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241  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024 on: April 11, 2024, 11:21:29 AM
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Playing a draw at home is not always considered bad if Arsenal can provide a better game in the second leg (away match). Of course, Bayern Munich will likely be the favorite at home, but Arsenal is a good team who will most likely also win the second leg.

Manchester City and Arsenal both ended the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals with a draw. They have good form to hope for a ticket to the semifinals, but Real Madrid and Bayern Munich also have the same chance in the second leg. This match will be very interesting of course, that's because all four teams still have a chance.
From this match it was clear that Arsenal dominated the game and they also managed to score the first score. Actually, if we look at Arsenal's performance then victory is in sight. Luckily, Bayern Munich got a penalty kick so they managed to make the result end in a draw. If Bayern Munich didn't managed to take advantage of this opportunity, Arsenal emerged as the winners. I am sure that in the second leg Arsenal will use their full strength to snatch victory from Bayern Munich.

The two teams really played the match well to my satisfaction, because I thought that Arsenal will defeat Bayern Munich with many goals but it was a shocked when I saw Bayern Munich equalized the goals not to give Arsenal a breathing space through out the match. We know that Bayern Munich always use to disgraced Arsenal in this champions league competition, especially in the quarter final battle but Arsenal need to break that record because if they fail to break the record in their second leg, it will make Bayern Munich to remain popular and it will brings respect to their coach also. Many people know that Arsenal will not allow what happened in the first leg to happen in their second leg, because they have some strange tactics they will going to use in this second leg to embrace victory from Bayern Munich and to make the world believe that positive things has changed in Arsenal through the help of their coach.
Given the the strength of Bayern Munich when it comes to champions league, definitely arsenal played very well, however I feel at some point the referee wasn't too fair on arsenal, the tackle Manuel neuer had on Bukayo saka was for me a penalty, but VAR didn't see it to be a penalty, also if not for the penalty Bayern had, that game would have been won clearly by arsenal. I know the second leg in Munich is going to be a tough one, be I believe arsenal will definitely come out victorious because of how tactical they've been with their style of play, because for me, I would say Bayern where lucky to get a draw.
242  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Season on: April 11, 2024, 08:57:46 AM
PSG lost 3-2 to Barcelona in the Champions League quarter-final first leg match between Barcelona vs PSG. Raphinha's two early goals for Barcelona essentially put Barcelona well ahead of PSG. Mbappe failed to score for PSG, basically PSG fell far behind in that place. Expectations were high for PSG this season in the Champions League but they fell short in the first leg against Barcelona. PSG's first leg loss to Barcelona means that the next match is easy for Barcelona but relatively difficult for PSG. Even if Barcelona can't score in the next match, PSG must win by at least 2-0. Since Barcelona won the first leg, Barcelona must play for the win in the second leg. The first leg matches are very important for every team since the Champions League quarter finals and Barcelona easily cleared the first leg hurdle.

I don't think PSG will advance far in the Champions League this season. What does yesterday's performance mean? They played a very bad match. Imagine that Barcelona, who hasn't played well this season, comes to PSG's pitch and wins 3-2. It's very embarrassing for a team to lose at home, and in the Champions League, you have to play well and win to advance to the second leg. PSG's first leg match gives Barcelona a chance to advance to the next round of the Champions League semifinal. The second leg of the match will take place in Barcelona Field, and I don't think PSG will beat Barcelona there, which is why I think Barcelona will qualify.

Why is this season's Champions League different, I'm starting to wonder? The reason for this is that in the Real Madrid vs. Manchester City match, the best players for Real Madrid, Vinicius and Bellingham, are unable to play as well as they used to be able to. De Bruyne of Manchester City also did not play because of how he felt before the game, and yesterday, mbape, who is making PSG proud, did not even attempt to score a goal. He failed to have even one shot on goal, which is unfortunate because PSG desperately needs Mbappe right now. If he doesn't show up by playing well, that will be it for them in the Champions League this year.

I feel right from time PSG have always found it difficult to play Barcelona, I remember in 2017 when Barcelona made a come back against Paris Saint-Germain, in a game that saw Barcelona down on four goals in the first leg of that encounter, Barcelona later went on to win the  second leg making the aggregate 6-5. A come back a lot of football fans never saw coming because we all felt Barcelona where Already out based on the result of the first leg, so outside of yesterday's game, PSG always find it difficult to maintain a win whenever they meet Barcelona, mbappé was performing as if he was under a spell not create impact on the game.
243  Economy / Economics / Re: When your Fiat currency fail, reboot and launch a new one -Zimbabwe ZiG on: April 10, 2024, 04:11:27 PM
So, I reckon you guys saw this ===> https://www.cnbcafrica.com/2024/zimbabwe-relaunches-currency-in-latest-inflation-fight/

The Central Bank Governor says, “We want a solid and stable national currency in this country” ... sure, but for how long, until it slides into infinity.

The ZiG are backed by a basket of foreign currencies and gold and ZiG is short for Zimbabwe Gold. 🤔
There is a good quote from one of the most famous anime: "It's pointless to increase the number of heads if they're all empty". They are re-launching their national currency for the sixth time in 44 years. Their first Zimbabwean dollar was launched in 1980, their sixth ZWL is getting launched soon. Six currency failed in 44 years, this means that they should stop printing an unlimited supply of money and there will be no inflation. Also, they have to work on their high corruption to lower it, reward students who study science and math, attract investors and etc...
I agree with your line of thought, considering the value of the countries currency, redesigning it and renaming isn't the solution to reduce inflation and to add value to the near valueless situation of the Zimbabwe currency. Corruption has been the whole mark of the economic crisis Zimbabwe is facing right from the time of late president Mugabe, so why not increase your productive base, export your product and get Forex and add value to your local currency. Also make the economy attractive for foreign investors which has to do with reducing corruption so you can promote healthy competition between local and foreign investors.

The Zimbabwean CBN is getting it all wrong by relaunching a new fiat currency, if at this age and time they feel a new fiat will give their economy a facelift, then they really need to rethink their stance.
244  Local / Nigeria (Naija) / Re: 5 keys to wealth creation in the crypto space on: April 10, 2024, 02:44:39 PM
• saving and investing: many of us know this one but we no dey do am. This one na to keep small of your income aside for future use no be to chop all , and then investing na to put some of you income into some thing way go make that money increase value over time. save at least 10% of your income and invest like 20%, you go surely see changes, and then the second one na

The good thing be say anyhow wey you dey take create wealth before for the real world, you fit still use am create wealth for the crypto industry because say crypto na just another currency like fiats too but e come get better advantage pass fiats dem because of some features wey Bitcoin carry. Saving and investing na one of the OG ways of raising capital to take invest and with crypto you no need dey do two things again, you fit just dey save for Bitcoin and already you dun dey invest be dat. As you dey commot your percentages from saving, just put am for Bitcoin and you're set for life because na you go benefit am at the end of the day.

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• financial literacy: This one dey very important , make we tell ourselves the Truth, to get am clear for this industry, we really need to understand  how money dey work , how to make am, how to manage am, and how  to invest am. If you know this things e go really help your finance. And take you to the next level.

U no really need financial literacy to make am for this industry but you need am if you wan get a head start ahead of your peers because no form of education is a waste/scam as people dey talk. A time will come when that education that you got go help you. This industry na new industry so no too dey believe person wey dey tell you say him be expert for here because na try your luck many people dey do here. That person wey dey tell you say him fit tell you coin wey go do well or not from his knowledge, if you put head for ground you go fit make money pass am. The education that are helpful here are those gotten from the general financial literacy wey you dey get for other businesses or investment. Just understanding how to buy, sell and store your Bitcoin for your non constodial wallet dun dey enough to make am for the industry.
@cryptopreneurBrainBoss na true you dey talk, na the way the OP take put the headline and the body of the message dey confuse most people. The financial Ideas on how to create wealth and diversify your source of income, na general method to create and sustain wealth. However most people dey say for inside cryptocurrency, methods dey for ground way you fit apply to help you create wealth, which some persons too don list them out like, staking, mining, day to day buying and selling of cryptocurrency etc, which is all encapsulated in the crypto space, way most people expect say him go also include to help elaborate him idea.

Financial literacy na good aspects, but most times e dey come with so much sacrifice, you go need to deprive yourself of so much distractions in a pursuit of a goal, na this aspect gongon dey hard for a lot of people to implement, because it's not well talked about.

245  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Season on: April 09, 2024, 08:12:23 PM
I dont know what to think about both games of today, but in the Arsenal Bayern one is more complicated than ever, because Bayern is shit we already know that but sometimes they wake up and recover some of his memories and plays good, plus Tuchel knows very well how english teams plays and Harry Kane knows also how to score against the big six.....

It is true that Bayern Munich are not in good form. In the last two matches in the Bundesliga, defeats against Dortmund and Heindenheim, the performance of the Bayern Munich team has not been good. But let's not forget that Bayern Munich is an experienced team on the Champions League platform. Even losing the last two Bundesliga games could be part of Thomas Tuchel's strategy.

Arsenal team is in very good form right now. The top spot in the Premier League is now occupied by Arsenal. The performance of this team is good enough in the Champions League as well. So there is no doubt that today's match will be very competitive. But it is impossible to predict which team will win.

This is very true, Bayern Munich has not been in good form as it has affected their position in the league and after losing straight two matches in the league against the clubs you mentioned here,we can actually say they are in poor form since they have made the title win of Bayer Leverkusen very easy and possible. But looking at their performance in the champions League, it's very possible they won't perform in the same way they are doing in the league a typical example is their last qualification match against Lazio where they won by 3:0 even when no one expected that level of performance. Thomas Tuchel wouldn't want to drop 6 points just to distract Arsenal in the champions League match but since he knows that Arsenal is in good form he's going to encourage his players to forget about the league matches and play like men because champions league is a game of the men and they will Play against Arsenal like men because they have both experience and good history against Arsenal.
Given the current form arsenal is right now, I doubt if Bayern Munich can even get a draw at the moment. Outside the fact that Bayern Munich have experience players that are regular in the champions league as added advantage, they still don't possess the tactics based on their current form to withstand arsenal. This first leg is taking place at the emirate stadium, which is why I think arsenal will not hesitate to use home advantage as well, because the champions League mentality has always been that, do whatever you can to win at your home with good number of goals, so can at least get a draw when you go away.

Don't forget that champions league is different from league matches where some club will not be serious at some point, this is champions league where experience most times helps in winning games and Bayern Munich has not been in poor form in the champions League they are underperforming only in the league matches and having a good scoring and winning history against the informed Arsenal will also motivate them to do better to repeat the history. The performance of Arsenal will show if they are really ready to stop Bayern Munich from progressing to the semi finals and to stop Bayern Munich they have to win at least with 2 or more goals so that when they go for the returning leg in Germany they can score a draw so they can qualify with goal aggregate but if they allow Bayern Munich to have the opportunity to possess the ball more, we may have an unexpected result.


The form of Arsenal should give them the win at home but Bayern Munich is a team with good experience and having Harry Kane as a striker, Arsenal defense will have to do a good job by not allowing him to get into their box otherwise we will see plenty goals and it won't be a good result for Arsenal.


I agree with your assertion about experience when it comes to champions league for Bayern Munich, however for this firs half  they've shown that prowess by leading 2-1 before half time.  I still strongly believe arsenal have that capacity to come back into the game.

But you saying Bayern Munich are reserving their energy for champions league, I quite disagree with that. what if the result doesn't go in their favour in the champions league, what if they've just been lucky to be at these stage of the champions league. I'm saying so because if they had that capacity, they would have been replicating it in their domestic league.
246  Local / Politics and society (Naija) / Re: Reasons why we still no dey use E-naira after 2yrs of introduction on: April 09, 2024, 07:16:47 PM
E don tey wey dem introduce enaira for Nigeria, but as we dey look am now, why enaira no dey work?
Why Nigerians No Dey Use eNaira?
No misunderstand, Nigerians  Na crypto enthusiasts meaning say them like crypto well well.
Even though Central Bank of Nigeria bin ban crypto activities for banking sector some time ago, but dem don lift the ban. One crypto platform talk say over 33.4 million Nigerians dey trade or hold crypto assets. The question be say
Why country wey dey love crypto well well just decide to abandon their own digital currency?
According to research I make the following factors follow make E-naira for Nigeria unsuccessfull

1. When CBN ban Crypto
Wen Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) stop banks from dey allow payments wey get to do with crypto for February 2021, Nigerian crypto users see am as attack against dem.
Later wey dem bring eNaira, e be like say dem dey compete with crypto, so e make crypto lovers feel say dem no suppose dey use am; E be like say na psychology matter for my mind.
If CBN bin involve these crypto people for the eNaira plan, e for fit make crypto popular pass and plenty Nigerians for don dey use am.

2. CBN no want Partnership
For dem to do eNaira on their own dey bad idea because CBN na regulator, e no be institution wey dey face consumers.

3. Internet Access
The requirement for wallet to use smartphone and internet dey hard, but think about the people wey you dey try send money to; dem fit dey very poor,  without a good smart phone or even some villages wey network no dey reach

4. We no trust government again
Since then get the mind bind crypto and related activities investors wey supposed invest for the E-naira no come trust the credibility of this government as some see am say the politicians no want make young people get money pass them through crypto. Because even that time Davido been announce say em go buy Bitcoin.

My people for this matter abeg make we add our opinions.





The truth be say enaira na CBDC and na government controlled currency, so that partnership wey u dey find between Bitcoin enthusiast with CBN no go fit get head, no forget say Bitcoin dey decentralized, which means no government dey control am. However I understand the point way u dey try make, like make e be say enaira get headway so it's circulation will be imminently rampant within Nigerian users, however watin really spoil that project initiated by CBN na the crypto ban way Buhari government been put for ground, forgetting that na Young Nigerians go actually help them push the enaira agenda, and cryptocurrency ban affected the young Nigerians more.
247  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Season on: April 09, 2024, 06:21:39 PM
I dont know what to think about both games of today, but in the Arsenal Bayern one is more complicated than ever, because Bayern is shit we already know that but sometimes they wake up and recover some of his memories and plays good, plus Tuchel knows very well how english teams plays and Harry Kane knows also how to score against the big six.....

It is true that Bayern Munich are not in good form. In the last two matches in the Bundesliga, defeats against Dortmund and Heindenheim, the performance of the Bayern Munich team has not been good. But let's not forget that Bayern Munich is an experienced team on the Champions League platform. Even losing the last two Bundesliga games could be part of Thomas Tuchel's strategy.

Arsenal team is in very good form right now. The top spot in the Premier League is now occupied by Arsenal. The performance of this team is good enough in the Champions League as well. So there is no doubt that today's match will be very competitive. But it is impossible to predict which team will win.

This is very true, Bayern Munich has not been in good form as it has affected their position in the league and after losing straight two matches in the league against the clubs you mentioned here,we can actually say they are in poor form since they have made the title win of Bayer Leverkusen very easy and possible. But looking at their performance in the champions League, it's very possible they won't perform in the same way they are doing in the league a typical example is their last qualification match against Lazio where they won by 3:0 even when no one expected that level of performance. Thomas Tuchel wouldn't want to drop 6 points just to distract Arsenal in the champions League match but since he knows that Arsenal is in good form he's going to encourage his players to forget about the league matches and play like men because champions league is a game of the men and they will Play against Arsenal like men because they have both experience and good history against Arsenal.
Given the current form arsenal is right now, I doubt if Bayern Munich can even get a draw at the moment. Outside the fact that Bayern Munich have experience players that are regular in the champions league as added advantage, they still don't possess the tactics based on their current form to withstand arsenal. This first leg is taking place at the emirate stadium, which is why I think arsenal will not hesitate to use home advantage as well, because the champions League mentality has always been that, do whatever you can to win at your home with good number of goals, so can at least get a draw when you go away.
248  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024 on: April 09, 2024, 04:36:02 PM
Despite many rumours they are missing quality striker like Real Madrid their attack is one of the best in Premier League as they score 75 goals and also their defense is also having one of the best with they concede only 24 which are fewest in the Premier League in this season mean their team is well-balanced in all ways.

Even still we have doubts about their chances for winning the title, but now they are having one of the best side in this league and things can take well control for the next season as well because Mikel Arteta dedication and leadership is amazing after Jürgen Klopp and Pepe in this league and things are impressive as well while we will have them in future as well for me now we are heading for the Arsenal era in coming years because Mikel Arteta is doing good job and if management keep faith in his strategy and success we can have good things for them for winning many trophies.
Maybe it is time for Arsenal to regain their glory in the Premier League. And all of that is thanks to a talented coach like Arteta. I hope Arteta continues to be trusted there and makes extraordinary history with Arsenal. because I feel that next season Arsenal can be even better. Because as we can see, it seems like every season Arsenal continues to develop under Arteta's coaching.

Last season they came close to winning the title but fell short, and let's see if this season they will finally succeed.
Mikel Arteta needs to be really appreciated, haven been under the tutulage of pep guardiola has really thought him a great lesson in football tactics formation and capabilities of forming a team that has creative midfield approach. Since the absence of arsene Wenger, arsenal haven't gotten a better option until the arrival of Arteta.

If they can maintain this current position, then lifting the trophy might not be an issue, However the people behind them are heavy weight ( Liverpool and Manchester city), though arsenal needs to be appreciated given the fact that last season they came close to winning the league title, and now they are still in the race to win the league with a competitive advantage at the moment.
249  Economy / Economics / Re: Governments and their irrelevant projects just to steal public funds on: April 09, 2024, 10:56:44 AM
What would make a government to rebrand their traditional currencies just to edit some graphic designs with excessive amounts of money bills involved to execute such project that doe not mean to brings more values to the currency neither does it boost the economy level of the nation?

Meanwhile such is been an undeveloped country which the implemented bill for such valueless project is big enough to create infrastructures with the potentials of building the masses with valuable skills and otherwise a national financial revenue.

Do we assume it is still one of the money laundering strategies that the government intentionally creates loopholes in other to steal the public funds? Because even after the implementations and execution of Such projects, the same governments clamours that the nation has run out of funds after giving accounts of those irrelevant executed projects.
OP, the design and refacing of a countries currency has been a habitual method that is even constitutional, for some countries is after a decade, some after two decades. There are several reasons why a country redesigns their currency note, it can be for a facelift, it can be to discouraged people that have looted the currency and hoarded it for a very long time, it can as well to be to fight against counterfeit notes that might be out there in circulation.  

What gives a countries currency value, is not redesigning of the currency, it is the economic viability of that country. However i don't see redesigning of a countries currency as a valueless project, I see it as a constitutional duty that is done procedurally to keep the countries bill in check.  Currently in ENGLAND they are gradually facing of the the British pounds that carries the image of late QUEEN ELIZABETH and replacing it with the image of KING CHARLES, because they laws allows that.

For me OP, it is not every action that your government takes that you have to criticize, sometimes you just have to look at the policies that government are presenting critically before you start criticizing.
250  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024 on: April 08, 2024, 09:28:37 PM
I was not surprised that Liverpool could not beat Manchester United at Old Trafford in their Premier League match yesterday. This season, since Liverpool could not beat Manchester United in the Premier League and FA Cup, I knew they would find it difficult to beat Manchester United in the Premier League. Even though Liverpool drew with Manchester United, the Premier League title race is wide-open because Arsenal and Liverpool have the same points.
Since both teams needed the winning for the Premier League top position(Liverpool for the PL title, and Manchester United for chances of the Europa League even though the chances are slim), having a draw point was the least they could do for themselves but for me, it would have been preferable for Liverpool to have the three points win because of the PL title win.

Since the match happened to be a draw point, not no point added, Liverpool focused on lifting the PL trophy can still happen, if they can be determined to win the rest of their remaining(seven) games. I believe Arsenal and Manchester City will have such a mindset to win their remaining games. That's what we will see as the match results unfold every week. I wish the three top clubs luck as the PL fight for the title becomes more competitive as which clubs own it
The race has been intensive, and it's still currently open given the draw Liverpool played against Manchester united, and you shouldn't be surprised because this is football.  I knew the came pattern of Manchester united has been difficult for Liverpool to conquer, the tactics they play it's a bit difficult for Liverpool unlike Manchester city that will conquer the midfield and push the players backyard, and the rest of the midfield will be their conquered territory.

"Since the match happened to be a draw point, no point added " I disagree with this your statement. at least they shared a point, if they most win the EPL, then Manchester united remained as obstacle they needed to surmount, however they couldn't, because no obstacle is small especially in the game of football. Going by the way things are now, if arsenal decides to win all their games remaining now, then they will definitely lift the trophy.
251  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024 on: April 08, 2024, 01:11:57 PM
Today is a very interesting matchday... Man U did not lose to Liverpool, although they could even win, but they had the same bad luck as in the last match against Chelsea... But Liverpool disappointingly missed out on the top spot in the EPL... And Chelsea could not beat Sheffield, which is in last place in the standings...
Man United's performance was still quite good against Liverpool even though the previous match lost to Chelsea but I was happy with last night's match.
Chelsea is worse, somehow Chelsea is worse playing with the lower teams than playing with the upper teams this team reacts faster but with Shuffield not being able to win it is really bad because this team is at the bottom.
This is why I always hesitate when betting on Chelsea games.
Chelsea's 2-2 draw with Sheffield United keeps amusing me on how possible can that be to have a draw match with a relegation club after showing us a tremendous performance last week with late minutes-winning goals against Manchester United that made many say Chelsea must have picked their performance skills back for them to win Manchester United, not knowing that the big flop is their way this week when they face Sheffield United.

Anyone who's betting on Chelsea to win any of their matches in the remaining matches of the Premier League needs to be reminded that Chelsea can win a relegation club. Sheffield United and Burney are the two relegation clubs, Chelsea is having a draw within the space of two weeks. What a shameful thing

It's a very shameful draw which makes most Chelsea fan felt as if they lost the game, because if they cannot win a team like Sheffield united that are in the relegation zone, who are they going to win? That is how they struggled against Burnley even when they are a man down, this shows how horrible this Chelsea team is.

And as for the manager, I really don't think he actually knows what he was doing because yesterday when they where leading 2-1, he removed people he ort  not to , and the changes that cost them the game is for him to remove cucurella and brought on badachile who is in a very bad for of recent, and he was the one that cause the equalizing goal of Sheffield united, because he missed a heading clearance, which eventually led to the equalizer.
Those Chelsea fans shouldn't get that kind of feelings. this is football, they won Manchester United in a game that had already ended in favour of Manchester United, the golden rule in football had to play in, which says it's not over until it's over.

Liverpool drew against Manchester United yesterday, I personally thought Manchester United had won that game, but before the final whistle, it ended 2-2.  Liverpool fans where bitter and excited at the same time with that game, because it was a game they needed to win to maintain their gap with arsenal, however it was looking as if they will lose the match, as it was 2-1 in favour of United even towards die minute, their dreams where shattered as they didn't see a lose against Manchester United coming, despite losing to them at the FA CUP,  so at some point they had to smile again as it end 2-2, though not the result they were yearning for but at least they got a point. Half bread 🥪🍞 they say is better than nothing.
252  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Call of Duty Cheaters Lose Their Bitcoin as Hackers Target Gamers with Malware on: April 08, 2024, 12:48:36 PM
I saw this news some days back about call of Duty cheaters losing their bitcoin as hackers target gamers with malware on https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2024/03/29/call-of-duty-cheaters-allegedly-lose-their-bitcoin-as-hackers-target-gamers-with-malware/

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The malware has already impacted hundreds of thousands of players and the numbers are still growing, as per malware market informer @vxunderground.
“It should be noted that some of these accounts are also not cheaters,” @vxunderground added. “Some users impacted utilized gaming software for latency improvement, VPNs, and certain controller boosting software.”

Call of Duty cheat code provider “PhantomOverlay” was first to notice the suspicious activity after users reported unauthorized purchases. Rival cheat providers like Elite PVPers confirmed similar attacks to @vxunderground in the past week.

The stolen data includes freshly stolen credentials, with some victims also reporting their Electrum wallets were also drained. The total amount of crypto stolen is still unknown.

Call of Duty developer Activision Blizzard (ATVI) is reportedly working with the cheat code providers to help the affected players. The current estimated number of compromised accounts includes over 3.6 million Battlenet accounts, 561,000 Activision accounts, and 117,000 Elite PVPers accounts.


Base on the same news, this is not the first time hackers have targeted game cheaters have targeted, another popular game, Fortnite were a suppose cheat became a malware to still gamers bitcoin logins in 2018 https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2018/10/05/fake-cheat-for-popular-game-fortnite-hides-bitcoin-targeting-malware/ and then in 2019 they experience another one https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2019/08/26/new-crypto-stealing-ransomware-targets-fortnite-players/


Hackers will continue to target gamers since there are alot of things they get from them if they get access to their gaming accounts like their credit card, email address, bitcoin and other cryptocurrency and others. I would advice to use a seperate device for gaming in what you use for holding of your coins, have a seperate credit card for gaming and also try to have a seperate passwordand email for gaming

 Kaspersky  did research on cyber attacks base on data shared voluntarily by their users from July 1, 2022 to July 1, 2023. Here is their key findings
Key findings
From July 1, 2022 to July 1, 2023:
  • In total, Kaspersky detected 4,076,530 game-related desktop infection attempts over the past year, which affected 192,456 gamers worldwide.
  • The most common threat was Downloaders (89.70%), followed by Adware (5.25%) and Trojans (2.39%).
  • The top game used as a lure was Minecraft, which saw 70.29% of all detections, followed by Roblox (20.37%), Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (4.78%) and PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (2.85%).
  • Our mobile solutions detected 436,786 gaming-related infection attempts that affected 84,539 users.
  • Minecraft users (90.37%) were the biggest targets for mobile malware, with PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (5.09%), Roblox (3.33%) and Baldur’s Gate (0.68%) being the next most often used lures.

From the report, it said that the hackers are targeting game-cheaters,  so is it that, cheater's are been targeted because they are bypassing the system, are the hackers doing these  to also discourage others from cheating. However if that's the case, innocent persons can can actually download software's with malware attached to it, and then fall victim of this scammers, because from the report I'm seeing, people using Electrum wallet where not spared.

" The game developer is reported working with the cheat code providers to help the affected players",         my question is, is it to help those games Cheaters to recover their lost coins, or help de-escalate the matter my making sure hackers don't get access to cause havoc again, or not to allow cheaters compromise the system again?
253  Other / Politics & Society / Re: DNA and paternity fraud on: April 08, 2024, 12:03:18 PM
Paternity fraud is increasingly becoming a trend these days. Every day, we wake up to different news about paternity fraud, which is becoming worrisome. Why would people be so wicked or careless to do that?

Three major causes of the high incidence of paternity fraud are
1: The woman having multiple partners:  When a woman has sexual relationships with more than one partner within the same timeframe, this can lead to uncertainty about the biological father of the child conceived during this time.

2: The woman not understanding her menstrual cycle to accurately estimate the time of ovulation. Some women who have multiple partners and can't calculate their ovulation are not aware of who the father of their child is until a DNA test is done.

3: When a child is switched at birth.

People should desist from this because this act is harmful, and it has consequences like emotional pain for your partner, feelings of betrayal, and it also has a psychological impact on the child.
OP the factor's you've enlisted are the true causes of paternity fraud. However DNA has helped a lot of people not to raise children that is not theirs, some too have raised children that is not theirs and later found out about the true paternity of that child.  but as a parent, its actually painful to raise a child that is not yours without knowing, and maybe in the later part of the years, you see somebody coming to clame with evidence a child you've raised with love and passion, telling you to your face that your not the legitimate father of that baby you've nurtured, the feelingvat that moment cannot be described.
254  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: What is a best way of taking advantage of BTC dips when away? on: April 08, 2024, 11:23:38 AM
Call me an idiot, I don't care but I believe that this question deserves some answer.

I have been hearing about the importance of buying Bitcoin at the dip and something good strikes my heart.

What if I can't be available when Bitcoin is dumping? What if I am away because in reality I am always busy, you can tell how epileptic my activeness on this forum have become.

Is there anyway to buy Bitcoin dips when I am not available? So this come to my mind straight away.

A bitcoin buy the dip bot, that can trigger a certain price when I am away, is this possible?

Don't tell me to use a centralized exchange, been not active in crypto space means that a centralized exchange can collapse before you come back, I want something in my control.

If you have a better option, don't hesitate to share.
Well, you can use the DCA method to buy the dip, you just have to have a certain investment plan with a capital in place for let's say six months. There are trusted centralised exchange like Binance, because most of the possibilities of what you want can actually be done with bot using CEX. However your not an idiot, your just an investor looking for flexible method to suit your investment schedule, which is quite
 understandable.
255  Local / Politics and society (Naija) / Re: The effects of NEPOTISM (MAN KNOW MAN) in Nigeria on: April 08, 2024, 10:42:54 AM
Nepotism kill meritocracy,
It kills and discourages healthy competition,
It brings disrepute to any system.
Politicians have found a loophole to discourage Nigerians especially when it comes to job seeking, most Nigerians find it difficult to apply for federal jobs because it is believed that it is reserved for person with upper hand, and in most cases that's what happens.
The truth is that, there is nepotism in every part of world, but just that, the one practice in Nigeria has a higher voltage. Which is why most of time you don't have competent people manning strategic positions in the country because they got it outside of merit.
256  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024 on: April 06, 2024, 05:32:42 PM
The truth is that no matter whether a team scores first against them or not, Manchester City barely loses any games.
Manchester City maintain the same level of confidence like Liverpool and even when they are behind by a goal, they never rule themselves out from the game. Crystal Palace were very poor defensively and wasted the chances they had to make the game more difficult for Manchester City to win.
Manchester City move to second place ahead of Arsenal who have a game against Brighton who can be a difficult opponent to win especially at home.
Aston Villa are still in the battle to maintain their 4th position on the league, as they now play Brentford in hopes to get all three points and continuing securing their place for the champions league next season. Ollie Watkins plays this week, increasing Aston Villa's chances of winning.
No Ivan Tooney for Brentford in this first half, the coach will bring him in the second.
Manchester city maintained their confidence and that has been one of the master stroke they have, even in the face of animosity they still strive to prove a point conquering the midfield as usual, though with this crystal palace game, there are some palace players I would blame for being greedy with the ball especially on the goal mouth, Eze and Ayew at one point in the game had the chances to either pass the ball for others to score but they became greedy and refused to pass. Against a team like Manchester city, you make use of any opportunity that comes your way, because they will capitalize on your mistakes and trash with enough goals.
257  Economy / Economics / Re: Technology and work ethics on: April 06, 2024, 05:03:41 PM
We can't dispute the fact that the advent of technology has played a great role in improving activities in the workplace. With the networking of the different PCs in companies, it has become easy to send a broadcast message to all staff at a time, and coupled with other sophisticated technology, coordinating and controlling multiple workers has become easier which has resulted in a high level of productivity and an increase in the staff to management relationships.

But then, the issue of workers' privacy and management compliance with work ethics has been of serious concern, and to a very large extent, it always appears as though most management has always used technology to the disadvantage of her staff. You find situations where CCTV cameras are mounted in most offices and privacy is denied to its peak. Most PCs used by staff are always under serious surveillance and sometimes, staff's don't even have a single knowledge that they are being monitored, and whenever they get a bit flimsy, their job is threatened.

I understand the importance of monitoring workers to ascertain there level of productivity, and to improve workers attendance and also enhance Cyber security but then, the inability of most management to go about this ethically has been of great concern to me.

What's your view about this?

Op first of all, you must understand that it is an official environment so it's appropriate to keep activities on a public glare, because most times we've had cases of theft in an official environment and if there is no CCTV or hidden cameras to identify some of these misgivings that happens in the office, we won't know those involved.  Workers should always understand that they are in a working environment and everything that they are doing from their dress code to the way they communicate and how they relate to each other, should be ethical and in tandem to rules of the company.  

so I'm in support of those CCTV camera, to enhance transparency and accountability on the  side of the workers, because it is a business environment and you are there for a serious work,  you are there to be productive and those you are working for ought to look at your level of productivity so that they won't wake up one morning and hear that the company has been sold out to somebody else and the ground work was done by workers within the company.
258  Local / Off-topic (Naija) / Re: FG to unveil new NIN card with payment capability: on: April 06, 2024, 02:29:26 PM
As part of the effort to improving on the structure of the national identity card that's already in place, the federal government has launched an innovative identity card with payment functionality . The general multipurpose card (GMPC) is to be issued to Nigerians and legal residence of Nigeria as thier default national identity card.
Key features of the card includes;
1. The card can be used as debit or prepaid card by linking it to your bank.
2. The card shall enable holders to have access to government intervention fund.
3. It will contain machine readable zone for e passport information
4. Contain your national identity number
5. Contain biometric authentication i.e fingerprint.
6. Offline capabilities that allows transaction in areas with no internet access

What's your take on this planned improvement on the Nigeria national identity card? Should we be expecting a possible difficulty in getting this new identity card like what happened when the previous identity card was made compulsory?

OP if what you've listed are the true functions of the card, then that's a good one. Citizens needs to have a unique number that can have multiple functions just like the western world.  The only problem I have here is the ability to access government intervention funds by the ordinary citizens who don't have connections, we've heard multiple times about government releasing funds for the indigent in the society and the most vulnerable, yet those funds just disappear into the tin air without the actual people getting them.  In adopting some of these advanced technological methods in a bid to build a societal structure, we still need to purge ourselves of political interest and greed that runs the system, else the main purpose of some of these innovations will be defeated.
259  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024 on: April 06, 2024, 11:56:19 AM
I like that you used the word "if" which is a really strong word in this context because like you pointed out earlier, City are hungry for goals and would be looking to do to another club that which they did to Aston Villa and you'd agree with me that in terms of strength, Unai Emery's Aston are tougher than Crystal but they still got that thrashing and you think Crystal Palace will survive it? Home or away, it makes no difference. The only thing that might occur is that we might see Palace making it difficult for City to score but that won't mean they won't. Haaland hasn't scored in three games now if I'm not mistaken and will be itching to do so, and coupled with the fact that they drew their last match, Pep will be looking to take his pound of flesh, don't you think?
The only strange thing is that City could not do the same with Liverpool and Arsenal, and could not score a single goal. In the match with Arsenal, it was clear how an organized defense can ruin Guardiola’s plans, but I think they are no strangers to such games, most teams are simply trying to defend against City, by the way, even though Arteta’s strategy worked, I didn’t like Arsenal’s game at all.

The game with Crystal Peles has already started, and Crystal Peles opens the scoring in the first minutes, this is unexpected and now City will have to win back, let's see how quickly they can do it. Now, by the way, Krista Peles may well play from defense on counterattacks.
Manchester city have equalized with an astonishing goal from De Bruyne making it 1-1. Though crystal palace are still trying to show some level of home advantage against the citizens. Crystal palace goal keeper just saved a one on one with Haaland, I almost thought he had scored, that save was outstanding, however Manchester city are still playing there dominating style of play, pushing crystal palace backwards and taking over the midfield with crystal palace managing to see if they can end the first half like this.
260  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽ Premier League 2023/2024 Discussion Thread ⚽ on: April 06, 2024, 11:26:38 AM
Chelsea's victory could not be separated from Diogo Dalot's mistake, who committed a violation in the penalty box and made Manchester United lose focus. And Chelsea's victory was thanks to Cole Palmer who completed an extraordinary hat trick well and the last two goals he scored just one minute apart left Manchester United humiliated.
And Manchester United's defense was terrible and Cole Palmer's two penalty kicks should not have happened, and this will be a lesson for Erik ten Hag to give firmness to his defenders.
We consider Manchester United to be an unlucky match in this match because of several small mistakes that cannot be blamed, such as the mistake made by Dalot which resulted in Chelsea's second penalty.
Manchester United's defense is very chaotic which must receive attention in the transfer window.
The current midfield is good enough to compete in the main league because Mainoo and several other names can fulfill Erik ten Hag's needs. Only defense is the main line that Erik ten Hag must improve next season if he wants to compete for the title.
But we have been discussing the same thing for a long time now that Manchester United have organized their attack and in contrast they have failed to organize their midfield or defence. If the midfield is weak the pressure will be on the defense and if the defense is weak the strikers will be beaten every time by the opposition's counter attack no matter how many goals they score. If the defense and midfield are strong, the pressure on the strikers will be reduced and the strikers will be able to score freely, making Manchester United more likely to win than lose. Manchester United realize they have enough problems in defense and midfield yet why don't they try to fix these problems in every transfer window. They must work on this issue in the next transfer season or else they will perform this badly in the next season as well.
Eric Ten had has had the same defensive pattern for some time now,  the central midfield and the central defences lack composure to some extent. I think the only thing on a different side on the Manchester United team, is the attacking midfield who do more of trying to push the ball forward, Bruno Fernandez has been doing a fantastic job on that.  Ten had is one coach that will try to manage a situation, instead of making instant change, we know the story of Onana and how he remained resolute on not to change Onana. Manchester United still needs more strikers upfront at least to help Radford.
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