There is no such thing as a safe method to gamble, You would be risking the amount you are gambling with regardless of the strategy, type of game or the odds you are playing at... If you don't want to lose the invested money then you shouldn't invest any money in it at all.

I don't know if it's a gambling success but had around 2 BTC from starting with around 0.10 BTC capital, played that amount over sometime and lost it. Would be more of a victory if I actually withdrawn that amount though.

I used Xapo before and therefore know transactions are not instant, it's not smart at all to use with an instant betting platform like DirectBet, You might find it better overall to use a PC wallet or maybe even blockchain.info (although I don't recommend online wallets as a whole).

There is no stable profit bank or investment in bitcoin right now, I think it would be a great idea if someone starts a Real bank like project not a HYIP but getting profit from lending would be tricky since the collateral etc... would not be provided with most of the lenders and therefore no guarantee to loans.

Probably few months ago when I first came in serious contact with bitcoin, I was just new overall to crypto's and bought one crypto that was rising and though was promising, Then it was "Dumped" and the value decreased and so did the volume, had few millions of a currency that no one wanted.

Better is more consistent than bitcoin but not much better overall, all of it's value depend on how the people look at it "like with money, gold, bitcoins, stocks etc...", Even the price is not that stable and has fallen massively if you compare it to a few months/years back.

My plan is probably getting around 1000 BTC and holding them, Waiting for the price to improve even further and reach around $10,000 per bitcoin. and then selling them, Not sure about how I get the bitcoins though to such amount.

I think you should believe in bitcoins "anyone in a bitcoin forum would tell you that *duh*. bitcoin has potential and is increasing in adoption and worldwide use and acceptance. I think it's going in a positive direction and only improving not just in price but of use as well.

I have used btcjam before as both a lender and took a small loan to fund a project, Basically it's an amazing system overall but would not work mostly because of the scammers, People taking small loans and then defaulting in the first large loan..

That would be an interesting idea and I saw multiple new bitcoin startups in Shanghai did so already giving away physical bitcoin vouchers, Circle also did it soon after it's launch and at another occassion, The only difficulty is making it encouraging enough "probably giving few cents won't be enough IMO".

Bitcoin is better in every aspect than Western Union IMO, the coverage, the size and the incomparable fees between the huge fees WU charges and the small fees bitcoin charges, The only thing bitcoin needs to is reaching the market using WU and it should be easy for bitcoin after that.

I think it has the potential to do so and change the finacial system of the world as a whole, I think it will start as banks adopt some bitcoin technology like the block system, Then it might actually replace it and make a more user-friendly system, These are all guesses though.

Depends on what kind of trust you expect it to fulfill, Bitcoin won't be closed overnight and is likely to maintain the same level of presence it has right now IMO and maybe increase, But the volatility of bitcoin is something well known, The investment you put in bitcoin might lose a percentage of it's USD value.

Everything you could buy with fiat would be my pick IMO, it would be great if you could use BTC in gas stations, mini-malls and walmart etc... Everything you could use regular money to buy.

$1 an hour is relatively possible with bitcoin but would need some effort from the beginning, For example you could join a signature campaign but there would be a limit and you would require a good quality account therefore not something you can do from the start.

Probably in the same way you can motivate mainstream users of bitcoin regardless of the gender, Women are generally less interested about the internet therefore there number would be less in something internet based like bitcoin, Bitcoin can reach that market as well if it becomes mainstream enough IMO.

Paraguay 1 v 0 Brazil

Just from looking at it they fit, Bitcoin is a coin about "privacy" (I think anonymity is an exaggeration) and people usually keeping that part of there interest and hobbies private, Therefore it should be a great mix with bitcoin..

Them thinking negatively about it is probably better than them not having any knowledge about it at all, I seen few people in my area that know what bitcoin is but wasn't successful in explaining it to any friends, They did not even know about silkroad or the topic the media was covering for months.

Where exactly are you located?  In most portions there is a fee paid for using a credit-card to conduct a transaction, Even in the US you are paying interest for CC transactions, The fees with BTC are voluntary and you can send a bulk of transactions etc... to save the fees.

Anyway There are many advantages for the customer, better privacy, BTC is also more convenient for user to user online transactions where you can't simply use your credit-card and instant transactions if compared to slower payment methods like bankwire etc...