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21  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24 on: May 19, 2024, 03:50:56 PM
Barcelona will become Rayo Vallecano, they should be able to win this match, because Rayo Vallecano is not a very special club, so they must be able to take advantage of this match to make them win. They also still need at least one more win to seal their position in second place in the La Liga standings.

For me there is no reason for them to lose this match, especially since they will also be playing as hosts, and as hosts, they should be able to present a victory to their fans who come to the stadium.

Rayo Vallecano is a club that is in 15th place in the standings, that is a big difference, and in terms of performance they also have a very significant difference. They have confirmed themselves without a title this season, at least they must be able to win in the remaining matches they will still play in La Liga. There are only 2 more matches left, so they should be able to sweep clean with a win.
The match will not be as difficult as we think for Barca to win because Rayo Vallecano is not as strong as Barca even though we know that Barca is always finding it difficult to win them. This match will be different since three point is a compulsory thing for  Barca so that they can finish the league on winning mood. It will be sad to see that Barca share point with Rayo Vallecano or lose to them, because they are 15th position on the table. Meaning Barca losing to a weak team.
22  Other / Off-topic / Re: Floyd Mayweather detained in Dubai due to gambling debts? on: May 18, 2024, 06:29:25 PM
No matter how rich or wealthy that you are, if you don't control your gambling activities, it will lead to addiction just like what Mayweather is in now. I will say that addiction has eaten him up for him to gamble in another country incurring a debt. Perhaps, no one knows how much the debt is, but a gambler must have lost a huge amount of money before he will think of gambling in debt. Who knows how much Mayweather lost in the casino before he started to gamble without funds. He can pay up his bills, but I don't think that it is an amount that he can afford to lose. Gamble responsible, and don't allow gamble take all that you have toil for within some hours.
23  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Germany League - Bundesliga Prediction Thread on: May 18, 2024, 03:23:04 PM
Xabi Alonso's team is really crazy and they really want to close out all competitions without losing. I'm curious whether next season they can repeat this success and if that happens then there really is no team that can stop them. Well, let's wait for the results against Ausgburg and I think Leverkusen will still win with a landslide score with more than 3 goals and at the same time close the Bundesliga with a total of 90 points.
An another fun match for Leverkusen, Leverkusen will not lose any match in this season. But, in the next season I doubt they will able to continue their record because there are so many thing will change, I believe every teams will study how Leverkusen is playing and taking advantage over their weakness.

Just like what people say, luck doesn't happen twice, so don't overconfident.
Of course, it is possible for them to finish all competition this season unbeaten because they are very strong and they were able to come this far unbeaten. It will be impossible next season because, there will be a lot of changes and transfers. However, they will be playing in the champions league which that can never be possible. It is easy to win a league back to back, but it is not possible for a club to remain unbeaten back to back and I don't think that it has ever happened in football history.
24  Economy / Speculation / Re: Buy the DIP, and HODL! on: May 18, 2024, 12:02:34 PM
Not everyone can afford to invest in BTC, due to lack of capital 

There is an important distinction related to the point that you seem to be wanting to make, which seems to be that you are missing some nuance in regards to what makes a person able or unable to invest.

There is some correctness that if a person lacks capital, then he may well not be able to invest into bitcoin or anything else, yet the more important point would be that a person's ability to invest in bitcoin or anything else relates to the extent to which he has discretionary income.   

So in that sense there is no requirement that anyone has any capital at all in order to invest into bitcoin, and so the main requirement is that a person has discretionary income - and sure, a person who has a lot of capital may well be able to invest into bitcoin by moving his capital from certain kinds of assets into bitcoin, so there could be exceptions to any proclamation - even though we already know that it is not required to have any capital to invest into bitcoin so long as you have discretionary, even though having capital could be another way to establish an investment into bitcoin.

but at least if you want and want to why not, and I agree with what you said about the DCA method which is intended for these people.

So are you admitting that there is no need for capital to invest into bitcoin?

But isn't it better to collect money first for some people who are unlucky or whose jobs are below minimum wage.

With something like bitcoin, many times it is better to get started as soon as possible, especially once you have figured out that you have discretionary income.   

Now you might have a lot of messiness in your cashflows and your psychology, so you may well need to get some of those things in order, yet I would not presume that it mis necessary to get your finances and psychology in order prior to getting started in your investment into bitcoin, unless your situation happens to be so bad that you are not even able to figure out with any level of confidence whether you actually have discretionary income or not. 

Even though a large number of people might have a lot of complications in their finances and perhaps even lacking in their abilities to manage their finances very well.  Most likely an overwhelming number of folks should be able to tell you wether they have $100 per week or maybe $10 per week that they would be able to spare or throw away (meaning that it is extra and not needed to cover their expenses).    When folks have really small amounts of extra income and a lot of disorganization in their finances, it is likely more important that they start out more slowly and that they also spend time getting their shit figured out, but that still may well not justify waiting rather than getting started right away with some small amount of discretionary income that can be figured out. 

If there is no way to establish the existence of discretionary income, then those people need to make sure that they have discretionary income before they can start to invest into bitcoin.

Because if they try to invest even if it's only a little bit of what they can afford, wouldn't it hamper their finances more

Yes... if they have figured out that they actually do not have discretionary, then the should not be investing into bitcoin, because if they were to do that they would be gambling rather than investing.  They need to be able to put the money into bitcoin and have a certain level of confidence that they are not going to need such money for 4-10 years or longer and also understand the risk that the amount that they put in could go to zero (meaning they could lose up to 100% of the amount that they put into bitcoin, so they have to be ready, willing and able to accept that possibility, and if they are not able to do that, then their finances and psychology is not ready to invest into bitcoin).

, and would it be more risky for their own lives, because investing is not far from the risks they will face. Isn't it better to be slow but sure to minimize something that is not wanted?

No it is not better to be slow.  It is better to figure your shit out, and either you have disposable income or not.  If you have disposable income, then it is better to get started investing into bitcoin as soon as possible and figure out some kind of a system. 

Otherwise, if you figured out that you either do not have disposable income, then you should realize that you are not able to invest into bitcoin until you are sure that you have disposable income and then you can ONLY invest into bitcoin up to 100% of the amount of your disposable income, but if you are not sure if you have disposable income then you cannot invest into bitcoin.  I would not call that waiting, but instead you either have disposable income or you do not, and if you do not have it you cannot (or should not) be investing into bitcoin, and if you are not sure if you have disposable income or not, then you are likely in the same situation of not having it.. because you need to be clear that you actually have disposable income in order to invest into bitcoin, otherwise you are gambling and not investing.


It is very clear that one's inability to invest in bitcoin or whatever it is that is prioritized is capital. Because there are constraints with one's inability to invest. The inability is based on his job. Very different from people who are capable because basically people who are capable because there is the ability and there are no obstacles to investing. it is very clear what you say the main requirement is additional income, but if in the position of someone who works only in one job with a salary below the minimum wage. And there is no additional income, will it be very inhibiting to start as soon as possible and not collect money first.

For some people there may be those who invest without capital, but for others or most people the main requirement is capital, on the contrary I have not found people who invest without capital, in my opinion, I do not agree with the absence of capital, because the slightest thing, the will or desire of a person can be said to be capital, to be confident.

Why are you finding it difficult to understand all the explanation that JJG said. Bitcoin investment is not like other investment that you need to get a capital before you can invest, as long as you have income and from your income, you can have a discretionary income from there. That is the money that you need to start your bitcoin investment. Meaning the little amount of money that you want to be saving for it to pile up, which you see as capital, is what you need to start investing in bitcoin immediately, instead of waiting and gathering it to a big amount. It is better instead of gathering those money to a big amount which you call capital, you should not keep it to pile up in fiat but pile it up in bitcoin by buying regularly weekly or monthly. It is other investment like gold, real estate and others that you need capital to invest.


If a person is only focused on one job, and there is no additional income or perhaps additional income each country is different. If for example there is additional income and each country is different from the additional income, is it possible to start as soon as possible, it will be very risky, and in my opinion if we start investing in BTC by starting 1 year or maybe 3 years to come, I think it's a good decision too, because seeing from the first BTC came out and until now it is still stable.
You don't get the point why you need to get started when you have the money, this is because you are already late to bitcoin and starting to invest now that the price is at 67k+ means you need to buy aggressively, if possible in order for you to have a good quantity of bitcoin in a short time as long as you are not overdoing it. Even people who cannot invest aggressively but continue to invest with their DCA consistently and persistently weekly or monthly sti have a very long way to go before they can have a good quantity of bitcoin based on their discretionary income compare to those who was able to buy aggressively overtime.

This is why it is not good to be waiting and piling up your funds in fiat when you already have an additional income which you can use to invest in bitcoin without a problem and hodli for long. It is never risky because you started earlier than waiting, and you are on a long term bitcoin journey using DCA strategy which will reduce the risk in bitcoin investment due to its volatile nature. You should also note that the price that you are buying today, might not be the price you will next next year because bitcoin price increases overtime, and this is why the investors who bought early are in great profit. The cheaper the price the   easier for you to accumulate more bitcoin, and the higher the price of bitcoin the harder it becomes to accumulate more bitcoin. Don't wait in poverty instead of fighting your way out of poverty with investing in bitcoin immediately you have the money.
25  Economy / Speculation / Re: Buy the DIP, and HODL! on: May 17, 2024, 09:33:52 PM
But isn't it better to collect money first for some people who are unlucky or whose jobs are below minimum wage.

With something like bitcoin, many times it is better to get started as soon as possible, especially once you have figured out that you have discretionary income.   

Now you might have a lot of messiness in your cashflows and your psychology, so you may well need to get some of those things in order, yet I would not presume that it mis necessary to get your finances and psychology in order prior to getting started in your investment into bitcoin, unless your situation happens to be so bad that you are not even able to figure out with any level of confidence whether you actually have discretionary income or not. 

Even though a large number of people might have a lot of complications in their finances and perhaps even lacking in their abilities to manage their finances very well.  Most likely an overwhelming number of folks should be able to tell you wether they have $100 per week or maybe $10 per week that they would be able to spare or throw away (meaning that it is extra and not needed to cover their expenses).    When folks have really small amounts of extra income and a lot of disorganization in their finances, it is likely more important that they start out more slowly and that they also spend time getting their shit figured out, but that still may well not justify waiting rather than getting started right away with some small amount of discretionary income that can be figured out. 

If there is no way to establish the existence of discretionary income, then those people need to make sure that they have discretionary income before they can start to invest into bitcoin.
Some folks think that they don't have discretionary income left for them after their monthly expenses, whereas they have extra funds that they use to gamble, buy expensive clothes and buy things that is not that important whenever they get paid. Unknown to them that such funds can be used to invest into bitcoin because it comes regular from their income, but they will not have that idea. It is when they have made up their mind to invest and the start looking for how they get money that they will now realize that those extra funds after their monthly expenses in which they keep aside to buy some irrelevant things can be used to invest.

If you are poor and you feel that your monthly income is small for you to invest, just be serious and try to see how you can invest, you will see that if you are serious, you will begin to look into your income and expenses to see how you can squeeze out some extra funds from there, and that is when you will find out that you can have some extra funds in which you can use to invest, or because you are so serious to invest, you will cut down some expenses to have extra cash. Investing helps a poor or average man to have financial management compare to when he is not investing. This is why bitcoin is the best asset that a poor man can invest in as long as he has income, because he can buy bitcoin with little amount based on his own discretionary income.

It is only those that don't have a job or their income cannot take care of their monthly needs that cannot invest in bitcoin only if they look for additional income before they will. I pity for those rich people that don't want to invest in bitcoin because they will regret in the latter.
26  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: How do you feel when you experience violence while gambling on: May 17, 2024, 03:45:07 PM
Yea, I have seen several people at brick n mortar (land based) casinos, acting out when they lose all their money. They might hit the Slot machines or they lash out towards the employees (dealers) at the table games.

Luckily casinos employ good security and those violent people are quickly removed from the premises and also banned from coming back. We just have to accept that people are human and not all humans react the same way..  some might get violent and some might just  walk away and deal with it in another way.  Roll Eyes
Those gamblers that act weird after a loss in a land based casino might have used all his life saving to gamble, and in his own eyes all his money gone to the casino. This might be what triggered his irresponsible action of violence due to frustration and shame of losing everything. Such scene is not new to land based casino and that is why you see that they spend more on security to avoid such people from causing violence and also to make sure that such person is not allowed into the casino anymore. This cannot happen when gambling online because there is no one for you to be violent to.
27  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024 on: May 17, 2024, 02:42:47 PM
There's not much Arsenal can do right now other than they have to focus on their last match at home to Everton and hope that great luck comes their way so they can see Manchester City lose their last match. It seems like an impossible thing, but that doesn't mean it can't happen, because in football anything can happen.

But apart from all that, I really appreciate Arsenal's performance this season, they can be better than last season, where last season they failed because at the end of the season they experienced inconsistency which ultimately made them fail in competing for the title. champion. Even though this season it is possible that they will also fail, it is still better because they can maintain consistency until the end of the season. Even though in the middle they also slipped a bit, they were able to quickly return to the right path. They can try it again next season.

Arsenal pinned hope on a team that is indeed difficult to win from Manchester City, previously Arsenal hoped Tottenham could give Manchester City a defeat but the fact is that even Tottenham would rather lose the opportunity to play in the Champions League next season than see Arsenal championship the Premier League this season, the rivalry that occurs between Arsenal and Tottenham certainly makes Tottenham prefer to lose the match even though it seems as if they give hope to Arsenal fans in the first half, for the next game of course Arsenal hope for Westham, I think even Westham in the game will no longer have motivation in playing because indeed they have no targets to pursue at the moment.

Hoping for Westham to win is of course difficult because so far Westham performance has been very bad, besides that maybe Arsenal will also only be disappointed in the end when the game is over, Arsenal who may not have hope of winning the Premier League this season but they have shown that they are title contenders to be reckoned with, although I am not an Arsenal fan,  But I see if Arsenal are now starting to have fighting power and also a very big mentality to compete for trophies so if they are able to maintain their performance next season of course we will see there is a possibility if they can win the EPL championship trophy.
Arsenal shouldn't expect something like that and hope for other teams. Whereas previously Arsenal had a pretty big chance when Manchester City lost its points in several previous matters. To be sure this is about mental, although Arteta has made some changes to his squad this season, Arsenal players seemed to have no champion mentality. Now Arsenal must give up the title back to the arms of Manchester City because Pep Guardiola's troops have a strong mentality in competing.
How long will Arsenal keep on hoping for Manchester city to drop point for them to have the hope of winning the league. I will advice all Arsenal fans that there is no hope anymore since we only have one game left for Manchester city to be crown the winners of this season EPL. I think Arsenal just need to accept that they have lost the trophy this season again. The league was in their hands but they took their UCL match against Bayern in the second leg more serious than their next EPL match against Aston Villa match, which has cost them the lost of the trophy again the season.
28  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: UEFA Europa League 2023/24 Season on: May 16, 2024, 07:18:02 PM
Atalanta had an important match and only lost one trophy, namely the Copa Italia after losing to Juventus. Of course, their focus is currently focused on the European League and Serie A. The reason is, their position in Serie A is also not safe from As Roma to secure tickets for the UCL League next season. However, Atalanta is ready to make history and end Leverkusen's positive trend, because they believe that no team is perfect at the end of all competitions, maybe that is their current motivation. This was seen when Atalanta beat Liverpool in the quarter-finals of the Europa League, who were not favorites but actually managed to beat Liverpool. Something similar could also happen in the European final.

However, I personally don't believe Atalanta can beat Leverkusen because this season Leverkusen is very strong, so I still support Atalanta as UEL champions. Moreover, if I'm not mistaken, Bayer Leverksuen have recovered nine times in extra minutes, and this is not luck but the result of Xabi Alanso's brilliant strategy.
Gian Piero Gasperini wouldn't hesitate to grab his opportunity to win the Europa League title but facing Xabi Alonso will be really tough at both ends. Atalanta vs Bayer Leverkusen in Europa League final, we waits for the final game which will brings either profits or loss for sports gamblers. Atalanta are one of the best team in the Europa League this season, making it to the final is no jokes because they're here for the exact same reason that brought Bayer Leverkusen. It's going to be tough but no panics, there will always be a winner to lifts significant points.
Leverkusen have shown their quality performance this season by winning all 5p matches that they ha e played which shows how strong and undefeated that they are. This is the same reason why I don't want to underestimate them in the finals against Atalanta, because it will be a victorious match and season for Leverkusen if they win Atalanta. In the other hand Atalanta is also very strong but they ha e been defeated swveral times, they lost to Juventus in Coppa Italian finals and that makes them a bit weaker than Leverkusen who is unbeaten.
29  Economy / Speculation / Re: Buy the DIP, and HODL! on: May 16, 2024, 06:35:55 PM
Why think about investing if the finance is still unstable this will be a problem in the middle of the road and until whenever your investment will not run smoothly, but it is true that when they have earned additional income or a sufficient monthly salary then they can set aside to invest in bitcoin.

Actually one thing you should know about Bitcoin investment is that if you should wait till you get the amount of money you want in your bank account before investing you could end up not investing at all because the more you are waiting to get rich first that's actually the more expenses are compounding, although I no that you have your own decision to make but waiting to be completely financially stable could possibly take you a very long time before you can start accumulating Bitcoin.

You don't have to get huge amount of money before you can start investing on Bitcoin, however is not like everyone who are into Bitcoin now have a bank stored with huge amount of money but instead they started from somewhere and before they realize they had already gotten a good amount of Bitcoin on their portfolio, so I would advised you start from little through the use of DCA strategy and with time and consistency you could be surprised with how far you will go on your investment.
It is natural for some people whose finances are not stable or it can be said that they have minimal capital to accumulate money first, indeed for these people it is not easy, but if you have the desire and motivation you have, and work hard to invest in BTC one day you will succeed, there are many examples of people who are rich starting from small things, as long as we are consistent, let time tell how strong these people are and reap the results in the future, don't be too hasty because investing is risky.

Start collecting money if you think the capital target has been met, then invest using the DCA method, because it is easy to understand.
Anyone that has a minimal capital that he cannot have a discretionary income in which he can use to invest in bitcoin does not need to save for in other for him to have the money that he wants to use to buy bitcoin. This is because he cannot buy once and relax believing that he will make good profit from the little amount of bitcoin that he bought, and you are investing in a long term . He needs to continue buying regularly using DCA method in order to him to grow his bitcoin investment to a level. What that person needs to do is to look for another means of income, that he can use for his bitcoin investment and also for his emergency and reserve funds, why he uses his first job to take care of other important needs and expenses.

Apart from that I don't see how such person will be able to invest in bitcoin, because it will be a waste of time and like gambling because he is not prepared and does not have what it takes to start his bitcoin investment journey.
30  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Season on: May 16, 2024, 05:44:16 PM
At the moment, the odds for the Champions League final Dortmund - Real Madrid are as follows:

4.80 - 4.40 - 1.63

Real is the favorite based on literally everything (the selection of players, the position in the national championship, the difficulty of the path to the final that had to be overcome), but Dortmund also has a chance. Dortmund is the kind of team that can beat anyone on a good day, so the final will not be easy for Real.
Dortmund in the coming final match with Real Madrid will lack of a world class striker like Robert Lewandowski years ago when he scored four goals against Real Madrid. Dortmund in this season have main of their strength from team working and they don't rely too much on any single star player. This makes Dortmund is an united team with considerable strength to play together, against many strong opponents.

They can play defensive and attacking as a united squad for a common objective of their team and their players are very disciplined to follow tactical commands from their coach. Together with a team-working strength, they will challenge Real Madrid a lot in the final even they are not favorite team to win the match.



There is no doubt that Dortmund is the strongest team in the Champions League this season. They are very cunning. Dortmund's defense is particularly strong. And that's why Dortmund's gameplay against PSG in the semi-final was so stable. And both matches were won by Dortmund.

Dortmund have won the Champions League title once and finished runners-up once in their Champions League history. Dortmund won the Champions League title in 1997. Dortmund became champions in 1997 after defeating Juventus in the final. And in the 2013 final, Dortmund lost against Bayern Munich.

Real Madrid are very experienced in the Champions League platform. On the other hand, this season Dortmund team is tactical. So the Dortmund vs Madrid match looks to be a very competitive one.
Personally, I don't think that Dortmund is the strongest club this season in the champions league because they have not lifted up the trophy yet, neither will they survive the finals against Real Madrid. I am not a Real Madrid fan, but one thing I can remember is that when it comes to the champions league finals which involves Real Madrid, they have never lost it. I don't think that this season will be a different one since they have enough experience of playing the finals, while Dortmund lack experience of playing UCL finals.
31  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Is procreation really necessary? on: May 16, 2024, 03:09:41 PM
Procreation is very necessary for the world not to come to an end, this is because if no one gives birth like you said how will we get the orphans on the street, and who will give birth to them. Or is it that only the irresponsible people can give birth based on pleasure and abandon them on the streets, while the responsible people should go and pick them off the street and bring them up pretending as if the adopted child is theirs. Common man think of it, the orphans or the children that got abandoned by their parents are not up to 20% of children living with their parents. So when these abandoned children have been adopted and it will never go round to every couples who needs kids, or what will happen to them. God made reproduction for living things so that they can increase and multiply if not you would have not existed, because you were not adopted by your parents.
32  Economy / Services / Re: [CLOSED] BestChange Signature Campaign | Sr Member+ on: May 16, 2024, 06:47:49 AM
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33  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A) on: May 15, 2024, 05:35:11 PM
Atalanta is a team that is close to achieving incredible success this year and they have progressed well. They will play the final match against Bayern Leverkusen in Europe, we need to talk about this match separately, there is still one week left. Before that, they will play one more final, today with Juventus.

Juventus lost some important players this season and could not replace them with good players. Their last matches always ended in draws. Atalanta is the current favorite in the Italian Cup.

Atalanta meeting Juve in the Coppa Italia final is an interesting meeting. I feel that issues of form and strength are not too important in a final on the neutral field of Olimpico, because it is a match that requires a lot of experience and tradition. In this respect, Juventus is only better, not worse than Atalanta. One thing that is quite special is that the confrontation record between Atalanta and Juventus is very balanced. In the last 7 matches they met, each team only won 1 match while drawing 5 matches. Therefore, this match I feel is very unpredictable.

But whether they win or lose, this final will also be a practice session before Atalanta enters the club's historic match. Europa League final against Leverkusen. Compared to the past, this is an admirable achievement for Atalanta.
I am placing my bet on Atalanta in the next few minutes because I know that Atalanta is in a good form compare to Juventus who are suffering from a lot this season. They find it very difficult to win matches recently but they can only settle for a draw, and this is a final match where there must be a winner for the competition. Atalanta has proved to us that they are capable of winning this match, because who knows if this is the only opportunity that they will have to win a trophy due to the weakness of Juventus. So it is better they take advantage of their current form and win Juventus, instead of hoping they can win Leverkusen in Europa finals, because Leverkusen is tougher.
34  Economy / Speculation / Re: Buy the DIP, and HODL! on: May 15, 2024, 04:37:36 PM

Most people in Africa are struggling to own bitcoin, taking risks just to own bitcoin, because if you check the living conditions of masses, you will see the main reason why there is many adoption of bitcoin especially by their young citizens is because bitcoin is hope. Bitcoin has become the shinning light they can look up to for a brighter future and better everything around them, and improve their living conditions. People living below $50 monthly salary are still buying bitcoin and hodling for dear life.
Isn't it better for people like that who have a salary below $50 to collect money first before buying BTC. Or at least it is better to invest in trading with a short term. And if there is more profit from trading can be saved to meet the target, if you feel the target has been reached you will be ready to start long-term investment by buying BTC with the DCA method. Because if you push too hard it will be very risky, better slowly but surely,


Trading is the worst option on how to increase his income. Trading is more of gambling and it is not advisable for any investor to see trading as a means to increase his bitcoin investment, because he will end up the opposite way and lose all that he have, which will lead to regret and frustration for him to continue his bitcoin journey. I don't know why newbies think that trading is very easy and you can double your bitcoin with trading, which is against this thread, and how will he gets his emergency funds through trading. . Trading are for short-term profits and that is why it does not suit into using it for long term strategy because you are always selling. What if you sell and you are unable to buy back cheaper, the little gain that you made becomes useless.

Long term investment is what we are talking about and how a new investor who wants to invest in bitcoin for 4- 10yrs and above should go about. When you are investing in a long term, you don't sell but only buy regularly to increase your bitcoin portfolio through regular DCA weekly or monthly. The best way anyone with a small income can invest in bitcoin, is for him to find another means of income, so that he can have a discretionary income in which he can use to start up his bitcoin investment by buying every week based on his discretionary income, and so he can also build his emergency funds from there.
35  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24 on: May 15, 2024, 03:07:09 PM
Girona's defeat against Vilarreal never occurred to me. The reason is, in this match, since the first half, Girona was able to dominate the game and always launched attacks which were very troublesome for Vilareal's defense. Therefore, I predict that Girona will definitely win with a landslide score in this match. But apparently, until the first half was over, not a single Girona player's attack had resulted in a goal. In fact, in the second half it was Girona who conceded, and until the match was over Girona failed to equalize. In my opinion, Girona was very unlucky in this match. The reason is, there were several golden opportunities that almost became goals, but unfortunately they were always thwarted by Vilareal's defenders.
Girona defeats was expected because they've earned themselves solidable positions. They put up to be one of the fierce opponents. There's always opportunities for clubs to picked themselves up during down times but not every clubs possibly deliver themselves to the top. Girona not in good form but somehow they've managed to reach qualified spot for the UEFA Champions League next season although there's fast matters arising regarding their stats.  
I was not disappointed towards Girona performance yesterday because from the look of the match, you will see that they played very well but they were not lucky enough to find the back of the net till the final whistle. Luck was the problem that they had yesterday, and that can happen to any club. Villareal is not a weak club and they are among the strong clubs in Laliga, so if the got all three points yesterday, they deserved it. Moreover, who expected that Girona will come this far to the extent of winning Barca 4-2 in their last meeting. They have already qualified for UCL, and they did their best this season.
36  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: I returned my father's property to my father through Bitcoin investment. on: May 15, 2024, 02:06:14 PM
OP, your family will be very proud of you for making your dad not to lose the pond, and also providing funds for your sister's wedding through your short-term bitcoin investment. If your story is for real, then I will say that you are very lucky to invest at that particular time that bitcoin price was at that amount, and it skyrocket too fast that you were able to me good profit from it. You are lucky today, amd might not be lucky tomorrow if you continue to use money for important purpose to buy bitcoin believing that you will make profit, it might become the opposite.
37  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024 on: May 14, 2024, 08:14:03 PM
Tottenham have done pretty well in the first half of this game by holding Man City to a draw and with how this is going it will make City to be more desperate to get a goal. A problem Tottenham are having is building from the back which we all know that Manchester City are too good with that and it will give them more advantage against the host. But still on still is a good game for Spurs, I'd like Kulusevski to come on to add more pressure on the defense of the Citizens.
Tottenham was unable to hold down Manchester city in the second half and on the 6th minutes of the second half, De Bruyne was able to give a beautiful pass to Haaland who was at the right place at the right time and he was left with only the empty net which he immediately played the ball into the net. It was on the 51st minutes of the game that City was able to open the scoreline to take over the lead and also stay on top I'f the table.

Tottenham 0-1 M.City
38  Local / Nigeria (Naija) / Re: Localmonero and Agarodesk are shutting down on: May 14, 2024, 03:55:26 PM
The anti-privacy war has evolved into a shut it down or go to jail situation; if you want to build a decentralized exchange/project, you must also keep your private offline.
But I make a mistake with this exchanges, they are centralized. It was just stated on their platform that they are decentralized but that is not true. But they are no-KYC exchanges.

I think only Bisq is truly decentralized among these exchanges.

"Decentralized " is being used in the wrong context on most of these crypto websites to drag traffic and end up getting busted over time.

Running a Non-KYC platform on a cleanet put you and your customers against the government cause it's illegal to for a financial institution hosted on a centralized server not to accept KYC. A Non-KYC financial platform is classified as a darknet and that's why most of them are already getting shutdown and owners facing jail time.

If you're decentralized there's no way the Govemment is shutting you down since you're in control of your own nodes and all that.
Just because bitcoin is decentralized in nature and these people knows that it is because of the decentralized nature of bitcoin that makes people love using bitcoin for transactions, and that is why most of them come up with their own platforms claiming to be decentralized just to decieve people who love privacy, unknown to these users that they are not decentralized because they operate on a centralized server. They use the no KYC to deceive customers to make them believe they are centralized, while it is the opposite. I could remember even some centralized exchanges like Binance  will claim to be decentralized, and some people who don't know will fall for them. This is how we have fallen for most of them with no KYC.
39  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Accessing gambling sites only on desktop as a means to prevent addiction on: May 14, 2024, 03:19:29 PM
OP, I live this concept of yours on how to control your gambling activities, but you should know that what will work for you will not work for others, because of how we understand gambling and our intentions towards it. An addicted gambler will not be able to stay without gambling or a gambler that thinks gambling is for making profit will not try to stop gambling, and it is only when he has realized that gambling is sucking him and he will never win back his losses, that is when he can limit the way he gambles. One thing that I don't see this PC idea cool to me is that, what if you are away from home without your PC for days and you feel like gambling, there is nothing you will do than to use your phone to gamble. Self control is what we should try to have so that we don't become addicted.
40  Economy / Speculation / Re: Buy the DIP, and HODL! on: May 14, 2024, 11:45:18 AM
Levels of aggressiveness should not be measured in absolute terms, but instead within the amount of discretionary income that you have, and so yeah a person with higher income could buy more BTC but that does not necessarily make him more aggressive than someone with lower income and who might be using all of his discretionary income to buy BTC.  Maybe we can take some extreme examples.

One guy has $100 per month of discretionary income and he uses all of it to buy BTC.. This guy is quite aggressive and maybe even bordering on over aggressiveness (especially if he miscalculates his expenses or if he does not have reserves in place).

Another guy has $2k per month of discretionary income and he invests around $100 per week into bitcoin, which might be considered moderate and maybe even whimpy.
Well i total agree with you and I love the example you gave below, aggressive Investment is not only putting all your funds in bitcoin without having reserved and emergency, sometimes investing %70 of your fund in bitcoin without considering the level of your discretionary and emergency fund can as well be seen as aggressive. if you received $1500 and you invest $300 each every week, making a total of $900 per month left with $600, that is a bad aggressive Investment and surely the person is over doing it. because your bitcoin Investment should be done in a manner that you will not over do it. It will definitely affect you or Put you in a tight corner. If you Invest $900 on bitcoin how much will you use for feeding and running family expenses? Or how much will you set aside for emergency and reserved? Surely if you over invest in Bitcoin, the $600 available amount you will not be enough for  emergency and reserved. Definitely it will affect your bitcoin HODLing. Though it depends on you and how you can be able to manage your family. If its you alone you can cope but if it's a large family I doubt if you can manage. The point of the matter is that don't over invest what you can not afford to lose that will make you to sell you bitcoin HODLing down the road because of not having a discretionary fund to back you up.
You can invest aggressively when you have the funds to do that, the most important thing is that you don't over do it, if not it will affect you, and you will end up selling some part of your bitcoin to cover up some emergencies that will arise. Your emergency funds should be in a good condition because that is what will determine how aggressive you will be in buying either monthly or weekly.

You seem to have a lot of the ideas correct, but I am a bit confused by your example, and also a lot of the time, once the emergency fund is set, then it is largely never going to be touched, absent an actual emergency and if you have some reserves already in place, you may well not even need to dip into your emergency fund since your reserves and you float should be able to  cover irregularities.

Your own example is confusing because when you give examples the starting points should describe the income as compared with the expenses in order that we are able to figure out how much discretionary income is available for investing.. so if we see that the discretionary income is not enough, then the person is over investing, or if he had not already established an emergency fund and reserves then he might be over investing, but from your example we do not know enough regarding what is the actual discretionary income in order to be able to determine if he is doing too much.

I am not even opposed to a guy investing 100% of his discretionary income into bitcoin as long as he has a sufficient emergency fund and float - but if he has made miscalculations and does not have those back ups then he might end up having to dip into his BTC at a time that is not completely of his own choosing.

The emergency fund should generally be a minimum of 3 months of cash or cash equivalents - something that is fairly easy to access and is denominated in your local currency, yet I know some folks would prefer to hold their emergency fund in dollars, even if they have a different local currency, and so that might not be a problem as long as there are ways to easily move into the local currency or that the dollars would be accepted for expenses if you were to have to use your emergency funds for your expenses or surprise expenses.
What I was trying to say is that, if you are working and you are been paid $1500 a month and you are investing $300 every week on Bitcoin you are investing aggressively because if you invest $300 every week that is $300*4=$1200 for four weeks and you will be lift with $300 how then can you save your emergency, reserves and float funds remember this emergency, reserves and float funds those not just appear you save for it and you keep saving for it.
So if you follow the example I gave when you are lift with $300 how much will you save for your emergency, reserves and float funds and how much we be lift for you to run your expenses for that month. The only way possible is when you have already saved your emergency, reserves and float funds for years and is enough before starting your investment.

From my first example the investor has not established his emergency, reserves and float funds so if his been paid $1500 and then his investing $300 every week for 4 weeks on Bitcoin his over investing.
Yea, nobody will disagree with you that the investor having $1500 as his monthly income and invested $1200 into bitcoin is over investing. You should know that you are to invest into bitcoin based on your discretionary income, and for anyone that wants to get into bitcoin having an income of $1500 monthly, he does not have to invest $300 weekly, but he can invest that $300 monthly, which is 20% of your income either once or dividing it into 4 parts which will be $75 or he can divide it into two parts which is $150 and DCA biweekly, it all depends on the one that will be more convenient for him. He can start saving $500 for his emergency funds, and $700 for all his monthly needs and expenses.

If he has built up his emergency funds up to 3 months at least, he can then divert the $500 to build up a reserve funds, and after that float, while he continues with his regular $300 monthly. There is a level that he will reach in which he has built his emergency funds, reserve funds and float to, that he will feel he can divert some part of that $500, maybe $200 to buy bitcoin aggressively during a particular period of time in order for him to accumulate more bitcoin within a short period of time.

This is why one must know how he wants to start investing and how much he can use to invest based on his discretionary income that will not affect his bitcoin accumulation journey to decline but rather incline. I will go with what JJG said that instead of waiting to build your emergency and reserve funds first, it is better that you build it along the line while investing in bitcoin, because it is possible and will of more advantage to you.
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