I'm still quite giddy being that Craig Wright was deemed to not be Satoshi according to a court of law.  What amazes me about the whole Craig Wright ordeal is that he has/had fooled so many people in to believing it even though he didn't and can't prove it, because well he's not satoshi.  Yet if you visit the BSV reddit or twitter page you'll see that there are actually a good amount of people supporting him even still, which is crazy.

It's never going to get like this in my opinion.  Bitcoin/Blockchain is a technology that can always be updated/made better and that's exactly what's going on right now and has been for the last few years.  Implementing things like the lightning network and Taproot are examples of what can be done to bitcoin to help with it's transaction time frames as well as costs. 

I think it just entirely depends on your situation.  Some people like to play poker online that way they can be playing multiple games at once.  Personally I think playing poker in person is far more fun and more legitimate.  It's really hard to do things such as bluffing when you're playing online.

Either way for me, poker is hands down the best game Casino wise, so I like to play online as well as in person.

Wealthy/famous people are often thrown in to the spotlight of having a "gambling addiction".  But lets step back a bit and ask ourselves if their gambling is truly negatively affecting the lives of themselves or anyone else for that matter.  Many people who get the gambling addict picture painted of them selves are just often wealthy people who bet big, and often, but many not doing so in a matter than will break them (financially).

Personally I don’t think one is necessarily better or more attractive than the other. They both serve their own purpose, different purposes, so I think they are both attractive in their own way. Personally if I’m someone with a large enough portfolio, I’m making sure that I own both gold and bitcoin.

I recently acquired some bitcoin testnet coins thanks to Cyrus (as seen in photo below).  I have always been fascinated by the Testnet but have never really gotten a good explanation of what it can and cannot do.

I've heard some say the testnet is just like using the real things.  However if that were the case, wouldn't the debate for larger blocks and what to change or implement, not really be a debate since you'd be able to test everything out to find out for sure?  Would lead me to believe that it's helpful but not really just like the actual blockchain.

I know this is rudimentary for a lot of you, but it's something I've really wanted to gain a little more insight in to, and as mentioned, I just get conflicting info whenever I ask people about it.  

(Not sure if this is the correct board or not, if not my apologies mods)

From what little I know about them, and what I've read in this thread so far...I think ordinals were/are a complete waste of time and money.  For me, in order for bitcoin to highly succeed and have longevity, I need lower tx fees and transaction speeds.  How does the Dev team justify wasting time on stuff like this when they could be working on much more important things.  Just my two slightly educated opinion.

This is pretty typical of businesses that Donald Trump runs.  I haven't really made it a secret that I absolutely despise the "man" that is Donny T, but this isn't a political post, this is about gambling and that's one thing that I never understood.  How the heck can you bankrupt a business where you're guaranteed to come out on top.  I have no idea how popular the casinos was however, so assuming that played a role in it.

For me the number one rule I live by is to never make a bet just to make a bet, unless it's only a couple bucks.  The worst bets I've ever made when it comes to gambling is those that I just wanted some action on the game and put money down, not really having any knowledge of the teams or players, if anyone was hurt or not etc.  Thats a foolish way to bet no question.

Trust me when I saw they have better protection than they ever have.  The old school leather helmet times, many I'm pretty sure we could build a team here on btalk and kick their asses lol.  Okay, maybe not..but the athletes of today are a million times more athletic, strong etc. 

I am all for somewhere in the middle.  We have to keep guys as safe as possible but not make the game too "pussy-ish".

Decling birth rates are a great thing for this planet and no one will ever be able to convince me otherwise.  That's also not the issues with SS.  The issue is corruption.  The government doesn't handle money properly (any government, all governments..take your pick).  They all lie about everything, spend money on shit needlessly and worst of all, the killer of all..WAR.  Imagine what we could do as a world if we stopped fucking fighting.  I also wish most people knew it's our gov's not the people behind this crap.  As an American I always remind my foreign buddies that I hate my gov probably more than they do, and that I want nothing but peace.  The US spends more on it's military each year than the rest of the world combined.  That is so ass backwards it sickens me to even think about. 

For the rest of the world, I feel that too much socialism is the problem.  Also the whole buying a home thing is more so a problem of big corporations and foreign nations buying homes and becoming slum lords.  Driving prices up on rent as well as making the buyers market a disaster.  It's really sad the way things have been headed.  However most of my friends, with good, medium and okay jobs are still finding ways to buy homes.  So it's not as bad as some make it out to be.

I encourage my clients to invest as if SS wont be there.  I actually have a friend coming over shortly to help set up a portfolio for her, and will be echoing this same thing to her tonight.

For the most part yes.  Just like with ordinals.  I honestly don't understand why bitcoin devs even waisted their time on them.  Is/was that really necessary? How about spending time improving the blockchain or working on satoshis proposed escrow that doesn't involve a 3rd party.

Now some NFL teams used NFTs for game tickets.  Now that's legit utility.  I know there's stuff in the gaming and music world that can utilize them in some fashion that is legit, but I don't really understand how they work. 

Raiden wins! Man, MK was and is still one of my all time fav games.  I knew a few of the Fatality type finishing moves and loved deploying those in a "flawless victory".

Karate might have been more fun and popular today if guys like Van Damme and Bullshito master Steven Seagal actually fought against each other rather than just pretended to be tough in movies. I think the best example is Bruce Lee.  Fake tough guy.  Now the real bad ass who deserves all the memes and saying is Walker Texas Ranger , the one and only Chuck Norris.  I don't know if there's many martial artists who could have taken him on.  Bolo and Michael Jai White are another pair of martial artists I love and were real life bad asses.  

Anyways this has kinda got me excited so looking forward to checking out this project , make placing some bets!

Ever since Tman left the forum I haven't really gotten to know many of the shitcoins like I once did.  He was always pitching some sort of coin he thought would pump (to be fair it's not like he didn't fully admit and acknowledge they were shitcoins with no real utility other than to make a few bucks)..but the coin I know is popular with DeFi stuff is Matic.  I sent Matic coins to the wrong chain once, took a few months to get back but binance came through for me.  So since I learned a hard lesson with Matic and have a decent handle on it, I'd probably choose that.   Curious about the details though.

Exactly, I don't give to flying fcks really, unless you're betting against your own team.  I mean I guess I don't love the idea of someone betting on their own games, unless it's just like take your team at the ML.  Otherwise it can get dicey.  Also, agreed..Pete has served his time, it's time to let the man in.  He's not getting any younger.  I mean betting baseball isn't nearly as bad as the steroid era HOFr's, and I think most of them should prob get in some way, some how.  I wonder how popular gambling is in Japan.  


Most seem to think his translator is being the ultimate friend and taking the fall for his buddy.  Which, Ohtani just signed a 700 million dollar contract, so it only makes sense for all parties involved.  It's an odd situation.  

These guys need to learn how to bet in a smart fashion.  They could learn a few lessons from this particular board lol.

This is short sided and not necessarily true.  It all depends on the rate of inflation. "Saving" money can also mean several different things.  Right now here in the United States you can find savings accounts paying around 4-5%.  If inflation is say , 3%, then technically you aren't losing anything.  There are some sort term CDs that beat the rate of inflation currently.  Again, savings can mean a lot of different things.

This topic has been brought up on the forum at least a million different times at this point.  Gold and Bitcoin are two entirely different things and comparing the two I'm not sure does much good.  I mean there's nothing wrong with comparing the two, but it's important to know that one is not a replacement for the other.

Gold is a physical precious metal, it's used for jewelry, auto-parts, electronics parts etc etc.  It's also a fantastic hedge for a portfolio, a much better hedge than bitcoin. 

Bitcoin is a digital currency.  It's not a great hedge (not yet anyhow) and it's not used for real world physical purposes.

You are missing the entire point then and I'm not sure what sort of world you're living in, because these are some pretty ridiculous statements.  Wealthy people gamble very often, and just because they don't "need" the money doesn't mean that they don't want more money, or find the fun in gambling. 

Gambling is a game of risk, it's a game that poor people should not be taking as the odds of winning are typically very low. Poor people should not be taking such risks.  It's insane to think otherwise.  Poor people tend to stay poor due to making bad decision, like pissing away their money by gambling.

I would probably agree with you here.  I've just recently become aware of slap fighting and how it all works.  Man, there are some crazy mofos who participate in this sport.  Not only do I find the men's competitions interesting, but also women's slap fighting.  I personally would have no interest in ever doing this myself, but it sure is a lot of fun to watch!

I was just curious about if anyone of you guys have been following this Shohei Ohtani gambling saga/controversy going on right now?  This is a HUGE deal in the world of sports, and of course specifically in Major League Baseball.  If you aren't familiar with who Shohei Ohtani is, he's a Japanese born MEGA star in major league baseball.  He's both a pitcher and someone who hits, which in the world of baseball is VERY rare.  No since the legendary Babe Ruth have we've seen such a player who's so great at doing both.  He's become the face of baseball which is what makes all of this all the more crazy.

I wanted to get everyone's thoughts.