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141  Economy / Economics / Re: BITCOIN ATM MACHINES on: February 11, 2017, 09:31:23 AM
ATM would be cool, horrible implementation. Too easy for the ATM to record all wallet.dat files, then take people's bitcoins long after they've forgotten about the atm...

In Israel we have a bitcoin ATM.

It's really simple, you just need to:
1. scan your wallet address barcod
2. put in some cash
3. aprove the transaction
4. wait for the transaction to your wallet

I think it should become more and more common everywhere in the world.
142  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Worst mistake in gambling on: February 11, 2017, 09:26:26 AM
I don't have much time to gamble (maybe luckily), so my biggest mistakes for now are that I get into lazy mood sometimes and want to hurry up with completing the wagering and rise my bet too much for my total balance, secretly hoping that bigger bet amount will help me to hit something big, and then it goes to 0 extremely fast
143  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Dice game strategy? on: February 11, 2017, 08:30:08 AM
All you need is proper money management.
this will give you a hand in managing your bitcoins wisely. With proper money management, you can maximize your winnings and control your losses. Also, keep in mind that you should you only risk what you can afford to lose, and do not go over that amount to avoid chasing losses in the end.
144  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: How to make governments accept bitcoin? on: February 11, 2017, 08:21:59 AM
The city of Zug, Switzerland, has announced it will pilot a bitcoin payments project that will allow local citizens to pay for public services using digital currency.
The move is perhaps slightly less surprising given the proximity of several digital currency startups in the region. Companies like Xapo, ShapeShift and Monetas are among several located in and around Zug.
145  Economy / Trading Discussion / Re: Scam indicators? on: February 09, 2017, 08:49:44 PM
If the website or service provider has no contact details whatsoever listed on the site, it is not a definite indicator of fraudulent intentions but it is a red flag.
Criminals will usually attempt to convince you to act quickly to avoid missing big profits or high returns.
146  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Scaling Argument is Ridiculous on: February 09, 2017, 08:42:04 PM
if Bitcoin is ever to be a serious challenger to mainstream payments systems, it must be able to create enough liquidity to support very high – and variable – volumes of transactions at low cost. The desire to preserve wealth cannot take priority over the need to support economic activity. Poverty and inequality due to scarcity of money and high transaction costs are surely worse evils than (mild) inflation.
147  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Negative effects of technology on: February 09, 2017, 08:03:30 PM
Using technology can change a child’s brain. An article in Psychology Today says that the use of technology can alter the actual wiring of the brain. More than a third of children under the age of two use mobile media. That number only increases as children age, with 95% of teens 12-17 spending time online. The time spent with technology doesn’t just give kids newfangled ways of doing things, it changes the way their brains work.
148  Economy / Service Discussion / Re: Bitcoin transaction accelerator is it true or not? on: February 09, 2017, 08:00:29 PM
ViaBTC's Transaction Accelerator works and can be used to unstuck even very old transactions.
But this feature is potentially open to abuse. Since they claim 100tx per hour, it would take just ~66 of such spam transactions to completely fill a viaBTC block. Furthermore, an attacker could craft a special low-fee slow-to-verify O(n2) transaction to include in a viaBTC block to increase the chance it gets orphaned.
149  Other / Archival / Re: Do you agree with idea "Bitcoin bank" ? on: February 09, 2017, 07:51:58 PM
There are such services. But there's a good reason not to use them -- if one day the service is gone, so are all your Bitcoins. This has already happened once and will almost certainly happen again. As of yet, there are no companies I would consider sufficiently reputable in this business.
150  Economy / Economics / Re: Better adoption through use of mBTC on: February 09, 2017, 07:44:14 PM
No one is going to do this for us. If we stop talking in BTC and start talking in mBTC right now, then we will kickstart the transition. If we start it, then other media sources and forums will pick up on it, and eventually the exchanges will finish the job. Everyone knows that it has to be done, but they're just waiting for other people to do it.
151  Economy / Games and rounds / Re: DirectBet Ice Hockey Prediction Game *** Win Free Bets ! *** Free to Enter ! on: February 09, 2017, 07:38:48 PM
Nashville Predators 2 @ 4 New York Rangers
152  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Investing in casinos on: February 09, 2017, 01:22:57 PM
Anyone who has spent any amount of time at a casino knows that the odds always favor the house. After all, gaming companies wouldn’t be in business for long if they didn’t retain an edge for themselves.
So just look for stable and old casino and put your money on it.
153  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Bitcoin for the rich, not the poor - We are talking about the miners fees on: February 09, 2017, 01:13:18 PM
Rising Bitcoin transaction fees is good for the network. Low transaction fees are unsustainable as they do not provide incentive for miners to continue processing transactions.
Right now, we have subsidies, so we don’t really need any transaction fees, because of subsidies, miners are willing to mine. But later on, as the subsidy goes away, we definitely need to figure out a balance between miners and users of the network.
154  Economy / Games and rounds / Re: DirectBet Basketball Prediction Game *** Win Free Bets ! *** Free to Enter ! on: February 08, 2017, 11:46:41 PM
Cleveland Cavaliers 106 - 98 Indiana Pacers
155  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Efficient way to eradicate corruption on: February 08, 2017, 05:55:17 PM
We need a law to dismiss from service if found to be involved in corruption. For instance if you see cases where anti-corruption bureau rides an officers home and finds disproportionate assets, the officer is suspended from employment and taken for judicial trials. But after couple of years you will find them in employment at same or even better positions. So this creates no fear among the officials against corruption.
And we can also keep transactions online and provide bill for every purchase: Many of them do not pay taxes and escape.  This is where bitcoin can come into picture.
156  Economy / Games and rounds / Re: DirectBet Soccer Prediction Game *** Win Free Bets ! *** Free to Enter ! on: February 07, 2017, 07:24:43 PM
HT : Barcelona 1 - 0 Atlético Madrid
FT : Barcelona 2  - 1 Atlético Madrid
157  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: The reason why people do not get Bitcoin. on: February 05, 2017, 10:50:15 PM
Bitcoin is not commonly used for purchases simply because people don't earn bitcoin at their jobs.  They earn USD/EUR/CNY, etc.  And that's what they spend when they buy things.  Going through an extra step (via BTC or gold, etc.) is just massively inconvenient and subjects the buyer and seller to exchange rate volatility.  Add in the fact that fiat currency denominated credit and debit cards are extremely user friendly and that fraudulent charges are reversible then you have a killer app for fiat currency that's hard to beat.
158  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: SUPER BOWL - WHO YOU GOT? on: February 05, 2017, 10:44:23 PM
I have had issues since the start of the year - and well beyond that - with the Falcons - and that hasn't changed. I respect them but don't yet trust them. Simply put, I still and comfortably pick the Patriots to win it all. There are reasons for that ranging from the emotional (Tom Brady went to Michigan, and the only real QB to ever come from Boston College is Doug Flutie) to the statistical to the psychological.
159  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Ethanol fuel on: February 05, 2017, 10:41:02 PM
The simple answer is cost. 

Cost comes out in two ways.  The first is cost of production.  On an energetic basis, ethanol is less energy dense than petroluem products like gasoline, so it has to have a lower volumetric cost of production to maintain parity.  Given the ethanol technology currently available, the cost of producing the ethanol in most places is going to end up very near or at the current price of fuels from petroleum. 
160  Other / Off-topic / Re: How many Bitcoins are lost forever? on: February 05, 2017, 10:34:11 PM
I can tell only from my own experience:
I lost almost half bitcoin because of lost keys, mobile phone malfunctions, and transfer requests to wrong addresses.
I learned from every mistake I've done, but I'm sure almost every user of bitcoin has some lost bitcoins because of similar mistakes.
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