I think that whatever bitcoin market does, it will always surprise people no matter what, probably a smug few would say that they have expected the price to go that high but I don't buy that because they definitely just want to look like they are ahead of the curve. Sure they might have expected that bitcoin will go up since there's the ETF approval stuff but I still don't buy that people are expecting it. Now that you have given the actual figure, I would say that it's a lot of growth. I guess we should be safe to assume or expect that bitcoin's going to be going at more than 40k USD in December?

That can't work all the time although it's the best ever, sometimes the price of bitcoin just continues to go up and you have the funds to buy, DCA can help you in that so you don't end up having to wait for months or years and that money stagnating from inflation. We can't predict the market so it's for the best that we adapt our strategies or just make more money in our jobs and save more extra money so we always have money when the price of bitcoin is low.

As much as we are an optimist I think that we still need to be grounded in reality so, bitcoin hasn't even crossed the 100k mark yet so it's unlikely that a million is a possibility during that time period, from what I can take from this is that we should continue buying and accumulating bitcoin because with that kind of forecast, who knows who's forecast is going to right and on the off chance that this becomes a reality, you don't want to be missing out on the potential profits that you could've taken so just take it with a grain of salt.

Definitely a too good to be true offer but they can still defend themselves about why they're giving that large of a commission quote. Although I am suspicious of this project itself and not in their commission, pool management would mean something like a wealth manager right? Someone that's managing multiple investments for different people isn't necessarily a suspicious thing since this is mostly done in fiat and you can see who's managing your money and investments so there's no risk of people running away with your money unlike with crypto where I assume that this is going to be entirely anonymous, the risk of giving the whole funds to one person or people affiliated in a group is going to increase exponentially since it will be easier to run away with the funds so to anyone that's trying this service, be careful and know that you're risking something.

A lot of people are subjected to negative or misinformation about bitcoin because that's what sells the most for mainstream, misinformation and negativity. Can't blame people that experienced the same as you, in fact I admire you because people like you are in a way thinking for yourself and that people like you also decided to explore even though a lot of people around you are discouraging you from doing this, so to the people that are being too hard on themselves about the fact that they're once like that, don't be too hard because people like me admire you because that shows that there's character development. Now to what OP is concerned about, I think you not forcing them or being such a hard sell for bitcoin is the best route you can go to, you will know that the people that you're giving information about bitcoin are the people that will not easily fall prey to scams and such because they can think for themselves and they've decided to try it out for themselves out of the information that you've given.

That reasoning might work but not all retirees are going to be senile or too stupid to work out basic computer things, in my opinion, I do think that it's a big factor that if you are working in computers at a young age and that you won't have any problems when you're old because there's just some muscle memory that's too difficult to remove even when you are old or you've stopped a long time, the familiarity won't easily go away. Regards to the question, wouldn't the agency or administration paying you in bitcoin would have a hard time doing it? Plus wouldn't your address not become anonymous anymore because they have to know who's bitcoin address they're going to send that bitcoin to so it's not really financial freedom of you to dream of having your pension paid in bitcoin right?

That's nice that you've put it all in and then decided to do DCA with your investments that's the best strategy for you to be honest, but I have to remind you that you have to be prepared to pay a huge amount of transaction fees for when you plan invest more because right now the transaction fees are in insane amount and it's your best interest that you have to put some money for that unless you don't mind the lowest priority. Hope your bitcoin journey is going to be a joyful one and I wish you a strong will to survive the harsh bear seasons and price dumps that's yet to come and you have yet to experience, they'll test your will and if you're going to be able to keep on holding on to your bitcoins.

And that change can be for better or for worse so watch out because people don't know if what change is happening to them is a good one or a bad one because they don't see anything wrong with so little self-awareness is the key, don't let bitcoin run your whole world as it's not the only beauty there is in the world. We also have to remember that while we are hodling bitcoin, it's also our duty to be smart as to when we are going to let go because there should be a time where you're going to need to take a profit from what you're hodling so set a price that you will be selling all that you're hodling, it don't matter how ridiculous that number is but you must adhere to that if it ever materializes, don't marry the bag.

As much as I believe that that's the reason why the government isn't going to accept bitcoin as a means to pay pension for their people, I think your statement about subscribing or sticking to their local currency for payment is the main reason why they are doing that, I wouldn't really say that bitcoin's the key to true financial freedom for now, given that there's still no semblance of an actual global adoption then I guess we have to hold on to that dream that we might achieve that someday. To me, this kind of dilemma is easily solved if you just do the saving for pension yourself, with that kind of system then you will be able to achieve your dream of having your pension paid in bitcoin when you retire someday.

That's only temporary as the fees will eventually subside and get to a point that you can easily move your transactions without worrying too much about the fees. In my opinion, this is actually a good thing for newbies because when they experience something like this that's totally defying their expectations on bitcoin, it might actually condition to not be easily brought down or panic when bear season starts. Finally someone said something about all of this fuzz about the high fees, people are getting the wrong idea that it's a bad thing for bitcoin and that this is like some kind of permanent thing.

Can't blame them though, they've probably heard of bitcoin from people that have hyped it up and probably have told them that the returns in investing in bitcoin is probably pretty high and that they can multiply it in such a speed that they got into it out of fear of missing out on potential profits and then they get in and they end up getting paying the wrong price which is experiencing losses because they bought at the wrong time. Don't close too quickly your mind in regards to people who complain, you can always listen to them complain but always take their words with a grain of salt.

This is what I don't get with some people that's exiting bitcoin when their current HODL valuation goes down, they want to cut losses when that's only a thing that you do when you are investing in any other cryptocurrency out there, whenever someone I knew that has invested in bitcoin has do this and try to justify that action, I just laugh at them because while they're cutting losses when the prices go down, I'm busy finding money to buy more bitcoins to increase what I currently have.
Thank Satoshi, I don't have that regret/FOMO anymore because I've learned my lesson that when the price is on the red and it's continuing to go down, it's an opportunity to buy more bitcoins for a low price and get more value for what I have paid for and right now, I am sitting pretty on a huge amount so I'm not worried that I won't be able to buy more now.

I hope that 'when' is going to happen before bitcoin goes to my target price, I don't want to be paying myself about the chunk of what I hodl for selling it. Can we really blame that the network is going towards this way? Wasn't this kind of system of FCFS has been in existence for a long time now right? And this is the way to compensate miners for their effort now that bitcoin mining rewards are slowly reducing due to halving.

Yeah, just like what you did you've just expanded what I've said and also I disagree that it's there's still a lot of things you can talk about when it comes to gambling because if there's more then people should be talking about it but no, it's all mostly stuff that has the same thought as the other posts that has the same theme and topic. Maybe the only stuff that can be continuously talked about are those daily stuff that you've mentioned like Sports News.

Yes it's normal to worry about your money when you're gambling but if that's the only thing on your mind while gambling then you can't fully enjoy what you're playing because your mind is on a different plane and you're unlikely to concentrate when things like that are on your mind but I get that it's hard to do that especially if you're conscious on how you are spending your money and how you could've spend your money that you've used for gambling. I am not blaming them for why they gamble it's just that I'm concerned of their well-being where they take something so seriously.

Is there any way you can prove that OP, that's such a ridiculous amount of money for me so I really can't believe that someone can lose that amount of money, you can use Talkimg to post the picture and other people can just repost it so everyone can see it. For me though, I can't come close to what you've lost in gambling but in my perspective it's still a lot, somewhere around 1.5k USD but it's not a big deal at that time because I got a lot of money that time that I didn't even mind losing it but now, I regret having to go so deep like that because I always daydream about buying some stuff with those money if I still had that money, it's in the past now though and no sense dwelling on it too much.

If you're not a gambling addict, I think that it's pretty easy for you to stop gambling due to financial incapability to fund your habit if you're an addict then that's not going to stop you. Your second condition is pretty much a profound and sad one, losing connection with the friends because of your habit is depressing and I think it's depending on someone's personality and will if they'll be able to stop because if the incessant gambling is the cause of that 2nd condition then it's difficult to just simply move away from gambling.

I guess, they're running out of stuff to talk about so they just keep repeating the same thing and wording it in a different way so they can pump up their activities. Or there's a possibility that they're alts of some of the people in this forum and those people are running out of stuff to talk about in the Gambling Discussion so they have to take matters into their own hands or I am just being delusional and these people aren't alts but just ignorants that don't know that their topics are already a thing in the board.

Most gambling games are tied to probability and other factors that's outside a player's control and I think that if you consider that fact, it's really difficult to grasp the idea that you can build a successful career in gambling but yes, you can be a successful one in this although you're still a gambler so in a way you're just a glorified and lucky gambling addict plus is the money that's promised really worth it? Wasting your time sitting on those tables, sipping and drinking complimentary drinks and many other things, I don't know about you guys but if given a choice, I wouldn't probably choose that path trying to make money because it's going to get boring really quickly but that's just my take on building a successful gambling career, yiu can probably make a living being a billiards hustler but that's only going to take you so far.

I'm not much of a gambler myself but I can tell you that whenever I gamble, I always observe that a lot of players in that places are in a way not worried about the money they're losing probably because they're rich or they just don't want to be bitter about losing their money, my point here is that you're better off not worrying about what you're betting or how much you're losing because it takes away the fun out of gambling, like any other games out there that's not even gambling, it's important to have fun then the next priority is winning.