TBH, I didn't expect Zeller to play like that. He's very efficient with 20 points on 9/13 shooting, and the Heat won against the struggling Mavericks on their home.

Like many of us think, the Mavericks really is a good team in terms of offense, but what will you do with offense if you have that kind of defense. Luka had 42, Hardaway Jr. had 31, and Irving had 23, but it doesn't matter because 5 players on the Heat scored more than 15 points, and that's without Bam Adebayo as well.

They lost 7 on their last 10 games. After the trade deadline, the young Thunder team are playing better than them. Just imagine how awful they really are in terms of their performance in every game after acquiring Kyrie. A team like the Thunder who doesn't have any all-star aside from SGA are now in the last spot in the play-in tournament. I don't know if it's only me, but the Thunder exceeded my expectations for them this season. Though the Mavericks on the other is only 1 game behind them, with 4 games left for the Mavericks, I will not be surprised anymore if they will not clinch even the play-ins anymore. If they will, they will be eliminated immediately.

As for the Heat, there is a high chance that they might secure the 7th seed because they are 3 games above the 8th seeded Hawks, and they might try and go to 6th spot and put Nets to 7th if they will play better in their final games since they're only 1.5 games behind.

No. For me, there no best asset because all of them are the best in their own ways.

Real Estate for example is best for it being very limited therefore, price is increasing, but with what's happening right now, it isn't going the way it needs to, but nevertheless, real estate's price goes up in the long term because of it's limited supply. Gold and Silver on the other hand is proven to be one of the best assets because they've been there for a very long time. Even Robert Kiyosaki holds a lot of gold and silver. Business on one hand is the best because of how much profit it can give. As long as you are successful in your business venture, it will give you profit.

Bitcoin on the other hand is best because of it's volatility. Volatility makes an average investor a rich investor. Volatility can make an Average Joe a millionaire, but on the other hand, it can also make an Average Joe a beggar after a few days because of it's capital being gone.

I don't want to say that Bitcoin is the best asset in the world, but if we will just look on it's returns on the past decade, no doubt Bitcoin is the best at that category.

I did a quick look on the official website on the 4th-7th seeded team right now. If the regular season ends up today, the teams who are in the 4th-7th are the Suns, Clippers, Warriors, Lakers. Base on their current roster, I will say that they are hard to defeat on the playoffs, and those teams who will face them will be having a hard time defeating them (of course this disregards injuries).

Phoenix Suns - They have 4 all-stars plus Okogie is playing very well in their last games. The only problem with them is their bench which isn't that deep IMO.
LA Clippers - PG13 getting injured really is a big hit for the team, and I don't know when he will return, but if he will return on the playoffs, their opponent will be having a hard time defending them.
Golden State Warriors - Let's not forget that they are the defending champions. They might be having a hard time winning on the road, but when they got the rhythm, and get those wins on the road, they're very deadly. Remember that they also got GPII back. Kuminga is also improving both on defense and offense. Wiggins isn't playing as well.
LA Lakers - Ever since the trade deadline, the Lakers are 2nd in defensive rating, and with a healthy AD, the Lakers really is a hard team to defeat with. They also have a good depth as well.

The frustration of Luka towards the call of the referees definitely affects his performance. Add also the fact that they are one of the worst defensive teams right now. Their highest place that they can get at this moment is at least the play-in tournament. Good luck with them, and I hope they will get better players in the off-season.

This helped me by a lot.

Aside from the fact that I'm spending more than 2 hours a day watching documentaries and educational videos on Youtube with regards to cryptocurrencies, and investing in general, reading posts here made by some of the most knowledgeable ones really helped me. I'm not a technical guy like most here, but still I know the basics at least, and that's all because of the members here who are sharing their opinions.

This I will disagree with I guess.

Instead of following Senior Forum Members, maybe it would be better if you used "Follow Knowledgeable members" because they're the ones that will help you. Well, there are senior forum members here who are knowledgeable, but there are also some members out there who has a low rank, but has a lot of knowledge with regards to cryptocurrency as well.

I tried this a bit, but I don't have enough time to do it.

Well, I didn't catch any scammers and bounty cheaters out there, but I managed to make quality posts, and TBH, you don't really need this to make quality posts. What you need is your knowledge, your opinion, and the information that the other users here can learn to your posts.

P.S. I'm a suspected spammer

Sometimes, selling your Bitcoin holdings is a good thing especially if you just want to reward yourself.

For sure, those who have long positions this month might end up having a huge profit because of the pumps that happened with Bitcoin. Now as for me, I didn't sell any of my Bitcoins (aside from the ones that I'm using to pay some bills), because I don't need to, and below $30,000 isn't my target selling price. I will only start selling my Bitcoins that I'm holding for a long time when the price of Bitcoin reaches it's past ATH of $69,000. Will do Dollar-Cost Averaging on selling on that point. I don't want to do the same mistake that I did last 2021 where I just watched the market go up, and up, and up, and didn't sell any of my holdings.

As for the impatient investors out there, as long as they got profit then there's noting wrong with it. The problem is they are impatient enough to sell their Bitcoins at a loss. Well, I just hope that all of us have strategies on when to enter, and at the same time, when to exit when needed.

It's just good to see the Lakers coming from the 13th seed at the start of the season to now 7th, and at the top of the play-in tournament. Aside from that, they are only 1.5 games behind the 5th seeded Clippers, 2.5 games behind the 4th seeded Suns.

Davis is just a monster on this game scoring 38 points & 17 rebounds, while Lebron only scored 18 points, but has 10 rebounds. Reaves who was always been a bench for most of his time in the Lakers is now a starter and he contributed 15 points on this one as well. I just hope that Le-GM will not trade him, because as time pass by, he will develop himself, and might be a good piece for the Lakers.

Speaking of Davis, we're always overreacting whenever we see him getting injured, or just even a small sprain whatsoever. It's because of how fragile he is. He's an injury prone player we know that, but he's a dominant big when healthy. Seeing him gaining his momentum in the final games of the regular season is a good sign for him coming into the playoffs. I just hope that he will plays like this when playoff comes because I think they will clinch the playoffs even though they will be in the play-in tournament.

I'll share 2 gambling games that I know, and for sure you can't see it in a crypto casino.


1. The picture above is the most famous when it comes to fiesta's here in our province. We often see many games like that, and we are happy playing it. I don't know the exact name of it, but I will just call it "A Card Game" (I spent 5 minutes coming up with that name ). I always win back in the days when this was still here. Sometimes there's a pattern into it.

The Mechanics:
The gambler has 6 options or in this case 6 card where he can put his bet into it. There are three table tennis ball involved with it. The gamblers will then shoot the three balls on that aluminum cylinder that's hanging up there. Now if the ball landed on the card where you placed your bet with, your initial bet will be x2 or x3 or x4 depending on the game itself.


2. The picture above is what they call "Coin Toss". I'm not playing on this one because it's very hard to win. I consider it as a gambling game since you are gambling your pennies to have more in return.

The Mechanics:
The gambler just need a penny in this game. You just need to throw your money and hopes that it will go inside one of the squares out there. If your penny went to a square that has a number then your penny will be multiplied depending on what's the number inside the square. There are times where you can also win other things as well such as glasses, plates, mugs, foods etc.

Got the pictures from Google. I believe users here whose from the Philippines know this kind of games already especially those who are living in rural areas because these are the popular games out there.

At first, yes I felt bad, but over the years of using it to buy things, I didn't felt it anymore. I'm not directly using Bitcoins to buy things online, but I'm converting it. I mean it's the same right since it started as a Bitcoin, and then converted it.

I felt bad when I used my own Bitcoins to buy my personal computer. I think I spent around 0.09 BTC at that time, but that was around 2019 when Bitcoin's price is still 4-digits. Fast forward to today, I'm not feeling bad anymore because if I didn't bought my computer at that time, I don't have anything to use now. It wasn't only personal computer that I bought using Bitcoins. I also bought a phone with it. I'm also getting some of my Bitcoins to pay some bills in our home (thru signature campaigns). Month after month after month, I'm using Bitcoins to buy or pay things (like I said, I'm not directly using Bitcoins, but I'm converting it).

Overall, it depends on the person who has Bitcoin. If he sees Bitcoin as an asset, and believe that it will go up in the future then just hold. On the other hand, if he sees Bitcoin as a currency that we must use to pay things then just use it because after all, Bitcoin is a currency at first. As for me, I see it as both an asset and a currency that's why I'm holding Bitcoins, and at the same time spending it.

I remembered the time in my College days where we are spending our free time playing the very addictive Flappy Bird game with this one.


Took me less than 5 minutes to get those 11 coins. There are times where the game goes fast, and then immediately go slow. I don't know if it's my internet connection or what.
One advice. 11 coins is too small. Add more 

I already stopped trading like 2 months ago already, but I made an experiment of mine trading on future with just 10$.

I had a good ending because I made my 10$ initial investment into around 90$. I withdrew 75% of it, and used the remaining 25% to trade again. Unfortunately, I lose after withdrawing my gains, but I'm happy with the outcome of my experiment. I wonder how will I be if I didn't withdrew some of my money at that time. I can't share any journal here right now because it's a small amount only compare to others here who have 4 or even 5 digits of capital that's being used in trading.

I might trade in the future using more money since I already have my own strategy that's working for me.

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As for those influencers who are sharing something without any proof at all, just don't do what they are saying especially when you know that you have a high chance of losing your money. It would be better if you will make your own strategy than following these influencers. In that way, if you found a strategy that works for you, it would be easier for you to gain profit in trading instead of following these influencers who aren't that expert in trading at all.

This is what I'm also thinking that's why I made some experiments, watched some videos online and tweaked it into a point where I'm having a higher win rate in trading.

There are lots of categories, but I think this is the one that's on the top in terms of who you shouldn't introduce gambling for.

We already know that people who are full of emotions often loses their money whether it's on gambling, or trading etc. Traders who are full of emotion most of the time ending up losing their money. On the other hand, those people who want to gamble that are also full of emotions lost their money all the time. People with full of emotions might make some bad decisions that would make their current situation even worse. Some even go to a point where they will borrow money into their family members.

This is also the reason why I'm not introducing gambling to anybody. I'm not gambling that much, but I'm afraid that whenever I introduce gambling to other people, there might be a chance that they will get addicted, and for sure I will blame myself if something bad happens to that person which will cause a domino effect on me.

Congratulations to the TNT as they are going to the PBA Finals for the first time since 2011 (on Governor's Cup conference).

4 players on the TNT scored a total of 96 of their 107 points. TNT's import Hollis-Jefferson lead his team with 42 points and 11 rebounds. I watched most of the game, and his very good at drawing fouls to their opponent. I mean he averaged more than 10 free throws on this series alone. It's also my first time to see him having a three-point field goal because he isn't great in shooting threes, but his main asset is drawing fouls which is a good thing for the TNT. Newsome is almost non-existent on this series. He isn't the usual Chris Newsome that we are seeing that's leading their offense.

Now it will be TNT Vs. Ginebra. Most of the time, I always want to go against the herd (like what I'm doing in investing), so I will predict TNT will win the Governor's Cup title. I also predict that this will be a short series so that they will have a longer preparation for the FIBA World Cup though this is unlikely. I did put my bet on the Bolts and lost.

I watched a video a few hours ago regarding this one, and it seems like they really are doing it. They are also in talks with Saudi Arabia and Iran with this one. They don't want to use the dollar anymore (for pretty obvious reasons), and TBH, I've heard this news last year already. I'm pretty sure if this happens, it's the China who will become on top, and the currency they will use? It's the Yuan.

Manipulate Bitcoin? Even the huge institutions can't completely manipulate Bitcoin, then you are connecting them with Bitcoin? It's all politics here, and no crypto is involved, and that includes Bitcoin. At least don't connect what's happening right now with Bitcoin because after all, they can't manipulate Bitcoin because they aren't the one who created it.

I just watched a video on Youtube on how powerful AI is with regards to the work that it can be done with a short amount of time.

Unfortunately, most of the jobs are affected or will get affected by AI. Base on the video that I watched, the most affected jobs are those on finance, insurance, data processing, publishing, scientist. On the other hand, the least affected industries by AI are agriculture, wood manufacturing, food, mining, and construction. You can watch the whole video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIU48QL5Cyk

It's been less than a year since AI boomed around the world, and we've seen rapid developments of it. Many people only sees the negative side of it, but there are still positive things that AI can do. Overall, there are many things that a worker can do still. Adopting to what's trending, utilizing the use of AI to be used in their current jobs. For sure, not all companies will be using AI. There might be some, but still a human is still needed. The bad thing though is that, there will be lots of people losing their jobs in the future because of AI, and it's inevitable knowing what Microsoft and Google are doing right now (AI Wars).

No surprise for me TBH, and hours before that game, I put my bet on the Celtics already.

Fatigue kicked in. Just imagine playing on the road against the Pacers, and then you will travel to go back to play to your home the next day. I mean just look at how it is tiring. There was a point on that game as well where the total points of Tatum and Brown alone is more than the total points of the whole Bucks team (I think it was 70-69). Nevertheless, the Celtics won on the road like what I expected.

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I don't see anybody saying this here, but Julius Randle is out for the rest of the season already, and doubtful on the playoffs.
https://www.spin.ph/basketball/nba/julius-randle-injury-update-sprained-ankle-new-york-knicks-a994-20230331
This will be a huge one for the Knicks because they might lose their main offensive star. Yes he shoots a lot, and I mean a lot (average of 15-20 shots per game), but he is one of their leading scorer, and without him, they might need to step up offensively, and at least find a player/s who can at least cover up the point that Randle is doing. His regular season average is 25.1 points, 10.0 rebounds and 4.1 assists in 35.5 minutes.

Well, they have Brunson, Barrett and Quickley who can lead the offense. Still this is a huge one for the whole Knicks team.

I agree with you. One thing more is that, we've known Ginebra as a strong team in a conference where there is an import. SMB on the other hand dominates the Philippine Cup Conference. I wonder what MVP is thinking about his team because in the last Philippine Cup, it was SMB who won, and in the Commissioner's Cup, it was Ginebra. Maybe it's time for TNT to win this time?

Anyway, it would be a better series if JMF and Coach Leo are there, but it happens. I'm an SMB fan, and as a fan, I'm a bit disappointed unto why they aren't using Terrence Romeo if he's healthy and eligible to play. I mean correct me, but I didn't see him play in this conference.

Well, it is what it is. I guess it's time to forget the sweep already, and focus on the other series which is the Meralco-TNT. Currently, this are the odds on Stake.


TBH, it's good that I didn't bet on the Bolts in Game 3 because the odds are attractive, but this time, I'm thinking that the Bolts will force a Game 5 with a win in this game. This time, I might put a bet on the Bolts.

Currently, I have lots of time browsing here in the forum seeing different topics where I can share my opinion (I have a work-from-home job), so currently, I can make up to 10 posts per day at most or depending on my mood, but that's my average. I'm pretty sure there are more users here who can post more than what I'm posting. I often see people in my current campaign posting as high as 100 posts which is what I can't do (or I can, but my post quality will decrease significantly).

For sure, we have different time gaps between posting, but what I'm following is that, the gap of my posts is at least 15-20 minutes. Sometimes, I'm making 2-3 per hour then I will stop for a few hours to do something then I will continue again.

Spammers and Burst Posters are 2 different things (at least for me).

Spammers - those people who are just spamming worthless junk of texts just to increase their activity (and hoping to get some merits as well). Sometimes these people's post isn't constructive at all, and just posting a bunch of text with no context or meaning at all.

Burst Posters - these are the ones who are posting many times in a single day or a single week. I mean from the name itself, we can define what it is already. However, for me there are 2 types of Burst Posters. One who is posting many times in a single day or week, but his/her posts doesn't have any thought or meaning at all (considered spammer), and the other one is that, one who is posting many times in a single day or week, but all of his posts have meaning or have context.

I don't know how OP stay that long in the forum.
You might be right that he might be considering signature campaign as his job already because he's spending the same time as an employee working in an office. On the other hand, there might be a chance that he might just be AFK while working in an office? Or he spends his first hours after waking up visiting the forum and then his remaining hours on the night browsing again, but still I don't know why OP is spending that much time while I'm only spending at average or 4 hours a day I think.

My lucky day I guess.

You will have one for you in the future don't worry. We all have lucky days. As for the Mavericks, maybe it's time for you to not bet on them unless they will be playing on their home. I mean their defense is just awful, and that's one of the reasons why they are losing. Yes they have big players like Kleber, Powell, McGee, but still they are losing on games because of their bad defense. Luka is frustrated every game, and you can see it on his face if you are watching him play.

Congratulations to the Kings as they clinched the playoffs already after 16 years of not entering the playoffs. That's the longest playoff drought in NBA history, and now they broke it. The Kings already got the pieces or the perfect roster a few years ago. What they are lacking at that time is a perfect coach for them, and now the team got better when they acquired Coach Mike Brown.

Let's just see how the inexperienced Kings play in the playoffs. They might be inexperienced, but they have a coach who's lots of experience in the playoffs during his stint with the Warriors as their assistant coach.

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We only have 2 games tomorrow. Celtics Vs. Bucks & Nuggets Vs. Pelicans.

Milwaukee Bucks - Boston Celtics - Boston Celtics
- I only put my bet on this one, and will not bet on the other game. Back to back games for the Bucks so I think that the fatigue will be a factor on this one even though they are playing on their home. I believe the Bucks might just not let their key players play, or if they will, it will be limited minutes, and they are 3 games above the Celtics as well, so for this one, I believe that the Celtics will snatch one on the road.

You already said this:
Now you are asking if borrowing money to invest into Bitcoin is considered a good debt or bad debt? What is your definition of good debt? You said that when you loan to purchase something that would appreciate in value, it is considered good debt right? Why asking for Bitcoin when it also appreciates in value?

Volatility you said? Isn't Real Estate, Precious metals and commodities volatile? Bitcoin is just more volatile than those 3, but their price is decreasing and increasing as well. Now to answer your question, I consider borrowing money to invest into Bitcoin a good debt because the price of it appreciates. I tried this already just a few months ago when Bitcoin is at it's bottom. I got a loan from a cooperative here, and I'm paying it monthly. To cut the story short, I'm now in profit because of the price increase of Bitcoin.

I will be a hypocrite if I will say not to this one.

I mean what is the main reason why you enter trading? Isn't it to earn money. Yes you're a newbie at that time, but still your mindset is to make money thru crypto trading. Learning and understanding trading is the first thing to do as a newbie yes, but still think about making money as well as much as possible. I mean like balance the 2 things.

I know that most of the newbies lose money most of the time, but I think there are still some newbies who are earning small amounts of money doing crypto trading as a newbie. I agree that you should learn first and understand at least the basics of trading, but you can still earn money even you're a newbie right? Only if you're lucky enough.