That would have been a very lucky payoff.  Not sure I can blame them for letting in 1 goal when ahead so much.    I'm only taking the simple bets not the precise scoring so much because of this possibility.
Is Brazil still most peoples guess for the overall winner ?

I have to point out the obvious thing here.    When gambling or maybe doing anything at all, do not constantly borrow money.   Dont go into debt to basically have fun, you have to do the hard work first.   Most successful gamblers are going to be those who in their luxury only gamble their previous profits and so have some leeway to win or lose.

Its starting off in a hole to be in debt and to gamble, thats the bad practise.    People who win then have to pay back the debt and not have much left over.  So they gamble too big and it goes badly from there

Well I checked the chart for how it'd look but of course I forget Venezuela has capital controls and the exchange is only officially sanctioned.    The data doesnt show for the real black market worth of a currency with 50% inflation every month, it shows for the propaganda government figure.

So the BTC VEF graph shows Bitcoin in decline compared to the outstanding government Bolivar supported rate.    If BTC had a government we would never show a loss, because we lock up anyone who disagreed.  Genius but people are starving in that country so I presume theres a flaw if you arent part of government top end.   



Not sure on demand but in Japan they have made the main exchange check KYC on anyone who uses crypto.   Thats a major restraint for ease of use and Japan is also a country with a declining currency for the small people maybe the most in need of a simple alternative.


I'm buying alts or tokens which give a yield.    If its cheap and its going to be used, way cheaper then the 'ICO' was and the original utility is still there then it could be worth a buy.   Pure speculation on possible maybes is going to just orbit around bitcoin price itself.   Its possible for a few things to decouple and work off their actual use, there are cases out there. 


6500 is a bullish test I think, in line with previous highs.   A strong rise from there could occur if sentiment turns, quite a few are negative still

For July to be optimistic we have a ceiling overhead to pass through first and then its possible it could rise alot.   Relief buying or something I think they call it, happens after a period of selling that buyers can be the main trend.

Here in the picture you can see where I was last bullish, when above the blue line however I did not forsee that solid line overhead.   Now we have both in a similar area and its a place to watch to be bullish or not I think.   The line is a daily, the blue line is more momentum accumulation/sentiment based.


https://i.imgur.com/N3d4gYj.png

So its a dramatic breakdown from the point we hoped would be bullish.    I guess it was a significant point to watch, trigger from to a few different packs of people trading round the world

The price now is just generally on weekly bars, the novemeber low and october highs so justified again as significant.  I think the situation again needs to develop to be sure what way it'll go but standard view would to see it as support and building from there.

Bonkers we are discussing Iceland at all, such a tiny nation and performing at the top level.  They are possibly my favourite team to support of my own country, they are most deserving.

Seems like a crazy polar extreme to fail at the first hurdle and then somehow beat all others.  I can only presume they had some kind of jetlag situation going on that caused them to underperform to start off with but they can correct themselves and improve vastly.   Still seems a bit of an omen

I probably didnt even manage that much.   Just putting a stick in the sand trying to guess which way the tide is going, at least if I can observe it beating a negative point or ceiling then thats some strength.



Generally we're in a positive phase I think, so I'd say upwards til we negate certain measures like the blue line MA   
On June 14th the price we're sitting above was a bit a ceiling, it declined from that point but we beat it with a good bigger bar on 18th June and now confirming it as some base to rise from. 
I dont see we are in a strong trend currently, bit indecisive dealing with sellers and swapping back and forth I guess.   up or down then :p

smaller bars, what happened to Bart btw

I dont think its impossible but the easy trend is not there.  Its a steady fight between sellers and buyers.    I've been following 50 moving average on 4 hour bars, this has been a good handrail to follow as we step up and down and right now we are in a positive phase with price generally appreciating.
Theres more then a couple measures to follow then just that but Bitcoin is tricky and shoots upwards after languishing and I try to learn that just going sideways is not especially weak when it comes to crypto and it can rise from here certainly

Its made a good base in June but has not risen strongly from there.    Theres better traders then me I've listened to me who say this is a slow bottom forming and will not give the fast results some want.    Its not a negative market imo

I didnt realise big blocks meant more of a tendency to centralisation, otherwise I agree the argument for expansion parallel to tech advance would be a reasonable one.  Its interesting how each side is seeing the best path forward, I prefer the more diverse less central route if possible as I think that will weather best.

https://youtu.be/JzIKIodumpg?t=1921  

Grant's interest rate observer on the reasoning for Bitcoin and how it was always wanted.   In the 90s I remember people talking about how micro-transactions, ecash was a requirement for the internet to advance.   Google ads helped created an online economy or similar avenues but its still true its needed



Could be, I see the uptrend on the lows there.   I dont see the downtrend exactly or what would be a boundary upwards exactly
6528 was beat, thats support hopefully and 7369 range to 7724 as a target is reasonable seems like.   Also 6846 as a line we met early June before losing 6528

Main flaw here is you are presuming the low rank member and the highest ranked members are making exactly the same comment.   Its not the case, the higher rank people are probably going to make more of a comment that is welcomed or agreed with on the forum just because they been around a few years in many cases.     The new guys are going to take a while to find a thread where people appreciate more what they are saying, I think that makes sense and its not really any inside game against people.

If anything Iam biased against the legendary ranks because as said they dont exactly need it but sometimes I just want the comment on my history so I can go back, maybe it was genuinely useful or interesting.   On the other hand if I can double sometimes merit quite easily because they have almost nothing, thats cool and I do go ahead and do that way more often.   Only should take some genuine comment nobody else will post, I think thats what counts most.

  Quite often there is useful info from very low post count members in the mining sections, some genuine knowledge and experience and yea not given enough merit.  There is a kind of natural economy but I dont think its being fixed against anyone, it might take some time to mature and propagate across the forum fully.

People get distracted by events in life, I dont think derank can really be a thing.  Its not a competitive ranking system more ageing with more depth then plain activity takes

Nah, talent leaving is hardly a positive and nobody was sitting in opposition so as I far I know.   Sounds like he is just busy and will be back in time if possible, to me thats just normal.   Most people dont have the luxury to have just this one project occupy a large amount of their time, usually there is studies and all sorts of other distractions going on. 

Generally needs more info, more of a hook to capture peoples attention.     First five minutes of every introduction to a new entrant is vital in settling an image going forward in peoples handle on that particular product innovation I reckon

I would vote this domain from the choices listed.    I guess this is very much a work in progress so I'm always interested in new ideas and possibilities of course, good luck.
ercoin.tech   

Burning Blackcoin ?  sacrilege, I dont mind new stuff, innovations but yea do make a new thread and I'll subscribe read up on it some.   Oh this is the right link I guess, https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2071642
I'm not immediately seeing whats distinctive about it, but now I've posted the link it should be discussed there mostly.   Good luck

Its only a bull trap if the overall trend is down.   Thats not always been the case even recently.  Sometimes it would do better to buy in even if only short term and sell later.

Rather then rely on feelings to indicate the direction of a globally traded asset, I would just look at the base prospects such as population of users, usage, utility availability in bitcoin and related apps.   If all those things are rising its probably not especially negative even in the longer term.   The other side to consider is the case for dollar which is the current de facto standard.

  The balance of the two, old and new is what gives direction and the price is on a very long leash to that with alot of speculation of course

The BIS report is nothing new, BTC asic uses energy and they say all value can be compromised easily.  Where as FIAT is tied to national trade and so far superior.    Just seems like a biased view, not especially insightful

The cash app has a license in NYC, big area but not massive news yet either.

The graph view is more interesting and possibly more bullish should we keep improving, confirm above this level


https://i.imgur.com/d1iIfCI.png

They state transactions not revenue so BCH is 859 dollars each and a doge is one fifth of a cent each.     So triple the transactions would not seem much when its likely far less revenue in value terms, less significance.   If thats what they meant by the graph

vs

39x the revenue in BCH favour.   This is why people dont trust graphs and statistics I guess.    Maybe their point was people, not value so doge is more widely used but I cant tell that


6639 to beat for btc and 6200 base is my rough view

A dollar every 15 days makes no sense, I imagine its hard to track currency well.  Maybe its become barter, off the grid.    This is part of the efficiency function to every part of an economy, it even applies to money itself.  When inaccurate it really makes tracking any financial transaction hard to do I imagine.

This is why some people say we will eventually come back to gold as the age old reset of solid currency (governments world wide have this struggle with paper money, its no isolated criticism of one nation or system).  Gold cant be debased and has a direct measure of value consistant over thousands of years apparently.     Part of that argument to me would be crypto adds efficiency and certainly a fast clearance and instant transmission with low overhead in its utility to a population of users.   Hence crypto could be of great use to Venezuela and its people and I hope thats just how it turns out, everyone is better off with a system that works better.    But I've not read too much yet, if theres programmers available I hope they are valued and able to help the situation positively develop.

From what I remember, some years back India had a population of about 30% of its nation living on a dollar a day.      Maybe 10 years ago say, they have come a long way since
http://web.worldbank.org/archive/website01291/WEB/0__C-248.HTM

I dont think it has to be illegal exactly, crypto probably helps any business that is in someway disadvantaged.     I see alot of crypto in use for trading of virtual items, maybe payment for tokens, vouchers and discount cards.
Not everyone is a gambler or motivated by any of those things you mention.  Crypto is just cheap to use quite often and useful for tiny amounts.   Some of my crypto for example the wallet is giving me like a mining fee just for helping to confirm transactions.   So its a bit like interest on my money.  Other crypto types probably has its positives also.

All through the 90's people mentioned this micro transaction currency.   Long before the word bitcoin came, I think its just part of a trend not just for gambling

In a bearish trend to gain a profit from buying you must predict each time the trend relents and we rise up, it should rise more quickly at that point and your buy is rewarded.    Predicting each level of support to buy into would be the advantage gained there.   It is harder to go against the prevailing wind and still advance but its possible, in a bear trend the spikes up are more extreme I have read where as a bullish trend the progress up is more regular, slower.

The smartest bet of all, I will bet 13 btc on it not going to zero.    I think I'm hedged on that one, at some point I'm perfectly right either way :p

All kidding aside, I think BTC markets do love to slide to both extremes and of course the whales or however you view exchange volume they want the bigger splash not the indifferent hesitation of a price doing little in either direction which is more risky over time to take part in then catching a wave up or down.

If you want a distraction, I would look at US dollar.   With US treasury bond rate yields rising, it should put the pressure on lots of alternative holdings.   USD has seen some strength recently, I dont know if the NPK agreement today was helping in forming a positive trend to dollar.  Ultimately I think it declines but short term it appears stronger, the peak actually being in early 2017 in anticipation with the reality being deficit spending, weakness, etc.


I dont really rate costs as a determiner of prices, that would apply if we had a relationship of production falling off or increasing on higher prices. BTC doesnt operate like that, like a mined metal would hence bigger spikes up and more volatility then many markets