You are not saying what type of investments you had for the last 15 years, so I presume that you saved that money in a Bank? We all know that Banks give us low risk and low profit, so it is not the best investment option that you can take.

I like to have a balanced portfolio, with some money invested in low risk investments like Banks and some medium risk investments in property rentals.. but a large portion of my investments are into Crypto, because it has the potential to generate huge inflation busting profits. 

Let's not forget that John Oliver are a comedian and a actor.... so their main goal is to find content that are controversial. Bitcoin and Crypto currencies are one of those topics that can be exploited to push a lot of buttons and get the most reaction from viewers.

These people thrive when they can pick people and technologies apart for their own gain. So yes, Bitcoin and Crypto currencies are a easy target for them and there are a lot of scams and shitcoins that are giving them a lot of content. 

The solution will be for all politicians to declare the donations or funding of their campaigns. This should be enforced and total transparency should be applied to make sure that things like this does not happen.

The problem is this... the politicians make the laws and they protect their own interests. So you should vote for politicians that can change the laws to protect the people. (This is not easy .... because most politicians are corrupt) 

I think people are going to see a lot less people doing rains or tips, with the changes to the system. In the past, you just typed /tip @user and you set the amount, but now you have to do 2FA to do it... and I think all the extra hassles are just too much effort for people.

Do you guys still remember the days when people "rain spammed" the chat..... well it cannot be done so rapidly anymore. My biggest rain was $200..... and it was years ago, when there were a lot less people active on Stake. (The large number of active people on Stake now, also reduce your chances to catch it)

We should not care about the silly arguments that are made about Bitcoin, but we do... right. In any way..... there are a huge difference between trading and investing in speculative investments and pushing your money into a Slot machine, hoping to get a win.

It is as you said.... if you ask the majority of gamblers to show their balance sheet, they will be in the red, because gambling goes with losses....but ask a Bitcoin owner to show his balance sheet, then you will find that most of them are in the green. (Simply owning Bitcoin, shows something positive on your books) 

They can spread misinformation, because they have control over mass media platforms and there are nobody concentrating on spreading the correct information. Do you see billboards saying "Bitcoin is not a scam" or educational programs on television to educate people on the facts?

No, we do not have centralized organizations stepping in to fund campaigns like this, so people listen to what mainstream media are saying. Where are all the companies that are making millions from Crypto currencies? Do they really care about the technology or do they care about the profits. 

You make a very valid point, but it does not mean that we should develop and support more initiatives that increase centralization. The Bitcoin developers created the Lightning Network and I think the next phase of that project, should be to make it efficient and simple enough to run it on any platform.

Africa are flooded with old discarded technologies (older model phones) ....so developers should target that market with new innovation. They are currently developing for 1st world markets, where there are fast bandwidth and smart phones..... so it is just a mind shift that has to take place.. for them to do that. (Developers in India are doing very good work to target 3rd world countries) 

FortuneJack has been around for many years, so it is strange that these things are only being reported now. I have used Google to see if there are a lot of scam accusations against them, but there are not significant complaints to justify a "scam" label. 

You are not really giving a lot of information on the lawsuit, so I cannot judge this scenario ...based on the evidence that are being provided. Do you think a long lawsuit will cost you more than the money that are owned to you?

Well, I am here to give you some hope. First of all... the idea was never for everyone to hold one Bitcoin, that is just a pipe dream for many people. You should collect as much as you can and then hoard it, if you are planning to use it as an investment option.

So when I started out, the Bitcoin price was around $300 to $400 ....and to be honest, I did not have enough money to buy a lot of coins. I bought small amounts every time the price dropped and then sold them when the price spiked.... and doing that continuously... until I had enough money to buy a few coins.

I eventually collected enough to buy a few coins and then sold them for a massive profit at $5000 and then at $18 000 and once again at $55 000. 

I know it might be difficult, but you should really try to remove all emotions from decisions linked to your Bitcoin ownership. Your bitcoins should be forgotten, until the Bitcoin price reach the point where you want to take profit.

I had several friends that sold their bitcoins at a loss, because they were to fixated on the price. Do not look at the price every day, because it will constantly trigger emotions to tempt you into selling it. 

Well, one of the advantages of using a method like this, is pseudo anonymity. We know a psychological war are also being fought behind the scenes, with Russian hackers being used to gather information. Bitcoin can help to hide donators real identities and to keep them safe.

Just imagine a scenario where a well-known CEO of a large global company are targeted, if it becomes clear that he or she donated to support the Ukrainians. The hackers will target the company and bring it to it's knees, so that is why pseudo anonymity are so important in cases like this. 

There is this old saying that says, "Do not count your chickens, before they have hatched" and this is specifically suitable to you, because you are in the agricultural field, so you should be familiar with that concept. 

You cannot rely on people's promises.... they are very unpredictable, so to start something ..without having the actual money in hand... would be very reckless. I hope you learnt a very good lesson from this, but I still hope your financing come through for your project.

Good Luck....

I do not know if there are actually any of the advantages that you are talking about. Most of the casinos ask for KYC details...so that destroys all pseudo anonymity that Crypto currencies supported.

People could care less about decentralization....and most casinos are not decentralized, so I doubt if that has any advantages for the gamblers. The casinos that are decentralized are scarce and a lot of them are illegal, so I do not use them. 

Wow, this site needs a lot of attention... it is very basic and I know there are incredible developers in India, so I doubt if this was done professionally. I do not know if this was a old Fiat based site that just added Crypto currencies.. or if this was a newly designed Crypto gambling site. 

I hope the .net site are not a phishing site... so please be careful not navigating there and losing all your money. Also, check out the complaints about this site... just google Brokerstorm + complaints. 

The answer is simple : Not all "Bitcoiners" support the technology because they want decentralization. A large group of people are just speculators and they use Bitcoin as an investment option, so they need a fast and convenient way to buy and sell bitcoins... and centralized exchanges offer that to them.

Bitcoin is for everyone..... the traders and speculators and also for the hardcore supporters of decentralized technologies. We do not force people to use Bitcoin in one specific manner... 

You should never invest 80% of your wealth into any single investment option, no matter how promising it might look. The secret to any good investment portfolio is to have a good risk distribution across your portfolio.

You should have most of your investments in low risk investments ...with some exposure to medium risk and very low exposure to high risk investment when you are over 40..... younger people can risk more, so they can invest more in medium and high risk investments.  

Stake.com has to reduce the bonuses, because they are pushing too much money into marketing and they are expanding too fast. Stake are paying for massive sponsorship to Everton and Drake and UFC fighters and also to some of the biggest gambling streamers in the industry.

I think these sites needs to re-prioritize and start reducing the marketing and start pushing more into their existing players. I play the same games that they provide on their site on other sites and my player experience is much better. (The RTP is just wrong on these big sites) 

Why are you so against BRICS countries? It is about time that these countries start being independent of first world countries like USA and Europe. Their resources has been exploited for years by these countries and they got very little in return.

The BRICS countries should adopt Bitcoin and break all ties to the US Dollar, because it is just pulling them down. They should start to expand the Chinese factories to their countries, so that they can also get educated and skilled like the first world countries. (Elon Musk came from South Africa, so you can see what he became, given the right circumstances)   

I think the current AI are depending too much on human inputs to determine outcomes on Sport bets. The data that it refers to are most probably Sport predictions that are posted online. So the same rule applies to AI that are are also applied to computers and code, namely : "Garbage in.... garbage out"

You can test this by writing a bunch of bogus predictions and testing if the AI are collecting that so-called "data" and using it to make predictions. I tired ChatGPT Dice strategies and they all failed. 

You quoted the wrong link, it was Where: https://kick.com/steve ....Eddie is on one of his 50 holidays that he takes during the year. (joke)

In any way, the Stream was done by Steve & Mikey and it was a whole lot of fun. He did 5 x drops ($5 / $7 / $2 / $7 / $14 = $35 in total) and the forum and Giveaway. This one went off without any glitches, which was nice.... so I guess Steve is getting the hang of it now. 

Hope you guys enjoyed it.