You can't really blame them, most people sees age as not a number, but as a countdown for when things are "too late". That's why you'd see people giving up on their dreams, especially the old ones, I once rode an Uber on the way to work and the driver that drove me there talked about how he wanted to be a lawyer, but couldn't go back to that dream even though there's nothing that's really stopping him because he sees himself as "too old" for the craft. I felt defeated back then trying to talk him out of that silly notion but he seems indignant.

You can tell people that they can be whoever they wanted to be but it only goes so far, age, dreams, all of that comes to play. They can't be who they wanted to be if they don't want to be anything in the first place.

Mere propaganda. I have yet to encounter a cryptocurrency user that is not concerned about the whether their cryptocurrency is decentralized or not. And that's not to say that I'm only in an echo chamber of people who are die hard fans of bitcoin and its decentralized nature because everywhere I go where there is bitcoin to be discussed they always bring up bitcoin's decentralization as one of its best feature. So to me, this just looks like propaganda put out by anyone really at this point, to make the people lose interest with bitcoin's decentralization and connectively bitcoin itself by means of the bandwagon bias. Ultimately to me they may sway people into their side and antagonize bitcoin but there will always be people who are supportive of bitcoin and are for bitcoin's decentralized nature.

With things leaning towards a brighter future for bitcoin's price, at least following bitcoin's patterns during every halving where it pumps in price, one can safely assume that the mining industry will become even more profitable and you might see new faces by then, but as other people have pointed out, if the price stays the same as it is right now which is very much a possibility, a lot of small-time bitcoin miners will definitely have a herculean time staying afloat, some may even close up shop for good, which also means well for the second-hand gaming community since that only means more cheap GPUs to forage. In any case as of now there's no definitive answer as to what would happen to bitcoin and to mining if the halving comes, but one thing's for sure, halving or not the difficulty of mining depends greatly upon the valuation of bitcoin as well as how in-demand it is.

It's all based on principles and disciplines really. If you think you are worthy of being able to take on a loan then you very well deserve one, but it doesn't go that easily. you also have to take into consideration the judgement of the people that you are taking a loan on. In any case, I stand firm in believing that you're stealing from your future self whenever you borrow money, but if it can't be helped can you really do something about it? So take out loans responsibly, pay them on time and don't tarnish your reputation to the institution or the person you're taking out a loan from. It's not enough to know that you can pay it anyway, it's very important to be dignified about paying it, otherwise you'd just postpone paying it until the bank takes the collateral or that friend of yours knocks on your door a little more pissed than usual.

This answer might be tongue and cheek but let me say this.

If the government goes all out in regulating bitcoin within USA, there's little to nothing that people can do. Imagine risking your life for your bitcoins, that just wouldn't make sense would it?
Yes, an argument for appealing and holding protests could be made but let's face it. America isn't painted to be the democracy that it is. You can't go and do something like what the Philippines did to effectively oust their leader and kick them off the country. Not being pessimistic or cynical, just the truth. How many protests in America have been effective at setting the message across and making changes in the way the government governed the country? I'll wait.

So again, if it ever comes to the point that US bans bitcoins and seizes all affects that is related to bitcoin, you'd have no choice, you'd surrender it, and so are millions of people in that country.

300 bucks is a really low amount if you're looking to mine bitcoin, at that point you might as well just mine using a Gameboy if you wanna cheap out on the rig.

Most standard mining rigs right that are efficient enough would range from $2000 to $20000, and that's for ASIC miners too. If you want to get mining rigs for cheap I suggest you look into craigslist or OLX to find secondhand mining rigs, or maybe look for manufacturers that sell their secondhand rigs like zeusBTC to get relatively cheaper prices for bitcoin mining rigs. You also have to consider having to pay for your electricity bill btw, so keep that in mind. if you can't afford to buy a mining rig that's powerful enough, then perhaps you wouldn't be able to pay ridiculous electricity fees too, but that's speaking from experience.

Ah. The problem is that Trust Wallet collects IP Addresses for "security reasons". If you've used your trust wallet to facilitate transactions, which also means it is connected to the internet, then there's a good chance that your info is at risk. What I would highly suggest is you switch to a more secure cold wallet, as TOR doesn't necessarily offer the protection that you think it does. So your best bet if you want to be as secure as possible is to buy a hardware wallet, that probably would cost around the ballpark of 100 to 1000 bucks and only ever use it for safekeeping of your bitcoins, because the moment you connect it to the internet in any way whatsoever it's already at risk, and is just like any other wallet out there.

Possibly because they are barring manufacturers from selling their ASIC miners, no matter how old or new to retail customers. Not outright threatening them or something, but binding these manufacturers in strict contracts that could include a clause that basically says "we will buy all your miners, so don't sell it to anyone" much like what apple is doing with spare iPhone parts and accessories. Bitmain if this was proven true and is found to be the case as to why manufacturers are not selling older models of miners, are effectively monopolizing a decentralized industry in order to take the profits for their own. No news as of yet of whether they'd start selling older mining rigs with smaller nodes so your best bet is to find a second-hand rig off of eBay or something.

Provided that there's no active bans for crypto-mining within your state/country, you should be good to go. I reckon that the next couple years will be relatively the same difficulty-wise since there's only so few bitcoins left to be mined and crackdowns left and right are of course expected even with apparent signs of a bull market approaching. In any case, both is profitable, but if you want to have the power in yours hands, I would highly suggest you look into mining bitcoins instead of buying them, gives you the power to earn more if you want to, since I guess electricity's not really going to be a problem given the fact that you pay dirt cheap for lights, and idk, buying bitcoins right now is a little less appealing to many compared to mining (my personal observation).

I reckon he took a couple of lessons upon knowing of what bitcoin mining is, give the fact that he tried trading 20 bucks which someone who just learned about bitcoin wouldn't really be able to do, at least I guess. But I digress, it's a rite of passage to lose money in this industry alright, I'm guessing a good amount of people in this forum have suffered a net loss especially those who sold during dips. In any case, nothing beats knowledge, and nothing beats learning abiut a craft in person rather than having it be rammed to your brain through tutorials or teachables or something.

I suppose to provide peace of mind over people a small change in a reputable casino's site isn't that much of a problem isn't it? They can even just go over and do something like what's present in this forum where spreadsheets that are backlinked to a post could be made to fully list the names and details of the people who were able to obtain their bonuses. Plus they can automate the process and sort through the countless lists of accounts that are confirmed to have had bonuses enjoyed, nothing is really impossible in their case if they want to follow through with it.

Some casinos may do this, especially ones that are in this forum and are enthusiastically observing customer's feedback, but I doubt the whole industry will incorporate something like this, for one, this is soft-doxxing since you're letting everyone know of a gambler's username.

Medical Tourism isn't new, in the field of dentistry for instance, people often visit third-world countries like the Philippines to get cheaper and stronger dental implants that lasts as long, if not longer, than a typical dental implant in the US. Just funny how their previous president is so indignant with building a tall-ass wall so no Mexicans can cross the border and illegally import themselves to US, and then we have Americans right here who may or may not have deported themselves illegally just so they can pay reasonably priced medical bills. Makes me wonder too, what the fuck happened to Obamacare right there? I saw a post back then featuring a surgery bill only amounting to 400 bucks, with "thanks to Obamacare" captions, why was it abolished?

The government pretty much has the allocation and the resources to. But corruption and greed often take over and fucks with what is otherwise a good plan. For instance, it is a universal fact that a high quality education is something that would almost equate to success in the future, and there are miltiple avenues that the government can takento improve upon the current education system and give even the marginalized community to fight against the modernized world, yet as it stands today countries that are supposed to be rich are still poor, with very low state of education systems.

So yes the government plays a larger role in all of this than we expect, we were iust conditioned to think that the government has nothing to do eith our success when in fact, from the moment we are born in this world we are being controlled by the invisible hand of the Aristocrats.

I mean, that's the very basic notion behind CBDCs, to control, track, and surveil people and their transactions, and to also combat cryptocurrencies in relevance. For anyone who's none the wiser when it comes to cryptocurrency, this may come as a surprise, but everyone with half a mind to realize that a coin coming from a centralized authority will be used to track and control people remotely has been made aware of its detriments a pretty long time ago. Still, despite this sounding like old news to many, this is still quite concerning. With bitcoin there was a high chance of it not becoming as relevant as it is today, but CBDCs are made to be relevant right from the get-go, and this is a planned attack to make cryptocurrencies obsolete ultimately.

In its very core, the government has all the capacities to offer up jobs and improve employment in the country it operates in. But they do not do so for many reasons. And just because you are able to work around your government's lack of empathy against the marginalized and the impoverished. Imagine if you were on these people's shoes, with not even a capital to start a business with, and no chances of ever having a loan approved because you have no dime for yourself.

In a way, the government is needed to supplement the lack of employment in these social groups. Again, just because it works for you doesn't mean it works for everyone. We're not dealt the same cards when we were born as much as you hate to admit it.

Reputable casinos wouldn't be so wise to do skimp on rewards as they know the most how these things retain and entice customers. If they're found to be cheating on the very thing that keeps most players in their site, you can bet your sweet bippy that everyone will just start flocking towards their competitor. The casinos know this much, and so if you think the casino you're playing with is doing this, then maybe you should rethink your choices and switch! Loyalty is very rarely rewarded in this industry anyway  so it wouldn't hurt to switch to a different bookie, a different site, or a different casino. If it's going to give you the peace of mind that the casino's not pulling tricks on you or whatnot, then a switch is most necessary.

Bitcoin is one of those cryptocurrencies that are worthy of lining your wallets just because of the positive uptrend of its value, so no matter how high or low the current price is it would still be safe to assume that bitcoin would still be profitable. Although still, this shouldn't be taken as a postulate as if this is what's going to happen every time. There are major risks involved with investing your money. It's not always rainbows and butterflies.

And although I think you are well-meaning, the basis for your argument is weak and could be debunked by anyone with half a brain to dissect it in front of you. As it stands today if you'd become an ambassador for bitcoin we're screwed lmao.

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With everything that involves investment involves some form of risk as well. The mere act of investing on bitcoin and waiting for profits passively is already a risk that you took. It all just vastly differs on how much risk you guys play around with. Some go apeshit and puts all their cards on the table hoping for the best. The middle ground who knows how much his capacity for risk is and is doing his best not to go over or under that risk level, and then there's the chickens who puts little to no part of their investment at risk at all. Basically staking stablecoins lmao. In any case, whatever risk you're taking or how high, you are honorable enough to even take that step and invest in bitcoin, because honestly speaking, at the current phase of the internet, it's a miracle if someone who doesn't know shit about bitcoin turns out to have a positive opinion about it.