1 BTC = $8.2k, it’s up 735% this yr UPDATE 5/19: BTC @ $42k :damn:

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Go back and really STUDY the chess-scene with D’angelo.

Ask yourself how much you REALLY understand chess and look at the show through that lens.

LISTEN to what IS and ISN’T being said.
By EVERYONE in that scene.
Study how chess pieces REALLY move.

Then go back and REALLY study the scene Wallace got killed..

Then go back and REALLY study the scene Avon got caught.

Apply it to crypto.
How many in here you think are pawns?
How many in here are Bubbles and don’t even know it..

Have you paid attention to how people are MOVING out here?

It’s deeper than you think bro, it is..
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I don't know who Bubbles is but I know @surf is Cutty. A seasoned vet who's seen how crazy the game can be and is wise enough to be cautious and give advice to others but still willing to go put in work out there with the big time players (btc maximalist) and small time players (meme coin gamblers).

Pawns are the paper handers who selling without even having moved one space up on the board and trying to become a queen.
 

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Could Bubbles be Elon Musk? :jbhmm:

Bubbles is a deranged addict who has used drugs in the past and who uses his words to help the police be suspicious about whats going on and know more about the drug game and try to stop it. And Elon is a deranged crypto investor who uses his words to help spread FUD and help the government be suspicous of whats going on, know more about crypto, and look for ways to regulate or stop it.
 

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Could Bubbles be Elon Musk? :jbhmm:

Bubbles is a deranged addict who has used drugs in the past and who uses his words to help the police be suspicious about whats going on and know more about the drug game and try to stop it. And Elon is a deranged crypto investor who uses his words to help spread FUD and help the government be suspicous of whats going on, know more about crypto, and look for ways to regulate or stop it.
:ohhh::russ::mjlol:
 

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hilarious XVG was definitely one of the bags I was holding that I’d be tracking late at night...I had about 4M that I bought when it was under half a penny...at that time bittrex was the largest exchange as far as offering a variety of alts before binance came thru and dominated the space
Haha, XVG was one of the tokens we were all hyped on back then.
Man if you looked at my 2017 bags and trades on Bittrex it would make you shudder. :sadcam:
 

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Interesting. Thought crypto wanted to be decentralized?
As long as FIAT is around how can we get away from centralization? Even now the only way we can buy crypto is through centralized platforms.

Complete decentralization is a goal that's out there, but how attainable is it? And by when? From an adoption standpoint, it seems much more feasible for there to be a shift in how traditional financial institutions operate with digital assets/digital banks than for everyone changing to DeFi.
 

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I feel like Bodie moved past being a pawn to being one of the major players in the game. He actually got murked by a pawn cuz Chris, Snoop, and Monk were all important parts of Marlo crew so I wouldn't consider them pawns. But the kid who killed Bodie definitely was a pawn cuz he hadn't moved across the chess board yet. I would say Bodie is the horse looking piece cuz he moved in ways different than the other pieces. He didn't move left, right, up, or down. He moved in a unique way, like around the pieces to avoid trouble. From going to working for avon, to getting work from prop joe, to finally marlo. Nobody moved in that way like Bodie did. He just wasn't the most important piece on the board so his capture didn't signal the end of the game. Shoot, even the capture of Avon didn't signal the end cuz there's always another piece on the board looking to become the king and train new pawns to become queens, and bishops, and rooks, and pawns in reserve for if or when those pieces get captured there are pawns to move up. Just like in crypto, you can choose to be a pawn, or find ways to become a bishop, rook, or other important piece of the game.

watch the way Boadie shoots at his killers..
 

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As long as FIAT is around how can we get away from centralization? Even now the only way we can buy crypto is through centralized platforms.

Complete decentralization is a goal that's out there, but how attainable is it? And by when? From an adoption standpoint, it seems much more feasible for there to be a shift in how traditional financial institutions operate with digital assets/digital banks than for everyone changing to DeFi.

looking at decentralisation, would we want a decentralised police force? or army? or legal system? or canteen at work? where equal actors are presumed to act in the groups interests and where no governing authority exists?

looking at the world there is an argument to be made that people look to and need authority, that you cannot trust the average man to "know/act best" and that some degree of centralisation and hierarchy, at some level, with healthy competition is best.

capitalism itself instructs that some degree of aggregation and hierarchy along with healthy competition is the best way for economies to progress.

a lot of religions suggest that we need to be led.

even the coin projects themselves employ aggregation, hierarchy and competition in their methods.

so technology meets juris-prudence and the question of governance.

who do you trust more? the group or selected individuals?

:picard::wow:

in a legal case would you want everyone to have a vote on your guilt/innocence or would you prefer pre-selected, approved individuals?

crypto (well BTC) is simpler than that .. but on the other hands crowds are known to be not particularly well behaved.

Herd Instinct Definition

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put another way in 2008 we had a run on the banks and central authorities were able to act (by closing institutions, offering [borrowed] guarantees and by their continual pushing of a general aversion to cash) .

without an authority the banking system in 2008 would probably have collapsed and our economies with it.

in a decentralised world who would perform this role to save the system from the mania of the crowd?

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it's worth noting that BTC (etc) do have a hierarchy of some sort. the devs.
 

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looking at decentralisation, would we want a decentralised police force? or army? or legal system? or canteen at work? where equal actors are presumed to act in the groups interests and where no governing authority exists?

looking at the world there is an argument to be made that people look to and need authority, that you cannot trust the average man to "know/act best" and that some degree of centralisation and hierarchy, at some level, with healthy competition is best.

capitalism itself instructs that some degree of aggregation and hierarchy along with healthy competition is the best way for economies to progress.

a lot of religions suggest that we need to be led.

even the coin projects themselves employ aggregation, hierarchy and competition in their methods.

so technology meets juris-prudence and the question of governance.

who do you trust more? the group or selected individuals?

:picard::wow:

in a legal case would you want everyone to have a vote on your guilt/innocence or would you prefer pre-selected, approved individuals?

crypto (well BTC) is simpler than that .. but on the other hands crowds are known to be not particularly well behaved.

Herd Instinct Definition

51kK7ZFFEZL._SY264_BO1,204,203,200_QL40_ML2_.jpg


41EVipDzKDL._SX384_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg


put another way in 2008 we had a run on the banks and central authorities were able to act (by closing institutions, offering [borrowed] guarantees and by their continual pushing of a general aversion to cash) .

without an authority the banking system in 2008 would probably have collapsed and our economies with it.

in a decentralised world who would perform this role to save the system from the mania of the crowd?

-

it's worth noting that BTC (etc) do have a hierarchy of some sort. the devs.
That's why I feel like there will be a compromise and blend of the two. The main pushback from governments around crypto is around regulation, that's why it would be wise to follow the projects that are targeting compliance for their assets/platforms to work seamlessly within the constructs of the financial systems that people are accustomed to.
 
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