I appreciate the enthusiasm! I got that sample kit from starbucks, but without access to a k-cup machine I figured I might as well sacrifice one of them for experimentation. Luckily, I found the grounds

In the US, reversing Citizen's United would be a huge step in the right direction. Getting dark money out of politics would make it a lot easier for politicians to not have to cater to the ultra-rich

Thanks for reading! Let me know if you try this technique!

Haha, yeah, the aeropress does look like those Vietnamese coffee drippers.

You're welcome! The one advantage k-cups have is that it's easy to try new blends when you don't want to buy a whole bag.

Thanks. It's no longer possible to mine Steem, it's all DPoS now. I'm sure there are other coins out there you could mine, but you'd be spending more on electricity than they could possibly earn.

Ah okay, gotcha. Thanks!

That's the author's reputation. Upvotes bring it up, and downvotes bring it down. It's on a log scale. Here's more info on it.

Normally steemit.com says "You already voted in a similar way" when I try to upvote a post that the website "forgot" about. This is the only time I caught it let me actually upvote

The post I upvoted twice accidentally? Sure!

Unless something changed, cryptocurrency profits are taxed at the income tax rate, not capital gains rate. And you can't claim losses in crypto on your returns. So this change won't help us, specifically.

You've hit the nail on the head. Ethereum is simply used as an intermediary in scamming people out of millions with the false promises of shiny ICOs.

Sure! I don't comment much, but I'll continue to upvote good content, including yours!

I'm only talking about the US, I can't speak to how other countries tax their citizens. But yes, even if that tax level is reasonable for someone earning $500k a year, there should be more severe brackets

For the sake of this discussion, those with income above $415,051 / year (this number adjusts with inflation; i.e., it's in 2016 dollars).

Yeah it's amazing how long the price stayed low. But that gave those who found out about it through Steemit discussions plenty of time to research it and build up decent holdings over time. Is Peerplays

With EOS still in development, I could picture fervent supporters of the project investing in Bitshares and Steem as a proxy to demonstrate their excitement while they wait for its public release. Despite

A lot of antivirus softwares block any bitcoin-forked wallet, since they're commonly distributed to botnets.

I'll give it a shot :) UPEH1XZALfsKHbTj6CzNHsnUK3BboNJcJg

Sweet I didn't miss it! Thanks!