Yes, because governments all over the world are working together to bring bitcoin and crypto to its knees. They are really afraid how disrupted it is, but it doesn't make sense at all. Why the hell will it be disrupted when only a few % of the total population on the planet have been into crypto? If they are afraid that its being used by criminals then they can easily track it down in blockchain network.

I really thought that we are in the process of recovery, but I spoke too soon. It looks like that it went below $9K. Investors are really afraid and just want to wait it out. This is gonna be long so that best thing to do is just hold on our crypto assets.

Guess I was wrong, maybe this crisis or bearish trend will remind for quite some time. It went above $9K and now back to $87xx. Nothing to do but keep on holding and see how it pans out.

Investors remains reluctant to partake with their cash. They may have opted to cash out and go to gold or stocks for now. Maybe when bitcoin starts to recover, I'm sure that they will have second look and probably go back to the market again.

As pointed out its year 2040 or 2041. Even the last bitcoin mined is unpredictable AFAIK. Its really depends on how the blocks is mined (every 10 minutes?).

I think there's going to be a Asics or mining hardware in the future that will be "eco-friendly", that will not consumed so much hash power. Oh yes, solar panel will be a good alternative as well.

As for the software, not sure though it we need to augment. It doesn't really makes sense.

Thanks. that's what really makes me go to land cased casinos, with friends and families to have some fund. Maybe the addiction on me has kick in again. Need to control myself because I don't want to fall into it.


But it's really different when you are in a real casino. The atmosphere, the people around. Then you witnessed those big Chinese gamblers betting huge amount, never ceases to amazed me as a fellow gambler.


Reason is that I feel bored and I out to go outside. Yes, probably I might have relapses again and going back to my old self. I guess its I need to be mentally tough and fight the demon inside of me.


To a certain extent, Yes, I would say that they are somewhat distracting. There are times that I won already and I want to get home, but I can't because they are still playing. So while waiting for them, I bet a few and incurred losses. Well, If I just decided to go home by that time by winnings will still be intact.


Thank you very much. At least I have someone who understand and feels my situation. lol.

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And thanks to those who have replied on my thread. I'm giving merits to everyone.  

Well Lyoto career is on the downward spin. And I agree with @Hydrogen. He maybe past his prime.  His best days are over so to speak. Plus age is catching up with the "Dragon". While Anders enjoys a 2 win fight streak and youth is on his side. With that said, I'm siding with Anders here. If Lyoto loses again, I think its time to call it a day for him. The middleweight landscape has change a lot since he last become a champion on that division. Its gonna be tough for him to compete at the level we are seeing today.

Lately, I've been playing alone in a land based casino. I used to go and play with my friends and family members but now I'm developing a habit not telling them that I will go to casino all by myself. It got me thinking, what the hell am I'm doing? If I should be going alone, why not just go online then?

Do you guys love to play alone in a land based casino? If yes, did it somewhat comes to your mind that it better to go online instead going solo on a casino?

Those who think that bitcoin is useless are those people who are late getting into the market. They wanted to ride the wave, unfortunately they are late that's why they think that its not worth it. Bitcoin has really help a lot of us here, no doubt about that. From a simple signature which we are being paid for our work, to trading, which gives us lots of opportunity to earn huge money if we all know the ins and outs of it.

I also disagree with the subject, its only useless if you don't benefited from it, but bitcoin has really help a lot of people here in the community specially gaining financial freedom.

So Houston has really improved a lot specially Paul joining the club. If Golden State and Houston face off for the conference finals, I'm sure it will be one epic clash. I still favor GSW though, defending champs, been there than that.


I doubt that GSW will make a trade just to get Lebron. I want him to stay on the East side. So that the there will be somewhat a balance between East/ West. And I think NBA are really taking a close look at those super teams already. They will not allow such talks because it will not be fair to other teams in my opinion.

Definitely a good chance for everyone not only newcomers but I mean everyone can really buy bitcoin because its a bargain. We have been hearing tons of people here, saying bitcoin is expensive. Now it your chance. Are you guys getting it or just completely trolling before?


Why next week? I think in the next 2 days we will see how's everything. If the price recovered then we should call it a day and relax. But if another negative news (FUD) comes in, I'm sure the headache and frustrations will continue.

Looks like its another perfect buying time for bitcoin and other alts because the market is on another price correction. It bottom at $9600 If I'm not mistaken, you should have grab that chances and just stash it in your wallet. And hold on it. Nothing is better than buying it at those prices because its cheap.

You gonna love those price specially if you are a long term holder. You just put it in your wallet and forgot all about it and just come back after 1 year to see how your investment grows.

Correct, will all the government crackdown on bitcoin, its already lost a great deal of its supposedly psuedo anonymous features. Remember that in the beginning, bitcoin has no names attached, but now every exchanges should have KYC/AML and they can easily trace you back or investigate on what is the source of all your bitcoins.

I already saw that it dip below $9K, but I guess someone nabs a few bitcoins and push the price instantly above $10K. I have been hearing about the bull trap in the last 3 weeks that I beginning to wonder that maybe, manipulators are artificially pumping bitcoin again, I thought it was a rally already to move past $11K, but then again, I'm always wrong with my prediction.

We will be entering February, I hope that everything will change for the better and we may see reversals, and price picking it up again to the tune of $12K-$15K so say the least.

I'm not so sure about that although I remember that he said that he will "limit" his play on clay. But I'm sure he wants to get those French title. It will be a "nice to haves" although clay is not his specially. Maybe he want's to limit but not totally eliminate the idea of chasing another French Open.

I have to agree, he will not retire, but he is very selective of what tournament he wants to play. So that he can rest his body and recuperate so that he can still play at par with the young generations.

I'm still optimistic that February will bring us a positive sentiments and move bitcoin price above $12K. Right now we are just above $10K mark and its frustrating to see that we have started at the wrong foot this year.

But I know, that this will be a great buying opportunity, those who have been in line and wants to enter can bought it at this price, and maybe pushing it a bit to $11K. And when February comes in, I hope to see the price test $12K and see it its going to hold. Confident that this crypto winter will be over next month.

I can't tell about the last 2 years, but this year, we have been suffering from a lot of FUD coming South Korea and then their the bitcoin future contracts expiration that has somewhat contributed to the price dipping further. Other says' because of the Chinese New year. Investor's cashing it out to celebrate that holiday.

Well its been a trend for the last 3 years but knowing bitcoin's volatile history, we can't really say for certain if this is a regular dip. Its almost end of the month, I hope things change for the better in February.

This is not new. Switzerland has been friendly to crypto. I bet you haven't heard that a school in Switzerland has started to accept bitcoin as tuition fee payment.  Though I can't remember if they are the first school to do it.

https://kryptomoney.com/schools-in-switzerland-accepts-tuition-fees-in-bitcoin/

This is really welcoming news because there are a lot of nation who are against bitcoin. At least we have one nation who is very open minded, willing to take the risk and embrace this new technology. Don't worry about those banning bitcoin and cyrpto. They really don't know how it can improved their economy and its not really design to be used by criminals.

Actually, there was one instance in the beginning that I was embarrassed because I didn't know that I need to put additional bet on the table. All the players are waiting for me to put the bet, but since I didn't know the rules then somewhat has pointed it to me and I became the joke on the table. lol. It was a blackjack or something.

But online? I don' think so, you are not playing against someone, there's no element in shyness present in there.

NO. I haven't experienced that kind of attention because I always check what the proper etiquette of the casino that I'm going. I always wear the proper attire and I don't cheat because the likelihood that you are going to be ban across all casino's is very likely so I try to behave as much as I can.

Yes, there are a lot of casino's in my place that not allowing anyone to enter in flipflops, whether your local or foreigner. That's how it is so everyone should follow.

Care to share what casino it was?

Because the network spam has somewhat stopped. Or it could be that there are less transactions, or people are moving to Segwit already. I try to test it myself (legacy address) today and pay around 300 satoshi/byte, and it was instant (well probably < 7 minutes). That's was the quickest transaction I my so far. But I still prefer Segwit, way way cheaper.


Yup, using Segwit should be the norm now. You don't have to pay high tx fees and it will gradually reduces the network the traffic.

Do you mean mid year? We are already in the last week of January so I doubt that it can get to $50K. But I would have agree that sometime around June-July we may see the price breaking $50K barrier.

It won't go below $10K or even $1K, because there's a lot of support on that price. The price is already moving to $11K-$11.3, and I'm expecting that by the end of the week we can get to $12K again. CBoE bitcoin future contracts are going to expire, and then after that, more investors who are just waiting will get into the market pushing the price.