The admin is really taking moderation serious in the forum with the recent change in the Politics and Society board and now a new moderator for the Nigerians on the forum.

This should show those applying for a local board or merit source that theymos checks the data and will act accordingly when he feels the need has arisen for any such change. Congratulations to igehbotz.

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It reduces the added supply not the entire circulating supply. We already have over 19.5 million bitcoins mined, that does not get halved.
The price increases down the road due to the reduction in supply against what should be growing demand.

Mining in general favors those with the higher hashrate, which you get from "bigger and better tools". The halving does not affect the chance of any miner to get a block confirmed.

The main purpose is not subjective. It is the process of confirming blocks which usually contains transactions. This is a necessary process for the proper functioning of the Bitcoin network.
It is also a way of introducing new bitcoins into the market at a controlled rate.

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I also just answered the survey questions, best of luck with your research.

One note I'll add, due to the general theme of the survey being on crypto and not Bitcoin alone, you can consider moving this to the altcoin section. You may get more responses there.
And another note, the spelling of Ethereum is not correct on one of the questions.

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Bayern have turned the game around in the space of a few minutes. Musiala wins the penalty and Harry Kane dispatches it expertly. 2 - 1 now.

It has been a game of three periods. Bayern started very well, creating chances and playing through Real. Madrid scored and the momentum shifted to them with Kross dictating the flow of play. Sane then took the initiative to put Bayern in the ascendancy and they built on that to get the lead for the first time in the match.

Where do we go from here?

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It more specifically happens every 210,000 blocks which approximately is every four years, but not at the same month or day in the year.
21 seemed to be a significant number for Satoshi cause besides the blocks it takes for the halving, Bitcoin difficulty level is adjusted every 2,100 blocks and the total supply is approximately 21 millionBTC.

You can ask what exactly is confusing you and get answers. For personal experiences with the halving, a search will bring may relevant results.

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The Uniited States tax laws are insane. Despite several attempts to try and wrap my head around it, I hit a brick wall every time. It seems like a design intended to indict people rather than make the process easier for them, you have to figure out what to do and when to do it, otherwise you'll face prosecution.

Let's see as more details unfold regarding this case.

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This is like expecting Manchester United to lose to Arsenal so as not to let their neighbors to win their 4th title in a row.

Tottenham are looking to secure a Champions league spot this season, competing against United and most importantly Aston Villa. You honestly do not expect Tottenham will give up a Champions league spot simply because they do not want their rivals to win the league.

My expectation is that City will be too strong for them, City has struggled at this away matches with Tottenham, but at this stage in the season may be just too much. There's also too much focus on that match, Fulham away for City may be a potential banana peel.

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You should never trust someone you know to be a compulsive gambler with sums of money. You should actually never hand an addict, regardless of the addiction, huge sums of money you do not want to lose. An addiction is a form of mental health challenge and should be managed as such until the person has fully recovered from it.

The topic title is moot. There's nothing to do in this situation, the deed is already done. If you can help yourself, start some jobs, save up the money, then open up to them and apologize. If you cannot help yourself, open up and seek professional help.

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This is very true. Emotions can very easily creep into our decisions in betting. I'm currently in a English Premier League pool and I'm an Arsenal fan. I do not think I've ever bet against Arsenal since the beginning of the season, but I have repeatedly predicted City or Liverpool to lose or draw even when all the odds suggested the will not.

Best option will be to not get on your favorite team or their rivals.

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I'll argue this all day. There are at least 5,000 world famous master pieces that have been written since the beginning of time, don't ask me to mention them. You cannot limit our over 2000 years of civilization to less than 200 books.

Back to the topic at hand, as others have said, this will be too expensive to do on the Bitcoin network and is not the core purpose of the network either. We should get creative and look for more immutable way to store data.

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You can't or shouldn't be waiting for a bull run when you know from historical data one is not coming soon. You've been investing since January 2022 which was at the point when the last bull run was starting to lose steam. This normally leads to a bear market, the halving, some months of sideways movement and then the bullrun.

This market has been different in that we already hit an ATH even before the halving. If you can't be patient through one of the lowest bear markets, in terms of percentage drop and one of the quickest rebounds, this may not be the investment option for you.

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They're getting away at the moment. Forest have been the better side for me and created better chances, but when you switch off against this team like they did during that corner kick, you get punished. Still 45 minutes to go and then 4 extra matches to be played, I can just feel City will slip up in one of them, we just got to keep winning our side of the race.

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You did not get a temporary ban and even if you did, you are not still allowed to make an alt account to post when you have an account temporarily banned, it is evading the ban.

Quit posting with this account or any other alt you have and focus on appealing your ban.

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Come on you Goonerz!!! Great win.

A week doesn't get better than beating both neighbors back to back. Lousy from Raya, but he picked himself up and played incredibly well after that. Whatever happens at the end of this season Arteta has set up a remarkable team with a great mentality.
Over to you Pep.

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Competing for the title in two consecutive seasons is not a rebuild, a rebuild is about getting back an identity and a way of playing, being consistent and getting staff, players and fans all on the same track. You can win a trophy and still be rebuilding, Chelsea almost won the F.A cup this season, that would have not changed the fact that your team is still trying to find its feet.

We are all sure that Arsenal will be back again competing for the title next season whatever the outcome is this season, that is not a rebuild. Also, we won the F.A Cup in 2020.

Again, good-luck with your rebuild.

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I predicted 2-2, but how I would love it if WestHam made better use of some of those dead ball situations late into the game and won it.
1 win in 5 matches is terrible form for this stage of the season, guess we can all say Liverpool bottled the league this season now having led the table the longest. Have fun rebuilding reds.... and blues.

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Liverpool announce their new coach for next season Arne Slot from Feyenoord, an unexpected name in my opinion, but there are not very many available top coaches in the market at the moment.
Making the announcement now could be indicative that they have given up the chances of winning the league this season. The club will otherwise have delayed, letting this season run out before looking ahead to the next era.

Big matches up tomorrow. Full focus on Tottenham, all we can do is win our matches and hope for the best.

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I instantly think 'money laundering' when I see auctions like this, over $2 million dollars worth of Bitcoin has moved hands, probably will get liquidated and it is entirely clean money now. This is a thought I have for the entire art industry.

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I do not know the context you or anyone else has said it, but for the big, scheming exchanges, people listen cause they want to trust something. The exchanges do not even need to try, but they do with SAFU and when they (coinbase) tried to create what they were calling a non custodian wallet, though it was very far from that.

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Look at the bottom left of this page, right below this my comment (if it is still the most recent one when you see this). You should see 'move topic' and 'lock topic'. Click to move and then search for Meta.

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