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5061  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions on: April 09, 2020, 11:21:00 PM
Some more news concerning Manuel Neuer. It looks like he will sign a three- or four-year contract at FC Bayern München soon -
This contract will settle rumours that he was going to Chelsea or that Chelsea was interested in signing him from Bayern Munich, I knew that information wasn't correct, Chelsea need to look for a younger goalkeeper or stick with Arizabalaga and hope he improves, Neuer has come far with Bayern and I think he should end his career there.
but is it, Sterling, really worth 160mill?
I'll say yes to that, if not for this pandemic that'll reduce players cost and clubs pricing power, I'll value sterling around that amount, Raheem is one of the best players in Europe with his performances since pep arrived. He should be up there with the most expensive players in Europe.
5062  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions on: April 09, 2020, 04:20:31 PM
Maybe in plain view Messi might not go to Inter, but who knows if Inter Milan have prepared a myriad of money just for Messi's transfer.  Sometimes Money can change the original plan.
Even if Inter offer an unexpected sum for Messi, I don't think Messi would move to Inter Milan, Inter are no longer a big team as they were in the past, they have failed to win the Italian league or Champions league in a very long while. I don't think that's the kind of team Messi would like to move to, that's if he ever leaves Barcelona.

One team that can tempt Messi out of Barcelona would be Manchester City, they have been winning titles in the last couple of years, with just the champions league eluding them, and with Messi's record in the UCL he can lead them to that title, he will also be linking up with pep once more if he does so, a manger he has always admired.
I can't even believe we're all speculating on Messi leaving Barca, can that ever happen.
5063  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Bitcoin' Escrow System And the Bank System on: April 09, 2020, 08:32:56 AM
1. How does the escrow system different from the the trust system of the traditional banking system and the Fintech business model.
The escrow is system is different from the trust system of the banking sector in that the bitcoin network or mode of transactions isn't built on the basis of a third party intervening in transactions to ensure it goes smoothly, that's exactly how the banking system works, but the bitcoin network allows transactions between two parties without any trusted third party, but in order to ensure the safety of the buyer, so that when he sends to the seller, the seller doesn't refuse to send the coins, then the need for an escrow who would hold the funds/take part in the transaction till the sender sends the coins. So the escrow system is just a form of protection from theft or fraud, transactions can even take place on the bitcoin network without an escrow, but in the traditional system there must be a trusted third party in the transaction, that's the difference.
2. Does the escrow system not against the foundational principle of bitcoin  which is to have an electronic currency without a payment system third party ?
Just as i said above, the escrow system doesn't go against "satoshi's" principles because it is not a compulsory factor in transactions, the escrow simply takes part in the transaction, like a part of a multi signature wallet, to make sure funds are sent by the buyer and coins sent by the seller, they assure safety and protection.
5064  Other / Meta / Re: Newbie to Jnr on: April 09, 2020, 01:33:57 AM
Hey!
So I've been a lurker on this forum for quite a few years now, but I still see newbie below my name Tongue
That's because you have not earned a(1)merit as of yet, and truth be told, even if you have, you have not been active enough to reach the number of activity that's required to move up: Enhanced newbie restrictions & requirements
The way that the forum is structured and designed makes it rather unintuitive to seek out specific stuff, so I thought I'd make a topic about it.
This assertion is not true, you can seek information on the forum even without asking anyone or starting a thread, all you need do is just to make use of the "search" button and you'll see topics were your "enquiries" have been discussed.
5065  Other / Off-topic / Re: [CyberSecurity] Have you ever been pwned? Protect yourself from cyberattacks. on: April 08, 2020, 04:38:49 PM
2. Try not to open phishing emails
People can also avoid receiving this emails by not giving out their email addresses unknowingly to scammers, either when they register for airdrops, scam ico, fake giveaways, signing up on dubious websites etc. They leave their address open to receive phishing emails, blackmails and even threats from scammers when they do. So they should always protect their email addresses.
5066  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Road to Full Member. on: April 08, 2020, 03:33:25 PM
You're still very far from getting to full member, you have 12 merits as of now and it's going to take another 88 merits for you to rank up, neither have you been earning merits at a quick pace, so it's still going to take a while longer i presume.

It's easier to rank up from newbie to Jr member/member, all you need between those ranks is just ten merits; but to move higher becomes more tasking, 90 more to get to full member, 150 to senior member and it gets more difficult up till legendary rank. I wish you luck, though it won't be as easy as this first stage.
5067  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions on: April 07, 2020, 04:40:10 PM
Tough situation for coutinho.

Back to premier league and face liverpool... a club that makes him a rising star would be a bit emotional isn't it? Or you guys
Is it as tough as he leaving the club for Barcelona in the first place? I don't think it is, if he could leave the club at that time to go for "better fortunes" in Spain, then he can return to England, with another team that's not Liverpool to bring his career back to life.

United are arch rivals to Liverpool, so the fans may not give coutinho any respect anytime he plays against Liverpool, but in football, players have tough decisions to make, and as professionals that they are, there are some factors, though important, they have to put away. If Barcelona don't want him and Manchester United do, why not?
5068  Economy / Scam Accusations / Re: Baofeng's List of Exposed Scams on: April 07, 2020, 09:14:54 AM
Scam Lists expose and growing. Although it is relatively small to those who have been exposing scams in this community for many years.
No effort put into exposing scams can be regarded as small, our industry's principal problem amongst others is that of scams, so much money has been lost to scammers over the years either through fake giveaways, hacks, fake airdrop, scam ico etc and the newbies are still vulnerable.

Its applaudable the effort users like you have put to expose and warn users on scams, you may never know how much money you've saved people from losing with your efforts. Congratulations you're now legendary Cheesy
5069  Other / Meta / Re: [SUGGESTION] Anonymous Messages - Multi Author Messages on: April 06, 2020, 03:22:56 PM
2- Multi author threads/messages:
Some of complex messages is hard for working on it. İf we can give permission to someone for write on it, it will be easy. (like google spreadsheets options)
Co authors for one thread is not allowed, but there are some other ways to get help from other users, for example if you are working on a complex topic, you can send a private message to a more experienced user to put you through on areas you do not understand clearly. Secondly If you post a thread and there are flaws or mistakes in the thread, other users would also correct the flaws in the thread, so I don't think there is need for co authorship.
5070  Other / Meta / Re: Can we have Ignore option on topics, not boards, not users? on: April 06, 2020, 08:31:38 AM
I do not know how your proposition is going to work, are you requesting for an ignore option for archetypal/quintessential topics, the Covid-19 threads are everywhere on the forum, because it is affecting everyone in the world so it's popular, can you give other examples of general topics that can be ignored.
Edit:
This option is not limited to Covid-19, whenever we see a thread that looks boring, from title to OP contents, we can use this option to ignore it, forever. But there is an unignore button to use, just in case.
Ignoring just that topic alone, or other topics that fall under that same subject or category? If it's just that topic then there's no need for this option, when you can just close the topic and never open it again. If it's for other topics of the same nature, then it's going to be too difficult to group topics under a particular category as an option for users to ignore.
5071  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions on: April 05, 2020, 04:32:46 PM
Many have written off Mandjukic many times but have been mistaken every time.
Mandjukic is a player with character and the best defensive striker, who constantly puts pressure on opposing players and selflessly helps his team.
A striker is usually applauded if he can help out defensively by maybe putting a little pressure on opposition defense while they start attack from behind, but that is only about 2% of what a striker is expected to do, the other 98% is to score goals, Mandzukic cannot be said to be effective in that aspect, he isn't a prolific goalscorer and that aspect of his game has gone down with the years, surely cannot lead the line for any top European team.
He's no older player than Ronaldo and he certainly has a tremendous desire to prove he still can play.
Ronaldo is on a far different level from Mario Mandzukic, Cristiano has proved that he can deliver even despite his age, the fact that Ronaldo can still play at the top level at his age and even longer doesn't mean Mandzukic can, mind you Cr7 is a five time ballon d'or winner.
5072  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Crypto over health on: April 05, 2020, 04:07:14 PM
Also, stop hoarding as much as possible because it is better to give to others to protect themselves too. Just a friendly reminder don't hesitate to save yourselves and family to this virus.
Is it even possible that any person with no food and nothing to eat would still hold bitcoins and prefer to die of hunger, sanity would make it impossible for anyone to do that. It's a matter of commonsense to figure out that people still holding their bitcoins without selling any have more than enough fiat to take care of their daily needs as well as buy what is required to stay safe from the corona virus pandemic and many people are even donating bitcoins to help people in this time of difficulty, putting it to good use.
5073  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: The first BTC ATM in Nigeria on: April 05, 2020, 06:00:52 AM
But this made me a bit curious. The first BTC ATM in Nigeria? Really? What could have been the reason that other African countries such as Uganda and Djibouti have installed theirs first? Is Nigeria behind these countries in terms of technological development?
It's is not a question or debate of which country is ahead of the other in technological advancement, I'll give you an example, no African country can match China in advancement in technology, but they do not have any bitcoin ATM, they had earlier installed one, but the country shut it down since they are not interested in crypto activities in their country, but a country like South Africa has more than five bitcoin ATM's.

So Nigeria just installing their first BTC ATM is more of a result of their government regulations than their state or level of advancement in technology. Though cryptocurrency activities isn't banned in Nigeria, it is also not fancied by the govt either.
5074  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions on: April 04, 2020, 05:13:53 PM
FC Bayern München and Manchester City are interested in the 24 year-old striker Adama Traoré currently playing at Wolverhampton Wanderers. His current market value is about €32m, but since the Wolves want to sell him for around €100m I doubt Bayern or City will sign him. With the current crisis, €100m for a player who didnt win anything yet is far out of line. I don't know where they getting these price tags from. In my opinion the fair value is about €25-30m. What do you guys think?
I do not believe this news to be true, city have so many top class wingers like sterling, Mahrez, Sane, even Bernardo Silva can play from the flanks. I don't see the reason why they should be interested in Traore, the same goes for Bayern Munich. Adama Traore is a good player, but still average in my opinion and hasn't done enough to earn him a place in city or Bayern. If wolves want to sell him to any club for 100 million, it's just another way of saying they are not selling him, because no club will buy him for that price.
5075  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / The first BTC ATM in Nigeria on: April 04, 2020, 03:35:25 PM
African giant Nigeria has set up it's first Bitcoin automated teller machine in the country, citizens of Nigeria are famous for bitcoin trading and investment and they are top in that aspect in Africa. Though this is not the first BTC ATM in the continent(Africa)as countries like South Africa, Kenya, Ghana Botswana, Uganda, Djibouti and Zimbabwe all have bitcoin ATM's in their countries. Many parts of Africa still remains underdeveloped, due to bad government, but bitcoin and cryptocurrencies can help alleviate the condition and state of things over there for the individuals taking the opportunity.
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A Bitcoin startup in Nigeria, Blockstale BTM, has installed the very first Bitcoin Automated Teller Machine in Nigeria.
According to the startup, the ATM was installed at Dazey Lounge and Bar in Lagos and the company is planning to install at least 30 BTC ATMs across the nation.
Source of information: https://investorsking.com/blockstale-btm-installs-bitcoin-atm-in-nigeria/
5076  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: an important reminder : accumulate bitcoin. on: April 04, 2020, 01:17:47 PM
...This is a very long time. I can hold by bitcoins for another 1- 2 years and I am hopeful we will see the bull run before this time. If you are holding for bitcoin for 20 years, it is also very risky because you never know whether bitcoin will exist that time or there maybe something new,  currency which we can't imagine now.
20 years isn't too long as you imagine it, for a young man like myself, if  I can accumulate a whole lot of bitcoins in the next twenty years, by then I'll be entering the mid part of my life then it is a good investment plan imo. The risk is not determined by how long you hold, you can hold for two or twenty years, you're still likely to be affected by the risks involved.
No one is here for 20 years investments.
Many are. There are many users who are accumulating bitcoins as a form of post-work, retirement plan. Eleven years ago, only very few could foreshadow bitcoins growth today, so also is the case in the next two decades.
5077  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions on: April 04, 2020, 11:05:58 AM
I recently read that former Juventus footballer Mario Mandjukic is not happy with the quality of the current league where he plays (Al-Duhail Club) and that he wants to return to Europe and find a new Club there.
What do you think?
Given his age and playing in an exotic football league, is there any chance he could play for another serious European Club again?
Imo, the answer is no, I do not think Mandzukic can play in a big team in Europe again, except maybe as an option on the bench, but if he is looking for regular playing time, it's either in the lower leagues or a small European club.
i hope he doesn't go to italy into a more defensive league in terms of line-ups - i would like to see him better in england
The Italian seria A may be more defensive in nature than other leagues in Europe, but there are still a lot of creative players playing there, I value creative midfielders and wingers who make it in Italy more than in England, because there is so much hype as support in the EPL
5078  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: How many people here would choose bitcoin as their form of payment? on: April 04, 2020, 09:47:13 AM
If I have just one source of income, I would not want to receive it in bitcoin, that is a very risky thing to do, I can only accept my wages in bitcoin if I have numerous sources of income and I dedicate the one I receive in bitcoin as a form of investment, which I'm just going to be accumulating BTC and not converting it to fiat.

But all my needs are mostly solved using fiat, if I receive my primary payments in bitcoin, I'm still going to have to convert it to cash frequently and with bitcoins volatility, I would be liable to loss.
5079  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: YouTube continues to ban crypto content on: April 04, 2020, 08:38:09 AM
I am very sure this must have been a very tough decision for youtube to make, cryptocurrency videos and topics are no longer commonplace, many people post a lot of videos to teach new people a lot of things and also how to trade. But the scam videos and content seems to have outrun/exceeded the good ones, they receive a lot of reports and have to bring down so many videos everyday, I do not know if this is a permanent ban or just for sometime, but it was beyond doubt needed to save people from losing money.
5080  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Is crypto currency ready for next season??? on: April 04, 2020, 06:30:48 AM
it seems that the corona virus is still hampering the movement of the global market industry and this cryptoqurrency market.
In all the countries that the corona virus has spread to, and it has spread to very nearly all the countries in the world, only very few people are working, in less developed countries the case is even worse. So round the world now only about half of the working population is receiving an income. That is a crisis, one that had to affect bitcoin, which it did, the price is not at its worse, it almost got to 7000 yesterday, but for any bull run to be possible, this virus needs to go and people start working again and there is money in circulation once more.
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