Thanks for the hint, @Juggy777! It may be also useful for everyone around looking for advices on how to advertise their referral links.

The incentive I offered to them was comission back for every actions they execute on the site. The more active they are on the faucet, dice game and investment tab, the more they are going to receive back every week from me. It's not a surprise they got inactive though. The average profile of facebook users (where I promoted the link) is composed by people with zero funds to invest, looking for tasks and small jobs that pay enough to complement monthly income and once they achieve some extra budget to invest, 4% annual interest isn't enough for them, so they completely ignore investment offers like the one from freebitco.in and fall for the ponzi schemes and hyped altcoins, which promise 10% daily or something like this.

Yes, people don't realize there is one chance in ten thousand to hit 200$ every hour or don't understand what "up to" means. They expect to hit it more often, and when they see it's not going to happen, they just give up...

Thanks! 100 referrals is also a nice number!

The ideal would be to refer investors to the site. That is the best kind of referral in my opinion, because they don't even need to be active on the site to generate comission.

During some years I have got many, but since last year it has been hard... Especially after people started spamming nonsense videos at crypto groups (I don't know why they do this, but completely killed the purpose of the groups) and after facebook algorithm started hidding bitcoin content.

This is how many I currently have:


About 9 of them are active right now and not very productive, hehe... But I can't complain, that is a nice achievement anyway and some of them were really effective in the past. I'm glad for that and I think they are too, because most comission I made returned to them.

I found on the legislative house of Rio de Janeiro's state that the total receipt expected for 2022 is around 15$ billion dollars. It means they can potentially invest 150$ million dollars in cryptocurrency.

It would be good news if we were talking about an honest country, honest authorities and if they were going to adopt bitcoin specifically and not cryptocurrency in general.

It seems the values contained on this document are restricted to Public Health Actions sector. The total budget is much more expensive.

For 2022 the budget is estimated around 85,7$ billion of reais, which is proportional to 15$ billion dollars.

However, I don't have an article in english with the informations to post here.

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EDIT: My bad, I was wrong on my statement above.

15$ billion dollars is the total budget expected for the state of Rio de Janeiro in 2022.

The budget of the city of the Rio de Janeiro (which is the one being talked about on this thread, since it's the mayor who is making the proposal) expected for 2022 is 7$ billion dollars or 40$ billion reais. So the crypto investment would be around 70$ million dollars proportional to 1% of that budget.

https://prefeitura.rio/cidade/com-contas-em-ordem-prefeitura-do-rio-envia-para-camara-orcamento-de-r-40-bilhoes-para-2022/

Any spot where there is a high volume of daily accesses will grant you referrals. Active Facebook crypto related groups used to be a good environment to promote referral links, but I suspect the algorithm was internally changed, because I can't find bitcoin groups anymore on the search bar. It says no results were found, even though I'm member of many groups on that category. I'm almost sure bitcoin content was silently censored there, as I'm stucked with the same amount of referrals for some months already, while before I had a flux of at least 2 new referrals every few weeks*.

Probably the most efficient methods right now are youtube, twitch and similar streaming live content platforms. You need a sensationalist title and thumbnail for your video, then you can share it with most people as possible and hope they will click it. Personally I don't make use of this method and don't like it, because I hate clickbaits. I'm just telling how things work.

* I share part of my comission with my referrals, so it's an extra incentive for them to sign up through my link and that is the reason why I had that flux of new referrals. You can also try doing the same...

How did you manage to make 7000$ profit on roulette and how did you lose everything in just 10 minutes?

You had a decent profit on your hands already. All you needed to do was to leave the casino and enjoy your earnings. Not that you couldn't come back to continue betting again later, but after huge emotions and big wins a break is necessary to cool down the head and dissipate the adrenaline which keeps forcing us to continue playing. Maybe if you had done that, you wouldn't have lost 7000$ in 10 minutes...

And actually, if the game was rigged you wouldn't have won 7000$ in the first place. You had the chance to go away with more money than you came in...

In fact, it's nice to see these people were using bitcoin as currency back then already, including faucet owners. Undeniably they were responsible for presenting bitcoin to many others who weren't aware about the digital currency yet.

Everyone who had some kind of contact with bitcoin ten years ago or so was really lucky. However, if they chose to not enjoy the opportunity, it was their own mistake to throw away all the luck (or gift) they were granted, what doesn't mean they weren't lucky anyway.

Unfortunatelly many wallets and bitcoins are lost, but it's never too late to start again, especially because the lost coins make it probable for bitcoin to rise even more in value futurely, as the supply is more restricted than expected when bitcoin was recently created.

The expectations towards altcoins in this year of 2022 must be around the called metaverse that seems the next big useless hype of the moment, that is surely going to be used to milk money from speculators who are constantly looking for high returns in short time periods. For big investors who have a lot of money to waste, that isn't a big risk or issue, as they do this kidding without suffering any serious consequences later, but for the small fishes who get greedy with the news they read about whales making big money with altcoins, defi, nfts and now metaverse, the risk is huge, because these people can't afford to lose money with risky investments following the whales' playstyle.

That is why I think faith in altcoins must be avoided. Don't get easily impressed by news saying an altcoin A or B is overcoming bitcoin and rising thousands of % in value on short run. Faith is indeed important, but when investing, logic also plays a big role.

To distribute wealth between bitcoin and productive physical pieces of lands containing sources of water would be a good alternative thinking on long run and on the worse scenarios. Meanwhile, it would be interesting to invest in turning the property into a sustainable one, able to provide you energy, food and water without depending on third party services.

Real estate is always very interesting, but I also think about the possibility the economical crisis becomes so deep that people won't have money to pay for the rent of the properties, so it means loss for the owner, as the taxes keep coming in, even though no one lives there. I'm really concerned about it, because the currently economical scenario looks unprecedented in the history of the world. So far governments have been just sowing the soil with their (bad) actions, manipulating the economy at its maximum, but once the reap starts, it will be catastrophic and inevitable, so everyone will suffer the consequences of what was done during so many decades of negligence and irresponsibility regards traditional fiat system.

Well, as OP said, patience is the key when investing in bitcoin. People who haven't succeed investing in bitcoin probably haven't been patient enough to hold their coins through the bearish seasons along the years, or maybe exchanged their bitcoins for altcoins due to promises too good to be true which are usually made by altcoins developers and promoters.
I believe even though an investor isn't educated on investments or cryptocurrencies matters, if he just sticks with bitcoin he is going to be rewarded sooner or later, just like OP was.

That wouldn't be a big issue if they were at least active replying to comments on this thread since it was created two days ago. I can't accuse vikingbet.io of anything, maybe they are just being careless with details such as domain expiration date, while being excited and concerned about another aspects of their casino launchment. But now that it was pointed out, it should be renewed faster as possible, otherwise many gamblers aren't going to give the site a try. If vikingbet.io really wants to grow and stay competitive on this forum I suppose they should designate a manager to take care the main thread with updates and to answer members' posts in real time. It gives a lot of credibility, especially at the beginning.

As some crypto casinos don't ask for KYC you may feel more secured when betting with bitcoin or altcoins, if compared to fiat casinos which will be attached to your credit card or banking personal informations. And regards agility of the transactions, well, it will depend on the current conditions of the network, but it usually doesn't take too long to have a deposit or withdrawl finished, at least taking Stake.com as example. Another positive point is that the cashout fees aren't expensive. For the reasons presented I think crypto gambling is totally advantageous for gamblers that fiat betting isn't missed in anyways.

Why did you choose to have two casinos instead of integrating dPlay and XFUN into a single platform? It seems hard enough to make one platform popular dealing only with FUN currency, now imagine two of them...

The old and good casino bankroll investment which has became scarce nowadays among crypto casinos in general.

Anyway, it only worths for investors if the platform has a high volume of daily bets and many active gamblers. It's also important to notice FUN value must be stable at least, otherwise the profit made through staking might be lost if the tokens continues losing price as we have seen.

Yes, only those who are rich can move large sums of money in gambling industry. These are the whales, the big bettors, the big winners and also the big losers who keep the whole ecosystem alive. And actually, gambling is the most efficient method to get money voluntarily from the riches to share with the society, what has a very different impact when compared to the inefficient governments who think it's a better idea to create extra taxes and fees to force riches to pay more to the society in counterpart for their personal financial success.

After all gambling has the same effect, but different from governments' measures, it works, because no one is being forced to anything.

Addicted gamblers are always optimistic from the moment they start playing on, so the glass is always half full in their concept, what makes them blind towards the real risks and dangers they are facing. It leads gamblers to boost a sensation of invincibility and self-esteem inside themselves, consequently developing the addictive behavior, as the brain and the mind becomes more excited and impulsed by the adrenaline and emotions it causes along a gambling session. It's a fact some people enjoy living on the limit and under constant risks, so gambling becomes an option for them to live that lifestyle.

It's still a mistery if once the hype ends the games will remain functional. I think a good example to be watched is Axie Infinity which seems to have lost its momentum, as there isn't a constant flux of new players anymore to keep the prices of the axies and SLP expensive.

The problem with these games is sustainability. The infinite supply of raw materials created in game are too much at some point to maintain the perfect balance between demand and supply. Furthermore, players who cheat the games through methods to automatize the gameplay (bots) are a big issue at online games in general, which totally crash games' economies, devaluing goods' values and creating excessive supply.

If play to earn games' developers where able to ban bots, the economy would become more competitive, healthy and encouraging to legit players to invest their time and money on this activity. Sadly it doesn't happen, consequently making some players suspect the platforms' managers benefit themselves somehow by the chaos promoted by the cheaters...

Stay away from crypto trading, because it's actually not too different when compared to gambling. You can be a skilled charts' reader, but it doesn't mean you will be able to predict market fluctuations with efficiency on long run, because we are in an unpredictable market which moves without apparent reasons relatively often from times to times.
Keep trading as a hobby in your life, but don't rely on it for a living. Use your money smartly to invest in another options which are safer. For an example: just hold bitcoins or buy a property and milk passive income from it. Once you start receiving profit from your investments you may think about start trading again. Only then you will have the assurance you won't compromise yourself if you lose money that way, so it won't be an issue at all.

As kids are learning gambling practices from another sources of informations, I think it's an extra reason for parents to present this subject to their children faster, because the alternative of not introducing gambling to underage people doesn't exist nowadays with wide access to the internet by almost everyone. It's not a matter of if, but of when.

Here in my country, although gambling is illegal, some TV channels display gambling propagandas (especially 1xbet), where poor people from the slums suddenly earn insane amounts of money by betting at the platform. The idea of the marketing is always the same, although they change some details to make it more interesting and less repetitive. Without any doubts it's a big risk for young people from these areas to watch such ads without their parents around to explain what they see on the television doesn't represent the reality.

In my opinion the main pro is that gambling industry is big and wealthy, creating jobs opportunities for many people where it is well established, being it land based or just virtual model like the casinos we have being promoted on this forum. Many people here have an income through signature campaigns thanks to the gambling industry, so they can feed their families, make their investments and thrive their financial life, while others have a gambling income promoting casinos at youtube or at their own reviews' websites, earning from general ads or directly from the casinos they promote. Moreover, there are those who work for the gambling platforms on the management, support, marketing or technical sectors to keep the sites working clean and competitive among their competitors.

If we include land based casinos the range of created jobs increases even more, because there are the engineers and architects who project the casinos blueprints and structures, contractors who execute the constructions, casino's employees in general, waiters, security guards, cooks and artists who entertain the customers...

The cons is that if you can't take the responsability for your money and your own acts, you may end going bankrupt, so instead of being benefited by the industry by working on it or just by having fun while respecting your financial limits, you will screw it all. But keep in mind it always depend on you if gambling is going to have a positive or negative effect on your life.

I think the only way would to be to lend bitcoin person to person while receiving some kind of collateral from the borrower, preferentially without any third party platforms or middlemen involved on the negotiation. It's not easy to execute though, because it's hard to find personal customers with so many well established lending services operating already on the crypto universe.
Anyway, KYC isn't an issue if you are doing legit business. Actually, it's an extra safety measure as these lending services are regulated and working accordingly to the rules of the countries where they are registered, what means people behind them can't hide themselves on the anonymity, being possible to track them if something goes wrong with the services they offer.

Starting as an investor is the easiest way to adopt bitcoin. Any amount you can save and invest in bitcoin monthly worths, especially now that the price is relatively cheap. In some months or years there is a high probability your money will grow if invested in bitcoin. Meanwhile it's possible to lend your coins, as mentioned above, what doesn't need to be necessarily made through this forum, but at some third party platforms which pay daily or weekly interest. Invest at your own responsability, though. Although I like this idea, unfortunatelly I can't guarantee it's 100% safe. All I can say is that so far it has been working.