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561  Economy / Services / Re: [OPEN] Duelbits.com | Signature Campaign ~ Full Members+ | Up to $70/Week on: February 13, 2024, 03:20:09 AM
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562  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: How do cryptocurrency increase the standard of living on: February 12, 2024, 03:18:25 PM
I'm literally with everything Ambatman said, but not just investing on good projects like bitcoin, which has already been proven to be a good investment in the long run, another important part is being able to keep your coin safe and secure else in the end you may likely lost it, just as we have seen and heard about many investors.
563  Local / Nigeria (Naija) / Re: A call to fully regulate cryptocurrency for Naija. on: February 12, 2024, 01:52:58 PM
My fear about this na the transparency of the regulators in the process of enforcing the regulatory laws if them finally enact. Because with the way this our Naija dey it no the hard them to just frame anybody make them use am clear road while the actual criminals the walka broad day light freely.
The regulators may try, but they all failed to make fiat not to be used in criminal activities. Most money used for criminals activities are still fiat.
The fact is that Nigeria has not started having any issues of criminal and terrorism funding with Bitcoin or any cryptocurrency and if there is any illegal use of bitcoin in Nigeria, it will be by those fraudsters (yahoo boys and girls) which is still yet small comparing the amount of money they defraud from others through the victim fiat currency.
As it stands Nigeria has little stress in setting up a regulations for bitcoin and crypto currency as a whole while the toughest for them is being able to regulate how the naira currency has been used to aid almost every criminal and terrorist activity in the country.
Imagine the number of Kidnapping we have experienced this year and I believe all the Ransome would have been paid through our fiat currency.

Outside Nigeria, when comparing between fiat currency, digital currency and asset like gold, in which has been used more illegally fiat currency still sit at the top.

My fear about this na the transparency of the regulators in the process of enforcing the regulatory laws if them finally enact. Because with the way this our Naija dey it no the hard them to just frame anybody make them use am clear road while the actual criminals the walka broad day light freely.
The regulators may try, but they all failed to make fiat not to be used in criminal activities. Most money used for criminals activities are still fiat.
So does it mean that as them the suffer failure in completely making success for fiat make criminal no use am the do illegal business, them still no go fit make success for crypto too? Cause the fiat wey dey under their full control them no fit stop criminals from using it to run illegal transactions how much cryptocurrencies wey the blockchain techs no dey under their control at all.
the hard truth is that no matter the regulations set  weather in cryptocurrency or fiat currency in Nation, illegal use of it is still inevitable, people use this most times to critise cryptocurrency are hypocrites because even before bitcoin and crypto currency scam, fraud or any illegal activities has been existing and alot of money was stolen through fiat currency and even after the creation of cryptocurrency, illegal use of fiat currency still exists.

Even if there was no cryptocurrency, criminals and terrorist would definitely have find ways to keep their business going.

The only thing government all over the world can do is to minimise the rate of criminal and terrorist activities with both fiat and crypto currency. While the naira would be much easier for the Nigeria government to regulate than cryptocurrency and bitcoin since they have control of it but still yet can't is because they are among the key people using the naira for criminal activities.
564  Local / Nigeria (Naija) / Re: Make we dey check minimum deposit for exchange before sending crypto. on: February 12, 2024, 01:13:33 PM
It's so sad that you have to learn the hard way my friend, because just of recent I also noticed a popular exchange which I normally use (i.e Remitano) also did increase their minimum BTC deposit from 0.0001BTC to 0.0005BTC, of which if you had been sending BTC with the old minimum deposit, and you continue now, then you are likely to lose your coin,  hence, I thought i should just share this on this thread a new update and more reason to always check to confirm your exchange wallet minimum amount before executing a transaction. As whichever money sent, it considered as a donation.
I guess it will be alot better if you create a thread about it because only few will see this while there are many of our members here who use it and I don't think that alot of us using Remitano will observe that changes in their terms and conditions (TOC) .

Among the TOC, the question of minimum deposit or withdrawal limits and what is required to be eligible for withdrawal is sometimes ignored by customers until we fall victim of it we don't usually care about this. All we want is to quickly get things done fast and then missed key things for it to be successful.
Even if the entire TOC is too bulky let's try least to the TOC of
  • withdrawal limit and eligibility
  • Deposit limit
  • data usage and privacy
Also when there is an update/change of the exchange TOC, we try to at least know these things it will help us alot in avoiding losing money, Thanks for this God bless you.
565  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽ Premier League 2023/2024 Discussion Thread ⚽ on: February 12, 2024, 05:18:04 AM

Do you have any info on Salah's return date? He is still injured and this is a quite big problem for Liverpool while fighting for the Premier League championship.  Sad



Aside from that in fact it has come out of Liverpool's hand as of now. They shouldn't have lost to Arsenal. Now in case Manchester City beat Brentford in their only game missing they are taking the lead from Liverpool. I guess Manchester City wouldn't lose points in this kind of a critical game.

There is a Liverpool - Manchester City game at Anfield in a month though. I completely forgot about that one.  Shocked  Liverpool must win that game if they want to become champions. No other option is acceptable.

Salah should be back in training next week -

"Mo is going in the right direction. We hope - but we don't know - that he can be a part of training next week. If you ask him, it's next week," said the German in his pre-match press conference ahead of Burnley's visit to Anfield on Saturday afternoon.

"He's going through his paces now, but it's positive. It will be next week or the week after. If you ask him, it will be next week!"

https://www.skysports.com/amp/football/news/11661/13067538/mohamed-salah-liverpool-forward-may-return-to-training-next-week-after-hamstring-injury-says-jurgen-klopp

The title is actually in both Liverpool & City’s hands strangely. If Liverpool match City’s results and beat them at Anfield then it will be Liverpool as champions, providing Arsenal don’t go on a crazy run. Obviously Man City have it in their hands too, as they could beat Liverpool at Anfield. We could even see a scenario where goal difference decides who wins the title. Also Arsenal are far from out of it too. They take on West Ham today which will not he easy.

Shockingly Arsenal literally trash them 6 goals to Nil with Declan Rice scoring the last in the 6 goals against his former team. They first defeating Liverpool and West ham now, shows Arsenal still has something to fight for, as the league contenders but I doubt they can continue like this since, it Arsenal and we know about their inconsistency too well though if they can prove us wrong then next season no matter their form I will show respect to them.

The matches next month, Manchester City vs Arsenal   and Liverpool vs Manchester City will be significant in knowing who will win the league since 3 of these teams will hoping not to drop points no matter what till the end of the season but I guess its still inevitable that at least one among them (Liverpool, Arsenal and Manchester City) may also dropped or lose points against other team in the league.

I have always been rooting for Liverpool to win the league this season since to me they are more consistent than Arsenal though i am a Chelsea fan but i hate the fact that City just continue to dominate the league almost on every season while at the end of 2023, they were under performing especially when Rodri and KDB was out and at that time i knew they will bounce at most this year January, just like how they do every season dominating the league from the beginning of the year till that season ends. Also I knew Liverpool only has a chance if they remain consistent and avoid losing or drawing to continue to keep the gap they had against City, since even till now I do not see Arsenal as title contenders but I guess I can say Liverpool failed to do just that, maybe this is as a result of their injury crisis now or maybe inconsistency on their part.

Now Liverpool will be hoping City drop some points in order to top the league well and remain consistent because though they are currently topping the league with their win today but City still has an outstanding match which they may likely win and be topping the league.

This your opinion is really on point and I'm pretty sure the  Chelsea fans would be happy and tipping Liverpool to get the league at least if not for anything for the sake of the sanity of we the other clubs in the league. Manchester City have proven to be real dominating and it?s seeming like they?re already dominating again this season. Manchester City is now making the EPL look like a farmers league and we had hopes high on Liverpool to help end this.

 The injury in the Liverpool team affected their performance and made them drop points and now even Liverpool are now wanting City to probably drop points so that they can get back on their solid league at the top of the table. I?ve never seen Arsenal as a contender because they don?t have the matching strength to give Liverpool and City any worry.
Some fans of other league has already started calling Epl farmers league but Thank God they have little proof to back it up since the other teams in the Epl have also been doing well against top teams in uefa and Europa league

Liverpool are currently having their drama of injury crisis but I hope they pull through if they want to win the league since even Man City and Arsenal have had their own share of this drama.

I guess we can say this is the toughest title challenge we have had in Epl in a while, Arsenal are really trying to make it a Three horse race but let's see what happens next with this teams in their up coming fixtures this February and March and then things will be clearer who will win or is actually contending
566  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Africa Football Discussion || Current Topic: AFCON 2023 on: February 12, 2024, 02:40:41 AM
This is one of the saddest days of my life. As a Nigerian, I’m shattered. I truly hoped that this wouldn’t be the result. In the beginning, not many (Nigerians) gave the Super Eagles a chance to make it to this point but we did. I’m proud of what we have accomplished this far. We will try again next year. Congratulations to Ivory Coast. They were really good today, a victory well deserved.
I believe your expectations from Super Eagle was high before the match unfortunately they really disappointed all their fans honestly Nigerian doesn't deserve to win with the kind of abysmal performances from their attack to their midfield and their defence was shaky not as solid like their previous matches, it was obvious the Ivorians were more determined they were all over the field and dominated from the start from finish thus they really deserve the Cup and congratulations to the Ivorians for achieving the feat having qualified as a best loser luckily rose up to win the trophy.
True, Nigerian midfield and attack was a mess today, our keeper was the man of match to me, the last goal was totally defensive fault.

I had a feeling this would happen, that if Nigeria meet ivory Coast in the final they will lost it, my reason for this was from the fact that Nigeria defeated them in the group stage and for that reason The team will not be really prepared against Ivory Coast who are the underdog, coming from being the best loser to win the tournament amazing.

Oshimen probably might have won this Afcon if he played for Dr Congo my reasons for this is clearly seen if you watch South Africa vs Dr Congo Match
567  Economy / Reputation / Re: [FUN] Who are they, the members who often comment on wall observer? on: February 11, 2024, 02:43:42 AM
Honestly, this question has been on my mind for a long time, who actually are the members who often comment on wall observer? they are legendary members who have many merits, they have never registered or joined a sign campaign
Not every members of this forum are interested in campaign while some of them may have participated before but don't just want to go to the hassle of bothering on post count or other reasons. Though some these folks on wall observer were once on signature campaign, notably JayJuanGee, while some of them are merit source, the old folks are actually good posters and you verify by checking their merit stat and post.

I suspect they are holders or miners, maybe they are true bitcoin lovers, maybe some members think their posts are just shitpost/off topic but they are existing members on this forum are not for campaigns, they are there for bitcoin

one thing for sure that I know about the main folks on the wall observer thread is that, they are both HODLers and Bitcoin lovers, infact they believe in long term HODLing of bitcoin which can be at least 5 years or more depending on individual desire. If you actually want to know more about how they acquire their bitcoin, this Thread will be helpful, since of them like :
JayJuanGee
vapourminer
philipma1957
El duderino_ and some others did this interview also.

Though Its true that some may see that thread as no good since because of the fact there seems to be some off topic posts to them there but it is actually way of keeping the thread fun and lively while sometimes it is even insightful. Just like how the Technical aspects board of Bitcoin has been helpful and important, wall observer thread has also been helpful and I bet you can't get a financial advice about bitcoin better than the ones given there.

568  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽ Premier League 2023/2024 Discussion Thread ⚽ on: February 11, 2024, 12:14:16 AM
Manchester City vs Everton

Everton will be playing Manchester City at Etihad. Will they be able to stop them from entering the top of the premier league table for the first time this season? Looking at Everton's performance last match against Tottenham they had a good performance up to the point of winning Tottenham at their home. Manchester City on the other hand is the champions of Europe they have what it takes to win and remain in the EPL table till the end of the league. In this match i will be playing Manchester City to win and multiple goals of 3 and above. Because i know Everton will score and Manchester City will do everything possible to win at Etihad.
Manchester City managed to win at Everton's home ground, Manchester City should also be able to win because they will play at the Etihad Stadium. Moreover, Manchester City performance is currently difficult to control. So, playing at home against a team that is without a win in the last six matches in the Premier League, Manchester City is certainly the favorite to get three points to record ten consecutive wins and at the same time lead them to the top of the standings.
City was winning the game against everton. Haaland scored two goals and it was also helping him to get the position as top scorer again this season. it's really amazing to see that how haaland was able keep running without even being fallen after it had been bodied by everton's player. This is why haaland is the best as a striker.
he was having everything needed to be a good striker. I think that haaland needs to perform better consider that the first half was very disappointed to see how he was unable in making contribution to the club. Im very happy after he is now starting to be productive again.

Im sure that haaland will be also scoring in the upcoming games. Everything are still going very well for manchester city after de bruyne and haaland were coming back again. I hope city will be winning UCL again for two times in a row.
EPL is just a farmer league for manchester city coz this team is too strong compared to the its competitors in the EPL. I think that it's quite clear to see that if city will take the trophy again. EPL shall let city to take the trophy before the end of season coz it will win it.
I have always been rooting for Liverpool to win the league this season since to me they are more consistent than Arsenal though i am a Chelsea fan but i hate the fact that City just continue to dominate the league almost on every season while at the end of 2023, they were under performing especially when Rodri and KDB was out and at that time i knew they will bounce at most this year January, just like how they do every season dominating the league from the beginning of the year till that season ends. Also I knew Liverpool only has a chance if they remain consistent and avoid losing or drawing to continue to keep the gap they had against City, since even till now I do not see Arsenal as title contenders but I guess I can say Liverpool failed to do just that, maybe this is as a result of their injury crisis now or maybe inconsistency on their part.

Now Liverpool will be hoping City drop some points in order to top the league well and remain consistent because though they are currently topping the league with their win today but City still has an outstanding match which they may likely win and be topping the league.
569  Local / Nigeria (Naija) / Why Security first before acquiring bitcoin on: February 10, 2024, 05:34:36 PM
Introduction
There have been so many posts about reasons to continously buy Bitcoin especially this year, in which another bitcoin halving will happen around April. The fact is HODLing bitcoin is good but is it really the most important measures in needed in acquiring bitcoin?

What's most important at first in Acquiring bitcoin
The most important factor to consider in acquiring bitcoin is security because in the end even if you invest in bitcoin and don't protect your coins well, you will end up losing it and some reasons for security knowledge are :
  • not your key not your wallet:
    I guess now we all can accept that currently majority of bitcoin investors understand this now after all the whole issues that has occurred with CEX, that the best way to store your bitcoin is with the use of Non custodian wallet.
    Among the notable year for many to believe this was 2022, during FTX crash while Nigerians last year suffered alot from the 2023 Patricia bitcoin hack and till now nothing significant has been done while alot of their customers complained how they were forced to swap their bitcoin for the exchange coin and still hasn't been able to withdraw it, while Bitcoin is increasing they are gaining nothing.
    https://twitter.com/Omikiss4/status/1729900085998461261?t=2krOoWimNzChgykX3lwYOg&s=19
    https://twitter.com/Rebecca91506507/status/1731567386455601419?t=2krOoWimNzChgykX3lwYOg&s=19

  • Hack:
    We know CEX mostly fall victim of hacks, since hackers always have their eyes on them, while hacking are the most common reason and excuses CEX gives for shutting down or holding customers funds but this is not really my main focus here, Alot of Bitcoin investors has lost their coins through wallet hack, which is usually through Malware.

    There are so many malware like Trojan, keylogger, Ransome and others while some are more dangerous than others like the Keylogger, Ransome and Trojan malware. The most common ways people are affected by this are through phishing scam, site they visit or application they downloaded and this is why it is advisable to use ad blocker and be cautious of the site you visit and where you download applications and files and not clicking random links from strangers.
    Many Bitcoin investors have lost their bitcoin through their being device hack and this is not through visiting or downloading from malicious website but also downloading bitcoin wallet app update or any other update which is actually malicious like we saw with Electrum wallet

  • Staking reward and Cloud mining:
    In the early days of Bitcoin adoption, cloud mining was the most common scam while it is now less common to fall into since Many have been victimised by it, I see it more as a ponzi schemes, even we Nigerians have had our share on this with ponzi schemes so common in the country now, cloud mining as been the best method in recent times since bitcoin and crypto currency as been gaining ground in the country and as the next halving is on the way this year, we are expecting another to overflow the Internet.

    The fact is Bitcoin naturally has no staking rewards since its uses the POW mechanism but many CEX offers this feature were by customers can earn more bitcoin by staking their coins which is enticing but is not good since if we not having the keys to our wallet then is not in our control.

Protective measure of your coins
The key measure of securing your bitcoin include :
  • Use good and trusted non custodian wallet, in fact it is better to use wallet of such made only for bitcoin like Bluewallet, Electrum, Wasabi, sparrow wallet. These wallets also have UTXO/ coin control which help against dusk attack. While among the best for mobile devices are Electrum and bluewallet.
    If you want to get an hardware wallet which is currently the most secured of storing your bitcoin, get it from the right source and don't think of getting a used one, also its not also getting an hardware wallet but getting a good one and currently Tezos is like the best for hardware wallet and avoid using ledger wallet
  • Getting updated version of your wallet or any other application is helpful for security but it's important to note that some updates are malicious and so you have to verify if its actually good: Protect yourself from fake wallet software (guide) or also wait for others to try it before installing it.
    Using good ad blocker, downloading from trusted sources or visiting trusted sites are good. Also avoid clicking link from randomly online even if you know the person be cautious of it
  • email phishing scam has been the most common phishing scam now in cryptocurrency, one way or order data breach online is inevitable and so scammers might use this against you, in order to get you to review your seed phrase, private key or install an update of your wallet by which they will gain access to coins and steal them and so just avoid messages of such and at least do research or ask questions about it to know if it's true.

  • Avoid staking your bitcoin or using cloud mining. The  best strategy to securely acquire more bitcoin is through DCA, bitcoin doesn't offer staking reward but mining rewards and if you know you can't afford to get the equipment for mining bitcoin or it is isn't profitable to you, through DCA you accumulate more bitcoin till your desire goal is achieved
     
  • Avoid telling people the amount of bitcoin you have either online or offline and even if you want to introduce to bitcoin, you don't necessarily need to tell or show them, all you have before you can make someone invest in bitcoin

Other helpful threads

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|1[Edu] Bitcoin Wallet UTXO and Consolidation| Igebotz|
|2Bitcoin security and safety| Charles-Tim |
|3 Why E de important to avoid to de tell people about crypto way you get| (1miau) Translation by Mia Chloe
|4Things you should know about dust | Mia Chloe
|5 Are hardware wallets really safe? And so is Bip39? Opinions about Ledger?| coinomari

570  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Technical Support / Re: Which one is the best offline Paper wallet ? on: February 10, 2024, 10:33:09 AM
I believe you already know about why most bitcoiners don't use paper wallet, else I will advise you to go through this thread https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5434799.msg61597989#msg61597989

Like OmegaStarScream said, Bitaddress is the best, its more secure using it offline and I don't think there is any other alternative to use while the other two most popular BitcoinPaperWallet and WalletGenerator are malicious even if you are using them online or offline.
571  Local / Nigeria (Naija) / Re: If Bitcoin was not eligible to give ROI would you still want to own any Bitcoin on: February 10, 2024, 07:17:31 AM
I then decided to ask, with Bitcoin having so much purpose as to which it was founded, if only Bitcoin was not eligible to give ROI, will Bitcoin still get the kind of adoptation it is getting today?
Though it won't have had this kind of adoption it has now at this time but as time goes by it will have more but just that the rate of adoption will slower than when it offer  ROI, but I can the adoption rate would be faster because there are some unique problems bitcoin has helped to solve, which the government and law hate like
  • You can get bitcoin in order to avoid paying, since it decentralise and if you the government cannot trace the wallet to you, then you are free
  • You can avoid sharing all your funds with spouse if they don't have any idea you such funds in bitcoin

Aside all these above, for this to be done then bitcoin will have to a stable coin which will likely be wrapped to any fiat currency, which will not have been good since  bitcoin came to give financial freedom against traditional means of making payment which is the fiat currency
572  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: New Concern Regarding the Future of Bitcoin and Crypto Industries ! on: February 08, 2024, 01:06:36 PM
The centralized authority trying to harm Bitcoin as much as they can is a fact and is an old one. There is no surprise there. But the situation with the Scammer Craig is exaggerated in my opinion. That's because at the end of the day the Bitcoin Protocol is completely open source and is completely under MIT license, so it is near impossible for anyone to make any claims on the code itself and demand any changes.

Not to mention that these things are "too centralized", meaning the court you are talking about is a local court not an international court capable of enforcing anything on a global scale! That's while Bitcoin is global.
I don't really know why people are still worried about this case, it's crystal clear that Craig is not Satoshi and I know that the judges knows deep down but just want to make money and so continue with the drama, which in the end everyone will officially accept Craig is the dumbest scammer.

Though we don't know Satoshi but one thing we all can accept is that if he ever accept to show himself again then it will be for him/they to prove himself after all we have seen high figure in this Forum, leave and return, main example Vod and if his account was hacked or someone try to steal his identity here it will be clear for many here to know its a lie.
Now just imagine someone claiming to be Lauda, that would be too dumb right...
573  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Book quest and Start-up enquiries on: February 08, 2024, 12:53:19 PM

There needs to be a consensus agreement for bitcoin's supply cap to be increased or a fork.

- Jay -
Yea, I missed this part on my reply earlier, its only when this change is accepted by majority of the full node users accept else it becomes hard fork.
574  Economy / Speculation / Re: Wall Observer BTC/USD - Bitcoin price movement tracking & discussion on: February 08, 2024, 03:59:57 AM
Wow bitcoin network can be communicated over radio signals and mesh... give some btc to voyager 1!!!



Ya, there’s been some cool projects working on this over the years. I’ve never tried it myself but I do find it interesting. You can also buy a satellite dish and communicate with the Bitcoin network that way. There are kits you can buy if you wanted to check it out. I’ll stick to the internet myself but by the time you need this stuff you wouldn’t be able to get it.
After seeing this i went to watch a Youtube video about setting it up but to be Frank it is still quite tasking, expensive and require patient to get someone to send or receive from since it still under development and adoption rate is slow. https://youtu.be/6mFu8Wh3rkc?si=lou9Tv65H2abIlKG

Also there is an African bitcoin exchange i discovered it base on this research, Machankura which allow clients to buy and send bitcoin using their phone (any kind of phone) by dialing a ussd code which is currently available to 8 countries in Africa including my country Nigeria.

Clients can send and receive bitcoin to one another with their phone from other Machankura  users or to their Machankura LN address and while users can also set username in order not to publicly share phone number to receive bitcoin


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Redeem Bitcoin
You can redeem Azteco Vouchers directly into your Machankura wallet

Users without internet connected devices can redeem Bitcoin from Azteco even when they are not in a position to visit the azte.co website. Users just need to dial the USSD and append the Azteco Voucher “reference code” found at the bottom of the voucher.
This is the process of getting bitcoin in the exchange.
interview of the exchange founder https://youtu.be/TMsifcH90WY?si=cxC4rpm460x3Wexu
575  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Book quest and Start-up enquiries on: February 08, 2024, 03:11:04 AM
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The book also highlighted that, the last Bitcoin that makes up the over 21million Bitcoins created is expected to be mined around 2035 about the block 1,411,200 and Bitcoins created after this wouldn’t be forced on people.

As what I've read ever since, the last Satoshi will be mined in around the year 2140. Haven't read the book that you're reading right now, but I'm not sure it really mentioned 2035. That's just 11 years from now. We've only just halved 6 times by then. The mathematics doesn't agree.

And it probably won't be block 1,411,200 either. It's certainly way beyond that. We're currently at block 829,453 already and we're still in 2024.

I have actually gone through this part of the book 'Mastering Bitcoin', here is where Op got confuse in the book
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At approximately block 1,411,200, which is expected to be produced around the year 2035, 99% of all bitcoins that will ever exist will have been issued.
which I can say literally means that around 2035 majority of the bitcoin which is said to be 99% will have been be mined at block 1,411,200, which is because with time as halving occur the rate by which bitcoin are mined in a block are reduce and while halving occurred every 4 years. here is a the record of the previous years halving and the next
2012 50btc to 25
2016  25btc to 12.5
2020 12.5btc to 6.25
2024 (probably around April) 6.25 to 3.125


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Now my question is, if the last Bitcoin is to be kind as speculated above,
Is there by any means the possibility of having more Bitcoins created?

None. That's not a possibility.
It is possible, do not forget Bitcoin is open source and so the code can be change to increase the 21 million capped but I doubt if this will ever be done.
576  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: AI-generated fake IDs claimed to pass crypto exchange KYC are selling for $15 on: February 08, 2024, 02:15:54 AM
You expect someone like me to believe this? If KYC passed this type of documents then they sucks at it big time, maybe they are using the old KYC verification process, anyone who use their $15 to get such KYC won't be able to pass Binance Exchange KYC verification.

There is only one way, your A.I shaped face on the I.D must come to live, and hold the I.D in it's hand and pass live Video KYC verification that is available on Binance Exchange, there is no taking picture behind the scene and uploading it on the exchange, you need to do it, live.
I hope you know that though Op did not state it but you can use AI to generate live video and also you should know while exchanges like Binance and Kucoin may have a strict kyc verification, that does not mean it can`t be by pass, in fact with AI its more easier, even doing this live video is possible and it has been existing even since 2022 because Chatgpt 3.5 which as a real time information from 2022 downwards knows this.

Well, neural networks are starting to be so harmful that all the joy from their appearance gradually turns into the opposite. Exchanges that require customer verification will begin to impose absurd requirements to ensure that their customers are the people they are. We will wink, jump, and grimace to prove our identity.
All these innovations from enterprising creators of such tools will soon shoot themselves in the foot. There will come a time when it will be difficult for a real person to prove that he is exactly him.
Exchanges will be somehow happy, since they will be able to ask for a more private info from the user while if any data breach or they sell the data, the customers face the consequences.
Its funny how government classify Bitcoin as a currency use by fraudsters and terrorists while their beloved AI is been use for crimes like fraud, identity theft and others, yet is still something for the growth of humanity, that does not need strict regulations. Though one is accepted as a positive impact to the world, while the other as volatile  asset with more negative impact to the world

Remember the time when new bounty companies appeared every hour, and they did not hesitate to declare that to receive their shit tokens, bounty hunters would have to undergo a document check? It’s not difficult to guess where these documents were intended and how many people wanted to send them their documents to get at least five bucks.
I think even now there will be plenty of people like this who don’t think about their privacy, like, for example, registering somewhere and “selling” your account for pennies.
People will do anything just to get some dollar especially when it seems legit and they are ignorant of what is at stake while others may be fully be aware it, they will still opt for it with the reason that they are not a public figure or any other of such. Here is a link about an Article where the founder of Chat gpt were paying Kenyans around $50 for doing retinal scan for the Worldcoin 2023, which is a coin created by him https://techpoint.africa/2023/08/02/make-50-for-an-eye-scan/
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578  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024 on: February 07, 2024, 08:15:10 AM
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Chelsea has always been a great team that have so many achievement titles and all that but these days things haven't been going too well for the Blues, they have good players who can make even the top 4 teams to struggle to get a win not to talk about the smaller teams even a better coach (no doubt, Poche is a good coach), but they have been struggling and those guys who have been there to make things to always fall in line positively are nowhere to be found (Petr Čech and some other guys).
Is it that the current owners are the major cause of the fall of Chelsea, that they're not fit to be in charge of a football club such as Chelsea?
I mean this guy Todd Boehly and his partners they have been calling all the shots in this club especially the transfers and things have been going from bad to worse, if things continues like this I don't see the Blues competing in any Europe competitions but struggling to escape the relegation zone and they (The Blues) will lose good players.
That is why many people are surprised with the current position of Chelsea in the premier league table, despite the signing of new players in the summer but there is no improvement that show that they brought in the right players to save the team from shame. If truly Chelsea coach is a good coach, you will definitely see some changes in the team but the team performance is getting worse every match which you saw what Liverpool did to them 4-1 to achieved three points from them and wolves too did the same to achieved three points from them. Based on what people have experienced from Chelsea so far from some matches, I don't think they have anything to achieve in this season with the poor performance.

I wouldn't call Chelsea's squad weak. They have a strong enough squad. I would say Chelsea's management and coach's inexperience is why their performance is so erratic.

I don't know why Chelsea management sacked Thomas Tuchel. With the help of Tuchel, Chelsea's performance was quite good. Tuchel was fired probably because of the coach's conflict with the management. And even then Chelsea management changed coach several times. But no benefit is available. Now their performance is very poor. Chelsea need an experienced coach first. Without an experienced coach, there is no chance to see any improvement in the performance of this team.
We know already Todd is bad but tee entire management board including the medical team and the head lacks experience or strategy, removing directors like Petr Cech which is important because such experience is highly needed. While in the issue of Poch security a fine coach but he lacks strategy I guess this was why he failed at Psg and not that the players was too big for him to control because even in Chelsea which has quality players of more lesser reputation he has failed to do well, his strategy is too vague and when he put players out of position they play bad just like how we saw in Graham Potter time.

The fact is Poch and his management team should be sacked, I don't think there is much hope for him to turn things around even if they give him other seasons because this season he has performed really poorly strategically while if him and his team are sack, Chelsea should go get good and experience coaching staffs and not signing a manager and his entire team which has failed with Potter and Poch.

Let's go back to the system use by Roman which was excellent for over a decade until Todd took over.

579  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024 on: February 06, 2024, 04:54:19 AM
Manchester City is not a team in the premier league that you will score 1 goal against and feel that you have either won or going to get a draw with them at the end. They will mount pressure on you that would make you to commit  for them to have the goals from behind and this is exactly what Brentford are going through at the very moment they scored the first goal of this game in the early minutes of the first half, now it's Manchester City that's leading with a 1:2 scores from Fodin. This is an opportunity for 2 points closer to Liverpool so Manchester City won't fail to claim it by all means as they are seriously fighting to find their way to the top of the table. I expect to see more goals before the final whistle at full-time all in favor of the cityzens.

This is not a match you can think that Brentford can win even if they’re leading with a goal ahead of Manchester City in the first half of the game. They should be lucky to have even scored that one goal to take the lead, if Manchester City was the team that first scored in this match, I don’t think Brentford can be able to equalize any goal in this game.

Manchester City are so focused on how they’re  going to catch up with their contemporaries at the league standings who are all wanting to fight till the end to win the league title. This is a very crucial match for Manchester City and their victory today won’t be surprising to all of us as they battle for the league trophy.
Man City winning against Brentford was not shocking, I guess everyone expected this but what was surprising, was Foden getting an hat trick though we know he is good but today was excellent.

Brentford continues to drop points out of 5 Epl matches they have won just one and they are not free from relegation except they do better they might be among the 3 teams moving to championship at season ending because as it stands I don't think neither wants Luton or Everton to be relegated while the recent form of Luton has been excellent, Everton has not done well in their last 5 games

Liverpool will be feeling the hit ow since Man City has another outstanding game that will take them above Liverpool if they win and as it stands, it will be hard for City to drop points at the moment now
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