Wow, a billionaire getting caught doing tax fraud? Shocker. It's such a stupid thing for this heir to do this stupid thing, you've already got billions in your name maybe even a company in the future so why dabble with drugs and money laundering? This person is clearly bored out of his mind, no way you'd be doing this if you've got something going on with your life and that you're busy with something that you're passionate about.

Exactly what I was thinking, if there's a possibility that someone might be able to remotely access your nuclear cache and your airbase because they're near that base, there's some level of reasonability as to why this thing should happen. The weather balloon that was actually a spying device should probably be enough answer to this one, China's been upping their espionage game lately so I'm not really sure that we should be too lenient when it comes to this kind of things, better safe than sorry especially with ICBMs caches at stake, I'd rather be paranoid and awesome that everyone's trying to spy on me than be relaxed and then know later that there's someone rogue that's also in control of those world ending weapons.

If you're that worried about the price of bitcoin and the fees when you do some transactions, it's probably in your best interest to learn how to use Lightning Network so you don't have to worry about huge fees when you transfer small amounts of bitcoin plus it's much faster that way, when it comes to the network, it's probably that way for a very long while but the fee goes down eventually, it's just that sometimes, there's so many people that are using the network to do their transaction at the same time as you.

It's 2024 bro! Cloud mining isn't the thing anymore, scammers are already using other methods to scam people now. I do hope (not really ) that you do get your break in this one and find one dumb and gullible enough to believe that cloud mining will make them money. I don't know if you're a genuine person that wants to contribute something to the forum but with that wall of text, I'm not sure that you are, hopefully you do get the urge to improve but I'm not sure, do some changes and you'd see more people care about what you're yapping about.

I'll probably just grab one box of pizza, definitely not going to be a bad idea to do some small celebration eh? After all, it's a monumental event for bitcoin and the community. Now my only dilemma is that should I get a pepperoni because I'm tired of the same one, might choose to do overload and ask for some extra sauce, might share it with you guys too. Hopefully I can remember to do that with my busy schedule.

You could've put a poll to get a more clear answer to this question OP but to me I think that it's going to be a nay for me, we have to remember that cryptocurrency is a volatile asset which means that it can be going up today and it could suddenly go down in an hour, the movement of the price is unpredictable even if there's some reliable technical analysis that's involved, the inherent volatility of most cryptocurrency is just too much which can only mean that if it's going to be your salary, you're going to have a hard time balancing your basic needs and your payment for house or rent if you've got a cryptocurrency for salary, remember that what you need for your salary is something stable enough that you won't starve or become homeless.

Maybe you can get away with doing that if that salary is from a side hustle but other than that, you got to be kidding me to be doing that with your main job so it's going to be a no for me.

I think they're profitable, they wouldn't be here if it weren't the case right? Also, the maintenance is pretty much not that difficult, there's an AMA thread here about managing an online casino and there the OP talked about the pros and cons and the FAQs of running an online casino, it's a pretty good thread but I forgot the name of the thread and the OP but someone will definitely link it here, of that I'm sure.

Definitely casinos, it's only logical to think that they're the one that's making all of the money because there wouldn't be a lot of these businesses popping up in the real world and in the online world if it's not a popular or even a really good way to make money for a business. The wins that's made by players, it's not a lot compared to what the businesses rake in, you got to remember that there's also some stupid gambling winners that just gamble their wins back again and they end up in square one again which is really stupid if you ask me.

It's weird to me that the boxing federations and organizations are still doing this kind of matchmaking system, it's not really filtering anything not to mention that it's not making any kind of progress and the fighters that are underappreciated aren't given the highlights, look at what UFC has been doing, they're able to do a really good matchmaking system where you're forced or at the least have to fight in some order to be able to curry Dana's favor to give you a place in the main event if not be part of it. I'm still so confused at how the boxing federations are still able to get away with this, I guess when money's involved and money talks, it's not a good choice to go against the provider just because you wanted to change something.

Devin Haney needs to do more training and sharpen his technique because look at what happened last time, he either lacked the training or did it but Garcia's just too strong.

Thankfully I've got the discipline not to get obsessed/hyper focus on gambling no matter what, I can't recall ever gambling in a physical casino before, maybe it's an informal thing or technically not a physical casino but I can't remember. Online casinos's probably my jam because I do like it a lot, not to mention that it's more convenient for me, I can play slots to pass the time and hopefully see for myself that I might make some win but I don't put on too much hope, I know what hope in gambling does to a person, it's ugly and I don't like that it will have a possibility that might happen to me, prevention is better than cure.

I think there's not a lot of difference between the two though, feels like to me, the difference is the convenience, anything to me is mostly similar, maybe the physical casinos do have the bottle service or bottomless alcohol but that's just an online deposit in a different direction if not extra steps, they both entice you to stay longer in your gambling session in their casino.

That's just so fuckin' sad because if that were my money, I would've probably done an early retirement and the desire to gamble is probably not in my body anymore but this man chose to be greedy and lost more money than his total net worth, that's one hell of a way to be addicted into gambling. I'm saying this as a conspiracy but I feel like Watanabe is specifically targeted not just by anyone though, it's probably a Yakuza thing too, I mean a businessman of that status, you probably should have some level of control of yourself, my theory is that this never started as gambling but it started with drinking, that's how they get you, alcohol lowers your inhibitors meaning that you're probably going to let your self-control get weaker and in this case, Watanabe was successfully conned by these people that works for the casino into losing everything.

I can wholeheartedly agree that this is a sad story but I have to add that this is a really good story to keep you vigilant with how you spend your money when you're gambling, you never know if you're becoming a sucker for these people so be careful. Note that, I'm not referring exactly to Yakuza, it's just that this style of losing money is akin to how they operate.

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It's the same thing, probably back then there's less people and the sentiment of the public when it comes to bitcoin is pretty much against it given how much FUD bitcoin was being thrown bitcoin at that time especially during those times when the raid against Silk Road happened, that's a lot of flak that bitcoin got there, that's probably the same time that the narrative of bitcoin being used to launder illegal/dirty started. Another difference is the value, you can probably get away asking for 10 bitcoin in exchange for nothing really.

It does matter, with an endless supply, that would mean that we can just wait for more bitcoins to be mined and the desire to acquire it is just too low which means that there's lower demand and the prices would be lower, you can't do what DeBeers did with diamonds to bitcoin, large supply but through conspiracy, being able to inflate the price. Look at all these altcoins out there with billions in total supply if not bottomless, are they as desirable to acquire as bitcoin, what's their current price?

I don't know about you but it's already been revolutionizing how we see finances, it's not limited with stocks, bonds, and fiat anymore. Bitcoin already changed that when it started to do it's transactions and promoting more privacy and anonymity to protect against oppressive authorities, no stock or bonds could ever do any of that, those are closely watched by the authorities and they know who owns this much stock, you can't do that with bitcoin though, that's why a lot of government around the world is on the hunt when it comes tools that will help bitcoin become more popular with the people, they know that when the people don't need them anymore, they lose control over those people, and that's probably the worst nightmare for any government out there, to lose control of their people.

What would be the point of pseudonymity that we're barely enjoying with bitcoin if we let that kind of thing happen? I for sure would rebel against that idea, that's not going to be a really good thing to do when it comes to protecting your privacy, plus I don't like how my government spends the taxpayers' money, their public projects suck and most of the time, the biggest expenses are lavish parties and useless abroad travels. Maybe if I'm forced to comply, I would just create a throwaway address that won't get any transactions, I won't mind if they monitor that one, I might even pay them to do for my amusement.

Now that's just funny of them to do, really stupid too if you ask me. They could've not removed this option back then and they're probably reveling in riches right now if they were accepting bitcoin as payment back when the price was around 20k, that is a mighty stupid decision for them and now people don't care about Tesla anymore. I don't know if I'm right to say this but in my opinion, this is probably one of the biggest blunders in history of business. Anything positive about this, I just hope the same thing as @peter0425, that it will introduce bitcoin to new people and encourage other brands to adopt the same payment option.

Totally agree with this, it's weird that authorities have been doing all of this thing ever since and a lot of studies have already proven that prevention of something is much better than outright intervention and prohibition. This is the same thing that's happening during the prohibition era in USA, they banned alcohol and then the people got craftier with how they will smuggle or make alcohol, same with drug smuggling, the more money that's involve, rest assured that people will innovate in terms of getting the most out of whatever that thing they're using/selling/buying to make money.

The same principle with prison, weapons are crafted based on what's available to them and you would be surprised to see what the inmates make but I digress, when the authorities completes the crackdown on this mixers and privacy tools, there's going to be that one developer that will create an innovation and revolutionize privacy tools in crypto space, once that happens, it will cascade into more and more people learning about that new tool and that new tool is going to be replicated, improved, and upgraded then it's another race with the authorities again, it's a never ending cycle of prohibition and innovation to avoid prohibition.

There's probably nothing significant that's causing the price of the bitcoin market to go down, @DeathAngel is right, this price drop that you're talking about is probably just a reaction of the market towards what's normally happening to it, more people are probably selling than usual so the price will definitely drop if there's more people that's selling their stash, law of supply and demand. Just don't worry too much about it, remember that it's your opportunity to buy more bitcoin whenever this kind of thing happens, that's just how things are and you should know how to adapt to it.