Is any politician over the age of 80 okay? Have you seen Mitch McConnell or Diane Feinstein recently? There is a great argument to be made in favor of having an age limit for serving in congress or the presidency. They are not capable of serving their constituents effectively. This would not really be a problem if Americans didn't keep electing them for whatever reason.

I rarely use block explorers because I am paranoid about how much information they might be collecting about me. If I need to check my balance I can just open up my wallet. I don't rely on just a single block explorer when I need to look up detailed information. I always change up which explorer, browser, and IP address I use so it is difficult for any single party to have enough reliable information to fingerprint me.

For those that place a lot of importance in forum rank it can be frustratingly slow to rank up if you're not purposely hunting for merit by spamming a bunch of threads and jumping on bandwagons to support opinions held by prominent high ranking members. I can see how newbies might become discouraged. For me I've noticed that I tend to receive merit on topics where I've gone out of my way to do some research and gain a better understanding.

If you want to have success then it is worth putting in the effort necessary to achieve it.

I don't have any intentions of selling anytime soon but if I did it would not matter if it was at the peak of a bull run or when prices had started to decline. As long as I sell at a significantly higher price than at the time the BTC was acquired I would be satisfied. I would only sell if there was a really big purchase I wanted to make. Afterward I would begin to accumulate once again. Bitcoin is too important and valuable to me that I would feel the necessity to acquire and hodl more after having cashed out a large sum.

This only shows the cost for a simple transfer. When you are interacting with smart contracts the cost is significantly higher. Using an altcoin like Ethereum requires a lot of interacting with smart contracts. You don't just do one transfer and are done for a while like with Bitcoin. A typical ETH user might be trading multiple tokens across several DEXs, bridging tokens to different layers, buying NFTs and then listing them for a higher price. All of this activity consumes an enormous amount of gas.

Despues de que las ventas de Ordinals habian caido por 97%, segun un reporte de DappRadar, había algo de esperanza de que los NFTs en Bitcoin finalmente habían muerto. Parece no ser el caso. Esto se ha convertido en una guerra de cultura entre los maxis toxicos y los anti-maxis que quieren copiar ideas de los shitcoins. Hay mucha similitud entro los que apoyan a ordinals y los que querían hacer los bloques de Bitcoin mas grandes hace algunos años atrás y eventualmente crearon Bcash. Las intenciones no parecen ser sinceras y lo que realmente quieren hacer es promover estafas para enriquecerse.

It is disappointing to see bitcoiners being such ardent proponents of authoritarian regulation and surveillance. It is impossible for casinos to properly follow the regulations of every single country and territory in the world. Every online casino is probably illegal in one place or another. Whether a casino is licensed or unlicensed it is alway the responsibility of the user to follow their local laws. There are plenty of KYC compliant places such as banks which are often used for money laundering so there's absolutely no reason whatsoever to go after a casino as long as they are not facilitating illegal activity. Bad people will try to do bad things regardless of whether they are asked for privacy invasive information.

There isn't a way coded into the protocol that sets aside a portion of block rewards for establishing a dedicated fund. Several altcoins and tokens have a founder's reward or a pre-mine that does this. It would be a bad idea for Bitcoin to have this because it can be abused by developers setting up deals that favor themselves and other insiders. Independent organizations sponsoring developers is a better way to ensure it is a fair playing field and only deserving people get compensated. There are several exchanges, businesses, and non-profits which sponsor Bitcoin developers.

Bitcoin is the only cryptocurrency which we can confidently say is not a security. Investment firms are going to focus their ETFs on whatever has the best chance of getting government approval. I don't expect them to stay only with Bitcoin forever. Eventually they will look for new ways to make profit and altcoins seem to be the easy answer for crypto oriented businesses. I expect it to maintain it's dominance for quite some time but once the halvening is passed and ETF applications start diversifying into altcoins it could start going back down.

Social media is free because when you register you agree to allow them to harvest your data which is sold to advertisers who will profile you based on your behavior and interests. Their is no reason for anyone to pay a fee when you literally are the product. When a company starts nickel and diming users it is an admission of failure. Instead of fixing the problems which caused advertisers to leave, the cost of Elon’s incompetence is being passed on to users of their platform.

Just because a country is wealthy does not mean they are capable of paying off their debts without resorting to measures that would harm their economy. Most of these countries' debts are in foreign currencies, mostly US dollars, so they can't just print their way out of it and even if they could it would lead to high inflation. When countries don't want to take measures like cutting spending or increasing taxes they will take on new debt to repay the old debt. Often these loans given to them will come with stringent conditions designed to advance the lending country's geopolitical interests. This cycle of debt can be difficult to overcome but it is possible to manage it without having to default.

Even if Tesla started accepting Bitcoin again I doubt it would have the same impact it did in 2021. The perception people have of Musk has changed significantly since he started embracing controversial political beliefs. Since his takeover of Twitter he has caused it's value to decline dramatically by making changes that the majority of people don't really want. Even after adding Dogecoin support to the Tesla shop a few months ago it's price remains down over 90% from it's all time high. Clearly his influence doesn't really matter much anymore.

Interestingly their FAQ doesn't list the United States among the countries you're not allowed to play from. I've never seen that from a casino with a Curacao license unless it's something like Stake which redirects you to a different version of their casino if you're in the USA.

It would be unfeasible for a casino to KYC and verify every single person who registers. Some people just want to test the site out with a small amount of money and might never reach the withdrawal minimum. KYC compliance isn't cheap so I can see why it is only applied when you try to withdraw. Even if a site has KYC terms oftentimes you caan still play and withdraw without being asked for documents until you make a large withdrawal or do something suspicious like creating multiple accounts. I don't know how El Royale Casino operates but just to be safe I would advise anyone who wants to play there to read their terms carefully and be prepared for the possibility of being KYC’d.

As we have already seen with X Premium, bots have had no issues creating verified accounts. Spam and scams are still proliferating the platform. It seems to be worse than ever with AI tools being easily accessible. Charging people a fee to use the site won't do anything to stop this problem and just seems like a desperate attempt to turn a profit. Fortunately for Musk, Twitter has the early mover advantage and it's competitors like Bluesky and Threads are still in a fledgling state and have not been able to fully capitalize on Musk damaging Twitter's reputation.

Some people might not want to withdraw their money from casinos because the fees are to high. If there is a casino you gamble at frequently then you will lose a lot in fees by constantly withdrawing. I usually only keep a modest sum in casino wallets and will withdraw once a certain threshold is reached. Some casinos might adjust their fees dynamically depending on the state of the mempool. It is wise to take advantage of this and make your withdrawals during a period when network fees are low.

It is not fraudulent to have a reasonable withdrawal minimum. Once they deduct the fee you will be left with an amount that is too small to spend if you’re even left with anything at all since the current high priority fee would be close to $1. Coinbase has done plenty of unethical things such as listing tokens which Coinbase Ventures was heavily invested in and it’s employees trading on insider information. Refusing a withdrawal which would only spam the Bitcoin network doesn’t meet the criteria of being considered one of their fraudulent self-dealing schemes.

When I first got into Bitcoin I had illusions of becoming a millionaire. This was like a decade ago when it was common to see the price make double digit percentage gains in a single day. You could go from having a few hundred to a few thousand dollars in a very short amount of time. I was not alone in feeling this way. Many people have become rich thanks to Bitcoin so it isn't a completely farfetched idea. The better understanding you have of Bitcoin, the more realistic your expectations will be. With enough patience and hard work there is potential to make substantial profit but only those who adopted early enough and were able to hold have been lucky enough to generate massive wealth in nearly an instant.

Gambling can indeed be entertaining, especially if you are already wealthy and you can afford to lose a large amount of money. For a large percentage of gamblers, perhaps even a majority, their purpose for gambling is because they dream of getting that big win that can make their life easier. If you are no longer getting any entertainment value then it is worth considering quitting to prevent this from becoming a destructive habit. At the very least you should step back and analyze the best way to allocate your resources.

You should contact their support according to their FAQ. They’re a shady website who doesn’t seem to care about their reputation so there is no guarantee they will actually give you proper assistance and help resolve your problem.

Australian laws should have no effect on a global forum. I don't see how they can enforce this in their country without resorting to widespread censorship of the internet. Gambling ads are everywhere. Maybe they will just ban gambling entirely, that way even if a user clicks on an ad or visits a casino site after watching a video ad the domain will be blocked by their ISP.