Masalahnya ada 3:
- Akun agan "Newbie"
- Agan termasuk jarang "aktif" di forum
- Agan tidak punya 10 Merit dalam 120 hari.

3 hal tersebut tidak memenuhi persyaratan yang disebutkan pada OP. Jadi bisa saya katakan peluang untuk disetujui oleh agan DroomieChikito "almost impossible" sekalipun agan bilang kalo punya jaminan (1.) akun paypal + (2.) akun stake.com.

Apakah menurut Om di antara 13 post Om tersebut ada yang layak untuk mendapatkan merit?
Saya kira Om bisa jawab sendiri pertanyaan saya di atas. Kalau Om mau mengevaluasi diri, pasti Om akan tau bahwa rank akun Om "stuck" di Newbie karena 1 alsan mendasar, yaitu masih "kurang". Kurang apa saja, monggo direnungkan:
- Kurang belajar
- Kurang banyak jumlah post nya
- Kurang kualitas post nya
- Kurang aktif di forum
- Kurang kontribusi
- Kurang konsisten
- Kurang serius

Saya yakin kalau Om mau memperbaiki bagian2 apa saja yang masih kurang, Om akan lebih mudah untuk segera rank up. Saya hanya memberi gambaran umum tentang apa saja yang mungkin kurang dari apa yang Om kerjakan selama ini. Paling tidak bisa saya lihat dari beberapa hal:
(1.) Jumlah post. Baru 13 post padahal sudah setahun.
(2.) Kualitas post. Om bisa bandingkan post Om dengan post-post yang mendapat merit. Cari tau apa perbedaannya.
(3.) Dari jumlah post saja sudah menunjukkan bahwa Om jarang aktif. Jika kebiasaanya masih seperti ini, sulit mengharapkan rank up.
(4.) Saya lihat Om belum pernah memberikan sumbangsih ide dalam bentuk thread, membantu sesama member yang punya problem, atau hal lain yang bisa dikatakan sebagai bentuk kontribusi.

Untuk secara teknisnya, saya kira sudah banyak tips2 yang bisa Om pelajari. Om Husna dan Mas Ulum sudah menyinggungnya di atas.

Anyway, Good luck Om!

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Sepertinya sudah ada beberapa member Indonesia yang apply.
Monggo yang lain klo mau daftar juga boleh, yahoo62278 bilang siapa saja bisa apply (Min. rank Member).
Good luck buat semuanya. 

Why saying sad? As long as they are not scam tokens and already listed on exchanges, you just need to be patient to wait for their next bullish. Make them be your long term assets, just wait for proper prices t convert to fiats. But if they are scam/dead/shit tokens, better to forget them and try to have new tokens with more potential future. This what I do on my crypto assets, we need to be more mature and smarter! We must realize that not all tokens deserve to be expected much. Also, we must know well the potential of each of our tokens, then we can determine which one to keep and which one to leave (forget)/sell immediately.

As long as there is no huge dump in Bitcoin price, no need to worry about it when it reaches $10K. It should achieve $10K but still needs time and progress. Halving has just happened several days ago, don't too rush to expect another bullish. If you learned the previous halvings, it also didn't bring an effect on the price suddenly. Even there was a decline after the halving, yes it is very possible to have a correction in price. Moreover, before halving, we have seen a bullish or big increase in Bitcoin price. Personally, I think the price will move up after the next several weeks or even months. So, just wait for the time while keeping our Bitcoins.

You are right. When someone only focuses on earning money in an instant way, it makes him be out of control. Indeed, he probably plays massively till winning the gambling games with the amount of money as he dreams. However, the chance is rather small in gambling, even some games are purely based on luck. So, this way will only make a bigger chance to waste money if you cannot control yourself. In addition, this way also makes you never enjoy gambling games.     

Yes, basically the main goal to gamble is for money. But not all people really want to earn money by gambling as the chance is rather small. They may just try luck while enjoying gambling games. So, actually a person to gamble has two purposes at the same time, for money and having fun. However, if there is a person to gamble only for fun, it is no problem. That's an individual right, but I guess he also tries to win, right? So, I'm with your opinion. 

How long you have been in Bitcoin investment, mate?
You must know that holding is the first choice if the price of Bitcoin still doesn't meet your target.
AFAIK, the price of Bitcoin won't soar suddenly after halving, it needs time to increase. If we looked at the previous halvings, it increased significantly after several months or even a year later. So, don't expect too much to see a sudden big increase in the near future. There is no instant way for the next soar in Bitcoin price. Be patient and keep holding if you believe in Bitcoin!! 



Source: https://medium.com/fitzner-blockchain-consulting/bitcoin-halving-price-effects-and-historical-relevance-b63458216d97

I think you need to add more options, 5 games above seem very limited options. Slots, roulette, poker, baccarat, lottery are also exciting gambling games. And why don't you allow people to choose more than one option? BTW how about you, you don't mention what your most exciting game is. Better to start discussion with your answer first before expect people's answers.

It is actually the same as the investment, no guarantee to take profits even if you have applied some strategies. But in investment, it is mostly about strategy and skills. While in gambling, sometimes you need luck factor to be successful. There are skill-based games and luck-based games in gambling. So, it is not only about strategy and skills but also luck factor to be required. That makes very rare to see successful professional gamblers till now.

I assume that people stated Binance is a good exchange because of :

1. The trustworthiness of good coins/tokens listed there
2. The performance of that exchange

So, there is no correlation to the "surge" of the coins/tokens. The surge indeed depends on the demand or interest from people in the market. It can be higher if the people trust in the future of those coins/tokens. And this has a correlation to the progress of the project and how good the team members manage the project itself.

Everything should have positive and negative sides. Those things you stated above can be a positive sign only for people who still can live normally during the pandemic. But for people who are struggling hard because of the pandemic, the bad signs/sides are still bigger than positive ones. You know, many people have no jobs or fired because of the pandemic. Many companies must be closed and even they cannot survive because of Covid-19. Moreover, we cannot predict when the pandemic will be over and we can go outside freely. Well, this means even if there are positive signs but it cannot cover the negative signs. IMO

In this aspect, you make both are the same. No guarantee for profits because it should depend on the individual. I think that is true but trading should have a rather higher chance to take profits than gambling. We can take the chance in trading better if we trade with sufficient knowledge and already have experience. While in gambling, for some games, it never creates a higher chance even if you have good knowledge and experience. It requires "luck" (dice, roulette, slots, etc).

Same here, I also just heard that addiction can spread from helping addicts. 
I am not sure how they help the addicts but if they don't play gambling games, they shouldn't be addicted, too. AFAIK, addiction means we do excessive play without self-control. This only happens if we play gambling games almost every day or even many times in a day. So, you may be correct if they help by accompanying the addicts. It seems a bit strange way! 

Sepertinya kontes pemilihan peserta anyar Sigcamp ChipMixer periode ini sudah ada hasilnya. IMO, 1 peserta terpilih sudah bisa diprediksi dari awal, dan yang ke dua cukup surprise.


Masih ada kemungkinan penerimaan participant anyar walupun belum pasti.

Not really!! Gamblers can come back if they have funds to play or they have the intention to play, right? Once they have no money anymore and they may be trapped with loans, it is difficult to expect they come back. Or maybe they have already cured of addiction in gambling and committed to never play gambling anymore. These two conditions can happen anytime for each gambler, and it is really possible. So, don't so easy to judge that "whatever the condition", they will come back!! 

Alternatif bagi area yang benar2 terpencil dan jauh dari jangkauan jaringan intenet. Kalau masih bisa dijangkau oleh jaringan internet umumnya (kabel), saya rasa orang-orang masih bakal pilih internet umumnya. Selain karena masalah biaya lebih murah, jika ada trouble pun lebih gampang nyari solusinya karena tinggal menghubungi CP layanan yang ada (lokal + nasional).

Kalau dari sudut pandang Blockstream memang iya. Tapi kalau dari sudut pandang client nya, jelas masalah efisiensi biaya. Seperti yang Om jelas kan di atas bahwa biayanya bisa mencapai jutaan /bulan. Sedangkan dengan menggunakan koneksi internet biasa hanya menghabiskan kisaran 200-300 rb /bulan.

Belum pernah bukan berarti tidak mungkin kan? Saya tanya hal ini pengen tau saja, apa jaminannya dari ente.
Ada atau tidak? Kalau tidak ada, ya tinggal bilang saja "tidak ada". It's simple to!!

Nah kalau ada jaminan-jaminan semacam itu, ya dituliskan di thread, Om.
~Transaksi J jaminannya apa?
~Transaksi M jaminannya apa?
~Transaksi T jaminannya apa?
Coba tulis keterangan jaminannya 3 hal tsb. Biar orang jadi yakin untuk jadi client ente.

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Eniwei, saya tidak bermaksud untuk order lho Om. Saya masih cukup bisa untuk KYC sendiri kalau saya mau.

I agree with you. Being a gambler should be not called a professional, it is not a career or job. Even some people stated that playing gambling is only about to have entertainment / have fun. How can a professional do this? It is not really appropriate to call a professional. Get more serious activity to call as a professional.

Yes, in some games, luck is playing a more important role than skills or experience. So, even if we are skillful gamblers who have various experiences, it is still not enough to win the game if we have bad luck in playing. 

You are right. It is the way to secure the prize from winning a certain gambling game. In several cases, after winning, the prize can disappear instantly if we continue playing and force our selves to have bigger prizes. It is better to break temporarily after winning and continue playing again tomorrow. Make our mind calm first!!  

But remember that not all gamblers have the main purpose to earn money. Some can play gambling games for fun only without thinking about profits or losses. I saw in several discussions that they really play to get entertainment only. It is a fact!