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2341  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: How far will you go when you sent btc to a site with high fee but... on: November 02, 2020, 11:19:16 PM
The best thing to do for sure is to wait until you get what you paid for.But if the site is unresponsive, waiting would be a waste of time. There are scam gambling sites on the other hand, reporting perhaps will be nonsense. Also, there are cases of transaction traffic especially if there are many users in that gambling site which will result to inconvenience. So it does depend. If it is a new site in your experience, and it is having bad popularity, then expect there are risks of permanent loss with that transaction. But if you are familiar with that site and have experience with it, the only thing you can do is to wait.
2342  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Plant more seeds (tokens from bounty programs) until they bear some fruits on: November 02, 2020, 10:58:16 PM
Reality check: Bounties are no longer as profitable as before. I have experienced earning huge amount of profit from doing bounties before which usually runs within two to three months, weekly campaigns were taken lightly before because there are more opportunities in the bounty campaigns, which is different from now because signature campaigns are being avoided since there are more expectations of projects not being successful in their campaign period, and it is weekly campaigns to which bounty hunters do more benefit at this moment. There are many dead coins in my wallet which i cannot make use of at this moment since selling would be a waste of time because fees are higher than the profit to be earned from doing so.
2343  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Why criminals still use Bitcoin? on: November 02, 2020, 10:20:06 PM
Because they like Bitcoin for being easy-to-use from anywhere. They make their transactions faster and anonymously. But it is true that they will need to convert their crypto to fiat for a thing that can't be done with a crypto anyway. Besides, I assume that fiat is more commonly used by criminals compared to cryptocurrencies.
Last sentence contradicts the first one. Both fiat and cryptocurrencies are being used in illegal activities but more likely, fiat are are more link with the illegal activities due to its support across different governments. Also, what most of the crimininals are eyeing for is money and not investments, unless they are in this industry which makes them aware of things in order to generate bigger profit. Eitherway, fiat and cryptos will be used by criminals for their intentions, as long as there are violators of the law, and because it is simply a currency, which purpose is to be in the middle of every transaction.
2344  Economy / Speculation / Re: BTC can reach $ 20000 after PayPal, Venmo accept payments in BTC, ETH? on: November 02, 2020, 09:46:34 PM
Following PayPal information, Venmo allows payment of its services in BTC, ETH and a few other tokens, the price of BTC has increased sharply, sometimes surpassing $ 13,000 and is still holding at $ 12900. But why is the market reacting so positively?  BTC can reach $ 20000 after PayPal, Venmo accept payments in BTC, ETH?

The price of BTC this year is increasing slowly. This is an interesting thing. It is possible that after PayPal accepts the payment system with BTC, the price of BTC will increase, but it will not reach $ 20k. If the price of BTC rises sharply, I'm afraid that something bad will happen, which means a dump will occur.
That is indeed something to be expected. The market price will not continuously increase, and dumps are more likely to occur in its market value after a huge price increase, which is sometes referred to as corrections. Things are not yet assured if I would be asked, and that is an enough reason to not be hasty with your actions regarding your investment. Many networks are now eyeing for this technology's adoption but being a third party network will not fully affect the market since transactions will be always needing fiat convertions. So maybe, further observations are advised.
2345  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Bitcoin for salary on: November 02, 2020, 09:14:27 PM
This can be only done in countries where there's no restriction on the use of bitcoin, organizations can decide to pay their employees with bitcoin it doesn't concern the government, but also have it in mind that not all employees will understand how to use bitcoin,they are not technologically inclined, most of them might not even know how to browse on the internet, so I think this will be the only hindrance for this payment method.
Asking also the consent of the emplyees from doing so is a must. What if they are really not into cryptos? That they prefer fiat salary? There is a tendency for them to oppose with idea. But atleast educate oneself before sharing the knowledge in order for you to be convincing if you are making this action to help the employees. 'coz not all people are willing to take risks on investments. Also, there is an option to convert into fiat but there are fees in exchanges which would somewhat lessen the exact salary. It is a good idea to do so but it requires ways in order to be effective or successful. The thought is already there.
2346  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Suggest the best strategy on: November 02, 2020, 02:23:47 PM
If you are a casual gambler/bettor, I suggest you to gamble when you are in a good mode. I usually do this every weekend when I have free time to check every team asset and their capabilities which gives me a hint who gonna possibly win.

It will also depend on how much addicted you are to betting. I can afford to make 3-5 bets in a day but just be enough. Whether I win or lose that 3-5 bets will be the limit. If you could make it the same, that sounds good because those numbers are enough for us to enjoy.
It would be a good thing to do. The problem most of the time are players which are always aiming for the win no matter what which frustrates them and pushes them to break their set limit of bets or amount to gamble perhaps. This would more likely yield to bigger losses eventually without notice from the gambler. Setting limits is also having discipline on things which would help a player avoid regrets on the latter. No matter how huge the odds of winning, there is always a chance to lose which should be an accepted concept of gambling which means there will be good and bad times.
2347  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: How can we stop bitcoin scammers? on: November 01, 2020, 11:54:19 PM
The best thing to aid this problem is to not allow yourself to be a victim. Ofcourse this won't be possible because scams will be moving forward to us, the things is prevention. If something is new and suspiscious, make a research or make it a habit to ask other people who you think are more knowledgeable of something. Bitcoin is gaining popularity and it is not quite surprising to know that it will be used in such because there are people who will take advantage of its popularity and use it to things which are not legal. Scammers will continue as long as there are people being scammed.
2348  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: People Say btc is Not ponzi but its look like ponzi on: November 01, 2020, 11:37:27 PM
How anyone who Say Can proof Bitcoin is not ponzi?

There is More proof and evidence that it is ponzi.

I Don't mind If its ponzi but i Don't want to exit too late but not too early so When is best time to exit?


Bitcoin isn't ponzi and wasn't meant to be an investment I think Satoshi created it for the people to be decentralized and to gain freedom from the government,
It is us who just put it that way and use it as an investment Bitcoin didn't even promised profit to be called or compared to a ponzi schemes.

People choosing to use Bitcoin as an investment, is not a valid reason or is enough to tell that it is already a ponzi. It is just many people are having high expectations of easy profit from investing into it. Way back the year wherein the market price reached its ATH, it became more popular and many investors engage towards this technology because the price is believed to be increasing continuously. But due to market volatility, the market price fell down in a single snap, without prior notice. Many people lost profit and their expectations are not met. But this is not the instance wherein it was started to be called as a ponzi, because it is being called such thing for years already. What's funny is that, there are still many people are still investing to it.
2349  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Fast food restaurants accepting crypto as payment method? on: November 01, 2020, 11:11:26 PM

A good feature if ever. It will show that bitcoin is now more being recognized by other companies. It will also contribute to the popularity of bitcoin, no doubt about that.

However, don't get me wrong with my thoughts. I'm a bitcoin enthusiast but I don't see it will be a big deal or should I say, it will be regularly used by common people. We have to admit that in terms of convenience, issued cards by banks and some famous payment processors (local or international) will still be mostly used by restaurants. Much faster and convenient as it only needs a few seconds to confirm. That's the case now in most restaurants here in our country even prior to the pandemic. And currently, since it was now encouraged to do a cashless form of transaction, the usage of online payment here grows.

Hope so, adding crypto shouldn't be hard for restaurants. It still good that we have lots of payment options and alternatives.
As long as the market price of cryptos are moving upward, it will still be preferred to be used as means of investment because people would more likely choose to hold in order to earn profit from it unless its market price stabilizes in the future. People still prefers to pay using fiat or other centralized digital currencies in both online and offline services because they won't be having second thoughts whether to spend an amount which will not have a market value increase just by holding if ever restaurants will be accepting cryptos as mode of payment, it could also be a downside for them to store their holdings in the form of cryptos for a long time because they will be needing the money to circulate the needs of the retaurant and they won't surely afford losing whenever the price is falling.
2350  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Bitcoin isn't money and that isn't bad! on: November 01, 2020, 10:42:21 PM
In my country bitcoin is also not able to make direct payments, I mean when I want to buy something offline. But if you go online, of course bitcoin can be used for shopping and now more and more sites accept bitcoin for making payments. But I prefer to use bitcoin as an investment
More people prefer Bitcoin as an investment especially for those who are aware of the advantages of price volatility. Using it as a currency is really convenient but using it as means of investment is more beneficial. But that does not make it not a currency. It is believed that in countries wherein Bitcoin and other cryptos are accepted, it will be more used as a digital payment but I doubt that it would be but rather it is still more dominant on investment purposes. Profit makes it more of an investment. Putting huge amount into it is really risky but at this moment, it is quite encouraging knowing that its market value is in greenmarks for weeks already.
2351  Economy / Economics / Re: Second lockdown in Europe can their economy survive this?. on: November 01, 2020, 10:11:47 PM
Lockdown isn't a problem for small business if their government has this plan beforehand for small business to contain such thing. If they will still be able to operate amidst the pandemic and lockdown then they will survive, but I doubt they will only let this happen to businesses that is necessary for people like food restaurants and any providing needs related. The answer is that, until when? if it's only a week or a month they might be unaffected at all.
Upon reading the article, the lockdown seems to be taking months before being lifted. Probably, things got off from governmen's plan of being prepared for this. They might not saw it coming. Small businesses will be having a hard time to protect its existence in the market if lockdown will not be finished as soon as possible. But let us hope things will not be worsen. People for sure have already learned from the previous lockdown which could help to lessen its period and for the economy to be able to recover immediately. It is us who will help each other in the first place.
2352  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Has it occurred? Or still in progress on: November 01, 2020, 02:32:35 PM
No the bitcoin has not fully served its purpose .true its a pear to pear coin with no third party but it is not acknowledged by the world so we can not use it fully on daily basis and bitcoin must became an official coin because its price is determined by the market and goverments can not interfere.
It is because of decentralization. Bitcoin is indeed under the process of development and there are still things to work out for it to be widely accepted as a currency across countries. In terms of being an ivestment, it is really showing advantages over other investments but as a currency, it is still lacking in some aspects. Due to its volatile market value, many people still are afraid of storing their wealth into this technology, simply because of the risk. People are more seeking to assurance. Due to the market volatility, the market price tends to move most of the time which gives risk to their wealth if they would invest, which we cannot blame them from doing so because that's their money in the first place. No matter how we convince them, if there's something making them uncomfortable, they won't.
2353  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: American election is nothing to do with BTC on: November 01, 2020, 12:41:00 PM
One of the famous analyst say American election is nothing to do with BTC. Well that's the spirit I would say as top rated crypto currency may not be impacted whoever wins the American election, also he says the value may go up till the end of the year. Is BTC still giving opportunity for investment? What's your thought guys.


 Once the elections are over, the market will recover and i am hopeful that bitcoin may touch all time high in december this year.
Why and for what reason the market price will recover due to the election?

Trump is eyeing to ban use of cryptos in U. S.
Biden has plans which will somewhat indirectly affect Bitcoin and other cryptos. Not sure but I've heard it has something to do with taxes. And if that's the case, since cryptos are mostly decentralized, many people by chance, would more likely move into such technology to avoid taxation if the increase will not be tolerable. But I am not saying these possibilities are already certain. Things might still change once things come to its place and and the only thing we can do now is to wait for things to happen.
2354  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Death during illegal cockfighting raid on: November 01, 2020, 12:04:14 PM
The risks as a police officer are indeed great, so the risk of death while carrying out duties is very possible. An accident that occurred in
the Philippines which resulted in the death of a police officer while arresting perpetrators of illegal cockfighting, should be used as a lesson
for all parties. Especially for illegal cockfighting perpetrators who do not comply with the regulations, if they did not break the rules there
would be no death for the police officer.

First time I read a chicken killed a policeman, it's quite disturbing because I know how sharp the blade is I have seen and hold one and it's very sharp I could not imagine the wounds, only a Kristo can hold chicken with that sharp blade, they are trained to do that they know the right timing and the right part to hold and it is not advisable to go near a chicken wearing that sharp blade.
Not actually trained but rather experienced with such thing. Despite of being experienced, they were also wounded most of the time by that blade. In this case, there's really nothing much to say than "Accidents really happen". We cannot still say that the violators wanted such accident to happen. They have indeed violated the law but there's no intention of one person, at service, to be killed. The only thing which is not legal in this case is betting. Taking care of chickens are not unless that animal is prohibited.
2355  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: How can bitcoin be made easy? on: October 31, 2020, 11:54:16 PM
Bitcoin is just popular. Not everyone will spend time knowing its benefits and advantages. Some people only know Bitcoin as an alternative mode of payment, andbthat is how they are using it. While there are people who spent time to seek for its advantages. Informations about this technology is more likely to be found on the internet. I've heard there are schools teaching this technology in the economics subject but I doubt it is widely being thought in many countries. Not also surprised many people are still doubting its usefulness. The thing to do here is to share your knowledge on people you know, and it would trigger a domino effect eventually. It would be hard to target the masses if they are not interested in the first place.
2356  Economy / Economics / Re: new central banks currenicies vs fiat currency? on: October 31, 2020, 11:30:25 PM
I don't trust any government not going to lie. Even if they say they are making a decentralized currency, I'm sure they will not make it totally decentralized, rather just a mirage. Because governments fear that bitcoin is rising so fast so they want their own bitcoin to replace the real Bitcoin!
They won't engage making a decentralized currency because it won't benefit them in the first place. Most of it are centralized which would allow them to out taxes on every transaction. They are not also eyeing for Butcoin replacement, they are more likely wanting to benefit from its popularity by showing "support" which would still generate taxes. One instance is what PayPal did. They will now be a third party network which would accept cryptos as mode of payment but in a sense, transactions will be needing convertion to fiat so it is not totally a crypto adoption. They are just making use of the 'hype' or popularity of the trend.
2357  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Spend or HODL Bitcoin during COVID-19? on: October 31, 2020, 11:14:41 PM
It depends on your situation. If you are needing something necessary, it would be okay to spend your holdings.
"But what if the price reach new ATH?"
There's really nothing to regret if that's the case since you get what you wanted or needed, especially if it would be beneficial to you. There would be regrets more likely because you've missed bigger profit but if you would look at the situation, perhaps you spend your holdings now, things are not certain. There is an increase in its price but it is not really certain that its market value will be breaking  its ATH, or simply will be having larger market price. You just did what's necessary and that is fine. But if you have that "choice" to continue holding, then that would be better.
2358  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Multi bets vs single bets on: October 31, 2020, 09:51:22 PM
Every player has its own preferences when it comes in betting the game. Since I’m just small time player, I prefer the single bets as convenient on me everytime I’m playing. Even though in multi bets a player has the high chance of winning and has the high chance of profit but with high risks also. So it depends on a player on which he can manage the game and can manage the loss.
Both single and multi betting has equal risk most of the time. Choosing between these two is more likely not to get bigger winnings but to lessen the total losses such that will I lose "everything" in a single bet or will my other bets result to losses. If it is to minimize the loss, adjusting your bets would be more advisable than to make more bets to come up with a good outcome. There are games wherein there will just be a single bet that would win the most, betting on multiple won't make sense in this scenario.
Actually betting multi bets is very risky in my experience but quite fun and exciting if you are good to analyze all the match you would be able to gain good profit out of it and I do it occasionally, I prefer single bets for most of the time.
I don't think anyone can guarantee that you will win or lose because I see gambling like this depends on luck, and when you do that you have already made a profit, then you should be able to withdraw assets, because if you try to do the same thing then the percentage very few wins and very risky.
Quite true. Losing is more certain in gambling, to make it simple. What happens most of the time is a battle of gut feeling which pushes some players to still continue despite of the losses or winnings, associated with frustrations and/or greed.
2359  Economy / Speculation / Re: Bitcoin breached $14k today on: October 31, 2020, 03:40:39 PM
Great we are now breaking into $14K mark so are we going to continue on climbing or are we going to go down soon?
Do you think that it would stay at $14K or would it be just the same as it did on $13K it would climb up faster?

It's a test and once support follows this hypes for sure we will see more and it serves a good spark for this asset.

A very nice weekends for traders after breaking this point, showing that there are more interest flowing around and if another pumped happened it can start the spark bringing the value to a much higher position.
We can though expect some downfall as how things are experiencing currently, the value is now below $14k again but still close $13,852
can go up again any time.

Well if I remembered correctly we just reach out $13K not so long ago and now we already touch $14K but it is now around $13,852 as you said so it is still near the $14K mark.
It feels like we area really near on having another ATH but I think it is still too early to talk about it even though the price keeps increasing rapidly.
To assume or not won't make changes.
I was once of those people who are against speculating the market price but leter I realized that if things happen then be it. The market is having quite a good run, there are still my expectations of a sudden downfall but if there will be then I'll just continue holding and if its price continues to rise being able to reach the price point I am looking forward to, then that would be better. Predicting another ATH at this early point will not be a help and so do contradicting that idea. Market itself is inconsistent in the first place so let us all watch what will happen next.
2360  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Bitcoin is not needed but only for investment purposes on: October 31, 2020, 03:02:37 PM
People have chosen Bitcoin because they'll find it more beneficial and helpful to the community. Bitcoin is not only for investment but if you can take a look at how it uses to buy stuff, bills payment, have their own banking freedom and control, and many more? That is how it serves to purpose, maybe you don't see it because you might be blinded enough to see the reality.

Using it on daily living is only limited to countries wherein it is euther legal or 'neutral' but to places wherein it is prohibited, things are not the same. It is a digital currency therefore its main purpose is to be used as a mode of payment but since they cannot do something about it, using it as an investment is their only option to benefit from its advantages. If you are referring to decentralization in "having their own banking", the only difference is lack of third party network. OP is not blinded by the reality, it is just that Bitcoin is more often used as an investment which makes it more of such thing than to serve its main purpose - being a digital currency.
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