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1  Economy / Gambling / Re: Rollbit.com | Crypto's Most Rewarding Casino 👑 on: September 19, 2025, 10:58:21 PM
I support this because it is hard to believe the 2% claim. Many who are addicted to gambling and other addiction especially those that are/can be subtle may often say they are not addicted until they try to quit but one way or another coming up with an excuse to continue rather than maybe giving an actual break for the time being or just quitting, depending on the one that work well for them.

Not all whom would entertain the idea of quoting gambling do so because of addiction problems neither will I say, all whom would like to take this step and often find themselves returning back to gambling have addiction problems.

There are those who find gambling to be of no good to them given, how unprofitable they’ve being while gambling and might chose to quit the way, there are also those who just want to quit because they feel is of low standards in their pursuit of other things and life and many other reasons.

As much as your reason gives your desires purpose, when not strongly rooted, you could find yourself returning to gamble.
2  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: politicians gambling on: September 19, 2025, 10:52:18 PM
You are right there, the constitution of most countries prohibited politicians and other public figures to avoid gambling and if caught doing so they may risk losing their position, the reason is that, gambling is risky and have alot of forces that can make someone act in a way that is not responsible and for that reason government place alot of restrictions and regulations on gambling activities within it system.

I think these is a good reason for this aside from how gambling is viewed by many in the society which might also affect the image of a politician, supposedly a leader to multiples when holding public office.

As a politician in office, you are always in control of public funds when well placed, these are funds that is used in the running of a jurisdiction and when mismanaged, it could lead to the suffering of the people you are meant to lead.

Now we all know how gambling could be tempting and an addictive place, should a politician taste those shores, we could as well be kissing a lot of those public funds goodbye.
3  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Have you ever lied to cover a gambling loss? on: September 19, 2025, 10:42:00 PM
I agree, instead of confessing your mistake and being a man to tell the truth there are gamblers who choose to lie and cover their loses, thinking that they can make an alibi and can passed the issue and things will just let go by their partners, different people have their different opinon and position in terms of creating lies to cover up thier loses, sad thing that maybe the after effect of this kind of attitude, the possibility that they may fall into addiction may take place after.

There are those who would lie about their gambling ordeals, many at times it’s because they are ashamed of how frequent they loss and just how much they are having to lose each time they gamble and people that finds themselves within this space are those that are struggling with finances and yet, they gamble still, loosing even more funds that they don’t have.

I don’t see much reason to lie about these things, it gives the impression of an addict trying to deceive themselves in order to continue an ordeal that isn’t proving favorable. Not the way I would like to go and certainly don’t think I owe no one an explanation but, should I see the need to talk to someone about my gambling habits, it’s best not to lie about it and even better not to say nothing of it at all.
4  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: [POLL] Was gambling a reason for you to discover Bitcoin / cryptocurrencies? on: September 19, 2025, 10:36:51 PM
I'm interesting how much gambling played a role in the adoption of cryptocurrencies by the population of this forum. Smiley

Gambling remains as far as possible from any possible reason why I decide to adopt cryptocurrency.

Online gambling has brought about just enough comfort about the space as I would have had desires for. No doubt Bitcoin or cryptocurrency gambling does spice things up but, it’s of little importance other than using it for a means to earn some of them Bitcoin without having to buy directly with fiat or using other swap features

That’s if you are able to win often of be profitable in your gambling but, we know better how it often ends and even then, we gamble still.
5  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: The rich is hugely favoured in gamble. on: September 19, 2025, 10:21:34 PM
I was having a conversation about gambling with two young men and one of them said gambling is not for the poor people, that it has the proclivity to favour rich people much than with the poor, and the examples he gave  made me to come close to endorsing his interpretation.

I would have interpreted the statement more differently, as though gambling being a game were you are likely going to loss many times than win, is one that requires you having constant funds, funds that the poor doesn’t often have but hey, you are as well allowed to stake as little as you can afford so yeah, the poor can always get the chance.

Should gambling ever favour the rich, then we would say it’s no longer a game of luck as luck has no ties to social status or any form of segregation at all.
6  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Isn't the Whole Point of Bitcoin to Avoid Gov Oversight? on: September 18, 2025, 08:18:40 AM
If Satoshi designed Bitcoin to be
anonymous, then why should the government have any business
knowing what I’m doing with my coins? 

I mean, Satoshi is (supposedly) sitting on hundreds of
Bitcoins and nobody knows who they are. If that’s possible
for them, then shouldn’t I also be able to hold and use
Bitcoin without anyone looking over my shoulder? 

There isn’t any segregation in Bitcoin,

Satoshi Nakamoto designed Bitcoin for the purpose of p2p transactions which is/was pending how you use it to ignore all third parties in its everyday use. The issue of trust has come in to issue in escrows and some of these as exchanges which due to their set up have to function under certain regulations and with these comes KYC and certain compliance to jurisdiction laws.

Bitcoin still is indeed private but, this privacy is as limited as your pattern of usage.
7  Bitcoin / Wallet software / Re: Has anyone ever had luck recovering an old wallet? on: September 18, 2025, 08:11:26 AM
Sorry, I think you got mixed up.

To be clear, I'm not asking for help or a solution. It's just a discussion.

You might have got me mixed up there as well because, you said in the OP that,
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I’ve personally got a blockchain wallet from 2014 that I'm locked out of.

I've tried various passwords over the years but no luck.
This does sound like you needed help although, the part where the value of Bitcoins in the wallet of users to have emerged unscaled from this kind of wallet issue problems is what doesn’t really matter and can promote discussion but either ways, you could still follow up on previous threads about this for insight.

Anyway, in your case, if you can remember some partial words of your seed or password, I would say use one of the offline open-source tools that has a brute-force combo. Exercise utmost caution before resorting to any wallet recovery companies because most are scams or shady. Also avoid giving your seed to strangers.

You’ve got the most unique username on the forum

That was by the way but,
Has brute force even with a partial knowledge of the seed phrase or private key ever worked? I don’t think it possible as, if this were the case then, no key out there would be really safe.
8  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Is Bitcoin Cash (or Bitcoin Fork) the pathway to swap altcoins for Bitcoins? on: September 18, 2025, 07:52:28 AM
Is Bitcoin Cash (or Bitcoin Fork) the pathway to swap voluminous altcoins for Bitcoins?

No it’s not.
I take it you are having a misconception on how Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash works. Indeed Bitcoin Cash is a fork from Bitcoin that was built to match Bitcoin in its pathway given supply and price but, this isn’t the case.

If it is then bitcoins is no longer decentralized and swaps of altcoins messes up its integrity because the market capital of bitcoin can be manipulated. It would be unfair for people like me who bought bitcoins for cash while they get rich in swapping their cheaper altcoins.

1 Bitcoin cash does not equal 1 Bitcoin as you are trying to project.

1 BCH = 0.00538 BTC
At current price of Bitcoin being $117k
So, there isn’t anything unfair about it. It just shows a misplaced priority should you buy BCH only to or with the aim of swapping it for BTC. Well, it remains one way to own it but, I don’t see what stops you from buying BTC directly and there isn’t anything about being fair having to buy with your fiat money or swapping with altcoins.
9  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: The creature from Jekyll Island- read this first on: September 18, 2025, 07:31:06 AM
Banknotes were created because gold and other precious metals were not practical for everyday use as money.Since the time of the Roman Empire, there were people who engaged in lending gold, silver, and bronze coins with interest, as well as exchanging them. They usually did this in markets and other public places, sitting at tables. These tables were called banca in Latin, which is where the word bank and the term bankers originate from.
Speaking of gold to have not being practical, isn’t that the case we have of Bitcoin today? When people talk of using Bitcoin for financial transactions which is its original purpose, the volatile nature of it comes in. Where merchants would be required to have it swapped for a stablecoin or fiat.
Wouldn’t that be the very reason why fiat is still valued as oppose to many that would want to see it out.

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The Federal Reserve (FED) is also a private central bank. The entire banking and monetary system in the Western world is completely private because there are people who hold a monopoly on creating money, and fiat currencies are essentially created as debt. Both governments and ordinary people owe money to these entities.

How do you mean when you say fiat money is always created as debt? I don’t quite get that.
10  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: UEFA Champions League 2025/26 Season on: September 18, 2025, 07:15:50 AM

It's all went well. I had so much optimism before i placed my bet, and yeah easy free money. Chelsea's crap defense really costed them a lot, but my credit goes to Palmer that saved my bet. I thought they would not score, but glad i was wrong.

As for PSG, there's nothing to complaint at all, and just perfect result against a mediocre team.

Palmer made this happen, while the rest of the team were lacking behind and making error passes, missing tackles and goals.

You can imagine the goal opportunities Enzo missed in the very first half. Enzo had the chances that no other player on the pitch did, just him and the goalkeeper, twice and these are balls you just have to shoot and target and see what becomes of it but, he couldn’t take any. Lack of champions league experience did this one to Chelsea as almost all of them where yet to feature in one.
11  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: UEFA Champions League 2025/26 Season on: September 17, 2025, 10:59:08 PM
Overall, I loved today matches a lot and it was basically free money throughout:
  • PSG won
  • Liverpool won
  • Bayern won
  • Inter won

How did your bets do?

Free money… well, that depends on the markets you were gambling on. Certainly the goal market and the win market were some places to look but, not for an over 2.5 with Inter Milan, that’s one place I got it wrong on my list bet.

The win market would have served me well but, I wanted to give some doubt on Ajax not having to get something from the game and they didn’t.

Most of the top teams got their win in this round and it was always going to be so, setting the pace.
12  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: UEFA Champions League 2025/26 Season on: September 16, 2025, 10:14:58 PM
The come back is always real when it comes to Real Madrid and with them playing from home, you just know ain’t no way they would be loosing to Marseille. Though, it took them two penalties to do it, not the way they would want to go but, sure they would like to keep any 3 points they could get. 2 penalties in one game for Real Madrid, that’s one way to gift a champ by the league 1 side. They certainly didn’t take advantage of the Carvajal red card situation.
13  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: UEFA Champions League 2025/26 Season on: September 16, 2025, 07:52:44 PM
The Tottenham-Villareal match is a very entertaining one. Tottenham took a 1-0 lead early in the match, but Villarreal goalkeeper Luiz Junior scored the goal himself (he tried to block the ball, but it went into the net). It was an unfortunate situation.

Tottenham taking the early lead is a very promising one for the English side. I was expecting the Spanish side Villarreal to hold them to a draw in the first half, either as a goalless first half draw or drag a goal back but, Tottenham has been really good in this first half.

Real Madrid and Marseille are on a 1:1 draw. Marseille surprised Real Madrid and took to the scoring. This was a wrong loving would say, it would make Real Madrid come all out and be all attacking, putting the team under so much pressure while forcing them to make a mistake. You just know this was going to be a typical come back match and Real Madrid still has a chance to win it.
14  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: UEFA Champions League 2025/26 Season on: September 16, 2025, 06:46:17 PM
The game has been tough from the beginning and Athletic club stood  up and posed a challenge for Arsenal from the onset. Martinelli gave Arsenal the head with a clinical finish in the 72nd minute to give then the lead. I hope Arsenal can hold on until full time. Trossard just extended the lead now with a rather calm and lucky deflection

I didn’t expect either sides to give much chances as, they both are an equally matched team and would play with a lot of caution and that’s what I saw them do. However, Arsenal did ensure they commit Athletic Club and once they got that 1 goal, you almost know Athletic club would be forced out and just like that, Arsenal got the chance to get a second.

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Another rather interesting scenario is USG beating PSV 1:3 from away. I needs thought USG we're so good to be as effective as they're seeming now. Maybe PSV would sack their coach after this. This is surely a very poor performance from his side

PSV’s loss was something I didn’t hope to result and loosing by 3 goals at that was the hight of what they had to endure. They didn’t play so well in this game as the statistics shows. A good odd gone to waste for USG.
15  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: First thing you will do if you win big time in a Casino? on: September 16, 2025, 12:59:31 PM
Good for him, I just hope he remains level-headed and properly handles the money that would benefit them in the long run. I mean, I've heard a lot of stories where gamblers win life-changing amounts of money, and a lot of them end up losing them all because of spending them without a care in the world or trying to recreate the luck they just had by gambling again.
There are some kind of wins I’ll secure in gambling, I’ll quit gambling for a while, in fact I’ll divert my attention to something else, because many times I tried to push further after a win, the story doesn’t always end well, it mostly ends in regrets. I’ve learned my lessons, experience they say teaches the best lessons. At least it has helped me to enjoy my wins and used it for things that’ll actually add value to me.

The first thing I would do is definitely to withdraw it, lol… not all wins are successfully withdrawn so yeah, that’s the first way to go and if secondly would interest you,,,

I definitely get to buy some Bitcoin with it and that’s if this winning wasn’t withdrawn in Bitcoin at the first place. Why Bitcoin, well, though there might be plans on plans arranged into some preference scale, you definitely wouldn’t get to jump at it.

While I start tracing my steps to decision making on how to use these funds in ways that would definitely be of worth to me.

Stopping gambling for a while, not quite. Most times, I always tend to leave a little bit of something in there after a win, that’s a way bank to gambling and having a bankroll.
16  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽ Lega Serie A 🇮🇹 (Italian League) Prediction Thread 2025/2026 ⚽ on: September 16, 2025, 12:07:21 PM
And here, Modric was the man of the match between AC Milan and Bologna. Bologna is no small club, and this was also very troublesome. Bologna even controlled over 61% of the ball, but their attacking and finishing were very poor.

Source: Luka Modrić has been named 𝐌𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡
That's it he's doing it even at his age he's still out playing the young talents, wow congrats to modric and congrats to AC Milan as a team because it's not an easy game there, bologna has been in mad for even last season so it's an impressive win for them

Luka in AC Milan!
Now that’s a man that just don’t want to take a break, he just don’t want to. At his age you would consider him taking up his career in a league that is less competitive and just want the elite for a show down, I’m talking about the Saudis but no, Luka still wants to be competitive, to be out there along with the youngsters and the serie A is no small for you know, some strong defense line and Italian pressure.

It’s good to find him winning something so early in the league even if he just arrived, a champ that has still got it.
17  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽ Premier League 2024/2025 Discussion Thread ⚽ on: September 16, 2025, 11:58:31 AM
Manchester City is trying as much as possible to come back to their old form but currently they are trying but one can't say that they are back to their old form, just because they won Manchester United with three goals does not mean that they are actually back to form, currently Manchester United is not informed and so any team that takes that advantage can possibly win them very well and that is what Manchester city did,


It is true indeed that they need a way back to their formal glory and the way they played against Manchester United felt like one. This was a derby and there is a certain kind of feeling that comes with it, they used that to be more challenging towards their attack and got results. Only if they could build on that towards other teams in the league, Pep might yet get something out of this season, to be a league contender at the very least because, what they are right now isn’t it.
18  Other / Archival / Re: Seeking Real-Life Experiences on Bitcoin Security Measures on: September 13, 2025, 07:16:13 PM
You have to separate between personal usage for your real life, personal usage for Bitcoin and business usage. If you mix personal usage for your real life and Bitcoin, you will get many emails related to cryptocurrency.

This goes real good to ensure security of your asset. It in a way ensures that in any eventuality, you don’t get to loose it all and have to battle having to start building a portfolio from the bottom. It drains you to do that.

Having your holdings saved away on different wallet and separating them as either savings and expenditure wallet would ensure you don’t go about spending way too much on whatever and you don’t risk having your entire holdings on you or at a place in any specific time.
19  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: The relationship between gambling, gender and risk taking on: September 13, 2025, 07:09:47 PM
Often times the debate has been held on which gender are prone to taking more risks in gambling. It is often believed that men are more involved in gambling because more men are physically identified as gamblers. Female gamblers are more of online gamblers and therefore there's no accurate statistics on them.

What do you think about risk taking in gambling with respect to both genders?

This goes beyond physicality.
When it comes to gambling, studies shows that there are more men in gambling than women and as such, you wouldn’t expect the minority to be the most risk takers or the most addicted. Men tend to gamble more and just as it is within the DNA of a man to want to lead, provide and protect, so the expense of his risk taking. It’s what drives men to take risks that might be viewed as unnecessary but in all, there was a target.
20  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: La Liga (Spanish League) Prediction Thread 2025/26 on: September 13, 2025, 06:23:30 PM
Just going through the match statistics it's clear that after the first half real sociedad was the better team as they dominated everything about this game, looking at the ball possession sociedad had 64% compared to Madrid 36% of the ball possession even in total shorts sociedad got a total of 23 shorts compared to Madrid 13 short .

Real Sociedad where playing from home side, you would expect them to not make the game easy for Real Madrid and it even got worst for Real Madrid with that red card. A 1 goal draw back puts the game to a possible equalizer and that confident in the one player short on Real Madrid’s side alone could have pushed for the equalizer but, they couldn’t manage it.
Real Madrid still managed to keep their edge ahead of Barcelona.

Athletic clubs loss to Deportivo Alaves was so unexpected, I’m lucky it didn’t make it into my bet.
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