I don't think other smart contract platforms will get dumped, but I do expect whenever Eth2 launches (fully operational - phase 2 or whatever) that'll cement it as the dominant smart contract platform.
I think this transition period plays into the hands of other smart contract platforms. I'm sure ADA will benefit from Eth having super high fees this year and next year, and I don't think it'll dump when Eth2 is fully online, but I think these other platforms need to make the most of this transition period to get as good a place in the market as they possibly can before Eth2 is ready. Basically these other platforms have maybe two years now (possibly less) to capture a piece of the market from Eth. Those that don't manage to capture much market before Eth2 will wither. Those that do should be able to maintain some market share once Eth2 is out. I bought some ADA this year because the long transition to Eth2 I think will allow it to capture a small piece of the smart contract market. I believe Dot will as well. And other platforms might carve out smaller niches. But I expect Eth2 will allow Ethereum to continue to be the dominant platform.
Yeah I don't think there's anyone left on TRX or EOS or NEO or whatever who hasn't left yet to another platform, ETH 2.0 won't get new people going to it from the competitor platforms. But it will definitely increase demand (and so price) for ETH itself. The new ones like BSC and Polka might get some outflows back to ETH though. |
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I can't change my mind about this guy in that he's just a silly guy with a huge ego sometimes on twitter, especially I can't forget his truly bad behavior during the Thai boy cave rescues when he just called a hero a child molester BUT I agree.
Integrating Bitcoin on his own is good move and shows he is not just a Bitcoin wannabe but can be serious about the tech.
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What the fuck did i saw with Germany loosing to North Macedonia, what is going on with the team and i have not seen North Macedonia defeating top teams before and my brain is scrambling as i made a parlay bet along with other bets and Germany just lost to some random team which i have not heard before  . It is better to stay away from these mess as i thought these are easy fixtures again smaller teams. New team or new country depending on which news you read:) Germany are really having a big problem with a huge roster full of super talented players but for some reason they cannot put together a good defence OR break down a park the bus team like Macedonia. Congrats to anyone who called it. |
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Regarding the SEC and Ripple, there are actually many updates that you might be able to read. because now in the past December was indeed quite a topic to be discussed regarding Ripple which was about to be delisted. but in reality? it is just the FUD used for Whales to get the lowest price from Ripple. maybe you can read this news to find out about the latest Ripple and Sec.
Dude, this is super old news. And it's not FUD it's actual news that shows people Ripple is bad and manipulative and that it has been proven as a scam project. The dump and the pump after that is the proof of this further manipulation. Use XRP at your own risk and know people are playing with price behind the scenes. |
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Since when has halal or haram ever stopped any Muslim from doing something they want to or not? Religious fanatics everywhere around the world, Christian or Muslim or Scientologist, I don't think they would ever at the end of it disregard Bitcoin if it is something they don't have a choice on anymore. There are better things to worry about halal/haram. In Indonesia, cryptocurrency is not legal as a currency or as a payment for transactions. So we cannot do it. But it may be different in other countires.
When has that stopped Indonesians from using crypto? Look at the forum and see how many Indonesians are here;) |
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Then again, even McAfee's tweets stopped being profitable so it's a matter of time before Elon starts putting out losing calls.
There will be time for this but the difference is we are talking about a bigger popular guy than a mid average known personel. So it might or might not losing calls for those tweets. So you're saying that the success or profitability of those tweets are directly attributed to "bigness" and popularity? I would say that at least McAfee was a true crypto adopter and early tech guy. Elon is now just a tech mogul with hair transplants and an ego to call people bad names and pump memecoins. |
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At least with Bitpay you can actually ask customers to pay to a real Bitcoin address. With Paypal, you just add paypal and hope your customers who "buy Bitcoin" at Paypal think it's a cool idea.
Sooner or later, they will realize this difference. However, for now, a lot of them like the idea that they are accepting bitcoin via PayPal. This platform has a lot of users, so no wonder, merchants wanted to take part in this innovation. But in the long term, they will find other ways like using BitPay instead of PayPal. It will take time for them to understand the pros and cons on using these networks. But at least we are heading to this adoption thing. Whether PayPal is not really good for crypto transactions. I'm not so sure about that honestly. Merchants have been using Bitpay for over 5 years now when there are cheaper and better alternatives out there that allow for real bitcoin transfers. In the end very few merchants actually want to really use bitcoin now so they're all thinking of convenience, so are most users now. That's always going to be the case I guess, even knowing pros and cons. |
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Yeah probably an April Fools joke or whatever but not really because of the prize as I'm sure 100k isn't something a big brand like that cannot afford (and the free food as we know actual cost is probably only 30% and since people will buy to get the chance, they for sure will more than make up for it).
It's the bit about teaming up with that poor guy that stinks of a joke;)
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Well betting has always some risks  For today's match, odds aren't interesting. x1.3 for France and England or less than this for other teams doesn't worth the risk. Romania, Austria, Greece, Northern Ireland odds are quite better but you know.. not sure. Whenever the odds aren't interesting then the only good bets are either to take it for handicaps or to bet against. I guess North Macedonia was the best bet to take last night. Greece, Romania drew or lost. Like I said, and like you said, nothing is certain as the games every night keep on proving to us;) |
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Yup, very good idea for me to stay well away from this tournament. I have only lost money and I was so tempted to pick bets last night but checking the results, all of them would have lost (Russia, Slovenia) and betting on Belgium isn't even worth anything though I guess I should have put a lot more money on them for handicaps.
Just gonna stick to value promos for this one until group is over:)
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Don't forget that PayPal still works with IOUs they call Bitcoin, not with actual Bitcoin: you cannot deposit nor withdraw, nothing happens on the blockchain...
And the same goes for the other coins too.
Fully agree its compete crud. There honestly is no need for PayPal to middle man for the consumer to use bitcoin. They can just use crypto payments directly. PayPal is using bitcoin as a flashy way to prop themselves up. It will work for a short time but crypto doesn't need PayPal, PayPal needs crypto. I guess merchants don't really care in the end. As long as they get to say "Bitcoin accepted here" it ticks a box in their year's innovations requirements. At least with Bitpay you can actually ask customers to pay to a real Bitcoin address. With Paypal, you just add paypal and hope your customers who "buy Bitcoin" at Paypal think it's a cool idea. |
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you dont need strategy, you just wait tweets from elon
Nice response. To be honest got a point on this, but this could be also be called a strategy aside from trading loopholes. There is actually a chance that when Elon speak and you bought the one he is talking about then you are good cause 80% chance that it will spiked during Elon gonna tweet about it. Its not about appearance and shape anymore. Lol yeah. It's pretty crazy that a lot of traders made money just following the WallStreetBet reddit and Elon, kinda of like how people were following McAfee 2/3 years ago. And pro traders were losing money because they were using "strategy". Then again, even McAfee's tweets stopped being profitable so it's a matter of time before Elon starts putting out losing calls. |
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Just saw we have 3 weeks of a break already, man I already missing the past year with 2 races every 3 weeks for a month. This feels boring now.
Yeah, such long breaks looks strange after such intensive season that we had last year. I actually thought we would all get okay with all the sports coming up bunched together but still there's this weird feeling of emptiness in between such crazy seasons that's probably affecting the sportspeople themselves even more than us. I think a few tennis people were complaining about it but maybe for F1 drivers the training doesn't end. I remember Hamilton was saying a few months ago he really felt Covid fatigue. |
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That's correct, if you are copying someone else, it could work for you only if you know what you are following, if those people are actually doing something that's profitable and you learn how they are doing it, that would work for you, of course that means you have to be able to talk to them, it needs to be a group effort. I have someone like that, he shares his picks and his trades, but we asked him what he picks and how he picks them and why he picks things and how he trades etc etc so we asked him a bunch of questions.
Nowadays our whole group makes their own trades based on what we learned from him and even without him sharing we find stuff so he is no longer sharing so much, he just agrees or disagrees and shares why he disagrees but that's about it. If you can use it that way, you could actually make a profit from these things but that's about it.
Yup! But like I said, it only works until it stops working. And if you're copytrading someone or some company then there's just no way at all you can ever know if it will go belly up and when it does, it'll be too late. For me the group effort is important to keep an eye on each other and tell each other when they're breaking the rules (no stops, being emotional, banking more than max cap etc.). |
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Sorry but it seems like a super shill article and 2019 earning $420 (did anyone else notice this) has nothing to do with the pandemic by the way;) Covid was first detected in late 2019 but only in 2020 did all the bookies close down because of corona.
It's not a shill article if you read the whole. That part of the article wherein Denise Coates, who runs bet365, earned more than $420 million in 2019, is just telling us that the company is really profiting prior pandemic then boost more its revenue despite lots of people struggling financially during the pandemic. Yeah, I know it's a New York Times article and it's just written in a style to sort of show us just how bad it is and how lavish the company was with all their money thrown around. But either it's a shill article (subtle paid sponsorship to throw spotlight on so-called private guys) or it's a non-objective article to my reading. Just the tabloidish feel of the start turns me off reading this:) No offence at all of course! But just because you have a sponsor on a shirt of every football player doesn't make you "own" the team. Sorry. |
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Exchange to exchange is always possible. If you use the ETH deposit address as is from Binance, it will work (since it's the same anyway as any chain they choose).
But if withdrawing FROM Binance, make sure you choose the option for regular Ethereum chain. Don't be smart and using all the other networks like Binance Smart Chain (same address but you won't get your ETH in Hotbit!).
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Hard to believe you've been gambling for 15 years and still asking questions like this!
1. Read about house edge. The odds are always tipped in the favor of casinos (not just modern ones as you say) so that in the long term gamblers are more likely to lose when they play at casinos.
2. Gambling is an industry and a business.
3. For you perosnally, don't treat gambling as anything other than a fun past time and entertainment. Play with money you must ASSUME you lose.
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It shouldn't be. Bitcoin was an anon project too. On the other hand, if you have to invest money of your own, I'd never trust an anonymous team.
I support anonymous projects but these never needed my money. If you want my money, you better tell me who you are and where you come from;) Not that this stops them from scamming!
btc was the first and was the only coin during it's time, even btc face some opposition while evolving, many people tag it as a scam and warned people to stay away, btc did not develop into a world class asset without any oppositions, and that was then, this is now where scam is the order of the day, i myself will not trust a project without a team, anything can happen and your funds will go into thing air. That's very true, and until today people still tag it as a scam but as I said the most important difference here is Bitcoin never actually asked anyone to invest anything. You could buy it or sell it or even use it without funds (like to verify hashes and make random drawings or even sign authenticated messages). Imagine you didn't need to BUY anything to use Bitcoin in the beginning. |
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I know it's a lot of money but I thought they'd be able to raise a lot more since the CIA IRS and FBI have all made use of their services at some point right? Ask for more surveillance, but meanwhile banks are still allowed to do all their dirty businesses and get away with small fines while blockchain criminals get jail time. Very fair.
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Been such a long time since anyone talked up these kinds of projects. I think the idea of distributed storage is a great one, the only problem is buying storage is still very cheap to a lot of companies and people (I can spend $50 now and get 5TB storage for myself for example, which can last me years until I need to get a new one and by that time $50 can get me maybe 15TB).
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