Perhaps one of the more entertaining games of the year. That last play tho... I put in a small bet at +5 Cleveland minutes before the game started and it turned out to be a nailbiter. I don't blame them for trying to do what they did, but uh, they got a bit silly with it and did one too many laterals. So I went from a win to a draw, whatevs.

Here's the last play for those who want to see it:
https://youtu.be/sc7Rud6YbIk?t=321

"Analysis:"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1xCGy4fNO0

Why limit your post title to only mentioning Monero?

I mean I'm happy for Monero because this means they have a use case outside of darkmarkets  but they've clearly added a lot more; lets list them:

BCH
DASH
ETH
ETC
LTC
XMR
XEM
USDT
TRX
XVG
WAVES
ZEC

Bottom line: don't give a shit because I'm not paying for porn, but ultimately any time of potential adoption is good, so all the more power to those who do...

That's hardly "proof." Where is the person who was scammed?


So who is this other guy? What were the details of the order? What is the Telegram account name of the guy he is talking to?

I'm not "defensing the scammer," I'm explaining why this doesn't count as evidence that Vareole is a scammer.

Awesome, thanks suchmoon. And thanks eddie13 as well for upholding his end of the bargain. It was a long journey, fraught with twists and turns, and some would even say its not yet over. But let's face it, its over, and I look forward to reading Trump's tweets every morning up until Jan 20th. Never give up! Lol.

I think its on the lower end of the range of what is considered to be "shilling." The scale of shilling goes something like this:

<Least Severe>
 - Somebody telling you to use a product even though they don't get paid to do so.
 - Somebody advertising something (sig campaigns).
 - Somebody telling you to use a product and getting paid for it.
 - Somebody telling you to use a product, getting paid for it, and pretending they're not doing one or the other.
<Most Severe>

To get that game at 3.2x is pretty good, better than I got it I think. Glad it worked out for you! I'd be lucky to get a pick like that again before the end of the season. Probably won't happen, but who knows...

Today's game (Browns vs. Ravens) is a bit too close to call one way or the other. I'm rooting for the Browns, personally. They seem to be on a roll and need this game to keep their playoff hopes alive. Unfortunately for them, the Ravens need this game even more, and they've been playing pretty decent as of late as well.

So its too close to call. Some good games coming up next Sunday tho.

I've been betting on NFL games on and off for about 10 years, don't have a great track record to share with anybody, but two years ago I called all 7 post-season games, including the Super Bowl.

Last year I didn't do too hot, but this year I've been doing pretty well, for at least the last couple of weeks. I started off the season cold and had 3 bad picks in a row. I took the middle of the season off, and have come back to 5 wins in a row. I like to think I do a little bit better late in the season but who really knows. This is not financial advice, lol.

Here's the call before the start of each game:

1.
2-3.
4.
5.
Also, not saying these count for anything necessarily but 3 of these 4 games have already won, with the 4th being played tomorrow:


The thing is I don't really have a "Pick of the Week" yet, but I would be most inclined to take a look at the Ravens/Browns game tomorrow and see if there's any good reasons not to take Cleveland at +2.5. For now I'm just setting up this thread for my first pick, which will likely be a Sunday game.

So yeah, since I won 5 games in a row I'm now an expert in everything forever,* and so I opened my own thread about it.


* This is sarcasm and who knows, I'm equally as likely to be a reverse indicator for betting as I am to be good at it, as a disclaimer. I really just wanted to open a thread to harbor my own picks. Feel free to comment and/or add your own NFL picks, for the remaining games, playoffs, super bowl, etc. No spammers or dufuses.

I narrowed my list of 4 games down to one game that looks a lot better than the rest, and that is:

Tennessee @ -7

I put in a decent size bet for my standards on this one. Besides the fact that the Titans are 58% more likely to cover the spread than the Jags, this is a must-win game for Tennessee whereas Jags are out completely. They already got their one win so they're not winless for the season, now they're done.

Titans will be ramping it up just a bit to secure the V. Let's hope its by more than 7 points. I don't like Tannehill generally speaking but when you look at what's on the other side of the equation, he's perfect for the situation.

Please let me know if you have PP USD. Thanks.

Immediately I like the following for Sunday, but I'm gonna think a bit deeper about it before placing a bet.

Cleveland +2.5
Washington +3
Miami +7
Tennessee -7

In the past I've jinxed the Rams by betting on them, but I think they're a better team now and have a lot of games where they've covered the spread, unlike the Pats. Also, Pats are all but mathematically out for playoff contention whereas the Rams need this one to keep up with the Seahawks, who will assuredly win against the Jets this week (almost assuredly). I'm taking the Rams at -5 instead of -4.5 so that was the payout will be closer to 2x... Line seems to have shifted just a tiny bit closer to -5.

Who do you guys like for today or this weekend?

The author is the dev of NEO which recently rebranded itself for DeFi (go-to move for flailing shitcoins these days). I hope he had to pay to get that article published.

True, hard to argue with that. I just don't like him, and bitcoin doesn't care about that either.

I'm anticipating him attempting to mold bitcoin into what is best for billionaires and pre-emptively hating on him for that. Hopefully he'll prove me wrong.

Well, also this:

If you're referring to Ratimov, he's not a moderator. He's just in the ChipMixer campaign which means he is receiving extra scrutiny.

I think Ratimov has learned what to do going forward after all this in order to avoid these types of threads being made about him in the future.

@Ratimov: You do a lot of good work but its actually too much! Just be yourself and don't try to impress everyone so hard going forward. Trust me, we're already impressed.

Thanks... my brain was a bit too scattered at the moment to remember all these tidbits.


I read a few of your posts and am inclined to believe you. Welcome back.

Oh buddy. You have some catching up to do. Start here:

https://twitter.com/MyLegacyKit/status/1220264990810300416

Then here:

https://modernconsensus.com/commentary/the-case-against-craig-wright-part-i-2009-2011/


OK so we're more on the same page than I previously suspected.

That's not the part I was referring to -- it was the part where he said that the content of his posts had been dramatically altered (outside of the auto-substitution of bitcoin.org for bitcointalk.org links)... He's basically insinuating that the content of posts had been changed for nefarious purposes when in fact there is no evidence of this.

Not to mention 14 to 17.24 BTC isn't exactly "a lot", especially for 2014.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/4hqbux/fun_fact_craig_wright_lost_14_in_mtgox/
https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/4hx3q9/according_to_the_mtgox_leaks_from_early_2014_our/


Not really. He's droned on and on about how he (supposedly) didn't post half of the stuff that is currently under the satoshi account name, dedicating an entire blog post to it:

https://craigwright.net/blog/bitcoin-blockchain-tech/satoshi-never-posted-on-bitcointalk/

If you don't see how he's a pathological liar by now even after being thoroughly trashed in court (even by judges), you're not really paying attention.

How does one procure elbow grease? Do you buy it in bulk or wait for it to appear on one's elbows, presumably the result of some sort of manual labor activity?