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201  Economy / Economics / Re: Government always hides productive truths from the masses on: May 13, 2024, 09:32:12 PM
Most nations especially in Africa lately adopted the modern digital technological, Previously we've been in the primitive and analog system and due to the hardship and lack of standard education, we've been trying to remain ignorant over Internet facilities and its networking was untrust due to underdevelopments.
The mentality was being too poor that our government could always convince us with lies and formalities just so that we don't get to know about the advents of the modern reality world which we're in today.
The impacts of the government towards us was that we don't need to know the truth so that we don't have them questioned, they refused to comply with infrastructures to enhance and build our mental faculties because they're afraid that we might be some kind greater than they may be and that seems as threats to them.
The late enlightenments to the modern and digital world we lives today has caused us setback from venturing into the digital technology systems that's how we've also missed the opportunities to adopt in investing in the BITCOIN when it was earlier introduced. Then we had no knowledge of it and the government fed us with lies that the BITCOIN CRYPTO DIGITAL FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGY was a scam and as then, we strongly believed that the government got our back.

I can categorically say it that we all have that thought about "How possible can a currency be on visual system but can't be physically felt or hold as the fiats"?. We were mislead and wrongly influenced by the government that bitcoin developers were just in to steal our money with the digital financial technology format.
It was further a big doubt when the government was not in support of the bitcoin which we formally believed that the government was much knowledgeable than the masses but not knowing the government was specifically against it because it was a decentralized and non custodial financial system that they can not be politicized with their influence of authorities.
We actually thought the government has our back not knowing they were only being self centered for selfish interests.

If we watch today, individuals has been much creative enough to initiate variety of digital technologies, creativities and entrepreneurships with the potentials of enhancing infrastructures and contributing to both individual and national economy growths.
Time goes as we steps on engaging in discoveries, taking challenges with our unusuals factorizing on meeting with greater opportunities which at most privilege opportunities are of technologies as the world also advances with economy impacts.
Remorsefully, it's worth revealing that the government has been behind back hiding the necessities from us and we were being fooled with all that insights about bitcoin and the reasons why we were being deprived from learning about the new era ecosystem and adapting to the digital and technological world.

However, we've personally gone a long way of investing on ourselves intellectually and otherwise in discovering of new opportunities for greater incomes which the tasks of struggles has as much had us the morale to to ignore the government, move on to life in giving those areas which the government has sabotaged and criticized trial and behold, BITCOIN was one of a great event which the government never wanted us to know the true being of its development on how it could serve as alternative means to facilitate on making payments which is far better than the banking financial system that's centralized under their control and also the fact that it could enhance interpersonal financial upgrade which means it could as well serve as investment purposes with the potentials to enrichments.
The government never gave a damn about us as much as they feel unsafe if the masses could be confident, intellectually morals and self reliance to themselves.
It's obvious that the government is being jealous with the digital technology because the masses are comfortable with it due to the fact that BITCOIN is a self moderating digital assets by which numerous individuals do have their funds saved in the digital system productively holding for source of income as investment.
The governments now fights bitcoin and the cryptocurrencies in general because it's a decentralized non custodial digit system.
Since they failed in twisting the minds of the public that bitcoin was fake and scamming scheme, they've diverted to other dimension just to hinder the bitcoin investors and those vendors accepting bitcoin for payments with a allegedly claims that bitcoin is affecting the economy growth by having effect on the devaluing of the fiat.

I actually came up with this thread after I've put to considerations in researching why most of bitcoin Investors expresses their regrets of coming late to the bitcoin industry was because of the lies laideby our governments and also why the government is being against the non custodian financial system as bitcoin and the cryptocurrencies at large is because the government have in plan to economically imprison the people in the future but was unfortunate for them that one single individual known to be Satoshi Nakamoto came to deliver the world from such disasterous plans of the government to take control over treasures of the people.


OP, this is a long write up with Plethora of discussion within it. I agree with you to some extent about the fact that the African people at some point have been disenfranchised from setting information that has been going on, on the global stage. innovation and technological advancement most times comes to Africa at a later stage, however some people would say it is better late than never.  The present sanctions most government especially in Africa are throwing on cryptocurrency is basically because of the fact that they find it extremely difficult for them to use their Central Banks to control cryptocurrency, hence they decided to bring up this ideas of subtle policies that try to hinder the free flow or growth of cryptocurrency in some countries.
In as much as the government still try to hinder some of the activities of crypto enthusias, there has been a lot of African youths that have over the years built their own knowledge on cryptocurrency and other Innovations in technological advancement without the help of government. So i believe with time the knowledge so far acquired by this African youths will saturate across sub-saharan Africa.
202  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽ Premier League 2023/2024 Discussion Thread ⚽ on: May 13, 2024, 08:55:14 PM
The match is the last hope of Arsenal for Manchester City to drop points. It's a reasonable hope, because Tottenham have a good record against Manchester City in last few seasons. Tottenham have the importance to win the match, because they still want to keep their chance to play in Champions League next season. It's certainly a deciding game where the win of Manchester City will closing them to the title.

Both of the teams are under pressure to win, Manchester City have experiences in handling this kind of pressure, while Tottenham couldn't play their best performance when they play a crucial game. Aston Villa have a chance to drop points again as they have to face Liverpool tonight. If Aston Villa win, Tottenham's chance to play in Champions League next season will finally be over.

 
Tottenham will be one of the toughest opponents for Manchester city in rest match, currently Tottenham has a very big ambition to be able to play in the Champions League next season, currently Tottenham Hotspur still has a big chance of being able to shift Aston Villa's position in the top 4 at the moment. So of course they will try to win against Manchester City, but still expecting Manchester City to draw let alone lose is of course a difficult thing because Manchester City performance is currently in pretty good form, especially after Manchester City was knocked out of the Champions League, of course they will focus their attention on the English League trophy this season.

 However, I think Arsenal shouldn't have too much hope that Tottenham will be able to beat Manchester City in that the match, because as we know so far, the rivalry that has occurred between Arsenal and Tottenham has been more in terms of prestige, so far the rivalry that has occurred between Tottenham and Arsenal Of course it is possible that make tottenham will not try seriously to achieve victory in order to maintain their prestige and also the feelings of their fans if Arsenal can win the English League this season.

Liverpool are currently winning Aston villa 3-1. this victory will certainly Push Tottenham to at least get a win against Manchester city so they could get close to the top four, if Tottenham eventually win Manchester city which is highly unlikely, they will be behind Aston villa with just one point with two games remaining. More so, if Tottenham succeed in winning those remaining two games, it will definitely land them a place in the top four at the end of the season, else Aston villa will be maintain that fourth position. So the game between Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester City is more like a war of attrition, as both teams will seriously be at loggerahead with each other.
203  Local / Nigeria (Naija) / Re: If we had higher magnitude of Crypto adoptors and Literates in our society. on: May 13, 2024, 06:51:58 PM
Bitcoin has really been a conducive source by which we can process our financial transactions via P2P without the exchange to fiats just to process with the local transaction. And boycotting the barriers by which the government stood as blockage against the citizens and the Crypto exchange by ingnoring using the centralized exchange but making our payments directly on the p2p on non custodial network would had been a good alternative for us but the problem lyes on the quantity of citizens being literates with the digital financial system because as much as I know, there are much more number crypto illiterates in the society which would be a majority aspect for us.

I think this is the weak point where the government caught us captive, they understood that there are over emphasized illiterates in our society and the government are been adamant to structure an educative and civilized society atleast that it could impact to enhance human human resources and infrastructures.
This has in time made me felt like the governments are benefiting from the illiterate being of the people knowing that they do not know the DOs and the DON'Ts and how they can be audible to be defendant.
So if major of the masses in our society has adopted bitcoin or even having a reliable knowledge about it, I don't think if the government would had gone so far opposing the peoples wills over cryptocurrencies.

It's definitely uneasy but how can we as citizens educates ourselves virally because while hoping on the government for our wellbeings, things would keep going astray.
Is there a measure to conquer this government with our decisions over cryptocurrencies? Let's share some thoughts though it could be tough or even impossible. But no offence in trial and bringing of ideals.

OP, if I can understand you very well, your saying the government have been able to weaponize illiteracy, and also they've been putting out mechanisms and barriers to block the free flow of cryptocurrency activities in the country. So you're more like asking if there is a way we can conquer the government by educating ourselves on cryptocurrency.

First of all, cryptocurrency is decentralized digital asset, that is to say government or their central Banks don't control it, don't forget that government will always look for a way to fight whatever they cannot control, so that is why you see this sort of attacks and barriers they have been putting in place against cryptocurrency recently, however this effort they are putting does not have much bearing as it is an effort in futility.

For me I think the illiteracy on cryptocurrency for Nigerians over time the numbers will reduce, because recently we've seen an upsurge of youth that are involved in tech and other innovative skills that have brewed up, so I believe with time this growth will surely enhance to mitigate the literacy level we have on crypto.
204  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽ Premier League 2023/2024 Discussion Thread ⚽ on: May 13, 2024, 12:14:32 PM
Arsenal could have actually won by a bigger goal difference yesterday. Goal difference in general is really important for the championship indeed. In a situation with same points the final week is going to be really interesting to watch. Currently there is only a difference of three goals between Arsenal and Manchester City in the standings.

Manchester United were really desperate in that game and they are lucky about not conceding more goals. Arsenal wasted tons of opportunities. Havertz said that he would be one of the biggest Tottenham fans tomorrow.  Tongue  All Arsenal players and fans will be like that for sure.

They would have but Manchester United did not give them the privilege to score more than one goal and it was not an easy drive for them. Arsenal missed a lot of opportunities yesterday their attacks were weak and I was surprised those kinds of attacks were coming from Arsenal. Yeah,  the goal difference would have given them a good advantage against us but since it did not turn out that way, arsenal is not interested in the title because I know it is going to be a good game for us against Tottenham. For now, Arsenal is still leading with a goal difference of two, It is a strong competition between the two, and we are going to miss football season. Even though last season was not as interesting as this, from the beginning, clubs were already on fire, and when they were in the middle, the whole game changed and it was a rapid flip that happened.
You echoed my mind, Manchester United where just unlucky in terms of their inability to score, if not ordinarily Manchester United forced arsenal backwards with the way they played. No doubt about the fact that Arsenal missed a lot of chance, so did Manchester United. The goal difference was a dangerous one for arsenal because if United where able to score just one, that would have been the end of the season for the gunners in terms of the title race.
This season is a bit competitive compared to last season, but we are almost in similar situation as last season too, where Arsenal had to relinquish powers to Manchester City, and for what is worth, it's looking like history wants to repeat itself.
205  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽ Premier League 2023/2024 Discussion Thread ⚽ on: May 12, 2024, 04:36:34 PM
This Manchester United team that has showed up today is playing a very impressive game such that Arsenal  has been put under pressure & limiting their attacking  chances, and if they played like this every weekend I don't think United would have been far back from the top four club's. Btw, if you ask me United look hungry to stop Arsenal from getting an easy 3 points that would push them closer to the EPL title but let's see how this goes...

Edit :

Arsenal found the back of the net, now we have a game on our hands...
I totally agree with you, Manchester United have been on the attacking side, putting arsenal under undue pressure, this is something I haven't seen in a while from the gunners . There is these Manchester United youngster called amad that has been dribbling incredibly from the right wing and creating little chances for united but yet they've not been able to get to the back of the net. However a lot of people believe that this is a home game and it will be ideal for united to at least get a draw. Arsenal are on the another hand a team that has known how to perfect their goal scoring pattern, they've so far maintained a 1-0 win for this first half in a game that looks as if they're struggling to get up on their feet.
206  Economy / Economics / Re: Oil producing countries experiencing hardship. on: May 11, 2024, 07:02:54 PM
Crude is one of the most valuable natural resources in the world but if you look around many oil producing states are facing serious economic challenges. Before now crude used to be valuable and made many countries wealthy but now nothing like that again. Is it that these natural resources are not enough to keep us going?

Hydro and electricity is making crude to become irrelevant that is why it is not bringing much value,  and people still depend on crude.
Crude oil and its by-product are still very much valuable in any part of the world, for any country that is facing economic challenge that has crude oil, check very well there is something behind it, Saudi Arabia and Qatar and some countries in the world that have crude oil are doing very well with it. Even as most countries want to move away from fossil engine's, the crude oil and its by-product products are still sold in the international market on a substantial amount.  Op, if you know any country in the world that have crude oil and are not doing well except for corrupt countries, please mention them to me?
207  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024 on: May 11, 2024, 06:30:25 PM
Nottm Forest vs Chelsea

Lineups

Nottm Forest — Sels; Montiel, Boly, Murillo, Niakhaté, Aina; Gibbs-White, Yates(C), Danilo, Hudson-Odoi; Wood.

Chelsea — Petrovic; Chalobah, Thiago Silva, Badiashile, Cucurella; Caicedo, Gallagher(C); Madueke, Palmer, Mudryk; Jackson.
Forest has been handful and with an incredible play against Chelsea in the first half, for a team that is fighting itself out of relegation the result as it stands 1:1 it's a much favourable one for Nottingham Forest than it is to Chelsea. Chelsea would have to buckle up for the next 45minutrs to make sure they don't drop a point in this game to be able to have a place in the European league next season, losing a point right now can be detrimental to that.

If the game has to end with this result or Chelsea having to lose to Nottingham Forest then Newcastle, Chelsea's rival for the European places next season on the table who are sitting at the 6th position with 57pts above Chelsea with 55pts will have a much advantage of qualifying for next season.


The game has been full of mixed feelings as both teams have been on each others neck as Chelsea just made it 3-2 after a 2-2 equaliser.
The match is even more intriguing much more than i thought earlier. Nottingham forest team have been playing very well but they lack the composure to maintain a lead, for a game they've been winning 2-1, Chelsea were able to equalize and still extend their lead within 3 minutes, that shows that Nottingham forest defence lack the ability to withstand pressure, because there's this pressure that usually come from your opponent whenever you're winning,  so if you're defense line does not compose themselves very well, you will see that the opponent will immediately equalize.  that is the composure that I feel Nottingham forest don't have.
208  Local / Nigeria (Naija) / Re: Is bitcoin still stronger than stocks? on: May 11, 2024, 03:52:02 PM
Everybody has he's or her own. the main issue of cryptocurrenqcies these days can be either stable for a long period of time, or they can stay highly volatile for a long period of time. Nowadays, cryptos are more stable than stocks, but I don't think it will be a very long-lasting trend, because all traders are familiar with cryptos. this comparison can be determined only by a thorough technical analysis or a fundamental one if we talk about long-term intentions.
I don't really know how the stock market works, but I think cryptocurrency has much wider reach and is more appealing to the youths of this generation and even investors than stock. Cryptocurrency decentralized nature especially bitcoin gives it a different aura, because people will ordinarily want to invest in a sector that has value and for their investment to also increase in value for long-term as long as the volatility is not too much . As for stock i heard the volatility is on the high side and the knowledge behind it is totally different from cryptocurrency.
209  Other / Off-topic / Re: Why do people lose in gambling and still go ahead and bet more? on: May 10, 2024, 08:45:19 PM
I've a friend of mine who always complain that ever since he started gambling he haven't won a good amount, instead he'll be winning less money than what he expected but he can't stop. So I'm asking what do you suggest he should do at this case. For me I told him that he should know that gambling it's a game of risk and luck, but with the constant betting you might win the amount you've at mind someday. So what are your suggestions towards this.
If he has been winning less amount of money, then he should stop compiling games that will end up making him win little amount, for him to even win less amount, it then means he has the potential to win big, because there are thousands of people that haven't even won that little he has been winning. So my take is for him to either increase his stake given how lucky he has been in winning little amount, so a high stake will give him leverage to win big too.
Every gambler has his day, and it will come unannounced, so he should keep on keeping on because in gambling, consistency is the key.
210  Local / Nigeria (Naija) / Re: Dem Oga at the Top Talk Say Crypto Machines Fit Spoil Economy on: May 10, 2024, 04:12:34 PM
Na today I confirm say our oga dem at the top no sabi anything about crypto currency. When we talk about crypto currency, all dem sabi be say e nor good. And i nor go blame dem. The CBN governor don already say na crypto spoil our naija economy and with wetin dem don do to Binance and wetin dem dey plan do to P2P, i nor sure say light dey the end of this tunnel at all.

Make e nor be like say I dey talk too much, recently our customs intercept some items wey dem hand over to the Nigerian Army. Normally, all these kind news nor concern me, but na as dem mention say dem seize crypto mining machine na there I come put my ear down. Wetin burst my head wey make me talk say these people dey display their ignorance for the whole na say, the custom oga wey seize talk say, the cryptocurrency machine, him nor even talk say na mining maching , him say e fit cause damage to the economy.

I transrcibe that part:
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...and then these are the cryptocurrency machines and their wallets they are so tiny you may think they are nothing but they can do a lot of har to the Nigerian economy...
https://x.com/AIT_Online/status/1788686059301175449

My pipo wetin we go call this one biko nu...how crypto mining machines go fit to casue harm our Naija economy abeg?

Las las sha, dem talk say anything wey person nor understand, na so e go dey fight am.
I'm not surprise, most of those custom officers are of the analogue age, a lot of them just take whatever the government says hook line and sinker without going to do research on their own, there's a narrative the CBN has painted crypto, making it seem as if is something that is absurd and can damage an economy, just imagine a situation where the custom officer is calling a hardware wallet, crypto mining machine. that tells you that he doesn't understand what crypto is all about, if not do Nigeria have the electricity to even mine crypto. The CBN is doing themselves a great disservice by running along with this negative narrative on cryptocurrency, which is why you see custom officers making a headline news of crypto mining machine which obviously means he doesn't understand what he has at hand.
211  Economy / Speculation / Re: Buy BTC sold for 16 BTC-1 mil USD on: May 10, 2024, 08:51:12 AM

The main problem in early stages will be

A lot of people knowing each other driving the price of a few specific items and creating higher prices for them… then a unknowing person buying at a to high price for a worthless piece being stuck to it… but yeah DYOR and buy what you deem worthy I guess
Actually, this is the only scheme, and not only a lot of people knowing each other, but often just only one person, acting with different wallets.
Market rigging at its bests, like good old times in traditional markets.
This does works and the target can be completely clueless on what’s been done. That’s why auctions could be a madman’s den at times. Insane prices could go for just any piece from a famous dead guy who wasn’t very good in art or have an item featured in a famous battle or been to certain places.

Then the collectioneur at heart... just collecting things they really appreciate and by buying giving things a value... Could be discussed, but by bidding and buying they set a standard for certain objects ... This also makes other pieces more valuable. Some people collecting stuff really appreciate it and they are happy with owning it and owning piece of that history. It's charming some people just are so interested that they wanna hold such specific things...
More and more searches are lunched to getting these antiques, get it dated and there it goes with the price for collectors to pick it up. You wonder why they don’t keep ot for themselves or have it as a national treasure, which goes for some antiques and the nation of origin.

Well, am not a collector so I wouldn’t know, don’t see how am supposed to be amused with having this 16BTC in an item hanging somewhere if I don’t get to make money off it although, some of these could serve a means to preserve wealth and that’s only if you can be able to resale if need arises.


That's just the point bro, if it's that's treasurable why didn't they kept it for themselves? These people knows how most of the rich thinks, and especially when the goods in question is being auctioned, they knows that their are crazy fellow out their that would just want to outbid everyone, just to prove his or her financial superiority among his or her pairs, and most times it's something that would not be useful or productive too them.

That's why I really do believe that this particular purchase is all about ego, the person that bought it just want to be among that very few people in the world who has the capacity to pull such a move, because I don't think he is going to make any tangible money out of it.
I disagree with you that is about ego, you don't cherry pick what you think is worth something to yourself and to somebody else. What you feel has value might not be seen as value to somebody else, and that is nature for you. let me even ask you, if those things you think have value where not having monetary attachment to them, whether the amount is big or small, do you think you will see those things as something of value, take for instance a diamond, which we all refer to as the precious stone, what if there is no monetary attachment to a diamond, would you still see it as something worthy of value?.
However My point is, people give monetary value to what they feel they're attached to, irrespective of what the world will think.
212  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24 on: May 09, 2024, 09:07:59 PM
I personally am also curious about what Madrid will do when this season ends. Of course we won't know what Madrid will do in the future.
but if, for example, Mbappe comes in and becomes a Real Madrid player, it will certainly make Real Madrid stronger and it will certainly be difficult for any team next season to face Real Madrid if Mbappe becomes a Real Madrid player because Mbappe is a player mainstay in PSG.
There is nothing for Real Madrid to do in the coming season because they have just beaten Bayern Munich with a score of 2-1 meaning that the aggregate win is 4-3 for Real Madrid's victory and they deserve to enter the Champions League Final. Don't wait to see who the opponent will be.  opponents in the Final, Real Madrid have not yet made a choice or discussed what they will do next season, but they must first focus on the Final match because they have won the La Liga title and it's time to focus on the Champions League, regarding new players like me.  With the current players, Real Madrid can still rely on their strikers without having to bring Mbappe to Real Madrid.
I think if they are going to fight for the best, they will definitely need a player like Mbappe. Endrick will also join the team next year. As a young and potential attacking player, I am sure that he will fulfill his potential at Real Madrid. I'm sure he will reach the top level like Vinicius Jr. Real Madrid has already created its squad for the next 10 years.
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Well for me, so far so good for real Madrid, i think they have had a good season so far after surviving Manchester city in the champions league,  a team which in my own opinion is the only team better than real madrid judging from how they play and how they played against real Madrid but right now it is glaring clear that Real have shown their unique character by securing a place in the UCL finals after missing out last season to Manchester City. Talking about kylian Mbappé, I think he a very exceptional player who is gonna add a lot to the squad if he comes in as speculated, though I think he doesn't have much to prove because he has already done that with the French national football team and with PSG and i think he is gonna bring a lot of quality to the Madrid side if this transfer works out.
213  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024 on: May 09, 2024, 07:49:20 PM
We should regards every single presence of competitive clubs because the chances of Manchester City and Arsenal winning the EPL are 50/50. Alot comes with varying levels and competitive strength exerted. Arsenal and Liverpool will continue to battle because there's absolutely no rest for these players. We know Spurs to be a burden for Pep Guardiola when it comes to EPL meetings. But this time around, the odds of winning belongs to Pep Guardiola and Manchester City.
For Man City, perhaps playing against Fullham and West Ham will be an easier match compared to the match against Tottenham. And yes, the only team that can give Man City difficulties in the remaining matches this season is only Tottenham. But sometimes West Ham can also surprise us. So yeah, nothing can be underestimated in the match at the end of the season. Especially Tottenham who have lost points in the last 4 matches. Of course they don't want to lose more in the remaining matches. But still Man City will be the favorite. In fact, I prefer to bet on Man City. Tottenham still has a chance to overtake Aston Villa in the standings. But the problem is that this can be done if Tottenham wins all the remaining matches and hopes that Aston Villa loses all the remaining matches.
If not for uncertainty that is attached to football, it's easy to say Manchester City will literally win those three matches remaining, even the Tottenham that is seen as a contender, they are full of inconsistencies lately.  A lot of people are already seeing it that Manchester city are the likely winners of the title, because they seem not to see the team that will stop them.

It's not possible for Tottenham to win all their remaining matches, at best they might draw against Manchester city which will still make Aston villa still ahead of them, 7 points difference is a lot of margin, so it will be safe to say Aston villa will be ahead of them not matter how the outcome might be.
214  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Season on: May 09, 2024, 05:05:51 PM
These games are completely different. Players have different limits and while Real Madrid would be better at playing consistently over the course of a season, anything can happen on such an evening. Odds for Dortmund to win the game are around 5.0, but it is indeed hard to believe that Dortmund can win it in regular time. But see how they eliminated Atletico Madrid and PSG and of course they will need some luck, but isn't it the same for Real Madrid? Seeing the referee taking away that goal from Bayern Munich was kind of lucky. Everyone thought they would lose that game and then Manuel Neuer makes an unbelievable mistake. It is all part of the game.
Yeah the chance is still there.

We shouldn't forget in the last season, Manchester City was completely humiliate any opponents, but when they face Inter in the final match, it's actually 50/50 match and Manchester City only scored one goal.

Dortmund on other hand, is really confident after they beat PSG two times. If Dortmund can get the trophy, this would be a honor to Reus.
With the way Real Madrid played yesterday and won the match at the dying minutes to extra time, is the same way they will put up all their seriousness on the final day to make sure that they win the trophy. PSG is not as strong as Real Madrid, and it was Dortmund fate this season that they will be playing in the finals, if not PSG played better than them but they were unlucky and that is why you see that their balls was hitting the goal post in both first and second leg of the matches. That luck will not be on Dortmund side on the finals but rather it will be on R.Madrid side.
The final between Real Madrid Vs Dortmund will be an interesting game to watch, Dortmund are very fierce with their defensive pattern of play, I don't want to see them as underdog, I'm seeing them as equal contenders with Madrid, However Real Madrid shouldn't make the mistake of looking down on them, because that will be their greatest undoing. for me i see Borussia Dortmund as more of threat than Bayern Munich given the way they play.

PSG didn't make use of the opportunities they had, both from the first leg and the second, while Dortmund were using the tiniest opportunity given to them, they struggled to maintain a one goal victory in the first leg, and PSG couldn't even make an equaliser, unfortunately for PSG they still lost 2-0 at home, with so many missed opportunities to score and equalise the game.
215  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Season on: May 08, 2024, 09:36:49 PM
Nearly half time and still 0-0. Like the 1st leg there’s not much between the two teams, a proper chess match tonight.

I wouldn’t be surprised if this goes all the way to penalties.
My friend was telling me earlier today that Madrid is going to trash Bayern Munich carelessly. I told him that it was what I thought in the first leg, but since after the first leg, I realised that this is semi finals, that any team can win. Right now it is becoming obvious to him that anything can happen. This is because the match has ended first half and there is no single goal from either team.

I must confess that this is a great first half. Even when Gnabry was substitute because of injury, I thought the momentum will drop but Davis surprised me and still kept on the momentum. Let's see what the second half has for us, but I think PK shoot out might not be in view here.
For Bayern Munich not to concede a goal against Real Madrid in Santiago Bernabeu means that Bayern Munich is pulling out a good performance, which has made it hard for Real Madrid to score easily against Bayern Munich. I thought by now Real Madrid could be leading Bayern Munich, but I am surprised to see Real Madrid finding it hard to score against Bayern Munich. I believe Real Madrid will score against Bayern Munich before the end of the match.
Alphonso Davies that came in for Gnarby when he was injured has broken the deadlock on the 68th minutes with a super strike to give Bayern the lead.

Damn it, Madrid just scored but the goal has been canceled because Nacho was holding the neck of his opponent inside the 18 yard box before the cross.

RMA 0-1 BAY
AGG  2-3
Hala Madrid!
I was afraid when Davies gave Bayern Munich the lead against Real Madrid in the 68th minute. I said to myself, how would Bayern Munich knock out Real Madrid from the semi-final to set up a final with Borussia Dortmund? But thanks to Joselu's late goals, which helped Real Madrid beat Bayern Munich 2-1 and qualify for this season's UEFA Champions League finals with Borussia Dortmund.
I had the same feelings too, the way Bayern played this particular leg really gave Madrid a tough time, when Madrid first equalised that 1-1 that was later disallowed as a foul, I felt it was over for Madrid, but then their tenacity to Push harder brought them this far, Thomas Tuchel made a mistake when he removed, Kane and some other player just to replace them with defenders when Bayern where leading that 1-0, they change actually made them to have more pressure as Kane was really helping to force the attack Madrid, thereby keeping players like Rudiger busy at the back.
216  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Season on: May 08, 2024, 09:17:51 PM
Never even worried  Grin


HALA MADRID.
 Bayern Munich tried, at some point in the game I almost lost hope that Madrid will not win again, but thankfully we came out successful.
It wasn't an easy win but, we scaled through. Bayern played so extremely well even more than the way they played in their home ground, but Madrid kept on pushing on because of the experience players they had.
217  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Season on: May 08, 2024, 05:00:32 PM
Unfortunately, once again my prediction was not right.
I was expecting to see a much better performer from PSG and I was hoping to see PSG winning this match against Dortmund since they are playing at home and they had much better and more expensive players.
This way PSG could be in the Champions League final match for the first time and this could be a great achievement for them and specifically for this coach Enrique. But it seems Mbappe's last chance to be in the final match with PSG fails and he will leave the team without any Champions League achievements.
However, one good reason for Dortmund to have this good performance was the great defensive performance they had against PSG.



I think not only your prediction but many people out there are also wrong in their predictions because the home match will likely give PSG more motivation to show that they really deserve to be in the final like several seasons ago, especially since they are only one goal behind, that can be seen It's easy for PSG to catch up and even take the lead in this match, but you can see that they played as well as possible but strangely the 30 attempts they had all failed.

For Dortmund, this was certainly a surprise because they were not a team that was taken into account from the group phase because since the group phase they were already in a tough group with AC Milan and also PSG, but in fact, since the group phase, Dortmund became a fairly stable team so that they finally made it to the final.
Maybe their surprise will continue in the final? because whoever their opponents will be, Dortmund are still not the favorites to become champions.
For Dortmund to have survived in that tough group, it should tell you that they are a good team with a public view of being an underdog. Since the group stage, they've been coordinated with their style of play, they don't have players that are widely known, the team is more of a conglomeration of average players with one mindset.

PSG on the other hand played fantastically, they pushed for goals, they created opportunities to score, they literally pressured Dortmund the whole of that game, no doubt they deserve a draw at least, but it was just so unfortunate that the opportunities  mbappé and dembele had didn't just get through to the net, for me I think it was more of hard luck for Paris Saint Germain.
218  Local / Nigeria (Naija) / Re: [Bitcoin] List the exchange that offer p2p on: May 08, 2024, 04:17:10 PM
Here a list of exchanges based on my research. It may not be accurate tho but from my experience and information gathered.

EXCHANGE REQUIREMENTS REMARKS
Binance Compulsory KYC P2P Removed
Huobi Compulsory KYC P2P Removed
OKex OKX Compulsory KYC P2P Removed
NairaEx Compulsory KYC According to claims P2P Available Never used before
Paxful Compulsory KYCP2P Available Beware of Scammers
Mexc Exchange KYC required for trading [for registration KYC not required] P2P Available
Bybit Compulsory KYC P2P Available
Kucoin Compulsory KYC P2P Available [Best for now]
Bybarter No Required KYC P2P Available


One thing is certain that no matter the effort the government put to regulate of destroy what has been they only will end up creating more opportunities because a lot of people await to see their next action to provide a solution.

This thing way government dey do now, na to open more opportunities for more exchange companies, because e go make more people to seek for alternative, and in doing that, they are literally opening doors for more exchange we didn't know before that they existed.
My advise is that, you shouldn't even wait to see the next action of this government, because we know that all these policies is to stifle crypto activities, but the good news is, we are always two steps ahead of them.
I agree with you that kucoin is the best for now.
219  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Season on: May 07, 2024, 09:20:05 PM
PSG haven't been dangerous enough so far in the way they have built their attacks. They certainly played attacking from the start, but so far they haven't found the goal they were looking for even though there were several good opportunities in the first half. Dembele, Mbappe and the others still failed to take advantage of this opportunity properly, the rest of the performance of Dortmund's defenders still made it difficult for PSG to score goals.

Dembele had to lower his ambition a little when in front of Kobel. If it is still possible to pass the ball to a colleague who is standing away, do not immediately kick from a narrow direction.
Earlier Dembele's opportunity could have resulted in a goal if he passed to Zaire-Emery with one or two touches.
PSG's courage to kick hard against Dortmund's goal was good.

PSG must be careful with Dortmund's counterattacks. Ademeyi was too fast for Marquinhos.
If Donnarumma is not ready, several times like what happened in the first half will result in goals.

I favor PSG to win this match. You?

I think PSG has been good in attack but unfortunately, Dortmund's defense is also playing well and disciplined and that way, it is still difficult for PSG to be able to score in this match. I'm just worried, when PSG is focusing on attacking and suddenly Dortmund counterattacks and if this happens perfectly, then it is very possible that Dortmund is able to score first in this match. But yes, maybe in the second half there is a good change that might make PSG succeed in making a goal but if PSG fails to win in this match then it is evident, PSG is still not strong enough to qualify because Dormtund is also still playing with 11 players in this match.
I agree with you, Dortmund where very disciplined with their defensive technique and where able to use it to their own advantage, it was more of a counter attack formation where everybody falls back to defend and also force the attack when there is an opportunity.
I overheard somebody seating next to me as we where watching the game saying, don't be surprised that Dortmund will continue looking like an underdog till they will lift the trophy. I said to him, well this is football, anything can happen, however Dortmund have really tried to have come this far.
PSG actually played a fantastic game, they had lots and lots of opportunity to equalize the game, but hard luck was there greatest undoing in these encounter.
220  Economy / Speculation / Re: Buy the DIP, and HODL! on: May 07, 2024, 12:03:15 PM
I just entered this topic for about an hour, and I will start looking at the details from today. But I have been looking at this topic for an hour with ideas and my mind is useful enough to invest. I will start investing according to everyone's idea and make my investment long term.  Because everyone here says long term investment is only more profitable, I will definitely show you the scenario of investing with proof from the day I start investing. So I am interested enough to invest now.
There's no need to show us proof of your bitcoin investment when you start investing in bitcoin because it isn't advisable to show your bitcoin online so that you will not be attacked. If you invest with everyone's ideas, you will not hold your bitcoin for a long term because you will not have enough money left to take care of your unforeseen problems. As a newbie, I will advise you to invest in bitcoin with the DCA strategy so that you will be accumulating bitcoin and also take care of your emergencies as they arise. The DCA strategy will help to control the volatile part of bitcoin in your portfolio and also control your emotions in deciding when to buy bitcoin. With the DCA strategy, you can also buy bitcoin even if the price is increasing or decreasing.
To get something good we have to do the right thing at the right time. Every dip is a golden opportunity to buy bitcoins. “You can't afford to invest a lot of money at once?” No problem, you invest using the DCA method. Remember that, it is possible to earn big from Bitcoin, when our investment Portfolio  is high, and this investment Portfolio, we should grow as much as possible with each dip of Bitcoin. The higher our investment Portfolio, the higher the earning potential.

I divide my fund into three parts, first part I will invest, second part I will save for later investment, and third part emergency fund. Emergency fund is what I keep in case I invest and I don't have to sell the investment if I face danger. Because I don't earn normally, I am currently studying, so what I have saved for investment is the money taken from my parents for tiffin and some special purpose. I keep funds strictly for my most urgent needs and to meet the basic needs of people.


What you said is actually a good thing, but you need to understand that in Bitcoin investment, it's very important to have a source of income that keeps you going, because if it's from the money for upkeep from your parents that you divided and use part of it to invest, it will definitely be unsustainable on the longer run, because I believe that the emergency fund you are talking about wouldn't be enough to weather the storm when in serious financial needs, and that may compel you to temper with your investment, so it's best you have a source of income.

Another thing why I said so is that, like 20% of your income will be enough to invest in Bitcoin, and the remaining 80% can take care of your emergency funds and other expenses, but this investment plan you are using will definitely not be sustainable on the longer run.

As a student that is not working allocating 20 percent from the money het gets from his parents might just be too much, he needed to allocate a more conservative percentage of  about 5 to 10 percent in to Bitcoin and use the rest for his other needs so that he can be accumulating Bitcoin without stress or seeing it as a burden or struggling as a student that is no working but depends on his parents. However it is better to comfortablely go wimpy without struggling thou it will take a longer period of time to arrive at a good size of Bitcoin which is better than being a no coiner.
I agree with you on the percentage range the student should be alloting to his bitcoin accumulation, given the fact that his parents are still sorting his bills. Academic work comes with a lot of financial responsibilities, you should be able to strike a balance between what you have to spend on your day to day routine as a student and the amount you keep for your investment. Bitcoin investment is not sprint but a marathon race, which allows you time to accumulate little by little over time.
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