New NBA season is coming. NBA fans are once again eager to see what this new season brings. Coming from the NBA official website they posted an NBA fantasy ranking. Here is the top 20 ranking. What are your reactions on the ranking fellas? Do you agree or disagree with it?



I am okay with the ranking with the exception of James Harden. Are they presuming that James Harden will have a very good performance in the next season? Is Kevin Durant a better player than LeBron James at the moment?

What I know is that these gambling companies that accept Bitcoin as one of their accepted currencies are registered and licensed from Cyprus and Curacao (an island located in South America and a part of the Netherlands). We all know that there are only two nations that lawfully accept Bitcoin as a legal currency, El Salvador and Central African Republic. So how come that these gambling companies are allowed to put to use Bitcoin as one of their accepted currencies when neither Netherlands and Cyprus aren't legalizing Bitcoin as a currency? Are the authorities of these nations turning a blind eye on the Bitcoin use?

Or is it possible that gambling companies are allowed to accept any forms of tangible or non-tangible objects so long as they deem it valuable to their operations? Take for instance, casino chips and tokens are used to play games in the tables and on slot machines. So is this the case of Bitcoin too?

Literally POS is not centralized but prone for exploitation. When ETH converted to POS, the giant and most powerful companies in the world can accumulate up to the point that they can hold influence in the network. On the other hand, the same companies and powerful corporations can also invest mining rigs if in case ETH remained at POW. Anyhow, POS is the easier to centralize than POW. Either ETHW or ETC or maybe both can gain more supporters in the coming months and years if they can manage to stay alive.     

The question: Who do you think will prevail in this fight? Canelo or GGG or Draw?

The answers from 68.2% of Bitcointalk users was GGG and they were all wrong. I chose Alvarez to win because I factored Golovkin's old age. His spirit was willing but his body cannot do it anymore.

Way to go Bitcointalk users. Many of you lost bets from this fight. Let us proceed to the next world title fights and make better analysis so that we can win our bets.

Casinos have no choice but to follow their government requirements especially KYC. And right, the same with the banks asking for KYC to avoid money laundering. These meant that all deposits that are not normal to their clients monthly and yearly income can cause a red alert on the casino or bank.

What I have seen is these online casinos KYC rules are to protect from international money laundering. What about local money laundering? Did any of us here experienced stiff KYC from our local land-based casinos?

KYC is not enough for crypto casinos? Crypto casinos should check all its players source of funds?

Are we going to ignore that land based casinos are not even asking for its gamblers KYC? There are some casinos that need an ID before people can enter. But that's it, they don't photocopy the ID for for their copy. Most casinos I entered do not require ID. You can easily enter as long as you don't look like a criminal or beggar.

Whaat? The voting is opposite to the actual betting market. Are you people sure that Golovkin will win? Did you cast your bets on Golovkin already?


I agree with @FinneysTrueVision's analysis. This match will end with Canelo winning by a wide decision or a late stoppage. If Canelo had stamina problem due to the excess weight at 175 it might also happen to Golovkin. Golovkin is not big and he is used to fighting as a middleweight for the most part of his career. Additional weight on Golovkin might affect his stamina. And given his old age, the excess weight might also make him slower which will be dangerous to Canelo's powerful attacks.

Nigeria is now vying to become a major crypto hub in Africa. They should follow with Central African Republic which lawfully recognized bitcoin as a legal currency. Nigeria is a country with a big economy and crypto adoption will only encourage more foreign investors into the country.

I observed that there are many Nigerians in this forum. I also observed that there are many Nigerians that are into cryptocurrency groups in social media. And these move by the Nigerian government will also provide more opportunities to them.

After losing Haaland earlier it weakened Dortmund and I don't call them a real threat against the top European clubs. But they showed a fantastic game against Man City. They were defensive but they also had enough offense as I thought they will win the game at 1-0. Man City first goal came in late and I didn't expect it but it also opened the opportunity to attack more to close the game. Young Erling Haaland is a beast.

I didn't knew London has more events than New York or Miami or Singapore. Even Rome at the third spot is new to me.

If I were to pick a city to become the blockchain capital I will favor New York. New York is the world's capital to stock market. Wall Street is there too. New York as a blockchain capital in the world would ignite the crypto market. Stock traders will become more exposed to cryptocurrencies and it won't take long before they will study it and then they will enter the crypto market also. New York will make crypto big.

You are not alone. It was clear that many bitcoin investors sold cheap during 2018 because of fear. Now we have the chance to invest again before bitcoin reaches its old price and establish another all time high record. People are now smarter after their experiences. I started to buy little by little. I am doing the cost averaging slowly this time. The world is becoming difficult to understand and bitcoin is a great option. This is inevitable with the dollar and other currencies plummeting.

Big congratulations to Sri Lanka and to our Sri Lankan brothers here! Even if the nation is facing heavy economic problems, the national team didn't lost hope and continued their goal towards winning the Asian Cup. This is a big morale booster to the nation and its citizens. There is always hope if we continue to focus and to have that positive type of mindset.

Any bettors analysis on tomorrow's game between United States and Papua New Guinea?

Many players in the NBA developed their shooting skills while young and capable. Why Westbrook failed to develop his shooting before? Did he believe that his athleticism will last forever? I observed his ego is what stops him from becoming a complete package. The big question is his ability to change at 34 years old. This season is highly critical for his future NBA career as his contract is expiring.

Are we expecting the Lakers to begin this season with Russ?

From $100 last month down to $30. Poloniex volume is over half a million dollars already which is good enough to hype a fork. It is early to judge the price and it's only IOU, there is always the chance for it to bounce back and increase if it can gather enough support. But if we base its today's price, Ethereum Classic is at $37.

Which coin is more reasonable to mine now using today's price? Mining ETHW has slight edge?

I haven't included the underworld activities of course.

These casinos are with legitimate licenses. But I also find it strange that these countries that provided crypto casino with their licenses do not have laws calling bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies as medium of exchange. Or are they letting casinos to just operate and use whatever kind of currencies or forms of materials and digital stuffs they deem acceptable?

You were not stressed by Luna's sudden meltdown early this year? I had some but I sold them when I had the time to earn a little to break-even. I can only find few people like you that continued to hold. And even more, you also expect for it to reach back to 15th.

I am feeling that this sudden pump and hype will end in the next several days and there will be another sell-out. But maybe i'm wrong and you will be rewarded handsomely for your guts to continue holding that coin.

Cool! There's a new signature. I already replaced my own simply made PNNV signature to the new one. 

It is best that we keep our own coins in our hard wallets. But there is no wrong when people are staking even on decentralized platforms like Binance for example. There are risks but if people knew that then it is fine. If it is extra money then a thousand dollars earning $95 for a year is very good enough. We're talking about returns in contrast with banks very low yearly interests on our savings.

Instead of bashing people that staked their coins, why not share to us better ways to earn more?

 

Which group do you think is the most difficult to predict?

I say Group C is the most difficult of all groups. Bayern, Barca and Inter all in the same group. Inter started slower this season in Serie but I know they will catch up later. And they will play harder during UCL games coz they know the competition is too high. And what's up with Bayern and Barca in the same group? Lewandowski and Mane will perform big to show their teams who's the better player.

Andy Ruiz vs Luis Ortiz schedule was not normal. Big boxing events happened during Saturday nights but it was different. Andy Ruiz was reluctant in letting his hands go. He looks like saving his stamina for the late rounds and because of that Luis Ortiz was able to finish the whole twelve rounds. The fight was a draw if not for the three knockdowns by Andy Ruiz. Two judges had it 6 rounds each and the other judge had Ortiz seven rounds to Ortiz's five. I was amazed the fight attracted many fans.