The following Rollin users received Free Lottery Tickets (Ticket number(s) shown behind the name):
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2x BitLab 2,3
Drait 4
Dress 5
Ghostbystive 6
IIO 7
Llozer1 8
3x Naoko 9,10,11
2x RefbackTeam 12,13
Scarface4 14
11x SergiuS 15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25
2x SimpleRed7 26,27
2x aRp 28,29
angayan17 30
artcode 151
ashitha 152
6x hitava 153,154,155,156,157,158
logged 159
only 160
3x psonowa 161,162,163
3x shanem 164,165,166
6x somuchee 167,168,169,170,171,172
tyagi 173
tnecniv 174
Humbertin19_ 180

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Next Draw is at Block 458200.
Lottery pot: 18 mBTC.
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Congratulations Winners of Draw 458000:
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I get the feeling wallets are "overdoing" fees when it's totally unnecessary.

1. There are currently 1480 Unconfirmed Transactions.
2. bitcoinfees.21.co claims the "fastest and cheapest" transaction fee is 220 satoshi/byte, resulting in 49,720 satoshis for a 226 bytes transaction. (is this site owned by miners?)
3. btc.com says the current best transaction fee is 20 satoshis/byte, less than 10% of the recommendation from bullet point 2:

The above screenshot shows that most transactions with less than 10 satoshi per byte confirm quickly.

Now, what fees were used in the last 4 blocks?
457952: 55987037 satoshis for 998.18 KB resulting in 54.8 sat/byte
457951: 141344188 satoshis for 998.064 KB resulting in 138.3 sat/byte
457950: 206531288 satoshis for 998.136 KB resulting in 202.1 sat/byte
457949: 171280224 satoshis for 996.719 KB resulting in 167.8 sat/byte

I can only conclude wallet software is now massively over-estimating the required fee for a fast transaction, and we're all paying much more fees than needed when there aren't many unconfirmed transactions waiting.
And even worse, when there are a many transactions waiting, these same fees still mean we wait long.

The following Rollin users received Free Lottery Tickets (Ticket number(s) shown behind the name):
Anais_58xi 1
13x BitLab 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14
8x CASIO 15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22
2x Drait 23,24
2x Dress 25,26
Ghostbystive 27
IIO 28
2x Llozer1 29,30
4x Mayglia 31,32,33,34
9x Naoko 35,36,37,38,39,40,41,42,43
8x RefbackTeam 44,45,46,47,48,49,50,51
Scarface4 55
SergiuS 56
2x SimpleRed7 57,58
8x aRp 59,60,61,62,63,64,65,66
angayan17 68
artcode 69
3x ashitha 70,71,72
3x batakoluck 73,74,75
2x cryptos 76,77
12x hitava 78,79,80,81,82,83,84,85,86,87,88,89
2x litelord33 90,91
4x logged 92,93,94,95
12x maksosip 96,97,98,99,100,101,102,103,104,105,106,107
11x natsag3 108,109,110,111,112,113,114,115,116,117,118
4x only 119,120,121,122
2x rajapalak 123,124
12x sairji 125,126,127,128,129,130,131,132,133,134,135,136
scarface4 137
shakie0901 138
9x shanem 139,140,141,142,143,144,145,146,147
9x somuchee 148,149,150,261,262,263,264,265,266
2x timoteo 267,268
tnecniv 269
tyagi 270
4x visions 52,53,54,67

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Next Draw is at Block 458000.
Lottery pot: 27 mBTC.
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I've said this before, and believe it more and more now. Bitcoin's first real improvement in years could have a very good effect on it's price.
Especially after the ETF-denial, current Bitcoin volatitility, emerging alt-coins and months of slow confirmations, Bitcoin could use some good news.

I'm using Bitcoin for more than 2 years now, and I've known about it pretty much from the start ^{(the regrets are real there)}, and it's still confusing me. I'm not an expert, I'm a user. I've also noticed many users don't really understand the basics of Bitcoin, from fees to unconfirmed transactions.
In my opinion as a user: transactions are either too slow, or too expensive, and "the ones in charge" disagree on how to proceed from here, up to the point that "rumors" of a hard fork are getting stronger. I also think this is damaging Bitcoin, other coins are pumping up, reducing Bitcoin's market share (as percentage of coin market cap).

Another thing that's confusing: the name "BTU"! Wiki:
Please don't use this abbreviation for Bitcoin Unlimited! Call it BU, BTCU, BitU or UBTC, just not BTU.

Why doesn't Core just do this? This discussion has been going on for too long already.

Further reading (CoinDesk): Bitcoin Exchanges Unveil Hard Fork Contingency Plan
I'm kinda excited to see what will happen. I just know something should happen to improve Bitcoin's user experience.

As long as it works fine, it doesn't need "innovation". Don't get fooled by the "we need innovation"-hype.

SegWit is only needed to work around the small blocks in Bitcoin. Doge is much faster, and making a transaction is about 25,000 times cheaper than Bitcoin. There is absolutely no need for the hassle of SegWit.

I've always liked Doge for this. It's quite stable in dollar, the Bitcoin-value varies wildly caused by the fluctuations in Bitcoin's own value.

What I don't like much about it, is how it's mined: it quickly produced 100 billion coins, and now continues to produce 5+ billion per year. See https://dogechain.info/statistics for a graph.
It's designed for inflation, but that might also be what keeps fees low.

Maybe we have a different definition of the word "transaction". When I say "transaction", maybe I should have used the word "confirmed transaction". It's not that Bitcoin has a lack of people wanting to make transactions, the scarcity limits the number of possible transactions that can be confirmed.

This would happen in a free market. If it becomes cheaper to produce bicycles, sales prices can go down.
But Bitcoin transactions are scarce. Unlike new bicycles, users have to compete with eachother.

If blocks wouldn't be full, it would make perfect sense to pay a lower fee (measured in Bitcoin) if the Bitcoin-price (measured in USD) goes up.

Suppose Bitcoin could handle 8 times more transactions. Fees would be lower, but more transactions means more fees anyway. And more importantly: Bitcoin could facilitate 8 times more users, which means the price could go up an order of magnitude. How can miners not see this?

I'm very curious to see this "real world usage". Can you provide some links about it?

The only "real" usage I know of until now, is "The DOA", with "code is law" and PR like that. It turned only one person understood the code, and until now he is called "the Attacker". The bag holders saved their money by a hard fork, violating the "code is law"-thing, and proving it's centrally controlled.

Any future "contract" will have the same problem: nobody can be sure he understands what the code is all about.

How can anybody dare invest in that now? Sure it's going up, but it's not what it says to be.

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#3 Third Prize: HumbeGames wins 5 mBTC with Lottery Ticket #259
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You could argue the same from Bitcoin. If everybody dumps it, it's worthless, and if everybody wants it, it's value grows exponentially.
I really hate that for the first time since I'm using Bitcoin, I feel like I'm losing confidence in it. This is entirely caused by the limited blockspace. Transactions got 50 times more expensive in 2 years, and this isn't going to improve any time soon.
Bitcoin is losing market share to altcoins, and many altcoins are now in the bubble-area Bitcoin was 3-4 years ago.

In my humble opinion, Bitcoin needs to improve on a technical level before it's being overtaken.

I never thought of it this way. It's always argued a high difficulty and high hash rate is needed to protect Bitcoin, but indeed, you have a point. All the Bitcoin hashing power could easily be used to hijack an altcoin, but that too doesn't happen. The whole 51%-attack-fear seems overrated.
Meanwhile, Bitcoin mining consumes vast amounts of energy, mainly from relatively dirty power plants in China.

Paying more fees doesn't change the fundamental problem: Bitcoin can't handle enough transactions at the moment. If we all decide to pay 100 times more fees (keep in mind it already went up a lot!), we're still waiting just as long! The only result will be that some people can't afford their transaction anymore, and drop out. That

Mining is very simple: if it's worth the investment, you can start mining! Google for a "mining calculator", and you get an estimate on the return for a certain hash rate.
If the turnover per block goes up, miners earn more money in the short term. Longer term, it will lead to new investments, which will lead to an increase in hash rate, which means a new equalibrium is found until it's not profitable to invest anymore for new actors to join.
It's basically standard market economy.

Even worse: it's now the default setting of many wallets to "use the best fee". That means most people now just pay more. Paying more doesn't solve the fundamental problem: blocks are too small. In the end this means the high fee still isn't enough, so the next day you'll have to pay more again. Fees have been spiralling up for quite a while now.
0.5 mBTC fee is common now for a small transaction, which is (in dollars) about 50 times more than I used just over a year ago. Unfortunately, I can only conclude this is limiting Bitcoin's growth potential.

You're going at this the wrong way. More fees means more competition for miners, higher hash rate, paying more on new hardware and electricity. You could argue it becomes harder to do a 51% attack, but in the end it only leads to more competition for miners.
If there would be only 1 miner, happily mining on his CPU, blocks could handle exactly the same amount of transactions. We don't need more miners to process transactions, that doesn't change how many transactions Bitcoin can handle at all.

The following Rollin users received Free Lottery Tickets (Ticket number(s) shown behind the name):
3x Anais_58xi 121,122,123
3x BitLab 124,125,126
6x CASIO 127,128,129,130,131,132
3x Drait 133,134,135
3x Dress 136,137,138
6x Erikalui 139,140,141,142,143,144
2x IIO 145,146
Llozer1 147
2x Mayglia 148,149
6x Naoko 150,151,152,153,154,155
6x RefbackTeam 156,157,158,159,160,161
Scarface4 162
SergiuS 163
Ton 164
6x aRp 165,166,167,168,169,170
2x angayan17 171,172
2x artcode 173,174
3x ashitha 175,176,177
3x batakoluck 178,179,180
4x cryptos 191,192,193,194
6x hitava 195,196,197,198,199,200
3x logged 201,202,203
natsag3 204
2x only 205,206
6x psonowa 207,208,209,210,211,212
rajapalak 213
scarface4 214
9x shanem 215,216,217,218,219,220,221,222,223
9x somuchee 224,225,226,227,228,229,230,231,232
2x star2343 233,234
timoteo 235
2x tnecniv 236,237
tyagi 238
2x visions 239,240

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Next Draw is at Block 457500.
Lottery pot: 24 mBTC.
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Congratulations Winners of Draw 457200:
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#3 Third Prize: bmcgeze wins 3 mBTC with Lottery Ticket #46
Total pot: 21 mBTC

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Yes, that's me winning second prize
I forgot I got tickets already, and didn't get to donate them today. All valid entries will be credited for the next Draw.

Congratulations Winners of Draw 457000:
#1 First Prize: maksosip wins 24 mBTC with Lottery Ticket #246
#2 Second Prize: SergiuS wins 12 mBTC with Free Lottery Ticket #83
#3 Third Prize: BitLab wins 4 mBTC with Free Lottery Ticket #35
Total pot: 40 mBTC

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The following Rollin users received Free Lottery Tickets (Ticket number(s) shown behind the name):
19coma88 31
Attilaloe 32
13x BitLab 33,34,35,36,37,38,39,40,41,42,43
6x CASIO 44,45,46,47,48,49
Drait 50
3x Dress 51,52,53
Ghostbystive 54
IIO 55
3x Llozer1 56,57,58
3x Mayglia 59,60,61
3x Naoko 62,63,64
6x RefbackTeam 65,66,67,68,69,70
2x RemoteConsoleXD 71,72
Scarface4 73
12x SergiuS 74,75,76,77,78,79,80,81,82,83,84,85
2x SimpleRed7 86,87
8x aRp 88,89,90,91,92,93,94,95
angayan17 96
12x artcode 97,98,99,100,101,102,103,104,105,106,107,108
3x ashitha 109,110,111
12x hitava 112,113,114,115,116,117,118,119,120,121,122,123
3x logged 124,125,126
12x maksosip 127,128,129,130,131,132,133,134,135,136,137,138
12x natsag3 139,140,141,142,143,144,145,146,147,148,149,150
3x only 271,272,273
9x psonowa 274,275,276,277,278,279,280,281,282
rajapalak 283
12x sairji 284,285,286,287,288,289,290,291,292,293,294,295
9x shanem 296,297,298,299,300,301,302,303,304
9x somuchee 305,306,307,308,309,310,311,312,313
2x star2343 314,315
2x timoteo 316,317
2x tnecniv 318,319
4x vavilon 320,321,322,323
SergiuS 324
rajapalak 325

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Remaining ticket(s) donated in Rollin Chatter Box:
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Next Draw is at Block 457000.
Lottery pot: 33 mBTC.
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