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541  Economy / Games and rounds / Re: [RAFFLE] Utopia - P2P Ecosystem | Free Bitcoin Raffle Weekly 💎 Round 13 on: May 26, 2023, 06:25:07 AM
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542  Economy / Games and rounds / Re: Sportsbet.io 🥊 Luis Alberto Lopez vs. Michael Conlan 🥊 (Saturday, 27 May) on: May 25, 2023, 05:42:02 PM
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543  Economy / Games and rounds / Re: Sportsbet.io ⚽ Arsenal + Southampton + São Paulo ⚽ (Saturday + Sunday) on: May 25, 2023, 05:33:15 PM
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544  Economy / Games and rounds / Re: Sportsbet.io ⚽ EFL Championship Playoff FINAL ⚽ Prediction (May 27) on: May 25, 2023, 05:24:23 PM
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545  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Germany League - Bundesliga Prediction Thread on: May 25, 2023, 05:18:58 PM
I don't agree with you.
Nagelsmann's problem was not just a problem with results and team performance. Nagelsmann had a bad relationship with most of the players which had a negative effect on the team.

Correct, it would have happened even if they were performing alright. There was lot going around prior to his sacking like leaking of his strategies and all so there was lot going on behind the scenes which we still don't know yet. This season was a hard pill to swallow for them, but they have to accept the fact now.

Tuchel will have proper time next season to know his squad and assess his options according to conditions, so I expect a better consistent form from Bayern next season. Tuchel has Bundesliga experience with side like Dortmund but like every manager he also needs time.
546  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: UEFA Champions League 2022/23 Season on: May 25, 2023, 12:45:14 PM
He played a Champions League final withot a striker and with a defensive midfielder we all know how the end was.

Yeah I still recall that and I am not actually a City fan but given the opponents- Chelsea, I was actually rooting for City to win this one. It was a very bad move from Guardiola. I am still not sure why he still made that choice but that's long gone now.

Who knows if he will not gamble with this one and bench either Haaland or Kelvin...lolz

I don't think he will actually make the same mistake twice especially when it's about the trophy that a big club like City hasn't win before. It is very important for them and I think Guardiola will think about not making mistakes like last time. Kevin and Haaland are crucial players, there is no way Guardiola is gonna make them sit out. I just hope Guardiola doesn't tries to oversmart and drops this chance for the second time (!).

And btw it's not Kelvin , its Kevin.
547  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions on: May 25, 2023, 12:03:50 PM
Indeed, Arsenal are the closest at the moment, but there is still no real guarantee because of course we know that several other big clubs, such as Manchester United, are still looking for gaps to approach this player.
But in this condition even though it is expensive but it seems like Rice's move is like a certainty now because wherever his new club now seems he is ready for it and west ham is just doing his job by providing expensive values for his benefit.

Talking about Bayern seems like it's still a rumor that is fuzzy, but that doesn't mean they don't have a chance either.

Good point, despite Arsenal being the closest right now, there are lot of other big clubs in the race to bring in Declan Rice. At any point of talks between Arsenal and Rice take a turn then others will try to negotiate and fix the deal as soon as possible. About his chances of staying at West Ham, it seems there are strong reports of him staying at West Ham is low. I really hope Arsenal makes no mistakes and really go after him as he will be great addition to the squad as a defensive midfielder. I don't know about Bayern and United, but for sure there will be lot of clubs after him so we really need to act fast here if we really need the player.



Also it seems Arne Slot has decided to stay as Feynoord manager as reports are that he is about to sign a new deal. So, it seems Spurs have to strike off their top target for the manager role from the list. There are lot of managers who are free like Potter, etc so it seems the hunt for manager will go on a bit more longer.


(News source: https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1661639855825141760)


I've always felt that it's the board that needs to be changed and not the manager as Spurs had lot of big names as their managers like Conte and Mourinho but they still failed to find the proper consistency.
548  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2022/2023 on: May 25, 2023, 10:21:01 AM
Well, Brighton played the game because they needed some points to qualify for the following season, and I guess that is why they became encouraged in that match, so that is a really good thing they did for themselves because they are now qualified for the following season.

It was clear from the start that they had qualified for the next season Europa league. They had huge goal difference compared to Aston Villa and Spurs who were also contesting for Europa league spot as well. What Brighton did yesterday was confirm their spot in Europa League next season. A job really well done by Roberto de Zerbi in his first season with Brighton.



On another note, there is a very heavy fixture between United and Chelsea about to happen today. For Chelsea, this might not change things much but for United they will confirm their CL spot next season if they wins or draw in this fixture. On other hand, Liverpool will be hoping for Chelsea to win as a win would still make CL hopes alive for Liverpool. It is going to be at United's home and form wise United are in better shape and form so certainly they will be the favorites but I also wouldn't rule Chelsea out here.
549  Economy / Services / Re: Utopia P2P Ecosystem 💎 | Review Campaign 🔎| Participate Now! | Get paid in BTC on: May 24, 2023, 05:00:12 PM
This is my first time participating in this kind of review campaign so will try to give my best review as I can. So here it goes:


I will be grading issues that I think there is with the current Utopia P2P Ecosystem application in the following way.

{██} Minor
{██} Medium
{███} Major
{(!)} Don't know what to grade
(?) Question

  • Also I will be adding these issues inside {quotes} so that anyone reading my review can easily look into the issues I have found.





Utopia P2P Ecosystem build version: v1.2.406 (64-bit)
Operating System: Windows


[Registration, Login & Backup]

Upon starting the application after installing I am greeted by the registration window where in I filled in all the details and proceeded. Generation of private keys took a bit of time but after 3-4 minutes, I was given my Public Key and a Welcome Tour where in a brief of all the key features of the Utopia ecosystem was given. UI is very neat and clean and not much flashy which I usually expect in a normal chat/messaging application, so the developers has done a great job there to give their users a neat and easy interface to interact to.

Login window also contains all the options for a new user to register, already registered user to sign in and also the restore option for the ones with the private key or seed phrase can restore their wallet (not chat, or other features backup). Also here, everything has been taken care of by the developers.

In this section, I will also add on my review of the options I used in [File] bar since it deals with user credentials, security, backup and all.

Quote
*Issues/Bugs*
  • {███}   UWallet Seed Phrase  : Just after registration, the Utopia application doesn't displays seed pasphrase to the user which I feel is a major issue given the UWallet feature the application has. Users can however can choose to backup after going into File>Backup Private Key but I feel that isn't the right way as there is a scope of someone losing the wallet if he doesn't goes through File>Backup Private Key option. Normally, every crypto wallet application always make sure that their new user always write down the Seed Phrase and verifies it. I think Utopia should follow in the same way too.


  • {███}   (!) Invalid cryptofile path and or/password after Wiping the Encrypted Container   : While checking out the File bar, I tried Wiping the Container and it cleared all the data and shut down the application. After a while, I started the application again and when I tried to login with the same .db, it gave me "(!) Invalid cryptofile path and or/password". (I am not sure if it is supposed to work this way but since it deals with losing up of critical files I have graded it as major. I had made the proper backup so I was able restore the files again.)



  • {██}   Wipe Encrypted Container needs more explanation   : I feel that after clicking Wipe Encrypted Container needs explanation of the data the user is about to lose if he proceeds. Furthermore, a note also should be added inside the confirmation popup suggesting users to export database or Backup private key in case if they want to restore the database or wallet in future. (Would be better to add note below as highlighted in the picture below)




[UChat, UChannel & UMail]

I have checked all these features and to me UChat felt more like Messages we have in phone, UChannel like Discord(but limited functions) and UMail like a normal email service. After checking all these three, I feel like at least two of them could have been integrated into one - UChannel and UChat. But rest aside, Utopia has given their users every option when it comes to messaging and chatting.

I personally didn't tried messaging anyone but while trying out the exchange crp.is, I received messages in both UChat and UMail and both of these were fast and also I was properly notified through notification as well.


[UWallet]

I was given 5 CRP for this review and I check everything except for the Crypto Card since it requires 3 CRP fee. I tried out Swap option which really worked out well and all my swapping transactions were done under ~1 minute. I also tried the exchange Crypton Exchnage (crp.is) where I tried various trading pairs and then moved my balance back to Utopia client and throughout the whole process it was all fast and smooth and every transaction was done under a minute.

Crypto Card is also a great feature inside Uwallet which I wanted to try out but I retracted back given the amount I had and the fee it required for the creation. I however checked the Merchant list and it says Utopia has 1850+ merchants in total which is a very good number. So Utopia Crypto Card users really has good no. of options to use it on.


Quote
*Issues/Bugs*

  • {███}  1Xbet in Merchants List   :  While checking out the Sports Betting and Casinos List in Merchants, I got lot of 1xbet/1xbit results and 1xbet/1xbit are known shady sites so you might want to remove them out. There are lot of scam accusations on them inside the forum. Inside your merchant list there are lot of entries with 1xbet/1xbit


  • (?) Question : The above point also brings me to this question:- How do you prepare the Merchants list? Can anyone add themselves into Merchant list on your site or you review each of them? If you are not reviewing them then anyone can load a phishing/scam site to your Merchant list.


[Idyll Browser]

This is an inbuilt browser which users can use to visit websites hosted in P2P network. The Idyll Browser actually works on uNS registry. It is not necessary that a site registered in uNS will be available on Utopia network. There are 2 steps and both have to be followed in order to host a website on Utopia network: a) Registered on uNS and b) Packet forwarding should be set to the site . For example: One can find google.com and www.google.com on uNS records but they won't be able to visit the site because the owner of the uNS registry haven't set the packet forwarding properly or haven't set it at all.

I had to go through a bit in uNS Registry and I found two sites working (there could be more): Agoradesk.com and sms4sats.com . Both sites are working fine and other reviewers can use this to review the functioning of Idyll Browser


Quote
*Issues/Bugs*

  • {██}    Holding of popular website in uNS registry  : While going through the uNS registry, I saw lot of users holding lot of website names in uNS registry and they haven't configured the packet forwarding as well. For example: check out uNS registry with this Public Key: C1C54341418598EB2AB6C6E7DC4EEC33646DD95955E4E2250737CD8CE4407616 . This user holds 402 uNS records and none of them works on the Utopia network. (haven't checked all but I am kinda sure that others don't work as well)

    Problem actually lies here when a user can't register a uNS record which already exists. Someone might want to register a uNS and actually want to make that site work on Utopia network.

    For example: There is someone already holding google.com uNS and if I want to actually make that available on Utopia network I won't be able to as I won't be allowed to register the uNS record already held by someone.


    Suggestion: I would suggest maintaining a different registry just like uNS registry and make Idyll Browser work based on that registry. This registry should need a Name+Packet forwarding set in order to be registered. This would also serve another purpose that it will give Utopia users a list of all the websites on the Utopia's network.


  • {███}    Someone can host a phishing site easily  : I haven't tried this out but if I can get a popular site's uNS then I can easily make a clone of that site and can use it to scam users or can start phishing activities.

  • {(!)}   Idyll Browser works even after Utopia client is closed  : It seems like this wasn't properly configured but Idyll Browser seems to work even after Utopia client is closed. Not sure if it does any harm to the user though.




[Overall Summary]

I was impressed with the way application has been developed and all and everything is linked up very well to give their users a comfortable experience. However application uses lot of resources so at certain times I also faced some lagging issues while operating alongside Chrome just like others here, so I think developers need to optimize the application a lot but that's a long process.





I hope my review is helpful for all the readers and the one's currently reviewing this and others who are about to review this application. I still have more than 3.5 CRP balance left which I am thinking of making a uVoucher and to pass it on to the next reviewer so that they can use it to properly test and review as much features as they can. Send me a PM if anyone needs CRP.
550  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Germany League - Bundesliga Prediction Thread on: May 24, 2023, 10:23:27 AM
Regarding the game between Dortmund and Mainz, I saw the odds for Mainz as worth taking the risk. We have a 15.25 rate for winning Mainz in this game which is really tempting for me, Dortmund lost many points this season and if they lose this game it's not surprising even if they need the full three points to win the league.

I feel it's worth taking the bite as Mainz always play the role of spoiler for someone who is comfortably performing or need a crucial win. I have lot of parlay bets messed up by them. If you check Mainz performances, they have beaten Bayern and Lepizig recently, so I personally wouldn't want to go against them for low odds.

For Dortmund it will be a title after a decade so they will push hard but I am sure it wouldn't be easy going against Mainz. Well not as easy as bookmakers are favouring Dortmund here ahead of the fixture.
551  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2022/2023 on: May 24, 2023, 10:01:22 AM
[...]well one of them will go in a relegation battle with Championship team but either way I am sure it will not be Everton in such battle.

No, it doesn't work like that. Bottom three teams of the PL will be relegated by the end of the season. They won't be facing any relegation battle with Championship team as it doesn't works like that in English football. From Championship, two top teams are promoted directly while the next four teams play in promotion play-offs from where only one team qualifies and gets the final third promotion spot to PL.

The one you specified works in German Football system. I haven't checked other leagues though.
552  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions on: May 24, 2023, 09:40:19 AM
Arsenal have finally made a major breakthrough with regards to talks over Bukayo Saka and I very happy about the deal. It will be a huge boost for Arsenal supporters as well as Mikel Arteta, who is looking to build a squad capable of challenging for another title charge next term. For sure, Thomas Partey has played a pivotal role in Arsenal's success this season but, following a drop in form, he could be offloaded as Mikel Arteta looks to spruce up his side. Xhaka is leaving and I expect more summer incomings for next season title charge.

Saka is important for our future plans so I actually expected the Saka contract extension to happen. I am glad that Arsenal jumped in early and gave him a contract extension. They also have option to extend Odeegard's contract for a further year so that's also another important player secured there. About Xhaka, yeah he is leaving as it seems but Arsenal are planning to sign a defensive midfielder for sure the next season.

Reports at the moment are that Arsenal interested in Declan Rice very much. Apart from him, Gundogan is also another name that is for sure discussed but City are also planning to provide an year contract extension. There were also reports of Arsenal interested in Mount who is right now unsettled at Chelsea. We definitely need signings, especially when we qualified for CL for next season. It is important for us right now to strengthen the squad before the CL commences.
553  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2022/2023 on: May 24, 2023, 09:06:02 AM
[...] You can chose to bet on Leeds and Liecester trying to escape the relegation zone.

That also can put someone into dilemma. Its not easy as it looks as both Leeds and Leicester have been poor lately and they are up against Spurs and West Ham respectively which are also not an easy opponent despite their out of form performances. Whatever it will be, one of them will relegate for sure. Also Everton could also possibly end up relegated as well. So it is also important for Everton to win against Bournemouth which I think could go Everton's way.

I would rather sit and watch the last gameweek as lot of these games are probably gonna have unexpected results.
554  Economy / Services / Re: Utopia P2P Ecosystem 💎 | Review Campaign 🔎| Participate Now! | Get paid in BTC on: May 22, 2023, 04:06:30 AM
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556  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2022/2023 on: May 21, 2023, 12:20:22 PM
West Ham will host Leeds United at home.Leeds are in the relegation zone and this away point will be very important for them.They are one of the easier opponents among the remaining matches.West ham will not leave the match easy.They will want to get at least a draw here.It's a tough match for both teams but I think Leeds will take the point.

I wouldn't undermine Leeds here at all. Remember West Ham didn't started the season strong and Leeds have also pulled up some surprises this season. I will admit right now Hammers are performing very well and have recovered to keep themselves safe from relegation zone and Leeds performance has deteriorated over the past couple of months but they can still pull off a surprise. Besides teams in relegation zone tend to make some surprising performances near the end so this match can go either way.

Brighton, on the other hand, will definitely win against Southampton who are certain to be relegated.I don't think they can tolerate losing points in such a match in order not to lose their current position. There is no point difference between Aston Villa and Aston Villa at the moment, but it should be noted that they have 2 games less.Therefore, they will win this match and relax a little bit.

Yeah, this should be an easy one for Brighton as Seagulls would be looking to be back on track after loss against Newcastle. Southampton is already relegated and I also don't think they would be able to give Brighton a hard time today.
557  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions on: May 21, 2023, 11:25:16 AM
In case of Chelsea's making the Pochettino deal official Tottenham are likely to sign Nagelsmann on one hand. But both teams are waiting for a little more time to see some things to be clearer. Both of these teams should make their choices of manager very carefully from now on. Because both of them have had a terrible season so far and Chelsea have been worse.

Chelsea are close with Pochettino but are Spurs close with Nagelsmann? I don't think so. Fabrizio Romano has reported multiple of times that there were certainly some talks but their sporting director didn't supported Nagelsmann ideas [Source]. Chelsea are almost done with Pochettino but Spurs are still on the lookout. I think for Spurs it's gonna take time so its probably things will advance after the season end.


But despite his young age he has an experience with a top team like Bayern Munich. Therefore he might also be a good choice for Tottenham side.

Nagelsmann to Spurs is for sure off now. Some names like Arne Slot and Luis Enrique has popped up but not from reliable sources. So again I feel these things will probably go on once the season ends.
558  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2022/2023 on: May 21, 2023, 11:11:07 AM
Congratulations to Manchester City for a trophy well fought for and deserved. Manchester City didn't start the season so excellently but as the season progressed they found their pace and pattern and they were steady till the end.

It was City vs Arsenal for title race and its all abut consistent and they were better than us so yeah City played like when things mattered the most while Arsenal failed to be consistent in the end. City deserved to win the title and they did.

This is unlikely Arsenal who were consistent from the beginning of the season but towards the end they lost concentration.

No matter how we start it is also important to take care of the end as well. We have been out of focus and not as sharp in these last two months as we were in the majority of the season. It was a very good opportunity but we really let it go due to our own mistakes. Glad that we made the top 4 finish so that's something which we will take this season.

The expectation did not end as Manchester City is now the Champions of English Premier league but the case is that even in the nearest future I did not see any club that will beat Manchester City in the coming season unless if Newcastle United will pump money to get players who can contest for next season.

I think there are lot of clubs who can win the titles besides Manchester City. City are of course the favourites given the squad they have built they always be a contender in most of the seasons but it's not necessary that they will win everytime or there is anybody close to City at the moment. Liverpool had tough season but they will really go for in the next season. Arsenal, United and Newcastle are also teams who can be title contender next season.
559  Economy / Scam Accusations / Re: [Alert] Someone sending emails "Donate to Bitcoin Forum" on: May 21, 2023, 10:29:46 AM
or it just seems to me that I read that somewhere?

Here is an excerpt from Donations page that I think you might have read from that reads as:

Because we are able to operate comfortably using advertising and fee revenue along with our BTC reserves, we no longer collect donations. If you want to help the forum, please make good posts, report rule-breaking posts, and invite friends. If you want to donate BTC, donate it to a charity, or maybe even to your fellow forum members.
560  Economy / Scam Accusations / Re: [Alert] Someone sending emails "Donate to Bitcoin Forum" on: May 21, 2023, 08:09:44 AM
The hacker is from which era? Badbear isn't any more stuff for a long time now. If I'm correct Badbear was an admin back in the day.

Edit- I just had a quick Google search and found this attempt isn't a new attempt. The hacker used the same message and trick back in 2017 too- https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2251364.0

I haven't received any email. So, it seems the hacker is using the email list from 2015 hack.

Yeah lot of things are off about the email like mention of Badbear (who isn't active), the email address from it was sent and the content of it and plus forums not asking for donations so it is someone asking for donation under forum's name. I feel it is likely that he acquired my email ID through the database hack perhaps.


[...]
in addition to the donation price to obtain a unique title for the Donator and the VIP are 10-50 BTC. Is there a beginner or mentally disturbed person who can donate this large amount through a message received in the inbox of his email that is full of spam and fraudulent messages? Frankly, I doubt it because of the increased awareness of people and even that these methods are outdated, but in any case, thank you for this topic.

Those were the old donations upon which one would get a tag. If memory serves me right then someone actually donated around 10 BTC last in 2016-18 (around). There were lot of questions about 10 BTC-50 BTC donation amount but now it is removed and they are somehow working it out with fee revenue and advertising as mentioned in donations page.

BTW its funny that the impersonator is hoping that someone with deep pockets will get fooled easily.  Tongue


I think it is good idea for you to change and use new and unique address for your profile to reduce spam emails like this.

Good point, I need to check if I had revealed my email-id public somewhere and will change to a new one.


It seems that no one was fooled by this scam.

I hardly think anyone will get fooled by him. No body in his right mind will go around donating significant amount of money without confirming things.


[...] Only with one person, or a few, falling into the trap they have achieved their goal.

And that will be hard to come by. I don't think most people have that kind of amount which they feel free to donate. Still it's true that its only one person falling into trap can make their life. Best we can do is aware others so I just hope nobody falls for this.


If you see donation [dot] bitcoin.org, you must be careful and check more. Scammers can use Homograph attack too.
Homograph phishing attacks. When user awareness is not enough
Out of character: Homograph attacks explained

Interesting, that's really a good read actually.


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