So how does this work? Will you have to wait a year to claim this value, or does it pay out within a reasonable time frame? I'm curious about STEEM and I'm usually cold about most alts. But was looking at some of the trending stuff, and wondering if those guys were actually about to get the 5k+ value from those postings, and in what time frame.

Unless the price decline is long term, and severe, I would say to hold through the dip. Trading carries some inherent risk of losing value; I would only peg back to fiat after I lost 7-15%, and intend to buy back in at the bottom. Otherwise, safer to hold now that bitcoin isn't as volatile as it once was. A crash to ruin is highly unlikely at this point, or at least it won't be sudden.

Very simple solution to this. Get a glass bottle with a metal screwcap. Print a paper wallet, pub and priv, and roll it up in the bottle with the private key not visible. This is the hard step; glue the bottle shut. You can bury it if you want at this point, but the necessity of breaking the bottle will deter you from accessing the wallet. IF you bury it, I wouldn't use glass, and I'd would pick something more permanent than paper to record the keys.

If you want to up the ante, put it in something valuable you will have to break to access, like a vase. You will think twice before accessing said wallet.

I think about all the cool things I could have purchased with that money. Then I get salty and think about the stupid things that I could have brought, like a backscratcher or a whoopie cushion, that I would actually have instead of the zero balance that is worth nothing. I get annoyed at this point, until I remember it was a game. Then I shrug it off, and go do something else.

And please don't forget the guys that buy lottery tickets all day. I have watched people spend half of their check on stratch offs and quick draws; people that play these forms of gambling probably spend a larger percentage of income betting without even realizing it. Losing a dollar 100 times feels a lot different than losing 100 in one go. Deceptively different.

Depends on what you consider gambling. If you include lottery tickets and stratch offs, women make up a large percentage of lottery spending (although males purchase more of these types of instruments). How many times have you seen a female purchasing a stratch off at a gas station? I'll wait.

Like investing, I only gamble what I can afford to lose (much less in the case of gambling ) . When I reach x return, or run out of pre allocated amount of funds, I'm done for the night. You have to employ rules before you go in; this isn't just a game, it's a game for money. Always apply discipline when you deal with money.

As I stated in a similar thread, you may want to shy away from digital goods. You may want to look at a product you can make, a product you can buy in bulk cheaply and resell, or possibly even offering a service. But as far as digital goods go, unless you are creating them (say photographs, or music) you won't be able to mark it up enough for it to be profitable.

Also, think about things that all bitcoin users (your target) use. We all obviously have internet devices

You are gonna kill this, man just take your time and think it out before you commit.

The reason I suggested a physical good (tea) rather than a digital good is because the digital market is already over saturated. Not only are there forum members selling steam games and keys, and PlayStation codes; they are also a number of homebrew websites, and after all that, you have to compete with Gyft. Better a thing only you can provide, like a hand crafted thing (art, craft, food even) or cater to a niche (specializing in having a wide selection of funny trucker hats, for example). That way you can order in bulk, and make that markup.

There is always a niche.

Always sell what you can mark up the most.

Know your target demographic. You are dealing with techno savvy folks for the most part. Wouldn't do to sell them hamburgers, you could sell those to anyone. Sell them USB cables even. But sell something relevant to the target.

Might follow my own advice about that tea,. Was an afterthought, but I see some merit in it if done right. Gonna clam up about it now.

On second thought, don't sell tea.

Unless you are looking at naked children, you should be safe on the darkweb. You are free to view anything on sale in a dark market as much as you want, thats not ilkegal at all. Buying a controlled substance however, is. You can also buy legal products from the dark web, although it would look dodgy in a court of law. So, unless link clicking is putting files on your comp that shouldn't be there, you haven't broken a law.

I consider all my internet generated value to be like crypto, because I buy bitcoin with it mostly, to speculate long term (or until I spend it).  Between Turk and the forum, a slow day is about .013 - .015. If I do some transcription work,  that can easily double.

Use one of the crowd sourced labor platforms to generate income, then use that fiat or virtual value to buy bitcoin. A little tricker because of the extra steps, but ultimately, way faster.

It would not even be necessary to affect the price through trading, you could make a change through social media or traditional media way easier. Imagine if everyone at a huge protest wore Bitcoin t-shirts. Or if someone took hostages waving a bitcoin flag. Or even if they bust some guy selling drugs on the dark web for bitcoin. Positive or negative, that news could easily affect the price, at least temporarily.

Try Mturk. You will have to buy your bitcoin, but it's so much faster than a faucet, and you actually get cash direct  deposited into a bank account. If that account is attached to coinbase, you could buy directly, with a relatively little exchange fee.

Hold as many btc as you can afford as part of a savings strategy. Don't touch it. If you believe in crypto currency, then you should believe that your investment should mature at least 50% over the next few years. There is little risk in this strategy, and little effort; just park the coins in a paper wallet and break the seal when the price reaches the desired point.

I prefer the logo with fail facing forward. It's one of the simple ones, but from my discussions with one of my SEO minded friends, logos that are clearly recognizable (and legible) tend to stick with users the best. I like the design of some of the other better. Also really liked the guy falling down one in the circle. Very identifiable picture that is persisting in my mind even as I type this post. That's a good thing, as Marth Stewart would say.

No.

How many of these thread are there?

I don't agree with this being a good time to invest, as the 'ETHexit' will undoubtedly mean temporarily lower prices. But I will concede that over time, it will go up. Not a bad coin, just a really, really bad look for the devs.

Please, please do this.

I love you Minecache. Not homosexual style, I love your persistence and ambition.

Hell, if I was active in social media, I would do this just for the questions it would garner from my friends.

#Ethereumlivesmatter

I'm black, and from Baton Rouge, I might take some heat for that  

American football. Those guys have been knocking the dog shit out of themselves since the inception of televised sport, and the NFL is taking the heat. In my opinion, it's the fault of both parties. My safety supersedes the sport, and the sport should understand that there are fools, and you have to look out for them. This is why rules evolve in sports, like spearhead tackles being illegal.

But agree with the feature suggestions. Like the tasks, I was trying to figure out a way to make the player activities actual useful and non spoofable.