Absolutely you can find good gambling experts that are at a minimum at least a good way to gauge your bets, get further insight and all that good stuff.  Now of course I would never trust any gambling expert who "guarantees" profits, or just throws out way over the top stuff like "I have a 98% success rate" and things like that.  But sure, some gamblers who give tips can provide a  nice advantage.

Trolls will be trolls , assholes will be assholes, as you know I’m neither. I chose my career because I had close family members taken advantage of by FAs after losing their spouse. Always loved finance and saw my calling, to get in to a corrupt industry and make real chsnge/help others, I’ve been doing just that for almost two decades and find it extremely rewarding. I never trolled 1Hodl, Mopar never did, LoyceV (.just being who he is, the best member on this forum and lending a hand), as well as others…simply looking out for the community. Were some people overly aggressive and jumped to conclusions..sure. But it’s easy to disprove haters if you do it graciously.

You and I always have gotten along well but cmon brotha, was Tman a raging lunatic? Fuck yes. But you gave it right back and then when not needed at times IMO.  Same thing why Owl and others. Ilm not saying they were always justified (honestly I don’t even know what it was all about as I just stayed out of it) but you didn’t have to approach things like you did at times (same goes for the others). Your wars on here coulda been over long before they were snd no maker has been at it like that w others before. Hey I get it I’m a hot head, but at times you gotta say f em and move on. No other maker has gotten in to it with the community like you have , not even close (again justifiable at times) and not even with clients or having to do w collectibles, but what do you expect then..it’s like Israel and Palestine. No one wins when both sides can’t move on,  not hating here, I have none for you, we’ve buds for damn near a decade now ( saying this 3 hours b4 my 40th makes me feel stupid old  

No, I would not agree that Lealans has a good reputation anymore, not overall, Refusal to address the key issues (hardly took any shit for that btw), refuses to help past clients with anything at all, despite still an active maker, (I don’t think super highly of Caldwell for the same reason, and others as I’ve been vocal about here before),  I completely snd utterly disagree with your stance about addressing concerns. Am I a troll? Is Krogo? Plenty of us here just need answers from makers at times, once they are provided you’d see me walk away. Otherwise I’ll come at them till the end off their business (see Cold Storage Coins for reference).  

The maker's I’ve held in the highest regard address issues, work with disgruntled customers, understand proving their “innocence”, st times is simply part of running a business,  ( I called out BTCPrnny who wrote me a very kind DM , and seems to be working hard towards transparency and making things right, That’s how a maker with issues should be, and will support him when he makes all right,

This hobby simply needs revamped, something I’ve discussed in depth w Makers like Alpen and Kialara who get that..jump on board is my advice to makers,

OG remember when I posted about “why did all the OG collectors leave”. You mentioned it being because of tolls…i now know why completely…there’s been one scam after another and it keeps going on because people just accept it’.It then forces collectors to cap their collections. After Yogg , someone I considered a very close friend..fucked myself, owl, mbitr, snd Xprim his closest friends on earth over ..that was when I realized everything HAS to change ..or else history will just keep repeating itself

The company is what’s wrong. Shady fucks. Never an answer for why a Sol Noctis Bull had coins moved off and back on within a day I think it was. Lots more on this but too lazy to type it out or pull it up where it was discussed.

Cool coins? Absolutely! But their cheesy ass descriptions and websites turn me off. Guaranteed they don’t have a money transmission license. Repeating the Sol Owl and Bull is a turn off as well. I simply refuse to do bizz with companies that are shady even a tiny bit. It’s never necessary.

If AI actually existed you’d not know the post was “AI” written. It’s mostly easy to spot “AI” posts because they are almost always shit. why? Because legit AI, or AGI will be self learning, it won’t have to pull data from the web, mash it together, reorganize and spit back out ..like it does now. Thats all this “AI” is. Advanced programming, absolutely..massive changing tech, no.  Nobody wants to read posts like this just like we get sick of articles written by these programs, as they are almost always ..shit.

Maybe the best explanation I’ve read about this - https://www.newyorker.com/science/annals-of-artificial-intelligence/there-is-no-ai

As title states.  I remember seeing the maker selling these live some 5 years or so back, but never grabbed one..so interested in a purchase or trade..thx

I’m always on the lookout for updates/breakthroughs for a two party escrow via btc as Satoshi proposed (and mentioned in my OP here).

I saw some exchange claiming to offer such service recently but realized it wasn’t legitimate once I dug in, nor could I find any that were (that I know of).

I then came across this paper (  https://www.cs.princeton.edu/~arvindn/publications/cryptocurrency-escrow.pdf ) and spent time going through it all. I thought it was new, until realizing this was created years ago. I know what’s proposed here is not “it” as Gmax spoke to this topic in this thread after this paper was published (in which he’s also cited multiple times in) and there was no solution as of then. So I’m curious about two things…is this on the right track…maybe such as Szabo was with Bit Gold ..a strong bitcoin precursor but with known flaws (double spending for ex), or is it just way off base entirely ? I don’t understand a lot of it but trying to learn!

Also, can anyone speak to the credibility of Steven Goldfeder ?  

I would respect the long post 1Hodl made a lot more if he hadn’t locked it. If you have nothing to hide, be open and transparent. It’s not only a way to clear things up, but it’s also a way to prove naysayers wrong and shed positive light/vibes on your brand. I also take a bit of offense to the whole “playing detective” part.  By “playing detective” I’ve helped prevent scams, prevented people from being further scammed and held coin makers publicly accountable.. which has resulted in some instances of people regaining assets they paid for but don’t have (even if it’s only at a 40% rate or whatever). I don’t enjoy playing Inspector Gadget, but  it’s something that needs to be done. I appreciate how involved so many got with doing that for these coins, which is not a result of wanting to defame the maker, but people thankfully becoming more aware of the importance of just making sure and acting quickly. One thing we can thank Titan and Yogg for.

I am amazed that makers are still feeling pressure from clients to continue making key generated pieces. Wake the fuck up is all I can say to who fall in that camp. Learn from those who’ve been around for years. Learn from past mistakes, and don’t repeat them. It would seem quite a few don’t understand why schools worldwide teach history. It’s not just trusting the maker with generating keys properly, it’s also to prevent scammers from making fakes and selling them as real /maker funded. (There’s a lot more to this but at a high level).

Anyways I wish for things to get cleared up, people made whole who deserve to be, and the maker prospers going forward (albeit with some changes needing made, including reconsidering not marketing here because the community “asks too many questions”. Physical bitcoins started here on this forum and yeah it’s got its share of assholes, but many just simply mean to look out for others…it comes with the territory.

Lealana had some funding issues once with his coins and refused to address it, which lost him plenty of customers who never forgot, Despite being one of the most highly regarded names in the space. ..Advise against this strategy.

Lot of really good suggestions and points you make here.  However I can't agree that you should "only" invest in bitcoin.  Yes, it's the king of all cryptocurrency coins, but there's other coins that I don't view as rivals that are worth looking in to (Monero, Ethereum, Litecoin etc).

As as for not listening to "influencers" I would certainly almost entirely agree with you there but there area few whom are knowledgeable and decent.

Thanks for sharing this, that's a pretty good comparison you made there. I of course couldn't agree more. 

I fully think Jamie is very well aware of what he's saying and why he's saying it.  I wouldn't compare him to say Warren Buffett, whom I believe is just truly ignorant of bitcoin as a whole as he's not willing to sit down and do any homework on it, versus Jamie surely has. 

If anything it's just the opposite.  I used to semi follow a few gambling streamers on like YouTube and Instagram, but the only reason I did was because they were also in to cryptocurrency (more specifically bitcoin) and so I liked that they would discuss the combination of the two.  I don't listen much anymore and just prefer to do my own homework outside of watching other peoples videos online.

Yeah I think this is one of the biggest mistakes gamblers make, is not doing their homework ahead of time.  I even find myself a bit guilty of it at times.  Like recently on a gambling site I was playing Poker / Texas Hold'em and I was betting in accordance to how I am use to playing, but the rules were different and I ended up losing a good bit by simply not reading them. So shame on me.

Well I lost all of my bets this past weekend (edit: I did hit on the over for Lamar 19.5 rushing yards)  I knew going in to the games that I wasn't feeling super strong about them.  The week before and the week before that I felt pretty confident. Now for the Super Bowl I honestly have no idea how I'm going to bet this one.  On one hand the Niners are a much better team all around.  They've got 4 all pro caliber weapons on offense.  Then again you've got Mahomes on the other end and maybe ya'll have heard but he's okay at football lol.



@everyone (all the regulars anyhow) if you guys are interested in bein part of a Super Bowl squares games let me know.  Either going to do $5 or $10 per square.

He’s a con artist through and through, he knows what he’s doing.  I’ve seen this for years first hand working in finance.

Jamie runs the world’s second largest bank. To say “no one really cares” is completely wrong. He’s very influential in the finance sector. Sadly, people do listen and do care!

“ I'm not saying he's a scumbag just because he's anti-bitcoin or anything like that”.  I didn’t say he was a scumbag because of his bitcoin views (which technically he is as he’s spreading false information). He’s a scumbag piece of shit because he runs one of the most fraudulent companies of all time. As a long time financial advisor I’m all to aware of what a shit company he runs and how much fraudulent behavior goes on under his watch. He’s a scumbag of the highest order.

Transparency is key. Was this made right? It’s concerning that this user had unfunded coins for over a year.

Just wanted to share that MrCryptoHodl holos for his chips are available on Alibaba





You’ve got RavenBit available as well

"“I think there’s a good chance that … when we get to that 21 million Bitcoins, [Satoshi Nakamato] is going to come on there, laugh hysterically, go quiet, and all Bitcoin is going to be erased.” - https://cryptoslate.com/jpms-jamie-dimon-believes-satoshi-nakamoto-will-either-increase-or-erase-bitcoin-supply/

Watch - https://youtu.be/eneB3s9bCdI?si=GWdEagybtmQ2lUur

Clearly this scumbag ( with 40 BILLION dollars in fraud violations since the year 2000 https://violationtracker.goodjobsfirst.org/parent/jpmorgan-chase ) has either no clue how bitcoin works or is just simply spreading straight FUD.

Satoshi no longer has access to being a core dev, and it's written in to the blockchain that 21 million is the supply cap.  I hate this man with a passion, and trust me I know hate is a very strong word.  

Never bet with your heart, only your head.  This is a saying I've come to learn and was taught when I started playing fantasy football many years ago.  I use to bet emotionally on my own teams/draft my own favorite teams players (chicago bears, Cubs, Bulls etc).  This ended up just getting me in hot water and I quickly learned to leave emotions out of it.  If you're emotional, don't bet!

Well here we are!  I do wish the first game was the Niners Lions as that game is clearly the lesser of the two (and not going to be broadcasted in "4K").

Even though Mahomes is the greatest player in the world, and arguably the second best QB ever...I just can't look past that healthy vaunted defense as well as Lamar getting his top target back in Andrews.

I've got my money on the Niners for game two. I just can't see the Lions taking that one down.

There’s legitimate reasons not to. First of all simple privacy concerns. Then you’ve got potentially very serious issues with hackers/scammers using it to ther advantage. I’m not going to go in depth on this but I’m sure you can put two and two together. If I made coins I’d not list mine.

That said, the maker should be more willing to lend a hand.