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921  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Bitcoin transaction fees have disappointed me today on: December 28, 2023, 08:47:13 AM
I have been reading that the high transaction fees issue will fade away in some time. The only problem is that it does go away and again we go back to the normal days for some months. Then again we come across the same path that we had faced a few months back. This is an ongoing problem without any proper solution which is not helping Bitcoin. Now, after reading this post where the traditional payment was used, I also feel that the fees are not justified to Bitcoin's original identity.
922  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Have we overlooked the many potentials of altcoins? on: December 28, 2023, 08:33:30 AM
What are the best coins to use at a time when there is network congestion in the main meme pool?

For me whenever a situation like network congestion arises and transaction fees hit the roof, I prefer altcoins for payments. My most preferred is TRX as the fee is only 1 TRX for any amount, which roughly comes to $0.10. I do not think any other blockchain can beat the USD value for transaction fees. It generally remains in that same figure when congestion happens due to Bull run.
923  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Is it a new trend of Altcoin Bull run? on: December 28, 2023, 08:20:39 AM
Which altcoin has reached 100% in the current market? Can you list a few that you think have? I haven't seen any single one, those that are in green are either those that have been newly listed. The existing one are still way below their ATH and before halving they wouldn't reach that point. As Bitcoin keeps going in green so do altcoins. Nothing has changed from previous bill run in the current market situation.
924  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod] on: December 28, 2023, 08:15:46 AM
A lead of 241 runs, all thanks to Marsh and Smith. I don't know whether Pakistan would be able to get those runs. Australia have only lost 6 wickets and plenty of batting is still left. I am sure they are eyeing for 300. Aamer Jamal bowled quite well in the first innings but is not bowling up to his reputation in the second innings. He hasn't been able get wickets and was not economical. It is now not easy for Pakistan to win the second test match.
925  Local / India / Re: India cricket Discussion and predictions [self-mod] on: December 28, 2023, 05:42:52 AM


There won't be any magic from Ashwin because centurion is known for pace and that is why SA went for all pace attack. But he is brilliant and can contain runs by bowling tight, but today Rohit missed utilizing him when Lord and Prasid kept leaking runs.

Mukesh could have been a good choice, but tall fast bowler might be more useful and this is his debut match so it will take some time to settle, so I wouldn't blame too much on him and the pitch was much better and flatter since the lunch so Elgar run through all over the bowling but somehow we managed to get two wickets in tea, so hopefully the game is still alive and don't lose your hope yet.


Looks like Elgar might get his double century. He is already at 140 and is quite settle for now, he needs another 60 runs to get to his double century. As expected Bhumrah and Shiraj are the ones who are taking wickets. Why was Shami not called for the test series? He is a good bowler for test format.

Found out that Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Fazalhaq Farooqi and Naveen ul Haq have been banned by Afghanistan cricket board from playing in any T20 league as the wanted to opt out from central contract. The situation looked similar to what happened to West Indies cricket few years back

Shami has been facing fitness issues for quite some time now, as a pace bowler fitness is always a problem. Prasidhi Krishan got the best opportunity but, he is destroying it. Not every bowler gets to play both ODI and test cricket. Shardul Thakur has not been that economical but, his ability to come in the lower order and bat is his USP.

Money from franchise cricket is more than from representing your team internationally. That might be the reason these guys were looking for an NOC for an option out from the central contract. Unfortunately for them Afghanistan cricket board took this matter seriously and got them banned. In the end now the trio would lose out of any money-making opportunity they had earlier.
926  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod] on: December 28, 2023, 05:35:15 AM
Smith and Marsh are doing the repair work for there team. Pakistan gave Aussies lead of 54 runs in first innings and that's proving to be quite runs now. Australians have score 107 runs so far and lead has gone up to 161 runs. Pakistan can only win if they have something to chase under 250 runs. Anything above 250 will be difficult for Pakistan to chase. Hasan and Jamal were fine in first innings but in second innings there performance is not up to the mark.

Pakistan seamers are wasting the early advantage they got. Steven Smith has settled in at one end and from the other end Mitchell Marsh is attacking the bowlers. I won't be surprised if Australia manages to get to a lead of 300 plus. If that happens, then it is all over for Pakistan. Given their fragile top order, anything above 220-230 is not going to be achievable for the Pakistani batsmen. Pakistan needs a couple of quick wickets. After Smith and Marsh, it is goig to be Alex Carey and then the bowlers like Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins.   

Marsh looks like he is now set to play the long inning as he has already got his half-century. Smith is playing extremely defensively against the pace attack of Pakistan. It would become hard for Pakistan to get these two out if they do not come up with an idea as they have already built up a 100-run partnership. The lead has already gone up to 175 runs and Australia would be going again for anything near to the 300-run mark. Pakistan has to break the partnership if they want to stop those runs getting added up to the lead.
927  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod] on: December 27, 2023, 06:59:30 AM
I am not sure whether Pakistan will be able to make a 200 plus total. They are at 151/5, and just now Saud Shakeel was cleaned up by Josh Hazlewood. Mohammad Rizwan and Agha Salman are at the crease now and after them it is going to be Hasan Ali and Aamer Jamal. This time the bowlers did their job for Pakistan, but the batsmen are continuing with their poor form. Most surprising thing is that Nathan Lyon has picked up two of the wickets. I thought that this track didn't had much for the slower bowlers.

They have now lost 6 wickets but will be able to make 200 runs as they have already got 188 runs. Rizwan and Jamal are batting now, Rizwan is the only last known batter left in the side. He can change the game if he keeps on going the way he has been doing. Again Pakistan batting collappsed, the whole middle order again being ineffectiveness against Australia's bowling attack.
928  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod] on: December 27, 2023, 06:00:41 AM
As soon as the partnership between Shakeel and Masood was looking good, Pat Cummins came and broke the partnership. Babar Azam's bad form continues as he got bowled by Cummins for only 1 run, thankfully he did not get out for a duck. The good thing is that Massod is still on the pitch and has been playing well. He already has his half-century and is looking for a century in this second test. For now, Pakistan has lost 3 wickets and is trailing by 171 runs which looks like can be chased if another partnership is formed.
929  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Another year is going to end. Bitcoin isn't dead on: December 27, 2023, 05:49:17 AM
No one can control hate as it comes naturally to those who missed the opportunity. Those who are still here after missing the early opportunity are the real believers of Bitcoin. What is find upsetting, is when I see the chart that most hate happened in 2017. I am unable to understand why so many obituaries came up at that time as it was the first time Bitcoin had a big ATH. It should have been the time to rejoice in the moment and be happy about Bitcoin's achievement. I can understand why it was still high in 2018 and 2019 but again it spiked in 2021. This means whenever Bitcoin goes up haters come out to create misinformation about Bitcoin so that others cannot ride the dream. 
930  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: How was your crypto journey this year? on: December 27, 2023, 05:28:47 AM
If 2023 went well for everyone then 2024 would become the best year for everyone here. I am eagerly waiting for a Bitcoin ETF to get approved and then for halving. Both factors would bring a lot of smiles to the faces of small investors like us, but the present market condition is not that bad. A lot of altcoins are still in green and performing way above the expectation of everyone. If anyone had invested in some of the top-performing altcoins earlier in the year they would have easily made 10x on their initial investment.
931  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: MATIC or DOT? on: December 27, 2023, 05:13:58 AM
Matic is a layer 2 solution for Ethereum blockchain and DOT is the cryptocurrency for polkadot blockchain. Both are different and both are providing solutions in their individual domains. Both are presently trading below their ATH and both have the potential to break their ATH in the next bull run. In my prospective both are good coins to invest currently. Take your time to understand both of them and invest in them only after doing your own research.
932  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Google and X ads are the new weapon for crypto scammers on: December 27, 2023, 05:09:06 AM
They both were always weapons of crypto scammers unless the user remains vigilant. After X.com started selling the blue tick it has now become easier for scammers to get that tick and exploit users. Earlier it wasn't possible to scam users easily on that platform. I have seen a lot of fake websites that come up on Google searches and some are in the form of advertisements. It is imperative to always check the URL before using these websites to prevent oneself from getting scammed.
933  Local / India / Re: Future of Indian Economy on: December 27, 2023, 04:50:55 AM
Reduced import tax regime for edible oils and agri products to stay till March 2025.

The deadline extended to March 2025 from March 2024 to keep the food inflation under control especially the refined Sunflower oil prices went crazy last year, and now it is under control and very affordable but dal prices are on the surge as far as I purchased, so these taxes are not helping to control them.

But why can't government keep the import taxes for food products low forever?



It might be because there are certain food item that are considered luxury. Those food item that are not considered luxury but necessary they have reduced tax. They cannot minimise tax on all products because importing food increases the debt. Which why they increase the tax to reduce the import of food items. This my understanding, I am not an economic expert.
934  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod] on: December 27, 2023, 04:45:18 AM

Pakistan bowling performance is amazing all bowlers picked wickets and all out Australia in 318 score. Amir jamal picked 3 important wicktes. Pakistan current score at end of dsession 2 is 68 runs with loss of 1 wicket that picked by Nathan Lyon of imam ul haq at 10 score. Pakistani batters played well masood is playing at 25 not out and Abdullah Shafique is play very good 39 runs unbeaten. If this partnership between Masood and Shafique is going well more than 100 runs, then Pakistan will look for 400 plus runs and give a lead to Australia.


Shafique and Masood are looking good as they are batting well. A partnership in the making and if they bat in the same manner the trail will get shorter. Nathan Lyon has been brought back, he is the only bowler in Australian team who has taken a wicket. He has been ineffective against both these batters.
935  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod] on: December 27, 2023, 03:54:23 AM
Out of all the Pakistani bowlers bowling against the Australian team, the bowler who caught my attention was Aamer Jamal.  He again bowled well and got 3 wickets in the first innings, adding Hasan Ali to the team was fruitful. I feel Aamer Jamal would be able to cement his position permanently in the Pakistan team. Currently, Pakistan is trailing by 267 runs, which is chaseable, but again they have lost an early wicket. I am hoping that this time their middle order does not collapse as it did in the first test.
936  Local / India / Re: India cricket Discussion and predictions [self-mod] on: December 27, 2023, 03:45:57 AM
Tomorrow we have the test coming up and Rohit and Virat appearance after WC. The fact is India never won test series in SA so that is something surprising even after India progressed a lot in the last two decades. Can this history will be rewritten because here we got a chance to make it happen since its only 2 match series and weaker SA batting lineup than they used to be.

What are your thoughts, guys?

Also, I think we can introduce fantasy players prediction from now on since we know how big the fantasy sports in India right now and It's nothing but gambling.

My fantasy players for first test: Virat, KL, Bumrah, Coetzee, Bavuma (he actually got better stats in test while playing in SA).

As of now, the Indian batting collapsed like anything, Rohit Sharma scored 5 runs, Shubhman Gill completely out of form scored 2 runs and Ashwin scored 8 runs. Are they serious about this test series or are playing for the sake of it? Shardul Thakur is batting aggressively at the moment, do not know how long he will last. KL Rahul is batting sensibly as he knows how important it is for him to stay on the pitch. The top and the middle order have been completely wiped out, it is the lower order that is for now holding the fort.

KL Rahul is still batting on 70, which is quite impressive actually as all other important players are out cheaply. The problem for India now is that they are out of batters as Shiraj is batting now. They still managed to score more than 200 runs and they probably are targeting 250 or more runs. Which looks unreachable as the last pair is batting currently, Shiraj won't be able to continue for long. Indian bowlers might able to get the same kind of juice from the pitch when they come down to bowl today.
937  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: BlockSafu - legit or scam? on: December 24, 2023, 01:52:51 PM
You would need to be more specific here as you have not submitted the link to coinRexx and neither did you submit about BlockSafu. Why would anyone here try to search those projects on your behalf as we are not getting paid for them? Try adding the links to both of them in your OP if you want to get information about them. If you cannot then you will get an assumption based reply, unless you do it the right way you will always come up with questions to which you will never find an answer.
938  Local / India / Re: India cricket Discussion and predictions [self-mod] on: December 24, 2023, 10:44:40 AM
Hardik Pandya unlikely to play in IPL 2024; Suryakumar Yadav out of Afghanistan series with ankle injury

The news is out and it is a bad signal for MI management. He did all his meetings behind closed doors when India was playing the World Cup and the outcome is that he will miss the IPL. He was declared the captain of the MI and I am now surprised to hear that he will miss the IPL. Did he lie to the MI management about his fitness and injury? Or the MI management knew about this issue and still went ahead will all that news in the mainstream media. Rest assured Rohit is back as a captain of the MI which I feel is good for the franchise.
939  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod] on: December 24, 2023, 10:37:57 AM
I think we all understand the reality that the match between Pakistan and Australia is going to be one-sided again. Australia is going to win again. I hope that the second match is not going to be one-sided. But whenever the home team gets a chance, they try to have an advantage over the visiting team. And of course, the visiting team cannot do anything about that. So I think the results are not going to change. Probably Pakistan will put up a little more fight, hopefully.

Pakistan is still considered an unpredictable team and because of that tag, we cannot assume that this test side will be one-sided. They are struggling which is evident in the last match that they played against Australia that does not mean they will struggle again. Afterall Australia is the best test-playing team and every other test-playing nation struggles against them. Given the condition that Pakistan is playing, it would be tough for them to win the next match but I do not want them to surrender like they did in the first match. They have to give Australia a bit of competition in the second match and they might win the match, who knows?
940  Local / Off-Topic (India) / Re: Let's Discuss About Movies and TV Shows! on: December 24, 2023, 10:24:01 AM
Netflix is slowly losing its charm with increase in Woke based series and poor choice of stories.
The hype around netflix has been with these type of series for the last 3-4years. I am old skool and steer clear of these things.

I watched The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes - its a prequel to The Hunger Games series. It was nice considering I have seen the movies but never read the books, yet. But not something I would watch twice. Would give it 6/10 from my side.

Since the discussion is about Netflix and the kind of content that it is coming up with. I wanted to share a movie under the genre of horror that I saw yesterday. It has been coming on my Instagram reel feed for quite some time now as a much watch horror movies and it is only available on Netflix India. The movie is not in English but is in Turkish and the name is Dabbe: Curse of the Jinn. You would find a series of six movies under the name of Dabbe all of which are Turkish. The ending of the movie is not what you expect from horror movies.

IMDB - 6.2/10
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