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3361  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: [ BOXING POLL ADDED ]: FURY vs WHYTE - CONFIRMED on: February 09, 2022, 02:22:02 AM
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The truth is that the one that is holding all the cards and the power is Fury, he is the champion and the one every recognizes as the best heavyweight boxer at the moment, an unification fight is on sight and we could get it as soon as the end of this year, Fury does not really need this fight and most likely it is just a way to keep himself busy until we see who is the one that wins between Usyk and Joshua.

That's right. This is more like a conditioning fight for Fury. The Joshua-Usyk rematch schedule is yet to be finalized, probably happening in April or even later. After that, both fighters will still undergo some recovery time. That would take more months. So Fury will have to find another opponent to keep his body active while waiting for that possible unification.

It so happened Whyte ended up the one chosen. So Whyte is really lucky he's given the opportunity to fight the champ. And not only will he be receiving the biggest paycheck in his entire career, much more than his net worth, he's also given the opportunity to upset the reigning champion. This is now or never for him so he better be giving his all.
3362  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: I finally find my way to this forum on: February 09, 2022, 02:01:33 AM
So here I am, new to bitcointalk today what and what benefits can a newbie gets from spending their time on this forum?

The "benefits" you can get off this forum is the exact same "benefit" you can get by joining various forums/communities concerning whatever topic — you get to talk to other people about that certain topic.

Probably not. The resources found in this forum is incomparable to the resources found in other forums, definitely more than all of theirs combined. History happened here. The baby steps of Bitcoin took place here. Discussions as to the official Bitcoin logo, number of decimals, and many others happened here. If OP is interested to read more about the past, this forum can offer a lot, discussions that are so rich, discussions in which Satoshi himself/herself/themselves participated.  

But as far as current discussions are concerned, I agree with you.
3363  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: $3.6 billion in Bitcoin seized from Crocodile of Wall Street on: February 09, 2022, 01:39:15 AM
What's with the very large images? You can actually narrow them down by placing width=400 or 500 or whatever size is preferable to you right after [img. Like this, [img width=400]. Perhaps you preferred it this way, but it's a little irritating to the eyes, especially because you posted more than one.

Anyway, I should congratulate the law enforcers for finally seizing the stolen Bitcoin. Although not everything was recovered, at least around 80% has already been confiscated. That's a huge success.

And, unlucky and extremely foolish for both Lichtenstein and Morgan for keeping the private keys in an online account. Both of them are either stupid or too complacent to store online the keys to the wallet where the billions in Bitcoin was stored.

The authorities must be very close to the real culprit.
3364  Other / Off-topic / Re: Is this not worth it? on: February 08, 2022, 02:51:12 AM
If what you're saying is true then, doing the simplest math, you haven't made a mistake in leaving your job. Even if your former job's compensation is increased to $80, that is still lower than the $60 every two weeks that you said you earn online. However, that is, if we compare the money that you get between the two. But is there no way for you to keep the company job while also doing your online business? If there is none and you can only choose one, your online business is the better option.

But let me clarify things first. The $60 bi-weekly income is not regular, right? There could be times when instead of an income, you are losing, correct? And if you make money in a whole month, it is also possible that you lose money in a whole month. Isn't this so? If it is, I'd rather keep the company job and also keep having food on the table. Do the other thing only if time permits.
3365  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Service Discussion (Altcoins) / Re: How can a cryptocurrency project be included in coinmarketcap trends? on: February 08, 2022, 02:10:06 AM
What do you mean crypto money project? I hope you are not referring to your own project or the one you are promoting. Well, 99% of crypto projects nowadays are solely created for the sake of money, at the expense of gullible and lazy individuals.

To be quite frank about it, this trending section of coinmarketcap should be taken down for good. This does no good whatsoever. Everything that it does is bad. This is like a paid promotion for the shittiest of shitcoins in the market. Landing there does not mean anything. Look at the coins that are listed there. They're shitcoins through and through. Hell, they don't even have complete data on CMC itself. They don't have the best volume. Their market caps are not large either. They are not listed on trusted exchanges. Everything negative could be said about them.

In other words, that trending list is utter useless. CMC is only exposing newbies and clueless lazy crypto individuals to more risks by giving a list of worthless shitcoins that many might think to be profitable.

Anyway, if you have a project or are tasked to promote one, build your project, not just its image.
3366  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Don't be like me on: February 08, 2022, 01:36:51 AM
If you mean to say that OP would have been doing the right thing had he borrowed money to invest in Bitcoin and not in a meme coin, I beg to disagree.
Some memecoins are worthless and not worth investing was what I meant, example is the Wakanda Inu, some people could have borrowed money all because of Wakanda Inu, thinking it will increase like Shiba Inu. Thinking Wakanda Inu will do bigger, but the opposite is what happened. There are thousands of altcoins and many of them are risky, that was what I meant. I will prefer to invest in a coin that I know all-time-high is most likely guaranteed, that was the reason I chose bitcoin. Some people are smiling as they make big profit from memecoins, but some of the memecoins are very risky, what I hate the most is if the coin never reach all-time-high again.

What I meant to say is that even if OP borrowed money for buying Bitcoin, it wasn't a wise decision. Only borrow money when the situation calls for it. I know that even billionaire companies take loans, but it is going to be a very different case for an individual who did not even manage to make enough savings for buying Bitcoin.

Bitcoin's price could remain low for years. It is possible that one's Bitcoin investment does not yield any ROI for years. What will happen if a person who does not have savings and borrowed money to buy Bitcoin suddenly lost his/her job? Or what if an emergency arises all of a sudden?  What is he/she gonna do? Sell his/her Bitcoin at a loss? Loan more?
3367  Economy / Economics / Re: Caentral banks rate rise could be biggest bluff on: February 07, 2022, 12:02:07 PM
If your country's government is raising the interest rate, it is not a bluff. It is a real thing. I won't expect an announcement to made and yet the cost of borrowing remains the same. And, for sure, your country's economic, monetary, and financial team has find reasons that call for the rate hike. It might be to temper down a rising inflation, but never to take it away. Inflation is an integral part of any economy.

Anyway, interest rates rise and fall. It is normal. There is no reason to react to it too much.

And, please, don't think the central banks would just let fiat die. In the first place, they are there to let it live for as long as possible.
3368  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Don't be like me on: February 07, 2022, 11:18:23 AM
There is nothing bad to borrow if you are a working class and will have no isssue to pay in time, or if you have other means to pay. But if you borrow and not having any means to pay back is when something is wrong.

If you mean to say that OP would have been doing the right thing had he borrowed money to invest in Bitcoin and not in a meme coin, I beg to disagree. This is my personal opinion. I think it is not really prudent for somebody to borrow money in order to invest. There is no investment that is risk-free and I guess it is unwise to risk borrowed money. You can risk your savings, yes, but not even all of it. If you don't have money, earn it first. Think of investment later.
3369  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Son Poisons Father In Attempt To Steal Bitcoin Wallet Funds on: February 06, 2022, 05:16:33 AM
I hope this is not bannered as a news against cryptocurrency, though. But I guess this made news partly because it involves cryptocurrency.

Anyway, this is nothing shocking actually. There are worse than this. How many parents have actually been killed by their own children for so flimsy a reason? Or how many people have been sent to unreasonable wars, killing each other because somebody up there is telling them to?

It is not about killing for Bitcoin or Ethereum or an ideology or an order or whatever. It is about killing itself. Ugh, hoomans!
3370  Economy / Economics / Re: Is it just me or people are out of liquidity ( money ) ? on: February 06, 2022, 04:39:22 AM
On a personal level, nothing has changed much. Prices are increasing but I can still manage to support my needs and even some wants. For now, I am not in any way tightening my belt. But, in general, a lot of people are actually having a very hard time due to the economic impact of the pandemic. A lot of people are losing jobs, losing other sources of income, losing businesses, and so on.

These times are particularly harder not only because jobs are scarce but also because prices of goods and services are increasing no end while movements are greatly limited.
3371  Economy / Exchanges / Re: Secure Asset Fund for Users (SAFU) on: February 06, 2022, 04:14:50 AM
Of course, it is good. There should be no argument whether a sort of an insurance fund is good or not. But is this enough? I don't think so. If the exchange will fall to a hack, Binance will probably refund the victims using funds from SAFU. But what if my account fell to a hack? What if 5 or 10 or 20 accounts fell to a hack or whatever incident that is not due to the negligence of the owners? Could we then ask for a refund? I doubt. What if an insider would steal from a handful of accounts? What if, due to the data leak, an account is compromised? Would the owners of these accounts cite SAFU and claim for a refund?
3372  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Bitcoin literally fixes this on: February 06, 2022, 03:48:39 AM
Isn't this more of a problem with a centralized fund raising platform than a problem about currency? If, for example, the Freedom Convoy 2020 campaign would ditch GoFundMe and would instead solicit funds by secretly reaching out to select individuals, groups, and institutions, would that not sufficiently address this problem?

Could cash, for example, be censored? What if the group would completely do away with banks and other centralized platforms? Wouldn't that be enough for their funds to avoid getting frozen?
3373  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Old phishing scam on the rise on centralized exchanges on: February 06, 2022, 02:56:58 AM
Phishing is indeed an old trick, but I'm not sure we can call it outdated. I'm sure many still fall for it. People should then just cease clicking on links whether they are coming through SMS, email, DMs in Telegram and Twitter and other social media platforms, ads, and so forth. Just go straight to your account using their official site and check if there was indeed a request to withdraw or whatever.
3374  Economy / Exchanges / Re: FREE 10USDT ON BINANCE on: February 04, 2022, 08:36:27 AM
You must be referring to Binance's savings trial fund voucher. I'm not sure, but I also got an email from Binance a few months ago offering 500 BUSD savings trial fund voucher if I verify my account. If I'm not mistaken, this was offered during their implementation of compulsory intermediate KYC verification for everyone. This must be their way of enticing users to undergo KYC.

I didn't mind the offer. Had it been real 500 BUSD withdrawable upon KYC approval, I would have thought twice. But the word trial was the key. I dismissed it right away. My account was then limited to transact withdrawals and cancellation of orders. I'm not using Binance anymore.
3375  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Trezor implements Address Ownership Proof Protocol, more regulation less privacy on: February 04, 2022, 04:20:49 AM
It seems a tug of war is happening at the moment, with both sides gaining the advantage alternatively. First, there was the good time, and then came AOPP, and then followed the outcry which resulted to the wallets taking back the implementation.

It is interesting that the public's voice prevailed at the moment. But how long could such a force as public outrage stop these wallets from bowing down to the letters of the law? How long does the resistance last? Could these wallets continue to submit to the demands of their clients when what could be at stake eventually is their license to operate?
3376  Economy / Economics / Re: Efforts made by the US actually provide a new problem for inflation. on: February 04, 2022, 03:38:08 AM
Well, inflation will always be here, at least for as long as the current economic paradigm is in place. Money will always have to weaken regularly. That's necessary in the economic model that is prevailing right now. What is important, though, is that the level of inflation should fall within the range which is considered tolerable for any economy to continue to thrive.

However, things are not smooth nowadays with the pandemic wreaking havoc in economies around the world for years now. That's true even in rich countries like the US. It must be hard even for them to somehow strike a balance between keeping the finances of the country afloat at the same time tempering inflation in the midst of health lock downs.
3377  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: A Cincinnati-based restaurant chain now accepts bitcoin for its franchise fees on: February 04, 2022, 03:05:01 AM
It's news like this that I am interested to hear, not only the acceptance of Bitcoin from their franchisee around the world but also the planned acceptance of Bitcoin in their restaurants. This is the kind of adoption that would propel Bitcoin into the mainstream, not as a store of value or an asset but as a currency, a money anybody could spend.

I hope, Flaherty won't be sticking to his first option, though, as regards what to do with the Bitcoin they will be receiving.
3378  Economy / Gambling / Re: Is there a way to get correct scores of the day and week? on: February 03, 2022, 12:29:36 PM
Any individual could easily give you scores for the day for all teams and players in all sports. Some may turn out correct; most, or even all 99.9% of the time, will turn out wrong.

So if your intention is to earn from these inaccurate predictions, please stop your plan as early as now. I'm afraid you won't get far with this.

And please don't think that by sharing these uncertain score predictions to your fellowmen you actually help their daily living. No, you are only giving them false hope. You are only making them gamble what little money they have. What if they lose? Are you going to buy them food?
3379  Economy / Speculation / Re: How come BTC is not at least $75,000 yet? on: February 03, 2022, 11:29:24 AM
Same here. I am also wondering why Bitcoin's price is still stuck this low when good news are around us. Shouldn't it be $100,000 or even more by now? The pandemic is still with us. Economies have yet to fully open and recover. Fiat are losing value much faster. Inflation is surpassing tolerance level. People are still finding better ways to keep their wealth.

But I guess the number one reason why Bitcoin is still this low is that the bulk of Bitcoin's circulating supply is in the hands of a few whales or institutional investors or whatever. If two of these whales dump, the market could move downward. I don't think the demand coming from retail investors could absorb a strong inflow of dumped Bitcoin from huge investors. Not to mention that many of these retail investors are simply making action depending on the current market sentiment. They fear; they FOMO; they just react emotionally. And Bitcoin is still not that widely known.
3380  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Am I late to the party?? on: February 03, 2022, 11:00:55 AM
Surely, you can never be late to embrace a decentralized currency, can you? It doesn't matter whether you discovered it yesterday or today. What matters is that you discovered it.

If you refer to earning opportunities from Bitcoin, however, you are definitely late if you compare yourself to those who came earlier. Gone are the days when your money invested in Bitcoin could x5 in value quickly. We are late compared to those who bought bitcoin at $5 or $100. But we are definitely early compared to many who will buy their first Satoshi when Bitcoin is already worth $300,000.  
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