You're right on that. For as far as I know he has not scammed anyone yet. Some might accuse him of "Buying trust", but I don't agree on that. See THIS post of Quickseller and see how much money he (Bob) gave away in just a short time.. There has not been such thing as a scam to cover all these cost has it?

I think Bob is just a great, generous guy. I've once received an incredible cheap code for Steam money of him, and next to that I've received a (LEGIT!!) digital Amazon code of him for only making a $2 donation to charity. Read, this code was legit (and it still is: the balance has not been deducted in my Amazon account where it still is located).

The reason why someone would be so generous to strangers, keeps unrevealed I guess. Personally I think he was one of the lucky ones who joined the Bitcoin train in the very beginning (and therefore has or had a lot of BTC / money).

You should notice that he especially helps people who have shown to be great persons too, for example Muhammed Zakir.

I've been into PTC websites myself (as a member, not as an owner) before my Bitcoin time. However, I was able to build a nice amount of (active) referals on some of them and that was quite a nice period for me, untill some (and the biggest) websites simply stopped / stopped paying the members.. I probably lost hundreds on dollars on these websites, as I invested quite a lot in these websites - you were able to buy "referalpacks".

Since then, I've not been into any PTC website anymore. Also not related to Bitcoin. I just don't think it's worth your time and efforts - which is the same as faucets.

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I did not really lost much BTC gambling. In fact, I just won 0.067 BTC. I think I'm more into such kinds of gambling instead of dice games .

You've got examples of other ways to make money with a faucet? The only possibility I can add is that some kinds of CAPTCHA-features do pay the owner of websites some small amounts of money. These CAPTCHA's then show also ads etcetera, you should Google for this .

At this moment, I can not think about other ways to generate an extra income for faucets rather than advertisements (- you might also want to consider selling banners etc to Bitcoin / Altcoin / Gamble related websites  etc if you have enough visitors).

Woohoooo! That's actually the first time I win a quite nice price with BettingBlocks. I have to admit, I've place a similar bet on (in total) 3 pools, but hey, that's still great.

Thank you very much! I will place some bets again in a few days.

Suggesting someone to gamble with their money / BTC in order to save money is the worst and funniest thing I've read this week.. Overal, you loose money with gambling. Yes, there's a chance that you win money, but - in the end - there is always a bigger chance that you loose money (as the casino / dice website etc has an house edge in order to be profitable).

Investing might be a good advise - as long as you invest well and in the right project. That's very hard too..

With this message I want to confirm the payment. This has been the sixth time that Carra23 has paid me for this campaign. Thanks Carra23!

I also confirm my starting postcount for the following two weeks.

This question all relates to why do people gamble? I think everyone wants to earn ("free") money, right? Some of us are willing to pay for a chance to get more money, thus some of us are willing to gambling. Others are not, although they buy lottery tickets etcetera. And others are not willing to pay something (for a chance to win money).

And why people play dice in specific, I think because dice games are well known and quite easy to understand. (Online poker takes more knowledge for example). And, many dice websites can proove they're legit and fair. The reason why people use BTC for this gambling is because it's really easy, isn't it? I can't imagine a faster way gamble online than with using BTC for this. It works great on websites like Primedice.

I think advertisements are not unwanted for faucets. Yes, users / claimers would indeed see an absolute clean faucet (and by favor one that pays atleast 1 BTC per hit..) but that's a no-go. In order to keep a faucet alive, thus to cover the costs, you need some kind of income. If you can keep the faucet alive by advertisements (whether they pop up or not), then that's okay in my view. I think most of the users / claimers would understand this. And, in the end, you as the owner want to earn something with it in stead of just losing money right?

Xialla already gave you the correct answers to your questions. Indeed, you can get "free money" from faucets. However, the payouts of these faucets is really low. It is really a waste of time if you want to earn some pounds with that. It's much easier to work 1 hour in your county (for let's say £10 per hour) than earning £10 (~ 0.055BTC) with faucets.

As knightdk has mentioned, a faucet might only pay you 0.000001BTC per xx minutes. You need to visit the faucet 55000 times - and these faucets have time limits so you'll have to wait between each time you make use of it. Besides that, you need to fill in 55000 times a Captcha code (and probably even more if you mispell one). And that's all in related to doing your job for 1 hour. See where we are heading? It's quite a waste of time.

You better earn some pounds by doing a job and buy some (parts of) BTC then.  As soon as you've got some BTC, you might be able to start short term or long term trading to increase your amount of BTC. Use these terms as a query in the search field in the right top of this forum.

Exactly, and that's where my safety awareness starts. I do not open URLS from strangers, especially not here in this forum. Some people have tried to scam me by sending me strange URLs or even trying to let me download some files which should contain "only printscreens" in their opinion; they wanted me (a stranger to them) to help them fix their problems with their Bitcoin wallet.. And in order to do that, I should download some files. Right.

Common sense is already a great tool for your security awareness. I'm sorry if you really need respondents for your thesis (i've been there myself too), but I'm not going to help you with that. Especially not if you use such weird URLs.

Vroeger wel, maar wat ik nu lees op andere fora over dit onderwerp is dat het tegenwoordig wel meevalt met de echte lastminute korting. Dat is toch weer jammer.

Whether a supermarket is cheaper than other shops or not, really depends on your area. For example, if you live near farmers, you should get your vegetables etc over there. I'm sure you can work something out over there, and you will spend less on those products. And, it's fresh!  There's also quite a difference in the prices of the various supermarkets. Checking leaflets / folders about promotions and comparing these between supermarkets does take some time, but it's worth it if you really have to look at every penny you spend. (Besides that, it keeps you busy and it doesn't cost any money ).

I know, and that is why I'm currently holding all my BTC. But, if it was absolutely sure that I could live carefree (as in: not to worry about money) for the rest of my life, I would sell them .

I would sell all my Bitcoins if... this deal is resulting in so much money that I can live a carefree life (together with my family)

I think that is the only reason why I would ever sell ALL my Bitcoins.

Okay, but that does mean that you will get as much referals for 1 website (which you are able to change during the year) as possible, right? Are there any guarantees of how many referals you will get, or how active they will be?

And what do you get for $12?

1 Year long as many referals as possible for 1 website? (With the possibility of no referals / just inactive referals or fake referals?)

Indeed. But maybe that are the top series . Add Prison Break, 24 and Sons of Anarchy to that.

Recommendations.. that really depends on what you like. I enjoyed watching "The Ropes" some time ago. Quite a short serie about door supervisors / bouncers / doormen with some drama and action. It's not a top serie, but it was great to watch and its story was not that hard. In other words, quite a nice serie to watch after a long day of work etc. (As I'm also working in a related industry, it was quite special to me next to the drama and action it has).

That are some wise words. I think the actual crisis / economic situations is doing harm for this situation, as companies do not look as much for (skilled) people as they did before.

I think some studies can be shorter, however, not all of them. Some studies (like medicines etc) need a lot of theoretical background etc, which can not be learned that effective in practise I guess. However, indeed, some jobs should be shorter. Less debt due to shorter student loans (= better for the economy) and faster in-practise knowledge and skills. Win-win!

Beste Nederlandstalige Bitcointalkers,

Even wat anders. Ik heb het de laatste tijd erg druk gehad (en momenteel nog steeds overigens) waardoor ik dit jaar geen vakantie geboekt heb. Nu lijkt het erop dat ik daar óf begin september óf eind september wel tijd voor heb. Of wellicht ergens in oktober. Om de kosten enigszins zo laag mogelijk te houden, ben ik van plan een lastminute vakantie te boeken. En dan bedoel ik niet de commerciële lastminute vakanties bij reisbureaus (welke je al weken of zelfs maanden van te voren kan boeken). Ik doel op lastminute vakanties die je bijvoorbeeld maximaal 2-3 dagen van te voren kan boeken. Hebben jullie hier ervaring mee? Nu lijken mij dergelijke vakanties goedkoper uit te vallen dan vakanties die je weken of maanden van te voren boekt (- doordat reisbureaus dan tóch hun vluchten gevuld krijgen, hun hotels etc). Al lees ik op internet dat dit de laatste jaren toch behoorlijk tegenvalt..

Heeft een van jullie hier ervaring mee en wat tips voor mij? Het betreft dan een lastminute vakantie voor slechts enkele personen (en dus geen grote groep).

What has he done with these coins? If he still owns them, you might work something out if that's still a good friend of you .


Amen. I've read about Bitcoin quite a while ago before I really started mining and buying it.. That's another mistake of me indeed. I'm glad I was quite on time with Dogecoin. I've sold some of them during a good period, so I can't complain on that one.