First off, it is not illegal in china yet. The recent issues was not about china actually banning bitcoins or exchanges, but it was just a mere rumor! There was no actual ban that happened to bitcoins and exchanges. However, I do believe that there is a chance it could be declared illegal. But that chance  is not really that great to undermine what bitcoins has achieve so far.

I think OP isn't even watching this thread anymore, so I guess it is best to assume he doesn't care about anyone's opinion by now.
Though I hope this would be useful for someone else, but I doubt it as I think this is a bit unique for OP here. I hope OP was able to open his shop though.

They can hold the bitcoin network hostage, that's how they will benefit. They can impose that they be paid for whatever they are doing and we can't do anything about it but heed to their demands. Unless we all move to another coin and forget about the chain they are in. I guess, it has an unpredictable consequence which could lead to great chaos.

So I've been reading an article on Coindesk recently, about a new possibility of a 51% attack.

Link here, https://www.coindesk.com/bitcoins-bogeyman-cometh-segwit2x-51-attack/.

From what I understood, it is the ability of a miner with 51% hashing power of the whole network to be able to control bitcoin transactions. They can possibly not confirm a transaction, change a transaction, and other awful effects. This attack almost happened 3 years ago with ghash.io mining pool almost reaching 51% (they were so close, when they reached 50% hashing power).

Now, fast forward to today, this attack is again looking possible because, from what I read, the segwit2x was being pushed by a group of miners, that, if combined, will result to 80% of the hashing power of the world. Well that is assuming the pool members will not leave their respective pools that joined the new york agreement. From my further readings, the people that met for the new york agreement had a close door meeting, hence there is no clear information that discloses what they talked about in there.

What if these people colluded to attack bitcoins using the 51% attack? Do you guys think this is a possibility and will those entities that are pushing for segwit2x attack the network?

Oh my god, I think this was a typo of mixing ethereum with doge, I never knew there was such a thing. Well, I don't really deal too much with altcoins. Though I would follow the tip of others and just check out coinmarketcap and see where it is being traded. That's the easiest way to know if you can sell those altcoins on those cyprtocurrency exchanges. Good luck selling it though.

I'm quite amazed at how much bitcoins has grew this past couple of weeks, even if there is an impending fork coming this November 16. Prices has been really strong, however I am not sure if this will continue before the fork happens or maybe it may drop before it or after it. I would say that right now is the best time to buy altcoins like Doge, which is so low and has not reached this low in ever, or even ETH which is looking good as well.

Why would you need to exchange it for chips? Just bet with that when you deposit into casinos. That's quite easier than just converting to casino chips which is just an added step to your gambling.

Unless you are talking about real world casinos that would accept bitcoins in exchange for their chips. I don't think casinos in the real world would ever accept such.

That is true, there are people that are quite lazy and the only way they know how to earn money is scamming other people for their own hard earned money. Usually those scammed with something like ponzi schemes and other get rich quick scams, are also lazy people. Those victims were scammed because they firmly believed that they can profit quickly from something.

I hate these kinds of news, most of the time they are fake or just rumors. There have been plenty of these kinds of news for a long time and I have never seen a government or an actual company (that is non-crypto and significant like Microsoft or Apple) that really developed their own cryptocurrency or blockchain technology adoption. It just baffles me why there are so many news about this but none has really come true.

That is why it is hard to gamble for profits. People think they can win and they end up losing more. People that think they can profit from gambling try and try to multiply their money and don't get satisfied about their winnings. The reason is that they think it is a business and that it is something they can profit from. A business generates a stable and consistent income whilst gambling does not do this. That is why somethings I am really puzzled about these kinds of people.

I agree, most people that don't set up a limit for their gambling are doomed to lose everything since what they actually set as a limit is their whole wealth. Since a person who doesn't set limits put into risk all the money they have and they cannot say that they are not risking it since whenever they empty their bankroll they just deposit some more. Hence they actually have a bottomless bankroll and the limit is their whole wealth.

I think gambling is more than tips and predictions. There are legitimate discussions like what are the chances of winning 100 games in a row if you bet at 90% win chance. Discussion about EV, or those gambling concepts.

I really believe there is a need for a separate section for those tips and predictions threads as I think it is clutter here. There are a lot more people looking at discussion about gambling and the concepts than looking for tips for sure.

There are already gambling games that are PVP like that rock paper scissors game, whose name escapes me and can't really remember but it's in the gambling section. Not so sure though if they have a lot of player base but I think you would be able to play with a some players there with no problems. Maybe I'll edit this post once I see it later.

Yeah there are not tricks in gambling no matter what other people say. The only games you can use some kind of trick or strategy are skill based games like poker or sports gambling and nothing really just luck based like dice or roulette. However, even the skill based games also require some level of luck and that is why there is really no way you can profit consistently with gambling, unless you are arbitraging the bets.

Well the topic does not contemplate a situation that you will use your knowledge to have an advantage over the gambling game. What it intends to discuss it how to gamble smart and not lose your money while gambling. Meaning that you gamble with the intention of a long term goal and not gamble in just one go. Just setting limits and taking home profits whenever you hit the required returns.

OP just wants to list all the casinos with a faucet, which is really futile as most casino do have their own faucet anyway which is I guess is a given for a casino. I don't think there is really a point to do this. If a gambler specifically wants to gamble on a site then I think he would not be aiming for faucets anyway. Those people looking to just farm faucets are the only target of this thread.

For the likes of me, I do not like seeing them. Since I do not believe in tipsters and predictions. I see them as mere opinions that does not matter. Because, I think they are just in for the money of affiliate bonuses or paying for their fake services. To be honest, if these tipsters are for real and they indeed win a lot then why share it? If they can win consistently then that means they can double your money in just a single bet every time which means they can profit thousand folds in just a few days of betting.


Why would there be spammers? I did not claim any of these to be spam. I do admit they have a purpose but I believe they should be moved to another board, that is all.

But have you seen the gambling discussion board lately? There are more than 50% of the topics are not tipster, prediction, picks and similar kinds of threads just on the first page. Then there are tipsters that have multiple threads, then new tipsters coming and going, bottom line is that there are too many of them already and for someone like me that don't really look at them, I see them as clutter. There are indeed people looking for these kinds of threads, and if they are grouped into their own section then these people looking for these will have a better time looking for them.

Strategies don't really improve you chances of winning, it actually does result to more losses. Since in strategies, it actually just does the same old action again and again in a given exact situation. Hence, the number of games you play grows quite faster than if you just bet normally. Indeed no one likes losing, especially if you lose money that you think will double. That's gambling, and nothing we can all do about it.

Hmm, probably, but generally I think I need some backing from the community first. If there is probably enough interest then we can get the attention of the moderators and the admins so that they can consider this proposal. So far, I have not seen enough interest from the community, maybe this isn't the right time to have it and probably when we all see that the gambling discussion section is filled with these threads that is when the community will notice this idea.