Joseph Zarr

I am a pizza addict. Out here in the PNW, I have at various times been mildly addicted to Hot Lips pizza (w the local Whole Wheat crusts) the Way Out Inn in Troutdale, Oregon (also w local wheat). Nowadays, after a bout of Salmonella I find I am struggling w the Glooooooten so have been eating ‘Against the Grain’ pepperoni pizza. Surprisingly good GF pizza whole crust is primarily cheese-based. I am actually so desperate for the ‘real thing’, I am growing a Landrace of Hard Winter Wheat this season to accumulate wheat seeds to grow out further and grind my own flour. LOL. As I said: pizza addict. I already built my own clay pizza oven this Fall. Destiny awaits! Edit to Add: It is my own personal contention that I don’t have celiacs or gluten intolerance but rather a reaction to the herbicide treatments used in the industrial wheat field drying process. They do the same thing w peas etc. I shall find out in due time if this holds true.

For the more 'Mainstream' adoptees amongst us: I highly recommend the 'Donut' app and 'Fold'. Very easy DeFi adoption in Donut (I use it as a random depository Savings Account. Minimum 4% returns. Up to 10% for more aggressive allocation - this is DeFi so there is always risk the more percentages you seek and the less you know in the Dev Team) and extremely easy and friendly Bitcoin (satoshi) accumulations via online and in-store purchases using the Fold Debit/Credit card. An appropriate 2021 version of the 'Cash Back Rewards' or 'Airline Miles' programs. I use both. Both have very good customer service - which is always noteworthy for me in Crypto. Additionally, I have friends currently using the BitcoinIRA.com offering. They love it. They earn a set Interest rate with their Bitcoin hodlings and they also experience the Gains in BTC on top. This is a fairly conservative option but good for those wanting to move part of their IRA allocations into a different asset. Apparently, their customer support has really been a plus. Again, always noted. For DCA (Dollar Cost Averaging), at a set time and at a set allocation amount: Swanbitcoin.com has received very positive reviews amongst people I know. As for myself, I am currently dabbling in the Osmosis Lab with a fraction of my Atoms stash. I love the Cosmos Ecosystem. I know Devs on different teams and this is a Group very into meaningful stuff and ease and community governance models. I have, to date, experienced nothing but positive things within the greater Cosmos Network. The Osmosis Lab is their version of an AMM and their Liquidity Pool and Keplr to Ledger wallet synch is quite easeful to date. Not for a newbie, per se, but all in all a fairly simple process. This isn't like setting up a Master Node synch in 2018. FFS, I have war stories. LOL. Anyhow, hope the cryptos are flowing bountifully for all of you.

I did an analysis of Grayscale a year or so back looking at the Premium buy and sell opportunities in Blood and Gains. It's fairly significant. I recall seeing 15-23% Premiums? WHich, I found fascinating. Still not fascinating enough to entice me not to hodl or buy the 'real' cryptos. In Canadia, one can actually Hodl the Grayscale offerings ( I believe? Not entirely sure) for their tax free retirement hodlings. Up yonder der I believe that is roughly a $61k CAD capacity. Speaking from memory.

I was thinking back to your post here recently: Holy biscuits were you right about AVAX. Well done! That sucker has blasted out of the $40's. I looked today and it is into the $100's. Hopefully you had some. Again, kudos.

The purpose is to make money right? How do I make money if the exchanges are taking high transaction fees? That's going to discourage me from making trades. Or is the idea that it's fine because we're not talking about 10% gains here, we're going for 100% or 1000%? What's clear to me is that these exchanges are making absurd amounts of money right now by siphoning off transaction fees. Sites I've never heard of are buying naming rights to arenas? That's just wild. The people getting rich off this seem to be the ones that are controlling the marketplace, and it's so unregulated that they can basically do whatever they want. The Michael Lewis book about this era is going to be something. Thanks for those links -- GAME05. There's a ton to digest. I don't even know where to start. Honestly it seems like it would be a better use of my energy to just create my own altcoin, that seems like a better use of my energy. Get ready for BF.net coin or something... As far as I can tell, the FIAT onramp I used, Coinbase Pro, has a .5% fee (less if you are sending more money). A quick google of an EFT fee shows a yearly .95% expense ratio. For someone like me who plans to hold for more than 5 years (I am in year 5), buying the actual crypto seems to make a lot more sense. Also, I can trade at any hour of the day. But again, whatever gets people into the space is a good thing. Also, the exchanges, like Coinbase and Gemini, are very regulated. CB Pro is a free Cash transfer via Bank Account. Has been for awhile. Same with Bittrex. Same with Gemini. The fees came when you tried to wire money or use the more convenient direct deposit via a Debit card, for example. CB Pro offers free ACH Bank transfers and withdrawals and free USD to USDC conversion, fwiw. If you are trading, per se, there are Maker and Taker fees. BUT, this is the same in any trading Market - stonks or Forex. You always pay a Broker fee. The less time you worry about fees, the better - it will drive you Mad. My personal recommendation would be to focus more on sensible entries at Support and gaining a general sense of the type of Market you are Buying and Selling in. My 2 Cents. (Probably worth more like, what, 1.5 cents given hyperinflation). Also, for newbie Crypto peeps: I traded this ish when CB Pro was called 'GDax'...before Gemini was even online. Believe me, the learning curve is steep. I remember being so dang frustrated way back when at how ridiculously foreign it all felt. We've come eons since that time AND, man, it still isn't hyper convenient or easy. Having dealt with GPU mining well before Asics were a thing (a vastly bigger headache than learning how to understand Exchanges etc), I can tell you: It's always better to 'own' your crypto and have it offline in say a Ledger Nano X or some comparable form of Cold Storage - maybe an offline Paper Wallet. Just my 1.5 centavos. Good luck!

The catching a run in one and shifting to another is a workable strategy in this type of Market - when it takes off. I will say, it can be tricky. You would think the Makers are going to run Bitcoin, Ether, LTC for example - the OG's - and then they'll change it up on you. Just as sometimes the USD index and chart can adversely impact cryptos pegged to the dollar and then, voila, suddenly it makes no difference. I tend to say: The Makers do what they want, when they want, how they want...and it's all priced in. THEN, they tell us 'why' they did it. In the past, for example, Litecoin often led the way. But, right now, LTC has been floating in a sea of nothing for months - of course, unless you were playing bounce trades off of obvious potential Support and MA's. Anyhow, my friend, best of luck! Let me know if you learn of anything interesting. I feel like, with this new wave of NFT's and DeFi evolutions I suddenly find myself less 'in the know' on projects and the like. I was in on Polkadot, Atom, and Hedera from Day 1 BUT, man, I missed out on Solana and that one hurts. Oh well. As I said, best of luck.

Just watched 'Pig'. I highly recommend. For a first film...it was incredibly touching, poignant, and impactful for me. Viva the good Nick Cage.

Just finished "La Casa de Papel" (for some inexplicable reason Netflix has translated this to 'Money Heist'...literal translation is "House of Paper" which is more appropriate for the nature and meaning of the show. I digress). As a traveler abroad in many a Spanish speaking country...I enjoyed it thoroughly. I watched the entired of the first 5 seasons in the Euro Spanish w English subtitles. I really enjoyed it. I found myself really loving the characters. Apparently, the show has a huge international following. If you like action, fast-paced, dramatic, etc. you may enjoy the show.

LOL. She certainly does eh? For reference sake, this is the historical overlay of 2013 to this current Market...the past does absolutely not mandate the Future BUT when Q1-Q3 is almost precisely exact...I tend to lean into Q4 will most likely abide. This Q4, starting sometime in October could be very VERY explosive EDIT to add: We know Institutions have been accumulating significant quantities of BTC since the recent consolidation at $29-30k. AND, we know they have continued to buy in the $40-45k range. IF, this does indeed prophesize (it certainly doesn't have to), I am wondering what form of Fundy they will use to explain this. In my eyes, as a chart maker and reader, it is already priced in. I just want to know the excuse the Market Makers will use.

Sorry, but is the bolded part in response to a particular post? Maybe if we can define the question we can work on a response. Honestly, I feel like you want to just come out and say something. What is your main point in this post? Sorry Bruce, I hadn't checked this thread in awhile. It was made in response to the 2 posts in succession directly above mine...BUT, take it with a grain of salt. I find my financial Markets opinions, tho steeped in Practice, are often whimsical and 'priced in' like a chart 'reacting' to the Fundy from the Squawk Box. There is nothing to be over-confident about in the Markets...most especially, individual opinions. I wasn't expressly meaning to just say something, I was actually referencing those posts - perhaps, before I understood the nature of the 'Quote' options in these Forums?

What's different in this space is the nature of the nature of the given project 'codes' and 'algorithms'. Ethereum runs on Eth-Hash...whereas Internet Computer is operating with 'Motoko'. What we are seeing, in the space, however, is the various sectors emerging. For example, ATOM has experienced tremendous growth as its IBC project is gaining traction AS the NFT sector booms. ATOM's IBC allows cross-bridge seamless communication among the various blockchains. In a way, then, this is a unique version of what you are referencing above.

This didn't age well! Historically speaking, in the BTC bull runs of the type we currently witnessed in 2020-21, when China FUD comes out (and, this past week was probably its worst FUD to date) it means we are due for a Bullish stretch. Historical stock to flow models also indicate we are not at the Top of this cycle. Historically, September has been a disappointing month followed by more positive months in October and November. All this being said, the only thing we can really declare at present is: We closed the Bitcoin weekly chart (broad Market implications speaking here) above $42,000. In the very near-term we are still being Supported by the Bulls. However, we are still in a very very precarious position that could go either way. We have Support Levels at $37-38k and $40 and $42 k. We have resistance Levels at $45k and $50k. We are in the epitome of a Box. These are very tricky places to feel comfortable. The only small bit of confidence I have for a bigger Upside push and new ATH's down the mid-term road is the behavior of the Alt coins among aforementioned historicals. They have been in their own little Bull Market since the BTC push off of $29ish k. They haven't over reacted to BTC behavior in this $40-50k range. They are showing strength. My general 'belief' a Deeper correction is still possible and explainable is a set of Futures Gaps at roughly $18k and $25k and The Weekly 200MA sitting right around $15,700. Both scenarios are possible. This is known as 'Don't take a trade here' territory. I mean, it's hilarious, as I 'talk' this out loud myself I am reminded the Crypto trading hamster has outperformed Buffett and the S&P 500 since early June. It all makes sense. LOL.

The most high falutin 'Crypto Conspiracy' I have heard is Bitcoin was actually crafted by the NSA and Bitcoin Cash was the play made by the Chinese. BUT, none of this is vetted or provable...but Crypto was made in response to a Banking Crisis? What crisis? There is always a Banking crisis? Why? Because they are always stealing OUR money. I would love to know the details. Editing to Add: I don't want to come across as an arrogant arse! LOL. I know we are all trying to do our best with the monies we have. I just feel I consistently encounter questioning of the cryptos where I see mainstream media bias without any actual direct experience or engagements. I am here to learn just as much as I am here to question. Full disclosure on my end: I started mining Eth and BTC in 2016. I no longer mine. I trade - hold and actively swing and spot trade crypto - habitually and for profit.

Crypto was created in response to what exact Banking Crisis?

If you are looking at interesting projects with actual Use Case and interesting real-world applicable technology, I would take a look at the Digital Currency Group backed 'Hedera Hashgraph'. It is listed on exchanges as 'HBar' - in the US it is primarily available on Bittrex tho I noticed the Uphold updated wallet offers the ability to Swap in their online wallet. It is still relatively cheap in the $0.30-33 range lately. I quite like the Project and every major Crypto Bloodbath I simply buy more Hedera. They will start Proxy staking this Fall Q3 or Q4? A really interesting project. Most energy efficient POS Network in the space at present and when stacked among some of the more well-known Projects in the POS world they handle quite a bit more Processing volume per second than any of the other projects. El Salvador has hosted their entire national BTC wallet apparatus on the Algorand blockchain - Hedera has 10x faster processing speed, for example. Anywho, I see a very interesting project in its nascent phase. It is unlike any other technology in the space. And, it COULD pan out in the Long run. As to hodling any Long Term crypto on exchange wallets: I would strongly encourage you NOT to do that unless you are trading on the regular. It doesn't matter how good an Exchange purports their security to be...it only means that until they are hacked. I would highly recommend getting a Ledger NanoX for your LT storage. It is quite nice. I have all my LT staked coin stashes staked through their Hardware wallet. The ease of mind is unparalleled. Now, the Coinbase Vault - perhaps - is another story. And, no matter what Coinbase says, the US-based exchange touted as being the most secure is actually Gemini, fwiw. I can say, having recently dabbled in the WeBull stock trading...I much much prefer Crytpo - even with its volatility. I do not want retail meme comments in any way shape or form in my Trading world.