Hard to say, the obvious answer would be any unban would benefit Bitcoin, but I'm not convinced. Previously, when Bitcoin has been banned by countries it had no real effect on Bitcoin being used in those countries. That's because its usually banned in countries which like to control their citizens, and therefore people rebel against the decision either, as they see Bitcoin as a way of freedom, at least financially.

It will likely have short term effects, but nothing long term.

Here's my predictions:

Marina Rodriguez by TKO
Alex Morono by decision
Neil Magny
Rogerio de Lima
Gillespie
Ribas by decision
Daukaus by decision

It was a coin flip between Daukaus, and Hawes as I know how incredibly dangerous Phil can be. Otherwise, I think David Cerrone might be past it, and will struggle against Morono. I think the others are mainly favorites.

Incredibly good value considering her opponent. I think it might be worth a shot considering how dangerous she is in the stand up. I'll be putting that on my accumulator at least.

He has already learned, and demonstrated the most basic defensive techniques. Hence why hes not getting submitted right, left, and center. That's the issue though, he clearly only knows how to prevent getting subbed, rather than recovering from the position. So, he usually just accepts bottom, because he doesn't actually know how to work his way up, and get back to the feet. Plus, when your going against the best of the best, they are usually quite good at managing someone who's less experienced. So, unfortunately for a long time he's always going to be on the back foot.

Having said that, he does need to concentrate on it a lot more, that is evident. He's been exposed, and unless he goes up against strikers only, he's going to mount up a lot of losses.

Easier said than done though. It usually takes years to get competent at any form of Jiu Jitsu simply because of muscle memory. You can actually learn the moves very quickly, but it all changes when your put in a competitive environment, and that's without taking into consideration that you have to defend from punches, and could be buzzed by a punch too.

He does need to fix it, as its going to be exploited a lot of often now that its been highlighted twice. Although, maybe Holland cherrypicks his opponents from now on. I can't see it, at least one positive with Holland is he seems like he'll fight anyone they put in front of him.

Generally, most currencies can be used internationally with a small fee, which may or may not be less than the standard Bitcoin transaction fee depending on various factors.

Its absolutely a benefit in many peoples eyes, but there's also the flip factor, and this is why I think banks will always exist. Not everyone wants to be fully responsible, and in control of their money which I could sort of understand. Banks do offer a safety net when sending payments to trusted sources, and they also provide fraud monitoring. Unfortunately, if your transaction is related to cryptocurrency in anyway, the bank is likely to flag it, and therefore you have to spend more time convincing them that you mean to send the transaction, and you accept the risks. This can be a pain in the ass for people like us, but banks are entirely bad. They are bad in their current implementation, but I do believe they could be adapted in the future to provide a service such as fraud detection, without actually controlling your money.

Nate Diaz VS Leon Edwards has been moved to UFC 263 unfortunately. Reports are saying that Nate Diaz as picked up an injury, without actually providing what injury that might be. So, that's a little disappointing, and thins out the card a little bit.

Also, I'm hearing that Jake Matthews has permanent eye damage from eye gouging which happened between Li Jingliang. Obviously, we've seen a lot of it this year, and there's probably been worse instances (in terms of immediate reaction) which haven't done any permanent damage. Although, its clearly a problem. What can UFC do to prevent this? Harsher consequences?

Yeah, Logan is a big dude. However, he was a big dude compared to the Youtuber he last fought. I think I remember him having one nice uppercut, but was largely running away in that fight, and just popping off one jab to keep the distance, rather than putting combinations together. He could be a good fighter if he had that fighter spirit in him, I'm just not convinced he does. He seems to soft, and to worried about getting hit himself to actually pose a threat.

Floyd also knows how to deal with larger opponents, as he's done it for his whole career.

There we have it. Jose Mourinho has signed on the dotted line to manage Roma next season. Apparently, this is only the second Portuguese manager in the Serie A league history. I bet Roma fans are really excited for him to manage the team. I disagree as I have previously stated on the washed up comments, I believe Roma will see improvements with him at the helm.

The only risk I see for Roma is they have signed him on a three year contract, which when it comes to Mourinho that's a risk just in case he causes a stink in the changing rooms like the past.

Well, considering the amount that his brother has sold I would assume most of that is from the Youtube scene. So, his following definitely will have a major effect on the buys in to the PPV event.

However, this is an exhibition fight, and therefore anyone expecting that Mayweather is going to go out all guns blazing will likely be very disappointed. Mayweather is a show man, and he'll treat this very much like sparring. He might look to put him away at some point, but he'll coast along with Paul for a few rounds at least.  

Logan might be looking to put him down as that would greatly help his career. Although, even if that is the case, and Mayweather is coasting along I still don't see Logan putting a glove on him.

That might be true, but this is a question that will always be interesting to speculate on. Plus, you'll likely see the effects of Bitcoin getting closer to its 21 million limit sooner than that, despite it not being mined for another 100 odd years.

Also, there's the question about how Bitcoin the technology we care about evolves, and many of us might have families that are going to use Bitcoin, and therefore we should be caring about their future. We might just be the foundation that shapes the future, and the decisions we take as a community, will shape how much of a success Bitcoin is in the future.

It's awesome that you successfully conducted a transaction, and exchange of goods with Bitcoin. However, you should probably consider potentially involving a third party next time. To escrow the funds. Otherwise, I do fear that eventually you will run into a problem. Especially, if you were dealing with a random contact. If it was via a well known, and trusted Bitcoin business then that's a little different. However, if it was a peer to peer transaction, then I'd recommend an escrow.

I understand, being someone who likes to avoid using a third party unless its necessary, but I would deem transactions like these to be worth the extra fees, and to lessen the risk. I assume you, like many of us came to Bitcoin to control our own money, and to lessen the amount of third parties that we rely on, and it might seem like there would have been no point in using Bitcoin, if you had to use a third party. The difference is, usually fiat currencies actually require you to use third parties (banks etc), but at least here you have the choice to use it if you want too.

Peer to peer (P2P) is probably your best bet as KYC (Know Your Customer) is going to be mandatory for any regulated exchange. You can check the currency exchange section here, and potentially the Altcoin section.

With P2P it doesn't usually require any identifying documents. However, you should probably check the laws, and regulations within your country before proceeding with a trade. 

We've definitely had plenty of KO's this year. The only real cautious fighter I've seen is Bhullar like I mentioned, which I thought was pretty embarrassing that he wasn't even looking to throw hands. However, for the rest there will always be strikers, and there will always be wrestlers, and the later tend to not get knocked out as much, even when fighting against a striker.

Yeah, I don't agree with your tattoo observation, although I think to be signed by the UFC, you've got to have a rather bad tattoo somewhere on your body these days. I swear most fighters have a real ugly or poorly done tattoo, with the exception of a few.

I would actually disagree with this. Signature campaigns likely do raise the amount of quality posts being posted. Money is a motivating factor for most of the world. I've only ever met a few individuals who aren't motivated by money. We've all probably wanted to get a promotion or a better paid job at some point in our lives, usually to either feed our families, or simply to keep yourself running. Signature campaigns are similar in that they offer an incentive for users to take time with their posts, and actually put in the effort.

Which, to be honest I don't see a particular problem with. If they are taking the time, and making constructive posts, then I don't really care what their motivating factor is. I think we are focusing on the motivation, rather that the actual problem. The actual problem is; there's a number of low quality posts with or without signature campaigns. However, there's a certain demographic which participate in campaigns, which have a low quality threshold, and therefore get paid for spouting low quality posts.

What did we think about last nights card? Some good fights, and some not so good ones. The one that stood out to me for being of low quality was; Andreas VS KB Bhullar. Andreas, was bringing the fight as much as he could, and he usually does. However, KB Bhullar I'm not convinced he's cut out for fighting. Hes got fantastic technique, but no real conviction in his shots. Its almost like he doesn't want to hurt his opponent. I thought his performance was timid, and he played defensively even when he was clearly down two rounds. His corner suggested he would require a knockout, and he did the exact same thing in the third that he did in the previous two, and that's not a lot. The significant strikes was like 40 to 6 at one point.

He really needs a good performance next time out, otherwise I think he'll be cut, despite being new to the division. The only saving grace is he was against an Andreas who was looking to knock him out with every swing, so you could argue he was wary of that.

However, surely you want to be a fighter to remember, and not one to forget. Reyes fight was good, and what a finish it was, and the early prelims are living up to the other prelims in 2021.

If he doesn't win by TKO/KO then questions need to be asked. Yeah, Logan might be bigger, but we've seen Logan Paul fight in a Youtube fight already, and he was anything, but impressive. The guy looks like he's carved out of Stone, and he has a massive reach advantage. However, Logan Paul hasn't got the killer instinct or the technical ability to hurt Mayweather. I usually give everyone a punchers chance, but this is actually quite ridiculous. I agree with your circus comment. This is just such easy money for Mayweather.

I mean Mayweather stopped Mcgregor, and I'll admit that's probably due to the fact that Mcgregor wasted a lot of energy like he usually does, but was probably already on the decline, and losing his fire for actually fighting. However, are we really expecting a Youtuber who's only trained maximum 3 years, and probably with a lot of breaks in between to beat someone who's mastered his craft for decades? Its just unrealistic.

Honestly, I don't know who would be next, but the most impactful would probably be a grocery store. If you think about the amount of things you can purchase with Bitcoin, the list is probably endless. However, there's yet to be a company to accept Bitcoin for things like food. So, if Walmart or ASDA here in the UK started to accept Bitcoin, I think that would be a monumental part of Bitcoin's history.

Although, back to your original question. My gut instinct is Amazon will likely lead the pack in terms of cryptocurrency adoption. In fact, despite it not being a cryptocurrency don't they already have a digital coin system that they use? Amazon coins or something?

 

Your assumption would be correct in the instance of Bitcoin Core. Bitcoin Core requires either a private key to be imported, or a valid wallet.dat file, and the corresponding password (if it was encrypted). Without any of these, you aren't going to get access to the wallet.

If you still have the hard drive that Bitcoin Core was installed on, there's a small chance that you could recover the files, even if they were deleted. Remember, if you haven't restored the hard drive, and simply uninstalled Bitcoin Core, the wallet.dat is still likely there in the folder. This will be located in the %APPDATA% folder if you were using Windows or ~/.bitcoin/ if on a Linux distribution.

I've got a few old screens knocking about waiting for a project to be pop up. I quite like the Blockclock aesthetic so will be using that as inspiration in my personal project I think. If you've used that script how reliable for you has it been?

I've been meaning to get a 3D printer so I can print a few things for projects like these. Although, I've never been able to cough up the money considering they are so expensive, and it would only be used for hobbyist things like this. So its kind of a dead investment.

Not sure I agree with this. This is why I've compared it to fiat based currencies, or even many of the Bitcoin paying jobs out there. Most salaries are done either on a bi weekly basis, or a monthly basis. So, I would think people have come familiar with having one pay day. Its definitely beneficial to recieve smaller, but more frequent payments as it allows you to manage your money without too much effort, but I imagine we would still see full campaigns everywhere if they were on a monthly basis.
Well, fees could theoretically be cheaper to send all in one go. Bitcoin has never really been suited to a micro transaction level. It mainly comes down to workload I assume, and just keeping on top of things.