I watched a Youtube "Live" video last night, where there was a discussion between Elon Musk and 3 other people. It was more focused on things that would make Bitcoin mining more efficient and "cleaner" for the environment.

One of the things that was mentioned there.... was Elon Musk ..asking the question "If it would be a nice thing if Twitter advertisers could pay in Bitcoin. Now, that got me thinking...... imagine if we can convince only one of these large social media platforms to accept Bitcoin as a payment option.

It will cause a ripple affect in the Social media scene and it will be a good push for Bitcoin as a method of payment. I hope now that Elon Musk have some say at Twitter, he will make things happen for Bitcoin BTC too.    (He owns more than 9% of Twitter... but he declined to be on the board)

How much will the Bitcoin price spike.... if a decision like this was approved..... and will this boost the global economy?

FUN token is doing good for one reason.... and that is Freebitco.in <==== They are one of the Crypto casinos with the most users and the longest good reputation in the Crypto industry. The FUN token are also used on other casinos, so it has good utility ..and that is the big secret to it's success.

So, if another token can get a lot of utility ...they might get the same success as the Top tokens. The tokens that are not making it.... are the one with a single use. 

Well, for me the point (essence) of promotions is for the casino to promote themselves to get more "new" gamblers to join the casino. Some of the promotions are there to get existing gamblers to gamble more. (Races/Championships/Tournaments/Challenges)

So, if the RTP is too high to pay for all of this, you will get new people to gamble and your existing gamblers will eventually get frustrated and they will leave. It turns into a cycle that will eventually "kill" the casino... because you will not keep the doors open, if "new blood" does not join the casino and the old gamblers leaving. 

Why would you do that? The Bitcoin price volatility is there for everyone to make a profit (buy low /sell high) .....so if you "lock" it for 5 years... you miss out on all the opportunities to increase your coins.... just by selling when the price is high and then buying again when it is low. 

Also... I definitely do not want to own any other token than BTC.... because most of them are crap.. sorry, I am just honest. In any way, good luck with your project, because there are a lot of people chasing the "Big Score" .... 

Well, effectively whenever Bitcoin touches "Fiat" businesses ....regulations are there to destroy pseudo anonymity. So if you can stay with Bitcoin transactions, where there are no "Fiat" conversion, then governments will find it hard to stop or ban it. 

The thing is.... most governments does not accept Bitcoin as "legal tender" ...so merchants and retailers cannot accept Bitcoin as a payment option...and that is what governments can control. So if you can get someone to accept Bitcoin as payment... without payment processors or third parties involved... then you are unstoppable. 

This sounds to me like one of those "Newbie" Crypto traders that invested in a Alt coin and then he/she think that they can post something on Social media and this will influence other people to invest in that too.... pushing up their tokens value, but that only work for people like Elon Musk! 

The reality is .... All Stable coins are shit.... and backed by promises that cannot be proven. So people invest in them, because they are less volatile ..and supposed to be a safe bet. 

I did something similar a while ago with my brother....

I gave him a Paper Wallet with some bitcoin on it and a note explaining how to create a wallet and how to import the Private Key etc.. etc. I thought this would be a great way for him to also get into Crypto currencies.

Well, he figured out how to import the Private key and he also figured out how to convert his Bitcoin into Fiat currencies... and that was the last time he dealt with it. (You cannot force the issue.. just educate them and hope for the best) 

You will not beat the odds with "Live score" websites, because the bookmakers are using people at the venues to get accurate on the second data. We know "Live" broadcasting are delayed, so you not seeing the actual Sport in real-time.

I am lucky enough to have some friends that are very much into the Sport that I am into, so when a tournament and event are being hosted in their city, they attend it and they will give me information and sometimes even real "Live" feed via their cellphones... so I get some great betting info from them.

The sites I also use are already mentioned ==> https://www.flashscore.com/ and https://www.livescore.com/

Well the Ukraine has Europe's third-largest shale gas reserves at 1.2 trillion cubic meters (tcm). There are two potentially large shale gas fields. The Yuzivska gas field located in Donetsk Oblast (province) and Kharkiv Oblast; and the Olesska gas field in Lviv Oblast and Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast.

Source : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_gas_in_Ukraine

Russia ...wants those Gas resources and they do not want the West to fund the development of those resources, because that will threaten their market share in Europe. The current conflict is not about Political influence.... but rather about "Money"

Europe should have reduced their dependency on Russian Oil and Gas, but it was convenient for them and it was a cheaper source for Oil and Gas.... but this conflict has hastened their efforts to do it now. (It was the kick in the butt that they needed) 

The problem is that OP is looking at Bitcoin as a "Commodity" and this is where a lot of people are losing the plot. Take Forex trading as an example..... People use "Fiat" as a currency ...but it is also tradable.  

You can do both.. by just buying more and more bitcoins on a regular interval to enable you to be able to buy goods and pay for services and then trade it or convert it to Fiat, when you want to profit from it. (Buy Low / Sell high)  

Yes, it is in the UK ....

I wonder what will now happen with Watford in the Premier league, because they are sponsored by Stake.com? Does this only apply to individuals and teams... or only individuals?

I can see why they are doing this, but it will not help if they are only doing it in the UK. There are millions of underage kids in the UK that are watching other Sports that are sponsored by casinos and gambling. (UFC / Baseball / Basketball ....etc) 

The way I understand it is the following....

The 3rd Party Service Provider will give the casino the option to choose which RTP it wants them to configure for the game that they are hosting. Then that Slot will run on the RTP that the provider configured for that casino.

Some casino's offer the option to show you what RTP are currently configured for that Slot, like Bitcasino.io / Stake.com ... and/or you can check while you are within some of the Slots.

So to answer your question... Yes, the RTP can be re-adjusted ...but it is done on the 3rd Party Service provider side... and not by the casino. Now, this is applicable to the third party Slots.... but some casinos have their own original games... and with these games, the casino can change the RTP as they like.  

Stake.com was the UFC’s first-ever “Official Betting Partner” in Latin America and Asia.... before Crypto.com was on the scene. They made Israel Adesanya their Brand ambassador, but I do not know if they paid him in Crypto currencies. 

They also have fighters like Francis Ngannou ...and it did not stop with only sponsoring men.... they also signed Alexa Grasso and some other boxers... in the Middle weight division.

I am just glad that Crypto companies are getting into the sponsoring of big events and the Sport individuals. 

I tried "Vikings Go To Valhalla" from Yggdrasil first, because I was a big fan of "Vikings goes berserk" and most of the other Norse warrior slots from this provider. I have to say, this one is not easy at all.... with a High Variance... so do not expect a quick and constant win. It almost destroyed my balance.... with a late hit in the dying moments of my budget.  

That left me with enough budget to try "Warrior Ways" from Hacksaw Gaming...... Now if you think the Variance was High with "Vikings Go to Valhalla" then this Slot must have a Variance of "Mission Impossible" ..... it was a slug fest from the start to the end.   It has a Max Win: of 10,000x ..... but you will have to be Chuck Norris to hit that one.... or you will have to be Elon Musk with an insane gambling budget.

I think my Slot choices for this session was focused too much on hitting a big win on Slots with a high variance... and it did not succeed. (this time)  

I am curious.... You see a lot of players in the chat saying things like this... "I turned $5 into $200" or "I took $2 and turned it in $500 and lost it all.." ...am I the only one turning $1000 into $0 ..... or is there more people like me playing on Stake?

Is this bullshit?..... or are there strategies where people can actually work at it to turn $5 into say $200.... without hitting a large Jackpot? I tried Keno / Dice / Crash / Mines etc.... etc... and everything turns into $0. 

DM me if you have a solid strategy to take small amounts into something playable..... to waste on Slots again... because my deposits are running low now... and I just enjoy playing. 

I will believe this when I see a formal announcement from the CEO on public media channels and not rumours through the grapevine that almost always turns out to be FUD. 

In any way.... this cannot be a global initiative... because a lot of countries does not accept Bitcoin as legal tender... so they would be breaking the local laws, if they do that.    (We might see Apple doing the same as some large corporations, where they allow Bitcoin payment in countries where Bitcoin is accepted as legal tender.... like El Salvador and soon Madeira ...etc) 

Well, this opens up more Bitcoin tourism destinations for people where Bitcoin is banned or restricted in their countries. Why should you pay taxes in your own country on Bitcoin, if it is restricted or even banned. Just take a Bitcoin holiday in one of these countries where Bitcoin is accepted as legal tender and spend to your hearts content.  

Just another way to give the finger to the countries that are protecting their own Fiat currencies and a thumbs up to the countries that embrace and support it.     (My next holiday will be booked in Madeira now)  

There are currently a few coins using the SHA-3 algorithm, namely Nexus / TERA / MaxCOIN / Bitcoin Classic / Cruzbit ...so the lessons learned from these coins will show us how successful a hard fork will be for Bitcoin (BTC) ...right?

Can something like this not be tested on a TestNet for Bitcoin (BTC) to see what impact it will have? I think Ethereum uses KECCAK-256 and it does not follow the FIPS-202 based standard?  

https://eprint.iacr.org/2019/147.pdf

Old article ...: https://www.csoonline.com/article/3256088/why-arent-we-using-sha3.html

I like the "Generate Lightning Invoice" option for the Lightning Network feature....

I just want to ask a question... Seeing that a major "Mixer" owner gave up the data of it's users when things got heated a while ago, would it be possible to create a Mixer service that are OpenSource and decentralized and not owned and operated by a centralized individual or group?

It will give proof that logs are not stored and it will not be controlled by a owner that can give up any personal information or transaction history? (The code can then be scrutinized and Peer reviewed by experts to confirm that)

It can still push the "fees" to an address that are predefined in the code and the receiver of those funds can then use other mixer services to hide it's destination.  

The Vatican will never do that, because they are Catholics and there are only an estimated 140 000 Catholics left in Russia (0.1% of the total population.) Russian Orthodoxy make up almost 86.7% of the religion used in Russia.

So yea... I see someone already figured out that this is fake news, but I just wanted to show that there would not be any religious reasons for the Vatican to do that.