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5421  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: how much do you think keeping logs is effective in gambling? on: January 05, 2017, 06:04:26 AM
i am not make any logs when i am playing gambling because i don't know how to make it in excel, i guess maybe i will make one later so i have the info about how much i have loss and how much i have win. thank you for this idea.
It's not necessary you have to do it in excel, you can write it in a plain paper and there you go. Please put in mind that monitoring our performance in gambling is very important, especially when we are planning to stay long, it will tell you on how are you doing and will certainly help you to make the right decision whether to quit or continue.
5422  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Do you feel shameful for being a gambler? on: January 05, 2017, 05:40:36 AM
People feel shameful at the time when they lose all of their money and do not have any wealth remaining with them and these are those people who are totally addicted to gambling and do not do any other work for earning money for their lives.
Well, that's something to be ashamed because in the first place you do not need to entrust your daily needs in gambling due to its uncertainty. Professionals can make a living in gambling but that is their job because they have the skills to win consistently, but for typical gamblers like us, we do not have that, so we should know our place.

Right we must learned to stop when the fortune don't go on us to prevent more losses on us.  It feels upsetting when we do have it already and then gone. But that's gambling , losing is part of it. That's why I do feel a shame every time I lose whether in small or big amount.
Losing small amount is not a problem or a shameful thing because with small loses we do not become beggar to others and we pay that smaller amount of money only to play games on these gambling sites but if we lose all of our money then it make us beggar and it is shameful.
Your point is very right  "if we lose all of our money then it make us beggar and it is shameful" because I watch many peoples around me they start and when they lost all then beg like beggars because now they have no money to go back home its really worst thing in this gambling 
There's nothing to blame but ourselves, it's our mistake for not treating gambling as entertainment, we just go on with what we feel without re-evaluating our performance in gambling. The outcome is worse because we do not bet what we can afford to lose, it would have been a slight problem even if we lose as long as we can afford it.
5423  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Gambling problem on: January 05, 2017, 05:09:07 AM
possible addiction is a big problem for the gambler. Well, if the gambler is really hooked on gambling, it could make them run out of money. besides, the addiction, they will be very easy to bet money that they have without thinking that it will make them be on the road to bankruptcy.
Yeah that's right in my opinion  gambling addiction is a big problem to every gamblers or even gamblers family because they can lead them to bankruptcy and they can effect their daily lives

It is not even a new problem in the society when we talk about gamblers. I guess addiction today is just a pretty normal situation since governments are making it as a profitable institution for the taxation of casino's. But the gamblers needs to face their own fate when they are losing big money in it because that will affect their lives.
Well, governments seems to be changing the way they handle addictions, in recent years more and more people are advocating for the legalization of different drugs arguing that it is not the government business to tell them what to do with their bodies and I see something similar happened to gambling.
But they still needed to be very careful decisioning about this matter as we all knew that gambling addiction really can wrecked a life not only with a single individual but the entire family so i guess its still a big responsibility for our government to prevent addiction of their country men.
The government has nothing to do with our gambling addiction since it's us who are controlling ourselves when doing gambling. When the government resort to banning gambling sites, that means the people are not smart enough and it already have negative impact to major number of population. Government care for its people but corrupt government always want the money from taxes for their interest.
5424  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: What is your reason to gamble? Fun or profit? on: January 05, 2017, 05:00:36 AM
I select for fun, but sometimes also to profit when I was gambling with large amount. With gambling can relieve stress and keeps me entertained. Communities of gambling also makes me happy with gambling, many of the things I got from gambling not profit only.

I gambling at 3 trust sites. all of them use the bitcoin, so gambling becomes very easy and simple.
Good for you mate if you are just treating gambling as source of entertaining i know most of us here also started like that but suddenly got addicted in the long run as they keep thinking that gambling is also an easy way to earn money, just be very careful like what you have said its now so easy to bet using btc no need for any information just send your btc to a particular add and you are ready to go.
Well, you have to give exemption as not all people can be easily addicted with gambling, there are some who are at the start when they experience loses they loses their interest already. It's all about our interest and since most of the gamblers are men, we are mostly getting addicted as we always seek for revenge.
5425  Economy / Economics / Re: Bitcoin is Becoming a Global Currency on: January 05, 2017, 04:51:22 AM
I believe it absolutely can become a global currency. All we need is more time to make bitcoin more understandable, easier to use, easier to adopt, easier to trust. Who knows how long until that happens, but when it does, it will cause a revolution.
The potential people that might adopt bitcoin are only those who are business minded and has interest in online transaction, though it's easy to say that it will become a global currency but without the acknowledgement and support of the government it wouldn't be possible.

We need the media all over the world to cover us, so we can spread awareness to the people who has not heard of bitcoin yet.
5426  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Is bitcoin is the new era of currency? on: January 04, 2017, 01:09:04 PM
I think so, Bitcoin in the other country are now very popular like in the Australia, China, London, and etc. So it can be the new era sooner or later there is a big possibility to be happen. Smiley
It's a different currency and it's only use in the crypto world, we can see different supporters from different countries but that does not mean we are big enough to take over the fiat system, in terms of users we are still small and we have to accept that for now.

What's the turning point with bitcoin is that, the progress continues and when it continue we will be stronger and bigger, the future is bright, no doubt.
5427  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2016/17 NBA Season on: January 04, 2017, 05:39:39 AM
Cleveland Cavaliers vs New Orleans Pelicans : Bet for Cleveland to win .

I bet also for Cleveland for this game and it is now on the go. Just an update as of now 2nd quarter 5:25 remaining the score is 35-33 in favor of Pelicans. The pelicans are showing good performance for this game but still it is a long run before the end of this game. I hope my prediction will be right for this that Cavs will get this game.
cavs wins by 8 points as usual  knowing the caliber of the team its really an easy win if they play seriously i know pelicans also a good team but its a cavs that can dominate i win also with the bucks so close but it is still a sweet wins for them they really have a good shape looking forward to see them in the playoff.

I thought that Pelicans will be able to make it that was even a closer game for its 1st half  but it seems that Cavs will not allow someone to beat them within their own place. And still it is an advantage for them for their upcoming game this Thursday. Going to bet the amount what I won from them from this game and maybe it can multiply again.  Grin

Yes it will be an advantage again for the Cavs with their fight tomorrow with the Chicago Bulls. As usual everyone is expecting that Cavs will win this game but that is not going to be as easy as we think. And for sure the game will be tough for this match. Any thoughts from anyone here if I will bet for Cavs or Bulls? I want to make sure with my bet here.
Bulls are already exposed, they have a hard time beating the Hornetes at home and how much more with the Cavaliers home. If the line is right, I would definitely take the Cavaliers here, Bulls are so surprising still as they can compete with tough teams. They beat the Cavaliers once and surely revenge is waiting at cavaliers home.
5428  Economy / Gambling / Re: 1x฿it.com - Most Competitive Sports฿ook & Casino | ฿est Odds & Wagering Options on: January 04, 2017, 05:29:43 AM
I am wondering how the payout rates are defined in 1xBit.com, are they the same as other sport betting site such as Bovoda, Sportsbetting.com etc? I asked this question a week ago, but did not get any answer...

It is a great site, by the way.
They have odd providers, odds must be uniform with other major sites as well. I don't think they will have a different one, otherwise it's easy to find value for the sports arbitrage bettors. Bitcoin sportsbook now can already compete with the odds of the big sportsbook because some are already transferring to bitcoin online gambling.
5429  Economy / Economics / Re: Why do you buy Bitcoins? on: January 04, 2017, 05:08:23 AM
I use bitcoin as an investment, i also use it since i am paid with bitcoin for my work

Yeah, bitcoin is a good invesment to make, just look at if you bought a few coins at $700, when people are calling this a bubble and it'll go down eventually. That would have been a month's wages made, without any hassle, easily.

However bitcoin can also be a good tool to have for online commerce, because of its anonymity and irreversiblility.

There are indeed people buying stuff off dark web sites with bitcoin, but there are also legit shops selling legit products for bitcoins.

Yeah

I remember the first item i bought using Bitcoin, it was a smartphone. When i received it at home, i was like a kid
wow paid with bitcoin !!!  Grin Grin Tongue
Favorable for you as you maybe live in a country where there's a lot of online sellers, in third world country like ours we do not enjoy that kind of shopping online due to big shipping expenses. But still it's not only the benefits of bitcoin, therefore I am more focus with my investment that spending online for my shopping needs.
5430  Economy / Economics / Re: Is USD being used for illegal activities? on: January 04, 2017, 04:43:53 AM
I guess and I know that many people have said it that every currencies are being used for illegal activities especially the USD as it is the mainly used globally . and to fund a terrorist maybe it is not only the USD is being used .

I think the USD is most used terrirst money.

Yeah this is what I'm thinking also because many people are talking about US' support to the terrorist, I guess this conspiracy is real. Look at those countries where US backed up, Syria, Iraq and other countries where war started. All of them where terrorized by the United States government and that's why their currency is becoming powerful.
USD is a powerful currency and they can do anything with their money, that's already stated before that most terrorist are funded by big countries and since USA is a big country they might be one of those who funded. I do not know what are their reasons but I am pretty sure that is to make their country more powerful. Big countries are hunger for money, what they protect is only their people but not the entire human race.
5431  Economy / Economics / Re: Tell me your predictions about Bitcoin on: January 03, 2017, 05:10:30 AM
I predict $1000 US tonight, like in the next 7 hours.

i think the price will not be $1000 US but lets hope it will be happen tonight. i see on the chart in poloniex market, the line is going to be stagnan or maybe it will get down in a moment before its break another price and increase high.
Honestly we are now nearly touch according to movement of bitfinex price hits $999 and i think few more hours or days that we can touch in $1k vlaue soon and i hope that it can stay long in that value so that the price can be stay at that price and i think more people and company are using bitcoin that is why we are seeing the price was increased..

It is already $1,000 on kraken see this reference :
It reached $1,000 on Kraken a few mins ago!! Happy new year Bitcolleagues!! Wink

Those people who predicted that the price will be able to make it that the price will reach for next year(2017) from last year's prediction, it is now happening. For sure those lowly rate exchange will follow next.
That was a great achievement, the good thing was that it happened early this year. Certainly this is being propagated in the mainstream news, and high profile investors will certainly think more about the possibility of opening a Bitcoin business. Now the question is whether the price will continue to rise and break the record reached in 2013 or not.
The price itself already tells bitcoin is getting more popular and with this, it will attract more investors knowing that more and more people are adopting with bitcoin. We hope to see the continues progress as it will only benefit the whole users of bitcoin, the long term dream might happen if big merchants will surprise us that they are adopting with bitcoin this year. Online shoppers will use bitcoin and once again the demand will increase.
5432  Economy / Economics / Re: Why do people keep saying BTC is dead?! on: January 03, 2017, 04:36:40 AM
In every aspect of human life we don't have assume anything as 100% even with bitcoin also, many people don't have complete hope on bitcoin technology due to many reasons behind it. But bitcoin has a great secure features with lot of advantages of using it.

Those people who are not completely hoping for bitcoins success are just people who recently failed with their investments into it or they are competing  with bitcoin and thinks by just creating a false speculation about bitcoins death will make people to lose their trust in bitcoin, but it is just making themselves look like a fool.
there are just making their self fools as they are seeing  how huge the value of bitcoin right now, those people who's still negative about bitcoin might be waiting for their chances to get entry be filled because its another way on how to make some panic selling if weak holders believe on this type of news so just continue holding and enjoy.
Bitcoin price is now booming, to those people who dont believing in Bitcoin you have chance to believe again in Bitcoin.Just search the price graph of Bitcoin in you can see how Bitcoin grow and potential in trading.
yes bitcoin price has now cross the psychological barrier and hope that now it is gong to cross the all time high price i think it will really be very good feeling when bitcoin will cross 1200 USD level.
Relax dude, it will be easy to happen by the 1st quarter of this year, all our prediction has started to realize now. And now that we see a very good high price of bitcoin, we have to continue to optimistic that we can surpass whatever the all time high price is.

With the current big price of bitcoin, more people will be attracted to put their money which would also help to increase the demand of bitcoin.

Let's just monitor the price so in any way we can make profit even in a short term.
5433  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Your new year start in gambling! on: January 03, 2017, 02:39:44 AM
congratulation OP, i haven't had time to gamble this new year, whether it's your first luck? whether you don't want to make giveaway in this new year? since you got jackpot in this new year  Cheesy Cheesy
I don't think he will make a giveaway, the amount he won is not big enough though. The winning can give him some rest in gambling at least for a week an enjoy the fruit of his luck, lol... I wish my time will come also, and I think it will not be easy because I dream of bigger winnings for at least BTC1.
5434  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: How high would Bitcoin price have to be for you to live off Bitcoin? on: January 03, 2017, 02:24:23 AM
about $147,000,000, my 0.008 BTC would be worth something then.
Yo, I'm in da same boat.  I don't zactly know how y'all could live offa bitcoin without sellin' it.  Y'all could live offa stocks and that sorta thang, 'cause they pay dividends an' give you caish flow.  I s'ppose if bitcoin hit $1million I could sell some an' live offa dat fo' a short minute.  I don' wanna sell dough.
As the price is rising, it's also a great challenge to us, time will come we will be tempted to sell, I doubt if you can still hold until the price to hit $1,000,000 before you could sell. I bet, most of us will sell once seeing a price like $10,000 and that will make the whales richer because they have bigger patience than us.
5435  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Crypto bank on: January 03, 2017, 02:10:50 AM
Define "crypto bank". Technically exchanges like Coinbase could be considered "crypto banks", no?
Maybe, but the thing is they do not give interest on our deposits like the banks does and they have no insurance on our deposits. I don't their can be a bank like system implementation in real life because in the first place, bitcoin is decentralized.

It's two different system that cannot run or merge as one. We can call any exchanges as bank as we need them to trade our bitcoins into fiat.
5436  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Is Bitcoin Really The Future Of Money? on: January 03, 2017, 02:01:50 AM
in the future bitcoin will be used more as a currency but it will never replace "money" or fiat as we know it. because that would mean replacing the centralized, government controlled fiat which is not possible at all.

Most countries everything is getting digitalized as well trying to implement their own fiat in digital form. This is the only way to make a centralized digital currency. So bitcoin is considered as a base and countries involve in making their own digital currency with the same technology rather than using bitcoin officially.
Correct but even if those coins are based on bitcoin, they are nothing like the original, if you think that governments get in your business wait until they have their own crypto and they can see every single transaction that you have made.
It can give comfort to people who trust the government and wants a faster and cheaper transaction but for us who always want our transaction to be anonymous, we will always be in trust with bitcoin. There's not problem with different online payment method as all people can benefit although not the same system.

So, to say that bitcoin is the future of Money, yes, but only to us.
5437  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: What is your reason to gamble? Fun or profit? on: January 02, 2017, 10:06:03 AM
The reason i gamble is to make some profits and to have a good time in chat other than that it is a really boring encounter to sit in front of the system for a very long time.The hope of making the riches will make us sit and keep on gambling which causes an addiction.

If you thinking that way I would say that it is wrong to make gambling as a way to your dream to be rich. But what you are doing regarding your reason to gamble to make some profits while having good time in chat is what I also like. It is really boring to keep on gambling without someone for you to talk to while playing.
Most of the online casinos are already having a chat room as it attracts more clients to play in their site, they have even the local chat's separate so you will have a time to get to know your fellow countrymen and chat with them. lol

But honestly, it's not the main reason why gambling is fun as we can certainly be still entertain even without the chat room.

I play in sports betting and I a am not a type of gambler who usually check the scores from time to time, I just easily place my bet then log out to see the game live.
5438  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 2016/17 NBA Season on: January 02, 2017, 09:57:28 AM
MVP race is harder now. Westbrook still has better chance because his triple double average but Harden is close 2nd. No other player should mention in this MVP race. They can't reach these 2's numbers.

i agree with you, but i am pretty sure, none of them willnot play NBA finals, i thing final will be GSW vs CLE once again. these two teems are the best nowadays in NBA
Comparing two teams between the rockets and the Thunder to enter into finals, I see more light with the Rockets. They are playing a new system now under a new coach and it has been working as we have witnessed with their very impressive record, and if I am not mistaken, it's the best season for Harden so far, Westbrook maybe has a little advantage in terms of athleticism but harden has greater basketball IQ.

If talking about these two teams entering into finals, it is possible to them and they have the chance to make it up to semi-finals and as well as finals.
But I will also go with Rockets, even though Westbrook has been showing us good performance with his team but still that is not enough to make it to the finals, I admire more Harden on how he plays wisely.
Harden has been playing smart with his ability to draw as many fouls in a game, but this time is a challenge for him and his teammate has really help him a lot as well. Way back when he was still in Oklahoma Thunder playing with westbrook and Durant, it was only his first time to enter in the NBA Finals and now the 3 have separate ways, they will be proving who will make it to the finals against the east champ.
and also all of them is making its way individually to get the mvp for this season, i know that they all have the caliber to carry their respected team but harden now find the best team mates and the way he played is really amazing, hope to see them into the finals.
Life is full of surprises though, it would be great to see the Thunder vs Rockets to play in the west finals. For a change, the fans love it but the bettors gonna hit, I know preseason line give the warriors as the favorites to win in the east and even in the finals, what if they cannot make it even in the first round? unlikely, but possible. Upset happens just like the Memphis upset the top seeded spurs way back.
5439  Economy / Economics / Re: Why have Bitcoin instead of cash? on: January 02, 2017, 05:35:46 AM
There are a countless number of reasons why bitcoin is superior that I'm sure have all been aforementioned here.
You are probably looking only at one page of the book, cash is always better than bitcoin if you have to consider all the factors (strength and weaknesses), we may be bias since we are in the crypto, so we chooses bitcoin blindly. But admit it, we cannot live without cash using bitcoin alone.
5440  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Do you feel shameful for being a gambler? on: January 02, 2017, 05:24:32 AM
I never been shameful on what i am because its my field and its the one im good for. Why would i take to be shameful if gambling is the only reason why i become happy and have a business even its small its still a source of funds for me than being a homeless guy who don't succeed

Being shameful about gambling is something that will happen not willingly but as a result of the society because from where I am from, gambling is a social vice that needs to be do away with and anyone engaging in it is view ASA deviant which could bring shame to the family so to avoid that, I willing avoid live gambling and stick to my online gambling without anyone knowing not even my family members not to talk of the society...
What's the point of letting other people know if it will not give us an advantage to win, it is our life so we must be responsible with it with whatever we do. Gambling is purely a form of entertainment and since it is entertainment we have nothing to do when gambling but to enjoy.

It's not against any religion if you are not doing it to harm yourself and other people around you.
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