I don't think volatility will be removed too much, it will always be there because the markets are always open 24/7 and all around the world, so there will always be people buying and selling large quantities.

Maybe in the future when there is a lot more fiat transferred into Bitcoin this will be not as noticeable, but who know when that will happen.

Having an actual image of the trophy as part of a logo seems a bit silly.

That's a basic mistake in graphics design. It won't scale down nicely. Any logo should be a vector image.

Also, the number 26 looks obese basically. Maybe they are subtly trying to say something 

I think the game changer here is ChatGPT, the Chat part in particular.

Anyone can use it, by just sending a message to it, that's revolutionary. You don't need to install anything, or do anything, just send a message. That usability makes it the best AI by far, and people are using it for incredible things, that many have never even imagined originally.

The important thing to remember is that it can output absolutely false information, so you need to check the sources carefully. I think this will be the main issue of it, the spread of misinformation.

I think Trump will end up being the candidate, but I'm not sure who will win the presidential vote.

It's going to be a close call I think, but in any case Biden and Trump are both really old to be the president, they are around 80 years old, that's a lot.

But I don't think there's any other alternative

In reality I reckon most people will just watch games in a single country, the US, because they will be hosting the vast majority of the matches.


But then again, not sure if a lot of people would actually go to the US, as many governments are warning against it:


It's really out of control to be honest:

I went back to read the official rules. Things have changed!

In Korea-Japan 2002, there were 3 countries that qualified automatically: South Korea and Japan as hosts, and France as the current champion (they won France 1998).

In the past, when a country won the world cup, they qualified automatically for the next world cup, but that is no longer the case:


Brazil ended up winning the Korea-Japan 2002 tournament, but they didn't qualify directly for the 2006 world cup(they still qualified through the normal channel though).

Also, there used to be an extra qualifying slot for the host country. For example, Brazil hosted the 2014 World Cup, so they qualified directly.

So, for the 2014 World Cup CONMEBOL had 4.5 slots, but 6 countries qualified. Brazil as hosts, Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador, and Chile as directly qualified in the tournament, and Uruguay after the playoffs.

Until now, the hosting country used to get an extra slot, but for the next world cup this will change:


So, yeah, theoretically speaking, if they have the 4 countries in CONMEBOL hosting the 2030 world cup, they would only have 2 direct slots left (and an extra one for playoffs for a maximum total of 7 countries qualified). Although it would be a strange qualifier then, I'm sure they will change the rules again by that time, as they keep doing it.

It is always 100% the responsibility of the gambler.

Sure, the world is full of sharks wanting your attention, your money, etc. It's up to you to decide what to do with your attention and your money.

The gambler chooses to focus on gambling, and going into casinos. No one else is there to blame.

The good thing about this is that the gambler can in theory "recover" instantaneously because there's no one else to blame. If the gambler changes his or her mind about their priorities in life, and creates a different goal in which to put their attention, they can stop gambling right now if they want to. No need for external help, because it's all in their mind.

Yeah, we need a minimum amount of people that provide a reasonable amount of goods and services payable in Bitcoin.

As you say, there's no need to have the government involved.

And also, note that this is different to say, having a debit card linked to your bitcoin, because that means that you are still using fiat for the transaction, and that requires the whole legacy stack.

Yeah, trading is expensive, and most people will end up losing money, plus the fees are constantly there.

With $30 OP should focus on learning about Bitcoin, lightning, etc, it's a great opportunity to move Bitcoin around. At the end of the day it's the same if OP was moving millions, so better to learn with less money as mistakes would cost almost nothing.

I wouldn't focus on trading, just on learning the tools of Bitcoin.

Coming back would be a mistake.

It doesn't matter if it's another day or it's the same day, the only difference is that you might have gotten paid and therefore have extra money to spend in the casino.

If you manage to get ahead at any point in gambling, and you want to maximize your money, then the best move is to stop playing altogether, forever. That way you will end up with a positive amount of money earned from the casino, which is rare. And even rarer is someone that stops gambling after that rare event.

The odds are never on your side, always remember that.

Yeah, I think the Internet has allowed individuals to express their points of view directly, without an agenda from other people.

The problem is, of course, this means that crazy, more extreme, ideas get a lot of exposure, and reasonable ideas get ignored.

This is where our societies are moving, towards a more divided country, everywhere. It's always an "us vs them" narrative, and lots of fear in their messages.

They try to tell you that if you vote for the other one, you'll be in a horrible position. Fear is a huge motivator and politicians know this. They use this to their advantage.

So, yes, even though there are independent things out there, it's hard to reach them in a sea of extremist ideas and mainstream media.

It's just probabilities, there's nothing to deny.

The odds in the games in casinos are calculated so that they pay you less than the actual odds.

For example, if you toss a coin, there's a 50% chance you win if you bet on tails. The casino game would pay you, say, 90 cents if you bet $1 and win, but take your full $1 if you lose.

You can see how in the long term you will inevitably lose all your money in a game like that.

This is a simplified example, but all the games in a casino are like that.

Sure, you can bet $100 and win in your first try and get $90, and leave, but that rarely happens. Gamblers that win will continue to bet, losing their entire money eventually.

When a person is completely addicted their brain behaves in a way that might look very differently than a person who is not addicted.

The choices those addicts make are far away from what a non-addict would choose.

It's a bad place to be, but everyone has the potential to be there, so everyone needs to be careful with their daily choices.

It has been shown in studies that lots of people that are basically normal, would end up killing someone (it was a faked death in the experiment of course) by following orders of a superior.

People kinda just acted because they followed orders from others. In a similar way, the addict will simply follow the orders of their thoughts.

If you play for only fun then you can always simply use a game that looks like a casino.

I don't think people playing in a casino will every only play just for fun, there's always the idea that you can win more money than what you put in.

As I said, if that was the case, then you can simply play games that are free but no money involved. Few people actually want that.

It's simply money, a way to pay goods and services.

It's value will change over time, but so does other currencies.

The thing is that over long periods of time it should continue to increase it's value given its scarcity.

Mainstream media is just a way to control population.

Whatever they say there will be on the minds of a large amount of people, so people in power want them to say specific things that suit them.

It's impossible to trust what any of these TV channels say as they are usually influenced by other people.

I don't think there's truly independent news, so the best is to just read and watch a lot of different sources and come up with your own thoughts about things.

The thing is that humans are not naturally good at calculating probabilities, instead of say, calculating the force to throw a rock to hit a target.

That means that only for very simple cases we would be able to naturally bet correctly.

Say for example I flip a coin, and you bet on what side appears. Most people would know that's a 50/50 scenario, but people think that if in the past there have been 4 heads, then the next one has more chances to be tails. That's wrong, as tails still has the original 50/50 chances.

And that's just a simple example, games in casinos are designed so that it looks like it's easier to win than what it really is.

The truth is that every single game in a casino has higher odds for the house to win, so eventually the gambler will lose everything to the house.

Any addict that is addicted enough will basically do anything to obtain the thing that the person is addicted to.

There are of course different levels depending on what causes the addiction, but the brain is an interesting thing and it will create crazy plans to obtain what it is lacking.

In a way this is a powerful machinery that could be used extremely successfully when the addiction is positive, but also a horrible thing when the addiction is negative.

Yeah, that might be.

But I believe that you are responsible of everything that happens to you, good or bad. That way at least you have a chance to change your life.

If you blame things on others or in "god's acts", etc, then you can't change those things at all.

I much prefer getting all the blame, because it comes with the ability to change.

Bitcoin is an asset, just like real estate for example, so in a way it's just investing.

The thing is that it's open to absolutely the whole world, without intermediaries, and almost no fees. I think that's a big difference compared to other investments.

Younger people probably will feel better investing in Bitcoin than in other things like real estate that might require a more hands-on approach.