For example something like "idk" "hard to say" "rather not" "maybe", you know less black and white.

No. This is the exact type of "their" thinking.
We need those people to enter but only with knowledge. What good is there from speculators and opportunists?
Plummets and volatility, nothing more. We need stable adoption by those who care for their own and their kids freedom.

Agreed on all the rest you have written, "they" are already in, most likely playing dirty by now.

Then it will stop being bitcointalk, at least for me.
There is this thing about relicts, they tend to gain value with time. I think it will happen here also.
Even in today times we can see how people react to old satoshis posts. Ton's of merits, threads are still active and links to his words are still being interchanged, discussed. This won't stop, you are right, its like fuel in perpetual motion machine.
I think bitcoin needs this place to stay a little archaic, out of time, mostly because it needs backstory. Some sort of a background.
In modern era conservative nature seems old-fashioned, pase even but nevertheless rock solid. Most stable constructions are built on bedrock, not sand and that's why this place is still alive, thriving in fact.
There also this; don't fix, what is not broken; rule, so in my mind this place is bitcoin the other side of the same coin, in some sense.
People just don't seem to realise this.

IMO normal people actually don't know about this place, because it became competitive due to sig.campaigns and in the interest of members is to keep it obscured. Devs... idk, they should at least be aware but remember the times when almost every new project was called a scam and hyena feeding of original idea?   might be the reason, I guess.

Where such idea looks quite interesting, there is this possibility for such bets to be partially illegal.
I'm obviously lacking the knowledge with all the laws being in play throughout African states, I can only transpose it to my local election ordinance. Looks like having an open and active poll about ongoing elections has the possibility to be in conflict with so called election silence. Some over-zealous lawyer can interpret such public poll as an offence to that law, resulting in serious problems.
This may be a reason for the scarcity of this kind of bets. Personally I wouldn't take any chances. 

You just can not know this. And yet you sound like having hundred percent certitude.
That can be harmful, such blunt statements I mean. Investing should be made only with extra money, just like in gambling because trading resembles games of chances these days. In my opinion, nobody should take advices and act solely upon them.
OP should make his mind and either risk something or not based on his own analysis. Suggestions are a different story.  

Merit number indication on " show last post of this person" list.
Is this possible, is this a good idea, is this necessary and useful?

I think it may come in handy as a utility for campaign managers.
Most of campaigns today, exclude posts in local boards. Understandable cause polyglottism is ultra rare.
But if a manager could spot, that local community finds a post merit worthy then maybe he could consider including it as pBTC2p?

I think that casinos will gradually loose their impact on bitcoin, eventually reaching influence values at close to zero.
May be unfortunate but it is unpreventable. Majority of bitcoin gambling success was achieved because there was little to none means for spending BTC. Now we have many alternatives so cash flow will become more and more disperse.
Obviously crypto-gambling will never die, as new altcoins emerge but good old bitcoin will detach at rather fast rate.
This is just me speculating but based on my recent observations, this hypothesis seems adequate.   

at1. There is this old saying, "registration is the first step to confiscation"
       The moment we loose anonymity factor, will be our last. There will be nothing that could stop them.
       What was electronically given, can be physically taken away because nothing is secret. We saw just that already.  
at2. No one can force people to leave btc blockchain behind and use some other instead.
       Voluntary switch could happen only if the technology offered, display tremendous improvement (still doubtful)
       in all aspects (look above). Such loop simply can not be broken, sooner delegitimization brings the market down.  

Nevertheless nice post, professionally presented.

Jest w tym za pewne sporo racji, jednakowoż przewaga cyfrowego złota nad tym fizycznym, jawi się jako całkowicie oczywista.
Cóż więc z tego, że bitki pozostaną hołubioną rzadkością tudzież elektronicznym złotem, skoro nadal będą milion razy użyteczniejsze niż sezamowe skarby fizyczne?
Powyższe spostrzeżenia należałoby również odnieść do zdobywającej popularność i zaufanie (nie wiem czy słusznie, są obiekcje) sieci Lightning. Która to w praktyce rozwiązuje problemy poruszane w wymienionym przez ciebie artykule.
Często powtarzany na forum slogan, jakoby kluczem do sukcesu była adopcja, wydaje mi się nie być tylko pustym hasłem.
Moment w którym kupisz parówki w biedrze, płacąc oczywiście w BTC będzie momentem przełamania, lawiną której...wiadomo

Hooray!  I'm a MUBTCS now, it's official 
For your information, I'm also a member of electric universe society but i think those two are not mutually exclusive titles
I'll be wearing this palm with pride, Member of Unelectric BTC Society, ah sounds electrifying (pun intended).
Bonny and congenial topic, it's OK to have fun once in a while.   

First of all one needs to realise that he is addicted. Profound realisation of self limitation and weaknesses isn't an easy task.
Psychological blockade called denial will take its effect, efficiently locking a person within the problem, without any awareness of it.
True self honesty may be insufficient to deal with the trauma, help from outside seems mandatory. As you said, a person emotionally close to addicted one, has the power to wake anger, self-awareness and as a result acceptance. Easier said than done, that's why professional help may come in handy.

Probably not. But as a thought experiment, it could be quite entertaining.
Most obvious choice would be to use snail-mail right? But that's just boring, I guess OP wants something more extraordinary.
So how about music? I mean rhythms, big-ass bells, gongs or war drums?
Should do the trick, problem is that any bystander can hear this, using some sort of cipher would be required.
There is also pigeon mail...   ridiculous but may work quite fast, although eagles or hawks may hunt your courier down  
Nevertheless electricity will be mandatory at some point, no escape. Besides when we loose the electrical grid worldwide, bitcoins will be the last thing we would worry about.
And as my predecessor NeuroticFish said, there is also an issue with trust.

Time for plan BTC This pic. gave me chills  
It's so true, plan for making world great again and almost no word in mainstream. It always felt like revolution to me, no wonder it resonates to younger generation as the right path. It is a little anarchistic, secrecy of satoshi makes the entire movement somewhat romantic, poetic even epic. I wonder now, when a new term for this generation will get coined? generationB cryptoGen chainAtion
I'm sure that rather sooner then later, someone will use similar terms.

Re: Blockstream's Bitcoin Satelite
- https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2091860.msg49574549#msg49574549

Completely Offline Bitcoin Transactions
- https://medium.com/@notgrubles/completely-offline-bitcoin-transactions-4e58324637bd

Some cool info above. Worth looking into. Looks like it's already a thing.
No internet plan needed to handle transactions.

https://blockstream.com/2017/08/15/announcing-blockstream-satellite/ <--Those guys for example.

If you have to start trading, you will have to start at some point. In my opinion it would be better to trade sooner rather than later.
Newbie or not, you will need experience, a lot of it. Start slow and gather as much data as possible. Use small amount of money and simply begin your training. Nothing will show you better how trading is like than trading itself, right?
It is like with learning how to swim, you cant do in on shore, it would be stupid to start at open seas so use the the pool.
Small quantities of coins will be your lifeguard.
Those instructions that you're requesting only have the potential to fool you. You need your own way, make it from scratch.  

Mystery-schools-Babylon true meaning: or what all those fancy illuminati are all about;

       

Much ado about nothing
And thst's it, circle of life basically, may be a little depressing but let's face it, it's the truth and it's that simple.
Can we as a species finally understand this, before its to late? Hard to say, there is still a chance I guess.
Few more cycles left until sun dies but nevertheless time is running out and we are still at war with each other...

The cycles
Sure, life in the next cycle will be completely disconnected from us but it doesn't change the facts. Planet is fragile and it can be destroyed any time. We have the opportunity now, we have the technology, resources and time[?].

Why does it matter?
Because as we know for now, there is nobody else except people.
Life may occur so rarely that we are actually the first one to be au fit of the fact.

You forgot to take your pills, didn't you?
Hey, you saw this thread's title ;P

Problem is that second post in this thread, the one with terms for this competition, says nothing about multi account joining being forbidden. Yes its not particularly nice nor especially fair but obviously allowed. Allowed not because OP is somewhat corrupt but he has had simply omitted, overlooked, failed to predict that people will get abusive. You just have to deal with it as changing the rules while in progress would be even worse.

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Velasquez 4 the win

If mining and exchanging in to bitcoins can be called useful then no, they are not useless.
Potential for pump and dump is endless, speculations are inherited, morally doubtful but beneficial.
We do. Mostly because competition that they create for the main actors. Without them established coins could get this "hegemonic attitude". When market loses its competition aspects, its stops being free and as such can not represent adequate value.
Every theatre needs the stage, main role, action and background characters to project and influence changes in to preferably dynamic main role. It may be a little troubling, as people don't like changes very much but that's the true and there is no escape from this simple analogy.

I'm a selfish bastard then 
If I'm gone and I wont be able to spend my crypto, nobody will!
But seriously, why would anyone trust their bitcoins to a woman? You know that wife has this legal option to deprive you of your coins right? Of course if she's aware of you having some than why would you make this easier for her...
Leaving coins to kids, now that I would understand. Some cool puzzle in the basement, with clues and tips on how to find the treasure. Something fun and creative for the kid to remember and learn the path of crypto along the way. But simple peace of paper with all the instructions, that actually anyone can read seems like safety protocol breach. I think them coins have the anonymity feature for no reason, it should be used to the max.