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The more I look in to possibly betting this election, the less I plan to do so. Like with Hilary and Donald, I thought she'd win in a landslide. TECHNICALLY she DID win. The electoral college is a fckn joke. That year I voted off ballet, but sadly I may vote for Biden, a senile dinosaur as Trump divided my country to the likes never seen since the civil rights era.
With both candidates because total fools, and many people not planning to vote, or voting off ballot, this is just going to be too hard to call. ( we need independents / libertarians to have a fair shot ).
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Very good topic and well said. I hate when people get bashed over stuff like this, as so many people simply have no compassion. Gambling addiction is a disease, plain and simply.
It's sort of like in the Netherlands ( I believe thats where it is). Criminals (no hardcore, ie not murderers) I reformed in jail. Taught to learn from their mistakes, understand why they made them, and work towards not making them again. Stark contract from jail here in the US where you'll be raped, treated like shit, and given few opportunities to better yourself.
Damming and shaming people does not help. Support and education does!
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I’ve been around for what’s getting close to 10 years now but I still don’t know which forum users are considered the most knowledgeable in terms of cryptographic expertise/programming experts etc..basically the Mr Robot types. I’ve always wanted to know but wasn’t really sure how to find out so figure maybe this thread could help shine light on those users. Now I know GMaxwell is probably the pinnacle of such members (we are very lucky to have him here) Loyce (tho he’s AI so not sure they count), suchmoon, satoshighost, Rusbitcoin nullius, tryninja, o_e_l_e_o 💔, Nutildah, DdmrDdmr, theymos (obviously), pooya87, I believe (though we may not see eye to eye on certain topics of late, I respect them nonetheless ) etc etc. Is the most merited list a good indicator of this? Reason I bring this up ..Yogg. He was my go to (outside of bugging Loyce from time to time)..Yogg would let me sit on the phone for hours pestering him with tech questions with no judgement and it really sucks to have lost that friendship/teacher. So it would be nice to know which members I can trust or at least know they’ve got a strong understanding of cryptography/programming knowledge that way I can learn from them without having doubts of them just “blowing smoke”. The names I’ve listed are just some I believe fit in this category. Maybe I’m wrong on some of them too  For years I’ve always thought it would be great to be able to recognize three types somehow: I know Theymos (though maybe it was Sirius) assigned special badges to some of the OGs that fit this sorts criteria (like Hal I believe has one, and know there’s others). I think I recently had a back and forth with one of these types, not realizing I was talking with a high skill level user, and feel like a moron because while I have a strong background in finance and basic cryptocurrency knowledge, it’s at a script kiddie level no question. Maybe some list like this already exists ? If anyone with knowledge of these types wouldn’t mind sharing or “recognizing” them, it’d be greatly appreciated! (Cyrus-hope this is okay to post and in the right section). |
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It is weird to see a small number of people who are still in denial specially since this is not the first time US economy is in such a catastrophic situation on the brink of another collapse. It is even weirder to see bitcoiners in denial. I would understand other people but you'd expect those who are into something called Bitcoin that was born out of the ashes of the US economic collapse of 2008 wouldn't deny another similar situation! At the end of the day, despite being weird this is not that surprising at all. When we look back, this is just history repeating itself. In the years leading to the 2008 crisis, there were loads of people who denied closeness of collapse and every day that it hadn't happened yet they would have looked at the markets and numbers and said "See the banks are are fine and growing, stock market is green and booming, blah blah blah".  Of course there is always others who see past the manipulated stats by these fraudulent centralized organizations. What's even more odd is people making all of these claims, yet back it up with absolutely nothing. It's quite clear those who've got knowledge and experience in the space, and those who just go off their gut feelings, or a few news articles. |
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So here's the thing.. I will admit upfront that I despise this man with every fiber of my being. Him and Joe Biden are dinosaurs whom shouldn't even be allowed to run for office. Both are unfit, but that's another story.
We are in campaign season right now, and candidates will say just about anything to get certain sub-population of the nation to be on board with him. I've heard Trump make all sorts of progressive statement, only to walk them back once in office. Also, there is bitcoin regulation, not that he would have any sort of clue. He says one thing now, but will it hold up? History show us, likely not. Also lets be frank, he doesn't understand it one damn bit..just like Warren Buffet, he's old an boomers tend to dislike change on this type of level.
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No one knows for sure, period. No we do know that its not Craig Wright, but outside that it could be a combination of quite a few cryptographers. Here's an interesting story I read recently/happened to randomly come across. Now no one knows for sure who Satoshi is, which is part of his genius. I personally think it's Nick Szabo for many reason. I've actually spoken with Craig Wright and Szabo individually on twitter, and Craig jut doesn't give me that vibe. Szabo created bitgold /coined the term smart contracts etc. He' an economist, cryptographer, etc..and he just fits the bill. Plus Szabo is a bit of an asshole, and I hear Satoshi was much the same in forum PMs. You could tell he was a bit brash just from his forum posts too.  (what an iconic/legendary photo. Including our own forum mod Greg Maxwell. If you haven't read his posts, or his blog, I highly recommend it. We are very lucky to have him here!! https://www.experiencelab.info/2018/06/unveiling-bitcoin-team-led-by-nick.html?m=1 (for the record I believe this article to be total bullshit, but who knows). |
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This entirely depends on each one personally individually. For some people, taking drugs is a great way to gamble. Let's take for instance smoking marijuana. For me, it helps calm my nerves, allows me to focus better and all at the same time helps with my back pain that I end up getting when I'm just sitting down in some chair for hours on it. So, I would say it all depends.
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I came across a recent topic where the op was saying over 80% of gamblers gamble to make money and I had to have a dip thought on that and was curious as to know if there are possibilities that people gamble just for the sake of answering the name gambler? Nearly eighty percentage of the gamblers are doing gambling for the money making.
From my opinion, I think there isn’t any need to stake or risk one’s money on a game simply because you want to catch fun when you could simply not risk your money and still have fun while watching same game. I don’t know if I’m really staying my points well but I wish to know if people really have to gamble without intentions of making money? lol, if it wasn't about making money, then I'm not sure why people would gamble at all?! You can still play some of your most favorite games without the need for putting money on the table. Take for instance Poker/Texas Hold'm..I love the game and will sometimes play just for the fun of it, not having anything to do with money. I would imagine 95% of people whom gamble do so to make money. |
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I'm a bit amazed and how many people who gamble on this forum seemingly let it control a bit part of their lives. I get excited when I gamble, I guess you could say, but not excited in the fact that I'm sweating bullets an its effecting my life in a negative manner. I simply don't bet large enough sums to really make a big splash and be design as I dont want it to control my life/my mood etc.
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CI good to see ya back at it. Ordinals would be cool if it was in a way depicting how it clogs up the network so people can trade photos that will be worthless in a few moths or so. If they had a legitimate use case, I’d be all for it. Bitcoin needs to faster and cheaper, ordinals are not helping that. They will likely have a use case one day, but for now you want to send a photo use text messages or emails. Grumpy rant over
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I’m curious how many of the unfunded cards edit:coins are now funded. Anyone know?
I spoke with a collector recently (who wishes to remain anonymous) who revealed some troubling things about MrHodlClub. They purchased coins from him some time back, got in hand, messaged MrHodl to fund, was ignored for several weeks, had to message again and they eventually were funded. I don’t buy the “some people didn’t have the money to fund coins once in hand”. Please. Between the lack of communication with customers and unwillingness to shed light on things while acting like a 8 year old playing victim, locking threads, and saying you’re not going to sell here anymore (pretty easy to get away with stuff on twitter when you don’t have trust scores and can delete posts at will) I don’t trust you and can’t imagine many others do either. You prove much more with lack of willingness to address LEGITIMATE concerns.
There’s something also much more concerning that I wish I could share but for several reasons I just can’t. I wouldn’t even mention this at all as it’s important to provide details (which I have) but people come to me with stuff to make others aware, but fear repercussions of any sort and simply get very uncomfortable making posts like this. I’m hoping they’ll change their mind, however.
I’ve been sitting on these things for a while now, hoping they’d decide to be open and transparent about everything ..which why would you not be if nothing to hide? So yeah here I am “playing inspector” which is just horrible of someone to be looking out for the community. I never want to hurt anyone’s business or others view of it ..MrHodl has done a good job of that all himself. Red flags from day one, simple truth. I’m glad they never replied to my PM during the first release with a few questions.
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So many ridiculous posts here. I think most coming from non-US citizens who have not a clue. The U.S. financial market on brink of collapse? “To happen soon”. Lol where the fuck do you come up with this kinda shit. Also what is the US financial system anyhow? That could encompass countless things, largely NOT controlled directly by the government. The U.S. dollar is not in jeopardy of losing the world’s reserve currency status. The Fed Reserve, appointed by but NOT controlled by the U.S. president, branches of the US government, or Congress nor are funded by them, set monetary policies, interest rates, oversight of banking systems etc. The U.S. Treasury, not the central bank like other nations, prints money, among other things. The president, branches of Gov, Congress etc all have limited say in much of the financial system, by design and countless “Acts” enacted over many many years designed to combat and take control out of few hands and in to many different ones. The SEC oversees the U.S. stock market, INDEPENDENT of the federal government. Considering the U.S. economy is the world’s leading economy and wont be challenged anytime remotely soon a financial collapse is, um, not happening soon. If it did? It would destroy the worlds economy right with it. Take a look at the U.S. stock market compared to every other country,, perhaps there’s a reason why it’s so far and beyond the rest of the world in terms of market caps and company valuations across most sectors. If you know anything about the financial markets (US at all time highs atm, after a sizable downturn /correction 1.5-2 years ago) you know the US equites and bond markets are the worlds best in terms of performance and safety /security. Again US having the most debt means one thing, belief from the rest of the world that they’ll pay it back and on time, above any other nation. Borrowing is better than using your own money if you do it right, any day of the week, U.S.companies HAVE to report ALL financial news (good or bad) 4 times a year if they’re public. The Gov doesn’t directly control this the SEC does, I live in Illinois, it’s no secret my state is struggling in large part due to our pension budget deficit, the nations worst thanks to corruption of the STATE government officials of now and years past- https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-pension-debt-grows-2-6-billion-in-2023-mainly-to-cover-raises/ . State deficits have everything to do with State issued debt instruments (bonds) and nothing to do with US treasury bonds. The agencies that control the financial systems are required to publicly report everything and Congress will shut down in bad times, also not kept a secret from the rest of the world lol. How do I know this ? 20 years as an advisor, governed by FINRA, under SEC regulation and working with and around the different independent agencies discussed above, America isn’t the world’s “best” country by a long shot, but its economy, currency , debt instruments /security markets are and it’s not debatable as it’s all public knowledge. Do some homework people or at minimum provide some sort of proof to your idiotic The government has long ago taking over the networking of informations such as the social medias which was supposed to the people in concerned updated with the realities and happenings in life but because the governments are keeping things closed doors they shuts the News and other means of updates speculations up simply because they don't want to get exposed.
Utterly false. Proof from just 3 weeks ago - https://youtu.be/cN3x_9wEfrI?si=umU7Ck38UfsGDyF9I don't follow what others say or news i follow to indicators i watch fed data and instututional data. And those indicators show's to me that financial markets are in trouble but btc and gold are protected. I suggest to you become trader and full financial person with full knowledge it's your own benefits then you start see things things like i do study and learn also the mechacals of markets and how they work. I see now bond market have issues and anyone who know everything about finances and markets knows that it's serious now and If it's bad in usa it has bad impact over the UK and Europe also becouse all the financial system are run by USA Fed. I suggest you actually read my post and maybe you’ll learn something. I’m a financial advisor of 20 years. I hold Series 6, 7, 63 and 65 securities and security law licenses, life and health insurance licenses, as well as several financial designations. But I’m sure you’ll reply with something else that’s uneducated, short sided & with once again , no proof or counter arguments to the facts I just laid out. Just bad opinions (what’s gold and btc have to do with any of this lol) |
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So many ridiculous posts here. I think most coming from non-US citizens who have not a clue. The U.S. financial market on brink of collapse? “To happen soon”. Lol where the fuck do you come up with this kinda shit. Also what is the US financial system anyhow? That could encompass countless things, largely NOT controlled directly by the government. The U.S. dollar is not in jeopardy of losing the world’s reserve currency status. The Fed Reserve, appointed by but NOT controlled by the U.S. president, branches of the US government, or Congress nor are funded by them, set monetary policies, interest rates, oversight of banking systems etc. The U.S. Treasury, not the central bank like other nations, prints money, among other things. The president, branches of Gov, Congress etc all have limited say in much of the financial system, by design and countless “Acts” enacted over many many years designed to combat and take control out of few hands and in to many different ones. The SEC oversees the U.S. stock market, INDEPENDENT of the federal government. Considering the U.S. economy is the world’s leading economy and wont be challenged anytime remotely soon a financial collapse is, um, not happening soon. If it did? It would destroy the worlds economy right with it. Take a look at the U.S. stock market compared to every other country,, perhaps there’s a reason why it’s so far and beyond the rest of the world in terms of market caps and company valuations across most sectors. If you know anything about the financial markets (US at all time highs atm, after a sizable downturn /correction 1.5-2 years ago) you know the US equites and bond markets are the worlds best in terms of performance and safety /security. Again US having the most debt means one thing, belief from the rest of the world that they’ll pay it back and on time, above any other nation. Borrowing is better than using your own money if you do it right, any day of the week, U.S.companies HAVE to report ALL financial news (good or bad) 4 times a year if they’re public. The Gov doesn’t directly control this the SEC does, I live in Illinois, it’s no secret my state is struggling in large part due to our pension budget deficit, the nations worst thanks to corruption of the STATE government officials of now and years past- https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-pension-debt-grows-2-6-billion-in-2023-mainly-to-cover-raises/ . State deficits have everything to do with State issued debt instruments (bonds) and nothing to do with US treasury bonds. The agencies that control the financial systems are required to publicly report everything and Congress will shut down in bad times, also not kept a secret from the rest of the world lol. How do I know this ? 20 years as an advisor, governed by FINRA, under SEC regulation and working with and around the different independent agencies discussed above, America isn’t the world’s “best” country by a long shot, but its economy, currency , debt instruments /security markets are and it’s not debatable as it’s all public knowledge. Do some homework people or at minimum provide some sort of proof to your idiotic The government has long ago taking over the networking of informations such as the social medias which was supposed to the people in concerned updated with the realities and happenings in life but because the governments are keeping things closed doors they shuts the News and other means of updates speculations up simply because they don't want to get exposed.
Utterly false. Proof from just 3 weeks ago - https://youtu.be/cN3x_9wEfrI?si=umU7Ck38UfsGDyF9 |
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Both likely for originals I’d assume (.025 is a steal) . Silver sells for more and gold WAY more. OP I know someone whom might sell you all 3, will send them this thread. Best of luck in your search. |
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oh i am sure the flippers will be selling for 2x soon. sadly most purchasers are not actual collectors just those trying to flip for more fiat.
Not so sure about this. They both have strong whale followings who never sell anything.. only 33 suites or so, few singles ..dont think we see too many anytime soon. Be diff story perhaps if TMAN was still around trying to corner the market anyway possible, to have the “biggest Kialara cock” as he would put it. wow, i knew he has a following, his work is amazing but didnt think $200k of it would sell in less then 24 hours. congrats to the creators! you deserve it! =)
Shoulda seen Kialara’s on eBay when Kim Kardashian posted one on her instagram, speaking of selling out fast. Glad I had a double to sell that day. But yeah was about as guaranteed a sell out as it gets. Both incredible artists in their own ways and real good dudes to boot, they deserve it. If anyone has a single they’re willing to trade, I got some cool stuff to offer up (BTCC chips, Satoris, CI coins, KillYou1 or KillYou2 Pirate glow in the dark coin..the beloved kinda stuff). |
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Wonder if there’s any connection to this fool and btalk user “BitBoy” ( https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=2062 ) who came here to mostly just discuss and create btc symbols back in 2010..which is some interesting btc history. Looking in to similarities, Ben Armstrong apparently owned/owns a graphic design company (seen below). Also this article ( https://cryptoslate.com/people/ben-armstrong/ ) states Ben lost money on Mt Gox as an early btc adopter (despite not starting his shitcoin shill YT account until 2018) which BitBoy user here also discusses “having been one of the initial 500 account members” on Gox, and that he lost access to his account like many others during the hack.   Not saying they are one and the same, probably not..but Just found this all kinda interesting (came across all this by accident..long story, so decided to dig in a bit and this is what I found after some quick digging). |
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As the bull run is right around the corner, most of us newbies have heard about it, and even the experience crypto enthusiastic knows how and what always transpired during the bull run, but the sad reality is that not everyone will gain from it, so my question is that what measures have you put in place to be among the beneficiary of the bull run?
We should start asking ourselves question like, how far have we gone in our Bitcoin accumulating process? If the bull run comes this week, how much can we milk out from our current holdings? if we had any.
For procrastinators, It's high time you all start accumulating Bitcoin aggressively through the DCA method, so that you wouldn't be left out from such an amazing opportunity.
Well the reality is that there's really no such thing as an upcoming bull run. Now I do recognize the fact that another bitcoin halving is coming up which in the past has typically sparked a bit of a run up, but there's never any guarantee of this and I think it's a bit misleading to newbies to state it as such. Main thing to keep in mind is bitcoin is inherently NOT an investment, rather a digital currency. There is. Bullrun is a term being used in this industry and in layman's term it is a period wherein many investors are buying which creates high demand, making the market price increase. It might just be with the word "upcoming" because it is being anticipated rather than felt. But still it could still be given that there is an event involved which is halving. The process of bullrun is some sort of a domino effect. Big investors would anticipate and "buy" the idea of halving, which would uplift the demand as well as prices, then small investors will do the same thing, until it becomes a "wave" or a period that most of the tokens' market price are increasing. Indeed Bitcoin is originally a digital currency but won't you take advantage of its feature which is volatility, if it would benefit you? Its market value is affected by demand which associates it to an asset or investment and there's really nothing wrong with that. There are still issues with global adoption of this industry anyway which is another barrier to why people aren't making use of Bitcoin and this technology in general as a mode of payment, therefore we cannot blame those people who are using it as an alternative investment as long as they are gaining profit from doing so. Yeah I’m certainly aware of what a bull run means as a financial advisor, what I mean is there’s no such thing as an “upcoming” bull run. You can guess, but there’s no guarantee by any means. |
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As the bull run is right around the corner, most of us newbies have heard about it, and even the experience crypto enthusiastic knows how and what always transpired during the bull run, but the sad reality is that not everyone will gain from it, so my question is that what measures have you put in place to be among the beneficiary of the bull run?
We should start asking ourselves question like, how far have we gone in our Bitcoin accumulating process? If the bull run comes this week, how much can we milk out from our current holdings? if we had any.
For procrastinators, It's high time you all start accumulating Bitcoin aggressively through the DCA method, so that you wouldn't be left out from such an amazing opportunity.
Well the reality is that there's really no such thing as an upcoming bull run. Now I do recognize the fact that another bitcoin halving is coming up which in the past has typically sparked a bit of a run up, but there's never any guarantee of this and I think it's a bit misleading to newbies to state it as such. Main thing to keep in mind is bitcoin is inherently NOT an investment, rather a digital currency. |
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This is a good topic and I would have to say yes, the more women in the "sector" the better chance bitcoin will have of reaching the mainstream (even more so than it already has). I do have to say there's certainly some prominent women in the space whom are backing bitcoin, spreading the word etc, sort of like ARKK fund manager Cathie Woods.
But yes, different races, different genders, all important ways of bitcoin reaching mass adoption.
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The identity of a casino's team is something we rarely across in our forum even though we have like hundreds of announcement topics in this section, promoting services, gambling games and tournaments. This act typically comes around professionalism and hospitality to provide a special customer service. Showing friendliness.and deep understanding of the games offered. Team members may also be a comfortable addition to players here.
Till this day I didn't see any casino revealing the identity of their team, owners, employers and responsibles of the casino even though players are required to pass a KYC process for their identity, so I'm wondering have you ever thought about this too? and the reasons why most casinos are not doing this process?
This is an interesting topic. This makes me wonder if big in person Casinos such as the Bellagio in Las Vegas have their team members either listed out somewhere on their website, or perhaps there's photos somewhere in the building showing whom the main people are. I'm not sure even if the casino team members were listed out that it would make much difference to me personally. This sort of info could real easily be faked. Transparency however is a great thing. |
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