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601  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod] on: February 05, 2024, 05:58:33 PM
The second day of the test match between New Zealand and South Africa ended and today we see a lot of things like Rachin Ravindra's double century and the bowling of New Zealand, how they picked four wickets of South African batsmen.

Mitchell Santner took a wicket and Matt Henry also picked a wicket, and the player who took 2 wickets was Kyle Jamieson and the best and most experienced player of New Zealand Tim Southee didn't take any wicket, we had very hopes with him but the new players make us happy by taking wickets and in today's bowling attack Tim Southee didn't do anything. In response to 500 runs by the NZ, the scorecard of 80 for four wickets down looks embarrassing for South Africa.

The South African batsmen should have batted very carefully and tried to stay at the crease. Because New Zealand has a huge collection. If the South African batsmen do not play well, the South African team will have to accept a shameful defeat.

We haven't seen better batting from South Africa's top order. Although Tim Southee did not get any wicket, the top three bowlers of the New Zealand squad, Jemieson, Henry and Santner bowled brilliantly. Their bowling was very controlled. So the South African batsmen are not able to stay at the crease for long. Looking forward to see how South African batsmen Bedingham and Petersen will bat in the first session tomorrow.

South Africa is playing right trash to be honest. Because the performance from them is not good at all. There is a big lead ahead of them and they are not being able to level. They have already lost four wickets for only 80 runs. I don't think they will actually be able to get anywhere near the total, 511 that was posted by their opponent. And there is a very big chance that they will have to play a  follow on innings. And that is definitely going to be a little frustrating for South Africa in my opinion. But of course they have the capability to make a comeback. first thing they will have to do is survive the first session of the next day.
602  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ODI cricket and general cricketing discussion [self - mod] on: February 05, 2024, 05:26:12 PM
Is anyone here in this thread watching Hong Kong Tri Series OD competition?

Today, one of Play off match finished in between two squads Hong Kong squad and Hong Kong A squad. Both these squad already eliminated from this competition and final match also finished already on crease which was played yesterday Malaysia squad against Canada squad. Hong Kong squad was started this match first batting inning by winning toss. If Hong Kong squad displayed today match performance in previous matches then Hong Kong squad obviously qualify for Final match but sadly this was not happen. Hong Kong squad collected 439 scores such a huge defeating target just lost of 2 wickets. Martin Coetzee only this batter wiped out at 18 scores and other three batters achieved full century on crease. Hong Kong A squad was unable to defeat this tremendous target and all overs ended just one delivery remained and also all batters wiped out.

I actually think that Hong Kong A did pretty well in this match. I did not think they will even cross 300. But even though they were unable to get anywhere near the target, they were able to score a lot of runs. Of course, this match was one-sided. But we saw some great performances in this match. I personally would have liked to see that the Hong Kong A squad also have similar kind of performance like the Hong Kong squad and try to build partnerships. Because that could have meant them getting incredible personal score as well. But I am also happy that they were actually trying to chase the target.
603  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Bitcoin VS Quantum Computing on: February 05, 2024, 05:22:20 AM
"Quantum computers can destroy bitcoin" I can say I have heard this since 2014 until now. I'm not a programmer and I don't know what's going on with quantum computers. But the funny thing is that more than 10 years have passed, I still haven't seen any impact of quantum computers on bitcoin, while bitcoin is increasingly popular and valuable. So, I thought, this is just a bullshit joke by bitcoin haters trying to spread to get bitcoin enthusiasts to give up on bitcoin.

So you should stop caring about that nonsense and focus on accumulating bitcoins, how many bitcoins do you already have that you have to worry about?
604  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Buying BTC in Russia on: February 05, 2024, 05:03:35 AM
If your friend is fine with submitting AML/KYC documents, then Binance P2P is the GOAT. His/her bank doesn't even necessarily know that he/she's buying BTC because it's P2P.
Didn't Binance leave the Russian market last year, and removed the Rubles from its 'peer to binance and binance to peer' platform, i don't think Russian customers can still use Binance, but correct me if i am wrong.


In November last year, Binance announced to stop operations in Russia, but then CommEX acquired BInance's division and people can use CommEX instead of Binance. And removing RUB from P2P trading is not a big deal, people can use the RUB/USDT pair and then BTC/USDT to buy bitcoin.

If I were a newbie like the OP, I would consider using a centralized exchange instead of direct P2P, because there are a lot of scams and it is difficult to differentiate between real and scam. As a newbie, I can't make a profit yet so I don't want to lose money. Choosing top centralized exchanges is still safer.
605  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: If you spent $500-$1000 on bitcoin in 2009-2010 on: February 05, 2024, 04:46:28 AM
We always make speculations and try to assume things in the past. One thing is for sure that it can't be changed and there's no rewind but it does makes sense if a big entity does have that money and tried to buy most of these bitcoins earlier. But most of the new things in the past won't make people pull out their pockets easily. Realizing on what Bitcoin gone through all of these years is just amazing to think of. All of these situational posts and threads that have been made, I know that we have to embrace the reality and all of these threads are just for the sake of discussions but we just move on and look at the current side of it.


The purpose of these topics is for discussion but after discussion what benefit will it bring us? I don't understand why people like to live in illusion, dreaming about things that cannot be changed and cannot happen? Why doesn't OP ask what will happen if he invests $1000 in bitcoin now and what will happen in 10 years? Wouldn't that be more interesting and more realistic?

Bull season is approaching, bitcoin is becoming increasingly scarce because of increasing demand. Many people are focusing on accumulating bitcoin while many are still here regretting the past and doing nothing to correct that mistake. This is a waste of time.
606  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽ Premier League 2023/2024 Discussion Thread ⚽ on: February 04, 2024, 04:32:35 PM
Top match today Arsenal - Liverpool also Manchester United - West Ham.
Both games will be fun to watch and could be worth to place a paralay bet here over 2.5 goals in both games maybe?

I agree with what you said. We cannot determine which team will win the match because Arsenal - Liverpool is a match between first and third place in the standings.

For Manchester United vs West Ham, it has now entered the 96th minute and United have won 3-0! The goals were scored by Rasmus Højlund 1 goal and Alejandro Garnacho 2 goals. It was a positive result for United and they have a chance to qualify for the European league next season.


About Arsenal versus Liverpool, it is simple in my opinion. The team which is going to perform the best today is going to win. I don't think the previous form is going to matter too much here. Both of them are going to be very interested in winning. So we will definitely see a very competitive match.

Manchester United has been good in recent times. In the past few weeks, I mean. They have been able to win the match against West Ham pretty easily. The final score was 3- 0. I can't say Manchester United dominated the match even though it looks like that from the score. But Manchester United definitely had control over the match throughout the whole time.
607  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Can bitcoin be stolen? on: February 04, 2024, 02:03:19 PM
For example, Bitcoin is very vulnerable to phishing. Phishing is one of the biggest problems for cryptocurrency owners. In addition, we are vulnerable to software backdoors.
Phishing is a problem indeed. but not the biggest. In fact phishing is only a problem for stupid people who easily fall for any links sent to them. if we be careful enough and stop clicking on any random links, and verify important links twice and by manually typing them. then the risk of getting phished will almost reduce to none.
Software backdoors and malewares from softwares is a bigger problem than phishing. but with being cautious we can eliminate that risk too.
the thing is every problem has a solution. it all depends on each person. how they deal with those problems and how they avoid getting into the problems at first place.



I agree with you, but humans have a tendency not to be perfect. If you have all your bitcoins in 1 wallet, 1 mistake can be enough to lose all. Therefore you should have your Bitcoins split over several different storage options, then 1 mistake should affect only a part of your Bitcoin holdings...
never store all your funds in 1 wallet instead spread them to separate wallets even if you are
using cold wallets or offline wallets because we don't know what will happen in the future , we may lose
handle one of them or we might completely forgot the pass key? there are circumstances that cannot
be explained so better be ready with those.

But managing multiple wallets is not as simple as you think. If you only have one wallet and one seed phrase, you already have trouble storing them safely . So how can you easily manage it if you have 3 to 4 wallets to manage ? If you don't trust and feel your storage is still risky, distributing your bitcoins across multiple wallets does not guarantee that they will be any safer. With the method of using multiple wallets for storage, you probably won't lose all your bitcoins when hacked, but have you thought about the risks of storing too many seed phrases?
608  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Is Bitcoin ETF really the best to hold? on: February 04, 2024, 01:40:32 PM
I certainly prefer Bitcoin to a Bitcoin ETF, but I can see the appeal of going down that road for some people. If you're a traditional investor who is used to centralized platforms, contracts, and things like that, going with an ETF can be more familiar and can feel more reliable. So I think it's tailored to people who invest in other things like bonds and stocks but want to expand to Bitcoin. They don't want to worry about how Bitcoin works, how not to lose access to your coins, which platforms to use when you want to sell your coins, etc. Going with a big fund can eliminate some of those concerns.

Not to forget: If you deal with a major well established company, preferredly too big to fail, then the government possiblyy will step in to keep this company going if there are operational issues

If you are dealing with a kind of Start UP and things go wrong, then you will likely have to chase your money through the courts on your own expense..... FTX case in point.....

FTX is just a small exchange and nothing compared to investment funds with trillions of dollars in capitalization like Grayscale, Blackrock and iShares...Have you ever wondered why big investors with billions of dollars only trust those big investment funds and never trust small exchanges like Binance or FTX ? 

As for risks, everything has risks and each person will have the right choices for themselves . Holding real bitcoins in a non-custodial wallet also has risks , it is not absolutely safe as you think.
609  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Less than 80 days until the 4th Ever #Bitcoin Halving on: February 04, 2024, 01:29:03 PM
So can you tell me what has happened and will happen to ETH, BNB or even LTC? Because as far as I know, the altcoins I mentioned and many others have brought thousands of percent returns to many people like bitcoin did to its early investors.
I don't say all altcoins are bad but if you mentioned ETH, BNB or LTC as your examples, you must include FTT or LUNA (Terra). Many people lost money to FTT or LUNA even they used to be top altcoins.

Don't buy altcoins because they are top altcoins

My reminder is if people believe they can be rich with altcoins, always focus on altcoins, they will lose money to altcoins even they can get good profit with one or some altcoins. The practice continues, till a time they lose most or all money to one or some other altcoins.

This is what I wanted to ask you and you finally admitted that not all altcoins are useless and scams.

FTX and Luna, they also do not represent the entire altcoin market, so don't rely on dead altcoin projects and assume that all altcoins are useless and not worth investing in.

You don't invest in altcoins, how do you have the experience to give advice to others when you have never experienced it before?


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In your opinion, BTC and ETH, which project will bring better profits in the next bull season?
Don't name only ETH to prove you are right with altcoins. Invest in ETH is good because it is a second biggest cryptocurrency and contribute very big marketcap to this market. If anything happens to ETH, the market will turn to bad enough and I don't wish it to happen.

But if people chase for hidden gems, new altcoins which have yet gone through one full market with bull and bear years, they are betting high enough. I hope they will not lose money to hidden gems.

ETH is also a centralized altcoin, it is not decentralized like bitcoin, why don't you consider it useless? And besides ETH, we also have Doge, BNB, Shiba...hundreds of altcoins that have brought thousands of percent profits to people. Why don't you mention them and just focus on FTX and Luna?

As for hidden gems, investing in them requires the right time, and bull season is the right time. It would be foolish to try to find hidden gems during the bear season but when the bull season comes, many projects can bring x100, x1000 profits, why do we miss that opportunity?
610  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Germany League - Bundesliga Prediction Thread on: February 03, 2024, 08:06:43 PM
In the other match, Darmstadt vs Leverkusen. this match, according to my estimates, Leverkusen still won the match, but not many goals were scored. Xabi's team was only able to score two goals, and Darmstadt was unable to score a single goal in this match. as a result, no 3 goals were scored. my estimate, Under 3 goals with odds @1.70. match result 0-2. By the way, as we predicted, these two teams will not experience any problems in this match. the following week, the meeting between Leverkusen and Bayern will be a big match that is both exciting and tense.

I don't expect to see many goals  in this match. Darmstadt is a very  weak team I know, and their  defense is also very weak. Even  then my guess was less than 3 goals in this match. Because in the last  matches we have not seen good  performances from the attacking players of Leverkusen. Leverkusen's players could not score a single goal against Gladbach. The  match was a goalless draw. Leverkusen  won the match against  Darmstadt 2-0. The Leverkusen  players played very well. They  were able to create a lot of scoring opportunities. But the team  could not score more than two goals. Leverkusen is  still 2 points ahead of Munich.
611  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24 on: February 03, 2024, 07:33:58 PM

Real Madrid is the strongest team in La Liga at the moment and indeed in their last few matches Real Madrid have sufficiently proven their quality and strength but Girona should not be underestimated either, from what Girona has done throughout this season, Real Madrid should be wary of Girona in the title race this season.

I also agree with what you said. Real Madrid is the strongest team in La Liga this season. I think they are almost certain to win the League title. Girona are a great team but I am worried about their consistency in the league. We can see that there are many underrated teams like Girona and it is very difficult to become champions. But still I really respect and admire Girona because they managed to get second place in the standings. Hopefully they can bring in some great players next season.
Girona has managed to be strong and consistent in La Liga this season, and it was only Real Madrid that defeated Girona yet, so there is nothing to be worried about Girona's consistency this season. Real Madrid is only leading Girona by 2 points, and if Real Madrid fails to win their matches, I think Girona will overtake them at the top of the La Liga table.

There is a lot of competition in the points table between these two teams, Madrid and Girona. Although in the same position as the Real Madrid team occupying the first place, the Girona team is much stronger at the moment. Both teams have 22 points, but Real Madrid's win rate is higher than Real Madrid's and Real Madrid's team has occupied the first place in the points table.
With Girona's current performance, I have doubt that Real Madrid will remain at the top of the standings for long, because Girona's performance this season is far superior to that of Real Madrid, as Real Madrid leads Girona by only two points and Girona has a match against Real Sociedad. And, while the squad is not that powerful, I am sure that Girona will dominate a good outcomes against them so that they can obtain their complete three points and overtake Real Madrid from the top standing. However, given that Real Sociedad and Girona have never won a match in their history, thought that most of their games result  usually ends in draws, let's see what happens tonight. I have doubt that Real Sociedad will find the encounter challenging.
I agree with you that Real Madrid will not stay long in the La Liga table if they fail to be consistent in winning their matches, because Girona will want to stay consistent to pressure Real Madrid at the top of the La Liga table. If Girona wins against Real Sociedad tonight, they will top the La Liga table, and they will hope for Real Madrid to lose or draw against Athletico Madrid for them to continue leading the La Liga table.

The difference in points between Madrid  and Girona is  only 2. There is no doubt  hat Girona  are playing very  well this season. This  team is winning consistently. They only lost against Madrid. We will  probably see a better performance  than Girona in the  upcoming matches. Because  Girona's attacking players are in great form right now. However, if Madrid lose a match or  drop points, they will also lose top spot. Girona is  playing very well. Madrid must continue their winning streak if they want to stay at the top of the table.
612  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: The Psychology of Investing in Bitcoin on: February 03, 2024, 12:46:02 PM


And for a privacy supporter like me I just realized this recently that im more into Bitcoin because of its privacy and freedom, I don't like being controlled so I chose to be free with my finance with the help of Bitcoin.

Is this right? Because I see most people always talk about privacy, freedom and that's the main reason for them to choose bitcoin. But meanwhile, most people just talk about bitcoin's volatility and price on a daily basis. It doesn't stop there, the majority are using bitcoin as an investment and people are using centralized exchanges to buy and sell bitcoins. Most of us are here for profit, few of us are here for technology or privacy if bitcoin is not profitable. We don't need to deny our true purpose when choosing bitcoin.
I like to believe Bitcoin is profitable because it gives us the possibility of being over control of our own money when transacting it worldwide without frontiers and when storing it in our self-custody wallets, without intervention from regulators and governments. Bitcoin has become profitable due to its features and benefits to adopters, and not due to a temporary hype. It has come to stay and to improve our personal experiences when dealing with money in this digital world we live nowadays.

Profitability is a consequence of technology and privacy. So I think we should be thankful for every characteristics of Bitcoin, otherwise we wouldn't have access to the profit factor, after all.

That's right, bitcoin brings us many conveniences that no other currency has. But I mean, it would be a lie to say that we chose bitcoin because of the technology, because of the convenience it brings us, not because of the profit. Of course, we also need the privacy and anonymity that bitcoin offers, but profits are what we want more from bitcoin. And this life is very pragmatic and money is very important, everyone knows that and everyone needs it. So why don't we dare admit our main purpose when choosing bitcoin? That's not a shame. I am proud to be a bitcoin investor and to be able to make money from it, and that was my main purpose when I chose bitcoin .
613  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Less than 80 days until the 4th Ever #Bitcoin Halving on: February 03, 2024, 12:32:57 PM
Well, I'm blunt about certain topics! So I have to disagree. Those bag-holding such altcoins "may get lucky" and their bags get pumped but they can't call themselves "investors" or what they have a "portfolio" because what they really have is a "lottery ticket" considering they don't have a potential to rise, they should only get pumped to rise.
They are greedy speculators but they are not investors. They only spend money, speculate that altcoins which they consider as hidden gems, will help them to be millionaires in a bull run. They don't think about a bear market and what will happen with those altcoin hidden gems in a bear market.

Dead Coins: Over 50% of Cryptocurrencies Have Failed


So can you tell me what has happened and will happen to ETH, BNB or even LTC? Because as far as I know, the altcoins I mentioned and many others have brought thousands of percent returns to many people like bitcoin did to its early investors.

Those who are stubborn and believe that bitcoin is the only investment in the market are just like traditional investors. They stubbornly believe that gold and real estate have real value and are worth investing in, while bitcoin has nothing and is not worth investing in. In your opinion, BTC and ETH, which project will bring better profits in the next bull season?
614  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion on: February 03, 2024, 09:48:11 AM
At the end of 16 overs, Khulna's collection was 88 runs with the loss of 7 wickets. And at the end of 20 overs, the Khulna team set a target of 156. I never imagined that Khulna would provide such a big target today. Because the Khulna team lost top order wickets very quickly.

Although the top order and middle order did not perform well today, the batting of Faheem Ashraf and Mohammad Nawaz was impressive. We have seen perfect batting in T20 format from these two batsmen. Nawaz scored 38 runs off 23 balls and Faheem scored 32 runs off just 13 balls. Khulna managed to collect 67 runs in the last 4 overs.

156 runs is a big enough target. If Barisal wants to win today, the top order batsmen must bat responsibly. But the Barisal team lost the wicket of opener Ahmed Sehzad at the beginning of the innings. Sehzad could not collect any runs from 3 balls. Tamim Iqbal has just got out with 20 runs off 18 balls. Fortune Barishal collected only 34 runs in 5.2 overs.

We saw Mahmudullah's aggressive batting in the previous match. Perhaps he scored 51 runs off just 26 balls. Even today if Mahmudullah can play such an innings then Barisal will win. But till now the match is under the control of Khulna.
615  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod] on: February 03, 2024, 09:26:45 AM
Afghanistan vs Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan players are performing well against Afghanistan. And in this match Sri Lanka team is favorite. Because most of the important players of Afghanistan's squad are missing in this match.

Afghanistan could only muster 198 runs in their first innings. This is a very small collection on this pitch. Along with the batsmen, Afghanistan's bowlers are also not playing well. Afghanistan is likely to be defeated by an innings margin in this match. Sri Lanka lost only 3 wickets and collected 225 runs. Sri Lanka team has managed to take a lead of 27 runs.
Dimuth Karunaratne scored 77 runs. Mathews was unbeaten with 51 runs and Chandimal 35 runs. Sri Lanka looks set to collect more than 400 in the first innings.

Afghanistan bowlers are not doing well. So the Sri Lankan team is moving towards the big collection very easily. Sri Lanka collected 287 runs for the loss of 3 wickets. The Sri Lankan team has already managed to take a lead of 89 runs. And they lost just 3 wickets. Afghanistan is trailing by a big margin in the first innings itself.

Angelo Mathews scored 79 off 152 balls and Chandimal was unbeaten on 68 off 116 balls. Experienced batsmen like Dhananjaya De Silva will still bat. I guess Sri Lanka team can take a lead of at least 200 runs. And given how bad Afghanistan's bowling is, Sri Lanka might be able to muster more than 450.
616  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Women's Cricket Prediction & Discussion - T20 & ODI on: February 02, 2024, 06:57:45 PM

Fifth and last match of Women International T20 competition which is playing Ireland Women squad against Zimbabwe Women squad. In previous matches of this competition Ireland Women squad emerged victories in these matches with impressive performance in all innings batting, bowling and fielding. It means that Ireland Women squad leads four matches total of 5 matches and they need one more win and then Ireland Women squad made a record. In current match, Ireland women squad was started this match first batting inning by calling of Zimbabwe Women squad. Now, Ireland Women squad finished their batting and collected 138 scores as defeating target with lost of 7 batter wickets. Just these two batters Orla Prendergast and Gaby Lewis made very good performance in batting inning because Orla Prendergast collected 42 scores off 34 deliveries and Gaby Lewis collected 42 scores in 33 deliveries and rest batters wiped out below 10 scores. Now let's see how Ireland Women squad displayed bowling performance against Zimbabwe women squad.

Ireland women have given a target of 139. I do not think that target is beginning for them to actually defend successfully. I believe this target should be able to be chased by Zimbabwe women successfully. And Zimbabwe women are on the right track as well. They have scored 65 runs so far and did not lose a single wicket. 9 overs have been played. So it looks like Zimbabwe women should be able to win this match. It is going to be a surprise if Zimbabwe women cannot win this match from this situation
617  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Women's Cricket Prediction & Discussion - T20 & ODI on: February 02, 2024, 11:05:55 AM
Yesterday, the fourth match of the T20 series between Ireland Women vs Zimbabwe Women was not fully played due to rain, the game was reduced to 8 overs instead of 20 overs. However, Ireland women won the toss yesterday and decided to bowl after understanding the field conditions. Zimbabwe women collected 65 runs for 5 wickets in allotted 8 overs. Batting with a target of 66 runs, Ireland women won by 9 wickets in 7.5 overs. Ireland Women took a 4-0 lead in the series with a win yesterday.

Today, these two teams will enter the field to play the fifth match of the series again. I think Ireland women can easily beat Zimbabwe women today.

Yesterday was the match of Zimbabwe women vs Ireland women and today is also a  match of these both teams but on yesterday's match the rain was dropping hard and from this, they should suspend their match but luckily after some time the rain was stopped but overs was less from 20 to 8 and in these 8 overs Zimbabwe women gave the target of 65 runs and these are the good runs according to 8 overs and from somehow it's good for Zimbabwe women because at the 8 overs, they lost 5 wickets and maybe when 15 overs hit so there was also an all out, and in this time, their team made very good runs by batsmen but then batsmen but Zimbabwe team can't afford any advantage and they were lost the match.

Ireland women lead the series by 4-0. This is the last match of the series and Zimbabwe women will try to salvage something out of this match. Maybe in this last match, Ireland women will actually take it easy and probably that will give the Zimbabwe women a chance to avoid the whitewash. But I think it is going to be very hard for them to win. I am saying this because to me it looks like it will be very hard for the Zimbabwean women to actually win considering the form that Ireland women are in right now.
618  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Where is "Why Bitcoin can never be beaten by any other cryptocurrencies?" on: February 02, 2024, 05:31:23 AM
What your are asking has been a question in the mind of several altcoin investors. The question came up when Ethereum after it's launch became the second most invested cryptocurrency in the world. The reason why Bitcoin cannot be beaten by other cryptocurrencies is because of its dominance in the crypto market as it is the biggest paired crypto in exchanges. Other cryptocurrencies did try to break its dominance by opening DEX on thier own blockchain and creating thier own Bitcoin token and yet again they failed. They will keep coming up with new ways to beat Bitcoin, but will fail eventually because it's adoption.

I am also an investor in altcoins but this question has never crossed my mind. Why do I need some altcoin to beat bitcoin, what benefit does it bring me? That's nonsense and meaningless to an altcoin investor.

As for why no altcoin can beat bitcoin , it's simply because bitcoin is completely different from the rest of the market . Bitcoin is decentralized, created with the intention of being a peer-to-peer currency, giving us privacy. While altcoins are mostly just projects created for the purpose of bump and dump . People's faith in bitcoin is absolute, while altcoins are just short-term speculation and that creates a huge difference between bitcoin and altcoins.

By the way, what altcoin projects are looking for today is profit, not a single project intends to beat bitcoin as you say.
619  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: The Relationship Between Cryptocurrency and Traditional Banking on: February 02, 2024, 05:20:43 AM
Traditional bank have been functional for a very long time, while Bitcoin has only lasted a decade. The government of most countries who feel threatened by the fascinating growth of Bitcoin and other cryptocureency have ban cryptocureency in their country and they will make sure citizens abide by those laws. The action of the government can tell us that they will never allow the traditional banking sector to get defeated by cryptocureency unless they are very sure that if they approved of it, every thing about crypto will be under their control so that they can also operate the crypto Industry in a decentralized system.
Yes, crypto currency or bitcoin may be powerful, but I don't think that the government or banks are afraid of or threatened by the presence of bitcoin. This is because banking has been around for a long time and the banking system runs the whole world; it's where the countries get their money to run the country, etc.

 The banking system is complex, and we can't understand it even if we want to, but they play a very important role in the world, so why would the bank be afraid of bitcoin or crypto? The reason they ban or prohibit the use of bitcoin or crypto is because of its decentralisation; they can't track who is who and where, and they also can't manipulate or control it. In fact, some banks are offering crypto services such as buying or trading, so I think instead of treating bitcoin or crypto as a threat, some banks are adopting crypto as part of their services, which is a good indication that there may be a good combination of banking and crypto currency.

I agree with your point of view . While bitcoin and cryptocurrency are indeed a major breakthrough in our financial industry , to say that it will threaten the current banking or fiat systems would never happen . We should remember that this world is still centralized and controlled by people with a lot of money so don't expect any decentralized technology to defeat them . I even think that sooner or later bitcoin will become centralized and the cryptocurrency industry will be controlled and regulated by the government. And the government is the one behind supporting banks . So it would be ridiculous to think that bitcoin or cryptocurrency will disrupt what is currently controlled by the government .

620  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Less than 80 days until the 4th Ever #Bitcoin Halving on: February 02, 2024, 04:39:07 AM
I have settled  my Bitcoin but looking for Altcoins to add in my folio, I have small amount
waiting for the best altcoins to be part of my Holding , is there any reccommendation ?
Altcoins are only good for short term traders who can quickly get in and out of them without losing money considering how they only get pumped and dumped. They are terrible for "investment" where you create a "portfolio" and only watch your money melt away in long term.

If you intend to hold for 10 to 20 years, bitcoin is the best choice. But if you are only investing for 1 to 2 years then altcoins are not a bad choice and this is the best time to start with altcoins as we are approaching bull season. I guess you don't invest in altcoins, but I want to remind you that during the 2021 bull season, Doge is up x100 and Shiba is up x1000 since their lows. Can Bitcoin do it these days? Bitcoin is great but altcoins should not be overlooked so we can increase our wealth significantly in the medium term.

Many potential altcoin projects are being deployed to prepare for the bull season and the possibility that they will bring x10 profits is very easy, we should not stubbornly miss such opportunities.
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