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Couldn't agree more with the point made by Jesse Powell, you'll the the same headlines over and over again, just reworded...
Not something that's unique for crypto, but it does seem to be especially prevalent in this industry.
I would really like to see some new publications pop up that work with a subscription-based model, instead of an ad-driven one.
On the condition that they only publish high quality and unique articles. I would definitely be willing to pay for that.
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I would really suggest using a bitcoin news aggregator and just compare articles from different sources. Even the reputable blogs and news websites employ different authors, I've seen the quality vary a lot on one single website. You've got a bunch of different news aggregators: https://faws.com/https://cryptopanic.com/https://cryptocontrol.io/ |
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Just checked my account history at my bookmaker's website and I can see that my first ever bet was on a football match between Belgium and Sweden, back in 2014. I know for sure that this is my first bet, since that's the only sports betting website I've ever played on. Ended up winning my bet and getting around 75 euro. Belgium won 2 - 0  |
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I have a couple of price alerts set up for certain coins, for that I use Faws, which is a free crypto news aggregator that also offers price alerts. https://faws.com/I also try to keep up with the news through their aggregator, I've set up a few filters so I get notified when articles appear with certain keywords. Recently I've also compiled a list of most of the crypto news aggregators that I could find. |
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I actually just saw an announcement of a new landing platform that does work with collateral. Now, I have no idea if they're trustworthy, so I wouldn't just trust them. Just thought I'd share it. https://lendabit.com/They seem to accept collateral in Bitcoin. |
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If you're just gambling a couple of hundred USD worth of crypto every month or so, you'll never get any prize. I'd call someone like that a small regular player.
If you can afford to risk and possibly lose between $10 and $150 worth of crypto a month, you have a realistic chance of scoring a prize on the wagering contests. I wouldn't say the wagering contests are exclusive to high rollers, with that in mind. Yeah I didn't really keep in mind that you can basically play dice at the lowest payout setting and realistically get above those monthly top wagered amounts. Seems kinda obvious now that it's possible, but it probably didn't cross my mind since I personally don't use that sort of low risk strategy. (that and I was tired ) Still somewhat of a useful post, since you can now easily spot the most attainable wagering contests. Kinda surprised though that it's Monero and Dash, would have guessed that Peercoin was less popular. |
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Honestly telling, the wagering competitions do little good for medium and small players( who later on attract whales).
I strongly disagree, there's wagering contest on all coins offered at CG. Yes, the BTC and ETH contests are dominated by players with a big bankroll and if you're on a budget, competing might get hard. But if you go away from the two (maybe three) big coins and playerbases, the contests become interesting even to small regular players. Across the site and coins, imho there's options for everyone to compete on a leaderboard they have realistic chances on Hmm, I don't know about that though. Even 5th (or last) place in the wagering contests of some of the less popular coins is pretty much unattainable for regular players. Some examples: 5th place for Stratis: 10,447 STRAT = 15879 USD 5th place for Peercoin: 2,859 PPC = 3202 USD 5th place for Ethereum Classic: 872 ETC = 10812 USD 5th place for NEOGas: 243 GAS = 1372 USD 5th place for Dash: 9.04 DASH = 1292 USD 7th place for Dogecoin: 5,509,476 DOGE = 13184 USD 5th place for Monero: 12.75 XMR = 1199 USD 7th place for Litecoin: 205.08 LTC = 11638 USD If you're just gambling a couple of hundred USD worth of crypto every month or so, you'll never get any prize. I'd call someone like that a small regular player. Edit: I do have to add that I think there are still enough promotions for occasional gamblers. I mean everybody always has an equal chance at the CG birthday and holiday events. So I don't mind too much that the wagering competitions are pretty much reserved for the high rollers. That's the whole point of having a wagering competition IMO. |
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Quick question here, are posts in the Serious Discussion & Ivory Tower boards counted and paid?
Signatures aren't displayed there, but it's not mentioned in the OP (yet?).
As these boards are (relatively) new, most campaigns are missing out about their stands. Here is another post similar to yours in another campaign. In my understanding, it is obvious that those boards where signatures are not visible, posts will NOT be counted for payments for a signature campaign. Given the nature of the boards, I'd think it should be no surprise that we don't count posts in areas where your signatures are not displayed. On top of that, paying for those posts would go directly against the intentions with which the boards were created. There's no explicit rule because I didn't think it would have to be directly stated, most users of this forum should understand why the Serious Discussion forum was created, and thus why posts there can never be rewarded. To avoid confusion however, I'll ask DogecoinMachine to add it into the rules for the campaign under the section of excluded boards. Since signature is not shown in "Serious Discussion & Ivory Tower", posts there does not count as valid posts for signature campaign payment. OP is updated. btw, payment processed: https://btc.com/49ec66612b344aaed9c4198ce49d865b0cba9f0874197dd5775a646d26f34a73Thanks for the response  Yeah I was pretty sure that was the case, just wanted to be 100% sure. Payment received! |
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I've long taken care of that aspect, it's something I thought about a couple of years ago.
Like, 3 or 4 years ago, I've compiled a pretty extensive tutorial on how to exchange the funds on my paper wallets and I've given that tutorial to some family members.
I've given just the tutorial though, so they currently have no access to any private keys.
Now, if something were to happen to me, they know where they can find my private keys, but as long as that doesn't happen => no access.
I'm not going to go into too much detail, but something like this is pretty easy to set up when you think about it.
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I haven't come across any P2P lending services that work with Bitcoin and also accept collateral. You do have SALT, which allows you to provide collateral in different forms of cryptocurrency. https://saltlending.com/Other P2P lending services all seem to be reputation based, which is a pretty flawed concept to begin with. |
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I'd prefer the low chance/high payout lottery, just because there aren't that many around.
For me it's just more fun to play when I know that there's a chance to win a significant amount with a low 'investment'.
I mean, wouldn't it be cool if there was like one really big crypto lottery that gave away millions USD worth of crypto?
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Quick question here, are posts in the Serious Discussion & Ivory Tower boards counted and paid?
Signatures aren't displayed there, but it's not mentioned in the OP (yet?).
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I have some criticism about your design, the text on those post thumbnails above is very hard to read. I'm not a big fan of the font you've used and I think that white is not the best color for that text. I'm talking about this:  You can barely read the text on that first image and it's not the only thumbnail where that happens. |
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It really surprises me how many people and services are still not using Segwit though. Now, these last couple of months, the percentage of Segwit transactions has steadily risen to just under 50%, but that can still be much better.  If you're still using legacy addresses, it's definitely time to switch! Edit: Source: https://transactionfee.info/charts/payments/segwit |
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It's the same here in Belgium for some gambling sites, although I haven't come across any crypto gambling sites that are blocked just yet. The thing is, this is a simple DNS block, so it's very easy to circumvent. Just change your DNS settings to Google's DNS for example. Here's a tutorial if you need it: https://developers.google.com/speed/public-dns/docs/usingReally silly that they go with a DNS block, that only works for people who are computer illiterate. But hey, saves you money on a VPN service |
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I'm wondering if you could perhaps use something like LocalBitcoins to do this?
Meaning that you find someone on there that will buy your Bitcoins and pay you with a bank transfer.
You can then use the bank account for that 'entity', to give to the buyer on LBC. If you talk to them, they might fill in a custom 'comment field' (I don't know the correct term), which is often required for payment through bank transfer.
No idea if this would work though.
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Great initiative! I'm glad that there are so many of these giveaways, I think I've received almost 10 free booster packs in total from all these different giveaways. I'm also very glad that they're pretty fast with development, especially since gameplay features will be added very soon. This is going to be way more interesting than cryptokitties, that's for sure  |
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I've just found a bit of interesting news. It appears that Manna has started a Gofundme campaign to raise funds for making a documentary about Basic Income. There are some interesting perks, such as a chance to win either $500 or $1000 worth of Manna basic income per month. Go check it out here: https://www.gofundme.com/basicincomedoc |
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As long as all these Alt coins is falling under the umbrella of Crypto currencies, people will compare them. We do this with other products too, like cars / household appliances / Food Franchises / Commodities etc. You cannot stop people from doing things that comes naturally.
We are born with the natural instinct to find the best food and shelter and partner, so why should Crypto currencies be any different?
Completely agree with this, I think it's perfectly normal and good to compare different coins to each other, as long as you're comparing similar functions/aspects of that coin. How could you measure progress if you're not comparing one coin to another? Also, I think it's a good thing to have a bit of rivalry and competition between different cryptocurrencies. This serves as a motivation to do better in the future. |
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This one is pretty funny, especially when you see in what kind of thread this was posted: If you can not read but you own a large amount of bitcon then you ask your relatives such as your wife or children they will support you read and know so you can trade bitcoin at will. self
Was posted in this thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4929017.msg44429613It is extremely funny to see. Basically every single thread in this forum is the same.
Somebody makes a post, and with 2-3 comments all comments clearly show that the poster have not read (or understood) a single word of what the OP wrote..... Instead comments merely become desperate attempts to talk each other into hope that Bitcoin will rise again.
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