Jack Dorsey has always been a flag-bearer of bitcoin. So it would still be early to consider that buying bitcoin as reserve is becoming a corporate trend. Morever, he said that purchasing bitcoin was in-line with the company's purpose. Are we going to see Square - Crypto Wallet soon?

I want to take a moment and appreciate SwC. I sent them mail on Sunday to upgrade my seal to 'Floundering' from 'Baby' so I can chat on the table. I also mentioned that I am ready to pay for the upgrade.

To my surprise, 60 krills were added to my account when I opened SwC today. I already had 440 krills so now I have 500 and can chat on the tables. Also, SwC charged nothing for it. I really appreciate the gesture. Hope this series continue forever and I am inclined to join it as long as it runs. I also see 2-3 interested members who wanna get in as regulars. So I predict the number will grow to 20 if we gonna see the #5th rolling in.

Don't know if price speculation is allowed here or not but I would like to give my views on the price too.

I have huge interest in investment market and study assets likes gold daily. As per my prediction, gold prices are still in uptrend. In short run, prices will peak on 15th-16th October then after little correction and few months of stable market, gold prices will surge magnificently from April 2021 and will reach All-time-high in September 2021.

However, this is my personal prediction. Please don't consider it as investment advise. Do your due diligence before investing in assets like gold. But if you make mind to buy gold, DIGITAL GOLD is best place to get on-board as it offers blockchain-based token equivalent to real gold which can be bought with BTC/ETH.

And it happened again. I always prefer Barca game above anything else and it was second week in a row that Barcelona game clashed with our poker tourney. Both time, game was scheduled 2 hours after poker started. So I had the strategy to play aggressively for first two hours, stake enough chips and then sitout to end somewhere around 6-7th position. However, both times I failed to stack big pile. Hence, I played do/die hands at the start of 3rd hour and eventually lost.

Now I have slimmest of the chance to qualify for the final but I am going to give everything next Sunday. Beware everyone! I am surely winning the next qualifier. But the bad thing is that Barcelona again has the fixture that will clash with the 8th qualifier. Timings are not out yet but I hope that match would end before the poker starts.

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PS: I went all-in against SteamTyme (if I remember correctly) with 55 against KQ after flop. King was already dealt on the table along with the pair of sixes. I knew that hand, played with same hole and flop cards before and I was sure another 5 gonna dealt on the river and that so happened. I didn't check SwC's RNG yet but it may be possible that combination of cards repeat. It may be mere co-incidence but I will have a look into that.

After 4 awful rounds, finally I am in for the delight! Yeah! I am the Yellow Cap contender for this round. One game left and I calculated all the odds. There are only two possibilities in which I will end second:

If Liverpool wins 4-0, then tomahawk9 will end 1.5 points above me.
If match ends in 1-1, then casperBGD  and I will end in same points but he will get first spot for more correct predictions.

In every other circumstances, I am taking home the yellow cap for the weekend. Dr. Strange help me!

Great work on Dice and Crash Sites Comparer. Kudos!

As for the missing 'House Edge' on the Crash Comparer page, I got that done for you:

TrustDice: 4%
Tower.Bet: 1%
Bitsler: 2%

After first game, I was supportive for Grizzi's contribution due of his defensive display but yeah, yesterday he was impact-less. Roberto was top-notch and able to get back and hold his position for most of the game and was equally sharp in attack as well. So Griezmann didn't has much say in defense as well as attack yesterday. Moreover, that awful first touch to De Jong's mouth-watering ball was pain in the eye to watch. So I agree with you that he can be snubbed off in upcoming fixtures.

However, I don't think Griezmann will be big problem for Barca because he's not essential element of Barca formation. He's already playing off-position and we already have Trincao and Dembele as the perfect substitutions to his position. So the only one in harm is Griezmann himself. If he won't perform, manager will replace him with other world-class wingers. As simple as that.

PS: Congo for the yellow cap. It was tight week in the points table.

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I just finished making the picks for this weekend and this one is going to be the first challenge for the pool. So many close and uncertain fixtures this time unlike last 2-3 matchdays. I made draw predictions for couple of them and so many more interesting picks. This week can be a big gamble for me. It can be 15+ points or 5 > points. Excited!

And what benefit would the project actually gain by running on various blockchains?

It is understandable for projects like USDT to have multi-chain support because stable dollar coins are used as base currency on crypto exchange and required frequently by users for trading purposes. Hence, the more network these coins are on, better and cheaper it would be for the users.

But GOLD is primarily an investment coin. I don't think $1-2.5 fees would be considerable factor for anyone looking to invest in gold for notable period. Moreover, Ethereum is biggest and most secure Smart Contracts supporting blockchain. Shifting to the other blockchain will just open gate to other vulnerabilities.

I would recommend to keep projects like DIGITAL GOLD on single and most secure blockchain i.e. Ethereum (apart from Bitcoin).

I read about this thread in Discord group. It is a nice idea and looking forward to vote for the nominees as soon as it's up!


Do you mean you will create 20 threads, one for each award and then use preferential-voting method to short list the candidates? 20 threads in my opinion will be too much mess. One thread is fine for voting. You can provide options for all 20 awards in single template inside code tags so the height of the replies will be limited to 20 lines even though the actual length of reply is more than 20 lines.

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Wow! Didn't know Lauda had so much repo back in those days. 48 votes and second position for the spot of Mod, not bad!

Sorry for the late reply. Yes! 'Other professional services' sounds fine if you are filing under the section 44ADA. But few days ago, me and teosanru were having discussion on this topic. Although most of the CAs suggest to go for 44ADA but thinking from pure technical view, 44AD is more appropriate. 44AD unlike 44ADA, is a general presumptive income scheme and covers all type of businesses. I have few clients who receive crypto incomes. I have scheduled the filing of their income tax returns in October. So, I will once again study everything in deep next month and try to figure out best possible way to report crypto income and then update the details in this thread as well.

As far as nature of business is concerned, the following two are most appropriate depending upon which type of income forms bigger part of your total income:
Engineering and technical consultancy - 16005
Other Software consultancy - 14002

This year's IPL is going crazy so far! Every team is capable of beating the other, there is no clear winner. I think it will still take 1-2 more rounds for everyone to get more accurate in picks. First round was awful for most of us! 1 point only, lol. Even though we jumped 8-8 spots but still we are leading by only 2 points from the last position. One good match for last position holders and they can go pass us like flash.

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Pat Cummins was spectacular vs Sunrisers in last game but Abu Dhabi's pitch is heaven for bowlers. I doubt Dubai's pitch would be that helpful for him and other KKR pacers. Nevertheless, it would surely be a tight game. Let's see who triumphs.

I agree with you, DeFi wave won't last very long because the concept itself is not completely foolproof. But Uniswap has been into the picture from long ago i.e. since November 2018. It has now grown to very extensive scale. Unlike basic DeFi model which is lending/borrowing, Uniswap is an exchange providing instant trading using liquidity pool model. Even if DeFi buzz gets over, crypto users will still need an exchange to sell ERC-20 tokens and that's where Uniswap's utility won't get over easily.

ETH chain has already crossed the viability zone for gambling contract. No one wanna use a platform which charges $2-5 for every bet made. Moreover, provably fair script already ensures that the results are not rigged, especially for multiplayer game like Crash where block hashes are used with pre-generated hashes to work out fairness. A complete contract on blockchain is bit overkill IMO.

Frankly speaking, if Barca could sign some decent Right Back who can back track the pace of the opponent winger and stop the counter attacks then I prefer Trincao over Griezmann in the team. Trincao's style of play is much more Barca like than Grizzi's and he will surely have more impact than him on the game.

Wow! That's great man! Really, really great. I just loved it. Especially your expression when you got AA literally killed me, lol. Will surely join the live version of your stream next weekend. By the way, don't we get to know your cards in live stream or does it run with the delay of few minutes?

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Not a good game for me. I was very busy yesterday and decided to sit out the game however, later joined it but still wasn't able to play to the full potential. My chances to make to the final table already looking slim but will try to get ITM in next two tourneys to get back into race. Congrats arallmuus on winning this one!

UNI token is not a regular airdrop token. It is a governing token. It represents the ownership of the Uniswap platform. UNI holders can vote for various proposals on the platform thus making Uniswap more decentralized and self-sustainable platform. Moreover, 40% of the supply which is reserved for the team members, investors and advisors has 4-years vesting period which cannot be sold for the next 4 years. Also, the airdrop was distributed to over 50K ETH addresses making token less vulnerable to dump.

Although, I am not a big fan of airdrop tokens but Uniswap did the job smartly and tokens are surely worthy and will gain more price in coming months. Who doesn't wanna be the owner of the platform having over $2B worth of cryptocurrencies locked in?

Well, actually there is a difference between how trading happens on centralized exchanges and DeFi Exchanges.

Centralized Exchanges are always order-book based. There is no other mechanism for those to work except buyers placing buy orders and sellers placing sell orders and market getting matched somewhere between the two.

However, DEX (currently popularly called DeFi Exchanges) can be of two types. One order-book based, like IDEX. But it's second type of exchanges i.e. Liquidity based which are getting high traction lately. In liquidity-based exchanges, liquidity providers deposit two different Ethereum tokens at specified price which creates market pair of the two and now buyers can buy any of the two by sending the other to the Smart Contract. The exchange rate of the market pair depends upon which of the two getting more buyers. Liquidity Providers in return share the fees on every purchase.

Thanks! It was another good week for me. As I claimed before the round, so thus I delivered. 8 out of 10 correct predictions! Only if I have been more serious in the first round, I would be leading with 30+ points by now.

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Yeah! It was unexpected for me as well. Barca was surprisingly good, way better than my expectations. Special mention to Jordi Alba. Yesterday, he was looking way more fit and sharper than the entire last season. If he could deliver this kind of performance in every game then he is easily the best LB in the world. Better than Robertson and Davies anyday.

Pique had a good game. He was able to intercept and stop Villarreal's attacks at several occasions. Great defensive awareness from him. Pjanic was excellent. His minutes against Elche in friendly weren't so convincing last week but yesterday he simply showed why he's one of the best midfielder in just 30 minutes. His reading of the game, interceptions and forward balls are going to be very helpful for Barca throughout the season. I want him to replace Busquets as the starter.

I don't agree with you on Griezmann. Although, he was ordinary with the ball yesterday but his off-the-ball contribution was spectacular. First, he provided that additional layer of defense on the right side of the pitch. I saw him defending in the box many times which is uncommon for a forward (Simeone's effect). Second, his runs took 1-2 Villarreal defenders with him, thus creating space to attack for Fati, Messi and Coutinho. As a manager, I would be happy to start him provided he gives little extra in attack as well. Even, Koeman praised him after the game.

The only problem in team is Right-Back. Semedo is already delivered to Wolves thus leaving us only with Roberto as the option. Roberto is shit and we need to replace him as soon as possible. He is laggy in defense and if not for Griezmann, he would have conceded at least a goal. I heard many speculations on the name of Sergino Dest. It would be good to have young RB like him in the squad.

Currently yes but I doubt the potential of blockchain will be limited to PoW. I am very positive that soon a newer algorithm will come into picture which could be used to secure blockchain as well as solve problem of scalability.

We already have algorithms like DPOS which are being used by networks like EOS and claim to process millions of transactions per second with no fees. Although, DPOS showed some signs of centralized system, it has open doors for others to come up with a similar system but comparatively more decentralised.

It will be 51/49, not 52/48. As I said house edge is the difference between the probability that house will win and the probability that player will win. So 2% house edge is 51 - 49 = 2.

You can also understand it like this - player will win 2.00x if he rolls between 51-100 or 1-49. That's 49 possibilities out of 100.

Have a look here, Primedice has 1% house edge so player will win if he rolls over 50.49 or below 49.50. So player's winning probability is 49.5. Hence, the house edge is 1% (50.5 - 49.5)