I really like the concept of simulated reality and also the games that are developed with it, however, I am not going to buy a VR goggle set or a gaming console or any of the large and expensive equipment required for it. Why? the answer is very simple: because Virtual Reality is at the very beginning of its journey and technology. Think of it like being the Doom 95 version of being new.

As it currently is, it is not very fun to me. I will wait a decade or so before I get into it. By then I am sure it will have developed further.

I prefer card games anyway. So how much do you need to additionally simulate card games?

I believe that if this fight happened, and if Mike Tyson isn't going to flatten him, then thats just planned out. He definitely took things easy on Jones and at this point, Mike is just doing this for the clout, if anything. If he were in his prime and still competetive, then Logan Paul would not stand a chance. And anyway, KSI already beat Logan, so that says everything about his strength level already. Mike will win if he wants to.  Logan does not stand a chance.

Personally, I think Logan Paul has a crappy character and that will always show, whether in the ring, in the lack of training or with his fans.

Not really. More like long gone are the days when Bitcoin was almost entirely influenced by FUD. That level of speculation combined with a low market cap is what made the gigantic price swings. Nowadays we have a very large market cap so FUD does not really affect the Bitcoin prices as much as it once did but FUD will always be part of the equation. No doubt about that.

But the FUD nowadays is just a good signal to buy some cheap coin while you can.

Well due to the anonymous and decentralised nature of cryptocurrency, it is quite understandable why crypto scams would be so popular with the degenerates of our society. But it really is quite easy to avoid crypto scams. I think if you fall for a new coin without having researched its team, the whereabouts of the company, its reputation etc. then thats mainly your fault. Anyone that gullible would get scammed, obviously.

Any newcomer to crypto should really do their research. All the data and information can be found on this very forum. All it requires is time and patience.

Donaire has been laying waste to a cornucopia of diverse opponents. Following an early slip-up and a steady start to his amazing career after his Vic Darchinyan K.O.,  he really started climbing the ladder of weight classes. Never losing his respectful personality, even now Donaires amazing run shows no sign of weakening. I don't think that him and his world famous left-hook are going down easily. I would not bet on him losing anytime soon.

But then again, if you want to bet on him losing, thats your money down the drain :S

Your delusionals fuel my BTC buying habits.

Yeah looking from that perspective, I guess my own subjective view was a bit too pessimistic. In fact, the fact that they would ban and dissolve large mining operations would quite literally be better for Bitcoin. We do need to shake off the centralised parts of the whole. And in the face of pushback from the government there would come more innovation and new technologies. Although if you look at China, can Bitcoin be called a door to freedom when your entire internet is monitored and controlled by the government and even VPNs become almost impossible? Is mining even feasible in China? 20% of the Bitcoin Network remains in China under so-called undergroup miners. So I am guessing, yes.

I would be more impressed if Bitcoin turned out to be untouchable in North Korea. I think that would be the ultimate testimony for the impossible regulation of blockchain.

I guess we just need to see what the future of blockchain will be. Regulators will not give up, thats for sure.

Remember when people acted like this towards Arabs after 9/11? Or Japanese-Americans being put into internment camps in the USA in 1942 because of their ancestry? How many times are we going to act like Germany in 1940s everytime something bad happens in the world? What is it with this incessant need for having someone to blame?

This is obviously a politically motivated move to save themselves from bad PR. This has nothing to do with sanctioning Russia or stopping military funds from causing further damage in Ukraine. What do I think? I think its ridiculous. At what point are we going to start putting Russians in camps? Maybe lets start marking Russian-owned businesses in foreign countries with a painted sickel and hammer?

Are the Russian football players killing people, supporting the invasion or funneling funds towards the military? No. I am no friend of Putin's but we need to call out discrimination when we see it.

FIFA and UEFA should be ashamed.

Well lets not argue semantics, but yes I meant the European Union, not all of Europe it itself. I am well aware of their BS excuses and political emotional propaganda that they use to get what they want. Its poltiics, baby.

I completely agree with what you are saying, especially about KYC, which is the enemy of decentralisation and goes against the very idea behind Bitcoin itself. And we should fight it. But that does not mean they are not going to manipulate the masses until they get what they want. And history has taught us they probably will get what they want.

The reason why? Because (large) mining efforts are a centralised effort which can be attacked by the government, and easily so...

From my perspective its only a matter of time.

The undefeated Garcia should have made 2021 his year. While Garcia should get the job done, this fight is about Garcia getting his rhythm back and showing everyone that his mental health issues and his hand injury are water under the bridge.

I have also not seen anything negative about his physical injury issues in the last months. Joe Goossen has really contributed to getting Ryan Garcia back on his legs and back in the ring. He is a really good trainer.

The fight against Emmanuel Tagoe will defintely be the start of something special for Garcia.

Well no, he is quite accurate. Aside from the Proof of Work and Proof of Stake technical pro and contra arguments we need to keep an eye on the regulatory side as well. Europe is going against PoW and just because they failed to have it banned this time does not mean they will not succeed in the coming years. I find the entire green argument to be bull because from a starting point, because the way we produce energy is the problem, not PoW miners using that energy.

But politics follows mostly emotional arguments instead of logical ones. So we should really be prepared to see a PoW ban in the future.

Also, China does not give a damn about the environment. The ban I suspect was more poltical.

You say hoarding but its not really hoarding, is it? When it comes to money, that what you described is called "saving". Saving is smart. Hoarding is gathering up useless junk that you might one day need or not need. Its just being too attached to a thing to throw it away.

But again, this is money we are talking about. A new, upgraded and improved money. A third generation of money, you could say. So there is nothing wrong with saving up for when you need it.

Or do you consider the fiat you have in your bank as something you need to spend asap?

I don't think its more about predicting with precision but rather with probability. We can't really take in unknown variables like "Spence might get injured". We have to look at the current facts and work from there. The facts say that the last time we saw Spence impress us in action was when he defended the 2020 unified championship against Danny Garcia.  That was the first fight for Spence since he was involved in that 2019 car accident. Odds were not looking that good for Spence. But he still pulled through and never showed any ill effects from the car crash.

So my money is on Spence, just because of how well he has been doing.

Oh I misunderstood then. I thought this was about his family living in Russia or something. Unfortunately I do not know a lot about Alvarez's family.  My logical thinking went for a walk in the park for a moment. Its obvious to me now that you are talking about the family of the russian boxxer.

If what you say about Dmitry Bivol having family in Ukraine is true then I guess it would make sense that that could put him off during the fight. Can't really throw a good punch in a state of constant worry... That might throw his concentration off. Or it might not. I don't know a lot about Bivol and his fighting career.

But the point still stands about any Russian who wants to get out of Russia can currently get out. As you said, there is no war in Russia.  

I don't either quite remember exactly when or how I discovered Bitcoin. But I am almost more than sure it had something to do more with seeing advice from 4chan on how to buy illicit substances on the newly formed darkweb. Of course I immediately became curious as to how exactly criminials could anonymously send each other money over the internet and law enforcement being completely helpless to stop them.

The idea of such a powerful anonymous monetary system that was completely out of any governments control was very interesting to me. So I studied it, learned more and more and now here I am with you guys.

Canelo Alvarez is indeed a tough man to beat and I somewhat doubt the rumor going about that he is distracted by fears and doubts of uncertainty with his family living in Russia in the current international situation of the war in Ukraine. Alvarez has always been quite concentrated on his training and his fights. If he was that troubled he could easily get his family out of there. People are fleeing out of Russia and nobody is stopping them.

So the question isn't about Canelo Alvarez's mental health. He is strong and ready.

What a weak argument for placing the blame on gambling. Gambling is obviously not the issue here but rather her pre-existing mental health issues. Gambling just made everything worse.

This reminds me very much of the reason why the Dutch government banned psychedelic mushrooms. A girl who supposedly had a mental illness did psychedelic mushrooms and jumped out of her window. The blame was placed on the magic mushrooms although this was a isolated incident in all the years of the entire population of Netherlands doing mushrooms without any problems.

Was the mental illness blamed? No. Can't outlaw mental illness.

Nice touch at the end, hinting at a future "final solution" for the "traitors". The upcoming Steven Spielberg movie is going to be insane. Igor's List.

This is bullshit. Why is a picture of a rock worth 1 million? The internet was a mistake.

- Ukraine has officially legalised #Bitcoin after President Zelensky signed the virtual assets bill into law.


- PUTIN: The West's actions have shown gold and FX reserves can just be stolen.

#Bitcoin is un-confiscatable.

Bitcoin is the true winner. Always.