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2721  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Meme coin caused Solana price to rise by 40% in a week on: January 05, 2023, 12:12:58 PM
Good thing is you know that it's all hype and hype isn't something that's long-lasting. Whether it's good for Solana or not does not really matter because we are still in a bear market. I sense some sort of pump and dump scheme going on and members who FOMO out to be very careful with this or else the pumpers and dumpers will profit from you leaving you holding bags of shitcoins.
Tell that to Shiba Inu with a marketcap still worth 4.6 BILLION dollars. And how do you know if this is just a short or long term hype? There has been many cases when some altcoins have rised during the overall bear market. And BONK is just few days old. It's given free to active solana NFT projects, which i love as fair distribution.

Sure, rising 4000% in one week raises eyebrows but there can be many things that justify it.

Only thing i hate about this is their logo forced to look like generic 3d plastic blob made by cheapest artist ever.
2722  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Have you heard of blockbank project on: January 04, 2023, 10:20:12 PM
I have been in the market for 2 years now
Stumbled on blockbank project when it got their token bbank listed back in 2021. I've bought and the market crashed and I bought some now since price is low
I've been watching the project closely I think they great potential
What are your thoughts about it
Googled it and i dont see anything revolutionary in this. Why would this be anything else then that has been done 100 different ways already.

Also teams who list their token on Bitmart as their first choice don't know what they are doing and that's a red flag for me. They would be better of keeping their token on DEX trading with just a contract address to be more credible. Listing to CEX isn't a good thing when CEX is known for fake volume (it was stupidly visible in the orderbook spread activity, low liquidity, high volume).

Also bitmart is shady as hell. If team doesn't know this, they are not taking their token very seriously.
2723  Economy / Economics / Re: [Article] Good job, internet: You bullied NFTs out of mainstream games on: January 04, 2023, 09:34:44 PM
People always mocked what they don't understand, especially when there's money involved and for something that's never been done. The combination/recipe is just too much and it was unavoidable.

I think success of NFT is tied to success of crypto, without adoption of Ethereum or other platforms that host NFTs, they couldn't become widely popular.

NFT is part crypto. It couldn't be NFT without being crypto, it's just a protocol for a non fungible token instead of normal fungible tokens. You make it sound like a seperate world.
2724  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Islamic Coin, a Fact or a Delusion for Hype. on: January 04, 2023, 07:53:49 PM
1. Will this be acceptable by non Islamic users to also participate in using it as as a currency?
I think the proper question is, would this be acceptable even by Islamic users as a currency?
The audacity to assume that religion needs their cryptocurrency and islam parctisioners would choose them is just mind boggling.

If the video from their tiwtter accoint that man says that islamic coin is giving back to islamic community by donating 10% of mined coins will be donated to Evergreen Dell, and in their telegram there's a pinned message where they are warning about mining scam, that they never had or will never have mining. So i guess that's enough for me.




2725  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Dealing with low self-esteem on: January 04, 2023, 07:28:21 PM
Self esteem is the way we regard ourselves, the values we place. Its normal to criticize ourselves once in a while, but where low self-esteem creeps in is where we constantly degrade ourselves or judge negatively.
 Low self-esteem constantly leaves one feeling inadequate; always striving for perfection. This attitude can sometimes push one into depression, hopelessness and even entertain suicidal thoughts.

 I've seen peeps who go out of their comfort zones just to lead a lifestyle which they believe is acceptable by their peers and lose themselves in the process.
 This is so sad as most people dealing with low self-esteem find it difficult to appreciate themselves, always downplaying their positive attributes and abilities, regard themselves as inferior to their peers and so on.

 Although there are ways to help peeps dealing with such a feeling such as
- building positive relationships
- appreciating and complimenting yourself and all that. But it's looking like it's not enough because whether we believe it or not, it is slowly depriving us of active and innovative minds that have been held prisoner by low self-esteem. Your input would be appreciated.
Choosing wrong people to hang out with is pretty much worst thing you can do your self-esteem. Luckily in most cases in life, you can choose your own friends.

But even in healthy relationships you still need to do most of the heavy lifting and emotional work yourself. You need to work hard on yourself and with your feelings for that healthy relationship.

People with low self-esteem often make the mistake of getting hooked on pity as fish out the complementaries from people around them. Occiasionally everyone likes some comfort but for people with low self-esteem that's like heroin. They still need it. Even more then rest of people

But as it takes away their problems and makes them happy, they get hooked, specially when they don't need to do any work for it. (except to hint and sort of beg for compliments), But not by asking, just by insisting how am ugly or loser, etc they think they are themselves.

This however is counterproductive as self esteem doesn't come from inside themselves. They need a another person giving it to them constantly. And in a worst case they don't see how heavy and taxng this behaviour is to their friends. Lifting someone up constantly isnt healthy. If they don't pull their weight, it gets too heavy and those new friends are sadly leaving too.
2726  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: How to identify next bitcoin or FANG on: January 04, 2023, 05:06:48 PM
I was first heard of bitcoin in 2018 when I was earning some small money from PTC sites and I seen a option of withdraw through bitcoin and i thought what is this bitcoin and not studied about bitcoin I  thought it is also a payment system of other country I missed it at that time when btc was so cheap , I today regret it not researching abut it ,
my question is i missed bitcoin and many people missed FANG and more big earning opportunities.
how anyone can identify it is a revolutionary idea at it's initial stage .
today also some people with big unique idea trying to make a revolutionary product at any corner of world how we can find these peoples
they also discuss about idea and working together like satoshi
Main error is that people are looking for it to be something similar. Eth wasn't another bitcoin even if it's considered a cryptocurrency. Facebook didn't try to next next anything, Mark Zuckerberg just build facebook because there was demand for it. Don't try to look for next anything, you'll be looking from a wrong place. Innovators create something completely new, not +1 or second something. That's how you recognize potential new breaktroughs.
2727  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: The founder of Clucoin just quit after admitting to have gambled investors fund on: January 04, 2023, 04:56:00 PM
I visited their telegram, and i didn't even know they had such an active community.
And apparently way before this reveal there was someone in discord calling founder out and asking hard questions and he only got banned for FUD

One thing most communities does wrong is not being able to seperate critique from fud. I've been kicked out from many failed projects just by pointing flaws in their tokenomic game theory or just pointing out math errors, if they don't know that their marketing tactics are illegal or other red flags. I've been screwed over so many times that at least i want basics to be watertight before investing.
2728  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Are you a lone Sports Bettor or a Team Sports Bettor? on: January 04, 2023, 04:18:41 PM
Actually there are no tips to win everything even expert analysis cannot be trusted because sports betting sometimes results beyond expectations even though we are confident that the favorite team will win against a low reputation team, so there is no need to place big bets in your chosen team match, just pair low stakes so that you are excited to support your favorite team in that match. But single sports odds or fighters have high chances of winning the fight based on proper expert analysis.
By no means i am not looking for only winning bets, but if the total of wins would be over 50% (i am guessing this is wishful thinking), then it would be way higher then my current success rate. But i am guessing there's no such place because then everyone would be supposedly making money and that's just unsustainable and defeats the point of gambling. Money has to come from somewhere for the winners.
2729  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: What will be the next crypto craze? on: January 04, 2023, 04:12:38 PM
Whales will have a huge influence on the market and it is really hard to know what will gonna happen next year. But for me, it was not a big surprise seeing other scam projects, and other crypto issues. In fact, we are not even sure if one of the top exchanges will follow FTX someday.
We're not going to discourage newcomers to invest in crypto and use exchanges but at this time, we have to be more cautious in choosing a project to invest in. And most of all, never trust our funds and stay in the exchange's wallet for a long time. We should consider the FTX issue as a thing to ponder. NFTs are not a good choice either.
Some big CEXes will fall again in the next cycle. That's you can take pretty much for granted. But about being cautious... We are not going to be cautious. I remember after ICO frenzy that everyone was saying crypto is going to be less scams but more regulations because we got wiser now. I remember thinking, wiser how? It will most likely get worse because with money there will be some scammers.

Well there's even more scams and stupid memes now and next cycle even more. But as people will make money with those, more people will join and it will just grow exponentially like a scamming snowball
2730  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Are you a lone Sports Bettor or a Team Sports Bettor? on: January 04, 2023, 03:42:05 PM
A lone sports bettor, in my opinion, is someone who does not rely on another person to interpret the odds and advise them which sporting event to wager on. Before placing a bet, the lone gambler conducts his own study and analysis.
 
In contrast, a team sports bettor, in my opinion, is a member of a betting community or group on Telegram, Facebook, or Twitter that is led by a self-described expert in sports betting. He or she chooses the game on which to make their wager after conducting the necessary research and analysis on their behalf.

Which of these categories do you belong to and why?
I am not experienced enough to know where i could get good tips, so i am doing my own research on players / fighters. So far with mixed results, but i guess it's good thing i don't get too over confident. If i would have won everything i would now probably playing with bets too big for my budget. Now i am not so cocky and in it for the luck and fun of watching games/fights live at the same time.

But i am going to check this thead if someone has posted some good sites that makes analyzing for me.
2731  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: The Dev is not your friend, so be careful. on: January 03, 2023, 10:48:52 PM
Often as a newbie, when you see a new project you are tempted to invest in it. Why I agree that not all new projects are scam, always ensure that you do your own research before putting your hard earn money into a project, otherwise you will wake up to discover that the devs have disappeared with your money.

I have a personal experience, a friend and a mentor told me about a new project that was looking very promising, he advised that I invest in it. So, I did even without doing my little investigating, not too long, the dev pulled out liquidity and that was the end of the road for the project.

So, that's how I lost my investment in that project, though I didn't put much, just about 10$, but a lost is a lost.


Please, be careful out there, the devs are not smiling
 And if you must invest in a project you are not too sure of, always put something small, don't go all in, you might end up regretting.
I refuse to call those people devs, as they are not developing anything, they never even meant to do so. Everyone who is pulling out liquidity is just a scammer. Anyone can create a token, you don't need to be a developer to do so. And these days they can pretty much do every step of design with ai. Make AI to write generic crypto whitepapers, roadmaps, descriptions... And spice it up with Midjourney's AI graphics. So they don't even have to even work on that anymore.

That's all they are. Scammers. Dev starts being Dev instead of scammer after he starts developing. That doesn't rule out scamming in the future though.
2732  Economy / Economics / Re: FTX Drama and Global Empact on: January 03, 2023, 10:34:47 PM
That's a long wait for the trial, SBF's camp will already formulate how to get out of this mess by that time.
And also, they may resolve this silently, this will be unfortunate for all those users who lost their funds from this exchange.
It will be a long trial and I don't think SBF will return the money to its users. It will be another sad reality in crypto business.
I was really thinking that SBF was on the level of Vitalik/CZ when it comes to business/technology mindset, seems very far from both of them.
Huge legal cases like this take time. Even if the court date would be set, it's only the first day. This could take years for all we know. As far as i know Bitfinex hack trial isn't over either and it started ages ago. There's lots to prove and SBF's dad is a lawyer so he is most likely prepping him daily now no make it harder for them to prove anything.

SBF would need to be very stupid to hide any money now, as he might even avoid jail if that money is found and play i am just a dumb kid card. Which he seem to have done for a while now.
2733  Other / Politics & Society / Re: SBF get prosecuted, Elon got away from laws, why double standard? on: January 03, 2023, 10:25:49 PM
That’s quite shocking, despite all the charges against him, he is immune to laws, much like Bill Gates, even Melinda Gates has to divorce him for what he did but laws won’t judge him for his action.
Now you lost me. What does Bill Gates have to do with this? To my knowledge Bill Gates hasn't been charged with anything jail worthy and divorce with Melinda happened because their marriage wasn't healthy. Which is a common cause for divorces.

And since it's Bill Gates is a dream target for conspiracies i feel i need specifically to ask links for reliable sources. If they are not available, let's please keep this thread on subject.
2734  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Cashless Gambling, your thought? on: January 03, 2023, 09:56:37 PM
Perhaps this is mostly applicable to those areas who are already developed and have great economy. Implementing cashless policy will be very difficult to do in third world and developing countries because they lack the resources to do so, and most of the citizens don't have the ability to participate in such. Hence cashless policy in gambling in struggling areas could be impossible as of now because they have other things to prioritize.

But good for those developed ones that they are already progressing into this because of their capability and resources. It has many pros and cons that has to be weighed before making a final decision, and I hope the people are all well-aware of all the possible sides if ever it will be fully implemented in your area. Because as we know, not everyone is as techy and as well-off as others. In addition, not everyone is fond and is in favor of KYC verification process.
Actually if they want to do any sort of banking with developed countries they would need to comply so they won't get isolated. Not necessarily to the point of cashless but heavy KYC and trail of funds is going to be mandatory. Every country has some version of this financial action task force, even most less developed and things aren't going back to where they were or stay same.

https://www.fatf-gafi.org/countries/
2735  Economy / Economics / Re: The Taste of an Economic Downturn on: January 03, 2023, 09:20:08 PM
I wonder how ordinary people around the world felt the worsening economic situation in their respective countries. I know that although many are very much aware of the soaring inflation, nothing has changed much in their day to day lives. I can observe that in some families. They seem oblivious of how the prices of basic goods and services are rising in double digits.

From my household, however, we can literally taste the economic downturn. It feels odd and sad that we have to sacrifice taste in order to somehow cushion the impact of the economic problems my country is facing. Onion here is already hitting $12.57 a kilo. Depending on the size, that's about $0.63 apiece. Cooking an ordinary dish for a small family requires a bulb or two. During this holiday season especially, we normally need tens of onions. That's not affordable anymore. So we had to greatly reduce the use of onions and try not to care about how the dish would turn out. On ordinary days, onions are even removed from the ingredients.

I had to share this here because it feels like the economic situation has already affected the most basic need of everybody. It seems insignificant because it's only a spice, but I thought that if the economic situation is already affecting everybody's taste buds, it could mean things are getting pretty serious.

I wonder, especially in other countries, how drastic is the change in your daily life that's brought about by this economic downturn?
I tried to google where onions would be $12 but i guess those prices aren't updated in the net yet.



I had to google reasons for Croatia and Philippines being on the top and got more accurate results. Unsurprisingly it's inflation. (on those countries it seems to be especially bad)
https://www.total-croatia-news.com/lifestyle/62778-croatian-inflation
https://filipinotimes.net/latest-news/2023/01/02/red-onions-prices-in-the-philippines-soar-to-p650-per-kilo/

My life has changed drastically as well. Not only i managed to mess up exiting crypto in time so i had some savngs, i lost rest of that money to electricity bills and food. (Well almost everything)
Food cost in Finland has doubled too. yet we have onions for something like €1.2 a kilo right now. Now i feel i have to appreciate onions more as a luxury item with garlic and oil.
2736  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Bald men discrimination on: January 03, 2023, 05:24:03 PM
It's not okay to mock fat women but somehow it's socially acceptable to make fun of bald men?
Bald men are discriminated against for jobs and are often joked about but it's not like they can control their genetics.  Fat people can actually lose the weight.
I have noticed a lot of men in their teens and 20s are balding these days and no one is standing up for them.
The bad guys in movies and media are almost always bald.
Larry David, is that you? For a moment i thought this was a bit from Curb your enthusiasm.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQCVf7AnXNY

But as a response to OP, i don't remember single one bald bad guy from movies, maybe it's because no one remembers "bad guys", but i can remember ton of good guys and for example Patrick Stewart started balding at the age of 19, and when he plays Picard or professor xavier he is like embodiment of a good person. Baldness also often signals authority.

In where i live, it isn't ok to joke about bald young people, but then again it isn't ok to joke about anything related to physical appearance, yet people keep doing that. Especially teens can be very insensitive and rough toward each other. Only thing you can do is be an example

When i started balding i was first a little ashamed, but after a while i embraced it, and because of it, i got ton of confidence. Way more then those that would laugh to bald people, and because of it, i got way more done too.
2737  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Elon Musk is going to jail [x5] on: January 03, 2023, 02:43:11 PM
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Yup, and all the pieces start to click on places when you realize that he doesn't got a real degree in the first place so he avoids hard questions in the interviews
https://twitter.com/capitolhunters/status/1593307541932474368

It just shows that just because someone makes good investments doesn't mean he is the new renaissance man, or even an innovator.
If you have ever listen to a real genius and compare those interviews to elon, it's so obvious how much he is struggling on areas he is bragged to be genius of. And how much he is avoiding the real questions.
2738  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Speculation (Altcoins) / Re: NFT Speculation on: January 03, 2023, 01:16:58 PM
Could you give a full definition of NFTs?
Naturally i,m not a fan of NFTs and i don't find any meaning to it and how would funds flow into it while it just a common artwork, not just common but can't use them physically as a decoration to our houses and buildings and if at all we have to use it we would likely to print it out. Is this possible to happen?
I think you are missing the point, forget the art for a moment.
Aside the fact it's more then abut jpgs, explaining NFTs makes me feel nostalgic because it's like explaining altcoins to my friends in year 2014. Basically same phrases over and over just because it's a new concept.

"Why would it be worth anything", "Value isn't based on anything", "It's a ridiculous scam", "Probably money laundering", "Why wouldn't i buy stocks instead?", "I'll keep using cash money".

And after a while "If i only had invested back then i would be millionaire". Thing is, these people never invest in the bottom because in the bottom everything is scam for them.
2739  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Cashless Gambling, your thought? on: January 02, 2023, 11:52:16 PM
Have you ever thought of a government implementing a Cashless gambling?
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Well as days for anonymous physical cash are pretty much numbered now, i see it only a matter of time. In finland we now how kyc for lottery and slot machines as a temporary solution. Soon i am guessing cash is irrelevant because it's supposedly these days only used by criminals and people who got something to hide  Roll Eyes

But i completely understand why they are doing this. This is FATF on action and fits their narrative of tracking money as a part of tighter AML laws. This is however just a start.
2740  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Interesting events in 2022 on the crypto market on: January 02, 2023, 11:42:21 PM
Damn. I didn't know that "market impact" is part of the guilt assessment in court. Because its not! And market impact from single event is hard to estimate because there were many other bearish events that were triggered one after another. Such as braking major support lines, braking trend lines etc. Bitcoin was far less oversold and in far worse technical situation when luna collapsed compared to FTX going bust. It would be different if FTX crash first and than luna after months.

But the biggest difference is that Sam stole funds from his users on purpose, while Do-Kwon made a start-up based on innovative technology that failed.
People affected by Do-Kwon knew about risks. All risks were in open source code. We f.ed up investing in something that should not work.
People affected by Sam were scammed, lied and robbed.

Thats the difference. No one should compare it based on market impact. Being rude doesn't mean you are more guilty.
Ok, those cases differ a lot, i admit that, but now your response make it sound like Do-Kwon was innocent.
If Do-Kwon was just an innovator that failed, can you explain why Interpol issued a red notice for him then?

And when Do-Kwon was warned about unsustainable interest rate and collapse but chose not to take perfectly valid critique seriously, making him well aware in my book that ust would crash and burn when conditions were right.
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