Yeah, people who keep saying that obviously have never actually tried going out and using Bitcoin to do shit. I'm living in I guess what one might call first world now and it's hard enough getting some shops to accept a pin instead of cash, never mind whipping out my phone and asking if they accept Bitcoin!

Forget cashless first and focus on using it online instead. Then work your way up with LN in places that are already cashless.

Watford were good for the win, but I took a quick look at their lineup and realised then why they were over 2/1 to win, almost a completely different team save Foster in goal. Tough, very tough, but I'll keep backing them to go up (7/1 to win Championship even!).

ANYWAY today is the first day of English Premier League, and a NEW SEASON begins for me!
So, final tally for Season 2 after yesterday's loss stands at:
435 bets
73W|362L (20% win haha)
+12,916.15 UNITS!

Final Numbers for Season 2 (25 June 2019 to 11 September 2020):
1. Starting bankroll: 10,000 units
2. Ending bankroll: 22,916 units (122.9% profit)
3. Total Bets: 435 (73W|362L) for a 20% win rate
4. Total Units Gained from Odds Advantage: 14,971 (An average of 34.41 units per bet!)

I'll update that into OP as well, but we keep a running tally of Cumulative units gained.
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And to kick it all off, Sportsbet have a great, great 10/1 parlay for Liverpool's front three to all net a goal so that's my pick for the day. Call me stupid but opening day and Klopp and Liverpool love each other.
100 units special at Sportsbet for Mane/Firmino/Salah all to score @10.0. Regular parlay: 9.45
Bet ID: 5f5b39d0a0ef9056c9f23c01

And another Sportsbet special:
100 units parlay on Spurs, Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool to all win @7.0. Regular parlay: 6.25
Bet ID: 5f5872d0f307f5c7bd25df26

Total odds advantage: 130

Actually, if I wasn't so intent on picking no draws, I'd definitely have picked the draw for Lyon/Bordeaux. In fact, between the two, I picked Bordeaux more times to win in Ligue 1 (and have been happier than most). They're the team I pick for a home win when 3/1 or more, sort of like the Spurs 3/1 home wins I'd pick any day haha.

2/1 or below, they almost certainly disappoint=p

Not sure what to make of this news. Not going to read too much into it as Bithumb's never a consideration but I always assumed them to be one of the biggest if not the biggest in East Asia (minus Japan) and weren't they even the first to get the state license to do business?

I've always stuck to the rather less prominent ones, but PSD2 licensed and available to get me home in my native currency fits me well.

We all talking about them millenials but I wonder if most people on this forum are actually millenials? I mean I was born on the very tail end of Generation X and I know I am older than most people meet from "this space", or are they really all just interested in buying Bitcoin and leaving us Xers and Boomers to be the one doing discussions here? Haha.

How many of you were born between 1981 and 2000? You're a millennial!

Thanks rdbase, JanPriX and jeremy! Still feeling pumped for this one, too bad PSG/Lens played too early or I'd have picked Lens in my MM haha. And no Jan, it was my first time. I did 12/15 in my second MM but I made the mistake of doing TWO picks argh!

Anyway my lovely picks this time, totally no draws because opening day madness!

Rizespor - Fenerbahçe. 2
Watford - Middlesbrough. 1
Bordeaux - Olympique Lyonnais. 2
Granada - Athletic Bilbao. 1
Fulham - Arsenal. 2
Crystal Palace - Southampton. 2
Eibar - Celta Vigo. 1
Montpellier - OGC Nice. 2
Liverpool - Leeds United. 1
West Bromwich Albion - Leicester City. 2
Real Valladolid - Real Sociedad. 2
Tottenham - Everton. 1
CSKA Moscow - Spartak Moscow. 2
Paris Saint-Germain - Olympique de Marseille. 1.
Ceará SC - Flamengo. 2

Fantastic Steve, you keep spoiling us like this, thank you. This is going to be the easiest 10x this entire weekend guys =p

I've gone on and put down a bit more than my usual tenner, because well, Liverpool are WELL WORTH IT.



Also in on MMaster, Mmagic and SportsGuru. And if anybody still wants some of that Watford special magic: 5/1 on Over 7.5 corners, Over 1.5 goals, Over 2.5 yellows and Watford -0.5 handicap. What can I say? I'm all in.

Looks like we all missed out on a great upset from PSG. I did say after CL final that they could have a rocky start to their season (Teams either become very strong or very shaken by such a defeat, look at Spurs!). Too bad I totally missed the pick!

Anyway, Watford begin their season and I'm taking this lovely Sportsbet 5/1 pick:
Corners Over 7.5, Over 1.5 Goals, Yellow Cards Over 2.5, Handicap Watford -0.5
100 units parlay special at Sportsbet @5.00. Normal parlay: 4.28
Bet ID: 5f587242348a11b7c308862f

Odds advantage: 72

@BitSat Dejan's gone =p Trent and Robbo missing from defence? =p


Can we get a special on this SB? I remember all 3 scored on Salah's debut opening season, and when they're all fit as they should be based on training pics, they're hard to beat. I just saw a 35 min special from Liverpool's IG profile showcasing all the goals involving the 3. Send shivers up my spine. And to think none of them were superstars when they arrived!

I feel bad every time I say shit that's bad but true about them (with all due respect) and Spurs (sorry Gooners and Spurs bois).


That's pretty crazy IMO but yeah, who knows? Opening day adrenaline. I'm also considering keeping my parlays this weekend to just Prem League and maybe Championship ones.

I lost a big parlay 2 days ago on Norwich/City Academies in EFL, it was 18/1 on their own but I HAD to go and pad it up with England haha. Their academies were so sprightly I wonder if their senior team is even fresher.

I bet if I spent more time watching La Liga my betting would grow exponentially (worrying!).

I'm shattered, man, shattered. Why would you ignore me?

Regarding the unique governments, yes, but in reality, it would take a very special type of government to be able to effectively ban Bitcoin if it chooses, and that would mean a government well in control of its citizens access to Internet and identities -- suggesting a small draconian country with huge resources.

But the small countries have seen, better for them to attract Bitcoin instead, and use it to their advantage, making it friendly while others reject it.

Hard to see a situation where there's more to gain from actively preventing Bitcoin. End of the day, it's about cost-benefit.

@BrewMaster @kryptnick, problem with all these surveys as well is very few have been done to the level of scientific or academic rigour one would hope to be able to derive useful information. Every survey's generally sponsored or skewed at least I'm sure.

I lost my 1mb bet already, so stupid me I guess. I could have gotten away with a win on Toronto in MLS, but noooo, I had to parlay it with Los Angeles (FC). Why? Because I'm dumb.

I'm putting my freebet on a Liverpool market. Shitty odds on Moneyline so maybe Salah to score (he's scored every opening day so far!)? OR Firmino to score too, he's had some hell of a drought other than on final home game of last season, and no, friendlies don't count!

I don't necessarily agree with everything you said, or at least not in the way you said it, but I can definitely agree on the "you and me" sentiment and "no right no wrong time" sentiment. As much as I'm wholeheartedly for Bitcoin, I'm not "all-in" simply because I'm not a lonely rock on this planet and must still live and eat with dollars etc, but yes, I can't see a day I'm alive where I'll give up on this ideal, and I'm happy to see others on that same page (even if it's a huge page with many points of differing ideas). Worth 1 merit to see you come back and see an old post from 2 years ago!

I've been playing a little bit on the friendlies and not doing well at all, not that it's anything to go by!

Have a feeling we'll see quite high scores in some games, and then a couple of 0-0s in the first week. I'm still playing around with my picks though, hope Atalanta retains their momentum but personally want to see Lazio pushing for it with a very fit Lucas Leiva bossing the midfield!

Horrible parlay in the end, I have no idea what I'm doing, do I?

Mixing it up today with some 1st half over/unders, hoping for high-energy Chinese games and then pad it off with what should be an easy PSG win and Seattle thumping? Insurance!

Game 1: RC Lens - Paris Saint-Germain FC. PSG WIN @1.69. Betcoin odds: 1.70
Game 2: Seattle Sounders - San Jose Earthquakes. Seattle WIN @1.70. Betcoin odds: 1.70
Game 3: Shanghai SIPG - Qingdao Huanghai FC. HT over 1.5 @2.18. Betcoin odds: 2.19
Game 4: Beijing Guoan FC - Tianjin Teda. HT over 1.5 @1.95. Betcoin odds: 1.92
Game 5: SC Internacional RS - Ceara SC CE. HT over 0.5 @1.56. Betcoin odds: 1.55
100 units parlay at Sportsbet boosted to @20.39. Betcoin parlay: 18.84

Odds advantage: 155

Yeah I actually think the no crowd thing works for clubs who play differently under pressure, and for clubs who feed off their supporters. So in general the big clubs actually lose out because they have a mentality that plays well at home, and plays better when the crowd is booing them.

Club like Arsenal benefits from no crowds (no home pressure and they're mentally very affected by boos).

So for now, I'm betting purely on how they performed towards the end of last season without crowds. Anyone go for big scores this Week 1?

That didn't stop 5,000+ French tabacs selling Bitcoin though! Though I suppose selling Bitcoin and accepting it as payment are legally two different things...


Speak for yourself =p Bitcoin's an experiment for me, still, even with all my belief and invested time in it. I earn what I can, save what I can, but I also want to spend it and use it to live. Worse case scenario Bitcoin dies (hey, possible), at least I can look back on all those pizzas paid for with a small slice of history;)

SWEET. I wasn't planning on doing anything today but I opted in and dumped 1mBTC on a parlay in MLS. Just because I like it. And well, because I have a parlay already lost on the first leg (thank you, Shandong for only managing to draw).

Nice way to start the weekend! Lining up all my bets ha ha.

Maybe it's just easier to forget about all that complication, and request for a slight modification to the employment contract that only adjusts the mode of payment. Done this many times over the years especially in countries with volatile fiscal economy. Contract simply choose a currency agreed on by both parties, with a clause that accepts a flexible mode of payment.

Then you go through Bitwage, and choose any percentage to be converted to btc at the rate during exchange. It's just a roundabout way of buying bitcoin at dollar cost average really.

Apologies if already suggested, didn't see it on the pages I skimmed through.

Superbru will always inform you with picks you need to make in any changes. And, from the Dashboard, you will be alerted how many picks you have to make in the next 24 hours and next 72 hours (there will be an exclamation mark in red to alert you). PLUS you will get an email with a direct link to make your picks.

That happened last season with Champions League rescheduling, so no worries about that!