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1  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: JPM Says Bitcoin Undervalued vs. Gold, Highlights "Significant Upside" to $165k on: October 03, 2025, 01:35:39 PM
Do you agree with their research? Or as average joe, as we don't need to be a that well versed in numbers that there are still a lot of leg room for the price of Bitcoin to hit between $150k-$180k in this bull-run removing into the account the steep rise of gold itself?
I agree with that statement. Bitcoin is not a gold but in other words, it really is a digital gold. Digitalization is inevitable, so, everyone oriented on a better future should be focused on that. That is the reason why Bitcoin has a room for exponential growth. I believe deep in my heart that there will come time when the price of one Bitcoin will be one million dollars. It won't happen today or tomorrow but in 20-30 years, it will definitely happen. If anyone wants to invest into the future, Bitcoin is the best option. It might not grow as exponentially and as rapidly as it did before but it's definitely a very safe, steady currency for long-term financial profit.
2  Economy / Service Discussion / Re: What's the best way to ship and receive parcels or mails anonymously? on: October 03, 2025, 01:00:28 PM
There is a reason why it's almost impossible to receive parcels anonymously. First of all, too many people order illegal things and anonymous delivery only makes it easier for them and secondly, there is no necessity of anonymous delivery because everything is in a package and the courier won't know what you are ordering.

If I'm not wrong, there was a guy on this forum who asked the same question, probably a year ago. He delivered it to his neighbor's address and then picked it when the courier dropped. I do not suggest this because it's a very disgusting action. PO boxes are the best option if you want to receive something anonymously but it's not completely anonymous because it shouldn't be for many reasons. PO boxes protect you from revealing your address to the seller but the postal service still knows it in case you don't order something illegal.

Truly the best option to receive parcel anonymously is to own a delivery company or be an employee who has access to warehouses.
3  Economy / Economics / Re: the system is backwards on: October 03, 2025, 12:45:16 PM
why is it that the wealthy ones usually exempt from paying taxes? when you are rich, you can basically pay no taxes and it will not be considered illegal exactly. you will not be filed a case if you avoid paying taxes no matter how. sometimes you are even exempt like for example living in uae or in monaco, the wealthiest people do not need to be paying taxes. but why is that? aren't the wealthy ones supposed to be paying more? instead it is the ones from middle class or lower that are paying so much for taxes

is there a reason why the rich are the ones that can escape taxes?
What's the point of being wealthy? To be able to afford and to be able to do things that others can't do. Being wealthy means being powerful because we live in a society where money means everything and people will do anything to get that money, so, wealth controls everything. Since this is the case, it automatically means that power is in their hands and logically, they do whatever they want. That's why rich people don't pay taxes, they own the money and control the society, they have the power in their hands and when you have the power, you decide the fate.
4  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: UFC Fight Night & Main Event: Sportsbet.io Predictions & discussion on: October 03, 2025, 10:47:12 AM
I am starting to cozy up to this fight card too.
Thought I wouldn't because it is another rematch and these usually play out the same way as the first fight went, but for some reason this one just feels different. Pereira certainly has a chance with the intense way he is training and what he has endured in his life. He has learned from defeat in his past and survived to bounce back stronger than ever. That is the mantra of his life.
Has Alex Pereira been training hard for this fight or has he been wasting time like previously? That's my question. I have no idea about this because I haven't seen his social media profiles. If he was serious about this fight and he was really training hard for it, then I'm sure he will win this fight. In this interview, he confirmed what I said, so I'll believe his words Cheesy I bet on Pereira anyways, I can't do it otherwise.
I think that Pereira will be more risky this time. He will land shots and he will try to knockout Ankalaev. I think that he isn't afraid of his wrestling anymore because Ankalaev couldn't take him down and Pereira was too defensive and focus on not being take down in the previous fight.
5  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 🥊 The UFC Info and Prediction Thread on: October 01, 2025, 08:39:42 PM
I agree that Khabib didn't do anything, and McGregor alone was enough to be the villain. When I think about Khabib, he was the right person to face McGregor. His occasional irritability, his sometimes indifference, and his attempts to remain humble were also amusing. McGregor is incredibly talented, and certain things come naturally to him in every aspect. Some UFC fighters put on a show, try to be the bad guy, and engage in dirty talk, but it's obvious they're just acting. McGregor naturally succeeded with his sincere instincts.
I watch trashtalks here and there. There is really nobody that's at least 1/10 level of Conor McGregor. If there is anyone slightly good, they are too noticeable, it's clear that they try to be somebody that they aren't, they aren't natural. To be honest, I love DDP's trash talk. He is nowhere near Conor's level but he is really good at it in his way. He made Adesanya and Strickland cry a lot.

I just watched an interview where Conor McGregor said he isn’t negotiating with the UFC for his upcoming fight (allegedly) at the White House next July. He says he is negotiating with the United States government. While I don’t think that is true, it is a funny talking point for his political run in Ireland.
He snorts too much coke and became a delusional. He asks the United States to give him $100 million and 100 Golden US Card Visa. Isn't that crazy? Who gives a care about Connor today? I mean, we all might would see it but he is nowhere on that level to be worth that much, he chose a different path and that's the path of disgusting person, what he does.
6  Economy / Gambling / Re: Chips.gg | CASINO & SPORTSBOOK | 200% DEPOSIT BONUS | 3000+ GAMES on: October 01, 2025, 08:18:10 PM
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Here is the link of the provider Shady Lady: https://chips.gg/casino/providers/shadylady


Time for a good news. Someone on Chips won a Rollex.

7  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Breaking news! Government shutdown – Will This Hurt or Help Bitcoin? on: October 01, 2025, 07:43:27 PM
The U.S. government shutdown has put a freeze on many agencies, including the SEC, which means ETF approvals and other regulatory moves could be delayed again. Some investors see this as a setback for adoption.

Investors already have plenty of Bitcoin ETFs to choose from, not sure how that would slow adoption down on that front. A delay in regulatory moves is mostly a positive, given that these have usually been shown to be a detriment to Bitcoin.
This is true. Bitcoin ETFs are already approved, so this shutdown will not affect it. In this case, new ETF applications won't be proceeded, so it doesn't matter for Bitcoin because futures and spot ETFs, both are approved. This news is potentially a bullish factor for Bitcoin because lots of crypto investors buy Bitcoin because of it's the best deflationary asset, the complete opposite of USD. In other words, Bitcoin is a hedge against fiscal instability.
8  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Is the Lightning Network Really the Future of Bitcoin Payments? on: September 30, 2025, 01:28:45 PM
Stop repeating this nonsense. They are lies. It is very easy to use and it is very similar to the normal crypto experience.

Managing channels? Most users don't need to do anything after opening 1 good channel and that is assuming they use a manually managed wallet.
Managing liquidity ~= managing wallet balances for traditional L1 use. How do people even use this as an argument?

These days there are wallets that do everything for you, all you need to do is send BTC to a BTC address in the wallet. I guess that is too hard for people like yourself. There is very little left that could be done to make it easier to use than it already is.


If you use LN for what it is supposed to be used, you will encounter no issues regarding liquidity. If you use it beyond its intended purpose then you are consciously accepting the extra work needed to make it work. It is not an inherent downside, it is a consequence of your use.
Why is this a nonsense or a lie? Prove me wrong. Let someone sit on a computer (someone not tech-savvy), give them a test Electrum wallet and ask them to make a transaction via Lighting Network.
There is a reason why Lighting Network isn't adopted and widespread, isn't it true? It has been around for 7 years. In case of on-chain Bitcoin transaction, you simply open the wallet, paste address, type amount, click on send and that's it, it's extremely intuitive while LN isn't that intuitive and needs some tutorial/guidence. It might be easy for you and me but we are a tiny percentage, there are lots of people who find it hard to use. If it was easy, as I said, it would be adopted and widely used and people wouldn't look for altcoins to make a transaction.
9  Economy / Gambling / Re: Chips.gg | CASINO & SPORTSBOOK | 200% DEPOSIT BONUS | 3000+ GAMES on: September 30, 2025, 12:53:57 PM
Chips.gg released final original game called Russian Roulette. At first I was curious when they said that one spin would decide it all but the name alone really make sense that it's really a game that really feels like a Russian roulette. The rules are simple, you place a bet and spin the revolver. If the bullet comes up, it busts and if it's not a bullet, then you get 1.19x on first spin and you have two options, you either cash out or you spin it again and if lucky, move on 1.43x multiplier or bust. The third multiplier is 1.71x, the forth multiplier is 2.05x, the fifth multiplier is 2.46x, the sixth multiplier is 2.96x. I don't know more because I haven't reached higher level as for now.
10  Economy / Service Discussion / Re: Are there any crypto exchange making services? on: September 30, 2025, 12:03:23 PM
Are there any crypto exchange making services?

Is it possible to create a CEX exchange (without KYC and regulation) or DEX exchange with the help of site making services that would be understandable for a beginner without knowledge of coding

Well, now even any schoolboy can create his own token and there are services like that. But are there similar services but only for creating exchanges, so that even a schoolboy easily could create his own exchange?
There are lots of codes available on Github. There are many companies that also create scripts and sell them, that give you the ability to whitelabel a crypto exchange. Just google Whitelabel crypto exchange software or whitelabel crypto exchange script, then do some research about your result and decide yourself which one to use. I don't use them and don't know who is trustworthy to suggest you.

By the way, today it's really very easy to start a business. That's why so many crypto casinos are created every day on this forum but you won't be able to take care of the exchange alone. You need a team. It's a serious business. Besides team, the most important thing it to meet regulations, to get a certificate and that's not easy. If it was that easy, there would really be tons of exchanges and if you try to create one without a license, good luck.
11  Economy / Economics / Re: The AI Bubble on: September 30, 2025, 11:33:36 AM
AI feels a bit like a bubble right now since so much money & hype are flying around. Some companies are worth way more than they actually make which seems risky. If the promises don’t match the results there could be a crash, kind of like the dot-com bust. But even if that happens AI itself won’t disappear, it’ll just grow slower & more realistically after the hype fades.
It's a bubble and play on words. One of my friend has ChatGPT and Claude Pro, so I asked him to let me test this AI. It's nothing magnificent and is full of mistakes. The only AI that I liked was Claude Sonnet. It's a great tool in terms of playing with data because its algorithms are really good at reading a bug chunk of data and quickly generating a result. These AIs are also good for quick and easy solutions, you can easily ask it a small coding problem for example and it will quickly fix it but it's not a tool that can really change humans in the next few years at least. It makes things easier but is definitely extremely overhyped at this point.
It's like, basically, Photoshop's content aware is now AI content aware while this option was available before the existence of AI.
12  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 🥊 The UFC Info and Prediction Thread on: September 29, 2025, 06:54:07 PM
Both Ankalaev and Perreria are incredibly incompetent at trashtalking. They're trying to trashtalk, and their fights don't seem very interesting.
I don't think that they are trying to trash talk, marketing team of the UFC forces them to do some stupid shit because none of them are trash talkers, nor do they care about it. By the way, I wouldn't say that their fight isn't interesting. Maybe Ankalaev's fight aren't interesting but c'mon, you can't say that on Pereira, just watch his highlights, he is amazing.

Where's the old trashtalk? It's a shame that conversations like those between McGregor and Khabib won't happen again.
Khabib's talk was nothing but Conor McGregor's trash talk was another level. He was really gifted. It's not really east to talk the way he was talking. I bet even a good actor can't do what he was doing. To my mind, it was his natural personality, he was basically a bad guy trying to be good when he wasn't trash talking Cheesy

Pereira vs Ankalaev can be worth placing a bet on "early stoppage by Ankalaev"; most probably ground and pound TKO. Here is why. Pereira is 38. They fought last time 6 months ago. At such an age and for such period, you dont learn anything new. You can make your skills even better, but wont be able to learn a new trick. So we would see same Pereira as he was in March. I remember how before that fight Ankalev complained that he dont want to fight during Ramadan. There is a theory, why he did not use any wrestling in previous fight, because his plan was to save stamina after not having a proper camp (less water, less food during camp/Ramadan, did not train enough). But, even in such shape, Ankalaev managed to connect punches, and land 1-2 combo. So this time, we might get same Pereira, but different Big Ankl who went though perfect camp, who would take Pereira down and TKO.
He beat Pereira because Pereira didn't prepare for that fight. I mean, clearly, the guy wasn't training and was travelling from country to country, so it's easy to beat such a guy. Is Pereira training for this fight? I don't know, I have no idea but I feel like he doesn't care about fighting anymore. If he cares, then I'm happy because I would love to see him for a few more years into this business but I don't know. I hope he has been training seriously for this fight. Keep in mind that Ankalaev tried to take him down but didn't manage to.
By the way, less water and less food is part of every UFC weight cut, that's not exclusive to Ramadan. Did he not train enough too? I have no idea about this.

I'm afraid that Pereira will lose it but deep in my heart I look for happy end and I hope he wins but my brain tells me otherwise. If he wins, I don't want to be like I didn't have faith into him too Cheesy
13  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: UFC Fight Night & Main Event: Sportsbet.io Predictions & discussion on: September 29, 2025, 06:00:57 PM
Big UFC weekend as UFC 320 is this saturday

Ankalev vs pereira
Dvalishvili vs sandhagen
Procházka vs Rountree

Some juicy matchups there , Merab and ankalav are heavy favorites while Procházka - rountree is slightly more even

All favorites parlay here paying around 2.5-2.6, not bad i guess  Grin
This is so amazing card. First of all, Pereira is amazing and his every fight is a joy to watch because of his brutal knockouts but here is Merab Dvalishvili, which is one of my all-time favorite fighter. Procházka is cool too. So, the first from the top 3 fight will be Procházka VS Rountree, then Dvalishvili VS Sandhagen and then Ankalaev VS Pereira, right? This is what my bet looks like: Prochazka wins, Dvalishvili wins and Pereira wins but I'm not sure about this last one because I have no idea how well Pereira was preparing for this fight. I'm super confident about Dvalishvili, that's all I know. I'm sure Procahzka will also win too because he is very hungry and wants to fight Pereira.
14  Economy / Trading Discussion / Re: DEX vs CEX: Why Are Decentralized Exchanges Still Only 1% of the Market? on: September 29, 2025, 12:17:44 PM
Looking at the latest numbers, centralized exchanges are still completely dominating the crypto space.

  • CEXs (Binance, Bybit, Coinbase, etc.) are moving over $1 trillion in 24h volume.
  • DEXs combined are doing just around $13 billion daily, barely 1% of CEX activity.
It’s a massive gap, even though DEXs are supposed to represent the “future” of trustless and permissionless trading.

I’m just wondering, why do you think DEXs are still so small compared to CEXs? Do you see them catching up someday, or nah?
And if you had to choose right now, would you stick with a DEX or a CEX?
CEXs offer a better user experience in every aspect except privacy and the majority of people do not care about privacy. CEXs have more financial and human resources to build more polished and user-friendly interfaces. They also offer more flexible solutions, you can easily buy a crypto with your card and you can also easily convert your cryptos into USD or in any other local currency and easily withdraw them to your bank account instantly. CEXs have less legal problems because they do not focus on their user's privacy, so they collect lots of data from you. This and many other things benefit CEXs to keep the highest share on the market.
15  Economy / Gambling / Re: How do you find a new crypto casino? on: September 29, 2025, 11:42:21 AM
I’m genuinely interested in how players find good crypto casinos nowadays. I believe the google search results are pretty bad these days—for example, if you simply search “best crypto casino,” you’ll find that CoinCasino comes up as the top choice, which is a bit questionable. ( i strongly disagree, i think its some of the worst casinos )

So, is Bitcointalk still the best source, or are there other reliable places to find a good casino?
I think that Bitcointalk is the best source to find a trustworthy casino. Google is a good source to find a casino but you can't understand what pros and cons casino has in terms of trust and operation if you don't dig deep. I also get information from Reddit but for crypto casinos, this forum is undeniably the best source. I can see the trust rating of casino representatives on this forum, I can check the scam accusation threads and how they ended up, whether they got solved (and how) or they didn't get solved.
16  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Is the Lightning Network Really the Future of Bitcoin Payments? on: September 29, 2025, 11:04:14 AM
Bitcoin is great for storing value, but when it comes to small payments, high fees and slow confirmation times can be a problem. That’s why the Lightning Network (LN) was created — to make Bitcoin transactions faster and cheaper.

But adoption is still not as high as many hoped. For example:

Only a limited number of exchanges and wallets support Lightning.

Setting it up can still be confusing for new users.

Many people prefer using stablecoins or other crypto for quick transfers.


I think Lightning has a lot of promise, but maybe the ecosystem isn’t ready yet.

👉 What do you think? Have you used Lightning, and was it easy or difficult?
What do we think? Even LN developers admitted that Bitcoin Lightning Network is a failure. So, it's not the future of Bitcoin Payments and I'll tell you why: It's too complicated to use for an average user. It requires liquidity and managing channels, you can only receive as much as others have locked in channel with you and so on. Simply download Electrum and play with it, you'll quickly understand why it's not adopted and massively used.
When Bitcoin transaction fees are high, using altcoins is much better solution in terms of easiness and speed.
17  Other / Meta / Re: Limbo - a mixer in disguise? New signature campaign on: September 28, 2025, 11:54:46 AM
What surprised me the most was the sky high reward, $125 per week which is irregular and far beyond anything that I've seen for something that isn't a casino. The wording it uses to advertise the business is very "strategic" and aligns basically with what a mixer does. Just wondering if I'm completely off base here or what other people think?
$125 per week is not a high sky reward on Bitcointalk. $90 is almost an average on Hero/Legendary rank and many people get special pay in signature campaigns if their reputation is big and they have been here for a long time. But their budget is pretty high, paying $3750 every week means paying $15,000 monthly, which is really a pretty big amount of money.

Now, whether this is a mixer or not. Let's be honest, the point is the same but the approach is different. Flagged Bitcoins? Get clean coins back. This message is no different from mixers.
Should it be on the forum? I don't know. I'm afraid that the communication is on this forum, which can be a danger for this forum and please don't start me explaining. This activity with its nature is very close to mixing and this directly means mixing through this forum, which can turn into trouble because authorities visited this forum two times and the message is clear.
18  Economy / Economics / Re: Global interest from poor/corrupt countries on: September 28, 2025, 11:38:54 AM
Sometimes I imagine why countries are poor and corrupt for a very long time, and you can see that the people in nations like this are so tired of the corruption and bad governance in their country, but they can't change anything even with all the effort they have put in over a long time. These countries can be called poor nations because of the high rate of poverty among the population, but looking at the resources and revenue found in these countries, you would see that the country is not really poor but chooses to keep its citizens poor. There are some leaders who are ready to bring good change to these countries, but they lack the power to overthrow the corrupt government that is in power, and world leaders are not making any effort to endorse genuine leaders who can make a positive difference in poor countries. It seems that most of the developed countries are benefiting from these poor and corrupt nations, and if poor and corrupt countries change and have better governments, developed countries won't benefit from them anymore.
As I grow, I realize that many things make sense, even this one. People want a better life but they don't want to do a thing that is required to achieve a better life. Their government is corrupt because they grew up in such an environment, which means that their whole society is corrupt and it's how they grow up. They need to completely reshape their country. Someone smart has to come into governance who is willing to sacrifice himself and wage a war against corrupts, pretty much what Bukele did in El Salvador. It will take decades to transform from a poor and corrupt country into a rich and democratic country.
19  Bitcoin / Development & Technical Discussion / Re: Why does it take so long for an unconfirmed transaction to be dropped? on: September 28, 2025, 11:19:05 AM
I usually check mempool.space and adjust the fee high enough to avoid that problem but this time forgot to do it.
But problem with that is the default fee shown in your wallet app is often inaccurate and much lower than the actual amount.
Sparrow has a very accurate fee suggestion. The same can't be said about Electrum but if you check mempool.space, then you can really make a great assumption about fees. Look at how many blocks ahead the mempool currently is, also look at when where the last 6 or more blocks mined, especially when the last block was mined. If 50 minutes have passed since last mined block, then be assured that the next block will be mined soon. Check the fees of upcoming block and also check the size of transactions in that block. This way you'll understand what your fee should be.

I wonder why bitcoin isn't simply programmed to automatically cancel an unconfirmed transaction within a
more reasonable amount of time? It seems that should be a relatively simple thing for the devs to do. AFAIK it's not
uncommon for bitcoin transactions to get stuck for hours or even days before it is dropped or cancelled by the network
and the pending amount returned to the sender. I believe the current maximum time is two weeks before automatically
getting dropped, which seems an absurdly long time to wait. Even ACH transfers are faster.
Bitcoin is basically the same that it was since the day it was created, there are only minor changes. So, my point is that nothing can be perfect from the very beginning. We have the code that we can modify if there is a need, willingness and acceptance from the devs and the community.
20  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 🥊 The UFC Info and Prediction Thread on: September 28, 2025, 10:46:21 AM
Have you seen how Ankalaev and Pereira promoting their fight? Such a lame trashtalk from Pereira (Pereira told that Ankalaev was hiding in locker room from him). Ankalaev is acting like schoolboy nerd. "You said that. No I did not say that" and bs like that.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/fG8Ui1hfA4E
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/sifUOYEpqnE
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/HAZEPsDsOVU

Imagine if DC and Bones had trashtalk or conflict running like that ? Or Khabib vs Conor? These two are never going to set PPV record. Ankalaev is so lame at threatening people Cheesy
I wonder whose idea was it to make such a cringy promotion. I saw the third video on Tiktok before you spoted and it was one of the cringiest thing to see. Pereira reads it like he is at school and reading a lesson for his teacher while Ankalaev stands like he doesn't give a shit to what he says and wants the lesson to finish as soon as possible.
By the way, not Ankalaev but Pereira is good in PPV. But nobody is going to set a record. Conor McGregor was really on another level.

Yup. Gamrot finally got what he had wanted for a very long time. He mentioned Oliveira as his dream opponent plenty of times in various interviews. It's a shame he doesn't have time for a full camp, but that's still better than fighting some unranked guys.
This fight came as a surprise to me. I didn't think that Olivera would fight so soon. He fought Topuria not so far ago and he got even knocked out.

I had a sad news. Reyes lost against Ulberg. Ulberg knocked him out. I'm glad I didn't place a bet on him, although, I thought that he was going to win. Seems, the loss against Jon Jones affected him a lot and he still can't overcome it.
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