This is likely just the calm before the storm, as usual with bitcoins. To be honest, if you check the charts of bitcoins you'll see that there is a trend with bitcoins and its prices. Usually when it does pump really big like what happened last December, it does go down quite a lot and it will resume after a few weeks or even months. This is the normal trend I see. Another factor to also consider is that if there is good news like in December about the bitcoin futures, prices pumps really hard. But if there are negative news like in I think September, prices will drop down by a lot. Right now, there is no good news yet so expect it to trade at these prices right now. Probably the best news for bitcoins would be a fork that would improve the problem with transaction speed and expensive fees.

To be honest with you I have. I have an investment of about $40,000 for almost about two years now. It earned about $5,000 after taxes per year. I get your point about appreciating value but honestly it is indeed good for the long run, however if you perform a quick evaluation of each investment you'll still find that the mining rig will out weigh the benefits of appreciating value of the property.

REAL ESTATE
Cost of condominium unit = $40,000
Estimated yearly profit = $5,000

ROI in 8 year and I can sell the unit say at about 150% after 8 years or $60,000. At 8 years that nets me $60,000 + $40,000 = $100,000. That means I profited about 150% in 8 years from my initial investment of $40,000. Which means I profited a mere 18.75% per year.

MINERS
Assuming you have a miner, usually it pays itself after about 8 to 10 months time and you invest also on the operating cost of it for a year, this means you will only need to convert your mined crypto after a year. That will result to higher profits since you speculated that the price will increase.

Assuming the miners only pays itself after 12 months or 1 year. That means anything I profit after 1 year is already pure profits.

Let's further assume that I invest $30,000 in miners and $10,000 for operating costs for one year (electricity, internet, etc.).

First year I profited $40,000 in crypto but since I don't need to spend it yet, I speculate and the value of the mined crypto increased by 100% (which is super conservative, usually crypto goes as much as 400% per year). That would mean my first year of mining is already worth $80,000. That also means I ROI already by the first year and even profited 100% in just 1 year! Say the next year, the miner is somewhat obsolete and it does not mine as much as it had before and due to the difficulty increase it could only profit about $20,000 (less expenses this time since this is the 2nd year), then I still profited a lot by the 2nd year and had already exceeded what I would have profited from my real estate investment in 8 years!

Guess the better thread would be "Exchanges not anymore accepting new registration" because from your list there isn't really much that doesn't accept new registration hence the general rule is that exchanges still accept new registrants.

Although, from your list I would suggest you add something like "exchanges that require KYC/ID before registration". Because, for example, Poloniex requires you to present ID at registration or you won't be able to even deposit and trade, even though they still allow registration. That is quite different from accepting or not accepting new registration.

Another point though, since exchanges are getting stricter and stricter, this has now been a new business of people on the forum. They're now selling accounts on these exchanges. This was not possible back when registrations were all open and easy to do. I guess it will be big business soon enough since there are a lot of people wanting to get into crypto.

Best it to just buy it from the exchange directly, like if you can deposit on kraken and directly buy from them the bitcoins or ethereum. Not sure which other trading platform offers deposits in fiat, but Kraken is the one I know that accepts fiat deposits. If you are aiming to trade then that's your best bet. Or you can also use GDAX as they accept fiat deposits and keep your crypto in their platforms for trading. Just check if it is possible with the USA, my recommendation was based on a friends of mine that are in the EU area.

That may be true, but seriously a miner compared to a real estate investment or a lot of investment opportunities in the real world, the miner will still win. Imagine, a miner could pay itself after a bout a year or maybe a year and a half. As compared to a regular investment in the real world that would ROI by about five to ten years! Also, if you invest for the future running cost of your miners then that means you will be able to take advantage of any price increase of the crypto you are mining. That is something that you can do.

It's not worth it, don't use the ATM cards that offer this. It is a lot better to just sell your crypto for BTC or use the BTC to sell them in Localbitcoins. Usually those debit cards you find online has really high withdrawal fees unlike if you just use localbitcoins which only charges you the deposit fees and probably the fees you will pay for depending on the method you choose to withdraw your money. I believe those fees will be far less than using the debit cards.

Though I might be wrong because it will really depend on the fees of your method from localbitcoins compared to the debit card's fees. You should compare and contrast it yourself before you make a decision and also highlight the pros and cons of each. So far, based from my observation about it and with my country, it is way better to use localbitcoins.

LOL. "The more people who invest more time will the website work" that is exactly true!!! I cannot deny what you have said, because this is a PONZI SCHEME. Its a fucking scam and you are stupid enough to even be defending this kind of shit.

Escrow is stupid because who will escrow first and foremost? For sure they will? Then that would just be stupid. Then if I did escrow to a reputable one, then that means the site will not get a hold of the funds, which I don't think they (or you) will allow. If you don't have the money they how do will you be able to "double my money"? Seriously, you should cut the bullshit, this is a scam 100%. There is not even a value proposition on how the site is able to double the BTC in just a few hours. The only explanation is, they are just paying using the money of the new investors, that's what because it is a PONZI!

ETH would be my best bet. It potentially can replace bitcoins if need be. Or you can also move to Bitcoin Cash since it has grown significantly in the past, probably it could be the a good alternative to bitcoins in case it does fail to adopt to the situation. Right now bitcoins are going down because of the recent network congestion and high transaction fees, which is really causing people to stray away from bitcoins and move to other altcoins.

Got mine from their official reseller for Asia and never really had problems like yours. Once I plugged it in, the software automatically detects it. Even Electrum was able to detect it. It worked using Bitcoin, Bitcoin segwit enabled, bitcoin cash, ETH and all others. Never had a problem with any cryptocurrencies, even the other apps works.

Probably you haven't sent up the Ledger Nano S yet? I believe you have to set up the device first then after that, that is the only time the software will be able to detect it. Also make sure that on the device you are on the Bitcoin app if you are using it for Bitcoins.

Funny that you profited 7.1 BTC and you just want to share your investment opportunity to everyone out of the blue, right? Also, what's also funny is the part of "Admin is now accepting escrow, in investments over 1 BTC!"

Another funny thing is "I'm not saying this service will last forever", directly implying that the service will someday just die. Just plain funny people trying to promote their hype site.

Wasn't it proved that you owned the website that seemingly looked like the URL "primedice.com"? And upon opening it it was seen that it was a clone of Primedice.com with an "investment" option added, which was never done by PD. I would say that this facts were undisputed at the time the accusation was done. Problem is paradice made use of the malicious domain name which mislead people, this fact is also undisputed. Your previous explanation was that you owned said domain for purposes of SEO which no one can hardly believe.

Though since paradice will never yield to these accusations, as seen from the fact it is still running up to this time, guess you will always carry with you this negative feedback.

Based from your investment statistics, I am not sure if you just lost about 30 BTC or you withdrawn some of it based from the steemit post. I do hope you can also include the information about how much you have withdrawn from the casino investment to truly reflect your current standing. Although, based from what I saw, you have been in losses in the past weeks.

I've followed your thread before back when you started with just 4 BTC (if my memories serves me right) and back then you recorded a lot of profits, but when you increased your capital by a whole lot, seems you lost a lot more and you were not able to maintain the previous profits. I guess this is really because of the ICO coins you bought from Betking and Bitdice. Based from that fact, I think it was never a good idea to buy these coins and it was a lot better to just have kept the money at casino bankrolls. Just my observation.

Who said that a 0% house edge will not be profitable? Indeed casinos earn a lot more if there is house edge since it would almost certainly improve their chances of winning against the gamblers, but that doesn't mean that with 0% house edge there would be no chance the casino will profit. Remember that there is still a chance that the gamblers could have a long losing streak and that would result to the casino profiting in the end. Also do keep in mind that there is still betting limits, which will prevent gamblers from doing a martin gale system with big capital since those gamblers still will hit that limit for sure.

I am even surprised that they are still operating after they have been found doing something like that. They probably even deserve an actual criminal case for doing it. What they have done is likely illegal in most jurisdiction for they have made an attempt to scam people which is a fraudulent act punishable by law. If I were primedice I would have filed a case against these guys.

I do hope people do not support a site like this as this is indirectly support scammers.

I would say it is quite possible as well, however the chances of profiting is a lot slimmer when you have to put into consideration that you need to win back the losses you have incurred. Nothing is really impossible even in gambling, but due to a lot of factors the odds are always against the gamblers. Although there are people, like Hhampuz, who have won back his losses. It's really just about luck and chances, even if the odds are against you there is still a chance to win.

You can't really expect gambling to stop though, even if you have a good point there. Gambling is already part of human DNA, I think. The reason is that we want to try our luck at profiting big time with little effort. It's human nature to take a gamble, because there is chance, even if it is quite small, that they can get out of poverty or their current situation in an split second. In gambling, you can go from zero to a rich millionaire in an instant, however there is also a greater chance that you would lose everything you deposit.

Most new gamblers, and even a lot of the veterans would not even know what to check in a casino if it is indeed fair. Some casinos just throw the phrase "provably fair" so lightly that they're actually misleading people. The problem is there is really no standard for what truly is a "provably fair" casino. All there is are casinos just seemingly showing they are fair and not really having the proper mechanics to a truly fair one. I guess there is really much need for a main body that would regulate what provably fair is in the gambling industry.

I would say that I would quit already once I lose like about something worth $20,000. That might not be something big for a high roller, but that's like a life savings for small people. I guess that question should change it to dollars, as the BTC equivalent will always change through time and it would change drastically when prices change as well.

I would like to ask, how do you propose to "not lose every time"? Because you are implying that there is a way not to lose in every gambling session. To be honest, there is now way you can be able to win every time. There would be times that win and more likely more times that you will lose. This is not just a statement, it is true and can even be proven mathematically. The reason why gambling sites and casinos are getting bigger and bigger is because the casinos never lose, why do you think they have already stood the test of time?

Great to see there is another game about rock-paper-scissors, though is this one versus against another player? I would say that 20% cut is a lot. In short the house edge is like about that much and this will be a huge turn off for some gamblers. I would suggest you lower your cut so you reduce the disadvantages of your gambling site. Good luck though.