hmm I think what OPs trying to say is that, if there is one course in college that one can study what it is that they may get interested in bitcoin. So probably it is any course that is related to technology, software development and finance.

Yeah, this is what I thought the OP is concerned but after reading it carefully I understand what he means with his question. We can't study anything in the university to work on bitcoin or apply to bitcoin miners haha.

The most accurate course that one can study to understand bitcoin is finance generally because it is all about money.

It is important to know that we do have our own path in life, in business, personal, career, finance, love life and so in. So we don't need to follow anyone in life, but one thing I learned in finance is that successes can be duplicated, I'm not saying we need to replicate every billionaire's people steps that they took, but we should take a look at how they did the steps, simply the rules they follow and some words from them, in short their mindset while doing the work they have founded. However, it is not also wrong to follow people you admire (not literally) if they inspire you to do great things then so be it.

This is the most common perception of normal people, or should I say non-gambler people about gamblers. They think us of as irresponsible, undisciplined, money wasters, and a lot of negative descriptions. Well, maybe, because there are a lot of productive thing to do instead of gambling but I guess the time has totally changes where gambling becomes a normal routine for most of people these days, and gambling doesn't mean playing on casino it's all in different forms.

I got my gaming laptop out of crypto casino and yes it is from small bet, my mother know it and was proud of getting it. So yeah, it's been different now compare back then.

Being overconfident should have a basis, I am experiencing it, but without a basis of having confidence then it was nothing but just a pure wish. Gambling is about luck, yes I can agree with that, but sometimes probability and statistics says what could be on the next turn or next face of the die. Playing blackjack  is a game of instinct and luck, I would be over confident in that game if I already have high pairs on that game, the rest is just a pure luck results.

I was mislead by the first sentence " Bitcoin is completely illegal in my country.." I'm not sure if you are referring to it as now or in 2017 but I'm pretty sure it wasn't banned that year, not even a single country would ban it coz it is powerless, I could say, that time not until it exploded that year as well. Buying my first bitcoin got me a giggle, it is memorable how the bitcoin stored in your wallet. I remember using a local e-wallet that stores bitcoin that time, and it really felt like you are ahead of the majority of people coz you are storing a money on different form and it is not a 'digital' or 'wired money.

Without proof? how can someone give you a proof like this? what @goxcraft meant based on his example is an analogy. And to tell you, there is type of learning called observational learning or social learning. Your kid won't be able to open the door if he didn't see you open that door.

It doesn't necessarily mean that everything we do, our kids will do also. BUT most of the time, they always from what we do, what we say and what we teach them.

I'm not sure if you hate the guy who you are replying with   even me I can't think of a negative effect on a kid directly if he sees his parents gamble than increased in gambling problem to a kid in the future, but surely there will be a negative effect on that family, more probably financial consequences.

There's nothing wrong saying bad examples or bad effects of gambling, because it is true at the end of the day.

Yeah that's why he asked us coz he wants to hear our sentiment about these things. He said his friend introduced the real estate so I guess he's having second thoughts on where he should put his money.
 
that's what investment all about. It's not always generating profit, sometimes it can be your downfall. But with crypto, there are a lot of ways to generate an income like spot trading for safe and slow, futures trading for quick profit/loss and many more. These two investments are risky but if you handle it well and making a good decision you'll probably double it in short period of time.
 
He said below $2500, so I guess he needs more funds on real estate? not sure tho, but on this fund it is high suggested to go with crypto.

Against the tide, for me my minimum trust for a casino is being good for that duration, if you used their site for 6 months very smoothly or if you encountered an error or problem and they fixed it as early as they see it then they have got my trust on their site and their team. I know casinos are subject for us to be skeptic because it is all about money, but some are just starting out truthfully and in 6 months they can prove themselves just all right.

Yeah, complaints after complaints but who are we to judge? if it turned out that a complaint has been resolve it shouldn't count as negative review.

Way too far for India to catch up. The population directly contributes to a country's economy, China and India is the first and second country on the list respectively, imagine you got potentially billions of manpower surely your economy will explode. China despite migrating tech companies, I think it is hard to surpass them in terms of economy.

These countries are dynamic, I believe in slow and steady but China has been pumping their economy way far than we can imagine, they prepared for this era. India's potential economic growth is foreseaable, surpassing China in short term is possible as well but they need sustained efforts from every key areas.

I agree, people these days be freestyling their daily budget as if they are just picking up their money on the floor. Budgeting should be realistically set using the common sense, living without a daily budget is like living in borrow time.

Diversifying is the best way to counter or align your budget, do not settle for one source of income, try to explore more rooms where you can generate profit even it is a small business or lesser income than your main source. I don't think it is hard to find, well maybe it is at first but once you find it, you can prolong it or best you can add more to it. Luxury these days doesn't apply to all, if you can't afford don't buy it, it is a very simple logic.

But then it would be a total nonsense setting yourself an allowed time for you to gamble in the first place if you will follow it. The practice of giving yourself, or limiting yourself on gambling is part of your self discipline which you set to yourself, even if you are in a position to continue gamble because that's where the addiction starts. Remember no gambler have been addicting to losing, it's always  the winning part of it, so I think it is a good idea to limit yourself and try to spend other time on different things. Or maybe try gambling on sports, just bet and watch, it's relaxing and thrilling at the same time trust me.

For me I mostly win on total over/under, I think this is the highest chances of winning among the all the possible bet you could place. Like on NBA, I depend the starting players statistics to anticipate the total, last 5 or 10 matches scores and player injuries, I don't know but if I see fit I always put a bet on it. I think the spread doesn't apply to NBAA especially on pre-matches, teams be winning on 10 deficits and pre-matches will likely to give you -4.5 spread. Sometimes I solo bet on live matches since it is hard to set up a parlay during live matches and odds are changing during those times.

I'd probably be changing my trading strategy, I've had a lot of failures this year honestly. What I'll be doing in the next year is to focus on top 10 coins in the market, I will stay away from the altcoins or those that are on the second page of the market, I hated that I focused on them too hard this year. I will try to recalibrate my strategy, perhaps I'll listen to more experienced than me and I'll never to go against the trend, I'm being too wishful thinker this year and I would like to discipline more myself. Trading is a non-ending learning process, we all must adapt to ever changing current state of the market.

Most of gambling influencers and streamers are paid by the website or the casino company they are working with, there is just no point of streaming or influencing others if it is not for their self interest. There are a lot of people in social media who advertise gambling by recording themselves winning in a single spin on slot machine, funny how those advertisement keep going in going for months, meaning they are attracting people using those dumbass ads.

But I've got to be honest, sometimes when I see ads of gambling I know it affects me subliminally and in no time, you'll see me on my phone playing baccarat or slot haha!

If he bought that car from his $40 million, we can call him stupid if its from a $500 million money that he owns, I can say that he probably deserve to spend on that kind of luxury. We can call him out for buying such a fancy and luxurious car, it is pretty easy but the process he went through is not easy unless it is from the lottery. Personally, I would not buy such car that would cost me millions, prolly not even on 100 grand, I'd settle myself on a simple sports car or family car that could take me from point A to point B. If I were to spend luxury, I'd be spending it to my home so everyone on my family can enjoy every bits of it.

Bitcoin and its technology is a foreseeable threat to the bank, not the way it was built but the idea of the bitcoin itself. See how the blockchain propagates in the recent years, and people keep coming with new projects on crypto upscaling and bringing the bars high. With the generation of us living in the internet? I don't think bank can keep up with the decentralized technology as people are getting more exclusive now.

Just a FUD, we had this numerous times already yet we don't know if he is one of those whales pumping and dumping sh*t on his laptop.

Idea, money, and skills. You can't have just the idea, all of us can produce exceptional business ideas. You can't just have the money and idea the business will certainly fall apart if you only have this. Starting a business may seem so easy with money and idea but then here comes the reality of not having the skills to run and manage the business. This is where most of small to medium businesses cripples. Sadly, there are many ideas and skills that went to waste because of lack of means.

There is so much planning involve in starting a business, there' a market  research, business modelling, financial plan, etc. All aspiring businessmen should know all of it and how to execute these things. Plus the plan if things isn't going as expected, very crucial in deicion making for every businesses around the world with high competition in the market.

Yeah government doesn't have to be transparent at all times, although it is our money from taxes whom they are spending with. There are confidentialities as well included from those funds, and who would calculate it?needless. I think the stability in the world is not achieveable given the fact that we have our own government and differences.

They already answered it with CBDC but it is not the answer to OP.

The only solution to corruption is transparency and the governing people, I don't think there's more than half people in the government who is faithful to their people and country, unfortunately politics is at mud played by oldies.

Betting before matches starts seems a bit dangerous for sports betting, I don't feel like the handicaps are real anymore after consecutive losses from the past months. I'm placing my bets on mid game on live matches because you can see the actual team there, their play, injury reports, live handicaps, etc. I always bet on NBA, and I can say that live betting is way more exciting than betting on pre-matches, if you know you know.

I've got an issue with ESPN on news about the every team injury reports, it seems like it is not accurate anymore, do you guys have other channels for this one? trying to bet on a live match.

Yeah pretty hard for us, imagine land has gone up to 10x from the city and double from the provinces, so basically the best option for us in the near future is to live in the province with a pretty simple life with the opportunities waiting there. We have a slow paced economy, so I'll be in province when I retire, perhaps that is the most ideal for an old man  aight?

Inflation in my country is continuously increasing, today it is up to 6% what more in the coming years? I don't want to rent forever please...