Well if that's collateral... then will somebody loan me $800? I have a summons for mail fraud I can put up as collateral. 

Because it's gota die! It just fucking has to or we're finished.  Oh God, please just die. 

Absolutely right. Faucets are a waste of time if you want more than $1 worth. And gambling? that's ridiculous. The only mathematically provable thing about gambling is that chances are you will lose your money. If you want to make money gambling then you need to buy a casino.

If you want bitcoin then just change the word to money. How do I earn money?
Well, you can sell things, you can work at a job, you can provide a service... It's money.

OMG, she is going to fit in well. haha

Cool project by the way.

Yeah, I should have been more picky. It would be about $20 worth now. I should have given her DOGE coins! lol

The answer is no because this place is not a country at all. And like 5 people live there. 

Unless the business is registered and licensed then you are not investing in anything. You are simply giving your money to people you don't know and have absolutely no recourse if when they scam you. consider this a costly lesson. In the future your first question is "Can you please mail over your letters of incorporation and tax ID info". If they don't have that then its a fantasy to think you are investing.

I tried this in another campaign. I gave like $10 and set up some girls smartphone. Later, when I asked he what she did with it she was like "wha? I don't have that phone anymore. I was afraid to use it because my boyfriend said that bitcoins can hijack your phone."

 

I plan on using my bitcoins to do good things in the world. I don't find a connection between money and richness.

That's how I see it also. I think a lot of institutions who only vaguely understand bitcoin have dreams of starting over with a coin under their control. Of course they are missing the point. The fact that they can't control bitcoin is why many of us are here in the first place.

Oh that's awesome. It must be new because when I hit 1337 I stopped posting for a week. 

NO
It's money and has value. So you will have to buy them at market price or work for money or sell something.

I saw you mention that mining is for creating the coins. That aspect alone should not be overlooked. One of the problems with making a new currency is the problem of distribution. Satoshi's mining idea rewards those who help the network and opens up a fair contest that anyone can join in on. Otherwise who gets the money? Your friends? What value is something that was given away for nothing? I would not buy such a coin.  

Unless you are willing to do some jail time I would strongly suggest not buying anything illegal until you have completed your degree in cryptography. TOR can be used to access the "darknet" however most who try are not actually hiding their identity as they think. As far as going on the lamb... That is orders of magnitude harder to do. You will burn through your 50BTC in less than a day trying. Your fake credentials will cost more than double that and you may need to keep buying more of them for years. I think you would need more like 500BTC to start disappearing.

Welcome mate! We like people like you, who want to expand the bitcoin economy. As opposed to someone who begs for money within hours of opening an account. Cheers.

There are different security concerns with bitcoin and no one to do the security for you, but that is better security for me. I can use bitcoin in a way that is far more secure. I'm on my 3rd. debit card in a year due to breaches I can do nothing about. I have never lost a Satoshi due to fraud with BTC. 
That is not true in my experience. I have saved hundreds of dollars in credit card fees so far this year using BTC. And I do not need or want any help with fraud. The security of bitcoin is far more than I have with a credit card. And the 3% master card charges is mostly profit not fraud protection. They are a for profit business and MUST make a profit from you.
Escrow? I never use that because I only deal with trusted businesses. There are only two parties in my transactions. And again, it may seem like it happens fast but ask a business owner about that. I have owned businesses for years and I assure you credit cards are days to months.
I like credit unions also. Because they are not as driven by profit they are less likely to fee you to death. But they can not compete with bitcoin. The fees for transferring money for a credit union are the same as a bank. Try sending $100 bucks to the UK, or anywhere abroad. Spoiler alert, you are going to need $125 bucks or so. Your country is not in control, that is correct. But neither is China or anyone. And anyone can compete. The Chinese can't do a damn thing about it. As far as the miners power... More power too them!! They did more and so will get more. Exactly how the system was designed.

I make three backups then put one in a bank safe deposit box. Another is buried in an airtight container on property I own. This one can be found with a metal detector. The last is held by a person I trust in another state.

Now I am secured even if a nuke goes off and wipes out my city. Assuming I survive I can get my money back quickly. 

Before you do anything else...! Make a copy of your wallet and save it to a USB stick. Then take that to the bank and put it in your safe deposit box. If you lose that wallet and have no back-up then your bitcoins are hopelessly lost forever.

Anyone should understand that an investor-based game is a scam. You are not an "investor", you are a mark. The use of the word investor is the first of many lies to come.

So you are earning 7 million dollars a year and you need other peoples money?