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141  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Who should quit, and why? on: May 24, 2024, 07:43:42 PM
On an emotional sense I think the wife should quit for the sake of the kids. As for the husband he is meant to hold a reputable gambling attitude one that shouldn't affect the financial state of the home. Most especially the harmony and love in the family can be removed by addiction. It's risky for both spouses to participate in gambling. The aim of gambling is to be focused on fun not money. Family is first and not gambling. If both are responsible gamblers they'll be no much problem with any of them quiting.
Say that to a feminist mother and you would get the question,
Why do you get to gamble and they don't?
If you feel it's affecting the family negatively, why not go ahead and halt?

Well, this goes beyond feminism to be the bitter truth of the matter if am to stay true to my thoughts on this. Gambling isn't bad but, when your gambling habit becomes such that, it's impacting your family negatively, then it calls for you guys to take a break and see how you could handle yourself and formed habit about this activity to not impact your family negatively.

Of course one person could stop but, is it ever easy for an addict to just stop? Especially when the spouse is very much a partner to the activity. You'll both would have to call yourself to order and ensure you put your kids first, that's what parenting is about. Your kids well being should be the reason you can forgo any bad habit.
142  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: BC.Game 🦁 Fantasy Premier League Pool ⚽ Discussion Thread on: May 24, 2024, 07:28:16 PM
70-80 minutes into the game, we were at the same point (705-705), and I was still leading h2h. I'm simply wondering what would have happened if we had ended on the same point.
Team with less transfers made wins.
Haven't seen how close I got, the differentials that served as the decoders and the possible scenraio of matching points in a season, I've had to wonder the same thing. Some rules as to the FPL already decides who could be ahead based on point deductions as per transfers bit in the absence of these, what then?

I think we should decide on this at all but rather, follow up on the table. The table by some means already places players based on certain criteria in these times, perhaps it would be best to let that be the auto decider.

Also it would be in my opinion absolutely understandable when bitcointalk member status restrictions will be applied for the pool after what happened.
I just hope that I will still be able to participate if I decide to play FPL again even if my member status is not very high.
How one man's misdeeds could affect so many others. Well, there isn't any rule yet to deny you participation bit in the event that a rule comes to be of that nature,you definitely would be in the clear and it might apply differently, based on forum participation and how long ago the account how existed prior to the pool creation.
143  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: UEFA Europa League 2023/24 Season on: May 23, 2024, 11:38:38 PM
Leverkusen seemed that they have forced their limit to the achieve the unbeaten record. That ambition got them backfired by exhaustion. Leverkusen kept winning or drawing games in the last minutes has really made them drained to their limit. They entered the game with so lack of focus that made Atalanta scored two goals in the first half.

Atalanta seemed to have learned a lesson after a loss in Copa Italia to Juventus. They started the game really well, exploited any space in the Leverkusen's defense, this tactics succeeded to put them on a two-goals lead. This situation made all Leverkusen's plans on the game became meaningless, Everything became out of control for them. This will be a good lesson for Alonso in his managerial career.
Possibly that was it, an unbeaten run that somehow drew their attention from the games ahead and not a clear understanding of what have been archived, what would mean the most to the team than an unbeaten run and to test some of its bench and as well as introduce some of its academy players to the game. They really hoped to do it with one squad but, this was Atalanta in the finals. A team that has shown some quality performance and have some real good players within its edition.
The defense was really terrible, at how swift they allowed look man to come seeking them out and finding those openings to get a good sight at goal. It was terrific and he delivered the Europa for Atalanta with zero contest from Bayer Leverkusen.
144  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: BC.Game 🦁 Fantasy Premier League Pool ⚽ Discussion Thread on: May 23, 2024, 11:19:04 PM
OK one day someone needs to fill me in on all this pizzagate, I'm too old to be digging through threads, but count me in for Bottler's side league next season. You guys know my FPL game is shit, but I can't stay shit forever, can I?
But you might if the prizes is about the top 5. There are just a few users that gets better and better by the season and aren’t making lots of mistakes to let some of us take the lead but, am coming for y’all next season. Ain’t no way am not getting a cut of the pie.

Most definitely but, chances are that, you would make it eventually.  Grin

Wanna put your money where your mouth is? N50k I finish above you next season? Quote me if you're on....  Cheesy
Don’t you think it’s too early to start losing again, you just finished paying up your loses and is about taking up another because, am sure it’s something I would want to do. I wouldn’t hesitate to narrate in detail what I’ll be doing with your money. Don’t even think I’ll miss any chip in the next round.
145  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: A known enemy can easily be defeated on: May 23, 2024, 11:11:48 PM
I have a younger brother who lives in the US and yesterday he told me about a call he received saying that he can get his lost coins back and all he needs to do is submit his wallet address.
One thing I get to wonder about stuff like these when they come up is,

How random can this really be? Was his coin ever lost and even so, how did you get to know and what business is it of yours fo poke nose in my business and lost coin. It doesn’t really add up but, given the fact that I don’t know this person and I don’t know what his got on me to want my public address, I just wouldn’t key in by giving the caller anything related to an address of mine.

What you did isn’t exactly bad, it’s just another way of telling them, they are looking in the wrong hole and when they realize that, wasting all efforts, they would know better to take your details off their log.
146  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Are signature campaigns still a thing in bitcointalk.org? on: May 23, 2024, 11:02:10 PM
I remember years ago people used to pay you to use a certain signature.

Is this still a thing?

Which company pays the most?
Before I even opened your thread, the title already gave me reasons to speculate on you being some outcasted user and boom, you’ve been here since 2013, lol… that’s some time. Yeah, you weren’t outcasted but it’s good to have some of you forks return to meet the forum just as functional. We’ve been keeping the house warm for you guys and yeah, signatures are still a thing, still gets launches here and there to incentivize some quality posting as well as stimulate users to be good at what they do.
It never really would die out as, new and new cryptocurrency projects needing publicity keeps popping. It’s sure to be here for some time as much as Theymos allows.
About highest paid, I don’t care to look that up these days, it doesn’t matter much since the mixers got kicked out.
147  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: My model of an ideal investment portfolio on: May 23, 2024, 10:54:52 PM

There is quite a some repetition in your investment plan as I can say Bitcoin investment, either hodling for a circle or using it for some tech awareness and innovation campaign is actually still the same thing but, it’s nice you have these thoughts for yourself and the people around you.

Something that I find really enticing is the fact that, you choose to update and upgrade your skill set in your craft.
That’s the one thing that truly differentiates an individual from the next. What skill set you’ve got and how relevant it is in a society that is constantly advancing. Hence, having to seek improvement is a step towards the right direction as, it would serve some purpose that your investment might not.

Also, having to benefit from someone’s philanthropy and initiative towards growth in a locality and with a dream to do so, reflect the same help you got to your people is truly a dream. Hope you stay true to your course and watch your society grow.
148  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: BC.Game 🦁 Fantasy Premier League Pool ⚽ Discussion Thread on: May 22, 2024, 10:09:05 PM
The Abaiii12 and co drama continues - can we let it go already, it's derailing the thread. All evidence against him are too good not to be true.
I believe it is important to allow even cheaters to mount a defense. Usually, it ends up with them just digging a deeper hole for themselves. Of course, than you feel stupid that you wasted time on them in first place. Altering the pizza bill is a new low in my book. I mean no matter where you live and how much money you have I am sure you are buying or making pizza quite regularly.
It really does happen you know. There they were, speaking of chats and before you could respond, you had someone do your biding and make the work all Juicy.

The Bottler league will start with the second chance league ( second WC) so I'm advising everyone to manage their chips properly. I'm glad all of you enjoyed it and want to make it a thing already.  Grin
So what is the qualification to enter the bottlers league?
Trofo, your not qualified, period!

Thanks again everyone who has joined the bottlers league. Everyone who has joined made their payment. I hope that we create a league with the same 5 people again next year. It was very easy for me to win the league (Please don't remind me that I won by 1 point. Tongue).
Oh! It’s a deficiency I and Igebotz just suffered this season. Losing by a single point. In the cheating scandal of the twelves, I was just a point down from the move ups. Took way too much hit for people that didn’t matter like Gvardiol for Walker and he gave me only 2 points, Burns of Newcastle got a yellow card and got me burnt to zero. It was a close one but, come August, I’ll like to see what forward moves I can make for the next season.

Bottlers League, I supposed the top 10 wouldn’t get to feature, so the bottlers really get to have a chance than, having to fatten CLS63’s wallet like you all have been doing in the days past.

I racked up 705 points from 9 GWs now imagine what I will get from 38 GWs from next season. Kidding aside if I don't make it to the bottler league requirement I'm only going to create it without participating - possible?
Most definitely but, chances are that, you would make it eventually.  Grin
149  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: UEFA Europa League 2023/24 Season on: May 22, 2024, 09:46:56 PM
Lookman is on fire and he has scored the second goal to make it 2-0 for Atalanta. It is quite surprising to see how Atalanta was able to score two goals within 15 minutes, and Leverkusen cannot clap back. I don't see this as the Leverkusen that has being unbeaten in Germany. Is it that Leverkusen will do a come back in the second half and win the game or what. I want to see the magic that Leverkusen will do from now till 90 minutes. Otherwise, Atalanta have messed up their unbeaten record and also win the competition.
It’s by far an important game for him and his career, clearly a place to star and he sure did, he showed that he fits the bill. His first goal wasn’t very impressive given that, it was all about a matter of position and the defense didn’t check his shoulders properly, giving Lookman an opportunity to run in and take that shot.
His second goal however was absolutely amazing. It all started from a misplaced pass and he got lined to go solo, tried a couple of impressive moves to get himself a good sight at goal, went for the far corner and scored. He was just impressive.

It’s an awful way for Bayer Leverkusen to end their unbeaten runs. I had at least a consolation goal expectation of them but no, they couldn’t manage a single goal, even after conceiving 3 goals. They did good in the season but, Atalanta are Europa League champions now.
150  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: I have some old BTC wallet from 2013 on: May 22, 2024, 07:55:52 PM
So now I am not sure what to do, should I just keep it or try to open and see ( i really doubt there is anything there ).

If there are coins inside i won't be able to use/transfer them without pass and bruteforce wont probably work.

So does anyone have any suggestion?
Well, you can never really know the content of the wallet if it has anything in it at all without looking right? So you’ve just got to look to see what you could find. Mind you, don’t forget it’s not your wallet and so, be sure to seek the parent’s consent in what ever dealings you’re doing.

It must be sad for the parents, having to go through this and you must be really close to the family and most of all, your friend to be given that task.
It’s better you be the one to go through his things and be proper about it than for the parents to look out for someone else who is most likely not going to be trust worthy.

Perhaps, you still have to go through his things, passwords and seed phrase don’t come by guessing with specifics to public addresses.
151  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Bitcoin backed loans on: May 22, 2024, 07:43:15 PM
I looked around several DeFi platforms where I can lock wrapped BTC and get stablecoins, also looked to companies like SALT and Unchained.
I haven’t been really into the loan taking thing but, it would be interesting to know how some of these processes go and so,

When you talk about wrapped BTC loans, you mean like, a system in which, you would have like a multi sig with the company in question, where by your BTC eventually serves as a collateral but, not one that would be taken after a period but rather, one that would propel you to pay and get full custody of your coin. Also, you get to pay interest on what you got from the loaned USDT, I got that right, did I?

If am anything close to your intuition, I would say,
If the vacation isn’t absolutely necessary as I feel it isn’t, given that the funds to sponsor the time isn’t readily available and in most cases, you don’t know what your going to meet on your time out, unforeseen circumstances, you might as well let it slide for the time being.
152  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: UEFA Europa League 2023/24 Season on: May 22, 2024, 07:19:47 PM
Yes, although in the past Atalanta and Bayer Leverkusen have met in the Europa League in the round of 16 but still, the past and current trends have a real difference.
The impressive run Bayer Leverkusen has endured this season makes it easy to assume they would be the favorites in this Europa league finals but, from the game play this far, that clearly would be a mistaken qualification of there play. From the kick off, Atalanta have been on the offensive, trying the most they could to set their play around the Atalanta goalkeeper’s box and now, they’ve got an early goal to show for all their effort. A no contest ball as the result of a cut back pass, straight into the part of Lookman. Even then, you can still find Atalanta asking for more, trying to ensure dominance by maintaining possession and control the game.
 Bayer Leverkusen needs to take charge of the possession if they hope to get anything out of this game.
153  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: BC.Game 🦁 Fantasy Premier League Pool ⚽ Discussion Thread on: May 21, 2024, 06:06:17 PM
I know this build your case against me but in the fantasy pool I didn't participate with 2 accounts. I know that you’re not going to do anything for me but it's the truth I don't care now .
For real, you amaze me. Even up to this moment, you still believe you’re in the right and have been wronged by this accusation. You should be well aware that this isn’t an accusation no more but, throwing your shit right in your face. I don’t understand how you expect all the leads that have been found and presented against you to be swept under the carpet!

You’ve not presented anything concrete enough to dispute the many evidence that has been presented thus far. I bet your friends did post all those messages on telegram from your device or perhaps it’s an offer for promoting your exchange business with your locals, a chance to on board casino promotions.

Enough of this already, no need being a cry baby over it, man up and accept that you’ve been caught cheating. Like I said earlier you were lucky to get back your entry fee. Am sure if all these was out before that transaction was to be initiated, you would have ended up with nothing. You should be thanking Icopress and Trofo for acting the way they did.

One ignored fact/evidence that has been staring directly in our faces right from the unset is his love for the number twelve (12). Brahim012 and Abiiiii12. In mathematics, you should know that when zero (o) comes before a number, it does mean nothing except there is a decimal before the zero. Hence, 012 is still equal to 12. Don’t flirt with that number no more!

My advice, be straight, it doesn’t matter if it’s just online, make a reputation from your online persona.
154  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Fixed supply doesn't matter (change my mind) on: May 21, 2024, 06:17:26 AM
If fixed supply can be infinitely inflated (when it comes to price) and thus creating a bubble that can burst, it is not being different from supply that is not fixed.

Example, current Bitcoin price inflated by Tether printer with no real backing.


Fixed supply of BTC doesn't matter, when the price can be infinitely inflated by Tether printer.
I think the question that you should ask yourself here is that,
The infinite printing of tether possibly to inflate Bitcoin, will it only apply to Bitcoin? Would the entire nation be in chaos just because of one currency on the web? That wouldn’t be allowed to happen and it’s never going to be the case. You really should change your mind not based on my reasons but because you should find reasons of your own to believe other wise.

Bitcoin is a scares resource and like the rest of them out there coupled with how commodities do work, scarcity translates to value. It’s why some brands create limited editions of there productions and it’s value spans through time, inflation doesn’t go ahead to affect that.
155  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: BC.Game 🦁 Fantasy Premier League Pool ⚽ Discussion Thread on: May 21, 2024, 05:51:33 AM
Just as I expected and you didn’t disappoint me by a micrometer. Well, you ought to have your defense if you please but, you coming here and calling all the hard work that have been put in by reputable users and say the chains doesn’t apply or doesn’t make any sense is something I find nonsensical.

All you had to say is how you know the guy and you called the guy and that’s it? It doesn’t add up or not enough. You seem like the type that jumps to do things, see how your making lots of typos and causing yourself further damage with compromising evidence. Messaging Icopress on discord from both accounts at the same time…!

Even more so, seems the idea about your Abiiiii12 account was solely created for the purpose of taking part in these pools and some games & rounds activities as all your posts up to this moment suggests. That’s not what to expect of a typical or genuine newbie. There isn’t a place prior to these post that you ever did anything different or what a newbie would do from your post history. It’s just been pools and games & rounds.

So I ask you here and now;
Did you discover Bitcointalk due to the games and round activities and the fantasy pool?
Like, what has been your actual purpose on the forum with the Abiiiii12 account?


I think you should be grateful to have gotten your entry fee back and don’t draw further attention to yourself by calling these great guys scammers or accusing them to her scammed you of a cent. Your in the wrong and the best means to help yourself right now is accept your faults, learn from your mistakes and move on. You of course knew how to play the FPL but, you approached it with cheating and that makes you terrible.

I’ve had to come to terms with not blaming the casinos and sportsbook for having a system that flags certain users and accounts to be using the multi accounts in trying to exploit the various offers they’ve got on there site. 90% of the time, it turns out to be true. Then we would have yet another thread on reputation calling out them casinos or sportsbook to have scammed them. Mostly, from these fresh newbie accounts.

If this would mean we place a rule on banning newbie participations, am in support.
156  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: BC.Game 🦁 Fantasy Premier League Pool ⚽ Discussion Thread on: May 20, 2024, 11:19:20 PM
Man was picking every points possible. I feel bad for him, managing two accounts for full season isn't for the weak.  Grin
A very difficult management but, am sure his choices might have come easy given that, it's counter replacement and haven't maintained a fairly square point to be at the top,it mustn't have been easy keeping tabs on team news and GW but all that cheating and it amassed to nothing, that's how bad it is.

With that been said,
You really didn't get to win the bottlers league man. I mean, you called me on my shit of having to end up with unused game chip and I still did this season. You did advise on Mateta and for real,you shiftmy attention towards him in this last GW. I thought I would see you making that change on your team. I had to go between Jackson and Mateta, the Chelsea game wasn't giving lots of goals and Jackson didn't seem to storr so, Mateta was an easy pick for availing Aston Villa and toothless Watkins. Just didn't expect the game to be as one sided as it was.

It was a close call on you @Igebotz winning the bottlers league, just a point was all that was needed but,CLS63 beat you to it. Congrats CLS63, running after you in the real league was a touch one and your prized both sides.
157  Economy / Economics / Re: The End of Credit/Debit Cards on: May 20, 2024, 10:46:10 PM
yep. thats kinda the point
also its the move to the cashless society as paper/metal coin currency has costs for banks too

however, CBDC is not a process of the fed/central bank processing everything
imagine it like a multisig that a central bank partners with several commercial services and they multisg units of currency into existence managed by mainly the central bank but agreed by the commercial banks(payment services)
Obviously as though the cards might as well be taken gradually out of existence, the gateways by which it operates might not. As it is, the banks can’t run all them services and still needs this gateways such as quickteller to process these transactions and it would still very much be in use even should the CBDC full materialize and becomes the obtainable in the main stream.

Meanwhile, you don’t really get to operate with the central banks directly, you still will deal with your commmercial banks somehow as, the central banks can’t really do without these units to its activities in position.
158  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: BC.Game 🦁 Fantasy Premier League Pool ⚽ Discussion Thread on: May 20, 2024, 10:07:51 PM
Multi-accounting is a deplorable tactic in these pools and ruins the game for everyone. It takes away from other players even when caught like in this case. Most of us at the top would probably play a slightly different game and who knows what would be final positions if those players weren't in the pool or if it was just one of them. Maybe the punishment looks severe but I believe it is the only way we can fight against this problem.
It’s despicable to find this character from someone while playing amongst friends as I like to assume everyone in this group to be. Despite the fact that, it is a competition, we discuss our flaws and tactics for up coming GW as friends and yet, here is someone so eager to cheat on the rest of us.

The punishment isn’t server enough as, I would compare this to what is obtainable in gambling sites, you get stripped of your wins and your funds are confiscated. In this case, the user gets his entry fees back but, have a lesson to learn from this, to better not cheat in pools like this and amongst friends. He could have been better off with one but, have got to lose both and his positions given out.

I thank you guys for the great work that was done in detecting and handling this. it ain’t easy keeping a keen eye and detecting these tricks from tricksters.

I believe we should make the rules more explicit to avoid situations like these, but every FPL player understands that using multiple accounts is against the rules and is strongly discouraged. Maybe limiting a low rank account would keep this from happening in the next episode.

This could also be happening in other pools over the years who knows?
That could help, as the integrity of users would be put to questioning if they default in this manner and I don’t see a lot of users who would like to be put on the scale this way although, this would also take the chance of participation from genuine newbies who are interested in the league and game but what the heck, we don’t have a lot of newbie participations so, it could go.
159  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: BC.Game 🦁 Fantasy Premier League Pool ⚽ Discussion Thread on: May 20, 2024, 08:09:18 AM
Money positions for the pool should be as follows but we will wait until official page updates before making it final:
🥇 1st place ~ 40% ~ 70 mBTC* - Trofo
🥈 2rd place ~ 25% ~ 43 mBTC - Brahim012
🥉 3rd place ~ 15% ~ 26 mBTC - Spack17
🏅 4th place ~ 10% ~ 17 mBTC - cls63
🏅 5th place ~ 5% ~  8.5 mBTC - Abiiiii12
🏅 Best overall GW ~ 5% ~  8.5 mBTC - Renato297 for 155 points in GW34
My address wouldn’t be needed so, I have to snipe that out, lol…

Congratulations to all you winners, you’ve guys are some of the best to not just play with but learn from. I contested in some random league and emerged 1st yet here I am in the 8th place. That tells the caliber of persons am playing with and learning from, you guys made it a contest for real and I don’t mind losing to champions though, I hope to feature in the wins some day. With that, I can’t wait for next season to kick-off.

Hhampuz, you’ve been a lot silent this season! Hit a wrong turn somewhere in the season, what’s good man? It’s over now.

With that, the last 1 mBTC free bet for round winner goes to Smartvirus. TC on Isak paid up for you and there were rumors he will not even play  Grin
That was a trick out of Icopress’s play book. So yeah, tanks Icopress fro that tip on your approach to GW27. It paid off here with a free bet consolation and it wasn’t difficult for Trofo to announce the winner this round, right from Sunday, Grin.
I had less expectation from Chelsea in their final fixture even though I knew they would win, I just had to go Isak, ain’t no way he wasn’t going to feature while they still had a chance for the Europa spot should Chelsea not take their chances.
160  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: How active can a newbie be daily? on: May 18, 2024, 08:45:22 PM
My question is what does it mean to be active on the forum,
How many quality Posts can someone make daily before he or she can be considered active on this forum, sorry I ask a lot of questions so u can learn too.
The forum is one that doesn’t offer any form of restriction to the number of posts an individual could make in a day, hindering this would be limiting the information that could come in at any particular time which isn’t good for breaking news. You’re free to make as many post as you can but, just ensure that you’re making quality contributions and not just flooding the forum with spam post.
The closest thing to any limitation that exists for newbies would s the time in between posts. By the default, the forum has a couple of minutes requirement in between newbie posts. This is a mechanism put in place to ensure you aren’t just rushing it and by some means used to regulate spam. Once you climb the ranks, it’s off and you could make as much post as you will in whatever time frame but, you be sure they are quality posts.
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