Bitcoin Forum
August 04, 2024, 02:51:24 AM *
News: Latest Bitcoin Core release: 27.1 [Torrent]
 
  Home Help Search Login Register More  
  Show Posts
Pages: « 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 [46] 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 ... 454 »
901  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2023 NBA Season on: September 06, 2023, 01:28:28 PM
The Lakers have signed forward Christian Wood to a 2 year deal. Christian had a decent year last year averaging 16 & 7. I’m not sure how he’ll fit into the lineup but maybe he’s a little extra insurance in case something happens to Anthony Davis. Wood did dominate the Lakers in the Christmas game last year…

Good, I thought that he will be in the Warriors, but I guess Lakers is not that bad for Wood to be a destination team. Yeah, most likely it he will be some insurance for Davis, if ever AD got injured or something, at least there will be someone to cover the Center/PF department for the Lakers unlike last year.

Decent stat but he was not a impact to the Mavericks last year and I think he struggled with the rotation and chemistry with the players and it's good though that he has been released and then pick up by Lakers for a 2 year deal.
902  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Behaviours of gamblers you dislike. on: September 06, 2023, 01:05:37 PM
As for me I dislike when gamblers complain of their losses, meanwhile you hear them complain when they are getting winnings.

What about you, what do you dislike ?

Same here, I dislike gamblers who are ok if they are winnings but shout scam and cheaters if the losses.  We all know that gambling activity result is random and no one is certain whether they will come out with the winnings or losses.

This is what I heard when I'm playing roulette, whether online or offline. In online, you will read in chats that they are screaming it's all a scam, on the contrary, maybe the next roll of the ball, they are going to win some money.

and most of all, I hate gamblers that streams and influence people into believing that gambling is the easiest way to make money just to get people to be their referrals.  This kind of influence streaming is somehow misleading people that can result to severe losses and emotional damage since they had been mislead by this kind of gambling influencers.

I think we can call them delusional though, we all know that gambling is not the way to make money. And even if you win some, you will eventually lose in the long end. And so those who really believed and those influencing others to gamble? I really don't know what to call them but perhaps they want to bring others to also become addict just like them.
903  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Summarizing issues in the bitcoin community and how to address them. on: September 06, 2023, 12:48:43 PM
The current network congestion caused by the spam/dust transactions of Ordinals.

I don't know if this still exist as a problem or challenge facing the bitcoin community any longer ever since it was addressed and talked about by many, transaction fee is no more a contention for us to make a bitcoin transaction, you have many alternatives to make you avoid any exorbitant hike on transaction fee, whereas ordinals are no more that affecting the network with high transaction fee, you can also customize your fee, or look at the mempool for when it's less congested before making your transactions with lower fee rate.

Few months back though, it was a huge issues, the network congestion was due to the BRC20 and Ordinals and it really took bitcoin enthusiast by storm. But lately though, at least at this point is has slow down a bit.

But there is occasional spikes in the network, and just like now, I see that the fastest is around 20 sat/vB which I think it's too expensive for us average Joe and all we can do is wait for the mempool to at least clear in the next hour and see how the fees will be.
904  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: [Boxing] Inoue vs Tapales for Unified Super Bantamweight Title - November on: September 03, 2023, 04:28:04 AM


Tapales was lucky enough to rid of Murodjon Akhmadaliev because the latter's camp hasn't had the idea to bring up a rematch clause before they draw and signed the contract of their fight. That gives me some though that perhaps it wasn't an honest mistake made by the team because they were the champion, and it was big hole that they didn't fill and so I think that they might've underestimated Tapales hence why there wasn't a rematch clause.

Yes, most likely this is the case for the camp of Murodjon Akhmadaliev.
They have been the champion and to be honest, we really haven't heard of Marlon Tapales before.
It was all Nonito Donaire and Casimero and other Filipino at 118-122 lbs, and Marlon is just climbing up.
But it was a total surprised when Marlon pull one of the biggest upset when he beat a tough Murodjon Akhmadaliev, outboxing him very clearly and the judge was right about the score.
Now Murodjon Akhmadaliev camp is going to figure it out on how to become a champion again and probably not make the same mistakes.
If Tapales beats Inoue it will go down in history as the biggest upset in boxing, bigger than Douglas upsetting Mike Tyson, This fight carries a lot of pressure for Tapales at this point of Inoue's career he is invincible and keeps getting better I believe he is not yet at the peak of his power and speed, and it's hard to stop Inoue's train from moving there is no fighter in the super bantamweight that can beat him and Inoue wants challenge so I'm sure after this fight he'll go for Featherweight where there a lot of great champions to challenge.
I just hope Tapales offers good resistance I don't expect too much from Tapales but a good resistance and hopefully he can expose Inoue's weakness.

I agree, as this point, we really don't know if someone can beat Inoue specially at this weight class. He has proven himself at 118 already. And so moving up in weight and then beating a great champion in Fulton with a knockout, that's really impressive of him.

For Tapales, I als do agree with @bisdak40, he was a nobody, not even some Filipinos who follow boxing might have known his name. It was just when he beat Murodjon Akhmadaliev, a fighter that is in line with Inoue and some says that he has a chance to beat the Monster. But Tapales out pointed him in their fight that no one really saw it.
905  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2023 NBA Season on: September 03, 2023, 04:07:17 AM
Suddenly I'm seeing a lot of talk about the Suns trading Bradley Beal...  I don't even know if that's an option or something they would want, but I'm hearing names like Donovan Mitchell and James Harden.  I doubt the Suns would be willing to take on Harden as he's a huge risk and has already said he wants to be the number one option on whatever team he lands on, but Mitchell might be a legitimate option if they were trying to flip Beal.  I'd personally rather have Beal as I think he fits in better with other stars, but Mitchell is an elite player when it comes time to show it.

A lot of all-star players on one team isn't always a good thing, and I think getting Harden would have been a bad idea for the Suns. He already played with KD in the Thunder and then in the Nets. Both times, they didn't have any success.
As for Mitchell, we can conclude from last season's results that he feels pretty good about the Cavs. So, his trade to the Suns is unlikely.

I don't think this would happen either. The rumors may not be true, especially considering that the Suns already appear to be a super team. Trading Beal for Harden might not be a wise move since Harden isn't known for his defensive abilities. The Suns already have a lot of offensive firepower with their big three being primarily offensive players. In my opinion, if they want to win a championship together, they should focus on improving their defense.

Harden might be better suited going to a team that needs his offensive skills and can provide more balance to the league. For example, a struggling team like the Clippers could potentially benefit from his services. Hopefully, if a trade does happen, it benefits both parties involved.

Clippers have superstars like Kawhi (although prone to injury), and Paul George, so not sure how he will be a perfect fit either. Same with the Suns, they have a lot of great players already, including Kevin Durant.

And probably that's why initially we heard that Harden might go back to Houston Rockets as they don't have any legit superstars. But it seems that news has died down already and so we don't know what teams Harden will go or who will take him.
906  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Cockfighting? on: September 03, 2023, 03:50:23 AM
^^ I think it's really hard to separate animal cruelty like cockfighting to other gambling. I mean there are countries that really like cockfighting and this become part of their culture and tradition. Yeah, it's cruel, but what can we do if it is being practice for thousands or even hundreds of years?

And as for the subject matter, I'm also not familiar with casino's offering this. So this is not possible to the OP, and I do not think that casinos are going to offer this cockfighting for many reasons. To be fair, I'm also from a country that grow up seeing cockfighting becoming a tradition and sports and used it to gamble.
You are right and I completely agree with you, there are indeed some cities where cockfighting is a major game and the citizens of such City loves betting on the game, but you will agree with me that this betting has remained on a local level, and to be sincere with you, I personally do not think there is any chance that we will ever have to bet on such games in an international level, because no international casino will ever want to list such games due to animal laws governing some jurisdictions or cities in several parts of the world..

So for cities where cockfighting is a thing for them, they can go ahead and enjoy the game, but for me personally though, I do not see or find any excitement in such games.

Yes, I agree, it's local level only, although if I'm not mistaken, it's a world wide sports but then again, it's all about animals so for sure there will be a lot of issues with casino that want to cover this sports as there will be animal welfare and other groups that might raise an objective. So it's going to be a bad image for this casinos that's why they are not even thinking about it.

But for the country that embrace it, no doubt it's part of their tradition and no one can ban it, not ever their government or any other animal rights for that matter. We just have to respect it as it is.
907  Economy / Speculation / Re: BTC Sentiment Poll for September on: September 03, 2023, 03:20:44 AM
September is usually not a good month for bitcoin, but it is unlikely to fall below 23,000. There are no strong negatives on the horizon so far. Therefore, the most likely scenario for September is a sideways 25000-28000. Although a stronger fall with a quick recovery is also possible

Yes, most likely we will not go down below $23k. But last year though, if we will go back and take a look, we have a massive downturn because of the FTX collapse. And with that, I still can't get out the feeling that we might see some leg down before the end of the year. But I do hope that I'm wrong.

So for now, sideways is the next best option. It's good though, I mean it's we are somewhat in the middle so there could be breakout run in the upside or it might decline a bit. So we will see what happens in the last quarter of the year.
908  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: [Boxing] Casimero vs Oguni - October 12 on: September 02, 2023, 05:21:40 AM
An impressive win will gain attention and a possible negotiation in terms of being a belt challenger. It's a business and for sure
if there are many interests that will come up, the fight may take place.

He needs to earn that interest from both side, fans and promoters need to see an impressive outcome to give him that opportunity
to work at Inoue's camp.

Else, he will just stay behind and will keep on trying to win his spot in terms of rankings.

Unfortunately, Oguni doesn't even rank in the top 3 of this division. A victory in this fight may only bump him up slightly in the rankings, but it's unlikely to make him a mandatory challenger since there are other boxers ranked higher who are closer to the champion.

Once Inoue defeats Tapales, he will become the unified champion. It's possible he could choose to face Casimero, even if Casimero isn't the top-ranked challenger. Such a matchup would indeed be exciting to watch.

Yes, it's really up to Inoue and his manager if who they wanted to be the challenger and indeed if they are going to stay at 122 lbs for sometime before moving up. So in this case, the best thing for Casimero is just to win his fight as what we said, just like what he did in 118 lbs, he needs to knockout his opponents and maybe he will be given the chance despite not ranking higher.

Also one way it what he has done in the past, taunt Inoue specially that this fight is in Japan, maybe Inoue will be in the ring side to watch it live and if Casimero wins then he can call Inoue.
909  Economy / Speculation / Re: Bitcoin is not going to $12k. on: September 02, 2023, 04:44:13 AM
I don't understand why the 12,000 figure is mentioned again. Bitcoin is about to halving, and after that, historically, a bull run begins.  It is unlikely that there will be very negative events before the halving that will cause such a big drop. Besides, people have already learned to wait.

The only reason I can think of is that last year we have seen lowest low of $15,500. So maybe the OP thinks that we can go below to $12k if there is a black swan events similar to FTX collapse last year that really put the market down.

However, we might or might not see some events unfold for this year. And it by chance this quarter there is no such things, then I doubt that $12k can be reach. And after that, 2024, we will have the bitcoin block halving and so the bull run will commence.
910  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Boxing Speculation, Odds and Predictions on: September 02, 2023, 04:24:34 AM
It has been reported that Errol Spence has activated his rematch clause with Crawford at the last minute. He was given at least a month after their first fight. So in Aug 29, he activated but one thing in the clause is that he can choose whether to fight at 147 or 154 lbs.

I have a feeling though that it could be at 154 lbs, but not sure if the belts will be on the line since Crawford won at 147 lbs. So we will see if this fight happens before the end of the year or early next year.

If the fight happen on 154, it would probably a non-title fight, or the boxing council will look for something to offer the fight with some title at least, just like the upcoming exhibition fight of Manny Pacquiao, if I am not mistaken they will be given a Legendary Champion belt.

And we don't know what will be the excuse this time if Crawford beat Spence in the rematch worse than the first fight. Yes, they said that he is somewhat drained at 147 lbs as he has been campaigning in that weight class for years and even Crawford knows that way before they fight.

So I would like to hear what they going to say, Lol, it might be crazy if they think that they can win against this version of Crawford. They have to admit fair and square that Crawford is the best 147 lbs and the top p4p king in my book. He dominated all of his fights.
911  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Prime Trust's bankruptcy due to forgotten seed/private key on: September 02, 2023, 04:14:27 AM
It doesn't even matter if it's an exit scam or a legitimate screw up, it's a yet another precedent that crypto companies can lose your coins and you won't get back anything from them in court. Those people who want to be exposed to Bitcoin but not personally own it for some reason need to be ready to lose their investment in this way. So they should choose very-very carefully and not entrust their money to a startup that popped up yesterday. Better choose a company that has decades of positive reputation, though even that won't be a 100% insurance.

Exactly, although in the beginning investors might think that this is the best and safe bet for them, after all, they wouldn't bother on how to protect their bitcoins, specially investors that are not technically inclined.

But on the other hand, if you don't own your private keys and you let someone hold it for you, there are chances that they might screw it up like in this case. Now, they can't do anything and hopefully this might be set a precedent in a good way. Meaning investors would rather learn the intricacies of being a bitcoin investor like having their own hardware wallet for example and then back their own seed or private keys instead of letting some trust company to do that for them.
912  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2023 NBA Season on: September 02, 2023, 04:03:02 AM
Suddenly I'm seeing a lot of talk about the Suns trading Bradley Beal...  I don't even know if that's an option or something they would want, but I'm hearing names like Donovan Mitchell and James Harden.  I doubt the Suns would be willing to take on Harden as he's a huge risk and has already said he wants to be the number one option on whatever team he lands on, but Mitchell might be a legitimate option if they were trying to flip Beal.  I'd personally rather have Beal as I think he fits in better with other stars, but Mitchell is an elite player when it comes time to show it.

Maybe the Suns might have qualms about the Beal acquisitions specially with that massive contract that they acquire. And if I'm not mistaken, Harden also wanted to play with Phoenix. However, this is just a mock trade if I'm not mistaken, so let's see how it goes.

Suns losing CP3, they might be looking at at someone that can play point. Harden might fit that role as he had triple doubles throughout his career. Mitchell though might be a hard pitch as they have Durant and Booker already.
913  Economy / Speculation / Re: How passionate are you buying Bitcoin now? on: September 01, 2023, 11:21:21 AM
a few days ago I bought a little bitcoin when the price of btc was going down, and I was honestly very excited to buy btc because soon there would be a btc halving.

I think fear is normal even though investing in BTC using idle money. because even though money is idle we still get that money with difficulty.

As and advise though, invest what you can afford to lose, so that when the price goes down, you will not have to worry about it. Of course, it's hard to get money unless you are really a big businessman and wealthy.

But for the majority of us, there are still ways to build our bitcoin, and that is thru DCA. It's good that you have bought when the price did go down, but remember, you should be buying continuously and that DCA will be your friend. And majority has been doing it for years, so this strategy has been proven already and tested that it works.
914  Economy / Gambling / Re: 999LUCKYDICE GAMBLING SINCE on: September 01, 2023, 11:09:09 AM
Not sure though if they have a previous ANN thread here, but I suspect they doesn't that's why the announcement is very poor in my opinion. Someone already mentioned to the OP on how to get a good ANN and so that it will attract some gamblers and who knows, maybe this it out.

But I do agree with the numbers, and I have doubts that they can have high user assuming that their sites is fairly new and not known. In any case, then goodluck, online casino are a niche and competition is very though. So for those who are really new in the game, they should have a less a good promotion here, and the best one is thru signature campaign.
915  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Spivac - AI prediction on: September 01, 2023, 10:37:59 AM
Very interesting, we will see who will get the win and find out if AI can really predict games or fights.

I check one sports bookies and this are the odds,

Farid Basharat vs Kleydson Rodrigues   *   Basharat will win by submission in the third round   -   Basharat favorite, ML @1.25
Loosa Ange vs Rhys McKee   *   McKee will win by knockout in the second round   -   McKee underdog @2.30
Nora Cornolle vs Joselyne Edwards   *   Edwards will win by knockout in the first round   -   Edwards favorite ML @1.79 (but it's very close)
Zarah Fairn vs Jacqueline Cavalcanti   *   Cavalcanti will win with a TKO or a submission.   - Cavalcanti favorite ML @1.25
Taylor Lapilus vs Caolán Loughran   *   Lapilus will win by decision   -   Lapilus favorite ML @1.55
 Morgan Charriere vs Manolo Zecchini   *   Charriere will win by KO/TKO in the second or third round   -   Charriere favorite ML @1.26
William Gomis vs Yanis Ghemmouri   *   Gomis wins by knockout on 2nd round or decision.   -   Gomis favorite ML @1.43
Volkan Oezdemir vs Bogdan Guskov   *   Oezdemir wins by KO/TKO in the first or second round.   -   Oezdemir favorite ML @1.51
Benoit Saint-Denis vs Thiago Moisés   *   Moisés would win this fight by decision or late stoppage.   -   Moisés underdog @2.26
Manon Fiorot vs Rose Namajunas   *   Fiorot will win by decision   -   Fiorot favorite ML @1.49
Ciryl Gane vs Serghei Spivac   *   Ciryl Gane wins by knockout in 4th or 5th round or decision   -   Ciryl Gane favorite Ml @1.52


So based on the predictions by AI, there are 2 underdogs that we need to watch out. So that is the fight that we should look as well and the underdogs are well over 2.3x. Maybe throw some money on them?

It might be a good idea to do some parlays as well? What do you think?
916  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Rant: Casinos should hire people who knows about what they do on: September 01, 2023, 10:21:57 AM
So, I'm working on casino reviews and sometimes I'll be forced to reach out to a specific casino for information. Especially, when it's not listed on the casino website.

But in 9 out of the 10 situations, I've noticed that these customer supports don't know anything about the website, but why are they working there?

Just today, I was asking the support of a casino why the sportsbook section on the casino website is redirecting me to another platform and he doesn't understand what I mean.


So please if you're a casino owner here, hire people who understand simple things about gambling. This is not good for business at all!

Sad but true, remember though that maybe this customer support are just being handed like a scripts that they will have to answer to their customers. So if by chance that you inquire something that is out of their pay grade, then obviously you wouldn't get the answer that you needed.

Another is maybe they are hiring or off-shoring this kind of support, so they don't have any access or maybe the selection process is poor and that reflect to the answers that your received as if they really don't know what they are doing on that industries.
917  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: [Boxing] Casimero vs Oguni - October 12 on: September 01, 2023, 04:19:05 AM
Casimero is getting old. He's about to face the beginning of the end of his career and yet he's still facing no-names. He's been calling out quality fighters but gets the scraps. Whether deserving or not, this must largely be due to the opportunity he negligently lost. And now he's provided with another opponent who can't offer much. Oguni is an old and inactive boxer who doesn't have a professional boxing resume he can boast of. Casimero should win in a powerful way.


Casimero fighting against an unknown fighter who he knows is no match is just somewhat of a fixed fight for him to be tuned up. He needs to move up because by the time Inoue unifies the belt in the SBW, he'd be gone up to 126.

Casimero is getting old and got no belt that will make Inoue interested in fighting for. If he is still interested in fighting the baddest monster, he'd have to be 126lbs with the belt from WBA and IBF for him to get a shot with Inoue.

Inoue didn't mention that he would move up weight classes once he unifies the belt. In fact, his team has stated that he will have more fights before considering a move up. This situation could potentially open up an opportunity for Casimero to face him. While Casimero might be advancing in age, I believe Inoue's camp should consider giving him a chance to fight. This could help put an end to Casimero's continuous taunts towards their champion, referring to him as "Turtle."

There is an update about Casimero's age streamed by this channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIMjQeKVyAs&t=126s, showing  John Riel Casimero's brother Jason Casimero stated that they cheated on John Riel Casimero's age just to be qualified as a professional boxer while he is talking with the camp of Casimero on his live streaming channel called Quadro Alas It's my boy. John Riel Casimero's brother stated that John Riel Casimero started boxing at the age of 16, they cheated and added 2 years just to make Casimero qualified to be a professional boxer.  So it means Casimero is only 32 years old and is only 2 years older than Inoue.

Ok, so another bold revelation from their camp. It must have been very hard though for the Casimero's early on their lives as it seems that John Riel cheated so that he can box and most likely earn money for his family back then. And probably that is the reason why he is really tough not just physical, but mentally as well because of his early upbringing.

I think with regards to giving Casimero a chance, Casimero must prove himself a bit more on this weight division.  He must secure impressive wins against his upcoming opponent to impress the boxing council and possibly consider him as the top contender of that division.

Yes, this is also what the majority is saying here. Casimero needs to give us an impressive win, by knockout so that he can secure at least a shot for the title. Otherwise if this is just another low and so-so performance, then he might not get his chance against Inoue.
918  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: DOGE logo shiba inu passed away on: August 31, 2023, 05:56:23 AM
Sad to hear this, although I must admit that I didn't know that there is a real life Doge logo in Cheems Balltze.

I just the breed really created the first meme coins in doge coin and I will say that up to this day, it is still very relevant in crypto world and it has made it's imprint already that there are a lot of Dogecoin imitations out there.

@jossiel - Hachiko story though is very different as it touch a lot of hearts and made us cry.  Cry
919  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Glitches still affects online casinos? Or it's the casinos that sucks on: August 31, 2023, 05:46:31 AM
Usually it happens from the user's side because of internet interference from the user provider because I rarely find interference that occurs from casinos. Most of the time, I encountered problems with my internet provider and I couldn't do anything if that happened and just waited for the technician from the provider to finish fixing it.

But if the interference is from the casino, the casino does not want to be blamed because they will say it comes from the casino server. We can't do anything about it because the interrupt must be accidental and something must be happening on the server. We also can't demand the casino to compensate for our losses by giving something. But if the problem is really bad, maybe the casino will make up for that.

Yes, same here in my end, although I have a good internet connections, most of the time, for let's say I'm playing Evolution's lightning roulette, I will encounter network problems and it will just hang up.

It just add excitement though, because you don't know if you are going to hit and win your single bet. And sometimes I will just see that I won and obviously, you are glad that you hit it. But I just wanted to see where and how the ball will spin and fall as it adds excitement to the game. However, with connections acting up, most of the time I haven't had that kind of privilege.
920  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Tyson Fury vs Francis Ngannou Boxing October 28 on: August 31, 2023, 05:35:06 AM
Mike Tyson said that he thinks Francis Ngannou is going to give Tyson Fury a good fight, and he even gave him few tips how to fight against Fury.
I dont know who else is going to train and prepare Ngannou for this fight but this is going to be big boost to have Iron Mike in his corner.
I think most he can do is to win few rounds, but he is entering dangerous uncharted waters with boxing.
If rematch fight would happen in MMA that could easily be highest paying MMA fight in history.

Yes, as we have said, maybe a couple of tips from Iron Mike and that's it. Because when the bell rings, it's him and Fury alone. It might be funny though if we see Francis doing the Tyson, back and forth wobbling of head and then caught Fury along the way.

But it's going to be very hard for Francis, stamina wise, I don't think he can go up for full 12 rounds against Fury. Maybe Fury strategy is not to get caught early and make Francis tire in the middle of rounds.
Pages: « 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 [46] 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 ... 454 »
Powered by MySQL Powered by PHP Powered by SMF 1.1.19 | SMF © 2006-2009, Simple Machines Valid XHTML 1.0! Valid CSS!