I'm preparing for the college entrance exam to go to college, so I can't make money from working. I get about $100 of allowance from my father every month. I use all of them to buy bitcoin because I can use father's credit card for expenses such as food, clothes. I can buy Bitcoin on a satoshi basis every month, but when I see people buying Bitcoin basis on the internet, I feel like I'm too behind myself. Maybe they have a much higher income than me because they have a job. I think I can only invest $100 a month for the next year or two, would that be enough? I am worried about missing big bull market with halving and etf approval.

Apparently this is a true live event happened in my State this week and almost everyone is talking about it. About a young man that killed himself after a gamble loss, he even left a message for his family and friends before taking his life.  But I wonder why should someone take his own life  just because he lost  #2.5 million to gambling an amount  equivalent to just about $3k. I can relate to his loss but taking your life is something unimaginable and unjustifiable to do. No matter the regrets suicide isn't an option to be taking as a solution , you are only leaving bigger pains  behind for your loved ones.


This is just another reminder to we all gamblers that no bet is sure and guaranteed, don't ever use an amount of money you are not comfortable to lose just because you feel convicted in your mind that the game will play as predicted. There's no such thing as sure bet in gambling.

Question: Is there any amount lost that can make you commit suicide?

If yes, then don't ever use such amount to gamble.

That's not exactly correct.
You see when talking about effectiveness of sanctions there are a handful of things that decide their effectiveness. I'd say the three most important factors are: [1] duration, [2] scale (how much of the country's economy they target and what percentage of the world complies with them) and [3] the capabilities of the targeted country.

Lets look at 4 examples:
1. Iraq
This is a good case of a [1] "long" and [2] "large scale" sanction on a country with [3] little domestic potential for self reliance that succeeded.
In early 1990 after the US ally, the Iraqi dictator Saddam failed in his invasion of its neighbor Iran, they started getting sanctioned specially after he invaded Kuwait. [3] Iraq already had lost a lot in its futile 8 year invasion attempt including infrastructure and the country was in a huge debt.
The sanctions were [2] enforced globally which basically isolated the country. That meant lots of crisis in the country, even food crisis where large number of people are reported to starve to death because of the sanctions. These sanctions remained in place for [1] about 10 years that slowly weakened Iraq and forced them to willingly accept being disarmed which paved the way for the US/NATO invasion in 2003 and destruction of the country by US and over a million Iraqis killed!

2. Iran
This is a good case of the [1] "longest" and [2] "largest scale" of sanctions (most number of sanctions for the longest period of time) against a country with [3] a massive domestic potential for self reliance.
Ever since [1] 1979 revolution when Iranians kicked the US backed dictator and US out of their country, the US sanctions began and they've only increased in number and enforcement scale to this day.
However, the results on Iran has been completely opposite of Iraq because they could never isolate Iran nor could they damage Iran's domestic production and scientific advancement that helped the country become self reliant even in high tech field.
Of course these sanctions affected Iran's economy a lot and even led to some social unrest but they could never achieve their true goal which was to topple democracy and reinstall the US backed dictatorship to steal Iranian natural resources.

3. Saudi Arabia
This is a good example of a country that is not sanctioned but has nearly [3] zero domestic potential to become self reliant.
Experts suggest that if someday Saudi dictatorship is sanctioned, it will fall in a matter of days! The reason is simple, over the decades when Saudi dictators was obeying US orders, they were never allowed to build any kind of infrastructure and more than 80% of the country's needs are imported because that's what forces them to remain a US "colony" and ensure survival of Petrodollar.

4. Russia
Now we can talk about why sanctions haven't worked on Russia.
- First of all Russia was sanctioned [1] a little more than a year ago. 10 years from now it could be a different story assuming the New World Order fails (which is unlikely) but a year is not enough to claim that sanctions are ineffective.
- Secondly, these sanctions are [2] NOT enforced globally. Basically it is only US that has sanctioned Russia and some of the European countries complying with it and only partially (eg. they still continue buying Russian LNG or they still continue exporting vehicles to Russia, etc.) and the rest of the world doesn't really care (eg. India, Turkey, China, etc. still have economic relations with Russia).
- Finally Russia [3] has a decent domestic potential for self reliance. Having vast amount of energy, many factories and infrastructure helps greatly.

Now lets look at Israel.

• First of all boycott is not the same as sanctions which are enforced by the countries/governments so it's the law. This is more like a movement by the regular people. So its effectiveness is not going to be the same as sanctions but at the same time it will have an impact. For example I already covered the effects it had on Israel linked companies such as Starbucks.
• Secondly the duration is not yet long. It's only been a matter of weeks, the impact is going to be seen if this movement continues and it becomes years.
• Finally the Zionist regime needs foreign aid to continue working. If the 340 million American + 750 million European tax payers stop paying Israel hundreds of billions of dollars annually, the regime would stop functioning. That's despite the domestic capabilities of the regime. We are moving in that direction too but it may take longer, which could be called actual sanctions.

I'm not ready to say for sure, but Yemen has probably become a puppet in someone else's hands as well. And it is being used as a provocateur that creates tension in this region, which is very important for the transportation of oil from the Middle East. They do not pose an objective threat to the US Navy or other democratic western countries. But they can provoke a powerful response to terrorist antics, which in the end, according to the scenario of some "scriptwriters" and will lead to a global conflict, which will lead to a temporary or even long-term blockage of the Red Sea and shipping channels.

Regarding other ideas:
- Putin went to the meeting to apologize for not fulfilling his obligations to reduce oil production (and you really don't know that Russia is systematically cheating its Opec+ partners as well ?), and to try to agree on using the banking system of some countries in the region to launder and transfer money to further finance terrorist wars.

- Regarding "Iran's peacemaking ideas" - sounds just funny Financing, providing and inciting Hamas and other proxies to attack Israel and massacre Palestine - is it about stability and peace ?

when Iran realized that for this it can be very "fly", Iran beautifully "leaked" Hamas, PUBLICLY declaring them "reprimanded" for attacking Israel without consulting Iran. It was not us, it was Hamas, don't touch us ! There are even official statements by Iranian representatives, which is easily verified

I was reading some comments on line today and a story caught my attention, and I want to know how possible this is.

A guy claimed he won $5000 on a poker machine and that's where his addiction began, and when it get to the point that he lost his rent money to gambling he decide to take matters in his one way.

He proceeded by going to gaming commission and had his name banned by himself, ( Someone please tell me how this is possible?) never seen such in my country before. he claimed he still go back to casinos at times and he knew he can't ever win big again, because his name was flagged in the system, and if he win big they won't pay him.

He said he was limited to winning $200, that anymore than this he would have to sign his name and be subject to prosecution for trespassing. He claimed his move took his joy out from gambling real fast, and now he haven't been near a casino in over 10 years.

What do you think? This is an insanely move on oneself to stop addiction, something done right? Would you do the same if such is possible in your country?

I wasnt aware of this event, isnt this the first year its been played?

The players who attended was a small group with Taylor Fritz being the highest ranked
player at #10.

https://toomanyrackets.com/mgm-macau-tennis-masters/


On the womens side there was nobody from at least the tip 10 but I guess if this
is the first year of that event it can get better in the future.

Its interesting that Raducanu was due to attend but had to cancel due to injury.

In my country, Indonesia is also boycotting products affiliated with Israel and this has had a big impact, like McDonald's and KFC now look quiet since the initial call for a boycott was made. There are even local product CEOs who openly support Israel on their social media who are also being boycotted.

I don't know whether this boycott can stop the war, but it must be admitted that this boycott has had a big impact on companies affiliated with Israel experiencing decline or losses. but what is clear is that local entrepreneurs are taking advantage of this boycott moment, because boycotting doesn't mean we stop eating chicken, eating burgers, drinking coffee, bathing, brushing our teeth, washing, etc. But we consume and buy, only products that we buy from companies that do not support or provide benefits for Israel so that they can kill more women and children. they as buyers can choose other products, especially local products, so that the economy continues to run. We can see examples such as Russia, which was embargoed by western countries, but their entrepreneurs took over the business.

I’ll just give an example of how Ukraine boycotted the products of the terrorist country - Russia:
Totally ignoring their products, publishing information about Russian brands, ignoring and complaining to stores, retail outlets, and retail chains about the presence of products from a terrorist’s country on their shelves. And you know - both the largest chains and small sellers completely removed such goods in literally a month!
No one bought a single unit in order to “exemplarily destroy”, just a total refusal to purchase goods and mass publication of the facts of the availability of goods in stores or even networks, across all social networks. So that EVERYONE knows - you can’t buy this - this is a terrorist product, if you buy it for even 1 hryvnia, you will pay the terrorists who are destroying peaceful cities of Ukraine!

And at the same time - we help brands whose country of origin helps us in the fight against RUSSHIZM - the USA, many EU countries, and many other countries whose products and goods are sold to us - they helped us, we will help them!

How do you propose bitcoin survives when the block subsidy is near zero and miners depend solely on transaction fees to sustain them, when even a modest increase in transaction fees is enough to make 99% of the community want to ban the transactions paying those fees? A tail emission? Merged mining?

I'll pay the appropriate fee.

I’ll return to the issue of “selective moderation” again

I agree with my answer to the topic participant’s question (see screenshot below), it goes somewhat beyond the ideal match with the author’s expectations. But the question itself from another student is far from the truth.

Request to the topic author:
- or not openly show your selectivity and duplicity in the “struggle to follow the rules”
- or then delete ALL posts that are off topic.
- or be honest, at least to yourself, and honestly write - “I don’t like your opinion, I don’t want to hear it, but I want to hear only those opinions that I like. That’s why I will delete your posts and those that I like, although not relevant to the topic, I will leave it to please my feelings"
- or also write honestly - I have no arguments, I’m afraid to answer you, I don’t have enough knowledge, so I will hide your posts, they are inconvenient and infuriating to me, because... I am helpless to answer them. Believe me, after you honestly voice the reasons, I will stop writing even a word in your topics Just don’t go back to the tales about “inexact matching of the topic,” okay? Looks very cowardly and stupid
 
Looks very cowardly and stupid

Gambling is not bad after all but addiction is, gambling has been receiving a lot of negative reactions and feedback but gambling also has a lot of health benefits associated with it but you can only get these benefits if you are a responsible gambler and you have total control of what you wage and limit your bankroll

These are some of the benefits to see more of its benefits you can read the whole article here

Can you add more besides what's written in this article?

Surprising Health Benefits of Gambling

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https://currentaffairs.adda247.com/boycott-israel-products-list-2023/

There are many organizations and people in Asia are boycotting Israel's product because they're stand with Palestine. But I see it's really wrong because they mixed up both Western brands and Israel brands as they boycotting brands like: McDonald, Fanta, Garnier, Nestea, Starbucks etc. I'm not sure what's their reason to do that, but I take McDonald as the example, they boycotting McDonald because McDonald's franchise in Israel is supporting Israel.


https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/mcdonalds-owners-fight-over-support-for-israel/ar-AA1jgQRE

They forget if it's a franchise, it's not the McDonald's headquarter is supporting Israel. The franchise in other country has no relation with Israel, yet people boycott them. This can give effect to their own economy because the franchise will not make money to pay the employees, resulting salary cut or get fired, unemployment rate will increase.

AFAIK there's only one brand, that clearly supporting Israel, after all it's your choice to boycott them or not.

It's really not make sense to boycott franchise's product, if you want to boycott Israel's product, here are their brands https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Israeli_brands

If you want to support Palestine, find the trusted charity in your respective country and make a donation on there.

Think smarter, don't ruin the economy in your country because of sUppOrTInG PaLEStinE by doing that.

I'm curious about this.  For the people who are long term holders of btc and they either never sold any btc to coinbase to convert to fiat and just holding it until btc hits their price target, do people like that not cash out big amounts at once when they are ready to sell?  Imagine someone who is a long term holder of btc and they either never sold any btc to fiat or sold only a tiny amount and then transferred it to their US bank account.



But then btc hits a huge price and now they want to sell a good portion of it.  Well if you are a coinbase customer for a while but you never cashed out any btc or only traded small amounts, isn't there going to be an issue if someone was to send some btc from their hardware wallet or trustwallet or electrum to it and then trade it for usd and then cashout?  Like imagine someone goes to transfer 1 btc to their coinbase account when their biggest btc transfer could been only $2000 worth from back then.  Then they convert it all to usd.  Then they do an ACH bank transfer to their US bank account or a bank wire transfer.  Isn't coinbase or whatever exchange they are using might ask them questions like how did you acquire this much of BTC for someone who never transferred this much btc to their wallet before?  And even if they did, they never ever sold it to usd so that would be deemed strange to them? 



Or imagine someone who have 1 million dollars worth of btc now in their wallet and they want to send it to coinbase to cash out.  But their biggest transfer to coinbase could been $2000 worth at the most or even $50 even.  And say the biggest amount they ever sold or converted btc to or from could be something like $25 only.  Wouldn't that person who wants to convert their btc to cash and then to their US bank account have to be careful to not send too much btc at once or trade too much at once or send an ACH or wire transfer back to their US bank account at once because coinbase or the exchange they could have an account in for years but never or rarely use it could flag them?  This is all assuming this person's btc is legitimate.  Would coinbase ask prove of your crypto in situations like this if they suspect something fishy?  However, couldn't they just check the blockchain and then there would be no issue?  The one issue here seem to be if you have lot of btc from back then or even now and want to cash out and never sent this amount of btc to coinbase before or sold this amount before, then you should do small amounts first and then go higher?  The thing is if these were the same amount or similar amount of btc you bought from coinbase many years ago and you had sent this to a hardware wallet or trustwallet or electrum, well obviously it wouldn't be fishy to them.  But if these coins are from where you acquired it from somewhere else and now sending it to coinbase to cashout and it's legitimate coins, does one need to be careful not to send to much or sell too much at once?

so i have been starting to plan out some finances ready for the run upto the 2025 ATH and the correction after. so thought its time to rearrange some bank accounts

i have not visited a bank branch in 15 years so my previous experience(though great) is outdated
i decided id actually step inside a bank branch and see what advice they give(seeing if they will pitch me some investment plans that are better than standard bank interest(you know up-selling their product range))

i was expecting a greeter at the entrance asking what service ill need to work out if i need a sit down adviser, or go to the cashiers desk or book a consultation..
..upon entering. no one

i walk around the corner to see what would be the greeter hiding away to the side playing on their personal phone.

i approached and got the greeters attention and got the greeting where they asked how they can help
i told them i want to possibly close some account, open other accounts and shuffle some money around

their first response was "you can do it online"
and my first response was "but my feet are standing right infront of you"

i think they got the hint and asked me to sit down as they walked off to get their corporate tablet.
they accessed my account and i started describing how i was looking for good interest rate accounts.

they with excitement and enthusiasm told me the accounts i was interested in changing were great interest rates (under 2% and under 1%)
i informed them that its 2023 and there are interest rates on offer by their own company of 4-5% which they should be promoting to me

they informed me i could go online and see what best accounts are on offer. and i repeated i am now sitting in a bank branch which i took the effort to visit specifically for the personal service of doing it in branch.

they reluctantly started explaining the accounts. how the 5% AER(annual) was variable. and i said i dont mind about future years as long as its 5% this year. meaning 100k now= 105k this time next year.
they explained no it doesnt work like that, its variable per month. to which i explained. no the A of AER is ANNUAL.., its simple math
5% annual equivalent rate is £100k in = 105k after interest in 12 months.

they didnt want to debate, so instead told me i can go online to find out more, and then moved the conversation to discuss a 4% that was "fixed for 1 year"
i said fine ill take it... set it up for me and then we can move some money into it straight away

and here is the kicker
the bank branch adviser said they do not open accounts in branch i would have to go online..

and so i made a great suggestion. they should resign if they cant do a banking job, they should close their doors and put a sign up in the window that says "go online" as thats really all the advice they want to give/offer.

..
i think the banking sector is ready for a downsize and to go fully online soon anyways.
i couldnt believe it, 2023 and a bank branch cant even open an account for someone standing right infront of them
and in the space of 7 minutes told me to go online 4 times

(i have no problem doing it all online but i wanted to see what the personal face to face experience was)
(i wasnt actually interested in 4-5% interest as most fiat would have been pushed into investments of better interest yield/deflationary assets)

As you've read the thread title, I'll continue the explanation here, as it cannot accommodate additional text. I've come across numerous topics and posts where gamblers express disbelief in the idea of consistently making profit through gambling. It makes me question whether these individuals are truly involved in gambling or if they're posting without the real experiences and knowledge. Personally, I firmly believe that there are people who have achieved real success in gambling. What perplexes me is why many discourage gambling as a means of making money. Instead of outright saying no, they could guide gamblers with the right strategies on how to stay disciplined, enhance skills, minimize the risk of bankruptcy, and increase the chances of winning.

If you're someone who doesn't believe anyone can be profitable in gambling, you might as well consider yourself not welcome in this thread. I'm looking for people who maintain optimism about their chances in gambling so they can share valuable insights.

Now, let's hear your opinion. In 3...2...1... go!

No, we do not.  We never did.  This is not a majority-decides-what-to-censor type of network, it is a censorship resistant.  Period.  I do not care about any transaction beyond mine.

What is the big deal with allowing a fraction of the block space to be used for abstract transactions?  You are not paying for them.  You are just keeping them in your disk space, like the rest of the transactions.

How was it called in the whitepaper?  Peer-to-peer something.

Giving up custody of your coins to third parties is not a natural part of the Bitcoin ecosystem. 

Maybe some people don't really understand when installing applications on their cellphones and allowing access to their cellphones so that they can find out about what we do on our cellphones. If we install dangerous applications and also allow access to our cellphones, of course this will be very dangerous. data that we store on the cellphone.

It will indeed be very vulnerable to free applications that ask for access to the cellphone we have and there is no guarantee for the data on our cellphone, currently there is nothing that is truly free in this life, of course there are consequences for what we have done. use and very few people are aware of this.

This is not new. Bitcoin developers know how to solve Ordinals and Inscriptions issue and we have discussed this before on this forum when BRC20 surfaced.

Miners are making money from transactions and to solve this, a proposal might be proposed. If proposed in Bitcoin Improvement Proposal, did you think that miners will agree? Remember that miners have their own nodes. I do not think any mining pool will agree to this when they are making more money from transactions.

I will also say that bitcoin developers can look for alternatives means to solve this issue of transaction fee because Ordinals makes the use of bitcoin blockchain to widen. Some people that do not like the high fee are the ones that are now complaining.

Considering some of the biggest exporters of oil is not Palestine or Israel, I am not entirely sure how Russia paying Hamas would end up making USA have expensive gas prices.

It's clear that the gas prices at USA is high for two main reasons, one is the fact that they are not getting it from Russia anymore, so they are forced to wherever they could, and two.. well inflation is real for every nation in the world not just USA, we all pay a lot more for everything, a simple bread is higher too, a bottle of water is higher too, prices of things do not stay the same after hyperinflation, and that's what happened when USA decided to print nearly 4 trillion dollars, and not like they are ruined neither, even after printing that much money USA is still richest nation in the world, so it wasn't really a big deal, sure prices of gas went up, but now everyone can afford that, or at least lets say most people.

I think USA should ignore what's going on there, they are doing fine on their own, let people do whatever to each other, USA can stay strong without Ukraine or Israel anyway, help or no help.