Since we're arguing about the definition of pizza, there were opinions that we should have meat on pizza, that such meat should be on the outside, that pizza should be round and it should have tomato sauce and cheese on it, so without further ado, here's a pizza con patate.  

It's always the same. People who could buy now are waiting for 12k because some dumb analysts are still standing by their predictions, but if we fall to 12k they'll be in such a state of panic that they won't buy anything. They also won't buy now because they'll need a strong confirmation the bull market has started.

When we reach 80k they'll say it's too expensive and they'll rather wait for another bear market. Then it will go to 200k or something and we'll start another cycle and those people who are out now will say, "ok it's time for a 20k bottom because I say so" and they'll keep waiting for it until the 2028 halving.

I'd love to see a million by 2030, but I doubt we'll even hit 500k by then.

I think this topic was brought up a few times in discussions about settlements on water. I haven't checked where these projects are now, but that guy who was living in a floating home got raided and his home was dragged back to shore.
Unfortunately the governments don't want these projects to succeed because they would show people that living outside their influence (or oppression, call it what you want) is possible. That's why they don't like bitcoin because it gives people a way to leave the system and they don't want them to. More people in the system means more sheep working for the elites.

I always thought that if you're in trouble you should do everything and try every possible way to get better. This means that I'd try psychotherapy, family support, self exclusion, I'd share my bank accounts with a trusted member of my family, so they could keep track of all my spending and finally, if the opportunity were to arise, try hypnosis.
Worst case scenario it doesn't work and I waste some money, best case, at least one way of fighting my addiction will and I'll get rid of it.

Fortunately I'm not a compulsive gambler who needs that, but it's an interesting topic to think about.

You're so certain this will go according to your plan. What if it doesn't? What if you don't make profit and have to pay the lender?
What if this aidoge becomes another overhyped worthless project that instead of 1000x brings you -1x?


Betting on some coin to becoming world reserve currency? If someone gave me a choice to either bet on this or on bitcoin going to 1 million dollars, I'd bet on the later.

Not really, this is your preference. If we follow your description pizza al taglio is not a pizza. Pizza bianca is also not a pizza and pizza marinara is not a pizza.

That said,

Try to have fun gambling. It's not about making money doing it because most gamblers lose money in the long run. You gamble to have some fun and feel the thrill of the game, the risk of betting and the satisfaction of winning, even if you end the session with a loss, winning those few games or hands makes it fun.

It's like in sports. You don't always win, but you keep playing because one in a few games ends with you winning.

What you're trying to do is make money each time and it's mathematically impossible, otherwise casinos would go bankrupt.

There's no general crypto influencer. There are guys who report on the news and in a way are crypto personalities that make youtube videos about cryptocurrencies, and there are people who literally pump shitcoins and promote scams. If you're looking for a good, informative channel, there's plenty of them to choose from. Stephan Liveira for instance does a good job.
He's exactly the opposite of people like bitboy, who are the scourge of the crypto youtube. Unfortunately, there's more bad apples than good ones in this batch.

If you're new to crypto and lost among the multitude of youtube channels, I'd generally avoid any channels that want to tell you about this exciting new project. I'd also avoid channels that were involved in promoting scams. You can google the name of the channel you're interested in and check if they weren't involved paid promotion of failed projects.
Last but not least, avoid analysts, especially people who add a new prediction every week saying that because we crossed this or that line we'll now go to this price and next week they backtrack and say that it's another price and another and it never happens the way they say.

That's what my aunt used to make. One time she told me that she'd made pizza for dinner, so I got all excited. I was 7 or 8 at the time and really honest and truthful, so when she brought in a cake with pizza toppings I thought I was being cheated and started screaming that it's not pizza and I won't eat it. Anyway, she made a yeast cake, at least 10 cm thick, like the one you mix with raisins, and instead of fruit there was ham and olives inside. She honestly thought that she was making pizza at the time and that "invention" wasn't bad at all, just not what you'd expect.

I second the opinion that although the contest is there to celebrate, the goal is to make pizza.
An omelet is not pizza.
Ramen noodles mixed with eggs is not pizza.
A potato pancake with toppings is not pizza.

To me these are two very different things. Forex operates on much higher liquidity and volume, but much lower volatility. That's why cryptocurrencies are favored by people who want trading to be more like gambling, as shitcoin markets are heavily manipulated and influenced by pump groups. Many of these coins are outright ponzi schemes where some of the supply is held by developers and insiders who only wait to dump it on new investors.
Crypto trading is much more dangerous and it's much easier to lose all your money doing it, unless you focus on trading bitcoin with no leverage.

I agree with you here. It's best to be open and truthful about these things and they'll either accept it or not. If not, you'll know right away and will have to choose between your girlfriend and gambling.
Worst thing that can happen is you know she hates gambling, so you hide it from her, get married, then she finds out you've been doing it for years and threatens to divorce you, but you already have children whose life you'll destroy.

I feel like it depends on how old and how tech savvy your family is. For instance, if my child (she's still to young for it, but I'll use this example) asked me for money to invest in bitcoin I'd be in heaven.
If I were to do that with my father, who's a boomer, I'd get rejected and probably asked if I'm sure this isn't a scam.

Different people, different characters, different approaches to the same subject.

Usually instant withdrawal casinos feel more secure, like they have enough funds at hand in their hot wallets to process everything using a bot.
I don't have any bad experience with instant withdrawals. There used to be a number of such casinos, for instance in the good old yoodice you could choose instant or batch withdrawal, where instant made you pay higher fee but was processed within a few minutes, while the batch was cheaper and could take a few hours.

Close to 8 years for me. Congratulations to everybody who held through at least 1 cycle. It's really an achievement not being discouraged by your first bull to bear shift.
There are 2 worst moments for every bitcoin holder:
The first one is going through your first big crash of at least 50%
The second one is being in a bear market for more than a year and starting to lose hope at the bottom.

Once you go through this and see the price recover your view of bitcoin changes by a lot. It's like you went through puberty.

If "Ukrainian Nazis" look like that, I might be interested in joining.


Die? Like those prisoners turned soldiers that fight for Russia?

That suicide battalion made short work of Russian dragon's teeth and is doing good. I saw a video of them being interviewed yesterday and they're in good spirits. Doesn't look like they want to suicide.

I don't think that you can be so rich to reject that kind of money, especially in Nigeria. Maybe millionaires in USD terms, not in Nigerian currency, could actually reject it and live good, but even if you're far above the average income in the country, that should be huge money for you. A life changing sum of money.
How much he'd be able to improve his life, or the life of his whole family? Probably by a lot.

If you don't want the money for yourself, do something good for others. Help your neighbors, put it in a school fund for your child, or in a savings account so that your kid doesn't have to beg anyone for money when he makes bad choices in life. Don't throw it away or give it back to the casino.

If I were the kid and my father said that the money won't enter his house, I'd agree with him and put it in the bank

So you're a socialist. You'd like everyone to be the same and have the same incentive to mine, receive the same rewards and all that. What's next? We'll equalize bitcoin and make all the big wallets contribute to small wallets?
It's completely normal for companies to seek better and faster miners. Competition is good as it fuels innovation and paying more to those who are the best, the fastest, the most innovative, rewards them. If you give everybody the same reward, you'll reward laziness. Why would I rent a warehouse to have enough miners to compete for block rewards if I can get a USB asic miner?

I could answer that for Ukraine in the typical "Russian" style.
We don't know how they got them, we didn't provide them, they probably stole these machines from the battlefield.

Remember what Russia was saying about the Malaysian Flight 17 in 2014?
We weren't there, there were no Russian BUK systems in Ukraine. The US provided satellite images of Russian BUKs, but Russia answered that those belonged to the Ukrainian separatists.
Then the US provided satellite images showing the missile launchers were moved after the accident towards Russia - Russia denied again.
People were posting pictures and videos of Russian BUKs with Russian flags painted on them driving on the Ukrainian roads, but Russia kept denying and repeating that there were no Russian forces there.

When they catch you with your hand in the cookie jar, say it's not your hand.

It is possible the Russian soldiers who fought on the Ukrainian side took some of the abandoned vehicles for themselves, the way Ukrainian forces use salvaged Russian vehicles and weapons.
On the battlefield nobody cares who picks up what. If you find a tank - it's yours now. Same can be said about a hummer, or a missile launcher.

Damn, that didn't last long

Not like I care. Wasn't planning to throw any bitcoins at car dealers before the halving anyway, but decent price would make me feel better. When you wake up to a long green daily candle it does wonders for your mood. Red candle is like -oh, another one, here comes another boring day, where's my coffee...


I don't speak Chinese, but they were showing a bitcoin logo.
I know that for a shitcoiner like CZ it's all "crypto" but it would be great if people learned that bitcoin and this "crypto shit are not one and the same.

Also, it appears that CZ was really commingling funds according to the Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/crypto-binance-money/

It doesn't change anything in their case because he didn't have these bitcoins before marriage. He bought them later, when he was earning his 3 million a year.
AFAIK a prenup only makes it clear as to what they had as their own assets and assets that belonged to their families, but income earned during marriage is split.
The law even separates the property into personal property (protected by the prenup) and joint property (that gets divided).
BTC was bough with the money the husband earned during marriage, which is why she had the right to pursue it.