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3761  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Motosport General discussion tread --- Formula1, MotoGP, WTCC, ETCC, DTM..... on: April 03, 2021, 08:03:50 PM
If Verstappen has just gone wide every turn like Hamilton to get better lap times, yes. But going wide to pass is still something else fundamentally. There are plenty of corners where there is no advantage in going out and thus no enforcement of track limits, where you could use them to overtake by doing some maneuvers (passing by not braking, forcing the other care to brake more, then braking less because you use the parking outside the circuit).
Imola is again an old school track that I'm looking forward to, as last year Verstappen was closer to the Mercedes, but think Verstappen had one defect? But on the Imola track with the sandbanks, every mistake is quickly punished. Due to the pandemic, is it already fixed that they can drive in Imola?
Verstappen and Red Bull finally getting there, it is a bit about verstappen finally having a decent car, but it's a bit about Verstappen being himself as well, Perez finished 5th but let's be honest if he was driving a worse car after a start like that he could have finished with about 10+ th place with zero points for this race as well, that epic come back (by the way it's on youtube at formula 1's channel if anyone wants to check, it's a wonderful video) was the only reason he finished 5th.

I think this is going to be weird, Red Bull increases the whole deal of ever place they ever go to, look at how much they improved football for example, only team fighting against Bayern is Leipzig. They are fighting to overthrow Mercedes as well and I think they have a chance to actually do that as well. It is going to be really fun to see this season play out, this Honda deal really seems to be making big time difference.
3762  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2020/21 on: April 03, 2021, 06:10:43 PM
I expect Barcelona to be different -more improved- in the coming 2021/2022 season, I hope they don't sell there young players, it was rumoured that Trincao is close to leaving to Leicester, I think Barcelona would be exciting even in the UEFA champions league, hopefully Ansu fati would avoid injuries and showcase himself, I still envision Messi going further in his season as a Barcelona player, in a summary Barcelona would be a bang.
They might have improvements or might not. It will depend on Messi decisions and transfer season. Even Messi stays in the club and they have good transfers, no guarantee that they can get success (with titles) in the first season with some new contracts. New players need time to build up connections with all squad. Some can have quick adaption and some will need one or two seasons.

Ansu Fati is a great player from La Massia and the first outstanding one after the generation of Messi, Iniesta, Fabregas, Valdes and Pique. The latest player who created such hype like Fati is Bojan Krkic who later has a failure in his career. I hope Fati will have a brighter and more successful career than Krkic.
I believe they will definitely be better, I do not think that there is a chance it could be any worse than what it is today. I know they are doing fine and I know they could do even better but the looks of it is basically worse, their league standing shows a story that they have been decent but the reality is that we know that's not going to be the case for this year if that president change didn't happen and that is why I think they will be better next year.

They started horrible at the first games but ended up better in the next games, that is going to happen for the next season, they will not have a bad president from the start and if messi stays they are going to make some transfers that he will want. Mostly notably they have been in talks with Haaland and even if only that happens that would be more than enough and I am sure that would make them champions next year.
3763  Economy / Trading Discussion / Re: I coded a bot that buys bitcoin every time Elon Musk tweets about bitcoin and op on: April 03, 2021, 08:52:53 AM
The bot will open a buy position on bitcoin every time Elon mentions bitcoin in his tweet
Take profit is set to 10% and stop loss to 5%
The bitcoin bot will not place another trade if there is already an active trade (can be adjusted)
Not a bad strategy at all but if you ask me, I would rather prefer to do this manually. I mean I would want the bot to intimate me once Elon Musk has tweeted something about crypto and then I can quickly check what the tweet is, based on how positive or neutral the tweet is, I can then invest and cash out later once the market is hyped up.

But overall a very good idea and indeed the market moves up every time he makes a comment about crypto in general and dogecoin is a prime example of how words and tweets can disrupt the market.
3764  Economy / Scam Accusations / Re: Fraud company localbitcoins.com (any goverment hotline to complain) on: April 03, 2021, 05:29:45 AM
At the first time I used localbitcoins.com i deposit my BTC, then I found out I am not allowed to trade and need to verify first, but localbitcoins.com always rejected my verification request.  I half year to verify my account but they always reject.
I feel bad for you but frankly speaking, I have been using LBC for quite long time now and never faced any issues. Yes I had to verify my identity but that was never an issue since to buy and sell bitcoins via banks, I already have to verify myself to the sellers and buyers at times. As long as I am not doing anything illegal, I don't have any problem letting others know my identity while I always use watermarks to ensure they cannot use my identity for other purposes.

The best thing you can do is to tag them in social media handles and request for a solution like Twitter and other handles, I m not sure how effective it will be but that is usually the best option when the site is not responding to you. A far as hotline numbers go, you can make complaints against them but it won't result into anything significant.
3765  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: UEFA Europa League Discussion Thread on: April 02, 2021, 07:47:02 PM
Waiting for April 9, four matches will take place together.
Arsenal vs Slavia Prague
Granada vs Man United
Ajax  vs  Roma
Dinamo Zagrep vs Villareal

Perhaps the most interesting is Roma vs Ajax.  Arsenal, Man United and Villareal will be the seeds here. I think the three of them are superior in terms of players, and maybe they will qualify for the next phase. For Roma and Ajax, this match is difficult to predict, the win in the first leg of this match is very useful for the second leg.

My favorites in the European league for this leg Arsenal, Manchester United, Roma and Villareal.I think ManU will win the trophy.There are matches between much stronger teams compared to last years.It is very difficult to determine two teams for the final. I am waiting for April 9 with curiosity.
I am not so sure about Roma, they do not look possible to win that much but if you ask me Ajax and Arsenal are the other two teams that could win this aside from UNited.

However lets be real with each other it is obvious that we are going to see United win this whole thing, sure it looks like we could have something else because other teams are good too but the reality is that I do not think that those teams being good will help them that much when United is playing so well, we are talking about united playing at a level that should have been at champions league right now, and I mean like quarter finals of champions league at least, probably even semi finals if there is a good draw for them but with europa they are just way too good and that is why I think they are going to end up winning the whole cup and going home as the champions.
3766  Economy / Economics / Re: Why should i invest in bitcoin or other cryptos ? on: April 02, 2021, 03:41:29 PM
Why should i invest in bitcoin or other cryptos ?

If you buy land, each year even if you don't work it you get weeds ... if you dry them you can use them to make a fire ...and in turn that generates energy ...

Meaning: that piece of land is giving you a dividend each year .

Where's my dividend if i invest in crypto ?  
We all should be. Why? Simple answer, because each year Bitcoin is assumed to have price increase and also other cryptocurrencies at some point of their existence. Why can't you take that as an answer? Land and cryptos are two different things having two different values, they shouldn't be compared with each other.

Also, not taking an opportunity when you already sees it is like not taking your land dividend when it is already being given. But still, it's your choice. But I promise to send you a message on Earth when we're already in the moon.  Wink
It is not even assumed, aside from 2018 every year we have gone up, every single year. I am not saying the same will definitely happen because I may never know what's going to happen with bitcoin in the future (nobody can "know", just assume) but it is obvious that we have done something that helped us so far, which means we should be capable of profiting from it in the future as well.

Why? Simple fact of "we made money from bitcoin before and that means we will continue to do so in the future as well" is not the reason, the reason is that we have gone high enough that we know for a fact that bitcoin has nothing wrong with it, it is still quite profitable and that means we are going to end up profiting from it in the long run as well as long as nothing bad happens. Nobody can guarantee anything but bitcoin is not broken so why would it start losing people money?
3767  Economy / Economics / Re: bitcoin wasn’t created to make you rich. It was created to make you free on: April 02, 2021, 08:54:19 AM
I hate that I cannot save money effectively because our government loves to inflate problems away at the expense of my savings... bitcoin and altcoins are our greatest hope in returning power back to working middle-class people.
Maybe true for Bitcoins but altcoins might not be the solution practically speaking because most of the altcoins have a life span during which they will reach a highest point but once new coins arrive in the market with better utility, they just vanish slowly. Like DOT is being called as the Ethereum killer, I don't care if it lives to the name given but it tells us that new coins will replace the old coins, except for Bitcoins.

Whether you are rich or middle class or even poor, I don't think Bitcoin does too much for any section of society because the middle-class and poor just cannot afford bitcoins at the current price. Inflation maybe is one problem that can be fixed through bitcoins though but that you can also fix via buying USDT or any stable coin because the currency of your country will drop in respect to USD if I understand it correctly, and you just need fixed value in USD to overcome the inflation.
3768  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Give your opinion on crypto bookmakers on: March 31, 2021, 08:35:08 PM
3/5 Betnomi - New to this site and currently in the progress of exploring the interface. But just reading comments on their ANN thread, everything is positive.
I am really happy that just wearing their signature does not mean you just gave them a 5/5 rating. I agree they are new and need time to get established on the forum and gain some reputation. Looks good though so far, like you said.

Instant deposits and their withdrawal fees are free. The only downside is limited cashout but support is quick and bug issues are quickly done.
Yes indeed they cover the withdrawal fees which is amazing but recently when I withdrew some money, I was asked to wager 1x of the deposited amount before withdrawing. I am not complaining just telling the facts. I really appreciate them covering the transaction fees.

I would say my favorite has to be sportbet.io without a doubt because they have huge limits and cover almost all the aspects like cashout on bets and free bets when you have a rough time and even added clubhouse now so is a complete package and even covers transaction fees like already mentioned.
3769  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: UEFA Europa League Discussion Thread on: March 30, 2021, 08:17:48 PM
It's always very difficult to assess the balance of power in the final laps. The teams are not in the quarter-finals just because of luck, they have already shown performance. It will certainly depend on the form of the day in the next two games.
Also Ajax and Roma will play each other, and only one team will be left. Villareal will be playing Zagreb and both of those teams do not look like they will be capable of winning the title if you ask me, only team left is Arsenal and we all know they are not that great this year if you look at premier league, even if they came this far, it still means they may not end up winning. Long story short I believe it's quite possible that we may end up with United at the finals against a weaker team.

I am not saying they are guaranteed, but Ajax and Roma could have faced Zagreb and Villareal each and that would have been harder for United, this way they are already eliminated each other, which is why Uniteds job became easier if you ask me. That's why I think it's quite clear that if we do see United winning it this year it will not be a shock to anyone.
3770  Economy / Trading Discussion / Re: Is it really a benefit that nobody controls the price? on: March 30, 2021, 09:28:58 AM
Well, you can’t change that, the price of Bitcoin will continue to be volatile so it’s either that you start switching it to stable coins like PAX and USDT after making sales or you can just totally convert the coins you receive to fiat, that’s the solution for me, if you’re not going to do that the. You can continue with holding the coins like that if you can take the loss.

Though the price has been going up lately. But still make use of this method , look for a means to be converting. I know other merchants that do the same thing, they don’t hold BTC, they convert it once they get it and they make use of P2P in converting which helps them set their rate and make more profit on every dollar sold.
Yeah, even before this time Bitcoin has already reached a level where it can’t be easily manipulated by anyone, so we have already achieved that without all these rich guys that are popping out of nowhere. It’s only altcoins, especially the small market cap altcoins that can easily be manipulated by some P and D groups.

Moreover, they are not the only ones that have decided to ban cryptocurrency, the recent news that I have seen trending online is the Central Bank of Nigeria banning cryptocurrency, but all these things won’t affect the market in any way, because people living in those countries will now be switching to decentralized exchanges. So we still move.
3771  Economy / Trading Discussion / Re: I have found a good Trading Course on: March 29, 2021, 07:10:04 PM
Personally, I know some people who bought course for trading but they are not successful in it. Actually experience and good analysis of crypto currency are much needed things in trading. Only course can't help to generate profit from trading.
Agree but there are basics in trading which are required to be learned and although you can learn them yourself, you can understand them better when someone explains them with videos and graphics representation. I think rather than buying courses, one can just google or search on youtube about each feature in detail.

For example, you started trading and wonder how stop-loss works, then you can just search on youtube what is stop-loss and there will be a galore of videos displayed from which you can then see the most relevant and highest viewed video and learn from it.

I still think some courses might be worth spending money but because there are so many worthless and egregious courses in the market, just better to go with free options so you only waste time if even you find a bad guide, but not money.
3772  Economy / Economics / Re: Did tesla's $1.5 billion bitcoin purchase negatively affect their stock price on: March 29, 2021, 04:58:05 PM
There's no guarantee an over-pried stock like Tesla will recover from the mania-induced highs.  Tesla is worth more than Ford, Honda, BMW, GM, Daimler, Volkswagen, and Toyota combined and yet produced a tiny, tiny fraction of the cars.  Tesla's revenues was about 30 billion last year while the revenue of the other 7 car makers was 1.1 trillion.  There's absolutely no way Tesla is worth this price, or will ever grow into this valuation.  It's still priced like it will be the only EV producer forever.

As of now, Tesla is having a virtual monopoly in the mid-range and high-range EV sector and that explains the high valuation. There is no doubt that a P/E of more than 1,000 looks hyperinflated. Even during the dot com boom during the late 90s, most of the tech stocks had a P/E ratio of lower than this. But those who invest in Tesla believe that EV sector will replace gasoline-run vehicles in the near future. As per their expectations, Tesla revenues are going to jump by 10x-20x during the next 10 years (if I am not wrong, then they had ~80% growth in 2020).
The fact that people buy from these prices today because they believe it will be even higher in the future shows how Tesla stock buyers are not great at investment methods but they do believe in the company's future, so it evens each other out. Normally Tesla stocks should not worth this much, it should worth less compared to what it is doing today, so today's price is not reflecting on today's finances for the company that's for sure.

However people think that in the future it's going to worth even more than this, as long as electric vehicle line keeps going strong like this and they keep being sold out constantly that means the price of the stock will keep going up, and that is proven on the finances as well, it always grows bigger and bigger, so yes in the future it will be a lot higher but today it is overvalued so it's a very trick situation.
3773  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Who where how much withdrew from no deposit on: March 29, 2021, 12:35:58 PM
Sometimes casino give no deposits and you can get lucky. You should be very lucky if there is a high wager for wagering, and sometimes there are no requirements for a wager.
Hardly any site offers no-deposit bonuses in crypto casinos because it can be abused brutally since ID verification is not common yet in crypto-based casinos.

If I am not wrong bc.game does not have a no-deposit bonus instead you can get a $10 bonus if you register through btcgosu and wager at least upto VIP3 or something like that. I remember reading at btcgosu earlier. There ain't any wagering requirement for that bonus. Maybe there is a no-deposit bonus now which I am not aware of.

I don't like no-deposit bonuses usually because they come with implausible wagering conditions and it is worth claiming faucets than trying to run these bonuses with insane wagering requirements to be able to withdraw something.
3774  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Madness/Insanity in sports betting/gambling on: March 29, 2021, 11:16:05 AM
are those group of sane people didnt know that what they asked for tip insane kind of person ? if i know he is i wont asked him for tips because he is only going to give random tips but gambling is about luck too so what he may gave can possibly occur but maybe not too often .

insane person is sure of his bets even if its not based  on real analysis but being sure is i think much better than being confused in your bets but there is no proof that it attracts luck/win .
Different people have different superstitions and I cannot say anyone is wrong or right. A friend of mine when he gambles, for some reason he keeps his legs folded and believes it works for him. I was wondering if these things are actually working because some of the players at the highest level like Nadal also have superstitions with bottles and all.

Asking an insane person for tips might work for some like the octopus was introduced who would pick a football team and they will just go on to win, I mean yes it might be a coincidence or it might be something supernatural but as long as it is not hurting someone else and works for you, I don't see a problem. The problem starts when your superstitions are hurting others.
3775  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: What makes an NFT sell, and sell for thousands or millions of dollars? on: March 28, 2021, 05:24:03 PM
No matter how beautiful, flashy, or weird an image or video is, I don't think it sells like NFT for a lot of money unless you're a famous person.
The hype, the fact that it is an art form that could be used for the first time. NFT is art, well art is sold in NFT form at least and that was never done before, now there is a huge hype for it and that's why it's going for this much. I can guarantee you that it will not be sold for this much amount in the future, it's going to go down for sure and many small time NFT products will worth nearly zero, it's not going to worth this much at all, but I am sure that it is going to be something decent at the top.

Some NFT will worth millions anyway, even when hype dies down, but it's going to be very few of them and almost all of them will go down in price, so even if it is at the top, instead of being 69 million dollars, it will be 5 million dollars or 10 but it will still be worth a lot. There will be some that are 5k dollars today which will worth under 100 bucks in the future. It's all a big hype and nothing more.
3776  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: BTC to XRP on: March 28, 2021, 04:21:02 PM
Or split it up, if you are still believing better not to go all in, you can simply place a good amount of your investment and use the other portions of your money to other available potential project.

It's still possible that this project may win the case then continue to develop those pending adoptions, with that the chance is still possible.

But, if you are small players who value your money, stepping back and find another project is much preferable.
I think XRP will never recover, I am a big hater of XRP and have always been one. However the idea that there is a coin that you are not sure about and it could maybe get a news that would make it skyrocket to hell, would indicate that there is a potential profit.

Leaving XRP for a second, I just take it as any coin, and if you think there is a chance that a coin could go up, like out of normal situations, all coins could go up or down at any moment, but there is some news you are waiting for, like SEC news for example for XRP, this could be anything in any coin, if there is a huge news you are waiting and you are not sure what's going to happen? In that case the only thing you could do is buy only a tiny bit, do not risk yourself too much, but if you are waiting for it to increase, just buy a tiny bit and you will be fine, even if you lose, you lost tiny bit, if you win that tiny bit will become decent.
3777  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Germany League - Bundesliga Prediction Thread on: March 28, 2021, 03:21:06 PM
Leipzig is making a big impressions in the competition so far. their backlog to Bayern Munch is acceptable. there are still many matches to follow. and because they already terminated in the Champions League they might get hungry to win the title in the Bundesliga

Leipzig have only the Bundesliga and the DFB Pokal now. I'm sure that they will give battle for winning both titles. Leipzig also will hope for Bayern to make mistakes as Bayern are still competing in the CL. Leipzig are in the semi finals in the DFB Pokal and they will most probably play a final game against Dortmund.
It is already a huge shocking deal that Holstein Kiel managed to beat Bayern, nobody ever expected something like that and I believe that is the biggest shock in all of German football this year that will not change. Leipzig could end up winning the cup which is more than likely from the looks of which teams are left, Dortmund is the only other one that is good and I think they have been underperforming whole year so they could end up losing that too, so Leipzig definitely has a great chance to win the cup.

However I do not think that Bayern will let Leipzig win the league as well, they are playing very well and not losing that easily, so it is going to be quite difficult for Bayern to let Leipzig get ahead, it is a possibility of course but I do not think that it will happen, by the looks of it the more likely possibility seems to be Bayern winning and Leipzig being second and winning the cup both of which would be good for them.
3778  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2021 NBA Season on: March 27, 2021, 08:05:20 PM
Harrell was a terrible signing in my opinion. Howard manhandling him the other day proved it.

Drummond was in LA yesterday. They say he has meetings with the Clippers and Lakers while he’s there. They’re also saying he is no longer interested in signing with the Nets.
Yeah, right.
I'd rather pick Howard than Harrell.
It's just because of the 6th man award. If it's a big body and a high flyer needed below the rim, it's still Howard who dominates that field.
Obviously, he had changed his game and we witnessed that during the game against the Nuggets.
I am a Nuggets fan but damn, he did well at that time bullying Jokic and it worked.

Drummond is a free agent now. He can pick what team he wants to join but I think Lakers is not one of them anymore.
The Lebron injury could be the one reason.
I think Drummond could go to Celtics as well, they direly need some help at the big level, and Lakers already have few bigs so I do not think that it would make sense. I am not saying it will not happen, all I am saying that if it happens that would make no sense to me at all.

They have AD who is a true Center in today's game if you ask me, anytime the other big is not a huge player he ends up playing at Center every minute, and they have Harrel and they have Marc Gasol, now you may think Andre could replace Gasol or not, but I just do not see why would they do that, let the team be what it is and they could end up winning a ring like this, adding Drummond instead of Gasol would not change it "that" much, would still be a bit better but wouldn't be a major change. However Celtics who are trying to get him could really use him, they need a good rebounder for sure.
3779  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Reminder for crypto newbies, traders. Be cautious with new exchanges on: March 27, 2021, 07:14:30 PM
This topic also fitted here in my opinion so that it could be notice instantly. A lot of exchanges are popping out of nowhere and "listing" coins (mostly big coins) and they are hyping it out to attract customers in my opinion, and when you deposit your coin on them, you can't withdraw it anymore nor trade it in their platform which is pretty useless and a waste of money.

The majority of victims are always newbie since they have no idea about Trading that's why they are just carelessly accepting any exchanges to exchange their coins.
That's basically a business model. Exchanges are a great way to make money if you know what you are doing. I am not talking about marketing and all that, that part could go up slowly and gradually, what I am talking about is the technological part of building an exchange, it is really hard and not just building the website itself, that could be done one way or another, I am sure there are even some software allowing you to build that easily.

However the security part is very difficult, it is nearly impossible to build something like that, it is going to be very difficult. This is why if someone can build and exchange that barely gets hacked (even binance got hacked few times) and can secure everyone's money, that means they will do it, there is a ton of money in that business, and I mean more than you can imagine, tens of billions of dollars worth market, so that is why we are seeing so many bad ones as well.
3780  Economy / Trading Discussion / Re: Stable coins and Liquity problem on: March 27, 2021, 06:25:11 PM
You literally can buy stablecoins almost anywhere that has bitcoin listed, and as I know there are tons of exchanges that support credit cards which you can use them to buy almost all cryptocurrencies.

But the problem is if you want to use a stable coin then why not just use cash since stable coins are just coins/tokens that are pegged to US dollar, however there are ways to make an algorithmic coin/token that stays in the same value with minimal volatility and change in price(not more than 5%) I would probably use them since there are some ideas and innovations behind it and they're not just some ordinary coins and tokens that are backed fully/partially by actual Fiat.
I do not get why people do not use those algo coins, and why those algo coins are not keeping up with their own created system. Look at bdollar these days, it suppose to be 1 dollar pegged but it is now at around 0.6 cents and that's why the sbdo dropped from 8300 dollars to 1400 dollars as well, everyone is bleeding out money there right now.

The whole point is that, as long as there are buyers the system goes on, let's say there are not enough buyers? In that case bond starts to work and you make 10%+ more profit thanks to that when it goes back above 1 dollar. But right now it is not working, even bonds are not fully sold right now, which I assume will be soon but it is not doing good anyway.

I think it is obvious that people are not fine with constantly growing interest and see that as impossible. I think it is quite obvious that it will go back above 1 dollar because more and more bdo is burned, but that is going to take some time and showed the problem with the system.
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