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6021  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Motosport General discussion tread --- Formula1, MotoGP, WTCC, ETCC, DTM..... on: November 01, 2019, 01:40:28 AM
The concept car is nice, however, I reckon the Mercedes will continue its dominance with the V6 turbo. Engines should be rotated every 4 years with V6 turbo, V8, V10, V12.
6022  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2020 NBA Season on: November 01, 2019, 01:16:30 AM
Agreed! Kawhi will play. His absence versus the Jazz was load management made by Doc Rivers so he can play versus a more important game versus the Spurs.
6023  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Speculation (Altcoins) / Re: Grin Observer - GRN/BTC - Price Movement and Discussion on: October 30, 2019, 03:40:06 AM
@Cryptotourist. The monetary policy's description and what Grin's emission was supposed to be and its effect on price is written on github. I already shared it in this thread many times.

Grin's infinite emission was desired to remove the moon math.
6024  Bitcoin / Press / Re: [2019-10-29] Lebanon’s Economic Crisis Highlights Bitcoin’s Limitations on: October 30, 2019, 02:54:12 AM
Click-bait headline.

I expected to read about "high" fees and whatnot as they were referring to Bitcoin's limitations, but all I read about was how sucky that country's infrastructure itself is. Roll Eyes

Very poor journalism. I expect this from CoinIdol, but Coindesk seems to have followed the same path of publishing nonsense just for the sake generating content volume.

It is alright to highlight bitcoin's limits because of a country's infrastructural problems. However, this criticism if coming from a belief that bitcoin is supposed to be the savior of the world is a mistake.
6025  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Next battle ground will be on fungibility and privacy, according to Charlie Lee on: October 30, 2019, 01:51:37 AM
Cryptocoin fungibility is a concept that many people in the forum have not understood fully yet or maybe they do not care. However, everyone should begin caring why and how and learn which cryptocoins have the best privacy technology developed.

I will not shill my coins, however hehehe. Look at my avatar hehehehe.



It’s no secret that Litecoin wants to become a privacy coin. Litecoin Creator Charlie Lee made that clear when he revealed a change in direction for the project, chief among which involved partnering with a Grin developer David Burkett to implement the MimbleWimble protocol and use extension blocks for privacy and scalability on the network.

Privacy has been a major theme in the cryptocurrency market, one that has cost some high-profile coins, including Zcash and Monero, exchange listings in Japan.  Charlie Lee is willing to take that chance, saying at the Litecoin Sumit in Las Vegas:

 “There’s definitely a risk, but I think the way we’re approaching it is pretty safe.”

For Lee, however, it’s really about fungibility, which makes it so 1 LTC = 1 LTC regardless of which Litecoin is being spent, and that can’t be achieved without privacy.

“The public nature of the history of the coin makes it so that people can censure you based on which coin you are spending. And I’d like to see that changed,” said Lee.


Read in full https://www.ccn.com/whats-ahead-for-litecoin-after-mimblewimble-fueled-privacy-is-added/
6026  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2020 NBA Season on: October 30, 2019, 01:26:00 AM
I reckon another test for the beginning of the season for the Clippers is their game on friday versus the San Antonio Spurs. It might be a harder game than the Lakers hehehe. 

Beverly should not steal Kawhi's role and let Kawhi lead hehe.
6027  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: MLB playoff discussion on: October 30, 2019, 01:08:11 AM
@wheelz1200. Also, everyone might forget that Justin Verlander is only 1 - 3 on the post season hehe.

In any case, I reckon the Nationals might not have lost game 5 if they used Strasburg as Max Scherzer's emergency replacement.
6028  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Speculation (Altcoins) / Re: Grin Observer - GRN/BTC - Price Movement and Discussion on: October 29, 2019, 04:51:56 AM
@e-coinomist. Why monotheist? The bitcoin maximalists' religion?

@Febo. Half of that if on $0.50 hehe. Also, I speculate that Grin's pump on the next bitcoin all time highs might not be as strong as some of the coins, for example Aeon.

Grin might be a slow and stable accumulation of value, I reckon.

Well holding always pays off at the end. But thing is that no mater how bad emission looks now there is actually high chance to profit in short 2 years.  I personally dont buy to sell. I buy to spend.  And I dont plan to spend much in next 10 years. So this two years dont matter that much to me personally. But It was just something that crossed my mind yesterday.

"Always" except the last year?
I have a portfolio with only altcoins which has lost 60% value in comparison to Bitcoin... meaning that if I was holding 1 BTC of value in altcoins in January, my altcoins are now worth 0.40 BTC.
You just need to know when to hold and when to trade, maybe buying again lower; it's better to live and fight another day!

But.... I'm a bit too lazy to do that so I'm just holding as well! Roll Eyes

I have been holding a more than 80% loss on Aeon also. It does not make me stressed anymore after pulling most of my hairs last year.
6029  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Announcements (Altcoins) / Re: [ANN] AEON [2019-09-27: Upgrade to version 0.13.0.0 ASAP HF@1146200 Oct 25] on: October 29, 2019, 03:37:36 AM
@esternity. Thank you.

@bigslimvdub. Some funding for his code might motivate him to work on it and keep the vision alive hehehe.

That is the problem in opensource software sometimes, coders lose motivation for months before they are in the mood again.

Some funding? Where is it supposed to come from? Offices in china were raided and closed a couple of weeks ago, consequently the main scammer behind this whole scam was apprehended. Which has lately found the reflection in insane market dumps. The truth be told, there is no funding nor bright prospects for this coin. A couple of abject fanatics is whats left from its army of sickened worshipers.

Wut Huh

Yes, smooth was discovered to be really Chinese, he is very far from the cool Lebowski character on his avatar.

Fork happened already? Everything went smooth? Smooth?

Yes, all good. No network issues at all.


Other than 90% of the hash rate is on miner.rocks now lol


Edit:
98.5% of all hash rate


æ AEON  TRUE ANONYMOUS DIGITAL CASH




Almost all mining pools did not support Kangaroo12? What happened?
6030  Bitcoin / Press / Re: [2019-10-26] John McAfee Doubles His Bitcoin Price Prediction on: October 29, 2019, 03:25:56 AM
People are not up to on his predictions, $1mil is so much for next year, but people are up to on him eating his dick, how's that even possible? Only if he's a gymnast lmao.

Speak for yourself, I am up to this prediction. I would not mind becoming a millionaire overnight hehehe. I reckon most of the holders would love $1 million for 1 bitcoin . It is the perfect no. hehe.
6031  Bitcoin / Press / Re: [2019-10-29] Lebanon’s Economic Crisis Highlights Bitcoin’s Limitations on: October 29, 2019, 02:42:24 AM
You cannot argue that there are limits, however, you also cannot argue that bitcoin is created for payments that can breakdown borders. Lebanon's problem is political and infrastructural, you cannot expect the cryptospace to save the Lebanese from all of the world's fundamental problems.
6032  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: MLB playoff discussion on: October 29, 2019, 01:04:42 AM
@wheelz1200. There would be a 50% chance of a game 7 only if the Astros and the Nationals were equals, more if the Nationals were stronger. However, the Astros have the best team. Sad

In any case, Max Scherzer had back spasms and did not start game 5. I thought he was relieved before the 4th inning.
6033  Bitcoin / Press / Re: [2019-10-24] Lightning Network User Reportedly Loses 4 Bitcoin: What Happened on: October 28, 2019, 04:19:31 AM
There is no case to try out buggy new experiments when good old proven BitCoin works fine.

Bitcoin SV does the job like a champ

Don't fuck up the DNA that made it all happen

Scale it

Use it

Agreed on cartlon banks that the not smart should be careful, however, I disagree with discouraging experiments in the cryptospace. I reckon that we might not have a cryptospace if all people thought like you.
6034  Bitcoin / Press / Re: [2019-10-26] Crypto Owners in US Have Risen 81% YTD on: October 28, 2019, 03:56:19 AM
Many countries are starting to understand the importance of Bitcoin and its blockchain technology. The U.S. is not necessarily one of them. However, the number of Americans holding the cryptocurrency is increasing.

https://bitcoinist.com/crypto-owners-in-us-have-risen-81-ytd/

I'd be curious to see who they surveyed. All I can find is this:

Quote
...according to a survey of 2,068 participants commissioned by Finder.

14.4% of Americans seems awfully high to me. I wouldn't be surprised if the results are skewed because the respondents weren't representative of the population. Some demographics will definitely have a higher propensity to use Bitcoin -- Millennials, internet users, etc.

Also, what type of owners are they? Real users that use their bitcoins as currency or are they only speculating that the price will increase next year and sell to hold fiat?
6035  Bitcoin / Press / Re: [2019-10-18] Bitcoin Has Failed But Global Stablecoins a Threat, Say BIS and G7 on: October 28, 2019, 03:41:39 AM
A store of value is traditionally something that is stable. If I hold $1.00 of value in a good store of value, I expect to get the value back on $1.00 or very near it with no volatility that will give me a heart attack. Bitcoin is not similar to that, it traditionally behaves more similar to a speculative investment.

Traditionally, you said that well. Bitcoin isn't your traditional store of value. If you look at Bitcoin's long term price development, and then mainly the bottom to bottom development instead of the peak to bottom development where people always focus on, it suddenly becomes clear that it has functioned extremely well as store of value for most of the time.

Bitcoin in some areas defies the traditional meaning of the different properties of money, which people have a hard time adapting to. It by no means is a perfect store of value, or one that you should pay attention to if your time horizon is very tight, but when you have a few years to plan forward, it's more likely going to be a great store of value for you.

In the end, people want Bitcoin to be usable as daily currency therefore needs a stable price, but they also want to see the price moon therefore needs a very volatile price. It's very much contradicting.

That is a good argument. However, the way bitcoin's price and volatility is and the way how people use it today, it is still more a speculative investment than a store of value. Traditionally.

One day maybe bitcoin will find stability and be a real store of value without the moon math.
6036  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: The UFC Info and Prediction Thread on: October 28, 2019, 02:07:20 AM
@NavI_027. Agreed. All the UFC's old stars beat him, not including the controversial stoppage versus Robbie which Ben almost lost.

He should have fought from the bottom and rose the ranks instead of riding his own hypetrain. However, he might be back hehehe.
6037  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: MLB playoff discussion on: October 28, 2019, 01:45:53 AM
I begun the game on the 4th inning expecting a hard rematch for Gerrit Cole and Max Scherzer. I was disappointed to see the Nationals already gave 2 runs and a relief pitcher pitching. Astros on game 6 hehehe!
6038  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: MLB playoff discussion on: October 27, 2019, 02:36:16 AM
@wheelz1200. The Astros almost gave the game to the Nationals when the Astros' manager removed Jose Urquidy for James.

In any case, if the Astros win this game the next game will be the most decisive for this series. Gerrit Cole versus Max Scherzer rematch hehehe!

I predict it will be the Astros on game 6.
6039  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Motosport General discussion tread --- Formula1, MotoGP, WTCC, ETCC, DTM..... on: October 27, 2019, 02:23:04 AM
@coinlocket$. Max was removed from his pole position. Sometimes it might be better to keep quiet about some situations. See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil hehehe.


Max Verstappen has been stripped of his Mexican Grand Prix pole position after the stewards handed him a three-place grid penalty for failing to slow for Valtteri Bottas’ Q3 crash…

Verstappen was running behind Bottas when the Finn crashed heavily at Turn 17. The Red Bull driver passed one yellow flag en route to bettering his initial leading lap time in qualifying.

After speaking to Verstappen and reviewing video, audio and telemetry evidence, the stewards ruled the Red Bull driver “attempted to set a meaningful lap time and failed to reduce his speed in the relevant marshalling sector.”


Source https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.verstappen-stripped-of-mexican-gp-pole-for-ignoring-yellow-flag-leclerc.1DiWB8Fo9O0tZcbG8RJYvA.html
6040  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: MLB playoff discussion on: October 26, 2019, 02:43:09 AM
WOW! who would think that the WASHINGTON NATIONALS would be up games 2-0 and now get to play at home

UPDATED Odds To Win The 2019 World Series

Houston Astros   +220
Washington Nationals   -275

Looking like the nationals are going to win their first series.  To think this team was 12 games under .500 and now on the brink of the world series.  Good for them, hope they pull it off.  I think they need to wrap it up in washington if they want to win it.  If they have to go back to houston the pressure is going to start to mount

It might also be a good time to be a contrarian hehehe. The Astros have the players and was the favorite when the world series began.

This game right now appears that the Astros will win 1 in Washington, maybe 2 if drive continues.
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