Most likely, it depends on free practice results, which teams are strong and if there's a chance to see Red Bull struggling.
I can only see participants select someone different from Verstappen, in case Red Bull really struggles in free practice and we know already which team is clearly in front of Red Bull. Because if we don't know, we have so many drivers outside of Red Bull who could get on pole, like Sainz, Leclerc, Norris, Hamilton, Russell. It's very risky.
And drivers from Ferrari or Mercedes are almost equally strong. If Ferrari is dominating, we have Sainz OR Leclerc on pole, while for Red Bull, it is Verstappen for 90% of all races, when Red Bull takes pole.

Personally, I've chosen Sainz for pole in Singapore because he and Ferrari seemed to be very strong in Singapore and Red Bull struggled but if Red Bull will be up as usual and as expected in Japan, I'll select Verstappen for pole in Japan. After all, we don't have odds on Superbru.
But of course, it mainly depends on free practice.  

If you mean words related to Blockchain technology and Bitcoin, it's very normal, that you don't know the meaning of certain words because Bitcoin is a very complicated topic. You will learn what words like Blockchain, transaction hash, wallet, mining, SegWit or private key mean. Tuturtinular already gave you a great link above, where such words are explained.
If it's for a normal discussion, we might have some strange people here, (also trolls), who don't talk like normal people and are just here to troll.

But like said before, we would need a few examples. 

You (and we) can talk normally, like we talk every day and in my opinion, it's also very important to talk normally because it's easier for me, you and other people here to understand a written text.
If you have any questions, feel free to ask. 

Na, das ist mal komplett banal. Ich dachte, da wäre jetzt irgend ein ausgeklügelter Wortwitz dahinter aber scheinbar war dem nicht so. 
Wenn man sich schon so eine Idee überlegt, kann man doch direkt die ganze Abteilung einmal befragen, ob es nicht einen lustigeren Einfall gibt. 

So dreist, wie viele Seiten mittlerweile gegenseitig Inhalte kopieren, ist da bei manchen der Schritt zu KI-generierten Texten eh nicht mehr weit. Viele Shitcoin-Klatschseiten sind da ja leider auch ein gutes Beispiel für.

You are 100% right here.
Marketing is, where Altcoins are strong but unfortunately, most Altcoin marketing is deceiving costomers by various shady strategies.
Depending on each target group, deceiving tacting have a very wide range and are optimized to attract each target group.

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Interesting question.
I'm not an Altcoin developer and there might (insert big question mark here) be ways to have a decentralized token but I really don't know 100%.
Possibly, a DAO can be decentralized if it is set up that way and tokens are distributed in a fair (decentralized) way to many people, that voting for such a DAO isn't manipulated by a developer team.
Requirement is as well: for such a token, it would mean that no one can change anything without consent from all token holders. After initially setting the DAO up, code has to be open source and audited.

It's what I can imagine but as I'm not an Altcoin developer / coder, I don't feel qualified to make a final statement here. Maybe it's a question for our coder specialists in Development and Technical Discussion. 

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Yes, Altcoins have various strategies to deceive people.
Advertising a token as a coin is just one strategy.
Like you've said, falsely advertising the underlying tech is a big problem here:
- overpromising
- promising "big innovation" / new Bitcoin
- hyping banal / outdated / copied tech
- trying to tell people how the coin / token will be (globally) important

It all boils down to advertising their coin's / token's fundamentals as something, what it's not in reality.
It's part of a big pool of strategies from Altcoins to deceive people
 
Additional strategies are:
- buying hype YouTubers
- spreading misinformation about competitors


Bitcoin is closer to Litecoin or Monero, which could be called "transaction coins".
Ethereum is also a coin but Ethereum is different from Bitcoin because Ethereum is a "platform coin" similar like Tron, Polkadot, Avalanche or similar, where it, like you've said, is needed to send Ethereum tokens, as a part of Ethereum's smart contract.
Bitcoin is more a coin to send in transactions.

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+1
Well said.

Yes, changing picks would have backfired big time because Russell (started 2nd) and Leclerc (started 3rd) couldn't achieve a podium.
Russell binned it while trying to overtake Norris in lap 61 of 62 (what a bummer) and Leclerc had bad luck during his pitstop, where he dropped from place 2 to 6.
Shows one more time how 2 EBP are really a lot, especially for a chaotic race, where overally a low score is met.

1. Verstappen
2. Sainz
3. Verstappen
4. 14 seconds

+1, if it's ok for you, I might PM you next weekend because Google's / Gmail's crap is such a f**** BS. I've already wasted 1 hour today again to log in because Google / Gmail seems to have deactivated 2 of my accounts, where I've logged in previously without any problems but now, it's requesting a number. No, backup mail confirmation code is not enough, Google wants a SMS number. 
I've tried 2 free SMS numbers, response "limit is exhausted - try later in 1 hour again". 
Luckily, my 3rd attempt for my 3rd account was succesful, Gmail account is still accessible. What a joke. F*** Gmail.
Sorry for off-topic. It's such a pain in the arse... 

Picks are submitted now, yaay. 

But @buwaytress
Is it normal in your Google form, that it says submissions from my mail address and my Google account are NOT eligible (because it is not whitelisted?)?
Did my 1miau entry appear in your list? I couldn't access your spreadsheet.

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Odds are very low but honestly, Man City not winning at home would be one of the biggest upsets of recent Champions League history.
(Yes, I've taken Manchester to win here for most of my stake. It's too tempting somehow.  )


Good luck to everyone. 

Prediction 2: $29,102.42
bech32 address: bc1qtexnml3hdjs6evy7va95h2cf3k5kkmhrdw4z6s

Also ich habe jetzt eine ganze Zeit versucht darauf zu kommen, verstehe den Witz aber überhaupt nicht. 
Wie ist das denn gemeint?
Express ist eine österreichische Seite, ist das irgendein Insider-Witz, so wie Klara Fall?

Wundert mich auch ziemlich.
Schließlich wurde Bitcointalk.org sowie Bitcoin.org, welches beides Cobra gehört, in der Vergangenheit mehrfach von solchen Attacken heimgesucht, die dort beworben werden und Cobra war damals ziemlich eindeutig, was er / sie / es davon hält:

https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-org-owner-reports-site-hit-with-absolutely-massive-ddos-attack

Demnach sollte "undankbarer Abschaum" eher nicht im Forum mit Signaturen beworben werden, ähnlich wie 1xbit zurecht verpönt ist.
Naja, vielleicht kommt es noch, weil es aktuell etwas unter dem Radar läuft.
Daher bestimmt auch der wenig renommierte Bounty-Manager.

Willst du damit etwa implizieren, dass der Verkäufer nicht klug ist? 
Wir brauchen doch jemanden, der bereit ist, uns das wertvolle BTC zu solch einem Spottpreis verkaufen zu wollen. 

Habe deine Bärenmarkt-Durchhalteparole mit in unsere Liste aufgenommen. 

Ja, wobei das Risiko des Verlustes zum Zugang zu den Coins bei HODL vergleichsweise gering ist, im Vergleich zum Trading.
Je öfter man die Coins anpackt, desto größer das Risiko, dass etwas schief geht. Und wenn man die Coins beim Trading nicht oft anpackt, also auf der Exchange lässt, hat man jedoch wieder andere Risiken.
Das ist hier allerdings nicht Thema:



Das ist ja für den HODLer selbst egal, was andere vermuten. Wichtig ist, dass man selbst den privaten Schlüssel besitzt.


Den halte ich bei HODL auch für einen untergeordneten Faktor. Das Hauptaugenmerk sollte daher darauf liegen, einfach das BTC zu HODLn.
Wichtig wäre dann nur eine Mindestdauer, ab der man von "HODL" sprechen könnte.
Darüber lässt sich streiten aber 1 Blockhalbierungszyklus (ca. 4 Jahre) wäre da ein guter Ansatz.


Darüber lässt sich trefflich streiten, inwiefern sich vergangene Kursgewinne auch in die Zukunft übertragen lassen. Mit an Sicherheit grenzender Wahrscheinlichkeit wird es solche Steigerungen, wie es diese nach dem berühmten Pizza-Kauf gab, heute nicht mehr geben.
Das, was sich viele HODLer allerdings versprechen, ist einfach die Wertaufbewahrungsfunktion+ des Bitcoins, dass es so etwas wird, wie digitales Gold+ (besseres Aufwärtspotential als Gold).
Die Mischung aus begrenzter Umlaufmenge, beliebig teilbarer "Portionsgröße" und leicht durchführbarer Transaktionen von Argentinien nach Zimbabwe, die sich seit mehr als 10 Jahren bewährt hat, ist eine vielversprechende Grundlage dafür.

Zudem würde ein "Schwarzer-Schwan-Ereignis" Trader sowie HODLer mit hoher Wahrscheinlichkeit gleichermaßen treffen. Denn wenn Bitcoin z.B. wirklich fatal gehackt werden würde, welche Börse wäre dann nicht insolvent? Dann könnte man alles direkt in die Tonne treten.


Korrekte Aufbewahrung des BTC ist ja auch sehr wichtig aber nicht Thema hier:


Dann sollte man aber auch die Risiken hierfür bei Trading vs. HODL gegenüberstellen.

I know about these services but unfortunately I've wasted quite a lot of time to try tons of these services and tons of numbers just to know in the end that either all limits are reached for a certain number ("this number is not allowed to enter as it has reached max limit of created accounts") or the confirmation SMS just never arrives. I've wasted so much time for this BS. I've had a polish site once (it's not active anymore), where I've created a few Accounts and sometimes Google doesn't request a number, so I've an Gmail Account available for this Contest and I'm set, even when it will be required to sign up from Gmail.  
I'll submit my picks later today.  

Nice and generous initiative once again from Trofo and cryptofrka.
+1

I hope everyone is joined into Bitcointalk's current CL prediction pool from buwaytress as well. 

Unfortunately, my time is far too limited to participate here, too, but as usual I'll chip in some Merit for Trofo and cryptofrka because organizing and maintaining all of this is a lot of work, I believe.
And I'll wish good luck and much fun to all participants here, of course. 

Very unexpected to see NO Red Bull on podium today. Singapore didn't seem to suit Red Bull very well. Next round is already next weekend in Japan, where Red Bull should be dominant again but who knows...
Ferrari seems to be quick currently, like in Monza as well.

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Unbelievable how George Russell binned it in lap 61 of 62. Just one lap to go and he crashed out instead of taking a podium.
But great drive from Sainz, he truly deserved to win here after 10 Verstappen wins in a row.

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Looking forward to Champions League starting soon and which team will challenge Man City.
I'm sure group stage will have some surprises, especially in group PSG / Newcastle / Dortmund / Milan.

Man könnte auch zwei verschiedene HODL-Positionen haben, die man mit unterschiedlichem Zeithorizont betrachtet. Das würde möglicherweise verhindern, dass man in eine missliche Lage gerät.
Wichtig ist in jedem Fall, die Positionen nicht aufgrund eines unerwartet schlechten Kursverlaufes überhastet zu verkaufen.

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Das ist ein guter Punkt.
Mit dieser Einstellung das HODL anzugehen, hilft in vielerlei Hinsicht.
Börse und kein Hotwallet sowieso nicht, denn es wäre schade, wenn das wertvolle Bitcoin gehackt wird. 

+1

We could add a rule in our OP that only the first eligible entry will count in case of multiple submissions.
And for fake submissions, we could add a part in the form, where every participant will have to submit a (6-digit) personal code (like trading password), only known to you (column will be hidden in the final table). If there's a dispute for a fake submission, we could spot any fake submission easily.
Of course, if it's too much work to change now, I'll accept either outcome if there is a concern for non-Google account form.  

It's always requesting a mobile number for verification here, sometimes I've had a VPN connection where it's not requested but only in 1 of 20 cases or so.  

I see, you really put a ton of effort into it and I'm very sure it'll pay off for everyone. +1
2 different pools will make it much more exciting in my opinion. Maybe some people will be down in one pool but up in another, so it'll stay interesting to participate.
I'm looking forward already to all of your picks.

But maybe 2 suggestions:

• One less important suggestion to add a list in your OP of which participants have paid already to have an overwiew.
• And one suggestion regarding our Google form: do we really have to log in all the time in our Google account? Google has an option to disable it, where we can fill out a form and don't need to log in every time. Would save us some time and also from a privacy perspective because Google accounts are very difficult to create. Maybe we can disable mandatory log-in from an Google account? 

Good luck to all participants of course. 

a. Milan
b. Milan 1-0
c. Milan
d. Milan
e. No
f.  Milan
g. Milan
h. Tiebreaker: 71'

BTCGOSU forgot to submit his picks for round 1 and 2, which is very painful to miss such points but his awesome result is also a good argument to keep submitting weekly picks, even after missing some rounds because of yellow caps. And it's still early where making up lost points is still easily possible.