Did I get yiu right. How does one use sex to know if his future partner is fertile or not. You have taken this discussion into a different dimension because all woman can have sex but not all of them can bear children. So, are you saying that you will first get your wife pregnant before you will marry her. I don't think that sex before marriage will make a  barren woman to be fruitful.

That's true, maybe within the few minutes that I was using to type, op had already posted it so I didn't know that op have already said it earlier. While I wanted to post what I typed, I got a message, new replies has been posted. So maybe that was when op posted it. Thank you for the information.

Would you rather want to wait till marriage to intimately know your partner or will you rather know everything there is before marriage?

Why did you give out your number? You can easily avoid any scam attempts but it can lead to people you do not know to be spamming you. Try to avoid it next time. Do not give out your phone number.

This is also no more new on this board. I think we should have a single thread for it. Or what do you think?

Some vendors always add it as part of the rules for sellers to drop their number before they make payment, whose reason is to always make sure they can reach out to the seller if there is any delay in releasing of funds after payment has been sent, but they can also have ill intentions with that number request. We can always avoid those types of buyers if we want.

If someone had told you during 2015 that Bitcoin will exceed over $100k  one day and you should invest in it as at then. Would you have believed?

If he also explained the necessary information needed for me to believe. If the person told me about how the adoption is increasing and the bitcoin limited supply of 21 million BTC, I will believe. Since I came to this forum, I read about bitcoin very well and I believe to the extent I know it will become global reserve, and which is what that is happening now.

Shitposter, read the article and the whole thread. All the information about this is provided already.

But there are several things you can do differently from Alexander to not get yourself in a similar situation:
- Don't hold your crypto in hot wallets. Especially not on devices you use for everyday activities. If Alexander's crypto had been in a hardware wallet, an airgapped computer, or a second computer he only uses for crypto, this could have been avoided. There is no reason to hold $1 million worth of crypto on an internet-connected device when there are safer options around.
- Take your time to investigate and research people and projects. Alexander found out these people were scammers, but only after they scammed him. Why didn't he do his due diligence before?
- Always be careful and suspicious. It's still unclear what kind of Microsoft Teams meeting Alex attended. He claims it was an official link, but who knows. Fake links with extensions and scripts are shared this way. One wrong click and you invite malware and drainers into your system.


If you want to read the full story, you can do so here:
https://x.com/notalexchoi/status/1964464236710461885

The wealthy are relentless in their pursuit for money, they are intentional about it, you read and hear regularly on the news about a new business or company that a known wealthy man around you is setting up, they are always up to something new, seeking more ways to increase their source of income. So I was thinking, what really pushes these people?

What other reason could there be?

I got really worried over the habit of some friends who are into betting or gambling and how they often stake into a game in a week more than what they earn even in a month and most time are not able to get it back in a couple of plays. So it got me really worried and concerned

What would be your advice for such if they were to be your friends as a caring friend who want them to not get financially drained in the process?

Agree with you one good solutions is creating awareness in our Nigerian society because truth be told the ordinary market women may not even be aware of what is called Bitcoin not to talk about anything online and even the once that are aware is afraid, because of the wrong messages that has been passed down by ignorant people who lost money in crypto due to lack of sufficient knowledge about crypto before entering so one good way for business owners to start accepting bitcoin as means of payment is via creating awareness.

Bitcoin may be a fast and cheap means to receive funds especially from overseas, yet it isn't usually the safest or even cheapest for all. There are fees which depends on the network at that particular time, and the price is volatile too. As for safety, it protects when you have knowledge on how to store properly, yet when careless, you may lose all your money. Therefore it is good but won't be said to be the best choice for all situation.

So many people that are into bitcoin investment don't usually know what will make them continue to connect with their bitcoin investment, meaning they have some people that lose interest easily when they see the market is not really doing well and try to give up, thinking they will not succeed on their bitcoin investment.

When you have interest in Bitcoin and you already have capital to invest, your next target is to plan what actual amount you will get before you sell your profit in your Bitcoin investment, because anything needs to be planned gradually to make you achieve your goals and make you not feel disappointed. Anything you plan, you will always wait for the time to do before taking another step, but some investors don't know their target, they just invest for huge profit. If you say you will wait for a huge profit in Bitcoin, I don't think it is easy to achieve, but you can get a better profit.

We should not be greedy when we have a better profit. We should take partial or full profit and stop chasing huge profits if we can’t hold for a longer time to reach that target of huge profit we have in mind. The market is not friendly always and Bitcoin is a very volatile asset. Any profit you get is your benefit from the Bitcoin investment. The more you think you need huge profit, the more the market may not move smoothly sometimes in your favour at when you wanted it the most to reach a certain price you want to take profit for.

As the market price of Bitcoin is increasing, know that the price will decrease too, and Bitcoin can't be rising without dropping that is why it is very volatile. Sell what you have gained in Bitcoin after getting some profits, and know you achieved something in your Bitcoin investment. When people are talking about the benefits they achieve in Bitcoin, you can say yours too.

So laziness do contribute to irresponsible gambling.

Or you think I am wrong? It's very hard to make money in the real world this days, too many people are jobless because of economy or lack of business slots available and this has a negative impact on people.

Many addicted gamblers I know are not ready to go the normal hard route to make money, they are isolated and finding ways to make the money easily then gambling became the only option to them.

I am saying all these people because i did helped two people on my tuff or so I thought, I found them web3 jobs online and since they love isolating themselves I should be easy, I waited patiently thinking that finally they will escape the tense of gambling and losing money and focus on having a life but they started complaining that they can't wait long to make money.

It's like they won't want to work and yet gambling isn't helping either, I guess this effect happened because they have tasted how it feel like to win some money through gambling so they shut every other doors.

Referring to this thread, Engineers, DPWH Bulacan officials blew 300m each in casinos?, it's not a secret already that in the Philippines, some government officials and employees can lurk in physical casinos despite the 2016 Memorandum Circular No. 06, which prohibits government officials from gambling in casinos, and Article 178 of the Revised Penal Code, which bans the public use of a false name to conceal a crime.

Established legal physical casinos here in PH are aware of that memorandum, and as a solid established business, they are following it. However, at some point, they can't determine right away if one of their customers is a government-affiliated person because of these people's trick to not be recognized easily, as they will just act as a normal customer.

How about in other gambling-friendly countries? Like those countries that are popularly known for having big physical casinos.

Do they allow government officials to enter gambling premises?

Budgeting can help a bitcoin investor in several way but firstly what is budget ,
A budget is a financial plan that help a person outlines projected income and expenses over a specific period. It helps individuals or organizations manage their finances, prioritize spending, and achieve financial goals. But when it comes down to the usefulness of budgeting as a bitcoiner
It can help to manage risk when investing ,so that a bitcoiner doesn't overextend himself. Budgeting also keeps  a bitcoiner disciplined about his or her finances, making sure a bitcoiner prioritize his  needs over his wants.
Plus, having a budget in place can help a bitcoiner  figure out how much he can afford to invest in Bitcoin, and when it's time  for him to diversify his  portfolio.
 By tracking  his expenses, a bitcoiner will definitely get a  better sense of his financial situation which makes it easier for an investor to make smart  investment decisions.

What most people care about is their potential win they hardly see it from another angle that the potential win can still be a potential loss too , that's why one have to be conscious, and be ready to always risk what they can afford to lose rather than fixing their mind in that potential win and try all means to achieve it . Most time can lead to one making rash decisions and making reckless move when comes to gambling.

Just read a report that 2 DPWH Bulacan officials, one a district engineer, the other a staff, blew around P300M (or over $5 million) each in casino gambling, even using aliases. This came out in the Senate Blue Ribbon probe on ghost flood projects.

One of them, Engr. Henry Alcantara, admitted playing 2–3 times a month, while his aide Brice Hernandez bet even bigger. Aside from that, they’re also accused of forging signatures and pocketing funds.

Question is, how can gov officials gamble that big when their salary won’t even cover a fraction of it? Corruption? Loans? What do you think?

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source : https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2025/09/02/2469907/dpwh-engineers-blew-over-p300-million-casinos-says-lacson

Back in the day we were just using the major coins like Bitcoin and some altcoins - no stablecoins yet. We gambled with the price volatility too, but we liked it because it was non-regulated and gave us full freedom in gambling.

Now crypto casinos are very regulated already, meaning we have to comply with KYC. And if we’re using stablecoins like USDT, USDC, BUSD, etc., then it’s really no different from fiat casinos since both the payment method and the casino itself are regulated.

The downside is, does blockchain now just feel like a wrapper? If I’m using USDT, it feels no different from betting with dollars on a centralized e-wallet, aside from slightly cheaper transfers.

So that’s my question, are they killing the crypto edge we enjoyed before?

Stablecoins are also cryptocurrencies and can be used in both casinos that mandate KYC and those that does not. You should not make it look like stablecoins pro KYC while the others are not because there is no connection between stablecoins and regulation of casinos since they are just like every other means of deposit/withdrawal. Now that I have made this clarification, the answer to your question is a no. Even casino that allow deposits via Bitcoin, they can decide to make KYC compulsory or optional. It is up to the casino to decide how they want to run their business.

Every week, we here new information of restrictions in Philippines. Is the situation that bad?

I'm going to be drawing my conclusion on this matter. The reason why the government are taking strict actions against gambling in Philippine s is based on the illegal's gambling activities that was carried out in the country. Perhaps, they have traced everything, only to find out, gambling and casino was the root everything.