At first, yes I felt bad, but over the years of using it to buy things, I didn't felt it anymore. I'm not directly using Bitcoins to buy things online, but I'm converting it. I mean it's the same right since it started as a Bitcoin, and then converted it.

I felt bad when I used my own Bitcoins to buy my personal computer. I think I spent around 0.09 BTC at that time, but that was around 2019 when Bitcoin's price is still 4-digits. Fast forward to today, I'm not feeling bad anymore because if I didn't bought my computer at that time, I don't have anything to use now. It wasn't only personal computer that I bought using Bitcoins. I also bought a phone with it. I'm also getting some of my Bitcoins to pay some bills in our home (thru signature campaigns). Month after month after month, I'm using Bitcoins to buy or pay things (like I said, I'm not directly using Bitcoins, but I'm converting it).

Overall, it depends on the person who has Bitcoin. If he sees Bitcoin as an asset, and believe that it will go up in the future then just hold. On the other hand, if he sees Bitcoin as a currency that we must use to pay things then just use it because after all, Bitcoin is a currency at first. As for me, I see it as both an asset and a currency that's why I'm holding Bitcoins, and at the same time spending it.

I remembered the time in my College days where we are spending our free time playing the very addictive Flappy Bird game with this one.


Took me less than 5 minutes to get those 11 coins. There are times where the game goes fast, and then immediately go slow. I don't know if it's my internet connection or what.
One advice. 11 coins is too small. Add more 

I already stopped trading like 2 months ago already, but I made an experiment of mine trading on future with just 10$.

I had a good ending because I made my 10$ initial investment into around 90$. I withdrew 75% of it, and used the remaining 25% to trade again. Unfortunately, I lose after withdrawing my gains, but I'm happy with the outcome of my experiment. I wonder how will I be if I didn't withdrew some of my money at that time. I can't share any journal here right now because it's a small amount only compare to others here who have 4 or even 5 digits of capital that's being used in trading.

I might trade in the future using more money since I already have my own strategy that's working for me.

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As for those influencers who are sharing something without any proof at all, just don't do what they are saying especially when you know that you have a high chance of losing your money. It would be better if you will make your own strategy than following these influencers. In that way, if you found a strategy that works for you, it would be easier for you to gain profit in trading instead of following these influencers who aren't that expert in trading at all.

This is what I'm also thinking that's why I made some experiments, watched some videos online and tweaked it into a point where I'm having a higher win rate in trading.

There are lots of categories, but I think this is the one that's on the top in terms of who you shouldn't introduce gambling for.

We already know that people who are full of emotions often loses their money whether it's on gambling, or trading etc. Traders who are full of emotion most of the time ending up losing their money. On the other hand, those people who want to gamble that are also full of emotions lost their money all the time. People with full of emotions might make some bad decisions that would make their current situation even worse. Some even go to a point where they will borrow money into their family members.

This is also the reason why I'm not introducing gambling to anybody. I'm not gambling that much, but I'm afraid that whenever I introduce gambling to other people, there might be a chance that they will get addicted, and for sure I will blame myself if something bad happens to that person which will cause a domino effect on me.

Congratulations to the TNT as they are going to the PBA Finals for the first time since 2011 (on Governor's Cup conference).

4 players on the TNT scored a total of 96 of their 107 points. TNT's import Hollis-Jefferson lead his team with 42 points and 11 rebounds. I watched most of the game, and his very good at drawing fouls to their opponent. I mean he averaged more than 10 free throws on this series alone. It's also my first time to see him having a three-point field goal because he isn't great in shooting threes, but his main asset is drawing fouls which is a good thing for the TNT. Newsome is almost non-existent on this series. He isn't the usual Chris Newsome that we are seeing that's leading their offense.

Now it will be TNT Vs. Ginebra. Most of the time, I always want to go against the herd (like what I'm doing in investing), so I will predict TNT will win the Governor's Cup title. I also predict that this will be a short series so that they will have a longer preparation for the FIBA World Cup though this is unlikely. I did put my bet on the Bolts and lost.

I watched a video a few hours ago regarding this one, and it seems like they really are doing it. They are also in talks with Saudi Arabia and Iran with this one. They don't want to use the dollar anymore (for pretty obvious reasons), and TBH, I've heard this news last year already. I'm pretty sure if this happens, it's the China who will become on top, and the currency they will use? It's the Yuan.

Manipulate Bitcoin? Even the huge institutions can't completely manipulate Bitcoin, then you are connecting them with Bitcoin? It's all politics here, and no crypto is involved, and that includes Bitcoin. At least don't connect what's happening right now with Bitcoin because after all, they can't manipulate Bitcoin because they aren't the one who created it.

I just watched a video on Youtube on how powerful AI is with regards to the work that it can be done with a short amount of time.

Unfortunately, most of the jobs are affected or will get affected by AI. Base on the video that I watched, the most affected jobs are those on finance, insurance, data processing, publishing, scientist. On the other hand, the least affected industries by AI are agriculture, wood manufacturing, food, mining, and construction. You can watch the whole video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIU48QL5Cyk

It's been less than a year since AI boomed around the world, and we've seen rapid developments of it. Many people only sees the negative side of it, but there are still positive things that AI can do. Overall, there are many things that a worker can do still. Adopting to what's trending, utilizing the use of AI to be used in their current jobs. For sure, not all companies will be using AI. There might be some, but still a human is still needed. The bad thing though is that, there will be lots of people losing their jobs in the future because of AI, and it's inevitable knowing what Microsoft and Google are doing right now (AI Wars).

No surprise for me TBH, and hours before that game, I put my bet on the Celtics already.

Fatigue kicked in. Just imagine playing on the road against the Pacers, and then you will travel to go back to play to your home the next day. I mean just look at how it is tiring. There was a point on that game as well where the total points of Tatum and Brown alone is more than the total points of the whole Bucks team (I think it was 70-69). Nevertheless, the Celtics won on the road like what I expected.

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I don't see anybody saying this here, but Julius Randle is out for the rest of the season already, and doubtful on the playoffs.
https://www.spin.ph/basketball/nba/julius-randle-injury-update-sprained-ankle-new-york-knicks-a994-20230331
This will be a huge one for the Knicks because they might lose their main offensive star. Yes he shoots a lot, and I mean a lot (average of 15-20 shots per game), but he is one of their leading scorer, and without him, they might need to step up offensively, and at least find a player/s who can at least cover up the point that Randle is doing. His regular season average is 25.1 points, 10.0 rebounds and 4.1 assists in 35.5 minutes.

Well, they have Brunson, Barrett and Quickley who can lead the offense. Still this is a huge one for the whole Knicks team.

I agree with you. One thing more is that, we've known Ginebra as a strong team in a conference where there is an import. SMB on the other hand dominates the Philippine Cup Conference. I wonder what MVP is thinking about his team because in the last Philippine Cup, it was SMB who won, and in the Commissioner's Cup, it was Ginebra. Maybe it's time for TNT to win this time?

Anyway, it would be a better series if JMF and Coach Leo are there, but it happens. I'm an SMB fan, and as a fan, I'm a bit disappointed unto why they aren't using Terrence Romeo if he's healthy and eligible to play. I mean correct me, but I didn't see him play in this conference.

Well, it is what it is. I guess it's time to forget the sweep already, and focus on the other series which is the Meralco-TNT. Currently, this are the odds on Stake.


TBH, it's good that I didn't bet on the Bolts in Game 3 because the odds are attractive, but this time, I'm thinking that the Bolts will force a Game 5 with a win in this game. This time, I might put a bet on the Bolts.

Currently, I have lots of time browsing here in the forum seeing different topics where I can share my opinion (I have a work-from-home job), so currently, I can make up to 10 posts per day at most or depending on my mood, but that's my average. I'm pretty sure there are more users here who can post more than what I'm posting. I often see people in my current campaign posting as high as 100 posts which is what I can't do (or I can, but my post quality will decrease significantly).

For sure, we have different time gaps between posting, but what I'm following is that, the gap of my posts is at least 15-20 minutes. Sometimes, I'm making 2-3 per hour then I will stop for a few hours to do something then I will continue again.

Spammers and Burst Posters are 2 different things (at least for me).

Spammers - those people who are just spamming worthless junk of texts just to increase their activity (and hoping to get some merits as well). Sometimes these people's post isn't constructive at all, and just posting a bunch of text with no context or meaning at all.

Burst Posters - these are the ones who are posting many times in a single day or a single week. I mean from the name itself, we can define what it is already. However, for me there are 2 types of Burst Posters. One who is posting many times in a single day or week, but his/her posts doesn't have any thought or meaning at all (considered spammer), and the other one is that, one who is posting many times in a single day or week, but all of his posts have meaning or have context.

I don't know how OP stay that long in the forum.
You might be right that he might be considering signature campaign as his job already because he's spending the same time as an employee working in an office. On the other hand, there might be a chance that he might just be AFK while working in an office? Or he spends his first hours after waking up visiting the forum and then his remaining hours on the night browsing again, but still I don't know why OP is spending that much time while I'm only spending at average or 4 hours a day I think.

My lucky day I guess.

You will have one for you in the future don't worry. We all have lucky days. As for the Mavericks, maybe it's time for you to not bet on them unless they will be playing on their home. I mean their defense is just awful, and that's one of the reasons why they are losing. Yes they have big players like Kleber, Powell, McGee, but still they are losing on games because of their bad defense. Luka is frustrated every game, and you can see it on his face if you are watching him play.

Congratulations to the Kings as they clinched the playoffs already after 16 years of not entering the playoffs. That's the longest playoff drought in NBA history, and now they broke it. The Kings already got the pieces or the perfect roster a few years ago. What they are lacking at that time is a perfect coach for them, and now the team got better when they acquired Coach Mike Brown.

Let's just see how the inexperienced Kings play in the playoffs. They might be inexperienced, but they have a coach who's lots of experience in the playoffs during his stint with the Warriors as their assistant coach.

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We only have 2 games tomorrow. Celtics Vs. Bucks & Nuggets Vs. Pelicans.

Milwaukee Bucks - Boston Celtics - Boston Celtics
- I only put my bet on this one, and will not bet on the other game. Back to back games for the Bucks so I think that the fatigue will be a factor on this one even though they are playing on their home. I believe the Bucks might just not let their key players play, or if they will, it will be limited minutes, and they are 3 games above the Celtics as well, so for this one, I believe that the Celtics will snatch one on the road.

You already said this:
Now you are asking if borrowing money to invest into Bitcoin is considered a good debt or bad debt? What is your definition of good debt? You said that when you loan to purchase something that would appreciate in value, it is considered good debt right? Why asking for Bitcoin when it also appreciates in value?

Volatility you said? Isn't Real Estate, Precious metals and commodities volatile? Bitcoin is just more volatile than those 3, but their price is decreasing and increasing as well. Now to answer your question, I consider borrowing money to invest into Bitcoin a good debt because the price of it appreciates. I tried this already just a few months ago when Bitcoin is at it's bottom. I got a loan from a cooperative here, and I'm paying it monthly. To cut the story short, I'm now in profit because of the price increase of Bitcoin.

I will be a hypocrite if I will say not to this one.

I mean what is the main reason why you enter trading? Isn't it to earn money. Yes you're a newbie at that time, but still your mindset is to make money thru crypto trading. Learning and understanding trading is the first thing to do as a newbie yes, but still think about making money as well as much as possible. I mean like balance the 2 things.

I know that most of the newbies lose money most of the time, but I think there are still some newbies who are earning small amounts of money doing crypto trading as a newbie. I agree that you should learn first and understand at least the basics of trading, but you can still earn money even you're a newbie right? Only if you're lucky enough.

The Dallas Mavericks have lot's of struggles since the Kyrie Irving trade.

Before they got Kyrie, they are at the 4th spot of the Western Conference. When the trade happens and got Kyrie, many knew already that it was a fail experiment though many thought that it would be beneficial for the team especially for Luka because he will now have an all-star type of player on his team. What is the expense of the Kyrie trade? Their best defensive player in DFS, their supposed back-up point guard in Dinwiddie and some draft picks. Before the trade deadline, they are already one of the worst defensive teams around the league. After the trade? They got even worse than they are before the trade. Also add the frustration that Luka is dealing on each game, and that also affects his performance on every game.

The Mavericks are now on a position that they might not enter the playoffs this season because of what's happening to them. The team already is 6-14 since they got Kyrie. There is also a chance that the Mavericks might not sign Kyrie on the off-season because he wants a long term contract like a 4-year max contract, and for sure they will not give it to him knowing his drama and controversies that he got a few years ago. They traded their best players for nothing because they might not sign Kyrie on the off-season.

The size of the team is very awful as well, so it would be beneficial for the team to get some bigger wing defenders, but looking at the free agents, I don't see any notable players out there.

Well, you said "some" and not all, so I consider it a way for you to "diversify" your assets.

For me, it all depends on when did you made that decision. If you made that thing during the peak of cryptocurrency when Bitcoin is at ~$65,000 then I would say that it would be a stupid decision because you bought Bitcoin at it's peak. However, you did it when Bitcoin is near at it's bottom (yes I consider it near the bottom still even though we've seen huge increases already from it's past bottom of ~$17,000), so I guess it's a not-so-brilliant one, but still not a stupid decision either. Maybe a good decision I guess. Some might say "Why did you sell your land for Bitcoin?" or "You just made a wrong decision because of the risk that you might face."

I think that you made that decision because you believe in 4-year cycles, and with that, we're the same. If only I had some lands in the past, I think I might do the same as well. If only I have some properties or some real estate that I'm holding, I might sell some, and buy some Bitcoins. Now with regards to what I sold this year to buy Bitcoin, I didn't sold any, and when I mean I didn't sold, I mean I didn't sell other important things to me just to buy Bitcoin. I used my monthly salary to buy it. I always keep a quarter of my monthly savings to do dollar-cost averaging.

Like I said, some might disagree with what the OP did, but it's his land, and it's his money so I guess he knew the risks that he might face when he made the decision.

Many would've thought that SMB will win Game 3. I also saw on Stake at one time yesterday where the odds of Ginebra winning the game went to as high as 4.00 which is hilarious, and TBH I didn't expect Ginebra to win on that game as well.

At one moment the SMB are leading by 7 with only a few minutes left. I went downstairs, and get some food then a few minutes later, I saw the game ended already and the Ginebra won. "I mean WTF!!". Those are the words that I said at that moment, but it is what it is. Congratulations to Ginebra. The absence of Fajardo and the Coach Gallent being inexperienced are the main reasons why they got swept, but better luck next time I guess.

Neither of the 2 I believe.

After all, he didn't know that a thing called Bitcoin would be this popular after more than a decade, and besides, he didn't regret doing it like what he said in an interview. What he did became his greatest achievement (maybe), and one of the most iconic days of cryptocurrency. He just showed that if he can buy something using Bitcoin then we can do as well as long as both parties agreed into it.

Well, just to answer you OP, I think he saw 10,000 as $41 because if he didn't saw it like that then probably he's still holding it a few years after he did that transaction. Either way, he's happy with what he done with no regrets at all, and I will feel the same as well if I'm the one who did that because we both don't know what can be the future of Bitcoin. There are some more investors in the early years of Bitcoin where they sold it at a lower price for some reasons.

They got the lead early in the first, Bulls went back to tie the game and take the lead at some point, but in the end the Lakers won on the road 121-110.

Davis and Lebron lead the team scoring 38 & 25 points while the whole starting 5 of the Lakers scored a total of 107 points while the bench only scored 14. Well they won on the road, and it's a must win for them as they are trying to at least get a play-in spot.

Anyway, did anybody saw the Reaves doing the "too small" gesture against Pat Bev? Remember on their last game, Beverley did this to Lebron on Crypto.com arena, and now the Lakers got the revenge thru Reaves doing it to Beverley. Even Davis and Russell are too happy with that action, while Beverley acted like nothing happened. Karma strikes him hard. Here's the video anyway, it's' kind of funny that even the commentators surprised and laughed at it. Got the revenge.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMdcO4as9xA

I didn't have time to share my bets way earlier, but before I sleep a few hours ago, I already put a parlay bet on some of the home teams.

Looks like your first 2 bets lost. Randle got only 3 points in this game because he got an ankle sprain on the final minutes of the 2nd quarter. I just hope that he's ok, and it's nothing serious because the playoffs are coming, and he's one of those players who played every game this season as well. The Knicks got the win anyway with the help of Quickley and Grimes who got 24 & 23 points.

As for the Mavericks-Sixers, still the Mavericks are struggling to at least get a spot in the play-in tournament as they lost to the Sixers. Let's remember that the Mavs have reached the Conference Finals last season, and in this season, they can't even reach the playoffs. Embiid, Maxey and Harden only scored 62 total points because the benched helped them and scored a total of 39 points. I wonder how Luka is feeling right now after seeing his team struggling. Him requesting a trade on the off-season?

Anyway, here is my parlay bet that I put earlier. 3 out of 4 teams already won, and I'm just waiting for the result of Timberwolves and the Suns. Good Luck to bettors.

Craziness at it's peak. We're seeing the craziest of the craziest things that people can ever think about cryptocurrency.

God revealed to the woman that the price of Shiba Inu is $50 per token? I don't know what words can I use with that one. Stupidity? Hilarious? Crazy? Idiotic? A Foolish woman?

There's no need to calculate the total supply, or the total market cap whatsoever. This will not happen. Not in a hundred years. What's even crazier is that, there are still people who are believing in this "prophecy" that they are saying (I call it stupidity), just because it's their "GOD" who revealed it to them. Well, we are seeing how crazy a group of people can be. We've seen crazy things made by people in the past, but to reveal the coin and it's price in the future by their so-called "GOD" is something that I didn't think it will happen. I want to laugh, but I feel pity to them.