LA

makeitrain92

People endorsing cold storages are still living in the past. As long as you follow best practices and do not click on stupid links, your coins in reputed exchange like Coinbase will be fine. There is a higher probability of you losing your coins by forgetting/losing your access keys. Recent wildfires in LA being an example where people spent so much money to get their access keys etched on metal plates, only to be burned down by fires.

jwz9904

Invade LA with national guards

jwz9904

liberation day for LA by trump

ExplanationTop7533

So much red tape to cut through and local, state, and fed just point fingers at who’s to blame when really there’s too many hoops to jump to build a shed in the backyard. Also lots of NIMBY mentality. Local councils are reluctant to approve homes. They sit through numerous panels including public notifications. The community rejects big projects in fear of their own property price falling due to increase in housing supply in their town. In the US, population growth is high but homes get built fast enough and popularity of fast building projects using prefab homes. The exception is in major cities like New York, San Francisco, or downtown LA where the issue is land scarcity. You can buy a 4bd 2 bth on a half acre block in Eureka CA near the coast for AUD 750k/USD 490k. It would be pretty hard to find any 4bd 2bth half acre block home on the East coast of AUS for 750k especially in NSW. A similar home in Bundaberg East cost AUD 1M+ for a 1/4 acre. Not that Bundaberg is an overpopulated regional town. Average build time in NSW is 10 months but that’s just the build. It takes 6 months to process the development application. Lots of counties in CA have centralised and digitised pre-approval system. They also use lots of prefab or modular homes and 3d printed that are mass produced on a large subdivision, rapidly increasing housing supply to a population of 39 million Californians. Australia’s whole population is 27 million. The tax incentives also make it hard for first home owners to get into the market. Victoria is doing something about this by changing land tax which led to thousands of investment properties being sold and bought by first home owners. Fiat might contribute but it’s not the major reason for the housing crisis, it’s too much regulation from people that want it that way to benefit their own agenda to prop market value of homes backed by heavy and lengthy mortgages. Regulations haven’t changed to be in line with modern issues.

ExplanationTop7533

Another perspective is value of homes in Australia is due to lack of supply compared to demand. Homes aren’t built fast enough due to councils role in building approvals. So much red tape to cut through and local, state, and fed just point fingers at who’s to blame when really there’s too many hoops to jump to build a shed in the backyard. Also lots of NIMBY mentality. In the US, population growth is high but homes get built fast enough and popularity of fast building projects using prefab homes. The exception is in major cities like New York, San Francisco, or downtown LA where the issue is land scarcity. You can buy a 4bd 2 bth on a half acre block in Eureka CA near the coast for AUD 750k/USD 490k. It would be pretty hard to find any 4bd 2bth half acre block home on the East coast of AUS for 750k especially in NSW. A similar home in Bundaberg East cost AUD 1M+ for a 1/4 acre. Not that Bundaberg is an overpopulated regional town. Average build time in NSW is 10 months but that’s just the build. It takes 6 months to process the development application. Lots of counties in CA have centralised and digitised pre-approval system. They also use lots of prefab or modular homes and 3d printed that are mass produced on a large subdivision, rapidly increasing housing supply to a population of 39 million Californians. Australia’s whole population is 27 million. Fiat might contribute but it’s not the major reason for the housing crisis, it’s too much regulation from people that want it that way to benefit their own agenda to prop market value of homes backed by heavy and lengthy mortgages.

tacos4uandme

LA Protestors use Bitcoin Buy lots 🦍

Traditional-Ad-1792

I’ve noticed same thing that is the exact timeframe when the US markets both in New York all the way to LA are not trading that lower trading volume I believe is what’s causing it

throwawaydrey

When in LA

DogeSexy

>painted murals in Indonesia you should have stopped here, that's all we need to know that this takes off 🚀💥 >$200,000 in a community-controlled marketing fund Impressive. That doesn't even pay for one single full-page ad in a major newspaper, though. >NFT Utility with Dividends NFT with dividends. Never heard of, how original, novel 😂! Btw, where do the dividends come from? New coins that dilute existing investors? Ponzi? >Hege is already live on BitMart, MEXC, LBank, Toobit, AscendEX, IndoEx Not one of the major exchanges, not one serious regulated one. Only sketchy Chinese and Carribean ones >All Eyes on Vegas – Bitcoin 2025, Hege is planning a full-scale invasion, Street teams wearing billboard backpacks That sure will be noticed in Vegas. A backpack among billboards big as highrises. Haha. >and leafleting campaigns from 11am–4pm But only around noon when streets are empty cause too hot and everyone getting ready for the night 😂 Do they also hand out flyers for the prostitues? Maybe you can cooperate to save money. Same target group, too. Them trendi incel nerds. >to airborne pigs over LA, this project doesn’t follow trends indeed, an new low on an extreme cringe level >Buy the dip. Why is there a dip? Isn't this the very best project ever? Since its birth? Did you just realize that your entire post is making Hege look like the most ridiculous trash ever? Are you that dense or are you shorting it or wtf is going on here?

Due-Candy-8929

The XRP reddit Mods suck - same with the Bitcoin Reddit mods... so many people get banned from both 'communites' ... however people go to the Ripple Reddit, and the BTC reddit instead LOL - so much better! 🤣 the XRP LA conference had good vibes though - there are a lot of great people across a lot of crypto spaces outside of Reddittt - Reddit and X are not a good picture of the actual community - I am in a fb chat with a few friends who all follow crypto... good vibes, good little cross section of different friend groups and their connections... there are also a lot of people opperating in bad faith or pushing false narratives / expectations (in both positive and negative news) ...

Arche93

When I was I that life, I did nothing but Peruvian. I was in LA. Had the hookup. When I said “blow” you knew I meant Peruvian 99% pure flake.

Acceptable_Hand8622

I’m only new too. My work place has around 12 people, in the past 2 weeks I have 4 referrals. But I am not greedy. I got 2 and then let them refer another person each. Great place Kentucky home of bourbon, my favourite drink. I crossed over from Nashville in 2023. Went to corvette assembly plant. My dream in BTC is buy one. Probably should put my order in now. By the time it’s ready, my investment will be there. They have a long order book especially for us fellows that drive on the wrong side of the road. Believe me when I say I did lots of that on my 3 week trip to USA. TN was pretty cool, but LA freeways were crazy scary, I survived though.

Flat4Power4Life

As long as the dollar exists they will keep nuking the value of it, it’s simple economics. If Porsche decided to flood the market with 1 million brand new 911’s tomorrow it would destroy their new car and used car market overnight. Somehow the Fed does this with impunity time and time again, now we have $100 million dollar monstrosity homes in LA so the rich can have something to protect themselves from the gross devaluation of the dollar that’s occurring. When the bottom drops out even those won’t be a safe haven to protect their wealth. Everything about the US economy right now is beyond fucked on so many different levels.

MrMpeg

You mean like one of these stupid fake drama influencer LA homes, just with nerds in thailand. Fuck you I'm in!

friendsandmodels

I mean check the coin called create, its got coinbase ties, currently connecting on the licensing expo in LA and still under 1mil mcap. Thats a hidden gem if Ive ever seen one

Good_Extension_9642

Tell me about it, same in LA

helmetdeep805

I’m looking for a bitcoin group so I can buy some non kyc in greater LA area as well…

TheSpotBot

Phantom wallet meme coins bro. All the LA kids are doing it

djhazmatt503

Missing the boat and then missing it again. Remember when LA Times said we were all morons for buying it at $100?

harvested

I think you'd benefit watching this, https://youtu.be/19LA7ReARCQ It's about 3 part 20 min each. Welcome to bitcoin BTW.

Top-Boss-5119

I’m leading towards etf’s too. There’s a lot of butt hurt here to say anything other than ‘not your keys, not your coin,’ but for many this is just the simpler way to actually have exposure to btc that is in your name. Life happens, and if you are in an accident or worse, how can you access your btc if your not in a position to both remember your pass phrase, and then action it and exchange for fiat? I wonder how much btc has been lost in the LA fires recently? ETF’s aren’t perfect, but it’s an option that provides access for the average citizen that wants exposure.

Huge-Income3313

It's because they all hired the same fame strategist Sheeraz Hasan What makes Logan truly evil is: 1) Japanese police said the dead body was fake & the incident was a staged prank 2) YouTube knew it was fake, manually put the video on trending & punished people who criticized Logan 3) Logan hired Kim Kardashian's Fame strategist Sheeraz Hasan who is known for faking controversies to make people famous from hate, the Japan incident was a staged Hollywood publicity stunt designed to make Logan super famous. 4) Sheeraz owns LA paparazzi which is why Logan was posing for paparazzi, appearing on the news & doing preplanned paparazzi interviews during the incident. They were aggressively pushing his name & controversy to the entire world 5) Anybody who exposed the Japan incident as fake had their channels striked & videos removed for up to 5 years after the incident, including tiny channels with small followings 6) At the time of Logan's Japan incident, YouTube released their own YouTube Originals show called "Do You Want To See a Dead Body?".. You can Google this right now, I'm not making this up. Source: https://youtu.be/EQfEbFgzX90?si=ukjsnmhPNwmqH-xx

moriluka_go_hard

Can‘t forget that they have the naming rights of the home arena of the LA Lakers.

VV88VDH

As a dutch guy I find it so annoying that people always say “Europe isn’t a country”, for Americans it’s just not relevant to say the specific country. It’s almost the same as saying america instead of LA or NYC. Everyone knows Europe isn’t a country it’s just easier to refer to.

trango15278

Check out “What’s the problem?” By Joe Bryan. https://youtu.be/YtFOxNbmD38?si=acQnaRxqiexLgE6A Then this new video from Parker Lewis. https://youtu.be/19LA7ReARCQ?si=7e90PVODVS1mTJtS

Typical-Green-7352

This (3 part) talk is great, from two geniuses at Unchained. It gives a genuinely new perspective on the history of Bitcoin, the current state, and most importantly the future. Thank you to whoever linked to it in a random comment on a random thread recently. It deserves more love and so do you. ❤️  https://youtu.be/19LA7ReARCQ?si=qHqGWEneLLjEkFYy

harvested

I enjoyed this 3 part (25 min each) series by Parker Lewis and Dhruv Bansal titled "Bitcoin, not crypto", check it out if you're interested. https://youtu.be/19LA7ReARCQ

FootballLong

https://markets.ft.com/data/announce/full?dockey=600-202504240700PR_NEWS_USPRX____LA69836-1

jeff419

When you're getting transported in the feds Victorville has a holdover facility. SBF was never designated to Victorville, he was just waiting for a bus to Terminal Island. I spent a month at Victorville holdover in between MDC LA and Lompoc.

No-Economist-2235

I saw the Tut exhibit at the LA museum of art. Kings across and nations world wide have valued gold for thousands of years. And you think crypto will last? It's a concept of a idea.

thtguyry

Time to take the risk that could change your life. I started with 6 k. My whole net worth in 2019. Studied this market every day and DCA non stop bull or bear. Buying every dip harder than DCA. Now I'm 1/3 to a million. Minimum wage living in LA btw

BaleBengaBamos

A big problem with real estate is that while it goes up on average, *your* real estate may go down any moment. Ask the people in LA. On top of that you have to pour half your free time into maintaining it, or it will go down too.

wjean

Nope. The shit is in a low security facility in LA already. Not enough time to get acquainted with the other residents in the med security facility https://fortune.com/crypto/2025/04/10/sam-bankman-fried-sbf-ftx-victorville-california-oklahoma-brooklyn/

Next_Lake9110

I was just scammed by Wisdom Futures. Contacted by a woman from LA that made up her name (Minnie Lee). They offered me a job with a startup for crypto derivatives. Then I had to undergo a training every time a "training node" opened. I had to invest and lost 5k. However, the real scam came when they asked for 43k upfront so I could withdraw my funds. I am really trying to put victims together so someone hears us out, please DM me. Also, in LinkedIn you will find professor Gary Werner, he works in intelligence and his goal is to take out these websites. Just for Wisdom Futures he has already taken down over 1690 websites in the past 2 months. All scams. Thing is law enforcement is not acting on it (Gary is pretty sure that all of this is tied to organized crime in Myanmar and China), apparently there would be no assets to recover. However, I really believe that at least one of the scammers is in the US and would love to take her down. DM me please.

tesi_swinging

The way I see it, the example of the rental it's a good example of what I just said. That rental after a fire in LA and transform in scraps has no intrinsic value after all.

Todo_es

https://www.reuters.com/markets/bolivia-turns-crypto-energy-imports-amid-dollar-fuel-shortages-2025-03-12/#:~:text=LA%20PAZ%2C%20March%2012%20(Reuters,official%20told%20Reuters%20on%20Wednesday.

Todo_es

https://www.reuters.com/markets/bolivia-turns-crypto-energy-imports-amid-dollar-fuel-shortages-2025-03-12/#:~:text=LA%20PAZ%2C%20March%2012%20(Reuters,official%20told%20Reuters%20on%20Wednesday.

BraidRuner

Not in LA recently unless you count up in smoke..

Worried-Low4580

WTH did I just read…. What does mechanized agriculture and increasing farmer productivity have to do with ensuring that their voices aren’t drowned out by city sentiment? You acknowledge yourself of the greater population that LA has over entire states. Do you think that LAs vote should outweigh the sentiment of entire states? Guess you’re of the opinion that only US cities should determine who becomes President. Would save a ton of money campaigning, only need to visit the coastal areas!

asuds

That’s sort of one of the reasons for the electro college, among others. However, the rise of mechanized agriculture has dramatically, changed the population distribution in the country. Something that wasn’t “built in” to some genius electoral college planning. The states with the most outside power as a result didn’t even exist when that system was being designed, and the population was much more evenly distributed. red/blue by population: https://guides.libraries.indiana.edu/c.php?g=1024502&p=7421466 Let’s not forget that LA city alone has more citizens than Wyoming, both Dakotas, and Montana combined. And expanding to LA county is three times that. Farm work that used to take 100 people now takes one etc.

capricon9

For fucks sake bro! Sell a small amount and go to Thailand and get a young hottie and enjoy life for a minute. The women there are friendly and feminine and not aggressive. It could be any other country but certainly not North America. Don’t spend it on these cheaply built houses in North America (why do I assume you live there?) rather buy a solid house built from bricks not wood. Look at LA!

KerryWashington84

To be clear , Im from LA, living in the UK. Visited LA recently and was shocked how many Crypto ATMs I saw. They are generally awful. You dont see as many here but in general people are pretty skeptical

Mysterious_Ad_4658

flying taxi's/EVTOL are coming in my opinion, targetted to be in use for the LA olympics

PandemicVirus

I think you'll see a drop for a while, level, and then eventual rise as people get back online. t How big and how long these periods are is probably dependent on the scale of the event. There's still a demand element here, if there's no internet for anyone there's no demand. You'd need something that affects very large areas - multiple countries or a majority of a hemisphere - to trigger a serious response. It would be better to have a more detailed scenario. The LA fires were devastating but had no impact, nor did the flooding in east coast United States, I'm not sure what global impact the war in the Ukraine has had on bitcoin but I'm sure someone has looked into it and we can agree that overall, it's not stopped it.

reddemon46

Thanks, everyone. It's a tough bullet to bite, but I respect everyone being honest. Thankfully, I have some of the scammers info (if it's any bit correct) and they're living in Beverly Hills. French girl, her uncle is the CEO of business or something and her brother owns a french restaurant in LA, not to fat off of Santa Monica. Again, this is all probably fake, but I have the uncles name and such too lol.

East-Cricket6421

Uncontrolled, wild fires certainly are yeah. Just ask LA,

Computershoes

In 2007 the bank wouldn’t give me a mortgage for a home so i started looking into why, finding centralization and control of the money created an approval system rather than fair system. Looking to alternative money and attempts at computer internet money there wasn’t one to work because double spending problem. 2010,11,12, seen small signs on internet about bitcoin ads,silk road used bitcoin. 2014 my sister was at school in nyc messaged me about bitcoin looked more into it was skepetical if it would work long term but told her i could buy 1000$ worth i think it was 300 at time. Was not easy to find ways to buy one online service required passport for identification and I didn’t have one. 2016 got passport to travel. In summer 2017 was in vegas heard lads friend quit poker to do bitcoin full time in LA. Thought this was strange but realized i had passport and when i got home revisited purchasing bitcoin. Coinbase sold me first 800$ worth of bitcoin price was about 2k. Watched the run upto 20k alot of people thought it was going to a million after that it started bear market and stopped paying attention. Months later it hit 6k and thought that it was low should buy some. Bought small amounts than soon after the bank stole, seized and shutdown my bank account for multiple reasons like audit and predatory financing of construction loan, plus claiming buying bitcoin was against their rules so i couldn’t buy more bitcoin in 2018 through bank. Atms were decent but premium cost about 16%. It isn’t always easy to get bitcoin even when wanting it. 2019 was at the cottage in muskokas when unfortunately the boat capsized and lost everything. 

MaximumStudent1839

> NFTs were dumb, but with rugpulls, the only thing people even pretend to care about is making money.  It is obvious you didn't really play with NFTs. The same scamfluencers doing pump and dumps on retail most originated from the NFT trading era. All the "LA Vape Cabal" members were formerly in NFTs. One of their heads once even ran the DeGods NFT. NFTs were less liquid to the rug at large volumes, but the game remained the same for the old group. Tokens are a lot more liquid so it is easier for them to replicate their old NFT extraction games at a larger scale.

excelance

This is such a wide open question. What is a good life for you? For someone in Somalia, .1 Bitcoin would be life changing; but for someone in downtown LA, it might pay for 3-months rent. Is a good life living on a Yacht or being able to eat a cheese burger?

International-Arm597

Not just BTC, but there's risks to everything. You can have a great depression and stocks fall by 50%. Real estate can (and sadly was in LA) be destroyed. Gold can be stolen. The much more guaranteed risk is losing money to inflation, compared to any of the other risks, or ending up in a lawless zombie apocalypse. You absolutely need to own assets. Everyone just has different preferences for what's best.

rhazux

Others have covered several topics but I haven't seen anyone cover this. It seems like OP is in Canada and I don't know how it works there, but in the US mined BTC is taxable as income. The gains will be further be taxed when you sell/trade it. And whether it's further taxed as income or capital gains will depend on how long you hold it. The fact of the matter is that the mining situations vary wildly. What makes sense for you might not make sense for someone in Los Angeles. The cost of electricity, tax policies, and being able to use the waste heat are all going to change by location. Just because you see a ton of comments about how mining is bad or not profitable, doesn't mean that's some universal truth. In statistics, what you're noticing is known as sample bias. And the bias involved here is that most people in any forum are going to come from high density population centers, which have very different financial/economic situations compared to more rural living. Or stated another way: it'd be unreasonable to assume there are as many people from LA in this sub as there are from Cheyenne, Wyoming. You're simply going to see the thoughts of people from LA, San Francisco, Dallas, Houston, Miami, etc. far more than people from small towns where mining conditions are more favorable.

RiotOnVijzelstraat

After everything that's happened in the last 2 days - LA Rape Cabal, Argentina, Jupiter, etc - it's only going to get worse. Sell it all here, go all in Alephium.

CorneliusFudgem

they all belong in prison, especially the LA vape cabal children.

threeseed

He doesn't need one. He has T$LA the stock.

IBoughtAllDips

Please quote where i said he should only buy AAPL and a house in LA. You got autism or something?

Business_Accident576

As a matter of fact, just because OP didn't ask about diversification, it doesn't make me wrong, it makes sense - whilst principally I agree with you, it would be crazy to think, based on your advice, OP would buy only BTC, APPLE, one house in LA ONLY - diversification extends both to assert clashes, AND, to assets within each class

trader2O

Makes me wonder how many seed phrases were burned up in the LA fires.

Sergeant_Stonk

Already like $12 in LA

luxocrat

I was at that club in LA when he bought 100 bottles at 1:45 am. The club closed at 2 am. It was just ridicolous.

roctac

I love how she said all the money towards the podcast will be donated to animals affected by the LA fires. Or you could just give everyone their money back.

BiteMaJobby

create a file, encrypt it and save it in the cloud. This is the best fail safe no idea why the fuck people using physical stuff you seen what happened in LA fires.

99999999999999999989

That won't do shit. Seriously. 5,000 people marching in Tulsa, or LA, or Miami, or even DC...or even 5,000 in ALL of those won't do shit. They will be ignored/arrested/disappeared.

Hour_Reason1138

Please advice how can I sell my new miners S19 95 TH, located in LA? 21 pieces.

Eightsense

LA vape cabal scamming everyone utilising pumfun to to screw utity coins, both need exterminating in order for us to move on from the meme frenzy. They have been by far the worst group for crypto ive ever seen

watch-nerd

LA vape cabal? What?

Mysterious_Ad_4658

Cant believe im even saying this but bitboy was actually better than the LA vape cabal, at least SOME info he spouted was correct. These little turds need removing from the space, ruining it with their ‘were in the trenches bro’ facade to scam innocent people

Mysterious_Ad_4658

LA vape cabal scamming everyone utilising pumfun to do it, both need exterminating in order for us to move on from the meme frenzy. They have been by far the worst group for crypto ive ever seen

B-ILL2

You know it's LA because the billboard is broken

crypto_paul

I wonder if those people in LA would have had much luck finding a small steel plate after the recent fires? It doesn't seem like a great solution to me.

reddit4485

Your just making semantic arguments that make no sense. The word control can have different meanings. If I say I control the money I make, it means I can spend it how I want on whatever I want (my interpretation). I don't mean I control how or whether an ATM can transmit money over the internet (your interpretation). > Which gives them what power over the network, users, governance, code, nodes, validators, transactions? why can't you answer this basic question. I never said it gives them control over these things (another semantic argument). I'm saying it gives them control on what to spend XRP on (see above). Are you saying Ripple doesn't **control** what they spend it on? For example, they gave XRP to help the fire victims in LA because they control how they spend it. That doesn't mean they controlled a validator or node to do it. >Satoshi created BTC out of thin air and then designed a system to distribute it. Why does every BTC Maxi not understand how software code works and what PoW is? You don't understand how bitcoin mining works. It costs around $88,000 to mine a single bitcoin. Energy and expense was needed to create it. It was printed out of thin air by a corporation! >The IRONY of saying BTC was meant to destroy the banks and now you want the banks to only buy BTC I don't even understand what this means. You don't seem to understand a bitcoin reserve is not a bank.

never_you

1-2 million is more than enough for me . Half of the 4% pays for bills, food, hobbies etc. The other half, I'd keep reinvesting. I can see needing that much of you live in New York or LA, but out here, it's just unnecessary.

fungi_at_parties

Well, inflation is a thing, and the interest on 7 million would be 280k. In a HCOL area that’s decent, but not amazing. So maybe they live in LA, or Seattle, or New York. Maybe they want to have enough money to travel a bit, make sure it doesn’t run out. I don’t think I’d stop working until I had at least 5 million.

ADogeMiracle

$120 would barely get you half an omakase for 1 person in LA

hazcoin

Multisig has many advantages, like making it much easier to pass on funds to loved ones when you die, whilst keeping your funds secure while alive. And I would say yes, of course it makes a difference how many backups you have (not really backups, just a copy of each set of words), if one set of words is in New York, one in LA and one in Miami, I would say having them on paper is absolutely fine, the chances of two sets of your paper being destroyed before you can move funds are almost zero. Metal is only a priority if you have one seed phrase and only one. Thanks for your concern but been in this 10 years and not messed up yet 👍

coinfeeds-bot

tldr; Haliey Welch, known as the Hawk Tuah girl, has disappeared amid a court case involving her failed crypto project. Welch, who gained fame from a viral video, moved to LA to pursue celebrity status but is now facing a lawsuit after the $HAWK token lost all its value. The lawsuit accuses Welch and her team of exploiting her celebrity status to mislead first-time crypto investors. Plaintiffs are seeking over $150,000 in damages. Welch has not been seen publicly or active on social media since the scandal broke. *This summary is auto generated by a bot and not meant to replace reading the original article. As always, DYOR.

_Puppet_Mastr_

Yep, all those LA people that were super friendly got in on that pump and dump.....now they gonna dump her

SeniorPromise1618

It could happen If the market crashes it crashes. And saylor will be in LA eating perks. But he is a con artist , if you think he's not, you are delusional

sortofhappyish

Well the traditional solution is to put your fingers in your ears, scream LA LA LA LA NOT HAPPENING! Then later on, just steal everything and move to a country without extradition treaties........

HegeCoin

I see others have answered the top holders question (that was my answer as well). We currently have about $260,000 in project funds. The way marketing funds are replenished is by raising money from the community. We've currently raised about $750,000 USD in donations and an additional $200,000 USD in NFT sales. Part of our strategy also is to keep a large percentage of our donation in HEGE so that as the market cap grows, the amount in our bank also grows. If managed properly, this can sustain us long into the future. We are always discussing partnerships. As an example, we are currently talking to a famous boxer about potential endorsement (have a HEGE banner at his fights, maybe his shorts, etc), but we are still at the beginning stages. We've had a decent amount of IRL advertising in the past including a plane banner that flew around the Hollywood sign and beaches of LA, an IRL sticker contest, and a custom HEGE painted RV that drove around the US for 2 months. We're continuing to come up with new events, but the LV sphere probably won't happen for quite awhile (last I looked it was $500,000 for 1 day and $1,000,000 for a week).

PlantsCraveBrawndo-

Sucks huh lol. Do you keep going back to the wallet, like maybe it’s a secret chamber room trick to finally cash out? I have like 100 bucks in an old defi wallet and it’ll cost like $75 to move the money…and ironically it’s ethereum that needs more ethereum to move. And Tusd…$40 of the stable coin need like 30$ to transact. This was my first attempt back 10 years ago at buying small cap coins and I would have never imagined the gas fees. At one pint it was like 300$ to move 10 Ethereum is a lot like using a freeway in LA. It’s repulsive and the HOV lane costs a paycheck to use, but it’s all we have to use. Thing is, MANY other blockchains have now bypassed Ethereum altogether and they’re just as secure, if not more. Proof of stake isn’t anything new but Jesus it’s archaic compared to so many other options. I’m waiting for a 2x on ethereum and I’m dipping out to better investments.

PleaseDoElaborate

Would the coin be able to recover if several of the top holders sold off their coins? At some point this will happen, and large retracements like that will wipe out many retail investors - how will momentum be held during these times? Are there plans to expand liquidity pools to reduce volatility from large sales? What is the current marketing budget looking like? I recall seeing a $200K budget, but surely that number has either gone up or down over time. How is the marketing budget replenished? If/when the marketing budget diminishes, how does the team envision organic growth for HEGE? Are there partnerships in progress that could drive utility and adoption independent of direct marketing efforts? Are there larger IRL advertising opportunities planned past NY billboards, such as the LA sphere? Are there plans to expand these advertisements globally to attract international retail investors? If yes, are there any specifics on when these opportunities are planned to be enacted?

Competitive_Guard007

Lol true story I left in 2011 LA for years San Diego for a year I'm not going to lie I loved it I doubt I'd go back though certainly not to live

FlyMeToTheMoon1978

Ok guys, here’s my story.. I seriously feel like a fuckin idiot every time I see the price of bitcoin… I had a high school friend back in the day, about 15 years ago, I went to his house to pick up some shrooms that he grew in a really cool setup in a fish tank with a vaporizer just keeping the spores nice and moist, this kid was a genius, anyway he was explaining bitcoin to me and how he was setting up his computers to mine them, I didn’t fuckin get it then and I still don’t get it now. I’m a decently intelligent person, especially in science, I aced college Chem and physics but the calculus kicked my ass so dropped out my senior year. While he was talking about bitcoin I couldn’t understand the point behind it and he never really urged me to buy any so it was a conversation that came and went. So the first time I ever heard about bitcoin the price was near $50 a coin and if he would’ve explained the idea to me a little more clearly and had the foresight to urge me to buy some saying that one day they’re gonna be worth a lot of money I would’ve put a few hundred dollars or something in it, but I didn’t even know what it was and I didn’t have any interest and I didn’t have any idea where to buy them.. I never really got into the deep end of computers like he was, I enjoyed playing video games more than trying to understand how a computer works. I’m not sure how many coins my buddy amassed in those early days or if he put any significant amount of $ into buying a bunch of them, I haven’t seen him since that day so by now he could be really wealthy and happy and I wish him the best and hope he did cash in on it. So wtf do I do now? At $90k a fuckin coin I feel like I already missed the boat by a light year so I still haven’t put any thought or money into buying some. I’m self employed in the scrap metal trade but it’s been a shit show the last 5 or 6 years since China shut the door on most scrap metals in 2018, I went from moving 40 containers a month into southern China with my really awesome Chinese business partners from 2012 to 2017 to almost nothing and it’s a real bitch.. I was happy and semi successful living in LA at the beach everyday working from my phone for a few hours a day and now I’m living with my parents again and trying to start a new company. So I’m 46 and dead broke, but my new company will be a success I know it, I’m getting into the alcoholic beverage business and about to launch the best fucking cocktail to ever be invented that I discovered in Aruba a couple years ago. I gave the bartender who made the drink for me at 10% share in my company to get the recipe and I’m right at the last step so if my investor comes through next month, I should be on shelves by April or May, and I’m taking this drink all across the US then to the rest of the world, it’s that good and everyone who enjoys a strong tropical cocktail it’s gonna be a customer for life. Anyways back to bitcoin, instead of asking all you guys if I should buy some one day when I have the money to do so, can any of you please tell me when will we actually be able to use bitcoin to buy anything in the real world besides drugs and weapons on the dark web, and secondly, what gives bitcoin it’s value besides the fact that there’s only 22 million coins to be mined, and with zero intrinsic value and a coin that’s basically a computer program. How the fuck can we justify that it’s real and tangible and valuable? It’s just a big mindfuck to me so if anyone can explain it a little better to me in an easy way I’d love to hear your thoughts. Thanks

Tall6Ft7GaGuy

lol most places 300k will get you a nice house …not speaking shitholes like LA when you need a million or 1.5 .

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Outsajder

That guy will sooner deploy a tent in streetside LA before buying BTC.

dilacerated

Dumb fucks coming here to rant against a solution that doesn't screw people by bending over and giving those in power the "freeze and seize" functionality they've lusted for. How very pro Crypto. I'm sure all of you have no problem with safety deposit boxes being raided like that event in LA. Are totally OK with cash seizure if Officer Scruffy smells narcotics despite the known traces on all circulating currency. Jesus get out of this space.

ianyboo

> People in general are malicious animals Yet when radio hosts in LA did an experiment with a dummy wallet left in public with some cash and credit cards they had something like a 99% return rate as good Samaritans found the wallets and called the owner. The whole "humans are awful" thing is a tiresome old trope. Humans are amazing.

Agitated_Engineer512

Wealthy you own a house outright, maybe a little land and drive something boring. Fuck you money is banging LA models on top of your lambo. Just my humble opinion

masixx

Real estate is overpriced for decades now. Companies have only value if people are interested in the product they offer and if they have money to buy the product. None of those companies produces life essentials. No, your house build out of cardboard in soon to be a desert LA is not worth 5 million. No, you don’t need 500 square feet of housing per citizen, no useless empty office spaces in glass and steel palaces in overcrowded cities with failing infrastructure are not a great working space. You dramatically underestimate how overheated the markets are. Everything will crash and burn and people will kill for something to eat. And after that, once all trust into the government is gone down the drain, crypto will still be here to serve as the first and last monetary trust entity we will need from there on.

moct1

I’m not a trader I just buy and hold. I own two businesses here in LA.

notapaperhandape

Still…that’s buys you a nice home in LA in a nice area? Maybe I need to move to LA

moct1

I never owned a house. How much does property taxes average on a million dollar home? I can say I do pretty well for myself. I make 200k a year but everything is expensive here in LA. My 1000 sf apartment is 2500 a month.

moct1

Yeah this is going to be a huge help and with today’s market I’m not trying to pay 7% interest that’s another $1500 a month on a million dollar home here in LA. I would be super jealous to see bitcoin go 100k or more

moct1

I think it’s time for me to sell and buy house cash in LA. I own 5 bitcoins and my average price is 24k. Is this a dumb thing to do?

Im_not_satoshi

One of my friends brothers was back home in the from living in LA and he introduced me. Bought like .20 a few wells later and lost it all on bittrex trading bullshit. Had sour taste in my mouth for awhile after squandering more funds on shit coins and other nonsense. Then one day realized just stack corn and put it in cold storage. I’m doing just fine now. I have thousands of hours of research in at this point and you’re just absolutely a fool if you don’t stack a little each payday.

Manny637

I’m guessing he decided he wanted to buy a house in California. Prolly in West LA

BtcKing1111

You just need to move to a place that respects law. Like in UAE thieves are sentenced to 25 years in prison, so no one there steals. If you like in a non-conceal permit blue city in the US, likes SFC, Seattle, LA, New York, yes you'll be a target.

Hour_Eagle2

Lived in LA for 15 years. Got tired of the bad beaches and hate Orange County so headed further south. Otherwise LA is pretty great. Enjoy SF a lot as well. These places require a certain level of wealth to fully enjoy but they kick the shit out of Florida any day.