In the first place, if one is to make the most out of massive institutional purchases of Bitcoin, they shouldn't even be buying, that is, if they think these purchases would mean rise in price. After all, by the time the news come out, the purchase had already been made. If it has an effect to the price, it must have already been factored in by the time the news came out.

I guess many of us will encounter this experience at some point. Many hodlers have developed steel hands because of what they've gone through, because of Bitcoin proving that it is always increasing in the bigger picture.

I myself have also gone through this. As a matter of fact, after the 2017 bull run, when we had months and months of bear season, I let go of some good amount of Bitcoin. The price fall was extreme and it took so long for the recovery to be seen that the FUD got the better of me. I learned lessons from it.

I made use of all the mentioned coins in gambling except Tether. I cannot remember an instance when I used USDT in betting. I really started with Bitcoin of course. Altcoins then became an option for reasons that Bitcoin fees are sometimes unbearable and losing Bitcoin seems more painful than losing fiat or altcoins. Dogecoin was particularly attractive before because of the lack of decimals. Everything's whole numbers. LOL!

Hodl was a word referring to Bitcoin. It wasn't said in reference to Namecoin or Tron or whatever altcoin. So I wouldn't agree with you in saying that "hodling could be just as risky as any other technique to crypto trading or investment strategy." Of course, if you extend hodling to shitcoins, it is risky, very risky. But it's not because of hodling itself but because they're shitcoins. They won't last for long. So why hodl? But if you stick to Bitcoin, hodling is more or less guaranteed to give you profit.

Please correct me if I'm wrong but I don't think Satoshi ever mentioned that Bitcoin is also created for governments. As a matter of fact, it is a reaction to how fiat is poorly handled by governments, to how the trust of the people in their governments are somehow wasted. It is in line with this that Bitcoin, a peer-to-peer electronic cash system, is invented so that individuals could transact directly with each other and won't have to go through third parties.

I'm not so sure with the US, but I can say that things around here have not yet gone back to normal, or perhaps they won't anymore and what's happening right now is what they call as the new normal.

Saving in cash is not really sound. Perhaps the recommended 3-6 months emergency savings is enough. The rest should be saved in more or less inflation-resistant assets. What those are, it depends.

Anyway, it is interesting to note that despite the economic effect of the pandemic, Americans still manage to hoard a huge amount excess savings, even reaching $1.6 trillion. Down here, the pandemic has exhausted what little savings ordinary people have kept for a long time.

And I surmise that if something is declared dead 10, 20, 50, 100, 150, 200, 400 times and remains alive, it must live forever.

If I were one of those haters and critics who declared Bitcoin dead numerous times, I would now be thinking twice if Bitcoin is really going die or not. Perhaps after the 100th death declaration of Bitcoin and it still looks very much alive, I'd rather take my chance and "get some in case it catches on," as Satoshi puts it. You know, if you can't beat them, join them.

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Happy new year!

I don't think the influx of new casinos is happening on a daily basis. It's not really everyday. But there's definitely one every once in a while. Anyway, I used to be interested in trying out what a new casino is offering, oftentimes excited and expecting something new that the rest don't. But it's not anymore my thing lately. As a matter of fact, I am sticking to only sports betting most of the time. And since the betting site that I've been using has introduced a casino as well way back, I could also spend some quick minutes for some rounds of blackjack.

Funny! But if we are to be strict about it, what the IRS is doing sounds just right, although they seem to be too religious on their job that they seem to be doing the unnecessary extra mile and obviously look ridiculous as a result. But they're doing their job perfectly. I'd say they deserve an applause for it. Indeed, income comes in many forms and it certainly includes bribes and whatnot. But what I am curious of is whether the people who are involved in such activities would be so honest they would declare even their stolen money or properties?

If this is true, try to recover your earlier account first. It is a good start. You'll definitely find the username there and probably his/her message, too, that he/she accidentally sent you a huge amount of tip and that he/she badly needs it back.


I'm not so sure about this. OP will have to go through support. And if the support cannot even give OP the username of the person who gave OP the tip, support could probably not handle this as well. And that's 3.8BTC we're talking about, roughly $180,000. That's too large an amount to entrust to anybody who claims admin.

It is probably more effective if along with what you will say, you will also give your friends or loved ones certain Bitcoin-related tokens, perhaps a book on Bitcoin or some Bitcoin-designed apparel or merchandise or why not some physical Bitcoin coins or bills? As a matter of fact, your friends or loved ones would be much more excited if you are giving them physical Bitcoin coins or bills which are loaded with a little amount. They will value it even more. In this way, perhaps their curiosity or interest will be doubled.

Perhaps it is more possible with the use of third party payment service providers. I guess a gambler in a brick and mortar casino could already swipe his Visa or Mastercard Bitcoin or crypto debit card. So it is also very possible that Bitcoin bets will be accepted in the near future but could also be processed in fiat first. So one could place bets in Bitcoin but the amounts to be registered in the casino books are in fiat value. The payout could also be made in Bitcoin.

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Advance happy new year!

I expect that for the next years, gambling operators of both online casinos and brick and mortar casinos will be openly accepting Bitcoin bets. And not only that, the Lightning Network will definitely be utilized as well for a more convenient and generally smoother gambling experience.

It is also possibly a big thing in the next years that gamblers could already bet on blockchain game tournaments. For now, I cannot see odds on certain crypto matches. There will definitely be future tournaments on games built on blockchain and gamblers would be able to place their bets on certain teams and players.

I cannot be the best person to judge which is the best gambling site in 2021. I cannot make a comparison as I was not exploring many gambling sites. The whole year, I think I stuck mainly to my favorite sports betting site. I guess I tried only a couple of new gambling platforms. I am not using them anymore today. In terms of crypto casinos, I didn't spend much time with any of them either for the entire year.

What I'm sure of, though, is that those sites which still have outstanding unresolved complaints and issues will never be considered for the best gambling site not just within the year but also beyond.

It is even a lot easier for Gibraltar to succeed than El Salvador. In the first place, the country is doing well economically. With a small jurisdiction and only a few tens of thousands of citizens, it could very well manage its commitment to become the world’s first cryptocurrency hub. And the country is not even taking such a huge step as adopting Bitcoin as a legal tender. It is simply showing welcoming arms to cryptocurrency firms and companies. And they are emphasizing that license and regulations are to be put in place. It just sounds weird that certain countries and financial institutions are seemingly overreacting to Gibraltar's move.

Quite frankly, there's nothing really amazing with this. After all, 99.9% of coins in the entire cryptocurrency market are attempts at making money out of thin air, many of them carbon-copies of earlier projects. Many have succeeded at the expense of innocent newbies, some lazy ones, others greedy investors, get-rich-quick members, and so on.

So if somebody has received such kind of airdrop, it is best to just try to make money out of thin air as well. Dump all of those for Bitcoin. One could get a decent amount of Bitcoin out of it. That is, if there is even a demand for it.

Only time can tell, but most likely yes. A hundred years from now, a Satoshi is expected to be worth much much more.


Being open source means Bitcoin is open to the public. The significance of which is that it is owned by nobody and everybody. The fixed amount of Bitcoin is hard-coded in the system. It might take a hard-fork for a change of its supply. If that happens, the fork is not anymore the original Bitcoin.


Power is centralized because it has a main switch or a few main switches. But it doesn't speak of how Bitcoin is decentralized. It has nothing to do with it. But, of course, Bitcoin, just like our everyday lives, is highly dependent on power. However, the rise of solar power and other alternative sources of energy give people the opportunity to stay off-grid, produce their own power, and be completely independent from the public power supply.


There's the Lightning Network that is providing solution to that.


The world does not revolve around Bitcoin.