Blockfi & Celsius is basically a gamble.
I dont know much about Celsius but I do have some Bitcoin on deposit with Blockfi since earlier in the year and yes its a risk because I release control of them to the platform.
They are a lending platform, they as @o_e_l_e_o states lend out what I gave them to others and pay me interest for that.
While Botcoin's FIAT value is increasing the amount of Bitcoin and Satoshi's remain the same, 1 Bitcoin will always be 1 Bitcoin, so these lending platforms offer a chance to increase your "holdings" ... at a risk.
As mentioned by many above, use only what you are willing to lose.
Any other wallet which you have access to the private keys is in your control.
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Interesting that the matches are best of 5, does that not seem a bit excessive for a non GS tournament and that they are younger players at the beginning of their career?
Yeah they are best of five, but they are only playing to 4 games, if there is 3-3 result they are immediately playing tie break. So in the end matches are lasting less then proper best of 3 matches. That is why I have not been able to find handicaps anywhere, I guess bookies do not have time to calculate odds for these matches since it would require significant tweaks in the odds algorithm and this is the only tournament with such rules. ah yes I get it now, I watched the last 2 sets of the Korda v Gaston match, some great tennis on display and yea the rules are very clear and actually work quite well to speed up the sets. Emma Raducanu just lost in Austria, the number one seed going out in her first match. It wasn't entirely unpredictable given her form since the US Open, and she looked second-best throughout - apart from a brief period at the end of the second set when she took the tie-break 7-0. The match reports are probably going to highlight the injury when she lost her serve in the third set, but in truth she was struggling to stay in the match at that point, and never really looked like winning. It must have been a huge struggle mentally after the US Open, and it will take her time to settle and gain some more experience. I do think she'll definitely be a top 10 player, but needs time.
Ah its a pity for Raducanu, I wonder if she envisioned a more successful follow on from the U.S open for herself? Hopefully she can work things out and get back to winning ways.
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Rich individuals like Elon were the sole reason for shitcoins like DOGE/SHIB being pumped even till today. Moreover, there are quite a few like Michael Saylor or the President Nayib Bukele who truly believe in the potential of Bitcoin and try to stay on radar without shit posting on twitter about other coins. Wish the future powerful investors be the same like Jack Dorsey/Saylor.
There is no doubt about that, and the result is that many have invested in D believing that the price will only rise, and today they are at a loss (in case they have sold). I would say this is kind of good because they may have learned an important lesson and understood the difference between altcoin which has unlimited supply (and dubious application) and Bitcoin which is something completely different. Indeed very true. We never know if companies like Apple own bitcoin which were bought through various OTC trades but if their trade tends to go public anytime in future it might create a bullish movement and can change the way how bitcoin was conceived in public back in the early days.
I'm not sure if these companies can keep such an investment a secret, because in the case of Tesla, as far as I know, it had to be made public - and it happened a few months after the investment. I know people speculate a lot about Amazon or Apple when it comes to Bitcoin, but you should know that the management structures of these companies are not exactly pro-Bitcoin - so if I'm not mistaken one of Apple's biggest shareholders is the famous Warren Buffett, who has a very negative attitude about Bitcoin.
Saylor in particular as well as Dorsey and Bukele have an unbelievably positive outlook, they cannot be the only ones and their outlook cannot go unnoticed and not acted on by others.
The president of a country or the CEO of Twitter just can't get under the radar when it comes to things like this, nor can Saylor who is the CEO of a large company that has invested everything in BTC. They use their status to strengthen their positions, the success achieved by Bitcoin is their personal success. I agree especially in the case of Saylor that he is very actively strengthening his position, Dorsey is actively creating something to add to the Bitcoin technology Jack Dorsey wants to make Bitcoin the 'native currency for the internet.'and as regards technology I have just learned that the CEO of Apple Tim Cook owns Crypto https://twitter.com/BTC_Archive/status/1458093050304024577?t=58e2bDpjzd7EYLFvhemIVA&s=09Apple CEO Tim Cook owns "crypto"
“I’ve been researching it for a while” Realistically its safe to say that anyone in the tech industry not looking at Bitcoin at this stage has their eyes off the ball. Its public announcements like Tim Cook's which cements the thinking that "No, Bitcoin will keep rising. It’s different this time."
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Nobody watching and betting on next gen finals? There are some really good matches today, most interesting probably being Alcaraz against Rune and Korda against Gaston. I went with set handicaps to try and find a bit more value so my bets are Alcaraz -1.5 since I am thinking he should win this match maybe even 3:0 but taking extra caution. My second bet is on Gaston +1.5, this is more of gut bet on a guy who is playing in great form at the moment while Korda dropped off a bit in last few weeks. Here is some rules copy/pasted from wikipedia since ATP is experimenting with this tournament and has different rules every season. Best of five sets First to four games in each set Tiebreak at 3-All No-Ad scoring (server’s choice in 2019, receiver's choice in 2018) Lets on serve (in 2018 lets on serve were counted "in") Interesting that the matches are best of 5, does that not seem a bit excessive for a non GS tournament and that they are younger players at the beginning of their career? I have Alcaraz, Korda and Musetti to win, they have fairly good odds as favourites, 1.29, 1.45 and 1.35.
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Yes, a rich individual, but a famous rich individual who will start a new FOMO - or some famous company.
Rich individuals like Elon were the sole reason for shitcoins like DOGE/SHIB being pumped even till today. Moreover, there are quite a few like Michael Saylor or the President Nayib Bukele who truly believe in the potential of Bitcoin and try to stay on radar without shit posting on twitter about other coins. Wish the future powerful investors be the same like Jack Dorsey/Saylor. I believe that a lot of big investments happen through the OTC market and for the very reason that they stay under the radar of the public in order not to affect the price.
Indeed very true. We never know if companies like Apple own bitcoin which were bought through various OTC trades but if their trade tends to go public anytime in future it might create a bullish movement and can change the way how bitcoin was conceived in public back in the early days. snip
snip Interesting points, I cannot believe that Michael Saylor is the only one who sees Bitcoin as he does and so I cannot believe that the top tech giants have not secretely moved into Bitcoin yet. They know with their power it would be easy to create a mass frenzy of buying which would ruin their chances of buying "cheap". Saylor in particular as well as Dorsey and Bukele have an unbelievably positive outlook, they cannot be the only ones and their outlook cannot go unnoticed and not acted on by others.
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^ The thing which sets Djokovic apart from the rest is that is can play at his top level on all surfaces. His fitness, health and relative injury free at his age is remarkable.
Medvedev seems to have this also although being younger of course, but he favours hard courts.
Stockholm
Andy Murray is back in action today against Durasovic and is a big favourite to win.
I also have Fritz to beat Gerasimov.
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for example there is a 2011 New Yorker Magazine on ebay currently for $1495 - not mine sadly!
There are still a few listed for $200-$600 here : $200 and $600. I still remember the auction on which I got this monumental piece for a cheap steal from none other than SatsLife. @SatsLife, I believe our auction was the final one to be conducted in this forum it seems as I've never seen another piece coming up for sale/auction later. Did they? It's the ones that you never see on ebay that will be hard to source. The New Yorker has been popping up less and less. And I have also not seen the 2011 Economist for sale publicly in about 2 years. Last private sale I'm aware of was in 4 figures.
Wish I had got hold of an Economist and Wired as well during the 2019 bear market itself. Have seen Citadel Vol 1 going up for as high as $750 but was unable to remember the tweet though. Are there any documented private sales of these you are aware of? Have quite a few, though unwilling to sell them but looking for a price discovery!
Also, is anyone aware of the documented prices of Diario Sept 7 from ebay or any other market apart from our forum? Have more than a dozen piled up somewhere safely! ![Tongue](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/tongue.gif) I have seen a few "Bitcoin Day" newspapers sell on ebay with ranging prices from less than $100 and this one for over $400 in September. ![](https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=https%3A%2F%2Flh3.googleusercontent.com%2F-IIVqNHFhEdU%2FYYmnHywHcqI%2FAAAAAAAAA1U%2Fa7h_NUqdofM6MlED-XoZLpivzc_PcNiOgCNcBGAsYHQ%2Fs1600%2F1636411165615695-0.png&t=665&c=gb9S6PPboiINXA) I cant believe I have missed out on so many magazines over the years, I suppose if you are not looking out for them they escape your attention.
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I'm of the long term HODL camp, I dont really mind what the Bitcoin market does short term eventhough its interesting to see how the markets move.
There are definitely those who advocate for selling the hoghs and buying back at the lows, I'm not skilled to know when or have the conviction to take the gamble.
There are those who cannot see six figures, I dont belong with them and there are those who think its different now, the investment profile is different and populated by long term HODLers, like myself.
I voted #3
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I would like to know if anyone here uses cryptocurrencies to buy assets and services, I would also like to know if most companies accept crypto you would buy and why not buy such a service.Would they buy food in crypto?
Not very marketplace accepts Bitcoin, thats obvious but where possible I try to use Bitcoin, for example my website domain and website hosting is paid for with Bitcoin. My email is also paid for with Bitcoin. Orangewebsite.com Hostinger.com Protonmail.com Given the chance I would pay for more services with Bitcoin but I would be mindful of not spending it all.
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Its been a while since this thread was updated abd @Timelord2067 will have limited visits to the forum in the short term I will make a post once a week and update it for the week as best as I can.
To follow on from the last post in relation to The Autumn Internationals week 2 was this weekend and a lot of matches happening. Here are the results from the weekend, some predictable and some not so much.
Ireland 60 - 5 Japan Italy 9 - 47 New Zealand England 69 - 3 Tonga Wales 18 - 23 South Africa France 29 - 20 Argentina Scotland 15 - 13 Australia
I watched the Wales v South Africa match and Wales were s unlucky to get beaten by South Africa. Wales were looking good for the win but the last 10 minutes is where the damage was done by SA.
Argentina who have a decent record against France came within 9 points of them and Scotland overcame Australia who were really on form coming into these games, well done to Scotland.
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^ Well it was close enough over the 3 sets. And it was "Game on" after Medvedev broke Djokovic on his first game. And there was lots of breaks throughout the match but Djokovic can out on top.
As the third set progressed Medvedev's 1st serve became less accurate. Both players though had quite a few unforced errors.
Again in the third set Medvedev was distracted as he served by someone in the audience. I dont know why anyone would want to do such a thing, very unfair.
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I took the risk and bet on Djokovic ML here, 2.09 for a boosted odds.
I know that Medvedev is really hot right now and destroying every one. But I think Djokovic will still wanted to prove that he is the top tennis player and wanted to get back at Medvedev in this finals. He has beaten Pete Sampras record already as the longest number 1 so he might want to keep it that way.
We all know that Djokovic loves records and wants to show that he is the best of all time by all indicators such as the number of GS won, other tournaments won etc. Because of that, he was very shaken by the failure at the Olympic Games in Japan and at the last GS in America. It was probably his last chance to win a Golden slam or grand slam. Still, he managed to break Sampras ’record, as the longest number 1, and from that side they will be able to play the finals much more relaxed ![Cheesy](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/cheesy.gif) Oh yes he loves records but couldnt make that extra GS in the U.S, I have Medvedev to win today. Both players have had a shaky start to this tournament but hrough the rounds I think Medvedev has shown to be more clinical. Medvedev despatched Zverev yesterday in the semi final quite easily while Djokovic's semi was a bit more difficult.
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@Coupable, As at that time, I knew very little or nothing about Bitcoin. Perhaps his intention was to scam me. I can't say for sure but his presentation was quite convincing.
I think the plan was to buy over times, maybe throughout the first 1,2,3 years but he just needed an Investment capital for it.
While the presentation was interesting, the whole thing seemed vague to me, hence the reason i pulled out.
A lot of people here had an encounter similar to yours regarding Bitcoin but as @BlackHatCoiner posted it was easy to be skeptical in the early days because Bitcoin was revolutionary (still is actually!) @Dripstoil what ever happened to that other oerson who approached you back then?
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I have also made a bet on over games in second semi final, I don't see any value to bet on in Djoko match.
Personally I don't really care if it is Medvedev or Zverev in the final, I am betting on one of them against Djokovic. If I had to pick the winner I would go with Zverev to take the tournament at the moment but I am probably biased since I watched Zverev in almost all the matches while I did not see much of Medvedev and I did not watch even a minute of Djokovic games.
You are right, no real value in the match of Djokovic. I was looking at Djokovic -1.5 sets, but that odd (@1.6) was just not tempting enough. The bookies see Medvedev as a favorite against Zverev but could go both ways. Didn't really follow this tournament, but there is quite some value in over 2.5 sets @2.2. Anyone betting against Djokovic though against Hurkacz? Or Hurkacz doesn't have a chance? Maybe we can see an upset today, maybe my guts is correct, maybe I'm wrong. But I'm betting on Hurkacz. ML + parlay . And regardless of on who will win on the second game, I have my bets ready of Hurkacz + parlay on both Zverev and Medvedev. Hurkacz came tantalisingly close to a super win against Djokovic in the third set tie breaker, 7-5 in that to Djokovic. Hurkacz ran him close, Djokovic was really stressed, giving out to the cameraman and the umpire too at one stage. I didnt bet on that one but I do have Medvedev to beat Zverev, who is a break ahead in the first set now....
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^ Thats a great idea, you have thought it through Rick.
The content should definitely be viewable in a number of languages and not relying on youtube's captioning. This should increase the reach of the channel.
I wonder how difficult it will be to get people involved? I cannot put myself forward as I have only English.
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That was a strange match with Medvedev v Korda, apart from his aces and a handful of magical shots in the 3rd set Medvedev didnt visually do much else.
Korda in the first set was very impressive and really mixed up his play, after winning that first set he changed which allowed Medvedev a chance to get back dictating his game.
In the end there were too many faults and misses by Korda, again psychology was a big factor for both players.
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Obviously I can't speak for the BSV peeps, but the way I see it: they've been so financially and emotionally invested in Craig Wright and BSV that they're pretty much in denial. I assume they've lost so much money(in BTC terms) if it's the case that they've converted their BTC to BSV, that it would be immensely painful for them to admit defeat, and accept the tremendous loss.
...while at the same time hanging on in the hopes that their Satoshi will be proven (wright) in court. The loyal supporters definitely see injustices to Wrights claim all the time and 100% support his claims in order to validate their blind following and get back their investment. It must be mightily stressful watching your BSV investment slowly melt away as CSW's claim slowly melts away. There are those who are certainly heavily invested who just cannot walk away. I wonder how many secretly realise now that it was all a hoax?
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I am looking forward to Dimitrov-Zverev match. Dimitrov is in the best form in last couple couple of years if not his entire career and I feel like he has a good chance to upset Zverev today. Managed to find odds @3.6 on him, which have immense value for me. Zverev has some small neck problems and this is 50:50 match IMHO, no way Zverev is as big favorite as the bookies think.
Thanks for the tip! Read a couple of previews online also and they also think that Dimitrov can cause an upset. Just placed a bet on Dimitrov +1.5 sets, which is a more safe bet for me. Lets beat the bookies ![Wink](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/wink.gif) . I was going to bet on Zverev but didnt because of the potential threat Dimitrov but not enough to back him either. Well Zverev won in 3 sets. Zverev almost had the second set and even match point but Dimitrov dug deep to take the set anyway, unfortunately for him he couldnt back it up in the third. Just watching Korda v Medvedev, I have Medvedev to win here. Also Ruud has beaten Giron and booked his place in the ATP finals. Super performance from him throughout the year.
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