FUD will always exist, whether its Bitcoin or some other asset. It always has, and Bitcoin will be no exception to it. Due to the volatile nature, and the complexity of Bitcoin it seems that the media are able to manipulate people a little more than they would be able to with other things.

We aren't going to change that, plus there's a certain demographic that seems to love bashing on Bitcoin, probably due to either losing money themselves or not understanding it completely. Therefore, their default reaction is they'll become hostile.

I wish the media was held more responsible for their clickbait headlines, and quite frankly their blatant manipulation of the facts outside of Bitcoin, but it rarely pans out that way.

I'm going by my interpretation of the following;


Basically, all of the sections within the main Bitcoin sections are requiring the trade to be at least related to Bitcoin, usually by having it paid for via Bitcoin. Since, all sections have "for Bitcoin" or as a matter of fact the collectibles section actually states it being a Bitcoin physical collectible. By this definition its not suited to the collectibles section.

Then, I'm just trying to think where this would be most appropriate, since its a free raffle, doesn't have anything to do with Bitcoin, you could argue it could go in the off topic section, though personally I'd say that it being a NFT, while still being a free raffle it probably is more suited to that section simply because it includes a NFT.

The only reason I suggested contacting the dedicated moderators is because sometimes certain things are waived from time to time. For example, theymos allowed this thread here to remain in another section which it didn't typically suit. Maybe, due to the circumstances of it being a free raffle, an exception like the above could be made following the reply from theymos.

I'm sorry, I may have relight the fire for Conor discussions. I've seen the photos, and he's definitely looking a lot bulkier around his chest, and shoulders. Not exactly sure what for, if he moves up it just seems like hes avoiding the 155 division due to the people that's beat him recently. Surely, if he's going to return he needs to prove he can beat them first.

Conor doesn't deserve a title fight, and I think it was Justin who made a comment about it recently that he would just pack things up, and throw his toys out of his pram. Obviously, I'm paraphrasing there, but I would have to agree. It would be absolutely disgraceful if Conor got another title shot, even if he fights one fight before getting the chance. In my opinion, he needs to go through the rankings again, he has dropped a considerable amount in a lot of peoples eyes.

Lost a lot of respect as a fighter, person, and he didn't really have much of the latter in the first place. If hes coming back he needs to do it the right way, and rediscover whatever hes lost in the last few years. I'm not ignoring that Conor will always be relevant due to his stature in UFC history, but he absolutely doesn't deserve to be anywhere near a title fight.

If you were selling tickets for Bitcoin, that might mean its more suited to the Bitcoin section since the collectibles section is indeed in the main Bitcoin marketplace section. The only other option is contacting the dedicated moderators there, and see what they think.

Personally, I would think if you were selling tickets for Bitcoin, then you could probably put it in that section without much of a problem. Due to it being a raffle for free entries, and then the actual thing being raffled being more related to altcoins than Bitcoin, it probably does fit in the Altcoin section better.

Many things in the collectibles section aren't strictly related to Bitcoin, but are using Bitcoin as a method of payment, and therefore are on topic in that section. Its a bit like the services section in that regard where services could be related to theoretically anything, but must be accepting Bitcoin as a payment method to be on topic.

As been pointed out your post wasn't deleted, but merged. Most moderators use the to split up the merged posts. Sometimes moderators will leave a note in red, depending on who edited it.

Without knowing the original intention of Satoshi, it's become a place where you help others out, as well as promote certain services. That's the point of the marketplace section, usually.

This is generally quite controversial, but scams aren't moderated probably because moderating scams would open up a can of worms, which would be a headache to actually navigate correctly. So, instead there's a trust system implemented that the community can work together to warn others of a potential scam.

Usually, scams are sussed out by the community, and there's threads made, as well as flags.

Don't know about you guys, but it seems there's always a lot of complaints about missing out around here, and while the price is currently low, isn't that the best chance of gaining extra Bitcoin that you wouldn't have had without the dip? I'll be honest, I'm not that bothered if we don't see any major surges this year, and just collect as much Bitcoin as possible before a surge in 2023/2024.

I'm thinking roughly the same as you. A chance to accumulate before a major push in a year or two could be what we need. I'm not fussed on the idea of constantly pushing the price up too soon. I have faith in Bitcoin in the long term to become more valuable, as well as increase in price by a lot more than it's currently.

You mean even more delays in the heavyweight division? Probably right. It seems like we'll never get the fighters in their prime, fighting against other in their prime fighters. I can see Fury retiring before these fights are even made, Joshua collecting more losses, and Usyk becoming the dominant champ without really being challenged by the best. Wilder likely probably goes back to fighting inside America against other American fighters. Whyte, Delboy, and Parker all retire, and the division then becomes irrelevant, and not worth watching for a long time.

We got spoiled with the Fury, and Wilder fight because at least we got a big fight. Despite it largely being utter dominance in favour of Fury.

Almost certainly, won't happen in the next ten years. Several decades to have a quantum computer capable. Then, it likely wouldn't be the priority of such a device to attack Bitcoin, and would likely be limited to government. Its likely that it wouldn't be a direct attack on Bitcoin, but rather the addresses being considered insecure once the device is around, since it could be attacked at any point.

Despite the FUD going around, quantum computers are no where near threatening Bitcoin, and if we consider the pace that the development of quantum computers is going at, it definitely won't be in the next ten years.

Technically, assuming that the address will never be accessed again (though read the above response by o_e_l_e_o ), you could argue that it's a donation to the rest of the Bitcoin network by reducing the total amount of Bitcoin, therefore in theory making everyone's Bitcoin more valuable in the long run.

Though, that's probably not the reason they're sending Bitcoin to the address. I imagine its for telling the story at the local pub.

Ego isn't always a problem, I mean look at Conor in his prime years he probably had the biggest ego going around, and not only that was arrogant about it too. Obviously, its back fired later in his career, but that's likely because of him finding motivation elsewhere in the world rather than primarily relying on fighting. I think Ngannou proved himself against Stipe enough to consider him as more than a one trick pony, though Gane is by far the better technical striker. I still think Ngannou is going to surprise a few people, and take the win home.

Yeah, Gane has lost me a lot of money as I've doubted him many times before. Proven me wrong each time, usually pretty convincingly. Still, I'm going for Ngannou .

The part of the game I was actually disappointed in terms of performance was immediately after the goal, and for around 10 minutes after. That's the only time Leicester looked settled. In fact, watching the first half I was absolutely convinced that the Leicester City defense was going to gift us a goal because they kept spilling passes, and making poor decisions.

Mane should have scored when he skied it. Salah should have really got the rebound at least, though it was difficult because the ball sort of hanged in the air. I thought Jota with his half chance of a volley should have at least got it on target. We were unlucky with a few headers, including VVD who probably should have done better.

The performance was there, and as long as we have our shooting boots on we probably win that game convincingly. I'm not too concerned about our performance, I'm concerned about Manceshter City sort of falling into a lot of luck recently, and Chelsea to be honest. Chelsea should have lost their last few games, and have been bailed out a few times by the opposition making some truly bizarre decisions. Though, the tackle on Salah last night was pretty bizarre from Ndidi I'll admit.

The only fighter I can  think of who probably wasn't included in the tiers according to the business times is Conor Mcgregor. Yeah, he branched out, and invested elsewhere, but surely he was being paid more than 3 million dollars per fight. Unless, UFC does have some sort of limit based on a tier, and Conor was getting most of his money from sponsorships. I know for low level stuff unrelated to MMA the sponsorships can be high, so I can't imagine the figures they'd be offering for a broadcast watched by millions every week.

My personal preference would actually probably be audio format. I tend to listen to more podcasts than watching video content. Though, I've noticed even podcast production has gone up, and usually includes some sort of visual element now be it either a video of the actual people talking or an animation.

Which I believe for a new channel is pretty decent. Undoubtedly the channel would've received a helping hand from this forum, but I imagine most users here would've likely forgotten or not bothering to follow the thread, and therefore I imagine there's much more organic views on the second video than the first teaser. So, despite the video not really bothering to touch upon anything specific at this time, I expect once it starts specifically targeting certain topics, and therefore keywords those numbers will go up even further.

Well, not always the case with heavyweights. They might be explosive for a round, but due to the amount of weight they're actually carrying its not uncommon for them to become a boring fight. I don't think we'll have that problem with Gane he seems to be able to handle long rounds, and conserve his energy. However, Ngannou is definitely at risk of tiring himself out, especially if he becomes frustrated at Gane's movement which I think will be the decisive factor in this fight, whether Gane can keep the distance, and frustrate Ngannou making him waste energy or if Ngannou can close the distance, and put Gane on the canvas.

Yeah, I get that you make good points. Although, the released figures are likely speculation based on news sources, and probably aren't confirmed by the UFC. I would imagine that the UFC have it contractually tied up to talk about the exact figures. Though, we definitely do know that its on the low side. The only that's really confirmed is the bonuses on the night.

I'm not trying to make an excuse for Dana here, I'm 100 percent on the side of increasing the wages considering what they do. I'd probably be on the side of asking for reductions in Boxing, and other sports though. Although, to be fair UFC fighters are criminally underpaid if the reported figures are to be believed, when you compare them to other professional sports.

Though, she definitely has more money to her name, as well as other fighters since they also get sponsorships, and we know that the sponsorships pay fairly well. I wouldn't be too far taken back if the sponsorships are paying fighters better than the actual production.

Bloody Liverpool, I'm trying my best to not be reactionary. Though, it does seem like the idea of a title bid is slowly drifting away. Although, Man City haven't always looked the best at times during this season. Only recently have they looked to solve their goal scoring issues. Plus, I think they've had the luck of the draw recently with playing against weakened teams. Still, the result tonight wasn't a good one, in a game we should be winning by three or four goals if only we could have finished them.

It actually wasn't a bad performance when you consider the amount of chances we created, but missed. Just wasn't our night, I'm sure Manchester City as well as Chelsea will have days like that.

Yeah, I kind of would agree that lower production usually isn't expected in the beginning of the channel, at least several years ago. However, to be able to compete nowadays on Youtube specifically you need at least acceptable level, but the higher the quality the better the response. The bar for content on Youtube has been set very high, which is a little mind boggling considering all the low quality stuff on it especially anything with any kind of substance, but high quality production seems to be of a higher priority than the actual substance behind the content.

I'm used to seeing channels go from low quality production, but very good quality then as the money starts to roll in it'll go to higher production, but then sacrificing quality of content since they cater to their audience rather than their original goal.

Although, I have to give props to the effort shown in the early videos, and I'm hoping it absolutely continues, and sees success along with it. Though, I think its natural to worry about whether the high bar initially set is going to hinder the amount of videos being released, and therefore viewer retention. Though, hopefully as time goes on the team behind the Bitcointalkshow will be able to adjust, and find a nice middle ground.

Weird, all the interactions I've had with Cyrus, albeit limited I've always got the opposite impression. Although, admittedly I'm not the host of the show who has deadlines to meet, and getting whacked by Cyrus' stick .

I always go for Shelvey, Zaha, and Milner when he gets some game time especially against faster players. He's quite clinical at pulling off necessary, and unnecessary fouls off. Another would probably be Xhaka when he does get to play, though I haven't put that bet on personally. Tananga for Spurs also looks like someone who might be quite handy at picking up cards. Yeah, Lucas did pick them up quite often, at the start of this season, and last season Thiago was also quite the liability for yellow cards, but has seemed to step off the peddle a little bit, and get better at the type of fouls that draw cards.

I quite like the booking lines out there, can bring some good odds. Especially, when its a player like Milner who doesn't always play all the minutes.

Entirely, depends on your lifestyle, and how much you own at the time of earning that half a million. If you already have an house, and you've paid most or all of it off then half a million is more than enough to retire on at 30. Of course, you won't be living your life like a king, but for most people that would be enough if they continued with their current life style.

Despite UFC fighters not getting as much as boxers, and is often complained about they still get paid a lot of money by normal people's standards, and the fighters themselves despite complaining understand how much the bonuses are, and you'll often see them stating how life changing it has been since winning one.

I'll likely be going for Ngannou since I expect the bookies to have Gane with the shorter odds. Though, Gane probably is the better bet in terms of probability, I just think as long as Ngannou can put on the pressure, he'll be able to land big on Gane. If Gane can manage the distance, and stop Ngannou from getting a heavy punch in, then he probably wins this fight quite comfortably. Though, Ngannou vs Stipe proved that Ngannou isn't a one trick pony, and knows how to deal with fighters looking to keep their distance from him.

I'm not completely on Gane yet, and I think while this step up is probably needed for the division to be spiced up, I actually think Ngannou's best chance at beating Gane is now due to the timing. I would think that if Ngannou does beat Gane, and there's a rematch it probably would go to Gane who would be able to adjust better.