Although, I'm not one for taking into consideration the rank of the user I'm meriting or at least I try to be conscious about being non bias. I would like to see the distribution a little better than this personally. 50% of the merit circulation going to legendaries makes sense, however I do believe that might be because there's some bias creeping in. I feel like some users are less willing to reward newbies with high amounts, because there's not enough data available to determine whether they would be a contributing user in the long term.

This is probably backed up by the fact that 517 newbies received merit, and only 423 legendaries received merit, however the amount of merits was significantly larger when being sent to legendary accounts. I think it could be argued that generally, legendaries are more likely to be posting better content, but without going through each post, that would likely be hard to accurately predict.

When your invested in a technology or movement that isn't the norm, i.e anything that is trying to replace a existing system or at the very least co-exist. You're going to find that it'll be attacked left, right, and center by various media, and organisations that are against it from becoming a thing. Bitcoin is receiving that exact treatment, it doesn't matter if Bitcoin is currently going through a bear or bullish phase, the response will likely be the same. While Bitcoin is doing well in terms of the current price converted into fiat currencies, the media will call it a bubble, and when it is down, and looking pretty gloomy for a would be investor; the media will say the bubble has burst. We go through this cycle every time there's a dramatic difference in the recent price, and we will continue to do so for the foreseeable future.

These organisations which will show the most resistance will be governments, banks, and anything which find its importance taken away by the decentralised approach of Bitcoin. Their attacks will vary, but sooner or later they either need to embrace it, or outright fight it.

Theoretically, a very rich entity could potentially try to centralise Bitcoin via purchasing a large amount of it, and holding it. However, it would probably be far more beneficial for them to buy out existing exchanges, and limit the amount of people that can buy Bitcoin in the first place. Although, a slightly unrelated note, China aren't that cautious against safeguarding against the possibility of a revolution, they censor their citizens already, and limited them in various ways. Also, do remember that China throughout history going all the way back to the Ming/Han days have always imploded due to internal stability rather than outside factors.

The idea is; Bitcoin won't always have expensive fees to pay for small transactions. Technology like Lightening, and Segwit try to tackle this problem, and there will likely be more, and more improvements in the future. Currently, I would probably agree that Bitcoin isn't suited for micro transactions, such as every day transactions, however that doesn't mean it'll always be the case. I also imagine that restaurants won't require block confirmations, because the likelihood of a double spend is relatively low, and there's probably just as much risk as someone paying with a fake bill (sometimes even without knowing themselves).

Nah, not really. You don't have to go, and buy 1 Bitcoin, the point of this discussion is highlighting the fact that you can buy whatever amount you can afford, and with the prospect of Bitcoin increasing in value exponentially in the future, you'll benefit regardless. You don't need big capital at all to purchase Bitcoin, basically the bigger capital you have the more potential of earning, although the same goes for the opposite theory, the bigger the capital the more you could lose.

In the league there isn't all that much competition, really the only time the back players would be exposed would be in the Champions League if they play with all four, although I think they would probably take a more balanced approach in the Champions League. However, in the league I think I would expect most of them to play week in, week out. I'd also predict that there's going to be a record breaking amount of goals scored in the French league.

Yeah it probably is the fight to make. I've had it in my head that Gane needs a few more fights before taking on Ngannou, but looking at the rankings now he's already been up against most of them. It's particularly surprising because he only has around 10 fights so it feels like he hasn't been around all that long.

I'll be honest, I've probably been sleeping on Gane, and been a unfair critic. I've finally stood up, and noticed now he's ranked as the number one contender .

I think Martinez is perfect for the Premier League like I said previously, I would love to see him at Liverpool. However, that isn't looking likely with the current climate. I think he is relatively unknown, due to him being overshadowed by the fame of Lukaku, and not actually stepping into one of the bigger more competitive leagues, which I think is the logical step for his career. Tottenham would obviously lose a brilliant player, but if they get Martinez then it doesn't look to bleak for them.

According to the UFC rankings I'm seeing Ciryl Gane as the number 1 contender for the belt, with Ngannou obviously being the champion. Stipe in second, and Derrick Lewis in third. Tapology also has it as the same rankings, so I'm assuming they are accurate. Maybe, they were not updated when you guys took a look?

T.J is to have surgery on his knee? I know he was caught in the leg quite early on, was it the first or second round, but that's the first I'm hearing about the surgery? He seemed like he was hurt, however he put on a good poker face, and powered through it. It would be a shame if he's out for a while now, I know he has a lot to prove still, I mean with all the drug issues, and the fact that he hasn't really got a lot of fans on his side even after that win.

Yeah, Stipe should be the guy to get through, for a chance to get a shot at Ngannou. That's if they don't make a rematch with Stipe, and Ngannou. I don't like how the fights are organised sometimes, and this is much more prevalent in boxing, but Dana will be looking after the best interests of his pockets, rather than the fights fans want to see.

That might make it possible in the future then. Although, contacting him now would likely look like we were trying to leach from his platform. Something that we want to avoid doing, realistically we would probably need to be offering more to him, otherwise he'll likely be skeptical.

Absolute classic, you have good taste. Besides that though, surely Silence Of The Lambs is copyrighted, are you sure that it was Youtube that censored it, and not the video uploader? I find it weird that Youtube would review that video, censor out the bad words, but leave the video up considering it probably shouldn't be there in the first place. Unless you mean renting the movie off Youtube, don't they do something along those lines now?

I think Stipe makes the most sense to me, but then again I'm probably bias, as I don't think Gane is ready for Ngannou. I don't know, I've been wrong multiple times about Gane, and he's won convincingly each time. So, I don't know logically to me he should get through Stipe first, since I'd probably make that Stipe VS Ngannou fight again, as that's been a lot of fun each time.

I'd like to order one drug test for Dana please, nah I'm kidding obviously.

Lads I'm going to go out on a limb yet again, however TJ wins that fight convincingly.

What's the situation with Lautaro? I've wanted him at Liverpool for a number of years now to eventually take over Firminho. Plus, Liverpool desperately need a striker if Firminho doesn't crack on like was in previous seasons. Although, he does seem to thrive off the fans, so I'm expecting more from him this season. I still think they need a striker, and we could potentially drop Bobby back into midfield, and utilize his pressing. I'll be gutted if Spurs actually get him.

Also, I would factor in the new rule change this season with substitutions. It seems that they are allowing 9 players on the bench, instead of the usual 7 this season. Whether or not that's because of Covid or is a permanent change remains to be seen, but you've got to fancy the bigger squads to benefit from this. Especially, Manchester City or has a plethora of players that can play first team football for most teams in the league. Do note; only 3 subs can be made, but you get to have 9 players on the bench.

Yeah, it was more in jest than anything. We are relatively small timers I guess, and I don't watch enough of MrBeast's content to know if he's even interested in Bitcoin? I only know of him, and the type of content he does. I believe he puts in almost all of his sponsorship earnings back into the channel, and that's why he's able to give away thousands, and sometimes millions of dollars per video.

I'm all too familiar with this process of thought. Whenever I'm tackling a somewhat complex problem, this is the exact thought process I go through. This is usually what prevents so many great ideas from actually becoming a reality. So, I'd definitely agree with the last thought process, someone has to do it.

Plus, it's not expected of you to make the most perfect product the first time trying. Usually Youtube channels or any project in general evolves over time. I mean look at Bitcoin in it's creation, it was obviously good, but there was many rough patches which were solved over time, with the community input. The process will roughly be the same, except the Youtube channel isn't open source, but the feedback will be the same.

The more active users are, the more likely they are to participate in these types of events. I haven't checked personally, however I would assume that if you did check those users post history, they would have participated in loads of different games, and rounds threads.

Even if the sample data is too small to establish any accurate conclusion, I would be quite surprised if there was any correlation  between the two. They are totally different, and require different skill sets. Poker especially so.

Like, I understand that Lewis doesn't throw much volume normally anyway, however what was that on the weekend? He threw like a couple of shots, and looked like he had ran a marathon. I'm not taking anything from Cyril Gane though, fully deserved, and now I've got to stand up, and actually take notice of him. I've always thought he might be a little over hyped, but he's proved me wrong yet again. I do still think Ngannou would make easy work of him in their current climate. I think he would do better to have a couple more fights to build his resume.

Kowalkiewicz might get cut if she loses this one, which might actually play a part in the fight. She might be a little more motivated than she has previously, since its never a good idea to amount a big loss streak in the UFC. Unless, your Conor Mcgregor of course

I've got most of my women match ups correct recently, except for the type of win, as I usually go for decisions, but there's been quite a few finishes as of recent. That's why I've put a TKO in for Penne.

Whether or not that is a positive or negative thing is subjective. I'm sure there are users here hoping that the community rids of the spam issue that signature campaigns bring, and go back to a more tight knitted community, while others are probably hoping for more, and more active users so that there's more potential to earn.

Honestly, some of these predictions I've got listed below are a coin toss for me. I think there's some close fights mixed in, and the one I'm really not feeling confident for, but looking forward to watching is the Cassey Kennedy vs Song Yadong fight. I think it has the potential to be the fight of the night.

Derrick Lewis (TKO)
Jose Aldo (Decision)
Michael Chiesa
ecia Torres (decision)
Song Yadong
Bobby Green
Vince Morales
Alonzo Menifield
Jessica Penne (TKO)
Manel Kape
Anderson Dos Santos

Gone for a finish by her. I didn't check her outright win odds, but I imagine its pretty dire in terms of return.

I'd prefer to see him move to none of them, and to another club that isn't spending millions upon millions each season. I highly doubt that Manchester City will have the capability of bringing in Messi at least while complying with English league laws. There's also the Kane saga going on. Imagine if Manchester City managed to get Messi, Kane, and Grealish all in one transfer window. It would be ridiculous, and this also applies to PSG who has also had a absolutely ridiculous transfer window.