Are we totally ready for the so called "DEDOLLARISATION" ? Who do you mean, when you say WE? The entire world or the Americans? The Americans will be way worse than the rest of the world, after the US dollar loses it's status of a Number One reserve currency(which won't happen so soon). I think that dedollarisation has to be conducted in a slow and steady way(step by step), gradually reducing the US dollar's dominance over the global finance. A fast and rapid dedollarisation would cause a global financial disaster. I wouldn't call Peter Schiff an "economist". He's just a hardcore gold supporter, who keeps repeating the same old stuff "buy more gold, sell everything else". |
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If anyone can please add their expertise here on being completely anonymous for the sake of the masses. In a world that is centering on control and tracking activity as a means of control, what are the best measures one can take in any given region for the sake of remaining completely anonymous online with not only bitcoin transactions but online anonymity with delicate private information on not only location whereabouts but financial data, social data, phone number and email privacy etc?
There are lots of tutorials on Youtube and on the internet in general about becoming anonymous online. There's no need to ask here. Here are my tips: 1.Stay away from Google and the other big tech. Never create a Google account. Use Duckduckgo instead of Google search. 2.Run a VPN over an RDP, over another VPN, over Tor, over another VPN. Good luck with this.  3.Use Protonmail, instead of the big email providers like Gmail, Yahoo, Outlook, etc. 4.Never share anything about yourself online. This is common sense, but whatever. 5.Never download anything and never click on suspicious links. 6.Use a privacy-oriented browser like Firefox. There are even anti-detect browsers like Dolphin Anty, but they are used for other purposes. |
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As we all know, Social media platforms are centralized ones, like Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram, and Tik Tok, etc. If we really want to remain anonymous by leveraging the features of Web3 then why are we using these centralized platforms? Maybe we are so dependent and addicted to these. Maybe due to mass adoption of it, because where there are more people there is more business and money too then why making effort to shift to another (easily)? The same scenario goes for crypto as well. Like, in crypto there is more trading volume on centralized exchanges while less on decentralized ones. Why? due to less adoption and knowledge may be due to less trust also. 1.Most people don't care about decentralization. 2.Decentralization isn't ALWAYS better than centralization. 3.Creating a decentralized social media platform would create problems with copyright infringement and hate speech. Also, which company would want to create a decentralized platform? Who is going to get the ad revenue, when the platform is decentralized? I couldn't care less about crypto trading volume on centralized exchanges because: 1.Most altcoins are shitcoins anyway. We don't need altcoins and tokens. Bitcoin Core is more than enough to serve the purpose of the crypto world. 2.Trading volume can be faked. |
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Will there come a time when online casinos will implement that you upload a responsible gambler certificate before you continue to play because of too many government restrictions it's not necessary for newly registered gamblers but for gamblers who lose a lot of money and their activity is they are suspected to be addicted to gambling.
The reason why the government will implement this, as a precaution, is to protect people from losing their wealth and their health from too much gambling because of addiction, it's a way of protection.
Even if such certificate would be implemented, I'm sure that it will be faked and many gamblers will successfully bypass it. The casinos have no incentive at stopping the hardcore gambling addicts from gambling. It doesn't matter that some casinos promote "responsible gambling" and try to describe their business as "responsible". Hypocrisy is a part of the game. The government could create lists of gambling addicts and each person, who is added to this list has to be forever banned from visiting offline casinos(showing ID card when visiting the casino would be required) and creating accounts at online casinos(ID verification would become mandatory at all online casinos). This would be a way better policy than the implementation of useless certificates. |
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What if the governments across the world attempted to seize all of your crypto assets like the US seized all gold from their citizens in the 1900s. Now I'm seeing articles talking about how the US government is trying to be able claim private property.
I think that ultimately this would be very challenging for any government to successfully accomplish. This would cause a revolutionary period again in our world I imagine....
The governments cannot confiscate something, which they consider to be worthless(at least most of the governments). Good luck trying to find and confiscate all the cold wallets, which can be hidden basically everywhere. A crypto mining and trading ban would be way more efficient than trying to seize all cryptocurrencies. Maybe an attempt at confiscating all mining hardware and banning mining hardware completely would hit the cryptocurrency world in a vicious way. The governments are capable of doing really dumb stuff. Their stupidity has no limits. |
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I would say that this was a catastrophic performance for Arsenal. Scoring two early goals and failing to maintain control over the game is a major weakness for team, that wants to be a champion. On the other side, Liverpool also had shown why their season so far has been a nightmare. Missed penalty and lots of missed goal opportunities. I really don't see how Arsenal would be able to win against Manchester City after several weeks.
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My question is how can one know that their game is rigged? If you play over 20 games and you lose it all, no one will believe you if you say that their is something wrong with the platform because truthfully as a gambler you have to lose, so what way can you actually know that a casino game is been rigged? Only the dumb and greedy casino owners would make a game totally rigged, so that the gambler will lose 20 times in a row. Smart casino owners make the games rigged in a way that allows the gamblers to win small in the beginning, so that they get addicted. After they start betting big amounts, the rigged games start working and they lose big amounts. Can someone prove that the games are rigged? I don't know. I never really trusted in the "probably fair" concept. I always gamble for fun and not with the intention of making money. I don't gamble big amounts, because I know that I'm going to lose them in one way or another. |
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I had been hoarding some bitcoins for a long time. But today I was forced to sell that bitcoin for family needs. Tried a lot but could not manage the required money. Maybe nearing a bull market I sold my bitcoins. I am having a lot of trouble selling this bitcoin I have built up over the years. I am grateful to this bitcoin forum because if it wasn't for this bitcoin forum today I might not have found a solution to my need. I don't get the point of your forum thread. Are you complaining about something? Why did you sold BTC for USDT? Can't you sell directly BTC for fiat money? What kind of app is this? It's great to hear that Bitcoin helped you in times of need. It's always a good idea to save some money for a rainy day. You shouldn't regret about selling your BTC near a bull market. I think that the real bull market will come after 2024. There will be more price turbulence in the BTC markets and all cryptocurrency markets in general. |
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When costs go up, so do profits? That’s not how capitalism is supposed to work, but that is the recent trend. For over a year now, consumers and businesses, both in the U.S. and worldwide, have struggled with stubborn inflation. But the soaring costs haven’t prevented corporations from raking in record profits. The companies in last year’s Fortune 500 alone generated an all-time high $1.8 trillion in profit on $16.1 trillion in revenue. ‘We may be looking at the end of capitalism’: One of the world’s oldest and largest investment banks warns ‘Greedflation’ has gone too farInteresting article, the term "Greedflation" especially. This is the first time I come across this term and I like it. I understand that someone wants to be rich, but when is enough? Is there enough? It's a well known fact for decades that inflation makes the rich richer and the poor poorer. Should we expect that the companies are going to lower their profit margins just because there's an inflation and the prices are doing up? Maybe there are cartel agreements and the forces of market competition are failing at lowering the prices. There's no significant drop in market demand, even though the prices are doing up. This means that the people have enough money to cover their bigger expenses. This is the result of the "helicopter money" policies and the stimulus checks in the last 3 years. Inflation will go down, only when the recession strikes. |
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Tipping the dealer isn't a norm in the country where I live. I don't mind giving a tip to the dealer, if I win a big amount playing at some offline casino. The problem is that I don't visit offline casinos. Perhaps the online casinos could implement such tipping feature, when the player wins a big amount, he must have the option to tip the casino. I know it sounds ridiculous, but why not? By the way, the article about MrBeast tipping a waitress has nothing to do with this forum topic. |
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Saying that Bitcoin is a scam is definitely a lie. I don't want to discuss the conspiracy theorists, who say that Bitcoin is a sophisticated Ponzi scheme.
Saying that Bitcoin is a risky and volatile investment asset is true. I don't mind, when the bankers and financial advisors keep saying that Bitcoin/crypto is risky, because it really is. The people, who want to invest in Bitcoin/crypto must know what they are doing and that there's a possibility to lose their investment. I also don't want to tolerate the fanatic BTC/crypto supporters, who keep saying that Bitcoin is some sort of magical investment, that will miraculously make us rich in no time. This is also a lie.
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The new Chelsea owner makes really weird decisions. Frank Lampard doesn't have the experience to lead a big team like Chelsea.
He needs to gain experience while being a manager of smaller clubs for at least 5-10 years.
I'm sure that Arsenal won't lose against Liverpool on April 9th. The gunners will be OK even if the match ends in a draw.
I got surprised by Newcastle destroying West Ham by 1-5. It seems that Newcastle will qualify for the UEFA Champions League. I wasn't expecting this. I really hope that Newcastle manages to keep the third place until the end of the season.
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According Samson Mow; Some people hate Bitcoin with an intensity that doesn’t make sense. You need to ask yourself why, and what exactly Bitcoin threatens for them to behave in this manner.
I think some people needs to understand that bitcoin is no man's business concerns. After all nobody is using another man's money to invest. Bitcoin could be greater with time, let's leave the hates about bitcoin.
The people, who hate something(not just Bitcoin) actually hate themselves. I'm not expert in psychology, but usually that's the case. There are people, who don't hate Bitcoin. They just fail to understand it. That's why they think it's a scam and try to warn others by spreading weird theories about how Bitcoin "is the biggest scam in the history of scams". Some people were Bitcoiners from the start, but they lost their BTC due to a crypto scam or made wrong financial decisions in the crypto markets. This made them bitter towards Bitcoin/crypto, so they start hating on BTC/crypto, just because they lost money due to their own mistakes. |
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There is a rumor going around that Centralized ChatGPT is getting banned, I don't know if this is official yet but it is official that in Italy the government is worried about privacy concerns and they put a ban on ChatGPT, is this the beginning of the end for ChatGPT? How will this impact decentralized AI projects because I believe they can't be banned.
Another possibility is if ChatGPT or OpenAI start getting banned in other parts of the world we can see a big rally on AI projects on the blockchain, what do you think?
Why do you think that centralization or decentralization have something to do with AI technology? Do you really think that blockchain technology can be used for creating and maintaining AI? Maybe it is theoretically possible, I'm not expert in AI, we should ask somebody who knows a thing or two about this subject. Decentralized AI(or whatever you mean by this term) can be banned. The problem is that the government won't be successful at efficiently imposing that ban. Privacy isn't the only problem of AI. I'm sure that AI bots use lots of copyright protected text and images, without the permission of their authors, which is illegal. |
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I hear rumors about Carlo Ancelotti leaving Real Madrid after the end of the season and becoming coach of the Brazilian national team. This would be a terrific end of Ancelotti's glorious career, even thought I doubt that Brazil could win the world cup in 2026 with Ancelotti as a coach.
Zinedin Zidane would never work in the Premier League due to the language. AFAIK, he doesn't know English that well.
Zidane would be a great choice for PSG, replacing Christophe Galtier. Galtier isn't doing a great job right now.
I really doubt that Didier Deschamps would be fired by the French football federation anytime soon.
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Bitcoin is completely decentralized, which means that no government or banks can have control over it. Traditional currencies, such as fiat, for example, the US dollar, Euro, and others, are controlled by banks and governments, but Bitcoin is not controlled by anyone. It works on a P2P (peer-to-peer) network of millions of users.
Another aspect of Bitcoin that made me love it was its lower transaction fees. Bitcoin operates on P2P, which is why its transaction fees are lower than those of banks. When you are sending BTC from your wallet to someone else's wallet, you will pay a little transaction fee to the network. Even that fee is used to inspire the nodes so that the transaction gets validated.
Other than that, Bitcoin is completely transparent. Every transaction since its first transaction is recorded on the blockchain. The best thing about the blockchain is that anyone can access the record. Due to this transparency, the transactions made by Bitcoin can be tracked easily, which adds a perk to its security.
Bitcoin is accessible to everyone, and that's an amazing aspect of it. Anyone from any part of the world can access Bitcoin through the internet. That means that anyone can transfer and receive Bitcoin anywhere without any restrictions. It even works in those areas where traditional banking infrastructure is not present.
Another very important thing about Bitcoin that made me love it is its limited supply. Bitcoin has a total supply of just 21 million bitcoins. It means that there won't be more Bitcoins ever, only those 21 million Bitcoins will exist forever. 1.Bitcoin is decentralized only if you don't use centralized exchanges and you keep all your BTC in your cold wallet. 2.I never thought that more transparency means more security. That's a weird theory. Can you elaborate more on this? I think that more privacy means more security, which is the total opposite of your theory. 3.Bitcoin is accessible to everyone, who has money to buy BTC. Which means that BTC isn't completely accesible. 4.I agree about the limited supply, but Bitcoin is way more than a limited supply. You could create a shitcoin/shittoken with a limited supply and it won't be as successful as Bitcoin. |
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As he ages, the window for him is closing. I never saw him encounter any financial problem because he has been diligient and frugal. This meet-up has completely changed my mind. Even people like him are struggling financially and we'd better prepare a comfortable life for the old version of ourselves. This uncle is still doing okay although with some struggles but I am sure there are millions who are broke and wish they could have made and saved more money when they were young. Always plan for the future. What do you think ? I don't believe that I will be alive at the age of 65+ and I hate making long term plans. Even if you keep saving an investing your money, there's always the risk or losing them, either by getting scammed or making wrong financial decisions. I'm sure that I won't be living a comfortable live when I get old, but I don't mind. What's the point of saving more money and having a comfortable life, when can't enjoy the benefits of being young anymore and your youth is gone forever?  I know that life sucks, when you are old(all the old people around me are miserable). It doesn't matter if you are rich or poor. |
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As per my understanding, crypto casinos have offered benefits that some fiat-based casinos cannot match. Another reason is cryptocurrency provides faster transactions and a level of privacy. Thinking about the regulatory environment surrounding cryptocurrency globally. I think a lot of crypto casinos are still churning existing users of other crypto casinos.
Privacy? Can you buy cryptocurrencies without ID verification? I know that you can, but the cost is higher. Faster transactions? So you think that fiat debit card/credit card transactions are slower? Are you kidding me? I believe that most of the hardcore fiat casino gamblers won't touch a crypto casino with a 10 foot pole. They are used to fiat casinos and the fiat casinos are convenient enough for them. Crypto casinos create a false sense of privacy and anonymity(until you have to perform KYC in order to withdraw your hard earned profits ). I don't know about any benefits a crypto casino can offer that were not already offered by a fiat casino. Can you mention any? |
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- To what extent do you agree or disagree with this assertion ?
-Have you had a business that even though it wasn't profitable in the first three (3) years, then it kicked off to bring in good returns in the fourth (4th) year? I've never had to run a business in my life. I'm not a business oriented person. Having a business requires so much more effort and good social skills. I completely agree with Kevin O'Neal. Some businesses become profitable in the first year, while others take several years before they start making a profit. It depends on the industry and the market niche. Trying to keep a losing business for way too long is wrong move. It will get the business owner into more debt and more trouble. There's a theory called the ""sunk cost fallacy", which explain why many people don't want to give up on certain activities in their life, mostly because they have invested so much time, efforts and money. Giving up would mean that all the efforts and money invested were simply wasted and that's why so many people don't want to give up and move on. |
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Hi we are thinking on starting a fundraise to increase our current bankroll we have $500k but we know our site is going to get huge fast because we are going to be 100% KYC free and available worldwide. How is this possible? Non-KYC gambling businesses aren't allowed in many countries. What if your casino get banned by the Internet Service Providers in those countries? What if you have problems with the authorities because you aren't imposing KYC policies? I doubt that anyone would invest money in your casino, because the risk of the authorities trying to shut down your gambling business cannot be neglected. "Getting huge fast" just because you are KYC free doesn't seem realistic to me. Do you plan to grow your casino without any marketing budget? Do you plan to advertise on Bitcointalk? |
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