yeah, i would use bitcoin as payment if it is accepted everywhere. for instance if Amazon starts accepting bitcoin, i would gladly buy stuff with my bitcoins.
and if i had a business , because i believe in bitcoin i surely would include bitcoin as a payment service in my business

how do faucets run away with big amounts or even any amount?
isn't most of  the faucet payments automatically through a third party like faucetbox? it is being done on the claim to your address on faucetbox for example, so i don't see how they can run away!

they are different options for different tastes, some of those websites are old, and fair some of them are new and sometimes just simply scam.
practically many of the new ones saw an opportunity to earn some money, and started their own site.
you can read their thread, try out their website to see the differences on a case by case basis

i am still using primedice to gamble whenever i have free time and some free satoshies to gamble them. and i usually play dice games for gambling. i am not really interested in any other sorts of gambling. dice is easy and you don't need to do a lot in order to play

none of the above
actually i have only gambled for fun so far. so i can say for sure that gambling had no effect on my life. i sometimes lose, and sometimes win.
but the important thing is that i always try to control myself and not get carried away. i sometimes get greedy and that never has a happy ending.

you can always participate in giveaways of the new websites , you can try their services. other places that are older will not pay much (like their faucet) so i think you have to use newer sites for more initial free money.

hmm. i used a virtual machine to open the website, it looks like it has a lot of bugs and joining is not possible.
after signing up websites thanks you for contacting them (wtf)

also the field for phone number and referral is mandatory to be filled!!

going to remove the VM now ...

you can add these two:
the forth is buying bitcoin with cash and either use it as way of payment or holding it if you think it can make you profit.
the fifth is trading, you can trade bitcoin with dollar (fiat) and vise versa to earn profit this way. or trade bitcoin with altcoins.

actually since a lot of people are interested in gambling and nowadays there is a lot of different ways to gamble with your bitcoin, i think introducing bitcoin to somebody using a gambling website is a nice way to get them started.

both methods have some pros and cons. using an off-chain service like a coinbase wallet account, can make purchases go fast and smooth but you are relying on a third party service. if they go offline your bitcoin is lost too.
but accepting 0 confirmation makes it that you have complete control over your money and rely on nobody.

i think he means in the way they did with russia, which isn't a real ban in the end, but more like an intimidating approach, to make people reluctant to use bitcoin

they certainly cannot stop torrent, and they will not stop openbazar

yeah, they can not ban bitcoin, they can only scare businesses to prevent them from accepting bitcoin, but as long as there is places like openbazzar and darknets, and you can stay anonymous and spend/earn your bitcoins there is not really much they can do.

i doubt that. because all the transaction have low size (190 bytes)

it is most probably a reason for trolls to post bitcoin obituary

i have bought enough bitcoin back when it had low price and troll were telling it is going to fall under $200 in two days in speculation section. now is not time to buy i am sitting back and enjoying the ride.

these kinds of news are always nice and shows that people are accepting bitcoin and there are real places that you can spend your bitcoin and not just stash them away.
but they are always small time and have no important effect on the market whatsoever.

that is actually what i was thinking for some time now. i believe that as long as bitcoin price is so volatile , people will only consider it as an investment not a currency (money) which you can spend just like fiat.

but the appropriate price for you may never come. actually the possibility of price going as low as $100 is so low now. the only way is a disaster that can cause it to go down, which i don't see comming.
you better change your standards.

looks like there is enough buy resistance that the price has nowhere to go but up.

i wonder how much?

you sound like IRS


there was a website, don't remember exactly the name but something like trading school or academy, you can learn the basic stuff there. i mostly used google, by searching different stuff and reading a lot. also hanging around in the altcoin/speculation/... places to get the hang of some stuff.

you can always buy a full member account on the forum if you don't want to wait for 120 activities.
but you have to be careful not to get scammed over it.
ask for a signed message from an old address, and check if he doesn't have any loans on it.

just remember not to buy into an altcoin after the pump, youhave to either buy before the pump at the lowest price possible or better yet, you can buy as the price is rising so you can hop on the train to the top.