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3681  Economy / Economics / Re: Economical Politics by an insane guy is the reason for this crash! on: May 17, 2021, 10:32:59 AM
Let him dump his coins. Not like it matters, Bitcoin lived for a decade without him, I'm pretty sure we can last longer than that. Heck I'd actually be glad if left the community for good. That means most of those who entered influenced by him would also stop influencing the market, making us, well, basically free. Not that he was much of a cage ofc, but heck as someone in front of the social media, his influence IS pretty huge whether we like it or not, though that's just solely based on influence.
3682  Economy / Economics / Re: 🔴 Breaking News - Elon Musk is going to part with all his Bitcoin BTC on: May 17, 2021, 08:56:05 AM
I mean let's be real here, it's like Elon isn't taking the community seriously, like he sees us as idiots. Just with the reason he used to throw away BTC as payment. I'm not even mad with him stopping BTC payments, heck that comes and goes as far as I'm concerned, nothing new there. But presenting a reason like "hard for the environment"? Heck, giving no reason at all might be the better option. Let him sell it, dump it in the market, at least the market would go back to people who actually know what they're investing in.
3683  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Ohio offering lottery prize worth one million for those that get the COVID shot on: May 17, 2021, 08:24:33 AM
It's a nice incentive. The idea itself is honestly brilliant and it just pushes for people to actually have a purpose to vaccinate themselves. After all, against the numerous rumors that the vaccine can't do much or isn't a guarantee, some people still opt to not vaccinate themselves. It'd actually probably be better if they instead split it, some parts being given into multiple people while a bigger sum given to a single person so that it can be spread out much more. After all, one million given to a single person and one million given to multiple people, the latter gives way more advantage especially during these times.
3684  Other / Off-topic / Re: Online Game addicts=Worrying parents. on: May 17, 2021, 07:29:26 AM
Hmmm, well what age is the child at? Honestly, I would opt to leave them out, like argue with them that you can play your games as long as you eat on time, sleep on time and follow orders (this basically means that you guarantee them free time of playing). I myself always play games, but I've learned to schedule it out all on my own whenever I had deadlines or stuff that I need to do. Let the kid learn by themselves on how to manage their time scheds since the only thing they'd listen to is whatever they themselves plan, not to others.

Also stop talking like gaming is a disease or something. See here, the fact that kids are able to enjoy their time for entertainment this early on simply means that whatever sufferings the early generations had was never passed on, and that's a positive imo. Now, if it's borderline addiction though, things change. Though honestly if its still early on, I'd leave the kid alone with a few rules here and there to follow. Kids are just like that after all, you can never really persuade them with anything persuasive since well, they're kids.

3685  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Fully vaccinated individuals now spared of masks in the casinos in Vegas on: May 17, 2021, 04:47:50 AM
Huh, is the vaccination a guaranteed stamp of safety from the virus? Really weird that the government even allowed this, since some places (like mine) still require even vaccinated people to wear masks. Cause honestly, if the vaccine had a 100% guarantee to poof the virus, then everyone would be going for it, especially those in the workforce.

I do feel like there is another reason for you guys to be vaccinated! You can actually experience normal casinos like before pandemic if you do wear the mask and follow the protocols.
Going first to a casino after being vaccinated isn't certainly a first on my list of things to do if I do get one. Plus, I don't really mind wearing masks all the time, it only inhibits me from eating on the walk but other than that, no issues really. Looks like the casino is also back at 100% working capacity, good luck to them all then.
3686  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Bet365 automated betting on: May 16, 2021, 12:20:51 PM
You can probably find some samples here
https://github.com/topics/betting

Though I think this one works based on what you're looking for
https://github.com/remorses/auto-bet

Note, I didn't really check the code/program itself, I only read what was written on their repository about the description of the program itself. Test at your own risk. I'm assuming you know a tad bit about coding if you were asking about the bot and how it works, though if not I suggest asking for help from someone that actually knows what the bot does base on the code given.

Good luck.
3687  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Online gambling becomes popular on: May 16, 2021, 10:40:26 AM
Nothing surprising. It was always a known fact that when pandemic started, everyone had that hype of a feeling where they're pretty much free to do anything since they had a LOT of free time. Considering that, gambling isn't really a surprising option for some, nor should it be. Died down probably on the period where the fact that you had no job temporarily hit hard, and you had to manage your finance for the time being while taking into consideration the situation back then.
I think it isn't just gambling but anything online has been becoming popular due to covid-19.
This. Idrk why it wasn't already popular way back then, the qol changes I got when I started doing most transactions online was enormous, unlike when I went to stores and meetups personally to pay.
3688  Economy / Speculation / Re: Have we peaked for this cycle? on: May 16, 2021, 05:27:34 AM
Definitely close to the bottom from the last 3 months though. I'd reckon we wouldn't go up much from now, only sideways of around $40 to maybe $55k or so. That, or we're going down to below $40 before doing more sideway, though it's unlikely since there are still a lot more other investors waiting to enter the market and I highly doubt they wouldn't enter the market at the sight of an opportunity. Ofc, if the price keeps going down to below even $30k, a dump may be quite apparent.
3689  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Crypto-Casinos and KYC on: May 16, 2021, 04:35:58 AM
From all the comments in this thread, almost everyone does not agree that crypto casino enforces KYC. But fortunately almost all crypto casinos
that I actively use now don't enforce KYC, because it is not comfortable to use a gambling platform that enforces KYC. I was also going to register
on the new gambling platforms and was required to submit some personal information, I immediately changed my mind and decided not to join
that gambling platforms.
Might be because the amount you're betting is still small. Most casinos would actively ask for KYC when you go past a certain amount at times, plus, afaik there are also casinos where you can directly buy funds from their site using your card, so that's still technically you giving out your own details to their site. Easily avoidable if you only play small-time, kind of a pain to avoid if you're a big player. There are also instances where you get connected via your names though, but that's mostly just the work of someone stalking you really hard.
3690  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Crypto-Casinos and KYC on: May 15, 2021, 07:20:13 AM
Asking a crypto casino kinda defeats the purpose of users actually wanting to use crypto anonymously. It's like putting the cart before the horse kind of thing? But then again, casinos are sometimes required by the government themselves to put out KYC restrictions for the sake of security and legality and whatnot, so I can't really blame them. I'd put the government first before users since they are the ones that allow them to actually continue their business. Still, it might have been better to as you said, use fiat instead of crypto if that was the case. Let other companies that have the capability to get a license give us a crypto KYC-free casino instead of filling up the scene with casinos that have KYC.
3691  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: The Cricket Match-Fixing Scandal on: May 14, 2021, 04:30:30 AM
Thing is, they looked for those who match fixed cricket matches only to find something way bigger imo. Nothing new about match-fixing, but I think this is rather big for it to have been ignored at that point? I mean, if the broker claims to be able to influence that much amount of tournaments, then the legal team behind the tournament should have done something already, that is unless they're all in it together. Not really that updated on crickets, but was this even investigated properly? After all the article is pretty old.
3692  Economy / Economics / Re: Could science fiction based carbon coins save our planet on: May 13, 2021, 03:55:11 PM
Seems like a way for private and public institutions to improve their image. Though honestly, giving a number, and a solid one at that, in terms of reputation based on the amount of environmental activity a company/group/organization did seems like a bad thing. Awards are good, they're quite general imo and is a bulk of a number that isn't really set, so it doesn't really give that description that a group is better than the other. Not to mention that it isn't possible to sell it to another group (assuming the carbon coins could).
3693  Economy / Economics / Re: A Sudden Price Drop in The Crypto Markets on: May 13, 2021, 02:58:41 PM
Probably cause of Elon and Tesla. AS much as most people hate it, Elon has quite an influence in the market (at least, some newbie investors do base their stuff on his opinions), and Tesla is a big corporation. Seeing that they dropped Bitcoin as payment may send negative signals to investors, hence why the sudden drop (although fr, it's not like we forced them or anything). It's also quite stupid how Elon's reasoning for the drop was about the economic reasonings and stuff like that.
3694  Economy / Economics / Re: Tesla stops car purchases with Bitcoin on: May 13, 2021, 12:09:19 PM
Ok, I knew about Tesla announcing the news but didn't know why, kinda disappointed that I know now. Of all the reasons he needed to say, he just had to say about the non-existent issue of Bitcoin miners using up a lot of energy. It'd probably be better if they just said that they wanted to exit the market since they've had enough, I'll take that.

Still, the drop should only be temporary, we all know how Elon affects the market after all, but his hands mostly touch upon DOGE and not Bitcoin. Wait for a few days maybe, and it'd go back up.

Like hell you are! Didn't know about that fact when made a purchase worth $1.5B?
Facts right here lmao
3695  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Doge is to hold should not be trading on: May 13, 2021, 08:53:20 AM
Man the reasoning of "with the help of Tesla" already killed my hopes of it actually being a coin that has a future removed from actual influence. You know somethings wrong when a supposed meme coin started turning into something that has substance, when in reality it doesn't, due to the influence of one person. Definitely a coin that people could take advantage of in the short term due to Musks influence, but that itself is already an indicator that its market wouldn't last. Unless, of course, Musk and Tesla keep it going.
3696  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Bitcoin without electricity on: May 13, 2021, 04:53:36 AM
Err as long as the store you're going to accepts Bitcoin, I think you can still transfer funds to it even without electricity in your home (granted you have your phone with you and it's charged). If it wasn't though, then generally it isn't possible since a transaction's prerequisite is that you have a medium to use for transfer in the first place. Fiat uses hands, while crypto uses mobiles (at the minimum) I suppose. There may be other mediums, but in the end, those mediums require electricity so really without it, it isn't possible.
3697  Economy / Economics / Re: CBDCs are not an "opportunity". They'll likely offer you less than you have now. on: May 12, 2021, 04:59:39 PM
There's no official consensus yet how CBDCs should work and what kind of platform they should run on, but one of the main things will be privacy bcause public blockchains are uncompliant with GDPR. Take a look what Dusk Network is building for example, that's one of the solutions that could work. But eventually we might be getting a better deal then we thought, a system that replaces physical cash and doesn't go China's way, but acts as a alternative for full blown govenrment tracking program.
Well even if there weren't any official consensus, it's still known to be a centralized digital currency. Just that, and it's more than enough to identify that they'd pretty much be just the same as fiat, one that'd be pretty damn advantageous to them more compared to the current fiat system. It's pretty much like how China wants to control literally everything that happens in their country, just that this one is concentrated on the financial sector of basically the entire world.
3698  Economy / Economics / Re: 3.9million users took part in the Elon Musk poll; What will be Tesla's decision? on: May 12, 2021, 04:17:38 PM
I'd reckon that they already took Bitcoin, they'd rather not take Doge for now. Well as a payment maybe, but as an asset? Nope. I'm pretty sure Elon himself knows that the reason Doge popped off so high is because of he himself and that it's currently standing at pretty much fame right now, and not in its intrinsic value. Well if he accepts it then, well, I can only assume that the man himself is quite serious in making it go higher than it is right now. He's probably trying to be the value that people see in Dogecoin in the long term as well.
3699  Economy / Speculation / Re: Would it be foolish to take out a crypto loan at this stage of the bull market? on: May 12, 2021, 03:58:27 PM
Isn't it ALWAYS a foolish decision to try and take a loan to invest? Don't invest what you can't afford, that kind of thing is always said here and there. No it most likely wouldn't pay off, the market is cruel to everyone. Dunno much about crypto loans, but wouldn't it also increase in price depending on its market value? That might hit you harder. Plus if you did it once, you can do it again. Crypto is volatile enough ,meaning it's risky already, putting the odds against yours doesn't seem like a very good idea.
3700  Economy / Trading Discussion / Re: Bitcoin is not made to apply taxes on it - BTC economic model is different on: May 12, 2021, 06:12:46 AM
Well afaik they aren't exactly planning to apply tax to BTC, but rather the transactions you do with it. It may be converted immediately or stored as whatever, they may let it work so that buyers still remain anonymous or whatnot. Not to mention that I doubt that we would even be able to completely remove the financial system we have right now, or at least, the control that the higher-ups have anyway (even if the system changes). So even if BTC wasn't taxable, they'd still have methods to do so since they'd still have a system implemented for transactions.
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