How much did you pay in fees and what wallet did you use to make your transaction? If the transaction is RBF-enabled, you can speed it up to get a quicker confirmation. If you are the receiver of said transaction or you have change going back to one of your own non-custodial wallets, you can increase the fees with a CPFP transaction.

Keep an eye on the purging rate on Mempool.Space. If it's below what you paid, you might find an Electrum server that has dropped your transaction from their mempool, so you can cancel it and make a double-spend by paying a higher fee.   

Playing from restricted and banned territories is sadly a reality. Some players try it on purpose, others make mistakes and do it not knowing they aren't supposed to play from the geographical region they are in. Multi-accounting is also a thing, mainly because some players attempt to abuse bonuses, wanting to get their hands on some free money. It's wrong in both cases.  

We shouldn't expect that crypto casinos lower their fees unless the market conditions change to everyone's favor. If network fees remain high, so will the transaction fees that crypto casinos apply.

My first Investment was exciting but it was also a gamble at the time. No one knew where Bitcoin was going and that it would come as far as it has today. I have always found various ways to work for Bitcoin instead of investing and buying it with my own money. I think that makes things easier, especially if the market isn't moving the way you want and you don't need that money for something essential.

The situation looks bad and it has been bad for a long time because of the Ordinals spam. Some say that Ordinals spammers are abusing a bug in Bitcoin that needs to be patched. Others believe it's part of the freedom that Bitcoin gives us. I wish they would go away on their own. If not, I am leaning more and more towards banning that crap and turning Bitcoin back into a payments system and meme playground.

@virasog
When you are doing a face-to-face transaction there are still a few things you should be careful about. For instance, you could receive fake bank notes and end up scammed that way. Also, there is the threat of getting robbed and even physically injured.
But you can remain anonymous trading this way. The other person doesn't need to know your real name and there is no exchange of personal details.

@BlackHatCoiner
From what I was told when I asked something similar is that the goal was not to censor Samourai Whirlpool transactions but to stop non-standard transactions and something above 80 bytes, I think. Unfortunately, Samourai transactions fell victim to those restrictions.

I am on my phone, so I can't check this out in detail, but from what I can see, Mempool.space has a transactions fee historical reference here: https://mempool.space/graphs/mempool#3m.

Play around with the time frames and see if that works for you or not.

@m2017
Not that long ago, Ledger made a change in their Ledger Live software that affects the version you are running on your computer. When a new version became available in the past, the software would notify you and ask if you want to perform the update or not. But a few months ago, I read in their release notes that the software now performs automatic updates without asking for your approval. I haven't tested it myself to see whether or not this feature can be turned off.

Bitcoin should never be a source of financial difficulties or cause you other problems. If you can afford to buy and hold some until the price increases, do it. But don't trouble yourself and put you and your family into financial insecurity because you want to possess Bitcoin at all costs. If you can, find a way to earn Bitcoin as a salary or part of your salary. Do some freelancing for Bitcoin if you have time.

I would definitely mention the introduction of Ordinals and the enormous amount of spam that followed ever since. You could talk about what an affect it made on the network fees and how congested the network has been ever since. Perhaps there is a source that shows the average fees each month, so you can show the readers how little you needed to pay in the past and that those days are gone.

We need to stop living in this dream world where it's a huge surprise that software and companies track us. Ledger might be among the worst ones there is, but they are certainly not a unique case.

Owners of Electrum servers know your balance and all your funded and unfunded addresses. It's still a good wallet and the most-recommended one on this forum.

That's not as easy as you maybe think and it's not even a money thing. Even with millions of dollars to spend on ASIC gear, you wouldn't be able to purchase enough to become a big-enough party to find blocks where you could include your own transactions.

ASIC machines are like Ferraris, they are pre-orders that need time to be constructed. There is big competition and demand, and you would need a lot of time to become competitive.

There is nothing wrong with using the Lightning Network, but for a one-time transaction, it doesn't make much sense. If you and me, for example, transact on a regular basis, then LN is useful. If one of us is only supposed to send BTC once, we aren't saving anything in case we have to open and fund a channel and then close it afterwards.

Don't think of Bitcoin in terms of different addresses. What matters are UTXOs. Regardless if you have these UTXOs in one address or multiple ones, you will pay 2, 3, 4, or more times in fees, depending on how many there are.

Each time someone sends you some Bitcoin, you will have a new UTXO you can spend in the future. That's all you need to remember, and not what you have in which addresses. When you consolidate your coins, you convert multiple UTXOs of smaller values into one big-value one.

Everything needed for the verification needs to be replaced to trick you into believing that you have a genuine piece of software, while you are engaging with a malicious copy. The fake software needs to be signed with a fake key of the scammer. And your verification tool mustn't contain the original one, so that there is no error informing you that the verification process failed. As long as you have the developer's real key, a wrongly signed app shouldn't cause you any issues.

@The Cryptovator,
It's holiday season, give them some more time. The package might still show up. I once received a replacement package weeks before the original shipment showed up. I have also had packages delivered to friends from Amazon that were left in front of buildings by their unintelligent work force. Unfortunately, it's a mixed bag of experiences with these delivery guys.

Considering that no one has been maintaining and updating the software for a long time, it's expected that more and more assets will start becoming useless.

For those who still use Dash, there are native software solutions both for desktop and mobile. Plus a non-custodial web wallet, according to the information on the official website. Ian Coleman's tool can be used in case there is a difference in the derivation path.

o_e_l_e_o's knowledge of everything Bitcoin shouldn't be looked through his profession in real life. He has a passion for and deep understanding of what he writes about.

You can get there yourself with enough work and research.

Try this, for instance:
https://www.lopp.net/bitcoin-information.html
https://learnmeabitcoin.com/

Or if you like videos, give Andreas Antonopoulos a chance and his playlists on YouTube.

The best bonus you can get, in my opinion, is a free bet for sports betting. Good bookies only couple these promotions with wagering requirements of 1x. Usually, there is a minimum odds requirement of 1.50, which is doable. You can rarely find a similar offer for casino games.

I don't see a need to use Unstoppable Wallet for coins like Litecoin, Dash, Bitcoin, or Tron. All those assets have native wallets that you can use. And it's safer than using the same keys for all coins. In case something goes wrong and the keys leak or the wallet gets hacked, you wouldn't lose everything you have in your wallet. You only lose one asset, while the rest remains safe.