If Bitcoin is a better and higher currency than fiat, why then do bitcoiners hurdle it?
I think money is best used for buying and selling not hoarding, we get to see the value more when using it.
This my thoughts, wby?
Its because they see it as an investment and they believe that if they will hold some of it, it will yield them some profits. Its kinda disappointing that Bitcoin sees by most of the investors as an investment rather than a currency but there is nothing we can do since its pretty obvious that Bitcoin is going upwards all throughout the whole 13 years of its existence. Bitcoin right now is more of a store of value rather than a currency (main purpose). Not many stores are accepting Bitcoin too that is why holders tend to just hold it maybe to give profit to them or to be used in the future to buy something. |
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1. We buy coins not only because the price is low - many had thought that buying them in bulk gives them a good profit later.
2. We have to stop thinking about hypes - maybe some but not all of the new projects
3. Stop falling to scam projects - usually, people got tricked when seeing projects offer high rewards (good to be true) and most of them are just a lie.
4. Doing Research - we have to take this seriously as nobody had ever succeeded without this.
The first 3 will be prevented if you know how to do the 4th one because if you do research first, you are equipping yourself with knowledge thus lessening the chances of losing money or fall into scams and hypes etc. Knowing which are scams and which are now will help you decide whether you need to invest into new projects or not. On the other hand, you could lose your money investing in hypes but you can still make money if you know when to enter and when to exit and if you're lucky to buy the token at its lowest price then it pumped then suddenly. Maybe we should also consider the use or utility of the project?
You can add this as well because every time I invest into projects, I always see the use of the token and how it will help people in their lives. |
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Two ISP in the PBA, it's a good competition for this two. So when Globe will have their team too? lol..
I'm not sure if there's any other ISP in the PBA as another franchise, the one that's just recently confirmed is the Converge. Probably no way of Globe getting in, the other one that's likely to wait for a slot is PLDT. But I don't think these two huge telcos really need to get into the league and have their franchise. As of the moment, it's only Converge as the ISP in the league. Maybe he meant that Pangilinan owns PLDT, who is also the owner of TNT / Smart. Converge is the new owner after buying Alaska not sure if there's no relationship between Pangilinan and the owner of Converge  it would be nice if the one who bought the franchise is Ditto or Choks that would be a real threat. Choks can compete offering a decent amount of contract and additional perks, maybe the reason why Magnolia switches from using the hotdogs to their chicken business, they don't want the same line of business to compete with wide exposure like the PBA.  Yeah possible and it wasn't just explained clearly. As for the Chooks to go, they're mostly advertising only with PBA ads but I'm sure that there's also been an attempt to get a franchise. But, they weren't granted as there's some conflict with the current franchises that they have and there's the competition so the PBA committee granted Converge instead. Chooks-To-Go won't make it to the PBA as they already have a stand-alone campaign which will make things just complicated. But we can't clearly rule out the possibility in the future. Chooks-To-Go products are also the same as Magnolia which is owned by SMC and we know how influential and powerful SMC is to the league and one of the core companies while PBA is still standing. Prior to Converge getting the Alaska rights, is there a list shown to the public who offers to buy the franchise? There is a chance that it will only happen if: 1. There will be a team that will sell their franchise and they will be the ones who will win the bid. 2. The PBA will make an expansion and adding more teams. With these 2, I think the first one is more reasonable to happen because I don't think that the PBA will expand and add more teams at least for now and in the next 2-3 years maybe. Another question that comes to our mind is that if Chooks-To-Go is owned by SMC then they will have 4 teams already and MVP only has 3. Is that mean that MVP will add another team for himself incase they will join. Another question is that if Chooks-To-Go is interested in joining knowing that they already have a separate league that is conducting. Anyway, congrats for Converge for joining the PBA. I just hope that they will not be the same as other independent teams out there and with regards to the list of bidders who joined, I don't think that they posted it only or they will post it online. |
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Can Morant will able to do it soon?
We don't know if it will happen but I think that it will happen or at least Lebron will let it happen. How about that for the Warriors team? It amazed me with how they took over the game even though Klay and Green were sitting on the sidelines.
They played defense and make it to offense at high success rates. Jordan Poole got the hot hands early game while Wiggins made sure it will end with a bang.
Took a peek at the total stats and surprised it was not far of a difference. They just won with rebounds and freethrows. Good game.
This is what's good with this Warriors team. They have no Steph, no Klay and no Green but can still get some wins against a top seeded team like Heat. This also shows that anybody can step up with the team when their all star players aren't playing for some reasons. We've seen 4 players scored 20+ or more in the Warriors showing that they can still be a deadly team without their core players. |
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Using crypto directly to buy some items? Nahh I don't see any merchants near my place that are accepting crypto.
Converting my crypto into cash then that is what I'm using is what I'm doing right now.
I'm also thinking of asking some merchants in malls if they are accepting crypto as a payment. I thought about it years ago but because of the pandemic it got delayed. Hope I can do it at least this year. I'm just curious if how many stalls in the malls are accepting crypto or at least they know crypto. Anyway, I'm not using crypto to buy items but I'm converting my crypto and that is what I'm using for my monthly expenses.
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Price stabilization? I don't think so. I don't think that we are in a scenario where Bitcoin's price will be stable especially with its market cap only $800B. I still believe that it will be volatile. I think we what we are experiencing right now is the battle of the bulls and the bears to the point where we don't know which will win. If bulls win then it will go up and vice versa. |
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Ginebra won the game, it's 1-0 now.. I was scared a bit when NLEX got the lead, I thought Ginebra will lose tonight, but good thing they didn't disappoint me. All favorites win and covered tonight, nice game by Thompson again, another double double and Tenorio also had a big contribution.
I won't mention Brownlee anymore since we know he would always lead the team to win.
86-95 Final score.
No help from the locals. That is the problem with NLEX that is why they lost this game. Only 2 players scored in double digits against 5 from Ginebra. Their offense is coming from their import only and nothing more. Either way, Brownlee is that kind of player that you can rely with if you are part of the Ginebra team. Another one is the chemistry of the team is there already since he is playing with Ginebra for a long time. Anybody watched the Meralco-Magnolia where Magnolia won the game? Meralco just let Magnolia score 12 points in the first quarter and let by 8 at the half but the Hotshots dominated the second half and won by 14 points. One thing more is Bishop has been totally shut down by Magnolia and he only scored 10 points with 5/19 shooting. For sure, Meralco will make a way to win Game 2 and I hope Bishop will not play like this again in their next game. Congrats to SMC in getting their victories in Game 1. |
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Seriously what’s wrong with wiggins, He was so strong when he is was on Timverwolves before. His current field goal is very low while he never improved his throw until now.
Just another bad game for him, bad shooting night and it was Poole who keeps them in the game. I agree. 5/19 shooting I think that it really is a bad night for him but if you will look at their loss against SAS, he also shot 5/13 on that game as well. As an all-star starter, many are expecting for Wiggins to play better than how he is playing right now. With regards with him with the TWolves, I think the reason is that he and Towns are the main scorers on that team. Now that he is in GSW, there are many players that can shot thus his points and maybe his performance goes down. Well, I just hope that he will step up in their next games especially with Curry out probably until the end of the regular season. |
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I voted ENJ and Axie Infinity. Enjin has been there for a long time already (since 2017) and they already published many games around Enjin. I also tried to play one of the games under Enjin which is Lost Relics though I didn't play for too long due to lack of time because its a grinding game. Axie Infinity is the main reason why NFT hype and at its peak though we saw some decline from some of it. I still believe that the game will stay for quite some time and it might changed how games are being built right now though there is no assurance that it will happen. Isnt Axie too expensive already?
Comparing to where it was months ago, it already is cheaper and Axies right now are a lot cheaper. You can build a team already with as low as $150-$200 (of course if you have an idea with regards to the game itself). |
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One of the reason for high trust on bitcoin is that the bitcoin owner Satoshi identity is hidden. If all of sudden Satoshi come in the public and his identity is revealed, do you think it will have a bad impact on the bitcoin price and it can dump? Or do you think that bitcoin price will pump on this revelation? Mind you that i am talking about the real satoshi, not the fake ones claiming themselves to be satoshi.
Bitcoin might turn from a decentralized coin into a centralized one if Satoshi comes out of nowhere. Another thing is we don't know if Satoshi is still alive until now. With regards to price, since there is a chance that it might change into a centralized coin there might be a huge impact to its price but we don't know if it will be a positive or a negative one by I think more of a negative one. My opinion only though. After all, I think its best for the real creator of Bitcoin to just stay hidden and unidentified because that would be better for him in terms of security as well as his life (since he is holding a million Bitcoins). If the person turns out to be someone like Craig wright...
If Faketoshi can prove that he really is Satoshi, I might sell all of my Bitcoin holdings  . JK |
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This is what can happen if the crypto market is unregulated. Scams are very common and there is nothing that investors can do about it whenever they are scammed but to just move on, find another project and invest again. This is also why I'm only investing and holding the top coins especially Bitcoin. I don't want to invest into new projects because there is a high chance that it will be either a scam or a rug pull project like what is happening right now in NFT game industry. What's kinda disappointing at least for me is that, there are still investors (mostly newbies) that are falling into some common ways of scamming like phishing or Bitcoin doubling etc. and what's even worse is there are some investors who got scammed twice already. I mean getting scammed once is enough but to get scammed once again, it seems like you didn't learn from your first mistake if that happens. Either way, I just hope that we are intelligent enough to distinguish which projects are scams and which are not. Which are legit and which are fake  . For safer route, just invest into the top coins in terms of market cap. |
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We have 2 new teams coming into the next conference already. The EASL and the Converge. Well, there have been some rumors already that they are the top runners in buying the franchise of Alaska back when the Alaska company said that they will sell their franchise and now it became true. The question right now that comes into my mind is that, the Aces have been an independent team for 3 decades since it started. Will the Converge team be an independent team or it will also join in either MVP or SMC. |
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Even though the Lakers are playing like this right now, lets not forget that they still have Davis that can play maybe in the playoffs ............
I will stop you there. My worry now is what if they cannot make it to the playoffs? For sure with their ranking, they might be in the play-in tournament, but what if they'll fall again? I mean, if they want to be in the playoffs, maybe they should start winning now consistently. That is a question mark but as of this moment, they dropped to the 10th spot tied with the New Orleans with 30-41 win-loss record. The Spurs are 2 and a half games below them and if they will continue to play inconsistently within their next games, there is a chance that even Spurs might clinch to the 10th spot (hope it won't happen though). I just browsed the remaining schedule of the Lakers and it seems that they have one of the toughest schedules because in their 11 games, 8 of them are against playoffs team like PHI, DAL, CLE, GSW, UTA, PHX and DEN (twice). They need to play consistently and as one if they really want to enter the play-ins because right now, I don't think that they can enter the playoffs without going to play-ins. It looks like Davis will be their savior "once again". We are expecting that if he comes back, the morale of the team will come back and will play better than how they are playing right now. Now with regards to them going into the play-in tournament, as of now they are hanging at the 10th spot though I believe that they can still enter the play-ins (for some reasons). With the Lakers clinching the playoffs, chances are low especially if some of them aren't healthy. All of them must play during play-ins and playoffs (if they make it). |
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Like what happened to Thirdy when he went to B-League, for sure this addition of teams from other countries will create a domino effect again thus there will be more teams outside PH that will join. Nothing but positive news for this at least for me. The league is now open for more teams outside PH and with regards to audiences, I'm not pretty sure if this move by the management will make the people watch again live. Anyway, I'm excited to see more players playing in our national league. More teams = more competition and with this, MVP and SMC will not just simply dominate the league again like what they are doing. |
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Grizzlies has won without Morant. It is against a considerably weak Rockets but Rockets had some good moments to shine also had momentum behind them for a time, but Grizzlies were just better. And Rockets also was missing Eric Gordon. I actually started to like the young Rockets a lot. They might have the worst record in the league but their young players like Kevin Porter Jr., Alperen Sengun and Kenyon Martin Jr seem promising. Memphis Grizzlies seems like will hold on to the second place in the west. But things are quite hard in the west, winner of 7th and 8th match up in the playoffs still gonna be a hard series.
Grizzlies is actually a very deep team. The Rockets are still a very young team and I think that they have a long way to go before they can be mature enough to win games consistently. If the Grizz matches up against the Lakers (given that they make the play-in and proceed to the playoffs), they could have some serious issues. Even the Clippers can be enough to cause some headaches. Yes the Grizzlies are actually a deep team that you can still make a good 5 man using their bench but what matters most with this team is that they are a very young team and if the core players will be intact, the team can be in the playoffs for at least 3 consecutive times or more for sure. Same goes with the Rockets. The roster is young and they are developing Green, KPJ and other young superstars that might carry the team. This team is tanking this season so that they can get a good player when the NBA draft comes. If these young players will become all-stars in the future, we might see them going into the playoffs as well but for sure it will take some time. Even though the Lakers are playing like this right now, lets not forget that they still have Davis that can play maybe in the playoffs and if the big 3 of Lebron, Davis and Westbrook plays together, they might upset top seed teams like the Grizzlies. I believe that the Lakers have a chance to defeat the Grizzlies only if they are complete and will play the whole series without any injuries whatsoever. |
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Now we are in the Semi-Finals already and look at the match-ups. Meralco Vs. Magnolia and Ginebra Vs. NLEX.
Anything new? Again its MVP Vs. SMC in the Semis and in the Finals, we will see them fighting for the championship or worse we might see a SMC vs. SMC team or MVP vs. MVP team in the Finals which I hope will not happen. My team SMB didn't enter the semis but I will still watch.
Ginebra vs Meralco is what I want to see in the Finals. A repeat of their Finals match where Justin Brownlee is also the import for Ginebra. Meralco wants that revenge. It also seems good that different companies will face in the Finals, unlike the usual same company. If only KJ McDaniels is there, we might see NLEX in the Finals. Ginebra lost badly on this team this conference with a healthy lineup. That's how strong KJ McDaniel is. Unfortunately, we won't see it right now but I hope NLEX will give a good match. Ohhhh the Buzzer Beater of Brownlee against the import of Meralco at that time which is Allen Durham. That is one of the most memorable buzzer beaters in PBA history for me because that three gave them the championship. I watched that video just now and just look at the audience at that time. LINK If the Ginebra vs. Meralco match-up in the finals will happen again, I expect for the venue to be filled with Ginebra fans for sure. With regards to KJ, he is for me the top pick for the best import of the conference but he chooses to go back because of his family which I think a reasonable one. I would like to see NLEX in Finals as well but I will go with Ginebra with this . I still believe that Brownlee can give Ginebra another title. |
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Playing on stressful surrounding will totally give you an awkward feeling so best for him to be traded since hes not really fit on Lakers system and might he can play more better on different team.
That's the real reason, if he is not fit, then they should not force the issue, trade him and acquire another player that could fit to the Lakers system. Maybe John Wall would be a good answer for that, I'm sure Lakers will find it interesting to trade Westbrook for John Wall. That's a bad idea. John Wall is an injury-prone player. That's a waste of salary space cap if the Lakers will sign this player. I'd rather keep Westbrook compared to trading him with John Wall. Even Westbrook is not fit for the Lakers, eventually, he will be used on it. It's just his first season with the Lakers and there's always a time for adjustment the following season. I won't think the Lakers will be interested to trade their players in exchange for John Wall. They should not add another player that is injury prone the same as Anthony Davis. Why pick between Wall and Westbrook for the Lakers when you can find another player that will fit for the team . Find a point guard that will fit for the team and maybe find another coach as well TBH, I also think that even Davis might be traded as well. How many games did he played this season? Only 37 games base on this site and as for a 2nd all-star of the team, this is unacceptable. They paid him $35M this season to play for the team and he will get injured twice. I don't think that he is still a good fit for the team since Lebron is almost out on his prime already. They need a younger and not injury prone all-star. My opinion though. |
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1) Let at least one trusted individual know your password. It's difficult to get such person but it is better than loosing your investment.
This is for me the hardest part. You don't know which are trusted and which are not and I'm the kind of person who took so much time to think and decide whether a person is trustworthy or not. Also my problem is that no one in my family is involved into crypto but only me. 2) Write it and keep it in a safe. Although it's risky but at least it's more preferable.
Well, I have no choice but to write it since I'm a kind of person that is very easy to forget things to the point that I need to write my routine for tomorrow before I get to sleep. I've kept it in a safe (kinda) place. 3) Include your crypto investments in a will.
Not thinking about this and I think I will not do this. |
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And this silent the critiques of Westbrook for at least some time with this kind of performance from him. Positive news for AD though, there seems to be a lot of development so hopefully they can make it to the playoffs and maybe he can play. Vogel should stop experimenting with smaller player, he should put Dwight their more often to play as the man in the middle.
It's tough for Westbrook to regain momentum while there are lots of criticizing him because of his poor plays. He should take that as an inspiration to work hard more. I know he's trying his best but it's just that, he's not the same as before. I'm sure his teammates are giving him some good words of advice on how to deal with lots of negative reviews. LeBron lives on that since then but still making good production so I'm sure Westbrook can also be like that. Not with the points, not with the rebounds, not with the assists, and so on but on how to blend properly with his teammates regardless of who's on the floor. They just have to make sure to get on the play-in to fight for the playoffs spot while waiting for Anthony Davis to return in action. I really feel the pressure on Westbrook since there's a lot of expectation for him that cause Lakers a lot of young players with potential just to acquire him but keeps underperforming since the day he play on Lakers. Those 3ple double days him is over and no one in Lakers will the same as his team mates on OKC. Westbrook has a lot of potential but his ego is his barrier to release it since he is not adjusting to his team mate. Westbrook can't be as effective as he was before because that depends on his teammates and the coaching staff, but we cannot deny that Westbrook is still capable despite the fact that he is an awful shooter. Maybe he is not comfortable with the kind of play the Lakers have for him and they aren't adjusting because until now we are still seeing him struggling and the Lakers as a team. Seeing him playing like this against the Raptors, I'm thinking that he is like a bench player who just erupted for one game then an awful or lesser impact one on the next game. On the other side though, this might be a momentum shift for him and his career because we saw how awful he is playing this season. I also saw a fan confronting him and he is telling "Westbrick" to him twice in his face. I still believe as well that he can do that every night. I just don't know why he can't improve his shooting skills and he always make those airball shots. With regards to him not comfortable with the Lakers, I might agree with that as well because when he is at Thunder and Wizards he is always the first option for offense but when he is in Rockets and now in Lakers it is a different situation. In Houston, Harden is the first choice when it comes to offense thus he traded because he is uncomfortable and it might be the same case as this. Anyway, lets just hope that the Lakers will continue to win after this win. |
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Wow, i never thought that Ginebra would advance to the semis by defeating the TNT Katropa twice and it was not even a close game.
Scottie Thompson as usual did the damage for the Kings with his hustle and rebounding prowess hehe.
Congrats to all who back the Gin Kings to win and advance to the semis and hopefully to the Finals, seems like the PBA office is smiling at the moment as they expect gate revenues to skyrockets when the semis began.
Well, I was kinda shocked as well but... it is what it is and as always Scottie Thompson delivered again as he almost got a triple double again. Unfortunately, the changing of imports of TNT might affect the chemistry of the team as a whole and he played awful as well because he only scored 14 points. 3 starters of Ginebra scored 20+ points. For sure, many people will watch again in the stadium because of Ginebra and because of that revenue really will skyrocket but the management needs it so... yeah congrats for Ginebra . Also, bad decision for the TNT for changing their import in the do or die game, there's no chemistry been created yet so you cannot expect them to win. s
They don't want to do it but Fuller has an injury (calf I think) that is why they are forced to change their import. If only Fuller didn't get injured then they will not change their imports but nevertheless, I agree that there is no chemistry with the team because the whole roster didn't play against other team in the eliminations.
Now we are in the Semi-Finals already and look at the match-ups. Meralco Vs. Magnolia and Ginebra Vs. NLEX. Anything new? Again its MVP Vs. SMC in the Semis and in the Finals, we will see them fighting for the championship or worse we might see a SMC vs. SMC team or MVP vs. MVP team in the Finals which I hope will not happen. My team SMB didn't enter the semis but I will still watch. |
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