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My big misconception around 2013 when I first heard about Bitcoin was
1. Thats just for gamers
My personal misconceptions about Bitcoin circa 2017 just after getting into Bitcon:
2. Can I mine Bitcoin myself with my PC?
3. Surely this cant keep going up, it doesnt make sense?
4. Maybe if I swap some of my Bitcoin for this other project ICO craze I will make a big profit . . .
And a massive misconception surrounding Bitcoin for the last few years by a certain
cohort of people is that
5. it was created by CSW . . .
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But if you look at the last 5 years, there's no single women who dominated the game such as those names. We have Osaka, but after her triumph in the grand slams, she lost traction already.
And last year we have Raducanu, same thing happen, changes coaches and now nowhere to be found in the top 5. But we could have Swiatek already, that might take the ladies division for then next coming years as I don't see anyone getting close to her at this point.
Yes, Iga Swiatek will surely be dominating the women's division. She is just 21 years of age and that too an advantage for her long career in tennis. Already won 3 grand slams, and in the past I've heard elder brothers of me saying today's match is going to be a win for Serena Williams just because she's is playing. Soon Iga Swiatek name will have such a saying. What about Barty? She is the one to mention before Swiatek, she won almost everything she played and then retired from tennis. Raducanu was one tournament wonder which I said even then, you can find my post somewhere here. She will need much more work before she can keep her form for longer periods of time. Swiatek is without real opposition at the moment. Yes she looses matches on lower level tournaments but I belive that is motivation thing since she takes Grand Slams without dropping sets in more than one match. But I agree, nobody stayed on top long enough to really become legend. Barty though retired so early, so we didn't see how good she will do against Swiatek. But I do agree that Swiatek is the new face of womens tennis. Raducanu or even the other teenager she faces in the finals, Leylah Fernandez was one hit wonder. But it's really hard to reason why is the women side like this one? No one stayed on top like the previous era. Barty v Swiatek could have turned into what happened over the last 15 to 20 years on the mens side, basically dominating the tour and sharing grand slams between them. Maybe Jabeur can bridge the gap? and there is very little seperating the next 5 closest with 60% less points than Swiatek. I think the buzz around Raducanu has well and truly faded, unfortunately. She has a massive amount of development to do, currently she is back down in #66 position, Raducanu at #38.
On Sonego at the Sofia Open in Bulgaria, he lost his match against Holgar Rune in 3 sets and Rune really hasnt been lighting up the courts recently. Unfortunately I had a bet on Sonego how many thimes have
we seen this happen. Anyway Sinner is through to the Quarter finals and is looking like the strongest to take the title and is seeded #1 anyway. |
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Block 755907…….…97 - YodasRedRocket
Block 755909……….97 - already a winner
Someone's in his lucky day  Haha wow! Thanks Mbitr! Haha Yoda, your luck came all at once! you might not win anything for a long time 🤔. Nice win though! |
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Whatever happened to this idea?
From reading Welsh's posts here it seems like there was trouble getting it manufactured.
It might be nice to get it restarted for a 15th anniversary.
If I could make a suggestion of making contact with MrCryptHodl if it comes to pass that
the project is resurrected. He is very active making coins or at least releasing coin projects
and he may be able to help!
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I’m into crypto from 2017 and now for the first time I see how weak is this market, there is almost nothing behind all the “coins” except maybe BNB ETH BTC, Cardano is one big scam imho. And the most disappointing thing is the correlation between Bitcoin and the stock market. Friend of mine that works for one of the biggest hedge funds tells me the BTC is going to zero value against the USD
All altcoins with the exception of Monero, Ethereum and Litecoin are a pure waste of time. If there is a correlation between the stock market and Bitcoin, which may be the case to some degree its funny how your hedge fund friend picks out Bitcoin as going to zero. We all have seen the claims over the years of Bitcoin "going to zero" and ............... it has yet to happen. |
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That is a question of definition. As aoluain already pointed out, it depends on what. The most titles, the most Grand Slams, the longest time at number 1 and so on. I find it difficult to give an answer to that. Every generation has its favourite player. According to this list, Djokovic has been number 1 for the longest time. https://www.ultimatetennisstatistics.com/record?recordId=WeeksAtATPNo1But it does not mean to me that he is my number one. Boris Becker, for example, was number 1 for only 12 weeks, but he still left his mark on an entire generation. That is why he would be higher ranked in my personal list than, for example, Pete Sampras. It is always a popular talk to determine the GOAT but as you say, how do you define it? For me, there is no doubt that Federer is the greatest of all time; his natural raw talent, his technique, overall game, ... are too me unmatched even if other people has won more titles or grand slams. Its hard to disagree with you but how are you basing this? Talent has to show results which would put many others ahead of him IMO. Here is another - Player who spent the longest at #1. Navak Djokovic with 373 weeks. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ATP_number_1_ranked_singles_tennis_players
Anyone following the tournament at Sofia Bulgaria? Sonego is in attendance, I wonder how he will fair out after his recent win? |
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You did well calling those games. I'm still mulling over whether the Panthers or Eels will win this week-end.
I saw the second half of the Women's Australian Prime Minister's XIII take on PNG. it was painful to watch when the score got to 60+ - 6 at a near empty Lang Park venue.
TBH I'm thinking on adding another bet on the Eels. This could be their year. And as I said a few times already they have proven they can get the better of the Panthers already this year. They are out to 3.55 on Rollbit, I think thats a great price. I cant believe the difference in odds really, 1.27 - 3.55?
On the ladies games, it is a pity they just dont get the same exposure as the mens games, thats across the board with all sports bar Beach Volleyball for example, for voyeuristic reasons! |
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Rugby Union
Update on last weekends round 2 of the URC.
I ended up with 2 of 3 winning bets. My third pick Munster lost to the Dragons and are in
second last position just ahead of Connacht. As for irish teams there are two at the top
and two at the bottom. Its early days so a lot has to happen yet.
for round 3 next weekend there are a good few closely matched games, 1st v 2nd for
example. I have 2 bets on so far:
Benneton at 1.54 to beat Scarlets
Ospreys to be beaten by Glasgow Warriors at 2.1
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Yup I would like to enter too, there should definitely be a bigger demand than betnomi anticipated.
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And yet the altcoin scammers want to convince everyone that the bitcoin's success is only because it was the "first" one! The reality is that many tried creating similar systems and failed. Bitcoin is successful because it is useful and it uses existing technologies in the right way.
Altcoins are failures because they are useless and have nothing new to offer.
Yes, because the primary tech behind Bitcoin is cryptography which was in development for many years. The Cypherpunks lead the way or created the foundations with their various projects like:
1997 – HASHCASH is created by Adam Back and is formally referred to as “"Hashcash - A Denial of Service Counter-Measure"
1998 – BITGOLD is created by Nick Szabo. This was a decentralised digital currency which was never launched.
1998 – B MONEY essay is created by Wei Dai and referenced a type of “proof of work” system to create an anonymous and distributed digital currency.
The next notable leap towards Bitcoins launch came in 2004 when Hal Finney created the first Reusable Proof of Work [RPOW],
an early version of what Bitcoin is based on, Proof of Work [POW].
And all those people had a direct role to play in Bitcoins development |
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Well done to all the winners!
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Who do you think is the best number one of all time?
Pete Sampras, Jimmy Connors, Andy Murray, Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, or Rafael Nadal? (maybe another one?)
Sampras still has the impressive record of being the number one player for 6 continuous years.
How are we gauging the above answer to your question? There are only three possible answers: The player with the most overall titles - John McEnroe with 156 combined singles and doubles titles The player with the most singles titles - Jimmy Connors with 109 overall singles titles. The player with the most grand slams - Rafael Nadal with 22. |
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Federer had an elegance with how he played and Alcaraz dosent have that. Alcaraz has a gamestyle like Nadal and is similar to him. New stars are here and i dont know for how long Djokovic and Nadal wi be playing. Nadal always has injuries now so i think he will be the next to retire.
In Alcaraz's case, I feel it's way too early to make arguments like these. Nadal was only a topspin player in his early days but later on managed to heavily expand his offensive arsenal - and because of the way he started he actually didn't receive enough credit for it. Alcaraz is still 19 years old, he's got all the time in the world to hone his skills. He has the talent to be one of the greats - and he will almost certainly be an exciting and elegant player to watch. We can't really expect there's a new Federer around the corner, because the elegance with which he played is unparalleled in the world of tennis. Alcaraz might be the closest we get in the years to come. There is also a good chance that Rafael Nadal will be the next player to retire after Roger Federer. Joca97, I also agree with you that Alcaraz's style does not have the elegance that Roger Federer's had in his style. Nevertheless, it's still early days for him and I don't think we should be too harsh on him at this point since it is still early days. As a matter of fact, he's only 19 years old and has a lifetime of opportunities ahead of him. There is no doubt that he has a bright future ahead of him. However, at the same time, I also feel that the void that has been left by the legends is not going to be filled in any way. regards duke I would have thought that possibly Andy Murray would be retiring before Nadal. It just depends on how injury free both can be. A serious injury at this stage in the career which results in a year out can spell a closer step to retirement. I would also say Alcaraz has more of a style like Nadal. Its also nice to have a different style.
On the Laver Cup its been a First Time win for Team World with a final score of 13 - 8. |
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I came home this evening to find that the book had been delivered, what can I say only
that BPOVTMG offers something very unique! and to top it off I got a used book in really
great condition which I was looking for for quite some time.
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I keep coming back to this thread hoping to read that he has found the drive, recovered the bitcoin, and now lives in a mansion. But sadly, no. A question that keeps bothering me is - What must have prompted him to throw the drive away knowing he had such huge amount of bitcoin in it. Was it anger, depression, hopelessness or what? Because from the story, it seems obvious that he was aware at the time that the drive contained bitcoins. Furthermore just like a user already said - there is the possibility that the drive isn't even in the landfill anymore. Who knows it might just be in the possession of a garbage collector who doesn't even know its worth.
Yes I saw this thread and wondered if some progress had been made in the recovery. According to his initial statement below, it was a mistake. James Howells, 35, said he mistakenly put a hard drive with 7,500 bitcoins in
the trash while clearing out his home in 2013. Its highly unlikely that the HD was picked up from the thrash by anyone else, Here and in Wales and elsewhere the rubbish bags and bins are dumped into a truck along with hundreds of other bags and bons from the days collection route. I can be corrected on this but on these Islands or this part of the world there is nobody scavenging through the land fill dump looking for 'treasure'. |
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Metz tournament final will be played today and the two finalists are bublik and sonego it was not expected but we have seen a godd performance from these players so its totally deserved but sonego was the one to stand out the most he run through his opponents easily i think he is the favourite and will win but not easily i think the score will be 2 1 for sonego.
I lost track of the Metz competition. Final today was won by Sonego in 2 sets, 7-6, 6-2. It looks like it was battle royal in the first set and then Sonego had an easy run in the second. Nice win for him but they were unexpected finalists really, considering some of the quality opposition like Medvedev, Korda and Hurkacz. |
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Is there a reason that only 1 of the 5 orders for USA customers has been delivered? Has been about 1.5 months and none of us have received.....  Hi MJ, I dont know the reason and its very strange. There was also an anonymous US buyer who received their package in under 2 weeks. All the EU packages have been delivered. For future sales I will have to send the orders tracked. |
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Massive win by the Panthers to set up the final with the team who beat them twice this
year already. It should make for a cracking game.
It looks like the Panthers are the peoples favourite already, the odds over on Rollbit are
Panthers 1.28 - 3.45 Eels. Not a bad price for the Eels who in my mind are closer than the odds
suggest.
Rugby Union
Over at the URC I am 2 from 2 so far. My third pick Munster are playing today,
obviously I'm hoping for 3 from 3!
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 Bump Page 5 3rd design finished today. Before I started colouring this copy I have been working in Black and White with these line drawings, Its nice to be able to finally be adding colour to the pages. |
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