Anti-virus softwares aren't 100% foolproof. Anti-viruses cannot detect every single computer malware that exist in the world. There are plenty of FUD viruses which have signatures not recorded in the Anti virus database. Anti-virus may not always identify the virus you download. The best way is to avoid downloading shady stuffs and keep a cold storage or at least enable 2FA features on the sites you use.

Fast internet connection doesn't matter. If you have a celeron CPU and HDD with super fast connection speed, you are going to sync slower than another person with core I7 and SSD with slow connection speed. IO speed and CPU processing speed is also one of the factors in syncing. It's going to take sometime even with those speed. You must go to options, wallet and ensure the option, spend unconfirmed change is checked.

Paying doesn't mean they aren't a ponzi. They are quite new and I haven't seen any actual proof of them mining using their hardware. They can very well be a ponzi. For GAWminer, I have seen their proof of hardware actually functioning and their payout and shipment of hardware have been quite timely. For PBmining, I haven't seen any proof of actual mining going on.

speedtest.net tests your ping, download an upload speed. Quite a useful website and smooth UI IMO.

There's no strategy in gambling, with the house edge, you are more likely to lose your bankroll than winning. If you're lucky, you may win a few runs but you will eventually lose all of it.

Tor is pretty safe as long as you download all the updates. The latest Tor update disabled SSL3 and it is not possible to MITM attack with the newest version.

Probably. You may have a lot of apps running. Memory does nothing here, amount of free ram and processor speed is the main factor here. On my HTC One M8, it works flawlessly. IPhone 5s have only 1GB of ram while other phones have 2GB++.

If you're saying hooking it up with a high end ASIC miner, it would be most probably profitable. Raspberry Pi is a machine which uses only 3-5watts. The core is a 700 MHz Low Power ARM1176JZ-F Applications Processor. If you try to mine it, the temperature would definitely go above 100 degrees Celsius with no fan and cooling. You would most probably just damage the CPU.

Windows XP and 32 Bit system MIGHT be the cause of the reason. I have seen a lot of people having problems with windows XP. Bitcoin Core should use less than 1GB of ram based on my experiences. How much disk space do you have?

SPV client aka. Thin client is a bit different from normal Bitcoin Core. They do not download and synchronize with the blockchain on your computer. Your private keys are generated on your own computer and it isn't shared with the server. The server just allows your client to request information and broadcast your transaction. Electrum is open sourced so you can verify and compile the code yourself. The security risk isn't huge unless you have malware on your computer. The best method of securing the wallet is to generate a paper wallet offline and send your funds there.

Having 10 connections means that the client have 8 outgoing connection and 2 incoming connection. It doesn't help you to sync since 2 incoming connection means others are connecting to you to get blocks. The main factors are CPU verification speed, disk IO speed and peer's speed.

You can also try to download the blockchain by torrent to sync faster.

There are a lot of gambling sites, almost half of those have no reputation and have the potential to run away with your coins any moment. For example, dicebitco.in and diceninja. Even though they appeared to be trusted, they shut down and ran off with investor's money or got 'hacked'. Personally, I think primedice is one of the best choice, they suffered a loss because a whale gained 2k profits. They also have affiliate program, their signature campaign is closed to staff members a few months ago. They used to run the biggest and the most trusted signature campaign before forum spam became a problem.

He did it before and it didn't help. The peer's block were way above 297402. His client should have continued to sync since the peers have newer blocks. Even if you add more nodes, it won't be of any use since Bitcoin Core only allows 8 outgoing connections which means there will still be 8 outgoing peers.

It is one of the best as its open sourced with features with two factor authentication, no one would able to access your coins. Compared to coinbase, which have full access of your coins, blockchain.info do not have unencrypted private keys which means a hacker who can hack into blockchain.info online wallet would possibly never get your BTC. The best online desktop would still be Bitcoin Core, you would be getting the fullest control over your private key as no one else have access to your private key regardless of whether it's encrypted. Blockchain.info still have control over your encrypted private key but it would be hard to brute force. For the best online wallet with best security, blockchain.info would be recommended.

I highly doubt primedice would lose in the long run. Look at AKcoinminer, he started off well but ended with a huge negative profit. House always wins in the long run, no matter what. If you stop him from betting right now, you would lose the chance of regaining 1k BTC.

AFAIK, there is a Bitcoin ATM which you can use to purchase Bitcoins. If there isn't, localbitcoins.com would be the best choice.

You can but there is a risk. A hacker may seize the chance to get your wallet before you delete it if you do it offline, I suppose there is no problem.

Are you in 2013? USB ASICs are not even profitable right now, they can't even breakeven with the skyrocketing difficulty. It is only a collector item now, you won't be able to earn with a USB ASIC.

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Look at the bold part and then look at your own post. That should pretty much tell you why you were removed.

The specs have been upgraded so it would be more worth it. However, take note that the VPS is hosted in Singapore. For many other VPS, they are hosted at low cost datacenter thus their price would be cheaper. VPS in Singapore tend to be more expensive due to its location.