Sometimes I do wonder why it is very difficult to win with money intended for promotions. I have received promo bonuses on several occasions but end up losing them.

The only time I was able to meet the withdrawal condition from a bonus was when I joined a certain platform and they gave me 100% deposit bonus and I was able to meet the wagering condition and withdrew a decent amountut of winning. I actually was not too desperate in this particular one because my past experience with bonuses made me not put hope. Maybe this was why I won with the bonus.

I try as much as I can not to delve into religious affairs considering that religion is a sensitive subject. My conviction stem from the fact that religion, which is supposed to be a personal and private affair, has been made so complex that it now divide humanity instead of uniting humanity.

Since we don't have religious scholars here, everyone should just chose what is convenient and align with their beliefs and do it privately. I really do not see the intersection of Bitcoin, a technology created to make life better, will be considered as bad from a religious perspective.  It is like a religious sect in my country that once said television was bad and that members should destroy their TVs and stop watching it. But when reality dawn on them after a while, the same religious sect is using television in their religious activities today.

I'm just learning about that new word today "waiting camp" indeed. They are not far from the fearful, the skeptics,  the perfectionists that want to enter at the perfect price if such thing as perfect price exist. Price of Bitcoin will continue to go up and down because that is how the market is designed to worm based on demand and supply.

Instead of spending so much time on the sideline waiting when the funds are available, why not simply adopting the DCA method by buying some while keeping part of the funds for future buy, in this case one is not only waiting for the supposed perfect price but already doing something now and maximising the opportunities the market offers now. The disadvantages of not being proactive in respect of Bitcoin accumulation is just too many.

In addition to volatility,  high fee is one of the things hindering Bitcoin penetration into the mainstream. People are increasingly becoming discourage to integrate Bitcoin payment into their businesses. Even when there seems to be a way around it, many people are not aware and those who are may not feel comfortable using them. For instance, not much people know how to use the Lightning Network, hence the reason it is not too popular.

It is very important for anyone venturing into gambling to know the status of his health, unfortunately, many people do not pay attention to this. I find gambling as one of the most emotionally engaging activity so checking ones health and examining if one can handle the shock that sometimes come with gambling should be a good decision. For instance, hypertensive people are not supposed to gamble because no matter how well we try to surprise the pain or excitement that followers gambling losses and wins respectively, it will always manifest and might lead to crisis or those not physically and mentally fit.

If you get to this situation in your gambling, I will suggest you take a break because you might be doing it wrongly. This also agrees with the concerns you raise in this post.

Salah is truly unpredictable and have remained relevant in his career. I was expecting the exit of Mane to weaken him somehow considering the role Mane played in the team. But Somehow, Salah always find a way to put the team in the spotlight, scoring important goals as Liverpool continue to make progress.

I was personally of the opinion that it was time for him to go for the oil money of the House of Saud, so his values will be high as he is still in his prime. But it seems he is not thinking in that direction yet. As long as he is getting the results at Anfield, I doubt Jurgen Kloop will be able to let him go. Liverpool's chances of winning the league is very high. They've got all it take to maintain their present lead even though the margin between then and Manchester City, their biggest rival, is not wide.

Dear Hhampuz,

Thank you for giving me the opportunity to be part of this great campaign. I got another offer that I have to take and I will be happy to work with you in the future. I wish the Duelbits project and the entire family the very best. 

Happy new year Sir.

Expect predictions can be helpful sometimes but not sustainable because gambling is a game of probability so no one is 100% sure of what the outcome of the game will be. No doubt the so called experts spend so much time analysing the games and have accumulated a lot experience because most of them take gambling as full time job. However,  we must still take caution when following the predictions of anyone irrespective of what they promised will be the outcome of the event. The key thing is to ensure we stake what we can afford to lose.

I do use some websites that drop free predictions for comparison only, and from there I make my judgement on what to play. What I will not do is to pay money to any supposed expert for any prediction. 

Everything we do in life has risk associated with it and Bitcoin is no exception. Bitcoin is exposed to the general risk that is common to all digital businesses such as losses due to hacks and theft, risk as a result of mistakes in keeping the wallet information safe where it can be accessed and remembered, risk as a result of incidents such as natural disaster and fire outbreaks and so on. Apart from these general risks, most of the risks people link to Bitcoin are man made and avoidable. They are mostly caused by fear and greed which can easily be eliminated or greatly reduced by adopting the right approach and developing the right mindset.

When Bitcoin investment is treated like every other form of investment, most of the risk will naturally go away. For instance, when we start a farming business, we following the necessary process of planting and waiting till period of harvesting before we expect some return on investment. No one start farming business today and is expecting to make multiple of his investment the following month or two. The same can be said of fashion business, real estate and virtually every other business. Unfortunately, when it comes to investment in Bitcoin, people want the huge return within a very short time. They are not ready to give it time and nurture the portfolio to maturity and when the expected fast return is not forthcoming, the FOMO and most times sell even at loss and retire to amplifying the risk of Bitcoin.

I'm yet to see a single person who bought Bitcoin properly and held for at least 5 years that is regretting today. Therefore, I feel the risk associated with Bitcoin is not fairly presented and most times exaggerated.

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The truth is that risky activities such as illegal refining of petroleum product that is killing many young people is clear case of failure of the governments. A lot of proposals have been made to convert those illegal refineries to modular refineries with the boys engaged as part of the refining process but it seems like our governments are not interested in anything that will end poverty in the country. They prefer to keep the youths unemployed so they can serve them as political thugs.

Nigeria is importing petroleum products when we have enough crude oil and manpower to process them for our domestic use and then export, but the politicians prefer to sell the raw crude oil and important finished products so they will steal money from the process.

I do not support illegal refineries neither do I support similar risky activities but I try to see reasons why those people do it... they are helpless and mostly the people from the areas where these crude oil are drilled yet nothing goes to them. They are living on top of wealth yet nothing goes to them as the evil Land Use Act gives everything below 6ft to the federal government. They are responding by taking laws into their hands and risking their lives as well.

Perhaps you have figured out your finances to know that setting aside a day pay to invest in Bitcoin will not put you under financial pressures. I say this because it is one thing to buy Bitcoin and another to hold because holding require that basic needs are met and plans also put in place for little reserve funds in case of unforeseen events that may arise. If you get distracted by the excitement of being a Bitcoin investor and holder without making adequate preparations, a little change of events may force you to sell some or all your Bitcoin and this will discourage or demoralize you a lot. Therefore, inasmuch as it feels good knowing that you are saving for the future via Bitcoin investment


I feel there is a little challenge with this. Insurance serve its purpose which mitigates risk to your physical assets; have you thought about how it will be when you stop paying for the insurance and accident happens? Don't you think if this happens you will be forced to sell the Bitcoin you accumulated? We are not praying for accidents but we must always prepare for things that are not within our control.

Insurance is very important that is why many companies have even been studying how to insure digital assets such as Bitcoin even though they have not made much progress. I was fortunate to read about some of those companies that tried venturing into insurance of digital assets and I feel it is still an ongoing project.

I think insurance qualify as basic needs that should be prioritized therefore the money should not be channeled into Bitcoin.

This might just be a case of a seemingly bad situation turning out to be a blessing. Without the high fees, maybe you would have spend your earned Bitcoin on other things. The situation you are in has turned to weekly DCA and the only challenge you will have is if there are other areas through which you generate income to meet your basic needs as well as set aside some funds in case of any emergency that will require money. With that in place you can comfortably hold your Bitcoin for long and hopefully the transaction fees will become better before you know it.

Likely I said before, the end of this whole things might result in you achieving a huge Bitcoin portfolio that you never imagine would be possible. I will still encourage you to keep it up, allow things progress as they would and see what the future holds regarding Bitcoin and your portfolio.

This is what the whole world expected but football has a way of proving everyone wrong. Today is a very bad one for Arsenal as their hope of winning the premiership title is about to be dashed. When Bukayo Saka scored his early goal at the 5th minutes, the excitement was second to none as Arsenal thought their title chase was alive and going well. Little did they know that Fulham will fight back. At the 29th minutes, Raul Jimenez scored the equalizer while Bobby De Cordova-Reid scored the 59th minutes goal that gave Fulham the lead. At this point, Arsenal fate is hanging in the balance and one thing that is certain is that their chances of winning the title this season has just became bleak.

Bitcoin have not deviated from Satoshi's vision for its creation rather it is doing exactly what it was created to do... to be a form of value and a medium of exchange. People keep the dollar in their bank accounts as a means of saving for the future, that does not mean others are not paying for goods and services with the dollar. In my country, many people have become millionaires by simply holding the dollar, which experienced explosive growth against our local currency.

That people are even holding Bitcoin and profiting from it is a good indication that Bitcoin is doing very well in line with the purpose of its creation.

You are right that inflation have altered a lot of things in society and probably the reason for the raise in minimum amount per ticket in your country. It also happened in my country across the local casinos where they raised their minimum amount per ticket.

Before now, we could place bet with as low as 10 cents but gone are those days. Even the Virtual Football League (VFL) has also been raised to over 20 cents as minimum per ticket. This can only be caused by inflation.  

There is no way to ignore the high transaction fees because it is affecting a lot of us who are buying Bitcoin regularly. I use weekly DCA method and the high transaction fees has forced me to make serious adjustments that changed weekly DCA to monthly DCA. Many people are also facing similar situation as I have read in many threads within the forum. So, there is no way to ignore the high transaction fees because it is an integral of the business bet it short term holding or long term holding.

By the way, I'm yet to see who is not bothered about the high transaction fees especially those of us buying with small amount, I'm not talking about the whales like MicroStrategy. No one will want to pay fees up to 10% of their capital, that is too high and totally discouraging. If you are encouraging people to ignore the high fees, you might be encouraging them to hold their coins in CEX which is not the best option as we all know the danger of using exchanges for Bitcoin storage, remember "not your keys, not your coins"

I do not agree with this because Bitcoin and banks work side by side. The case of email and post office is totally different because Bitcoin needs the bank to make much impact whereas emails does not need post office rather it was an outright replacement. 

Majority of Bitcoin investors did that via their bank which will always play a role at the entry and exit point of crypto to fiat conversion.  The day Bitcoin will destroy the banks like email did to post office will be when all the countries of the word will abandon their currencies to use Bitcoin a lone.

I don't think there is any assurance in gambling. What we are doing is prediction which can either work or fail. Yes we tend to believe that certain selections are sure but in reality, they are not. For the sake of your sanity, kindly bury this idea of assurance in gambling because nothing is sure.

I have experienced what you are narrating here and it is not a good feeling. There were times the last selection always cut my bets and I was thinking I was being monitored by the bookies. It can actually be frustrating.  

By "good knowledge" are you suggesting that holding require any special form of knowledge? Do you know that many Bitcoin tech experts may not even hold Bitcoin better than investors like MicroStrategy that are busy accumulating Bitcoin for years without selling. Basic knowledge of Bitcoin is all you need to be able to invest in Bitcoin and HODL.

In my local board, a lot of people started their Bitcoin journey this December as you can see in this newbies introduction thread, these are people with little to no knowledge of Bitcoin and the tech behind it, but within a month or two from now, we would have guided them on how to start accumulating and holding Bitcoin while still acquiring more knowledge of it like I'm personally doing. If they have to wait till they get detailed technical knowledge of Bitcoin, a lot of them will be frustrated and will abandon it for other easier things. I don't think we should scare people with this knowledge thing because even in conventional career, people learn on the job.