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1601  Other / Meta / Re: At what point should we report a megathread for closure? on: August 07, 2018, 08:13:00 AM
I've often wondered the same thing, so I'd be very curious to hear the answer to this.
It's pretty weird that there are still 50+ page threads that only have 1 single low-quality question in the OP.

I report them sometimes and I've seen them removed. Can't check my report history (yet?), so I can't be 100% sure that all my reported mega-threads are removed, but some have.

I would rather report too many than too little, even if you're not 100% sure, just report it anyway.

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Do not worry about your accuracy too much; one accurate report is worth many inaccurate reports.
1602  Other / Archival / Re: Do i need a license if i want to create a crypto gambling site? on: August 06, 2018, 06:08:12 PM
Of course you need a license if you really want your gamble site to gain high traffic and more user trust but it will be more nice if you can get a UK license since you're targeting the UK customer because some countries from Europe have already implemented blocking through local ISPs to circumvent traffic away from internationally operating and unlicensed gambling websites. If you can't get the UK license try another respected crypto friendly country license.

Just FYI, UK is a TERRIBLE country to get a license in. They charge you yearly for the license then they tell you how to advertise and run your casino or sportsbook.

The commission claims there are 25,000 problem gamblers between the ages of 11-16 in the UK (think of the children!!!)
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6016145/Betting-firms-target-youngsters-adverts-face-unlimited-fines.html

And they fine companies constantly.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/aug/31/gambling-firm-888-fined-online-bookmaker-problem-gamblers
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/feb/20/william-hill-fined-62m-by-gambling-commission
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/may/02/leovegas-fined-for-accepting-bets-from-problem-gamblers

Those are JUST the recent ones...

Bringing bitcoin casinos to the UK regulators (most get the Malta gambling license or Curacao license) would be a very bad idea because they are constantly trying to make headlines that they are cracking down on gambling issues in the country.

Gambling sites cannot technically offer gambling to people in UK without the license however there have been real money and now crypto options available to anyone in the UK. There is a whole strategy around how to setup the "unregulated" casinos and "regulated" casino, both cost the casinos a ton of money either way in legal costs.



If you look at most other gambling sites, you see that they usually pick Malta or Curaçao as a base for their operations.
You're right that the UK wouldn't be the best place to get your license.

Here's an extensive resource with more information about gambling regulations in Malta:
https://www.mga.org.mt/legislations-regulations/

Here's similar info for Curaçao:
https://iclg.com/practice-areas/gambling-laws-and-regulations/dutch-caribbean
1603  Economy / Gambling / Re: ★ Crypto-Games.net ★ Ethereum Classic added ★ Huge wagering contest ★ on: August 06, 2018, 05:02:25 PM
I can't believe that my faucet level will rise from 0 to 1 just for 30 days of loyalty.

If you're just a little bit active in chat you'll get those ranks in no time.
Just don't chat purely with the goal of increasing your rank, because it's very obvious when people do that and it's annoying.

They really have the best faucet out of all crypto gambling site in my opinion.
1604  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Where can we become a Bounty Manager? on: August 06, 2018, 03:10:13 PM
I'm going to be a little bit blunt here, because you've not received one single honest response yet.

You can not become a good bounty manager if you do not improve your English skills.
It's pretty clear that English is not your first language, so I think you'd have trouble communicating with bounty participants and the project management team.

There's nothing more to say really, I mean if you really wanted you could probably find some sketchy ICO willing to hire you, but I'd advise against it.
1605  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Service Discussion (Altcoins) / Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Crypto Projects [23 Projects Listed] on: August 06, 2018, 01:16:34 PM
The problem with most of these basic income proposals, is that they are usually viewed as overly left-leaning measures.
Political stances in Europe are currently shifting more towards the right (I would say at least), which certainly has an effect on the level of government support on these basic income projects.

That's why I like the idea of crypto UBI so much, since it's completely separated from the government.
Okay projects like Manna do receive some form of government funding, but it should still be able to exist without it.
1606  Economy / Services / Re: [Crypto-Games.net] ★ Signature Campaign ★ Senior - Legendary[FULL] ★ on: August 04, 2018, 05:10:35 PM
Payment processed. transaction ID: c298d43861d35192bcfd890311dd2037060f078ea4b409ab21c9c0beefb57dd3

Thank you! Still going strong since 2015 Wink
1607  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Indian exchanges have announced that no crypto-fiat exchanges will be allowed . on: August 03, 2018, 05:50:21 PM
Indian exchanges have announced that no crypto-fiat exchanges will be allowed till further RBI notice.So now the future of Crypto in india is in dilemma.
Being an citizen of India , it was such a shocking news for me that a notice came on 3/04/2028 that the use of crypto currencies will be ban in India and all those people who has invested in crypto needs to withdraw their money within three months of this notice issuing date otherwise they will be solely responsible for their loses then exact after 3 months , on July they has banned the crypto from India but still there are hopes that Reserve bank of India 🇮🇳 could make some possible amendments in this notice.

I haven't really been keeping up with the situation in India, because it always seems to change so rapidly.
Does Bitcoin make the news there a lot? Because your government seems to have a pretty big interest in cryptocurrency, judging from all the news we hear.

I mean not that they would be able to actually stop crypto from being used...
1608  Other / Archival / Re: Do i need a license if i want to create a crypto gambling site? on: August 03, 2018, 01:17:29 PM
I think you'd better reach out to a lawyer who's specialized in this sort of legislation.
The chance that you will get a decent answer from this forum is pretty minimal and if you're going to start a gambling website, I would assume that you have enough capital to pay for a consult.

I think it might be possible to start a gambling website without a license, but I have no idea what the specifics would have to be in order to do so.
1609  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Will Ethereum/Altcoins Be Valuable Or Relevant without Bitcoin? on: August 03, 2018, 01:02:47 PM
what is the usage of Ethereum? creating ICOs.

I disagree with this statement.
The whole purpose of ethereum is NOT to creat ICOs.

The real purpose is to be able to create small programs (smart contracts) which can be executed without a central authority.
Just because the majority of people are using them to simply create ICOs where they just build some kind of a payment token and promise a lot of utility, this doesn't describe the usage/purpose of ethereum itself.
Most people are greedy. Thats the reason we have so much shitcoins and tokens now. They all just want to make fast money.
But this does no way mean that the whole ethereum network has been made for this one purpose.

Pretty much. Just because it's currently mostly being used for ICOs it doesn't automatically mean it was made for that sole purpose. It's just like saying bitcoin is being bought solely for speculation and not for transactions(which what it was made for).

ICO's aren't even the most interesting examples of hat can be done with Ethereum. You can build entire decentralized applications on the Ethereum chain.
Now I would argue that there are actually better platforms for that, but it's certainly possible with ETH.

I think that if Bitcoin loses dominance, it would only affect prices for a relatively short time and the market would shift towards another coin.
1610  Economy / Service Discussion / Re: Blocking cryptojacking on: August 03, 2018, 10:50:50 AM
That's interesting, I've never heard about cryptojacking until now. But I don't think a laptop would have enough power to mine. It wouldn't even generate enough coins to be worth the effort of hacking into your machine.

How did you know that it was jacked? Did you see a process running excessively in the background? And you said by adding nocoin to your browser it stopped, so was it being run as a script?

Cryptojacking is actually pretty common. They tend to mine Monero, because that still gives them rewards if it's done on a very large scale.
The people who are running the malware could have up to 100k slave computers in their network, generating them thousands of dollars per day/week.

It's usually pretty easy to notice too, when your CPU goes through the roof.

Running noscript is also a solution btw.
1611  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Service Discussion (Altcoins) / Re: Baunty Platforms on: August 03, 2018, 10:03:37 AM
I've recently made a pretty substantial list of all the crypto bounty hunting platforms and posted it on Steemit.
There are currently 6 platforms listed on there, but I might do an update article soon.

Here it is:
https://steemit.com/crypto/@daan/ico-bounty-hunting-platforms-find-the-best-paying-crypto-bounties
1612  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Idea for an ICO rating Site? on: August 03, 2018, 09:32:35 AM
I think the most important thing that was left out there are the verification of the people that are running the ICO. A lot of these ICOs are just a front for a scam, so you will have to sort the good from the bad and verify that the project is legit.

Any investor wants the assurance that they are investing in a actual project and not some "paper" project that does not exist. This is why the SEC wants to regulate the ICO scene, to get rid of these "paper" projects.  Roll Eyes I want to put a real identity behind the photo that are posted on their website and I want to Skype with the project team to make sure my large investment is in safe hands.  Wink

There's also a problem with ICO's basically getting fake recommendations from either prominent people or companies.
I think that if you were to contact some of the people 'supporting' these ICO's through their LinkedIn, they would deny any affiliation.

I'm also very skeptical about the supposed qualifications some of these advisors have.
1613  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Does this sound realistic? on: August 03, 2018, 09:12:39 AM
Maybe if there was some sort of limitations on gambling websites on how much of your bankroll you can lose on one day but that is just bad business practice, why wouldn't they allow you to gamble all your money away if you are not responsible, you are losing your money and they are taking that money as a business profit.

All the above, if you can create an imaginary limit and just gamble accordingly and leave when you lose certain amounts than you can actually have a shitty day but still leave with small amount lost. You can come back on next day and keep doing whatever it is you were doing and the results could be a lot better. In gambling nothing sound realistic as per when I was sharing few of my gambling moments, my friends have teased me back how that was possible. Similarly, only gamblers do feel the pain of all the gambling problems and for the outside people, they are just jokes and unrealistic.

Some websites do have those limitations, to prevent yourself from playing or spending more than you would like.
I haven't seen it on any crypto casino's, but some casino websites in my country have it.

You can allocate playtime and a budget to yourself and if you go over it, you can't play anymore.
AFAIK it's not required by the government to do this.
1614  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Do bounty hunters become ICO investors? on: August 03, 2018, 08:59:51 AM
I almost never tend to keep the tokens I've received from bounties, I'd rather sell them immediately when the tokens get listed on exchanges.
The only time when I kept some tokens from bounties, was with Deeponion, made a nice profit from that as well.

The majority of these tokens is not going to significantly increase in value, it's much more likely that they'll just eventually disappear.
1615  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Sometimes enough is enough on: August 02, 2018, 07:53:34 PM
Wow, that's quite a story! I've made some new conclusions in relation to gambling. First: you shouldn't be superstitious when your money is on, that what really can make you lose money. Once I was crazy about number 3 so I did everything for three times in dice (don't mean just betting, a whole set of bets with particular numbers) hoping that for the third time I'll win. It didn't last for long, however made me lose some money. Second: you should never ever go beyond planned expenditure amounts for a day. Selling phone - sounds crazy, but not as crazy as a fact that gamblers can go as far as selling their apartments and borrowing money. And the last but not least: if you are hazardous and going out for a play you need to hire an authorised delegate to control your expenses. 

What you said about being superstitious regarding the number 3, that's called gamblers fallacy.
You start believing that you're owed a win on that number, while in reality it's entirely possible that that number never hits when you're playing.

Never try to see patterns in the numbers that are hit on the board. That really messes a lot of people up.
1616  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Man sells house. Earns $20,000,000 from Bitcoins on: August 02, 2018, 03:20:56 PM
There's also a family in The Netherlands who have sold everything they own for Bitcoin, including their house.
The article doesn't mention at what exact price they bought it, but I suspect somewhere over $3000

Here's the article:
http://uk.businessinsider.com/didi-taihuttu-sold-everything-for-bitcoin-fans-2017-12?r=US&IR=T
1617  Economy / Gambling / Re: ★ Crypto-Games.net ★ Even bigger wagering contest ★ 58.000$ in prizepool ★ on: August 02, 2018, 10:13:51 AM
I think it's time to revisit an older suggestion I had, though I can't seem to find my exact post anymore ITT.

My suggestion was that you could add a divestment lock, to allow investors to lock investments for X amount of days.
The reply then was that this would cause too many support requests from people wanting to access investments before the lock expired.

Now, I recently came across another website that actually has one of these divestment locks. I'll not name the website in question here, but I'll provide a screenshot of the function.



I did some searching to see if there were any public complaints about this and couldn't immediately find any. So I'm guessing they're not having too much trouble with this.

Just mentioning it again, since now I can provide some better arguments.
1618  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Service Discussion (Altcoins) / Re: Overview of Universal Basic Income Crypto Projects [23 Projects Listed] on: August 02, 2018, 08:24:20 AM
So unfortunately with a new government rolling into power the UBI pilot project in Ontario is dead.

http://reason.com/blog/2018/08/01/ontario-ends-ubi-experiment-2-years-earl

This article wasn't all doom and gloom because I didn't realise how many countries were experimenting with this.

That's too bad, that it only lasted one year in total. If I recall correctly, it's not the only basic income project that has been terminated earlier.
Finland had also stopped its experiment, or at least decided not to expand on it.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/23/finland-to-end-basic-income-trial-after-two-years

Now I'm curious to see what comes of the Dutch and Italian UBI trials.
1619  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Tokens (Altcoins) / Re: [ANN] [AIRDROP] [ICO] [AVINOC] AVINOC - Aviation Network Operation Chain on: August 01, 2018, 02:55:46 PM
So, since the airdrop has finished, when will you start sending out the tokens to our wallet?
Can't wait to see Avinoc being listed on exchanges, though I suspect the price will drop significantly due to the huge airdrop.
1620  Bitcoin / Project Development / Re: Announcing BPIP - The Bitcointalk Public Information Project! on: August 01, 2018, 12:33:10 PM
Something that's mildly annoying is that you don't see the page titles on the tabs in your browser.
This is on Firefox btw, below are some screenshots of the tabs.

From the "Privacy" page:


The "About" page:


I know it's just something small, but thought I'd just mention it, since I noticed I couldn't find the correct tab anymore when I was on the "Privacy" page.
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