Definitely no one will leave their houses without any good barricades that will protect their houses from thieves. The banking system played a lot of good advantages for each individual especially those who have a lot of wealth.

You might get a fireproof house right now if that happens, once your house is burning, your wealth will be gone too.

Exactly, an asset of the government and a way to control bitcoin once owned by a known personality like CW. He's obviously a fraud and this case should be ended soon 'cause he can't even prove to the judge the ownership of the wallet. This whole act of him is just a waste of time and I hope he stops it right now.

I agree with you but we can't change the fact that most of us knew bitcointalk.org for earning money. Even until now, many videos on youtube saying that you can earn money here without investing, same with Reddit, multiple contents spreading across the internet that you can earn here. So it's kinda hard to implementing something that will make grow the beginners' willingness to learn and study cryptocurrency.

The merit system is one of the barriers that avoids those beginners' greediness to earn money at the start.

On what I understand about those two terms is;
Investors are willing wait even it takes too long until they gain the desire goal, like reaching another ATH or making their own money with huge perecentage grow. Traders are for short term, they're observing the market 24/7 to make profit on minimal changes. They're the typical buy and sell users in the market. Therefore, investors are for long-term while traders are short-terms.

Obviously, there are many profits awaits so they're still continuing those events. They knew that fans and audiences are across the world and it will gain a lot for implementing it even there's a COVID-19.

Business is still a business, they can spend money on implementing measures to avoid COVID-19 while continuing the tournament where a lot of people bets and supports.

It's not about the bitcoin as mode of payment, it's all about the relation between bitcoin and mobile gaming. As the OP stated, bitcoin is the modern way while banks are the traditional, same with PC as traditional while mobile gaming are the modern.

So definitely, bitcoin as mode of payment in gaming platforms aren't related to this and most of us already knew about the steam.

There's a lot of happenings right now that will definitely be written again in the history of bitcoin. I guess it's a sign that more people are using cryptocurrency and adapting its features to make a development. One of the things that are most awaited by the community is the 2020's bull run. I hope that high-profile persons will adapt bitcoin so it can be stronger than it is right now. Day by day, a lot of unexpected changes in the cryptocurrency after the halving, and some experts say that it'll take a lot shorter time for the new ATH.

Even if the taxing method is not strict, it does not mean that we should take advantage of it so that we can save a lot of money. When a crisis like this current pandemic comes, it will definitely be a matter of concern, and the tax that has not been paid from the beginning will be brought to you. Taxation is a good way to elevate your country's economic status, and it's a shame if someone benefits from improving society but does not pay taxes.

Yeah, some companies are using charity to gain benefits for them and some are using it for publicity. So I guess it's better to donate to those organizations that are really helping and spending their whole life volunteering on such crises like what's happening right now, for them to gain more popularity and other people will also donate to them. I doubt that 100% of that money donated in the casino will be going for charity, business-minded people will always talk about business and definitely that's the part we don't know behind the scenes. I like how other companies donate on those organization than implementing their own charity, 'cause it's shady to implement a charity that's under a business name.

Yeah, interaction during a Livestream is impossible, chatbox during a broadcast of eSports or sports tournament is useless, it's for the hype only. Imagine, there's a lot of watching the stream and would like to chat in the chatbox to show some support on the team they wanted. Definitely, it'll be a fast flow, and most of the time, people are just spamming the name of the team, trolling with emojis, and saying "GG" when the game is over. Giving opinions or thoughts on broadcasts are a waste of effort because spectators and commentators are also focused on the game.

Even freebitco.in, I already knew this during the faucet days and now I'm wearing its signature and promoting their platform. Common signatures that can be seen by reputable members here are also platforms that have good reputations. So clearly, signatures on this forum show who's a legit platform that we can go and play gambling. Also, there are banner ads here in the forum to gain more audience and users to their platform, I guess that's the other way of choosing a good gambling site.

I guess it isn't a good idea to spend money that's lent on you 'cause it'll be a waste. Even you have maximum level of skills and very great at a specific game, it'll not give you any benefits. There's a lot of what if running here, so what if you lose the game with a single mistake? then you'll that money and will have a problem to give it back on the lender. I don't want those kinds of people that thinks gambling is the solution to multiply their money. I want to share my experience with this, I bet on a team that's I'm very confident with and 100% will win the match but look what happened, I lose a lot even tho I trust my predictions on it.

It won't affect the crypto market because as far as I know, it's already proven in such threads that are posted here that COVID-19 isn't the reason why BTC has a downfall.
Recently, bitcoin has a slight downfall to 8k$ mark and it's nothing new since we already knew that it has the ability to go back to 9k$ or even the 10k$ mark. Now, there's nothing to worry about it and just have faith in bitcoin that it'll give us new ATH this 2020. Let's have a positive mindset on this pandemic, we already lose a lot and don't deserve to lose more. And yeah, COVID-19 is still a factor but it does not greatly affect the crypto market right now.

The quarantine has a lot of effects, especially on the people who don't have any savings and ready for this. People ended up working from home while the others are being removed from work 'cause companies aren't financially stable due to lockdown. The most unfortunate event for me is our government doesn't give importance to those people who really in need. They're prioritizing other bills that don't make sense during the pandemic and enhanced community quarantine was already lifted to good community quarantine which is some people are already allowed to go out now.

University of the PH here already predicted that we will have 40k confirmed cases in the 3rd week of June, and I hope it won't happen.

Yeah, not only India, COVID-19 really hit the economy of all the countries especially the 3rd world country. Our economy is already down right now and has a lot of problems. Our lawmakers right now are making some non-sense bills that are not very reliable during the health crisis. I really like how some countries like Taiwan and Vietnam handled the health crisis and now have 0 confirmed cases. Our country has a lot of debts right now and I don't know how they will pay those and obviously we're the one, taxpayers, who'll pay it.

Agree, I guess staying on simulated games like GTA V that includes casino is a good way to play gambling, there's a lot of mission there to earn money. But if the gambler targets to earn real money, then GTA V isn't the key for this since you can't withdraw all of your winnings there. I will still recommend using an online gambling platform, more exciting and have real gamblers that spent a lot of time playing unlike in GTA V, most of them are just gamers that enjoy it and don't care about casinos.

I hope we have a mindset like this, this is a good way to avoid addiction, and a lot of money loses. If the intent of gambling is for entertainment, make sure that you'll enjoy it and no hard feelings when you lose the game that will make you play again to win back your money. I really don't recommend playing gambling as one of the ways to earn money, it's not practical and has a lot of risks. We all need discipline and the right thinking so we can avoid this loses 'cause money isn't the only one that will lose if you're already addicted on gambling.

A sign of gatekeeping. 

Yes, totoo ito na wala namang may ayaw sa online based transaction kasi ito na yung uso ngayon but the problems is the bankers, mas malaki kasi ang benefits na nakukuha nila sa fiat compare sa cryptocurrency. Bumababa kasi ang growth rate ng banko kapag tumataas naman ang sa crypto at maaaktuhan ang mga bankers. Kaya nga tinawag ni Jamie Dimon, CEO ng J.P. Morgan Chase, na fraud ang cryptocurrency kasi nasa risky position sila ngayon. Sa pagkakaalam ko yung JP Morgan chase yung pinasikat at may mataas at malaki na banking institutions sa buong mundo. And ang pinakahuli sa lahat, ang decetralization, isang malaking threat para sa kanila yon which is alam na nating lahat.

That's what I've thought also but If you're aiming to save a lot of bitcoin, you can actually buy it now. It doesn't require to have 1 BTC before you buy it, as long as it has a sale ongoing, you should grab your own hardware wallet now. The reason why it costs a lot because of security, and obviously if the user is just a bounty hunter or earning BTC through airdrop and such, he/she doesn't need this and will just cost a lot. But if you're an investor and want to have a long-term investment on bitcoin, then it's a sign that you should have one.

Same with me, almost 3 years of using mobile wallet but there's nothing happened.

I'm a gamer and I play on different platforms like PC, PS4, and smartphone. Yes, it's convenient, but sometimes it's not very comfortable to play on a mobile phone, especially when you're looking at a game with massive graphics and complex mechanics. Is that much easier? I don't think so, because after a few hours of gaming, you'll get a strain on your hands or fingers while on your PC, even if you're playing the whole day, it has a minimal strain, and sometimes it's only on your wrist. Well, the reason why mobile gaming is really popular is that most of us can afford it while only a few people have a high-end gaming PC. If all of us here in the Third World has the ability to play on a PC, it will definitely be the easiest and most convenient platform to play with. We can actually do multi-tasking in PC, playing while working meanwhile in smartphones, the game will be interrupted or load again if you minimize the game. IMO, the right comparison here is, the console will be the traditional (it already exists in the 70s) and PC will be the new trend since most of the high rated games or triple-A games can now be played at maximum settings there. But sometimes, the console doesn't act as a traditional gaming platform since they're very competitive and trying to gain a lot of users with their exclusive games.