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5141  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Gambling and health 🤕symptoms on: April 05, 2020, 09:44:25 AM
Too much negative notion with regards to gambling. Well, not to blame society for putting it as such, since the norms of gambling definition are seen as drinks, cigarettes, gambling, and addiction. They are pretty much labeled together and can almost be seen as something that goes hand in hand. Just that, to be correct, it's actually addiction that leads to the negative notions and activities such as cigarettes and drinking.  Gambling in itself isn't wrong nor bad tbh, it's just seen as one. Not to mention the atmosphere when one talks about gambling, even talking about it already brings about a negative view which realllyyy puts gambling in a bad/tough spot.
5142  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Bitcoin revolution on: April 05, 2020, 08:57:49 AM
Common sense revolutionnn. It's like people who fall for these types of scams have peas for brains. No offense, but really. Just the fact that earning $1000 per day already stinks of "scams", and yet some people still fall for it. Even if it was only $100, I still wouldn't believe it. It's almost close to impossible to invest and earn successfully 99% of the time. You always take losses, no matter what, in every case out there and in every investment.

That's good if they don't target your country. But it is better to prepare and again educate ourselves here. You just have to look at how scammers are pulling off scam stunt now, and taking advantage of Covid-19 hysteria. So we really can't tell when and where are they going to strike.
Educating ourselves isn't enough at this point tbh. Even if you were educated, if you were ignorant, then no matter how much knowledge you got you'd still get scammed tbh. Even with just the issue of fake news, look at all these people who graduated from colleges and yet they still spread the news that have no proper bloody sources. Not saying that the internet is bad, but I really think sometimes that the internet kills the brain of some people.
5143  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: What is your Satoshi theory? Deceased or alive & well on: April 05, 2020, 06:45:27 AM
I first read this and first thought of it as people wishing for him to be actually dead lmao. No offense though. Still, I doubt he'd be actually dead or something. People who could develop stuff like BTC aren't really into it for the fame, they just want to research on stuff and progress. And well, with how these stage of his project has already reached, I suppose he's lying low as a developer or probably researching more stuff out there. Just imagine, he pretty much has no problem with wealth already. There'd only be things he would probably do, which is either continue researching(whether it be blockchain or something else) or just calm down and live the life slowly somewhere. I'm more biased towards the former though.
5144  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Do you keep track of your gambling? how? on: April 05, 2020, 06:35:03 AM
Accounting. Isn't that quite simple? Well, that is if prior to gambling you actually do list all of your expenses and the like. I like to keep everything organized and everything planned, down to the last detail so I always take not of every expense that I made during the entire day as well as profits made. I have a little notebook where almost one page is for one whole day only (depends on the number of changes that happened), and I basically list everything there. Payments made, expenses made ( and for what purpose ) profits made and where they actually came from. I tried using spreadsheets but it didn't' really stick to me so I went back to writing it in my little notebook.
5145  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Bitcoin the anonymous cryptocurrency on: April 04, 2020, 12:57:54 PM
Yes its close to being anonymous but the norm system developed pretty much prevents the that anonymity. Yes, it'd be hard to trace, but only hard, not impossible. The difficulty lies on tracing the numerous amount of wallets that passed through the exchange. P2P and decentralized doesn't have this problem, but centralized exchanges have this kind of system. You can see this by checking out some hacks that have happened in the past, and where exchanges are able to trace where the said coins were, albeit not all of them.
5146  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Bitcoin is breaking the law and will be sued by Craig Wright on: April 04, 2020, 11:34:39 AM
I guess he'll have to talk to a bunch of 0's and 1's as well as asking for IT personnel to preside over the court case he would do. This is basically close to a delusion. One guy on his own dreamland fighting off imaginary people he set as such. You can't even get angry at the guy. You almost always face him off with a helpless attitude, thinking what the hell is even going on in this guy's brain. Can't even get angry off of it cause his ramblings can be compared to the ramblings of a 5-6-year-old child somewhere.
Apparently Wright did not get the memo, despite claiming to be Satoshi, that Bitcoin (BTC) is decentralized and cannot be sued out of existence.
This was real amusing ngl. The guy claiming to be Satoshi first and foremost doesn't even know what an MIT license means/holds.
5147  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Fastest ways to multiply Bitcoin on: April 04, 2020, 10:34:10 AM
Gambling is not a very nice advice to multiply as you know it's purely based in luck and randomness. It's either you will loss more without really earning anything or worse you could loss all your money.
There are tons of information in the topic, and it's confusing. You could just list the methods and add description so it's easy to read.
But the idea is the fastest way, not the safest way right? If the only factor to take into account was the fastest way, then gambling is indeed the way, if you are lucky that is. Besides, even if you answer investing, in one way or another, that could also be considered as a gamble since investing has a 50 50 chance of you winning or losing. And comparing winning to losing, winning has a larger margin needed to exceed compared to losing after all. If it was a constant way for BTC though, I might've answered mining. Though it depends on the number of mining machines a person could provide, but well, its one idea out there.
5148  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: How many people here would choose bitcoin as their form of payment? on: April 04, 2020, 09:03:07 AM
I don't mind either tbh. If its BTC, then so be it, if its USD, so be it. The only fact that makes the option of accepting payments as BTC both risky and enticing is when the market price starts fluctuating, whether it be towards the positive side or negative side. Naturally, I think most would actually accept USD instead of BTC, all because of its volatility. Some may not even use the received funds to trade, but rather for other things, so USD would be the best way to go. If somehow, one way or another, BTC started to stabilize at a certain range of price, then most would probably accept BTC instead of USD, I of which would be one of them. But currently, there isn't really that much of an advantage of choosing either, nor a disadvantage, so I opt to choose whichever is pretty much available.
5149  Economy / Economics / Re: Will the government understand? on: April 04, 2020, 08:05:17 AM
I heard that in India, the lockdown was not very successful. many people rebelled as a result of being expelled from their jobs, and other reasons. Well, however, the government really needs to educate and think about this. besides that, I also heard that in China, the distribution of staples is not very successful either. although we do not know whether online business or crypto is successful, it should be tried.
The rebellion was probably because of insufficient help provided by the government. Without any proper support from the government, countless families would probably encounter a lot of problems surviving through a lockdown, even if we say the duration would only last for about 1-2 months. This actually causes negative effects instead because people now refuse to follow the orders of the government, hence an increased chance of people actually being infected by the virus.

It is not the government jobs only, but it is every person's job. We need to contribute to help other people who needed. Maybe we cannot give everything to all people, but at least we can try to help people in our environment, and I am sure that will means for them. Imagine if all people care about other people by helping them who needed, the situations will be better. We cannot depend on the government only, but we need to join the act, and together with other people, we can handle the situations. I am sure that there is any institution that will also help people in every country, but they are limit by food, time, money, and everything. If we can join with them, and we can share and help other people, the thing will better.
It's not a matter of everyone helping, its a matter of what they could actually help with. And tbh, the government NEEDS to lead it. Even if we do say some people are actively contributing, without proper order to it, it would just lead to dissatisfaction among those that are being helped and not being helped.
5150  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: What if BTC never reaches all time high? on: April 04, 2020, 07:49:55 AM
Why are we even judging it by its price? Sure, talking about if it could reach another new high is fun and all, after all, if you hodl and that happened, easy profit. But that doesn't mean that THAT itself defines what BTC is. If it never reached it, then so be it. It's not like that BTC code has a self-destruction sequence that states that when it doesn't reach the ATH in x amount of time, the system would be destroyed or something like that. BTC isn't an investment in the end, it's just a means just like fiat. A medium of transaction which is basically done over the internet, one that no central power has control of.
5151  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Recent Corona Virus Scams on: April 04, 2020, 06:37:31 AM
Scammers love this kind of situation, sad to say, but they don't really care, they are going to hit anytime of the day as long as they see some vulnerability, like the pandemic. Just look at how many fake covid-19 related websites right now. Even projects are raising money in the name of coronacoin. However, those crooks are going to pull scams and the only weapon against those people are to teach us and others. If you want to make donations, then start locally, no need to send it through bogus websites.
Indeed. However, people are mostly ignorant ( no offense ) and just donate to whichever site looks like a "legitimate" one. Even if a red cross donation site was cloned, people would probably not notice it until it was too late. I'd say it'd be a lot better if social media actually spread tips/info on how to accurately determine legit websites. This doesn't only apply to the scams out there, but also all the fake news that keeps spreading globally through social media. Just look at how many people believe about some stupid remedies that say that it could "prevent" the virus from spreading to themselves. And yet, people still believe them. I know, fear probably influenced them, but as humans, we should be quite rational in determining decisions made, after all, we ourselves would suffer from it if anything wrong happens.
5152  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: YouTube continues to ban crypto content on: April 04, 2020, 06:15:31 AM
Legit is a hard thing to find, especially with how the market is. The analysis wouldn't cut it since some are just spouting bs in the first half and then proceeds to advertise shitcoins in the second half. I doubt YT has the time to actually filter properly what content is good and what content is not, especially since the crypto scene in terms of videos and the like isn't really that developed. If factual knowledge were presented like definitions and the like, then it's possible, but if it's a vague idea that can be seen as a form of advertisement and or scam, then YT has every right to proceed with their actions.
5153  Economy / Trading Discussion / Re: Bitcoin is not as risky as many think. on: April 03, 2020, 11:54:19 AM
It isn't risky, but it is still a risk. Even if we do say that it is a safe asset, it's volatility is a factor that could never be removed at the moment. Although I do believe it should stabilize in the future, as it is right now, it is still a risk. That is if you were to look at it as an investment. If you were to think of it as to what it really is, being a cryptocurrency, it's actually a lot safer compared to the others. Just the fact that it uses a decentralized system already gives it an edge among the others. The only reason that hacks and the like happen is because of hackers finding holes in exchanges, where users use them as a wallet, which is not supposed to be done.
5154  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: cost of making gambling casino? on: April 03, 2020, 11:44:00 AM
A lot? It could start at a bare minimum of $15k to $20k I think. But tbh, money isn't really an issue since that's one of the most easier problems to resolve. You'd probably encounter walls during the establishment of the casino itself, mainly on reputation and the like. The coding and the games that are played can easily be resolved, again, with money, but reputation could be quite hard to come by. Even if you hire people to advertise your casino all over the internet, as long as a few honest reviews popup that gives your site a bad image, then it'd be pretty bad IMO. It'd take a lot of time for one casino to be famous ngl, and no amount of money could probably help you with that.
5155  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Gender in blockchain. on: April 02, 2020, 08:51:59 AM
Not to be gender racist or anything but women have their own stage and men have their own stage. It doesn't necessarily mean that both can't enter the stage of the other, but MOST would opt to enter the stage that is normally for their own gender. You'd see a lot of males entering tech-y side and you'd see females enter the fashion side of things but the vice versa could be perfectly normal. Sides, you wouldn't normally discuss the idea of gender in these kinds of things. Heck, gender doesn't impede one's ability, only stupidity could impede it. Not only on blockchain/crypto/tech stuff, but this also applies to the entirety of the work force. Just that human bias is quite a strong factor in someone's brain that it turns itself into the supposedly "norm", which isn't.
5156  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: HODLers, spend your BTC on: March 31, 2020, 11:53:20 AM
Investing in multiple assets is a given when you are trading. Putting everything in one asset shows that you're basically placing it all on that asset. An All in kind of thing when compared to gambling. However, spending BTC may not be the best-given choice, Especially since the market hasn't really reached the time where it would go to the moon. Most especially if it is going to the moon, hodlers would not bother spending their BTC.

As for banks closing down, nope. The money around basically flows depending on how banks manage it. If banks close down, money could be said to have stopped flowing, aka, the economy has stagnated. What's worse than your country's economy stagnating right? It'd probably be better to just have said the country is basically dead.
5157  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Keeping A Record Of Your Losses Will Make You Realize To Stop Gambling on: March 31, 2020, 11:38:54 AM
No? I mean, people wouldn't be in debt if they actually got sad about how much money they lost. It really isn't an issue of how much you lose, but how much you can win. That is, in the mindset of those that are addicted to gambling so much that they go under debt. You know how people in adrenaline would forget the pain in their bodies and just continue pushing forward? Might kind of be a similar experience in terms of those that are desperate in gambling. You may say that that wouldn't happen to you, but giving you time not to think at all is a lot easier, hence putting you in much pressure that the adrenaline in your body is the only capable thing that works properly.
5158  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: How to protect bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies from hackers. on: March 30, 2020, 10:37:57 AM
Isn't just to think? No offense for those that were scammed but that would be the most basic thing to do in most situations. Think. Not from a single POV, but from every possible POV. Whether it be tiring or a pain in the ass, you should still check it out. As for hacking, I doubt there are a lot of instances where a hacker would attack a person's pc intentionally. Most are because people often click at something that let's the hacker come in. It's like, you're opening the door for the hacker to come in, welcoming them even. If that was the case, same solution, think. Think before you click. If you were to be attacked specifically though, that may be a different issue since the hacker could use specific scenarios to bait you in. Most scenarios in the internet are for in a general sense, so thinking about it could easily show that it was a hack/scam.
5159  Economy / Speculation / Re: Stimulus plus halving could cause the real crypto bull on: March 30, 2020, 10:05:08 AM
That is if the virus could make an exit and not add any more damages than it already has by the time the halving comes. This virus concerns human lives, so I doubt those people obtaining stimulus checks would use it as an investment. However, if let's say, a few months after the halving and a vaccine is found, the market would probably make a boom about it and as you said, act as a catalyst. But then again, the government ain't stupid.
Thus, these two factors might be a catalyst to bitcoin and cryptocurrency growth because those who don't really need the stimulus for food, health and other urgent needs might invest in crypto and we can see a fast rise IMO.

Just like you said, those with no urgent needs would invest, BUT would those with no urgent needs even receive the stimulus check? Everything is planned out to help only those who are truly in need after all, so I doubt such a loophole couldn't actually be seen by the government.
5160  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Bitcointalk has been blocked in Russia because of Gambling advertisement on: March 30, 2020, 06:13:53 AM
I cannot find any sane reason why this forum will mimic Russia in this regard. I am convinced that this forum is independent from the whims of countries and their politicians.

For sure, Russians have enough leeway to circumvent this unfortunate decision.

I don't understand why a forum is being blocked for reasons related to gambling. This is not a gambling site, in the first place. Also, if gambling is discussed or even promoted, it does not mean it is being directed to Russia. This is a global forum. And everybody in here should be fully aware of his/her country's domestic laws.
Well, they have their own reasons and laws for that. Better much respect that tbh. Sides, the internet has a lot of ways to bypass the bans set by their country so I doubt that those legit users from Russia would quit just like that cause of the ban. I also doubt Russia has the ability to ban gambling ads selectively, I doubt they would put that much effort when they can just ban the site entirely. There's also the negative notion of what gambling is, so can't really blame them. Probably more than 7 out of 10 people, if asked, would answer that gambling is a negative influence and most would answer that only bad people would gamble. And technically it isn't wrong, but it's more related to the person itself rather than gambling, but who would care about that now no?
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