^
It is tough going over there in the 35° heat yesterday. We watch the match between
Halep and Kalinskaya. Both players had medical time outs but Halep retired after being
broken in the second set, another top seed exits.

Kyrgios is going very well, I was going to bet on him against Paul but didnt in the end.
I think today he will also be too much against Opelka. I'm going to go with a small bet on him.

Not bad at all, I actually like the colours with a COA and a diaplay box.
They dont say what the coin is limited to though.

Yes there was a previous work done by a number of people and projects before
Satoshi, these were known as the Cypherpunks. I created a thread about it a few years ago.

The Cypherpunks and the road to Bitcoin

What would I ask Satoshi?

Do you still have access to all your wallets? ^{not that I care but its still intreguing}

Are you happy with how Bitcoin has developed?

did you forsee the route it has taken?

I'm a bit of a Michael Saylor fan but he is certainly not the Father of BTC, he is just a Whale
and very much a Bitcoiner. He has highlighted many things about Bitcoin which has
got a lot of people thinking differently about Bitcoin other than its use as an alternative
currency, transfer of wealth or payment system.

If at some stage when he decides he needs to sell his or part of his hodling it will be sensational,
but not the death knell of Bitcoin. There were many many people involved in Bitcoin way before
anyone even knew of Michael Saylor or Microstrategy.

^
They were good odds on Khachanov, nice one. Before I went to bed I put another bet
on Kyrgios to beat Giron @ 1.26 which he won 6-3, 6-2. Handily enough, I was thinking
on doing a handicap on him but its just too risky.

For today I'm taking Korda to beat Baez, it could be another tough one for Korda though.

Something interesting today is Rune v Paire! Paire os underdog @3.25 and Rune has
really gone off the boil lately, does anyone have the will or confidence in Paire? nice odds though...

Here in Ireland when I speak for myself I can only assume I speak for a lot of others when
I say I dont factor in the Commonwealth games into my sporting calendar. We left the
commonwealth in 1949 following full independence from England. It isnt even reported
on in most sport bulletins here, so I didnt even know they were happening!

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I have to say that was a great call to back the Wests Tigers last weekend @5.92!

Yea he lost that in the end  The Ymer brothers do have a lot of talent but I guess that
was a match Murray was kind of expected to win.

First game today sees Paire beating Gojowczyk which was probably against the odds.

A lot of big names playing later. I have a couple of bets on for Rublev to beat Draper,
van de Zandschulp to beat Gojo

Yea the trouble is that you will have to hand over Bitcoin to whomever you borrow the FIAT
from, this means you lose control of that Bitcoin and when the value falls you will have to
give them more Bitcoin to cover the value of the FIAT loan, its like a "Margin Call".

Alternatively you could do what I did twice before and its something most others would
frown upon but it worked for me. Just get a FIAT loan without touching your Bitcoin
and buy more Bitcoin with it. Timing is everything and I have done it 6 months before
the halving then 12 months after the halving sell the Bitcoin you bought to do what
you want or just part of it to pay the complete FIAT loan back.

* of course i cannot guarantee this will actually work just based on fast performance alone!

Lot 4 - 0.0015

Super cool collectibles 👍

TBH Sinner has been until recently "kind of" a limited player ^{i use that term very loosely}
but fairly effective at what he was doing but I recon he realised he needed to develop further
which seems to be bearing fruit now.

Like bitbollo we have been following Sinner for a while and would class him as one of our favourites.
For his age he has super talent and a great manner.


Thats a massive deal and indeed Nike see him as a very viable investment!

Can I avail of

e - aoluain ?

Wow that is very generous of Dernoste.

@tweetious - yes! this is as planned.

@Zipreg - apologies I misunderstood your post previously and yes I will continue as planned with
the books individually numbered by the printer.

With the addition of hand signing and dating on request, meaning if you dont want your personal copy
signed and dated I wont, but I suspect everyone will want that.

Apologies for the mixup all!

@Abiky @tweetious - Noted - thank you.


Well they have not been printed yet, they should be printed this week though!

I can ask the printers to "not number" them and in turn I can number, sign and date
them on the back cover where the numbering was planned to be?

A bit of a change in plan but if everyone so far would like it done that way I dont
have a problem with it.

RUGBY LEAGUE NRL

For Round 21 I'm going with 4 picks which should all be fairly safe . . . How many times
have I thought and said that this season?


South Sydney Rabbitohs v New Zealand Warriors ML South Sydney Rabbitohs @ 1.13 Taken Amount: 0.10 mBTC Possible Payout: 0.113 mBTC
Canberra Raiders v Penrith Panthers v ML Penrith Panthers @ 1.59 Taken Amount 0.10 mBTC Possible Payout: 0.16mBTC [panthers surely couldnt lose a second game in a row this season?]
Cronulla Sharks v St George/Illawarra Dragons ML Cronulla Sharks @ 1.38 Taken Amount: 0.10 mBTC Possible Payout: 0.138 mBTC
Canterbury Bulldogs v North Queensland Cowboys ML North Queensland Cowboys @ 1.43 Taken Amount: 0.10 mBTC Possible Payout: 0.143 mBTC

Hello MrCryptHodl,

I would like #50 please.

I will send payment and postal details later, thank you very much.

I have my own way of figuring if a nation is "Crypto Ready" and thats how relaxed or not
the regulations and particularly taxation is. For example in Europe I am aware of 3 favourable
countries when it comes to Crypto, they are Germany, Portugal and Malta.

As pooya87 says countries where questionable crypto companies and startups locate
would not be favourable in terms of "ready". There are countries in Europe which is actively
trying to create crypto environments for startups and industry but yea what is the nature of
those industries?

Hello All!

I have been asked if I would be willing to sign and date the books?

I dont have a problem doing so but I'm not sure if everyone who had ordered so far would
want that and its not something I factored into the books.

So let me know if you would like me to sign and date your copies?

^
It was a stunning performance by Sinner to win the following 2 sets after losing ^narrowly
the first set.

It seems his change of team recently is starting to bring results, well done to him and his team.

And my second bet over at Atlanta also paid out, De Minaur beat Brooksby 6-3, 6-3
happy enough with that.

Yea I'm backing Sinner as the underdog, a small bet +3.5 @1.56. I'm thinking as Alcaraz
is struggling to close out matches Sinner will be a fairly tough challenge for him, it should
be an interesting match for sure.

Over in Atlanta De Minaur taken on Brooksby, that should be interesting too, Brooksby
seems to play well in "Home" tournaments and so is favoirite, I took a +3.5 handicap
on De Minaur @1.48.

Yup, providing nothing cataclysmic happend to Bitcoin I too would be selling as much
of my possessions at a knock down price in order to buy Bitcoin because my long term
outlook would not have changed.

We can only dream because Bitcoin going that low is really a fantasy.