Thank for the info.
I already invested my 0.3BTC into safedice.
For many years, I played at internet casinos (and at real casinos), as a player, but I never played, as the house. 
It's fun to watch my investment balance increase from profit sharing.
I can watch other players win/lose, while my investment balance goes up/down, based on their wins/losses.
It's almost as fun as rolling dice myself.

My martingale eventually broke after 13 consecutive losses.  Then, I quickly lost the remaining balance after several max bets.
Next, I deposited 0.1BTC (10 times more than my previous 0.01 BTC deposit).
I martingaled that up to 0.112, during which I once had 12 consecutive losses but won on 13th roll
Withdrew 0.112BTC which brings my total win at safedice to 0.004BTC

Now I am thinking about investing at safedice, instead of gambling.
Thanks for sharing your losing steak story with me.

My personal story:
I have 0.3BTC in my bitcoin wallet (after winning 0.004BTC from safedice).  I want to increase that to 0.4BTC in order to buy a new laptop/notebook which I like.
I could try to martingale my 0.3BTC up to 0.4BTC but I think there is high chance of losing the whole balance.
10-15 years ago, I was a "bonus hunter" at various internet casinos.  I could easily win $500-$1000 every month at various reputable internet casinos.
Then, US stopped bank transactions with internet casinos, and it all ended quickly.  Many of those wonderful reputable casinos closed, or
now have adopted draconian bonus rules which seem more like a money trap than a fun game.
Today, when I look at internet casinos which accept bitcoin, most bitcoin casinos look risky as hell.
Most bitcoin casinos, I would never trust them with one Satoshi, nor would I trust sending them copies of my ID (if I win).

It's nice that safedice has a simple, honest style of casino operation.

Is there more info about investing at safedice?  How often does the investment increase/decrease?  with every roll at the casino?
Any restrictions on withdrawing the investment?  Can I withdraw the investment any time?

Here is my brief review of Safedice.
I deposited 0.01 BTC
autoroll until balance = 0.012BTC
deposit is not instant (because of bitcoin), but withdraw is instant.

With 50% win chance, and after auto rolling 1-2 hours,
my longest losing (and winning) streaks were approximately 8 dice rolls.  

The supported languages are: English, Chinese, Russian
There is live chat (in English).  In chat, players discuss their betting strategies and wins/losses.  Very interesting to read.

Update1: I just re-deposited another 0.01 BTC.  Now seeing streaks of 9-10 wins/losses at 50% win chance.
Perhaps now is a bad time to try a martingale. LOL.

Update2: I just won 10 consecutive rolls at 50% win chance.   RNG seems streaky now.  Will take a break and play more later.
My martingale is still holding.  Only 13 consecutive losses will break it.

potcoin and most other coins and even bitcoin have lost value because rich buyers are on their summer vacation.

Price should go back up in September.  Now is a very good time to buy cryptocoins.

Potcoin not only must compete against cash,credit cards,mobile payments etc., it also competes against other cryptocoins.  I think making analogies between potcoin and bitcoin is flawed because bitcoin has many more supporters than potcoin.  Non-miners need a strong reason to use a niche cryptocoin such as potcoin.  Miners will use whatever coin they mine.

For example, bitpay.com can be used to accept bitcoin payments on a website.  But maybe they don't permit marijuana sales?
Someone could make a potcoin version of bitpay which would be exclusively for the marijuana industry.
This is just an example of how potcoin can, in some instances, be more useful than bitcoin.

I run some websites which process credit card payments to sell stuff.  Few months ago, I added the option to pay with BTC/LTC but it's an off-site option.  The buyer must send BTC/LTC (via wallet) and then email me.  Even though, so far, no one has paid me by cryptocoin,  I still leave that payment option on my sites as a way to promote cryptocoins.  From my personal experience, most people still have little interest/experience in paying with cryptocoins.  This will hopefully change as people are more often exposed to cryptocoins.

Perhaps marijuana buyers are different than the average person.  Maybe they don't want a marijuana related purchase to be permanently recorded on their credit card statement which might embarrass them or negatively affect them in the future.  Currently, I am mining potcoin and of course, anyone who mines potcoin would like to be able to buy stuff with our potcoins.  Just keep promoting these coins and eventually buyers/sellers will often use them .... I hope.

In case some of you don't know, banks are important for almost every business because credit/debit card payments are all processed through banks.  Without a bank account, you can not put cash in a bank and you also cant process credit/debit cards either.  You can process credit/debit payments through someone else's bank account (for example: paypal), but you wont be able to open your own credit card merchant account.  Almost forgot to mention, having a bank account can make it much easier to convert cryptocoin into fiat money.

I am sure almost everyone is sick of reading about legal issues.
But I still have one more important thing to say.

If marijuana is ever 100% legal, then there will be very little need for potcoin.
The main reason for marijuana vendors to use bitcoins or potcoins or another digital currency is because vendors have difficulty opening and maintaining a credit/debit card merchant account and because of issues handling large sums of cash.  I am sure someone can post stories about a few banks which openly process payments for marijuana, but that's the exception and not the rule.  If you have no experience maintaining a high-risk merchant account, then please don't even comment.  Keeping an account open is not easy.  There are plenty of legal industries which are considered high risk and thus are shunned by visa/mastercard and various banks.  Any bank which accepts high risk merchants is probably a bank which has issues/problems.  Banks which are very successful don't want/need to work with legally risky merchants.  The bad banks are often desperate (or poorly managed or have other serious problems) and therefore choose to work with risky merchants or otherwise they may go bankrupt.  I know because I sell high risk items on-line and only the worst payment processors and worst banks will accept me.

As long as the marijuana industry continues to have legal issues which make it difficult for marijuana vendors to process payments, there will be opportunities for alternative payment systems such as potcoin.  If you want potcoin to become popular and valuable, then don't hope/pray for 100% legal marijuana.  100% legal marijuana = no need for potcoin

Likewise, you would be wrong to think that dispensaries in Colorado and Washington are legal.

"without the blessing of the state".  That's funny.  DEA does not need any blessing of any state.
In fact, DEA already has a division near Denver. Appears they are still doing arrests/seizures related to the controlled substance act.

http://www.justice.gov/dea/divisions/den/2014/den042814.shtml
"The superseding indictment includes an asset forfeiture allegation, which includes the firearms possessed by Diaz, and the money derived from the unlawful activity, namely the cultivation, manufacture and distribution of marijuana, a Schedule I controlled substance."

http://www.dailycamera.com/boulder-county-news/ci_24570303/feds-raiding-denver-area-marijuana-operations-including-couple
"Department of Justice spokesman Jeff Dorschner didn't provide details about the investigation, but he said he could state "unequivocally" that the actions were consistent with federal guidelines issued earlier this year that marijuana businesses operating in compliance with their states' laws and not tied to other criminal activity would not be targeted for enforcement."
"Boulder County Assessor's Office records show three marijuana-related businesses at that address: Swiss Medical Industries, Boulder Sweet Grass and Greenhill Investments. It was not clear whether all three businesses were the target of search warrants or just one or two."
"County records indicate all three hold licenses for marijuana grow operations; Greenhill also holds a license for manufacture of infused products."

Medical Marijuana Raids: A Thing of the Past?
http://www.cannalawblog.com/medical-marijuana-raids/

"As you can see, the Amendment says nothing about raids, arrests, crackdowns, or any of the myriad other evils so many commentators seem to believe the Amendment would fix. Rather, the Amendment weakly forbids expending federal funds to stop the implementation of state MMJ law. Sullum correctly points out that stopping implementation is a much different thing than stopping arrests or investigations:"
"…if the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) arrests a patient in Colorado for growing marijuana and the U.S. attorney prosecutes him, that does not, strictly speaking, ‘prevent’ that state from ‘implementing’ its law decriminalizing cultivation of cannabis for medical use. The DEA and the U.S. attorney are enforcing the federal ban on marijuana; they are not compelling Colorado to punish behavior its voters have decided to no longer treat as a crime."

By your logic, a business which pays local and state taxes, while not paying federal taxes, may be legal.
WRONG!  Even if the tax department sends you a letter which states "we won't bother you", it does not exempt you from existing tax rules/laws.
In general, a simple letter from an authority is not sufficient to legally exempt the recipient of that letter from existing laws.
Reason why the US department of justice does not interfere in Colorado marijuana businesses is because the attorney general was appointed by Pres. Obama who has instructed his subordinates to not interfere or reduce interference with illegal marijuana businesses.  If marijuana dispensaries obtained all US, state, and local permits and obeyed the terms of those permits, there would be little or no debate about legal issues.  There would be no risk of interference from federal authorities.

If US congress would remove Cannabis from the controlled substance act, then you could legitimately argue that US marijuana businesses are not legally required to obtain a US permit.
However, that has not happened.  At the US federal level, all that has happened is a momentary change in enforcement, not a fundamental change in legality.

Currently only a very small number of high risk banks are openly accepting marijuana businesses.  If state-regulated marijuana business were 100% legal, then all or almost all US banks would accept such businesses.  There are many entities in the US, such as hospitals, which work with controlled substances.  The difference between a hospital and a marijuana dispensary is that hospitals comply with all laws while, in general, dispensaries do not.  I never heard of a hospital which had problems opening a bank account because it prescribes and/or dispenses controlled substances.  Why? because, in general, hospitals normally comply with the US controlled substance act.

What do you know about cannabis laws in Canada?
Seems to me, both of us are ignorant about Canadian cannabis laws, yet you are so certain laws are violated.
Even though I know little about Canadian cannabis laws, my observation is the situation is similar to Colorado and Washington, which is, there seems to be a lack of law enforcement.

When you claim that Canadian cannabis merchants are violating laws, you ought to cite exactly which laws are being violated.
When you claim that a list of cannabis merchants are a cartel, you ought to explain why.  At least define "cartel".

Appears that this site is where US cannabis manufactures, distributers, and dispensaries can apply for a permit in regards to the US controlled substance act.

http://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/online_forms_apps.html

RiverRock should get a US permit if they want to be 100% legal.

River Rock's blog.

http://riverrockcompliancecorner.wordpress.com/2013/05/13/regulatory-and-criminal-options-in-medical-cannabis-control/

Federal Response

A review of the criminal law relating to marijuana leaves no room for doubt that state medical marijuana laws are of minimal consequence to federal courts and federal prosecutors. Notwithstanding, U.S. Attorneys are not without guidance and certain critical prosecutorial interests have been identified.(11) In practice, choice of forum remains a strategic and policy exercise predicated by enforcement priorities and political shifts.

Most recently in reaction to legitimate concerns expressed by many as to the direct or indirect effect of medical cannabis laws on youth, the Colorado U.S.Attorney has begun enforcement of 21USC § 860 (12) as it relates to the medical marijuana businesses exempted from the 1000 foot setback requirement of the CMMC.(13)

Despite federal supremacy, Coloradoʼs police powers to regulate the health, economic and social welfare of its people (14) are an important consequences of federal system. Though its powers are broad, the federal government cannot eliminate the independent lawmaking authority of states. No kind of conduct is categorically beyond the boundaries of state or federal jurisdiction. The overlapping power of state and federal government promotes plurality, dialogue and offers a myriad of criminal and regulatory options for medical marijuana control.

RiverRock is an illegal business in the United States, same as all other Colorado marijuana businesses which lack permission from federal authorities.  Tomorrow morning, the US drug enforcement agency can go to Colorado and Washington and start making arrests and seizures.  Only thing stopping them is in the current man in the white house.  Banks won't openly accept marijuana businesses because they know such businesses are currently illegal.

potcoin headquarters are in Canada.  If you actually had a realistic understanding of the actual danger, then you would have mentioned at least one Canadian law enforcement agency.  You claim that the FEDs do not endanger you, yet potcoin developers are endangered by the FEDs.  That's such a contradiction.


Everyone in Colorado,  who is growing and/or selling marijuana is acting illegally, according to the Controlled_Substances_Act (1970), except where specifically authorized by federal authorities.  The only reason that the marijuana industry in Colorado is not shutdown is because the current US president refuses to enforce the law. The entire marijuana industry in Colorado is an illegal industry run by drug dealing criminals who have not yet been arrested.  Whether or not such criminals have a state issued permit or licence or registration does not change the fact that marijuana is still illegal at the Federal level.


I think most people who order majijuana products and seeds by mail already understand that receiving packages by mail is not anonymous.
bitcoin and potcoin are a good replacement for credit cards and paypal.
If enough businesses would accept bitcoin and potcoin and other coins, we would not even need to convert coins into fiat.

By the way, do you know what is a cartel?  Impress me with your knowledge.

You are a drug criminal.  potcoin is irrelevant to your criminal activity.


I asked "which criminals cartels", not "which criminal merchants".
If you don't understand the difference between a cartel and a merchant, I suggest you stop embarrassing yourself.
A list of merchants is not a cartel.


Let's start with momcanada.
Are you claiming that momcanada is a criminal business?
Are you saying that it's illegal to send marijuana through the mail in Canada?
Excatly why is momcanada illegal?
Before you answer, I will remind you that Canadian residents are not legally required to obey rules/laws of other countries, including postal laws.

Please cite the rule or law which forbids selling viable cannabis seeds in Canada.


That does not make sense. DEA will ignore Viceroy who is organzing/building the world's largest marijuana facility, yet potcoin developers are in grave danger.  Grave danger from who?

Viceroy.  You openly admit to criminal drug activity.


Why are you complaining about other criminal drug dealers?
Perhaps you should show a positive example by turning yourself into the DEA.


Which criminal cartels are supporting and endorsing potcoin??  How are they giving support to potcoin?
Be specific.

People like you??
Building the largest marijuana production facility in the world elevates you to drug kingpin status.
Prepare to spend time the rest of your life in prison if the next US president is a Republican.

Marijuana prices are high because of government, not because of Cartels.
Government raises the price of marijuana by interfering with production and distribution.
Compared to government, cartels have little effect on drug prices.
Are you planning to form a cartel?  Does not matter because you won't be able to control prices.
marijuana is too plentiful to be controlled by a cartel.

All currencies in the world can be used by criminals.  potcoin is no exception.

Why does a drug kingpin, such as yourself, spend so much time posting on this forum?

Cannabis is currently a controlled substance EVERYWHERE within the United States.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Schedule_I_drugs_(US)

1.The drug or other substance has a high potential for abuse.
2.The drug or other substance has no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States.
3.There is a lack of accepted safety for use of the drug or other substance under medical supervision.

Except as specifically authorized, it is illegal for any person:
1.to manufacture, distribute, or dispense, or possess with intent to manufacture, distribute, or dispense, a controlled substance; or
2.to create, distribute, or dispense, or possess with intent to distribute or dispense, a counterfeit substance.[3]
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I will reserve my opinion until after I see BTC prices on newegg's site.
Until we see exact prices in BTC, we don't know which is cheaper: paying in USD or BTC.
BTC should be cheaper because it does not involve credit/debit cards.
chargeback is impossible.

Yes, it's an instant transfer.  Although, admittedly, I pick up the money only after 10-18 hours because of time zone differences.
On moneygram's site, when I click on "estimate fees",
it currently shows only a 1.6% fee to transfer 1000 USD from my client to me.
With such low fees, I have little or no motivation to find a cheaper alternative.

Ten years ago, when western union was the only option we had, I recall the WU instant transfer fee was approximately 10% !!

I am very happy to continue using moneygram and continue using traditional banking.
My dream is that bitcoin and altcoins will eventually replace credit cards and paypal because I hate how those guys try to control my activity !
But that's another discussion.

My client pays 2% fee to send me an international cash transfer via moneygram.
Can Bitcoin ATM beat that?

I searched google for "FOUNDATION_CALCULATE" and "FOUNDATION_ADDRESS"

In google results, only found one coin with very similiar code: leafcoin

https://github.com/leafcoin/leafcoin/blob/master/src/main.h

Why does google search results not include potcoin or other coins?
Try searching online to find more coins with the same or similar code.

https://www.cryptsy.com/markets/view/173

cryptsy shows trading well below 1400 from end of March to beginning of April.

cookiemonster7 asked you when the next halving will be.
Since you already read the halving schedule, you can answer that question for him.