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41  Economy / Economics / Re: Is taxation theft? on: June 25, 2024, 09:03:24 PM
Morals talking time.

Surely a matter of topic that has concerned many philosophers and intellectuals. I imagine most of (genuine) Bitcoiners be like "back-to-the-landers", libertarians, with desire to be self-sufficient. However, objectively speaking, taxation is theft. It's taking someone's property without their consent, and it is compulsory. It very much fits the definition of theft, even though you can find it slightly altered in other sources, like the Cambridge dictionary ("the crime of illegally taking something that belongs to someone else")
It’s hard to comment on this, coming from a country that uses indirect tax in taxation and limits direct taxation to those in the civil service.

Still, I wouldn’t view taxation as legalized theft, not by any context although, I do feel a bit uneasy when you tax an already taxed money but, to whom much is given, much is also expected as the good book of the Christians would say.

When you look at what the tax payers money is been used for, you have little reason to complain over the the process. You’re certainly enjoying a lot from the taxes you pay and that should be something to find comfort in.
Taxation is not theft but, a system to ensure the government purse stays filled to provide the basics for every citizen within the state and run government affairs.
42  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: What you need to do if you want to suceed in bitcointalk. on: June 25, 2024, 08:38:17 PM
Don't open a thread asking what you have to do, that's what you have to do.
At this point, I couldn’t just stop laughing! You made my day for sure.

I was hoping to see some thread with lists of does and don’t, just to try to make sense out of nothing but I got the shocker that tells shit to them faces like, “y’all just stupid for asking”. Thanks, lol…

Well, guides are available to aid beginners not find their way out and one way to persist here and have yourself valued for an asset is to ensure you’re discussing. You don’t just kick in with some opinion and leave although, that too is important because, giving your opinion means your ensuring to stay original but, when you discuss on the various topics on here, you do yourself a lot of good.
43  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Is there any other way wallet can be compromised? on: June 25, 2024, 08:33:42 PM
My questions:
Is it possible for airdrop sites to access your funds even after disconnecting your wallet?
Is there any other way wallet can be compromised aside this mistakes?

Your problem is that, you’re under some serious phishing attack by the amount of activities you might have been doing on various sites, getting mixed up with these and that airdrop along with the meme coins and the scams that comes with it.

Your window of compromise could be your device. Although, haven’t linked your wallet to one of these airdrops creates another window of complication. My advice would be that, you dish that device for a new one, create a wallet on the new device, use all appropriate safety types and you would be good.

Also, avoid linking wallets your Bitcoin wallet with any other wallet for airdrops, it’s just not worth it.
44  Economy / Economics / Re: Is it still possible to retire early? on: June 24, 2024, 10:44:45 PM
Most people are afraid to retire early because they think about the future.They are worried about their future.Because without enough savings, early retirement can be life-threatening.
If you still have fear when thinking about the future, of course retiring early is not a good thing, because people who want to retire early already have financial freedom for the future. Therefore, to achieve financial freedom from now on you have to work hard to earn income without investing. Because by investing, someone can retire early because they already have an income, the investment is not only in Bitcoin, but in property and gold.
There are some jobs you do that the retirement plan isn’t entirely up to you, especially when you’re in the civil services. Your retirement follows some design by the government and when that time comes, you don’t get to object. At other times, your boss points you to that retirement plan.
All that doesn’t matter though when you are your own boss, when you run your business as it so pleases you. Retirement though isn’t something you should kick in too early, it doesn’t matter just how much you’ve accumulated in asset and cash. You need to keep going until you can go no more. So long as you’ve still get energy to keep going and accumulating, you shouldn’t retire.
45  Local / Nigeria (Naija) / Re: Do Not Pressure Anyone Around You To Invest In Bitcoin. on: June 24, 2024, 10:28:52 PM
Their has never been anytime when an investment is successful when one is forced.
I highly doubt that!
Having to force someone to invest is a bad idea, isn’t something I would advise of anyone but, it doesn’t mean it always goes wrong. Some persons have been advised against their guts to pick up some investing and they did and it came out nice. It’s always a step towards building courage to investing in some fields but, not the best means. I still would t support it either but, I just want to recount that, it doesn’t always ends badly.

When it comes to Bitcoin investment, given it’s volatile nature, it’s a no on persuasion, just something you shouldn’t do given the risk involved.
46  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Helpful approach of impossible seed phrase screenshoting on: June 24, 2024, 10:20:43 PM

These are measures that are put in place for our safety and somehow, it’s been over looked by a lot of users. The programmers to have designed certain wallets in this way is indeed wise as, one cannot be conscious enough on how to handle this photographs as it could easily fall into the wrong hands who knows just exactly what they are looking at.

Having a had copy has always been the best approach but that still is through writing and not photographed. Your phones and CP might seem private to you but I tell you, once in a while, you’ll always let others on it and those are times of potential danger. You’ll be sure to ensure what is private stays private, like your seed phrase.
47  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Do this to avoid killing your motivation as a newbie on: June 24, 2024, 10:12:42 PM
We never had issues with any newbies and I have even called out on the tenured users of this forum to be more polite towards newbie but the only humble request I have with newbie in addition to the list of pointers is please do not indulge into shill marketing or marketing scam projects.
I think if the newbies of this time is more concerned about how they are being spoken to by a couple of users own here, they would never learn much on this forum neither would there association skills be any better. All they need is to grow a thick skin and be used to being criticized and there ideas not agreed upon often because, that’s obviously what you’ll find when you’re in a forum such as this. A forum with people from all backgrounds and culture. You wouldn’t expect them to behave and relate the same way. You just learn how to take and take even more, be grateful for the kind words and tolerant of those that aren’t.
It’s the Bitcoin related and cryptocurrency knowledge you need so, filter that.
48  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024 on: June 24, 2024, 10:04:57 PM
I don’t see beauty if there is fraud. It's like boxing in different weight classes or racing in very different cars - someone looks dominant and strong, but the basis of this is fraud and not fair sportsmanship/talent and everything else we love sports for.
By the way, if you look at City’s results in European competition, they are quite ridiculous compared to their resources - one title in so many years. Liverpool is better. Chelsea are equal. And if you compare with Real, City is just like everyone else.
Lol… one title so many times, it really is that. They’ve just got one team that ends it all for them when it comes to the UCL, until they figure out a way to beat Real Madrid, it seems the UCL trophy would be ever far from them still.

But yeah, a game guided by fraud isn’t worth anyone’s time, not a minute or even having to bet on. It’s already over before it starts and there ain’t any entertainment about it. Just a show that would produce nothing. I wonder how some people would manage to enjoy games like these, knowing that it was fixed.
49  Economy / Games and rounds / Re: JokerChange Presents FREE RAFFLE - Receive $50 BTC Round # 3 on: June 24, 2024, 06:59:01 PM
Numbers from your imagination (separated by comma): 88, 62
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50  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: What is the most reliable way of earning Bitcoin on: June 23, 2024, 11:46:02 PM
Asking what’s the most reliable way it’s almost hoping you could get it for free. Well, even in the genesis age of Bitcoin, it was never for free. Of course there are a couple of sites that required if you to do a fee tasks and get Bitcoin rewards and that’s far from the case now. Miners do solve complex arithmetics to earn Bitcoins but, that’s very much demanding and requires a lot of resourcefulness.

Having your stable income or job and buying Bitcoin through that.
That’s it, although it doesn’t end at just having to buy. It follows same principle as money. You can either get paid in Bitcoins either by working with a firm that uses this for a payment media or you can offer some services that you could be paid for in Bitcoin. A couple of them exists on the Bitcoin service board and you can look up for others online.
51  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: business ideas related to or involving Bitcoin on: June 23, 2024, 11:36:47 PM
I'm aware that I could simply offer Bitcoin as a payment alternative... Of course, I would do that as well, but I'm looking for something with a bit more connection to Bitcoin.
When you say a bit more connection to Bitcoin, I would remind you to first and foremost view Bitcoin for a currency as that is indeed what it is. Any attributes or things you could do with your fiat, it’s applicable to Bitcoin as well, just ensure you have a retrieval strategy as, it isn’t like fiat and leaves no room for mistakes.

That means, you either get to buy and hodl, trade it, loan it, accept it for a means of payment and a couple other uses out there. It doesn’t get much better than that. You should ensure you do proper research of your own while using the information you gather from others for guides.
52  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Do you believe in gambling experts predictions? on: June 23, 2024, 11:26:19 PM
Indeed, in terms of fixed match it's something that very limited and the possibilities is too small for someone to gain access and the chance of getting scam is more prone, better to depend on your own analysis as you mentioned, I guess that's something that you can developed along the way, it's gambling and no one can assure us if what will happen next.
It often sounds weird to me when I hear of games being fixed. Although I understand the fact that, it’s very possible in some bottom division leagues where the moderation is a bit slacked but almost never in the pro leagues. The result if caught would end very badly for parties involved and even the club.
I wouldn’t depend on anyone for predictions even for a potential claim on fixed games. For all I know, you’re still subjected to luck as, everything is decided right there on the field of play and one can easily lose or win. It’s the rule I want to play by and nothing else. When you understand that you don’t have to win on every prediction, then professional predictions wouldn’t mean nothing to you.
53  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024 on: June 23, 2024, 11:19:27 PM
But then, before the Chelsea job, he has been a bad manager I must say as he wasn't able to win a single trophy with Tottenham Hotspur, most especially in the Premier League Competition.

Chelsea right now has a good and sound coach, we'll see what has to be done.
That we could agree on @Pochettino not to have been some of the league’s finest before the Chelsea job but somehow, managed to get a deal and didn’t do good with it. He might have come to some good in the least games and managed to get the team into a top 6 but, it wasn’t enough to help him keep the job.

Chelsea might have got whom we might regard for a good coach right now but all that would come in based on how his able to transform this team to winning ways. A lot need to be done on the players and getting them to play as a team.

I don't think Arsenal's opportunity right now is much worse (if at all worse) than Liverpool, United or Chelsea's. The other teams aren't even close due to sustainable financial development rules. For example, Newcastle cannot pour millions into the club even though they have money. Arsenal gains more points every season than in the previous season, that is, they are obviously progressing, but it is not clear whether this natural progress will be enough to surpass the cheating City.
Cheating Manchester City… well we could say that but then, we can’t neglect the brilliance in the team, they are just good at winning when they want to and with a manager like Pep, it’s hard not to want to.
I wouldn’t measure Arsenal with either of those teams, Chelsea and Liverpool. Arsenal is just way up the scale.
54  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Saudi Professional League 2023/2024 on: June 23, 2024, 11:02:34 PM
That’s what I just said. What I wanted to say is having one important or star player in the team is not going to be enough if he is unable to have good chemistry with other players and the other players also fail to understand what he wants to do. that’s probably something along the lines of what happened with Benzema in the Saudi pro league. People also should not forget that he was infamous for missing very easy chances when he was in Real Madrid. And the season in which he was able to win the Ballon d’Or, I will say he was pretty lucky.
When you’re a star man and you’re playing with some other average guys, one of the two either happens. You either become the very best or you flop. It’s like a psychological thing where your brain works to level you along with the other guys as you don’t feel threatened or you’re not in so much competition.
With that been said, being one man in the sea of others doesn’t always help much, even when you’ve got a couple of other guys for support. Even Al Nasr with the likes of Sadio, Ronaldo and a couple of other elite guys couldn’t win the kings trophy. You would expect them to win it easily but no, that didn’t happen. They went ahead to win on their individual brilliance but not the trophy. The psychology games on you!

One thing is admirable though, the Saudi league is gradually coming to be and you’ve got one guy to thank for it, Ronaldo.
55  Local / Nigeria (Naija) / Re: Always verify if an exchange do still have NGN P2P feature before sending funds on: June 22, 2024, 11:22:33 PM
Before sending funds to trade on your centralized exchange, always check at immediate time If the exchange still allows NGN (#) P2P because the way naira is been scrapped off from the P2P feature is overwhelming.

Ignorant to do this verification before sending funds  from your self-custodial wallets to the exchange wallets will always cost you excess expenses on transaction fees from an exchange to another before you could realize yourself and call it mistakes.
It’s often the case when we get too used to a CEX and find it to be more appealing, completely localize ourselves to that effect that, we tend to think it would always be the case as previous each time we want to trade on that CEX.
For the most part, these exchanges do send mails so long as you have your email verified and activated notifications. Your most likely to get notified of any updates as it happens but, not so many keeps a keen eye on the mails that comes pouring in their inbox which makes, having to do certain verifications like, services offered and address check and notifications a necessity to avoid errors.
56  Economy / Gambling / Re: Unreasonable Withdrawal Limits on Betiro on: June 22, 2024, 11:09:00 PM
You should read the ToS first before you start playing especially if you are gambling with a high bankroll. Some casino like the one you mention set a low withdrawal limit due to limited casino bankroll and some reason related to casino finances/AML.
You’re obviously not wrong to have said that but, if we are to call a spade a spade, I think it’s very unfair to have a daily withdrawal limit at that range, it’s way too low. That’s what they’ve got in their T&S but, if users really get to realize this, then there would be little to no point playing on that gambling site. $500 mark is just some strategy to keep you in and keep you gambling but, that would be a means to cheat on the customer and put them in a spot where they could lose their money yet again.

@OP, it’s what you should mail them about.

Too bad it’s not site with Ann thread on the forum but even then, it’s not a question of reputation but, if they could try and be fair with large rang.
57  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: They will find someone to blame for their mistakes on: June 22, 2024, 10:58:27 PM
Some people posted that such people like the bodyguard should not be allowed to bet on the date of Election but what if he told someone to help him out and the money will be shared? Or is something like this can not be manipulated? If you know what would be the result of something, you can do one or two or more manipulation with that thing.

I think betting sites should not be allowed to include such bet. They should not just only be blaming the man. I see the betting site faults also. Why making people to bet on a result that someone set?
There are obvious manipulations that can arise when you have a party to an even taking bets on those events, all efforts would be put in place to ensure the beg turns out as a win. I get the part where you say, they might mot even have to take the bet themselves but rather, go through some neutral agent with a proposed sharing ratio.
Of course these are possible but, you have to realize that, most gambling sites don’t support this method of gambling on their platform. That’s why it’s a one person per account and as such, having to gamble through someone else is a means to out smart the system and should you be caught, you might end up loosing everything. It’s a bad idea but a few users still try the process.
58  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: UEFA Champions League 2024/25 Season on: June 22, 2024, 10:42:42 PM
There are 36 teams competing in the 2024/2025 UCL but the thread is packed with only discussions about Real Madrid and what could be Mbappe's first UCL title. I know that Real Madrid are the kings of UCL for years now but it's worth noting that on those recent years they won the UCL, they came very close to losing it. The final against Liverpool, the comebacks against City, Chelsea and most recently, defeating City and Dortmund to win it the just concluded season.

My point is, there is still a very big chance that Madrid would not win the 2024/2025 UCL. It's a long shot even though Madrid has the dream team.
There would always be these chances but each time, Real Madrid had stepped up to prove speculations to be wrong. It’s so hard to talk about the UCL and not having to mention Real Madrid one too many times. They are the UCL and quite frankly, without them, the game seems to turn to nothing, maybe that’s for me though, I would have liked to see other teams win them off the title and I clearly don’t find any. The teams I see now ain’t their match and Real Madrid with its new improved squad, a squad that have never been bad and yet, you get an elite player like Mbappe who hungers for the UCL title, they could easily win it again.
59  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: He Used Our Wedding Savings to Play Bet on: June 22, 2024, 10:36:15 PM
~snipe~

Okay, this is a very funny one, really funny. It might seem like a terrible thing to happen to anyone but, I don’t find if any less hilarious as well, given the situation of these want to be couple and the decision the man took. It’s a poor way to think, believing in the idea of quick money and having to speed things up through gambling. It’s the worst thing you could ever hope for as many at times, it ends as it is in the OP. You just end up loosing everything and even worst, there isn’t a way back to recovery except you gamble some more and that would be you about to lose even more money.

In fact, the lady who thinks the decision is good will actually be good for her. Although I think people should be checked with second chances, I would also say that it is better not to marry an addicted gambler, because they only put the family in a bad situation and never try to get out of that bad situation.
No doubt this man had the best intentions at heart, trying to fast forward things and make it happen quickly but, the wait is what makes it fun and enjoyable.
60  Other / Meta / Re: Last Active: (Recently) - What is this? on: June 21, 2024, 10:18:57 AM
~snip~

Don't "improvements" like these seem just a little bit antiquated and, dare I say it, perhaps not a good use of Theymos's time as far as forum development?  I can only speak for myself here, but I'm not impressed by the change (which I don't think there was a public request for, though I might be wrong) and there have been so many other good suggestions made by members over the past few years that Theymos has flat-out ignored.
Improvement is what it was called so, we might just have to leave it at that, otherwise you ain’t alone in this.

I think what was improved upon in this version to the status is some way to make users not have a rushed conclusion based on the time stamp for a user’s status. Recently just tells you, everyone is active eventually and accounts haven’t gone extinct but, the posts made would tell the difference.

Somehow, this have never surfaced in the suggestions on meta to be such a major problem but, it’s fit enough to be adopted! Smile
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