It's been a while since I've been in the reputation section, and, in fact, I think I'm going to end up putting it on ignore because I'm a bit fed up with the unnecessary drama, sometimes stirred up by alts. At first I enjoyed coming here more, as it's like the gossip on Bitcointalk, but I'm getting fed up.

I would like to make a reflection that has been going through my mind.

I know what Casino Critique's main account is.

And I think that hiding it in the end has been detrimental, because, in my opinion, that person has a pretty decent reputation, I'd say. Although not perfect. That person sent me a PM telling me about the project and offering me a free chip. I did not promise them that I would not tell who that person is, although I understood that they preferred not to disclose it. I didn't remember anything the PM said about no disclosing and I had to look at the PM again before writing this post to realize that it said:: "...Casino Critique is my official account. Please keep it unpublished."

In my case, I have not disclosed it but not for money or anything else, because I am not involved in the project and I have had little to no relationship with the people involved during my time in the forum. I simply understand that the people on the project prefer not to disclose it, and I respect that.

The only thing I could have been involved in would have been to invest some chips, but it didn't convince me, as it didn't convince almost anyone else. It seems that the project will continue despite the adversity of lack of funding and if it is finally a successful project will be mainly due to persistence, effort and faith in the project that have those who make up the team.

Although I think it would have been better to say who Casino Critique is, I don't think this issue has had any influence on the funding. I think such big numbers on a new project is what people don't see clearly.

I just prefer to improve my financial situation in a boring but safe way: DCA to the S&P 500, DCA Bitcoin and some RE.

What you call scam I call mathematical certainty. There are some sites that are scam, but not even close to 95% and in this forum, in general the ones you see in the signatures of forum members are legit with some exceptions like 1xBit or 1xCrap, as I prefer to call it.

Learn concepts such as expected value or mathematical expectation, House Edge and RTP and you will better understand how casino games work. You never have to take them as a good system to win money. Think of it as entertainment, like going out to dinner or to the movies, but with the difference that from time to time you may come out with more money than you went in.

No, and I don't know why you say that.

What I imply is the following: the countries forming the European Union have had a generally social-democratic political orientation, which had very positive results after WWII and until the end of the last century with high welfare quotas and reduced inequality among its inhabitants. Compared to other parts of the world, the reduced crime rates can clearly be attributed to these welfare quotas and the reduced gap between rich and poor. But for at least a couple of decades now, the regulatory tangle and elephantine bureaucracy is leading to a system more akin to that of the USSR (to exaggerate a bit) than to that of states that allow the private sector to create wealth and then redistribute it.


Do we know in a practical way which wallet providers and services we are talking about? Is there a list?

It doesn't make me feel anything. Once upon a time when I was seeing things like this still, but now I see that the returns that were obtained the first few years we are not going to have them going forward, which is becoming clear in this cycle and in facts like even Saylor and others are giving much more moderate predictions for the future.

I care more about owning Bitcoin because it is uncensurable, for example than thinking about what it was worth and what it became worth. Plus as has been discussed on the forum, almost everyone who bought at those levels, sold when it made x10 or x20 at best. Others as it was worth very little got careless and lost the private keys. So all that glitters is not gold.

I opened a couple of threads back in the day when the draft was presented. Basically they want to identify everyone who trades cryptocurrencies in the EU, or with anyone in the EU and all transactions, of any amount.


Normally there is always a time lag between the passage of a law and its implementation. When there is a considerable lapse of time between one and the other, it is because it is difficult to implement.


Do not underestimate the EU politburo.

I don't know what the UK will do, what I do know for sure is that the EU is going to screw the business with regulations and taxes. I can assure you that the leading cryptocurrency related startups that will be created in the next few years will not be created in the EU. Or in the unlikely event that they are created in the EU they are going to move somewhere else soon. As easy as it is to offshore a digital business, no one in their right mind is going to stay in Bolshevik land to have their business screwed up.


This was already much talked about at the time. Basically they want KYC for all transactions, of any amount. And the bad thing is that in the EU this is likely to prosper, with hardly any opposition.

What is reflected in the story told by the OP about Michael Jordan and his son, is quite common in wealthy families and not only with respect to gambling, and that is that the father who went from poor to rich knows what it costs to earn the money even if he can squander it from time to time, but in a proportion he can afford. On the other hand, the son who is born in a rich family does not know what it costs to earn the money, he takes it for granted, and in many cases when the parents die they end up squandering all the patrimony and becoming poor. However, in this case it does not seem that it will be like that:


In this case, the story seems to have ended well, as Marcus has a net worth of $1.5M years after the event. It does not look like he is going to be ruined by gambling.

I avoid debt like the plage, so I'm not interested in the offer, because staking is a type of debt. Although it is quite common in high stakes and very high buy-in tournaments. But I don't play at those levels anyway.

What I do want to say is that the questions raised by yahoo62278 are relevant and if the OP thinks that with this obscurantist offer and not wanting to answer anything he is going to do a lot of business here he is simply wrong.

The offers of this type, not just poker, that we see in the forum, that do not want to discuss details publicly, we must flee from them as I flee from debts, as if they were a plague.

I predict a great future for him. A guy who doesn't understand basic statistics is going to sell strategies? Lol.

I certainly don't know who is going to pay to learn how to lose money, but after some of the stuff I see in this section I wouldn't be surprised if he gets some clients.

Of course, those of us who have an idea of how this works can only laugh.

Hi icopress,

Just to let you know that I have deleted my application, because although I have been accepted in another campaign, I was hesitating to change to this one if you accepted me because there is a rule in my current campaign that I don't like.

But as I have seen that the slots you offer are reduced (10), I thought of deleting my application and leaving space for the others.

Cheers.

Well, if anything, the strong hands that have HODLed CS stock since the top have lost something like over 90% of what they invested. The price at the top was around 90CHF and today it is at 4. So a very good investment by all accounts.

 


I am middle-aged, and, yes, I remember that crisis, but the aftermath was not experienced in the same way in the USA as in Europe, because while the stock market there recovered in 3 years, the Euro Stoxx 50 has not yet recovered its maximum value.

In the EU in 2012 there was a sovereign debt crisis and there was talk of the possible breakup of the euro, in Cyprus there was a run on the market in 2013, Greece was bailed out, etc. and only when the president of the ECB at that time, Mario Draghi pronounced "whatever it takes" the EU began to see the light at the end of the tunnel.


I think that since both sides know that playing with fire could lead to the total destruction of humanity, it is unlikely that they will start playing with atomic bombs. But in wars you never know. When the conflict starts to escalate sometimes things get out of hand.

Yes, of course, now it turns out that socialism, which is one of the most important causes of the problem, is going to get us out of it.

So with the price of energy having increased by at least 300%, and in some places in Europe it is more, you want the government to raise taxes on top of that?  Great plan, eh?


This you say is interesting and I think this is what is going to happen. The policy of raising rates and tightening has been given a reality check and they are going to have to slow down, if not go back to printing and easing because otherwise the 2008 recession is going to be child's play compared to this.

Congratulations. You are one more of the naive people in this section who think they have found a method to beat the casino.

The other colleagues have told you in a more refined way but I'm going to tell you more clearly: the "system" you have found is a fucking shit that only serves to lose money.


This sums it all up. If losing $40k to make $20 sounds like a good system to you, that's up to you. Because it doesn't matter how much we explain it. That martingale and its variants are systems that inevitably lead you to lose money has been explained ad nauseam, and yet we see people on this forum believing in such "strategies".


A great plan, risk $50k to win an amount 650 times less, or $20.

Now you have the information. You're on your own.

It is confusing what you say because first you talk about private keys and then about leaving your hardware wallet in the safe of a bank. I see less of a problem with the latter than the former.

If you have a lot of capital and only one house I think the best solution for you would be a multi signature wallet where you need 2 private keys out of 3 to be able to manage funds. 1 is held by the company but with that key alone they can't do anything. Another key you have at home, and the other in a safe at the bank.

If you have a second home, instead of leaving one of the keys in a safe at the bank, you leave it in the second home.

What you say is not entirely correct. You are partly right, and the rise in inflation started before the war, partly because of massive printing policies and but also partly because of green energy policies.


Producing energy as if there were no tomorrow.

With abundant and cheap energy, inflation would be at least halved, as energy costs are then passed on in a multitude of goods and services, starting with groceries.

I wait to see what stompix has to say to this, as I think he either lives in Germany or knows very well what is going on over there.

And I got to attribute your sentence to not reading and shitposting. If you would read the OP, instead of typing fast for a quick buck you would see that it says they were not authorized to install solar panels.


This is what is going to happen, if production costs become unsustainable and cannot be passed on to the end consumer, there will only be two solutions: shut down, or move production to where it is cheaper.


Well, it's partly because of what you say, but the war is what made it worse. I'm for treating the planet in a more sustainable way, but it's pathetic how the EU where 5% of the world's population lives sets itself up as the savior of the climate.


This is the point. Nobody in going to pay 20EUR for a cup of coffee. Unless it's in the poshest place on the island of Capri. And not even that.


Renewable energy in Italy


I think so. What happens is that it does not seem that a peaceful solution is going to be reached, and even less so in the short term.


The problem with energy is that you can't store it. We get energy from the sun when it is sunny but not when it is cloudy or at night, and energy from the wind when it is windy, but not when it is not windy. That's why you need a mix with other sources that are in constant supply.


There is only one scenario. Being the average price of coffee in Italy 1EUR until recently if they have to put it at €20, they have no choice but to close.

Italians are furious as the cost of an espresso soars toward record highs

Although €20 is probably too much of an exaggeration. It would have to go from €1 to at least €3 or 4, but with a 400% increase they are going to run out of customers.


I agree that the USA gains more than Europe, but this last sentence is incorrect. In the USA they also have high inflation and other problems which are reasons, together with the immigration crisis, that the polls for Biden for the mid-term elections are catastrophic.


Explain. When your energy costs go up 300% and you can't put solar panels on, how are you going to become more efficient. By changing the windows? You don't solve the problem and also changing them has a cost.

Explain well the solution you have to combat the 300% increase in energy prices.

The news I posted about the hotel is one but search and you will see a lot of companies in Europe stopping production or planning to shut down because of energy costs.

tranthidung and I have discussed that here:

Re: Overview of Bitcointalk Signature-Ad Campaigns [Last update: 01-Oct-22]

Although the proper thread would be this one:

📝[Discussion topic] Overview of Bitcointalk Signature-Ad Campaigns📝

Or here in this signature campaign topic because AFAIK it is the first time this is going to be implemented and this is the only campaign requiring it.

If I get accepted, I may be booted out, as in my past post history I've been a week without earning any merit, followed by another week earning a lot.

It depends on the government. If it is the Chinese government or a dictatorship, I would surely leave it. In a Western country, not that it is my opinion, it is that many people do not care about government restrictions. Let's look for example at the prohibitions on gambling in the USA. People gamble anyway. If you live in a dictatorship where if you are caught moving the dice cup to throw the dice, you get your hand cut off, people think more about it but in developed countries it's a laugh.

In general I agree with what you say, but if I myself, who I think I am the second best in terms of merit/activity ratio of all those who have applied so far (the second after you), have had weeks of not earning a single merit, to earn 50 merits in the next one. I would not see much sense to have to kick someone like me out of the campaign, and most likely those who are worse than me, he will have to be changing them every week.

What I understand that it can incentivize is the merit exchange, as you say, or the merit with alts in order not to be expelled from the campaign.


Yes, but usually in this kind of campaigns, there are people who write 80% of posts in the gambling section or more, even if the requirement is lower. Those will have a harder time to earn merits.

Btw: I gave your weekly merit, so you are not going to be kicked out. Lol. As I am sure you will be accepted.

I just don't understand why you are quoting Zerohedge. The source I posted does not quote ZH, as much as this topic reminds you of them, and yesterday CS shares went as low as 12%, which points out that investors were not trusting, regardless of what ZH says or not.

Credit Suisse Plunges 12% as Concerns of Going Bankrupt Spike

Regarding the dollar, I have made reference to the fact that China is going to counterattack, not by far it is going to collapse the USD. Other currencies will collapse much sooner, and in the current crisis it has only been strengthened. That is why China wants to fight back.