Depends, for example in the UK there's something called a stamp duty, which is basically a tax on a house purchase over a certain threshold, so if you did go above that threshold, then yeah you would need to pay the tax on that.

Other countries might have different things too, plus you're going to need solicitors to sign off all the paperwork to be above board. Anyway, it's always best to make sure you're ticking every box you can when it comes to big purchases. So, consulting with legal representatives is always recommended.

The problem with this, is it isn't a requirement, and you'll be hard pressed to get people to conform. So, while the idea may help a little bit, ultimately not everyone is going to follow suit. The only way I see the issue in the bounty section is being implemented on the moderation policy side, which I don't think will happen. theymos will be aware of the issues over in that section though, and I'm sure they've been brainstorming, but ultimately whatever gets implemented will require some sort of restriction which could potentially be harmful to that community. Whether or not that's worth it is ultimately up to theymos.

I'm fairly supportive of the idea of not allowing these types of posts on the forum, and require it done off site, though we could potentially be shooting ourselves in the foot there. I don't know exactly the best solution, but what you're proposing likely isn't going to be followed by the vast majority, and I guess some will have valid concerns about centralisation, especially if it's self moderated, which you would likely have to do.

I'll give you credit to thinking of solutions though, especially since it seems you've moved off site for proof of authentication type reports.

Yeah.

The reason I asked what people thought of him was I was hoping to be convinced to put a bet on. I hadn't looked at the odds at the time of asking, but I just knew they would be rather one sided. So, having a look at what a lot of users are saying here, I'm thinking of putting a cheeky little bet on him. It seems that most acknowledge he has more than enough to win.

I literally always feel lost when the UFC isn't on. It has become a routine for me where Saturday nights are usually when I don't sleep until early morning. In fact, the last event was a early event, which always takes me by surprise, and actually throws my sleeping pattern off a little.

It's mainly for his style. He isn't the best in terms of strategy, however you just know you're going to be entertained, win or loss. To be honest, I actually think he's one of the most talented in the UFC, the unfortunate bit for him if he ever wants to become champion is; he'll likely need to drop his antics in the cage, which is one of the biggest reasons I absolutely love watching him.

If it wasn't for those antics, he would be just like any other fighter. What other fighter starts doing flips, and still closing the gap on their opponent, what other fighter jumps onto the top of the cage, backflips off, lands, and then gets a punch off that actually lands. Yeah, it wasn't against the greatest opponent, but who else takes risks like that?

His striking is sound, his defense needs work, and he has been fighting better opposition lately, and while he has definitely tuned in his antics a little bit, he still does them, and gets away with it.

I don't know if he'll ever be champion material. I do think if he tightened up his game, and dropped his antics he could potentially be. However, do I want that? I'm not sure, I'd love to see him become successful as I've been a fan for a while now, but I love watching him for his style so I would definitely miss that. Although, it's always nice to see your favourite fighters have some success even if it means sacrificing what you love seeing them do. After all, they're trying to feed themselves, and he has already delivered so many memorable moments for me.

He hasn't got the best personality outside the cage, by that I mean he isn't a Conor mcgregor so he hasn't got the allure of him, and I know he has just got caught up with some drama with Masvidal, which appears he may have been in the wrong. For me, he doesn't need to get involved with drama like that, his style more than makes up for it.  

I mean, if I do have a mantra for gambling its probably something like: "Lets put on an impossible accumulator, and experience squeaky bum time if it ever comes close".

I personally think that's a rather good mantra. I use gambling as a way of enjoying the games/fights a little more, rather than expecting to make money. I'll be honest, I very rarely win, mostly because I put accumulators together with massive odds. I'm talking like hundreds of thousands from a small stake or sometimes even millions depending on the website I'm placing it.

Yeah, I've never won one of those.

Well, eventually the market will stagnate. That's almost a guarantee, however we're probably a long way off of that, and the drama probably won't end for quite some time. Although, the reason that it might not repeat as much as we would like is the economic situation we find ourselves, and I think Bitcoin is still somewhat failing at convincing the masses that a deflationary currency by design, is the better option to their fiat currencies that are designed to be inflationary, and basically keep the poor, poor. I think the major problem is the complexity of Bitcoin, simply put we need to dumb it down a little bit, without compromising security. It's possible, since fiat has done it. Fiat is complex, yet most people don't understand it, but keep using it. We need to achieve that level of trust, and simplicity with Bitcoin.

I don't know, I think it was originally intended to replace a broken system. Well, maybe not completely replace, but to replace the trust factor that people tend to give even with their own money. Effectively, it was a dig at banks, and how people blindly trust them.

If it wasn't created to completely replace the current system, I do believe it was created to show the people that there are alternatives, which I would argue the goal of that has been achieved. Everyone now knows what Bitcoin is, they might not understand it yet, and I think that ties in with the original discussion, that mass adoption will only really occur if Bitcoin is made simpler to understand. Dumbed down if you will.

The biggest issues we see these days is the complexity, that creates uncertainty, and therefore in turn creates hostility. People generally fear what they don't understand. Bitcoin is something I do believe is subjected to that thought process.

Right, which to be honest I do believe we've already highlighted the usefulness of Bitcoin. I mean, we've got hundreds, thousands of people who now know that trusting someone else with your wealth isn't exactly the greatness idea, especially when that's bit people in the arse before. Bitcoin basically gave people the choice of freedom, and while it might not suit everyone it does give you the choice, which you didn't have before. Well, technically you could not use a bank, and just use cash, however receiving money globally then isn't exactly easy. Bitcoin bridges that gap quite effectively.

Although, I do agree that it doesn't really matter what the use case is, as long a there is a use. For me, I don't ever see there no being a use for a currency which respects privacy, and being rather trustless.

Late to the party, but I quite like these little games as a educational resource. Also, the website was very slick, not too over complicated. As for the night time mode implemented, I see no issues with it, and works as long slick as the normal mode. I kind of wish we saw more work like this done, even if it didn't include a reward, obviously I know that's a motivating factor, especially for newbies.

Would be quite fitting if there's another reward being offered.

The thing is, and I'm seeing a common theme here is users instantly jump to defend their usage of custodial wallets, however I'd argue that even if you want to exchange Bitcoin quickly at some point, it only takes 10-15 minutes on average to send a transaction, and a lot of the exchanges don't even require six confirmations. So, you could pretty quickly send the Bitcoin from a non custodial wallet, which is infinitely more secure than a  custodial, and have piece of mind. I understand convenience, but even getting stung for £100 isn't great, even if you can afford to lose it.

My advice would be if you want to quickly be able to access your Bitcoin, and exchange it for fiat if something were to happen, without the problems of a offline wallet, either use a hardware wallet, which I understand isn't always justifiable for everyone or use a online wallet for a small amount that you're prepared to lose, but use a custodial wallet, which is online. It isn't the greatest security practice, but I understand that sometimes security has to be compromised for convenience, that's just the way of life.

You'll find that even the more experienced, and knowledgable users using online wallets for specific circumstances, but they're usually low amounts, so as long a you're aware of the risks, there isn't a massive problem with it. As long as the majority of your Bitcoin is in a offline wallet.

Obviously, I'm not going to pretend that Alexander Volkov is untouchable, I mean I predicted that Tom would beat him in his last fight. I just don't think Jairzinho Rozenstruik has the technical ability to close the gap. If Alex uses his kicks, he could effectively keep the distance, and use his reach to his advantage. I can honestly see it going to a decision. If Alex uses his kicks, and doesn't get involved in a brawl, and basically tries to circle out without engaging too much, I see him winning via decision. I don't expect a absolute amazing fight, and the action is probably going to be quite low, as I do think Alex will come into this with that sort of mindset.

I could be wrong, I'm not exactly a Alex fan I just can't see Jair getting it done.

I don't know the answer to how we can effectively sort that section out. You could probably put ten moderators in there, and they wouldn't be able to sort out all the spam. I'm not sure how I feel about tagging every single bounty hunter, I'm sure there's legitimate cases among them, and it would be unfair to issue a blanket strategy which would effect them. Although, I will admit the vast majority are definitely abusing the system, and don't really offer the forum all that much. 

I've gotten a lot more strict as time passes in moderating my sections, although I must admit the bounty section in particular is a completely different kettle of fish. I'm basically trying to go through the entire section of the ones I moderate, and effectively try, and remove the backlog of spam we've had over the years. Unfortunately, I'm not sure that's even possible with the bounty section since bounty sections aren't really all that effected by the bumping changes theymos introduced, which actually did impact the announcement sections quite some bit. So, there's a ton more work to be done in that section.

I don't think it'll ever get implemented, as it's rather restrictive. However, I'd like to see some restrictions put in place where only x merit or activity can post in the bounty section. That way, you'd reduce the endless alt accounts, unless of course they build up over time.

The thing is with email verification it's easily bypassed. I mean, these users are doing the captcha's required to register/login so they don't mind creating a temporary email. If you're suggesting that we disallow temporary emails, that's a potential privacy concern, which effectively punishes the legitimate users, as well as those that might be malicious. Therefore, I don't think that's the best approach to this.

I'd probably agree with that. I don't think we've ever recovered from recessions, not completely, and for me certainly not from 2008/2009. Basically, we've mitigated it as long as possible, but it was going to happen regardless of the pandemic or the war in the East happening. Unfortunately for us, both of those have happened, which means that the inevitable recession probably has only been escalated by recent events.

I don't know how that's going to effect Bitcoin, I only wanted to somewhat point out the possibility of somewhat reliable data in the past, not being so reliable these days due to the unprecedented events in recent months. I've never seen cost of living shoot up as much as it has done, and it has happened in a matter of weeks. Fuel is absolutely crazy, and most people invested in Bitcoin also have other jobs, so even if they wanted to buy more Bitcoin, they're going to effected by the cost of living increases, the unheard of inflation rise, there's just so many variables right now, I don't think anyone can accurately predict Bitcoin in the short term.

I'm not sure about going that low. There will still be buying power despite the problems we have. What you'll find is the rich will be accumulating more Bitcoin, while the poor who are more susceptible to these recent increases, won't be able to afford Bitcoin, therefore pushing prices down, but not to complete collapse or massively drastic prices in my opinion. I don't know what the bottom is, but $5k seems too low for me. Especially, when we do have a halving coming up in two ish years, which should help mitigate some issues, especially since inflation is rising with fiat, up to 9% I believe.

The thing is, at the moment we're in unprecedented times. The past bull runs didn't have pandemic which effectively halted the world for a few months. Also, past bull runs weren't effected by the very real possibility of a looming recession, one that probably will be the biggest most people see in their lifetime.
 
That would be my advice to anyone that has already lost, and can afford to lose whatever they've invested in Bitcoin. The halving has some significance, and it could potentially be the time where we see a new all time high or a recovery. I expect, with the current climate around the world, governments increasing fees, inflation on the rise, and the impact of the war in the East, we'll likely see some low figures in Bitcoin for a while.

The halving which is two ish years away, might be when we start climbing out, as we'll likely either be in the middle of a recession or on our way to mitigating its effects.

Exactly, if you've generated all your wallets exactly the same way, i.e same password, same generation method, if they're inherently insecure it probably makes no difference if your machine were to be compromised. Ideally, not only should Bitcoin amounts be split up, but the wallets themselves should be physically compartmentalized, if not physically at the very least isolated via virtual machines. Then, you also need to make sure they don't share the same passwords, since that could equally compromise security. Also, I would wager that a lot of users are storing their seeds or private keys digitally because of the convenience, which is also a big no no. 

I'd be interested in hearing someone's input that isn't going for Alexander Volkov. Personally I don't see it going any other way, and without checking the odds I imagine they'll reflect that.

Quite proud of him really, seems to have got noticeably better cardio in recent fights, like I said toning down that wildness, while still being entertaining. I said it before, I don't want him to lose it completely since it does make it a unique fighter, and very fun to watch. However, if he keeps fighting like that I see him climbing the rankings. That gas tank if he can get under control, is one of the main contributors to that.

Right, so the reason why is likely this is a default Simple Machines Forum implementation, and just wasn't addressed until a couple of years ago. Although, it's probably best to assume that the email you have registered with will be seen, and to be cautious with that, since the forum could be attacked, and data leaked, like a few years ago or simply admins might be able to see your email. The good news is you can prevent the former by changing your email now if it connects you in anyway to your meatspace identity.

Yeah, it isn't technically connected, but the way I see it most of the users that are invested in altcoins, are likely to be invested in Bitcoin. So, any signs of difficulties the weaker hands for a lack of a better phrase, are likely to do the same thing with both; sell. That then might cause panic for a little more secure traders. So, genuinely we do see a somewhat correlation between the two. Although, bare in mind that the phrase "correlation doesn't equal causation" is actually quite accurate.

As Bitcoin progresses, gets older, has less volatility due to the block rewards decreasing, we should see more stability, and it'll look more like a normal currency. That's when adoption will increase ten fold.

Yeah, that's exactly what I'm worried about. We only get two chances to make them drop points, but inevitably we will both drop points to other teams. I just have more faith in a City team, with a striker just because they can afford to pay players of the same calibre to sit on the bench. Although, I must admit this is probably the first time I'm very happy with the squad, and not just the starting eleven of Liverpool.

Honestly, I'm kind of glad City are as good as they're, and I'm sure they think the same, since it would just be the same team winning every year. I say that, but City has won, what four times out of the last five years? Although, we've only recently started hitting our stride under Klopp. Took a few years to iron out the creases.

Congratulations to the winners of the pool!

That was one hell of a last day despite the drama not quite working in our favour. Around the 60 minute mark I really started to believe we would be winning the league, and it's a damn shame that it didn't happen that way. Villa just sort of collapsed after conceding that first goal, although I must admit I was watching it while watching the Liverpool game, and they put one hell of a shift in not to concede more.

I'm disappointed just because I felt we really had a chance there, but it wasn't to be. I'm just hoping the boys can brush themselves off, and prepare for the Champions League final, even though we've lost some key players. Well, next season City are going to be harder to beat due to the signing of Haaland, so honestly I felt this was our best chance for what's left of Klopp's reign. However, he has proven me wrong a few times, and truly has turned us into believers. So, I look forward to hopefully another competitive year.

I think we're fine with the public voting in the yearly awards, while they aren't entirely accurate they do bring something to the community, and also motivate users to get better. No need for quarterly achievements.

I guess if you want to see the best threads or what not you can check the merit statistics which show the most recent highly merited threads, and also replies. That's probably the only way we could measure it, and even then that's subjective.

This isn't a very good indicator of moderators that are active in terms of how much work they're doing behind the scenes. Honestly, some of the moderators aren't very active in posting, but they're kicking arse behind the scenes. So, these recognitions, and awards are always rather biased to those that are posting regularly in the public eye. The reality is most moderators are doing a ton of work, and only theymos really knows the numbers behind it.

We're onto you now  .