I second that, Real Madrid deserve all the congratulations they are getting, no doubts about that, but it was really easy for them to win the league this season, their rivals Barcelona started really poorly, and all credit to Real Madrid for capitalizing on it and racing far away from everyone in the race for the title, that is what big teams do, and Real Madrid did it to perfection this season, and that is why they are champions.

I am pretty sure next season would be different though, i am not saying Real Madrid are not capable of winning it again next season, of course they can, the point is just that next season is going to be more difficult, Barcelona are finishing this season on a high, and that would give them extra motivation coming into next season, there would be a stronger competition for the title next season i'm sure.

Hell i had never seen the above thread till now, never had the idea you actually wanted to stop being 'The Pharmacist', lol . I skimmed through the replies on the thread, and from what i get you never got any answer whatsoever, well that is strange, especially for someone of your reputation. Did you ever get to give Theymos your reason for wanting to change your username? Or you didn't get the chance to since he never replied in the first place?

I am thinking the problem could have been the timing, maybe you asked at a time Theymos was prolly busy or less inclined to make any such change for users, i can't see any other reason, first you are an established user, and from my deduction you never actually had the chance to tell Theymos the reason, so the claim of 'the reason wasn't susbstantial' can't suffice. Why don't you try asking again bro? How about that, well that is if you consider it important of course.

Of course that is not a problem for me my bro, i do not and have never practiced political apathy, i always vote, and i am going to do same again come next year's general elections. I just do not feel too optimistic about the outcome, maybe the problem is with me and i am just a pessimistic guy, or maybe you prolly share in my indifference and understand a tad bit of what my worries are. This coming general election is really going to be a pivotal one for our nation, Nigerians are already fed up, and i really hope whoever emerges as the winner actually does a good job or else he would struggle to keep the nation together, cause he would be under immense pressure.

It depends a whole lot on the individual in question, personally i would buy a house, do not forget that i could also lease/rent my house out at anytime, and make money from it, but that is by the way. I know quite a lot of us believe in Bitcoin, but in life there are prolly somethings that should be primary, if the house is of utmost importance to you and your family, then the decision should be an absolute no-brainer, you just have to get the house, as long as you have a job in RL and you are hardworking, you will definitely be able to save up something sometime later to invest in Bitcoin. And do not forget you do not have to invest in Bitcoin all at once with a huge sum, that is even a risky thing to do, thus if you buy your house, you can use Dollar Cost Averaging to grow a Bitcoin portfolio, it doesn't matter if you are even investing $30/$40/$50 per week or something around that amount, it would turn into something in the long run.

Since you're in two minds on what to do, it could mean the stipulated sum is nearly all you have, then you shouldn't even consider using it up for Bitcoin investment, lest you invest far more than you can afford to lose.

That is one pro Bitcoin has over gold, but remember that if you must speculate with Bitcoin you have to expect great ROI in the long run, as Bitcoin doesn't really maintain its value for a long period of time like gold, it is volatile, and short term investors sometimes lose their funds and do not make any returns, gold on the other hand is a store of value/safe haven asset, and that is one pro gold has over Bitcoin. I am just trying to point out that the two have advantages over the other.
Gold is physical, but you could still own gold and nobody would know you do so, it is up to you, there are Bitcoin users who tell everyone they own Bitcoins as well, i think this point depends a whole lot on the user/how they use their asset.

I have said this a couple of times already, i'd reiterate, i do not really care how people choose to use their Bitcoin, just use yours the way you think is best, either spending it as Bitcoin, hodling it, or converting it to fiat for spending, it all depends on the user, their needs, convenience and what have you; its value would still increase nonetheless, cause they are many people using it in many different ways, and what that means is that there is incessant demand, so why wouldn't the value go up.

I like to see people buy stuffs with Bitcoin, and i also like to see people hold it, the thing remains that both parties believe in the Bitcoin network, and that is what that matters in the end.

Yeah they might show interest, it also doesn't mean that many of them would immediately make Bitcoin a legal tender in their own country by the way, and even if they do, i honestly do not think it will have too much of an impact on Bitcoin (not immediately at least), especially when you take a good look at the countries having the said meeting. I know it is not possible right now for first world countries to take steps such as this regarding Bitcoin, of course not, they are solely focused on continually improving their fiat currency/economy, but if that happens somewhere along the line, then we could call it a big news, and one that will have an effect on Bitcoin. Don't get me wrong, i am not just merely pushing this away as nothing, of course not, if you look at how old Bitcoin is as a currency (relatively young), then you would understand that it is actually something worthy of note for countries to include its adoption in their discussion, irrespective of the countries that make up the meeting.
They should obviously have done their research, they definitely would be aware of the risk in the network, and that it it not a stable one, so this shouldn't be any problem at all in respect to the general view/discussion.

I wouldn't mind spending my Bitcoin on a couple of my needs if i do get the chance (and i mean 'where) to do so, it is really difficult to do that where i come from, you could of course pay for some goods and services over the internet (online), but a real life payment in a shop/store is difficult to do at the moment. Generally, doing so would depend a whole lot on where the user resides, and how popular shops that accept Bitcoin are in that area.

Of course more Bitcoin users would want to hodl and speculate with their coins in many years to come, but it is of course great to likewise use Bitcoin as a currency when you do have the chance to do so, not that it matters too much how one uses it, cause anyway actually helps with mainstream adoption; whether it is buying to hold or buying to spend, the thing remains that Bitcoin is being bought (meaning there is constant demand).

And just as quite a lot of people expected: Arsenal did what Arsenal know how to do best, and that is to capitulate, there is no such thing as 'we now have to wait for the last game to see who ends fourth', Spurs are going to end fourth, and that is that, Norwich would be lucky not to concede above 3 goals that day. It was in Arsenal's hands quite a lot of times this season, they lost it and it came right back to them again (up until tonight), this situation happened quite a lot of times this season, they ought to have been more decisive in doing their job. If you saw how distraught Arsenal players were at the end of the game you'll know that even themselves know it is over, it is Europa league football for them next season after all the hardwork, this is even going to affect their mentality for next season.

Suarez was very instrumental in Athletico's run to win the title last season, he scored many goals that contributed in the success they achieved last season, and not just that, whenever he is called upon to play for the team, he gives his all, he plays with all the desire in the world, and that is what fans love to see from their players, thus he deserved the farewell he got, as i am pretty sure the club and fans wish him well in his next step.

I actually disagree that many teams would be seeking to sign Suarez, maybe lower teams though, but i don't know how many top teams will be keen in getting Suarez into their team, this looks prolly like the time Suarez either moves to a less competitive league, or to a small club where he could get some playing time under his belt, for him it should be getting to the stage were the curtain is drawn on an illustrous career.

Of course if City had won the game they would have been all but Champions heading into the final game of the season, but people seem to forget how tough a team West Ham are, and that point was very important for City to keep their destiny firmly in their hands heading into their final game of the season against Aston Villa. I am very proud of this City side, with what they have done this season they deserve an awful amount of credit, and they would get all of that on the final day when they are crowned champions, cause i do not see anything other than that happening.

Liverpool by the way still have to win Southampton tomorrow to take the title race down to the final day, it is a game they are highly expected to win, but until they do that we can't talk about the race for the title lingering till the final day, so it is fingers crossed for now.

There is as of yet no official statement on the future of Mbappe, as is expected there is always going to be quite a lot of rumors making the rounds, but from what i read online, the player is set to make an announcement on his future in a few weeks, i read he will do that before he links up with the French National team soon. That announcement really needs to come quick enough, as the rumors over the past months have been quite much, time to settle it once and for all.

A part of me tells me that Mbappe is ambivalent of what he wants to do, if he should go or stay, i quite understand his situation as players try to be as careful as possible in taking decisions such as this.

Do not use your forum email account to register on other websites and platforms, you should obviously have multiple emails, do so if you do not, and then 'dedicate' one solely for your forum account here. It would also be much better if you avoid using a public wifi to access your account, you should also use a very strong password like others have said, if you do not have an idea how to do so, here is a thread that can teach you how to create strong passwords, read it for better understanding : https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5132378.0

It could, but i would argue that it will only scare away people who know little about the crypto network, let us be honest, quite a lot of investors who bought that project did so basically cause of hype, and a bid to get rich quick, i am pretty sure most of them did not do their homework/research, they just thought of it as a medium to double their money, and we all know what is likely to happen when investors do that.

Now the thing is this, for investors who have been around for so long, and who know a lot about pump and dump coins, they would not be too worried or scared away, even if they lost money to the project, they would understand that it is the risk one has to take when you invest with such pump and dump project, but for investors who are prolly relatively new to the network and straightaway lost money to Luna, i am pretty sure that could be the last time they invest, at least in a long while, till they do their homework.

Having said that, non-crypto people are not left out as well, all of the news about Luna would give them many more reasons to avoid crypto all together, but quite a lot of them wouldn't understand that the problem isn't with crypto generally, but the particular network you invest in.

I am pretty sure quite a lot of people are buying in this dip, many people have identified severe bear periods as a time to accumulate more of their favorite coins as prices are lower, but people still have to be careful with the coins they would be accumulating this bear period, many of the coins that crashed are also pump and dump coins, many of which would not appreciate in price again, even after prices become much better. Thus any investor who buys into such projects would be at the receiving end of it all.

Having said that, i believe so much in the Bitcoin system, so it is the coin i think is great to accumulate more in this dip, it is a long term project, so you do not have to worry much about short term correction periods as it will always appreciate back up. As for altcoin believers, Eth or Dogecoin is actually not a bad idea to throw some more money on.

You sound quite sanguine about the outcome of the next general election, i am not trying to be a pessimist here, but i do not have high hopes about what is to come, when you even look at the candidates vying to represent their different political parties in the next general election, i sort of lose hope. I could be totally wrong with my thoughts, but it is what it is, and we all know what our dear country Nigeria is capable of.
We have been saying this for quite a long time now, hoping for things to get better over here, but it seems so far from us at the moment. Most Nigerians at this stage just wants to eke out a living for themselves and their family, cause as for the general economy, things do not look quite good, or doesn't look to be good anytime soon.

Of course, AC Milan can control their destiny, Inter cannot, AC Milan have it in their hands, Inter do not. So obviously it is advantage AC Milan, but the thing is, the final day would decide who celebrates as Italian League Champions, the both teams have done tremendously well this season and they both deserve to win the title, but only one team can win it.

Inter can only win their game and hope for a slip up, that is not a position teams like to be in, when you are hoping on another result to decide your fate; Ac Milan can actually reach out and feel the title at the moment, just one final hurdle. I supported Inter from the start of the season till the end, and i would feel disappointed that they do not win it, but i would still be happy for AC Milan, they have been massively impressive this season, and they deserve the title after many years of not winning it.

That is surprising and commendable as well from the admin, i thought this sort of request usually takes a bit of time, or even outright rejection most of the time. I guess this is your second change of name mate, if you do not mind can you tell us how long it took the admin to accept your request in the first instance and how long it took this time around.

Having said that, i think this name is much better that the previous one written in capital letters, i always prefer names written in small letters actually, it is just my personal thing anyway, but i think they look much better, at least in my eyes, i don't know for others.

If this news is true, then what can i say, definitely too sad to even take a second look at, a lot of this has to do with how people take crypto, and that is as a get rich quick thing, they basically have the idea of joining the network to double their money, they take it as gambling, and they are investing so much, far more than they can afford to lose in a bid to do this; it is unbelievable.

This news is another reason why giving people investment advice is usually very risky business, imagine buying this coin, and convincing your friend to do so too, what would be the situation of that relationship right now, they would blame you to 'death', and in a worst case scenario could even hurt you. Always allow people to do their own research, and when they do, they should make up their mind, so that they bear the consequences of whatever action they take. But i truly hope this story about suicide is false.

You just have that feeling with Arsenal, you can never be sure they won't capitulate, it has been that way for years now, they find it very difficult to just get the job done, even when they are so close to it, tonights defeat is the perfect example of what Arsenal fans have been meant to cope with and endure for quite a long time now.

Arteta can complain all he wants about the officiating by the referee, and even if we can agree with him that the ref made a couple of mistakes, that is still not an excuse. Losing the way they did, in arguably their most important game of the season thus far. The good thing is that their destiny is still in their own hands, win their remaining two games and it is job done, but with Arsenal you just never know, so their fans are going to have an anxious wait till the season is over.