Non sense idea and not ideal to do. If the casino is for only the prisoners without any outside influence, then it should be okey as it will help the prisoners to experience something unique which a lot of other prisoners don't get to experience. Good for a social experiment.

But there are multiple downsides to it. Prisoners can quickly develop a habit of gambling which can continue even after that person is released from prison. That might not become an ideal example for an ex prisoner.

There are millions of C++ programmers available in the world. By your logic, everyone is a potential candidate for Satoshi Nakamoto. What a great non-sense!

Rishi Sunak belongs to the league of billionaires. He doesn't need bitcoin or any other cryptocurrency. By your logic, then should I understand that UK government is the creator of bitcoin?

When the interest rate increases, we have historically seen people moving out of non-traditional investment and investing in traditional assets. That's probably what's happening in the market now. But that is not a permanent situation, it's super temporary.

I believe Microstrategy is bullish in long term holding of bitcoin. They are trying to do cost averaging it seems as their previous purchases are made at a higher price. It does not tell us which direction the market will take to be honest.

Amazon is super predatory in nature. They are the sole reason for the death of millions of businesses around the world. It's great that California detected the trend and taking actions accordingly.

It's their practice to create products under the brand name of Amazon Basics and sell it at a low price to capture the market. Once they capture the majority percentage of sales in the market, they start increasing price. That's how they play the game. I believe California government is doing the right thing.

That's what my fear is! China has recovered quite well from the effects of COVID, rather faster than many other countries. At the same time, Taiwan is known for semiconductor and electronics industry. So I won't be surprised if China actually plans to launch attack on Taiwan.

That might start a big war and lead to World War III. US president Joe Biden said that US will stand beside Taiwan if any war happens. So the impact on world economy will be devastating if it happens in reality. Bitcoin may get lucky among this turmoil.

There are multiple staking coins available in the market. However, I believe the most important staking coin is now ETH after the recent merge. There will be multiple staking pools available in a few days to start pool staking in ETH. I believe it's a great move and will help mass adoption of mining through staking.

If you want to stake bitcoin, I believe some defi protocols will allow you to do that. But please understand the risk there as it entirely depends on their business profitability. Otherwise they can simply go down just like what happened to Celcius.

Economic impact is a subjective matter. If the price of bitcoin goes down, there will be negative impact on the economy as a lot of people will loose their investments and vice versa. So it is very difficult to conclude whether it's going to be good or bad.

Same is happening in El-Salvador. The price has gone down and that's why their president is facing a huge pressure from the citizens. If it had gone up, people would have blessed their president. It all depends on which direction the price moves.

It's so kind of Irish government to provide a basic income to the artists. But countries like Ireland can afford it given the population is less and stands second in per capita income. So it all makes sense for them! It helps in circulation of money as well as increases the purchasing power of the people. In turn, it increases demand and money flows into the economy. It's beneficial for a small country like Ireland.

But in bigger countries and especially where the corruption rate is high, this is not a feasible solution. Like in India, if the government tries to start similar basic income schemes, most of the money will flow into the hands of corrupt politicians and their close aids. A very minor percentage of population will actually get the benefit. It is practically impossible for India to maintain sanity of such initiatives.

It's a good development. Even though Baharin's population is just about one and a half million, it is an extremely wealthy country due to its abundant natural resources. So if bitcoin is accepted by their central bank, we can expect a huge inflow into the bitcoin market due to the purchasing power its citizens hold. 


Well it's a business and whatever OpenNode is doing, is for business! But if it is helping bitcoin at the same time, then it's definitely a new to cheer for!

What do you mean by short break? The bear market is still very much ongoing. Going up to 21k or going down to 19k, doesn't change the bull or bear cycle. This is just normal price movement. So no, I can't see any short or long break from any market.

Bitcoin is currently going through the bear cycle and this kind of price movement is very much common. For bitcoin, 10 -15% daily movement of price is normal.

It is very easy for hackers to gain control of your browser. So wallets like Metamask is not really safe. This is good for micro transactions but if you are holding a good amount of money in your Metamask wallet, it is not really recommend!

Probably that's the reason no developer has yet created a secured browser extension like Metamask. It is always best to use a desktop or hardware wallet if you are holding some good amount of bitcoins. Electrum is quite good and used by a lot of fellow forum members.

Once the hype is gone, the coin will be gone too! That's what we have seen multiple times in the past. A coin without any actual utility or no fundamentals are bound to fail. Till the time hype is there, market will respond to the coin. Once the hype is over, you have to add another coin to your deadcoins list.

I personally have not less than 50 deadcoins in my wallet which cannot be sold anymore. Sweatcoin is going to have similar fate.

Lol! Sending condolence messages are included in the protocol of the world leaders and that's why we have seen such things. It didn't effect the world activities in any way whatsoever. It could have an impact in UK itself but nowhere else! Kenya is not the world!

Every country in the world is facing a great challenge called recession. UK is a democratic country and the king and queen literally had no control on the policies of UK. They have a parliamentary committee to take care of the country. The King is a honorary post and it will remain that way. Financial challenges are different and there's no impact from Queen's death!

Selling physical properties? Who is this stupid? No one should do that!

Bitcoin and ETH has a great future. But if you are referring to any other cryptos, that will not be same. We have thousands of cryptos today in the market but no one could beat bitcoin or ETH. So if I have to hold on to a crypto for future gain, that will be bitcoin and ETH for me and nothing else to be honest.

What kind of a question is that? Obviously as a layman I would want the oil production to increase so that the price can decrease. It will help a common man to save money from fuel. Why would anyone want the oil production to decrease so that it makes room for price increase?

Unfortunately, that's not how the business works! OPEC will decrease oil production to create demand supply gap so that they can maintain their profitability.

I am sure remote jobs are not causing additional stress. Rather the plan for return to office is causing stress. I have 70 + members in my team and this month the management has decided to start the office in hybrid mode. I am currently standing at 13 resignations from my team because they don't want to return to office. So remote jobs are actually so much better than office jobs.

It saves time and money from travelling. And also doesn't cause unnecessary pressures. Yes the physical exercise gets reduced to some extent but that can be easily covered up at home.

It's happening everywhere! Inflation is a real problem and increase interest rate is one of the most effective ways to fight inflation. So ECB is heading towards the right direction. It happened in my country as well. I was paying an interest rate of 7.5% on my mortgage and last week it has been increased to 8.3%. Both my EMI and loan tenure got increased. I will now have to look into my finances more closely to reduce the extra expenditure.

I doubt at this scenario, investment will flow into bitcoin. Rather people can take out their money from bitcoin and invest in banking assets as the interest rate has been increased. That's usually what happens!

This incident shows why we need to avoid memecoins at any cost. None of these newly created coins have a future and will be dead in one day. The crypto market is seeing such kind of attacks since a long time now. Pancakeswap is a frontrunner here who allows to facilitate trading for such memecoins. This madness has to stop. Otherwise the crypto market will never be able to become mainstream due to its reputation.

In no way whatsoever! That queen did not interfere in any financial regulations related matter ever so there's no impact on the crypto market or even on the mainstream financial market. UK is one of the strongest economies of the world and one of the biggest users of crypto currency. It will remain as it is unless the new prime minister decides to do something drastically different and unfavorable to cryptos.

With the access to the faster internet service and high end mobile phone, it was expected! Gambling addiction was always a problem but with the easy access of various online platforms, it is becoming even more evident nowadays. It is also becoming difficult to catch problem gamblers early on as we just need a mobile phone to gamble.

It is indeed a problem in many countries. Online gambling platforms are restricted by the local law so even young people are getting addicted to such things.

I believe medical attention is needed but moreover an internet surveillance system is needed just the way people have in China. Otherwise, their penetration will just keep on increasing.