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2001  Bitcoin / Project Development / Re: how to compare between blockchain solutions for particular problem? on: May 25, 2020, 10:12:07 AM
If there aren't any, then it's up to you to complete the first.

You're asking quite an arbitrary question that may not have been answered before. I can't imagine that anybody else has produced a thorough review and comparison of the different blockchain solutions for land registration.

A quick Google search doesn't pull up anything that seems to match what you're looking for.

That said, if you really want help, I suggest asking this question on Quora. Some people there will put in crazy amounts of research for generic questions, so they can pretty much do your research for you.
2002  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Service Discussion (Altcoins) / Re: Getting Listed On Exchanges on: May 25, 2020, 08:41:39 AM
A lot of major exchanges will ask that you partner with third-party liquidity providers. Some exchanges will also provide this service directly.

You don't always have to GIVE the liquidity provider your tokens, but you will often need to loan them a large sum, which they'll then use to keep your spreads minimized and ensure all buy/sell orders can be matched quickly.

You'll also need to ensure that you've got NDAs in place and a solid team structure with known executives. Most exchanges wont list without this, since there is too high a risk of insider trading.
2003  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Slots are better than Dice. on: May 25, 2020, 06:43:47 AM
You are incorrect in your line of reasoning.

Although it's true that slots have a chance of landing you a much bigger win, and have accumulators, multipliers (and often bonus games), these don't change the fact that they also have a much higher house edge and hence a lower return to player (RTP).

All in all, playing 1x roll at 100x multiplier on dice, or trying to win 100x your principal on a slot machine, you've got a better chance with the dice. There's no point discussing all the money you get in between, since these have higher win percentages, similar to wagering dice on a high win chance.
2004  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Service Discussion (Altcoins) / Re: Limited participants is the best option for bounty campaigns this days on: May 24, 2020, 10:55:18 PM
Most bounty participants are absolutely shocking bad, and yet they're still awarded stakes.

If bounty managers actually did their job correctly and only offered stakes to those that have produced meaningful results for the client project, then that would also improve the rewards for all those that deserve them. Anybody producing absolute gutteral spam shouldn't get any reward for their efforts whatsoever.

Maybe one of the main things would be to message the bounty manager right when the bounty starts, and work with them to clarify the rules to ensure this is the case. I guarantee 90% of most bounty tokens are snagged by spamming mult-accounters, rather than those that really helped to market the project—simply due to lazy or overburdened bounty managers.

If you want it fixed, it's best that this occurs right at the start of the bounty.
2005  Economy / Service Announcements / Re: Crypto wallet that works like a bank on: May 24, 2020, 10:22:57 PM
Honestly, I've never heard of your platform.

But just scrolling through your site I can see that your firm has put some serious time and effort into it.

It's not really clear how it works like a bank though. Does that mean your wallet provides interest on any deposits? If so, can you provide a link with more details about this?
2006  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Satoshi isn't that rich. on: May 24, 2020, 08:52:02 PM
Anybody with a sufficiently large stack of Bitcoin is likely smart enough to know not to dump their entire bag at once. Satoshi, in particular, should know this, since he invented the damn thing and gave birth to all the markets we see today.

It's estimated that Satoshi could have somewhere in the order of 10,000 to 100,000 BTC. This means he has somewhere between $90 and $900 million at today's rates. I'd call that fantastically wealthy in my opinion, even if he somehow only managed to liquidate it at 1/3 market rate, earning himself a minimum of $30 million.

Plenty of people have created similar blockchains, many of which are equally capable to Bitcoin's with far less money. So that would be a pretty great turnout for him.
2007  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Please help me understand MONERO on: May 22, 2020, 05:29:36 PM
First of all, I'm curious why you're writing articles on a complex topic when you don't even understand it yourself?

Are you trying to spread misinformation? I'd suggest staying away from the technical details if you don't understand them, as you will only confuse your readers.

With that said, if you're genuinely willing to learn, check out this StackExchange thread on how RingCT works;

https://monero.stackexchange.com/questions/880/eli5-how-does-ringct-work

Some of the respondents break it down nicely.
2008  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: What sports do you think that can resume amid Covid-19 scare. on: May 22, 2020, 12:42:39 PM
Anything that doesn't absolutely need a large stadium could resume in a closed hall.

Something like boxing, table tennis, MMA, arm wrestling, darts etc.

I don't think games like soccer, football, cricket, or anything like that can resume, simply due to the large number of people involved. Even without a live audience it's still too risky.

That said, I doubt most of these would resume anyway, since they don't have huge TV or streaming viewer numbers, they instead rely on ticket sales which obviously can't happen right now. Either way, there's no rush, everything will start coming back shortly.

2009  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Ripple should stop dumping XRP coins!! Let's all help to stop this on: May 22, 2020, 08:09:34 AM
Pretty sure that Ripple needs to sell their XRP in order to fund their development and marketing moves.

How else do you expect them to develop their on-demand liquidity product, grow their customer base and bring forward more use cases for the XRP token? Also, why do you think Ripple even cares about the market value of XRP right now? They're building something for the LONG TERM, which means it doesn't really matter how XRP performs now.

Sometimes you need to spend money and suffer now, so that you can be in a better position later. This is exactly what Ripple appears to be doing, I really don't think they give the slightest damn about retail investors who buy in and get rekt.

Note, I don't like Ripple in general, nor XRP—they're both terrible. I also think Ripple is a force for bad in the crypto industry. Anybody supporting it should get rekt.
2010  Economy / Gambling / Re: ⭐ Crypto.Games ⭐ 0.8% House Edge on Dice ⭐Largest Wagering contest...ever ⭐ on: May 22, 2020, 07:27:04 AM
BTC Lottery round 478 ends in 24hrs! Don't miss out!

First place
0.001360 BTC

Second place
0.000255 BTC

Third place
0.000085 BTC

Total tickets (of all players)
17

Price per ticket
0.000100 BTC

Only 17 players so far for lottery round 478—get your tickets now!

2011  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Do online gamblers think about their privacy and anonymity? on: May 21, 2020, 10:16:05 PM
If you look at the terms and conditions of most gambling sites (even crypto ones), you will find that almost all will have a clause that allows them to request identity verification from any user.

Normally they will only do this under very particular circumstances though, e.g. if they're suspected of money laundering or manipulating the system.

Obviously requesting KYC from a user is extremely bad PR, so you can understand why these platforms would be hesitant to do it.

That said, there are some benefits to the practice, and most casinos will likely implement some relaxed KYC procedures eventually due to increasing pressure from the financial authorities.
2012  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: What do you think about investing in Eos on: May 21, 2020, 07:09:30 PM
I think EOS is too complicated to ever gain mainstream usage.

Even Bitcoin/Ethereum/Litecoin etc are considered to be relatively complicated for the layman, how do you think these people will feel when they have to work out how much CPU, NET, and RAM they need to complete a transaction or interact with a smart contract?

There has been a mass exodus of projects away from EOS for this exact reason. Sure, it's fast, but its complexity outweighs its benefits.

I also don't like the idea of 21 block producers, not enough decentralized IMO, even if they are voted in by the community. I'm sure several of them rigged their way into position.
2013  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Underground Casinos Is it Happening? on: May 21, 2020, 03:31:49 PM
Of course there are underground casinos, though not sure that's the term I'd use.

You can just search on Craigslist, Reddit, Meetup.com etc, there's still a huge number of posts for home games for card games.

Probably not as many as there were before the lockdown, but there are still a substantial number of new posts.

The governments obviously wouldn't allow home casinos, because you need a gambling license to offer these services to ensure you provide fair games. Plus, they wouldn't get any tax revenue from these places, and they could easily be used for laundering money.
2014  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Be a professional gambler on your own way. on: May 21, 2020, 08:45:04 AM
It's only possible to be a professional gambler if you are playing a game that has a skill element, e.g. blackjack, baccarat, poker and sports betting.

There might be a few others, but I'm not aware of them.

I've been a professional poker player for around a decade now, mostly playing at brick and mortar casinos, and believe me there is a huge difference between the average fish and a pro.

A pro can literally bankrupt a fish pretty easily while playing on the low stakes tables, whereas it's not possible to take advanced of such a skill disparity with most gambling games, e.g. lottery, crash or hi-lo. So don't even bother trying to be a "pro" at these games, because you'll fail.
2015  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Service Discussion (Altcoins) / Re: Binance is a good exchange but don't expect forever surge on: May 21, 2020, 08:20:07 AM
Exchanges should be platforms that are used for cryptocurrency trading, not for participating in moonshots and planned pump and dumps—that's exactly what IEOs are (for the most part).

I am 100% sure that CZ knows that the projects listed on the launchpad are likely to spike to above their IEO price, and I wouldn't be surprised if Binance and/or the listed projects hire a huge number of liquidity providers to help drive up the trading volumes on the IEO tokens to help them grow.

However, it has worked every time so far, so the investors don't really get burned, whereas the traders investing in the days and weeks after listing often do. Either way, I still use Binance for the majority of my trades, but I'm not a fan of its IEO platform or pump tactics.

They absolutely must be hiring liquidity manufacturers or deploying trading bots.

The trading volume some of these IEOs see soon after listing is insane—even given the hype they receive during the IEO and prior to listing.

Then this suddenly drops off a few weeks after listing, indicating the contract with the liquidity provider has finished.

If you're going to invest in IEO tokens, the only right time to do so is DURING the IEO. Anything after is rolling a loaded dice.
2016  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: [ BOXING ]: Fury vs Wilder III in Las Vegas on 18th July 2020 !!! on: May 20, 2020, 11:05:15 PM
51 votes in the poll so far

43 vote for Fury
8 votes for Wilder


According to members here within the forum there is not much hope in Wilder winning the re-match.

Keep the votes coming in please  Grin

The fight has been postponed, so why is this thread still open?

Also, the poll is completely unnecessary, it's quite clear that Fury has won by an absolute landslide, more votes will achieve nothing.

I suggest locking this thread until the fight is rescheduled.
2017  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Bitcoin is Up by 16% Post Halving on: May 20, 2020, 10:52:46 PM
Bitcoin is actually trading at $9,500—not $9,700.

In any case, we can't say that this growth can be attributed to the halving, since Bitcoin has already been on a dramatic uptrend since at least mid-March (after getting half of its value slashed as a result of the COVID19 pandemic).

Correlation doesn't equal causation, any logical trader will realize that the halving is simply incidental at this point, it will take some time until the reduced mintage has a knock-on effect on the price action of Bitcoin. (If ever).
2018  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Las Vegas Mayor Wants to Re-open Casinos. Thoughts? on: May 20, 2020, 09:32:24 PM
I guess she doesn't understand that even animal welfare means freedom from disease.

I'm sure people would rather lose some income rather than be in hospital having their lungs ventilated because they're got bacterial or viral pneumonia!

I understand there's a need to balance the effects on the economy with the effects on people's health, however, it should not be forced on everyone.

Maybe they should have a vote on it. Let the citizens on Las Vegas vote whether they want to take the health or financial hit. At least it's fair that way.
2019  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: J.K. Rowling, Author Of Harry Potter Is Interested in Bitcoin, Time To Short? on: May 20, 2020, 08:50:33 PM
Not sure how somebody showing interest and placing a big spotlight on Bitcoin indicates it's time to short.

Wouldn't that mean that the market is more likely to pump? Unless of course the majority of the surrounding discussions were negative?

Seems like Elon Musk, CZ and a bunch of others chimed in too, and yet Bitcoin did in fact dip temporarily.

I doubt it had anything to do with JK though, probably more likely the fact that the Bitcoin.org domain is about to change hands—potentially indicating a hostile takeover is imminent.
2020  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Did Satoshi just moved his coins? on: May 20, 2020, 06:28:07 PM
Although it's definitely an old user, I don't get why it necessary needs to be Satoshi or any other major early participant?

No doubt there were hundreds of people involved in Bitcoin before the first 10,000 blocks were mined. It isn't unreasonable to assume that some of these finally rediscovered their old stash and looked to cash out.

After all, that is $500k worth of Bitcoin. Few people have the personal net worth necessary to continue waiting and watching after discovering such a sum.

In any case, I'm sure the blockchain analytics platforms and even some unpaid detectives here on Bitcointalk will be all over it, looking for any link they can to potentially put a name to the transaction.
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