I think reducing the post count would be sufficient here. 25 posts per week is not a huge requirement but reducing it to 20 posts would be an ideal choice and this will also reduce spam in the forum.
Many campaigns these days just have  a requirement of 15 posts per week. So 20 posts in this campaign should be a decent requirement.

10 posts for gambling completely depends upto the manager. Since it is a gambling site, they would obvious require more attention on the gambling board.
So we can't really expect to have lesser posts in gambling.

pawanjain (Sr. Member)

Wish I could have found this thread earlier.

---

1. When and why did you become interested in cryptocurrencies?

Back in 2015, I was all crazy about earning money online. I was passionate about computers since childhood and used to find one way or another to get access to a computer and learn new things in it. Things were becoming more difficult as I grew up since I had to manage my own expenses. I had a few whatsapp groups which were tech related and I found one guy who was rather passionate to teach tech stuff to others. I told him how much I am in the need for money and how much I loved computers. He introduced me to bitcoin and bitcointalk and I was really fascinated. It took me a quite some time to understand things. I started learning more about bitcoin and started earning from faucets. I learn a lot over the years and found many other ways to get more bitcoins and altcoins and to be honest, crypto has changed my life and has made me an independent person and I am really proud of it. If it wasn't for this forum then I would have probably been through a tough life.

2. When and why did you buy your first bitcoin?

Though I didn't buy any bitcoin as I was financial unstable, I managed to earn some from the past few years. I never really acquired a whole bitcoin as I had to manage the expenses too but I did save a decent amount. Savings are required to make the future secure and saving in bitcoin would not only keep me attached to this forum but will also make me a part of this community and it's great to be a part of such an awesome thing.

3. How did you get on the forum?

Well I guess I answered it in the above questions. It was a friend whom I never met introduced me to this forum. I still thank that person for what he has taught me over the years.

4. How do you think mass advertising of gambling projects has a positive effect on the development of the forum or harms the community?

There are some haters for gambling and I know that. People hate gambling because they keep losing money in it. If only nobody lost in gambling then the whole world would have been gambling.
I don't think it's bad to gamble unless you know what you are doing. So advertising gambling is not a bad thing according to me. Besides that I would consider it as a medium for many people to make some money out of it. It gives an opportunity to so many people to make some money which in turn brings in more technical discussion in the forum. It brings the forum more traffic.

5. What do you think of the current Merit system and signature campaigns?  Do they harm the forum?

I have been on the forum since a long time and I have seen both pre-merit system and post-merit system. I consider it as a best method to overcome spam, shit posting and account farming.
Though I think there are only a selective boards where people throw their merits like rain, I have actually managed to earn some merits post-merit system. It has been a tough and a long journey but some day I will definitely rank up to be a Hero Member and feel like a real Hero.

6. The most useful forum topic? Most helpful users?

The first two threads any person joining the forum and the most useful ones are
Unofficial list of (official) Bitcointalk.org rules, guidelines, FAQ
Forum ranks/positions/badges (What do those shiny coins under my name mean?

Most useful users : Heisenberg_Hunter, Webtricks, Hhampuz, Efialtis . These guys are some really good people and I have interacted with all of them.
This forum has many more useful members who have contributed a lot to this forum Yahoo62278, LoyceV, suchmoon, Darkstar etc...

7. 3 things you would implement on the forum?

• Liking a post - Just like how people like a post on Instagram
• The most merited + like post would earn crypto - Just like how people earn steem to their posts from steemit
• Live chat - Where people could communicate with each other

8. Do you trade on exchanges or invest in projects?

Depends from time to time. Most of the times I just hold but I do make some trades inbetween to take shorter profits. Also, I do invest in some projects which I think has good potential.

9. Tell a story about your big profit or big loss?

It was few years ago when I had joined a bounty program which distributed it's coins and those were at a good price back then. I sold some and bought BTC for it.
I holded some for future but after the ICO era it went down like anything. But still I sold the rest recently for a good price and bought some ETH.
All in all it was a good profit for me.

10. What do you think about the DEFI ecosystem?

To be honest, I have not paid more attention to it but I know the concept. Though it has a cause, I feel that this is something that will turn end soon.
Just like the ICO era many people will join in the hype. It's just that this will last longer.

11. Is your anonymity a vital necessity or precaution?

I like anonymity not because I do something wrong but because I feel it gives us more freedom. This is why I like to stay anonymous but even it's broken at some point I won't feel bad.
I can be anonymous again. The internet has taught us a lot of things.

12. The last cryptocurrency book you read?

I know I should have read "Mastering bitcoin" but I didn't. I have not read any crypto books. I did start "Mastering bitcoin" but since it was a PDF I didn't really open it again after a few pages.

13. Advise 3 cryptocurrencies/tokens for investment in the next 1-2 years?

Bitcoin - The king coin (No comments. We all know why this would be the obvious choice)
Ether - My favourite altcoin (I like Vitalik Buterin's personality and the concept behing Ethereum. It's the only potential altcoin which I think will make it big in the long run)
Monero - The privacy coin (Companies are behind monero and are rewarding hackers to break it's privacy. I wanna see where this thing goes)

14. How much will Bitcoin cost at the end of 2020?

It's almost the end of 2020 and bitcoin is still at $10600. So my guess would be it will reach $12000 by the end of 2020.


15. P.S. (Optional)

Time heals everything. Nothing is permanent.

I don't think that's completely right since it all differs from one person to another. I usually don't say the things you mentioned but follow a different approach.
It's just a matter of perspective.

I generally advice for paper wallets since they are easy to use and are safer than web wallets and I was really fascinated when I used it for the first time.

Earning money is tough. Earning bitcoin is tough as well. Faucets are great for newbies but it requires more time to collect bitcoin through faucets and be able to withdraw them so I don't recommend that. I generally advice the person to showcase their skill and tell them to receive the payment in bitcoin.

I say the person that the ability to control your money by yourself is most good thing about bitcoin. You don't have to ask the banks to approve your transaction.
You don't have to ask the banks to withdraw your own money. You can do transactions all by yourself (provided the transaction is btc to btc).

The issue is that many middleclass people don't even know what bitcoin is and the rest know what it is but are ignorant to do a research and find out what it actually is.
They are under the impression that bitcoin is illegal money used for scams and buying illegal things but that isn't the truth as we know it.
There are others who know what actually bitcoin is but don't use it since it is not legalized in their countries.
And then there are the rest of us who actually use bitcoin.

So there are actually many things that bitcoin passes through before it reaches the people who knows how potential it is.
But as years pass by, bitcoin's reach is spreading far to many people.

It actually depends from person to person whether the license matters to them or not. Most of the times if the gambling is reputed enough then it's sufficient for the gambler to sign up and start gambling on that site. Gamblers generally don't look at the license but yeah they do look if the site has proper provably fair system implemented or not. Nowadays many sites already have verfiers present to check if they have provably fair correctly implemented or not.

Finding a site to gamble is not a tough job. With just a few clicks you will easily find out the sites where you can do a sign up and start gambling but what is important is that you are dealing with real money here. That is something you should NOT consider to do if you are under 18. You should NOT do it because this is a very young and tender age to do mistakes.
You would not want losing all your money in gambling because you will surely end up doing mistakes. So I would rather suggest you to join some practice sites where you can play the same games but with the game money and not the real money. This way you can actually learn how to play these games and when you become a pro then may be in future when you become adult enough then you can try gambling with real money. Still, we must know what we are doing and that gambling is always risky.

If the use of any illegal thing is increasing day by day then it only means that it is readily available and easily usable in the market.
The owners place these illegal slot machines because it is readily available, easy to tweak, lower installation cost and they know that the customers would surely use it.
The main reason behind it is that the gamblers would lose some money and go away but these small gambles would generate a bigger income for the owner.

A qauntum computer does not necessarily perform calculations for all the algorithms. I have read somewhere on the internet that it is not necessary that a quantum computer will be able to crack bitcoin's private key until it is able to break bitcoin's algorithm. We might have more time until this happens. Also, we do have the ability to create a quantum proof algorithm for bitcoin but that will take good amount of efforts, skills and time.
It has been a long debate whether all these possibilities can occur or not and to be honest only time can tell us whether the current bitcoin algorithm can penetrate quantum computers or not.

The screen does show a QR code to create a new wallet so may be the when wallet is created the phone number we provided is getting linked to it and whenever we buy/sell our bitcoins we only need to enter the phone number to get the transaction done through our wallet.

We had just one Kiosk installed in our country but officials took it down since the owner didn't have the permission to call it as an ATM.

No wonder the fees are high for doing a transaction via crypto ATM/Kiosk. I just consider it as an awareness method while it is better to buy/sell crypto online.

I wish what you said would be true but sadly it isn't because the many Governments are against bitcoin which is why they are not legalizing it in their countries.
The motive for Governments encouraging cashless transactions is different and I don't think they will approve bitcoin as a payment method any time soon.
Bitcoin is to track and it's volatility is currently high for payments and this is why many merchants don't prefer bitcoin as a payment method.
Governments will only encourage their fiat payment methods for digital transactions now but as transactions get digital in future we might have the chance to see bitcoin as a payment method.

Ubuntu is more graphical in nature than other linux distros. So it will consume more GPU power and besides that you should have also mentioned your system config since that would have given us more info on your system performance. Low end CPUs generally get high temperature quicker. You can try using another browser to see if the results are the same.
If the problem persists then try reinstalling the OS. Make sure to backup your data if you reinstall the OS.
Also, you can use a tool called "Glances" which is available for Ubuntu to see a detailed analysis on CPU and GPU temperatures.

Your friend is in serious need of help and he should definitely undergo a treatment for it otherwise this addiction could cause him serious problems in real life.
I am not saying that your friend should consult a doctor but may be you can help him to control his gambling habit by doing mediation and learning how to self control.
You guys can go short trips where you guys should not use your phones or laptops until you are on the trip. This will give your friend a break and he might feel better.
Also, he should learn the skill how to manage money since he spends all his money on gambling.
In this situation, only you are the one who could step up for your friend and make him quit his gambling addiction.

It actually depends on many factors for example if you are a newbie then it would be better for you to try to practice normal trading first and then go for Options trading because that involves bigger risks than normal trading. Options trading is basically like gambling and you have to be lucky if you want to generate good profits else you will end up losing everything you have.
If you are a professional trader and are trying options trading for the first time then you can try doing it on reputed exchanges first and then may be other platforms to be on the safer side.

It might be true to some extent but technical analysis is not the only thing that drives the market forward.
Crypto trading depends on many factors and we must know all of it to predict the market's next move.
The fundamentals play an important role too and I have noticed many times that the trend is set based on the global news and events based on crypto.
Technicals does help us a little but one must focus on all the other aspects as well to gain more profits from their trades.

I would rather say it is the investors fault because they transferred the money to his account without properly researching on him and trusting him so easily.
Yeah I know it must be tough to find it out since the guy used fake statements but we must know that anybody can use a photoshop to create fake images and statements.
This is why we should not trust anybody on the internet since it is filled with fake people.

Well not really. We need to have high capital to become a high roller and I invest only a certain amount for entertainment purpose.
Going limitless sometimes makes us choose wrong decisions and that's what I have learnt over these years.
I would prefer to win decent amount multiple times from smaller bets rather than huge amounts from huge bets few times.
In the end, only if we are lucky then we would get good profits.

OP just posting the screenshot and writing anything about it can lead to misinterpretations. Try to add few points mentioning why you have posted the image.

It's good to know that you have won such a big jackpot. It's almost 5000x times your bet amount and you must be really lucky to win such an amount. Congratulations.
Well it's not just about bitvest anyway. We have seen many people winning big in different casinos. You just have to be really lucky for it 

I was having a discussion on another thread when a forum user quoted my post and said that Double Spending and Rebroadcasting a transaction are two different things.


Well I thought that they are one and the same but I did a little search and found little differences in them.

Double spending is when a person is making a transaction with a lower fees to person X and again doing a second transaction with a little higher fees to person Y so that the second transaction gets confirmed sooner and the first one is rejected by the miners and becomes invalid in the blockchain.

Rebroadcasting a transaction is when the person has done a transaction and it is not getting confirmed in the blockchain then he is rebroadcasting the same transaction to the blockchain so that it gets confirmed.

Could somebody confirm on this info and add some more points and may be some differences between them so that one could differentiate it easily.

That's pretty much it. That's the strategy I had in mind while reading OP but I generally hold for long term. I do miss out the short term benefits but I feel it's okay because I don't put in much time to trade.
If I would then this would be the strategy I would follow because crypto is a highly volatile market and is mostly based on the global news.
The market acts more on news and events and less on technical factors. Swing trading along with prediction based on news would yield better results in my opinion than doing normal technical analysis.