Every proud English team will respect their old rivalries, whether it is a good old-fashioned derby game or a rip-roaring giant-vs-giant match. Liverpool are arguably the sleeping giant, and we no longer have the Carraghers and Gerards to put in those bone-crunching tackles fueled by Merseyside blood, but I think Klopp and Mourinho understand that Utd-Liverpool is still considered by most fans and players to be the biggest EPL game.

Klopp for sure has no reason to hold back:
- attack is the only way to beat good teams, and we we're frustrated with how they parked the bus at Anfield so we'll hit them with all we've got
- the fans want nothing less
- second place and bragging rights
- CL QF secured
- no other priorities.

Mourinho? He'll want to secure second place early, but third place is good enough for CL in the big picture. Current QF progress is still much more important though, so we can't dismiss another bus parked at Old Trafford. A draw still keeps them in 2nd place.

Liverpool ML bet @2.58 is not that good value, but I'll take it any day.

@nullius, thanks for that comic, reminded me exactly of where I first saw it. As nullius says, a lot of the old advice regarding password security (or InfoSec as OP calls it) probably is bad advice if taken at face value.

Even ex-NIST manager Bill Burr, supposedly credited with creating all the password tips that major firms used until last year (NIST Special Publication 800-63. Appendix A), said that he regretted all that bad advice, that made people lazy about creating passwords (yes, even I still revert to that laziness because I grew up with that old advice in mind).

We'll probably come up with new ways, better methods, more secure, etc. Until then, we've got a proven method for secure passwords, why not use it?

That's what happens when you bring in marketing tactics into crypto. People forget that this is supposed to be a space for you to control your own funds, unshackle yourselves from the tyranny of the state and of banking, etc, etc, etc.

But no, let's all marvel at the new suits and ties, jump onto their bandwagons and lap up their promises. They're giving away the future, and we should grab our share of riches, why don't we?

Agree mostly, but there are some exceptions to the rule... and perhaps worth noting that some of these behaviours coming under criticism aren't exactly rules but guidelines. And it's Bitcoin! There's a new guy discovering it for the first time every day. I remember, with some embarrassment, some of my early posts...

For example, I can't really decide if I want one megathread for one particular questions (I see the wall thread in Speculation as such), which probably brings up some old topics over the months, but aren't searchable any longer in the masses of posts. And when asking questions, I can't blame (totally) newcomers who might feel they are asking a unique question. There are times even I spend a bit of time digging up an old post I know I wrote to a similar topic but simply cannot locate any longer.

Replying something relevant to a really old thread could also be useful (admittedly rare), but could also be construed as necroposting.

It would seem that it sounds a little more complicated than regular escrow, but I'm pretty sure there should be a matter of setting conditions on what happens if all conditions are not met - perhaps it would be a third party to the escrow (or the escrow themselves, actually), one that would be trusted to execute the final payment to said charity. In this case, Coinpayments would seem to be the suitable set up. They hold funds in escrow, and if conditions are not met, they execute and settle the payment to the charity in fiat (which is exactly their business anyway). Good luck!

I took a parlay on AC Milan, Borussia and Lazio last night, so yeah I lost that by a mile. Arsenal must really now want to win the Europa League... it's really their only chance at redemption. My personal favourites to win are still Athletico although, I thought the Dortmund team had a very good chance. I'm now going to reassess the final... if Arsenal don't meet Athleti before the final, we should have a very exciting final. Betting-wise, however, I've had better winnings at Champions League.

Actually, I'm confused at player eligibility as well. I thought UEFA rules applied across the board, so I guess as long as the player's previous team isn't in the same competition, they can play. I wonder then, if Liverpool get eliminated from CL, would that allow Coutinho to play for Barca?

To my understanding, beta's good enough when it comes to this kind of tech. I've never seen an actual date being announced and unlike altcoin projects, these upgrades for Bitcoin tend to be extremely conservative in time frame.

At least with Blockstream's implementation, it's already usable, even if still considered experimental (hell, I still consider Bitcoin to be experimental, ya?). I'm very close to getting someone to try out the experiment, supposedly, you can already purchase items from their store with c-lightning. I myself cannot, as you need Linux to try out their implementation. Here's the tutorial: https://blockstream.com/2018/02/02/lightning-instant-bitcoin-transacting-tutorial.html

Anyone interested to try?

How about refer to the post I made above? I gave you one option [LocalEthereum] for a "trustless" (you do it on yourself, don't need to trust anyone, not even the escrower... well OK you've to trust the coding!) escrow system using Ethereum smart contracts (since that's the platform you're using!). If you use that, the smart contract automatically refunds the money to donators if conditions are not met.

Check out my other suggestion [Coinpayments] for the service that provides escrow (third party). Am sure their support could arrange with you to meet your unique requirements.

Right on. Some observers in Japan were skeptical of these exchanges actually possessing the requirements necessary to obtain their licences, and that hacks have already taken place proves this to be true.

I suppose it was always going to be trial and error, but if regulations are followed up by enforcement on errant licensees, then I believe we're witnessing a system and method that seems to be working. Now to see also if the insurance policies made compulsory will also pay out.

Precisely. They really had Buffon to thank for making so many crucial saves, and then showed Spurs what it means to have vintage quality and Champions League pedigree by making and taking 2 chances. Very happy to win my @2.95 bet on Juve, I counted on a slim win, but Spurs really gave it their best. Just you know that they don't quite have the blood in them. Chiellini said so after the match, that they were mentally fragile.

I'm a Liverpool fan and know myself how often they undo themselves. We've been away from CL for far too long, so it'll be really important to maintain our form... the QF experience should do a lot to add steel to the young players.

What you've just described doesn't stick out as illegal in any view but does beg the question: why the complicated process? If your friend already owns a bank account, he probably knows how to do online banking. Using Bitcoin isn't so difficult that he should put it off, especially if he's thinking of owning that much worth of coins!

Even if you or your friend isn't convinced that education is more important, here are some other risks you'd avoid by getting him to do it himself:
1. No legal dispute over who actually owns the coin. If you buy it for him, you own the coins. Since he doesn't know how to buy them, he wouldn't know how to access the bitcoin. You'd be the only one with the private keys and hence are the only one in control of those funds.
2. It's actually against terms of conditions of many exchanges to perform third-party trades (ie. selling or buying bitcoins on behalf of someone else). This is for the protection of the trader, in case they get an audit. I specify strictly on all my trades that no 3rd party trades are allowed and buyer must use the same name/ID as payment sender.

As strange as it may seem, I have a feeling you're right here. I have always wondered about mining cost and if miners have some influence in setting the price. Their costs are always going to be in dollars, always rising, and they have to maintain operations... The alternative is closing shop, and in that process removing hashrate. If that dominos, then we'll see fewer nodes and less secure network, something that will also force new money to pour in.

That said, we could also be underestimating the profit they have already been making from bitcoin and alts, it's possible they could still maintain profitability even at 5k... If we find the break even point... That's the floor for Bitcoin.

This. You've got would-be journalists crawling all over the place, working hard to meet their daily quotas for stories and using the reputations of these guys to push a lead through to editors. I know this because I used to be in that position!

Take all these stories and interviews at mere face value. Context is everything here, and anything can be quoted out of place to be massaged into the writer/editor's point of view.

I wouldn't/shouldn't be surprised if Gates does think like this though. He built his empire on a monopoly he deliberately wanted, he created dependency to force market success. Bitcoin's idealogy simply doesn't allow for that.

Actually... it would seem that you set the option of "Edit fees manually" checked, so you should be able to enter your own fees. I've just checked Electrum and its dynamic fee estimation seems to be pretty OK right now. Says only 12 sats/byte for confirmation within next 2 blocks, which is about right.

You mentioned that it says "Static" fees... so that's probably your problem right there. It probably kept a fee amount from your previous transaction? Just check "dynamic fees" and adjust the fee to your comfortable block time confirmation. Or, keep your current option and enter your own fee. You can always click Preview to check everything looks good.

Download the latest version now... and you'll see that there are only 2 options: Dynamic and Manual.

So your Electrum wallet address is which? Can you show the transaction you made to your wallet? The tx ids you've shared seem to be the one transferring it out. If the first tx is yours, then the 2nd only transferred out 0.015+ BTC. How about a more detailed description? Are you sure your wallet's fully synced(green button, bottom right) and your balance (bottom left) is 0?

Like you said, if 2fa was enabled, doesn't seem likely. Also, if this was your first transaction with Electrum 2FA, it should have spent the fee to TrustedCoin.

Perhaps this is something to be expected. They're still in the stages of denial, with each inward acknowledgment of Bitcoin's success beyond their expectations making them even more bitter and unreasonable. I think it hurts a lot of them to see that tightening regulation has seemed to do the complete opposite of what they expected: make Bitcoin stronger. States and governments must surely have noticed the experiences of those who'd gone ahead and regulated Bitcoin. Look to take advantage like Japan, Malta and others, and you create a new source of economic activity.

Then you must not have serious amounts of trades to make, I guess! Check out all the daily trading volume, especially for Bitcoin markets. The vast majority of it happens on centralised exchanges that require KYC. You're talking about well-known and reliable too... all the reputable ones need KYC.

Of course, completely agree that we shouldn't need to - and that's why I still believe these decentralised exchanges (or at least, trustless) or even simple atomic swaps will one day become big. If all of them could just pull their acts together - we'd have a lot more choices.

I wouldn't risk much of my coins on an exchange without KYC either... I think guys like Yobit are really popular for that but it's a matter of time before their hands will be forced - or they get in trouble. And clients would be the first to suffer.

The list contains a lot of p2p lending services... which is a model of crowdfunding, but one that's also suffered a lot of setbacks since the industry began. China actually first started its current crackdown on cryptocurrency due to the onslaught of P2P lending companies there that accepted crypto deposits. We're talking about the hundreds.

Here's a different suggestion: someone above mentioned ICOs or token generation events, how about looking at incubators based on blockchain projects? They help you launch your idea, crowdfund, and even a little funding injection. Waves Lab is one of them.

Well, I was slightly disappointed by the scoreless draw at Anfield. Can't remember the last time we played the first half without forcing a save or block on target. I know, we should be celebrating our first QF appearance at Champions League since 2009... man that does feel good. But perhaps it's good to see Klopp finally do the rational thing by resting the key players for good old Mourinho.

Tonight, I just have one bet: I'll back the Old Lady to win the game tonight... but the ML odds @2.48 are not as good as backing them to progress @2.95! So here's Higuain for a solitary goal before they shut the game out!

Going to have to see it for myself I guess. I saw the Daily Show (hate it but my kids watch it) a few weeks ago talk about Bitcoin, but it was perhaps 10% serious, with the rest of it poking fun at how poorly the developers they spoke to seemed to be able to explain the tech (I believe it was Ethereum related) to the normal user - but probably all taken out of context for comedy.

I've a feeling this year we'll be surprised by a big budget Hollywood Bitcoin movie - probably more spy than drugs and paedophilia though. Maybe related to North Korea.