Since there is zero chance your brother can get his coins back, I see no point in communicating with the scammers at all. Honestly, I think the best course of action is to completely ignore it.

I figure trying don't cause too much harm if you go in with reasonable hopes.  MAAManda raises a good point too - if these people really had solid info that works, they'd just be using it themselves and raking in the cash.  So before you even think about joining, make sure to watch your back.  Maybe use fake profiles you don't care about getting banned or something. Just be careful because if it sounds too good to be true, it always is.  And these sport betting sites will slam that ban hammer down fast if they catch a whiff of you using some service to try beating them.

Ultimately it's your call.  If you try it, go low-risk.  But something tells me you already know better than to bet big on questionable tips from Internet strangers.  In the end, trust your gut bet what you can lose, and don't expect miracles.

Good luck either way though!

Absolutely right. When someone takes money that's been entrusted to them and uses it to gamble, that ain't just bad management - it's fraud, plain and simple.  Theres a clear difference between making a dumb investing decision with good intentions versus intentionally taking what isn't yours to score big at the casino.  This developer sounds like a first-class moron and maybe even an addict who couldn't keep his impulses in check and  his boneheaded choice didn't just screw over those users directly, it makes the whole industry look bad.

Technically, anything is possible. There is no doubt that there are fixed matches and sports betting manipulations. There's a whole underground betting scene, sure, but this situation with your friend reeks of a classic scam with a shiny new coat of paint.

High odds, 50/50 profit split? Red flags everywhere. If someone's "giving away" money on sure bets, why wouldn't they keep it all?  You say admin is banned from gambling platforms so he can't bet by himself, but what about his real life friends and family members? Instead he needs some FB "friends" to share the profits with? Where's the logic in that? I think this is a classic trick to build trust. They throw you a couple of wins to make it seem legit before the inevitable "big one" that disappears with all your "shared" profits.

The only thing I can think of is that he may be referring to the "Money Market" accounts that banks offer. Although, I'm not sure how common the use of such accounts is in P2P transactions for buying cryptocurrencies. In general, it's simpler and safer to go through a well-known centralized exchange.

From what I know, trying to use bots on gambling sites is  a surefire way to get your account banned! The casinos have sophisticated programs to catch that kind of thing right quick.

But, what do I know? Maybe you're onto something and  could be there's some online casino wonderland where bots can run free without getting the boot. Although even then, gotta watch your back.  Those bot sellers might not have your best interests at heart.  But like I said this ain't my area of expertise.  Just thought Id offer my two sats on the situation.

A new version of the Whitepaper is now available on the website. They just kicked out people who were found out to be fake!

Apparently, our little scammer buddy saw the accusations and couldn't even muster a decent defense. Just kept peddling his phony project like nothing happened. Pathetic.

This doesn't make sense. Why would they contact YOU to get further evidence?

If you suspect a casino employee scammed you, wouldn't you try to contact THEM to report it?  But like others have said, it's far more likely you fell victim to a scammer pretending to be a casino representative.  Honestly, given the type of information you requested, perhaps you didn't deserve a better outcome.  So in a way, justice is served!

How does this question of yours differ from your first topic on this forum?

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Yup, been there, seen that. The so-called recovering gambler who gets that rush from winning some money back and thinks, welp, maybe just one more spin of the wheel to really get ahead.  It's a nasty cycle, I know it all too well.  That little voice starts whispering come on try your luck again! Think of everything you could do with another big payout...  and  hard to ignore, right?  Even when you have the best intentions to stop, it finds a way to suck you back in.

You say Bitcoin units hold nothing, like empty boxes. But aren't empty boxes valuable too? Collectors pay a fortune for limited edition shoeboxes!  Maybe Bitcoin is the ultimate limited-edition digital box.  Who knows, maybe someday people will be fighting over empty Bitcoin wallets at museums!

As for the whole "non-existent asset" thing, tell that to the folks using Bitcoin for everyday transactions or those holding it as a hedge against inflation.  Maybe it's not the Mona Lisa, but scarcity and utility do hold value. You don't have to admit it, but it's a fact.

I think otherwise. The jury's votes are dramatically out of sync with the audience's preferences this year. For example, Switzerland would have only placed fifth according to the public vote.

I think it's high time to eliminate the jury voting at the Eurovision Song Contest. Many viewers feel frustrated that no matter how much public support their favorite acts get, the professional jury members override popular opinion to hand victories to less popular performers. Over the past few years especially, their bloc voting has catapulted somewhat questionable winners to the top spot over more crowd-pleasing hopefuls. With the experts accounting for 50% of each country's score, the public's role in picking the champion seems diminished. What's the purpose of letting fans vote in a contest where their preferences carry so little weight? If the EBU wants to retain public engagement they should reassess how much influence televoters versus judges have on the final outcome.

In order for the "light" wallet for Monero to work, you will have to share your private view key with the remote server. This will violate your privacy, but such wallets will synchronize with the network faster. The only two such wallets suggested on the getmonero.org website are MyMonero and Edge.

I am not aware that there are any other Electrum forks for Monero. The closest to it is the Feather wallet, which you have already tried.

The same rules apply as for trading.

Anyone is free to create a fork of Bitcoin to disable/enable anything they want in the software. But do you think miners/mining pools will support such a chain? (Or at least most of them?) What would be the incentive for them to do so?

Your assumptions are wrong. Most governments are not against Bitcoin since it is legal in most countries of the world. They do want to regulate it, though.


Those are two separate things. I doubt that Bitcoin will ever become legal tender in all (or most) countries in the world, but it doesn't have to be legal tender to be accepted as a means of payment or an investment asset.
As for regulation, that is already happening in one form or another.

When we're young, we all have these big dreams that someday we'll get to make a living off doing what we love.  But, that ain't easy.  It sure ain't all sunshine and rainbows - most folks end up settling into a steady office job just to keep the lights on, even if it doesn't exactly light our souls on fire and  and for most people those dreams of starting their own little hobby business or whatever stays just that... dreams.

But when some of us get older, that itch is still there, you know? We get tired of the whole office politics grind and decide hey, maybe it's time to finally take a real crack at that crazy dream we had when we were 20-something.  For me that dream was getting into woodworking. 

Now I chose a totally different career path in the IT world early on, but Id always been lowkey interested in making stuff with my own two hands.  Call it my genes or something - my grandpa was actually a carpenter, but he died when I was just a baby so I never met him.  I just heard stories about him and saw some old pictures.  Anyway, now that I'm approaching middle age and money ain't really an issue anymore I've been slowly tryin to follow in his footsteps, if you will. Right now, it's just a hobby. But I wouldn't be surprised if someday I quit my job to pursue it full-time.

How much of what you make needs to go just to keeping the basics covered? I mean rent, utilities, groceries.  Gambling's for fun, not paying the bills.  First step's figuring out what you absolutely need to live.

Then take whatever's left over and decide if you wanna risk some of that for a shot at winning a jackpot, etc.

In fact, today's transaction fees are decent. I don't see anything insane on mempool right now. Of course, they could be lower, but ~25 sats/byte is not so bad.


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Well... as long as it works, right?

What intrigues me, though, is if you think Bitcoin is dumb, why are you still here?  You've been doing this for quite some time now – how long has it been? So by your argument, you are at least as dumb as some of us here. Maybe even more, because some of us have actually made some profit investing in Bitcoin over the years. Have you?