This discussion would be more appropriate in the Gambling section as it focuses on how gambling is affected by crypto. You can move it with the move topic option at the bottom left of this page.

I am not a frequent gambler, but I have gambled with fiat and also with Bitcoin, and I find bitcoin to be far more efficient. I am also privacy focused, so a platform that allows one to gamble anonymously without the hassles of banks is a plus.

The con I believe exists is the high withdrawal fee imposed by some platforms to cover for changes in transaction fees on the bitcoin network.

That rule applies to the local thread section and I believe it was put in place to prevent users from creating multiple local threads in that section as it could get it clogged up and make it difficult for users to find a thread that applies to their language.
If a local board exists then anyone can actually create a thread there and join discussions.

Some languages actually do have multiple threads in the local thread section, but the users who created them are not banned, Maybe cause those threads are specific and do not contribute to spam.

That is the objective of this thread. To discuss P2P platforms that do not require one to submit KYC and not just a case where you are allowed to  make xxx amount of transactions without a certain tier level verification. As long as an exchange requires KYC at all, they can demand for it at anytime.

Even without making a certain type of transaction, the government and banks can still track your data through the exchanges. The exchanges also have custody and can freeze your funds stored on it.

Moderators also are part of the forum and visit different boards, while doing this, they can stumble on posts which need their attention without the need for a report.

Also, mods do not act on all reports, they take action based on their individual judgement. A report can include a link to the users post history if they have a lot of spam posts and the mods would take a look and decide what decision to take.

Being reputable does not affect the outcome of a report.

I believe a lot of members who connected here have contacted each other on some other platform, preferably one which members can maintain their privacy on, like discord, telegram, signal etc. If the forum does go offline, they can continue correspondence on those platforms and possibly use that link to contact mutual friends.

Bounty hunters would not get banned for posting in other sections of he forum, the would get their posts deleted if they post spam around the forum, and a temporary ban if they do not change their habits before the possibility of being permanently banned.

Newbies get to this forum and gradually post before getting aquatinted with the forum and eventually their post quality increases.
It's much different when a newbie joins and immediately starts spamming different sections for a bounty campaign, this would get their posts deleted and eventually lead to a ban.
Posting organically and improving your post quality would not get anyone banned.

These problems make an average African to be less fortunate and less exposed to certain opportunities, this however does not in any way make them inferior.
Africans are proud, intelligent and dedicated people. Most parts of the continent is just yet to get a functioning system of government which serves the people.

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Bitcoin surely has given Africans a platform to grow their skills and access financial freedom without needing to switch to a foreign currency. And the growth of Bitcoin and the blockchain shows Africans have real interest in futuristic development.

The bullish excitement is not only limited to YouTube, but other social media platforms as well. Periods of booming market is the time when most people get interested in crypto and traffic on social platforms and even on forums like this one greatly increases, those "influencers" simply just follow the hype and use it to the advantage, talking about what coin would do 100× in 2 hours.

When the price drops and people lose interest somewhat, those left in the space are either seasoned crypto enthusiasts or holders who regret not selling earlier. This reduces the audience for such moon posts and the accounts hibernate or change strategy. The dip period also does the job of filtering out social influencers without actual content.

The decision of when to buy rests on the person who is making the purchase as it would depend on a matter of factors; Someone who is buying in for the long term hodl does not bother about short term price changes and believes that in 10+ years the value is going is to much higher.
Someone who is not buying for the long term are usually more picky about when to buy and would not want to purchase when the price is on the way down. This is much more risky and would require some technical analysis and some luck as well.

This is all about politics and whose ox is gored. Majority of those industries with much larger energy consumption benefit the government in one way or the other, Bitcoin on the other hand is a rogue industry per se, and poses an easy target to so called activists and the likes. Bitcoin has been attacked for far more ridiculous reason over the years.

Again, the ability to buy smaller fractions of a product does not make it less scarce, it simply eliminates any sort of entry barrier, like some stocks which have a minimum purchase amount.
There would only ever be ~21 million bitcoins available for purchase, regardless of how divisible it is, and the more the demand grows, the supply thins against it, meaning it gets more scarce. I have not heard anyone say you will not be able to buy tomorrow, but it would likely be more expensive.

Okay, lets consider a more applicable example, which is not too technical.
There are about 42 gallons of oil in a barrel. If a nation has a certain amount in total, lets say 1000 barrels, to power their 10,000 citizens, and the amount is insufficient. The ability to divide the barrels, into 42 gallons, and then into 160 liters does not increase the supply. You still have the exact same amount of oil to serve the citizens and it is still insufficient even if it is divisible into centiliters or milliliters; It just makes it possible to purchase the amount you can afford, if all the whales have not bought and stored them all.

All these do not factor into the discussion about creating a child board on the forum, there has to be actual interest, enough to clog up the general board it is on, in this case that would be the altcoin section.
You can make a detailed request with full info on number of existing posts, possibly within the last 2-3 months.

If you had a scarcity of oranges in a city, dividing the available oranges into 2 or 4 does not increase the quantity neither does it solve the scarcity problem, all it does is it makes it possible for the available oranges to be shared among the citizens.

Bitcoin being infinitely divisible does not affect scarcity, it just makes it for people who can not afford 1BTC to be able to purchase fractions of it, the quantity remains determined.

This is also the idea I have about cases like these.I find it difficult to believe that someone who had up to $1.14 million is not financially exposed enough to detect fake giveaway and fall for a pay 2 get 4 scam. Anyone who uses the internet regularly should have come across such scam attempt.

It is very possible the scammers are sending bitcoins between themselves and doubling the returning amount.

What I find ironic is how these complaints find their way to bitcointalk after users allegedly get scammed, but they will not bother to do a simple search before depositing into a website they only just discovered. Lots of scam ads are run everyday all over the internet, this should not mean users would fall for those simply because the products are put in their faces.

I personally think top platforms have a duty to scrutinize any platform which advertises on their website or put out a disclaimer that one uses those products at their own risk and the ad is not an endorsements. 1xBit has ran so many campaigns on the forum paying more than many other projects and also attempting to bid in auction, this goes to show that a bad reputation ere is indeed hurting them and if other platforms do their part, new users could be protected.

Countries which ban bitcoin tend to have something in common, they are not totally free nations and the government wants to control the finances of the nation in order to control the citizens.

Nations can ban themselves from the bitcoin network, and limit their banks ability to get involved in transactions related to it. The citizens can of course still covertly use bitcoin or travel to a more friendly nation.

This is the job of the manager of the campaign to ensure targeted publicity is done and the marketing can attract users to the platform or project.
Many projects would not hire a manager to conserve cost and end up running a campaign or bounty that does not reach the targeted audience or is promoted by shitposters who do not out the project in the right light.

I will advice that you should not promote posts from unverified handles on social media as there are huge chances that it could be a scam, also you should post it along with the link to the original tweet as screenshots can also be edited.

This is quite a very cool concept and goes to show there is a lot of potential for integrating bitcoin into different services. I cannot see non bitcoin users actually using it as many would consider it too technical from the get go, but it would at least get them involved in bitcoin and get them to research on it.
More importantly it gives bitcoiners an opportunity to spend some of their precious coins rather than just keeping them in cold storage.

Extra points for the no shitcoins tag.

I cannot watch the videos you sent right now. However the basics of a locked time transaction is that a specific transaction is created with a specified nLlocktime, and is not valid until the specific block height set is reached. So effectively, you are creating a transaction which is valued in the future at the set block height. With the knowledge that a block is confirmed averagely every 10 minutes, you can set the time range in the future the tx should be confirmed.

The bitcoins remain in your address. What you have is a transaction which becomes valid at x block height and can be bradcasted then. You can invalidate the transaction of course by spending at least one of the inputs involved.