Cock Fight

[dothebeats]

It's actually a popular game on some of the Southeast Asian countries AFAIK, though it is prevalent in Philippines, especially in provinces wherein there are large stadiums built for the sole purpose of holding a cock fight. I myself was into it for some time in the past but after several years, I can't help but be ashamed of myself for enjoying such a cruel sport for animals. But I guess that's just how the game goes and it opened up a lot of opportunities and jobs for some people. Several farms have been created for breeders of top-of-the-line roosters just to fight for their masters, and while it is cruel to the animals, it is a forgiving industry to those who live with and by it--the small workers of the farms and the organizers and people on the cock fight events.

[alani123]

This is one of the weirdest threads I've seen. Cockfights used to be a thing when the world didn't have standards.

Maybe they're still a thing in some countries but I doubt they're widely accepted. Owning animals as pets now is a much more widespread practice as the world's living standards have increased. many people have developed adoration for animals and even if it's now legal, the controversy around cockfights would make it near impossible to start a business around it.

It's really weird to see such thread in the bitcoin forum too. I guess some twisted mind might be thinking bitcoin is fitting to cockfights? If you really felt the need to modernize payments over gambling for a cockfighting ring, I guess you could just introduce bitcoin to it against cash. But really I don't see any benefit in that. This type of fight is only ran by underground rings and bettors do it in person. The reason is that if would be easy to fix otherwise. Roosters don't have an established record or reputation. They have no reasonable incentive in winning as a human would for say, money rewards.

The animals are thrown in the pit by humans and also agitated by the ringleaders. The match could be fixed in ways a person watching from home couldn't even notice. And for all we know the roosters probably ruined in a very inhumane way after a fight. So bitcoin would probably introduce no benefits to such transactions. In theory it could allow gambling from home over an illegal or underground ring. But nobody would want to do that I guess.

The operation would still have to remain underground and it would just overly complicate things over what would be a tiny crowd interested to bet on this obscure thing anyway. Who would go over the trouble of going in the dark web just so the can bet on cockfights from home for example? It's just peculiar to even think of.

TL;DR bad idea. Please don't do cockfights. If you do it anyway, I see no benefit in using BTC.

[Becky666]

In Nigeria, cock fight isn't popular among the people but we often see some northerners doing this on the parade ground in Abacha Barack. Although, the crowd isn't much like when there's a ram fight competition between competitors. The bottom line in all this is: animal fight isn't illegal nor legal in our country but not popular among her citizens.