Quote from: bitbit97 on May 15, 2024, 03:32:22 PM

What about esport then? All those DotA, Counter-Strike and sport related video games. People really spend lot of time training, have competitions with prizes, champions. If you google the word sport, you will get Sport is a form of physical activity or game. Often competitive and organized, sports use, maintain, or improve physical ability and skills. Perfect description of what people do behind pc or console while playing. If we measure sport that is something where physical activity is used, then they use finger muscles and get tired to play. Also a 100% hit.

Sports are physical activities. Video games don't make you get tired physically nor require strength or physicality. You can't get injured from playing video games.
The difference is clear.

While the definition of sports based on a quick google search is "competitive physical activities or games", there's a thing called E-sports right now, and until now, it's still debatable if E-sports can be considered a form of sport or not.

Well, there are some institutions that consider E-sports as a form of sport already, so I guess we can change the definition of sport now? I'm a bit bias on this one because I'm a gamer and I spend hours playing online games.

I like over 224.5 more than I like taking the points tonight. Game is either going to be Boston by alot or Indiana wins. Don't feel like there is any middle ground here. Nembhard, Haliburton, Turner and others are going to have to be hitting their 3 pointers. Going to need a decent game out of Siakim as well, he needs to be a rebounding machine and control the paint.

If Haliburton will play in Game 3, there's a chance that Indiana will win in both Games on their home.
Apparently, he suffered a sore left hamstring injury in the 3rd quarter causing him to not return until the end of the game. I believe that the game might be closer if he just played, but I just hope that he will recover and will play in both of their home games to increase their chances.

Just for context, the Pacers are 1-12 all-time in the playoffs when they are down 0-2 and 1-8 in a best of 7 series. This might mean a lot especially when they are up against a team that may believe to win it all this year. The problem with the Pacers is that they might be one of the best offensive teams during the regular season, but they are also one of the worst defensive teams as well. They are giving up too many points to their opponent, and with a team like Celtics, they will take advantage of that weakness of them.

Anyway, I still believe that the Pacers will at least win on their home, but they will not win in this series. Not against a team like Boston.

Hello everyone, I assume most of us are familiar with staking as a passive income avenue, whether on DEX or CEX platforms.

I'd like to ask, what factors do you consider before choosing a platform for staking? Is it flexibility, APY, or something else? Secondly, which platform do you believe offers the best APR for staking BTC, USDT, and ETH? Please share your opinions.

1. The coin itself. Is the coin established already? How many years do this coin exists already? These are some of the questions that always come to my mind whenever I pick a coin to stake.
2. APR. Of course, the higher the APR, the more attractive it is to stake. I'll take ATOM for example. Cosmos has been on the top 20 or top 50 in terms of market for years already, and the APR is at an average between 14-16%. For me, this is very high already and knowing that this coin has been on the top for a long time, this token composes nearly a third of my total portfolio and even sold some of my BTC just to have more ATOM.

As for your question, it will depend on the token/coin that you're staking. I always prefer the software that the developers themselves created. Cardano for example have multiple wallet that supports staking, but I prefer Daedalus since the developers created it. As for the tokens that you shared, I don't think there's better way to stake BTC than putting it on an exchange. You can't stake BTC technically because it's a POW coin and not a POS, but you can use it to earn by putting it on an exchange. For ETH, there are some wallets that offer ETH staking although I'm not doing it. As for USDT, I don't know if there's any aside from putting it on an exchange as well.

I’ve been holding onto my Ethereum and Bitcoin cash for a while now, and honestly, I’ve been unsure about what to do with it. I know ETH is a valuable asset, but simply holding it doesn't seem like the best way to maximize its potential. Price has been flying up and down recently, but i'm bullish on it with the upcoming ETF approval, that is if it was approved it will be a plus for most retail holders like myself. Do you have any idea how i can make the most out of my holdings.

Well, the Ethereum ETF has been approved just hours ago, but there's no significant price increase towards the price of Ethereum as of this moment.
Now to your question, there are some ways for you to earn using your Ethereum.

1. Capital Appreciation - this is what you're doing right now. Buy and hold, and yes it takes time to make profits, but that's how the strategy works.
2. Staking - Stake it with a validator out there. Based on stakingrewards.com, you can earn 3.69% annually by staking it. Better than just storing it.
3. Trade - You can use your Ethereum to trade as well. I don't recommend this to newbies though.
4. Use your ETH to buy coins - this is self-explanatory. No need to explain to you.

Overall, there are many ways for you to earn using your Ethereum. It will all depends on how knowledgeable you are, the risk, and the amount of time you are willing to give.

Thanks for sharing.

I don't buy NFTs from marketplaces but mint them if mint is free or for a very low fee, if project becomes successful these early minted NFTs tend to be valued good as the case with Mode network nfts.

I also joined Mode airdrop but didn't put too much attention on its first airdrop that's why I only got a hundred which costs around a few bucks currently. As for NFTs, I did mint some on Blast network partners, and joined the jackpot feature. I wonder when Blast will launch their token.

So parking money is one I do. You park money, and let it do the work; examples being — Eigenlayer, Mode, Parcl, Swell. Yes, aforementioned three had point system, but it's different from farming points for doing tasks, anything 'free' is likely to be over saturated and in the end reward won't be worth good.

You don't have to be whale, even few hundred dollars can make you earn good, and nothing happens to your money that you parked (as long as you stay away from shady projects), when the farming is done, you withdraw.

I agree with what you said with regards to "free airdrops". Since it's free, many will join hence, lowering the rewards that we can get until it will come to a point where it will not be worth it anymore. Well with regards to not being a whale, I'm not a whale (and will never be in my whole lifetime), but I believe I can still make a few dollars joining into different airdrops still.

Parking/depositing them on their website to earn points that are convertible to tokens in the future is for me the best way right now to earn free tokens.

You could also stake coins that has potential to make you eligible for other airdrops, like $ATOM, $OSMO, $PYTH, $TIA, $DYM.

It's wise to stake part of airdrop you receive, as this could make you eligible for other airdrops.

Example; Stakers of $ATOM got $TIA, then $TIA stakers got $DYM, and $DYM stakers got $NIM.

Regarding testnets, I do them if I find project attractive enough as in case of Initia lately.

Well, you're an ATOM holder like me.
I mean I agree with what you said on this one, and this is also the reason why I'm holding tokens under ATOM. The staking reward is attractive but aside from that, you can also be eligible in some airdrops like NIM on DYM blockchain, and many more in the future.

As for testnets, I only tried Berachain, but I stopped it already because there are no clear requirements yet on how testnet users can be eligible in the airdrop.

Such a weird game also in game 1 of Wolves vs. Mavs with so many mistakes/turnovers on both sides. This is also the first time I've seen someone getting called for offensive goal tending.

Both Luka and ANT were having a bad night but Luka caught fire at the right moment.

How did your bet go? I lost mine.

You're referring to KAT's put back dunk in the final minutes of the 4th quarter?
Based on the official review, the ball is still above the ring hence, they called it a basketball interference but TBH, it's pretty close. Well, if that counts, we might see a different result in this Game 1. It happened in the final minutes of the game that's why every point at that moment is very crucial.

Luka's knees is hindering him to play all-out. ANT on the other hand looks like he's exhausted in the 4th quarter because of defending both Luka and Kyrie which for me is very exhausting knowing how good they are in ball handling. Anyway, this is what I expect from both the Eastern and Western Conference Finals. It's anybody's game, and I hope this will be the case all throughout the whole series.

I didn't bet since I'm out of funds already, but I'm still watching though.

I've been losing consistently for quite several days in casino games, I can't find any reason for it but I've noticed for quite some time that when my bankroll is almost at the end I tend to bet a bit more aggressively when betting and my losses are increased.

I would like to know if any of you have ever had this kind of feeling?

If I could have been patient during that time I would have had another chance to grow my Bankroll. Should I make any changes to gambling when placing bets at the end of the bankroll?

I always experience this kind of feeling whenever I'm gambling. When I'm at my last money, I always go all in on one team (sports betting), and whatever happens, I will not regret my decision.

Do I feel angry about myself? No, but I feel a bit of regret but at the end of the day, it's all my decision, and I'm the one who needs to suffer. Being patient when your money is almost going to zero will not change everything. You will only think that you will last longer, but it will not change the fact that you might still lose it all. Betting on one game Vs. Betting on multiple games will lower amount will not change everything. 

For me, just gamble everything when your money is nearing to zero. If you lose, you lose. If you win, you win. That's how gambling works (well at least that's my way of thinking when it comes to gambling).

Quote from: LogitechMouse on May 03, 2024, 05:15:44 PM

My whole gambling experience was full of losses.
There might be times that I'm winning, but at the end of the day, all of my capital will be *poof* in an instant.

TBH, I regret doing gambling because I lost a huge amount already. I can just imagine and always ask myself "What if I just used those money to buy Bitcoin?" Instead of losing money, I might gain even more. Well, it is what it is and I just hope that more people here will not spend time and money too much in gambling because your chances of winning on it are close to zero.

Maybe this is the feeling that many people will feel when they experience defeat in gambling. they will regret it and they will think that they used the money for something better, but regret is just regret, because in reality the next day they will go back to gambling.

Therefore we must use free money, or in other words we will not regret it when we lose the money. Don't let us regret something we do, especially when we know at the start what the risks are.

Well, that's the case for those addicted gamblers.
Today, they will regret what they did. They will sleep at night, then the next day, they will go back to gambling again as if nothing happened yesterday.

I always feel disappointed whenever I lose money in gambling and even though I consider it as free money, there's still a bit of regret on my part and so many "What if's" are coming to my mind. I'm sure that most gamblers are also experiencing the same as mine, but what I would say is that, before putting your money in gambling, make sure that you will not do something stupid or bad whenever you lose that money. Disappointment and regret are pretty normal when you lose money, but to do some crazy things is something that you shouldn't do. After all, we know that our chances of winning in gambling are pretty low.