И как вы это дело в суде представляете, ну реально?

По документам собственникам квартиры является ваша бывшая жена. Основываясь на той самой статье и свидетельстве о расторжении брака, она подает в суд иск, где просит признать вас утратившим право пользования жилым помещением. Как вы будете защищаться? Допустим, ваша жена получила от вас деньги и что с того? Какое это имеет отношение к существу спора?

I don't really think we can say that Bitcoin has more to do with the "real-world" economy than fiat (USD)

Seriously, how many goods and services can you buy with it? Not many. Bitcoin is mostly locked in its speculative bubble (okay, market), and if you think there's less manipulation going on, then think again. It is small, and, consequently, there's a lot more room for abuse by powerful entities (aka whales). It can't even be a point of serious discussion as a simple look at USDX versus Bitcoin price dynamic says all there's to say

Что-то я не понял

Сначала вы говорили, что при покупке жилья записали жену собственницей, так? При чем здесь тогда договор дарения? Как вы собираетесь оспаривать сделку купли-продажи в суде, если жена оказывается себе на уме и ничего вам "обратно" дарить не собирается, а вместо этого подает в суд на выселение бывшего супруга, как утратившего право пользования жилым помещением в связи с прекращением брачных отношений? Допустим, вы подаете встречный иск с просьбой признать сделку купли-продажи недействительной (конкретно, фиктивной, чтобы квартира не ушла предыдущему собственнику). На каком основании?

So you suggest it should be a hard currency

That is, a currency that has value of its own, so-called intrinsic value (other than transactional utility), e.g. gold. Here, I don't question how truly valuable your solution would be. But let's assume that there is universal value in it, whatever it might be (think time as In Time). Then people will start hoarding it in pretty much the same way they are hoarding now Bitcoin. For your currency to actually work as a medium of exchange (which is your point), it should be depreciating over time, and it should be better than fiat at that (because we already have depreciating fiat)

Okay, could you please explain in layman terms how it is going to work?

And, more specifically, why will it be better than Bitcoin, and, more importantly, better than fiat as a currency (i.e. a medium of exchange). Your entire premise seems to be that we are using cryptocurrencies not as they were envisioned (that point I'd like to agree with). However, what's in your solution that would make us abandon fiat as a means of exchange and start using your coin instead, in the right way (as you see it)? 

You can't change the laws of physics

And you can't change the laws of economics, either. You can't force people to use something if they don't see how it benefits them personally. Even the so-called common good comes about through personal gains. The same story with cryptocurrencies. It is not us morons that turned Bitcoin and other cryptos into financial instruments (read, vehicles for speculation). It is in their nature to be or become what they are or have turned into. Simply put, it is a natural course of events, so stop blaming us. However, if you are still unhappy about it, which seems to be the case, you can come up with your own solution, and we will see how it fares and what it ends with

As I understand it, this minimum age is to avoid legal complications

The truth is, casinos don't care so much about your real age (whatever that might be) as about avoiding legal issues. So if you are 12 years old and agree that you are over 18, you or your parents (a caretaker or a legal guardian) cannot drag the casino to court on the basis of allowing people under age to gamble. Put differently, gambling operators are not going to take it any further unless they are forced by the law

I agree, that's a necessary distinction

But I don't think that on-chain gambling will ever be able to catch up with traditional crypto casinos (like Stake, Wolf.bet, etc) in terms of betting speed. With autobet, you can easily make around 5 rolls a second (if we are talking about dice). So how can on-chain gambling come close to that? On the other hand, with blockchain-based gambling you can be dead sure that the odds have not been tampered with and the outcome is truly random (and yes, I know about provably fair gambling, but still)

Here's champagne to our real friends, and real pain to our sham friends!

Okay, let me rephrase my point

Would you be happy if Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies went straight downhill? But it is essentially the same money. I mean the money that gets pumped into the stock market somehow makes its way into cryptocurrencies too. It seems that the link has been firmly established by now, and Bitcoin has become part of the bigger game. Figuratively speaking, you can take Bitcoin prices out of the stock market, but you can't take stock market prices out of Bitcoin anymore. The stock market price dynamic gets mirrored in Bitcoin's prices

It doesn't matter

Well, actually it does but only if we stop talking in general. Some regular online casinos testing the waters with cryptocurrencies may indeed increase their user base due to their overall expertise. However, it is not set in stone in the least. On the other hand, people who are well familiar with cryptocurrency casinos will be cautious with the "new" kids on the block just like they are cautious with really new cryptocurrency casinos springing up here and there

Some people promised to eat frogs (or mice, I don't remember)

If Bitcoin was to fall below 5k. And what d'ya think? It went as low as 3.3k, and it happened after it had already reached 20k a couple years before. I actually understand that it feels like Bitcoin is never gonna touch the 5k mark again, but if history teaches us anything (which it does not, of course), the way we feel has little to do with the way how things are going to play out in real life. Put simply, don't get fooled by recency bias which is at play here

Why is it upsetting?

Would you be happier if the stock market went crashing down? Many people sold out earlier, and they are not quite happy with Bitcoin surging today. But plunging stocks would bring down cryptocurrencies too. Maybe, that's what you are looking for? But the market always fools us. We sell at the bottom and buy at the top. That's life, if I can say so

Нужно смотреть на причины обвала

Последний, если мне не изменяет память, был вызван сквизом маржинальных лонгов. И он может повториться, и, скорее всего, повторится еще ни один раз, когда таких лонгов будет набираться достаточно много. А причин почему их не может набраться или уже не набралось, лично я не вижу. Все когда-то происходит в первый раз, а последующие разы начинают происходит с завидной периодичностью. Конечно, едва ли мы увидим сквиз до 4к, а вот до 7к вполне может быть, и никто не знает, когда он случится -- завтра или через месяц. Я бы не питал иллюзий насчет дальнейшего роста, это скорее всего лишь когнитивное искажение (recency bias, не знаю как по-русски)

Это же надо, стоило только вспомнить про Хазина

Как тут же его подельник вылез -- Делягин. Как говорится, мы с Тамарой ходим парой. Этот тоже все никак успокоиться не может (видать, лавры Хазина покоя не дают) -- до сих пор ждет у моря погоды (зачеркнуто) гражданскую войну в Америке:


Сперто отсюда. Кто о чем, но лысый о расческе, а вшивый про баню

Так это тебе просто повезло. Оказалось бы подруга твоя стервой какой, фиг бы ты чего отсудил в суде (ну максимум половину квартиры, как совместно нажитое в браке). Это пришлось бы доказывать фиктивность сделки и, самое главное, кому? Стороне второй сделки, которую первая прикрывает. Ляпота! Хотелось бы я посмотреть на реакцию судьи, когда бы ты начал ей втирать про то, что это на самом деле твои деньги были уплачены, а квартиру ты записал на жену, чтобы, например, не светить доходом и не платить налоги. А вообще, за двушку (зачеркнуто) девушку нужно было держаться все конечностями и зубами. Красотка!

Где ты еще такую теперь найдешь?

But here's the problem

Even in military and under an oath, obeying an unlawful order can result in criminal prosecution. In other words, you are legally responsible for your actions even following from direct orders of your chiefs. Then, why are you to be held fully accountable for your wrongdoings since 17 years of age in matters literally concerning the lives of other people, but you can't be considered having the capacity to manage your own affairs in such trivial matters as alcohol consumption until you turn 21? Doesn't make a lot of sense if you ask me

As much as I want to agree with you, there's nothing more permanent than temporary

This is not my observation, and it has been tested in ages as it has strong grounds, even if it sounds more like a joke. Okay, your colleague closed his business as he thinks for some time only, until the dust settles and the sun shines bright again, as it were. So far so good. But how will he know that it is the right time to open up again if he is no longer in the biz? And when that time comes, how can he be so sure he will have an inclination to continue? The point is, if he really were into this thing, he wouldn't shut it down. But if he is not, it will be hard to restart. To sum it up, keep us posted

I can't say that I disagree with these ages

But it still looks ironic that you can't drink legally in the States until you are 21 years old. However, you are eligible to join the US military when you are only 17 years old. Where's the irony here, you may ask? The irony is that you can technically start killing people when you are just 17 but you can't consume until you turn 21

Let me state at the start that I mostly agree with you

If we proceed from an objective definition of luck (in simple terms, a fortunate or beneficial accident, with the emphasis on accident, i.e. a random event), you are 100% correct, and no one can be lucky forever. With that said, though, you may still appear as extremely lucky to the outsiders, and it means that you know something which others don't know, and you can use that knowledge to your advantage. Then things that are considered random are no longer random to you personally. In that way, you will become an insanely lucky man as seen and evaluated by your peers, seemingly despite all odds