I did that not too long ago (end of 2020). Probably mentioned it a couple of times since.

This was almost a full year before the eventual ATH -- I couldn't have known it at the time, but Bitcoin approaching 2017 ATH was already a huge signal of intent and for me a sure marker for a rally.

But circumstances required the cash, and I really didn't have a choice. So I sold most of what I'd built up over the years, with a twinge of regret, but still pleased that overall, I'd come into cash I couldn't otherwise have had saving in fiat.

DCA continued since, so I'm probably even "underwater" at these prices, as we're barely at $25k but I'm confident I'd still have saved up enough to have more on my next liquidation, than if I chose to keep in fiat.

Man, Trofo, thanks for the tag reminder. I had this at the back of my mind but would almost certainly have forgot my picks if not for the Telegram tag notify. I'm disappointed in myself!

@igehbotz: Let's do it (2 mbtc to the winner of this tie). Lucky or not: I made my picks in under 20 seconds but only because I agree, this round didn't require research (mainly because of tennis null). I don't think anything I can read will change my mind about Bundesliga, Barca, City, Napoli, Liverpool.

15. Kamaru Usman
14. Rafael Fiziev
13. Gunnar Nelson
12. Jennifer Maia
11. Marvin Vettori
10. Jack Shore
9. Omar Morales
8. Sam Patterson
7. Muhammad Mokaev
6. Gabriel Santos
5. Christian Leroy Duncan
4. Jake Hadley
3. Luana Carolina
2. Ludovit Klein
1. Juliana Miller

NOT go the Full Distance: 8

1. Verstappen
2. Hamilton
3. Verstappen
4. 5 seconds

Game 1:  32, 40'
Game 2:  32, 40'

Absolutely took me by surprise too. Not sure I see how any kind of good CPI could cause this kind of buoyancy, particularly with last week's Powell words, but I'll take this surge with some enthusiasm (because man we need some more days above 25k!).

Not that there's any credence to Fed these days but I think they have moved swiftly to stem the collapse of banks... even reassuring the public it doesn't come from taxpayer funds (heh).


Gotta start recognising spam posts, man.

Many types, but this is the type that says they would buy/sell but in reality, they're just collecting shitcoins.

My intuition (it's such a nice word, it's more like a random coinflip for me when it comes to F1) is that alonso will miss out by a whisker -- he should be Top 5, but not a podium finish.

Now whether or not I translate that into my BSFL picks is another coinflip.

Anyway, don't worry CLS63, lesson learnt, it's really funny about this fee thing isn't it? It really is not a big deal, and most of us have some form of BTC income from the forum itself, it's always a much lower fee than what most weeklies pay out. Anyway, moving on.

Great work Cro2 and joker again, I think I won at least 2 rounds just by pure luck -- and having many similar guesses to the true Red LFC_Bitcoin.

And now it's a matchup to Chelski PotteOUTer Kai-lover Igebotz -- have to try keep pace with casper, so need a win here -- I see Div 2 and 3 have unbeaten players still!

Since tennis question is for fun, Ige, want to sidebet anyway on this pick? 1 mbtc, free money for you as I'm going to wing it

4 close scores all I managed. Not even enough for a slam point, boo. Yellow Cap attempt is not quite all it's made out to be heh.

Weird Arsenal celebration after dispatching Fulham: first team in English Football League history to win five consecutive London away derbies without conceding. I mean, I know London's full of teams and Fulham/Brentford v Arsenal aren't exactly big but I suppose a derby's a derby


Quick off topic. I realised I also had def picks for UCL last round on early games, which is weird, I was sure I entered everything on time, doesn't make sense for me to skip the first half of games and enter scores for the next.

Not that I was losing a lot, but it's so tight there!


I'm from the generation that thinks Earthworm Jim was the pinnacle...

Yep, that's why all the action is upper mid table. Not to keen to see Cagliari back, but haven't followed Serie A, much less Serie B, to know if they're worth it (they're not, duh).

I'm actually sitting back tonight and taking a break this week to recoup and try make sure I have enough funds to last me this month! Salernitana's my final ticket, though so if they hit, I might spam Napoli (boring).

Nice one Trofo man! I know we bet differently, but I really like seeing these 5-leg ones pass, especially with risky (to me) picks like Sevilla. You really think they're turning the corner?


Yeah. Simple ML. The odds were interesting for me, thought it was great value with Lewie back in the lineup. It was one hell of a lucky win, though, from the reports I read, home fans were booing the refs and chanting for Barca relegation. I know the refereeing quality in La Liga has been abysmal but I'm not sure any of that's Barca's fault.


I'm a very, very casual player and let's just say most of my underdog bets are in the region of $5 (depending on BTC price), so you can imagine I if the odds are far lower, my stake kind of corresponds. Very good win for me, and a happy mistake to make, x10 my intended stake, but it wasn't really an important bet.

I'm also not a fan of VAR recalls for events that happened way before a goal.

The one that annoys me the most is obvious offsides or fouls that are allowed to play on, when refs should know a goal would require VAR recall anyway -- I do enjoy games being in flow but really hate to see that defenders and keepers have to put themselves in dangerous situations "in case the foul or offside isn't made".

Consistency again, is what we want. That's all.

That there are different ways to use them, some don't even require interacting with them (which is the majority of how people "use" them).

And that very little of that utility value is reflected in price.


That's actually one of the easiest. There are a handful of white papers worth checking out (well, I like to think only one or two other than Bitcoin's but I haven't read them all). You'd be surprised to realise most new projects don't even bother coming out with one because they know they got nothing new to bring to the table.

Hey hey, FPL got me 53 points, which is slightly above global average (47) and still got DGW points to look forward to, but of course, am sure most of you guys and everyone else got it too.

Pretty cool to keep Gabriel on my defence, but Saka captaincy wasted, not to mention Robertson and Nunez hahaha.

And of course, Almiron gave a goal when he'd been banished from my team.

^ Hmm, yeah, three? four? new accounts posting screenshots. Highly irregular, but let's see them start posting bets regularly, joining our pools and I won't care haha.

Now that you mentioned, I just realised Esports and Virtual Sports now have their own category on my left navigation menu. Seems like a big move, not sure if it'll make me catch on, but I'm happy sticking to my football-only betting in general.

I know I said it a while back, and I know I wondered if Monaco had given themselves a lifeline after beating PSG, and I know I said it's all over, but tonight, losing at home in this pathetic whimper, I'm going to say it might even be over for them in getting a UCL spot.

11 games to go, but now they need to win at least 10, and that's expecting either Lens or Marseille to lose at least 2. Not going to happen, unless they beat Lens next month.

I started typing about Sevilla and Valencia, but nope, I'm not getting tricked. I do hope you're right and they're going on a win streak now to La Liga survival, though I'll be upset I won't be taking advantage of odds en route.

On the other hand, Sociedad and Villareal let me down today... and I have an unintentionally big bet (you know when you miss a decimal and your mind knows but your finger clicks confirm anyway?) on Barca to end my Sunday, so I hope they play well!

It's +EV, no question! Anyone who needs explaining for that... the explanation's wasted on them.

You do know there is something similar for MMA on another book at this forum, though, right? I play it every time there's an event. Even managed to knock down some freebets there too. Picking the winner, though, rather than a scorer.

For you, how would a MajSev look like for MMA though? It'd have to be a count on something rare like a goal.

Would have been the bet I'd be on too, sorry you didn't make this one either. Teemu managed to get himself a card, and now stretches his drought to 24 games without a goal.

I'd have totally backed him to be among top scorers at the start of the season -- he usually benefits from the yo-yo of EPL promotion/relegation but it appears the clock has truly run out on this guy...

I've said it before, but FUD isn't just inevitable, it's necessary (to me, anyway). I've got no problem with FUD, just the same way I don't really have a problem with FOMO. They come in equal measure, just not at the same time, and obviously are both retrospective kneejerks most of the time.

But we're talking about something a bit different here, and how to perceive this current period of price action. You can view it as bad news, and then it's FUD. Or you can view it as opportunity (dare I say that's FOMO?).

We don't think the Fed can, but the reality is they can do whatever they want to do. Obviously, it can't go too crazy but even 0.75 points hike each quarter is not unthinkable -- and the theory from even last year from some economists actually was that the Fed wanted to create a recession (despite saying that's not what they want, actions speak loud).

And yeah, 2024 had always been the earliest we'd recover properly in my mind. Not sure why many people thought it'd be this year when we've barely spent a year coming down from ATH.