Sorry to destroy the party. These monoliths are work of a group called Aunty Donna to promote their Netflix show with the help of the Youtuber I Did a Thing. Could not believe it at first but hey they even have the monolith locations.

Here is the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-pKKM6CXr0

You also should consider that slots have the high house edge as far as I know, there are cases where slots have lower edge but it is only in online although it looks like it favors the player, we also have to look at the fact that the chance to win a big change in slot is fairly low especially in online slots because of RNG factors. In the end you will lose more than you win and I do think that it will not make a difference if you play at lower wager because you will play more because you have more money at your disposal which psychologically affects you in a way that you will play more without realizing that you have wagered more than ever.

We need more people like this, believing in the potential despite the adversaries that fester the crypto world. I did have my doubts back then but at the same time those doubts about criminal activities perpetrated through cryptocurrency piqued my interest and from there and then the rabbit hole of crypto world is where I am right now and I am happy that I was curious back then.

To OP, I hope that the scams in the past made a valuable lesson about not letting your guard down and at the same time being open-minded to the ideas that may come your way and ask for your assistance.

Not just that younger generations are more inclined to technology but also the fact that it is difficult to buy a gold and there are a lot of fees and papers needed to get one. In my country, when you buy gold that is from the central bank, there are papers needed before hand like personal details, tax and insurance. You also need to pay for the storage as you can't hold the gold for yourself, they safekeep it for a price. I think that convenience also plays a role on why young generations are choosing bitcoin over gold.

Never thought that these withdraw holding problems is this much prevalent. I do not get it either but shouldn't that be clear at the first place because it involves money. Not to mention that they also have a very unresponsive and useless support team, I am not saying that out of thin air but most gambling site accusation have an incompetent support team which is really sad because this is the only bridge for customers to connect with the management. Hopefully, things will go the other way but knowing the way these website operate and how soulless they are, I think it will be close to impossible.

That is why OP said to do your research. Never thought that I would see some unlisted websites since there is a lot of gambling website in the gambling board. I agree with you taking caution in playing in this sites, it is the Internet after all. Most top searches in the search engine is okay in my experience although there is a growing popularity of poisoning the search engine by making scam sites become top search, although it is not that prevalent, I think that it is still a good move to play at the listed ones.

Had run ins with a couple of scammers, can't do some digging as most of them use stolen identity. Good word of advice about doing transaction in Telegram, it is a scammer's paradise. The fact that they are going to do a 50% in the first place is fishy in every possible way. You cannot blame the reasoning used by the scammer though obviously to lower your guard about suspecting that he/she might be a scammer. Online transactions, especially peer to peer is the most problematic because you have to establish trust with a stranger.

I think the first chart is more on the nationality and the other is overall gambling activity. I do not know if that could be the case but sometimes data from other people does not match maybe because of different target. Another thing I have noticed is the other chart seems to not match the other one because the first one is more on average loss of an individual while the other seems to be annual loss as a whole.

License is a necessary to be honest but in my country, having one costs an arm and a leg, it is definitely worthy though as we all know, it makes you immune to legal persecution. Online though, I do think that it will be different as some sites could just get their website secure and make it look legitimate, I do not think that online gambling is not that necessary as long as you deliver the services.

That is a nice advice to live by when hodling bitcoin. I do not have a lot currently but my plan was to sell at ATH, although it won't be much hopefully I can start from there and eventually grow my bitcoin.

That is a mark of a capitalistic society. Helping big companies with taxpayer's money and neglecting small businesses. If EU does not update their archaic policies, I think that things will be difficult for the next generation and it is also difficult to do economic experiments, especially now that the popularity of Universal Basic Income and other likely economic concepts is booming.

If you were to have a business model like this, I think that a physical office space is necessary because they need some way of consistent point of contact, with online only interaction, there will be difficulties as some clients are not inclined to do an online contact. I think it is a valid model although I am not a business expert, I think using your connection to suit your clinet needs is an effective cash cow, you do not have to spend much on equipment and the most you spend on is office lease.

There are other factors that could be the reason why there is no activity of bitcoin in that region, remember that some countries have little to no infrastructure to facilitate Internet. 129 countries is not a good number for me, it has been a decade and I think that the numbers should have been pumped up a long time ago. Total ban of blockchain will be difficult because VPNs, Geomasks, and Virtual Machine can be used to access it because total Internet ban is impossible.

I think okay lang mag expect, ang masama is mataas agad yung standards which generates a false hype na pwedeng downfall ng mga taong magiinvest dahil sa generated fake hype. Sangayon ako regarding sa gobyerno, sobrang dami nilang problema externally and internally which could lead to disaster kung sakaling mag launch sila ng maaga.

This is what happens when you know how to work your way around unfair situation, you use them to your advantage.

Inflation is not necessarily a bad thing, if the inflation is kept at bay, it encourages growth in the economy, salary for employees will likely increase. The worst thing that can happen is deflation in value which causes lay offs and lower fiat value. The best thing that you can do to fight inflation is to invest in something that gains interest over time, like stocks, gold and bonds. Crypto is another story because it does not conform whether that fiat inflates, deflates or hyperinflates.

If this resolution comes to a pass and India follows through with Pakistan, that could be the worst or best thing to happen. It is difficult to say for now but this mirroring could be a helpful bond to attract Indian crypto investors and vice versa which in turn help in easing the tensions of this two nuclear countries. The worst is that the other side becomes paranoid that having investors and company from the other country is a planted spy, I do not believe that it could be the case but seeing the tension between Pakistan and India for a long time, I think that is a safe bet.

If we let them buy more, there will soon come to a point where MS will become a monopoly. Hopefully, other institution join the fray and promote a healthy competition among whales which is beneficial for individual hodlers.

Tax money is used to build roads, schools, bridges and other infrastructures, fund relief operations, make the circulation of money more diverse, pay government employees. There should be a public records for government expenditures look it up. I do not agree with the taxation of bitcoin especially the 30% but we all shouldn't demonize tax because in a way, we benefitted from it one way or another, it is also hypocritical of us to hate taxes because we already are paying one no matter what.

Everyone says that you should create a useful post, and if you do so, go on Beginners board and try to apply for merit, a lot of Merit Source are active there to help Newbies, you just need to link what you think is the most constructive post, the chances of getting a merit is not a 100% percent but there is still a chance because they are generous and they know a sincere and useful post when they see one, also move this topic to Beginners board.

Is there something wrong with being a law abiding citizen? If the government wants to put a regulation, can you do something about it? If the answer is no, then I think that we shouldn't care that much, although they will be creating this policies to further increase their power, I do not think that they will go full tyrannical on crypto enthusiasts, they will still put some citizens interests in mind because there is still election and it takes only one politician that supports a more lax regulation to topple the person in power. The idea of decentralization only gets vaguer as more companies and cronies chip in to exploit the technology. I do not support government putting regulations on crypto but what can I do as an individual, even if the whole crypto community comes together it will not be enough because we are not yet mainstream. The best thing that can happen is a leader or group of lawmakers that will fight for the individual rights of every crypto enthusiasts and by far it is impossible because of lobbying and bribes from companies and institutions.