Bitcoin, the world’s first and most well-known cryptocurrency, is not just a financial or technological phenomenon—it has also made significant inroads into politics and governance. Its decentralized nature, potential for financial freedom, and resistance to censorship have positioned it as both a tool and a topic of major political discussion around the world.
They want just to control it, end of the story, - the biggest thing for them is to have levers attached to BTC, if possible.
Great news. Bitcoin has shown yet again that it is a profitable asset. It has also shamed critics and haters who have been predicting the doomsday of Bitcoin. This is just the beginning of more big wins for Bitcoin.
These people were unable to counter Bitcoin's growing popularity, so they chose to fight it. They believed they could halt Bitcoin's success by opposing it through media campaigns, but they forgot that Bitcoin derives its popularity from its use cases, as well as its great investment opportunity as a store of value.
FUD will always be where progress marches, but they can't fight what is sincere in its cause.
They understand the situation they are in, so they also don't expect to make the playoffs because they can justify it. It was a gamble to still play Haliburton in the finals even though he was already injured, and now they will be paying for a whole season without him. That will have a big impact because ticket sales will likely drop if they can't be as competitive as before.
With such details at hand, Indiana is nearly out of the contest, so to speak.
Even though their regular finish was solid (50-32, as far as I remember), they are not the contenders they were with him at his best.
Not all the time we are winning to the most favorite game of ours but few of them keep playing because we manage to win a big profit right there and expecting more to win, its now always happen but instead we facing continuous losses that's the time we will shift into another game, base on my experience if I didn't win with the slot games I shifted into sports betting because I know I have knowledge and luck with the sports betting if I hit a good reward, I can now shifted again into slot games same goes by happens next is if its not time to win I do quitting and chill for a while like call the day and wait for the next day to have luck to play. Its gambling only a chance to win and skills to win.
If we didn't hit the limits while we are doing all of that - it's fine to change gears and try something different.
But if you do it purely because of spite - you should have a break and come back to play later, it would be a better, yet harder choice.
After the game against Real, PSG are the heavy favorites. I was actually surprised at how clearly PSG won the game, especially despite the red cards from the game against Bayern.
Everyone would surely be betting in favor of PSG and i believe they are going to win the game against Chelsea on Sunday. 1.61 odds for a PSG win is not bad, but you need a 'good' stake to get to get something good in terms of possible winnings. Chelsea on the other hand has a winning odd of 5.30, i am sure there would be a few gamblers who would take the risk on them, after all it is a final and anything can happen, right, lol.
I think it's better to play it safe than to await on the miracle.
But I agree - await the unexpected
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Re: ⭐ BTCGOSU ⭐ THE ULTIMATE BITCOIN CASINO GUIDE 🏆
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on 11/07/2025, 09:20:13 UTC
^ You reap what you sow, so keep it coming!
I think it would be awesome in the end, and bring lots of confidence in people knowing that there would be another good platform that would regulate cases if they arise.
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Re: Be a good example — CEO takes his salary in bitcoin.
We are actually saying the same thing here. The CEO is safe, no need to convert the bitcoin, but they should not make it necessary for everyone to in the company to receive with Bitcoin. It should be optional, at least each workers should have the option to make their choice if they want in Bitcoin or they want it in Fiat. Also, the CEO could choose to take some part of his salary in Bitcoin while some in fiat same, likewise everyone in the company.
That would be nice, and yeah, there wouldn't be a need to convert everybody to BTC right away - it could be started just from those who want and partially..
I think it's time we stopped using politicians words as references. You seem to be hoping that politics will drag Bitcoin deeper into the game? You're clearly giving up the freedom Bitcoin achieved, and that's a departure from Satoshi ideals. Anything politicians say is inextricably linked to their interests, not yours or the Bitcoin community's.
This.
The bigger stage demands such things: what can be said is usually done to bring more influence to the table or to set the stage for the events to unfold.
Clearly, BTC is just another chip for them to use on their own tables.
I admit that for ordinary people owning one full bitcoin in the future might become an unreachable goal, and for many people with modest income it has already become unreachable. That is why I think the more bitcoin grows in value in the future, the more boldly it can be called an asset for the wealthy. I mean owning an entire bitcoin, not just a small part of it.
People still say we don't need to own the full 1BTC and poor people can own bitcoin for just $10 or $20. That's true, but what's the benefit of owning just a few satoshis? And this will become even more meaningless when in the future the price of bitcoin reaches $500k or $1 million.
It is true that bitcoin was created for everyone but over time it is becoming an expensive investment/asset, not a currency. That means sooner or later, bitcoin will no longer be for the poor but only for the rich in the future.
You need to have as much as you can - be it 1 BTC or 50$ of it, it would still be good in the long run.
You use BTC for services, and many of them don't need that much of it..
A week ago, I also experienced a loss after previously winning several poker games with my friends. I visited my hometown when I was a child and met my friends, who then invited me to play poker. I didn't mind because I had gambled with them several times when I returned. However, this time I should have won some, but ended up losing. When I wanted to end the game, my friends wouldn't let me and asked me to continue for a few more sessions. Like you, it ended badly for me too. When you're winning, it's hard to resist continuing.
Sometimes when you're winning at gambling, even if you want to quit, you still can't because you feel ashamed of your opponents, right?
So you think that you don't want them to say anything bad about you, so even though it's against your will, you just continue gambling with them until you see that you've lost in the end.
Yes, that's the difficulty with offline gambling, especially when we play with friends we know. What happens is, when the losing friend feels like they've had enough, they can stop gambling. But if they have a serious enough addiction, they always have money to continue playing. That's why I always carry a limited amount of money and think of it as a way to reunite with friends. The game is never tense, and it's filled with laughs.
That's how it should be!
Fun, not a competition of who undresses who in the end.
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Re: Loaded my BTC wallet-n-have BTC :) & my very first transaction @ year 2011 lol
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fikrett
on 09/07/2025, 18:51:06 UTC
Great imagery for the history of your story and the path you are still walking.
Ultimately, it's just to garner support just as Trump did during his campaign when he said he was pro-bitcoin ultimately winning him a lot of votes. Elon certainly has the same goal. Politicians will do anything to smooth their path, and one thing for sure: Elon Musk is a businessman so ultimately it's all about profit. I'm sure Americans are well aware of this. Simply put don't trust politicians words, as they are easily swayed.
This!
Everything for the votes and influence behind them. Period.
It's a huge amount of Bitcoin but when it was obtained it was very little dollar value. It only grew very massively over several years, when Bitcoin gained in value and now his 80.000 Bitcoin stash is really a big value. Moving Bitcoin after 14 years really required a good storage of private keys to still remember it.
And lots of passion and belief in BTC too!
Without the proper knowledge, these BTCs would become dust (fiat) in no time.
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Re: Be a good example — CEO takes his salary in bitcoin.
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fikrett
on 09/07/2025, 07:19:25 UTC
The move is bullish, but as others outlined - we may never know what will be done with these BTCs afterward: but I too hope he has services and plans on how to use it accordingly, not just convert it back.
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Re: Should crypto projects follow public companies in buying BTC reserves?
I don't see it as a problem for those projects to be buying Bitcoin as reserve, already, it is a form of backup investment strategy that can sustain the stability of their own company incase of any crisis that may happen in future. One of the major changes that do occur in those projects are mainly change of chain, if it happens that ADA and Polkadot chains are not reaching it's target, they can equally change and deflect to another chain and that could cost lots of funds.
Everybody starts to appreciate BTC more: and it shows!
That's great, because previously, trust was not as big for it, but now, everybody seems to try to get a share of the pie.
“The Department will pursue the illicit financing of these enterprises by the individuals and enterprises themselves, including when it involves digital assets, but will not pursue actions against the platforms that these enterprises utilize to conduct their illegal activities.”
I was of the notion that this would stand for the creators, I guess I forgot that a business entity is separate from its owners.
This is so fucking stupid. It basically means that you can make an open source software, the software will operate freely, but you the developer will be prosecuted for the actions done with said software to the maximum extent permitted by the law.
One can argue that smart contracts are separate entities from the person who created them, but they are not business entities. This is like arresting somebody for running an unregistered MSB but then giving the business the OK to keep running.
Unfortunate, yet true - they grab what they can, and here, they decided that would be the best they could do to discourage and "fix" what was done by not by Roman, but by other people, like you outlined.
I am to be the party pooper here. What are you going to do? Spend the bitcoin and save the fiat? That's not to mention that if you want to spend with bitcoin the options you're going to have to consume goods and services are going to be much reduced.
If you are hungry you can choose any of the restaurants on the street you are in if you are going to pay with fiat, while if you intend to pay only with bitcoin you will have to look in coinmap and you might have to go to the other side of the city.
It wouldn't be as convenient as the traditional shops, hotels, and places, yet, - if there is an alternative, shouldn't we at least know it's there?
I agree that as of now, it's better to store your BTC and probably not spend parts of it, small that is, on services like that: but you can, and that's the gist of it!
You are your own boss, and even though fiat would be preferable for all of these actions and activities, BTC as an option is what is beautiful about it.
Young people are often more enthusiastic and driven by new technologies and inventions, so it's no surprise that Bitcoin is so popular among young people. older people on the contrary, they are typically wary of anything new and prefer to stick to the old ways.
I guess why young people are so keen to invest in Bitcoin is its decentralization which provides equal opportunities for everyone regardless of whether they are rich or poor, and whether they have capital or not.
Young people have many opportunities by learning and acquiring the skills necessary to start their own Bitcoin investments without need for significant capital.
I would say that young people see profit more than anything, but, I surely hope more see what Bitcoin truly represents - the ability to be in charge of your own custody and having an alternative out there.
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Re: India’s Ruling Party Spokesperson Suggests Bitcoin Reserve
No country will like to lag behind as long as a country like the US has been involved or leading in this bitcoin reserves, it's more like a guarantor to other countries to start getting involved, it can also be noted in the speech of the India spokesman as he referrence the US to have a bitcoin reserve.
My concern is that wouldn't the IMF want to interrupt just like they wanted to to interrupt Pakistan for proposing bitcoin reserves. They always want to come in between the success of countries that they aid.
I don't think they will do it when bigger countries enter the stage.
They don't have as much influence as in the smaller countries.