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41  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Remember on: June 21, 2024, 12:02:26 PM
People that are buying bitcoin now are after using it as an investment and they don't care about using bitcoin the way it was designed, what they care about is profit and that is why majority of them are keeping their bitcoin in centralized exchanges and ETFs.

Bitcoin should be used in a decentralized way but the government is killing that gradually by shutting down any service that is helping to promote privacy. If only people understands the freedom that bitcoin is giving out, they will love to maintain it like that but it is sad that nobody cares.
42  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Avoid Miscalculated Risks In Gambling. on: June 21, 2024, 11:00:17 AM
I like the way that you put it "all your profit", since it is profit then that is not a problem as long as it is not your capital or money for other important purposes. Responsible gambling is very important because you will be cautious of how much you are staking with.

The problem is that some gamblers wants to double their money and that is why they take high risk to see if they will be lucky. One tho g about gambling is that when it is your lucky day if you bet with a huge amount of money, you will still win your bet, but who knows when is their lucky day and that is why you should only gamble with little amount to control your emotions.
43  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: The real winning of gambling is withdrawals on: June 21, 2024, 10:19:33 AM
We just need to remember that the numbers on the balance of any casino or betting platform are absolutely real money. Each of us knows how hard it is to earn money and therefore we should appreciate it and not treat it disdainfully. In general, the scariest thing in gambling and betting is the moment when a player devalues the meaning of money. When earnings are no longer important to him, but only the expectation of a new rate is important. At this point, the gambler does not need either positive emotions or victory, but only being in the game itself.
And as the player accumulates debts, he wants to escape from reality more and more. And this should not be the case, you should always understand that gambling is the first Game. It can't change their lives for the better if they don't have self-control.
That makes sense, indeed with many gamblers they usually don't care about the value of money anymore when they focus only on their expectations about the big win they can get. Considering that gambling will not be easy to win or make money, gamblers should be aware of this not to over-expect, because when they focus on their expectations, it can make them fall deeper into gambling and that of course can drain their finances. because what they do is only based on expectations, which can be said to be expectations that are unlikely to come true.
That's true, gambling is not something that is guaranteed to change your life for sure. because this is a game that involves profits and losses, but for players it is the losses that will dominate more than the profits. with the occurrence of many bad effects, it is because they do not have good self-control with the gambling they do, so it is not surprising that when they gamble, they feel or want to complete their experience.

No guarantee at all, and if you don't play wisely then expect that instead of making money you'll just continue losing a lot, it's very important that you know how to control both your finances and emotions, especially if luck already backing you up, know when to stop while you still have that chance to earn money, as most of the time, the gamblers who's in the winning streaks thinks that they will continue to have same outcome to the point that instead of quitting they will push and aim for more, it's a wise decision to quit while you are still in green instead of regretting that you missed your chance taking your profits.
This happened to me recently, but I was lucky that I was gambling with a little amount of money. I won a decent amount without stress and that made me feel that I am a genius and I am in myucky moment. I did not withdraw and continue playing after a while I started losing my bets. Did stop there because my instinct told me that it is my wins that I am still gambling with an not my personal money. Before you know it I blew up my wins.

I didn't know how it happened, but I had fun and didn't regret it because I never thought of winning. If I had just cash out, I would have use my wins for something else instead of gambling it back to the casino. This is why it is good to withdraw when you are in profit.
44  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Technical Support / Re: unconfirmed transaction over 1 day on: June 21, 2024, 08:23:42 AM
The tx link you shared is not opening from public view, at least from my end. I copied the tx harsh and searched through Blockchair to confirm if it’s correct from the link:

https://blockchair.com/bitcoin/transaction/8f7d7adab11e645569dcab8c8cd137654b035692d3151ac455f1f4fcc1cbfcf5.
 
What you did there was use a low fee to send out your transaction, which is the reason why it’s delayed. You should try bumping the fee a little more to at least 30 to 40 sats/B.
I don't think that ledger supports RBF.. He should use CPFP, by spending the same amount but using a higher transaction fee.

Edit: I just checked the transaction from the link and it is supports RBF. You should increase your transaction fee from 21sat/vbyte and above, it will be confirmed but for faster confirmation if you can pay more 40sat/vbyte and above will do that.
45  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽ UEFA Euro 2024 in Germany ⚽ - Qualifiers👉Group Stage on: June 20, 2024, 08:36:36 PM
It was a goalless first half between Spain vs Italy. The two teams are of the same strength and none of them wants to allow their opponents to take advantage of them. Spain had good clear chance which was to be a goal. One was a good header chance by Williams, which went to the left side of the goal post.

The second half should be more exciting than this because I expect goals to come in from any of the teams. I can't really tell who will score first in this match because Scammacca also missed a good scoring opportunity.
The first half there were no goals and both played perfectly and I think both were quite difficult, Spain attacked more than Italy in the first half which remained with a draw.

The second half started with Spain being more aggressive in their attacks, they had far more possession of the ball, in view of this situation it looks like Spain will get a goal faster than Italy if the situation continues like this, Italy is quite exhausted in this second half they continue to be attacked and there is no resistance that has a far greater chance of scoring a goal, almost fully running half the field.

And as I type this Riccardo has scored for Spain, it's very good and the score is 1-0 in favor of Spain, I think I'm going to get a win tonight from my bet on Spain, looking back at the match starting to heat up a bit maybe Italy's players are a bit provoked to take revenge.
It was an own goal by R.Calafiori after Williams took a cross which hit Calafiori's leg and went into the goal post. Spain is still dominating the game and I don't think that Italy will be able to withstand Spain pressure. I will say that goal was a lucky goal and Spain have not scored any goal of their own.

Italy on the other hand is somehow allowing Williams to feel free forgetting that he is a dangerous player. It is not yet over until the final whistle and we might still see some surprises in the last 25 minutes of thr match.
46  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Technical Support / Re: Assist for BTC wallet at Coinbase and BTCPay server on: June 20, 2024, 06:41:48 PM
Watch only wallet cannot send bitcoin by itself to any wallet if it is not signed from the hardware airgapped wallet. It is called watch only because you use it to track your transaction, broadcast it and also sign your transaction but without the cold storage wallet nothing can be done.

This is because you need to sign the transaction from your hardware wallet first and save it in your USB drive before you can go and sign it from your hotline wallet.
47  Bitcoin / Electrum / Re: Why Can't I Bump A Transaction? on: June 20, 2024, 05:57:04 PM
I sent a transaction on the Electrum wallet using the ETA option and receive this warning(?):

"The fee for this transaction seems unusually high. (15.61% of amount)
Make sure you pay enough mining fees; you will not be able to bump the fee later."

Why?
I believe that the coins that you want to transfer is from many small output and that is why the fee is as high as that because of the size of your transaction and the space it occurs in the blockchain. Like Charles-Tim said, you should wait till when the blockchain is not that congested before you make your transaction if it is not urgent, or you pay the fee.

However, I don't know why it says that you will not be able to bump the transaction fee later, because electrum has RBF, maybe you are sending all your coins in that wallet and there is no balance left if you broadcast the transaction.
48  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽ UEFA Euro 2024 in Germany ⚽ - Qualifiers👉Group Stage on: June 20, 2024, 05:23:08 PM
My choices are Spain and England anyway though. But I don't expect any of them to win by at least a 2-goal difference. I think both of them will have a competitive ending.  Smiley

Dermank has a relatively small chance of winning, but they have the opportunity to surprise England in the sense that Denmark will not give up and will not make it easy for England.
Two goals might be scored. It could also be more than 2 goals if Denmark and England play openly throughout the match.
One half in and it's 1-1, still pretty good for both sides, and both are pushing hard for a win tonight, so far in the first half I've noticed they've been pretty even in terms of possession and play, although Demark have been a bit more dominant than England but I see it as a fair draw.

Hjulman and Kane have been the key to both teams getting goals for the time being, something interesting might happen in the second half now, they have read and seen how their opponents attack and defend, there should be some evaluation going on to get more goals.
Kane goal motivated Denmark players and it made them more aggressive on the pitch with the ball. It was like Denmark was defending initially in the beginning of the match which gave England an advantage dominate the match and score one go. But after Denmark came out to attack, they saw that they can withstand England and outsmart them if they tried hard. That confidence gave Denmark the chance to equalize the goal.

The second half is not easy for both teams, because Foden is taking the match so personal that he wants to score a goal by all means but all his attempts were in vain, he almost find the back of the net but the ball hit the bar.
49  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024 on: June 20, 2024, 04:39:39 PM
Pep Guardiola has kept a good record in Manchester City, and even though he has left the club as a coach, he has achieved what he is looking for. If Guardiola leaves the club next season, I don't think Manchester City will get a better coach like Guardiola anymore. If not, they will get Xabi Alonso, and I don't think Xabi Alonso for Bayern Levenkusen will like to coach Manchester City, but it is possible that Pep will change his mind and renew his contract with Manchester City again if the club still in love with him after is contract expired next season.and guarduola will like to get the league for the third time and I believe with Pep he can still do it because he is very talented and knows how to deal with many clubs in the competition, let see how he will perform next season and see how many titles they can win next time since real madrid stopped them last season without winning the champions league and I am sure he will be hard for them next time because madrid has got mbappe and even walker can't even catch him when moving.

If Pep Guardiola really leaves Manchester City, I think Manchester City will definitely experience changes, but these changes will either be positive or negative. because according to the news I read a few weeks ago, when Pep Guardiola left, Haaland would also leave Manchester City and of course that would cause Manchester City to experience a decline in performance. but if on the other hand, Pep Guardiola would stay at Manchester City, I think Manchester City would be able to dominate again.

who knows what will happen but what is certain is that no coach will last forever, so like it or not, be ready or not be ready. Manchester City must be able to accept reality and deal with the problems that occur in order to remain consistent with their performance even though there are opportunities that might make them experience decreased performance.
I am only saying from my own thoughts and based on what have happened to other clubs in the past if City fails to get coach that is up to the club standard, that will be their downfall. Manchester City will not stay strong for long as it is gojng to affect the performance of the club with time and some players will leave the club when things are not working out as expected anymore.

Maybe that is when City will face big challenges. It is football and when you don't have the best all the time, you will not be able to withstand the best clubs in any competition, and the club performance will not be consistent.
50  Economy / Economics / Re: Is the only aim of devaluation, to help stimulate a countries economy? on: June 20, 2024, 03:45:57 PM
*What other ways can a country stimulate her economy without devaluing its currency?

Let's discuss!
Good government is what a country needs to stimulate her economy. The country should increase their productivity because that will boost employment rate and income level. Skill acquisition and youth empowerment should be carried out by the government, so that citizens can be self employed in order for them to have employees.

If the government is corrupt, it will be very hard for such country to achieve a stimulated economy, and that is why the country currency will be devalued due to inflation and printing a higher denomination of currency so that they can easily siphon huge amount of money.
51  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Gambling therapy on: June 20, 2024, 02:57:13 PM
We go for monthly or quarterly health routine checkups not only because we're sick but to  reduce any risk of getting sick before knowing. Right? same behavior can be applied to gambling , do you agree or it's not necessary until you start getting a gambling problem .
It is only people that are sick that needs the doctor and not healthy people. Addicted gamblers needs gambling therapy and not responsible gamblers because they are not behaving under the influence of gambling addiction.

I will be lovely if all addicted gamblers can go for gambling therapy to help them out of their addiction, especially those that don't have anyone to care for them in their addicted state. The truth is that most of these addicted gamblers might not care about their addiction because they still believe that they can make it in life through gambling. Some addicted gamblers will not accept that they are addicted, how will these set of gambling go for gambling therapy.
52  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Did gambling losses are traps to new game on: June 20, 2024, 02:21:05 PM
Yes, you are right, you cannot deny that many gamblers want to get a lot of money by playing gambling, even if someone already has an addiction, they do not hesitate to bet a lot of money there, even though they will lose later, but that is not enough to deter them.
You are right, it is better to stay away from such behavior because such behavior will make our lives very miserable and painful
Those gamblers must knows that getting a lot of money from gambling is not easy. They must knows that it is not worth to risks much money just to try to wins the gambling games.
They must realizes that playing gambling is just for fun so they don't have to use much money. They can lose much money if they don't knows how to limits themselves and that can makes their life miserable.
If they lose some money, they don't have to continue playing gambling instead stops gambling. That will be better for them because they can keeps their money for the other days so they don't have to allocate more money to playing gambling.
Of course all gamblers must know that it is not easy to get money in gambling activities because all they have is that they will feel happy running it and they will be willing to lose money when they have experienced defeat.
Yes, when gamblers have often lost in playing, they should start to realize and should stop right away because if they continue to run it, they will lose a lot of money and be far from victory.
If you ha e tried your luck and you keep on losing it is better to quite the game instead of chasing your losses thinking that they can be recovered. The fact is gambling is that they more you gamble, the more chances of losing. To avoid all these it is good for one to be a discipline gambler so that he will quit the game at the right time.

No matter how skillful we are in the game that we are gambling with, the house hedge will always win because that is how the alogarithm software is designed and who ever always put this into consideration before gambling will not be emotional when he loses his bet, because he understands that the odds of him losing is lower than winning.


53  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Recording gambling activities on: June 20, 2024, 11:35:50 AM
I don't do that because it is not important to me. This is because I gamble for fun and I don't regret my losses since I have being entertained already. It is just as if you are asking me to take record of the money that I give to people for charity which does not affect me financially.

However, I always set a gamble budget when I get paid for my gambling activities, so I already know how much it will be in 12 months time. Money used in gambling should not be counted as loss because it is an amount that you even if it get missing you don't care. There is no gambler that will use only $100 to gamble throughout the year, even if he is winning, a time will come that he will lose all of it.
54  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: When you are not to gamble. on: June 20, 2024, 10:50:50 AM
Gambling have thought me a lot of lessons and from those lessons I have build long term experience and one of the things I most not do is to gamble when I am not in the right frame of mind, because when you are under any form of pressure, you can easily get carried away into believing that you may possibly make off some money from gambling by risking more that you can afford, this is what have lead many gamblers into bad situations such as addictions and debts on the long run.


Gambling should be based on fun and nothing more because regardless of how much desire we have, if that day is not our lucky day, you will still lose, which is why we advice that gamble with only an amount that you can afford to lose and be comfortable with.
I also adhere to the second point. This also came with experience and as soon as I realized this and accepted it, playing became really fun and I no longer chase jackpots or quick wins.Sometimes we play cards with friends and we only play for tiny amounts so that no one has any offense or disappointment after the game.
We are both in the same shoes, I could remember when I was an addict, I thought that gambling can make win a huge amount of money buy i was wrong and run ay big losses regularly because I am always gambling all the time chasing my losses.

It was after i learnt a hard lesson that i realized that i have the wrong mindset towards gambling and i started hambling for fun with a little amount of money and this was how I bever gambled for profits anymore.
55  Economy / Speculation / Re: Road to 100k? on: June 19, 2024, 10:25:41 PM
It's been a very long time, maybe in the last 2 months the price of Bitcoin has been stable between $60k-$70k and hasn't shown any signs of being bullish even though the halving has started. it's actually very realistic to expect bitcoin to reach $100k because before the halving started bitcoin's ATH was $73k. I think in the near future we shouldn't talk about $100k because bitcoin's biggest challenge right now is crossing $70k.
Bitcoin price movement can be unpredictable, but with fundamentals in place there is still believe that in the near future bitcoin can reach 100k. The potential to reach new heights  are certain, our main objectives is to capitalise on this moment bitcoin is  still hovering around $60k-$70k to increase your holdings, increasing your holdings now can potentially lead to a substantial appreciation when it hit 100k. Don't underestimate the power of bitcoin because of it potentials there are lot of catalyst to drive the proce upward.

There are no certainties in the crypto market. But we can expect Bitcoin to reach $100k one day. But we cannot be guaranteed that Bitcoin will reach new highs. Our expectations around Bitcoin are high. So we always hope that Bitcoin will touch new milestones and Bitcoin does not disappoint our hopes. This is not to say that we can guarantee that the price of Bitcoin will continue to rise. Nothing is impossible in crypto market, everything is possible here.
The price of bitcoin shouldn't be the issue, but taking the opportunity that bitcoin is at this current price of 65k to buy more Bitcoin into our bags should be our focus because increasing our portfolio will be better off now than when the price reaches $100k.

I know that bitcoin price will reach $100k but no one can predict the actual time and as long as you are not planning to sell but to hodli for a long period of time it is good to DCA regularly in other to increase your bitcoin stash at various price levels.
56  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Does anyone here know why this happened? on: June 19, 2024, 09:09:50 PM
Like Charles-Tim said, try using the address in your next withdrawal to see if it will work and if it doesn't maybe you can ask customer support to explain to you why that is happening.

It should be the casino network problem and not the wallet address if it was from Tron network, you would not have been able to withdraw after 30 minutes with a different Tron address.
57  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A) on: June 19, 2024, 07:49:29 PM
Inter Milan has really dominated Serie A this season. They recorded the fewest defeats and the most wins in Serie A. This shows their extraordinary dominance. If other clubs in Serie A don't make changes I think Inter Milan will dominate again next season. But I think the league won't be as exciting if there is one team that is more dominant than the other teams.
Yes they still failed to win the Champions League and only made it to the knockout stages. But I'm sure they will be able to perform better next season.


unfortunately its true, Inter Milan dominated by always winning and losing very little, maybe they lost 3 games or so
this is the secret to winning, working for years and making a stable team
changing coaches and players often doesnt do any good to a winning team, see also Real Madrid.. they change less every year
Inter's performance was superb and outstanding in the league and that was why they were able to win the league even before the matches were over. It is the best thing that every club wants to always do better than the previous season and when that is achieved, it shows that they are progressing. Since they didn't go far in UCL, they decided to use Seria A to console themselves.

This upcoming season will also be great for them because I did not see any much changes in the team because they are good to go with the current squad that they have in the team for next season challenges in all competitions. The club still need to improve in performance a d cover whatever lapses that they have which might be a hindrance for them of going far in UCL next season.
58  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: I am begining on a short term investment. on: June 19, 2024, 07:15:03 PM
As a beginner to this bitcoin market, I have understood that long term investing and holding is most beneficial to investors that short term holding.
But I being a beginner, I might not be affordable to hold too long because I have read about investors holding their coins for over 4 years.
Although I might be reprogrammed to long term investment in the future but I need to be practically convinced in reality based on what the market hold for Investors on long term and short terms.
As being speculated of all cryptocurrencies, they are all volatile so I am set to take my profits whenever I can and then the outcome potentials while I am Investing in this bitcoin industry would determine if I will have to hold for long. I don't think I will listen to all that advices of holding longer. We are only here to make profits and face our today's challenges and also prepares for future challenges. So I don't think that investors on the short term goals are at the wrong side because the Speculation of long term holding is excessively making it feel like short term Investors are on the wrong decision
You are in the market to trade in order for you to take care of today's challenges and what will happen about the future challenges. Investing and hodli for along time means that you are preparing for the future challenge because your bitcoin investment will take care of whatever financial challenges that you will have in future if only you can hodli and build your bitcoin investment using DCA strategy to accumulate bitcoin overtime.

However, it is your choice to decide what you want in the crypto space after all it is your money and you have the right to do whatever you like  but you should also note that we are responsible for our own actions. You are new to the market and you will run at loss because you don't know much about trading.
59  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Is Gambling A Hobby? on: June 19, 2024, 05:59:54 PM
The thing is, as much as you enjoy it and you're not disregarding the life that you have right now then gambling is serving you good. But if you see it, as a fulfillment of life then you're doing it wrong. Just treat it like a hobby. Not a job because it would put you a stress. Not as an addiction because it will take away your life from your family or career. Just play it like how you play your guitar ono your past time. And maybe, you get some jackpot some times or even just penny win. As long as you enjoy it.
Can gambling be beneficial? In my opinion, only victory or profit provides benefits to them, what if we experience defeat, what are the benefits? Usually people who experience defeat will spend money again to catch up on previous losses and sometimes this can be an effect of addiction to gambling. Yes, many people say that gambling can be said to be a hobby in their life, because they can benefit from it. It is not recommended in this case to earn a living or for daily living needs, this is very dangerous for life.
There are other benefits in gambling apart from profit. It is only the profit side that most people focus on alone. You can use gambling to ease your nerves from stress. Gambling is a medium of entertainment but it is when you don't understand what gambling is, that you will gamble in a wrong direction.

Chasing losses are for people who want to make profit from gambling by all means, they will forget that luck is what brings the win and not by their excessive gambling. This is why in whatever one is doing that can lead to addiction need to be minimized.
60  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Drake did it again! Another huge losing bet... on: June 19, 2024, 03:07:31 PM
Sure 500K USD in BTC is an incredibly awful losing bet. But his losing  is no wonder for me. Drake kinda likes to give a tickle to own nerves and ribs and it seems that his pockets never go drain. He also lost $565K bet with predicting the win of Fury in the famous Usik-Fury fight. Probably the sport betting is not his path of life.

Take a look on two links from my post. Or search in google for the information about bets he won. The guy is winning also, but people pay attention to his losses. The media has created an image of a bet loser, but I believe he does not mind of that or amounts he has lost, because he is a Stake.com influencer., and his fortune can allow him to risk and lose. Also pay attention on the odds of his bets. They are often way to risky. Even if he looses 3-5 bets, a single win will turn his final balance into zero or little (according to his fortune) loss.
You know that it is gambling and you will lose more than you win, and this is why Drake news about his losses are always on media. Drake is wealthy and does not care if he loses his bet because he can afford to lose that amount without any problem.

Drake is a celeb that earns from everywhere and that is why he gambles a lot with huge amount of money. He is also an influencer and showing his huge bets on media will motivate some gamblers to be high rollers. He might always have a discount from every bet that he loses from the casino.
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