Gambling is a huge industry and bitcoin is currently untapped by the mainstream sites. They could actually save a lot of money by accepting or paying out in coins over PayPal and other such money transmitters. As for creating your own site if you can come up with something unique go for it but the market is pretty saturated with run of the mill dice sites and basic casinos at the moment so don't just do another one of them.

I think he's saying that if bitcoin loses much of its value then companies who have invested money into bitcoin or use bitcoin to operate may face difficulties. Some cloud mining companies went bust when the value dropped significantly and had to cease operations (though of course they could have just been ponzis but I think at least one 'legit' company suffered because of the fairly recent price drop). I'm sure there have been other bitcoin businesses that suffered a similar fate too.

Edit: Thought you were responding to this:



I think what he's saying is people need to secure their coins because when they get stolen they then get dumped and it has a negative effect on the bitcoin price.

For what? To artificially inflate the price? I'd rather have a slow but steady growth over time than a massive rush because it'll only cause another bubble and eventually burst again.

I haven't seen either Breaking Bad or Game of Thrones yet but at least I've got something to look forward to. The UK series of The Office is my favourite sitcom of all time and I think it's far superior, though I've only seen the first few seasons of the US version. Completely different in terms of tact and humour and I'd take quality over quantity any day.

Ross made many mistakes all of which ultimately contributed to his demise. The biggest error he made that tied him directly to Silk Road was using his own personal details to set up Silk Road in the first place. From what I gather it was good old fashioned detective work that got him caught but once he was there was plenty of evidence to seal the deal. Had he not used his personal email address and not got caught red handed operating SR with logs of his activities on the laptop amongst other things it might have been a much different story. I don't doubt that he is a very intelligent person but he did some ridiculously stupid things. If he was such a genius though he wouldn't be currently sitting in a jail cell right now.

You're the third person to post a link to the Signature Overview so please actually read the thread before posting because repeating the same info is a good way to get yourself banned pretty quick. I think this question has been sufficiently answered now.

Lucky they got that late goal or there would have been no winner I think. I bet not many people were expecting that result. City have gone downhill fast.

Um.. what? What projects are they working on?

Well we'll probably have to wait for clarification from the admins on that. It's the first situation I've heard of a mod editing and merging double posts but maybe it should be taken on a case-by-case basis. I think people should make the habit of not doing double posts though.

But they're also useful as an advertising medium. They won't really care about people being more difficult to recognise but that's the compromise. Many wont want to sell their avatar because of this but many also will for the extra coin.


Hits don't necessarily translate into sales or money though so it's also about brand awareness which an avatar will help considerably.

Maybe someone's trolling or just the algorhym that chooses the picture assumes it's him.


Dorian is not the satoshi nor does he think he is. He's actively denied it and think he was even going to sue whoever inaccurately outed him.

Avatars can be useful too, but if people are annoyed by signatures or avatars they'll probably just block them anyway.


You can say the same here with the number of hits the forum gets - after all that's why signatures are so valuable here from an advertisers standpoint - but like TV adverts or billboards viewing figures or views are often wildly inaccurate and are estimates and as such don't always translate into sales or people even actually paying attention to them. As with any advertising you're just buying the time and space and hoping it gets you sales or at the very least gets your brand out there.


I'm not doubting it's better but an image can also contain much info and is very valuable imo. As I've said before it's essentially a mini billboard and you can utilise the PT and weblink to direct people to your website as well.

He did get a temp ban for repeatedly bumping his threads with his alts but he's not currently banned though is apparently on a self-imposed exile on his main WoodCollector account (but is currently posting under Stuff4Bitcoin). I doubt he would ever fully disappear anyway and always seems to reappear with a new scam or with some new crap to flog.

As probably do 99.9% of heterosexual males (heck, even homosexual men usually love boobs), but I don't think they're a good avatar choice, but that's up to the individual user.

I think this is the best way to deal with it to be honest. I'm sure the parents would give the children a scolding but I don't think it's worth them possibly getting a criminal record over and hopefully the kids will just learn their lesson from the bollocking from their parents.

I don't think there's that much difference between signatures and avatars to be honest and you can make most arguments against avatars for signatures too. As I've mentioned before billboards or TV adverts aren't clickable either but they have a purpose. An avatar can be like a tiny billboard or advert and you could also utilise the Personal Text and weblink beneath for extra effectiveness it if you wish.

It might not make their rank go down either. There's quite a substantial amount of activity to be gained between FM to Snr and Snr to Hero so it won't have much difference if you're in between those ranks. A signature ban will be far more effective in these instances.

That's not really an excuse. You can still edit them all into one post or just make the post with multiple replies in the first place.


I don't think there's any rule on it but it's never going to be looked upon favourably when you have a signature as it's unnecessary, but I honestly don't know why you felt the need to double post in this thread. Looks like you're pushing your luck to me.

Wouldn't that likely be a problem on your end with your connection or browser? I don't think I've seen it with me on this forum but does happen elsewhere from time to time.

Good point, but he has been a Global Mod for a considerable while longer and largely responsible for the bannings before he became an Admin.