Nothing new from this nook of the Earth. A typical move of China. A little step which verify perfectly the mentality of Chinese Governments. The famous opportunism of them which has brought China in the level which is today. Calculate perfectly what is needed and not in a given moment and act. Redoing the calculation in the needed time when needed to go forward. If needed to go ahead step ahead. If needed to go back, go back. And so again, and again. Nothing news from China can seems strange for me. Can be waited totally everything.

My first concern about bitcoin right now is that I have not never enough money (as I want to have) to buy bitcoin as much as I want. Then the second one the lack of velocity in its spread. Even the transactions with bitcoin were doubled the year just leaved compared to the previous one yet me seems that the are few who "play" with it or at least not as much as needed in order that we can see that all we want to see. Its value and price at higher levels, more stability of the lasts values and massive use of it everywhere.

It is very easy to understand. They cannot never own bitcoin. And any country cannot like or incentive a money not owned by them. Cannot be able to control it. So in the best of this kind of cases bitcoin can be legalized and regulated to be used together with the national money but always having everything within their control. So if bitcoin can become risky can be banned without problem in every moment. We have e few important, developed and influential countries which are not doing this but are on this point of view (USA, Germany, Swiss, Canada and hopefully soon even China). In the worst of cases we find the traditionally conservative countries lead by probably, hidden or openly appeared, dictators or closed mind leaders the most typical of whom is Putin and its country about which is talked in this thread. They want everything under their total control and is out of mind that can accept a symbol of freedom and Independence like bitcoin to be used free in their propriety named Russia. First of all because of their economic policies (affected and controlled by the politics). So make everything in their hands to stop it. Totally in vain effort. More they restrict the legal space of bitcoin much more increased the illegal space of the use of it. Cannot arrive to stop never the penetration and the use of bitcoin in Russia. Whatever can do.

For sure for me the most important and immediate improvement that can be made to bitcoin is the find the way which will be possible the diminution of the time needed for the confirmation. Naturally that this time is connected with the production with an block and (being not an expert i this field mine is only a desire) this parameter normally must be controlled only by the technology seems almost impossible to something in this direction. But this cannot make me to stop in telling here this big a boring problem of bitcoin.

Then, and this can be perfectly solved if wanted, the second thing I want to see solved is the respect of the order in the confirmations. There are transaction who finish their process within minutes having its first confirmation with the first block created and then other transactions which must see 10-20-50-100 or even more blocks created before arriving of he One which will save the authors of those from the infinite waiting time in front a blockchain.info to see if their send bitcoin have the first confirmation. I understand that everything in this world is driven by the profit but if EVERY correct transaction with have its confirmation why cannot have it in the time which belong to it? The profit have from its confirmation don't change in time. So is the same whether will be when its turn and whether after one month. Why don't respect the line?

Sure. So have "limited access to inside info as a family member is fairly high up in a big betting firm" and that "in all honesty even if "he" win on the day, most of the time I blow it because he lack the discipline" make everyone to have unlimited money gambling in horse racing. But we have a big problem: the discipline.  

So (accepting that I have understand correct the big phrase above) if we have one (only one, it is completely enough to have only one) which have "limited access to inside info as a family member is fairly high up in a big betting firm" and that "in all honesty even if "he" win on the day, most of the time "he" blow it because he lack the discipline", it would be enough that this one create the discipline and "was to just back the good bets given to him" everyone on this Earth can be f...n rich. Everyone in this Earth it was enough to follow the simple rules above told and can live for generations with the money earned from the horse racing.

Then is clear now. It is possible to live with the money from gambling and that gambling is much more than profitable FOR EVERYONE. Must have a little attention regarding the discipline (it is a critic parameter in the strategic scheme given above by the poster quoted by me) but everyone can resolve to easy even this probable problem. Become at least 5 years part of Army in its country and after this period is totally ready to earn mountains of money from gambling.

Remain to find the way to create the discipline for the females. Because not every country accept females at the Army. What to do in this case? Maybe the author of the wining strategy in gambling can have another strategy even for this problem. Females are half of the population of the Earth. And have even them the right to have part in this mountain of money that can be earned with gambling using the winning strategy of the above poster quoted by me. Lets wait then some other winning strategy even in this direction from the strategic poster....  

I must agree that I am surprised abut the answer had from you. But only because normally such kind of dandy people like you normally give superficial answer to "cross the river" when I see that you not only are not such kind of person but are able even to attack. Is well known that the most good defense  is to attack. Especially this behavior is efficient when are told bullshits or lies. Accompanying this behavior with the giving of answers without telling nothing, to lie again or to make appear the other part as not in a normal condition.

Have any problem for me your reaction. Must write even more. Cannot be touched by someone who made such posts and give this kind of explanations. From someone who will solve the lack of the internet in Africa telling:If I was citizen of any of the few countries where Bitcoin is banned, I would be pissed others decide for me what I can do in such innoncent matter - Bitcoin banning is basically totalitarian politician decision not respecting basic human rights. can be waited even more than understand my post as a sign of frustration or being the first day in internet the day when I made the answer to its post. This person is so smart that cannot understand that to be "Hero Member" in bitcointalk needed much more than one day in internet and much more than an answer to its "Hall of Fame" post. So such person think that I am frustrated and in my first day in internet the day in which have made my answer to its post. Normally must stop here because everything is clear (at least for me) with whom I have to do but is funny to tease such kind of people because express always pearls in their posts. So, as a consequence I will try to make another essay to see and taste his reaction.

So, according to the brilliant, practically all Africa must know that to have internet must "be pissed others decide for them what they can do in such innocent matter - Bitcoin banning is basically totalitarian politician decision not respecting basic human rights" and within 1-2 hours everyone will have internet everywhere. Will be covered at 100% all the countries (mean all Africa) and immediately can began the use of bitcoin mined immediately after the cover 100% with internet of their area.

This can be done using the "Credit Card terminal in most shops" in other words "meaning they use internet connection for it already, and there are incentives to use Bitcoin instead because instead of using Credit Card 3-5% fees, you can use bitpay Bitcoin 1% fee or if you dont need exchange right to fiat and want to accept Bitcoin yourselves almost 0% fee. The economical incentive is here, but the knowledge not." Everything clear for everyone. Except for me. Cannot understand nothing. Maybe because I am frustrated and at my second day of internet (my days in internet are counted only when I make answer to his posts). Hope to have another full explanation about what word I have understand wrong and that not allow me (leaving apart my frustration), to not understand such easy and significant explanations.

So everything is solved doing a hard war against "totalitarian politician decision not respecting basic human rights" and don't using "Credit Card 3-5% fees" but using "bitpay Bitcoin 1% fee or if you don't need exchange right to fiat and want to accept Bitcoin yourselves almost 0% fee". Beh, there remain nothing to tell about this solution. Only savants brain can be able to invent such meaningful and farsighted (being in the same time simple in its implementation) project. To not forget to "be pissed others decide for every African".

And attention brothers of Africa if you "don't get" something. Never told or interpret such expression. Otherwise for sure you would become automatically frustrated and will have always every new day in internet as a new and first day on it. It is the power of these words who make you such. You will forget all the previous ones had in the internet bring to you by the One. This may not allow you to "be pissed" and to use "bitpay Bitcoin 1% fee or if you don't need exchange right to fiat and want to accept Bitcoin yourselves almost 0% fee". Maybe you will have other fee than "bitpay Bitcoin 1% fee" if "you don't need exchange right to fiat" and "want to accept Bitcoin yourselves almost 0% fee". What can you pretend more?

As a conclusion: Cannot wait to read the next answer of the normal, savant, non frustrated (clearly showed by what has write), not first day in internet, analytical (has given detailed argumentative answers to everything - including my mental disease expressed with the wrong understanding of his limpid words and sentences in its first post and first of all the resulution of the lack of internet and the few knowledge of bitcoin in Africa), and persecuted by the trolls, person which for sure will define me this time as insane when will read all this my new essay.

But he is strong and I am sure that will be able to withstand the above essay with another brilliant answer full of projects about the fast, and without any kind of cost, spread and implementation of internet and bitcoin not only in Africa but in every nook of the Earth where will be the need of such things and the need of its projects. Naturally always "be pissed others decide for him what he can do in such innoncent matter - Bitcoin banning is basically totalitarian politician decision not respecting basic human rights"

Good. If you accept my third paragraph with your third interpretation you automatically contrast your first explanation. If you play chess with money you never can be used as an example that chess is a example to be taken when is talked about gambling. You are very, to, very much, much few to be able to name chess as a gamble game. If the pro gamble poker cannot be taken only one time as an example to generalize that gamble is not dangerous (because are to few), you cannot be taken hundred times as example that chess is a gamble game. Are only one.

If your example can be used as an example of gambling then all the life is gamble. Someone can bet telling that in front of it will go within 5 minutes 50 cars and bet about this. This kind of reasoning is not correct because trivializes this question.

Totally agree with you except:

1. We are talking about gambling so there have no place for the chess in your post. Have nothing to do with gambling. If we will talk about all the possible games in existence all the thread would have only on e post: the list of games. Here we are talking only about the gambling. Gambling is totally another dangerous thing compared to the non gambling games (whatever can be) and have no meaning to put these in this kind of discussion.

2. You forget, when talk about gambling games, a very important characteristic (and even specific one - so only few things have this kind of characteristic) of those. The ability to create addiction. Created in almost all gamblers after gambling for a long time and/or for win (like must do the "pro"). Addiction in this kind of activity is the most dangerous one because give not only one but two bad (the worst ones) consequences. Disease (lost of health) and financial ruin. Whatever can be the gambling game create addiction if frequented for a long time and for win money. Scientifically proved and verified. The players of poker cannot go out of this scheme. But even yes, will be always a new player better than the previous one. The old player cannot accept never that the new one will be a better player than him. So will continue to play with the conviction that one day will be him the winner. In this way he will lost all the won money. Where is the pro here? Don't forget that I accepted your point of view. Thing this that is not true.

May exist only a few those who can go out of the above situations. Thing this that cannot be or used never as an example to justify in some way the gamble. For every kind of gamble with any kind of characteristics, specifics had or needed. Never.

I have the honor to have e Hero Member who give to me the needed explanations about my post.

Finally, at least one has explained what is a pro in gambling. So a pro in gambling is someone you make so much money with gambling that are enough to live him and his family and have even much more to gamble again the next night or day in order to have other money to maintain his family etc .... Every day this thing. Very hard to learn such things... But I will try. At least have a source full of arguments about the meaning of the "pro" in gambling. The above post quoted by me.

So, for one thing we can be sure: such species exist. Is argued in a undeniable way (full of facts) by the poster quoted by me. And we also know from the devastating facts given always by the poster quoted by me that the pro can be everyone independently from the source which give the name the pro as such. The luck or the skill. So not even exist the pro but exist even the pro who come from luck and the pro who come from skills. In other words we have a pro who take his luck always with himself when go at the casino to gamble and order to it, every day, to earn money in order that him deserve the name pro. Then we have the worker pro. That who order to his skills again to earn every night and day at the casino in order that him deserve the name worker pro.

Fantastic explanations. Full of arguments. Who can have the courage to think to discuss such arguments.

But nothing above can be compared with the comparison made a few down. The gambler is like the brain surgery doctor. Practically are the same person. We have a pro luck and a pro worker. Or maybe even a Big Pro who have luck and skills together (even this must be taken with to many reserves because is not mentioned at the analytical, devastating, factual, undeniable argumentation of the poster quoted by me). Then we have a doctor which have some skills and some luck and use those to make him capable to make brain surgery. Same as the Big Pro. Wow. Must be easy to be a doctor. Go some time in casino, go pro and here we are. You are a brain-surgery doctor. How many important and new things can be learned following savants here in bitcointalk. How many pearls can be learned reading their posts.

And at the end everyone must be sure that at poker and at the sport betting cannot be lose never money even if you are not pro. Because when you are pro have any kind of importance if you gamble or put money in bets. You always win. The problem are the simple people like who are not pro. But here we are the owners of the bet stations or bet points, or bet bars, or whatever bet can be who think for us. Only for us. Have you need for money. Go to one of the previous, do a bet (with not "luck" games) and will have your money. Piece of cake. Here can win everyone. Are not "luck" games. (sorry for the quotes of word "luck" - that to tell the right don't know why are used - but must respect the expression of the explainer). But are not only the above owners who care for us. But every person involved in the bet:  the players of the match, the referees, the FIFA, UEFA and all the other initiates who belong to the world of the bet world (in other words not the "luck" games). They before make e decision about the results of a match have all the needed info how ill be the result of it and then realize it. If are bets who are in opposite with each other make two matches with two different results and accept both as a formal result of that match. So everyone has their promised money from the not "luck" money (I will ask the name of those when will have the fortune to have a reply from the poster quoted by me - cannot be named simply named: not "luck" games).

I have not desire even to laugh.

Please share the source of the have of to many bitcoins in your hands (wallets). Can make even us others whales in bitcoin. Your post mean the spend of about 1800 us dollar in a month for things of second hands. It is not much the problem of the money because you can have to many but the spend of bitcoin. What is the why of this behavior? Everyone of us wait and hope big increase of its price and spend it in this way mean that you own to many and don't care to spend 4 of those every month. Or is simply to spend something different from the others...

So you prefer to have cash and then have some money converted in bitcoin and even some others in precious metals (not one - gold or silver or another by some). How is this? You prefer to have cash and have in reality the most possible diversification of the money that someone could have? I cannot understand. Why you have bitcoin or precious metals if you prefer to have cash? It is correct such question or am I who am unable to understand right what you have write in your post?

I can answer to your first question. Bitcoin is illegal (if named in this way publicly) when is banned by the Authorities of a given country. Bitcoin is legal when is fully or partially regulated by the responsible Authorities in a given country and is named as legal or with other names which give it the right to be used in some way (whatever can be) within the given country. Bitcoin has any kind of status (normally this situation can be called as ignored) in the given country when the Authorities have any kind of attention about it. In other words simply ignoring it and what is made with it from its users.

If I had the money much much more than one. Maybe hundred. I have not the money and yet i am buying it. Few and few every day or night I find the possibility (have the money to do this. Will continue this way even for much more time (whatever will be the price). You are a sure winner if you buy it. Don't think to much because every day gone may be a late one regarding everything has to do with it.

I am not an expert (and so my post and my thoughts cannot be taken as a professional ones) but I don't any difference between the two models. Or at least essentially. The new one proposed is another pool when has not an owner but many such and have no fee like the classic pool. All the other things are the same (at last essentially). If this can be called decentralization we can have the same result if can be created new pools which will steal miners to the others "old" pools using incentives or various bonuses. And we will be at the same situation.

It is very easy to understand. This email is not from Coinbase. Coinbase is a serious business and don't do any illegal behavior. have no need to do so. That email it is a spam or a phishing one. Who knows what was their aim in sending this kind of email. To many time are sent emails like this with or without links  which are not emails come from the sender which is named. Most of them are not well made because there must be some error in the conception of those or something were going wrong in their "project". But not few times these are perfect. I had several times such kind of emails which have copied perfectly the email of important sites (I will name only two: Payza and EgoPay (when was live)). One time I had even put my data but immediately after the put of those had a doubt and changed immediately the data given. After 1 or 2 hours that my account was blocked and when I asked the reason the answer was that my account was subject of an attempt to be hacked. It was my Payza account.

Play with bitcoin never. It is very precious for me to do such things with it. Even it is an humiliation for such kind of invention to use it to play. To not speak for those who use it to gamble. It is not even the option to give it. Why must do this? I have those from my savings and taking money from the money of my family (without touch their needs but only reducing their pleasures). Or from investments which cost me money (to test every of those) or time to find always new ones. So again is to precious to be given. Remain the family. But even bitcoin with the family. Probably tomorrow morning will buy something from it. First thing in the morning. 

Wrong approach according to me. That does not mean that I am right and the OP has wrong. That mean only that my brain don't work like the brain of OP. My brain need more than 5 hours to understand the real value in bitcoin if it is shown 10 mbtc or 3.5 cmbtc (if exist this measure). While absorb immediately every amount told or write in btc. Not only this. But understand almost immediately even the value of these figures in fiat (mainly us dollar). So I vote for the btc and not for the its subdivisions. 

Agree completely with this post. But I would like to add (specify) something else. Bitcoin has value mainly (which is one step before the argumentation made in the above post but that in reality are the same thing) because, like blockchain, is a product of peer to peer technology. This make him (as the first materialized product of this disruptive technology) unique on its being and the first of a new race which will be developed based on the above mentioned technology. It is a new world and will have big impact every day more in to many field of our life.

First, if you used smartphone within your neighborhood you must know that the world is much more big than your neighborhood. There are your city, then other cities, then your country, then the continents. So the real world is much more big than your neighborhood and your neighborhood is not at all representative of all the world.

Second, if your neighborhood is so developed and has internet in all the places mentioned by me (where you buy bread, where you buy clothes, at the public WC and in every remaining place of it) I can assure you that exist at least one continent named Africa in which the people don't have internet or is verified very few spread of it even at their homes. So you must understand again that the world is not only your neighborhood.

Third, I can assure you that bitcoin is ignored from more of three quarters of all the countries of the world which don't know at all it. And some of those in which is know has banned it. See here for more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legality_of_bitcoin_by_country. So how is possible to be used bitcoin in that places. I would hear your intellectual thought about this.

Four, I can assure that you are lying about the possibility to use in your neighborhood bitcoin so easy and for more in so more places like you mention in your post. And you make this only to make an original post or because think (but without knowing the true why) that bitcoin is something superior compared to everything else.

Five, If you "don't get" my post it is not my problem but your problem. But you have even another more big problem (and even risky for you as a person). You  are not able to understand even the why of your "don't get" in the case when someone can tell "I don't like bitcoin only for fun". Because is out of your mind that someone have its thoughts that can be different from yours. You cannot understand that the world has this development only because of this quality had by every human being. I tell this after the reading your "don't get" about my thoughts and my argumentation. "Don't get" that I (and everyone else including you) can have the right to have my (their) thoughts and to express those giving arguments which explain the why of those thoughts. Your "don't get" argued with general words and general arguments that can be told in every kind of situation is the most devastating fact of your poor mental situation and you mentality. Undeveloped one. Which maybe have to do nothing with your "internet everywhere" and "bitcoin everywhere used" neighborhood but with your lack of desire (or maybe even inability) to learn.

Let see what pearls will born and will be explained here in this forum from your "cultivated" mind after the read of this my post. Let see how "don't get" will repeated in your reply (must be to many to be counted). Or maybe will ignore everything (this must be the most quoted behavior as for me) making one or two sentences with irony or insults. Because are unable for more. 

Can I make some questions to you? I have my answers for every question I will do but I would to know the thoughts that the others have about those. So how imagine you will be a world without the normal money and only with bitcoin (if this is the meaning of your post). If bitcoin will be for sure the world's future money system and there will not exist other kind of money how will be able you to buy out of internet? How will covered all the need of every country which will be always in increase and the bitcoin is limited in amount? Do you think that bitcoin is able to cover all the needs of all the countries of the world for money? Why all this replacement of all the money with bitcoin will last 20 years or more and not less? naturally you have the right to not answer at no one of my questions. But if will do, thanks.