Yes, all 3 have pros and cons and have different use cases and above all, all 3 are necessary for us. So what is the use of comparing and speaking ill of them if we are still dependent on them?

No matter how bad fiat is, can we stop depending on it and stop using it ? No , we would not exist without fiat as it remains the main currency in our economy.
Gold is a stable asset that does not offer high returns like bitcoin, but when we want to hedge our assets, we want to diversify our asset portfolio to minimize risk . If we don't use gold, what options do we have to diversify our asset portfolio?
Ultimately , bitcoin is a volatile asset and we can take advantage of that to grow our wealth quickly .

I own all 3 and feel satisfied so I don't like to compare and badmouth any type of property.

Are you using bitcoin as an investment or are you just using it as a currency? And what's wrong with people using bitcoin as an investment when they are getting many benefits from it and their lives are getting better and better because of bitcoin? Additionally , even if you are using bitcoin as an investment, if there is a store that accepts bitcoin payments, will anyone prohibit you from using bitcoin for payment? So how can it be said that bitcoin is gradually moving away from its purpose of becoming a currency?




This is true, but I don't think it's the reason why bitcoin strayed from its original purpose of being a currency . Bitcoin is still bitcoin, it's just that the way people use bitcoin is not in the direction of turning bitcoin into currency .

But the question is why did he deliberately make these predictions even though he knew it couldn't happen and would harm his fans? Many people think this is his way of attracting more attention to himself but that won't happen because everyone will soon find out his prediction is bullshit. He will even lose a large number of fans if he continuously makes statements that are inaccurate and harmful to them . I really cannot understand what his real purpose is in making unrealistic and impossible predictions.

But more importantly, why do we care what he says when we all know that what he says won't happen  .

It is true that the election is approaching and he is using every means to get people's votes, and whether he really supports cryptocurrency or not is still a question mark. But what's wrong with someone changing their opinion after a while, after taking the time to learn about it? Even many investors on this forum, who are bitcoin maximalists were skeptical and distrustful of bitcoin in the early days of hearing about it. I myself was the one who refused to invest in bitcoin when I first heard about it, simply because at that time we had not learned about it and did not know what it was, so it was normal for us not to be interested. Or even the CEO of blackrock or Michael J. Saylor used to despise bitcoin but now they are the investors holding the majority of bitcoin.

If yesterday he claimed to hate bitcoin and cryptocurrencies, but today he suddenly said he was very interested in them, it would be a blatant lie. But it's been 5 years, and that time is not short.


https://www.cnbc.com/2017/10/13/blackrock-ceo-larry-fink-calls-bitcoin-an-index-of-money-laundering.html
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/07/07/blackrock-ceo-larry-finks-turnabout-on-bitcoin-elicits-cheers-skepticism-from-crypto-insiders/

To be honest, nobody is probably expecting them to win the Bundesliga title next season. Because the expectation is truly not much from the new coach. We will not only have to keep an eye on which player he brings in. We will also have to keep an eye on how he intends to use those players. I am almost certain that he will not be able to use all the players properly. If Bayern Munich is actually able to win the Bundesliga title in the next season, either all the other teams that are playing have to perform really badly or Bayern Munich will be very lucky.

All I want to say is that if he was such a good coach, she wouldn’t have finished in the relegation zone with Burnley. I understand that Burnley just got promoted. But avoiding the relegation zone was definitely possible.

When is Neymar going to be fit again to play?

I heard that he might even miss almost the first half of the next season because of his knee injury. The way he is going about it, I think he actually might not be able to play in the World Cup. Mind you, during the next 2026 World Cup, he is going to be only 34 years old. I guess he is just earning too much money by sitting on his ass to actually care about his career anymore. He has not done anything for his team in the Saudi Pro League and still has been able to win the Saudi title and also the King Cup of Champions trophy. When you are getting paid like him and also winning silverware by absolutely doing nothing, you are not going to want to move, would you? There was a time when I said that Neymar was a prince who was never able to wear his crown. But now I will say that Neymar is a prince who never actually wanted to wear his crown.

We all know that Cristiano Ronaldo has set unbelievable targets for himself and he has also said that he is going to play in the next 2026 World Cup. But that is heavily going to depend on how he performs in the 2024 euro. If he is able to perform well in this competition with Portugal, there is a chance that he will get himself ready to play in the 2026 World Cup.

By the way, he has actually played pretty well while Portugal qualified for the Euro 2024. So there is always a chance that he is actually going to play in the World Cup 2026. But the thing we have to remember is that he will be 41 years old at that time . So he will definitely not be able to perform as he is doing even now. 41 year old Cristiano Ronaldo can never be compared with the prime Cristiano Ronaldo. But Cristiano Ronaldo definitely still dreams about winning the World Cup with Portugal.

If you talk about fan, PSG is losing a lot of followers right now. I am talking about the social media. Remember when Lionel Messi joined PSG, they were getting followers like crazy. I remember that I was actually trying to see how many followers they had gained. I would refresh the page once and it would go up like a couple of thousands. When Lionel Messi left PSG, they had lost almost around 800,000 followers only on Instagram alone.

now that Mbappé is also leaving PSG, I am not going to be surprised if I refresh the page and account goes down like it went up at the time Lionel Messi joined. It seems to me that at least a majority of PSG fans are actually there for some certain players. It is not like Real Madrid or Barcelona, because in those clubs it does not matter who stays or leaves, the follower count stays about the same. But I guess that is understandable because PSG does not have a history like them. They are only known for farming trophies in the Ligue 1 and not winning the Champions League title.

People were a little too much hyped for the new coach of Roma.  First of all, I did not understand why they actually fired Mourinho if they were going to downgrade anyway. I am not only saying this just now.  when they had made the decision was very much skeptical about it.  Actually, a lot of people also did not like this idea but when they had seen that De Rossi was able to bring in good results at the start they were actually saying that it was an improvement.  but in the end that improvement did not last very long, did it?  He was able to bring in good results for a very short period of time. I understand why they wanted to bring in De Rossi.  the performance was not very good from Roma, that I agree on.  but if you change something you always look for an improvement,  not a downgrade. And the way they have finished this season,  it definitely looks like a downgrade to me.

but maybe I am just talking a little too much trash and reaching my conclusions a little early.  maybe if they actually gave this coach more time he would be able to bring in better results.

As you also said , many days have passed and we still have not had any significant correction from bitcoin, which shows that during the bull season , news like this does not make people too scared and people don't care either .

Even banks and government websites can be hacked at any time , so you cannot expect centralized exchanges to be absolutely perfect . You should also not compare and assume that storing on personal wallets is safer than storing on exchanges. That's not wrong, but you need to understand that no hacker will take the time to attack your bitcoin wallet while your assets are very small. Meanwhile , centralized exchanges are always the top target of hackers because they hold a huge amount of money. What matters is whether they will be responsible to their users or whether they will deny responsibility. (I'm just giving reasons why exchanges are more vulnerable to attacks than personal wallets, Im not encouraging or advising anyone to store bitcoins on centralized exchanges.)

And according to the latest news, they are raising capital to buy bitcoin to compensate the victims.



https://www.coindesk.com/business/2024/06/05/crypto-exchange-dmm-bitcoin-to-raise-320m-to-pay-back-hack-victims/

Satoshi never mentioned creating bitcoin to replace the current monetary system, but even if he had that intention when he created bitcoin, it would never have happened. Even if we want bitcoin to become popular and recognized worldwide, we have encountered many difficulties, let alone thinking about the scenario where it will replace fiat money or banks. Governments will seek to destroy bitcoin if it is truly created to replace fiat and banks. So let's not be naive and blind when spreading this false information, it is completely harmful to bitcoin and not as good as we think.

Since the bitcoin ETF was approved, bitcoin has become increasingly popular, but if there were a harsher ban instead, what would happen to bitcoin? Don't over exaggerate bitcoin and underestimate the power of government.

I agree , one is that you should move all your altcoins to bitcoin now because the real bull market is yet to come and bitcoin still has a chance to deliver significant profits. Second, you need to wait until the bear season comes , when bitcoin has corrected significantly and that is the right time to buy bitcoin instead of switching to bitcoin when it is at its peak . But it is important that you sell all your altcoins before bear season, otherwise you will have nothing left as many altcoins will become worthless when bear season arrives.

More importantly , investing in altcoins is risky and you need to make sure that you are investing in the right project that can bring you profits in the near future. Otherwise , your plan will fail.

It can be said that you want to get rich quickly through altcoins and after achieving your goal you will return to bitcoin to ensure safety . This is not a new idea but not too many people can do it because of uncontrollable greed.

But why do many people still lose money when investing in bitcoin and even lose it all? When you take profit or someone takes profit, it means someone will buy your high priced bitcoin, and when you win, someone must lose. That's how financial markets work and investing in bitcoin is no exception , so I won't agree with you that no one will lose money investing in bitcoin. Whether or not investing in bitcoin is profitable depends on the mindset of each investor, not bitcoin. In my opinion, the line between gambling and investing is knowledge, if you invest without knowledge then you are just gambling.




Basically, risk always exists around us because no one can predict what will happen to us, not only in investing and gambling are there risks. And to be able to control or avoid risk requires knowledge, knowledge is still the line that makes the difference between investing and gambling, IMO.

Dortmund was the runners-up in the Champions League this season. How are they going to perform in the next season? Any idea about that? You know that they can be very inconsistent sometimes. And then inconsistency from Dortmund can easily be seen in the Bundesliga competition. But in this season, in the Champions League, they have definitely surprised almost all of the people by reaching the finals. Of course, nobody had given them any chance to win the Champions League final. Going up against Real Madrid in the Champions League final is definitely not something any team wishes to happen to themselves. But I have to say they still have performed very well in the Champions League final. They were also very close to scoring in the final as well. But luck was not on their side as the ball hit the goalpost and came back into play.

Anyway, I personally cannot predict what they are going to do in the next season because as I said they are sometimes really inconsistent. And even though they reached the finals of the Champions League this season, I have no idea how they are going to perform in the next Champions League as well.

It is 1 trillion incredible to see a 39 year-old player being the top scorer of a league.

By the way, a lot of people think that there is no competition for him. I would like to let them know that there is Benzema who has just won the Ballon d'Or recently. There is also Neymar, Firmino, and a lot of other big names who are much younger compared to Cristiano Ronaldo. It is actually very sad to say that he has not been able to win anything in this season even though he is the top scorer of the league. At the same time it is actually a little weird and maybe even unfair to see him working so hard and still not being able to win anything but at the same time Neymar not even playing and still being able to win almost everything. Maybe he is built to stay under the shadow of everyone throughout his whole career  .

Adding bitcoin as a payment method for the store is encouraging as it will help bitcoin become more popular. But I have to agree with you that the OP is somewhat dishonest in saying that bank fees are high and cheaper than bitcoin's transaction fees.

I don't know what country he's from, but in my country, transferring money using a banking app has almost no fees, let alone higher bank fees than bitcoin.

Second, he said that bitcoin payments have received a lot of attention but no transactions have been made yet. It seems like people just find it strange that his store accepts bitcoin payments, but no one wants to use bitcoin to pay. More time is needed to assess the real impact of this.

ETFs are not good for self custody, but as you also said, thanks to ETFs, we will have a large amount of money pouring into the market and helping bitcoin prices go higher. Or as Upgrade00 said above, an ETF may not be a wise choice for retail investors like us, but companies and institutions need it to be able to invest in bitcoin. Without ETFs, we would never see large funds like Blackrock investing in bitcoin and there would be no larger inflows into the market.


Besides organizations and companies, what about older people and people who are not tech-savvy but are interested in investing in bitcoin? ETFs solve that because not everyone has the ability or confidence to turn themselves into their own bank.

Strickland might be a terrible human being but he is definitely a good fighter. His striking game is definitely one of the best. and in this fight, it definitely looked like he was able to win all the rounds. Maybe it was not convincing enough for some. But I think he was definitely able to win all the rounds. By the way, I did not expect anything less from this fight. Strickland actually got hurt on his leg even though it did feel like nothing happened to his leg. But Costa was definitely landing those leg kicks. Strickland was always going forward and putting pressure on his opponent and was also doing really well to counter when his opponent tried to attack him. Even though it was a split decision,  it should have been a unanimous decision.

Source: https://www.ojogo.pt/7278101127/bayern-em-conversacoes-por-bruno-fernandes/

It is going to be great for the players and also for Bayern Munich. He is definitely resting his potential by staying at Manchester United. He can get a lot more done and achieve a lot more as well With other clubs. It is absolutely clear that he is going to get much more achievement with Bayern Munich instead of Manchester United. So this is a deal that would be very beneficial for him as well. But Manchester United might not want to sell him for cheap. They are definitely going to ask for a huge amount of money for him. At the same time, the player has also probably not said anything about leaving the club. Manchester United is going to ask for an unbelievable amount of money.

Ten Hag was able to win the Eredivisie title.  and you are saying he is somehow better than Arteta because Arteta has not been able to win any English Premier League trophies? 

did you just say that the English Premier League Trophy and the Eredivisie  Trophy are the same?  what a dumb explanation!!  do you even know the difference in competition between these two leagues? Stop glazing Ten Hag so much. What do you think about so many players who have problems with him?  if it was only one player I would have understood.  but why does so many players have problems with him and actually do not want to stay at Manchester United?

Why did he choose Onana over De Gea? Was there any improvement? Why did he spend 95 mil for Antony? I understand that the budget of Manchester United or the money of Manchester United has been thrown into the garbage since a long time ago.  I believe it started with Pogba. It does not give Ten Hag the license to throw more money into the garbage though.  I really want to see Manchester United keep him for one more season.  because it seems like a lot of people still do not understand how much of a disaster he is as the coach of Manchester United.