I understand your opinion sir, and I respect it.

I am local artist here in Philippines and attended several auction and seminars about art. Yes, the painting will be still mine as long as it is existed. The physical painting will be for TECSHARE, he can sell it for any amount and I don't have control for that, but when he is going to sell it, the credits will be in my name. It will be considered mine as long as it is existed, but I will have no rights for any activity that painting will be involved with. That is actually a good question sir  Thank you. 

BTW,  I am making a new one for the contest. 
I hope this will be finished today. 

Thank you for your opinion sir, I posted it because there are no specific rules for posting an old artwork. What we cannot do is steal other's artwork and posted it to the contest. I understand what your point is, but just like what Theymos said:


Let's just enjoy the contest, let's just have some fun! If there's a rule for being unable to post an old artwork, I will not do it. and besides I am making a new one, so I hope you are gonna like this one 
BTW, thank you for mentioning that sir! so now I have a chance to explain myself for doing that 


There's no need to explain that in the thread because there's no rule stopping us from doing that. I don't post it for appreciation I posted it for the contest. If you appreciate my artwork, I would be pleased! But if not, it's just fine, I cannot force people to like my artwork we have different kind of taste with regards to an artwork.

I understand if you didn't like my painting, we have a different perspective in terms of appreciating an art. Still, I gave my 100% to that, and I hope you can understand that. Just because it's old artwork, it doesn't mean I don't put effort into it.

Instant transactions and no fees at all. Those two are prominent features that need to be implemented to bitcoin. Bitcoin(crypto) is not applicable for a canned transaction because it takes too much of your time, and the fee will be too large for a micro-transaction. For me, those are the 2 features that need to be upgraded.


Crypto is too advance for mass adoption, Imagine not all of us are technology literate. And not all of us have devices and money to avail the internet data for daily use. Those basic needs to use crypto are what stopping an average person from using it in their daily lives. The price is too unstable to serve it as a "normal" currency. Personally, I consider it a form of investment like stocks in the stock market. But who knows what if, in the future. Someone is going to create a coin that will satisfy all of the features that we are looking for. But for now, I think that will not be the bitcoin or any other altcoins.

I don't have enough time to go outside and gamble in casinos there, so I prefer playing online and of course, using crypto for betting. I am just playing for myself, and I want no hassle when playing, so I prefer gambling at home. Because when I go on the real-world casino's the noise is too much so I can't really enjoy my game. And the other reason is if I win nobody can know, same if I lose, I just enjoy the privacy when playing on online gambling.

But if I will be going out with my friends, I will pick the real-world casinos, because that would be a lot of fun instead of all of us playing at a computer, haha. In conclusion, when I will be alone, I like it online(crypto), but when I am with my friends, I love going to physical casinos(fiat).

Crypto or fiat scams are global issues, every type of currency has scamming matters, and I think crypto will not be exempted from those issues. ICO's project is needed to be regulated because on what I see on the bounty section, there's a lot of scam project. And a lot of them are requiring KYC, so every participant should be careful when participating in those.


So the participants and the users are the ones that should be cautious about those projects or scammers.

I am added to a group chat of traders and started to trade. I didn't watch any videos or tutorial. I just tried it with a small amount of money and started trading. I started trading at C-Cex. That's not a big exchange and does have a lot of shitcoins, but that's where they introduced me. After that, I am learning over time, and I transfer to the big exchange like poloniex and binance.

I just start watching videos and reading tips, when I put a big amount of money in every trade that I will make. After that, I begin doing leverage trading at Bitmex, and until now, I am doing different kinds of trading. Not every day is a win, but I enjoy doing trades, and until now, I am still learning.

It's all good now, he just need someone to exchange currency, we have a transaction at the telegram 

Margin trading is like gambling when you don't know what you are doing, Just make a trade when you are sure about something, or you read the news that will really affect the price of the coin that you are going to trade. Regarding the emotion, you need to know when to stop and when to just go with your profit, because just one big dump will liquidate your funds. And the most important part is don't go all in, in margin trading.

I don't think it's gonna happen, because the purpose of the bank is security if someone accesses your account it can be detected quickly, and the transaction is reversible so that if someone scam you, you can get your money back. Those main features of a bank are not available on the blockchain, so for me, it's not gonna happen.

For blockchain, the primary purpose of it is decentralization! If the bank implements it in their system, then the "decentralization" will not gonna happen, because the bank will be the middle man again. Blockchain is just fine with the peer to peer transaction, and I think it's all good

This is what I was thinking also. If I win a large amount of money, I will not stop gambling, but I will just play for entertainment and not for profit so I can enjoy my winnings. But it's almost impossible for me because whenever I win a small amount of money, I will stop betting. And bet again after a few days or even weeks. I am not addicted to gambling, but I will never quit betting because it's part of my life.

GreatArkansas and me. I don't know the name of the other participant, but OP posted:


So, I guess we are three that didn't get the other half of the payment.

Yes, I send him a private message, but there's no reply. I contacted GreatArkansas, same with him, there's no reply.

They are still not paying the three of us. I am also waiting for them to log in.

Actually, the bitcoin transaction is slow, and the fee is a little bit higher. Compared to some real-life currency, that has no fee at all doing microtransaction and personal transactions. Like it or hate it, bitcoin is a type of investment just like any other typical investment. But the twist here is. Bitcoin is upgraded and the best to all of the types of investment because bitcoin volatility gives traders a lot of profit. Imagine in stock, it takes years to achieve a 10% increase in price. Still, in bitcoin and any other cryptocurrency, it only takes hours or days to achieve that. Bitcoin is the future regarding the investment perspective. Yet, it's not a suitable medium of exchange. Maybe there's a future coin/crypto that will be created. That will cover all the essentials to become the best cryptocurrency. And as the best medium of exchange that will be suitable for all of us. but for now, I think that will not be Bitcoin

For me, bitcoin will never really be a standard currency like any fiat currency. Because it's more like an investment coin. For example, stocks, It has a limited supply and also has pumps and dumps, same with bitcoin. Again "For me," Blockchain is like an upgraded stock market in which every coin have good volatility and has a fast pumping and dumping of it. For stocks, it takes years to get a 10% pump; however, in bitcoin, it only takes days or even an hour.

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There's no bitcoin payment in Lazada, but what I think Wintersoldier meant to say is shopee, since they are almost the same. That's what I guess, haha. Shopee is the biggest online shopping app that is accepting bitcoin here in the Philippines (That's what I know, please correct me if I am wrong).

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Here in our country Philippines, There's no tax for the user of the bitcoin or any other cryptocurrency. But for the establishments and businesses that are using bitcoin as a mode of payment, they have to pay their taxes accumulated with bitcoin, same on the local exchanges of cryptocurrency here.

No kind of addiction is good, But I think it's better to be addicted to gambling instead of drugs. At least you are not doing anything against the law, and beside's you are not damaging your health, The only thing that can be damaged is your money! lol
But yeah, any kind of addiction is wrong, but as long as you are not damaging your health or doing something that is against the law, I think you are all good. It's on your self if you want to stop or to do it in moderation.


Mine is after I receive my salary, I go gambling and bet it all in just one bet. The ending is I just lost my 1 month of salary. And after that, I keep on controlling myself when I am betting on something, That bet was a nightmare lol.

Trading websites require KYC to maintain their website because that is required by the law. I think our identity is safe on a bigger and legitimate exchange, just like what you said, which is Bitmex. What I don't like is ICO and bounties that are requiring KYC. First of all, they are not proving themselves if they are legitimate or not. And for the user, there's no guarantee that their personal information is safe from those ICO and newly startup crypto business.

First, don't go all-in with your 2BTC, Try Binance with 0.01btc, be familiarize with the trading, and how trading works. After that, when you know to yourself that you can trade now with much bigger capital then increase it little by little, don't treat it as gambling that if you are losing, you are going to go all in. This strategy works for me, and I hope this is going to work with you too.

Remember that do it after you watch or read some basics in trading! Don't go trade empty-handed with knowledge. I am just suggesting this strategy because, for me, the experience is the best teacher in terms of trading, but yeah, read or watch some video first.

No need to wait, based on what you said, it is considered a long term investment, Holding it until it hits 15k to 20k will be a good trade. I highly suggest that start investing now and when there's another dump just buy more. Still, I think there will be no more dump that is going to happen. Because, based on the chart history of bitcoin, every December to January, the price will hit the ATH or will simply pump. Don't think anything, and start investing now.