Basically, any gambling site willingly advertising that they allow VPNs would be breaking the law, and therefore are either not licensed or don't care about being licensed which begs the question, are they really a legitimate company, and not a organization that will eventually run off with your Bitcoin.

Personally, I would recommend sticking to companies that are allowed to operate in your country. If you want to protect your privacy, but use a VPN which is within your country, you could send them a message for clarification. That would be the only acceptable usage, and you would need explicit permission to prevent shutting down of your account. 

When we are talking about most mainstream Youtubers, its almost always a persona. Some openly admit that they are different off camera too.

Depends on what it is, no doubt a production can sometimes attract more viewers. Its why movies with high production value, tend to have a better viewership. We are attracted by what is pretty. Okay, definitely when it comes to Youtube there can  be over produced productions, but generally a little wow factor keeps viewers interested.

You're probably correct here, although I did relate public speaking to talking to a camera, they are probably very different. Depending on the person, either could be argued to be more difficult than the other. Its definitely a skill being able to talk to basically no one at the time, but at a camera. Although, when we come back to the Bitcointalk Youtube channel, interviews will be a little bit of both, alright not quite public, but there's a number of skills needed there.

Yeah, this is definitely overused. At this point, viewers know how to use Youtube, and know how to support the creators. Thumbnails unfortunately are part of the business, you need to create something that intrigues enough for a click, and then you need to hook them within the first few seconds. The cookie cutter pattern as you put it, exists because that's whats proven to be effective. Now, I don't expect this Youtube channel to be at all cookie cutter, though. A channel about Bitcoin will definitely be more niche, and there won't be the stupid clickbait thumbnails that we've become accustomed too.

Liverpool absolutely need a prolific striker if they are to compete, and that was my assumption when I made that prediction; that they would be in the market for a striker capable of netting around 15-20 goals a season. Firminho while excellent at the job hes been implemented to do, isn't a out, and out striker. Although, he is definitely capable of netting those 15-20 goals a season, last season, and the season before he struggled somewhat on that front.

I think Liverpool are defensively sound now. They have plenty of options, and they only had issues last season due to the amount of long term injuries specifically in the defense department, that's unlikely to happen again, even without the addition of Konate.

Leicester I see competing for Europa league, and I imagine their aims will be at least a top 6 finish. They have the players, albeit they are aging a little bit now, and that might play a factor when the games schedule gets a little congested in the winter months.

Grealish; I think I can see him in a Manchester City shirt, I always thought if he were to move it would be to Manchester United though, as I feel he suits them better. I think Grealish could be considered more valuable than Mahrez. Since, there's the homegrown factor that you have to consider, and Grealish might actually become the better player if hes surrounded by better players, its hard to tell.

Depends on your definition; instant withdrawals would probably make sense, since the time you withdraw it, it would be recorded on the Blockchain, and would only need confirmations to be actually 100% certain that it has been sent, and received. However, with the deposits for me; Yes, I'd probably agree with your definition that an instant deposit would likely be at the time of it being recorded on the Blockchain, even without confirmations. However, the reality is most businesses will probably want to wait for confirmations to avoid any issues that not waiting could potentially present, even if its unlikely.

Therefore, the term instant deposit probably refers to it being instant, whenever the transaction has two confirmations. So, while its not instant at the time of being broadcast to the network, it is instant when you get two confirmations. Probably just semantics, but kind of means the same.

Seriously, get used to this being forced almost everywhere you shop, and as an extension gamble. Governments are requiring more, and more in depth Know Your Customer (KYC) details than ever before, and its likely going to keep getting worse. I can understand it a little bit from some perspectives, but it is most definitely a breach of privacy in a lot of instances. The government wants it because they can likely detect fraud, and tax evasion more effectively, which you can't blame them for, and I can understand from that point of view. Unfortunately, its the people who abuse these services for the above mentioned crimes, that gets genuine customers to give up their privacy as a result.

All gambling websites are likely going to need KYC still almost every country in the next few years.

The thing is; this is going to get harder, and harder as time goes on. Its a law enforced by the government for the casinos to legally operate in much of the cases that its implemented, and as that law becomes more strict, and more countries adopt KYC the harder it'll be to actually avoid giving up your privacy.

Based on pure speculation, and there isn't really anything of substance to his claims, except his own personal valuation. This probably shouldn't be considered a positive or negative to anyone looking at this, and thinking about investing. In fact, it probably shouldn't be factored into your willingness to invest at all. There's probably an equal amount of people, and so called experts calling for the demise of Bitcoin, as there is for people making ludicrous predictions.

Also, I've just noticed this, but is it a coincidence that your spent merit has landed on "1337" or are you showing off?

Probably an effort from theymos to encourage users to use more merits per post, rather than spreading out their merit more. That's only an assumption on my behalf though. I'm expecting those who had their merit source increased, will get that amount back within the 30 days that they spent it. Judging by the sent merits, either not a lot of merit sources had theirs increased to the 1000 or they just haven't got through them. 

I might have to change my predictions, at the moment it doesn't seem like Liverpool are in for any players, of course there's plenty of time for that to change, but at the moment its quite quiet on their front. A lot of their rivals have already got the players they have been linked with, and wanted. Its important in my opinion that you get players as early as possible, because then they settle in quicker, and can have a preseason with the team they'll be expected to play in.

Grealish comes across as a person who would rather be winning silverware, than be loyal to the club he supports, and of course there's nothing really wrong with that. They are professionals at the end of the day. Its easy for me to sit here, and say I would stay with my favourite club, but I imagine a lot of these players want to create a legacy filled with trophies rather than loyalty.

They probably don't know an exact amount, but could definitely do some calculated estimations due to the traffic that they get for searches etc. However, I would expect if not Amazon, but the people behind it are already invested in Bitcoin as a sort of reserve, rather than a currency they use on a daily basis. It would just make sense for most big companies to be invested in it one way or another.

There's some quite clear drawbacks to having all of your salary in Bitcoin. Not all merchants, and stores accept Bitcoin, which you would likely need withdraw from your Bitcoin if you needed to buy anything. Things like bills, groceries, and general day to day items that can't be bought with Bitcoin. Until groceries, and bills can be paid for Bitcoin its probably best to only be paid partially in Bitcoin, and not completely.

If anyone is worried about not meriting posts that they've read already, but refrained giving merit because of following this guideline, then just put them into a text document, and review them at the end of the month. Any sMerit you have used then, could potentially be used to merit these posts that you have missed. Also, you could use the following months merit allocation to make up for these lost posts. You could alternatively just work on a backlog, and award the posts in your file you found the day before.

Seriously, don't pass up the Bitcoin stack exchange. Pretty much everything you could have ever thought have has been posted there one way or another. Just search up your question, and its likely been discussed. Of course, its not to be used as a primary teaching outlet, but it will aid any of the suggestions above greatly when used together with them. Think of Stack Exchange, and this section as ways of getting clarity of things that you have read or listened too, but don't quite grasp the concepts.

Probably the best way to go about it. I've got no chance that my employer offers in Bitcoin payments, but would take it in a heart beat just to save on transaction fees, and it should help with keeping records of tax just because there's not as many entries, and simplifies the process. Otherwise, you have to figure out when you got paid, what price you paid for the Bitcoin, and then if later sold how much you sold it for. Whereas, if your employer pays you in Bitcoin, they can do all the work for you in one transaction, rather than spread out via two or three different transactions, for the same end result. I guess it depends on what country your paying taxes in, but this would be classed as income tax in the UK I believe, and is treated the same as fiat, however I do believe if you do withdraw in the future you'll be subject to capital gain tax. However, I still think its more clear for bookkeeping, since you don't have to factor in fees etc.

Most countries are either in the process of regulation or have already achieved regulation. So, it would likely be taxed the same as other types of income for most countries. For example, capital gain tax, and income tax. Though, the fees are absolutely an issue for Bitcoin to be used as a every day currency, regardless of the platforms its implemented on.

What's the user experience like on Android? I've always been skeptical of using it on a mobile phone. Not only because of the user interface, but because of frequent network changes, and mobile phone connections generally being slower (depending on where you are) home connections. I can see the benefits of using Tor Browser on a phone instead of a VPN, just because some applications on your phone which work in the backround don't like you using VPN's, and you risk losing access to accounts.

Obviously, I imagine the experience on this forum with a Mobile Phone, connected via Tor is pretty horrible. I've had to use a phone a few times when I was out on expeditions, and that wasn't fun at all.

I've just had a few users asking for help, without actually providing any of the information stated in the original thread. I've just sent them a link back to this thread, and if they read it they'll know what to do, I'm not going to spoon feed them for a lack of a better phrase. I want to know that they actually have put the time into reading it, and at least know the type of content that's needed in the email instead of me reiterating it through the email itself.

I haven't had to many users contact me though. Although, I imagine your probably getting a lot more requests than a lot of us due to your email being the first one listed, and there will probably be users who email every single email in the thread, just in case they can persuade one, but not the other.

Volatility is holding the general public back from using it, and if Amazon or Ebay were to implement it that would likely only increase the amount of volatility, and they would likely have a plethora of complaints about how last week this product was worth $10, and now its priced at $50. We already have those sort of complaints when they run deals on their platform, it would only be exaggerated if Bitcoin was implemented. There's also complexity to adding Bitcoin to the platforms especially to Ebay. Bidding for example, would have to be done separately for each item, so you either select a fiat or Bitcoin based auction, because otherwise due to the volatile nature of Bitcoin, you could really overspend based on the ending point of that auction or could underpay which could hurt the seller.

So, you would probably see the vast majority of users selling for fiat only, and then nothing really changes on their platform, except they put all that effort into implementing something that isn't going to be used by the majority of their users.

While I do agree that they should just drop this, and stop spending useful energy on debating with each other, and actually go back to contributing to the community. Both of these guys have definitely contributed to Bitcoin in one way or another. Andreas has some excellent books out there, and while they might not be to your taste, they have definitely piqued the interest of the readers enough to increase adoption, and have also taught some fundamentals of Bitcoin to them too.

We need public figures like Andreas, and we need people like Adam Beck who can contribute to the technical side. Whether your a fan of them both or not, they have contributed positively to the community, and while I most definitely don't agree with everything they say or do, I can recognize the importance of both of their jobs.

It is pretty stupid, and doesn't really make sense for them to be bickering with each other though.

If you have a family to provide for, bills to pay, and groceries to get which is probably every single person here on the thread, it probably makes sense to at least get paid enough to be able to cover those. However, if my job offered to partly pay me in Bitcoin I would probably accept that, it would save time having to convert fiat into Bitcoin at least, and avoid expensive fees on my behalf.

Nah, its a pretty bad idea to compare Reddit's upvotes to Merit here on the forum. Reddit's system is fundamentally broken, and is very easy to abuse. Basically, if someone wanted to they could control what is seen by others on the subreddit by creating hundreds of accounts, and down voting whatever they want. Merit here on the forum is only given to those that have earned merit or have been selected by theymos for their merit distribution, and eye for spotting posts that align to his goal on Bitcointalk, which is usually the higher quality posts.

Upvoting isn't judging the posts quality, at least that's not its intended use. Its used to help upvote content that they think is relevant, and users should see, and down vote things that they shouldn't see. That's basically it, its not really tied to the quality of the post, at least not primarily, and is only loosely associated with it. However, its most definitely misused by many of the users over there.