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81  Local / Nigeria (Naija) / Re: If you can invest in btc then trust it and just hodl for future betterment on: May 17, 2024, 04:54:49 PM
I feel people who are always tempted to quick sell or even at all times monitoring the market price of their assets to know if it is declining or increasing are not yet knowledgeable on the affairs of Bitcoin. If a person understands everything about making investment, then the person should have known the rules behind every investment which denotes that every investor should:

  • Get a good understanding of what they would like to invest into
  • Always have a long term view on that investment

Just buy following the both rules, one would actually maximize his/her profit in Bitcoin investment and in order not to alter our investment it is advised that we invest not too much of what we can't live without and try as much to keep aside emergency/reserved funds, this will help tackle the potential risk of altering our portfolio.

Well I think there are different patterns of Bitcoin investments which I can say it all depends on which pattern an individual decides to adopt in his journey in Bitcoin Investment. Life generally taught us to invest for the dry days when we have little earnings and when things become more tough on our financial lives. But we all have options to what kind of investment we intend to go into. While some people will opt in for a DCA approach towards bitcoin investment, some will opt in for Lump Sum and HODLing their cryptocurrencies for very long time running into decades of years. Like mentioned earlier, it all depends on the target or plans of the investor. If I run a big company today, I will like to explore the opportunity around HODLing thereby diverting our profits into the Bitcoin long term investments, for a maximized profits over a long period of time.
82  Local / Politics and society (Naija) / Re: Democracy in Nigeria on: May 16, 2024, 08:05:37 PM
Democracy is one of the systems of government or probably the only one that puts power in the hands of the masses. But sometimes, I think it's just a cover-up to let other systems run in the background. Despite the fact that the rich continue to have more say in these decisions made, we can also note that the commoners and poor people continue to do so themselves.

There is no perfect system of government in the world, as much as it was man-made or arranged by men. There's always one loophole or the other, whether intentionally or unintentionally. This is because people come together to form ideas and systems on the basis of interests, and while they look at the larger picture of the interests, due to their human nature, they also look at their common interests too. By so doing, we have loopholes in the systems of governments including their policies and programs however beautiful they are. I think for now, democracy still remains one of the most effective systems of government that's working for many countries. But there are also countries like UAE, Saudi Arabia, Luxembourg, Japan, Denmark, etc, have one of the best political system of governance and are not practicing Democracy but Monarch yet they have some of the best economies, leadership and governance too.

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During an election, who steals ballot boxes? Who kills people just for money? Is it not the people who will later come and start shouting that the government is bad? If the government in this country is bad, the people who carry out their evil deeds for them are even way worse.

To mention this, is also to say that, in the end, one political system of governance maybe quite better than the other generally, but when sampling it with specific locations, what might be best for the Americans may be totally bad for Nigerians, hence reason why it is difficult to rule one system of government other others.
83  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24 on: May 16, 2024, 07:44:51 PM
La Liga was tough and we witnessed the performance and stats of these clubs. Real Madrid was first followed by Girona that brought winning points. Barcelona was consider the least elite team that was struggling but they revived their hope and they're back on track but it mean nothing because Real Madrid have been crowned champions. Xavi Hernandez is ensuring he sealed a winning spot for Barcelona, however they've met the accumulated points to play UEFA Champions League games next season. Barcelona was down this season, they couldn't match the available targets mapped out for them this season. 

Girona was one club that kept me motivated to watch LA Liga games so keenly because they brought about the breaking of the jinx that suggested that small/new clubs cannot challenge the elite clubs at the top but this season Girona which joined the league in 2017 to mark as their first appearance in the La Liga league since they have been playing for over 80 years history.

I am also congratulating them for pushing this far to be qualified for the Champions league and I'm pretty sure they will keep improving with the level they currently occupy. I wished they were able to win a day before yesterday's match with Villarreal to have maintained their second position coming in between Real Madrid and Barcelona, it would have made me more excited for it to end that way.
84  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A) on: May 16, 2024, 07:30:12 PM
That's just the fact about the whole thing because sometimes we feel that when a club manages to ranked up to some certain level we feel that they are very strong without reasoning on this perspective because that's actually what I realized about Juventus performance on this season, just like you mentioned Juventus has truly gone far on this season but there is a huge decline on there performance this season because from the matches they have actually played against other bigger teams you will no that they are not really much in a good shape this season but they are just lucky to have gone far but however next season is another season they should look out for because there would be more challenges than this season.

Juventus have not performed well enough this season because how comes they are still battling with the third position of the table standing with Bologna both clubs having 67 points with equal amount of games played. When in the same vain, we've witnessed teams like Inter Milan and AC Milan leading with wide margin at the first and second positions of the table standing. Inter has a total point of 92 and AC Milan having 74 points, leaving the latter with over 18 solid point differences. But it's more surprising or annoying, as the case may be, when you compare AC Milan to Bologna and Juventus, both at 67 points, you will realize that the point difference between Milan and both clubs is 7 points. When I tried to determine the difference in points between the first and third  position,I discovered a whooping difference of 25 points which is monumental in this season.
85  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024 on: May 16, 2024, 05:39:50 PM
Well said. Chelsea and Manchester United might eventually win their next match if they want to retain the same position in the EPL but Tottenham may not win. They have not been impressive for some time now. I always thought that they will be the nemesis to Manchester City and win them last in the last match. I felt disappointed because SON who is a good striker made so much mistake in the game. So, i can't rely on them to win their next match. They lost to Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester City perhaps they may still lose to Shielfield. Well Sheffield looks so easy to win but anything can still happen.

Now that Manchester City is already leading the table standing, Arsenal must be panting for luck over their subsequent matches, wishing Manchester United to win over ManCity in their fixture. The club Arsenal had hopes over earlier was Tottenham Spurs and Manchester United and ManCity was able to clear Tottenham with two goals over none in their last game posing Arsenal with more fears while the ManCity takes over the table.


Now, Manchester United and Chelsea wants to maintain the position they are presently holding and wouldn't want to fail in their next matches, but the question is, can Manchester United win over ManCity when Manchester City is going all the way up? I doubt already!
86  Economy / Economics / Re: Hyperinflation - Will it lead Countries to Adopt Bitcoin? on: May 16, 2024, 05:28:35 PM
Argentina's government can mine Bitcoin if ever they want and it's not related to the hyperinflation that they're having because it is just another source or business that they're having.

And most of the countries that are into hyperinflation, they're using other currencies that they can accept. Like for Venezuela, they're accepting US dollars and people there are using bank transfers for every purchase they make.

So, going with Bitcoin as their alternative currency for payments, it's not impossible just as in other countries. They've got merchants that are accepting payments in Bitcoin.



Exactly. Whether inflation or not, countries exploring the Bitcoin technology is the best way to go. I am somehow close to how governments are run, with the little information I have, exploring new ideas and sampling them on the country is the best way to sustainable development in any country. Countries that thrive the most are countries that take their time to explore new ideas and advancements, whereas, countries that do not open doors to technological advancements, have a delayed or lack development as a whole.

Bitcoin is one monumental advancement to the world of financial technology and the earlier governments open their arms to it, the better. Aspects that will greatly benefit the government will especially be via investments
87  Economy / Services / Re: [CFNP] Duelbits.com | Signature Campaign ~ Full Members+ | Up to $70/Week on: May 16, 2024, 12:47:23 PM
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88  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2023/24 on: May 15, 2024, 09:59:29 PM
Real Madrid is one of the best teams in the world, perhaps the best. Even though they are currently the championship team, they still continue to play matches with their best performance. By the way, we are very happy to watch our Turkish Diamond Arda Güler and see him score goals in every match. As the Turkish people, we are completely behind him.
Real Madrid wants to prove to us that they are still very strong and ready to win any club that crosses their parts. This is why I so much ha confidence in them that they are going to win Dortmund in the finals since they are used to winning.

Barcelona is good this season but not as strong as Real Madrid and that was proven in El Classico match, but one thing that I know is that if Barcelona don't bring in new players when the transfer window is open, they might not be able to win Real Madrid next season.

Do they still want to prove or they have already proven their capacity to crush any club that comes their way right now. They are at a top gears when it comes to delivery but I think they are not as good as Leverkusen in terms of being promising even though you can still rate the La Liga league over Bundesliga because in La Liga there are more troublesome and competitive clubs than found in the Bundesliga.

But this season, Barcelona is truly nothing to compare to the efforts Real Madrid is making to head the league table and still move to the final of the Champions league. The winning streak of Real Madrid will be wondrous if they are able to win La Liga and still go ahead and win Champions league
89  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024 on: May 15, 2024, 09:54:55 PM
Who would have taught the matched between Manchester United and Newcastle who have ended with a 3:20 score and goals over 5 goals. It ended with a 1:0 in the first half but it seems they were waiting for the second half so that they can unleash their power. Today ended well in the favor of the Manchester United fans, i know the pain of losing in three consecutive games and had a first victory this month;. However there has been a transform a little bit in the way Manchester United play.

I expected them to win today since they played very well during their last match against Arsenal. Meanwhile talking about the games against Arsenal that would have been a win for Man U as well but they failed to utilize their chances.

Manchester United showed some powerful skills today as a team by winning against Newcastle. I think they are designed to win over less competitive teams like the Arsenal and Manchester City this season. With the pattern that Manchester United is playing their games, I doubt if they will be able to win over Manchester City in their upcoming game. I am scared for Arsenal right now since the only hope they have of winning this season of tournament is through the victory of Manchester United over Manchester City which seems to be daunting.
90  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Season on: May 15, 2024, 09:51:18 PM

There is no doubt that Borussia Dortmund deserved this final, but I think they might want to take this game to penalties. They will need a lot of chances against Real Madrid and they might have taken some of them in previous matches. I also see Real Madrid as the favorite in this match and if Borussia Dortmund wins this match, I can only explain it with luck. Real Madrid has played excellent games this season, both in the league and the Champions League. Ancelotti has brought the friendship in the team to a very high level. In the final, Real Madrid will have 11 men who believe in winning the trophy.


I am one of the most anxious people to see the result of this final game. Champions league is one big tournament that people are always happy to reach. In fact, it is one trophy that every club in the Europe dreams of. Luckily enough, Real Madrid have been the Champions in the world because they have taken the trophy much more than any other club had. They have become the best club in the Champions league and here they are again this year to witness another yet amazing final which is slated on the 1st of June.

If Dortmund is able to take this trophy they will almost go mad with celebration because this will be another time they will be making it happen again for the second time. It will be a special day and year for them and the entire club will be happy to witness such greatness.
91  Local / Politics and society (Naija) / Re: If you want to scam an African man put it in the terms and condition on: May 15, 2024, 09:44:03 PM
Bro you really nail this one, I no dey like to dey read diz terms and condition.years back, my friend bin convinced me to invest with a forex company,as I reach d company, dem com give me form say make I fill am,after I finish filling the form,I no even bother to read the terms and conditions and the funniest part be say, d customer care com ask me say weda I don read the terms and conditions,I com tell  her No, say the write too plenty to read say make she forget about that one. like diz eh,before I sign any agreement,I dey always take my time read the terms and conditions.

I am also the same. I am as guilty as others I have issues with reading terms and conditions or manuals in general. I can say it is our tradition as Africans, or maybe as Nigerians because it is almost in our blood not me alone until you learn how to avoid it. The only way you can avoid it is through your learning culture. You have to adopt a learning culture that will force you to read because reading terms and conditions are some of the best thing everyone is expected to do. I have heard of story about people who injure themselves from machines because of a simple failure to read terms and conditions or manuals of such machines. Because of these and more, which includes when I became more open to working as a digital marketer, I have found need and necessity in reading of manuals, terms and conditions of any thing I come across with. I try to avoid the lazy spirit that disallow me from doing so.
92  Local / Politics and society (Naija) / Re: Naira have been recorded to be worst performing currency in the world on: May 15, 2024, 09:23:58 PM
It was the best performing when it appreciated in price from ₦1600 to ₦1001 to a dollar. But it later decreased to ₦1460 which is now the price as I was posting this. Naira is too volatile. I saw the news recently but I was not surprised about it. There is no way the government will want to manipulate, the economy will determine the price of fiat.

The thing about Naira appreciation and depreciation is tied towards the economy of the country. The reality remains that if we as a nation are not ready yet to change the status quo and work on the true solution to our very unstable economy, it will always affect our currency which will fluctuate in the uptrend and downtrend. What I expect the government to do, which they are currently doing is to work towards strengthening on our GDP and increasing our investments on local production. Nigeria has all it takes to be a major producer of most demanding products in the world, including mineral resources as well as iron ore and coal, all we need to do is to properly explore these areas and commercialize them. Government needs to go into as much PPP arrangements as possible with private sector to make this happen. This is just one aspect amongst others that we can explore.
93  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Losing all your fortune with just 3 years on: May 12, 2024, 09:02:15 PM
This event happened in 2009 but the moral is evergreen. This story is a reminder that one can lose a fortune on gambling if there is no control. We don't have to wait until we suffer the same situation which will make us regret later, it is time to have a gambling budget and gamble responsibly. His greatest undoing was gambling under the influence of alcohol and illicit drugs. At this point, he would have totally lost control of his ability to reason which would lead to continued losses.

I honestly don't still understand why people drug themselves while gambling when they are fully aware that gambling has to do with money and a wrong decision could cause someone his financial life. Imagine if you're going into a business and signing a contract when you are drunk. How do you ensure you are taking the right decision during such period?

I like to see gambling like that especially when money is involved. Although it is a past time for people, but a chunk number of people who play gambling today are absolutely after making the profits therefore playing it with all their intellects and energy to win.

The advice I will give to any one already deeply into gambling is not to gamble when they are depressed or when they are drunk and must always gamble responsibly especially with what they can afford to lose.
94  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Germany League - Bundesliga Prediction Thread on: May 12, 2024, 08:46:50 PM

The match ended 5-0, they played incredibly against Bochum. Actually, they didn't need to play so seriously, I think they crushed their opponent too much. Bochum is already a weak team, they have no claim in the league. Despite this, they scored 5 goals.
I wouldn't be surprised if there were many more goals, it was a terrible night for Bochum Cheesy

Leverkusen are on fire right now. They are the indispensable in the Bundesliga league and can be regarded as the giants of the season with a recorded winning streak of 50 matches unbeaten and 33 of these matches are of this season and all were won by the club with zero lost since they started. They have only drew in 6 matches. How amazing they sound right now.

Bayern Munich who are coming as second in the league table have lost 7 whole matches and draw in 3 whereas Stuttgart have lost 7 and draw in 4. This landmark achievement by the Leverkusen have placed them high in the league much more that they 15 points ahead of the second club which is Bayern Munich. Leverkusen have just 3 matches to end the season, let's take for instance, if they decide to fail in those coming matches, they will still remain unbeaten in the table standing.
95  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024 on: May 12, 2024, 08:30:31 PM
Mikel Arteta was tactical all through the game. Erik Ten Hag should be sack? What are your thoughts on this trend? Manchester United is no longer consider to be threat to elite teams, they keep losing points against average and elite opponents and they're now ranked 8th position on the table which is not a good result for them. Arsenal dominated the game but failed to net more goals than expected. Coming to Old Trafford to face the Red Devils and won them but it was not with ease efforts, they struggle to maintain their lead.

I am mostly of the opinion that Eric Ten Hag should go. Because I don't think he's taking the best out of them as a manager. Let's ignore the injury crisis within the club now and look at how Manchester United was poorly managed to the position of 8 in the table ranking and still likely to lose more points if they continue like this and probably fall below the current position below West Ham who are just 2 points behind them presently.

Both Manchester United and Chelsea were almost birds of same feather in this season because they could not maximize their potentials as elite clubs in the league. And if you may ask me, I will like to say that I see more of the faults coming from the managers than I see from the players, per se.
96  Local / Politics and society (Naija) / Re: Another site to scam people on: May 12, 2024, 08:16:20 PM
This things are seasonal and we have to be wise to understand them if not we go fall for their trap one day. And the worst part be say those who dey close to use and once they are interested to dis kind of Ponzi Schemes, the matter you go tell them dem no go hear you until dem lost their money before their eyes go clear for them. There was a time dem send me a link to make a referral for about 20 persons on WhatsApp to win about #100k and I did it after doing it and nothing happened so I just left the Website and deleted everything.

And as you tok am dem dey use dey find people to cause traffic to their pages. We should be careful with them.

I think most of these kind of sites are used for generating web traffic so they can make some gains in return. Some are weblinks to some ads so that as much as you try to click on their links, you generate more Pay-Per-Clicks to their online ads. While others could mean more negative harm to you when you click on them as they lead you to sites that can hack your financial details and so on.

For me, I have resolved not to attend to any web link that talks about making money for such tasks especially when they lack clarity from inception. I also look at things like the https link to confirm if they are secured websites or phising sites before I visit such sites. One thing I ensure I do is to also Google the domain name of the site and probably do a background check on the other sites it's associated to whether it has got external links with good reputation or otherwise. This is when I do finally take decision to enter the website.
97  Local / Nigeria (Naija) / Re: Is Bitcoin A Safe Haven Asset For Investment? on: May 12, 2024, 08:00:27 PM
I must tell you the truth there is nothing like a safe heaven. No one knows what the future would be, calling Bitcoin a safe heaven is like saying there is nothing that could possibly go wrong if we invest in Bitcoin. Investment is a risk and there is risk in investing in Bitcoin as an asset. The reason why Bitcoin is the most preferred asset that is being preached about to invest in is because it has proven itself over the years to not fail. And people who had invested in it has gotten good profit since the existence of Bitcoin.

Well, it is good that we try to clarify things like this to those who are still new to these things so they can see the most realistic aspect of the bitcoin and cryptocurrencies. Like most platforms, the Bitcoin technology has its ups and downs too and people are working towards understanding the uptrend of the market so as to protect her assets.

Like you mentioned, invest comes with risks and likewise in the bitcoin technology. It is not MMM where people make quick money without undergoing the pain of taking such investment risks. The opportunities in the crypto technology are enormous but we must advocate more about people learning the rigorous process of investing, through the DCA approach and Lumpsum.
98  Local / Nigeria (Naija) / Re: How to avoid bitcoins and other crypto fraud on: May 11, 2024, 10:01:00 PM
1. Don't send cryptocurrency to people who claim they will "double your money."

From the moment you hear someone bringing idea such as doubling your money should strongly be discouraged especially when it has to do with ads coming your way should be discarded. Secondly, if you do not know the user bringing up such deals, you are strongly advised not to fall for then no matter how mouthwatering
99  Economy / Economics / Re: A lot wealthy people not smart they just use debt on: May 11, 2024, 08:31:26 PM
If wealthy people use debt to get rich and richer, isn't this kind of like the secret to being wealthy? Poor people should simply follow in that footsteps too. They should go the bank and take out a loan, you it to start up a small business and stay committed to it and when the business booms, they can be able to pay off their debts with the interest. They don't have to take a large amount out as loan initially so that they are not under too much pressure, they should start with something small and build up from there. This is one way that they can build wealth.

I don't think that's smart enough for the poor to jump into loans in the name of copycating what the wealthy people do. No any one, whether rich or poor should go that route. Secondly, anyone taking loan from either an individual or government supported loans, should first evaluate what they intended to do with the debt their incurring and also sought for how they can recover their loaned money before the deadline they must have given.

Aside from other life threatening cases that may warrant people to borrow money solve those issues alias safe lives, it is discouraged by wise men not to go into loans that can be wasted easily rather than taking loans for the sake of productivities.
100  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A) on: May 11, 2024, 08:18:48 PM
Napoli lost at home with a score of 0-2 against Bologna and with results like this I become curious, who is the Napoli coach for next season. Because after all, Francesco Calzona is also only given a contract until the end of this season and it seems, there are still no strong rumors about who the Napoli coach is for next season. Because anyway, falling behind since the first half but Napoli really couldn't afford to score even one goal. Despite the fact,in the second half Napoli also had good dominance compared to the first half but still, Napoli were still unable to score in this home match. Because I think, this match will have a lot of goals because I think Napoli will have a good effort also because Napoli also plays at home, but the reality is that Napoli still fails.

Of all the matches I watched between yesterday and today, the match between Napoli and Bologna was the most annoying one to me. While I celebrate Bologna for their effort to win over Napoli with two goals to none, I also want to acknowledge that Napoli has lost it already in this season and have in fact continued to showed their weaknesses including in this match. I think any great player seen as an asset in the club will be looking for alternatives right now.

These things are quite disappointing especially when other clubs are putting in the efforts to make their fans proud, yet Napoli is doing otherwise. Yesterday, Inter was able to beat Frosinone widely with goal difference of 5 to none. Today, Milan is already ahead with 2 goals to 1 against Cagliari where the latter are also putting their efforts to re-equalize but Napoli could not do the same with Bologna when they seemed promising at a time during the season. They must wake up their slumber with these poor performances.
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