Interestingly that was his 700th win yesterday against Taro, that is some
achievement. Its amazing that he is still competing but I wonder what his
goal is? maybe win a lesser tournament? its hard to see him winning any
tournaments now.

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I had an interest in the Riske v Muguruza match as posted previously, I knew
Riske was a gritty fighter and she proved it yesterday beating Muguruza.

I watched the first set which Muguruza won 0-6, I switched off and went
to bed. Riske  came back to win the following 2 sets 6-3, 6-1, My handicap bet
payed out but lost on Muguruza.

It seems to me that if the article had omitted the word "Satoshi" there would
be far fewer people infatuated by the possibility of Satoshi's involvement.


You see most of us are interested in the romanticism and intrigue of historical
wallets with big amounts coming to life, less so about the owner and the effects
on the market.

Anyone see Murrays match against Taro? I was following the score on and off
on my phone and after the first set to Taro 1-6 I thought Murray was on his way
out but he took the second set 6-2 and the third 6-4 so good win after a reset
from the first set.

I am interested in the match which has just about to start, Riske v Muguruza.
I have Riske +4.5 @1.85 and Muguruza to win @ 1.29.

Re: England v Ireland - its going to be close for sure. Ireland travel to
Twickenham which is always a difficult place to play for visitors. England
have a very fast off the line game play and will look to disrupt Irelands
set pieces but Ireland it is reconed has more attacking power and options.

I'm going for France, Ireland and Scotland but not on parlay.

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Rugby League

Brisbane Broncos beat South Sydney Rabbitohs 11-4

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-11/nrl-brisbane-beats-south-sydney-canberra-defeats-sharks/100891016

Thats dissapointing for every backing the Rabbitohs.

I had google's live score pinned to my home screen while I was working and The
Broncos were first to score and led right to the end.

Wow, they are all very different and break the mould as coin designs go IMO.

I dont think anything like these have been done before?

I sense the brief for the design process was for the coins to have a "dual value",
kind of following the saying "Two sides to every coin"

Design wise I love them all, the dual hologram one is visually very different.

Nice one @Iced - great haul there thanks to @cygan

^
Bit of an understatement to say they "didnt get it right".


Cannot understand how the article/statement made it into the public domain
without someone somewhere flagging the massive shortcoming.

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Rugby League


Not this time though, not even close. Luckily I put a bet on The Panthers shortly
after my post this morning so I'm up! 0.06mBTC @ 2.04, I also put a 0.02mBTC
@2.02 on with Sportsbet. I wonder how The Sea Eagles were favourites for
this game?

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-10/nrl-penrith-panthers-manly-sea-eagles-live-scores/100890772

From that article it gives a lot of praise to The Panthers, using words like "Ominous"
and this quote:

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Rugby Union

Round 4 ^{of 5} in the Six Nations Championship kicks off
tomorrow with Wales v France.



This is another big game, France with Silverware in their sights and sitting
in 1st position still look favourites to me to take the title. Wales however will
be looking for a desperately needed win. They will have 2 key players back and
starting Josh Navidi and Seb Davies but I cannot see them getting past France
tomorrow unfortunately.

Odds: Wales 4.30 - 1.23 France

Thats a good point, its kind of a bit selfish holding on for so long before
notifying the tournament you are pulling out which affects the draw.

We can be sure that Lacoste knew that his ongoing vaccination stance
was going to come to this point. So he is a no show for them in this major event,
as a sponsor they havent taken this lightly which has resulted in the split.

Well I dont understand the point spread betting system, I prefer to bet on
the favourites but on Nitrogensports I notice I have bet on the Sea Eagles
by mistake, I know how it happened I thought The Panthers were
favourites which they are not, they are 2.05 ATM. F it I'm peed off with
not double checking.

I agree with all the timing points, the whole escapade in Australia and the resulting
loss in the number 1 position is a lot. Thinking about it more I would imagine the
coverage the Australia affair got was probably more of a deal breaker for Lacoste than
losing the top spot.....unless for some bizzare reason there was a clause in the
contract which stipulated the #1 spot was essential to continuation of the deal....

In this current climate with war raging between Russia and Ukraine and sanctions
from pretty much every country globally towards Russia its very hard to make
an analysis on the markets.

This is virgin territory for Bitcoin as was COVID. This is what I'm thinking:

If the Bitcoin market drops below $35k I'll put my current DCA investment capital
into Bitcoin because I'm thinking as inflation continues to increase and the threat
of a global recession is around the corner there should be more demand to secure
and move wealth

Nice one Timelord, thanks for that intro!

At this stage its going to be difficult to bet against last seasons top teams
who were the previous seasons top teams also according to the 2020 ladder.



It also looks like the Gold Coast Titans have been consistent through
the 2 seasons mid table/ladder.

So I'm going to start as I mean to go on and do 3 bets and on 3 of my favourites
from last year...

I received my coins yesterday, thank you Hhampuz and minerjones.

I made a few photos of the set, hopefully they come across nice looking
and prompt others to grab a set.

The package is wonderful, the quality is fantastic. 2 coins in airtites, padded
presentation case with little certificate and 4 holograms.

^
I suspect if there was any concern on Djokovic's part about Lacoste terminating
his contract it would probably be the embarrassment of it all but yea he will get a new
deal for sure.

I assume this move would be fueled by what happened earlier this year in
Australia, is it worthy of a termination of sponsorship though?

From that article


I think he got away lightly with what essentially was a monetary fine and probation.
It doesnt act as much as a deterrent for future violations, I wouldnt like to see any other
sport ending up like Soccer and the abuse on pitch officials take.

His actions towards the umpire were simply not acceptable, for the
next 12 months he will have to be on best behaviour, could be difficult if you have
that "angry man" tendancy.

Welcome OP, the thing about BitcoinTalk is that it is a V A S T expanse of knowledge,
discussion and opinion. The search facility is your friend but it will mean sifting through
many threads to get what you want but there is a good chance its here....somewhere.

I created a thread last year I think listing some Bitcoin, Blockchain and Crypto courses,
some free and some paid > https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5310473.msg56128621#msg56128621

These might be something you can investigate along with the links provided by mk4
and Dunamisx

I too have always typed Bitcoin with an uppercase B when referring to either
the currency or the technology. I think I have mostly used BTC or btc when
refering to the currency as in an amount like 0.1btc/BTC.

I like ^{eventhough its technically incorrect} to use the capital B because it symbolises
the Bitcoin logo BTC, simple as that. TBH I didnt realise or notice before that
currency does not get a capital letter.

Rugby Union

The last game of the weekend was Ospreys v Zebre which was a very close game.
Scoring wise Ospreys scored 3 tries to 1 for Zebra while Zebre kicked 5 penalties
to 2 for Ospreys, it finished up:

Ospreys 27 - 22 Zebre

Here are the table standings after round 13:

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Rugby League

This week sees the start of the NRL proper as in round 1 of 25, so lets wait for
Timelord's introduction!

^
Yes incredible given the context of running from Ukraine to compete knowing that
her country was being attacked and especially being able to continue throughout
the week at such a level, she was driven!

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I am happy with my two bets yesterday on the Monterrey final, Raducanu won
but with 2 tie breaks which helped my +4.5 handicap on Osorio. They were small bets,
0.02mBTC ON Fernandez and 0.04 on Osorio so both were winners.

That sounds good, its actually a global standardised rate. Two questions though,

1. If time is constant and the supply of Bitcoin to the market is fixed wouldnt
that make the Bitcoin rate also fixed?

2. what are the arguments against this system?
.


We know this but whet happens in El Salvador is the Bitcoin price is converted
from the US Dollar. The OP asks the question: