There are lot's of blockchains to choose from in Azure. I'm sure the developers are having fun like a little child in the ice cream parlor. If you're a developer there is little excuse for you not to get this chance to be involved in blockchain technology.

Won't running another layer on top of NXT have issues in the performance of the platform if the usage will go higher and higher? Why not just develop Ardor's new features in NXT? I am sure it can be done.

If I may suggest, maybe it is good if you don't take the publication too seriously. Are you familiar with the e-zine the Hacker Quarterly? Maybe follow their format. Some articles are serious, some are funny, some are technical guides for newbies and others are ramblings of hacktivism. But overall it is very entertaining.

If you take it too seriously it will be something only marketers and money seeking individuals will appreciate. It will have no soul and become corny.

The better way is to get start ups to test the platform and build proof of concept apps in Lisk. This will be the only way for everyone, even outside of the cryptosphere to notice. Building a torrent app is ok and useful but I doubt it will be a big thing in the platform. The most ambitious ideas I have come across are the ones that Ethereum start ups have in the pipeline. Some of them are listed in icocountdown.com.

Does ETHC have a chance? There are more miners and pools supporting ETHF right? The ones supporting classic will have to switch because what's the use? How can they make profit by supporting what is considered a dead chain by the Ethereum founders themselves?

If the miners and pools supporting ETHC cannot cash in their coins then they will give up before the end of the year.

Is this possible? I think NEM getting listed in Bitstamp or Coinbase is a fantasy. But for me there is a chance of it getting listed in BTC-E. It is one of the oldest exchanges and it is still alive and kicking. I have not read anything about it being hacked. Unlike Poloniex it was hacked once.

Yes I agree. Stability and security first and then further developments later. I mean what is the hurry? The developers must first make sure that everything is ready. Now look at what happened? This is another hurdle and problem to be solved. But if you made sure that everything is ok, this will not happen and development can go more smoothly.

Yes. Altcoin trading can be profitable and it is still very new so there is a lot of "loose money" investing in altcoins. Especially now with everyone riding the Ethereum bandwagon, many developers are also creating their own smart contract platforms. It is also easier to make money from it compared to gambling in casino games where the house an edge. But sports betting is also good.

What is the most popular bitcoin casino? I want to play to pass the time sometimes and I think slots is the cheapest form of gambling to do it without any stress. And what is the most popular slot machine game in the world of bitcoin?

Luck is a part of it but it is all mathematics. If you know the odds and your expected value you'll know what and how much you will win in each bet. Of course after knowing that it will now come down to your willingness to take the risk for the reward you are expected to get. In short you will know how big your edge is. If you have no edge then don't bet.

It sounds simple but it is not. Discipline also plays a key role.

I disagree with the title of this thread. All three are important but money and skill are more important.

But in arguing against the title, what good is your money if you do not have the proper skill in knowing how and what to bet? Your money will be useless no matter how much it is.

But if you could do this with some degree of consistency for a big sample size then you must be doing something correct. It is the sharp bettors that are winning consistently and that is the top 5% of bettors. Others lose, some faster than others and feed the sharps. This the reality of the game and even in business. If you are not smart enough then you are going to lose your money.

We often hear folks talk about race and religious issues in the USA, as well as around the world. . There are of course animals and sea creatures, but as for the human race, afaik we are all humans regardless of our color or religion. I dont know of any half human, half animal. The so called science, and defining characteristics of certain races, it only goes so far, as intelligence can be found around the globe. Some guy might have some pictures, and some other stuff to attempt to explain that, there is a difference between how the white race, and the black race think. But to that point, "we all breath air" as the famous actor Anthony Hopkins once said. Now this is not some sort of thing where its the old people who have race issues, both young and old people can be racists. But if one goes back centuries, even thousands of years you will find that even during those times, there were humans out there preaching messages of tolerance of others, regardless of race or religion. Around the world we have folks who believe that certain races, and even certain belief systems can effect a human beings way of life. Now the human mind is really an interesting thing, its capable of making informed decisions when it reaches a certain point. Now there as cases of mental retardation within some human beings, and we as humans often look to science to help out people who have mental deficiencies. We have religions people, and we have folks who consider themselves atheists. But again, what do these two people have in common? They are both of the human race. And the way the world works, and has worked, is when a Atheist or religious person get into an argument, warfare can and has happened. The human mind can only take so many insults until it reacts.

-Atheists who want religion eliminated, that most likely requires warfare.

-Religious folks who want atheists eliminated, that most likely requires warfare,

-Blacks who want whites eliminated or vs versa, that most likely requires warfare

-Religious folks who want other religious folks eliminated, that most likely requires warfare,

-Atheists who want other Atheists eliminated, that most likely requires warfare.

But for those who cant stand black folks, cant stand whites, cant stand Jews, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, get this, above one can note the words, Atheists, Black, white, religious people, all these types of people united during WW2 to take on what was arguably the most serious threat to freedom that the world has seen.

Where would we be today, had all those allied heroes from WW2, from numerous backgrounds, been fighting with each other as opposed to being united?

What more development can be done on dogecoin? Is there something new that can be done? Something spectacular? If not then it will slowly die. It is up to the merchants and start up if they decide to use dogecoins in whatever ideas they conjure. But it is there waiting to be used and wilting away.

"All a matter of funding. If steem creates a big suck and the big content houses react, then they'll likely launch their own versions on the "content4pay " concept. The key is community mindset and not necessarily growth/adoption stats."

This is true. If the big content houses are smart they should react at the right time and act in the right way. But if they do not react at all, they will be eaten alive slowly by the new blood and their market will shrink. Dominance in business in the internet is not the same in the real world. The shift in power happens much faster and at the strangest times online. The advent of blockchain apps will see to this.

Vitalik and his team has done well in the hard fork. It was smooth with no sign of technical problems. But I have a question. Is the new Ethereum "attack proof" from the one the hacker did with the DAO? Will we not see this happen anymore?

For easy profit I advice trading the latest altcoin platforms like Lisk, Rise or Waves. Why? Because they are riding the Ethereum bandwagon of a decentralized platform capable of building apps and smart contracts. I am not saying that they are nothing but hype. Some of them are really trying to make something useful and think they can build it better than the Ethereum developers by making a different approach.

That is good news. Sometimes I think of selling all because some person in the forum is making up any story to make Lisk look bad. In truth people should be buying in right now. The price has stabilized and there is nowhere to go but up. The developers will settle soon in an office and it is all work and development from now on. I hope start ups will start to notice this and build apps in the network.

It is a bit of a gamble. You are never assured if the altcoin you bought will go up. Also when it does go up you are never assured if your sell price is correct. Because sometimes after you sell the coin will still continue to go up and it is like leaving money on the table. Then sometimes when you keep holding the price goes down making your profit smaller. Anything that involves risk is a bit of a gamble.

This is a very wise advice. This is true and it will apply to everyone because you know the feeling that if you continue and you lose you will not be able to rest and continue gambling to get your losses back only to find out you have a bigger loss. Also it is not worth it to continue even if you win because the feeling you get is not very satisfying. So if feeling the loss is much more then feeling the win, then quit it is not worth it to continue.