It's a personal choice and a good number of people you expect to answer your question don't own a gambling business. But, looking at the lifestyles of gambling shop owners they mainly focus on running the business and attending to customer's problems. Not everyone feed on their product. It'll be at a minimal, as it'll look like cheating on themselves. When they win or lose, it doesn't count.  Though, in the movies, gambling owners do participate in board games to at least keep their customers entertained. Hence, in real life, people tend to continue playing when they see the owner also participate in games. In other words, few of them don't gamble, but, when they do, it could be a marketing strategy.

The forum is mainly concerned about newbies, and a lot of beginners' questions has been tackled by intelligent and worthy top ranked members. As a newbie it feels good deep down our thoughts to craft a difficult looking thread to please the high ranked members. But, that doesn't make us newbies. Though, silly or repeated questions are not welcomed in the forum. Yet, they're some easy questions we would want to ask as newbies, but because it makes us sound as true novice, we'd want to bypass asking them. As we'd want to show the forum members, we're doing enough research and reading about bitcoin and the forum entirely. And, most times such threads, centering on teaching, may not help us as newbies because what we tend to teach we can't relate or follow up in the discussions.

Such things, has caused many newbies to fall for plagiarism and as well dumping their threads without participating in the discussions happening under the thread. Being a newbie in the forum is almost a one time experience for every member and we must behave as one. Feel free to ask those questions that sounds and looks too simple to you. That's mainly what other members would entertain and send us reasonable advises and responses to. Thereby, gradually helping your learning process in the forum, with lesser stress.

Coining out a thread on what we don't fully understand, just to stand out, and look like a very intelligent newbie may not help our growth in the forum. Because this section is mostly visited by every member to entertain and answer questions from newbies. And because most basic bitcoin knowledge may have skipped our minds we tend to refresh our memories here, by providing those answers to simple questions. Hence, I'd encourage newbies to always come up with those questions, which they think is too basic or simple and need not to be asked. Feel like a newbie as it's a one time experience here, you'd learn faster when you admit and accept being a newbie.

I've seen newbies creating long copy and paste threads, which ends up not being attended to because of the plagiarism and the volume of the thread, and as well the OP not following up with what they've said to back up the knowledge shared. And when after investing hours creating those threads, the applauds they expected doesn't appear, they'll feel not being good enough. Enjoy the process.  

Gambling helps critical thinking, which is also a good skill in the job industry and real life. It's always good to have our thoughts fast and accurate. That's why critical thinking is also very vital in our daily life. When we acquire such a skill, it's as good as winning in gambling. Because we'll always be needed in difficult tasks and situation where people don't actually know what step to take. As a gambler we can make fast decisions in life, which will turn out to be great. So, the importance of gambling to gamblers is enormous and such threads as this, is good in reminding gamblers that they'll definitely benefit a lot, beside playing to win cash. Playing gambling as a way of relaxation, helps, is quite better than just playing to win money. The money, to me, is secondary. More is attributed to gambling, that's why many people still involve in gambling despite losing money. Voluntarily or involuntarily.

The forum is known for increasing the knowledge of members or participants, due to the large number of bitcoiners in the community. A whole lot of problems, and questions has been solved and answered in the forum. Any newbie that comes to the forum would at first think that bitcoin is about trading and investment. But, on the long going would realize the underground tech behind bitcoin. How miners work and what mining is all about in approving bitcoin transactions. Multiple bitcoin learning links are being spread round the forum for new members to read. If they read those links, their horizon will expand. They'll definitely see the deeper aspect of bitcoin. Though, it doesn't end there, but it'll put them somewhere ahead their peers, when it comes bitcoin discussion. What matters is consistently reading the bitcoin information, trends and updates. Because once we stop reading, our knowledge of bitcoin decreases as well.

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The Manchester United Coach made multiple unfavorable decisions for his team. Looking at the beginning of the game Man U came out strong, but great changes occurred in the field after Rashford left the pitch due to red card. What stopped the coach from substituting for a better player who can handle the defense of the team? Allowing a 2:2 equalization in the first half, shows, indeed, how bad the defense became. On the one side, I'd say that Man United belittled the power of their opponent, that was why they lost the game. Because, looking at their attacking force, they felt relaxed believing that they'll win after adding 3:2 to the game. Copenhagen became wild around 80 minutes where they dealt with Man U and defeated them. It was too late for Man u to bounce back, because they already felt winning was on their side. Both the players and the coach didn't add extra effort in winning the game. Wan Bissaki happened to be the only hardworking player from the man united side. He applied energy and skill in his game, but to no avail. Many of his team mates didn't realize the power of moving all defense, after they scored their third goal. Look at how Tottenham worked hard against Chelsea after receiving 2 red cards. Despite losing the game, you'd notice the energy and skills they exerted towards Chelsea. Manchester United wasn't that way in their game.

I don't remember informing non bitcoin investors about my investment in bitcoin. Personally, I discuss bitcoin with bitcoin users. Being discouraged can be bad for people who wish to hold bitcoin. Since, they'll always hold us back from investing into bitcoin, because they fail understand how it works. It's not conducive to tell them about our moves in the first place. Hence, for those who open up to others about their moves in bitcoin, it's important to follow Op's advise. As not taking our choice can be detrimental to us on the long run, when we've seen that their advises only made us to lose out on huge profits.

I understand how it feels OP, but the duration of 3 years is still ok, but quite not a big duration to make you lots of money. Regarding the amount of money you've saved in your pension account. I've experienced that first hand in the case of my parents. They've been saving up on their pension account for more than 20 years and the generated amount wasn't anything if they had saved the money in bitcoin. Although, it's all on a different dimension of thoughts. Not every company would want to do that for their workers. In the terms that the worker saves the money themselves, they would have done that in bitcoin. One good thing about the banks or pension companies they'll hold the money until the specific time has reached before disbursing it. But, if you did that in bitcoin, how sure are you that the funds would be there till 3 years without being spent by you. That's in the case where you're in-charge of saving the funds. It's all good having such thoughts in mind, yet if we didn't take such choice. Then, nothing else can be done about it. Especially, when we are aware of spending the money. We all wants to be millionaires, that's why we tend to feel sad when we miss such an opportunity.

The epic comeback of Chelsea started from the first Tottenham offside goal. If that was a goal, I don't think Chelsea would have made it that far in the game. Because looking at the beginning of the game, Tottenham had better opportunity to win. But lost a lot of it. Viewers can't deny that the game was mainly on the unfair decision of the referee. The offsides from VAR wasn't an offside from the first angle, but later when they turned the view of offside, it seemed to be an offside. Tottenham after losing about 2 players and one injured player. They didn't relent until the stopping time, where song lost his equalizing goal. Such lost brought downfall on Tottenham. More goals started. It wasn't a fair game in my view. Playing 11 against 9 doesn't signify a strong, satisfying game.

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Betting companies and Industry in Nigeria enjoy reduced tax rate. The National lottery Regulatory commision in charge of gambling activities in Nigeria demands that gambling companies pay atleast 7 percent of the license's net proceed, annually. Where the gambling companies pay lots of money is in obtaining license and permit. Prices differ for sport betting and lottery. But, they all fall at the range of million nairas in tens and unit. As for the players, no value added tax is demanded of them. Gamblers in Nigeria get their complete funds. The VAT would have been introduced in gambling this year, but it seems to be limited to maybe companies that may have not complied with paying their taxes. Not sure about it, but, quite possible. Then for the money generated in gambling or wagered money. The numbers here isn't correct, it's way too bigger than the actual amount spent each day. Nigerians wager, daily, around $5m daily. Forgive me, I didn't see the dollar sign earlier. Thought Naira was the currency. No they can't stake such an amount daily. If you read my last post you'd notice I wrote it believing that it's in Naira. Talking about what is been said in the article. I'd say that the Nigerian government still have strict rules on gambling adverts. Though gambling companies collaborates with telecommunication companies to also provide gambling Ussd code for non smart phone users. Yet the government got that angle covered and still watches over their activities. And it's written on the wall that the increase in the use of mobile phones increased the amount of money people stake everyday. If there were no fixed regulation monitoring the gambling company, the situation would have been hotter than it is, lots of people or more tender age players may/will have filled the gambling niche. In a nutshell, it's impossible to get watch of every gambling activities in Nigeria, to be able to detect underage players. Most of them participate, but to some extent.

Funny to see such reactions in the life of Nigerian gamblers. But, it truly defines their gambling attitude. It's not like the responsible gamblers who play to enjoy the game. You'd notice that those people needed a fast method to multiply their school fees, to fund other utilities. But whatever happens they're contributing squarely to the gambling economy of Nigeria. If they continue like this, more gamblers would emerge from the country. Consisting of both the disadvantages and advantages of gambling. Thereby, increases the accumulated wealth from gambling, especially sport betting. With the love of sporting activities thriving in the country. The best source of additional wealth to the government is stabilizing the Nigeria Premier league. But, it's long long gone. However, moral instructions still revolve around the country, people still try to maintain their mental health. Not to be affected by gambling addiction. like some responses above, the majority consists of young people that means the country may become a gambling country like Australia in future. Because the high rate of gambling in Nigeria is quite alarming. Including traditional gambling and lotto. I've confirmed that on news paper the money generated from gaming is much. But, unlike Australian government the Nigeria government don't invest a lot of the money back into moderating gambling in the country. If they did, It would have skyrocketed a healthy gambling in the country. Though in Naira, it's a huge amount, converting it to dollar is about $1 million, which may not be compared to the amount other first world countries spend in gambling. A single player in America can wager $1 million in one day. So, the poverty rate still contributes, but they are players who still enjoy their gambling Habit. I didn't get the line about source? what do you mean by that, you mean the government need to devise other methods of making money via gambling? The country has enormous means of generating wealth. They may not need such a plant to grow in the country. It can ruin their youths. Such things as that are not encouraged, although I get your point could be that since they are in love with gambling. They may also love to venture into such business. In my context it's wrong. The country is blessed.

Yeah that's the part of the article. That means the honest node if compromised can still cause vulnerability to my node. Or is it just impossible regardless of the condition of the honest node. Like BlackHatCoiner said, if all the nodes are compromised then they can pull off with such scam. How do we know that the node we're peering with is capable to safe guard our own node from such an attack. Although I get the drill. The nodes works like a bond or a chain, if one is compromised and another is free the compromised node is safe. The risk still pose to be that nodes are spread all over and one may not be lucky enough to select the right one. For instance some nodes run and stop along the line without the owners alerting their peers of the unavailability of their node. So, the best ideas is to connect to as many honest nodes as possible, I guess.

If Nigerians play such an amount every day, that means the government is generating enough money from the gaming niche. Because the country consists of both the rich and the poor. Not everyone is extremely poor in Nigeria. So, they'll be able to have fun playing games. It's just like checking how much Nigerians also spend on hotels and wines. You'd see that a high amount is also spent everyday. The government generates lots of money in Nigeria. Only people who don't know how big gambling is worldwide would doubt such digits. I won't doubt it, since the population is enough to spend such an amount. Many of them play games with vendors and they get paid. So far the person wins the game. Hence, if the numbers are real, it's still based on estimation. It's not realistic to say that they need gambling to survive in the country. That means the person won't survive. Since gambling has never been made for people to make lots of money. Most of them won't be able to meet up with daily expenses and food as well. Economic crisis doesn't mean markets won't sell and traders making profits. These traders also bet while in the market. You'd see that gambling is quite large in Nigeria with high volume of profits for vendors and bookmakers.


Corruption and lack of employment thrives in the third world, but in Nigeria the population is enough to generate shocking amount of money yet it won't be enough to feed the whole nation. Millions of Nigerians according to WHO live in extreme poverty. Such people need not try gambling. It doesn't occur to them that such things exist. As for the resources the Niger Delta part of Nigeria are still fighting for amnesty for the bad effects the oil business has on agriculture. These people depend on fish farming to survive. But, Oil ports and rigs have destroyed their fishing businesses. With the government feeling reluctant about it. The whole oil producing states still live in poverty. Minimal developments. Such people with their stipends, will easily try luck on gambling, things may get better along the line.

Yeah, the odds may differ, but calculating along with other qualities, they may not differ, we have a similar view, almost. The bookmakers switch their odds to stay unique. But we still have to follow what's obtainable as online gamblers. Trust and consistency in providing great services to players. Unless for compulsive gamblers, responsive gamblers, some, would stick around with reputable casinos. Most especially, players who see more in gambling than looking for the best odds to win big. Online gambling has lots of benefits whenever we get a nice casino. Moving out of the casino may alter the fun we have on the chat groups with friends. Moving back and forth may become boring on the long run as we can't do it all. Better casinos create some connections between players who are bored at home. Sharing different views on other things and gambling at large. It seldom increases our critical thinking skills, when we look into the brain power required to predict games. Reading and researching on details or claiming to know the outcome of our game helps, us, players to improve our brain as well. These things, despite people believing that gambling is all about addiction, helps gamblers to learn different technique of seeing things in the real life. Aside the money you'll notice the wealth of knowledge that follows gamblers. But, it seems we all want the funds, that's why players thwart from one bookmaker to another chasing shadows and losing out on the fun, connection, skills online gambling adds to players.

To learn in this forum you must read. Being an avid reader and a voluminous writer is an added quality. I find learnmeabitcoin.com very easy for anyone to read and understand. Acknowledge what you read about bitcoin; write them down. It'll help you memorize and understand the term for a long time.  Especially, when you follow and contribute to discussions.  Asking questions from what you've learnt would help you stay aloof or ahead of other newbies, who don't practice it. Also don't fail because other members failed; quitting to learn bitcoin. Keep on visiting the forum on your leisure time or day. The categories or boards in the forum should be a simple guide to you in the forum. Often, read the board that interests you. Don't hesitate to look up new bitcoin terms. It'll help you feel among, when discussing about crypto in the forum and beyond.  If you've got closed persons in your neighborhood, you can engage them in a bitcoin conversation. Talking to them about those basic bitcoin information is also a better strategy of fastening your growth here. As these students may ask reasonable questions in the discussion section, between you and them. Which may require that you find more answers here. The forum condones reasonable questions, and, the comments or thread should pass the plagiarism test of the forum. When in search of new bitcoin information, some good social media platforms like Twitter still have writers who post genuine thread on their profile to help educate people on bitcoin. The best other methods of learning bitcoin is through reading bitcoin books like mastering bitcoin. The book will give you upper hand in the tech behind bitcoin and how they all work in line to maintain the security of network. Good luck and welcome to the forum.

Catching up with odds is great, but what would do to the fees and commissions of the casino. While checking the odds, it's likely as important to look into the casino before funding them, because of odds. Remember bookmakers adjust odds depending on how gamblers play the game. Also, they know gamblers go for big odds, hence they easily use these odds as a form of marketing, to gain fresh customers from different platforms. Since, these people vary from team to team per platform, their results would vary too. So, we must know more about the game before staking games too. We need to win our bet. Playing good odds doesn't guarantee winning. Meaning that organizing our games is quite important. Following news on the team. Watching the impacts injured players would make to affect the odds of the game too. These are what the bookmakers use to set odds; both team's statistics. Taking records of their previous performances, strength and charisma is good to enhance our winning possibilities. Not just going from one odd to another. In search of big wins. In similar ways, the above points answers your question in my attitude towards prostituting from one bookmaker to another. I don't think its just the only factor that attracts me to a casino. I'd need to check how good their withdrawal process is to users. Observe the reviews on the casino before switching to try them out. Because it'll be embarrassing after winning with their odds and you find it impossible to withdraw your funds.  That's mainly the reason to it. We all play online, and fitting our interest is very crucial as gamblers. That's why you'd notice people sticking to the casino that provides them with a fair enough service that suits them.

I was reading few write-ups and answers on stackexchange and this forum thread where a hacker claimed to launch a tool that'll be able to disclose both the sender and receiver of a bitcoin transaction. Which is one of the reasons people Torify their bitcoin node, not because of the thread alone. But, to enhance privacy and maintain pure anonymity. Along the line the disadvantages of running nodes on Tor include Eclipse attack, which according to this source: Bitcoin over Tor isn't a good idea it would take about $2500 monthly to take control of the Tor network and be able to launch an attack on Bitcoin nodes connected to Tor. Like controlling which block and transaction are relayed to the user, and also discard or delay user's transaction and block. Hence, to avoid such attack like said in bitcoin wiki, we'll have to addnotes connection to trusted peers. How does it happen?, this is where I got confused.
How the connection with trusted peers boost the security of the node against Eclipse attack? I didn't get to see any writeup on that. If anyone can help on this, it'll be greatly appreciated. Thanks.