Fees are also determined by the number of inputs you have in a wallet; by consolidating inputs when fees are low you can keep transaction fees to a minimum because this allows the transaction to be smaller, especially useful if you've got a wallet that receives a large amount of small transactions or just a large amount of transactions. LoyceV's got a neat thread here (click for link) with more information on the topic.

Alternatively you can also pay a lower fee and wait a bit longer for the funds to arrive, as transaction backlogs like this one typically do not last very long. Recommended fees are already down to 166 satoshis per byte, and Johoe's BTC Mempool site (click for link) allows you to get a view of how the mempool has been looking recently.

777Coin is another pretty popular and reputable casino that wasn't included here. Their site link is here (click for link), and they also have a forum thread here (click for link). Some of the more 'popular' sites according to pure traffic standings are actually somewhat questionable in their business practices and because of certain actions that have happened in the past with those sites, but still a nice list nonetheless.

It'd also be helpful if you could link the forum threads to the sites you have listed here if applicable. It's always nice to see what other people here think about certain sites, and there's really no place with more discussion in regards to crypto gambling than this forum.

Trading as a whole isn't profitable for the majority of people simply because many people lack the correct risk management strategies or mentality to make money over an extended period of time. Daytrading certainly is profitable if you're willing to put time and energy into it, and you try to put aside your greed as much as possible.

Additionally, as a beginner, you should not be putting large amounts of money into trading. You don't know what you're doing at first, and trading with a small amount of money that you can absolutely afford to lose is one of the best ways to go.

I've never been the biggest fan of Telegram (I just never really liked the program), and I mostly chat with people on Discord or talk via a TeamSpeak server I own. Some casinos also offer online chatrooms which I also occasionally chat in every now and then. I've been a fan of TeamSpeak for a very long time, a favorite of mine especially for talking and not just messaging people. Discord's alright for voice chatting, but I'd definitely give the award to TeamSpeak considering Discord goes down every now and then and TeamSpeak is much more minimalistic.

The 4H candle does not look very good right now at all, seems like a big bearish engulfing candle right now. We broke $9k as I expected would happen around this time, but I too was disappointed with how quickly we fell off once we reached close to $9100 on Coinbase Pro. Selling volume near that price was pretty unexpectedly high, and plenty of FOMO longs got liquidated in that run up. I'm currently on watch to see how far we might potentially fall off from here, closed out my longs once the pump started showing strong signs of weakness. I don't want to short this just yet.

I'm glad the guy won in the situation he was in, but it's always good to remember such circumstances like this lottery win are exceptionally rare, and most people end up losing money through gambling, though that does not mean you shouldn't gamble. It's perfectly fine to gamble if you're using money you can afford to lose, but the problem is when people start gambling money that should be used on necessities and shouldn't be spent on something like gambling. This still serves as an example of what happens in the rarest circumstances though.

Deribit's another platform that offers leveraged swap contracts BTW, and the site offers offers up to 100x leverage on Bitcoin and 50x on Ethereum similarly to how Bitmex does it. Didn't see it included on your list and it's one of the more popular leveraged trading sites.

As for how much leverage Binance might offer, I'm thinking something in the area of 50-100x maximum. I don't ever leverage myself that high because of various factors including the fees involved in very high leveraged trades compared to lower leveraged trades, but they'll probably follow in the steps of BitMEX IMO and provide potentially high leverage to users. I'll definitely try out Binance's leveraged trading when it comes out, though. Bitmex has a few problems and I'm always open to trying out new sites.

The fact that the owner is giving any advance notice of closing down the site is good, considering the owner could've easily just closed down shop and taken everybody's funds. I'm glad blender isn't doing that, but there's obviously going to be people that don't get their money out in time. Hopefully no significant amount of funds are left on the site before it closes down.

Still a good reminder that you should always keep funds in storage in a place where you control the private keys, though.

You'll need a GPU that has at least 6GB of VRAM to mine GRIN according to the mimblewimble GitHub page (click here for link). The RPI is incredibly underpowered for such a task (and mining anything in general), and so it's not worth using the RPI to mine anything at all, though you could always try running a Grin node with it. You wouldn't be making very much at all even mining other coins with the RPI, and even if you had free electricity you'd likely be making pennies a month with it.

Focusing more on potential profits rather than potential risk makes a lot of people greedy while trading and might cause you to disregard the risk in a trade altogether, which can be extremely risky. Ideally you should be trading similarly to how you would trade with a bigger starting bankroll so you don't develop bad habits if and when you start trading with more money that you currently have.

That being said, it's entirely possible to scalp with a balance of $500 or really any amount at all. If you're looking for a platform where you can leverage your scalps, Bitmex or Deribit both work pretty well. Some people don't like Bitmex for the overloads the site occasionally has, but I'm personally fine with it and I like Bitmex's overlay better than Deribit's.

Fees are lower than wiring money to people in most cases, cryptocurrency is supposed to be an irreversible method of payment as well which is why I like selling things in exchange for BTC instead of in exchange for funds on sites like PayPal where the buyer can file a fraudulent claim and get his/her money back and keep the item (an issue I've had many times in the past).

You can also try to be anonymous with crypto payments, though we just had a large Bitcoin mixer seized recently and another shut down a few days ago. Some transact using coins like Monero for better privacy.

I personally prefer to hold a few coins like Ethereum and Bitcoin as it's easier to manage things if you only hold a few coins (my Ledger Nano only has space for a few apps), but both can work out well if you do it right. There's always occasionally the coin that skyrockets in value from a few satoshis every now and then, but it's pretty hard to find such coins and you can lose money trying to find a good coin to hold for profits. Not all coins will rise in value, and a lot of alts actually decrease in value over time.

I knew several very successful esports gamblers online back when I was actively betting on esports matches, especially with CS:GO- several had earnings over 10BTC, though I haven't talked with any of them in a while. I've never been nearly as successful gambling or betting, though I'm overall in the green with CS:GO betting.

I haven't met any gamblers nearly as successful in real life, though I do know some people that have dug themselves into a deep pit from gambling.

Sometimes yes, sometimes no. Managing risk and your bankroll is extremely important if you're trying to make whatever you have last, and I used to do this back when I bet often on CS:GO (an esport game) matches; I carefully managed my bets like I would manage trades, I placed bets where the risk-to-reward was good, and I managed to come out on top quite often.

Being smart also involves knowing when to stop as well. You might just not have good luck one day, and stopping can help protect you from further losses. At the very minimum you should not be gambling money you cannot afford to lose.

I wouldn't be surprised if we continue to go sideways for a little while here just like what happened before this little push up to near $9k, seems like that and another leg up to the upper $9ks and above or a dropoff to revisit the $8ks will happen soon. As long as you don't overleverage yourself on a long things should be fine, might take a while to hit $10k but it'll be worth it. Definitely seems like the rise is slowing down with the sideways we had around the $8k level as resistance is becoming progressively stronger overhead though.

Fast support is a must for me. All services and games occasionally have errors, but that's expected and support should be able to fix whatever issues you might have quickly and with minimal hesitation. I also look for rapid deposits and withdrawals on casinos. I can wait a little while for funds to arrive, but I would rather gamble on a site that processes transactions in minutes rather than one that takes perhaps one or two hours to process transactions.

A decent-looking UI is also a must for me. I hate gambling on sites that have bad interfaces, and a dark theme is a bonus as well. I particularly like FortuneJack's site layout for how relatively simple it is and the fact that the site theme is a clean, black color.

No KYC or upfront KYC is also important to me in a casino. I hate sites that allow you to deposit without KYC and then ask you to provide documents upon trying to withdraw (and sites requiring KYC in general).

I personally can't place an exact number, but I find it very unlikely in the near future that I would stop participating in signature campaigns on Bitcointalk unless something catastrophic happens to me and I need to take time away from the forums. I currently do have income from sources better than what I get from the signature campaign I'm currently in, but I still post here anyways and I would continue to post here even if I were to get a higher salary than what I'm currently getting. I love this forum, and since I post here anyways signature campaigns are a nice little boost.

So I guess this means Chipmixer is going to be the last major (and reputable) mixing service left on this forum? Quite odd that the service is shutting down so abruptly, hopefully people get their money out and are alerted by this shutdown. I remember using Bitblender back in 2017 and being part of their signature campaign, sad that it seems to be affected by the recent happenings with mixers. Hopefully Chipmixer isn't too adversely affected as well.

I agree. A lot of the newer exchanges really don't bring anything new to the table at all, and even if a newer exchange was released and had useful and unique features, I would likely not use that exchange initially solely for its lack of reputation unless the feature(s) were extremely useful or important. I primarily trade with Bitmex and Binance as I prefer to avoid KYC while trading, and unless radical changes happen to either of those exchange I do not plan on switching over to any other exchange.

I still think there will be other major exchanges in the future even though many of the newer exchanges don't offer anything new, though. Binance opened in 2017 if I remember correctly and it's now one of the biggest exchanges out there as of right now. There's still places where things can be improved, and if an exchange happens to adequately improve on areas where other major exchanges are weak and offer reasonable fees and good services, that exchange can grow to become bigger and bigger.

I find it likely we'll break $9k, though I'm less confident that the momentum we have now is going to carry us to $10k this week. Seems like there's resistance immediately overhead near $9k that we haven't quite cracked yet, and $10k is likely going to be a psychological resistance point that's may also be difficult to break. Alternatively we could always just go sideways here for a bit or a small correction could happen, though I am still remaining bullish for the short to mid term.