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1821  Economy / Exchanges / Re: FTX froze user account for sending coins to privacy roll up on: August 24, 2022, 06:34:25 PM
This might also only be the beginning. I predict within 10 years, we will have a world where much of the exchanges would begin blocking you if you use privacy enhancing services, networks and protocols.
That's what's likely is about to happen. Not just with these funds coming from those mixing services but also those privacy coins might end up literally be found as a normal cryptocurrency only in the dark markets. These exchanges are too strict and very compliant to the rules that are implemented to them and we've got no choice. It's either you choose to stay or value your privacy and choose another one that's giving you these attributes that we're looking for an exchange. I just hope the next trend would be the DEXes that really has a tight security and majority of the newbies and the tenured ones in the market use them.

1822  Economy / Economics / Re: Tips to save my finances, to grow personal economy on: August 24, 2022, 05:25:20 PM
Living a frugal life is lowkey. People don't realize that when they save and live their lives the way how much they're earning, that's how life goes for the simple folks.
You don't need to be showy to the other people just to impress them. Live within your means and that's what's going to make you happy in life. No need to impress the people that surrounds you because the important thing you need to remember is to make yourself comfortable, happy and contented.

Our success in life is how to manage our finances well, live a frugal life we must do before we achieve financial freedom. But the sad fact is that
many people lead the wrong lifestyle, they want to show others that their life is happy by showing them the luxury items that they sometimes
buy on an installment basis. Moreover, with the existence of social media as a place to show off to impress others, such a life will only be stressful
in the end and will not provide real happiness. It's true why we waste our money just to impress other people, if in the end we will experience
financial problems due to installments of luxury goods. It's better to live frugally and focus on investing in potential assets, so that our future is
bright and in old age we can live happily.
That's the problem in the current generation, too many are reliant on the opinions of other people and they're seeking validation from them. I mean nothing wrong with that if there's really need for you to be corrected but if most of your decisions in life is being connected to it, that won't make you prosper financially and mentally. You'll always find a way to be validated by the others and your happiness will only be reliant to their opinion. Don't get approval from those people if you're doing the correct thing and you're doing everything you can, the best that you can with the career or business you're having. Because when you do, you'll find and do the best decisions in life and it will help you grow and make you more mature. Decisions that will be done by you will always be based for the sake of good which includes finance.
1823  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Web 3.0 Future of Internet (Early era Earn) on: August 24, 2022, 04:19:27 PM
I am becoming more interested in web 3.0 as I've got some friends that really are working for projects that are in the web 3.0. But I think it's just pretty much of a hype although the market is no longer speaking for it as of the moment. And then, there's this part of me that tells me that I should be in it so that I won't be left behind if the web 3.0 really emerged and I've got some projects that I'm already in and invested while they're on the early stages. While the bigger part of me tells me that this is just another craze and the projects that I might be interested could go wrong since they've got no experience in raising projects that are successful even before.
1824  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Started accepting Bitcoin as a 4th means of payment in my noddles DEPOT on: August 24, 2022, 09:32:37 AM
Congrats man, that's truly a good adoption and you've got the initiative that you've made there. AFAIK, if it's about the payments with credit cards, you're also have to pay some sort of fee for the process, right? That doesn't really make sense specially if you're a businessman that's conscious with expenses and cost of your operation. I hope that many people in your area will be more curious and will start to pay you mostly with bitcoin. I wish all the best and success for your business, we need more businessman like you.
1825  Economy / Services / Re: Punt.com Sig and Avatar campaign on: August 24, 2022, 02:39:13 AM
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1826  Economy / Economics / Re: Consequences and effects of inflation | Financially and Mentally on: August 23, 2022, 07:37:45 PM
How are you currently coping?
I am the same as you before that I don't think about inflation and I'm careless since I'm earning a living and still living comfortably. But when these high rates of inflation came out, I started to notice that the prices have increased and my groceries weren't that much anymore with the budget that I allocate weekly. Honestly, I'm trying to cope and save as much as I can and I'm also teaching my immediate family to understand what this inflation is doing to us and it's certainly bad and worrying unlike before. We don't have that type of extravagant living so, living frugally is helping us since we've been accustomed to this type of living. But as the main person who's responsible for most expenses in my family and as a breadwinner, it seems that I'm the one that has to deal with it, alone. So far, I can say that I'm still coping through having side hustles and my passive income is sort of having problems because of the delay of payments of my tenants so, it's affecting my finances as well. Although it is still able to pay our bills monthly, that's already good for me/us and I'm grateful with that.

Do you believe that we'll see any kind of improvement in the next few months/years?
I'm hoping that it will and most countries or the entire world recovers from all of these factors that are giving us that hard inflation. Nevertheless, we're still the ones to look for ways how to deal with it and survive as much as we can. The rich are getting richer in this situation and hoping that we'd be the same as their situation that no worries even though there are too many economic problems for so many of us.

What coping mechanisms have you developed?
Budgeting, I'm the one who budgets our expenses, and having that said, it results in lesser to no savings at all but I've got my investment reserved in bitcoin and I know someday that all of these enduring moments will be worth it.
1827  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Teaching Bitcoin To My Friends| You're invited too on: August 22, 2022, 08:32:48 AM
These initiatives that you guys are doing are amazing and great. It's like a domino impact and I hope that the others who have optimistic friends will also rely on their call to learn more about bitcoin. I've done this before a few years ago and they're all optimistic looking at how ripe the price of bitcoin was. But, eventually lost their attention as they only looking at the price and not the technology and long term effect that they will love in the future. Well, I'm not wrong with those words to them and no one from those friends I've introduced bitcoin happen to really care and invested.
1828  Economy / Economics / Re: Tips to save my finances, to grow personal economy on: August 20, 2022, 11:27:17 AM
Living a frugal life is lowkey. People don't realize that when they save and live their lives the way how much they're earning, that's how life goes for the simple folks.
You don't need to be showy to the other people just to impress them. Live within your means and that's what's going to make you happy in life. No need to impress the people that surrounds you because the important thing you need to remember is to make yourself comfortable, happy and contented.
1829  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: How Problem Gambler Feels After Losing on: August 17, 2022, 06:23:46 PM
I somehow agree to what you've said that in most poor societies, people there think short term and quick in terms of having money. They tend to look at gambling as part of the solution for their poverty but the actual of it is that they're stuck with that mindset and it's hard to break that norm for them. It is true that the mental health on this matter is going to be vital for those people that have been thinking as if gambling is the only way for them to get out of poverty.
It was because they saw how gambling could help their friends to earn money in the short term so they were interested in trying it. Their circumstances are forcing them to try harder at making money; many are already trying to make money from many things. And after they try and lose, they will feel more depressed because they have lost money that they could have used to buy daily necessities. Maybe every gambler's feelings will be very different, depending on how much money they spend. The more money that is used, there may be a sadder feeling than other gamblers.
It was a fact that they can earn quickly but that's the only thing that they can see. But the other side of it, they're missing the whole point and many will always say that it's not a way of earning for most because only a few can stand to the test of time and will survive if they use it as a main source of income. The whole point of feeling bad after losing will depend on the gambler because if that frustration is staying and there's no way to mend that feeling, it's going to stay there and it could be worst if the gambler will try to recover it but the outcome will be having more losses.
1830  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: How Problem Gambler Feels After Losing on: August 16, 2022, 07:27:39 PM
I think often problem gamblers are crafted/created/produced in rather poor societies. In some countries gambling is just fun of rich (Monaco or Cyprus obviously). But in some countries (or people from some countries) are using gambling to become richer. So they see gambling wins as income. I think this idea is definitely damaging your mental health. Gambling is a fun of risking money to get pleasure of winning and more money. That's it.
I somehow agree to what you've said that in most poor societies, people there think short term and quick in terms of having money. They tend to look at gambling as part of the solution for their poverty but the actual of it is that they're stuck with that mindset and it's hard to break that norm for them. It is true that the mental health on this matter is going to be vital for those people that have been thinking as if gambling is the only way for them to get out of poverty.
1831  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Macau's Casino Operation Continues Despite The Latest Outbreak on: August 15, 2022, 07:30:16 PM
Covid is slowly becoming old news for everybody, and I'm pretty sure that a large number of people around the world have already been vaccinated and some may have even taken the booster shots. IMO, what Macau did before was desperation, but seeing that the trend of outbreaks and infections are slowly decreasing, it is just wise to keep their casino industry active and hope that tourists will come visit the place and spend their money there. Even though their casinos are ready to serve gamblers, tourism restrictions and the likes are also one of their main enemies. It's hard for a tourist-dependent country to get back on their feet after this pandemic. We can see those effects ruin Sri Lanka economically, and it is really grim.
That's true, we've been tired of the news about covid-19 and things have been coming back to normal. I guess it's all due to frustrations and what has been brought to us, especially since it has taken our freedom as well. So, we're all having that thought of agreement that things should come back to normal and we're the ones to initiate it whether it's still there. Macau just trying to get back to a living for most of their people and the economy and they're open again. Looking at the numbers that they have, they're doing good and no infections for the past few days so that's good to see.
1832  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: [DOTA2] PGL Arlington Major 2022 Prediction Thread on: August 14, 2022, 05:23:24 PM
Aster is playing in a rather murky manner and because of that I lost my first bet on them when they were 12-2 up in the first game. Now the score is 20-6 and they seem to win the second map for sure, but the gold advantage is only 4k. In general, I bet on the final victory of the TS, I hope I guessed right. I don't think TS will let Aster beat itself on two maps in a row in the same style.
Yeah, likely that they're going to win the 2nd map so this is going to take to map 3. 29-7 as of watching right now and there will be the decider match.
Whoever wins this battle for the grand finals is already tired of this series and LGD still got the advantage so I guess everyone is going to cry out loud for LGD as the champ on this major. Welp, this is just my opinion and the game and the tournament hasn't ended yet.
1833  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: How many anonymous whales are there? on: August 12, 2022, 08:45:38 PM
You'll never know any metrics or data about them since you're talking about privacy and anonymity.

And how many people do you think hold a lot of wealth, who did buy with KYC, but anonymized them for privacy. Not for committing crime, but just mixed or XMR converted their btc and back to get anonymous bitcoin and are whales. Moving markets but no one, not even the US government, knows who they are?
No one will know who they are, they're anonymous for a reason and that's why for these questions that you've brought up. Maybe someone can bring up a data and statistics on it but it will be questioned for accuracy.
1834  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: [DOTA2] PGL Arlington Major 2022 Prediction Thread on: August 11, 2022, 10:37:51 AM
I am watching Entity and EG. It seems that EG is going to be out, it's the 3rd game (1-1) and currently the game is 25 minutes long already but the score is 6-16 in favor of Entity.
Watching EG being destroyed like this is not new anymore and Arthur's Alchemist isn't that fat at all. They're struggling and Entity is doing it right.
And I think the game is about to end so, it's likely Entity is going to move to the next round on the losers bracket unless EG flips the table.

Like I said above, they are being outdrafted again just like in game 2. They are now out of the competition and entity is moving forward in the lower bracket. Their next series will be against BOOM esports.

I am now interested to see how Boom will fair against another W europe team. They were able to beat Liquid but Entity is another level. If they can pull off an upset on Entity, I can say SEA teams has definitely improved. They have a day at least to strategies on how to defeat Entity.
Entity is underrated and no doubt that they're a strong team. I think I've seen them play in other tournaments and they've ended well on that one. Can't expect a lot from EG anymore, they're always like this and chokes every tournament and I doubt that they'll ever get a TI championship again. While the others don't appreciate how Boom is doing as they're from the SEA because they're not getting the expectation that they're thinking from them. Boom is actually on the advantage right now, they're already qualified to TI and that's why win or lose, they'll go home happy.
1835  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: [DOTA2] PGL Arlington Major 2022 Prediction Thread on: August 10, 2022, 09:56:09 PM
I am watching Entity and EG. It seems that EG is going to be out, it's the 3rd game (1-1) and currently the game is 25 minutes long already but the score is 6-16 in favor of Entity.
Watching EG being destroyed like this is not new anymore and Arthur's Alchemist isn't that fat at all. They're struggling and Entity is doing it right.
And I think the game is about to end so, it's likely Entity is going to move to the next round on the losers bracket unless EG flips the table.
1836  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 🕹️ Esports 🎮 Prediction & Discussion Thread on: August 09, 2022, 12:11:32 PM
This seems to be a long day of Dota 2 major games. Any predictions ? Besides PSG winning against Boom as we all think PSG cannot be defeated right ?
I think if you're on the YOLO mode. It's good to give it a try to Boom Esports. Yes, PSG.LGD is strong but sometimes they do mistakes that will make a big turnover.
Boom is good but sometimes they also commit mistakes and they can't recover from those mistakes that they commit. PSG.LGD is on the favor on this game but as I'm saying, if you're a gambler, and as well as a fan of Boom it could be worth it to put few bucks on them.
1837  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 🕹️ Esports 🎮 Prediction & Discussion Thread on: August 07, 2022, 11:27:42 PM
Yeah, that's the truth about them but I think that they can still adjust on this one and will make it to the next round which is the play offs. As per looking at their standing, they're #4 and that's a good place to be in for the playoffs and far away from being eliminated.
Whilst for RNG, I've watched the game 1 against OG, Ceb vs Ana and OG won the first game. And the standing of RNG is currently 2nd. That's what I'm talking about them.
Not really that enough even Ana did make some stand-in on RNG but it wasnt that much effective just because OG counterpick them and it was really that effective.
Luna + Puck of bzm then you could really tell that mobility is really that good. Plus proper itemization of Amar then it could really make a good counter play.
Now OG gets the game 1 and it was a good call considering that it was good for mid-long game picks.
It was easy for them and we're on the last day of the group stage. Only a few remaining matches are left and the playoffs bracket has been set for the first teams to move forward.
And then after the upper bracket and lower bracket, there goes a long break.
1838  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 🕹️ Esports 🎮 Prediction & Discussion Thread on: August 06, 2022, 08:20:16 PM
Dark Horses of Dota Major : NaVi , EG , Aster , VP

Favorites : PSG.LGD , OG , Fnatic , Liquid

Flukes : Tundra , Soniqs , Boom

Zone grey : Team.Spirit


This is the conclusion I've been up to after first 2 days of Major. Today should be a very good day of Dota 2.
Don't forget about RNG as the dark house of this major. They may have not been in full roster but having a stand-in which is a former TI champion, and that makes them also one of the favorites. Actually, I thought that Boom will be at the top of the first 2 days but it seems that they're not.
They're in full roster with chemistry but despite that, it's really hard to get into those stronger teams but I do consider them as one of the best teams in here.

Boom literally being outplayed by international teams. They are strong on SEA but very week on other region on this major tournament. They are not playing like usual and it seems something is wrong with there team work on all the games they fought since this tournament start.

Ana is very suitable to RNG because he has an experience to play with Chinese teams while Chinese team supports are very versatile and very good on providing space that Ana needs to farm freely. We all know that is good carry if he can have a space to farm safely. Kaka is the real MVP on all of there games.
Yeah, that's the truth about them but I think that they can still adjust on this one and will make it to the next round which is the play offs. As per looking at their standing, they're #4 and that's a good place to be in for the playoffs and far away from being eliminated.
Whilst for RNG, I've watched the game 1 against OG, Ceb vs Ana and OG won the first game. And the standing of RNG is currently 2nd. That's what I'm talking about them.
1839  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 🕹️ Esports 🎮 Prediction & Discussion Thread on: August 06, 2022, 11:21:18 AM
Dark Horses of Dota Major : NaVi , EG , Aster , VP

Favorites : PSG.LGD , OG , Fnatic , Liquid

Flukes : Tundra , Soniqs , Boom

Zone grey : Team.Spirit


This is the conclusion I've been up to after first 2 days of Major. Today should be a very good day of Dota 2.
Don't forget about RNG as the dark house of this major. They may have not been in full roster but having a stand-in which is a former TI champion, and that makes them also one of the favorites. Actually, I thought that Boom will be at the top of the first 2 days but it seems that they're not.
They're in full roster with chemistry but despite that, it's really hard to get into those stronger teams but I do consider them as one of the best teams in here.
1840  Economy / Economics / Re: Avoid loan apps, a word of advice. on: August 05, 2022, 10:48:03 PM
THere is another solution - where one can take loan and check the terms and conditions and pay a few installment and payoff all the loan in one go.
But - one should try to avoid taking loans as much they could and bet on the money they have in their pocket. It easy to lose the money you have rather than losing others money and then paying off the other loans.
That's the whole thing, just completely avoid getting loans whether it be from loan apps, banks, a person or anywhere you can take a loan. If you can see yourself that you don't really need that loan, just don't.
Don't add another burden to yourself and make yourself a loan-free person as much as you can. There are many reasons why people can't get out of debt for some reasons so to start with, just don't.
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