I've been reading about the whitepaper to be issued by Satoshi, but do you think it is necessary? Besides, in my experience, a whitepaper is being issued only by a government, an organization or a company. Is Satoshi any of those? He never created Bitcoin in a company or an organisation's capacity, he created it for everyone. So those who are waiting for the whitepaper will continue to wait forever.

If any document is produced, it can't hold any water, all that could be done so that people will believe it is truly Satoshi is to make the wallet signings and move his Bitcoin asset. Then, people will believe. Talk is cheap, action is the main thing.

Well, his intention is to give everyone the freehand, which he actually did. His coming outside means nothing except for his personal recognition and a weighed contribution in Bitcoin advancements.

I am wrong or you merely disagree with me? I think you misused the phrase there, you actually disagreed with me because I am not wrong, and my points are still holding as that is my view, you can have yours. This is not about centralised and decentralised issues, it is about what people want, convenience and what they see as right and worth it. Or do you think people do not know that decentralised exchange exists and that they still prefer centralised exchange even with the possibility of cheating them? Do you think the defence of the fees you are talking about is valid, won't the depositor pay fees when depositing to centralised crypto casinos?

If at all there are additional fees while depositing, it will still be minimal as my experience with the decentralized exchanges can't be so much different with decentralised casinos when the money is being sent. This could be well planned if it is that deserving by judging by what people want as the money to be charged can't be quantified with the safety it provides against the tyranny of many centralised casinos. Yet, people prefer the centralised version for many reasons you do not want to admit. The fees can never be the core reason, you should reason this well as this can't quantify for the self-control attributes of the decentralised casino, yet people do not care about that.

We are done with such services on this forum and I think you should think twice as well since our reasons are obvious. I also suspect this question as bate which is why I advise people on this forum to be careful in answering them to avoid infractions of the admin. However, if you have genuine intentions, I think you can still use the services of Monero and Bitcoin together to achieve your goal. That's even better and safer if your money is clean.

If you can creatively use those services together, believe me, your privacy is still intact.

Manipulation of PENDLE price, how? Are you telling me that because the market of PENDLE refuses to fall like other coins and tokens, it is being manipulated? I think you should rethink about that. You might also want to say that TRON which didn't fall much during the major bearish season when cryptocurrencies were falling is being manipulated as well? In my many years of trading and investment, I do not see what PENDLE is displaying as manipulation, I see it as a better market than others. When other cryptocurrencies were falling, and even as they are still falling now, the market only fell a little, which gives it is characteristics of a good market that is dependable.

In contrast to your claim, the market that is being manipulated will rise and fall sharply, and by this, the manipulators would have already made their money. But the case of PENDLE is just different, people who are buying it are HODLing their money in it and that is what is sustaining the market. If there are dumps, it will certainly fall, but people prefer to pump it the more, and this is reliability I see and not manipulation. I only hope I knew it would be like this, I would have owned this coin which I see as the best-performing token now.

As for Ethereum, it is normal, the cryptocurrency market has been greeted with a bearish trend after the Bitcoin ETF approval. The circumstances surrounding the ETF saga were too lousy and people bought Ethereum so much. You can't expect the asset that has been pumped for over 5 months not to have a tangible correction thereafter. This is what we see now, so it is perfectly normal.

Let me say that time will judge on this, and I insist that most of these companies do not care, they are only doing business with cryptocurrency and they will tell you emphatically if you are privileged to meet them that they are businessmen. I do not disagree with them or have any odd feelings about that, after all, we all have reason to own our coins and we have the right to dump them at any time we desire, with whatever reason that could have caused that.

But HODLing for that decades' sustainability will never happen. The handwriting and desperation are clear for FTX but it's fine if you have not seen it yet. I see it already and they are only waiting for the right time to dump big time. Of course, if you are the one and know that the market is still promising in the future due to halving, won't you wait? This is what they are doing now, but in less than 2 years, you will see how they will dump big time. This is partly for obvious reasons, but still, they will find a way to buy at lows again and the game continues.

Risk is good as it is what can help you make more, for instance, today, I was unable to risk much and I gained so little despite being sure of the decisions I wanted to take. Had it been I took that risk, I would have gained about 9 times of what I made, but I never had the mind. So, the risk is good and no one can tell me otherwise, only that we should take only the reasonable risk so that it will not be an issue for us over time. The best is to keep the right account management when we are afraid, this also helps, because most times, even if the risk is worth it and we are so afraid due to one reason or the other, we can rely on the right management. With this, after all, we might lose, but it will not let us lose too much to the extent that it will affect our psychology.

But it is not as easy as we think too and I wouldn't blame those who are not able to risk high due to fear and too much conservativeness. The reason is that some people have risked high and lost high as well, to the extent that it badly affected them. But some people have not risked at all and they remain in their situation without any tangible achievement, unlike those who are risk-takers that eventually make it big. This makes the situation uneven as it is not always the same with everybody. In all, we should have that mind of risk, I think it's best if we want to move higher, but such risk that we take must be reasonable and must have been premeditated, and calculative at the same time, not that we will just be taking the risk senselessly and without proper account management in consideration as many do but will come back to regret and even blame other people at times.

However, about the underdog example, I dare not, unless I am sure of the underdog. Just like what Girona is doing in Laliga this season, I can bet on them for good.

You are in line with my view, we must have been in the state of an apocalypse for Bitcoin to move to zero($0), and this is certainly not possible. What I've noticed is that any asset that has been appreciated as much as Bitcoin has been appreciated can never move to zero ($0) anymore and the reasons are many. But first, we must know that a terrible thing must have happened to the Bitcoin market for it to happen like that, especially if all the government of the world turned their backs on the coin and started clamping down on all Bitcoin users, domains, apps, exchanges and all that. This is not feasible really but if it happens, the price of Bitcoin will terribly fall, yet, it will have a limit to the falling.

One and the most important reason that Bitcoin will not reach zero ($0) even if terrible things happen to it is that it is not everybody who will be able to sell their coins anymore. Some might be willing but will not have anybody to sell it to as no one will be willing to buy at that time. While some had died and still had their coins active. Some have a whole lot of the coin but their access passes have been lost. While some will not just be willing to sell the coin with the belief that it will rise again. So it will never get back to zero ($0) even with the worst situation.

These are good gambling considerations and factors, they are all that must have been known by many, but for those who are coming newly into the gambling industry or are facing one or two challenges therein, they can learn from them even as some of them might not be necessary for responsible gambling but an optional way of gambling lifestyle.

As a gambler, you must be very careful so that you are not being pushed by it, if not, you will be addicted and continue to waste money with nothing to show for it. Another thing that we must ensure is that we learn to fully gain an understanding of what we want from gambling. Gambling with the mind of money making is getting a whole lot of people in trouble, while those who even see it as a means to have fun often are being affected if done too much. That is why we should have our limits, and that is possible through our decisive plans which will entail the budgets we have per day, per week and so on so that we will know the amount of money to use for those activities, and when we waste money, we will call it quit instead of pushing it further and continue losing money.

Many gamblers would want to gain back their lost money and thereby revenge their trades, but this will not stop anything but will only make them lose more. The same thing goes for the greedy gamblers, they will not know the time to quit but will want more, and this often gets them into trouble instead. However, with budgetary limits and plans, one will be able to put an end to that. This includes the management in the OP, once such can be properly calculated, I am sure that it will work as planned, though it also depends on whether the gambler will be able to be truthful to all these or not. This is where the discipline in gambling comes in, we all have to be determined to be disciplined to further help ourselves.

A lot is happening on the internet these days, and as we all know, the most targeted places are Google, X, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook and others. To make matters worse, it is often as if they had paid the owners of these social media platforms to keep silent about this, if not, I do not know how they are being emboldened like that. Had it been it wasn't so and if the social medial has their investigative units that are up and doing in this regard, it will not be long before they will know and pull them down.

What is the work of bots and other automatic reportage mechanisms and censors? So, I think that they can't be totally exonerated from this. Also, people should endeavour to report such cases as fast as possible to the appropriate channel. I believe that by doing this, it will also be an affront for the social media platform not to take them down immedtaley.

Above all, we should all be careful on the internet these days, what we see is not actually how it looks, let's beware.

The truth is that you shouldn't have bothered yourself about this, it is certainly not possible and there is nothing like insider betting involving the team. Fine, players, officials and anyone can place a bet but it must not be known as it is illegal for them to bet. Be it players, their agents, the staff, coach, assistant coach, directors and many more that are directly involved with the team we are talking about are not allowed by the FIFA law to play. So, the way they use the team news, injuries, confidential information and others in this regard can only happen in the dreams of those who are propagating it.

Except if they play through their family and friends or other proxies that will not directly be linked to them. Even at that, there is nothing like insider gambling with some hidden and peculiar facts. In games, all news is open, be it injuries, plays, lectures, sanctions, speculations, feats, players and many more are all public information that anyone can use at their own discretion to come up with a conclusion on what the possible outcome of a game can be.

I believe that when we want to do anything, even if it is not gambling, many things are supposed to be put into consideration to have the knowledge about that thing and to ascertain if it is fitting for us or if we will just be wasting our time trying or doing it. Gambling is a very good example, it is wrong the way many are approaching gambling and this is the reason why they think that gambling is that bad. Imagine someone through his uncle started gambling, this is just because he saw his uncle gambling, should that justify it? He may not even ask the uncle what he is gambling for, why is he gambling and what are the bad and good sides of gambling. But will just dabble into it and will begin to cry foul later, it doesn't work like that. If such had been smart enough to first inquire about it, this would still not have automatically stopped him but would only educate him on the good and bad sides of gambling, especially how to be careful when gambling.

It is now left for the person to decide whether to proceed or not as gambling is not so convenient for every personality. We have to be sure that we can cope before doing it. By this, the person must have successfully evaluated himself to know what to face and even how to face it better. And on doing it, if it is not what he can cope with, he will easily know as he is cautious about gambling and can quit or continue to try his luck instead of being addicted.

You are on point, we do not trust casinos based on how many licences they acquire or the country they are operating from, we trust them based on personal and people's reviews and experiences with them. Fine, the licencing and regulation are good, it is a way to make them accountable if they are truly registered and regulated, but still, they are not the main thing as the duly registered casinos could still cheat you and nothing will happen. This is even as a casino that is not even registered may choose not to cheat you, so what? But no matter what you tell some people they will still believe that it is the licencing that is their point of attraction to casinos, so it is a good thing for casinos to seek such so that it will be one of their main points of marketing, and as you can see all the time, it works.

And personally, I can't open with a casino that is not regulated, and that doesn't mean that it is because I trust them based on that. But because they deem it fit to do the right thing, and that makes them good ambassadors against the campaign for anti-money laundering. Whether it is a weak licence/regulation or not, I am not bothered, all I know is that they can be accountable too since their details would have been registered as well. This is unlike those that are not registered at all, they can just disappear into thin air untraceable. Such is happening.

I share in your view my friend, and it is for the sanity of the world that KYC is being required. Even if it is not immediately needed by the company, but later, if something happens and an investigation needs the data of some particular customers, the company/casino will be able to furnish it. If this is not to vindicate the customer, they will at least be cleared by law that they follow due process. As easy as it is, KYC is good and has helped so well in this world, it has stopped some evil-doers to rethink their plans and has limited a lot of scammers from achieving their goals. If there is no sin in the world, will trust ourselves. But I tell you that it is not all families you will see people trusting each other not talking about the people you do not know but still want to work with. Also, it is a good means to limit money laundering, it helps the anti-money laundering crusade to be more effective than if there were no KYC at all. These are a few reasons among the many reasons why people are being asked for KYC and I believe every patriot should be willing to do it.

I now wonder why some people would not want to do the KYC, and if you asked them, you would hear that they want to stay private. Private from what? As a human being living in a country, you can only stay private as a private citizen which is a mere word, and it is not a must that you gamble or do business. But if you must do that, you should know that the government and at least the company you are dealing with have the right to know enough about you. This is actually not by force, one can choose to avoid all that if that is good for them. But I think living in the forest is better for such a person to encourage more privacy as there is no privacy anywhere. Even our telecommunication companies know everything about us, so the privacy argument is always baseless and overrated. The worst is that if too much privacy is given, the world will be unsafer, that's the truth.

This is why the government ensures that you reach a certain age before you gamble and do some other adult things. This is for you to make an informed decision at that age, not the one that they make for you, and if someone could decide to gamble as an adult, that is his decision and not another person's decision, so why blame another person or try to shift the blame? As an adult, you should know your right from your left and wrong from right, and if you make any decision, you should be ready to face the consequences thereafter either good or bad. Gambling has been there for ages and once you are not being forced, you should not cry foul. You do not have the right to blame a friend, family, your country's situation and not even the house, because you should have known what you are signing for as a result before you do so.

I often laugh when I see a lot on the internet when it is an emotional discussion about gambling, that is not necessary. I do say that emotion is a weakness, gambling could severely affect your life if care is not taken, so as an adult, you do not just dabble into a thing simple because your friend introduced it to you or you just found out they are doing it one way or another. You have to first research about it, then you learn it if you so desire to participate. And through learning, you should be able to know the good and the bad side of it, and after all these you still proceed in it, then you and only you are to be blamed.

Although there is more to solving the addiction problem in gambling, both approaches are good, and in my experience, people, especially parents and family members have used either of the approaches or both and worked, but not in all cases still. Gambling addiction is a powerful addiction since it has to do with money, and that is why it is good we do not position our minds on the money when we start gambling, this will impact a very bad root in our psychology if the care is not taken, and to uproot such will be so difficult. I think that either of the approaches should be used on the person one after the other, and I must say that I have seen that they worked for some people and failed in others. Now, if the two had been used but failed, I think that the next thing is to make sure that you solve the issue from the source.

It might be financial needs that are causing that, so the person must first be settled in that regard before the issue can be resolved, he needs financial freedom. We all need purpose in life and the more there are other means that give the gambler money and also take his time and attention away from it, then it is near time that he will be healthy again and be delivered of the menace. Just continue to advise him after securing a job for him and I know that it will go a long way to help him as this approach has helped many.

This advice of being careful is applicable to all coins and not meme coins anymore, but truly, that meme coin is just for the jokes of it with no good projects related to it. That is what lazy developers will like the more, we should not fall for it, it is not worth it. Really, all cryptocurrencies are just being made in the name of things, and not that they have that kind of true value as many would say if we think better. It is the money they inject into them and how people value them that is causing them to be valuable, nothing else. For this, meme or not, it is because they call it that name, projects are projects, and now, it depends on the developers, the marketing and the community that supports it, that make a good project.

However, these days, it is good that we are more careful though, meme coins might have lived their time as we can sense that through the way Dogecoin and Shiba Inu are slowly moving. But in another thought, some meme coins moved outstandingly last year, so it is not easy to generally give advice on this, nonetheless, let's just be careful and watchful, and be wary of the new meme projects. Even scammers can be lurking around it too to steal our money. It's no news, scammers are everyone's crypto too, and we should entirely be careful because of this.

My advice to you is to distribute your money in many coins and tokens, do not let the belief of old or new ones cloud your judgement. Mind you, no one can say emphatically that the old or new would perform better, it is all about following our instincts, and the project quality and letting luck play its role. You can see this in the last mini-bull run that happened across the market board, some old projects moved well while others didn't, and the same thing goes for the new projects, so we have to be smart and be more diversifying than believing in any coin's age. And for the mini-bull run's hint, the smart investor must have known the coins and tokens that people are appreciating the more.

They are all on your crypto chart, just go and take a glimpse of them to know the ones that performed better in the last mini-bull run that happened in the second half of 2023. If I were you, I would consider some factors in selecting these coins. First, I will make sure that I invest in at least 10 coins/tokens, and I will invest in them depending on the class of crypto asset they are. It could be for the Scalability, AI, Web 3, Game and other sectors. What I will do is find the most popular ones in that category, it could be one or two in that category. I will now relate them to how best they performed in the recent mini-bull run of last year. I think this is good enough for anyone to select 10 coins/tokens that will be spectacular in the next bull run.

I managed to understand you and I think you are right at the same time. For those who are struggling with gambling-related issues and addictions, one can provide help for them but we should define the kind of help we provide so that it will not be as if we are encouraging them to gamble more even as they are not with their senses. This is especially true if we are not sensitive. Imagine, trying to help a gambling addict and you are providing the person with extra cash just because he tells you a story and you felt for him through pit. That is not a solution, you are only encouraging him because who knows what he would do with your money? I am sure that most of that money will end up in his gambling account too which makes it not a wise decision.

One may help them monetarily as a friend, but the same must ensure that they channel the money into what they need it for, and not on gambling. But the most important thing is to walk the person through on how to gamble responsibly, that's i the person still wants to continue. But to some, it is all about healing their mental state entirely away from gambling, which will be more important at first as they stay away from gambling at that time. But if they would want to gamble again, fine. That later time might now be with their better sense of maturity and awareness of the bad side of gambling, not the way they engaged the risky activity before. If at all, all that family and friends tried to do in this regard didn't work, an external help is advised here, which could include prayer if the case is severe.

I don't use it but I am curious about what you posted. By Notes app, do you mean a third-party app? Especially those who are not from trusted companies? Bro, I think this is more risky, you can't trust all these third-party apps to store your seed phrase. Those who still stored it better than you on their gadgets are still being advised to keep it manually which is offline and it is deemed to be the safest approach in this regard. If at all, use the means provided by your gadget directly, not as you did. You never can tell what could happen and I hope you are not a subject of monitoring, the people who you are using their app may be desperate and that might be one of the reasons why some are even building such apps. They could have their backdoors whether you are giving permission or not. I am not that tech-savvy guy but going by the little I've read in this regard, it shows that it is not the smartest thing to do. This is also the reason why I do not import my seed phase anywhere even if the wallet advises me to do so.

The same thing that has happened in the crypto world regarding this will continue to happen and I advise you that you follow the advice we've been sharing here even before now for they are common, nothing less. Whether a new project gains that success or not it doesn't say of the subsequent ones, they can succeed or fail depending on many factors. It mostly depends on the brains behind it, the community they could build and the liquidity of those who started at the same time among other factors. Some projects are not just well created and planned, they could fail, while some are not just lucky even if it is a good project, so we have to be very careful.

Like me, I like to take the backseat in a situation like this, I let people test it before I commit my money, and that's after I've seen the stability and my chart agrees to it also. However, there are some good projects that one should know that could work, and a good example is ORDI, we all know how it started and the modality on what they built it upon. This kind of project will be fast to gain popularity and relevance, unlike the projects that are just similar to others that have been done over and over again by copycats. A unique project will surely be appreciated, especially when a blockchain that has only a coin is now scaling better to allow more tokens to be built through it. If that is getting popular when they are scaling it and the first token was eventually created through that blockchain. Such often gain attention as we saw in BONK and the like of them.