Just sharing an article from a month ago.

http://espn.go.com/espn/otl/story/_/id/15667689/congressional-report-finds-nfl-improperly-intervened-brain-research-cost-taxpayers-16-million

Congressional report says NFL waged improper campaign to influence government study

All this concussion stuff is making the NFL look bad. The article is basically saying that the NFL is trying to control the scientists in charge of doing the research in order to make any reports as biased as possible.

I don't think that will affect his performance in such an important fight. Cormier has no answer for the riddle that is Jones. In order to beat Jones, you have to be better than Jones. Cormier just isn't enough vs one of the best MMA pound for pound fighters of all time.

I just don't see Cormier out-wrestle Jones, out-strike Jones and even outsmart Jones.

Yeah! It's still over a month away but I'm also very excited. Preseason starts on August 7 and regular season starts on September 8.

2016/17 NFL Off Season, News, Draft, Trade Talk
(Inspired from 2016/17 NBA Off-Season thread. Why? Because there ought to be one. )

In my opinion, no. If you hold bitcoins, keep holding. But if you don't hold any just stay put. It's very risky buying into it now because we do not know where it's going. The momentum is gone and we have no clue if there's another wave of buying coming. Everyone is cautious now.

This is true. Sporting events do become more interesting when you place a bet. I have a weakness for NFL and MMA betting. But more on MMA. I love watching the sport and I wouldn't mind placing bets in all the matches and also the prop bets. I have not made any serious money in it honestly but having small wins here and there would be a plus in the fun factor.

I doubt it. As mentioned in another thread, in my opinion, the drivers of the current price rise has left and there are no signs of them coming back at the moment. If they don't come back, btc could go down to $550. That's just a speculative guess, but I do think it will go sub $600. If they do come back, well, btc could go above $700 easy.

Judging from the current price action, it could go back to sub $600. It looks like the drivers are gone and has left the rest of the pack with their profits. So my best guess would be btc price at $550 after the halving.

Isn't it the other way around? When bitcoin suffers, altcoins also suffer in fiat value. And the logical thing to do is to short btc rather than hold alts. On the other hand, when bitcoins go up in fiat value, so do alts. But some alts grow faster against fiat making it grow faster vs bitcoin as well. So the logical move would be to hold those alts with the fast growth potential.

Please correct me if I'm wrong. But that's my impression of the btc - alts market. I would appreciate to be corrected and enlightened.

Anyone have any thoughts on a global recession happening? Brexit obviously a huge deal, and people are talking about the breakup of UK and European Union.

Obviously, times like these make people very happy about having cash reserves to take advantage of opportunities. Anyone have any thoughts on the next 6-24 months? And how would this affect the bitcoin economy? Would like to hear some thoughts/opinions.

It's always a good idea to use multiple addresses. Some people would even advice not to use the same address twice. I think that's overkill. But if you don't want to be tracked, try changing your active addresses every week or two.

I got bitcoin by buying them. I have recently started saving some of my salary and store them in btc as a long term investment. I tried looking to other altcoins to keep long term, but I have not found one worthy enough to hold. I also advice you to join a signature campaign if you are planning to hang around a lot in the forum. You get some extra bitcoins per post which is really good because they add up if you're patient.

For the Blue Team.

Hillary Rodham Clinton (Democrat)
Odds winning: 1.36 (William Hill)




Former First Lady of Arkansas, First Lady of the United States of America, served as New York's 37th Senator and the 67th Secretary of State of the United States of America




Born:         Hillary Diane Rodham[nb 1]
                October 26, 1947 (age 68)
                Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

Education:  Wellesley College
                Yale Law School

Occupation: First Lady of the USA (January 20, 1993 – January 20, 2001), US Senator (January 3, 2001 – January 21, 2009),
                 US State Secretary January 21, 2009 – February 1, 2013




And for the Red Team.

Donald J. Trump (Republican)
Odds winning: 3 (Sportingbet)




Billionaire Entrepreneur, TV Host and Real Estate Icon




Born:            Donald John Trump
                   June 14, 1946 (age 70)
                   Queens, New York City, U.S.

Education:    Kew-Forest School
                  New York Military Academy

Alma mater:  University of Pennsylvania

Occupation:  Chairman & President, The Trump Organization; host, The Apprentice (2004–15); author

This really is a full stacked card! Most of the match ups are so good, I can't wait until next week.

My first impression of the match-ups:

Jones > Cormier - No question here. Jones is better than Cormier.

Hunt > Lesnar - I don't think Lesnar has trained well for this fight.

Nunes > Tate - If Tate survives the first round, which she will, her chances of winning are higher in later rounds.

Edgar > Aldo - We may not see Aldo of old for a while after a humiliating loss to McGregor. Meanwhile Edgar has improved more and more.

Velasquez > Browne - Cain is just too strong for Browne. Browne could get TKO'd or KO'd here because of his weak chin.

That would really depend how much money you have as capital. I noticed that some professional gamblers refer to their capital in units with each unit equal to 1% of that capital. When they make a bet, they don't risk more than 5% of their capital in one bet. As they progress higher, they increase their bets accordingly and vice versa.

The objective of that strategy is to prolong and make their capital last in order to stay in the gsme for the long run. But if you're just gambling for fun, it wouldn't matter. Just bet any amount you want.

It looks like the driver aka the pumper has gone and left bitcoin running like a headless horse. The price action really looks a lot like it will go further down below $600 when the other traders start selling and realize that there is no more upside momentum coming. But who knows, maybe the pumper is still there waiting for the right time to buy it up again.

I get turned off by people who post their sob stories asking and begging for money. But the funny thing is if they would just tell me that they needed the money and that they will pay me back later, I'll give it to them. I don't know what it is, but hearing sob stories and then begging for money annoys me.

There's only a thin line that separates "gambling" and "investing" in cryptocurrencies. If you want to gamble try to play the games that you can gain an edge like sportsbetting or blackjack. If you want to invest, avoid altcoins. Bitcoin is already an investment in itself.

I can only primarily see that bitcoin will be accepted as a store of value and as a safe haven commodity like gold. While this is limiting, it's the other platforms, like Ethereum or Factom, that will be the ones pushing blockchain technology to a myriad of real world uses. We are already seeing that trend happening right now.

I was puzzled by your question and I had to check the date of your post. You know, bitcoin already is being used as a method of payment online, in a lot of sites and services. The dark market alone has a lot of people accepting it as payment. And so do a lot of merchants in legit sites. I think the real question is how far can bitcoin go as a method of payment online?