Most enthusiasts and believers of the coin speculated an upheaval in the middle of this year. So it's not like this comes as a surprise for most people here in this forum. Then again when we put it into perspective, three month's time before a comeback is indeed a small span of duration when you compare it to previous price dumps and recoveries that literally took years. This goes to show that as a growing community, the support we offer to bitcoin and indirectly to the market allows us to recover quite quickly from price dumps, making quick profits in the process. An upward trend isn't a good reason for the market to bounce back, at least that's how I think about it. If you come to think of it, graphs are representation of the data collected and aren't the data themselves. So there has to be an ulterior reason as to why this happened, and if the upward trend of the market were ever to be the reason for this pump, I would assume it would only be miniscule.

Bitcoin is undoubtedly being overshadowed by numerous cryptocurrencies that offer the same functionalities, sometimes even more than what bitcoin could initially offer, and that for me is okay. Competition always bring out the best in each other more than anything, and with a standard that high, subsequent cryotocurrencies that want to make a cut out of the market must make something remarkable in order to not get thrown under the bus. This enaures a bright and fruitful future for us cryptocurrency enthusiasts, be it whether there is bitcoin or none in that future. Not literally losing its purpose as in losing all the functionality all of a sudden, with the sudden rise of multiple cryptocurrencies in the market that could offer the same benefits as bitcoin, there is no doubt bitcoin is slowly being overshadowed by cryptocurrencies that are much better in terms of functionalities and system.

My defipet and cryptoblades are receiving quite the notice lately. Ranging from good reviews from people who are quite faithful these games will deliver what they promised and would boom in the market, from skeptics who are quite doubtful given that these games have fell short in areas where it matters most, my defipet with the reciprocity and its play to earn feature and cryptoblades' high volatility rate that leaves its players confused and splitting hairs, especially those who bought their accounts at high. For me its all a matter of perspective because if you think about it, investment is a form of gambling in itself as well, only that the collaborative efforts of all its players could affect the win percentage of each player. It's imperative to always only invest with money you can afford to lose, otherwise you'll be causing more and more problems in the long run. You are also coreect about the fact that there should be an element of enjoyment for whenever you invest in an NFT game because before anything else, it's a game that is meant to be played and it would defeat its purpose if you are to not at least enjoy interacting with it.

It's normal to have ideas for strategy every now and then which you would think would improve your gambling experiences or oftentimes the chances of you winning more games. As a responsible gambler you should put winning and securing those wins over how many games you play. To have dreams however, I feel like it falls under borderline gambling addiction. And if you have intrusive thoughts about gambling riddling you almost everyday, you might need to have yourself be checked. It's always better to prevent something than medicating to make it go away. Well it always depends on how you handle gambling as a player. There are well-off players out there that can gamble huge amounts of cash without worry, and there are people who win big from nothing, but of course they are part of only a small percentile of gamblers. Thing is, as a small-gambler, we have to be responsible for our mental health and our money, and once you were able to do that, no amount of gambling can get on your nerves.

At this point bitcoin has already established its place in the market and had been keeping its position quite solid for the past few years. It would be a waste indeed if we are not to invest even a small percentage of our money meant for investing and crypto in such a valuable asset with high potential for profits. Although the fear and the doubts are justified, knowing that there isn't really a big and full-blown use-case basis for bitcoin unlike its successors in the market, the profitability severely counteracts this, making it still one of the biggest coins in the market up to this day. A very famous revolving quote around this forum goes like this "the best time to invest is 5 years ago. the second best would be now." It makes total sense when you realize the or at the very least envision the opportunities and potentials that bitcoin would be stepping into come 5 years into the future. To strip yourself from being part of that is a grave mistake. bitcoin is a literal "buy now or regret later" venture at this point.

It's just how some business are made to be. Exit scams that are used to add additional funding for their main projects. Even worse if they are just there to make a quick buck and quit entirely or re-enter under a different guise in order to trick more people. Unfortunately that's just how this world works for some. And for their sponsors and brand ambassadors, their works stop when advertisements are made and promotions are released to the general public. Most of the time they do not have complete affiliation to the project other than the fact that they chose to sign up for it. Well solution always come from the one faced with the problem as usual so it doesn't come as a surprise that you are the one to keep yourself from being scammed. Being more vigilant and mindful of whatever you do online be it connected to gambling or not is a surefire way to keep yourself from scam gambling sites that are there to make a quick buck out of your apparent gullibility.

The catchiness of the game revolves around the overall atmosphere the developers advertises it to be. For example, No Man's Sky was booming in release because it was advertised to be a game that will push the limits of ever engine it was in, but quickly fell into oblivion when people came to realize that apart from fairly good graphics, nothing of what the promised features were actually delivered. The same can be said for gambling games, doesn't matter if you have the best or worst features, long as the general public doesn't feel like they are being cheated playing your game, you are good to go. Gambler's fallacy basically. The human brain tends to obsess over control and would overestimate the amount of control it has over situations that are very probabilistic in nature. That's why people still play sweepstakes even though you have a higher chance of getting struck by lightning than winning the jackpot.

City coin and they in turn would reward holders with bitcoin instead of their native coin to promote circulation and market cap increase? That seems weird for me. I appreciate that the mayor had the vision not many people in power have over cryptocurrencies but it just doesn't make sense to me why he'd go so far as to create a coin for his city, and then low ball it by introducing bitcoin into the system. If there's something about this post that explains why they thought this was a good idea please feel free to correct me. I just don't see why they would do such a thing instead of just creating your very own cryptocurrency and have people buy it instead of going over the extra hassle of rewarding holders with bitcoin, be it miniscule or major. The concept of city/city-state coins could work well especially for a country as big as USA. The funding can easily be created and profits on the government and the people's end is very possible. I guess this is one of the baby steps we take towards a digitized future. Hopefully this creates more opportunities for cryptocurrencies to be introduced to the general public and not have it be stagnated as a measly side hustle you can take if you wanna earn extra cash, no matter how beneficial that might be.

The fact that bitcoin has a finite supply and only had a limited supply in circulation is proof enough that it will help you against inflation just like how investing on gold would help save the value of your wealth. Thing is, bitcoin is very volatile and fluctuations in price may go for the better or for the worst for you. So it's not as reliable as they think it is when it comes to being a store-of-value. Then again most people here who hold on bitcoin aren't here to save themselves from hyperinflation imminent as the central bank prints more and more banknotes to accommodate the lack of enough supply in circulation, it's the fact that holding on bitcoin is profitable enough that they stay. Makes sense, but then again that would be quite impossible since there are some minted bitcoins that are already lost in circulation. Some left in the digital wastelands just like the thousands of bitcoins kept in a harddrive that was accidentally thrown into the dumpster by an IT guy I forgot the name of. But even then you are correct, having this kind of monetary setup where inflation is minimal if there's even any compared to fiat's situation.

Saw this being talked about like as early as February, I cannot reiterate how intelligent and intuitive this move by Poland is compared to efforts conducted by other countries to promote the vaccination of the general public. The fact that it tickled the innate desire of humans for money is while ensuring that they are able to vaccinate as much people as possible in the process is commendable on its own. I just have a few questions concerning this sweepstakes move of the Polish Government. Is this lottery still going on? If so how are they drawing the winner? Is it similar to what a regular sweepstake supported by a government is? Heard about that, also heard that the Philippines mostly relied on vaccine donations because the government was so busy incarcerating drug addicts and ECQ violators instead of really doing something to absolve the breach issue. With a pandemic as deadly as this, it just doesn't make sense to risk your life going over the next block to meet your friends, these people need money to survive but they wouldn't be able to acquire cash if they won't go out. and with supplies of the vaccine being scarce, there's no way for these people would just wait for their turn despite the precautions because they need to go to their jobs ASAP.

As of late bitcoin had broken the 30k barrier and is shooting for 45k. We still can't be complacent however as there is still a good amount of chance that the next few days show bearish signs and dump bitcoin back to 35k or even possibly 30k. At this point it's anybody's game now, and a booming news or update concerning bitcoin could definitely affect the price of bitcoin for the better. But one thing's certain at this point, there is a low possibility of a dump like the one that happened last 2018 happening again within this year. There's just so much fast movement from bitcoin nowadays that it's not likely for bitcoin to drop at such a low value. Never even knew much about the FUD incoming from China apart from the fact that they (as far as I know) are trying to eradicate any form of cryptocurrency activity within their borders. Thing is, it has already been established since day 1 that the Chinese Government isn't in good terms with cryptocurrency, and had made plans to thwart bitcoin's growth in the Chinese Population as early as 2018. So it's possible that people just got so fed up with China's BS that they paid no mind with whatever China's doing that concerns bitcoin because it will for sure be negative anyway.

Rocks on their own basically have no much use, plus fungibility is also an issue when it comes to using rocks, just because you called this rock precious doesn't necessarily mean that I will let you trade that for my gold collection per se. With bitcoin it's different, the common people's mistake is assuming that bitcoin's value is not backed by anything except the faith of the people that are investing in it which is of course not true. Some of us here invest for the technology. Some see it as a currency and had been using it for anonymous transactions. Plus, the argument that it doesn't do much is quite false as well, because as we speak, there are plans and are upcoming plans for bitcoin utilization in the physical and online world. This is both right and wrong. Paper bills in the past are made as a placeholder for when you don't have the gold coins to purchase goods, with paper bills practically meaning that "I owed you this much gold coins with this purchase, you have to trust me that sooner or later I will pay you with its counterpart in gold". Until some time later we find out that we can endow these bills with value themselves and not just use them as placeholders, hence why we call these "banknotes". Now going back, it is quite true that the ones who protect a fiat currency's value is its own government, but what endows it with value is the economy it is backed upon.

Speculations will remain as speculations unless proven or disproven otherwise. Despite this, a lot of people are believing that bitcoin will indeed reach 100k this year or Q1 of next year which is very possible considering the past year's performance of bitcoin. Still, I would like to place a disclaimer for you indicating the fact that bitcoin isn't a get-rich-quick scheme, nor is it a get-rich-guaranteed scheme of some sorts, so be sure to only invest what you can afford to lose, otherwise the detriments will be much worse for you than what you may have anticipated. Would work if you are very willing to have your investments be sitting in your wallet in 2-4 years untouched, regardless of the market's movement and behavior within that timeframe. Some people will be willing to do that but for those who cannot afford losing their investments for reasons, might as well diversify your portfolios so you don't lose all your money in one basket when worse comes to worst.

There should be a much stricter policy regarding customer welfare especially in these types of business models where customers who sign up are at risk of being addicted. Many may disagree with this but soon as you get into the habit of gambling it's quite hard to quit it without outside intervention. And in situations like this it is very helpful that online gambling sites set up parameters that track their customer's activity and provide them with health assistance or redirect them to a healthcare professional soon as they see patterns of addiction. It shouldn't be that bothersome to project empathy especially for someone who keeps your business running. Phishing may of course be on the gambler's fault but the fact remains that they should inform people about this as soon as news of it come out. As for the other health detriments, they could do something about it like automatically locking the customer's account on certain parts of the day and redirecting them to a health professional which could be done within their system if my memory serves me correctly. Yes it's quite the trouble but in exchange for a much healthier gambling environment? Yes please.

There is a huge possibility of this coming true in the future. The cryptocurrency pump that happened last year plus the multitudes of online casinos that mostly offer cryptocurrency prizes may force their physical counterparts to accept and reward their customers in the form of cryptocurrency someday. This offers numerous benefits for the bettor and the house since they would cut the need for greenbacks and cash rewards, because nobody wants to walk around the city unarmed with a bag of money with them. That would literally be a call for thieves and muggers to target you. There is a huge possibility of this happening but your explanation should at least explain more as to why this would happen. I would assume that by you saying that casinos love money, you mean that they see cryptocurrency gamblers as an untapped resource they must come after to expand their reaches and improve profitability. This wouldn't happen anytime soon though as drastic measures like this takes time and research before implemented, not to mention the risks of COVID-19 contraction being existent.

Governments do need to regulate and officially legalize a system or an earning program in order to have it operate within the borders of its country, but the thing is, most cryptocurrency are decentralized and do not abide by a border to operate, which makes it hard for them to be regulated by a single government, since there is no one to coordinate with in the cryptocurrency end of the spectrum. Then again if they are to find a way around this in the future, this will pretty much resolve some of the adoption issues that we are still facing and make cryptocurrencies more accessible to the general public. Exactly, but the government being the government, would not allow such eventualities to occur within its borders, no matter how rigged or corrupt the general population think this is. In order to fully operate within its borders, there has to be some sort of recognition on the government's end allowing cryptocurrencies to operate under the government's watch, otherwise legal issues involving cryptocurrencies will not be backed and supported by the government.

Just because it is practically the progenitor doesn't mean that it is inferior to the ones that came after it. The fact of the matter is, that bitcoin's popularity and technology paved the way for these cryptocurrencies who I would say are just slightly different iterations of bitcoin and without it we wouldn't see ethereum, or any type of cryptocurrencies out there. in more ways than one bitcoin show more promise than the majority of the cryptocurrencies in the market. Further dignifying the fact that even if it came before everything else, it is not last in the race and is still practically succeeding past the other participants. And people believe in it because of the promising potential that it can offer not only in the sector of finance and economy but the technology behind it as well. Blockchain is one of the most secure and most powerful technologies ever made in this decade, there is a wide array of applications that it can be implemented on so in order to keep blockchain alive at least until we crack all of its secrets, some of us who aren't even proponents of bitcoin had no choice but to support it nonetheless.

I've seen this game through MoistCrit1kal's stream become big from just being a regular back of the set slapping tournament to a tournament of its own complete with a larger prize pot and basic rules within the game prior. There's a huge possibility this could progress even further to perhaps have it be given a show for Russian people to enjoy. Olympics however would be a bit hard to reach since most games that are included in there all originated in Greece and as far as I know the basic criteria that a sport to meet in order to be included in the Olympics is to ensure that the sport originated from Greece itself. Funny that you mentioned that it doesn't require official rules when the hype around this sport had risen up so much so that it required them to include specific rules in the game like tiered warning system if you hit the neck or the ear. Some participants even take diets and training before their games so at this point it became a game that has gone serious despite the fact that it probably came from a couple of people memeing around.

It's all about what you do with power that determines whether you are a master or a leader. Not everyone who was able to command a multitude of culture and people did so in hopes of enslaving them in the process. Sure the majority may do but there are still notable exceptions to this question. Nonetheless, as a considered "slave" since I haven't created my own cryptocurrency and have no plans in doing so in the future, yet I am relatively faring well and couldn't wish for more other than hoping the cryptocurrency industry flourishes more and touch more lives in the future. Responsibility and morals is what keeps everyone tethered from freedom. To rule, you are given the responsibility to take care of lives under your morals. This could also be seen in cryptocurrency when someone releases their own cryptocurrency and garners interest and purchase from people. In some way or form everyone is a slave in this world, so it's not like you can't really get away from it. What matters at least for me is the fact that through cryptocurrency, and the technology that is behind it we are given a promise and a hope that the future wouldn't be as awful as our present.

This is a problem that banks have caused to create profit, to have bitcoin solve it, if it can anyway, is like having someone clean up after your mess. If we are to reinvent the way currency works through the introduction of cryptocurrencies as the main form of payment method that we will use, we may not even have to worry about the debt itself as banks would be obsolete and in any case this should clear out the small debts. Larger debts in the form of loans on the world bank however may require a larger form of effort to be exerted which bitcoin doesn't have to do. Inflation, certainly. But massive debts? It's unnecessary and quite impossible even for something as revolutionary as bitcoin. Bitcoin could at least help a country utilize its potential much wiser and with that comes the potential for an upheaval in the economic sector and a clearing of national debts in the process. This is just my idea of how bitcoin could assist in the debt crisis and I am not quite sure if this is a very viable move that countries could take in the near future.