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1  Local / Politics and society (Naija) / Re: NLC Strike: For Us or for Them? on: Today at 07:01:17 AM
 Generally, everybody get reason for their actions, whether intentional or not and we no fit categorically state which side the NLC dey on but them don come out to warn the federal government on the issue of workers minimum wage and a possible increment. We no fit tell whether them dey selfish or not but wetin we know be say when two elephants dey fight nah grass dey suffer am and as a result, schools, banks, other places don shut down temporarily till the govt come to the NLC way of thinking and I no know how true e be but ASUU don go indefinite strike, thereby affecting the education of our brothers and sisters wey dey higher institutions, sotey course wey person sopoz use 4 years finish go come extend.
 Now the thing wey dey off me nah be say these government no dey feel these pains of the masses if not, wetin dey there to increase the wages of workers when e supposed be part of wetin them suppose add for budget when they draft am?
My brother the mata tire person and we no fit do much but hope say the government go listen to their demands and answer speedily.
2  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions on: Today at 06:49:46 AM
 Mbappe' s move to Madrid. Whew! Not much to say here other than the wait is finally over and I'm sure some fans will be like " now the squad will be balanced with the involvement of the Frenchman" but honestly, Real Madrid had a balanced squad for me, with the trio of Bellingham, Vinicius and Rodrygo in front and tough line of strong, experienced men behind to support, I just see Mbappe as a bonus.
 Will he blend over there? Sure, he seems like a player who can fit in whatever environment he finds himself but he'd have to loosen up on that entitled attitude as this is not PSG where he calls the shots, this is a different scene where if you don't give your best, you'd get benched.
Real Madrid are a successful team and for a period I thought they won't go back to ask for signature after receiving a not-so- pleasant response from him when they sought his services earlier.
 Well, frankly, I'm looking forward to next season, whether the other teams will let Real rule again or it will become competitive.
 
3  Local / Nigeria (Naija) / Re: Ricardo Salinas Urges Followers to Buy Bitcoin as Nigerian Naira Falls on: Today at 06:36:15 AM
 Naira devaluation don dey as old as the national anthem and e no be news again. If we continue to dey hammer on this mata e go look like carrying cane to flog a dead horse. No need, because the people wey dey responsible to make change dey as them dey, sometimes I dey dey tempted to believe say all these things, them dey get gain inside.
If nah in terms of monthly performance, maybe the naira fit dey at e worst, but say generally, the naira get hope against the Zimbabwean dollar but thats not the point.
 As a result of this poor performance, I read say the CBN fit dey pressured to introduce another rate hike as them bin first do during March period and e dey pain me say we need resort to these methods to save the naira.
4  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Disadvantages of bitcoins on: Today at 06:02:59 AM
Examining the challenges bitcoin faces including scalability issues, price volatility, and environmental concerns relating to mining
I give you some resources to read by yourself rather than explaining everything here for you.

If you want to learn, I am sure you can read.

End the fud. Find many related documents on Energy consumption, environmental issues, price.
Bicoin clean up. Read to understand facts about Bitcoin mining.
Bitcoin mining council with quarterly reports and more detailed on Youtube.

After reading those resources to debunk Bitcoin fud, you will need to read
The bullish case for Bitcoin
I commend you for taking out time to list out all these links for the Op to satisfy his curiosity (if any)  but I also won't be surprised too if all this  is to create a thread they may not respond to. Say to generate traffic and go away.
I wonder sometimes why these newbies who ask for guidance on how to operate on the forum or what books to read to know more about cryptocurrencies don't come back here and at least try to educate us on what they were able to understand, at least show that the effort by other users wasn't wasted by participating, but no, you'd rarely see them. Rather it will be more "I'm a newbie" posts you'd see.
5  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A) on: Today at 05:48:51 AM
For me , Fiorentina were a little too late in their performance yesterday because when it mattered they couldn't show working. Imagine being beaten by Olympiakos but they managed to beat Atalanta home and away and also they managed to be the stronger side in my opinion.
As far as I'm concerned, these goals and win mean nothing because at the end of the day, they still remain in eight place, no hopes for European next season, so what then was the point?
I very, very much agree with you.
Fiorentina became strong not at the right time. And actually this is not the first time Fiorentina has lost in a European conference league final. Because last season Fiorentina also managed to reach the final in the European Conference League but they also lost in the final. And at that time Fiorentina lost to West Ham. And it's quite sad that this season something similar happened. Where Fiorentina managed to return to the final round in the European Conference League and had to lose again.

I think this team has weaknesses when facing important matches like the final round. Maybe the Fiorentina squad's mentality needs to be improved further. because this club always loses big matches but wins in matches that are not that important.
Again, they may have lost to Olympiakos in the finals because they underestimated the opponent. At the same time too, they may have bottled their chances because of nervousness of being in the finals and not wanting to lose again because if you are in such a state, you'd be too careful but won't know when you making big mistakes and see how they lost chances.
Against Atalanta, they played well and if this was how they played in the finals, I doubt Olympiakos will have been able to recover from the onslaught of goals that would have pelted them.
 Anyway, the season has ended and next season is another period to work harder. Coach Vincenzo Italiano may not be resuming with them when the next season starts as there's rumours he'd be leaving the club.
One of the longest serving coaches in Serie A, he has a world of experience but the problem with him is he has no plan B. When plan A has been exhausted, he becomes clueless and instead tries to implement the plan A better and probably this was what cost them their title since they don't know how to learn from their mistakes.
6  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A) on: June 03, 2024, 11:42:16 AM
Atalanta vs Fiorentina
 The game is currently at halftime and I must say it was an exciting first half to watch as both sides didn't spare each other in the aspect of goals with the first half producing a total of 5 goals, two from the hosts and three from Fiorentina and this leaves me to wonder why they (Fiorentina)couldn't play this way when they met Olympiakos in the Europa conference league final or is it because Atalanta are a familiar team or is that their luck just couldn't shine on them?
 You can say Atalanta are just having fun in the game because whether they win or not, they are already eligible for champions league next season but maybe will want to overthrow Juventus in third place just because they can do it and I'm hoping for a more exciting and goal filled second half.
The match ended very disappointingly for Atalanta, they ended the season by losing to Fiorentina at home, Atalanta attempt to overtake Juventus also ended in failure. I can't stop thinking that Atalanta, who seems to no longer take this match seriously, has wasted the opportunity to finish in 3rd place in the standings. For Fiorentina, the additional three points actually no longer mean anything, they are still in 8th place in the standings, Previously I predicted that Fiorentina would lose points, but it turns out they were able to create a surprise. I think Fiorentina's failure in the Confederation League final is easy to understand, because Olympiakos has better strength and more complete attributes.

However, overall Atalanta recorded an impressive season, managing to finish in the top four of the standings and becoming European League champions, Atalanta will automatically play in the Champions League next season. With the completion of the Atalanta versus Fiorentina match, the 2023-2024 Serie A season has officially ended. Now all teams will preparing myself for the transfer window and some of them will several friendly matches.
It doesn't really matter that they finished this season beneath Juventus because at the end of the day, thanks to them winning the europa, they qualified automatically for champions league action next season so they really didn't need that win. For me, yesterday's game was like a friendly, entertaining us with fine football from both teams, not leaving out the goal fest. Atalanta did what was asked of them; maintain a good performance in the europa, carry the title and try to be above average in your domestic league. if we're being honest, these guys did just that.
 Another thing worth noting is that they have a crop of young players who can deliver when the need arises, somehow similar to the squad at Real madrid.
7  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Trump accepts Lightning Network for donation of his campaign in Bitcoin on: June 03, 2024, 11:22:29 AM
I wonder whether they decide to use OpenNode since it offer feature to automatically convert Bitcoin to fiat.

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 Well, to correct your take, Trump is not the first presidential candidate to accept Bitcoin payment via lightning network since Robert F. Kennedy was the first to do this but others have started accepting payment in Bitcoin and the person to bring this pattern in was Kentucky Senator, Rand Paul in 2016. Back then, to accept payment in crypto was regarded as "wading into strange waters"
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That person isn't really popular though, since it seems almost everyone talk about Trump or Biden as next president. So it's not surprising some media news intentionally write false news title because they pro Trump or want more people read news they write.
You didn't hear about Rand Paul because back then although he started accepting crypto, particularly bitcoin as means of payment for his political campaigns, he still had some misgivings about the currency, preferring it were backed by a more stable commodity like gold. Also despite his bid to get into the good books of business magnates who have soft spot for the Libertarians so as to help his aim of being president, the best he could achieve is being a senator of Kentucky till date so its normal for him to take back seat against Trump and Biden who have served as presidents and the latter is still serving.
 Trump is more recognized as having started accepting bitcoin as payment for his political campaign as he was one, if not the first, president to be pro bitcoin which kind of pushes him to the forefront whenever crypto activities are mentioned.
8  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Trump accepts Lightning Network for donation of his campaign in Bitcoin on: June 03, 2024, 06:54:50 AM
It is the first time ever a President nominee in the USA accepts Bitcoin donation for his campaign by Bitcoin Lightning Network.

Trump Becomes First President To Accept Bitcoin Lightning Payments For Campaign Donations.

The team of Trump's campaign accept it by partnering with Opennode. I don't judge anything about Trump and his team but I see he is actually a creative man and proved it through his life and business career as well as political career recent years. He doesn't refuse to accept anything, even it is very new, if it can potentially helps him to get benefit.

https://txstats.com/d/000000012/lightning-network?orgId=1&from=now-7y&to=now
Number of opened channels drop but Sum of channel value recovers and increases since September 2023.
Well, to correct your take, Trump is not the first presidential candidate to accept Bitcoin payment via lightning network since Robert F. Kennedy was the first to do this but others have started accepting payment in Bitcoin and the person to bring this pattern in was Kentucky Senator, Rand Paul in 2016. Back then, to accept payment in crypto was regarded as "wading into strange waters"
Most of these politicians are not really against Bitcoin but will not be bold to stand up for it when it matters, to them anything that will sway the public into lobbying for them should be used to their advantage and it will be wise to not trust the words of politicians.
 
9  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A) on: June 03, 2024, 06:34:52 AM

Since the match has nothing important to add to the standings of both teams and their participation in European competitions next season then you can expect whatever score on it.
Ironically Fiorentina defeats Atalanta. Atalanta that just won Europa League in front of big and undefeated Bayer Leverkusen while Fiorentina lost the final match of UEFA Conference League in front of Olympiacos. Yet, it is Fiorentina the one that won the game.
This is indeed the last game in Serie A but there will be another game between Atalanta and Real Madrid in August for the UEFA Super Cup title.
Quite true and that's football for you because anything can happen. Well in the case of Atalanta, I feel they were able to defeat Leverkusen because it was important they did so because not only will they break a record of having their first title, they will also break Leverkusen's unbeaten record and they will also qualify for champions league next season so a lot rode on their success but in Fiorentina's own case, they did not have much to prove, no need to exhaust themselves when they already have the upper hand.
 Fiorentina will need to do better next season because you can't always be getting close to winning something tangible for your team and then bottling it when it matters the most cause I see the next season as a tough one, teams who weren't much of a threat last time will want to add more pressure, making things difficult for them.
10  Other / Meta / Re: Why seeing merit button on my post when I can not merit my own post on: June 03, 2024, 06:26:54 AM
 I also wondered the need for this merit button that can be seen but can't be used on one's self but then I realized that some of these things where probably left there by Theymos when this forum was being created to add some sort of uniqueness or something, or it was a feature that was added on later , I dunno but like the others have said it's not something to break one's head over, i feel it's best to ignore.
 There are some features in this forum that are just there for formality purpose and do not carry much weight or affect anything like this :"we reserve the right to decay unused smerits" because up till date I've not really seen any merits get decayed.
11  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A) on: June 03, 2024, 05:34:03 AM
Atalanta vs Fiorentina
 The game is currently at halftime and I must say it was an exciting first half to watch as both sides didn't spare each other in the aspect of goals with the first half producing a total of 5 goals, two from the hosts and three from Fiorentina and this leaves me to wonder why they (Fiorentina)couldn't play this way when they met Olympiakos in the Europa conference league final or is it because Atalanta are a familiar team or is that their luck just couldn't shine on them?
 You can say Atalanta are just having fun in the game because whether they win or not, they are already eligible for champions league next season but maybe will want to overthrow Juventus in third place just because they can do it and I'm hoping for a more exciting and goal filled second half.
This is the last match in Serie A this season, after this Serie A really ends.
Both teams played like they had nothing to lose in this match, and that was natural because whatever the result actually didn't have much influence on their position. They played openly and many goals were scored in the first half, there were 5 goals scored in the first half, Atalanta 2 and Fiorentina 3.
I think what makes Fiorentina play well like this is because they play freely, it's different when they played in the final against Olympiacos, they carried a burden and that might be one of the factors they didn't play like this.
This match was quite balanced, it's just that Fiorentina was better at taking advantage of opportunities to score goals. No more goals have been scored in the second half and maybe this will be the final result, or Atalanta can score a goal and make the match end with a draw.
For me , Fiorentina were a little too late in their performance yesterday because when it mattered they couldn't show working. Imagine being beaten by Olympiakos but they managed to beat Atalanta home and away and also they managed to be the stronger side in my opinion.
As far as I'm concerned, these goals and win mean nothing because at the end of the day, they still remain in eight place, no hopes for European next season, so what then was the point?
12  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: How do you feel when you earn merits in your post or replies. on: June 02, 2024, 05:47:19 PM
 How do I feel? Happy. Exhilarated. It's like I was able to meet the target audience and still get rewarded for it  Grin..These days, it takes one a lot of patience to not get frustrated when posts don't get merited, especially when it has rich content and also of you are needing to rank up.
When I started out on the forum, I'd get a tad jealous when I see that shiny green beneath a user's name indicating they've been merited and I tried so hard to get it. I still feel that dopamine rush when I get merited though, dunno if anyone has outgrown this feeling.
13  Economy / Economics / Re: Why do you think it's best to consistently use the same exchange? on: June 02, 2024, 05:26:41 PM
 I quite agree with @Adbitco's reason that maintaining consistency with an exchange builds trust and also you become eligible to some certain rights and privileges those who aren't regular will be privy to and true also that it's risky to have only one exchange as they can suddenly crash or go under, making one lose all their funds and all that but if we look at it positively, users' confidence will be built knowing that the platform takes their compliance and safety seriously.
14  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A) on: June 02, 2024, 04:59:48 PM
  Atalanta vs Fiorentina
 The game is currently at halftime and I must say it was an exciting first half to watch as both sides didn't spare each other in the aspect of goals with the first half producing a total of 5 goals, two from the hosts and three from Fiorentina and this leaves me to wonder why they (Fiorentina)couldn't play this way when they met Olympiakos in the Europa conference league final or is it because Atalanta are a familiar team or is that their luck just couldn't shine on them?
 You can say Atalanta are just having fun in the game because whether they win or not, they are already eligible for champions league next season but maybe will want to overthrow Juventus in third place just because they can do it and I'm hoping for a more exciting and goal filled second half.
15  Local / Politics and society (Naija) / Re: The new Nigerian national anthem on: June 01, 2024, 04:30:37 PM
My brother, this matter follow tire me. Of all the absurd ideas any leader fit bring up, this one nah carry first. We get so many things wey dey bother us for the nation; devaluation of the naira, insecurity, corruption just to name a few and of all things him see to sign into constitution nah to bring back the old anthem? Say the one we dey use before don tire or wetin?
 Truly, when a leader lack direction and purpose, nah so so offside things him go dey put for front and nah wetin we presido dey do now.
If you ask who e go affect now, everyone go dey affected but no go fit do anything about am.

This matter really tire me too, and some people no dey even reason the matter, some dey say e concern the president, and e dey very funny the way our president just act, among all the problems wey dey for this country, na to change the national anthem, na e know say e go do, na one na to create history or wetin? But if e reason na to create history, e for do one of those things wey people dey complain about, e go see say we no go dey ever forget am, because e don solve of our problems but instead na to change the national anthem na e sabi, who national anthem go help, we dey think how e go dey well for us and how we go carry make money, na to dey sing the new national anthem, it's very clear to us, say our president no dey reason our matter, so everybody dey on his own, anyone we survive no concern the president but ourselves.
The sad part be say e don bring up this new rule but if you check am, him no fit recite am. Which kind diversionary tactic be dis? Why be say we leaders prefer to exhaust their energy on things wey no matter because I sure say our contri for don go far if say them put their focus on beta things than dis obvious waste of time them dey do here.
 Woth leaders wey get this kind myopic mentality, why we no go dey always dey in debt to other nations when the only thing them dey good at nah setting the contri backward. Sometimes, I dey feel say these things wey dey happen nah deliberate act to keep on enslaving the masses because the next tin you go hear nah "if you can't recite the new anthem, you would be deprived of this or that".
16  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Season on: June 01, 2024, 04:13:54 PM
Dortmund have been given another opportunity to take the champions League from Real Madrid as the Los Blancos have won 14 champions league trophies. This is the third time Dortmund are reaching the finals with a disappointing end, maybe today will be the day of celebration and the first win since 2013 after losing to Bayern Munich that's if they succeed in this, it will be the second time they are doing it and I for one know it's not going to be an easy game but since we've seen underdogs in the Europa league and conference league win the title, maybe there's hope yet for that.

Even though Dortmund got this privilege to reach the champions league finals but there will be tension in the team because they know they are facing the most technical team in the UCL history so it will not be an easy game for Borussia Dortmund but I want to correct something you said about Dortmund reaching three UCL finals and having a disappointing end because they only appeared twice in the UCL finals and they won 1 so it's a good result while awaiting for the outcome of this seasons final but you also have to know that they are under pressure because they know the club they are facing are world champions and have more technical players than them but if Dortmund must win Real Madrid they need to come out strong as they did against Atletico Madrid and against Paris Saint German, they should be bold and fearless then defend more because if Real Madrid strikers find it easy to penetrate their defense they will become frustrated then Dortmund can take advantage and attack more.
My bad, you are right, they have only won once and since this is the third time they are getting to the final, I just concluded they've lost this already.
Real Madrid are formidable no doubt but I believe that if Dortmund can play their cards right, they can cause upsets. Atalanta and Olympiakos were paired against formidable sides in the likes of Leverkusen and Fiorentina but determination to not settle for less got them the title and I feel same can happen for Dortmund if they bring their heads into the game.
 Real Madrid will be looking to claim their 15th champions league title and I'm sure will stop at nothing to make that a reality but can be so over confident and end up slipping.
17  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Season on: June 01, 2024, 06:57:48 AM
 Dortmund have been given another opportunity to take the champions League from Real Madrid as the Los Blancos have won 14 champions league trophies. This is the third time Dortmund are reaching the finals, and fans are hoping today will be the day of celebration and the first win since 2013 after losing to Bayern Munich. If they succeed in this, it will be the second time they are doing it and I for one know it's not going to be an easy game but since we've seen underdogs in the Europa league and conference league win the title, maybe there's hope yet for that.
18  Local / Politics and society (Naija) / Re: The new Nigerian national anthem on: May 31, 2024, 09:25:42 PM
 My brother, this matter follow tire me. Of all the absurd ideas any leader fit bring up, this one nah carry first. We get so many things wey dey bother us for the nation; devaluation of the naira, insecurity, corruption just to name a few and of all things him see to sign into constitution nah to bring back the old anthem? Say the one we dey use before don tire or wetin?
 Truly, when a leader lack direction and purpose, nah so so offside things him go dey put for front and nah wetin we presido dey do now.
If you ask who e go affect now, everyone go dey affected but no go fit do anything about am.
19  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Greediness or Addiction -which one is more disastrous? on: May 31, 2024, 11:24:37 AM
 I'm afraid when it comes to money issues, this two; greed and addiction walk side by side. Gamblers believe that once they stake a game and they win it, there's the possibility of staking higher and winning bigger and thats where greed comes in. I've got a friend who stakes little money on a game, and if he wins, begins to regret not putting more money in it and as such isn't content with the amount won and will want to keep playing. Such kinds of peeps don't get satisfied easily and even though they are excited for the temporal huge win, they get the urge to keep playing to multiply their winnings.
20  Other / Meta / Re: Why is this guy allowed to constantly break the rules? on: May 30, 2024, 04:48:23 PM
Multiple threads in the gambling section along with tons of b2b posts and showing 0 interest in even trying to grow as a user and educate himself as to the rules of the forum. About time to see a temp ban and force him to sink or swim.
You've seen the way he cares less about anything here and from what the Op pointed out, he doesn't give two shits about the rules of this place as he's not interested in growing his account so why do you think a temp or perm ban will affect him anyways. Seriously, dudes like this need not be giving too much attention because when they make useless posts and no one answers them, eventually it gets swept under the carpet of the more important ones, right?
 Replying his thread or posts gives him some sort of significance that he doesn't deserve and I suggest we just let him roam free like a bird. I believe the admins and mods know how to deal with peeps like him and if actions are taken, he won't know what hit him till it does.
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