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1901  Economy / Service Discussion / Re: BlockFi files for bankruptcy protection. on: December 05, 2022, 01:00:38 AM
Victims should just keep an eye on every podcaster they followed who promoted Blockfi, they may have another sponsor with same scheme in the next bull market.

I very much agree! Some of those podcasters are social media influencers and marketers who might have only pretended to be Bitcoin maximalists to get more engagement and trick users into holding their coins in Blockfi.

These 2 influencers have criticized Defi in Ethereum where you do not give up custody, however, promoted Blockfi which is a centralized lending service where you give up custody. This is very head shaking.



1902  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 🏈🏈 The American Football Discussion Thread 🏈🏈 on: December 04, 2022, 01:16:29 AM
@Eli-2 Brady-0. Michael Carter is projected as D with 0 points.

Speaking of yahoo estimates...



Corpsed at 5th!  Angry Cheesy

I do not trust on those estimates too much to begin with, even if yahoo is giving me the edge on our match it is way more closer than what it may seem, Sanders plays horribly every time I play him, I had to play PIT defense as they were the best that were left on FA and right now I have 3 QBs on my team and only one is remotely viable and he is a big risk.

I cannot really play Fields as he is not really recovering too well, besides if I were the Bears CEO I will take advantage of it and use this opportunity to bench Fields and tank for a better draft position next year, as Fields is so good he could win a game or two on his own, then I cannot play Brady either as he is playing against NO and he does not really play well against them, so I have to take the risk and play the favorite QB of bbc.reporter, “Massage Watson”, after almost two years of not playing professionally.

Yeah I don't like the yahoo percentages.  They swing massively throughout all the games.  I never really look at the percentages much rather the matchups of each player.  Yahoo gets it wrong all the time.  With that being said I think if they put me down for 0% for the rest of the year I might change my mind lol they might be onto something

Agreed. The projections always can change every week depending on performance. Yahoo also cannot project injuries.

In any case, I am excited to witness the return of our favorite regular spa goer hehehe. I am hoping that his return will be more helpful for Amari Cooper than what Yahoo projections expected.
1903  Economy / Gambling / Re: Neodice.com | Futuristic Dice Platform 🎲�� on: December 03, 2022, 06:55:07 AM
I reckon Neodice or any site that has a bitcoin faucet available should always reserve the right to ask for KYC. It would be very easy for any group of people to create 100 or more accounts and farm their faucets every hour and every day.
Faucets are very little in value and usually gamblers can use what they claimed from faucets to play for fun. They can use faucet to explore new games and learn from their betting experience. I never think that they can exploit faucets to get rich.

I think having that rule in Faucet page and in Terms of Service is good enough. Prevention is better than cure and with that rule, casino will have a good prevention.

It is very little, however, this is still bitcoin. We should also not underestimate human greed and some people's readiness to take advantage of anything to get something that can be valuable in the future. We have witnessed this in this forum where many users would make many accounts to cheat an altcoin project's campaign to receive tokens that has presently no value but might have value. I am quite certain that there will be those types of people who will create many accounts to take advantage of Neodice's faucets.

@Neodice. The graphics in the website's faucets are very nice. It might be productive for the site to issue them to your loyal players as soulbound NFTs and each holder is given access to special promos and vip levels hehe.
1904  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: [Boxing] Tank Davis vs. Ryan Garcia betting and discussion (May, 2023) on: December 03, 2022, 05:56:51 AM

Before and after I created this thread, my prediction was always Tank Davis will win because he is the better boxer and the tougher man. However, when I was looking at King Ryan's record more closely, I think he has made the much needed preparations to give him a better than expected chance to win. King Ry has very much prepared himself to fight a 5'6" left handed boxer by fighting 2 left handed boxers in his last 3 fights. The last opponent is Javier Fortuna, he is short and can knockout anyone, having much similarities to Tank. I would laugh at King Ry's bettors last week, however, we cannot laugh if we have studied his preparation more.

Both are great boxers, some fans just don't like Ryan Garcia because he talks so much, but looking at his resume, he can certainly beat anyone as he has the power and speed and the height which is his advantage against Tank Davis.

We have our own prediction though, but I'm pretty sure this is going to be a close fight so let's continue predicting and don't forget to bet once the bookies are ready to accommodate us bettors.

If there's a poll in this thread, I would appreciate it.  Smiley
please OP hear me out.

I would definitely vote for Ryan Garcia, I love the underdog of this fight, it doesn't matter to me if he talks so much because I'm always satisfied with his performance in the ring everytime he has some action. This is probably the first time where he is listed as an underdog, so might as well take that opportunity.

Agreed, however, I would be betting for him with not much expectation of winning money hehehe. Ryan Garcia is a better boxer than many others in his weight division but he is an entertainer more than a fighter much similar to Conor McGregor, I reckon. Tank is the real fighter and the future king in his weight division, very similar to Khabib. However, we cannot underestimate King Ryan's left hook which can certainly knockout tank.
1905  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Bitcoin Family is moving more than $1 million into decentralized exchanges on: December 03, 2022, 05:15:21 AM
It is good to have some good news after the scam of Sam, however, after reading the article I was head shaking after every paragraph. Encouragement of self custody and the use of decentralized exchanges is admirable but I reckon the writer of this article does not know the differences between bitcoin, wbtc, ethereum, bisq, uniswap and sushiswap.

However, it is still good for everyone to know that solutuons are being created. It might not be the best solutions, however, they are certainly better than centralized exchanges.

I did not include those parts of the article where I speculate was only added by the author because I think self custody should always be encouraged.



CNBC caught up with the 44-year-old patriarch a few days after the family made the move from Lagos, Portugal, to Phuket, an island just off the western coast of mainland Thailand in the Andaman Sea. The family is currently living on 0.3 bitcoin a month — about $5,000 — and they are buying back the bitcoin that they sold when the cryptocurrency was trading at around $55,000 a year ago. For the Taihuttus, the cascade of crypto bankruptcies and failed tokens just shows that “bitcoin is the king” and “completely different than all the other projects,” Didi Taihuttu said.

n crypto, one of the mantras is “not your keys, not your coins,” meaning that rightful possession of tokens comes through the custody of the corresponding private keys.


Read in full and scratch your heads https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/30/bitcoin-family-moving-more-than-1-million-into-dexs-after-ftx-collapse.html
1906  Economy / Service Discussion / Apple blocks Coinbase wallet release on IOS on: December 03, 2022, 03:40:46 AM
It appears Apple executives are trying to find more creative methods to make more revenue for the company hehehe. This might be because Apples's production of their products in China will go down because of workers' protests in their sweatshops?

In any case, this might only be the beginning. The government might use this and regulations to force other technology companies to cause impairment on the infrastructure of the cryptospace. It begins with consumers and their wallets.



Apple blocks the Coinbase wallet on iOS. As per the details from a tweet thread by Coinbase, iOS users will be unable to send NFTs from their wallets on iOS devices anymore.

The main reason cited and mentioned by Coinbase is that “…the gas fees required to send NFTs need to be paid through their In-App Purchase system so that they can collect 30% of the gas fee.”

Additionally, Coinbase mentioned that, for anyone who understands how NFTs and blockchain work, Apple’s request is impossible. “Apple’s proprietary In-App Purchase system does not support crypto, so we couldn’t comply even if we tried,” cited Coinbase.


Read in full https://watcher.guru/news/apple-blocks-coinbase-wallet-release-on-ios
1907  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 🏈🏈 The American Football Discussion Thread 🏈🏈 on: December 02, 2022, 03:35:51 AM
Whats nexts week big Match?

You and I of course Smiley - could be for the lead if Eli can manage an upset against Jerkers.

Also Cows vs Corpse, especially if the latter lose today - that'd be a fierce fight for that last playoff spot.

I would not be shocked if I lost another week. McCaffrey is beginning to show some minor knee injuries that I speculate would become a major injury. Tyreek Hill also has problems, however, I am starting to be very worried about Lamar Jackson. His hip injury appears to be placing him on questionable for more than 3 weeks every week. I should have dropped Daniel Jones and got Massage Watson from the waiver wire. I speculate that he will give more points than projected for those who rostered him.

Your depth of roster may come into play soon, you've been very lucky this season not having to deal with injuries like the rest of us. Wink
Ohh, and I've noticed you have made some very nice waiver picks. Who you listening to this year?
Definitely not that moron Steve smith you were listening to last year! Cheesy

No injuries is beginning to make me worried because these injuries might come during week 14. The only chance I have to win everything is for McCaffrey not to be in IR and it appears that he might get injured hehehe. I speculate that there is something more serious with his minor knee injury.

Also yes, I have dropped Steve Smith and have upgraded to Skip Bayless, a very smart man this Skip heheheheee.

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1909  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 🥊 The UFC Info and Prediction Thread on: December 02, 2022, 02:57:07 AM

Also, @YuginKadoya. The we have sexy fighting kittens.

Amanda Ribas
from Brazil
vital statistics 32-24-34



vs.

Tracy Cortez
from Mexico
vital statistics 34-24-36



You surely got a keen eye for these, that is why I salute you for saying this to me, will be looking at them I mean will be looking their stats, and fighting style and will be giving my verdict on who's going to win between this two for sure, but pretty much I really like the Latina look of Cortez but Amanda Ribas can be more hot than her, but surely will be looking for what they can do inside the octagon more,


Agreed, it is also making me salute at them I mean salute their performance hehehe. Their fighting style will be much grappling on the ground. Tracy Cortez is a wrestler and Amanda Ribas is an expert in BJJ. You will like the fight and I wish it will be long and end in a decision hehehe.

Jake Paul challenged Paddy Pimblett to $1 million bout after the UFC star claimed the creator fixes his fights

Paul's challenge was one Pimblett was swift to accept, albeit with a slight caveat — the sparring session would have to take place at the UFC's Performance Institute in Las Vegas, shortly after his December 10 fight against Jared Gordon in the same city.

"Come to the PI next week and bring $1 million in a bag and I will spar with you," Pimblett told TMZ on Tuesday — the same day Paul issued his challenge.

"I'm in the PI in Vegas on Thursday. But if he wants to wait until after my fight — until the Monday … I'm game."


Source https://www.insider.com/jake-paul-challenged-paddy-pimblett-after-his-fixed-fights-claim-2022-11
Yes, Pimblett's answer was interesting, I will fight on Saturday, rest on Sunday, and beat you on Monday, it seems that Pimblett is very confident, since he thinks that just one day will be enough for him to recover from the fight. But in any case, this is one more performance, without which Paul cannot, he has everything built on this. It will be interesting for me to see it, he knows how to promote his fights.

I am skeptical. Paddy the baddy is very confident because he certainly knows that Jake Paul will never go to the UFC performance institute to fight him. However, it was very good for Paddy Pimblet to create hype for himself. This will only cause curiousity for boxing fans and it might make them watch Paddy in the UFC hehe.
1910  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Fury v Chisora 3 3rd of December on: December 02, 2022, 01:18:30 AM
Under 6.5 rounds might be the best bet for this. I speculate that Fury's opponent, because he felt he only won a raffle, might not have trained seriously.
I only think that Fury will make the fight longer because of home crowd.
He is absolute favorite and this fight is just a warm up and preparation training for Fury fight with Joshua, if this fight ever happens.


Yeah, If Fury was going to go full force I'd go for a Fury KO early on but I think he's going to be fairly reserved for the first few rounds. Basically think of this as an open public sparring session. Fury and Chisora are somewhat friendly so think of this just as Fury giving him one last big pay day and for him to keep off the ring rust until the Usyk fight.  I suspect it will be quite a boring fight unless Chisora decides to go for glory and Fury has to turn up the heat to match him. I'm more interested in how many people actually turn up to the venue. It's an open air stadium in December and nobody seems to be excited about this fight here in the UK so I'd expect it to be half full which wont be a good look (unless they end up giving a load of tickets away to save face). It's also the highest ever UK PPV so I don't think it's going to do good numbers on that front either.

However, if Tyson Fury would make this into a boring sparring seasion, there might not be enough demand to watch him for his next fight after Chisora. I speculate Fury will show his full power to excite everyone and remind all of the boxing fans that the unification against Usyk should not be missed hehehe. This will certainly also excite the promoters and many sponsors hehehe.

Also, similar to what you said, it is an open air stadium in December. Fury will not like to be in the ring in the cold very long hehehehe.
1911  Economy / Gambling / Re: Neodice.com | Futuristic Dice Platform 🎲🌌 on: December 02, 2022, 12:49:09 AM
From BTCGOSU review, they put a point for KYC (No KYC). That is good for gamblers who don't want to submit documents and leak their identity on too many sites. If they want to have a hassle free KYC and want to bet, Neodice is a good casino to start.
Based on the terms of Neodice, they reserve the right to ask for identity documents. Neodice has a dedicated page for KYC policy. Probably they have KYC terms for having Curacao license. But you can't say that Neodice is a KYC free casino.

I reckon Neodice or any site that has a bitcoin faucet available should always reserve the right to ask for KYC. It would be very easy for any group of people to create 100 or more accounts and farm their faucets every hour and every day.

There might many of you who might so this is very head shaking hehehe. However, we have witnessed the use of multiple accounts for those twitter campaigns that pay in tokens with no value. The faucets of Neodice pay in the most valuable cryptocoin in the cryptospace.
1912  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 🥊 The UFC Info and Prediction Thread on: December 01, 2022, 03:43:01 AM
It appears we might have another comedy show between Jake Paul and another UFC fighter hehehe. Paddy the baddy is smaller than Jake Paul, however. It might not be very fair for the UFC fighter. Jake Paul in boxing is a cruiserweight which has a limit of 200 pounds. Paddy Pimblet in MMA is a lightweight which has a limit of only 155 pounds.

Jake Paul should challenge an active UFC fighter who is much closer in his own weight division like Alex Pereira hehehehe.



Jake Paul challenged Paddy Pimblett to $1 million bout after the UFC star claimed the creator fixes his fights

Paul's challenge was one Pimblett was swift to accept, albeit with a slight caveat — the sparring session would have to take place at the UFC's Performance Institute in Las Vegas, shortly after his December 10 fight against Jared Gordon in the same city.

"Come to the PI next week and bring $1 million in a bag and I will spar with you," Pimblett told TMZ on Tuesday — the same day Paul issued his challenge.

"I'm in the PI in Vegas on Thursday. But if he wants to wait until after my fight — until the Monday … I'm game."


Source https://www.insider.com/jake-paul-challenged-paddy-pimblett-after-his-fixed-fights-claim-2022-11



Also, @YuginKadoya. The we have sexy fighting kittens.

Amanda Ribas
from Brazil
vital statistics 32-24-34



vs.

Tracy Cortez
from Mexico
vital statistics 34-24-36

1913  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 🏈🏈 The American Football Discussion Thread 🏈🏈 on: December 01, 2022, 02:18:23 AM
Whats nexts week big Match?

You and I of course Smiley - could be for the lead if Eli can manage an upset against Jerkers.

Also Cows vs Corpse, especially if the latter lose today - that'd be a fierce fight for that last playoff spot.

I would not be shocked if I lost another week. McCaffrey is beginning to show some minor knee injuries that I speculate would become a major injury. Tyreek Hill also has problems, however, I am starting to be very worried about Lamar Jackson. His hip injury appears to be placing him on questionable for more than 3 weeks every week. I should have dropped Daniel Jones and got Massage Watson from the waiver wire. I speculate that he will give more points than projected for those who rostered him.

It also appears we have a good game for Thursday night football. A divisional game with the Patriots vs. the Bills. Patriots is on the bottom of the division, lower than the Jets. Bill Belichick might have more motivation to win this and also force everyone to remember who he is hehehehe. Patriots +3 is not very good, however. I reckon it should be +6.5.
1914  Economy / Speculation / Re: Terra cofounder Do Kwon is the one who is pumping Bitcoin on: December 01, 2022, 01:15:55 AM
Another statement from law enforcement agencies, which now concerns the arrest warrant for the co-founder of Terraform Labs Daniel Shin, previously the same warrant was issued for the arrest of Do Kwon. In this case, the warrant concerns Daniel Shin and three other Terraform Labs investors and four developers who are suspected of receiving illegal profits in the amount of ~$105 million from the sale of the LUNA premine.

Source: https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20221130001600315

Are these arrest warrants real or will they be enforced? This is very head shaking because Do Kwon appeared in a cryptopodcast called Uponly with Cobie and Ledgerstatus. Martin Shkreli was also there and told Do Kwon that prison is not that bad hehehe. Do Kwon responded with good to know.

In any case, something that should also make everyone very skeptical is the government arrested Tornado Cash developer Alex Pertsev without any charges for developing opensource software for an onchain mixer to help the community have more privacy while scammers and criminals like Sam Bankrupt-Fried and Do Kwon are free.
1915  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: When will Sam Bankman-Fried go to jail? on: December 01, 2022, 12:26:37 AM
though he has exposure of US gov.. where some think "uncle" grensler at the SEC will pardon him and just slap him with a fine

he is also being investigated also by the Bahamas authorities.. so THEY could find him guilty.

the Bahamas police announced that the government are doing investigations into possible criminal action

Quote
Bahamas Securities Commission, Financial Intelligence Unit and the police's Financial Crimes Unit would continue to investigate the facts and circumstances regarding FTX's insolvency crisis, and any potential violations of Bahamian law

so while some think he can escape american prison. there is a chance of being locked up in a bahamas prison

There is a chance, however, it will be a very small chance of almost 0 hehe. The government officials in much of the 3rd world countries are corrupt and they are also experts in creating a show that they are doing something for their country but they are really doing nothing.

If there are people who might be offended by this, I reckon you should look around you. We cannot deny this reality that part of the problem are corrupt and the unqualified people in the government. They do not have the public's interest in their hearts, only their own agenda.
1916  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: [Boxing] Tank Davis vs. Ryan Garcia betting and discussion (May, 2023) on: November 30, 2022, 06:09:01 AM
I mean, I don't know, but it seems like it's impossible for Tank Davis to be portrayed as an underdog, I wish he was, because that would have given me more incentive to bet on him. Regardless, this fight will end in finite and TKO form.

Performance wise, it is clear that Tank Davis has more antiques, he is more skillful than Ryan Garcia. Have you seen how he moves around his opponent making his opponent defenseless?  Ryan Garcia on the other side is all forward, not much of lateral movement and footwork.  Aside from that, popularity and record also shows that Tank Davis is way better than Ryan Garcia, so there is no way Tank Davis will be an underdog here.  Rip your more incentives Grin.

Both fighter are heavy hitter, it is a matter of who will be the lucky one to get the opportunity to land a perfect shot first, that will render his opponent unable to continue.


Davis will keep on moving and attack when Garcia shows unprepared. I like your descriptions and for sure, Davis will
give that entertainment for his fans, knowing him with lots of laterals and footwork in finding the opening.

On the other side, Garcia is more on pushing forward and trying to box his opponent to engage a toe-to-toe exchange of punches. He might
succeed in that style getting Davis in the kind scenario

but if he's not that quick, Davis will take advantage to throw solid combinations, then move away from him.

Before and after I created this thread, my prediction was always Tank Davis will win because he is the better boxer and the tougher man. However, when I was looking at King Ryan's record more closely, I think he has made the much needed preparations to give him a better than expected chance to win. King Ry has very much prepared himself to fight a 5'6" left handed boxer by fighting 2 left handed boxers in his last 3 fights. The last opponent is Javier Fortuna, he is short and can knockout anyone, having much similarities to Tank. I would laugh at King Ry's bettors last week, however, we cannot laugh if we have studied his preparation more.
1917  Economy / Gambling / Re: Neodice.com | Futuristic Dice Platform 🎲🌌 on: November 30, 2022, 05:31:04 AM
I didn't expect the discussion of sound effects and default music to generate such excitement. In any case, thank you all for the diversity of opinions and for taking part in the discussion about the issues that make your gaming experience better. Keep sharing your comments here.Smiley

It might be for the best for everyone if each account can choose to turn it on by default or not hehe. I reckon the music should not only be for the dice game, it should also be available for all of the faucets.

Also, it might be good to make the last faucet have bigger prices, but lesser chances of winning and to turn it into a weekly faucet.
1918  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: When will Sam Bankman-Fried go to jail? on: November 30, 2022, 04:41:01 AM
@Ale88. Agreed and after everything that has transpired, also assuming from all known information that Binance is only a shitcoin exchange very much different from what FTX was which might have been created as a criminal enterprise from the beginning. It is not comparable. Binance is a liquidity providing service for holders and traders to exchange their coins to other coins or fiat currencies very much similar to traditional currency exchanges.
1919  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: When will Sam Bankman-Fried go to jail? on: November 30, 2022, 03:38:59 AM
with the FTX vs Binance competition.
Like FTX, Binance is another shitcoin casino.  Only clueless people do business with shitcoin casinos.  All Bitcoiners should avoid doing business with places that primarily generate revenue from selling shitcoins to idiots, and especially from places that offer margin for shitcoin trading.  The only kind of leverage that is potentially safe is physically settled options, anything else can easily leave the exchange insolvent.

It is also very much similar to those centralized services like Blockfi which are really just custodied cryptobanks.

However, because these centralized, custodied cryptobanks and exchanges will always continue to exist, would it not be time for the bitcoin community to accept and encourage the research on Defi and other noncustodial methods for swapping and yield generating services? This would at the very least make of use the advantage of self custody.
1920  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2023 Oscar Awards betting and discussions on: November 29, 2022, 05:26:28 AM
@couch potatoes. I have updated the odds. It appears that the argument on Brendan Fraser as the best actor for his acting role in the movie The Whale has become stronger hehe. I am presently very curious now on this. There were articles saying that he went binge eating for this role to reach more than 300 pounds.



There were some changes in the top 5 for best picture, very big changes for top 5 of best actress and no changes for best director.

Also, this article about Steven Spielberg was published by Gold Derby. They might be brainwashing us that Spielberg is certain to win best director hehehehe.

Revisiting Steven Spielberg’s 8 Best Director Oscar races, from ‘Close Encounters’ to ‘West Side Story’


Source https://www.goldderby.com/article/2022/steven-spielberg-best-director-oscar-races/
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