I agree to this.

Business is business to them, though earning from poor people ain't that big compare to wealthy people playing gamble on their other casinos but money is money to them. Rich people only care about themselves, it doesn't matter if they go against on poor people as long as they are making more money, they don't have conscience at all unless you're on par with them.

The government don't have anything against it as long as they are legally permitted on that place, because Government likes money as well. This world is just all about money, in my opinion.

Furthermore, using non-custodial wallet is much safer and convenient rather than using a custodial wallet which you are not in control when it comes to your funds. I've already discussed it with coins.ph, if they have an exception (signature campaign) but a gambling based one, and the answer is they don't allow it.

So let's not push our luck on this one. Using electrum is very user friendly especially you could edit the transaction fee (their new feature, I guess) since the old versions didn't have it if I'm not mistaken.

It depends, but yes, that mostly happen because of the peer pressure around you, what you see is what you'll become. Another reason is revenge, or simple logic reasoning, that what's wrong of trying the same thing if her parents are doing it for so long, kind of mindset like.

The other scenario is that the person will do the exact opposite because she sees the effect of being a compulsive gambler, so instead of becoming one too, she decided to become a better one for herself, because she don't have anyone to rely on to support her dreams and future.

We always decides what we will become. We just have to be mature enough and handle our lives well to be able to beat the urges to be a dreamless person that is contented on staying on the same place for his lifetime.

I agree.

This kind of patterns most often are just traps, to ruin your plays, because you'll have second thoughts on what to do next, and when you bet on that number, the house will counter that by their own algorithm that assure their wins most of the time. So when you go into their trap, you're pretty messed up and your whole day would be all just about frustration saying "I should've stick to my plan".

I disagree.

As you've mentioned, athletes has high IQ, meaning compare to normal gamblers, they are the ones who are literate when it comes on how gambling works, furthermore, athletes are busy and dedicated to hone their skills even more that's why I doubt that they have time to be addicted in gambling.

The type of people who are prone in gambling addiction are those who are illiterate when it comes to gambling, doesn't have any hobbies to keep themselves busy, that's the most type of gambling addicts you'll see.

They prohibited it since day 1, so if you're not aware of the rules and regulations of their platform, your account is going to be put on "limit" or "hold" and you need to set an appointment to them (video call) before they return your account back to normal, if you failed to do so, your account will be forever on limit.

Luckily now they already put a warning for the user to think of his next action on using his account. I suggest send your XRP to other cryptocurrency wallet such as coinomi that supports XRP and other cryptocurrency to avoid getting your account in trouble.

NFT's are indeed in trend right now, the only difference is that most of them are like ponzi scheme, they are only good at first and then suddenly they are gonna downgrade their game and leave it after many investors invested on them. Play to earn poker would be a hype since many people know how this game works, and might be good if they are going to offer PVP as well and not player vs. house only.

If I'm not mistaken, there's a app like poker in playstore which is a play to earn game but you need to earn a lot of coins in order to convert it on a currency, consider it like a faucet since the earnings is very small.

I know that gambling is being promoted on TV every midnight but here in my place, only lottery is the gambling they promote. The rest of the gambling platforms are being promoted via Facebook and other social media platforms, that's why parental guidance is always important for kids if that's what they are aiming for, to reduce children being expose too early in the gambling world.

Banning it on TV for a certain reason wouldn't hurt them that bad, I guess. There's a lot of ways on how to cope up with that.

I don't think the government is capable of banning the NFT games in an instant. If ever they would plan to do so, it would surely take some time and it wouldn't be guaranteed that they will totally hinder the players from bypassing the law. Nowadays, most people already knew how to bypass such banning of websites and the likes. They would certainly have a tough time in touching the decentralized game such as Axie Infinity even if they wanted to because the company is far ahead from their reach to begin with.

The government can't even tax NFT unless the exchanging process of the tokens to fiat will go through a platform that requires KYC, which is regulated by the government. They won't be able to track every single player because KYC isn't even required in the game in the first place. Hence, the taxation would purely be voluntary because every transactions of each player can't be monitored.

I just find it funny because way back when Axie Infinity isn't  really well-known p2e game yet, they kept on saying it is a scam. Now that they knew that the players are earning money, suddenly they want to tax them. Such a shame to the corrupt officials who just want to take advantage of every single penny their constituents earn decently.

You can offer your time, talent, and skills online. You can make use of the aforementioned factors in freelancing and maybe setting up webinars and seminars about how to be a programmer/web developer and ask for fees to the willing participants in exchange of certificate they could use when they apply for jobs. You can also sell online the things or even food that you think will be sold over a short period of time.

There are many ways to earn online nowadays because most people have internet, smartphones, and other gadgets they could use to purchase without the hassle of going outside. Check what are the things that are in demand and you can possibly do, then start from there.

It's a piece of great news that Cuba has been planning to accept cryptocurrencies in their country. Although it is already a known fact that their citizens have been using it for over the years already. Maybe they saw this chance to finally accept crypto since their constituents have been on it already, why not adopt it for real and make it lawfully legal? After all their economy could benefit from it as well. I just hope there will be no personal agendas and interests involve aside from making the country better again and providing the needs of their people.

Truly, mass adoption is slowly happening. El Salvador's move in accepting bitcoin as legal tender paved way for other people to follow their step. Hopefully, in the future there would be more and more countries that will see what crypto has to offer and adopt it in their country too.

2035 is 14 years from now. There are so many possibilities that could happen in span of 14 years. Although i think $100M is a little bit exaggerated for a price of 1btc but it could happen. It's not really impossible given that bitcoin is limited. Maybe if you will apply the law of supply and demand, that could happen because in 14 years, let's say all bitcoin is already mined. There would be a very limited supply. The scarcity of it will make its price go higher and higher because many people will have an interest to buy it, but only a very few supply is available. Hence, price will start to pump until it reaches its peak value.

Back then, the price of btc is relatively low compared to its price today. Who would have thought it would pump that much? The believers are surely in a happy place for trusting the prediction and holding for this long (from its establishment until present).

If you want to earn and invest in btc but do not really have the capacity to buy it for now, altcoin can be one of the best options to invest on. Altcoins are comparatively much volatile than btc so make sure you are always checking the chart. You can do spot trading and be a scalper to gain profit that can help you buy the desired amount you want on btc. You can also buy altcoins that show potential and hold it until it skyrocket.

Although remember that like what i previously said, altcoins are much volatile, meaning it possess higher risk if ever you want to invest on it. I agree with what you said that because altcoins has much smaller market cap, it's way too easy to manipulate unlike that of btc. You can still invest in both if you want to diversify your funds. Personally, i hodl btc and some altcoins that i think will soar in the future.

This is such a tragic event for every investor and holder of btc. Given that huge amount of btc, it's really necessary to always be careful and have back ups on where to store your private keys aside from just storing it online. Because events like this really happen and when it happen to you, you will regret big time for not being extra careful on securing your assets.

There is still a possibility that his private keys would be recovered. However, it isn't guaranteed. He should definitely hire experts in the field of restoring because surely this won't just be an easy work. Computers, softwares, and skills are needed to do such work. It would be very tiresome and would certainly take time. Paying the professionals is one of the possible way, but he should also know that whether they would recover his private keys or not, he should pay them for their service. Also, there's a possibility as well that if he happen to stumble upon greedy experts, they wouldn't return his keys despite recovering them. It's easy to lie after all that you haven't recovered it and still be paid, then you have the keys for yourself.

Development of digital currency during this time can be of great benefit to the citizens of Africa which is also at the process of development. Addressing the infrastructure problems is one of the steps to make Africa better since infrastructures connect and build opportunities. However, i think there is much larger issue that needs to be resolved such as addressing the needs of the citizens which is having the basic necessities they need in order to survive.

Africa is rich in natural resources but despite this, this continent is still considered to be one of the poorest countries in the world. If only they would know how to utilize the resources they have, they would improve for sure. What they need to do is to make use of what they have in a good manner and eliminate corrupt and close minded politicians. The officials should be strategic and open minded about cryptocurrencies so that the citizens can make use of all the opportunities it offer. Of course, the legality of crypto in a country is still in the hands of the officials. If they aren't against it, the citizens can enjoy the limitless possibilities and opportunities without the fear of being looked after by the law.

IMO, receiving your nearly full salary in bitcoin isn't really a  smart move. You would have a tough time using bitcoin as your primary currency. You would undergo the hassle of converting bitcoin into fiat once you need money to pay for your rent, phone bills, to buy groceries, and other stuff that you need in order to survive. Unless you have a fund allocation that can keep you alive for the rest of the time you will be accepting btc as your salary.

You have to know the pros and cons first before deciding. Weigh the advantages and the disadvantages it offers. You must also know that if you'll accept btc as your salary, there would be times that you will receive more or less depending on the price value of bitcoin in the market. IMO, it's still much better to accept fiat as a salary and then just save it so that the moment bitcoin's price goes down, you can buy more with your money at hand. Or you can also opt to receive a portion of your salary in btc. Let's say 20% of it. So that you still have money to spend on the things you need and you have an investment at the same time. This is just my opinion. Do what you think suits you best. I believe you know your spending and saving habits more than anyone else in this forum.

Like what other users say, I think it isn't an addiction, but an obsession with bitcoin. Addiction is something different from obsession. Addiction is being dependent on something until you can't let go and get rid of that certain thing or routine which interferes with how you behave. Meanwhile, obsession is the thought of being so caught up and preoccupied about something and it seems that you can't get it out of your mind. Addiction requires treatment to overcome. Obsession sometimes requires medication for those severe cases, but for those mild cases, diversion of attention such as recreational activity and other forms of activity will do to keep you out from being preoccupied about the thing that you are obsessing with.

I suggest you do other things such as hobbies to let your mind take a break from thinking about btc. Diversification of funds is essential. You must remember that you should not put all of your funds in one place to avoid major loss if things go worse. Also, invest what you only afford to lose. Every investment has its risks.

Indeed. A lot of illegal activities are often forced to be associated with bitcoin by the haters that is why most people really think it is a scam, when in fact it is not. The majority are just not knowledgeable enough about it and do not accept to be educated on which is often the cause of the argument and the spread of fake news. At the present, we have so many ways to verify information that we heard or read online. It's just up to us if we will countercheck and see for ourselves if the things we knew about it were true or just lies. Bitcoin isn't a get-rich-quick type of scheme that most people claim it to be, hence, people should avoid that high expectation which is to get rich and profit highly quickly. It takes time. It isn't an overnight process. Patience, effort, strategy, and trust are needed to hold so that in the future, we will be able to harvest everything we've sowed.

Valid point. Not everyone likes and is knowledgeable enough about crypto. There are many people who are, as a matter of fact, loathes its existence. Hence, using this as a platform will not really guarantee a vote from the citizens  because there is always an opposition that always try to bring platforms and projects down the moment they learned about it because they think it is not beneficial and just harmful. In addition, dollar is still the leading currency among every currency. It is still the global reserve asset. It is backed by the government and the central organizations. Surely, they won't just allow bitcoin to take over that instant. Given that bitcoin's nature is volatile and decentralized. I really don't think they would do such move that can compromise their very own currency.

There were several times already that the hackers who have stolen a huge sum of money returned back what they stole to the company. I guess hackers do this either because they just want to expose that the security of the company has its weak spot that needs to be addressed and fixed or they suddenly realize the gravity of what they did and decided they can't go and push through because there are still many obstacles that need to be destroyed. Although I think most of the time the reason is the former. I don't think the hackers would go to such great lengths if they aren't equipped with enough knowledge and skills to totally bag the assets. They just want the company owners to be shaken and show the risk of being complacent about the security. Because once the security is infiltrated by hackers and is compromised, all the savings, assets, and investments of the people who trusted the company are at extreme risk. Consistent maintenance and update is a must to avoid scenarios like this. A lesson with a grain of salt to other ceo's.