Let me clear you better on this matter, I am not on any side, I am neutral. All I know is that justice is not served with the way some people are taking it here. This is a peripheral media trial, it doesn't hold any water, yet, I like to only take a side when either of them could prove it without any reasonable doubt. None has done that, they are just saying. So, I remain neutral.

Besides, VPN is not illegal in casinos, though, it is good to avoid it to avoid issues (that's if you know). You will contact many of them (casinos), and they will say they allow it. What if the guy never knew but used it? Don't you think he could be ignorant? I believe he was even ignorant to have stated it on that thread, and if it breaches their terms and conditions which I didn't read, then he is guilty. Nevertheless, cases are treated separately by a fair institution in case of ignorance. Many had used a VPN that breached Ts&Cs and was still fully settled when they traced that the gaming activities were entirely different. So, VPN usage is not the "right" to confiscate your money by any fair establishment, they will investigate further. Regardless, never did I read it was even because of VPN over there, but because of many accounts that acted alike.

Many accounts that acted alike, what's the proof? Anyone can say anything. Should we now believe everything? Why? Because a certain person we don't even know personally said it?

I'm still neutral on this. I just don't like people taking sides without valid proof. I hope you get me now.

Bitcoin has done it again, the bullish comeback was much anticipated, but it is worth giving kudos because it did not fail our expectations to say the least. But now, as usual, you will hear people calling various prices due to what is happening, but to me, I do not see them as mostly professional, they will just randomise the calling which makes it inconsistent. Especially the round figure levels and psychological prices that they often call. As for me, I see that Bitcoin is bullish for now, and the main target is at the ATH of the coin, I see nothing so important to call a target again except that, at least for now.

But this level is still higher than what can be hit any time soon, we will have to be so patient enough for it. It might however be hit before the halving if the market is so determined to move higher, or it might hit it shortly after halving which was against what people expected initially. Thinking that it would take a month after halving for this to be achievable. Lastly, the $60,000 level you called is achievable as well, but I do not see it happening in February. Bitcoin can't move higher without having its own bearish challenges as well no matter how little it is.

Nevertheless, the advice of @BitcoinsGreat is very much valid as Binance is a better alternative to Localbitcoins and services like it actually killed the business of Localbitcoins.

Also, if there are countries that ban Binance, and not cryptocurrency generally, such will be so few. I can only read of Singapore and a tiny fractional part of Canada. I didn't dig deeper but I know that Binance offers its service to almost every part of the world. But it is a different ballgame if you want to use DEX, the Ts&Cs must be obeyed including the KYC.

Besides, KYC is not what killed Localbitcoin, it's the too-hot competition in the industry that killed it. I can't have Binance and still think of Localbitcoin, this is obvious in all services you may think of.

You are on point, Bitcoin has completed the needed correction that scared people in January, and it has moved up to confirm this. By the action of breaching above the former 2024's ATH at about $49,100, it shows that the overall bullish trend of the market has resumed, and the target is now the ATH of the market which is around $69,000. I am extremely bullish on Bitcoin now, there were a lot of issues on its way, but now, it has overcome all of them. For it now standing above the resistance-turned-support at $43,600, it can conveniently be bought with little challenges from the Bears.

I expect the market to be strongly bullish every day that it has a bullish price action on the daily chart or even a candlestick that is bullish will do the work. It would be a better confimation that the market is on the bullish path without a sign of a change yet. Mind you, all the higher chart analysis confirms a bullish trend, so no one buying the asset for the long-term plan will ever regret their actions.

Personally, I don't like this and am also disheartened by them. They look one-sided and it shows the lack of regulation of the red trust. I've always known that any power/freedom given without regulation can be misused, and what I just read are examples of that. I can only see excesses.

I wasn't privileged to know what transpired in the second one and I didn't read it still yet, but for the first one, I was able to read what happened and even replied there a while ago. My take is that for a company representative to come out to state their own side of the story without proof doesn't make the person alleging them guilty.

Or is that the way justice works? I'm just confused about this.

Maybe I am missing something, but in the absence of any proof on either side, is it not best to stay neutral?

Bitcoin is not new and we've been saying the same thing about it for a long time now and this will never change. It is an asset with a very good prospect, it will continue to rise because history has always vindicated it and most people are buying the scope of what history has done n terms of tradition. In addition to that. Bitcoin has been inculcated into the mainstream of the financial market and it is such an asset that people love to own since it has a very good future. But aside from all these, it is such an asset that is so analyzeable on the chart and has been so lovely to be bought especially when it is in its bullish season.

Also, as you can see all around the coin, Bitcoin is in its bullish season, no one should think otherwise even as the technical analysis is favouring the coin as well. It is long-term in the bullish disposition when it comes to the technical chart's predictions, so I expect it to rise even more this year and part of next year. After which it might not be safe to continue to buy it for a while. It might at that time enter another bearish season which calls fr caution. Just be well-informed of this and let your trading chart be your guide.

Sorry about your loss, but still, if you didn't risk at all, you may not be able to gain. But this is just due to your wrong choice of investment, you may be happier with other alternatives. Although you didn't explain it well to let us know the time you made the investment, whether or not it was during the mini-bull run season or the last major bullish or bearish season. Either way, you have learned in a way, and even if you would invest in altcoins, you should not be emboldened to the extent of investing all your money in just one, the risk is too much. Unless you are so lucky, it's either it will not move up so much or you will lose some of your investment money.

But as it is now, there is still hope. You may try as much as possible to wait for it to reverse in your favour. It could still dust off the 30% loss, and you might gain back your money with ease. Thankfully, we are entering the major bull run season soon, so you may even gain back your money in multiples, and the gaining could be speedy too.

As much as I like to agree with a few of your points, you still painted them so obviously that it shows you just didn't like TRON. But I will not allow that to cloud my judgment and whatever you have against TRON is yours to deal with. So I will be plain with my reference.

Fine, the upgrade/improvements on TRON just like Ethereum, SOL and others make it score so poor in this regard. Yet, it is the project that beat Ethereum in other ways, especially the fees associated with the transfer of the asset and the speed of receiving your asset.
Also, when it comes to the reliability of cryptocurrencies during the major bearish season, TRON has it. It is rare not to see a cryptocurrency that will not drop more than 3 times from its all-time high. TRON is one of them who did that.

I can't take it for granted, even though it may be rising slowly during the bullish season just the same way it falls slowly during the bearish season, as if it is a snail. That's the issue I have with it presently, and if they can improve on it to be more scalable, it will be fine.

We should not deceive ourselves, if the investment in altcoins can be risky, then in that sense, the investment in the entire crypto space is risky without removing anyone of them. That's the fact, we should stop holding the thing of the financial market with kid gloves, and if you are not the type that has the huge mind to take risks, I think you should back off from investments. It is never by force, and with the little I've ever seen, if not for trading, cryptocurrency is still the best market I've seen in all the market industries I've had dealings with.

I can say that I've had dealings with virtually all aspects of the financial market, but when it comes to more certainty and confidence in the investment, I think that cryptocurrency has it. It is not going to be entirely easy though, but still, so long as we give it all it takes, we will always prevail. There are times you buy your Bitcoin or altcoins, and there are times you liquidate them ASAP, just let your analyses be your guide, especially the technical chart. Moreso, you have to only invest in the best projects, which are the ones you have so much trust and believe in based on the community and the good projects they link them with. I do not think you can make mistakes doing this if done well.

You will need to learn extensively about the crypto market or any asset whatsoever before you can use the understanding to fully know what people are saying here. If not, you might just guess most of what you read but it will not land you any where good. Well, in summary, if you are dealing with any asset like Bitcoin, be sure that the asset's price can either go up or down, which traders/investors would call Buy or Sell. The market players often relate the buying and selling to some other names to better denotes it, that's why they call the buying market a bullish market and the selling market a bearish market. And this bullish and bearish are derived from the animals, which are Bulls and Bears, they are such that they relate to the players in the market.

However, those who are associated with the buying of the market are called the Bulls, and the condition of the market at that time could be bullish. While those who are associated with the selling of the market are called the Bears, and the condition of the market could be bearish at that time. So if you hear of the bull market or bull run, then you should know that it is a buying market where the market is appreciating in value. Nevertheless, I still advice you to learn more about the market trading and investment for better understanding.

You are getting a whole lot of these wrong. First, there is no investment that is risk-free, be it Bitcoin, Gold, or even land, they have their degree of risk, only that they might be less risky than some investments. But that doesn't mean they are outrightly out of risk. Permit me also to say that I invest in all three, so I can say of them even as anyone could have access to the same information even if they've never invested in them, they are all over the internet for our consumption.

Contrary to what you said, if you buy the land, your money has been converted to it, so there is no need to keep anything in that bank anymore. You don't even have the money again with you. Or do you think you still hold the liquid money or cash even as you hold the land which is now your asset? That's not possible. The same thing goes for Gold and Bitcoin, you've already used your fiat money to purchase them, you can't store their value in the bank again, you can only own them as the store of the value.

And when they appreciate more, you get, but if they depreciate, you lose. It's as simple as that.

Well, I like to avoid judging anyone, they can be the ones to actually tell the reason why they do some things. Being poor doesn't mean you are desperate, and there are some supposed poor people who are living better lives than rich people. They might not lack the daily bread and are comfortable with the good life they live even as they do not have as much money as the rich. You can imagine such a poor fellow gambling, it may not necessarily mean that he wants to be rich there, it might be what he loves doing it and he might even be calculative about it also.

The same thing goes for rich people too, they can have their reasons for gambling, it is either for fun or for the money. We should not be exonerating the rich people that they can never gamble for money, they can. Even though some of them have money, they may want more money through greed or any other reason. In some cases too, they may think that gambling can earn them more money if they are good at it. And by this, committing big money consistently to it. So, it depends on the individual and, not the financial class, they could gamble only for the fun or for the money, it doesn't matter, only that we trust/praise the rich more than necessary even though they are also human beings.

Bro, you should know that the guy merely made a mistake judging by what he has been narrating from the beginning and even after the typo mistake he made. He actually wanted to write "irresponsible" and not responsible." From what I've read through what he wrote, he is 100% right, and what he wrote is such that gamblers should read and change their ways for the good. We should always know that greed and revenge are so bad in gambling, and if care is not taken, they will continue to push us until we become addicted, and no one who is addicted to gambling can be responsible.

It is either it takes your time from you, or your energy or your money, and in most cases, it will take all of them from you at the same time. This calls for caution in this regard so that we will not just be a puppet of gambling. We need our own mind in action in this regard, and this is what will help us to stop/pause, or quit/ continue whenever we want. Anyone who can actualise these will surely be a responsible gambler

Yes, we all have our experience with gambling which includes the first day of our gambling and what caused us to make that move. But in my experience, it is not in the regular way that people narrate theirs, and maybe that's why I engage in gambling more politely than most people do. I've seen offline casinos since I was young, and I was in secondary school then. I've always been curious about how they go about it. They call it "Pool" then. It was after this that other ideas came in this regard (at least in my locality) and more were seen but I never gambled it for us. I was able to avoid it until my university days, so I was mature enough to engage in it.

This is all by myself without the interference of any friend, so it has been easy for me to play when I want to play and stay off it if that is what I want since no influence. This is a good mindset to gamble as well, and am proud to have earned more than what I've lost. Even though the difference is so small in comparison, it's still worth the kudos.

The lack of demos in gambling is not encouraging but I understand the plight of casinos too. It is going to discourage a lot of people if they are not making money through demo gambling, and this will not even make them deposit their money. They would rather use the money for other purposes instead of wasting it. Because you cannot see danger in front of you and you will still force yourself into it. But when you start directly with live gambling, you get to take the risk immediately, and if you are not sensitive, you might just continue to lose the money and keep depositing all the same until you get addicted if care is not taken.

But for those gamblers who are sensitive and wise, they should limit the risk because there was no demo to practice gamble with care. They can be gambling with just $1, while some may even go lower than that if their casinos allow it. This is another means of testing the platform you are playing with, the options they have, the game itself and your gambling expertise. You can have the time to manage and improve in yourself as well before it becomes better. By doing this also, I do not believe that the gambler who is sensitive and such that has created good expertise, budget and plans towards gambling can regret it so much.

I am surprised about what you just said here, or maybe you didn't explain well for me to fully understand. Did you mean such a gambler is not sure of himself or what? I can't seriously comprehend this because we should not be relying on other people for our gambling activity. Good, we can learn from others to know how they do it if we know they are good or better than us, but being dependent on them is not what I like, it could also cause issues like confusion and regret at times. This is particularly true if we've already had our games set but because we peep at what the supposed better gamblers were doing, we now change our options and might be the wrong options we changed to, which hurts.

I believe that gamblers should have their own minds and expertise, this will make them lose proudly and not that some certain people will cause the loss of their money for them. This is what pains me most, and ever in my gambling life, I've never played based on other people's advice. If the worst comes to be worst, I would rather give them the money to play on my behalf. I've done the latter times without a number and those who I'd given the money have always lost the game. This is why I do my thing by myself and it has been fine with me.

With what is happening around football in relation to VAR, well, it is not inappropriate to say that VAR is doing a good job, but with errors. These errors are not much, nevertheless, it could be so painful at times. Regardless, VAR has been a very good assistance to the referees and I do not think that abolishing it totally is the right decision as some people are glamorous but to improve on it. Nothing is perfect in life, which is why in the case of VAR as well, it can't be perfect, it is the human beings behind the screen and also privileged to be watching the match live on the pitch
 that should make some corrective decisions almost immediately to better help the VAR.

And if it is to give it more time before a decision is made, they should, not that they will leave everything to VAR to do. VAR is a computer program, itself will not make that mistake, it is humans that are judging it wrong, and based on the programs in it and the way they conclude on its advice. This is what I believe they should work on, but it seems that FIFA is lagging behind in this regard.

No one can say that VAR is still at a testing stage, that can't just be with the years it has lived, since 2016. They should have perfected it better by now instead of letting it cause a daylight robbery in football.

I've always said that we have different reasons for gambling and this is irrespective of our ages. However, the age would tell more on the older people because they started gambling when it was still totally offline and nothing online then. People can gamble for some reasons, but basically, it is for the fun and for the money. For those who want to gamble, their priorities between the matter and we should respect that for them. Some would want to gamble online for some reasons, while some would want to gamble offline for some reason too, and irrespective of the choice we opt for, we should ensure that we enjoy it to the fullest, even as we have the fun and try to make money from it where possible.

I love to go for offline gambling at times, though I prefer it to be on the weekends, which is either Friday night or anywhere between the afternoon and evening on Saturdays. I rarely do this because I am a very busy person, yet I must tell you that if you go to the right place, it is just like you are at a relaxation centre. You see people, you interact, you drink and all that, so it is often fun on its own. On this note, I do not think that people go for offline casinos only to play and gain but to have fun. Especially the old people like your grandmother, it is a very good idea. At that age, there are not many activities to keep her engaged and feel lively, so if she has been finding joy in gambling, why not? I know that she can behave herself towards it at that age, so there is nothing to worry about.

Nicely said my friend, though some could be encapsulated into a single point, but all the same, you are right about them all. Gambling is an activity that can infest us if care is not taken, it will start like a play but before we know it, we are so engrossed with it. This is always our fault in most cases because we do not have that sensitivity towards it and it is so bad. That's why we could believe that we can be casual about but before we know it, we will start revenging or being greedy, which are the main reasons why people are addicted to gambling. But if these had been prepared initially, such a person could have been trying to avoid them and have the mindset that if they are being infested gradually, they would have quickly noticed and nipped it in the bud before they become uncontrollable just as it's always in such ugly such cases we see daily.

It is all about us and no one else, and gambling will always remain the same, the prior understanding of the good and the bad sides of it is very important as well as it prepares us better. With this understanding, one can know how to avoid the bad side of it and embrace the good side, and even maximize it to their advantage better than those who were not very informed before they started. Gamblers should also know that it is all about having their plans, budget and discipline mainly in this regard. They can fight with determination as well, and with this, a balance will surely be made.

Let me say that you are the one who is expecting more while the reply to what the OP asked is right in front of you. You should know that this is a general question and, not a directional one, so you capture your responses generally as it is. But if at all you must be directional in some of them, I believe you are free to do that on your own but not believing that the OP is not right. For me, it is all good, it is just a means to know how gamblers generally feel towards betting before they do it and even after committing their money to it. I see this as more of a survey though I do not know the main intention of the OP to have asked it, regardless, let the fun continue.

Or maybe you never read the OP because he even shared his thoughts and the reason for the question, and I feel that he was fighting a spirit/mind at that time of his betting. I also felt the same way when I started gambling, and that was towards some certain lotto games before it later stopped. I've also never been a victim of any before. This is because I make sure that I wager the amount that will not hurt me if I lose it and that has been the best key for anyone to overcome any psychology of gambling whether it is positive or negative. I see no reason why I should wager too hugely because my mind tells me to do so at the time of betting. I act based on my plan and it doesn't change.