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1221  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: No one talks about Sic Bo!? on: October 13, 2021, 03:16:03 PM
I never heard about this game as well. I read a little about this game, let me summarize it for other forum members as well.
Apparently this game is played with three dice and it originated in Ancient China but now can be found in most of the offline casinos. It's very popular in UK as well. Betting is based on all three dices Rollin the same. This game is more about interaction as well since people are sitting on the table and the dealer waits before shaking the box and opening it, revealing the combination inside, therefore I do feel this might be a reason why it's not so famous online. At the same time the probability is better for other games as well, therefore I do believe that that's the reason why people don't play this game this often.
1222  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Slot or dice for the season on: October 13, 2021, 10:06:17 AM
The winter is around the corner again and this season comes with a lot of holidays and fun family time,  with the Christmas season spicing up the atmosphere one will get involved with a lot of fun activities which gambling is one such fun activity.
So I was wondering which is more fun among slot and dice for this season which of these games are inclined to this winter season.

According to me when we talk about more fun, it's definately :
SLOT
But when we talk about better odds, I do think DICE always wins for me, since you can change your range on certain sites and make small profit over a long time.

But I do think we have to remember that, online slots have a better chance at winning that land based slots therefore you can definately get better deals there.

Plus Dice games online are already very predictable and there is not much changes in them, therefore when we are talking about slot games there are much more fun things added there and also they have more diversity!!
1223  Economy / Economics / Re: If printing more money is inflation then why printing more gold is not? on: October 12, 2021, 06:41:13 PM
Well both of them have values, the fact is it's not only dependent on the market but it's also dependent on the usage and the community as well, for example in India, people can use gold like USS, anywhere, they can exchange it within seconds or even  buy something else with it. But in other countries this asset is more digitalized.
Plus gold is not printed. We know for a fact that the diamonds are controlled by the big companies to make sure their price remains high but gold is more dependent on the mines and the mineral reserve in the particular state or the country so government doesn't really have a big say in it. They can certainly make changes in the way it's traded and make laws about trading etc.. but they cannot go back in time and make entirely new mines for gold. Plus after the rule of Britishers they stole a lot and not the distribution is not just dependent on geography but on other things as well.
1224  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: What to do with whales? on: October 12, 2021, 05:38:13 PM
40% of all Bitcoins are owned by just 1000 individuals.

This gives them a disproportionate amount of control over the market as they are able to dump them at anytime.

This is not to mention the high proportion of bitcoins held by miners and exchanges, who may have perverse incentives to ensure that as many people buy up bitcoin as possible and hold it for long enough for the price to rise.

Is there any way to deal with the high degree of centralisation that Bitcoin has?

Well some of them are owned by people like : Mr. Satoshi Nakamoto who I do believe won't ever sell his coins since it's like the stability is based on the long term holders, plus the one's who actually care about bitcoins are actually an asset for us..

Rest some of them are lost coins as well, I remember loosing my wallet in like 2012 or something, even if it didn't have much but this is more common that we actually think and back in those days people did use websites, did free spins, did advertising and earned a lot as well, but the value was not that much and most of them have no idea where the coins are right now..

Other than that I do think we should be scared hands down for the people who are left and not in that category, all we can do is make laws ( but that can push bitcoins to centralization) and at the same time implement them making sure we are not risking centralization.
1225  Economy / Economics / Re: Growth in the marketcap on: October 12, 2021, 04:48:25 PM


With time the growth in marketcap of cryptocurrencies were big compared to the leading centralized financial service renders. Looking the data, what Bitcoin has reached in a three year difference never happens with any of the centralized system. The highest growth among the centralized system is a rise of $120bn. Maybe by the falling year ethereum will come next to bitcoin.

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The consideration of Bitcoins in the same category as stocks and centralized assets is something that is not really a good idea but I do think it's really impressive for bitcoins. On the other hand it's showing the dominance of the crypto market which is considering how hostile china had been and how Biden made statements about bitcoins as well, the stability of cryptocurrencies are also important for countries like Afghanistan where they are going through a lot of unrest in terms of politics, economics and social human rights as well.
But are we really using the same equations for both centralized and decentralized currencies???
1226  Economy / Economics / Re: What will cause the next recession? on: October 12, 2021, 03:27:09 PM
What areas in the world would have the highest chance of causing the next recession?

Is recession inevitable?

What measures can prevent recessions?

Is it an end of a financial era or a temporary setback?



Recession is honestly inevitable but preventable measures can be taken hands down:
1. The stability of the government comes first
2. The banks and other financial services have to be strong as well.
3. Private and Public companies needs to regulate their own personal assets at the same time they have to engage with the general public as well
4. Creating more jobs
5. Better education
6. Better healthcare
7. Controlling the debts owned by the government hands down and taking care of the taxes as well ( they cannot expect middle class people to pay high taxes and what's even about the negative interest rates ?? Why is it even a concept)
8. Having strong ties with the international countries that might help them grow more and making sure their local businesses is flourishing as well.
9. Engaging in things like cryptocurrencies as well ( can be used as a buffer during harsh times)
Etc..

I believe things like that can make a huge difference, small things done at the right time. The government has to control and help not just themselves but the people as well, that's where a strong economy will come from, which can be used as a hedge against recession..
1227  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Service Discussion (Altcoins) / Re: WARNING generated about Sorare.com on: October 12, 2021, 02:44:06 PM
Interested in learning more about Sorare.com, which offers fantasy football betting, I'm trying to learn here: Sorare Beginners Guide Everything you need to know to start playing, and here: Getting Started on Sorare – A Beginner’s Guide, it seems that Sorare.com is still a beginner for me.

OP, have you ever made a bet like what is said on the Sorare website, can you tell us a little about your experience making bets.

Maybe I need to learn more about Sorare.

No I did not really made a bet there but I do remember players on the forum getting engaged on sorare. Even though it's fantasy football, it's being treated like Gambling by the government, but I do feel like Jury is still out on that, therefore its more important to look out for anything that happens in the future.

I do know about the website tho and did go through everything before.

I was thinking about solaire since they sound alike but they are different. Sorare is an NFT soccer game if I'm not mistaken and someone posted here in gambling section asking if it's worth it to buy expensive teams on them. My opinion is that they don't need a license since it is an NFT and we're talking about cryptocurrency here which is decentralized. I think the Government just wants some additional taxes on their personal wallets that's why they are trying to heat things up regarding about NFT, just like here in our country.

Exactly, it's a heated argument against them and we all know how bad it can turn in a matter of seconds and therefore I do think people should still clear off depositing and engaging with anything till things are cleared out, well I do think they should also encourage things to get sorted out soon .

Wait sorare is related to gambling? Wasn't it similar to something like card games but football-styled? It doesn't look like gambling to me, though if you do get cards based on luck then it might be similar to loot boxes in most games though I don't think that can be considered as one? If I were to pick something similar to it, then it'd probably be something like hearthstone or something tbh, but gambling? Nah. I'd reckon most games would under be gambling if we consider sorare to be one, though feel free to correct me if I'm wrong. What I know is pretty superficial tbh.

Well apparently the government and people are treating most of the things as gambling, even the trading sometimes. We cannot just treat it as a gambling website for sure but at the same time we cannot ignore the warning generated against them at the same time. It's more like better to be safe that sorry, rest I do hope sorare, sorts it out soon ! Because I do know that a lot of people are interested in it.
1228  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Service Discussion (Altcoins) / WARNING generated about Sorare.com on: October 12, 2021, 06:33:58 AM
The gambling commission has warned the people of the site *sorare.com*. I do remember some people posting about this site and it seemed good for the first impression.

I do remember a post being made about this site which provides fantasy football games where players can trade cards and win as well.

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Since Sorare doesn’t have a licence, any activity players of Great Britain complete on the site is outside the regulations any licensed operator has to comply with, such as player protection rules. Therefore, the regulator has warned customers to consider this information before signing up and interacting with Sorare.


But apparently they are still thinking if sorare does require any any license or they can be operating normally without one since they are not really providing gambling services according to them, but the results have to still come out.

Right now it's not really safe to transfer funds on that site.
( Until they decide to get the license or maybe the government rules out that they don't need any, either way, stay safe!)

https://www.gamblinginsider.com/news/13454/gambling-commission-warns-of-unlicensed-sorarecom
1229  Economy / Economics / Re: Binance terminate some services in South Africa on: October 11, 2021, 06:08:27 PM
The authority of the South African conduct financial authority has taken a further actions in pursuit to put oandn hold ongoing activities of binance and new account cannot be created for it new users due to restriction placed to pause some of it activities due to lack of compliance to being regulated not to provide advisory financial service as it is believed to be running some underground insider manipulations in its trading activities.

Am not coming for the first time toward threads that talks about Binance secret agender on having manipulations discrepancy within its system of operations, is it possible to be true despite all the fame and reputation it has in place and wouldn't the pause in offering some services to South Africans affect the rate of it patronage and many crypto transactions held in Ransom?
Crypto Exchange Binance Terminates Some Services in South Africa After Warning by Regulator

Well I do think right now since the price of Bitcoin is climbing to the top, I do feel it would have been perfect for them to get involved with more people, especially in south America, the country might be moving towards a really friendly crypto economy.

I cannot pin point any reason they could be doing this but they have to check their rules and regulations again and let people know they are not just crypto friendly, but the are supporting them as well here.

But then again, this might be a good opportunity for some other company to take over, binance has been in the race for a long time but I do feel right now they need either better, stronger, safer systems in place of someone else needs to take over.

Hopefully things gets resolved and people have other options as well, because right now we are in a trading heaven.
1230  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: $2.7 billion merger - Bally's Corp and Gamesys - one of the biggest in gambling on: October 11, 2021, 05:37:18 PM
If they do finally decide to bring it online and also start accepting cryptocurrencies as well, I do think this might not work straight away, since there is a lot of competition in that market and they cannot really risk anything at that point.

Bringing it online world mean already having a whole lot of customers returning to the casino and at the same time they can make a lot of money, more money since during the covid it's hard to basically run any business like that, there is always a fear of an outbreak happening.

This idea can go both ways.
Regulations are strict but not in all the states, at some places it might flourish well, therefore it's all dependent on how well they do their research. Cryptos can provide global exposure as well. Let's see how it goes.
1231  Economy / Economics / Re: What do people think about CBDC? on: October 11, 2021, 05:12:56 PM
The probelm I have with central bank digital currencies are that they are just extension of fiat are this point, security is something that would be improved hands down and I do think that the government needs to use blockchain technology there, but at the same time they would definitely try and control the existing digital currencies as well, example bitcoins, Altcoins etc, that could be detrimental for the whole situation as well.
https://decrypt.co/83124/edward-snowden-cbdcs-are-cryptofascist-currencies-that-could-casually-annihilate-savings
Edward Snowden: CBDCs Are 'Cryptofascist Currencies' That Could 'Casually Annihilate' Savings
"If the American economy were in dire straits, the Fed might impose a negative interest rate on people’s savings, forcing us to spend.

Former whistleblower Edward Snowden responded on Twitter to an article by Cornell political economist Dr. Eswar Prasad.
Dr. Prasad hypothesized a scenario where the US government could impose a negative interest rate and withdraw money directly from people’s savings.
Snowden followed up his tweet with a blog post outlining his concerns in greater detail that people could lose their monetary autonomy."

Negative interest rate ?
Withdrawing money from people's savings??
This is something where cryptocurrencies could be useful, if something like that is happening then they have to move from the governmental controlled currencies and actually invest their money somewhere where the government cannot control. I do not think this would happen at this point because this would defiantly flip the whole system out of place.
1232  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Bitcoin the hedge against inflation on: October 10, 2021, 07:12:35 PM
The other possibly more important reason why bitcoin can act as a hedge against inflation and the possible failing economy is that bitcoin is not linked to the traditional assets even though it may be affected by the economy as a whole in short term.

Bitcoin made a 9.3% price increases against the United States dollars on the first day of October
The short term increases (or decreases) don't matter. The long term is the important one.
For example over the past 2 years from 2020, price has gone up 1400% or
in a longer period over the past 5 years from 2016 price has gone up 11000%

At the same time it's not really connected to one country's economy. Therefore there is a value of stability here, it can also be really helpful for countries which are in a civil unrest as well.

-This way they work as a strong tool to control the drastic situations in various countries and sectors as well since they are not entangled into just one and if you see it like that, these countries generally supports each other indirectly. The strong economies for sure makes big investments here and which can help break the wealth barrier in other parts.

Taking about Inflation. I do think that, we don't really have much to worry about since the whole ecosystem of cryptocurrencies like bitcoins is very different from the ecosystem of fiat and other assets, they basically have different rules definately compared to normal economy.
1233  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: What if all the money in the world entered the cryptocurrency market? on: October 10, 2021, 02:33:27 PM
If all the money into the world entered the cryptocurrencies I do think that would be extremely unstable. Since we would definately have people who would not be able to use cryptocurrencies, the people who have small business, poor people are well, would defiantly be excluded from the whole economy for the time being.

Then we might have to think about *volatility*, more people means more money flowing in and out of the market, which does mean the stability might be overthrown.

The governments will for sure try and dominate the bitcoins as well, which would end up in a war perse since the countries would be fighting with each other to have the upper hand, ending up in making countries like US, UK dominant. This might end up bad.

1234  Economy / Economics / Re: Fuel prices hitting an eight year high on: October 10, 2021, 04:04:26 AM
In India, the fuel prices hiked for 5th day in a row!! Crossing the 100 inr mark. In Ukraine it's 1.33$ per liter, which is not that high in comparison. But the fact is, it's during the COVID-19. Plus it's not just fuel prices, it's also the prices in public transportation.
In Ukraine, It's *5 times now, since 2018-19. Plus shouldn't COVID would have helped the government to control it, to help people??? The working?? The middle class??? One might think but unfortunately due to the failing economy I think they are just trying to make up for that. At the same time due to border regulations right now it's hard for the countries who are not producing it, rather importing it..
For countries like Venezuela, the price is 0.2$, a country with the biggest oil reserves in the world. It's all about geography and international relations right now..
That's why the need of the hour is *to use renewable sources of energy* that's a whole new topic.
1235  Other / Archival / Re: The beginning of the end of traditional payment processors? on: October 09, 2021, 05:18:46 PM
So when we are taking about the lightning network being used, are we moving towards a way safer network? Which was much needed for Bitcoins to become a good currency, not just an investment.

Plus even if people are actively registering, the amount of people using the network would be less as compared to the actual numbers hands down, so we have to consider this as an experiment perse for the time being, the economy will definitely grow stronger since the price of Bitcoins despite the Impact China had was really stable. Therefore having such a strong currency indirectly is a good idea anytime of the day.

I think we still have to wait to make any kind of conclusion , monitoring the situation is much needed since it's not just the country but all other countries as well looking at El Salvador and making judgements, if it's a good idea to do this or not. So I do think that they really doing an important job here.
1236  Economy / Economics / Re: Is budgeting still effective in tackling the need to constantly withdraw money? on: October 07, 2021, 09:57:36 PM
Withdrawal can become a habit. Once you develop the habit of withdrawing either fiat or converting your crypto holding to local currency for use, It almost becomes so difficult to break.

Needs and wants/problems to solve with money never stop arising, how do you handle your withdrawal? Be sincere, considering that local currency is becoming less of value as the cost of things are constantly rising now, so much that the cost price today is not the cost price tomorrow. Is a budget still effective in your opinion?

Well personally for me putting budget out for things never works, at the end of the day there are always unimaginable circumstances, especially in the wake of COVID that requires a lot of extra money every once in a while and the government is not even being kind to the people, the fares everywhere are rising and at the same time, people always use things like Credit cards, which doesn't go down so good. As far as I have seen all my friends are paying off their credit card loans. Plus in a student's life it's very important to always keep extra money with you, when you have investments like cryptocurrencies it's both risky/boon, therefore everyone has to tread lightly. It's a hard task, I don't think we can follow any rules here.
1237  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Karnataka Government Banned Online Gambling on: October 07, 2021, 06:50:06 PM
What country is this from? Not familiar with the name of the government so I can't gauge whether it's going to be an influential legislation. If I just assume, I am thinking that it's not going to have a big effect in gambling industry let alone the crypto gambling platform.

It's a state in India.
It's not much about influence on the industry it's more about people gambling legally and looking for new updates as well.

Plus the government there is bound to influence the governments around the whole state for example, Tamil Nadu.

This might be a but of a problem with people living there. But the government continues to support thins like house betting therefore it's all really twisted.

They need more gambling Addiction helplines, educate the kids more about everything and go for regulation rather than banning.

Let's see how it goes.
1238  Economy / Economics / Re: Just because prices are high, doesn't mean that is a good investment. on: October 07, 2021, 06:25:09 PM
Price is definitely a very important factor when it comes to an asset, in general it's not the only thing to look for but you also have to understand the fact that it shows the overall economic health of the company.

Other than that there are few things that one can look for as well.

1. Profits
2. Graph
3. Sales
4. Market value
5. Growth rate
6. Legal issues
    
At the end of the day if the company is strong thus the whole price per asset would be strong as well, no doubt, I do think price is defiantly important, also the profit percentage can be calculated as well, you can look for a fixed amount of time in the past and then calculate the overall profit the people made and how the price rose.

Just do final - initial value and do it for fixed intervals, this way you would have much better idea of what you are getting into and would also be able to get a hang of the Volatility.
1239  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Risk in Crypto Assets Portfolio on: October 07, 2021, 05:55:03 PM
Honestly there are risks in every single investment that you are making and when it comes to bitcoins I think the top two would be :
1. legal issues
( From the side of the government)
2. Issues regarding volatility and manipulation as well
...
The fact is not all countries are crypto friendly and thus at the end of the day people might have to pay huge taxes or even sell their assets before time with the government suddenly decide to ban it. ( They usually give a time period but that's only bad since the price keeps going down eventually and you end up in a loss )

The Volatility is something that is not only a boon for the traders but at the same time it might cause a lot of probelms as well, since if you are not vigilant, you can loose a lot, faster than ever. Therefore if you do know how to use it, it's perfect, but if you are a new trader then you have to take it slow and learn from your mistakes along the way.

Most people who trade are also holding, therefore your portfolio is actually in your own hands, you can decide to tackle it from different angles and when you think you are loosing a lot, just stop and see where you are doing mistakes, I think it's all about learning and experience.
1240  Economy / Gambling discussion / Karnataka Government Banned Online Gambling on: October 07, 2021, 05:25:08 PM
PREVIOUSLY there was a discussion regarding how the Karnataka Government ( a state in India ) might soon ban the Gambling and Betting ( online)..

On Tuesday The Karnataka Government Act, was submitted to be amended, it Bans all Online Gambling and  Online Betting. It does extend and would give the users a maximum imprisonment of 5 years and fine UpTo 1 lakh. But as previously stated in the news, the law does not include Horse Racing.

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As per the law, "games means and includes online games, involving all forms of wagering or betting, including in the form of tokens valued in terms of the money paid before or after the issue of it, or electronic means and virtual currency, electronic transfer of funds in connection with any game of chance."


The law was submitted following the death of a guy due to gambling losses ( he committed suicide)

Source: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.deccanherald.com/amp/state/top-karnataka-stories/karnataka-notifies-law-banning-online-gambling-1037736.html

- We might see stricter regulations from other states as well which even though might be challenged, but would take freedom out of people's hands when it comes to online Gambling and Betting.

Therefore be careful if you are Gambling in Karnataka now. Some sites do block the VPN as well, so you might be in a loss if you try to bet on things without legal consent from the government, let's hope the amends can be made in a positive sense, they might restrict but outright banning might cause people to use underhanded methods to engage in it, what do you think ?
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