That is the beauty of it in my opinion. The bright side: you can lose some, but a few months later your gross profit/loss is positive (if you convert into EUR or USD) because of the rise in price of Bitcoin. This has proved to be the case this year, and not just a little.
And if you win, this is obviously even better. 

Greetings to the team.

I am very happy to apply for BITVEST campaign.
I will make sure to provide great visibility of your services. I will of course post the required number of constructive messages here (minimum 60 posts per week) and can also tweet about BITVEST (not asking for extra payments for this, I have over 1200 followers now, growing everyday).

This is an ideal campaign for me, as I have been into crypto-currencies for almost a year now, but also into online gambling (sports betting too) for over five years. I have very solid knowledge in casino games, odds, with some contacts in this field, and I just love discussing about it.

My English is not perfect as I am not a native speaker, but my level is good enough for constructive discussions, to provide some tips, and to exchange about various subjects.
I also wrote a few articles on different topics, such as luck / bad luck, sports betting, odds (I can provide the links upon request).

Thank you so much for giving me a chance to work for you.

Kind regards, and happy new year to the team.



Here are the required details:

User: junoreactor
Postion to Apply: Full Member
Posts Start: 615
Address: 1JrAF4AiAwPg2a3Xt8GDmEmFMbi91Hzdn5

Cute story here (in French but you can use Google translate > https://journalducoin.com/bitcoin/danemark-bitcoin-dans-le-sport/ )

The owner of the skating rink became rich thanks to Bitcoin and decided to rename the rink as the "Bitcoin arena".
More interesting, the article also says that one player (Nikolaj Rosenthal) agreed to be paid in Bitcoin and apparently he is the first athlete ever to receive his salary in crypto-currency (another article here, in English this time > https://www.sbnation.com/nhl/2017/12/14/16777372/hockey-team-bitcoin-arena-salaries-rungsted-seier-capital ).

Hi bitcointalk community,

I am willing to sell some of my Bitcoin soon, and I am the owner of a wallet at Advcash (with a mastercard as well).
For obvious reasons, it would be nice for me if I could receive my funds to my Advcash wallet. Problem is: there will not be my name on the bank details for the bank transfer.

I contacted Advcash and here their reply:

As it would be the first time for me to sell my Bitcoin, I have no idea if existing brokers on the market are willing to do such thing?

Thanks for your help.
Regards, and happy new year.

Some say Ripple is going to overtake Visa and Mastercard but I don't see it for now. 2018 (or even 2020-2025) it's way too soon.
Bitcoin is a great solution anyway but only if LN is implemented soon.
Good video by the way Thanhjonhan, and happy new year to you.

Good advice + Youtube (for example this Swedish guy "Ivan on Tech", very knowledgeable).
I am myself very careful with the hype surrounding specific coins. But there are some great projects even on this forum, Stamps platform for instance looks very promising. 

I am a happy Bitcoin holder, but to be fair even dumb people can make money, with luck for instance.
If things were that simple, you would just need to watch dumb people and see what they do, and then do the opposite yourself, and it would guarantee you to be rich, but no it does not work like that.
And to be completely honest, loads of Bitcoin holders have no clue of what Bitcoin is and just follow the mass, especially last 2 months since the price overtook the 10k USD bar. He got a point IMO

Of course there is a panic, because there is a big hype for months now, and out of control frenzy ever since the price overtook 10k USD.
I am amazed at the number of people with no knowledge at all about Bitcoin and crypto-currencies in general, yet buying and holding, they are the ones panicking at the moment, because they don't understand what is happening. Get some knowledge, try to understand what you invested into. This is not true only for cryptos but anything you invest into.
Make yourself a favor and read this e-book. 

Indeed. This page is pretty informative on the subject. Or a more recent one here > Lightning Network explained

I understand your point of view, but I believe the odds are never "perfect", sometimes you can see odds out at the wrong price, it usually does not last though, the sharpest punters will see them and bet on them, and then these odds will drop so the value will be gone. You need to be quick to see these odds settled at the wrong price. It is not easy, and to be honest becoming rare these days, but they do exist. 

Bitcointalk Username: junoreactor
Twitter Account Link: https://twitter.com/ParieurBetfair
Audit Link: https://twitteraudit.com/ParieurBetfair
Followers: 1186
Telegram username: @manuser7
Ethereum Wallet Address 0x04272576895fB5376f246AaA3648f6C9884C5275
Tweet
1) https://twitter.com/ParieurBetfair/status/947383283960094720
Retweets
1) https://twitter.com/SnapCityReal/status/947337210453409794
2) https://twitter.com/SnapCityReal/status/947584072389242880
3) https://twitter.com/SnapCityReal/status/948266938249093120
4) https://twitter.com/SnapCityReal/status/947153394925309953
5) https://twitter.com/SnapCityReal/status/948765284197842949
6) https://twitter.com/SnapCityReal/status/947038337440686080

Interesting numbers stompix, thanks for sharing.

@bitart: do you mean Advcash or such service? Yes sadly I heard only mastercard registered in SEPA zone are available now. I heard about Epayments as an alternative, I think they deliver their service to America but i'll make sure to double check this.

I always prefer betting on sports I have deep knowledge on, for instance tennis. After big losses, I will stay away from my favorite bookmaker and wait for a week, and try to find the perfect spot to place a bet. I know it sounds silly to say but there are some very safe bets if you are patient enough. When I say safe, please don't take it literally, we all know it does not exist in real life, or else your return will be extremely small.

So, Nishikori is not playing Hopman Cup for Japan, a shame it would have been a good preparation ahead of the Australian Open. He has not played on the tour since August and will be quite rusty I believe, but he also has big support in Melbourne, I hope he'll go far this year.

The price was around 13k USD yesterday when I sent a payment of 0.008 BTC and I chose to pay 199 sat/b for the transfer (recommended fee was 350 or something). I got 6 confirmations within eight hours, not that bad compared to a few weeks ago.
Is it because of the price dropping?

I wanted to use an accelerator service after a day, but did not need to.

Always make sure to modify the recommended fee if you can afford to in terms of time, and/or use an accelerator, there are plenty around.

There are load of topics on this forum about this, you could make a quick search, here or Google, Youtube.
Monero is a name that was not mentioned yet on this topic, it is a good coin with solid basis and regular growth.

The same thing happened a few months ago in Taiwan. Let's be honest, Bitcoin is not related to crime by any mean, but it would be naive to think the demand for Bitcoin last few years has no link with crime. This is an appropriate tool for criminals and that's why the market of Bitcoin need to acknowledge it IMO. It is not being a "troll", a "FUD newbie" to acknowledge that.
What I dislike very much is "journalists" knowing pretty much nothing about Bitcoin, and calling it a scam / or dangerous for this sole reason. without digging deeper to get more exact information and see the big picture.
 

That's all we are waiting for, for LN to be implemented, there are risks but I trust the community for this, they know what they are doing. If this is not some fake news, this would solve all the problems Bitcoin is facing right now and would encourage some merchants to accept and use Bitcoin.
 Fingers crossed.

In the previous 6 years, correct me if I am wrong but the fees were never a concern, actually it was not until late this year. This is a new problem for Bitcoin and the community behind it.

I sent a payment this morning with blockchain.info and the average fee was around $12, not too bad if you send the equivalent of $1000, but not too good if you send a small payment (I sent a total of $150). I would not consider $12 a "low fee" anyway. I am replying to guoyu78's comment above me.

Now another question, what will holders too if the price of BTC keeps floating around 12-15k without going higher for 2 or 3 months straight? Ask yourself the question...  perhaps some investors will get interested because the price is more stable (therefore less risky for them), but some others will run away as they may think BTC reached its maximal potential.