Although you did not respond to my post, you have replied to others of a similar nature. I do notice that the pages are loading properly now, and I am no longer losing my winning tickets. Appreciate that. Here is my question. While I was experiencing troubles with the pages loading, and my winning tickets subsequently getting ripped off or given away to somebody else who didn't even do the fingerwork to get it, I was trying everything I could to get the pages to load properly. I tried saying yes to Autoscratch as well as no, but it didn't seem to make any difference. Does it?

I want you to know I lost at least 1/4 of my winning tickets in the past week. Not compensating people who have used your site properly and gotten burned is kinda sleazy.

Many of my tickets are disappearing. Pages fail to load and then I am told the ticket has already been paid to me, but in fact it has not. Why are the pages hanging so often? Why am I losing so many tickets this way? This is the only faucet I use which persistently deprives me of payouts, and it used to be a good faucet. Can you please pay some of the tickets you have not paid to 1PtvEura2obBg3PpgtnxBXytK4uLdVTCBo  I would appreciate it. TY

Just wanted to say I love the new site design. Looks clean and unfussy, very nice. Well done.

One question: will you be restoring the ability to donate advertizing credits? I appreciated that feature - made me feel like I was giving back.

Thanks for the replies & welcomes, everyone. I'm experiencing a busy interval with my online studies (taking an online course on Shakespeare at the moment), so am regrettably a bit behind with other stuff. Catching up as time permits over the weekend.  

BTW, my fave free book website is the Library Genesis Project. I always look there first before putting anything in my shopping cart. Ebookoid as well. I still use the Internet Archive for texts as well.

Thanks much for the warm welcome, but I'm KPK00 

I seem to be among the minority in my age group. I have tried to interest other seniors in bitcoin and without exception they have all shut me down immediately. I still keep hoping a few of them will begin to catch on. So many seniors are struggling these days, but most of them do have an Internet connection, and most of us have a little time to spare. If I weren't so hopelessly hooked on reading, I'd be applying my bitcoins to other little luxuries. It has really made a difference for me already. Wealth of knowledge has always been more desirable to me than wealth of money - nothing against that form of wealth, it's just secondary. 

Follow-up: Having attempted to sign up for cex.io, I found it is closed to me, as I do not have a mobile phone. Just a landline. So, scratch another site off the list. Funny, I sensed it wasn't for me, and now I know. Thanks anyhow. 

Yes, I'm signed up w/qoinpro. Have seen ads for cex.io but presumed it would cost more than I have to spare, so have yet to look into it. I suppose it's worth a look at least. Thanks for the prompting.

And OMG those pizzas look good. I do eat adequately, but only just - and certainly nothing so extravagant anymore. Would be nice to see more prosperous times return. Everybody deserves a little pizza now and then. I'll keep counting my blessings, and hopefully counting the bitcoins will follow. 

Lotto still happening? Please enter me, TY 1DWKSoPdRcLKtc6hDhEDdMSTfxA7na6wP8

Hello! Just joined and will be perusing the forums at length over the next couple of days. Realizing upon my initial lookaround that I probably should have joined up as soon as I got into bitcoin, but I'm not usually much of a forum/social network fan.

First of all, I see that there is an incredible wealth of info shared here. Even taking all the rapid changes in the cryptoworld into account (and posts that will be outdated because of the constant change), I'm sure I will learn a lot just by reading. So, thank you to everyone who has taken the time to share their knowledge with others. 

There are a lot of bitcoin stories out there. Here's mine.

I am a senior on a pension. As you all know, inflation has been insane the past few years, but my pension is fixed. People in my situation have been having an absolutely awful time just getting by. I have a tough time just paying my bills and keeping food on the table.

My great passion/vice in life is BOOKS. All my life I have adored everything about books, right down to the smell of them. My needs are pretty simple, but it was hell giving up books. Yes, I use my public library (a LOT!), but there are so many books they simply don't have. As my circumstances became more difficult, I found myself having to sell off most of my books... the loss still hurts.

So imagine how thrilled I was when I finally heard about bitcoin last summer... and that I could actually use it to purchase ebooks! OMG!!!

Now, I'm not very tech-savvy. My PC is old, and I don't have the hardware to mine, nor the know-how. I have never been lucky w/gambling, so I don't even try. However, I got on board with as many faucets as I could find, until I had earned enough to purchase a BTCClicks premium membership. I continue to earn tiny amounts of bitcoin via faucets and BTCClicks. I'm not happy about the mind-numbing tedium of these activities, but every time I do it, I just tell myself I'm getting a little bit closer to purchasing another ebook. My body may be getting pretty old, but my mind is still as sharp and keen to learn as ever. I need books in my life. They bring congenial companionship to my solitude.

Even if bitcoin never does anything more for me than allow me to continue purchasing ebooks, then it has enriched my life considerably. I just think it's absolutely amazing. Love it! My only wish is that I had heard about it and got on board a long time ago.

In the coming days I will be looking more closely at the forum for means of obtaining more bitcoins, as my shopping cart is always bulging but my wallet isn't. I just wanted to say that I have already peeked at a few pertinent threads and I must say the "get a job" refrain is pretty insulting. I know that young able-bodied people rule the world but they are not the only ones who live in it. So, please remember that there is at least one retired senior (me) here on the forum, who should not be told to get a job. I've done my time working, and working hard at that. Now I am just grateful beyond words that there is a way I can obtain new books once again. Even if they are only digital books, that I can't hold in my hands, and smell. 

Thanks again to all who have contributed to this forum, it looks like an excellent resource!