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2821  Economy / Gambling discussion / I am Really tired of this Lie (India 99 - 1 Nigeria) on: April 30, 2023, 03:04:11 PM
Was it true? Or was it an Another Myth Again, it is a real myth for it own. I started hearing this story since when I was a child in the fishing camp. Elders were using the event as an "African Night Entertainment". In the evening all the children would gather in the camp square and listen to stories from elders and peer group. So this India vs Nigeria football match was also narrated that India played a football match with Nigeria and scored Nigeria with 99-1. That means India 99 - 1 Nigeria. And that made FIFA banned India from football till date.

Recently the story as started trending on social media again. Then I made some research to know the truth and when I tried to find out from online, I saw different narratives but the particular date the match was played is not mentioned in any of the articles. So I see the story as a myth and fallacy. 
When I was a child, I believed the story to be true but no more. I will want the Nigerians and Indians counterparts say something on their parts of the story.



The Real Truth Behind India Vs Nigeria Match 99-1 - Sports -

https://www.thehistoryville.com/india-nigeria-99-1/

https://www.google.com/amp/s/dubawa.org/nigeria60-did-india-really-beat-nigeria-99-1-in-a-football-match/amp/

I like to hear from you.
2822  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: What things do you study while choosing a wallet? on: April 29, 2023, 09:33:23 PM
There are a lot of cryptocurrency wallets to pay and receive payments. While you choose a wallet, what things do you consider first like technical support, transaction fees or blockchain technology and why and what is the most important thing for you? We should discuss that!


The things I consider before choosing a wallet is security, the charging rate and the popularity of the wallet. The popularity of the wallet means how many people are using the wallet. A wallet that is well reorganize with much people is not advisable to use. Like Trust Wallet can not be compared to Electrum Wallet. The best wallet from all the wallets I have used is Electrum.

I have not gotten the opportunity to use hardware wallet so I can not say any on hardware wallet. I know that they are also good to use.
2823  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Too many bills killing crypto on: April 29, 2023, 09:22:23 PM
If the worst has come to them that are using bitcoin in USA, they should use p2p instead of exchange. Because it is only exchange they can tax and not the p2p. And whatever they are doing to kill bitcoin can not work for them again. Unless the only thing they can do to stop bitcoin is for them to control the entire blockchain plus all the wallets. If not they are just wasting their time with their careless laws.
2824  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: show us your stadium visit ⚽🏈🏀🏉⚾🏏🏐🏎 on: April 29, 2023, 09:06:27 PM
These are the two stadiums I have visited in my life. I have not travelled out to another country so I can only showcase the ones I have visited.
International stadium

Local stadium


I was present in this match.

These stadiums are in my locality, mostly the second one is very close to me so I can visit it at any time.
2825  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Losses In Gambling That Still Haunts You Until This Day on: April 29, 2023, 07:20:14 PM
This is a rare matter. Using gambling to buy car, build house and sustain a family for a long period of time is not easy. Because one can not win every day but one can lose every day and that is gambling for you. But your one big win can give you the above mentioned and it will never be in one day.

And one thing I noticed from gamble is that, sport betting is more favorable then casino games gambling. Because in casino gambling, you gamble with systems and not with human like sport bet.
2826  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: About football betting on: April 29, 2023, 07:05:19 PM
You nailed it, folks! Football gambling? It's all about the team, and the house wins if they lose. But there's more to it, believe me. Sometimes, outside forces mess with the team's performance. Injuries, weather, all kinds of stuff. And the referee? They can be a game-changer.

That's gambling for you. Taking chances, fingers crossed, and hoping for the best.
Sport betting is for the whole team and not for a player. So whenever a gambler placed a bet on sport (football in particular) the supported team has to do well if not the bettor would loss his money or bet. Because in a live sport you are not betting with bot. That is why whenever you are betting a game you to look the squad of the team. If the opponent squad is better than your team at the time, bet for the best team and make your winning from there.
2827  Economy / Gambling / Re: Which are best stake alternatives on: April 28, 2023, 06:01:34 PM
No gambler gambles in one casino in the internet. Likewise the OP. And if nobody gamble in one site only then the gambler would know the best among the casinos he is playing around. And from there alternative gambling site would be created by the OP or any other gambler that needs alternative stake.
But if the Op needs recommendation of casinos in the forum, there are plenty. As others have suggested for you. You can try those ones and see if they are okay with you.
2828  Economy / Economics / Re: Americans go to Mexico for medicals to cut costs. on: April 28, 2023, 05:41:18 PM
The recent kidnapping of four Americans exposed me to the medical tourism going on in America. I have always thought that the US was a perfect country has very functional health, economic, and political systems. I thought all Americans have access to cheap and quality medical services until I read that over one million Americans go on medical tourism in Mexico yearly.

And the reason why some of them choose Mexico was because of its quality and low cost. These medical tourists are aware that it is risky to do to some parts of Mexico, but they still go there because they want to cut costs.
Is there any other reason why Americans go to Mexico for medical?
Nobody knows the human body system finished. That is why there are some incumbent president in the world also died from diseases upon all the wealth of the nation. I was also thinking the same with the OP that American has the best medical facilities to cure any disease but from what OP is say that is not true again. And as for the cost I know that Medical services in America is more higher than other countries across the globe. And another reason which I also thought that is making the Americans to visit other countries for medical services because the Americans government do not carry along the poor class (the average) in the mind. That is why cost of living is high. And those who can not afford the bills have to travel out for proper care.
2829  Bitcoin / Mining / Re: Come and mine Bitcoin in Africa. on: April 28, 2023, 05:27:45 PM
It's hard to mine when it's 40-50 degrees Celsius outside. If only somewhere in the mountains, where it is not so hot.
A lot of electricity has to be spent on cooling, and building their own stations to generate electricity. Lots of extra costs.

So which of the Celsius is the best weather to mine in African soil? Africa is a cool place to mine because all the resources are there. But the only problem the mining company might face the electricity and if the company comes with their own electrical equipment then their is nothing to worry about again. There are three types of first in Africa and a mining company can select anyone (place) to settle dawn. There are Tropical Rain Forest, Savanah Forest and Mangrove Forest. And the forests are subdivided into different weather season. Rain season, cool (harmartan) season and sun (hot) season. Miners can select any of this period and start their mining.
2830  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: can we see how many people are attacking bitcoin network? on: April 28, 2023, 05:00:04 PM
Hackers use different computers and software to hack into sites. And ordinary computer literate can not trace the hackers systems but the expert can track down the hacker. But what I don't know is bitcoin. Since Bitcoin is a decentralized blockchain. The tracking process might not be possible but I am not sure for that. Bitcoin will be hard to hack because the addresses are not channeled to one server. It is not possible to know the total number of people who are attacking the blockchain. And I know that hackers are trying to attack the system every day.
2831  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: After HongKong, it is time for Taiwan on: April 28, 2023, 04:42:46 PM
This is welcome news from Asians continent. Things happened like this because the economic planning committee in Taiwan is very active and they have seen the thrive of Bitcoin in these days. This have been said some time ago that if one country does well with bitcoin other countries which is close neighbours to the country might join the ecosystem. And this might be the reason of Taiwan, China and Hong Kong.

The hurry was to meet up the demand and also the rate at the moment is making them to hurry up because they haven for seen the future of Bitcoin, so they have to make a purchase now to join the ATH.
2832  Other / Meta / Re: Newbie are wearing avatar in their accounts on: April 27, 2023, 09:17:01 PM
Op though I like your question. Instead of ignoring what you don't know, you asked it and got a respond from then users. You have also helped others who did not know it before.

Really this is a very new information for me and i never knew there are old Newbie account who wore avatars back in the time when Avatar was allowed on Newbie status. However sad to see that none of those accounts are active now a days.

Sometime i think why Theymos ban the avator for the Newbies and what is the disadvantage in Newbie wears an avatar ?
I have read some time again the reason why newbies could no longer allowed to wear avatar. You can check here to see more https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1008863.msg10948133#msg10948133. I like it in this way that newbies can not wear avatar and signature because they would over abuse it.

theymos consider all the possible ways before stopping newbies to water avatar. Just the ancient ones would have been automatically remove. Or is it that, they are lefrover for future reference .
2833  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Everything you wanted to know about Grayscale BTC Trust but were afraid to ask! on: April 27, 2023, 09:00:48 PM
In an unexpected move, Grayscale is up 10% on the day with a BTC down 1.5%. The discount is finally narrowing.
This is because of the court hearing of for the SEC vs Grayscale trial.

GBTC Discount Narrows to Lowest Level Since November Following Court Hearing

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The discount narrowed to 35% following the hearing where a panel of appeals court judges appeared skeptical about the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) arguments in rejecting Grayscale’s bid to convert its GBTC into an exchange-traded fund (ETF).


If Grayscale wants to change is bitcoin GBTC to an exchange traded fund, they should allow them because exchange  is a business on is own and the authority can tax the company to pay their taxation dues.  Even as it is at the end if the court allow them to convert the asset to the exchange, the authority will still tax tbem.

What really delay the court process was the denial of Grayscale. The company went to court Tuesday to argue the SEC's denial of its ETF application was "arbitrary," telling the panel of judges that Grayscale is "asking to be regulated" by the SEC through its conversion of GBTC to an ETF.
2834  Other / Meta / Re: Users with highest Merit/Posts on: April 27, 2023, 08:35:34 PM
There is no late comer in education, whenever one is ready he or she can go the educational center and acquire the needed knowledge. What I am trying to say that, though I came late to this informative thread but I have learned something  today.

Thank you for breakdown the information to the bearish way for the layman (ordinary) man to understand. I hope the Italian user who made you to do the research and create this marvelous thread has gotten his answer.
Op you can also update this thread time to time because there some users who have earn reasonable merits after the creation of this thread. Although I don't know the parameters used for analysis. Once again thanks you.
2835  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Lightning Network Observer on: April 27, 2023, 08:12:55 PM
Interrupting this interesting conversation to highlight the Lighting conference hosted by Microstrategy:

Bitcoin & Lightning for Corporations
As part of MicroStrategy World 2023

May 1-4, 2023 | Orlando, Florida


https://www.microstrategy.com/en/world-2023/bitcoin-for-corporations




This is very good information. I wish I am there to attend the conference. The registration is ongoing, and anyone who want to attend and you close to the venue is to do the registration now.

The major issues to discuss in the conference which I noticed from the OP information (the link) are the Adoption of Bitcoin and the Lighting Netwok corporation.
From the article I also came to notice that Microstrategy were the pioneer company to hold bitcoin as a company. I believe Elizabeth Stark the CEO and Founder of Lightning Labs will do justice in the conference.
2836  Local / Nigeria (Naija) / Re: Accepting Cryptocurrency in occasion. on: April 27, 2023, 06:24:11 PM
Congratulations for the birth. But Op I debunk and rebuke this your story. Please think of another lie to come. Send us here a proof or evidence also the addresses the coins were sent for is to trace the transaction, don't think that we are fool here to accept every crypto stories emanating from users. Tell us the date of the ceremony then the addresses, we will find out the rest. The lies here is getting out of hands. If it is true provide the above.

There was no need of bringing your sister birth celebration to the forum. Those are sacred issue and not for public announcements if not there are lot of people that have such celebrations every day. Just need proof.
2837  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Never Expect Consistent Winnings From Gambling - A Lesson I Learnt. on: April 26, 2023, 10:00:41 PM
How can someone thinking of winning every time or day. It is not even possible. The matter how you are lucky, consistent winning is not possible. How can some even visit the gambling station every day? I'd it that gambling is his work? And he is not doing another thing for survival. There are some sportbook markers that will not allow a gambler to bet games a again if he wins every time in the station. Even though they are not the ones to pay the gambler win his records are from that center so the company will suspect the center. And possibly stop the center for a while to monitor the account.
2838  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2022/2023 on: April 26, 2023, 09:51:28 PM
Honestly, Arsenal did all they could, but this is the difference between these two clubs. I understand that Arsenal has been leading the league and City failed to take that lead for 30+ weeks so that looked for a moment like they would be better than City, but that was just a temporary issue at City, not the greatness of Arsenal. Now that there is 2 game difference AND just 2 game difference, we all know who will be the champions yet again. City basically blockaded the title, and got it almost every year, very rarely losing it since Pep arrived. I understand that they are a rich club and that helps, but not like other clubs are poor, a good example is Chelsea, they are rich too and yet they suck, not even on the way to recovery, they just suck, so money can't buy wins, you also need talent and skill, which City used that money to buy so it helped but that's wasn't the only reason. I think as long as Pep stays, they are going to keep being this dominant without a doubt. Its only UCL left, if they can get that too, then its all accomplished.
Manchester City was my fear in the game but the match came out with a good favor to them. Though I bet for Manchester City because Arsenal squad was not encouraging. Even ball posssession, Arsenal was not strong as their opposition team. Arsenal was playing survival match. The luck Arsenal got was their goalkeeper
 even not they would have gotten more goals from Manchester City.
2839  Economy / Reputation / Re: I doubt it - But is it too bad to ask you to review some of my posts? on: April 26, 2023, 09:38:17 PM
Yep, and I probably didn't convey that sentiment in my previous post, but it's quite true.  Your posts might still be of the same quality, but many members with merits to give away (including me, which I did say) do look at someone's merit count when they're deciding whether they're going to give someone merits.
Yes you are right. But the issue on the forum is that what one sees as a quality post is a shit to another. So what is quality post in the forum is unknown. And as you said previously, merit should be given to the ranking up members and not the members who have already gotten the the last required merits for the last rank. But those legendary members also needs merits for the last 120 days to qualify for other activities in the forum. Therefore, if there is a way they can get merit like lower rank members, theymos should implement it. I have seen such threads in the forum elsewhere.

That's just the way it is, and I think it's a good way to use the merit system.  Merits are more than just a thumbs-up or a like; they're the mechanism by which people rank up here, so giving them to someone who already has enough to make Legendary might be considered to be squandering those sMerits.
Exactly, merit is the symbolic concept of like and love in the forum. And also an indicator that the thread, comment is good. So that means if a post did not receive merits, does that mean the post is a low quality post?

Note: I'm totally guilty of violating what I just wrote, many times over.  But as a merit source I've usually got plenty of sMerits to hand out.  *And speaking of that, I think I'll now get back to my extensive waiting list of members wanting post reviews*

Edit: Shitsky!!  I didn't realize how low I was running on sMerits, and I just handed out my last one while doing reviews.  If anyone who's still waiting for a review sees this, please be patient as I have to wait until my source allocation gets re-upped.   *eeek!*
For the last 10 months, or there about, you have helped many users to rank up. Thank you very much for your good deed. I am also on the waiting list. I have also improved on my posts. You can now unlock me🙏
2840  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: I may sound really stupid right now, but it's what I noticed on: April 26, 2023, 08:50:36 PM
I am present in crypto space years ago and I have witnessed two bear market, and I couldn't take advantage of one because of the condition that I was into at the time, but I heard about every good and bad things about crypto.

But I am curious about something and I will like to ask you old Bitcoin OG on here .

Why is it that bad news always comes in a bear market and when we are in a bull market, all bad news about Bitcoin vanished? Are they doing this on purpose? It's always the bear market, after halving everything will disappear and some bans will be lifted, and so on...

Are we been played? Are these people toying with us, knowing that crypto will work but let's scare the hell out of them and take advantage of the fear? I can't come up with anything that makes more sense than this.
I have witness only one bear market and I have only spend one year in the crypto blockchain. Bear market is always a good market for everyone but for real born again bitcoiners. Because it is the bear market people are interested to invest in it. Just like you sow a seed in the wet ground in the early ours of the year and harvest it in the next seven to eight months time.

Bitcoin is just the fiat currency online. Remember that inflation affect businesses in real life. And that is how bitcoin is also is.
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