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Re: ⚽ FIFA Club World Cup 2025 - USA: Discussion Thread ⚽
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Merit.s
on 13/07/2025, 20:55:13 UTC
Palmer probably deserved the golden ball with his play in the 23/24 season when he almost single-handedly led Chelsea to 6th place in the EPL and now Palmer is in great form and it doesn't seem like Dembele deserves the golden ball more than Palmer.
Maresca has done a great job with the team and you can see how Chelsea are improving with every game, plus Maresca was able to get rid of Madueke and bought a good Joao Pedro.
In general, next season in the EPL Chelsea will be one of the favorites.

Chelsea have surprised everyone with their first half play and I think this match may end in their favour tonight. PSG have improved their game in the second half but until now, no any goal has been conceded by Chelsea with Sanchez saving few that would have been at the back of the net. Cole Palmer will be the man of the match because he scored two goals and made one assist so far in the game.

Many speculations have it that if Cole Palmer plays well tonight, then Chelsea will win the match and that’s exactly what we’re seeing tonight. Joao Pedro is also a blessing to Chelsea in my opinion and they’re going to be having a good time at Chelsea by next season. I foresee them already to be champions league contender by next season with the way they’re playing now.
Chelsea defense is very strong and PSG is finding it difficult to penetrate their defense. After several attempts from PSG in the second half, they still cannot break the deadlock yet. Finally Chelsea has gotten a perfect team and they will perform a lot of wonders in EPL next season. Jao Pedro is a good signing, he has scored three goals in three matches.
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Re: Buy Buy Buy or Sell Sell Sell?
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Merit.s
on 13/07/2025, 14:52:34 UTC
⭐ Merited by JayJuanGee (1)
I think everyone knows this, but if someone sells their Bitcoin holdings early, it could be for other, more personal reasons.
Anyone that sells his bitcoin holdings early when it's not of his own time must have gotten it wrong from somewhere which made him unable to continue with his bitcoin investment. It's either, he used more for his important needs to buy bitcoin thinking that he will make profits before they need of the money arises, or he did not build up an emergency funds when he started his bitcoin investment.

There is no personal reason that you should anyone sell his bitcoin holdings is he had a proper plan and long-term mindset before starting his bitcoin investment. This is because he will use the amount of money from his discretionary income that can make him flexible with other cash related issues and hodli his bitcoin investment till he reaches his bitcoin target.

This is why one need to figure out how much from his discretionary income that he can use to continue buying bitcoin every week for 4-10 years and above with any stress and also build up his emergency funds or at least three months of his income and reserve funds.  It's good to have the insight of what bitcoin price is capable of reaching in future.
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Re: I did a last resort resolve of gambling addiction.
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Merit.s
on 12/07/2025, 21:15:45 UTC
This is very great but I do not understand it at all but I have a very good mindset towards gambling which will let me not think of ways to stop gambling or gambling addiction because I am not addicted to gambling at all or losing the money I do not want to lose to gambling.
He is already addicted to gambling and that's the best thing he can do by stopping it. I am happy that he has taken the bold step and right part with self determination on getting rid of his addiction. It's only when you stop gambling for long that it will be possible for you to be finally free.

It's when OP has stayed for a long time and is no longer an addict that he can think on how he can start gambling without getting addicted.
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Re: Buy the DIP, and HODL!
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Merit.s
on 12/07/2025, 19:21:34 UTC

Bitcoin investment is not a get rich quick scheme the main reason why most investors prioritise buying the dips is majorly because of quick profit. Investing in bitcoin with the hope or plan of making quick profit is purely traders mindset and not investors mindset. Any investor that starts accumulating bitcoin when it was around $100k and is talking of being in profit the person is not an investor but rather traders, they are purely in for short term profit.

you should know that buying the dip is also an investment method, rather the DCA method is what makes it look like those that are buying with this method don't know what they are actually doing. As a matter of fact buying the dip is no longer recommended due to the steady increase of bitcoin, so waiting for a dip is totally a waste of time as they're also wasting a life changing opportunity.

Just as it is said that everything about bitcoin investment is a lesson so if anyone who fails to utilize the opportunity now hoping for the price to fall below $100,000 should get ready to face the consequences of his action.
Those who are still waiting to buy the dip, they should understand that this is not like a lottery. that you will become rich overnight just if you buy a dip, Consistency is the most important thing here, the current opportunity that you are missing to buy a small dip, That's something you'll regret for not getting back that opportunity in the future. Those who are investing in Bitcoin consistently will be able to achieve real success in the future. The price never moves as expected, so there is no guarantee that the dip you are waiting for will ever come, that is, instead of relying on uncertain things, it is a responsible decision to take advantage of the current opportunity. In fact, many people cannot maintain consistency in investing and this is why it is said that Bitcoin investment is not for everyone , those who have truly understood DCA and are patiently following DCA and investing, Bitcoin is definitely capable of bringing amazing results to them.
Bitcoin investment is for all and not for a particular set of people. Both the rich and poor can invest in bitcoin provided that they have their discretionary income. However, the problem that some investors have is lack of proper cash inflow management. They put their priority more of consuming than investing. You will see someone who has a dictionary income of $10. Instead of thinking how to invest this money, he will prefer to go clubbing, buy packet of cigarettes and buy drinks for friends.

Of which he can start with the little amount of money that he has and have proper plan on how to keep his DCA ongoing for a long term by reducing his expenses and look for a second means of income. Anyone that don't see bitcoin as an investment worth throwing some value into when he can, will regret in future because he missed his opportunity of making his future a better one than what it will be without investing into bitcoin as someone poor.

Having a long-term investment mindset and having a bitcoin target in which you want to accumulate will make you consistent and persistent in your weekly bitcoin accumulation for 4-10 years and above provided that you are using the right amount from your discretionary income to invest in bitcoin. All it takes is discipline, sacrifice, patience, confidence and hope.
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Re: How can I write a private key in internet (bip38)?
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Merit.s
on 12/07/2025, 18:34:41 UTC
Whatever is stored in OP_return is visible on the blockchain and everyone will have access to your private keys since it cannot be deleted, making it vulnerable to attack.

Private keys should be store offline for maximum security so that no one can have access to compromise your wallet. This is why offline storage is the best. Hardware wallets and electrum cold storage is the best way to keep your funds safe because the private keys are never connected to the internet. Online storage has many flaws than offline storage.
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Re: Balancing Financial security and Bitcoin Accumulation
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Merit.s
on 12/07/2025, 16:44:40 UTC
⭐ Merited by JayJuanGee (1)
Balancing your financial security is a good thing while investing in Bitcoin because investing in any business whether in crypto or any other business without giving much attention to saving is no a good practice as it will affect your financial stability and emergency fund should be as a matter of fact be compulsory for any individual who is ready to investing in Bitcoin because there are other things that will also need finance so putting all your money inyo Bitcoin accumulation will be harmful because Bitcoin investment is focused on a long term basis

If you focus on one thing, then your other side may suffer. You have to balance all the aspects. For example, along with investing, you can create an emergency fund. If you want to invest $5 and if you don't have an emergency fund, then you can keep $2 for the emergency fund and invest with $3. When your emergency fund is fully formed, you can invest the entire amount that you have allocated for investment. In this way, you have to maintain all your aspects properly. If you stop investing and start creating an emergency fund, then it will not be the right decision at all, you have to keep all the aspects in order.

I think you're misunderstanding the theme (balancing financial security and bitcoin accumulation.) you should know that some person's may not be able to balance all this at same time so for this reason they would have to do it one after the other until they finally gain thier balance, so you don't have to say that if you focus on one thing that is going to affect others, rather it can only delay us from getting started, since they would want to start from building thier emergency funds and thier discretionary funds to enable them get start with their bitcoin accumulation then reserve funds can come later. Because if you try to balance all this at a time you may likely get affected in one way or the other, so I feel that balancing financial security and bitcoin accumulation should be done gradually.
You don't need to build up your emergency funds before you can invest in bitcoin, neither do you need to build your discretionary income to enable you invest in bitcoin. Discretionary income is the extra money after you have taken care of your basic needs and monthly expense. That's the money that is your discretionary income and should be used to invest into bitcoin right away even if you don't have an emergency funds available.
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on 12/07/2025, 14:09:43 UTC
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Re: Bitcoin Hits New ATH — What’s Next for Altcoins?
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Merit.s
on 11/07/2025, 20:46:04 UTC
I don't think that we will see alt season again this circle because bitcoin is still dominating and big companies are still buying. No one is investing in altcoins because they have no real value. Altcoins season was last year and don't get too carried away that as bitcoin price is pumping, altcoins will survive the pump. One small correction on bitcoin price will make them go dipper.
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Re: UEFA Champions League 2025/26 Season
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Merit.s
on 11/07/2025, 19:49:08 UTC
I quite agree that the two competitions champions league and premier are two different leagues and a team performance in one can not determine there performance in the other leagues however saying that premier league is more difficult than champions league is something I won't agree . Champions league is a very tough league and I believe is even more tougher than champions league. The fact that Chelsea was lucky to have won champion league when they were unable to win premier league doesn't mean champions league is not a tough competition. A team can decide to shift there attention to a league they consider to be tougher than the other and as such there performance in the other may not that be all good.
I don't really know much about your past discussion but the fact that you said Chelsea Champions League was based on luck is actually disrespectful.
We defeated top teams then including Real Madrid and not like luck played everything for us in the final. We lacked the consistency to win the league and Manchester City who is often the most consistent team in the EPL in recent years lift the EPL, while we defeated them deservedly in the Champions league.

Our squad depth then were so great even to our substitute lists, where even a scary starting eleven could be made. This was one glorious season of Chelsea before the fall and we are still trying to bounce back, I guess you might have forgotten how good/excellent Chelsea were before the whole Todd Boehly era, where we are still finding it hard to find our fit again.
Every club have their remarkable seasons and worst ones. But it's how long that the club stays in their poor performance is what matters a lot. Take United for example, they have been battling with getting the right players and coach to fix the club after the departure of Sir, Alex Ferguson.

Chelsea has also passed through similar situation but with the help of Enzo Maresca the club is picking form because he's cooking something secretly.
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Re: Buy Buy Buy or Sell Sell Sell?
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Merit.s
on 11/07/2025, 15:56:07 UTC
⭐ Merited by JayJuanGee (1)
The thread said Buy buy buy or sell sell sell: Did you buy when the time was right? did you grap the opportunities bitcoin offered? now we are not longer teasing, bitcoin is on the run and it's time to see the need why JayJuanGee has always advised to buy and keep buying even when you think it's not time to buy, now you're able to see the other side of bitcoin and you wouldn't want to keep getting prepared before you invest but invest while getting prepared because preparations never ends, it keeps going.

Glad I did the buy buy buy and now it's time to see the reason why I chose bitcoin.

I also said that it takes a long time to build your bitcoin portfolio so if you have only been buying for a 2-3 years, you might need to keep buying for another 2-3 years or more before you might make any adjustments to stop buying, or maybe to buy on dips rather than buying all of the time.

We transition through stages, and surely the more bitcoin we have, then our holdings will start to inform us if we might need to make adjustments to our bitcoin accumulation strategy.

One mistake guys make in their first 4-6 years in bitcoin is selling too much too soon, and another mistake is stopping and/or slowing down in their bitcoin accumulation through ongoing, persistent, consistent, regular and perhaps even aggressive buying. There tends to be a need to continue to accumulate, since it is quite rare for guys to be able to reach over accumulation status in one cycle or less.

Another advise I may like to add is before someone goes into an investment, he or she should invest with purpose, let there by a target before you go into any form of investment. For instance, one can decide to go into investment with the purpose of building a home or securing a better future for your kids or to invest the capital into a different stream of income. The moment such intention is made, the next phase will require you to set your portfolio for it, have the number of months in mind eg. 73 months, then set it's calendar and begin to tick each and every month passed. I think this will enable many people to stay consistent with their investments. Also give window for more investment, don't just be static on a $50 example, make it more flexible to increase the budget to like 100 or more but $50 should kinda be your threshold. It is possible that you will hit your target before the duration set and make extra funds for other things and in the event, bitcoin shoots below the projected target, you will be able to strike a balance. There should be more education on this especially from..experienced expertise like @JayJuanGee sir.
You shouldn't be building up your bitcoin portfolio in order to build a house but rather see it as a necessary lifetime investment that you need in the future to use and multiple your wealth and if possible pass it on to your heir. From the history of bitcoin price movement bitcoin, it has increased in profit with above two million percent and that shows that the price will continue to increase overtime, even though the volatillity reduces slowly overtime.

If you plan to set a target in order for you to accumulate and build a house, what if you build the house and empty your portfolio. Your house wouldn't give you the kind of profits that your bitcoin investment will give you in ten years after you have sold your house. It's not a good decision to sell all your bitcoin after you have spent a very long time to accumulate and build your portfolio, and you will become a no coiner. You can sell part of your bitcoin investment when you have reached an over accumulation stage using a sustainable withdrawal method in order to keep your bitcoin investment healthy.
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Re: Proof that gambling may ruin any career when greed takes over
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Merit.s
on 10/07/2025, 21:15:11 UTC
Everyone puts the blame on gambling for their greedy nature. Let gamblers stop putting their misfortune on gambling but take full responsibility of their actions. Greed was what will make a superster think of doing all sort of negative things that will frustrate and ruin his career. When you are an irresponsible gambler, your actions can add a negative impact on your future.
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Re: Buy Buy Buy or Sell Sell Sell?
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Merit.s
on 10/07/2025, 04:10:05 UTC
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Building an emergency fund before Bitcoin investment is a kind of security for you Bitcoin portfolio a d DCA jurney, because by having that emergency found, you will not have any pressure on your Bitcoin investment and that way, regardless of your overall income and cash flows you can comfortably buy and hold Bitcoin for long term.


A lot of newbies in Bitcoin investment have made the mistake of buying Bitcoin when they have no emergency found or even not having a good stable income to hold Bitcoin comfortably without exchange them when they hard pressure.
It is better that a new investor starts his bitcoin investment right away provided he has a discretionary income as a no coiner instead of waiting to build his emergency funds first, because it will take you quite some time to build up an emergency funds of at least three months of your income. The point here is that since you are a no coiner, you might be waiting and bitcoin price keeps on increasing, you will miss the opportunity in the market and at the same time left with no bitcoin.

Fiat depreciates overtime, which is the main reason why you need to start putting your discretionary income into bitcoin to safeguard the value of your funds. When you don't have a discretionary income, you can build it along side with your bitcoin investment by sharing your discretionary income into two parts. One for your regular weekly DCA and the other part for building your emergency funds till it is up to three months of your income.

Sometimes, emergencies might not occur and we might not even use our emergency funds but we need to continuously and constantly keep your bitcoin purchase ongoing with DCA for 4-10 years and above. There is a lot of time to build up an emergency funds since you are investing for a long time. But the more you delay your bitcoin accumulation, the more you are missing the opportunity of increasing your bitcoin portfolio to your bitcoin target.

Lastly, you don't need to have stable source of income before you will be comfortable in your bitcoin accumulation journey. Only your discretionary income is enough for you to start your bitcoin journey instead of waiting till you have a stable income. Some people have a stable income but don't have discretionary income, such people cannot invest in bitcoin only if they look for a second means of income to get their discretionary income from.
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Re: ⚽ FIFA Club World Cup 2025 - USA: Discussion Thread ⚽
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Merit.s
on 09/07/2025, 21:08:29 UTC
What a good performance from PSG in the semifinals. This club is unstoppable and I don't think that Chelsea will be able to survive the heat in the finals. Scoring goals was as easy as playing on your play station for PSG. PSG was able to deal with Madrid in a similar way that they dealt with Inter. Enrique Luis is the man and gate the right strategy to win any club in the world. Enrique has done a perfect job on the team.
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Re: ⚽ FIFA Club World Cup 2025 - USA: Discussion Thread ⚽
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on 09/07/2025, 19:42:27 UTC
What a massive performance from PSG players, just before 10 minute they have score two goals against Real Madrid. Though, if not for the two wonderful save by Real Madrid goalkeeper I think by now it would have been 4 goals against them.

However, with the way the game is going right now I think PSG might likely secured the game, because even though Real Madrid defense seems quite easy for PSG to break.
My greatest surprise is how PSG easily penetrate their opponents defense and score with ease. Madrid does not have the quality to match that of PSG. It's clear that PSG has defeated Madrid because they will keep scoring more goals. Xabi Alonso and his men are collecting woto woto from PSG. How will Mbappe feel now that his former club is humiliating his new club.
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Re: Quantum Computing and Satoshi's Bitcoins
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Merit.s
on 09/07/2025, 11:41:46 UTC
~snip~
There are many reasons for me to handle it that way. The first and most important one is: I think if Satoshi doesn't move the coins, a re-distribution will do more good than harm. All the time there is FUD about Satoshi eventually moving his MILLIONS OF COINS and then Bitcoin crashing to 0. But a million coins is actually the current trading volume of 1-2 days. And once the coins are redistributed, this kind of FUD will be gone ... forever.


When you say "redistribution"
, are you talking about Satoshi coins being returned in some way to be mined again (if that's even possible?), or being put back into the system in some other way - although I don't see how that could be done and who would be the ones who would get a share of those coins?
I believe he means that hackers will have access to Satoshi coin with quantum computer and will share it among themselves, making the coins to go back to the market, instead of sitting idle as it's currently. Apart from this, there's no way redistribution of Satoshi bitcoin will be possible.
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Re: ⚽ FIFA Club World Cup 2025 - USA: Discussion Thread ⚽
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Merit.s
on 08/07/2025, 20:03:18 UTC
i find the odds given by the bookmakers for chelsea to win too high. should we expect a surprise? when i think about it, it seems very strange that in the final of the tournament there will be fluminense on one side and the winner of the psg - real madrid match on the other. of course we all think that chelsea is more likely to win, but for a match that is considered so “guaranteed”, i think odds of around 1.60 are a bit too much.
Your prediction is likely to be true based on Chelsea to win and that is all what's majority bet for. At 18 minutes Chelsea had taken a lead with a goal and currently Chelsea are really penetrating, they dominated the almost every aspect. I will not finalize that Chelsea will win because even though it is less than a minute something can't still happen, Chelsea have recorded three shot on target and this shows that Chelsea has their higher chances. Fluminense are also pushing and their effort is quite impressive but they seriously need to put in more effort to achieve their aim but in this manner it's actually look very difficult.

And Enzo Maresca was right for signing Joao Pedro from Brighton as he scores for Chelsea in the semifinal against Fluminense and put the blues ahead. Joao Pedro sure have good aura of a forward because not quite long after Chelsea signed him and this is his second game but he has gotten his first goal for the club. With Chelsea being ahead of Fluminense, i think there wouldn't be any much pressure on them anymore because Fluminense will become afraid not to concede another goal which will make Chelsea attacks to give them the pressure instead. The first half statistics is not bad even though Chelsea got the ball possession more but they should try and avoid a similar drama that occurred when they met Palmeiras during the group stage matches because they also scored first just like the score Fluminense in this game
Jao Pedro scored his former club with a superb goal to put his club on the lead on the 18th minutes of the game. Chelsea was aggressive in their attack and pressured Fluminense defense frequently but only one goal was scored. Cuccurela was the savior of the first half as he was able to stop Fluminense goal from crossing the goal line. Chelsea was really lucky in the first half because all Fluminense efforts on getting an equalizer was not achieved.
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Re: Bitcoin investors will be the future wealthiest people.
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Merit.s
on 08/07/2025, 18:02:05 UTC
Bitcoin future is bright and I believe that in future the wealthiest people will those who have bitcoin when bitcoin price will reach $1m. Just watch out those investors who are ignorant to bitcoin currently how their fiat investment will be affected due to slowly depreciation of the US dollar

Investing in Bitcoin is a big tool in stepping up but might not be all the things people are saying of it, actually there is no barrier to effective success from an investor but might not be accurate saying that a Bitcoin investor will be the wealthiest person because there might be different kind of investment people might be doing that usually give them a lot and by the time is multiply for years is alot of money and could be more than what somebody who has bitcoin will see, although this just a probability, so actually don't get me wrong because i no that Bitcoin is a perfect investment to do but the potential definition of people to it is much, however even if an investor is fortunate to have $5 million in Bitcoin he is still not going to be the wealthiest because thousands of people has more than this.
I know what I am saying mate. Look at the top five wealthiest people in the world, in ten years time or more those people who will be topping the chart of the wealthiest people in the world will have a large portion of their wealth in bitcoin because they have built their trust and confidence in bitcoin and used it as a store of value overtime. They will outrun those one topping the chart now with their fiat currency investment. Also companies with the highest bitcoin holdings with be the richest companies in future. This is what I mean.

I didn't mean that a pleb who started buying very little will become the wealthiest. It's not possible but they will also benefit from the compounding value of bitcoin if they can invest with the little that they have overtime.
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Re: Banning gambling, would this solve the problem?
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Merit.s
on 08/07/2025, 11:45:12 UTC
The government can ban gambling but they cannot stop every gambler from gambling. People will still gamble online with VPN and no one will know that they're gambling. Some gamblers can also gamble offline secretly without being caught.

I feel that as long as it's not an Islamic country that gambling is against their religion, government should be strict with their regulations and fine should be paid by any violator. This is because taxes from casinos will be beneficial to the government and if gambling is banned, no more taxes from casinos.
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Bitcoin investors will be the future wealthiest people.
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Merit.s
on 08/07/2025, 10:30:53 UTC

This is a wake up call to all newbies and the old forum members who don't have any bitcoin in their portfolio or those who have very little bitcoin in their portfolio. Bitcoin is a long-term asset that increases overtime and will take over every other asset that has been in existence before bitcoin in value and marketcap overtime.

This is the best opportunity that you have to start stacking up sats for your future with your disposable/discretionary income with DCA whenever you have it. Bitcoin future is bright and I believe that in future the wealthiest people will those who have bitcoin when bitcoin price will reach $1m. Just watch out those investors who are ignorant to bitcoin currently how their fiat investment will be affected due to slowly depreciation of the US dollar.

Don't say that an angel or someone told you about bitcoin in 2025, but you were in doubt. Start your bitcoin investment now before the big whales, institutions, government and companies will make the price very expensive due to their aggressive buying and hodli. Traders beware of selling too many coins too soon, because the future millionaires and billionaires are bitcoin investors.