Well, then it seems that the $1.5K was not confiscated for no reason, but that the casino had their reasons, as usual, because according to them the OP has broken the rules. The only thing left for the OP if he is sure he is right would be to take them to the ordinary courts but it would cost him more to do so than he could recover. I'm afraid there's not much more we can do from this forum.

It seems like you are doing a good job. The only thing, I imagine that the LN is done through some centralized entity, isn't it? Otherwise you should open a channel to send that $1 to each person. In general everything that involves a popularization of Bitcoin seems to me a good idea even if it does not fit perfectly into Satoshi's initial idea of P2P.

Of course, the problem with the prediction is that whoever makes it has an economic interest in it being so, even though they will have done their research and put in three scenarios to reinforce the appearance of objectivity. I guess it doesn't say anything to us on the forum, but I think that predictions of this style attract retail investors, especially in bull markets, when many of them come to the fore.

Yeah, I think a budget and having the mentality to keep consumer spending low is essential. I don't think a code or anything is necessary either, which complicates things too much. The generation of our grandparents was something they practiced by default because there was not the abundance of today (I refer especially to developed countries) and saving for tomorrow was necessary, not a difficult option in the face of so many offers, different means of payment and even of financing, as it is today.

Therapy helps but will not work in 100% of cases. I know of some people who quit cold turkey without therapy but the way was not cheap either. After a gambling binge that ruined his finances leaving him in debt there came a time when he hit rock bottom and as far as I know he has never gambled again. Normally to make it on your own you have to have hit rock bottom. And to get out of them if you have had serious problems you have to be clear that you can never bet again, not even a single bet.

Not only that post, but all the other posts he cites, 3 in total, were written before November 30, 2022 which makes it even more ridiculous.


And I would add: lest you end up making a fool of yourself.

I said it from the beginning in the debates about it in the forum. To me this is being approached wrongly, as the only debate I see is how to ban from the forum what is just another part of our lives that is changing the world, just as it happened with the Internet. It is clear that generating posts massively with ChatGPT and passing them off as your own creation is not what I would consider a good use of the forum, but using it to collect background information or even using the information it writes, always quoting, I think would be reasonable uses.

In that sense I would recommend you to use it as long as it is not for copy paste and always bearing in mind that you are going to have a lot of inquisitors reviewing your posts as the enlightened one who has reviewed posts of yours that were written before the launch of ChatGPT.

You may have missed that he lives in Cuba and that he is a doctor. The situation in Cuba is so disastrous that qualified professionals have trouble feeding themselves. Wonders of socialism.

CryptoDeivid, I think the best advice you have been given is to use the forum and over time you can join the signature campaigns that will pay you at least $50/week when you start, and over time you can aim for $100/week or more but it is a long term plan, to use the forum well regularly and not see money in about 9 months at least.

Lol. So I had it as easy as trying to create a flag, without finishing it, to know the answer. 

This could lead to a curious case analogous to when in a trial the accused is acquitted due to formal defects in the processing. If a DT created the flag without being affected, hypothetically he might not have enough support even if the flag was very well argued because he was not the right person to do it.

That is what I have assumed, but I was also asking in a general way. I imagine that the logical thing is that the flag is created by someone directly affected, but if it is created by a DT not directly affected, would it contravene any rule? I don't think so.

I imagined something like this. Just because naim027 has plagiarized, evaded, cheated and manipulated doesn't mean he's going to do 100% of things wrong. Surely the business deals he did behind that account and others were correct and executed to perfection. Just as I understand that he is also a good writer for signature campaigns. And it seems that also working for a team managing campaigns updating spreadsheets and the like he does things right.

Another thing is that as he has shown repeatedly that he has no moral principles to make money in principle making deals with him is high risk, no matter if according to his mental calculations being honest is more profitable in the long run than running off with the money in some particular deals or jobs.

Technically, does it make sense for someone who has not been directly affected by that violation to create it? It is that I think that hypothetically if it was done it should be by someone affected, and then the supporting force to the flag would come from the votes of DTs if applicable.


That's what it looks like. I understand that according to him what he has already said on the subject is enough and he does not want to talk more.

Anyway, we already have another thread in this section that is based on a questionable premise:


The first I have heard of it. I guess it will be more common in those who are approaching the "crypto" market for the first time giving them the same Bitcoin as shitcoins, and not understanding the essential differences.

Halving is unique to Bitcoin while crypto burning is very much like buybacks of shares that companies do and take them out of circulation. I think although they don't call it "burning" it is essentially the same thing. Here you can clearly see how shitcoins are securities, as the management team of the company or shitcoin does and undoes as they please on the supply.

And what happened exactly? The buildings were built in an area that the government now considers illegal to build or something like that?

Yes, Bitcoin if you self-custody it and use it well is much more difficult to fall into the clutches of the state as in this case, but the house you live in, apart from being an investment is necessary. You are not going to have everything in bitcoin and live on the street. The other option would be to live renting and have everything in bitcoin but it is better to diversify a little and that what you pay month to month is towards the equity you have in the house, not a sunk money that you give to the landlord.

Yes, but they are under no obligation to do so on the forum, as far as I know. So if they don't want to, the only thing left for the OP would be the legal way to claim his money, and for a change they have a Curaçao license, which is not like if you have a similar problem with the bookie on the corner or the casino in your city and you go to the police station or the court to file a lawsuit. It will cost you more to send a claim to Curaçao than the money they withhold.


I ask this out of ignorance. Is this always the case? Can't they claim damages to keep it?

I do think it's good news and I see more sense for those who can afford it to pay for a Ferrari with Bitcoin than to pay for coffees. As for the difference between Ferrari and Tesla, I would say that whoever can afford the Ferrari is so rich that probably yes he will be inclined to pay for the Ferrari with Bitcoin after a good rise in bull market. A Tesla is more middle class and undoing an investment such as Bitcoin to pay for a liability that depreciates does not make much sense but the Ferrari is upper class, people whose assets generate profits that exceed their level of consumption.


You may have missed this:


This doesn't seem like P2P to me. In addition to the fact that it is obviously a KYC purchase.

That everything is served to him on a platter. That we explain to him step by step, how to succeed in this forum, where oddly enough, money is made. I don't remember seeing people asking questions like this in the various other forums I have been to and still visit from time to time. Instead in this section we have every now and then threads like this one.


In other words, if you want to learn to swim without getting wet, you're in trouble. I would understand more if in this section newbies would ask questions after doing some digging. Like simple questions about block mining or the 21 million cap, things like that, but questions like "what is this forum about", "tell me what I have to do to succeed in this forum" and the like I think are tolerated in a very benevolent way with newbies that in other parts of the forum would be deleted for low value.

How do you know that? I see it has positive feedback by icopress, lol.


I think he will have no problem showing his face when the accounts he manages are revealed, as theymos and the moderators have made it clear that they are not going to do anything to him for having ban evaded and I imagine that even if he gets a few red tags it will not affect his ability to earn from signature campaigns.

This, which does not make sense in casino games, EV-, is more common than it seems in poker, to play high buy-in tournaments and to play in high stakes at tables where there are whales and the good player does not have enough bankroll. It was also common in online poker schools to train people for free but in exchange for a percentage of their profits for a while. For my part I have not done it because I try to avoid any kind of debt, but it is not uncommon in poker.

In any case, I don't know what practical repercussions it may have. My reconciled friend said that Naim027 works for him updating spreadsheets and the like, and also lately he has been hiring people with a few red tags, so if you now reveal those two accounts and a few DTs we leave them half a dozen red tags maybe that will have no practical consequence. I mean maybe it won't affect the money he is earning on the forum. However, we should not neglect our duty, which is to red tag those accounts.

Well, I wouldn't be surprised if a major media outlet like CNN is collaborating with the powers that be so that people don't get nervous and run to their bank. Which makes me wonder about the meaning of bank run today. In Europe there are countries, especially in the Nordic countries, where cash has hardly been used for many years. In China the use of cash in 2022 was 20% following a clear downward trajectory over the previous 10 years, so we can assume that by the end of 2023 it will be clearly below 10%.

When all those who boast of not having used cash years ago and pay for everything with their smartwatch go running to the bank in cases like this, what do they expect? To be given cash? Lol. They have contributed to entrench a system in which money is a mere accounting entry that can disappear at any time. What are they complaining about? They can devalue cash by printing it, but if you carry it with you or keep it at home, they can't make it disappear at the click of a button. And the best is coming soon with the CBDCs.

Fortunately we have honorable exceptions, such as Germany, which is the EU country that uses cash the most, and the richest, which I believe may have a slight relation.