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1201  Economy / Gambling / Re: STARTING OWN CRYPTO GAMBLING SITE on: February 15, 2023, 12:17:55 AM
if you want to build a casino without KYC , you can build a decentralized casino and it looks like the script is not as difficult as building a centralized casino , usually people will just connect their wallet and play without your intervention , but to be honest it also costs money to develop , hopefully anyone interested in working with you  Wink
Op need to do some research about different types of casino so that he would be able to bring out a reasonable results that many gamblers would like. It is not by writing that he want to build one of the best casinos but every is based on the input. If op is ready for this then he should be prepared to put a lots of money to it so that he would be have a better result.
He wants to get input and suggestions from members here that can help him build a casino that can provide a different experience from other casinos. I think he wants to know the reactions of all of us by giving ideas, suggestions, or something else. And I agree that it will cost a lot of money because it's a fast-moving business. But that doesn't mean he can get big profits quickly. And it's been a few days since he created this thread, and he hasn't come back here and given his latest update.
Op just need to be ready to spend more or else he might not achieve what he has explained in his claims. Money answereth all things and by having sufficient fund, he would be able to make necessary plans including developers if he is not one that would run his website. Creating a casino that will be very competitive is will need an experienced developers in gambling.
What is certain is that @OP needs to have a large capital to create a casino and think about doing promotions which are the most important things in a business. If he didn't have a lot of money to make a casino in the gambling business, he might not last long and would close his casino soon. With the current development of the gambling business, the more money to start making a casino will provide an opportunity to grow and develop into a big one, and if it becomes big, the casino can provide benefits for the owner.

Yes, I believe we're talking six digits here. Advertisement is crucial for driving players to the casino and it's not cheap. Hiring all the necessary staff can also be challenging and costly. I'm not even talking about website, backend and paid live streams (Evolution etc). Shocked
1202  Bitcoin / Development & Technical Discussion / Re: 🪙💎♣️♦️Altcoins and NFTs on Bitcoin blockchain and Lightning with Taro on: February 15, 2023, 12:04:08 AM
As you may have heard. Taro Protocol was recently released to Bitcoin Testnet. This protocol will allow for alt-coins on BTC blockchain as well as Lightning. It will also allow for NFTs that don't take tons of space like ordinals.

Here is a wallet for this protocol here
https://testnet.tarowallet.net/

If you are already running a taro node / tarod you can use it to test your node. If you just want to play and learn you can mint your own Taro Assets as well as send them and deposit them.

There are multiple alt coin and NFT faucets available as well:
https://testnet.tarowallet.net/walletapp/faucet/?currency=4
https://testnet.tarowallet.net/walletapp/faucet/?currency=nft

Here is the Tarod repo for those that want to contribute to the project:
https://github.com/lightninglabs/taro
It is now being developed by Lightning labs.

Oh noes, please stay away from Bitcoin with this shitcoin/NFT mumbo-jumbo! Ethereum is a perfect blockchain for such a purpose, don't you think so? What are the advantages of using Taro for the common Bitcoin users apart from ability to send scam images with pseudo value back and forth?  Grin
1203  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Know your limit on: February 14, 2023, 11:04:09 PM
Avoid ending up like a friend, who used all the money he has to invest in bitcoin and also took a loan, promising the lender that he will pay back when he gets paid in a month, after a month he never received the salary, I warned him doing this, because he has no doubt mixed investment with 'whatever it takes', is it safe to call this greed? I don't know.

Now he wants me to lend him some money to at least pay the loaner back and later settle me, there is more, now I have to send him some money to buy some food.

You don't have to use all your money to invest, even if you are not married yet or have other responsibilities, the best approach when planning to invest in Bitcoin is to buy with some percentage of the money you earning, maybe through business or a job.

If you do this weekly or monthly you won't feel any pressure, always remember that health is wealth.


Mixed feelings: yes it was definitely foolish to go all in (when did he invest?). The timing is ok, I guess we've seen the bottom and stuff but what was he thinking when he took a loan for a period of one month? He really expected that Bitcoin will moon within a month? How stupid is that? On the other hand, I feel huge respect for people who are brave enough to go all in. And sometimes, some lucky guys like that win big!  Cool
1204  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: I have always wanted to ask this about bitcoin on: February 14, 2023, 06:29:17 PM
Will people still use or buy bitcoin till today if all it has to offer is the decentralized characteristic only, I am trying to say that if bitcoin is stable in value from day one and has no investment ability will you still buy it?

if all it has to offer is moving money around and no volatility, will Bitcoin be your favorite still? Drop your thoughts and let's see.

I am thinking that the Volatile is what makes bitcoin a must have for almost everybody, think I am wrong?

And people won't see a reason to buy Bitcoin if there were no Volatility from day one.

I think it's not quite correct to evaluate Bitcoin from this point of view. Volatile or not volatile - many Bitcoiners don't really care. Bitcoin is decentralized, great investment in the long run, it's quite safe and anonymous, it's divisible and portable etc etc etc...  this perspective (volatile or not volatile) is mostly important for traders, just one of the groups of people around Bitcoin. So, if you're a trader, I guess volatility could be a reason to buy Bitcoin.  Cool
1205  Economy / Gambling / Re: Crashscores.com 💥 Realtime Crash Game Statistics on: February 13, 2023, 09:09:17 PM
Interesting project, couldn't help myself but to test it out. Initial loading takes quite a long time from my location. Buttons have no mouse-over, on-click effects so initially I thought they were not working at all. In about a seconds time screen refreshes and the requested data/filter shows up.

I suggest you add some more casinos, change your hosting provider or use a cloud service to increase the loading speed. Also could show some more details when a user hovers or clicks on a moon/crash button. Otherwise great project, keep up the great job!  Cool
1206  Economy / Economics / Re: Economic implications of a US-China-Taiwan conflict on: February 13, 2023, 08:19:28 PM
There are rumors that the US will enter a full-scale war with China once it invades Taiwan in 2025. If we thought the Russo-Ukraine war was coming to an end, then we ain't seen nothing yet. Such a catastrophe within the world's biggest economies (US and China) could lead us to a very dark future where the global economy collapses for good. After all, the US is the biggest economy in the world followed by China. Things will get worse if Russia is still at war with Ukraine by the time this happens. It seems like both China and Russia have ambitions to rule the world, so maybe a "New World Order" is upon us?

How deep of an impact will a US-China-Taiwan conflict have over the global economy? Do you think there's still a possibility for economic recovery after the crisis? Will this weaken the US in the long run? Or will it strengthen it? Your input will be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Smiley

First, I have to say that I don't believe such a scenario is possible (disclaimer: I was sure Russia wasn't going to invade Ukraine  Grin ) but in a very unlikely event of a full-scale war between US and China, I guess we're all doomed. Both countries possess nuclear weapons and will probably try to nuke each other asap.

I also believe that Russo-Ukrainian war will end before 2025 (later this year or early 2024 is my prediction).  Cool
1207  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Withdrawing Bitcoin off the radar on: February 13, 2023, 08:08:10 PM
Hello there,

As I was driving earlier, this thought came through my mind. I've been accumulating Bitcoin for quite some time now, and at some point eventually I'll have to withdraw it in fiat, at least some of it. I'm not sure when that time will come, and I'm definitely not selling for anything below $50,000, but that's another story. However, I've always kept my bitcoin away from exchanges, and I prefer that it stays that way for obvious reasons that have been discussed numerous times in the forum.

Not only do I want to avoid exchanges but also banks, which is currently the most convenient way to withdraw money, but if I were to move funds to a bank account, they'd get taxed at 24%, which is a huge percentage. I've also thought about Bitcoin ATMs, but the majority of them here require some sort of KYC and feature expensive fees, although they may still be a better option than bank transfers. Is there an actual, reliable way to exchange bitcoin for cash in hand? My best guess would be a P2P transaction in person, but that's quite unlikely.

Depending on the amount of Bitcoins you possess, you may want to try OTC trade, Localbitcoins (according to some previous posters going out of business soon), debit cards by Binance, Coinbase, Wirex etc (limited amounts). You could also try to find someone locally (can be dangerous).
1208  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Technical Support / Re: Bruteforce wallet on: February 13, 2023, 08:00:20 PM
Hi

I am running btcrecover since a while back on my linux machine. I had lost the password which i do not remember with the following command and i wonder if there is any faster way of doing this ?

Quote
python3.7 btcrecover.py --wallet wallets/wallet_1 --no-dupchecks --no-eta

Wallet Type: btcrpass.WalletElectrum28
Wallet difficulty: 1024 PBKDF2-SHA512 iterations + ECC
2023-01-28 02:56:27 : Using 2 worker threads
| 1070011680  elapsed: 15 days, 13:23:13  rate: 796.03  P/s


TOKENS FILE

Code:
#--help
## --wallet wallets

###########################################################################
# This is a comment, btcrecover ignores everything after a # sign         #
# To automatically load a tokenlist save it as btcrecover-tokens-auto.txt #
# We can add arguments in the token by writing #-- only on the first line.#
#                                                                         #
# Just copy this file and your wallet.dat in btcrecover-master folder     #
#            Arguments are: --help, --wallet, --listpass and more         #
# All arguments can be found in btcrecover.py --help                      #
# Run btcrecover without extra aguments (since they are in this file)     #
# so only write in CMD: C:\Python27\python btcrecover.py                  #
###########################################################################
#            Testing the Tokenlist                                        #
# Change #--help on line 1 of this file to #--listpass                    #
#                               and run btcrecover.py                     #
#                                                                         #
#            Running the Brute-Force                                      #
# replace #--listpass above with: #--wallet wallet.dat                    #
#                                                                         #
# You can never use --listpass and --wallet at the same time              #
# When using --listpass make sure you delete --wallet wallet.dat          #
# And if you use --wallet wallet.dat make sure you delete --listpass      #
#                                                                         #
###########################################################################
#----The most used wildcards, only use them to finetune the tokenlist!----#
###########################################################################
# (space + # = #) (%S = $) (%% = %) (%^ = ^) (%s = 1 single space)        #
# The + sign = only try passwords with the following token in it.         #
# The ^ sign = try following token only in the begin of password          #
# %d = 1 digit(0-9) %2d = 2 digits(00-99) %1,3d = 1,2 or 3 digits (0-999) #
# ^r1^ ^r2^ ^r3^ = Relative position of token                             #
# The $ sign at the end of a token = token is at the end of password      #
# A space between tokens = OR                                             #
# (%a = a-z) (%A = A-Z) (%1,3in = 1,2 or 3 digits or a-Z)                 #
# (%y = symbol !@#$) (%P = Anything)                                      #
###########################################################################

%1,25in

It could run faster but only if you remember some information about your password (like a number of characters, presence of certain letters/digits/special characters), perhaps you could also include a text file containing your passwords you use for another websites/wallets (it's possible you reused the password from some other website).
1209  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Rejecting odd provider's limit on: February 13, 2023, 07:32:05 PM
Have seen few discussion in this board about odd providers limiting user accounts, I assume they must be tracking user's accounts across multiple casinos by email address, kyc is triggered later.

My question is, would it be possible to circumvent such imposition by simply using different emails while registering on different casinos?

Frankly, I wouldn't recommend you to mess with this. Casinos may use various methods to identify and track users, such as IP address, device ID, and payment information, in addition to email address. So, using different email addresses to register with multiple casinos can get you into trouble (account termination, loss of funds etc).
1210  Economy / Economics / Re: Can one achieve financial independence through crypto currency? on: February 12, 2023, 09:41:19 PM
The popularity of crypto currencies has been on the rise in recent years and many people are drawn to them as a means to achieveing goal of financial freedom.
Additionally, the decentralization and global nature of crypto currencies like Bitcoin, Ethereum and others, have made them an attractive option for those who want to take control their financial future and want to avoid traditional banks and financial institutions. They can also provide hedge against inflation and currency devaluation.

Given these factors, the dream of financial freedom can come true by using crypto currency?

Yes, it's totally possible, but... as time goes, you need a bigger investment to receive significant gains and life-changing generational wealth. More and more billionaires, corporations and countries are buying Bitcoin. Back in 2011 you could have spent several dollars and become financially independent by now. Now you have to invest thousands and tens of thousands to achieve the same results. Bitcoin is growing mature.
1211  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Technical Support / Re: Stuck transaction on: February 12, 2023, 10:00:19 AM
Hi everyone I miscalculated my fees on receiving a transaction. I set them too low for how busy the mempool is.

Are my only options at this point is to use cpfp or wait til the mempool gets less busy?
I tried using sparrow wallet to cpfp but I had no luck connecting my hardware wallet's unconfirmed transaction.
Thanks in advance!

Don't worry these low-fee 1sat/byte transactions get confirmed eventually you'll just have to wait. You can use some free tx accelerator to speed things up. During the latest market move from ~23k area down to 21k+ mempool was really busy so I had to wait a bit longer than normal. But all my transactions went through eventually, no need for cpfp.
1212  Economy / Gambling / Re: Bitnity.com - a community-driven gambling platform on: February 12, 2023, 09:28:53 AM


Greetings!

We're thrilled to announce the beta release of our platform, https://bitnity.com, a community-driven crypto casino that offers you the opportunity to be the house by investing in the bankroll and staking our native token, BTNTY.

More information: https://medium.com/@bitnity/bankroll-investing-profit-distribution-f3a9888a690e

As we are still in the testing phase, we are limiting play to Play Tokens for the time being.

Join us for free and try out our dice game! We welcome all feedback and suggestions.

Currently available currencies:

  • PTKN (Play Token)

Available games:

  • Dice

What's coming next:

  • BTC and ETH bankroll to be enabled soon
  • BTC and ETH launch of Dice game
  • Crash game under development

Website: https://bitnity.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitnity
Discord: https://discord.gg/pDBvU6aHwa
Telegram: https://t.me/Bitnity
Medium: https://medium.com/@bitnity
CMC: https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/bitnity-new
Etherscan: https://etherscan.io/token/0xf5d4619bf91cabd8d850ce0673fd7908e9c37b2c

Nice concept and I love the tagline "Be the house". I really hope it won't turn into yet another scam eventually. All these staking projects are a huge red flag for me, because of the risks of owners fleeing with funds at some point. I'd really love to be wrong though.  Cool
1213  Economy / Economics / Re: The fear of global recession is real or just a speculation? on: February 12, 2023, 07:31:46 AM
There is much discussion in both the print and electronic media regarding the probability of global recession as a consequence of ongoing war in Ukraine, but I think unlikely to happen any time soon, even if it does, it is expected to be less severe than recession in 2007, as global GDP is still growing albeit at a slow rate. The real challenges for policy makers are growing debt, climate change and increasing frequency of natural disasters, such as earthquake, hurricanes and floods, which pose significant risk to world economy. These need to be addressed by global community urgently, in order to ensure a stable and thriving economy.

I guess we're very close to recession at this point. Moreover, I think it's already happening in some countries. I'm not an expert, but from what I have seen/read many countries announced economic growth of 0.something % and some forecasts were also with negative growth.
1214  Economy / Gambling / Re: Own a profitable gambling site. Looking for investors on: February 11, 2023, 08:25:04 AM
Hey everyone,

I own a gambling site that is currently doing around $15,000-$25,000/day in wagers and netting around $1-2k/day. I was new to the gambling space when I first started out and since then have learnt a tremendous amount. The first few months of running the site were very rough because we didn't have the right developers at the time. In addition to that I was very eager to get started on marketing and had spent a ton on marketing when the site simply wasn't ready.

Since then we've found new developers and worked on the site non stop to the point where it has gotten 10,000s of sign ups and where we're making profit every day. Because of the steep learning curve and all of the hurdles we went through the site has sadly ran out of budget other than the few thousand dollars it makes a day. It's nice money but it's not enough to scale fast to the level where I want to be at. If I were to reinvest all the money it makes daily would also take a while to grow.

I'm looking for an investor to join me in taking the site to the next level. I'm looking for approx. $100k-$200k. If anyone is interested they can comment their Telegram or other preferred way of communication.

I hope that this is the right section to post this,

Thanks!

You have to start with posting the website url here. I see no reason to keep it secret. Then you can provide some financial/performance reports and /or backend access in private. Next, as somebody has already mentioned here, you need collateral. Without it, you won't be able to get such a loan.

Why don't you launch an IPO or try to raise money on one of those crowdfunding platforms?
1215  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: System Glitches! How does it affect transactions? on: February 11, 2023, 08:13:14 AM
I'd meaning to ask this questions, I offer had an encounter either from my trading Apps or banking institutions about system glitches, and when this happen nothing seem to work out, and some fake investment forum use it as an escape root to vindicates people's capital investment.

Please, what's it all about system glitches ?
How does that stop transactions processes?
Why will it always served as a means to run away with people capital?
What's your best advise to this view?
What do we do when such incident occurs in our trading platform's?
How do we easily take away our investment it crashes?

What is the trading app you're using? Is your network connection stable? There may be some difficulties withdrawing or depositing on certain exchanges during bigger moves (pump or dump) but these glitches are rare. Back in the early years 2011-2017 it was quite common, but not anymore. Just use a reliable exchange.
1216  Economy / Economics / Re: Russian Gas ban - A problem for Europe or suicide for Russia? on: February 11, 2023, 07:58:15 AM
It looks like many in this thread are delusional. Shrinking or even completely stopping oil and gas exports from Russia doesn't mean the war will stop. Moreover, even stopping ALL trade with Russia won't change anything. The war will go on. Sorry but this is the sad truth. Putin doesn't use EUR or USD to pay the workers at military factories. Western countries are only hurting themselves with the sanctions. Think about this before popping champaigne.
1217  Bitcoin / Development & Technical Discussion / Re: How lightning network store user data? on: February 11, 2023, 07:36:14 AM
I see many implementations like lnd, c-lightning, is using local database (redis) for user data storage. I think it introduces the problem of a single point of failure.

Is there any implementation is based on distributed storage? Just like DHT or somehow?

Lightning network doesn't store any user data. You do. And I have to agree with the previous comments: you are in charge, you choose how to implement it. So, if you feel like overdoing things you can set up some sort of a distributed cloud storage with every node protected by RAID and real-time backups.  Cool
1218  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: how many times have you intended to stop gambling on: February 10, 2023, 07:32:35 PM
Gambling has become an everyday thing for some people and this act has lead to serious addiction which is not good. When gambling we should understand that we are just playing for fun. Most people i know around always take gambling as a very serious issue and i have this particular friend that always complains to me how he has stopped gambling but from no where you still see him gambling again. Me myself am a sesonal gambler and i only gamble on the sport i know which is soccer, i think exploration of new gambling games you are familiar with also causes this repeated feeling of always quitting gambling. I just want to know if this phrase is common among everyone or its just he catch phrase whenever you experiences a big loss.

I gamble just for fun and with small amounts of money/crypto so gambling is not an issue for me. I can stop any time it's sort of a hobby for me not an addiction. I've also never considered stopping, because it's relaxing, it gives me adrenaline rush, it's great fun etc... Perhaps I'd change my mind if I had a real addiction (losing big amounts, selling my house, debt, family issues, divorce).
1219  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Will it be profitable for the business? on: February 09, 2023, 12:06:48 PM
Suppose I am doing business through an online Facebook page and website and want to accept Bitcoin. But now if I look at cryptocurrencies it comes with high volatility, and I have doubts whether accepting Bitcoin will be profitable for my business.
I really want to know your opinion on this and what are the initial steps I should take if I adopt cryptocurrency for my business? Because I see many people on the forum are taking steps to accept Bitcoin for businesses and that's why these questions araised in my mind.


I look at it this way - any additional payment method gives me extra customers. I'm not sure what kind of business you're running: selling goods or services or something else and what is your profit margin as for some businesses currency fluctuations may be critical. There are some services which would process your crypto payments and convert them to fiat immediately after the transaction is made.
1220  Economy / Economics / Re: Russian Gas ban - A problem for Europe or suicide for Russia? on: February 09, 2023, 11:09:15 AM
I remember many were quite sure Russia blew up the pipes.  Eye-opening for them: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/us-bombed-nord-stream-gas-pipelines-claims-investigative-journalist-seymour-hersh-s730dnnfz

Just to remind you Sy Hersh is one of America's finest investigative journalists, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter not just some yellow press.

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