I don't agree with OP that we all gamble to make money. I sure do that, but there are people much wealthier than me who gamble strictly for fun. You can't possibly think that when millionaires gamble they're focused on the money. It's just a way to have fun for them and throwing away some money is nothing to them. They throw money away on expensive food and clothes, so they can as well do that at the casino.

I usually set limits for myself by sending only small amounts of money to my casino accounts. As far as the win goes, I'm fine with taking 2x any day.

That's because many people don't realize that bitcoin's price reacts to global economy. If the FED keeps increasing interest rates sooner or later stock traders will have to sell their assets and that includes bitcoin. That's what's been happening since 2022 and bitcoin managed to get back up after some bullish news, but the US government is obviously trying to counteract.
There's nothing wrong with bitcoin, so I'd treat any small dip as opportunity at this point.

That's what they want you to think, that it's all caused by problems like war in Ukraine, global warming, the pandemic and all that. It's all lies. Inflation is mainly caused by money printing and they were printing all the time in 2020 and 2021.

I also feel inflation hitting hard, but I have more bitcoin than fiat money so I feel somewhat safe. If you feel your purchasing power disappearing every month, reduce your exposure to fiat money.

I had that actually a couple times, for instance I had crash games where I played with a very low amount and kept winning over 10x a few times. I also got a few jackpots in slots but only in test games where I'd bet something like $1.  I never managed to win really big money and score 10x on a $100 game or anything even close to that. I don't consider myself a lucky player.

I'd keep gambling but cover my tracks so that he doesn't find out. One of a possible ways to do it would be to gamble with cryptocurrencies and buy a laptop or a phone only for that so that there's no trace on your normal devices that he can check.

I wouldn't worry to much about being disowned because where I live, even if they do it, you're entitled to 50% of what you'd get if you were not disowned. So you either get it all, or you get half of it if he catches you. Best case scenario, you get to gamble and never get caught.

I don't think anybody ever did such a study worldwide, but my guess is that gambling is as popular among the rich as it is among the poor. It's just a different kind of gambling. Poor people are often found gambling with pennies, playing slots, putting little money on their favorite sports teams. At the same time rich people put money on horses, they gamble on the stock market, yes gamble, because high leverage trading is gambling, and they play high stakes poker at the casino to show off.
It's not true what that guy said about poor people gambling to make money. If they made money this way they'd only get more confident and kept gambling.

Probably take it off since I'm a man and women's shoes are really uncomfortable

The answer is very simple, I'd take it.
Don't know the person, have no way to return it, so I can either leave it as it is for someone else to pick up, or I can take it. I'd choose the second option.
If someone came looking, I'd ask them some questions to verify if they're the owner and tell them that I'd send them the money in exchange for a finder's fee.

It's not that bad. In some EU countries minimum wage may not be enough to rent an apartment by yourself, buy food and save up, but if you have some wealth given to you by your parents, like you own an apartment and share it with someone, like a girlfriend, you can live fine on 2 minimum wages. It's not going to be a life of adventure, if you know what I mean, but you should be able to save up, be able to buy a car, go abroad for holidays and all that. It's not like minimum wage = slavery everywhere you go. In some countries it only allows to buy the most basic things, but not in all of them.

What is the most interesting is how many countries are at 5k+. If you're at 5k it means unreachable, because you're saving up in fiat terms, so the more time it takes the more impact inflation will have on your savings and the more expensive bitcoin will be. If you decide to save up with a goal of 1 btc over the course of 3 years, that's doable, but 5 years will mean that bitcoin will go through a whole cycle while you're doing it, and at the same time yo will lose at least 5% of what you were trying to save up each year. What looks now like 5 years may in fact end up being 7, or more.

Or one of the anti-bitcoin lobbyists like the IMF or the World Bank told them that if they do it they'll get a loan (or not get one if they don't). Also possible they were pushed into this by this FATF bullshit organization that wasn't elected by nobody, but has the power to threaten countries with blacklisting.

You can't ban bitcoin, you can only ban yourself from bitcoin!

What caused bitcoin to stay below 20k for so long is more interesting to me. If we consider all possibilities, BlackRock and other companies knew they were going to launch bitcoin oriented services long before they announced it. They knew it in 2022, I'm sure of it. In that case an extended bear market was good for them and allowed them to buy cheap.

I think that all people who were selling at 17 18 and 19k were selling to BlackRock and its affiliates and insiders. That's why when bitcoin begun to recover on its own, reaching 25k, these companies decided to announce their moves all at once, because they knew we're starting a bullish trend, a reversal, and waiting for lower lows doesn't make sense anymore.

They're acting like a bully. The Black Sea doesn't belong to Russia!
It's like saying that if you see anybody walking on the street in front of your house you'll shoot them.

IMO countries should show their objection and send a group of ships, followed by a military escort, preferably in the air. If these transport ships are attacked, the escort should elliminate the attacker with air-sea missiles and that would be it.
Bullies should be dealt with immediately, otherwise they will become more confident.

This reminds me of another famous slogan by investors who say that you don't lose until you sell. With bitcoin it actually makes sens because its long term average price always goes up, so selling it is just taking a price offered at the given time, despite knowing that a year or two from that day it's going to be higher anyway. Usually, when it comes to other investments, the market price at a given time is THE PRICE and if you choose not to accept it, then your funds are effectively frozen for an unknown period of time.

I don't agree that quitting is losing. At some point we are forced to quit because we have no more money to bet. It's not our choice but the reality that we have to face.

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I will be interesting to watch if the blockade is able to defend itself because missiles and drones are flying everywhere these days and some of the ships that patrol the Black Sea might end up like Moskva.

The grain transported from Ukraine don't meet the EU standards anyway. I've read they're sending us a bunch of moldy, rotten shit and we keep buying it to show support. They need money after all.

It's obvious, like computers are not for everyone, or features like online banking. My parents never used online banking because they're old people who were used to paying cash in stores. In time they got familiar with using credit cards and ATMs but they never embraced the information age.

I feel like bitcoin is for everyone, just not in this century. 100 years from now, if bitcoin survives, everybody will understand it and find it easy to use.

You did exactly the opposite of what stops me from winning big, because I would've taken the deal and left with $200.
I'm a cautious gambler and I rarely bet big. I don't lose big as well, but my style of gambling stops me from winning a lot of money. I always leave with a small profit, or I bet small to begin with.

As you can see there's no good way of doing this. You either go big and lose everything, or you play cautiously and win small amounts, but in my opinion your strategy of going big with no fear at least gives you a chance of winning life changing money. Mine doesn't.

What tanks? Check out what they threw at Ukrainians, how many tanks they lost, how many and what type of tanks they have left. They have a lot of tanks left, but they've been neglected. Putin was cutting military budget for years and neglecting old equipment. If Russia gathered every modern tank they have from the whole country and sent it to Ukraine, they wouldn't be able to break through, partially thanks to  their own minefields.

Sure, with nuclear weapons, but that would mean genocide and a nuclear fallout going to Belarus and Poland. Even Russians aren't that dumb.

You shouldn't trust that site too much. Here's an example:




Either it's wrong or JJG is an AI in disguise

It can be explain, at least partially.
First of all, there's 2 indicators that are peaking, while the BitVol is reaching all time lows. These two indicators are the number of addresses containing over 1 bitcoin.



Why is this important? Because it shows distribution. Not all of the addresses are new users, but it's very likely that the number of individuals holding a positive balance has never been this high. The more users - the less volatility.

The other important factor is the amount of bitcoin held in self-custody. FTX probably worked wonders in this matter, showing millions of people how dangerous holding money on exchanges can be.
People who hodl are less prone to panic moves and don't get easily mislead by FUD and mainstream press.

I guess now Ukrainians are going to wait until Russians fix the bridge and blow it up again to troll the enemy and show them the futility of their actions.


It's another instance where Russian pilot ejects and drowns. They should improve the systems in these jets, but then, Russians never had much regard for human life.

I have more money that I show to my friends. I don't show off wealth, so they don't know how much I really have. Almost nobody asks me for money and if they do it's very small amounts and I give it to them.
Best thing you can do is look poorer than you really are. Believe me, you might think like you need attention, but you don't.