree I had touched.

I bent down. What was growing was a short mushroom, maybe three inches tall. It was bright red, with white spots dotting the top. It shined in the darkness of the woods, reflecting any sunlight that was strong enough to reach the ground.

It was beautiful. The voices in my head became exuberant; they all agree I should pick it up. As I went down to pluck it from the earth, just before I touched it, a sharp cry, in a language I could not understand, pierced the air.

“DARVEN-KRAX-GHOUL!”

I turned around. There were six bears. Well, at least I assumed they were bears. All of them were under three feet tall. If Chewbacca had married a midget, sorry, little person, these guys would be their children. As hilarious as they looked, they were all fully armed with swords, metal body-armor, and helmets. I froze, puzzled, meeting their gaze. What I assumed was the leader was one-step in front of the other bears with his paw extended pointing at me.

I wasn’t all that surprised by that sight. I’ve seen a lot, and I mean A LOT, of strange things. This event made more sense to me than what I’d had for breakfast that morning, which I hadn’t remembered eating.

Five second pasted in this standoff. Tension was building in the air. The leader never lowered his paw, and again bellowed that God-awful cry.

“DARVEN-KRAX-GHOUL!”

I made a face of disgust. This was obnoxious and annoying. It was really putting a damper on my whole nature/forest experience.

“Right back at you buddy.” I said, giving him the finger. I turned back down to pick up the mushroom, that I was sure was trying to give me all the answers to the universe. The moment its stem left the soil, all hell broke loose.

“AH! AH! AH! AH! AH!” chanted the bears.

As I turned back around, they charged me from a distance of thirty feet. Not once did their chant cease.

Before I had a chance to run, brace myself, or even pocket the magic mushroom, the gang of bears jumped on me. Knocking the mushroom and me to the ground, causing my head to bounce off of a tree root. That hurt, I’m pretty sure I was bleeding. The voices in my head were down for the count.

These toddler-sized furries were now crawling all over my body. One of these annoying little pricks was right in my face holding down my shoulders chanting, “AH! AH! AH! AH! AH!” Its breath fogged up my glasses. The whole time they were tying me up with a rope. I got really annoyed with the bear in my face, and started chanting back at him, “AH! AH! AH! AH! AH!” I yelled back at him much more forcefully. He scurried down my body away from my face.

Before I had even a minute to realize what was going on, the bears had me completely tied up. They left a loose end of rope at my feet so they could drag me.

The leader started speaking gibberish in a very authoritative tone. The persistent chanting stopped. He was now barking orders at his subordinates, who quickly jumped to action. All six bears were now dragging me over their shoulders with the leader taking the front.

Apparently, they have a chant for dragging people that is different from their attack chant.

The leader started it off, “MA! MA! MA! MA! MA!” The rest of the bears followed suit in cadence. They began to pull me.

I didn’t say a word. I didn’t want to give these heathens any satisfaction for their work. I worked my hands out of the rope enough to stick both of my middle fingers up. The bears had no reaction to my gesture.

Occasionally, I would do my best to throw off their chanting rhythm. I would yell, “MA!” at instances where it wouldn’t line up with the rest of the chant. It worked a little, a couple of those savages got thrown off and confused.

I stared up at the roof of the woods. I still couldn’t see the tops of the trees and could hardly see the color of the sky. I think it was pink.

The small, hairy militia pressed on. I lost track of time, but eventually I could see the sky, it was pink. I was out of the woods. I could no longer feel pine needles drag under my back, soft grass had taken its place. The trees had disappeared.

From the ground, I hadn’t a clue where I was, or what my surroundings consisted of, but after my imprisonment, in later events, I got a lay of the land.

I had been brought into the realm ruled by the power known as the Toilet Wizard, ruler of the bears. (It is unknown to me why the Toilet Wizard is called such a thing, or why he is the ruler of the bears. It is said he is undefeated in Wii Sports Bowling, with a record of 456-0.)

The Toilet Wizard’s domain consisted of a circular clearing, surrounded by a wall of trees. The circle had a diameter of about half a mile. In the center was a hill where a small castle, about the size of a small supermarket, sat on top. It was square, with four towers in each corner. It was made of an ancient gray stone.

I of course at the time knew none of this. I just knew six armed bears, who were now dragging me up hill, had kidnapped me, which I assumed was due to the mushroom.

Once at the top of the hill, the bears stopped their chant. They had brought me to the portcullis of the castle. Which is just the gate. It was currently raised.

The bears stood me up, and in one motion, freed me of my bondage. Before I could enjoy my freedom, four new bears appeared and worked quickly to restrain my wrists behind my back. Two bears then grabbed my arms and led me inside the castle.

We immediately took a right. The ceiling was low, and the hallway was dark. The only source of light was the small ember emitted from the torches hanging on the walls.

The walk down the hallway took forever. The castle wasn’t that big, like I said before, it was about the size of a small supermarket, but we walked straight down that hallway for six hours. I remember glancing at my watch for only a second before being restrained. It had been 4:10pm when we began the walk. By the time we approached a small wooden door at the end of the hall, and I had been tossed into their dungeon, it was 10:13pm.

I had been more or less shoved into this dark, windowless room. Like the hallway, only torches hung on the walls. I was laying on my face trying to recover from being thrown into prison. Luckily, the bears had removed my restraints before locking the door with a loud bolt.

My feet ached from the walk so I sat against the stone wall. At this point I noticed I had two dungeon mates. One was obviously a knight, dressed in full chainmail armor, and had a helmet that hid his face. I thought he looked like he could’ve had a role in Monty Python and the Quest for the Holy Grail. He sat with his back against the back wall of the room.

The other prisoner was a full-grown minotaur. He was sitting down, but he looked like he was easily seven feet tall. He only wore a clump of furs and leathers held in place by a giant metal belt around his waist. His upper body was massive, rippling with muscles, like Arnold Schwarzenegger in his prime. The horns of his bull head were sharp and curved. His snout was pierced with a gold ring. He sat adjacent to the knight, his legs criss-crossed.

“What’s up?” asked the Minotaur, his voice sounded surprisingly human. He sounded like he could have easily had said to me, “Hi, welcome to Chili’s.”

“Hey” I said with a quick wave. I cracked a smile. I was hoping my time spent in this dungeon wouldn’t lack good conversation.

“I’m Dave.” said the Minotaur, pointing to himself. “That’s Groggoniche.” He pointed at the knight.

“Russ” I said pointing at myself

Groggoniche gave a casual wave, but he didn’t say anything.

“What are you in for?” asked Dave.

“Taking a walk, picking mushrooms I guess.” I said casually. “What about you?”

“Unpaid parking tickets.” Dave looked a little embarrassed, but threw his hooves up as if to imply, “What are you gonna do?”

“Bummer, what about you man?” I motioned towards Groggoniche.

“I got stopped again last night coming home from an office party. This is my fifth DUI, I’m fairly certain they’ll bathe me in fire again.” Groggoniche said this very grimly.

“It happens to the best of us.” assured Dave.

“Where you from?” asked Groggoniche.

“Dallas” I replied.

Groggoniche laughed, “Ha ha, I’m sorry.”

I was offended, and became defensive, “Why? Where are you from?”

Groggoniche chuckled again and said smoothly, “Ha ha ha not Dallas.”

“Oh.” I said flatly.

Dave, in an effort to reignite conversation, asked, “Does anyone watch Game of Thrones?”

Before I could even comment, a whole army of bears had charged the dungeon door. They were like angry ants, moving in unison.

“Oh great.” said Groggoniche, sinking his head.

The bears swarmed us. Chanting in gibberish as usual. We were all led out of the dungeon and into the hall. It was a frenzy of fast paced chanting as we were walked down the hall. This time the trip only took around thirty seconds.

We turned left and were chaperoned into a large courtroom. The light was surprisingly bright. The carpet was gray; the whole room was furnished in a polished pine, assumedly cut from the surrounding forest. The “ceiling”, if it could even be called that, had no light fixtures, it was like staring up into space. I could see stars and constellations, and I even saw a comet whip by from the far corner of the room. The entire universe seemed over-head.

The jury box consisted of bears of all sizes. Some smaller than the ones who attacked me, and some larger than grizzly bears. They roared and hissed as the three of us made our way down the aisle.

We sat at a table before the judge. A plaque posted on the front of the judge’s bench read, “THE HONORABLE TOILET WIZARD. RULER OF WEST WUSSELLWAND. CHAMPION OF WII SPORTS BOWLING.” Sitting in the seat was a short old man in a purple bathrobe, his skin pale and worn. His hair and beard were a sharp, silver, long, and unkempt. He wore wire-framed glasses that were hidden under the shade of his tall blue wizard hat. He seemed incredibly agitated with the three of us. His icy stare seemed to cut through us as we took our seats. Tension was building, and I began to sweat.

After three minutes of the silent, agitated gaze from the Toilet Wizard, and the continuous uproar of the bear jury, our lawyer appeared.

The doors swung open dramatically, making a loud banging noise. A middle-aged man, wearing a navy-blue wetsuit, began power walking down the aisle to where the three of us sat.

“I’m so sorry your Honor” began the man, “those damned school kids held me up again.”

The Toilet Wizard let out an impatient huff. He was not at all amused with me, Dave, Groggoniche, or this estranged man who was late because he was being mugged by schoolchildren.

Our lawyer opened his palm towards the Toilet Wizard, fingers extended, “Five minutes, please! Let me council my clients.”

The Toilet Wizard motioned his hand forward, looked up annoyed, he hated being there.

The man shook each one of our hands, he seemed to be in a hurry. “How ya doing boys, I’m here to get you out of this. All you boys have to do is follow my lead; no one is going to get eaten by the Pit Lizard on my watch!”

“What?” exclaimed Dave. Panic flashed across his bull shaped face. He was trembling. Groggoniche dropped his head at this talk of the Pit Lizard.

“Hey!” yelled back our lawyer. “Don’t you worry; you’re all going to be just fine!” He pulled out three cards, and handed us each one. “I’m a professional!”

I looked at the card. It read, “Richard Waterpants, Attorney at Law. Specializing in Pit Lizard Defense.” I had no idea what a Pit Lizard was, but based on the looks of Dave and Groggoniche, I really hoped that Attorney Waterpants knew his stuff.

“Everything we need to get you out of this is in this briefcase.” Attorney Waterpants slammed a briefcase, that I had not noticed he was carrying, onto the table. “By the end of this, all four of us will be drinking Pomegranate La Croix on the beaches of the Magenta Sea.” He seemed extremely confidant, which lifted my spirits, and ended my sweat.

“Why are we all being charged together? What am I being charged for?” I demanded to know.

Our lawyer chuckled, “Yeah, right, like you don’t know. All I can say is I’m really glad I’m not you.” He slapped me on the back. “All three of you are being tried together because it’s the end of the year. The Toilet Wizard is trying to get everyone through the system. It’s either get tried together, or run out of time and face the Pit Lizard without trial.” He pointed at me authoritatively, “They’re doing you a favor pal.”

The Toilet Wizard spoke in a language I could not understand. His face red, we had obviously exceeded his patience.

“What is he saying?” I whispered to my attorney.

Waterpants’ face turned white, “You can’t understand him? Oh Christ!”

He reached into his pocket and pulled out something wrapped in cling-wrap.

He quickly unwrapped the plastic. What was inside was absolutely horrid. It appeared to be a PB and J sandwich, only it was green, dotted with mold, and it reeked of what smelled like gasoline. As I opened my mouth to ask questions, Waterpants shoved the whole thing into my mouth, and made me chew it.

I nearly puked, but I managed to swallow it. The room began to spin; the voices in my head were in a panic. I was sure I was going to fall out of my chair. I grabbed the edge of the table to keep myself grounded.

After about thirty seconds of this misery, the room began to focus. The voices silenced. I could hear the jury. They no longer spoke their gibberish language, “FEED THEM TO THE PIT LIZARD!” they cried.

The Toilet Wizard banged his gavel, “Enough of this delay! The Pit Lizard grows hungry!” The jury box cheered at this statement.

“Your Honor,” began Waterpants, “my clients are being held on charges that should be considered criminal!”

“They are criminals!” yelled the Toilet Wizard. “The knight is being charged with his fifth DUI this year!”

Groggoniche crossed his arms and shrugged.

“The Minotaur hasn’t paid a single parking ticket since 2005!” The Toilet Wizard pointed his gavel at Dave.

Dave looked embarrassed. The Toilet Wizard then turned his attention towards me.

“And you!” his angry gaze was sharp and pierced my soul, “You stand accused by the World Window of bringing eminent destruction to the entire Realm of Wussellwand!” There was an uproar from the jury following this statement. I hadn’t a clue to what I had just been accused of.

“My client is completely ignorant of this accusation!” Waterpants sprang quick to my defense. “He was found wandering in the woods, causing no harm or destruction!”

“Trespassing! He was trespassing! Not only that, but on my domain!” The Toilet Wizard was fuming. “Regardless of his current or past intentions, the World Window has spoken! To question the World Window is a crime punishable by Pit Lizard as well!” The Toilet Wizard bent down behind the bench, and emerged with a computer monitor. Silence fell within the court.

He faced the monitor towards the court, and slowly, Windows 95 began to boot up on the screen. After a long pause, that seemed to last an eternity, a desktop with a background picture of the Toilet Wizard in sunglasses on a beach appeared. There was only one icon on the screen. A word document.

The Toilet Wizard clicked on the document file. The file opened a page with a single line, typed in comic sans, number twelve font, “Russ Jackson will cause the apocalypse ;)” I was wildly confused. The jury gasped. My lawyer turned white.

“Indisputable evidence!” the Toilet Wizard swung his arm back and forth punctuating each word. “What say you?” The Toilet Wizard slammed his hands a top the bench, red with rage.

“One last piece of evidence, your Honor!” Waterpants was sweating as he faced the briefcase to open towards the Toilet Wizard. He flicked open the case. The only thing inside was a crumbled-up piece of paper with “Lol No he didn’t” written in sharpie.

There was a roar of fury from the jury; they simply could not cope with this somehow groundbreaking evidence. My lawyer smiled weakly at the Toilet Wizard.

The Toilet Wizard snarled his face in disgust. “And where did this so called ‘evidence’(He used air quotes around “evidence”) come from?”

“From the high prophet Bernicus, leader of the Mushroom Cult, reigning world champion of Rock Band.” Waterpants seemed desperate.

“Bernicus” pondered the Toilet Wizard, leaning back in his chair, “these are his words?”

“Yes!” cried Waterpants. “Upon the trespass arrival of the human” he pointed towards me, “the prophecy was declared.”

“The World Window and Bernicus conflict!” announced the Toilet Wizard, spreading his arms wide. “There is much to be considered! I must ponder this!” the Toilet Wizard closed his eyes and began to rub his temples. Silence once again fell upon the court.

After ten minutes of silence and self-reflection, the Toilet Wizard sprang to life. “Labor!” declared the Toilet Wizard. “The human, among these two other heathens, will not be fed to the Pit Lizard!” The jury let out a very disappointed cry. “Fret not!” cried the Toilet Wizard, “the human, the knight, and the minotaur, will all work within the southern BitCoin mines for the next one-hundred years! Death will not come to any of them! Hard labor will prevent them from any wrong doings!”

“Yes!” said our lawyer, putting his fist in the air in victory. As long as we weren’t fed to the Pit Lizard he considered it a win. “Pleasure serving you boys and good luck!” he shook each one of our hands again, grabbed his briefcase, and sprinted out of the courtroom, with his flippers slapping the ground.

Dave and Groggoniche look sick. They were not as thrilled by the verdict as Waterpants was. Groggoniche sank his head, Dave looked like he was going to be sick. I was sweating again.

“The chances we survive the first week of working the mines are slim, I’d feel better taking my chances with the Pit Lizard.” said Dave.

Groggoniche let out a sigh, “Man I really wish they’d just peel my skin off, like they promised to do last time.”

“Rise!” demanded the Toilet Wizard, pointing at us. We all stood to attention. A gang of bears entered the court. “Take these workers to the Southern Stop! Issue them chariots to aid in their journey!” The bears seized us, and we were taken out of the court.

Although I knew I could understand the bears, they said nothing as we walked down the dark hall into an even darker room. The room was pitch black. I had no idea how big the room actually was.

A bear flipped on a light switch, a spotlight shone in the center of the room. Three BMX bikes were sitting under the light.

“Chariots” said one of the bears pointing towards the bikes. Another bear approached us with a piece of paper in his hand. He gave it to Groggoniche.

“Map” said the bear tapping the paper in Groggoniche’s hand.

The “map” was a crudely drawn on notebook paper. There was a circle with a square in the center, which I assumed represented the Toilet Wizard’s domain. A line drawn in red marker snaked from the drawn square, to the lower right corner of the paper.

“Wait here.” said one final bear, pointing to the end of the red line, punctuated with an X. The bears then pushed us towards the bikes. Another bear hit a button on the wall that I had not previously seen, a garage door opened to the outside world.

In the distance, the trees stretched towards the sky, which was now blue. The grass was green and lush. We all mounted the bikes. I got the black one. I was thoroughly confused, but the voices in my head were calm.

“Go.” said the bears, pointing outside. Groggoniche peddled first, taking off down the hill. Dave and I were in close pursuit.

The sun was warm, and its rays highlighted the colors around us. The clouds above us rolled off into the distance. Our bikes rolled smoothly through the clearing. We neared the tree line and I watched Groggoniche disappear into the darkness of the woods. I followed closely behind along with Dave.

The darkness of the woods encompassed us. The ride became bumpy as we traversed roots and over growth. Groggoniche was gaining distance. Apparently, the knight was extremely skilled on a BMX bike. I did my best to keep up with him. Dave was struggling too. I could hear his breath become heavy as his powerful Minotaur legs peddled along.

After what felt like many hours, we reached a small clearing. Groggoniche stopped and let his bike fall to the ground. I was seconds behind him, and Dave soon followed. I was exhausted, struggling to catch my breath, sweat made my t-shirt stick to my skin, my glasses were fogging up from the heat radiating off my face.

“Where are we?” I asked. I looked around; the clearing wasn’t a perfect circle like the Toilet Wizard’s domain. It was an irregular shape. The trees made the area almost claustrophobic. The grass was just as green and as lush as the grass that grew near the castle. There was nothing here.

“Is this where the BitCoin mine is?” I asked confused, looking around.

“What? No.” said Groggoniche. “This is the bus stop that takes us there.”

“What bus stop?” I asked, I couldn’t see anything but grass and trees.

“The one right there.” Dave pointed behind me. I turned around. A red bench resting on concrete sat on the edge of the clearing, the sunlight seemed to reflect off it.

“We have to take a bus there?” I was puzzled. “What’s to stop us from taking these bikes somewhere else?” I gestured towards the bikes. They had disappeared.

“They’ve returned home.” said Groggoniche. “Besides, we’re still in the domain of the Toilet Wizard; he knows every move we make.” He pointed towards the trees. “They speak to him.” The wind blew, and the branches of each tree shook.

I shuddered at this. “What now?” I asked.

“We sit and wait.” said Dave. He and Groggoniche walked towards the red bench. I followed cautiously behind. The three of us crammed into the bench, it was a tight fit, but we were all seated. I was sandwiched in the middle.

Time slowed down. I stared up to the sky. The clouds were creeping at a slow pace above. The blue of the sky was slowly turning pink. I could see the planet Saturn become more and more visible.

The voices in my head were making inaudible whispers. I was tired from the trial and the journey. The world began to spin and I felt myself slowly drift to sleep. It felt as if a warm blanket had been wrapped around me. I was felt so serene.

As my eyelids dropped, Dave clapped in my face. “No!” he yelled at me. All sleepiness left my body. “Don’t fall asleep! You can’t live with the consequences!”

“What?” I couldn’t piece together what he was saying.

“He’s right.” said Groggoniche. I looked over at him he was leaning back, puffing on an e-cigarette through the holes on his helmet. He casually looked off in the distance.

“What flavor is that?” I pointed at his e-cig.

He turned his head towards me without saying a word and threw it over his shoulder. Before it hit the ground, it exploded with a loud crack!

“What the —” but before I could finish my sentence, our bus appeared.


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New ETF Proposal Allocates 25% of Its Portfolio to Bitcoin Futures (current BTC/USD price is $3659.45301238)

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Top 10 movies about bitcoin

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The popularity of bitcoin is caused not only by the fact that it became a coin, which made so many people millionaires, but also due to cinema. For several years, the directors shot a lot of movies that are dedicated to this currency. A number of them are very interesting and informative for those who are interest in crypto world.

In the first place is the picture “Bitcoin bet”. It tells the story of the first enthusiasts who decided to invest in it all their money. In the cinema there is a discussion of issues related to the leading coin and it is said about the contribution of those who were not afraid to spend their money on it.

The second place in the film “Bitcoin: The End of Customary Money”

This film is about what blockchain and bitcoin are and how they affect the human community. The filmmakers wanted to show how bitcoin is already working on the financial system, and what will happen to fiat familiar to us.

Third place is for the picture "The rise and rise of Bitcoin." It deals with all the events that occurred with the bitcoin, and those who tried to make it the most popular coin of all.

The fourth line is occupied by the film “Bitcoin Gospel”. The film is dedicated to the life of Roger Vera, who is considered an angel of Bitcoin, and the most prominent representative of those who tell about it to the general public.

Fifth place is for the film "The story of bitcoin". It tells about most important secrets that are associated with Bitcoin and the basics of its technology, and also we are talking about the most influential capitalists working with it.

The sixth place : "The History of Bitcoin." It tells how this technology was created and how bitcoin has evolved over the years.

"Magic Money" is in the seventh place. The film answers the most famous questions about this currency, and how it affects humanity. Filmmakers are trying to predict how it will behave in the future.

The eighth line took the film "Bitcoin Experiment." This film is a kind of experiment that was conducted in the Nordic countries to see how bitcoin gives freedom to residents from their usual banking systems.

The next is the film “Life with Bitcoin”. It tells about a single family that decides to use only bitcoin in their lives and what difficulties they had to face.

And the last line was taken by the film “The Abduction of Bitcoins”. This action movie tells about a group of hackers who are trying to escape punishment and hide the stolen coins from the special services. The film raises the topic of burglars, who have become a real trouuble of crypto world.

The above films will help you to understand what bitcoin is better, how it has evolved and how it changes our whole lives.