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761  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Does Bitcoin fail if not Peer-to-Peer and self custody? on: October 04, 2023, 06:26:20 AM
The Bitcoin white papaer: “A purely peer-to-peer version of electronic cash would allow online payments to be sent directly from one party to another without going through a financial institution”

I think that if Bitcoin has a third party in the transaction then it fails to serve it's stated purpose to create a decentralized digital cash.  I would like to hear from people who have a different opinion on this.

https://webtc.io

You know one thing about Bitcoin, its freedom! Bitcoin is a pure peer-to-peer transaction which still stands today, people send Bitcoin to each other the way they like but now, there are groups of people that brand exchange as creativity(centralized exchanges) which some people feel is safer for them( I don't blame, them, that is what they grow up to see when they come around) but using decentralized is more of p2p than centralized exchanges.

One of the challenges is that you can't stop how people want to use their bitcoin, it's meant to be pair to pair but some people also want trade their bitcoin into other branded altcoins they need or want to have, and the fastest way this can be done safely without running into a scam is through the middle man (third party in this case), so this is what you can't change but Bitcoin remain a pair-2-pair transaction.
762  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Getting paid on gambling accounts on: October 03, 2023, 05:35:59 PM
I made a mistake of getting paid for signature campaign in gambling platform accounts.
When I got my payment, I thought I would slowly increase the amount by about 5-10% before I initiate a withdrawal. But I quickly lost control of my emotions and ended up blowing the entire balance of my account. This happened more than once, it happened about 5 times as I received money from different sources.
It’s important for me to tell this story so that others don’t make the same mistake I did. This has been a huge life lesson in managing money and emotional self-discipline .

Any money that is deposited on my casino account is solely for one thing to play to win or lose. Though the aim is to win but when I lose, there is nothing to be done because I don't have power over the outcome of the game. The first thing you should have done is to ask the manager if there was going to be withdrawal charges from the casino or not. Even if there is, casino has different withdrawal options that will be insignificant to your funds if you choose them but you let it be on the casino, you didn't fear what will happen if the casino decided to disappear especially when they are new to the forum.

If casino don't charge you as a sign participants and you know that you are very easy to convince to spend your weekly payment on gambling, the first thing you do is make withdrawal initiation the first thing you do as soon as the manager said payment has been made, make sure you that you don't have a single $$ on the casino, that's the only way you are going to be free from this drama of using everything to gamble.

By the way, using the money is not the problem, are you even winning with all the money you are using to play at all? If you are not making any, please just quit gambling or give it a break because you are only giving back the hard work you have done in advertising the casino on the forum. #peace
763  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Educate yourself to be a frugal gambler on: October 03, 2023, 05:02:08 PM
Play for fun. If you are not playing for fun, you are doing it wrong. Gambling should be done to entertain yourself only, and always remember that gambling is not a sound financial investment. I have witnessed the horrors of people who blow their kids college funds and life savings on gambling at a Casino. Don't be one of these people. Have a daily or weekly gambling budget and learn which games you like and how to play them so that you can actually have much more fun playing them than just winging any game.

With honesty, when last did you gamble with this thought? Huhnn  Grin I'm just kidding. If you give a survey and ask people around this board to help you feel all the form with good feedback, they will say it's for entertainment, this and that but if we are to exceed and intrude their privacy, you will be shock how addicted they have all become with gambling but even most of them don't know that they are in addition with the way they bet and throw money into casinos, they are all chasing the bag instead of the fun and the money that comes with it.

Daily, weekly and monthly budget helps cure unnecessary spending but without self descipline, it's an effort that will lead to nothing, because when you lose all the budget, you will be tempted to go back but if you obey your own code, standard practice, nothing is going to move you a bit, you will strive through any hard times will never yield to pressure of losses, the pain of losing will not make you make any drastic decisions.

It's hard to teach people how to be frugal, let alone teach themselves that thing. It's like asking a candle to light itself without giving it any light source at all. I know that there are people who are really getting the fun in gambling and are not degenerates, but there are still a lot of people that are looking into gambling as the next big opportunity to improve their income. It's hard to sway their mindset if that's what they continue to believe, although it's never too late for them to change their ways if they really want to. They have to have some kind of support though, because initiating something isn't as easy as it sounds, especially if it contradicts whatever you've been doing for the longest of time.

It's a natural phenomenon, you can't even convince people the other way when they want something and when money is involved, you will only waste your time telling them the opposite of what they do. Gambling will remain an alternative to a place where they can tossed a dice and make something for the pocket, thought sometimes I don't play them because of people that manage to win display wealth as evidenced and if that is shown to any one that is eager to make money, what do you have as evidence to show them that gambling is not for money only but fun? It's a going to be a lengthy explanation that will end in nothing.
764  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: New ID requirements for Gamblers in Australia on: October 03, 2023, 03:55:46 PM
A few days ago i shared a news where Australia will ban Gambling through credit cards, now it seems that they are moving another step ahead in this and now Australia Introduces New ID Requirements for Online Gamblers

The general purpose for this is to reduce gambling in Australia but they will make excuses that this is done to overcome underage gambling etc.
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The measure would mitigate certain problems such as underage gambling or gambling harm, Responsible Wagering Australia says

Although most casinos ask for KYC, yet minors still gamble on their elders ' IDs (Elder brother or father). I wonder by introducing this ID verification what special Australia is looking to achieve from it?  

Hey everyone, I just registered and I have been given my ID, I'm now a certify gambler and the Australian government has officially allow me to gamble with my ID  Grin, the government need to get the strap because is this really necessary. What happened to alternative funding of casinos. Virtually, all casinos that I know today all have integrated crypto in their gambling platforms, what happened to those alternatives if an underage decide to use this function, this is dead on arrival because alternative are even swift and fast than the credit cards.

Coming back to people who really want this, must a person have to go through this process because they want to clean underage gambling with credit cards? What happened to their citizens privacy, what happened to how they want to live their life without any intrude of another person or may be there is another motivation about this credit card of thing. It's more like a way to know gamblers that bet that are paying tax and the other ones that don't pay taxes.

What happen to people knowing you through gambling cards? Your parents or girlfriend isn't satisfy with you gambling but lowkey without their knowledge, you do it only for them to see your gambling card Kiss How do you even explain the situation? The answer to all the questions are not necessary, enter gambling through crypto and exit to crypto so don't have to explain later on.
765  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24 on: October 03, 2023, 03:32:18 PM
I don't think it was entirely Ramos' fault he tried to throw the ball but it ran into the goal. Ramos' performance was also quite good in this match and he often made saves when Barcelona players attacked Sevilla's defense. At least Ramos' presence could have a different effect, even though up to now they have not found the best level of play and may need several other players so that Sevilla's performance can improve in the next match.

Facing two big matches in the Champions League will indeed be a bit of a hassle for them, because even though both matches will take place at home to Sevilla. But because the opponents they face are quite strong so it will be difficult for them to get full points against Real Madrid and Arsenal.

Anyone who watches that match will understand that Ramos didn't do this foolishly, that game was too tight to the point that they held them tight until the 70 minutes plus, it was a mistake that could have been avoided but then again, it happened to anyone. He is a well-respected player that I never expected that to happen too but again, football and surprises are normal, had it been Barcelona are that versatile that match day, they would have had more goals apart from the own goal from Sevilla.

My fear now is that Sevilla is going down every day, they have conceded more than 10 goals and scored 10, that's like going to an equilibrium point, if they don't improve, the system will be destabilized and all work will be trash, and then they will be sitting in relegation with weak foot to revive back to in between standing and relegation. However, few wins can help them change the position since we are still in match 7, there are 31 matches remain with 31 week to go.
766  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024 on: October 03, 2023, 02:48:09 PM
Hard for me to trust United this year in both Premier league but also in UCL. Today they do play against Galatasaray and by all means, this team is not to play with and if United has another bad night , I have no doubts that Galatasaray will win the game and take 3 massive points.

Also , curious to see how Arsenal will perform tonight as they are well known for having trouble with "small" teams during UCL games... Grin Grin

Punters had the same confidence yesterday, all expected Chelsea to lose to Fulham including me with a ticket lost too, Chelsea did the opposite of that and bookies rekt a lot of money yesterday, I just imagined how many tickets would be lost yesterday because they thought Chelsea would lose. Manchester United is no different, you can't expect a team to lose all the time and there is even a point that will be reached that they will start to win and this is where bookmakers always prayed to see just to make money.

Arsenal and Lens don't have much history together, not even in any of the European leagues but had a friendly match but it is not enough to verify the next step in this match, but their domestic position says much about how Arsenal is going to win this match tonight.

Qualifying for UCL football comes with different level of obligation, Erik Ten Hag owe United the very best performance when it comes to elite competition. If Erik Ten Hag continues to raise skepticism and push supporters out of reach, they will undoubtedly demand his removal from office; nothing would be too resilient for these United supporters to provoke. Manchester United's play is erratic, casting uncertainty on their upcoming league results. We know how the Red Devils switch off and on in EPL games, but this is a different story in the UEFA Champions League. Manchester United has the capacity to face Galatasaray tonight, which will be a difficult game to watch.

Manchester United is not too cold like Chelsea allows their emotion to overcrowd their mind and judgement, by far Manchester United still has some players that do not function well in their position, look at Onana who was hyped, they had to trash De Gea to bring in the dude only for them to be face with all this problem, they had to let go of green to subsidized interest of the media, Antony and Cavallin was still recent and they are even better than Chelsea that has all the players they needed but are still playing like babies, except for yesterday that things turn around, it is not Erik Ten Hag fault and I don't think Manchester United will lets go of him anytime soon.
767  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024 on: October 02, 2023, 09:11:57 PM
Do any of you think Chelsea can beat Fulham easily in today's match?
I'm not sure Chelsea lost, but Fulham is a solid team when building attacks. They have collected 8 points from 2 wins and 2 draws, and they also have a chance to win full points at home today.

It is certainly hoped that Chelsea can recover and return to winning ways after only winning 1 and drawing 2 in 6 matches, but the performance of Pochettino's men in this match is very doubtful because it is an away match. Chelsea are better at game planning, but Fulham is a team that cannot be underestimated.

If there was any player that Pochettino gave lots of media hype, I will give it for Mudryk, man was so focus on the guy like he had intension of starting him to give wonders and indeed, that happened at the end. Should we be impress that Chelsea are going to bring more surprises on our faces or this is just another show biz entertainment to think that they are going to win among the top 4. The focus and discussed things from other teams is when they lose, they talk on that to improve the next match but Chelsea won today's match with 2 goals to nothing, I lost a ticket to over 2.5 but I counter stake just incase this happened and that one is still on with other games remain to be play tomorrow.

Chelsea now back to top 11 and after checking their goal difference, they are not bad though, because they have conceded much goal this season like some of the top teams that right now chill among the team on the top of the standing but because they are winning, the fans aren't happy about that and I hope they change this way or continue in the journey by winning all their next match.
768  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024 on: October 02, 2023, 05:13:48 PM
I also think Fulham has the potential to surprise in this match. In fact, if the betting companies had seen Chelsea win guarantee, they wouldn't have given such high odds. Last season's match Fulham won at home, and there could be a similar one again. Chelsea are in very bad form this season and they want to make a breakthrough. Both teams will take the field to win the match. Both teams are having a hard time scoring goals, maybe a bet of under 2.5 goals would be more logical. We can see two teams playing controlled games trying to score a goal and win on the field.

Fulham record is funny, 2 loss 2 win, and draw; while Chelsea has 1 win, 2 draw and 3 loss, another ridiculous number. Grin In most of the post matches that have been played by Chelsea against Fulham, the FT is always less than or equal to 2, so I agreed with that your under 2.5 but what if Chelsea surprise everyone with with 3 goals to nil or played total of over 2.5, many bookies will lock in money from bettors because most of them don't think Chelsea will return to form any time soon or maybe not with Fulham because even when they were good in performance, they most often lost to them.

I see the betting market is still favoring Chelsea but I believe with many users here that Chelsea will lose again for tomorrow's match. Judging by the quality of the squad, maybe Chelsea is a little better but they still can't find chemistry. Pocchettino still can't find the right composition with Chelsea at the moment. Chelsea have just won against Brighton in the third round of the EFL Cup but that is not enough to prove that Chelsea are in their positive trend.

Exactly my point, Pochettino is piss and frustrated, if he should lose the next match to Fulham, his chance of getting sack is going to move from 50/50 to 70/30 and that 70 is probably of getting sack before the next transfer window while 30 is stay at Chelsea. Chelsea need a tough man like Erik Hag, if not that he is a wisdom man, Chelsea and Manchester United are not so different from each other.

Somehow Brighton are still in good shape, and what transpire in that EFL match was because Brentford didn't react quickly to the offensive match Chelsea switched to in the second half, they scored immediately when they return from the second half and then push pressure in their defense, they were able to hold Brighton for another 40 minutes because even the ball possession, Brighton was far ahead of Chelsea but it is what is, having a goal is the ultimate objective.
769  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24 on: October 02, 2023, 02:13:24 PM
Luka Modric is 38 years old, of course his strength is decreasing and it is time for young players to replace him so that the club's performance remains stable, but in my opinion, Toni Kroos is not too old, he still has enough energy at Real Madrid like Lewandowski who plays at Barcelona, he already has 35 years old but his performance has not declined, I think Real Madrid still needs senior players who are certainly more experienced than replacing them with young players who actually lack experience.
Young players still have optimal strength, but if they lack experience it will actually cause the club's performance to decline and they need to adapt well and build cooperation in order to be successful in facing the match.
There is a lot of need for experience, a team will never field a completely new player but must have talented and experienced players. Real Madrid are always weak on young players, they are always looking to buy young and talented players. However, in addition to evaluating young players, they also evaluate experienced players enough, if they did not evaluate experienced players, they would not have kept older players like Luka Madrid or Toni Kroos in Real Madrid in this transfer window, only considering the experience of these two stars. Even if these two players are kept in the team, I don't see them in the XI now, I think these two experienced players should be given a chance in the XI, I hope these two stars will not disappoint Real Madrid.

How is Real Madrid weak on young players? Has Vinicius and Bellingham failed that badly this season? The season is still early but I know a lot of players from other teams that are so badly profiled with bad stats in just 7-8 games that have been played because they couldn't live to the fans reality after many defeats but Real Madrid has only lost a single match this season and now standing at the top of the table as number 1 and will maintain it while it last.

One of the youngest clubs that played in one of the toughest Leagues (Premier League) is Arsenal, didn't you see how they play and are still standing in the top 4, what is now the exception about Madrid going with young players? In Real Madrid, they win also, age doesn't matter and very soon, the old men you want so badly will leave for Saudi Arabia where they will go and get their own retirement pension.

I think Toni Kroos will play another 2/1 season in a Madrid jersey. Kross is only 33 years old. And Kross's fitness is good enough. So at least two more seasons we will see Kross with Madrid.

Luka Modric is now 38 years old. He is also one of Madrid's most important players. While Modric may stay with Madrid this season, it is very likely that Modric will not be with Madrid next season. Ancelotti brought Bellingham into the squad as Modrich's replacement. Bellingham has adapted to Madrid's gameplay very well. So I would say that Madrid has been able to produce a worthy replacement for Modrich. Now the Madrid management has to find a suitable replacement for Toni Kross.

The fact that he was pleased by a year contract says that he is going to go either after this season or another season after that, nobody enjoy been bench and most of the new players that were all given at least a 3 years contract say a lot, the motive of Real Madrid in my opinion was to encourage the young ones. Kroos will likely do more than that term, his reason for being skipped in some matches might not be really related to the same reason why Modric is benched. I love the new form of Real Madrid even when some people are not too satisfy with the current ways of the team.
770  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Can money be saved in gambling sites? on: October 02, 2023, 01:56:02 PM
Yes because it's another form of banking, and even if your government doesn't tell you to keep your money on a gambling website you can proceed and do the same, because it's your money.  Grin

How can someone be so stupid that they decide to keep their money on a gambling web-site? Do you not know that it's even a risk depositing your fund on a gambling website? There are many fake casinos out there waiting for a convenient time to rug people of their money and you want to turn them into a bank?

You are free to do such because it's your money, if you believe that casinos are safer than your bank then good luck, as for me it's the stupidest thing I've ever heard of, the name casino even sounds a red alert to me because I know they are in for the business of making money, so anything is possible.

You don't have to be told that this will cost you a lot if care isn't applied to this, it's your money so you are free to keep them wherever you believe they will be safer.

Your level of sarcasm got me at first and I understand how you were quick to change tune, but it is  traditional that gamblers do all the time especially the ones that do this as their hobby every day, it might be a work load to be doing deposits and withdrawals all the time. However, nothing secure beat personal saving, gambling platforms are not like banks that commercial banks can be traced and fine, if a gambler decide not show up again, I'm not sure if there is going to be a compensation from anywhere even if the government licence the casino.


Money does not belong to you if you do not have control over it. You are mistaken if you think you can trust someone with your money. If you can leave your money on a gaming website, that means that the gambling website is in charge of it and you are not. Your money will be lost along with the gambling website if anything were to happen. No gambling site is too big to be hacked, and nobody is promising you a refund if something bad occurs to the gambling site. It's not a good idea to save money on your gambling website because that's not why they are created.

There's a saying in crypto if it's not your wallet, then it's not your bitcoin. as simple as that because they all have the means to control the funds on their exchanges. As for gambling sites, I think they will simply use your money to pay for others because they don't have any problem making you see the amount you have in your account while they actually using it on their sites. But the problem is when they run into some serious problem they need to close their site temporarily and don't have any exact time to make it available for their users again. honestly, you won't be having any piece when that happens because most of those scenarios are not real because what is real is, that they are just running away with your money.

It is actually the keys and not the wallet. You can control a wallet without having the private key, like the centralized exchange and custodian wallets, you can control it but what you don't control is the private keys and who don't control private key controls nothing, and the day they disappear is the day you lose everything. FTX is a perfect example of how to picture the wallet and the private key differences; when the exchange turns out scammed, many have a wallet where money was kept but didn't control the private keys and till today, nothing is returned to the affected victims.

I wish there is a best way to treat the casino and way to handle funds but there aren't any, the best to do this is to play with the amount you want to wager, deposit the amount, try your luck and after the process and the fun, take it out and to the external wallet and if the next day, you feel like playing again, you can repeat the process again. It is safe this way to think that you have your money in your wallet.
771  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Season on: October 01, 2023, 09:37:12 PM
The Galatasaray team is one of the strongest teams in the Superliga. The understanding between the players in the team is very good. This is why they are able to play well despite having a mediocre team. On the other hand, the understanding between United's players is poor. And against Galatasaray, Manchester United is likely to lose. I would not say that Manchester United are favorites in this match.
Have problem with Manchester United performed very poor last match against Crystal Palace in Premier League and I don't think how compete for upcoming match in Champion League against Galatasaray who has impressive performed in domestic league. Still on bad performed with Manchester United this season, loss on Champion League match opening from Bayern Munich must get three points against Galatasaray if want qualify to next round.
There not really advantage with Manchester United match on their home, last Premier League match have loss from Crystal Palace although playing as home match but Manchester United can't get advantage moment in front of their fans supported.

A body is said to be hot but when compared to another, it's the same thing when you compare Manchester United with Galatasaray. They might be having good season in their domestic league but be poor here. The first match Manchester United had with Bayern, it was a heavy duty and they fought for the complete 90 minutes until they couldn't again, if it was Galatasaray that face Bayern Munich that very day, they will concede more than what Manchester United conceded that day, this is the league of Champions and what you represent in your domestic league is option here.

Manchester United might be stuck without any point but you see Galatasaray and Copenhagen, this two team will be the two team that wouldn't be going after the group stage, they look so soft and pass experience also matters a lot.
772  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Ban from a Casino for Nothing Other Than Winning Too Much Money on: October 01, 2023, 05:45:21 PM
Let's take a moment to think about this and tell me if I am correct. All of the people whom I have observed getting banned from gambling at casinos by the casino management, aside from misconduct and other offenses, are individuals who keep winning significant amounts of money. For instance, consider Dana White.  
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He has been prohibited from playing at some of the city’s best casinos, including the Wynn and the Palms, due to his high-stakes gambling habits.  The UFC president is an avid gambler who has won substantial sums of money while spending hours at the tables in his chosen state of Nevada. But after some of his spectacular winning streaks, large hotel and casino locations like the Wynn have previously given him trouble. https://www.insidesport.in/accused-of-bankrupting-hotel-dana-white-explains-getting-banned-racking-up/#:~:text=He%20has%20been%20prohibited%20from,his%20chosen%20state%20of%20Nevada.

The way I perceive it is that if a person who is not cheating or engaging in illegal gambling activities consistently wins, the casino is highly likely to ban that person, just as they did with Dana White.

Banning look harsh, if there is an allegations of cheating, the casino must explain the evidence of cheating if not, the player reserve the right to sue except their is a terms and conditions attached that was accepted willing or unwilling that says when a player is found winning multiple time, then there is chances of disabling the said user from coming back to the casino but even with that, it's not ideal to ban user from playing because they want to preserve the player from winning.

It's not nice, but casino might also be logical to do so because it's not possible for a gambler to be winning everytime, the casino understood the system better and they know how the algorithm work, they know you weren't supposed to win. Infact, this actually define what gambling companies want all the time, you need to lose so they can make their money continuesly and they don't ban when you lose but it become a problem when you win, it's a real gambling when you lose but cheating when you win, clownish right.  Undecided
773  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Saudi Professional League 2023/2024 on: October 01, 2023, 02:02:50 PM
In the last weeks, we heard some news about a Saudi team trying to hire Robert Lewandowski from Barcelona, however, this palyer is very effective in Barcelona but I think he is getting old and Barcelona is also interested in earning some money and helping their financial situation. He rejected the offers from the Saudi League in the summer but I think these offers are still there for the next transfer window when Saudis will have more chance.

https://barcauniversal.com/barcelona-superstar-likely-to-reject-saudi-arabia-approaches-next-summer-as-well-report/
Maybe Barcelona will really need money but if Lewandowski is still effective in attack then I think Barceloja will even extend his contract at Barcelona. But all that will depend on his performance this season. And so far Lewandowski is still very good. Especially after the arrival of the Joao duo, Lewandowski received support to become more productive in the attack line.

In the transfer market yesterday, Lewandowski said that he was comfortable at Barcelona. And not thinking about moving to the SPL or MLS. But I think several other top players who are now in the Arab league have also said similar things to Lewandowski but in the end they moved to the Arab league. So it is possible that Lewandowski will also follow the top European players to the Arab league. Whether it's next season or the season after that.

But until now I haven't seen who can replace Lewandowski at Barcelona. So Barcelona must first prepare if Lewandowski suddenly leaves. But to be honest, I think the Arab League will be even more lively and interesting if Lewandowski also goes there.

Barcelona is not as poor as you guys paint it, they announced just this week that they made $304 in revenue from their financial report between 2022/2023, now tell me why they want to sell Lewandowski because they need money, this agenda of Barcelona not having money is false, they have money now unlike that time when they wanted to keep Messi while inconveniencing the club debts upon depends, things are not like before. If Lewandowski feels to leave, he will but not because Barcelona need money.

If you look at the position of Barcelona, Lewandoski is barely a year in Barcelona, he has won the Spanish domestic league and also won the Champions League before he left Bayern, he doesn't need much except for personal recognition of Balon D'or and golden booth but he has archive something good, only time will tell how long he is going to be relevant considering his age but Felix and Ferran Torress are up to the task of Barcelona, the club will survive if he decided to exit the club.

Al Hilal having good advantage against Al Shabab with they lost only one game from last ten and won five which is clearly indicating there is no competition between these two clubs and recent investment create good difference of quality Neymar Jr missed penalty create some hype but at the end we have two goals with Koulibaly and Metrovic done good job and bring their team at the top of league table.

There is too much talk about Neymar and his future at this club Al Hilal which spend huge amount for bringing him to this club most chances things could be normal because this league is not competitive like we have in UEFA, so he can give more playing time without any serious injury, but good thing is they have no long contract which will help Al Hilal in case of any problem right now they are working on few other options as well which will be clear in 2024 transfer window.

Do you think so or do you know so? was it because other teams find it easy to win opponents or it is because there is no public attention like the Champions League in Saudi Pro League? Look at some crappy clubs that are playing as if they don't train, if Saudi Arabia at a point in time have that hype, they will do well like the Europeans leagues and buying players will not be something of debate any more, Laliga received all sort of backlash back then like the farmers League but today, they are been recognized and relevant after Messi fought them in the Champions League.
774  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Season on: October 01, 2023, 12:30:23 PM

Although it is true that Manchester City are currently very good because of their players who are above the level of several other clubs and Pep's genius in making strategies, they are one of the strong candidates again but to do back to back champions is only a hope because in the end the proof can be difficult especially as I said earlier where we cannot be sure of a club to win especially this is just the beginning of the Champions League because sometimes the Champions League is always difficult to predict even though there is no denial that Manchester City are strong candidates again this season.

I'm sure City will be back-to-back champions this year. Madrid is indeed a strong team but this season they have performed slightly below their level. I don't know about Munich but currently City is too strong among other strong teams. They have everything. Genius coach, the best goal machine in Europe, and capable squad depth. They have many star players and I believe they will even achieve back-to-back treble winners.
As I said before, it's still too early to say with confidence that Manchester City can return back to back to win the Champions League because it all still has to be proven and we still don't know what will happen in the future, especially for the knock out phase or quarter-finals which there are always surprises there.

Indeed, anyone would agree that Manchester City are very strong candidates but defending the championship is clearly more difficult than being a challenger so for now we still cannot be completely sure especially this is just the beginning and the Champions League has only conducted 1 match in the group phase.

In the early phase Ronaldo made Real Madrid win the Champions League twice in a row many times but I'm not sure if there is any other club that has done the same in their club and I don't see Manchester City doing that right now, they are not in that form and I'm beginning to have the same doubt because Rodri and De Bruyne that was absent yesterday, they couldn't beat ordinary Wolves that is battling the same faith with Nottingham Forest, lets even say that Rodri will be available all through the Champions League, what about Haaland, he looks helpless without Kevin De Bruyne.

I'm not also saying that Real Madrid will win this time around, they are in good form but I don't think they can go far, not with this winning mentality but luck might later comes in the way just the same way they made many come back in their matches in 2021/2022 before Benzema left the team. We might receive a shocking team that might go hard on these club we are anticipating and win the Champuons League.

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Everything that Pep Guardiola has done in the few seasons to shape Manchester City into what it is today, it is not without reason that Pep Guardiola has succeeded in building self-confidence and implementing a new era to dominate Europe, that is what Manchester City players have, so it is not surprising that he Every match Manchester City provides a convincing game for them to achieve victory..
I think Manchester City's success under Pep Guardiola isnt only strategic. Yes, Guardiola's strategy-making skills and ability to develop a great team season after season are crucial. I fear Manchester City may become too dependent on him. His ability to reduce team pressure has helped them advance in contests. Remember, a coach change could put the club in a disorganized state. Can Manchester City retain their dominance without Guardiola's strategic thinking and strategy to preserve player quality for bigger competitions?
I think the discussion about changing coaches is still too far away because even though Pep said one day he would leave but for now he will still be at Manchester City and I think as long as he is still coaching Manchester City it is not wrong to entrust everything to Pep because we know that he is a very experienced coach in mixing the club. As for whether or not to depend on the coach in the end, it will be a problem later because now they only have to focus on the competition.

It would be unwise to even think about such, if they want to list the number of successful managers that have visited each club and made a name, Pep is among the tier 1 managers that will make the front of that magazine, he has won at least a trophy for any club he went to. The only challenging club he had was Manchester City and he was bullied because he couldn't win the Champions League but today he has it for the club and he did it together with Treble that mark iconic memory for the club, if Manchester City is complaining about the Guardiola, they should ask Chelsea the emotional trauma they are undergoing with Pochettino.
775  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions on: October 01, 2023, 11:49:23 AM
Real Madrid no longer prioritizes regular starting football for their legendary pair. This could be the last season for Luka Modric and Toni Kroos. The transition is happening gradually. Real Madrid only has 2 veteran names left, and the young stars are expected to play a little better than their veteran seniors. Kroos and Modric sitting on the bench is inevitable when the team still has Valverde, Tchouameni, or Camavinga. (When a player is not selected for the starting lineup, it will be very sad.)
Luka Modric and Toni Kroos should consider their futures. Leaving Real Madrid would be a good choice, or Luka Modric will retire at this club.

Kroos is not old enough to end his career in Real Madrid but maybe Modric but when Saudi Arabia are still calling for the type of talent, I doubt if his agent are going to let go of such kind of midfielder. Regarding being benched, I think Ancelotti's decision is very commendable from a different angle because he said there is a need to let some players rest and have some guys do the main job, they have the Champions League and Laliga to finish first as a priority which is a good development, the result proves his explanation.

If you also observed last season, they bench the living out of Camavinga, the guy is good but I don't understand why they don't start him but he is about to sign a new contract with Real Madrid and improve of salary, and start him to enjoy a full time of play could be among the reason why they bench Modric and it could also be because of their next target in the Champions League next 3 days.

Son Heung-Min is a very fantastic forward players in the English Premier League and currently the best in the Tottenham Hotspur team after their former captain Harry Kane left the club to join Bayern Munich in the summer. He's been very influential to Tottenham's impressive run since the start of the season but I don't think he's a good candidate to join Real Madrid as a replacement for the club's for striker Karim Benzema.
At his age, Son I don't think Son will make a good signing for Real Madrid. They need a young striker that'll match the energy of the current members of Real Madrid squad.
Real Madrid offered might be rejected because there's absolutely no way Tottenham will provide greenlight for this bids. Son Heung-Min is still agile and have a great deal of work to accomplished with Spurs. He is an important player for Tottenham Hotspur and also a key player for the new coach, Angelos Postecoglou who's set to make really good use of the South Korea international. Son have proved his worth under several Spurs ex-managers, more reason he's considered valuable after Harry Kane. The team will not released another key man to elite side this summer or next, Spurs will worked with Son to achieved their targets mapped for this season.

If I'm to go with official statement of Real Madrid, they don't need any additional player to their current team because they are doing well and performing better, and they are hoping to get their place with Bellingham they have already, Son might just be a distraction and possible speculation and not official, they will rather wait until next year for Mbape to finish his contract with PSG to have him than splash money to get Son from Tottenham, it will not be easy move in the first place.
776  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Apart from the bitcoin core, are there any other way to store bitcoin? on: September 28, 2023, 05:48:05 PM
Since I believe it will be better if I first understand bitcoin's technical side before I proceed on the forum, I am currently beginning my journey with it from a technical standpoint.
But as I was researching, I found out that I first needed to download a file called the bitcoin core in order to start storing my bitcoin. In light of this, I want to know if there is any other way to store bitcoin besides downloading the core. And which is safer.

And if there is, I'd love it if the senior members could assist me with it. It seems to me that utilising the bitcoin core on a mobile device won't be much easier for me, so please let me know if you know of any way to store my bitcoin without downloading the complete bitcoin core.

@BoiCrypto: You need to understand something first. Bitcoin is not stored in the wallet, the wallet helps you manage your private keys and helps you send and receive bitcoin. In the case of Bitcoin core, it helps you create a wallet(generate both Private keys and the corresponding addresses from a seed phrase) and also makes you a node( whether a full or node or prune node, but depends after the initial blockchain download: IBD)

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In fact without Bitcoin Core, there can be no Bitcoin. Even if you don't run Bitcoin Core (which is totally possible), you will need to connect to someone else's computer. So you need to trust THEIR opinions and at the same time, you lose privacy.
Bitcoin Core, also provides you with a wallet, as I said.

Says who? Bitcoin core happens to be one of the oldest open source client that was built by and for the bitcoin community and till today, it is used by some people as you can run your own node without depending on another node for a reliable ledger of bitcoin blockchain but there are other ways you can run your own node without having to use bitcoin core, there are some of them you can DIY and also the plug and used, all depends on how expert you are with security and privacy. Bitcoin node doesn't end with Bitcoin core.

777  Economy / Trading Discussion / Re: Is it possible to do Gamestop saga in crypto.? on: September 28, 2023, 12:29:46 PM
So we all know how regular traders pumped up the gamestop prices to exponential prices. And major shorts were squeezed and a lot of hedge funds lost money in it.

I was thinking how about we all make up a community for crypto and maybe try such thing ? We all say that whales are manipulating the markets but we are not doing anything to tackle them.
 
Look at the prices they keeping it so tight right now that even stocks are more volatile than crypto. Why not eat the rich in crypto ? Cheesy Cheesy Cheesy


Have you seen any changes despite the lowkey attention crypto is getting since we entered bear market, the crypto trading market is now a competition between whales short and long squeeze of each other just to liquidate each other and get money from each other. Sometimes, when things are happened that are either beneficial or detrimental to the market, it's always the whales thy are always push the narrative to the mainstream just to induce fear or fomo among people, this is how squeeze attacks happen everytime.

How do we manage this? It's only through tight regulations!

However, how many people are ready to allow crypto to be regulated? I'm of the opinion NO!
We want Defi at full force, enough of the middle men in traditional market, we need such thing here because if crypto becomes regulated, we might not enjoy it as we used to, don't be surprised if they one day canceled out event like bitcoin halving and some anniversary that are been celebrated. Regulations will not do crypto any good but more harms.

But if they can probe centralized exchanges of users that do these manipulations, they can be easily fetch out if they conduct proper investigations, after all whales used centralized exchanges the most for the attacks and manipulation of the market but Binance and others will close their eyes as if nothing is really happening in the exchange, don't be surprised that centralized exchanges coordinate most of the attacks we see as whale manipulation because they control almost cryptos in circulation.
778  Economy / Trading Discussion / Re: Basic indicator that are very helpful and you may don't know yet... on: September 28, 2023, 11:09:54 AM
So here's the list:

MACD = Buy and Sell Signals
RSI= shows when price is overbought and oversold
Bollinger Bands= volatility levels
9EMA= Short term trends
21EMA= Entry and Exit points
50 EMA= helpful for Stop loss placement
200 EMA= Long-term trend
VWAP= Intraday Breakouts
ADX= strength of the trend

You made a list of indicators without giving more details about what they do, how to use it, when to use it and the implications. For your information, in that list you compiled, there are leading indicators and lagging indicators, using lagging indicators to confirm your trade without lagging indicators to comfirm your trade makes you lagger person or trader. You will not make anything and if you managed to make anyone, I will say you were lucky with it. The ones you mentioned are  are popular indicators on most exchanges and yet many don't know how to use them together.

For indicators, we have the lagging and the leading, they all have their own merit and demerit, when to use them and when not to use them. The leading ones for example helps you comfirm a trend or direction of your trade before it happen while the lagging will only work after a trend has been confirmed. So, you see that when you choose lagging to comfirm trades, you will always be behind other trades, they always see dangers before you and will quickly exit and take profit before you in the market.

The only leading indicator I know from your list is the RSI and the rest of them are lagging indicators. You don't need all of them to be an expertise in trading though.

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Key note: Just because it is listed does mean you should use it all. All have their purpose and you can just use what resonates with your strategy whether you are a short-term or swing trader. You can just use EMA for signals and confirm it with buy/sell of MACD. The most important is you have a sample data that you're strategy is working and backtested.


200MA is not suitable for hourly or daily candle of a newly launched pair coins on exchange, it takes weeks of candles and monthly before they pop up. However, I think 21, 50 EMA, Bollinger Band, Macd and RSI are enough to enjoy trading except for premium indicators that you may want to add for professionalism, but they are not necessary to have them in your chart.
779  Economy / Trading Discussion / Re: Stop Trading on: September 28, 2023, 10:54:59 AM
Next time you want a suitable subject for your thread, look for something that blend with the content and not something like this, stop trading is a very misleading topic and when they find out you are looking for a click bait, the attention you might be looking for will bot come. So take that corrections, now let's look at some of your key points you discussed.



It is not a must to take every trade and it is not a must to trade. Have you experience difficulty in the Financial Market or disappointment that affected your well being. Stated below are some essential things you need to look out for once you noticed them please stay off the market.

1) Series of Losing Trade

 If you noticed that the losses you had are more in a series of trade you took then take a break. If you proceed you will start doing revenge trading and lose out. A break will help you re-evaluate yourself and maintain psychological and emotion balance.


This is the best thing to do when losses turn to normal thing, but will an expert who understands trading very well have losses concurrently, I don't think so, that's why it's better to always use have at least two open trade instead of one, it help you manage risk when things goes south.

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2) Market is Consolidating

Surely there is no direction in the Market once it is consolidating. This will waste your time and make you make irrational decisions.

3) When Emotionally Unstable

Are you angered, troubled, disturbed, or even excited etc. At that point don't engage the market.

4) Market Conditions are not Favourable ]
Every technical Analyst knows when things are unfavourable. The skill of spotting unfavorably conditions in the market is gotten by practice and study. If you are a technical analyst and you don't know please try and develop yourself.


Market consolidation is always choppy is better to avoid trades in this time or open a long trade and buy at that point but only if you are anticipating for upside direction, consolidation doesn't mean it will go up, fundamental news can screw it up and break the support to start another trend. The same goes for unstable market conditions

If you are emotionally affected, there is no point in even looking at the trades you will only blow up your account.

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5) When your set-up is not established

You know your pattern of trade and your set up more than I do. Once this set up has not been confirmed or has past don't trade. Don't help the market.

6) Financial Pressure

Don't put your financial burden on the market if not you will have yourself to blame. What is good is that you make a term plan and stick to it. Be gradual and moderate in your pursue of profit.

7) Series of Successes

This is difficult as one success makes you want to go on and on. Know that with series of successful trade especially in a season comes with over confidence which will make you not pay attention to your rules to effectively execute trade .

NOTE: These are not rules but advise that will advance you and make you profitable.

Do well to write what your intake is on the subject of discussed.

All your points are correct but I think they are just primary mistakes in trading, a good trader that is a serious type should know this before even going technical aspects of trading, if you failed to master all this mistakes, technical aspects of trading will not end well.
780  Economy / Economics / Re: How do you deal with financial stress? on: September 28, 2023, 10:16:41 AM
The past few years after COVID-19 have been the absolute worst; everything keeps rising—petrol, daily groceries, electricity, housing—to the point where you're barely making ends meet. Just to imagine, I've been looking for an apartment for over 6 months and haven't found anything yet. Not only is there a very limited supply, but those available are either too expensive, poor, too small, or everything combined. Thus, this is creating a huge feeling of uncertainty, as time is running out and I need to get settled down. Renting outside of town in the nearby villages isn't ideal either, because petrol is way too expensive.

I'm not sure if anyone else feels the same, but this uncertainty with the increasing living costs and the ongoing rat race is causing me excessive stress. On top of that, moving out of the country doesn't seem ideal either, because most European cities are also suffering similar conditions, along with an extensive immigrant crisis (see France, Italy, Germany, and the UK). I'd be interested in remote working, but the economics field I've studied at university isn't in high demand for remote working, which often recruits IT workers and generally fields that require hands-on experience. As soon as I'm settled down, I'm considering taking up a data analysis course and finishing my master's degree in order to look for more opportunities abroad.

The moment the COVID-19 phase ended, it was a kind of economic reboot all over the world, things have never been the same ever since that deadly virus was mechanically spread all over the world and the result that gripped us by the neck is inflation upon inflation. Since I have been in this world when I started to follow up on economic growth, I have not seen inflation been discussed like before, it has become the subject of interaction more frequently and wars that are happening around the globe.

During and after the pandemic, a lot of folks didn't have where to work, they had to rely on relief funds and benefits money of the central bank and what you get when the central bank prints more money without measures is high inflation, the vision of printing that money was to save people but was at the extreme of causing damage in the future and higher is what we are all facing, there is war between the two western worlds where one is depended by others, the war are all causing price of items super expensive and the government measure has not been helpful solution.

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I don't know, but each year seems progressively worse. It wasn't that bad before COVID-19; now it's the ultimate worst I've seen, and it's about to deteriorate even further. Thankfully, this forum has been a blessing and probably the only thing giving me hope, as it has resulted in me making a decent sum of money in the process. I'm yet to start looking for a job, but salaries are relatively low, despite the increased cost of living. To make matters worse, excessive weather conditions due to climate change are happening way more often now, causing floods and wildfires and destroying everything in their path. See Libya, Greece, Italy, Spain, and many more examples.

Maybe I'm stressing out too much because I'm yet to find proper housing to establish myself again after being away for over a year in the military. I'm generally an anxious person myself, but does anyone else feel the same, and how do you deal with it? How do you stay optimistic?

Perhaps a change in fiscal policy and adjustment of the monetary policy in 4 years will improve the economy, my country for example has not been in the right direction both in the fiscal and monetary policy despite the new government with lots of promises, we need changes in this people. By the time other people are brought to serve the people, all these challenges are going to be something of the past. If Americans today change their government, things are going to be a lot better, maybe bringing back Trump is the right thing to do next time.
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