It is because sometimes those streamers are pretty popular like in their own country, so people wouldn't expect that streamer to scam and manipulate people by showing clips or videos online of them winning huge amounts on a gambling game. For that reason, I think it's normal for people to believe them as sometimes they would provide proof of cashout which is totally fake. As a developer for sure you could make an account or the gambling itself to favor you, so if you are planning to catch people's interest and attention, you would literally ask for someone's popularity and give them a rigged account. Streamers would literally accept that offer cause they would be paid by simply promoting their gambling game, mentioning them in their every video, and of course advertisement, they can easily have an alibi by simply telling to people that they are not aware of the scam of the developers.

First of all OP, I would like to say congratulations on your success and achievements. That is really a dream of everyone to return the favor to your parents by simply fulfilling their dreams with your help as they guided you from the moment you were born. I like how you provided them with the needs for their dream business which can also help them to have their source of money, and seems they are already experienced with weaving business for sure they would do well. This kind of thread shows how powerful and beneficial Bitcoin is to people as long as they invest with knowledge, cause despite the positive side of Bitcoin, there is also a risk of having a bad side which could also change someone's life. Don't be sad if you've sold your holdings of Bitcoin as you already bought a lot of things that you are trying to achieve, no need to be greedy, set a goal and once you achieved it, don't also forget to treat yourself just like how you bought yourself a motorcycle.

I think that would only complicate the system, I have read here in the forum that even Tesla used Bitcoin as they mode of payment but later on they lost huge amounts of money as we know Bitcoin's volatility, it's true that Bitocin could be beneficial for a long-term but when it comes to business or any establishment, you would really need the money as soon as possible without holding for you to use those funds either for buying resources or innovation. There might be existing universities that are really open to cryptocurrency but I think they wouldn't still use Bitcoin as a mode of payment when you can convert it to fiat to lessen the hassle. Still, it depends on the schools if they would like to accept Bitcoin cause they would be the one who's gonna handle it, but only for the private one, cause public schools are handled by the government as the student's tuition are paid in tax so they wouldn't like to mess with that.

It's just simply the difference between the two in their range from betting to gambling, if you are not that rich and just an average person, you can't even risk all in all of the funds you have cause if you lose for sure you would be in debt. While the rich have a lot of sufficient amount of money to raise their bets. Just imagine this the average person would bet like $100 and for the rich one would bet $1000, if they both win at the same time, do you think they would have the same amount of winning as well? Of course not, they might have both skills and experience in gambling but in terms of funds, the rich one would be on top. It's really easy for someone to make huge money if you also have huge funds to support your process.

People should understand how helpful and powerful insurance is, my mother has been paying insurance for almost decades from her work, of course, it would be automatically cut out from her salary so she really budgets her money for all our essential needs, cause monthly cut off is already huge especially if you are not that rich. When she had to accident, she really wanted to use a public hospital to save up money as you would only pay for the medicines, but of course, there are a lot of patients so we settled in a private one which is pretty pricey. That's the time she used her insurance card, we literally didn't pay anything for 2 weeks stay. Simply from that personal experience, I could say that insurance is a must for every person, but currently, I would like to focus on investment as the money would grow over a long time, when I reach my goal amount, by then I would start to save up in insurance.

Well, we can't literally deny that some of the countries in Southeast Asia are experiencing poverty like my country. I could even say that we're in debted to other countries like the trillions amount of pesos, it might be literally from lack of resources but I would like to say its from corruption. This kind of issue can be helped through Bitcoin as we know the potential of Bitcoin to the people as long as they have the knowledge, funds, and time. Sadly Bitcoin is not that widely known in our country even having a group of people involved in crypto currency, you could literally see that there are only a few people who are active and engaging in the crypto industry as well as investment in Bitcoin. People in the PH actually not only that they lack the knowledge, but if they are just middle class, and just earning enough for you to live and survive, they don't have the time to study and invest in Bitcoin, especially enough funds to invest.

It's literally the parent's job to assess and give their child guidance which is what is right and wrong cause certainly they would experience it once they reach their mature age which would be definitely their own choice if it's to adopt the habit of gambling or not. Gambling or any kind of bad habit could have either a good impact or a bad impact on their children, they might have the mindset of " I wouldn't copy my father's gambling habit cause its sht" or "looks normal to me so I could also be gambling". It's actually true that if the parents have an attitude and behavior that is actually bad, doesn't mean that their child would also possess that kind of image, since all people to have their own minds and understanding in this world.

I exactly agree with your statement, using their application obviously would give them access to your data and information, if you are using the legal and licensed app for sure they wouldn't use it against you like blackmailing and leaking, but if you are using apps that are illegal for sure these cases are possible, worse is they might be criminals and stalkers would go to in front of your house.

For sure they can gather the information they might record your history like for the marketplace online, therefore they would give you advertisements and recommend similar items from what you have searched.  By simply using a delivery app they could already track your locations could already alarming, but yeah that is the trade you would get by using their product or app, they can email you advertisements, announcements etc.

That's their own preferences, we all have our own experiences and home environments even our loved ones, they don't even wanna reveal their Bitcoin holdings no matter how much they have. Imagine that you just tell them that you are involved in a cryptocurrency which they lack knowledge but automatically they would expect you that you are making money, from that they could either ask you for money or even worse try to steal it since there's already a lot of cases that even blood-related could do such illegal things for their own sake convenience. Remember that this world runs on money, a lot of crimes that have existed involve money, cause no matter how much you have even just a small amount of BTC, its still yours, so it is up to you to decide which you can trust and keep it secret.

We were not sure about Bitcoin's value back then especially if it wasn't even worth around $1 so those who accumulated a lot of Bitcoin didn't even take it seriously to keep them safe and secure, we can even remember the story of a guy who used a lot of Bitcoin just to buy a pizza. Plus if you think of it, owning thousands amount if Bitcoins back then which is worth like a cent, once you see the market reaching almost a dollar, you would already consider yourself to sell your holdings cause profit is actually profit. I think some of the holders back then actually didn't forget their password or seed phrase cause it is actually common sense to write down important things for you to remember, the reason I think they are losing all of the Bitcoin is the reason they might change their hard wallet or even upgrade cause there's nothing to lose in holding something that doesn't even worth a lot.

Indeed, those people especially those who started from nothing obviously experienced a lot of challenges in the trading industry such as losing money, affecting their mental health and physical health, etc. Some people could have options to decide is it either to continue as they learn from their mistake or give up as you lose money. Starting in trading could be a win-win situation cause if you lose, you will learn as part of your development and if you profit, for sure you find your own technique and skills. I would like to add that not all successful traders literally experience some kind of sacrifice as they are already born rich, like trading is just one way for them to invest money. Surely they would experience some losses but it would be a different story to some people who literally started from nothing.

You are actually right, it's easier to say such things as a piece of advice to people if you are not the one who's playing. The feeling that you are close to winning can be felt almost anytime you want, even if you just starting to gamble if you have a nice pair of cards in your hands, you would also think that you might hit the jackpot which is just a feeling at all. Plus they might really be giving such tips like that, for the reason that they are wanting for you to experience the same way they did which is literally sht, gambling is just a piece of pure luck and knowledge, you can't do such things for the winning hand to favor on you. You should stay away from people like that cause not only they are a bad influence, but they might just be using you like you said from referral bonuses, or asking for money like borrowing from you cause you are a fellow gambler.

It's actually alright to not rush yourself if you cannot really accumulate in your current situation for example in your financial status, if you still cannot afford to invest due to your money is just enough to provide your essential needs. We know that this kind of topic and thread is to motivate people to invest in Bitcoin, knowing their potential, but I hope some wouldn't be pressured with some words like "you might be late to invest in BTC". There are no latecomers, it is just that you can profit hugely if you started earlier as Bitcoin is increasing its value and reaching its new ATH. Just don't use the money you can't afford to lose in investing in Bitcoin, or even worse taking a loan due to FOMO. Though you can hold it might take a lot of time for Bitcoin to increase which can worsen your situation for paying up your loan with high interest. Invest with yourself first with knowledge and skills if you don't have the funds yet.

I think it really depends on the situation of the person, cause some of them to have a family to feed, so they are already spending their money on their needs such as storing food, allowance, etc, from that they can manage the extra money left that could go to savings or investment. And if the case is a person working for himself, for sure they can spend money on things they want cause they only need to feed themselves, so every payday they motivate themselves like "once I get my salary I will buy a new cellphone", which is sound impractical for a person who's budgeting their money. Desires and wants could be a way of motivating people, but spending money on unnecessary things and you don't even need is actually bad which can be an issue in your financial status in the future. Some lifestyle might sound good to hear that you can buy everything you want, but it would be better to have investment and savings for your future, and those desires and wants you can easily achieve.

Well, you are actually right, there is a wide variety of choices to do as a distraction to eliminate the boredom to people, it would literally depend on what things they find interesting. But if you discovered gambling and got interested, for sure there would be a cycle when you lose money, you would try to recover it and if you win, you would try to win again which could cause addiction. For sure some gamblers could also do the things you said like watching videos on TikTok, but some boredom would be killed if you put some excitement feeling and thrill, into doing some simple activities. But as adults, we should be aware of things we should do as distractions cause we can already differentiate what could be bad and good for us. For me, sports could be a better distraction, it might not help you financially but it could help you to eliminate boredom and as well be physically and mentally healthy as you exercise like for example, basketball which is pretty popular in my country.

Both are actually good investments to avoid inflation, so even if you are rich or not, having an alternate investment is a huge advantage. It's still good to invest in gold cause it also increases its value in the long term plus the supply and demand, and we know that gold has a short supply. But we know that Bitcoin's features, especially in the current market that is increasing value, take people's interest and attention. Knowing Bitcoin's potential, especially in a long-term investment wouldn't be so bad to start even if it is in the process of reaching ATH, there's a DCA method that could help you to accumulate if it's too big to invest in huge amounts. But for sure if you started at a bear market, you would already profit, and if you hold for that long and Bitcoin reached a new ATH, for sure you would already be rich.

If you are gambling just for fun for sure you can still control or limit yourself whether you win or lose. But if you are aiming to profit, for sure both of the scenarios given by the OP would eventually end up in the same outcome. If you win, you have the mindset of you have extra winning money as a reason for you to keep gambling, but if you lose, you have the reason to continue by trying to recover your loss, which can lead to addiction cause it would be a cycle. Plus if you started gambling without having a plan such as stopping at a $100 loss or win, for sure you would keep continuing gambling, don't hesitate to take profit, cause isn't that your goal in gambling, is to earn money? Gamblers also tend to lose their control when one of the two starts to act for every round, which is their mental and emotional, you would be pressured to never stop as you can't control both.

If we focus on the news regarding the economic state of a country or globally, we know that the one who made the story would be the one who will benefit if they make news about a piece of negative news to the people cause it will gather an audience and would be having arguments among people, cause what can you say about a good economic status, a good job? I think that's one factor why they focused on the negative.

Also, the government is one of the influences, as they want to manipulate people by giving them a lot of negative to stride for better action to their country as they can contribute more like increasing taxes, so they would be having a reason for such action and changes. There's also a lot of positive news economically, but it doesn't have a big impact as it can be a small-scale factor, so they won't hassle themselves with announcing and reporting it to the news.

If I remember correctly, my professor back in my college, she said that mostly men are objective while women are subjective. She example imagine you are gonna hire someone, a woman would say that the person is actually good and kind so she would hire him, and the man would focus on their skills and experiences. This is only from my professor's words, but personally, the reason behind the low number of data on women engaging in Bitcoin is due to they are much more focused on other industries that don't involve high risk. If we can observe some heavy work for men that involves masculinity they are much more experienced in a work field that doesn't need comfort. They are much more exposed to exploring and risking especially when it comes to financial matters. Of course, women are free to do anything they want and they can also do the things men can do (except heavy work such as construction I think), as they would really need to control their emotions and mental thinking when it comes to Bitcoin, in the end I support gender equality where there's equal treatment for both men and women.

I don't know why most of the newbies rely on the information made on YouTube. We know that almost all of the videos uploaded there are for money-making content videos so they would talk any sht just to clickbait viewers. That's why prank videos got viral and trending before cause people got clickbait with a title like "I become a billionaire by just investing in Bitcoin" Then when you watch the video he can't even prove that he's a billionaire and how did he earned that much. Never listen to influencers that are obviously fake and professional wanna be, there are some people sharing their information and experiences online which you can take as 2nd opinion but never rely on them. Bitcoin might already have a huge value currently so you wouldn't taste a big amount of profit when you accumulate around $20k, but doesn't mean you are too late, cause if you hold Bitcoin for too long term for sure you would profit like using DCA method.