Same reason why Crawford made a gamble and left Bob Arum's roof because in that way, his chance to finally make the undisputed fight got more chances because Bob Arum is not included in the said equation anymore. But even after that, it's still too much too ask because up until now, there are no positive signs.
Might be a different story and at least a bit of improvement on the progress of the long-awaited mega-fight between Errol Spence Jr. and Terence Crawford if the latter didn't stay as a free agent for long and found another good-caliber promoter. It seems difficult to organize a mega bout if one of the parties doesn't have any promoter. As a result, the dominant promoter will only dictate the proposed terms and the free agent has nothing to do about it but to just agree, agree and agree just for the fight to happen. Knowing Terence Crawford's personality, even as a free agent, he is not dumb to just follow the terms for the fight against Spence Jr. to fully materialize. Not unless Crawford is ready to do anything, accept anything, fine with disadvantages, accept a 20% purse split lol, just to build his legacy in the 147 lbs division, the fight will happen easily. But again that was a dumb thing to do for him and it will just make him look desperate. That's how bullsh*t the sanctioning bodies are at some point. I'm really annoyed at Spence. I can understand Crawford's sacrifice by leaving Top Rank just to try to make the Spence fight. Crawford is a big talent but he is not as popular and influential as Canelo who went to PBC and face their own fighter with his own conditions. So I agree that it will be very hard to make deals without a big promoter, especially when dealing with PBC. As a result, Bud became inactive for a year and until now there is no solid news that his dream for a chance of becoming the first-ever 2-division undisputed champion (4 belt era) gets materialized. I agree that Bud despite not having a promoter will just easily agree to all the demands and exploitations of Spence and PBC. If I were Crawford, I will continue the talk with Spence but at the same time, I will also start accepting offers from big promoters. He is secured of his legacy anyways, unlike Spence. Maybe Eddie Hearn of Matchroom can offer him a good contract. IfI remembered correctly, the Golden Boy Promotions consider reaching out or the best term would be, show interest, in assisting Terence Crawford to make the mega bout against Errol Spence be materialized for real. Oscar Dela Hoya is truly agree what Top Rank Bob Arum said before that it will be tough to finalized a deal with Spence if Crawford isn't under a big promoter. If I'm also not mistaken, the said offer by the Golden Boy Promotions to Crawford is only to finalized a deal to Spence camp. They don't intend to make Crawford as one of their contract boxers. The question though is, is Crawford will consider being under again a big promoter? Since becoming a free agent, he never show any signs or hint that he wants to be under again by any promoters. But if he want to make this fight then maybe he can think of at least just 1 more under a promotional banner to help him negotiate wit the camp of PBC and obviously Oscar has done this before with the other side and probably he make it happen just like the Davis vs Garcia fight although someone has to give some edge and we don't know if Spence or Crawford is willing to be the B-side here. Both wanted to be the A-side and that could really be a big problem as far as negotiations is concern. Ego of this two are too big in my opinion and most likely that is the biggest stumbling block as to why the fight is not going to happen anymore. |
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There are two boards I know of which is the Archival and the serious discussion board that newbies are restricted from posting on. Regardless, I don’t see any contribution that a newbie can offer that is beyond the remaining boards. Infact the beginner and help board covers almost everything for newbie, so you can post all your contributions there
In addition to those boards that you mentioned, this board [1] Investigations ----> https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=227.0 is restricted as it cannot be viewed by guests. You need to log in to be able to see the content, and the information contained in it is very restricted. Also the Lending Board, newbies cannot ask for a loan without collateral. @OP you do not need to worry much about these restrictions, you should focus on increasing the good content and sharing your information. [1] New investigations board & restrictions on posting personal informationIt was suggested though by @DireWolfM14 that Restrict newbies from posting in the lending board?. So for now the following boards are restricted: Archival, Serious Discussion, and Ivory Tower. |
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Phoenix managed to defeat Denver 121-114 this time. The biggest contribution to this score was Kevin Durant and Devin Booker.
Kevin had 39 points, 9 rebounds and 8 assists, while Devin had 47 points, 6 rebounds and 9 assists, and they were the architects of the victory. The next match will be in Footprint Center 2 days later.
Phoenix could make the series 2-2, but Denver still has the field advantage. Kevin and Devin need to continue their performance for the next round.
I like how Devin Booker and Kevin Durant response in this game, their back is against the wall and just like other elite players, playing at home they need to provide and give it all to get that win. So far we have seen great performances from superstars like Steph Curry, Harden and now Durant and Booker and lest we forget Jimmy Butler (but he is still injured). So yeah, going to be exciting game 4, Phoenix still need to win this one to even up the series. |
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This question has been raised several times, and I have noticed that some people conclude that the lack of adoption is due to people not understanding Bitcoin or seeing it as a scam.
But I don't think the world still views Bitcoin as a bad thing today, though I know a lot of you thought that, but it is not the case.
I feel the reason for the low rate of adoption is just because people think it's not for them. Bitcoin has been around for over a decade, and any thought that most people would have had about it being a scam must have faded by now.
But at the same time, if you look at it, Bitcoin is a risky business; if you invest money, there are two possibilities: it will either yield profits or losses. Many people today are not fans of investment, not to mention buying assets that heavily fluctuate in price. They would choose to save money earned from hard work, and a few might invest in low-risk markets, even though inflation is still eating them up.
So it would be hard for them to consider holding Bitcoin to use it daily.
Nevertheless, the community is still growing bigger 💗, and people's interest in Bitcoin and cryptocurrency keeps growing.
There are a lot of pros/cons of getting yourself into bitcoin, yeah there are risk but we all know that the risk is going to be worth in the long run specially if you want to be a long term holder. As for the used, one drawback is the volatility of the price, that's why merchants are not readily wanting to accept it unless the owner is pro-bitcoin and again, holding to hold until such time that he needs to sell it to continue with his business. Adoption is growing though, there are many investors right now and for sure when we are in the bull run, the number of bitcoin hodlers will grow. |
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Well, OP, the 1st quarter of this year has a lot of terrible events on the market that also have a negative of the price trend. It comes up but it drops again due to some negative issues.
But January alone we have seen 40%+ and up to this month, there is a good sign of recovery. Lowest low of $15,500 and we reach $31k, so that is already 2x this quarter. And I'm not sure what terrible events you are referring in the first quarter because it didn't reflect on the price itself. Last month we got a good an increasing price, and a slow recovery but that is still okay at least the price of Bitcoin is able to reach $30k. And what are we gonna expect from this month of May? Can't assure but I don't expect a huge dump as well like it getting back below $20k instead, I was very optimistic that we remain on the $28k to $32k...
We might go sideways or we might see $32k, it really depends on the sentiment or if there is positive news that will come along this month. But I think we can say that the market is still very much in the bullish state, as we are still in $29k and no major correction. |
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Davis was really inconsistent. After scoring 30 points in game 1, he only scored 11 points in game 2 with 7 rebounds and had the most turnovers on the team. It was a bad game for Davis, and as a result, the Warriors dominated the Lakers to tie the series.
That's exactly what I was talking about after his good performance in the first game. As we can see, Davis systematically alternates between bad and good performances, and the Lakers seem like a weak team when Davis is having a bad day. By the way, the Lakers were able to avoid problems in the first round against the Grizzlies, even though Davis also had a couple of bad performances. However, the Warriors clearly have more experience than the Grizzlies, and they probably won't miss an opportunity to take advantage of the Lakers' weakness. We should give credit to Draymond's defense on AD without getting into foul trouble, there were one instance in the 3rd wherein Davis was doing some isolation but Draymond held his ground and even go for a steal, it's reminiscent of him doing that to Jokic as well. And then the Warriors doing the adjustment, Vando still putting a lot of pressure on Steph and didn't want to switch and just follow Steph. So what Curry did is to pass the ball that's why he had 12 assists. And Klay finding his rhythm and then we have another role player in JaMychal Green putting in numbers with 15 points. |
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I recently read in an article that just a few seconds of audio of someone's voice is enough to "clone" them successfully, whether it's a video like the OP posted or scammers using fake calls that use new technologies to make a financial profit. In other words, be extremely careful with any video in which a famous person says something that doesn't seem very logical, and even less believe if someone you know calls you and asks for money or something similar. A mother reportedly got a call from a scammer who cloned her daughter's voice to pretend he'd kidnapped her.
Jennifer DeStefano from Scottsdale, Arizona told Arizona's Family – a local news station affiliated with CBS – that she received a call from a number listed as unknown. When she answered it, she could hear her 15-year-old daughter crying and saying things like, "mom, I messed up." Her daughter was out of town on a ski trip at the time, she said. Yeah, I posted it here: [Warning]: AI voice replicating scams. (I originally posted it here, but somewhat been moved) |
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The US government and the cryptocurrency market are having a lot of ups and downs, and it seems like they're headed towards a very important conflict. This conflict will determine the fate of many people and companies involved in cryptocurrency. They might have to shut down or move to a different country.
Yes, and they are driving away not just exchanges like Coinbase and others, but maybe good lead developers too and the technology itself. They also said that they are going to imposed 30% of bitcoin mining, and I think that is huge already for miners. So don't be surprised if exchanges are going to move away from US, just like in the thread that I open here, Robert Kennedy Jr on the subjecdt of bitcoin, mining etc.. |
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What is actually surprising to me is that people are already praying for the bull run and the $100,000 when they don't even have enough Bitcoin. To these people, are you really guys sure that you want Bitcoin to hit $100,000 already? Are you sure you already have enough? Many of you don't even have 1 BTC. Come on! When that proverbial $100,000 arrives, all we can only do is look back to the past and wish that we bought more.
I guess many who are into Bitcoin are greedy and opportunistic but also unmindful. I'm curious if many of them will hodl when $100,000 arrives. Many will probably sell and enjoy it. By the time $300,000 arrives, they will have nothing.
Nah, that is not surprising at all, unless you are completely new to the crypto space... Majority of people in crypto are praying for bull ever day, 100k? Try 1 million for Bitcoin. Try 100k for random coin of frogs and animals. You're right they don't have enough Bitcoin, they don't have it. They have maybe 1 million random coin. If Bitcoin goes to 100k, they believe their coin goes x1000. I hate to say it but people in crypto generally are worse than you think, and nothing surprised me anymore. Yeah, everyone is praying for $100k since the last bull run. But it didn't happen so obviously, why not give it a shot at the next run then? So everyone is on board right now with a 6 digit figures. Even seasoned members here, who have been in the market for so long thinks that in al eventually, we are going to hit that price. So our answers might be answered in the next couple of years. I don't want to comment about the people here in crypto, but as soon as we hit new ATH again, it will got worst, newbies hope to become crypto millionaires, perma bears, perma bulls FUDsters and others. |
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Everyone just saw the expectation that we've set for ourselves. Both teams are good just as expected and this is where one of them is going to end.
Well, here goes the 4-3 predictions that I'm seeing on them and we'll know it soon. But we're sure that GSW won't just let this end favoring the Lakers.
And within the next few minutes, we'll see if Celtics will take their first win or if Philly is going to take their 2nd win.
With what happened in Game 1, I think the Warriors need to win Game 2 and at least one game in Games 3 and 4. The Lakers are hyped now, and people are thinking that they will win the series and possibly end the defending champion with a 4-0 or 4-1 record. However, this is just Game 1, and anything can happen, just like what happened in the Celtics vs 76ers Game 2, where the Celtics bounced back strong and dominated the 76ers. Let's not have too high expectations, as we know that the Warriors are the defending champions, and they will not give up this series easily. The Lakers are in good shape now, but the series is not over yet. Have you guys forgotten how the Kings were hyped when they were up 2-0 against the Warriors? And when they beat the Warriors in Game 6, look what happened. The Warriors still won the series, and Curry had a historic performance, being the only player to score 50 points in a Game 7 playoff. Yes, I do agree, it's just one game and for sure the Lakers knows that and it's going to be a long series for them. If ever they win then good for Lebron and AD, but they can't just discount and written off the Warriors in just one game. Just like what James Harden did when they won against the Boston Celtics, he let his team knows that this is just one game. And look at how the game 2 turns out, they are going to lose it and lose it with double digits. |
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You can read Robert Kennedy's Jr stance on bitcoin, mining and other subjects regarding crypto.  https://twitter.com/RobertKennedyJr/status/1653808786577010697I would agree on his points, specially that it seems that Biden administration is driving away this innovation. For instance, Coinbase and other exchanges are in the limelight because SEC has been sending Well's notice, https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/wells_noticeA "Wells Notice" is a letter sent by a securities regulator to a prospective respondent, notifying him of the substance of charges that the regulator intends to bring against the respondent, and affording the respondent with the opportunity to submit a written statement to the ultimate decision maker.
There is no legal requirement for a regulator to provide a Wells Notice, however it is the practice of the SEC and the NASD to provide such notice. Procedurally, the SEC and NASD Staff (the people you are dealing with during the investigation) do not have the authority to commence proceedings. They need to obtain approval to commence proceedings. The approval process is handled without any input from the prospective defendant. And as a response to that, Coinbase, The SEC will not let crypto companies “come in and register” – we tried.
The U.S. crypto regulatory environment needs more guidance, not more enforcement
https://www.coinbase.com/blog/we-asked-the-sec-for-reasonable-crypto-rules-for-americans-we-got-legalAnd they've also expanding with their International Exchange: https://www.coinbase.com/blog/introducing-coinbase-international-exchangeAnd the concern about bitcoin mining's effect, there is a good paper to read about it, Can Bitcoin Stop Climate Change? Proof of Work, Energy Consumption and Carbon Footprint (SoK). |
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Its his last fight with Goosen though, as Garcia is parting ways with the fame training, BoxingScene.com has confirmed that Garcia has parted ways with veteran trainer Joe Goossen. The split comes a little more than a year after the two joined forces in early 2022, working just three fights together and which ended with Garcia’s lone career defeat when he was stopped by unbeaten star Gervonta Davis in the seventh round of their April 22 super fight at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. https://www.boxingscene.com/ryan-garcia-parts-ways-with-joe-goossen-following-knockout-defeat-gervonta-davis--174277So from Reynoso->Goosen->  ? Who's next for Ryan? and can we blame him for leaving Goosen as his trainer? They are very close as Goosen has trained Ryan in the amateurs and it was reported that the Garcia's are close to Goosen. But obviously, with the way he lost against Tank, I guess Ryan might not be satisfied on how him and Goosen put up their strategy. Anyways, we will see which one his going to pick next as he wanted to go and move up to 140 lbs. So, it seems that they are on the blaming game now and I wouldn't be shocked if a similar news will explode that Ryan Garcia have cut his ties with his promoter, Oscar Dela Hoya, although, I'm not even sure if Garcia can do it now (this year) because he got a contract under Golden Boy. I guess, we'll know about it soon as they are now on a hot mess. It all started when Oscar didn't show up in the post-fight press con. Yes, not going to be surprised, we don't know how long is the contract or when it's going to end, but for sure, majority of us might have the same feeling that Ryan is just waiting for the right time to cut his ties with Oscar and who knows, goes on the other side, PBC. Gonna hurt Oscar if that happens, but this is a cutt throat business, this guys are really going against each other and if you want to survived, then Oscar needs to do is still go and look for more promising boxers again. And then pamper them, make their name more hype and then get that belt. He still has a lot of stable boxers though, so could be fine if Ryan decided to part ways. |
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Anthony Davis came out and dominated in game 1 for the Lakers against the Warriors. One of the all time Lakers playoff performances. The Warriors won’t be able to win this series unless they figure out how to contain Anthony Davis. He looks like a man among boys out there. I knew he was going to be a problem after how the Kings bigs were able to cause problems.
Yes, as we have been saying, AD will be the key, if he stays healthy, the better the chance of Lakers winning not just against Warriors, but any team in the West, just like what he did against Memphis. He has game that it doesn't look like very AD, but the next game, he come up big with huge numbers. Credit also to Vando for putting a good defense against Steph, it seems the can't get going and has turnovers. As compare to his last game against the Kings wherein he can score at will, anytime he wants, but not in this game. |
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I think it have nothing to with your address in my opinion. but I think the reason there is economic decision in real world government usually the United States but after I look at https://www.dailyfx.com/economic-calendar#last-seven-days it seem regular movement no inflation rate or rates decision so it is something else We are talking about the pump on bitcoin that occurred on April 26. This was certainly not very closely related to a decision from uncle Jerome. This was a whale that used the pump as exit liquidity hehehe. Also, if it the Federal Reserve's decisions really affected bitcoin, why is bitcoin going up from $15k? This is almost 100% from the lowest price of 2022. Yeah, get your point, there could be other reasons for the huge pump>>then goes down hard. But maybe the Feds releasing their reports could affect not just the crypto market, but others specially in the US. But the good thing is that the price crash to $27k, it has bounce back and fourth, and not trading around $28k or maybe we can go $29k again. And this price movement might go on this month of May, sideways until a breakout run. |
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I believe the winner of Celtics - Sixers series will be the champion. Sixers got a huge advantage by winning the first game. Harden played one of his best games in play-offs and they won without Embiid.
Yes, his performance tonight could be one of the best this playoff, together with Jimmy Butler against the Bucks and then Curry dropping 50 versus the Kings in a game 7 elimination game. That dagger 3 though, to give them that lead was very ice cold. And there are basketball analyst that is writing off Harden and saying that he is old, but he shows that he still has the bounce and could really explode just like when he was still with the Rockets. This is just one game though, so many things can still happen in this series, for sure Celtics will have to adjust in game 2. But what's scary is when Joel Embiid is going to play. |
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Ok, it seems that criminals has found it's way to scam people using the latest technology that we have right now, which is AI. This is not new modus though, but this time they have take advantage of AI plus human emotions to be able to pull this one of: You get a call. There's a panicked voice on the line. It's your grandson. He says he's in deep trouble — he wrecked the car and landed in jail. But you can help by sending money. You take a deep breath and think. You've heard about grandparent scams. But darn, it sounds just like him. How could it be a scam? Voice cloning, that's how. https://consumer.ftc.gov/consumer-alerts/2023/03/scammers-use-ai-enhance-their-family-emergency-schemesSo scammers thru AI has found a way to clone and mimic our love ones voice. And then we received this calls, they they are any form in a emergencies and need money or even bitcoin at some point. And so you panic and send them the money right away without hesitation. And after that initial shock, you realized that you have been scammed already.  AI can replicate voices in high-tech phone call scams, FTC warns
So everyone just be careful out there, as AI is evolving and so is the criminals with elaborate modus to get money or crypto from us. |
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I almost forgot about Canelo Alvarez's tune-up fight versus John Ryder, and to think, this bout already around the corner.
1 week to go folks and we can witness Canelo fighting again, and probably we will have some answers afterwards whether if he will fight Bivol first or Benavidez. Is it worth it, are we expecting something unexpected to happen, if I have the time I will watch it to see if Canelo is still good because if he wants to further move forward he should face Benavidez or do a rematch against Bivol now both fights are tougher so I'd like to see if Canelo still has it or become better after his last fight against Golovkin. For a fighter like Canelo who has a good status in the boxing world, he should stop cherry-picking fights and always go for the challenging fights, if he still wants to be on top of the Ring Magazine. I think it's because we are still in the Tank Davis vs Ryan Garcia euphoria, I mean we are all hype about that fight and up to this day, there are a lot of discussions on that, like PPV buys and if Garcia take a dive and just give up. Anyway, it's time for Canelo to take that away, this is his comeback fight and going to be in his backyard. No doubt that as what others think, cherry pick, tune up fight for Canelo. And they are looking for a Bivol match up and Canelo said it will be at 175 lbs and not his usual super middleweight comfort zone. The reasoning is that he fought and lost to Bivol at light heayweight and so that is the weight that they will rematch. |
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As I previously pointed out, if the Lakers won't do something to aggressively contain Desmond Bane and Ja Morant, in Game 6, Memphis has a chance to tie the series and force a deciding Game 7 back at the Memphis home court which will be critical for the Lakers.
And guess what, here in Game 6 which is currently in Halftime, the Lakers are doing a good job containing both Bane and Morant and surprisingly these 2 Memphis Gunners just finished with 5 and 7 points respectively before halftime. Both also not showing a good stroke at their field goal attempts and having a bad night. Who knows though that they might be able to bounce back in the second half.
The Lakers are now up at 17 points. The score is 59-42 at halftime.
Yeah, it seems that the Lakers have a good chance to win the series and go on with the playoffs. They not only contained Bane and Morant, but AD is on fire in this game as well. As for the Warriors, it was a disappointing lost at home, we thought that they are going to sweep (meaning winning the last 4 games), but they allow the Kings to steal this one at their home court. Now, they are tied, and this is the first series in this playoff that we are going to see a game 7. |
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It's very obvious that this is a new site created for the very reason to scam us. I already did my part on reporting this site to,
I, too, reported this scam domain name that the OP mentioned. Thank you all. The Sindbad mixer and all the popular mixers in the market are facing these fake domains that scammers create daily and specifically to defraud customers and users of these mixers, so everyone who sees any link to a known mixer that has been promoted in Google or anywhere on social media should check the link before using it, make sure that the link is the official Mixer domain link or a fake phishing site, There are thousands of scam mixers domains up to now, so every person must be careful not to lose his money and not to come here and claim that a popular mixer has scammed him. To be honest I seldom used Mixers in the past, but if you guys are saying that Sinbad is gaining popularity or the popular right now since the demise of Chipmixer, then it's a obvious target for criminals to create clone sites. And if I'm not mistaken, this is the second time that we've seen a clone site in the wild, so yeah, scammers are busy creating fake and close sites just like what they did during the height of the popularity of Chipmixer. Nevertheless, we should also look for other mixer clones as well as there could be the next target from this criminals. And thanks to the OP for exposing this one. I also reported it. |
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Yesterday we closed well under the 100 day average.
Today we move even further away from it while breaking through the bottom of the triangle.
We've broken major support and nothing is stopping a deep fall.
Also notice how mainly BTC is falling and altcoins remain stable or even raise significantly.
Billions of BTC capital is flowing into blockchain 3.0 technology and people here still believe BTC's blockchain 0.1 Beta tech has a future... lol
Down we go guys, you've been warned.
Reading your entire post history, I can see how wrong you were in your Bitcoin analysis. Even though you've been here since the beginning, it seems like you never really believed in Bitcoin. Too bad it stopped publishing before the high and the price it is today. I would like to know your opinion today if it remains pessimistic like your last analyses. Lol, this guys is historically perma-bear. Not sure if he is still active though, but during his time here and you can read his post history, that he always downplay bitcoin every time and he has become Legendary in this community for being like that. Anyway, since know that you are aware of it, there could be other members are well similar to him right now and I will say that you just have to ignore them whenever you can. |
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