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1881  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Why are people still using DeFi on Eth? on: September 14, 2021, 11:01:45 PM
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I dont think those 2 will replace ethereum. Yes their maybe hype today, but we all knew how good eth still. I dont like eth for its gas fee but we can say that eth is still the best and been used by massive community. There are plenty of users still uses the defi ecosystem on eth due to its easy nature and guess what. Even though eth fee is so high people still using it.
The question is how long people will be willing to spend huge transaction fees before moving on to other networks, there are users who are still using the ETH network despite the huge transaction fees but you will get a ton of complaints from the end users as well asking the project developers to change to other networks with less fees and majority are moving to alternative networks because of huge demands from the end user.
1882  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod] on: September 14, 2021, 08:55:29 PM
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What about Hardik Pandya? He was a part of the Indian T20 squad, despite not being 100% fit. I guess the selectors don't want to drop him because of his celebrity status. His recent form was also horrible. And it will be interesting to see whether Mumbai Indians will also do the same, for the second leg (UAE/Oman) of the IPL. And it's not like MI doesn't have a replacement for Hardik. He is useless with the ball anyway. For batting, they can replace him with James Neesham or Saurabh Tiwary.
There was a time when Hardik Pandya was included just for his batting as if there are no other players in the Indian squad but right now he has regained his fitness and he started to bowl and in the recently concluded Sri Lankan series he was bowling even though he did not contribute much to the team with the bat or ball. Will see whether MI will pick him in the team because he needs match time to regain form and if he gets going he can hit the ball a long way.
1883  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod] on: September 12, 2021, 09:00:37 PM
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Obviously, in monetary terms, it might look bad for ECB, but their reputation is at stake this time, today Michael Vaughan made a tweet that really had a point he said:

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IPL teams chartering planes .. 6 days quarantining required in the UAE .. 7 days till the tournament starts !!!! Don’t tell me the Test was cancelled for any other reason but the IPL ..

Technically if you see India did cancel the last match for IPL no matter what reason does BCCI give, this is obviously a bit disgraceful as such things haven't really been part of Cricket, boards have always kept their commitments no matter what, also Covid Cases in UK haven't really gone that high if you compare it with the cases during the rest of the series, If the Bio-Bubble is breached even then it's obvious BCCI decided to leave the test to ensure players stay fit for IPL, and even if it wasn't then also the main intention of BCCI was to ensure these players get their quarantine to avoid any problems. Now if any board does such a thing to you, you obviously won't run behind a paycheck from them unless obviously, you are too poor on finances which ECB definitely isn't.
That is the accusation some of the former England players are showering at this time because India won the series and they can console that they could have won the 5th Test and leveled the series. It is a fact that the schedules are tightly packed and the players are getting worn out due to their hectic schedule and they do not want to extend the series and then fly directly to UAE and start playing the IPL.

I do believe that if the IPL schedule is next month mid then they might have tried to conduct the match at a later time when everything is clear but in a tight schedule the players might not be willing to extend any further.
1884  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Speculation (Altcoins) / Re: Most Bullish Altcoin of the moment on: September 12, 2021, 08:20:12 PM
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All of us have seen the bullishness of SOL.

And it seems to be not yet done when the price of it corrected for the meanwhile. I think that's very possible for SOL to reach $300 by this year.

Just look at how it skyrocketed from the lowest up to the highest that it did and it's not yet looking going to stop once it recovers.
It is not that anyone predicted the price of Solana to rally this much, once the market rallied majority of people like me started noticing the coin because they had a huge rally and more over i am not following their project to know what is going on with the development side to get a kick start like this.

Another coin that caught my attention is Terra, still i have no idea about their project nor following their development but the price rallied a lot and then there is Avalanche and Algorand, if not for the huge rally i would not even notice these projects.

1885  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Erc20 tokens send fee on: September 12, 2021, 07:57:26 PM
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There are many ways that we can send ERC-20 tokens what I often do is with Metamask or with Walletconnect, but for the current transfer fee of about $ 20, I think this is a great value unfortunately that's all we can do, there is no way to send tokens at a low cost.
When the transaction fees of BTCitcoin used to rise like this there would be a huge cry from everyone that the transaction charges are increasing and would FUD all over and now when ERC 20 tokens and ETH is struggling to contain the transaction fees everyone is adjusting to the higher fees and are willing to pay whatever is available at that time. What a contrast in thinking a few years down the line  Cheesy.

I am sick of the higher fees and i am sad to see many are coming into the NFT market and spending huge amount of fees as transaction charges even if they are not able to purchase the NFT. No idea when this situation would change as the team itself is not having any clue regarding this  Grin.
1886  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: How Can XRP Achieve $5? on: September 12, 2021, 07:06:25 PM
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And I think that is the biggest problem that many people have with XRP, personally I have never liked the coin because of its tight relationship with baking institutions and I think of it as a Trojan horse, however the fact that many coins have broken their previous all time highs while XRP was not even close is a problem.
This is a sentiment i follow as well, i never held on to the coins for a much longer period. I purchased them in the beginning but once i got a healthy profit i cashed out and it is mainly because of its affiliation with bankers and that is not the real issue with me but its centralized structure as i do not trust these centralized coins.

This tells us that people do not trust in the coin anymore and after the problems they had with the SEC then this became even worse, so I do not think we are going to see XRP reaching that price anytime soon.
This is an issue they need to sort out with the SEC as i am pretty sure that they will come down hard against these centralized coins and the ones that raised money without required permission from the SEC.
1887  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion on: September 12, 2021, 06:05:32 PM
Sri Lankans prepared another minefield and it backfired on them.

The pitches in Dubai and Oman are likely to be more conductive to batting. The Sri Lankan bowlers will get serious whacking there.
If Sri Lanka cannot win in their backyard there is no way they are going to win any match against top teams in the World Cup. I am yet to see their World Cup line up but right now the team looks really weak and i could not see any batsman in their ranks that could make an impact in a match.

Sri Lanka kept making spinning tracks and they are getting trapped and South Africa went on to win the match easily.
1888  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: MMA Info and Predictions - Bellator, KSW, PFL, ONE... on: September 12, 2021, 04:40:10 PM
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I also hope that UFC will use same methods of weighing-in fighters. Their weight cuts I count as cheating. If you are heavy, they go to other division. There is no need to cut 5-15kg before for weight-in and go blackout, and then gain them back or more before fight. This is not normal. This is not fair. That is one of the reasons they get injuries, where there should not be.
The majority of the fighters cut weight to 155 pound division as the divsion above them is 170 pounds and it is a huge gap between weight division and some of the fighters does not fit in the 170 pound and another is 185 pound.

Either they need to add another division between weight classes, after 155 pound division they should add 165 pound and the Welterweight should be 175 pound and if that happens then we might not see these huge weight cutting issues.

For example, Rafael dos Anjos is not a natural 170 pound fighter, since he does not want to stress him body to cut down at 155 pound he is forced to fight at 170 pounds and there are many examples we can cite.
1889  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Bitcoin as primary currency on: September 12, 2021, 03:06:53 PM
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no need more time for it mate but at least you have digital wallet in your phone, for me in my opinion trust wallet is the best option mate to hold bitcoin wherein only finger print you can access your wallet immediately if you want to check, and however there's a qr code as well so that you can transfer your salary without hassle.
He is not even asking about ways to store his coins, instead he is asking whether it is a wise idea to receive his salary in BTCitcoin and confused on how to go about things on a daily basis Tongue.

Many have tried to base their living and daily expenses only on Bitcoin but on long term that is extremely hard. Depending only on Bitcoin gives you uncertainty and if you have a family it's not very wise not to have some other income in fiat currency. Bitcoin is excellent to be combined as an additional income source and additional savings but personally I'm not brave enough to rely only on Bitcoin.
If someone tried to base their life on a highly volatile asset, what can we call them  Cheesy. There were many who sold their belongings and entered the BTCitcoin market and many reaped their profit taking that risk. No one in the right sense will invest in a highly volatile market and expect that to be a savings fund. Consider this as an asset class which has its risk and like any other investment the entry is important and having the patience is vital in becoming successful in the market.
1890  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: [Boxing] Anderson Silva vs Tito Ortiz on September 11 on: September 12, 2021, 01:47:58 PM
As expected Anderson Silva won the fight with ease, i thought Anderson Silva will toy around for some rounds against Tito Ortiz but he wanted to go home earlier and Tito Ortiz kissed the canvas and slept for a while and hopefully this will be his only fight and he should not come out and box ever again Cheesy.

I am sad to see Evander Holyfield coming out to fight at 58 years of age and getting knocked out by Vitor Belfort, age is a huge factor as the reflexes are not like they used to be and it was a fight that could be avoided.
1891  Economy / Speculation / Re: The dump was only a funding reset on: September 11, 2021, 10:59:44 PM
I speculate the dump was only a funding reset. The whole cryptospace market might have been pumping on too much high leverage trades already. The small correction from $50k caused a series of liquidations being activated that caused the price to dump lower. This can be viewed with open interest data.
According to bybt.com $3.72 billion was liquidated in 24 hours with much of this happened within 1 hour.
It was a blood bath created because of liquidation of contracts and it was expected because we cannot expect the market to rally that easily and even touch the all time high valuation just yet  Cheesy.
I am expecting a couple of correction before the price of BTCitcoin even begins their final rally during this bull market and by November we might once again reach a new all time high valuation. This is my dream and my expectations for the market this year  Grin.
1892  Economy / Economics / Re: Are Renewable Energy sources the future? on: September 11, 2021, 10:26:57 PM
I think renewable energy is just a temporary solution to get rid of fossil energy and nuclear power. Humans will have to find a new form of energy to serve humanity to develop to a higher and more sustainable level. We are hoping for scientific and technical achievements.
What form of energy we are talking about, solar energy can be implementing in places where they get ample sunlight and it wont help in countries where there is freezing cold all round the year, but the major problem i see with the solar energy is that the battery technology has not undergone any major changes for decades and they have a life span of 5 to 8 years maximum and even if i want to move to solar energy the amount of money i need to shell out for maintenance and replace batteries every 5 to 8 years will be huge.
1893  Economy / Economics / Re: Amazon's future plans on: September 11, 2021, 09:18:02 PM
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Amazon has always worked thanks to the business model that they have always implemented, obviously they will want to launch their own currency or token for them to continue winning, obviously they will use BTC to exchange them for tokens, it is something normal and what every large corporation does,
Do we really need another coin, they can use BTCitcoin if they really wanted to accept cryptocurrency, there is no point in launching their own currency and if every corporate starts thinking like it will only create havoc to the end user as they need to purchase each of these coins that they are launching and it will not work in the long term as you will see many coins going to dust in a few years.

I think that Amazon should already be in those plans, and at any time it can launch, I also imagine that it will have multiple purchase promotions, acquisition of special memberships, the business model is very open to all these things, what remains is expect.
Amazon can give any number of promotions to promote anything as they have huge funds, but once that stops people will stop using their coins or tokens whatever they might be launching. So basically i do not want to see them launch yet another coin but they just need to accept which are available in the market.
1894  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod] on: September 11, 2021, 05:12:00 PM
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How come India won the series ?  The symptoms / infection of covid was in the Indian team and not in the England team. So this is unfair that you consider this match as a draw which makes India to win the series.
It is a pandemic and you can get infected and you cannot blame a team for that. Yes Indian staff members are having the infection and so is the reason they are not able to field the team, seen Football matches getting cancelled due to covid and they play at a later time and this is the first time International Cricket match is stopped due to infection midway, we saw IPL and other franchise
stopping them due to the virus and the ICC will not give the other team a win because of situations that are way beyond our control.

Also i fear that Covid will remain with us for quite a long time and ICC should make a clear cut rule as if what happens to the match /series if any team is found infected in the middle of the match or series.
There is no doubt that we will be living like this for the next 5 years or possibly more and what clear cut rule does they make during these circumstances.
1895  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Is it wrong to be a long term holder on: September 10, 2021, 11:57:35 PM
i do believe if we always take profit when its price hit peak and rebuy it could accumullate our assets. by buy and sell we get double benefits , we got profits in dollar and also accumulation in our assets . having trading skill really helpfull in our investment growth,we know how to face the recent market condition.
Not necessarily that you could accumulate your asset if you trade over a long period all the time. The selection of the coin should be a primary factor, you cannot expect all the coins in the market to recover after their initial pump. The best coins in the market will always move higher after every correction, but you cannot expect every coin to make the same impact.
1896  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion on: September 10, 2021, 09:26:02 PM
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Poor performance by team Bangladesh. Captain Mahmudullah made some wrong decisions. The spinners were bowling better in that pitch while the fast bowlers were expensive. But still he used the fast bowlers by ignoring the spinners. As a result New Zealand has given a big target. Team Bangladesh isn't famous for chasing big scores in T20 format. Although it would be possible but their openers made a slow start. And none of them batted well except Afif Hossain.
The only chance for Bangladesh to win against New Zealand and their inexperience was to use their spinners effectively and if the team management and their captain miscalculated and did not play to their strengths then you should not expect any other result. And even while chasing Bangladesh was planning to take the game till the end and thereby putting more pressure on the batsman and once they start loosing wickets they lost the plot altogether.


South Africa started the T20 series against Sri Lanka with a win, i did not expect anything difference as it looks like chasing is a huge task in the series and hence the toss is crucial .
1897  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: The UFC Info and Prediction Thread on: September 10, 2021, 07:55:27 PM
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Transitioning can be tough, but it has been done before. But as it was done by a lot of great fighters, maybe they made it look easy than it actually was.
In Usman vs Covington, I will say Usman has better chances of winning because he has a lot of tricks up his sleeve that people often underestimate. His method is often not popular but effective
Kamaru Usman and Colby Covington are elite wrestlers who won major college competitions during their early days and they transitioned to MMA and then striking and they are good at that and when they fought they never tested their skills in the wrestling department but it was a striking contest and Usman have a heavy punch obviously and Colby is durable and his stamina is off the charts.


Adesanya is in just fabulous form right now, whoever challenges him feels like an idiot inside the ring. Or maybe Adesanya makes his opponent feel like that. I think it will need a great fighter to beat him right now.
Israel Adesanya is a great fighter and his striking game is excellent but he is yet to face any legit wrestling challenge in his division and i still think Khamzat Chimaev would be a great challenger for Adesanya if Khamzat Chimaev figures out which division he wants to stay and he is healthy.

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Exactly this. Adding something so late in his fighting career is so much harder than just training wrestling. It's not a technique thing, it's a mental thing because you need to start thinking in a completly different way.
Yes there are many nuances you need to study and these wrestlers will be having a minimum of 100 to 200 competitive matches in wrestling and that is a huge experience rather than just sparring in the gym and you cannot match that with just experiencing them in the gym and it is whole different ball game.

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Well, he may not priorities it, and it is just a suggestion if he can have a piece of knowledge with the wrestling or just he can stay with striking and just up his takedown defense he can surely do whatever he wants, but if he has a style like Izzy then surviving is not a problem, I have seen an article that Alex Pereira can KO'ed Israel Adesanya in this division well we can see if does is really true.
Israel Adesanya climbed the ranks in a short period of time and he is an elite striker and he is having over 100 professional fights overall and there is no doubt about his striking skills and he proved against everyone and had battles and proved his fighting IQ and if Alex Pereira can do the same good for him and the fans to see a great battle.
1898  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod] on: September 10, 2021, 05:57:40 PM
This is the first time in my 36 years of watching cricket a series is hanging on the ropes for the decision by the ICC   Cheesy. Yesterday the Indian team was cleared to play the match but today someone got positive test results and so is the reason they decided to not play and since we are going through a pandemic the ICC will rule this as an abandoned match or they will reschedule the match at a later time which i think is appropriate.
1899  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: The UFC Info and Prediction Thread on: September 09, 2021, 11:57:30 PM
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Well, it is up to him to add something to his arsenal and the best way to do it is to add wrestling, but it is still OK if he will go to a Striking route just like Israel Adesanya, he will need to polish his takedown defense to ready himself with an opponent that has Wrestling moves, but yes takedown still has a huge score for the judge, but I think he already polishes with his striking with punch and kicks because he comes from kickboxing so he is really ready when it comes to that aspect, but when it comes to a well-rounded game inside the octagon.
It is not that easy as it is said, to add wrestling at a later stage in career will not be easy, if so everyone would be transitioning well who has a striking background, they would spend time wrestling and they will be the best. There are some fighters like GSP who had a striking background but he is known for his wrestling skills inside the MMA community because he was quick to learn them and implement them against the best wrestlers but you cannot expect everyone to be like GSP.

The best they can do is basic takedown defense and if you are against elite wrestlers like Khabib it wont work either.
1900  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ODI cricket and general cricketing discussion [self - mod] on: September 09, 2021, 09:22:27 PM
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Amazing to see someone play such incredible innings in a sport where the USA can compete. In his first ODI century for the USA, Jagaran Malhotra makes a lot of noise. He scored 173 on his own as well as 271 as a team. It's pretty cool to see how the cricket game is growing in the U.S. He just became the second player in ODI history to hit 6 consecutive sixes in an over, after Herschelle Gibbs.
Good for Jaskaran Malhotra that he got to play International cricket for a country while many cannot but i am sure if he was in any other Asian country especially if he was in India where he is born there is no way he will be getting selected to play for India simply because of the competition.

I did not see the innings but Jaskaran Malhotra literally played a lone innings of 173 runs while the second best score is 22 runs and seven single digit scores Cheesy.
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