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861  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: The Impact of Bitcointalk forum in our lives on: July 25, 2023, 11:19:13 AM
Honestly, my journey into the world of crypto began with a forum. Before that, I had some knowledge about Bitcoin, but I wasn't fully aware of its potential. Through the forum, I gained a wealth of knowledge about cryptocurrencies and related topics. This newfound understanding encouraged me to start investing, and as a result, I began making profits.
Right, some of us might have heard about bitcoin and crypto before. But this forum was a real wake up for us because as a community, we have learn from each other. We read threads, we open one by ourselves and then we learn and grow our understanding in our stay here.

Moreover, the forum provided a fantastic opportunity to earn through signature campaigns, and the amount I earned was quite decent. So, in many ways, the forum played a pivotal role in transforming my life, not only in terms of financial gains but also in terms of learning and expanding my knowledge about the crypto space.
That's another thing here in this forum, there are campaigns that pay us with bitcoin or any other crypto. And then we used to trade or save it and became a holder. So it's a great opportunity to all of us. One caveat though is that we shouldn't be abusive and just stay within the rules of this forum and you will be good in the long run joining campaigns.
862  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2023 NBA Season on: July 25, 2023, 10:16:39 AM
Yeah, and as Paul George, shout out to WB for taking the minimum just to stay with the Clippers at least for this year.

No, he will stay for 2 years as that's what his contract says.

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Free agent Russell Westbrook has agreed on a two-year, nearly $8M deal
https://www.nba.com/news/russell-westbrook-2023-free-agency

If he cannot make it next season, he still has one more season to help the Clippers win a championship. I think it's possible as long as Leonard stays healthy. Actually, even without PG, Leonard and Westbrook would already be enough to lead the team.
And that might be the biggest decision by WB in his career, take the pay cut, and still play high level basketball and help the Clippers to win a ring and he will also be in NBA history, for taking the biggest risk.

As compare to let's say Oladipo or Dennis Schröder by declining a huge contract and then later on signing for lesser money. But in this case, WB is on the opposite end of the spectrum and it could paid off.
863  Economy / Speculation / Re: $30000 is becoming the resistant price on: July 25, 2023, 09:54:50 AM
Yes this was very similar to what happened in 2018. We chopped for months and went no where. Even after summer ended we still didn’t get a strong trend until November time. Catalyst for that dump was the entire Bitcoin sv and Bitcoin cash debates.

So most likely this time around we need something similar. We either will get some massive fud or something positive like an etf approval which will get us out of this tight trading range.
Most likely I will lean towards a positive news, not necessarily ETF approval or something, but a good news that will sway the market again to above $30k or higher before the end of the year. So far we are in a decline, the support of $30k has been broken, nevertheless, it seems that the bull are trying to get it back, as currently the price is $29,190.

So we will see, we have a lot of months ahead in front of us. And I still very positive that something big will come up in the last quarter that will push the price prior to the most anticipated event of block halving early 2024.
864  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: [Boxing]: Oscar Valdez vs Emmanuel Navarette - Aug 12 on: July 25, 2023, 09:31:07 AM
I know that there are 3 great fights this week.

However, next month, this is going to be one of the most anticipated much. And as you guys says, 2 Mexican in the ring? that's going to be as entertaining fight that we can see.

So far the odds are still Valdez the favourite at 1.57 and then Navarette not that far at 2.26.

Maybe we can see some changes later in the odds are the fight gets close and those fans putting their bets in.
I do agree, everyone is still caught with the big fights at the end of the month and most likely they forget this fight. Anyways, still almost 3 weeks from now so maybe odds are going to change or there could be swing odds.

But with almost all the posters going for Valdez here, so I wouldn't be surprised if he would pull a big win here. And it's going to be very exciting fight and hopefully it will be a fight that we all anticipated, back and forth war between the two Mexican warriors.
865  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: [Boxing] Stephen Fulton vs. Naoya Inoue | WBC & WBO 122 lbs bout | July 25 on: July 25, 2023, 09:11:49 AM
The events just started the first match featured Maldonado against Takei, where Takei won via stoppage via liver punch as of this writing there will be two more fights before the main event.

https://www.facebook.com/100095103423448/videos/2928904020577106/ I hope this one will not be taken down so we can all see what I expect to be an action fight match between Fulton and Inoue.
It's been taken down already mate, unfortunately.

But there seems to be a lot of users sharing in in Facebook, so hopefully others can find a good stream.

In any case, good luck to those who put a bet on it, gonna be early morning in the US, and so most likely they have their alarm on to be able to wake up and time to watch the main event.
866  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Hacksaw gaming slot game experience on: July 22, 2023, 08:00:51 AM
And perhaps it might have been discussed here by a thread by @mu_enrico Slots 101: Basics, Strategies, and Discussion (with poll).

Agreed, no need to create a new topic for it as we have a thread to discuss about slot games by 3rd party providers created by mu_enrico.
@OP, if you follow the thread created by mu_enrico, you will find that there are some users here who play hacksaw games including me.
If you have ever heard "roycilik", he plays hacksaw games a lot and he had several times max win in hacksaw games such as Xpander, Stack'em, and Itero IIRC.
I invite you to join the discussion in the slot 101 thread, but I'll tell you first my own experience in Hacksaw.
My bets result was around 6,000x in Hop n Pop but it was long time ago, and the other one I remember is 2500x in Joker Bombs.

Thanks for the invite guys but my main goal here is to have a discussion specifically for this provider and not for general discussion that’s why I make this thread a self-moderated topic. I don't have any intention to make this discussion longer. I will visit that slot 101 thread in the future for more slot games discussion.

For the meantime, Allow me to release my frustration on this provider and find reason to keep playing.  Cheesy
Sure mate, we can understand your frustration and rants not just about Hacksaw, but recently we also have a member who just had a bad game against Evolution, When you feels like only draw is your win on Blackjack.

So I guess everyone of us had bad days from game providers and it's good that we can get the frustrations out of our chest. But for those who have a good experience with Hacksaw then good for them I guess,  Grin.
867  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Casino on a cruise ship? on: July 22, 2023, 07:45:10 AM
Taking a ride in a cruise is very expensive to be honest. Only the rich people can afford it. Atleast this happens in my country. Moreover many people have fear in travelling through the ships, hence they avoid transportation through this also. As far as I have read from various resources, there is no much difference between a land based casino and casino present in a cruise. Moreover as these people gamble for recreational purpose only, hence for them the payouts and rate doesn’t matter. Regarding the operational hours, then it varies from cruise to cruise. Some operates for 24/7 also.
Although I've experience travelling on a ship, I never been on a cruise ship that has it's own casino floor. Actually, it's already a experience to be on a 5 five star with it's own casino. It's big, the ambiance is different, noisy, a lot of people playing and you can witnessed big wins.

But perhaps the experience is doubled because you are in the middle of a sea and one of the expensive cruise ships. And it's lucky I guess for those who applied and then become part of the casino services, whether you are a dealer or simply a waiter. As it operates on 24/7 and most likely the pay is also huge. So it's a great opportunity.
868  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: [Boxing] Nonito Donaire vs Alejandro Santiago for WBC bantamweight (july15,2023 on: July 22, 2023, 06:53:59 AM
Nonito's prediction that Fulton has a slight edge is a bit off. I don't know if he is telling the truth or still not convinced that Inoue is extremely good, as Inoue beat him twice, while Donaire has not even fought Fulton yet. What the public believes is what I believe will happen, so I'm all the way with Inoue here, regardless of how he'll beat Fulton, but I'd love to see a KO if possible.

Yes, it doesn't really make any sense at all because it will be more believable if he is saying otherwise because it was Inoue whom he faced twice and not Fulton. So, I don't really think that he's giving a concrete prediction about this fight, with what he is saying in public now, it seems that he got a grudge against Inoue because he didn't had any chance to defeat the Japanese boxer at all and even embarrassed him on their 2nd encounter.
Good point, as he didn't have that chance facing Fulton while he was beaten twice by Inoue,

Though it's just his own opinion and no one is being forced to follow or believe in him, I'm thinking that maybe he's using it for
publicity on this upcoming fight, but in the back of my mind he doesn't need it as the fight has been moved as an undercard with
the well anticipated meetup of Spence and Crawford, no offense to all the opinions but we will be able to conclude it once it
was done.
Agreed, he is entitled to his own opinion, maybe there is weight on it because he fought Inoue. But we are not sure if he is telling the truth or just because he wanted for Inoue to lose the fight because Naoya knock him out cold in 2 rounds.

So we might listen to their predictions and what not and analysis. But as bettor I think we should know better and bet on the boxer that we think we should win the fight base on our own analysis. But with Donaire vs Santiago, I will go with the popular opinion that Donaire will beat Santiago and win the WBC bantamweight again.
869  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2023 NBA Season on: July 22, 2023, 06:37:16 AM
James Harden posted on twitter that he’s been comfortable for too long and it’s time to get uncomfortable. I’m not exactly sure what he’s referring to since he hasn’t stayed on one team long enough to get comfortable. Maybe he’s talking about his routine that has him overweight and unable to perform at the level he once could. Who knows?

So another prophetic quote from him? Maybe he is referring to the team that he will go? Perhaps the new team will be uncomfortable with him around as their new player and perhaps there will be a big changes on that team.

Regardless, I don't see him going to the rigorous diet. But let's see, him and the Lillard are one of the most anticipated news this summer and we don't know where or what team will be their destination although they have their preferences, but so far no clear news yet.

As if he's been comfortable even once with the teams he went into after they left OKC. I feel like the team that WB, Harden, & KD was most comfortable with was in OKC, but they did not trust the process LOL! They were all too impatient and that could be the reason why they're struggling to win a championship with any team they go. KD was only carried with the 73-9 GSW to his first ring.
It could be very interesting if we see Harden and Lillard land on the same team. I guess, they're just strong in papers, but any talented team like the Nuggets could actually beat any super team in the NBA today. This isn't the 2010 era anymore where stacked teams will automatically have a ticket in the finals.
Perhaps they are still very young then, if and my memory serves me right, they have to trade Harden then to ease their luxury taxes. But I do agree, what if prime KD, WB and Harden playing at OKC. And then they have Ibaka and Perks at the middle and Fisher at guard position.

They could compete back then, but I guess they don't have the experience back then. And then KD moving to GSW was the final nail in the coffin for them as WB can't carry the team although he has the best statistical numbers for him and won MVP.
870  Other / Meta / Re: How Can We Identify Someone Who Uses AI? on: July 22, 2023, 06:27:21 AM
The use of AI to make a quality post is a big offense in this Forum and I believe we still have members who are still doing as we speak.
I can't tell why they do it or is it because of how the high ranked members preach so much about making quality post before you earn merit that's the cause of people using AI to post or is there something we need to know that's the cause of breaking this rule.
How can we wash off this ill behavior? Because I know the offenders know it's not good and they know the implications if found doing it. What's the best thing to do to stop the use of AI from going on in this Forum?
Perhaps just follow your instinct?

If you see a post and it doesn't sounds like a human did it, then perhaps you might be right. I'm not generalizing everyone, but perhaps majority of newbies might be guilty of doing AI post. But for those who have been here for so long, then I doubt that they will do AI posting. I think newbies might used AI more often, one reason is that they might think that they should post with quality and obviously to get merit as well.
871  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Can't do something else offline, is this something wrong? on: July 21, 2023, 09:00:56 PM
Guys am I the only one having problem shifting my attention into another business like whenever I want to try a business with the money that made from bitcoin I always feel distracted and I don't like it. It's like a distraction to me.

How are you guys running two business together? If the hustle isn't online I don't like it, I have few asic miners that I use to mine Bitcoin and I monitor the farm every day, I also gamble online too, I am also a big crypto investor, I am convenient with these.

yesterday friends came to me and we have some discussions about businesses, they advise me to invest some money into raring of cattles,  I know how profitable the business is because I know those who are really into this and they are doing fine, I'm not ready to enjoy it because I enjoy online hustle than others, the world have called me freak for going down this path but it favours me and I am a living proof.

My end goal is retirement through Bitcoin, I have no other dream than this, and I am not a dreamer but a doer. We all have a favorite subject in school for a reason, Bitcoin is just mine. Out of school though.
Well I had attempted to do it as well, put money on a business, money that I profited from bitcoin. But the thing is that I'm really focus on my bitcoin trading and any other means to make money out of crypto.

So what I do is I ask the help of my wife for my offline business. Of course she can't devout 24 hours on it, but at least we have started something, another means of making money, regardless if it is small in the beginning. So my advise is to get someone to help you out, and as long as you have the same goals, I think success will come later.
872  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Hacksaw gaming slot game experience on: July 21, 2023, 02:41:14 PM
The only game that I love to play from Hacksaw Gaming is Wanted Dead or a Wild.

But just like the rest of the games, it's based on RTP so I will say that my experience is so-so. Sometimes i will have like less than 20 spins and I will get the bonus. And then days that are totally lost all my capital winning hitting the bonus or even getting a good pay/multiplier.

And perhaps it might have been discussed here by a thread by @mu_enrico Slots 101: Basics, Strategies, and Discussion (with poll).
873  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: [Boxing] Stephen Fulton vs. Naoya Inoue | WBC & WBO 122 lbs bout | July 25 on: July 21, 2023, 02:21:15 PM
Anyone seen the video of Fulton getting a birthday cake from a Japanese?

But for sure, he want's to be cordial but he might be cautious as well. Remember Michael Jordan's food poisoning from a Pizza when he was in Utah? I'm not saying that this could be a trap from Fulton as it could be laid with something. But I guess they are wise enough not to consume that pizza from a Japanese bakery just to be on the safe side.  Smiley

I hope Fulton did accepted that gift as maybe it's just a form of appreciation from that Japanese and there is no harm intended, but at the same time, he should be careful too and only eat what he knows and what he trusted because as the fight night is approaching, we cannot deny that there will be some attempts.
I do think that he accepted it based on the video, as he appreciates the Japanese baker that gifted it to him. But as far as consuming it, I doubt that he will do it just for purpose of media. He might have thrown it away after he got home.

Anyway, about that pizza that Jordan consumed way back, he did not get sick because of it and nobody can confirm that as well that it was indeed a food poisoning because the owner of the shop himself was the one who made and delivered that pizza to Jordan's room. It was just a flu, that is why that specific game was called a flu-game and not a food poisoning game.
I'm not really sure, but if you watch the Jordan documentary, there are individuals who confirm that it was indeed a food poisoning and not that he has a flu. But the rest is history already as he has hid Jordan 12 "Flu game" shoes (if you are a Jordan shoe collector). And that game has been etch on basketball history.
874  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: [Boxing] Nonito Donaire vs Alejandro Santiago for WBC bantamweight (july15,2023 on: July 21, 2023, 02:04:42 PM

Let us not forget that the fight will be held in Japan, the only way for you to win is via knockout and I don't think that Fulton could KO Inoue so with that I will be betting Inoue to win via decision @3.10, a good bet for me.

Good luck, but honestly, I find it hard to believe in anything other than a KO win by Inoue. You know, he is a KO artist, so it's most likely he will win via KO if you believe he will win. The reason why a KO win by Inoue has lower odds is because it's likely what we will witness. So, I'm still with Inoue, but on the KO win.
Yeah, you are right, obviously, Inoue is looking for a KO but we will see if Fulton can handle that power or not. He is the champion here and had fought one of the best in the division in Figueroa and survived.

So for sure this is going to be a great fight, this two boxers style make a perfect fit for a great fight.

And for gamblers, it's really hard to choose or bet and maybe we will have to wait for the day itself to decide where we are going to put our money.
875  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: [Boxing] Stephen Fulton vs. Naoya Inoue | WBC & WBO 122 lbs bout | July 25 on: July 20, 2023, 07:05:03 AM
Anyone seen the video of Fulton getting a birthday cake from a Japanese?

But for sure, he want's to be cordial but he might be cautious as well. Remember Michael Jordan's food poisoning from a Pizza when he was in Utah? I'm not saying that this could be a trap from Fulton as it could be laid with something. But I guess they are wise enough not to consume that pizza from a Japanese bakery just to be on the safe side.  Smiley
876  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: If you quit that's when you lose! on: July 20, 2023, 06:40:55 AM
Now let's take this to a discuss; how correct is this statement? And is there any similar statement like that in your home-country that's popularly used among gamblers to encourage themselves from quiting gambling because they're losing?
Or would you allow your decision to quit gambling to be affected by any popular statement among your fellow gamblers or it's a no no thing for you?
Yeah, I think it's a popular mantra by die hard gamblers, but if you look at it, very wrong to me. I mean you can quit when you are still on top and had money in your wallet. So who would like to go to sleep without money and losing big?

And obviously, since this is gambling, we really don't know what the outcome will be. There could be someone who thinks YOLO and go all in. I can't blame him/her for that. But if you are going to used logic here, it's better to go home while you are in the positive side.
877  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2023 NBA Season on: July 20, 2023, 06:30:50 AM
Embiid has not shown any interest in leaving the team thus far, but there are rumors of his teammates, like James Harden, wanting a trade. In this situation, it might be worth considering trading Harden, as he hasn't performed at his best with the team. Embiid is the franchise player and team captain, so the focus should be on surrounding him with capable players who will commit to the system. Additionally, having a coach with a championship mentality is crucial for their success.
He might not shown his intentions directly, but thru his words, you can clearly that he is willing to get out of Philly and go to a championship contender team. Philly though has surrounded him with good players like a prime Ben, before the breakdown, and we have seen them getting closer, if not for that heart breaking lost to the Raptors lead by Kawhi. And now that Harden's want to leave, then it will be Embiid job again and it might be very difficult to him because he need another good A-caliber player to help him.
Embiid looks quite happy where he is, even if they do not end up getting a championship, that doesn't mean he has to be upset there, sure he will of course want to be a big star there but that doesn't mean that he is going to ask for a trade.
I'm not sure if you heard what Joel said, let me quote it for you,

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“I just want to win a championship. Whatever it takes. I don’t know where that’s going to be. Whether it’s Philly or anywhere else. I just want to have a chance to accomplish that. I want to see what it feels like to win my first one, then you can think about the next one. It’s not easy, but it takes more than one, two, three guys. You got to have good people around you.”

https://www.sbnation.com/nba/2023/7/17/23797436/joel-embiid-trade-request-video-comments-philadelphia-76ers

So it's very clear that he might look for other teams and leave Phlly to chase that ring.

We need to wait and see, if he does want to get traded, there aren't that many teams that lack center position and could content, because last years finalists had Jokic and Adebayo, and they won't give those players up, which leaves like maybe Lakers and maybe Warriors, those are the only ones I can see at the moment that could want him there and it should not be that weird for them to get him, but who are they going to trade for in that case? Sixers can't get anyone in that case.
Maybe not this year or this season, but perhaps we will see how everything goes for them at the start. James Harden had ask for a trade already and Sixers management are working on it. So time is not on the side of Sixers if they want Embiid to stay. They need to get another player as I have said to compliment his style of play and win at least 1 ring when Joel is still in his prime.
878  Economy / Speculation / Re: Bitcoin maximum price on: July 20, 2023, 05:56:35 AM
Many people claim that bitcoin is worth $ 1 million or even more, the security system, speed and many other features make bitcoin supposed to be very expensive, if more and more users will feel the benefits when they want to transact with bitcoin.
$1 million is a very high price, I never thought we would get to that price, let's think and see this realistically and I think the Bitcoin price is a market game that some groups continue to make to attract bidders to keep believing and investing on Bitcoin, regardless of whether it will benefit a group or not but the movement continues to occur as what has happened in the past.
Bitcoin had showed so many surprised to us in the past, we never thought of seeing $1k-$10k, now we are targeting $100k or more in the next bull run phase. So maybe in the future we are going to reach $1 million who knows.

As we gets closer to halving every 4 years and bitcoin getting limited and people are fighting it out, the basic economic law of supply and demand will take it's effect on the market. So let's see, maybe 2-3 halvings from now we will see 7 figures.
879  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Beginners, you don't need Bitcoin first on: July 20, 2023, 03:11:28 AM
Newbie can not always be called a Newbie. Those who are new to the Bitcoin market are called Newbies, but not all Newbies do not have sufficient knowledge of Bitcoin investment. Without Newbie there is no Senior, those who have become senior investors start from Newbie. Sufficient capital as a complement in the Investment process, those with sufficient capital are calmer even though the price of Bitcoin is moving sideways.
I think the point of the OP is that newbies easily jump on the bandwagon and that is bitcoin and think that they will be instant millionaire. And the worst thing is that they don't have a job or might be not be earning enough money to be a investor. And with that they don't have sufficient capital to start and so they borrow money from others.

It doesn't matter where the source of money is used for Bitcoin investment as long as you have mastered the knowledge of investing, knowledge will lead someone to be more calm, patient and relaxed when there is a downturn in the market. This is only limited to your assumptions in my opinion, anyone can invest in Bitcoin as long as they are equipped with knowledge and skills. A person's character is formed from small things and failures in the past, courage in taking action will pave the way to success.
It will be a big learning curve for them, but hopefully they will learn from it and became a bitcoin holder. And won't borrow or take a loan from people or even bank. And with a stable job, they could be a successful investor as they have source of money then.
880  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Mistake that prevented your big win. on: July 19, 2023, 02:04:58 PM
As a gambler,I know that we have done so many mistakes in the pass base on our bets and wrong strategy or calculations that we have done which led to losing the game that was suppose to make you win big. I want to use myself as an example,I love sportbet and I bet more on it. Last months I placed my bet on 7 games that was to be played for two days. When the 5th game was played,all matches came out as predicted and I was called by the casino,to offer me a cash out of $200 in my local currency and I refused it because if the other two games was played and the I got the predictions right. I will win $1200,so I turned the offer down. The painful part of it was that the two games were to kick off on the same time,and after the games,my prediction for the two games was wrong. I felt so bad because I allowed greed to control my emotion. For this reason,I having decided that when ever I have an opportunity to cash out again,I will always go for it,instead of thinking that I can win all the money.
So my question is this,as a gambler what mistake have you made when gambling that prevented you from winning big.
Let's discuss.
If will the defeat the purpose of you betting on the game if you decided to cash out early. So in essence, it might not be gambling anymore if you don't take that risk. So I don't see anything wrong with your move, for me, you made the right decision and you should stand by it.

Otherwise, you will have regrets and again, it might not be good for you in the long run. Just move on the next day and bet and then see how it goes for you. Don't be bothered by it, just live another day.
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