I don't know why but I suddenly got a hankering for a banana split but I'm going to make one instead of going to DQ.

 I bought Chapman's French Vanilla 2 liter box for $3.99 and the bananas for $1.69 (in this case 9 but it's 3lbs of bananas - obviously the size of the bananas determines the number you get).  I'm going to use 150ml of the ice cream and 1 banana.   I don't use a lot of fancy toppings, usually cocoa powder and strawberries but I'm splurging today with some homemade dulceata visine (sour cherry preserves) from a friend in Romania as well.  Sadly, I didn't have any pineapple to crush.

 ice cream - $0.29925
 banana    - $0.18778
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 sub-total  ~ $0.49

Not too bad considering the historic price of a banana split.  Here's where it goes pear-shaped: Fresh strawberries are $8.99 for 2lbs and the cocoa powder (my wife only buys the organic stuff) was $27.95 for a pound.  I'm going to calculate in grams because it's easier on my brain - I cut up 50g of strawberries and sprinkled 7g of cocoa powder on the whole thing.

  7g of cocoa power - $0.4309 (almost the same cost as the base ingredients!)
50g of strawberries - $0.495 (more than the cost of the base ingredients)

 I put a couple of teaspoons of the sour cherry preserves - you don't need much as they pack a lot of flavour - but since I didn't buy it, I can't add the exact cost.  

 What banana split would be complete without the whipped cream?  I just buy the can and leave it in the fridge it was $5.49 for 400g - it says the serving size is 15g but who uses that piddly amount?  Let's say 40g (to make it really easy)

 40g of whipped cream - $0.549

 This banana split was quite large - it overfilled a cereal bowl and was probably enough for 2 (that didn't stop me from finishing it off though)

Ingredient	Cost
Ice Cream	$0.29925
Banana	$0.18778
Strawberries (50g)	$0.495
Cocoa Powder (7g)	$0.4309
Whipped Cream (40g)	$0.549
Total	$1.96183

 I was surprised to learn that the cost of each individual topping was worth nearly as much or more than the basic ingredients combined.  Those toppings are a luxury!  If bitcoin is going to dip much lower, I'm going to have to go with just the ice cream and bananas and forgo all the toppings. Ouch! I just checked BTC again... maybe I'll just have the bananas.

I was just reading that. Is anyone really surprised though? I think unless a coin is actually big already, you should automatically assume that the person tweeting about it is involved in it somehow.

I would say that for most, it's the UX friction, especially for those getting used to CEX-based experience, imo.. Other than that, I think it will become better and better as time goes on + the BTC payments made through Lightning is only going to increase..

As Entrepreneurs we get into various business transactions. And consideration must be considered. Having the characteristics of money especially paper money, what's stopping you from accepting Bitcoin for your business transactions?

Money alone brings power. The richer you are, the more powerful you become. However, in order to continuously gain that power, you need to be wise and cautious in making decisions that involve your money. Simply put, you need to take risk but stay cautious.

Investing in bitcoin is a perfect outlet. With the right mindset, knowledge and positive attitudes towards bitcoin investment, you will gain future profits and multiply the amount of funds you currently have, and that only means you continue to utilize and maximize the power of your money.

So of recent many people got there withdrawal suspended due to a potential poisoning address attack after receiving payment for rainbet campaign managed by Hhampuz, this is common with KuCoin exchange users

I'm a new user on this forum, and when I joined and actively read and learned about Bitcoin, I finally realized and was enlightened, even regretting it.

I want to share my experience. Whether someone has already discussed it on this forum or not, I don't understand it. I'm not promoting anything, just sharing my experience. Between 2009 and 2011, I was actively surfing the internet on public internet services. At that time, during the early days of Bitcoin's launch, there were many faucet websites giving away Bitcoin, and I was one of those who received it. At the time, I was also very young and didn't understand what investing, let alone Bitcoin, was. So, I ended up exchanging the Bitcoins I collected, whether from referrals or websites, on Gemscool, an online gaming website, due to my lack of understanding of investing at the time.

Now, when this is booming and big, regret always comes at the end, because if it's at the beginning, it's called registration.

In this regard, when I joined this forum, I felt enlightened and gained insight into the importance of investing and the movement of Bitcoin. I also believe that Bitcoin will eventually become a benchmark or a standard for modern investment.

Thank you. Please provide guidance, assistance, and direction.

Motivation behind this thread:

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To answer my own question in title:

I am receiving current sign payments directly to casino, and I have spent some. Because why not?   

What about you?

Have you ever had a time in the casino where you started strong on slots, maybe even felt like you were on a roll for a while, then suddenly hit a losing streak that wiped out everything? I’ve noticed that no matter how good the start is, I almost always end up losing it all in the end.

That kind of pattern makes me wonder, are these games secretly rigged, or is this just how slots work because of the RTP (return to player), which is usually around 97% or even lower?

When you’re stuck in a losing streak, it really makes you doubt if it’s only bad luck, or if the system is built so you can never walk away ahead.
What do you guys think? Is it pure probability catching up with you, or do casinos tweak the games to make sure you lose eventually?

Sup, often gambling is blamed for making people part with their money, or casinos are blamed for existing, or government is blamed for allowing gambling in particular country, and along the lines.

Point being, just because there is gambling available, at the end of the day, it's individual's own choice that (s)he decided do it, and no one is to be blamed except oneself if something bad happens.

Do you take responsibility for your losses, or do you play blame game?

Let's say a person is on vacation and doesn't worry about anything and doesn't read the news. And at this time, the exchange where he keeps Monero is delisting Monero. And time passes, the user visits the exchange - and what happens with his amounts on exchange that was be in Monero?

Hello, I wanted to start a conversation about an alternative to the cash-out options which has generated a lot of discussion lately in the forum. I know there are many other alternatives but this one stood out for me because it's like my first time of hearing about it - bet insurance.

To put it briefly,
"Bet-insurance is a betting functionality that allows players to insure their bets and receive payouts if they lose."

I have not had any experience with it but I’m curious about what you all think. Have you used bet insurance before? How did it change your betting experience?

Also, would you pick bet insurance over the cash-out option? Why or why not?

I'm from eastern Europe. In the soviet era noone could own private property, everything was belonging to the state. Then, the state rationed food to you, allowed you to use one of their homes in exchange for labour, allowed selling produce on government-controlled prices, and buying in predetermined quantities.

So let me ask a question. When you buy a home with all your life savings, does it become yours? What makes it differ from the soviets? I mean, obviously they recorded your rights to the building on paper, and now they record it in digital databases. But is it REALLY that different? You don't truly own either. It's all the government's promise to let you access it and keep away whomever should not access it, until they don't.

The only thing you truly own is bitcoin. The rest are promises.

Something funny happened to me this night I thought I should share.
I am an apologetic gambler and I don’t shy when people know I am a gambler so I discuss my games to people when I want to, this is an interesting story and has a happy ending because I won.

I played some games in sport betting from yesterday and I had a game left today a game in the Italian Seria A between Cremonese and Sassuolo, I went with Cremonese 2up that is if Cremonese at any point in the game leads Sassuolo by 2goals I win, here is the twist and the funny part because I thought I played it 2up like I did others but I did not, Sassuolo was up by two in the first half so I checked and saw the game was still running. Then I discussed it with my friends and they ask me to cash out but I refused then Sassuolo turned the game around and Score two goals. My friends made life hell for me by mocking me but later on Cremonese scored in the added time to win the game. I flexed hard on my friends after the final whistle.

I don’t usually leave a game when I see a good cash out but I trusted my guts and won. Have you had experience where you choose your opinion over logic advice from friends and won or lost let’s hear it.

Recently I've been noticing how bitcoin gambling sites are becoming increasingly popular among young people as these days you don't have to walk into a betting shop again or visit any casino games centres before you can gamble, now you can just get everything served to you on your smartphone while you're sitting at home and since the introduction of crytocurrency including bitcoin into gambling, it has even gone further to make gambling faster, easier sweeter and more enjoyable to many young people.

Now with these crypto based gambling sites you have easy access to playing gambling games and bets, borderless transactions through wallets and also get instant payouts as well as you don't have to pass through many traditional verifications or ID checks.

But as good as these new developments may sound, we have already started witnessing its side effects around increasing financial loss among the young ones since the process has been made easier than ever, growimg number of young gamblers becoming more attached and more addicted to gambling as they could do everything at home and more importantly making it more difficult for proper regulations among government institutions.

The big question for me now is, do we consider bitcoin gambling sites a big opportunity for the people or a big trap that will leave many young people addicted and financially broke?

I recently encountered someone who talked about spending their money fast or slow. It got me thinking what are the differences. Basically spending your money fast means when you get money, you end up losing it immediately to buy whatever it is you want. Spending your money slow means once you acquire your money, it takes time for you to spend it but at the end... you still spend it anyway. It made me realize that even if you save your money to spend it eventually, you are still somehow losing money. The point is not when you spend your money but where you spend your money on. You can spend your money immediately but are you spending it on something worth its price? Something valuable? Something that is necessary?

We always talk about addictions, about how to gamble to achieve better results, but the topic of what goes through the mind of a healthy gambler is almost never touched upon.

Healthy gamblers are the majority. I wonder if there's something we all have in common that keeps us on the right path and never oversteps our limits.

Perhaps it has something to do with the time we dedicate to gambling, whether we do it for fun, or even if we have other things that take up most of our free time, like family, sports, exercise, or spending time with the people we love.

As a general dynamic, I'd like to know what you do when you're not gambling. I mean, I don't expect you to tell me about your life. The question is more focused on: What activity you do is above gambling? I mean, something you prioritize in your life more than gambling, or what you like to do. What would make you stop watching the Champions League final, for example?

First reason: Bitcoin price is now clearly overvalued relative the level determined by its public acceptance rate (if 100% acceptance rate means ca one million usd, then nowadays acceptance rate is not clearly 10% but rather something around 1%).

Second reason: if the economic crises will emerge, then Bitcoin falls much more than major stock indexes (just as during corona crises March 2020).

is there a connection between gambling and divorce rate?

Research from the National Gambling Impact Study Commission and the Gambling Impact and Behavior Study indicates that divorce rates for those dealing with gambling issues are estimated to be around 40% for problem gamblers and approximately 54% for pathological gamblers.

i think the moment we hide our gambling habits from our partners that is the moment we will get in trouble because that is when trust crumbles and when you get in trouble in gambling and have to tell your partner you will be surprising them

not to mention some people also spend money from money that both the partners contributed in

so aside from gambling responsibly, will you agree that we should disclose our gambling habits or is it not the business of our spouses? does gambling really have the capacity to break up a marriage or a family?

As what the question is, Do you think governments should set limits on how much one can gamble daily?

For example, in Finland:


https://iclg.com/practice-areas/gambling-laws-and-regulations/finland

Should this is be good deterrent to at least minimized gambling in a certain country? Or does it force gamblers to uses illegal means or even travel outside of the country that has this strict law to continue with their gambling?