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2341  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: The UFC Info and Prediction Thread on: March 08, 2021, 11:44:10 PM
This is just something you can give UFC a legit credit because the fighters out there fight as they want to without someone to told them to lose or like of that.
In sports you cannot fix matches, in boxing the promoters will find suitable fighters that are easier for their client to build a resume but you cannot fix a fight because you will be in a legal mess if any promoter try to do so.

As you can see, the fight did not look good on Dana White but it still went as it is. There's no corruption or whatsoever in the UFC, that's why it reached up to this point that the fight and the popularity still strong. The fighters in the ring are fighting for glory and everyone has their own chance to become the best of all fighters.
The difference between boxing and UFC is that boxers usually fight anyone of their choice but in the UFC they always fight the best and there is no way a fighter could skip someone for a long time and so is the reason it attracted fans as they are getting the dream fights they wanted while in boxing it takes years to get a dream match finalized.
2342  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: IPL 2021: Entry free discussion and participants drafts on: March 07, 2021, 09:03:13 PM
It is fine if the entry is around $10 to $30 and we can send the BTCitcoin with low fees and it will get confirmed within a couple of days and mostly during weekend the transaction charges comes down to 11 Sat/B for a 24 hours confirmation and around 25 Sat/B for a six hours confirmation.

Edit:
The transaction charges now are 8 sat/vB

Last season was pretty bad for me  Undecided, i hope will improve my numbers this season and will try to top the tally.  Grin
I am also hoping to improve from the last season.
2343  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Speculation (Altcoins) / Re: "People who have invested on ETH soon will be poor", said CZ #BSC on: March 07, 2021, 08:04:44 PM
He starts being ugly lol. I will never invest in his centralized network and its projects. It does not matter how much I will gain from them. If I do not buy ETH, there are plenty of decentralized options, Dot, ADA, Cosmos, Avax etc. etc. BSC network will be at the end of this list.
Changpeng Zhao always put his business before anything else and we have seen that when Binance was hacked he even tried for a BTCitcoin rollback which is really crazy and he thought it was possibly if he could convince some miners and the only thing he misunderstood was that in ETH you can roll back if there is a major hack but not in a decentralized coin like BTCitcoin and majority of the users are here to make profit irrespective of centralized or decentralized.
2344  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: John McAfee charged with fraud over cryptocurrency on: March 07, 2021, 05:35:12 PM
If everyone would be charged for same pump and dumps than it would be most crypto influencers on twitter who are doing same schemes and not just McAfee.
McAfee is still in Spain charged for tax evasion and I doubt we are ever going to see him in US again, and with his old age we can't even expect him to live much longer.
If you are a celebrity you need to be responsible what you say in a public platform and he was literally cheating all his followers by advising them to invest in scam projects. There is nothing wrong in promoting but when it comes to finance if you are shilling and promising his followers that the projects he is tweeting are the next best project and he is collecting money when others thought that he genuinely thinks that those projects were good thinking that he is from a tech background which means he was aiding the crime and he should face the punishment.

I feel a bit sorry for him but he ruined his own health and brain with drugs and alcohol overuse.
I do not feel sorry for him, i am more concerned about the dreams and families he shattered with his lies on the pretext of good projects and those that lost money needs justice.
2345  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: India makes ownership of Bitcoin criminal offense - How to respond? on: March 07, 2021, 03:59:55 PM
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Even with all the money power, it took them three years to get a ruling in their favor. Imagine what will be the case if similar incidents happen to some of the middle-class cryptocurrency investors. They won't be having enough resources to sustain the legal fight, and even if they have the resources, there is no guarantee that they will receive a favorable judgement in the end. Going against the state is not practical in India.
The difference is that a normal citizen will not take the risk to install a BTCitcoin kiosk fearing what happens if you are in a legal tangle, you will burn your resources and you will be spending most of your time fighting the authorities and there is no incentives in doing so but when an exchange owners installs a kiosk he does have the incentives and he might have taken the legal advice before installing them and it is not a secret that it will take years if you are caught in a court case.
2346  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod] on: March 07, 2021, 11:23:14 AM
ICC will be preparing the pitch and therefore I don't expect any unusual support for the pacers. For them, it will be beneficial if the match lasts the full five days.
Usually the ICC will not look after the pitch preparation during ICC events as the host nation will take care of those. The WTC will be a great success if we will see the result rather than going for a draw and hence i expect a good pitch that have support for the bowlers as well.

 
Batsmen look out of form for both the teams. Rahane and Pujara are not scoring consistently and even Kohli had a recent drop in form. For New Zealand also, apart from Kane Williamson, the other batsmen are not up to the mark.
India is having issues with the opening partnership, Rohit Sharma cemented his place and he played well in this series and Pujara and Rahane should be consistent as all the matches India won were helped by the lower order players and i doubt we will see Washington Sundar in the final even though he made a lasting impression.
2347  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: The UFC Info and Prediction Thread on: March 07, 2021, 06:50:51 AM
Amanda Nunes is the best in the world and her domination is incredible and she is not having a challenger in two weight division which is really crazy to think.
Amanda Nunes earned her respect finally as she dominated everyone she faced and her only challenge will be Valentina Shevchenko which i thought won the fight when they faced last time even though the split decision went to Amanda Nunes and i am expecting that fight this year if Valentina Shevchenko is willing to move up for a champ champ battle.

Aljamain Sterling had many ways to win the fight but i did not anticipate this title change by disqualification  Cheesy.
Aljamain Sterling was slowing down after his high octane performance in the first two rounds and Petr Yan got some bad advice from his corner about that knee in Russian and hence he landed that from what i understood from the post fight commentary by Daniel Cormier.

The walk out of Israel Adesanya with Bruce Lee music  Shocked. I placed some smalls bets on Jan Błachowicz as well, lets see  Cheesy.
Finally Israel Adesanya can focus on the Middle Weight division and stop dreaming about beating Jon Jones as he will murder him  Cheesy.

I almost forgot...Jones is probably throwing a party right now.
Jon Jones would have killed him in the fight and he wanted to punish him for all the antics he made in social media and he was vocal about it and now it is hard to imagine we will have that fight ever again. Jones will trash him in social media but i am sure he wanted to fight Adesanya to beat him up for the mocking in social media.
2348  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Indian Finance Minister on Cryptocoin. on: March 06, 2021, 06:41:43 PM
“We want to make sure there is a window available for all kinds of experiments which will have to take place in the crypto world. It is not as if we are going to look inwards and say we are not going to have any of this. There will be a very calibrated position,”
If we talk about the great Indian financial minister you cannot trust anything she says, a couple of years back when there was a economic slowdown in the automobile industry she came up with a claim that the reason for the recession is millennials as they book Uber and Ola rather than buying automobiles  Cheesy.

 So do not expect things that are a bit complex will be easier for these politicians to understand and i am sure the change in these statement from the past months is because of the influence by the cryptocurrency group formed by the exchange owners who had multiple talks with the ministers to revise their decision of a blanket ban.  
2349  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: UFC 259 - Predictions & discussion to matches w/odds added from different source on: March 06, 2021, 04:46:12 PM
I am actually quite surprised that the vast majority pick Adesanya over Jan.
All the major prediction sites that i follow picked Israel Adesanya to win the fight and some have picked for TKO win but i think Jan Błachowicz is hard to finish unless you are a hard puncher and he has the ground game and everyone is sleeping on the ground game of Jan Błachowicz and we have seen Middle Weight fighters testing Adesanya in striking.

I am not surprised by them picking Nunes to win over Anderson or even mixed picks for Sterling and Yan (in favor of Yan), but with the main fight they all act like Jan is a lamb brought to slaughter. They all credit him as having more power and that just about sums it up, living room to write up about Izzy being the second coming of Jesus. I know Jan an't the best LHW but for f**** sake give the man some chance.
Amanda Nunes is the heavy favorite in this card and no one expects Megan Anderson to defeat her but she has the size and reach advantage and i am expecting the fight to go over 1.5 rounds.

Aljamain Sterling has the grappling advantage and he has a chance to win and the only bet i make is Islam Makhachev which i think is a sure bet Grin.
2350  Economy / Economics / Re: The End of Covid Scam? "Governor Abbott Opens Texas 100 Percent" on: March 06, 2021, 12:15:31 PM
Finally, someone with balls opened the economy!
It is a tricky situation for the politicians as well, if you do not enforce restrictions then the opposition party will claim that they did not care about the life of the citizens and has not taken any precautions, the ruling party will be cursing these situations in all the countries as they have no idea on how on how to proceed with things that will make everyone happy.

The only aspect i did not understand is the mask policy as you will find the dumbest people in street breathing under your neck and you need to use your common sense as well when the medical fraternity is scrambling to find solutions for the different strains of virus and the only process is to be careful and use proper protection when venturing out and for the dumb and the junkies you need to make it mandatory for them to understand the seriousness of the situation.
2351  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod] on: March 06, 2021, 06:12:07 AM
The run-out of Axar Patel triggered a mini collapse of the Indian lower order. The last three wickets fell without adding any runs to the total. Ishant and Siraj should have blocked a few deliveries or given strike to Washington Sundar. Both of them failed in that part, and that left Sundar four runs short of his century.
Washington Sundar deserved the century as he along with Pant helped India recover when some of the renowned players failed to score runs and the run out messed everything up as India lost 3 wickets in the spare of 5 balls. I did not expect India to have a lead of 160 runs when they lost 5 wickets but incredible performance by Pant, Washington Sundar and Axar Patel.

 Axar Patel opened the bowling along with Siraj and it is going to be a big test for England.
2352  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod] on: March 05, 2021, 11:48:21 PM
Comparing Pant with Gilly? Seriously? Pant is performing well recently, but he is a bad wicketkeeper and a decent batsman in my opinion.

I like the way he shouts though and is very energetic, but he has a long, long way to go in order to be compared with legends like MSD, Gilly etc across all formats.
I was really critical with the inclusion of Pant as he was not a great keeper and he dropped many catches but if you look at the series after the first match in Chennai, he has improved his technique and he was taking the ball cleanly from the second Test onwards and i did not see him missing any chances after that and his batting skills was evident when he was instrumental in helping India win in Australia but it is too early to compare against Gilly but team India is becoming like the old Australian team when you pick all the top order batsman someone in the team will outperform and take the match to safety and that is how India is performing in the last two series.
2353  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Service Discussion (Altcoins) / Re: Bounty Managers Wearing Bitcoin Signature, Funny Irony on: March 05, 2021, 02:23:24 PM
Hello guys, please lets not make mess of this thread. We can read the page again to really get the intent ,gist and dynamics of the post and not politicize it or count post with it. Grin I understand exactly why this was posted here and not in bitcoin board.
It is not about getting political, looks like the OP has a satirical way of asking why the altcoin campaign managers are enrolled in BTCitcoin based campaigns and it has the same over all outlook what you mentioned on bounty managers to look for change in the dynamics of the reward.

What the thread is discussing is bounty managers running after signature campaign. They can make the bounty section better by insisting on payment for hunters in valuable altcoins.

 Anyway, is always a choice for hunter but bounty managers should start looking at changing the dynamics on the reward.
It is basically not possible if they are promoting a project as the team is trying to collect money for the project and if they start giving out BTCitcoin and other valuable asset it will be a big burden from the beginning and no team will be willing to take that risk if they are currently having a limited budget and since everything is transparent on how the rewards are distributed if you think that the bounty is not worth then you can skip that as well and there are a few projects that gives out bounty in valuable asset and the percentage is really low when you compare the overall bounty landscape Wink.
2354  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion on: March 05, 2021, 11:18:55 AM
The franchise owners are not happy about this, and some of them have made statements against the PCB. Spokesman of Lahore Qalandars is claiming that there were multiple bubble breaches at Karachi and PCB was responsible for the mismanagement. Meanwhile, there is an unofficial statement claiming that the tournament may resume by May this year. If that is the case, then the schedule is going to clash with IPL 2021.
It is natural that the franchise owners will be mad at the situation as they are loosing money because the PCB cannot control the players and make a safe environment. I doubt that they will be resuming the tournament anytime soon with a big breach like this when many of the players are infected.


Watch the T20 between New Zealand and Australia and it looks like Australia is back in form as they are winning the matches easily, not sure what is the magical recipe all of a sudden Grin.
2355  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod] on: March 05, 2021, 08:05:16 AM
How bad Indian middle order (Pujra-Kohli-Rahane) performing in this series?
The middle order is struggling in this series as well as in the last series against Australia, the tail end players put a good fight in Australia and Rahane did not play that well in the final two matches even though his captaincy was great.

Indian fans should forget about 100+ lead, would consider them lucky if it happens. India's batting line up is deep but i won't rule out another collapse either.
The fast bowlers are picking the wickets for England as James Anderson and Ben Stokes picked couple of wickets each and the fast bowlers are getting good bounce in this wicket which is amazing to see and the match is really tight as India is still trailing by 70 runs and the tail end players need to play well to safe guard the team.
2356  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Is Polkadot going to Kill Ethereum? on: March 04, 2021, 11:12:38 PM
I don't think Ethereum will become replaced by another smart contract platform in the future. The team is working hard on the Ethereum project delivering innovation as usual. It's just that ETH is advancing at a slow and steady pace in order to remain as secure, stable, and decentralized as possible. Things will become better for ETH once the 2.0 upgrade goes full speed ahead. Polkadot, Cardano, and Binance Smart Chain won't be able to compete with Ethereum, since they lack mainstream adoption. Ethereum has the largest share of dApps and tokens on the industry, even with high fees and slow transaction confirmation times in play. It's hard to imagine Polkadot replacing Ethereum anytime soon.
It is too early to predict what the future holds as we have seen many projects coming up but one thing i can give to ETH is the adoption and the number of supporters they have and with all the transaction issues they are facing for years only a handful of projects shifted to other platforms and if majority of project developers plan on shifting to other platforms like we saw with the recent swap of Binance Smart Chain you never know as Cardano is technically a superior project but they are yet to attract big projects and so is the case with many other similar platforms.



 
2357  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion on: March 04, 2021, 03:55:49 PM
In the previous over Akila Dananjaya had taken hat-trick wicket and the next over is Kieron Pollard's double hat-trick six.
Change of fortunes in the spare of two overs, i missed the hat trick of wickets but they way in which Kieron Pollard make his presence felt with the IPL coming up was awesome.

PSL is postponed indefinitely as more players tested positive and it is really unfortunate for everyone especially the players and the PCB as they should have taken things seriously while conducting a tournament like this and now they will incur more losses.
2358  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod] on: March 04, 2021, 01:00:47 PM
Interesting to see Ben Stokes opening the bowling after a long time.. Surprisingly, his line and length looks very impressive.. But the main battle is going to be between the Indian batsmen and Leach/Bess.
England is playing with an extra all rounder who could spin the ball and James Anderson is the only fast bowler in the team and Ben Stokes is forced to take the new ball but i do not think he will continue to stress out his body. Jack Leach and Dom Bess will share majority of the overs and you can see Dan Lawrence and Joe Root sharing some overs as well and James Anderson will bowl when they think they can exploit the reverse swing and it will be a big battle for India as they do not want to play in the fourth innings and hence they need to play well and score a decent total in the first innings.
2359  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: India makes ownership of Bitcoin criminal offense - How to respond? on: March 03, 2021, 11:56:01 AM
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The guy who installed the kiosk spent some time in jail. What is the use if the case gets quashed by the court after one or two years? He faced a lot of harassment as his house was raided and his personal belongings (phones, laptops.etc) were taken away. This is the price Indians have to pay for trying to popularize technological innovation.
They were the owners of Unocoin exchange and they were out on bail but they faced harassment and for three years they need to run around to sort this out as their bank accounts were frozen and just last month they were exonerated. Since they had the financial background they could fight against these inappropriate lawsuit. 

And it is not surprising that 99% of the Indian techies migrate to the United States at the first available opportunity. Just imagine how the Indian economy could have benefitted, if people like Sundar Pichai and Satya Nadella had stayed in India. But it seems as if the government don't want these people.
Sundar Pichai and Satya Nadella went abroad to do post graduation and majority who move out of the country go out to do their post graduation or Phd then stayed back and if they can successfully complete the course they will get placed in good companies. I bet if they stayed in India they will not be this successful but will be in a good position.

For the Indian economy to flourish you need to get rid of corruption and there is no protection for investors and you cannot expect any foreign investors building something in a volatile situation.
2360  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: India makes ownership of Bitcoin criminal offense - How to respond? on: March 02, 2021, 10:52:36 PM
One possibility is that there may be a group of people who want to convert their unaccounted money in to Bitcoin. In such cases, they can go for mining. But now that possibility is also not there, since Bitcoin itself is illegal in India. So why should they convert their wealth from one illegal asset to another, that too at a loss?
BTCitcoin is not illegal in India, it is a misconception as there are many chatters about a complete ban and till now everything is fine. Running a big mining farm is not feasible and profitable in India let alone having any elaborate plans to convert unaccounted money to BTCitcoin when there are several other ways to do with fiat currency  Cheesy.

Operating without a license is risky in India, as the cops can arrest you and confiscate your equipment. Last time when someone tried to install a Bitcoin ATM in the city of Bangalore, he was arrested and not just the ATM, but also his mobile phones and laptops were confiscated by the cops. The individual mentioned here tried to argue with the cops saying that he had applied for a license, but the authorities refused to grant it. The cops refused to listen and put him in jail. So it is a bit tricky. You can't operate without a license. And at the same time, it is impossible to obtain the license.
Since you are talking about Unocoin ATM situation, the case was squashed by the court recently even though the cops took a stern stance and arrested them but the lawyers were able to convince the judge that it is just a kiosk and not an ATM .
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