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201  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: After Joining as a beginner what keeps you going on this forum? on: May 05, 2024, 03:21:21 PM
We have experienced that. Not everyone but most beginners who are real beginners to Bitcoin. I remembered too many conversations going o in the different boards that I didn't know how to keep up. What kept me going was the community of friends who i know outside of the forum. We discussed about the forum, we talked about Bitcoin, we talked about the different boards and as time when on I started to get the hang of it. At the beginning I did a lot of asking questions especially from people in my circle who had been here long time. And simply seeing that they grew up the ranks was both an internal and external motivation for me.
You know what, having community of friends who share common interests and goals is really an advantage that will help you to become more motivated to stay longer in the forum, despite of how complex and broad the discussions inside the forum. Surely your stay in the forum will be more productive and worth all the reading and sleepless nights.

However, for me, I would not lie but aside from the consistent learning I get to acquire every now and then, I'm also more eager to be active in the forum because of the decent profits I earned from the signature campaign. Although it's not that huge but to be honest, it's really helping a lot to sustain my family's needs. Indeed, big thanks to bitcointalk forum.
202  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Why do casinos require users to verify their identity through a KYC policy? on: May 05, 2024, 11:59:58 AM
So with that, it's also challenging to ensure that the gambler is the person who verified his KYC. I haven't verified in a casino yet but in other platform such us exchange or our local wallet, there's this selfie with my ID when I verified, like a live selfie, so I guess that woudl help if the casino will implement the same procedure.

In casino KYC, You only need to upload the Valid ID and the selfie holding ID for the basic KYC. But there’s some instances which casino requires video interview, financial report, address verification and other requirements depending on the intensity of the case on the account.

This enhance verifications is only for those whale/high wager players that has a huge profit involved. Normal player like us probably will only need up to selfie verification because that’s what the casino needs to verify an identity.

It has destroyed our privacy because of that KYC, but do we have a choice? None, most casinos top, actually the top casinos including the popular here in the forum are alre regulated, hence KYC is just a basic requirement that everyone has to comply sooner or later. My personal experience in gambling is fine because I don't submit an ID or went through a KYC process like you mention, but I still enjoy gambling and that's the beauty of crypto casino.

I think if we compare crypto and fiat casino, in fiat casino, you need to pass the KYC first before you are allowed to gamble, but on crypto casino, making an account is instant, and you can just pass the KYC later when you are already oblige. 
203  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: The reason why you shouldn't force someone to invest in bitcoin. on: May 05, 2024, 10:45:26 AM
In general, I think that it is never a good idea to force someone to invest, whether in Bitcoin or in any other field, if it is not of their complete will and choice.

There are many reasons, but the most important of them is that if he does not like Bitcoin, he will inevitably fail. The reason for the success of any thing is love and belief in what you are doing, and if this person does not have faith in Bitcoin, he will fail.

Finally, if the investment succeeds, he will be happy, but if it fails, he will hold you fully responsible, and problems will arise between you, and you do not know how all this will end. Therefore, it is better not to force anyone to invest.
Doing that is against your will and interest is clearly injustice. You would not want to do things that is against your passion. Even if it means investing in bitcoin, still it won’t guarantee success if in the long run the investor itself loses his emotional control and quickly resort into panic selling, that will definitely fall into a huge loss. This is why I don’t force someone to invest in bitcoin and ride with the hype knowing that this type of investment is risky and dangerous, most particularly for those who are investing only without prior knowledge but only greed for quick profits.
204  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2024 NBA Season on: May 05, 2024, 07:47:10 AM
Minnesota is likely the only team in the West that has a chance at taking out Denver. Lakers kept games close, but they just weren't consistent enough to take the champs out. I would like to see this series go 7 games for the simple fact that those will be 7 really good games. Anthony Edwards is electric to watch, super explosive, and an all around awesome player. Combine that with Jokic and his amazing skills and you have a hell of a series.
I'm hoping to see a game 7 because I have my money on the Minnesota. However, I think aside from Minnesota, I think the Dallas Mavericks are also capable of beating the Nuggets. In fact, I have my money as well on the Dallas to beat the OKC in the series. Of the teams in the West now so far, I like the Dallas more because of uncle Drew, he is healthy and been playing unbelievably well, and with Luka, for sure they can compete to any team that are still not out in the playoffs now.
205  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2022–23 PBA Commissioner's Cup on: May 05, 2024, 06:49:55 AM
It's Sunday, a day for Ginebra as it's expected that the fans will come.

On our first game, we have the TNT vs Magnolia,  both teams needs to win for positioning especially for TNT who loss on their last game. However, by saying that it doesn't mean that I'll be betting on them. I saw their weakness on the last game so I'm rooting for Magnolia here to win.

The betting spread are as follows.

TNT +1.5
Magolia -1.5

The 2nd game, it's NLEX vs Ginebra, and Ginebra is slightly favored by -3.5
206  Economy / Economics / Re: Take care of your money and learn to save. on: May 04, 2024, 09:20:51 PM
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The amount of money that we are earning now is divided into several parts and the remaining money is the money but if we want we can invest or save so that if there is a financial crisis in the future but this saved money will support us well.  

We must be careful about money, if you are careful about money then there is no problem if people call you stingy because some people's job is to say bad things about others.
Get used to living with a frugal lifestyle, so you can always have money in your pocket.  Apart from that, try not to attract too much attention from other people, you will only make things difficult for yourself because it's true what you said, money brings people closer and keeps people away.  don't brag and don't show off, keep a low profile, and also don't be too light-hearted towards everyone, see who is worthy of your help, because there are many people out there who you don't need to help, they are fraudsters.
Exactly. Don’t try to live to impress other people and spend all your money for them, that is a very wrong mindset. Instead, learn to live low key and live a simple life, that way you will know the true people around you as they’ll remain no matter what, with or without money.

However, saving is of high necessity. And for you to be able to save a lot, make a good investment. When it succeed, you will have a lot of profits on the table which will help you live a comfortable life in the future.
207  Economy / Trading Discussion / Re: Invest To Learning First on: May 04, 2024, 08:38:05 PM
Investing will never be risk free and finding 100% sure investments is pretty unlikely. But it does not mean that all investment opportunities are sketchy. Actually if you look and study carefully, you can find low risk investments that are established and very good for investments. Then as you learn more about how the market works, you can start learning about taking on high risk investments that might give you bigger rewards.

Having the basic knowledge of any investment you want to start is one of the major thing someone to do anytime they want to enter a specific business, and that is the only way to be successful trader or investor, because there is no way they will be able to manage the risk associated with investment without knowing the knowledge of where they want to invest in to. So before someone earn they need to learn. However, when it comes to comes to taking risk in a business, someone’s have to be very careful about this, because that is what will make someone to take care of their investment, and get profit from it.
Being knowledgeable should be necessary in order to succeed any investment and overcome all its risks. Otherwise, you will be clueless on how you will run your business and will certainly put your business at risk if you have no stock knowledge or experience about the business or investment you are into. This is why some individuals manage to study first or even enroll in some universities so they can be highly knowledgeable on the investment they are planning to build. Through that way, there will be high chances for the business to succeed in the long run.
208  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2024 NBA Season on: May 04, 2024, 01:17:00 PM
New poll for Western Conference Finals. Don't forget to vote.

With the exception of the Cavs - Magic matchup which went to Game 7, the second round is set. The Dallas Mavericks beat the Los Angeles Clippers 4-2. Doncic and Kyrie step up. Let's see if they can keep it up against the Thunder.
The Timberwolves - Nuggets matchup is like a Western final. Edwards' biggest test will be against Jokic. The Celtics are the heavy favorites in the East, but all 3 teams in the West have a good chance.

I voted for the Nuggets vs Thunder in the finals. For me even though that the Thunder are a young team vs the experience of Irving and they have Luka, the Thunder for me is the more complete team, and it's only Kyrie and Luka who are doing the damage.

Thunder had SGA and then they have a good center in Chet plus other role players that fits perfectly in their system. But the series might be very close and OKC winning in 7 games hard and grueling series.

Sorry bro but I beg to disagree. I agree with you that the Thunder is a good team but I've seen their games before when SGA was out, they are not the same team anymore. At least the Dallas Mavericks have two superstars that could carry the team, and they have an improved defense as well.

I just checked on the betting odds now, Dallas is slowly catching up although OKC is still a slight favorite than Dallas in winning the WCF, that's between the two only as there's Nuggets and Wolves at the 1 and 2 respectively.
209  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2022–23 PBA Commissioner's Cup on: May 04, 2024, 12:39:00 PM
66-82 now entering in the fourth quarter, I'm not expecting a come back.

Just almost a comeback, SMB had a big run in the fourth quarter, Meralco got lucky they were able to hold on but winning only by 3 points. They gave up their big lead, if that was a very important game by the SMB, I'm sure they'll win that game. Anyway, since it's a no bearing game for SMB, that's fine for them and good for Meralco as their ranking have improve.

Great game by Hodge, 20 points in this game, actually I'm surprise as I don't see him score this a lot, he is just so focus with his tireless defense but great he had that conribution, and not only that, he also grabbed 13 rebounds.
210  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Accumulating Bitcoin or trading Bitcoin which is more wise to do. on: May 03, 2024, 09:59:29 PM
That depends on where you feel more confident and comfortable of doing. Hodling might be less risky but hodling does not seem so easy just like others are speculating. You need to have a good control of your emotions for you not to break down when prices are suddenly going least of your expectation. That’s just normal in a volatile market like crypto, so expect that there will be more price correction all throughout. Just like trading, patience is a necessity. If you don’t have a good management of it, both hodling and trading will never be successful but will only leave you with a lot of losses and frustrations.
211  Economy / Trading Discussion / Re: Trading Leverage on: May 03, 2024, 09:12:31 PM
In life, leverage is good as it helps to help us accomplish a goal faster. But in trading, leverage in trading is clearly a bad deal. It messes things up for both the traders and the market. So my question is why do exchanges still offer them. They keep pushing it to traders like favourite snack?
When running up a business, then of course you would really be offering something that brings out advantage for you as a business owner.  Grin

And at the same time brings out the best advantage for those who are well-experienced traders as they can enhance their potential to make profits. So it’s actually a win-win scenario for both. But if you are still learning the process of trading, I suggest to avoid using leverage because it will only push your trading capital at an instant loss. However, for exchanges, they will always stick to what they’ll give them the best of their profits.
212  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2024 NBA Season on: May 03, 2024, 03:21:40 PM

But I still think that Denver with their experience will be enough to win the series for them. In crunch time, they will used their IQ and not sure how ANT can be in those crucial minutes of the game and I'm seeing him not able to response if they need to score big, in my opinion.

They know how to handle such situations because they already came from multiple failures and successfully converted them into real experiences and used them against their opponents as we can see throughout the years, they always get to the NBA playoffs and finally won the championship last year, they're the defending champion and already demolished their opponents in the first round, the Timberwolves should have some unique tactics to win against them or else the Joker and his teammates will execute them as well just like the Lakers.

Very well said, it's not just about the line up that the Wolves are bigger than the Nuggets because that line up was already built in the past seasons but they didn't even reach the playoffs, or if they do they have exited early. The Nuggets have been consistent, and last year, they won the championship easily, so I doubt they will easily fall to the mighty Nuggets.

Jokic is very professional, he is always in business as usual and playing with 100% concentration, so he cannot be intimidated as he had already experience this before. Chemistry is still the key for the Nuggets success, and as long as they have that, it's not easy to beat them.
213  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2022–23 PBA Commissioner's Cup on: May 03, 2024, 02:33:11 PM
Games resumes today, and we have two games as usual.

4:30 PM
Magnolia vs DYIP

7:30 PM
NLEX vs Rain or shine.

It's parlay time for me, I think Magnolia is gonna win easily, not expecting a TNT vs converge scenario and I like NLEX to pair with my parlay as they are on a 3 losing streak, they need to break that so they won't continue to slide down.

You hit the first one but the 2nd it doesn't look like it will be in your favor. NLEX struggle continues, the first half is over but they are down 19 points now. This team is not known to be good in coming back from huge deficit, so I really don't think they'll gonna come back and win. Anyway, there's still 2 quarters, anything is possible but let's be real, chances are very low.

That's very disappointing, NLEX didn't even came to play. I was expecting they'll give their best as it's a must win game for them so they'll not drop in the ranking, but they played they played another bad game, like how they played versus the Phoenix. The hype is over for this team, although Bollick could score 38 points in this game but if that will result to a blowout loss, it's still useless.

NLEX only have 2 players with double digit scoring while ROS had 6, it means they are helping as a team to win unlike the NLEX where the offense are pretty much focus on Bollick, and this is what we get.

That's alright mate, better luck next time. So now you'll know that the game of basketball has already change, it's not only about a star player carrying a team as teamwork is more important. Just look at JMF, he is the best player of the SMB but he needs his teammates to win, and they are now enjoying a 10-0 record in the season. I think NLEX has to change their strategy, I'm not saying they should not use Bollick a lot, but they need to move the ball welll so everyone has a chance to shoot the ball and that way their confidence will also boost.
214  Economy / Economics / Re: How safe is it to keep your money and gold underground? on: May 02, 2024, 09:38:13 PM
Yes I have also heard about this fact and in case of saving gold and money at home has maximum chances to be stolen by the thieves whereas if buried in the whole then it will be safer. Although it is very difficult to take our money from the whole and then save again and is time consuming but is safer than saving it in a bank or at home.

It is the safest technology because if unfortunately thieves come to your home then they cannot dig whole ground and they will not be familiar that you have saved your money and gold underground so it will remain safe but I don't think that home and bank are such safe sites for gold and money.
This is quite a good strategy if you solely own the lot, but if you are renting in a place like me, I don’t think that will possibly work for me. I’d rather save a little portion of my wealth and invest the remaining amount. But to be honest, if our ancestors have survived for long term doing this kind of thing, I guess that would still be applicable these days. When you really want to do it, you should find a way to make it happen, even if it means digging a small hole in your own rented land without the awareness of other people around.
215  Economy / Speculation / Re: When will the real bull run begin? on: May 02, 2024, 03:00:32 PM

I will continue to hold as I feel we are only months away from the real bull run but it is testing my patience lately waiting month after month for some real price action.

How is everyone else feeling?
Please do it just like other investors do because this is the only thing we can do knowing that we never know when exactly the ATH come.
You mentioned last 2020, we can't say to have the same market experience this time but can't set aside to be possible. As long as we are holding, we have nothing to worry about missing the chance. What I feel is that the bull season extends until next year and just like the previous halvings, ATH comes months after halving which means that we also need to extend our patience in holding. We just think that holding is no regret but instead, getting more rewards.
Know that hodling takes a lot of patience, and the moment you decide to hold, your focus should be sticking to what you have started and shouldn’t be bothered anymore with price fluctuations that will push or pull the price down. Bull run will eventually come in time, but since no one knows when it’s going to happen, then there’s no other choice but to wait and hold patiently, that is if you want to stick to your goal without putting your investment in compromised.
216  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Do the needful this period and save yourself stress and heartbreak on: May 02, 2024, 12:52:52 PM
Mostly, they just wait for the bitcoins to be on the headlines again and when that happens, they quickly execute their plan sometimes they hack some popular influencers to promote their scams and that's exactly what happened in the last few years and lots of people get scammed by that. Now we are at the time where bitcoins will be all over the news once again because of the hype, we need not be the only ones who will take heed and be vigilant but we need to warn our friends and families as well because they are too hyped when they see it because they are mostly probably newbies and easily become victims to those scammers.
As much as we want to keep safe ourselves from scamming, reminding other people like friends and new acquaintances is also a noble act. However, there won’t be scammers if there are no victims who will fall to scams. And clearly the main reason why we easily caught up with scams is that our greediness towards quick profits so we tend to take shortcuts instead of taking time slowly and study the process. Most especially when the market seems bullish, the more we need to be more cautious with our decisions and actions so we won’t see ourselves losing and regretting in the end.
217  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2022–23 PBA Commissioner's Cup on: April 29, 2024, 06:33:33 PM
We are desperate to see the PBA go back to its old days in terms of popularity, so I hope they'll listen to the people as they can read a lot of suggestions and criticism, that means people are still caring on the PBA and they don't want this oldest basketball league to close because team owners are not getting the benefits of what they have invested anymore.

There are still time and I know if they'll really work on it it's possible because they have funds and these giant teams are gonna help to make it happen. You know, the owner of MOA could benefit since games are held in that venue, so with people interested in watching the game because PBA is competitive again, they can easily get their investment.

The major team owners are capable of funding to improve this league, but it seems like they are not doing anything when people are not coming to the venue. Just like in the past, people can also watch the game on live tv but the arena is full, but nowadays, it's not what we are witnessing so they should do something else.

Anyway, we have already comment our suggestion, let's go back to the present.  Today, I read another post in facebook about Mikey Williams, his name popped up again but there's no positive news, still he is not interested going back to manila to play with TNT.

By the way guys, I read an article about Jericho Cruz very positive about sweeping all the teams in the Filipino cup, and as we all know, SMB is still undefeated with 9-0 record.

Moving back to the current topic, I guess Mikey Williams issue is no longer a thing even with TNT's fans, his attitude towards the league should not be tolerated, though he really have that talents and skills but playing only when you wanted to play and demanding for something that over-exceeding from what the league is permitting that's not good from both the team and the league image if they will allow this kind of treatment coming from Williams.

In terms of Cruz opinion or statement, with their current stats it can be done for my personal opinion, SMB is a complete package squad when everyone is healthy, they can compete even with the National team if they will play a tune up game against them, as long as they can keep thei original players and let the remaining National to play against them.



SMB have created a complete definition of a super team, mixed with veterans who can still play and some best players on other team before that have join them. They already have the offense, anyone can step up in this team, we can name, CJ Perez, Cris Ross, JMF and even Marcio, nothing is stopping this guy when he is hot.

And just look at the 2nd unit, they have Jericho Cruz, Trollano, Teng, and Romeo, and some other big guys who played well before with their previous teams. Even the most popular team in the PBA which is the Ginebra have no match on this line up because they have a deep roster. What Cruz was saying is they like to make a history and this is the best time for them.
218  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2022–23 PBA Commissioner's Cup on: April 29, 2024, 12:21:31 PM
We are desperate to see the PBA go back to its old days in terms of popularity, so I hope they'll listen to the people as they can read a lot of suggestions and criticism, that means people are still caring on the PBA and they don't want this oldest basketball league to close because team owners are not getting the benefits of what they have invested anymore.

There are still time and I know if they'll really work on it it's possible because they have funds and these giant teams are gonna help to make it happen. You know, the owner of MOA could benefit since games are held in that venue, so with people interested in watching the game because PBA is competitive again, they can easily get their investment.

The major team owners are capable of funding to improve this league, but it seems like they are not doing anything when people are not coming to the venue. Just like in the past, people can also watch the game on live tv but the arena is full, but nowadays, it's not what we are witnessing so they should do something else.

Anyway, we have already comment our suggestion, let's go back to the present.  Today, I read another post in facebook about Mikey Williams, his name popped up again but there's no positive news, still he is not interested going back to manila to play with TNT.

By the way guys, I read an article about Jericho Cruz very positive about sweeping all the teams in the Filipino cup, and as we all know, SMB is still undefeated with 9-0 record.
219  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Making the Most of $100 bankroll on: April 29, 2024, 11:30:43 AM
Well, that would be ideal to do that so he could make use of that for a long time. Technically, you can treat it like trading there are risks involved. Maybe take it step by step so that he can take advantage of the prolonged capital? That would be a great approach and make sure that he studies it and then bet.
But the main purpose is to grow that capital, for a $100 bankroll, it will not easily grow to a significant amount of money so it does really require a lot of patience if OP is trying to achieve profitability in gambling. Actually, it's even very hard or close to impossible to win $100 from a $100 capital on a daily basis, so OP should understand that eventually as the gambling took longer, the frustration and greediness will likely be in place if that discipline and patience will be taken out.
220  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2024 NBA Season on: April 29, 2024, 09:55:17 AM
This Suns vs Timberwolves game has been pretty close with plenty of lead changes. All the superstars are having great games. This one is fun to watch. Durant and KAT especially are having great games.
Yeah, very close.

Remaining time is 7:38 minutes in the 4th quarter and Edwards has got 20+ points and still a lot of time remaining. While Booker got 42 points.

This could be an OT later.

I was hoping for an OT but Suns could not convert their shots, the defense of Timberwolves is so good. Now, this team who exited will still be the same team next season, I wonder how the management would feel after investing a lot of money for the big 3 that they could not get a first round pick. They are getting old, and they lack players especially the 2nd unit who could help Durant and Booker, I don't know how they'll work that out next season but they have to.
It seems that the game was going there but it didn't, a lot of turnovers and missed free throws for the Suns.

Anyway, congratulations to TWolves for sweeping the Suns that are going to pay hundreds of millions close to half to their three superstars for this result.

That's the risk of forming a Superteam, because when a team choose to build a Superteam, it's expected that they'll be in the championship but a first round exit, is a big disappointment. Giving up Ayton was a big mistake, he was a very dominant big man so they really miss a production on that area.

Also, the team has no real point guard, so the ball movement is really a problem. It's fine that CP3 was traded but the big man, I think it should have not happen. Also, Beal seemed not the same anymore, his injury have change his confidence, he is just like Klay Thompson now.
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