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Re: What is the best way to gamble?
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l3pox
on 24/07/2025, 16:01:57 UTC
Gambling is actually meant to increase what you have staked with, like you aim to increase the worth of money you have. If gambling is about to increase your money, do we gamble gradually or we have to take the risk by increasing our stake since it is the purpose that we are gambling, which is to make profit.

If you gamble gradually, it won't guarantee your winning and if you increase your stake it won't either. If you increase your risk and win, you will know that you have really gambled and if you also lose as you increase your risk, you also know that you have gambled.

So is gambling really for a gradual process or is gradual way of gambling is for the weak minds in gambling. I have not seen a gradual gambler who doesn't take risk that has made really big win.

So what is the point? What do you say?
The best way to gamble is for one to first of all gamble responsibly again know your game limit and have self esteem.
If you gamble responsibly it will help you control your emotions not being so eager, knowing when to accept defeat than to chase loss and keep losing, that's the major problem with most gamblers if one have lost the unexpected that person should know that luck is not on his side that very day and should quit for that day and try again some other time, but because of the disappointment they might have gotten from it they keep playing hopefully they can regain their lost and quit for the day but that's where they got it all wrong at least you one should apply wisdom in gambling he will be able to know when it is his moment and make use of it.

roger that, putting all my life savings on the next real madrid game, over >1 goals

just a joke

I agree that it's important to be responsible, in reality the fastest way to make money is giving up on making money fast and accepting that going slow can be good too, no need to rush things.
we have luck days and bad days, one should learn to stay out of the game sometimes too, it's important.
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Re: Drinking vs Gambling
by
l3pox
on 24/07/2025, 15:51:05 UTC
Alcohol and gambling can be very addictive for people who lack self control, that is why a lot of negativity is attributed to both. In my country alcohol and gambling adverts are in strategic locations for many people to see them, they're both also online and on TV. If I want to compare between gambling and alcohol the one that is more harmful and it's addiction can be very damaging than the other I'd say that it's alcohol. Gambling addiction will make you to be broke and always emotional but alcohol addiction will mass with your mind, when you're under it's influence, it takes control of your senses. Alcohol addiction can cause many health challanges which gambling addiction cannot cause.

From my point of view, its harder to get addiction to alcohol, when gambling makes people addicted much easier. The gap between "I can not see my day without alcohol" and "one more drink and I will feel sick" is huge. While gap between playing once or rarely and becoming addicted gambler is only one really big win away. Or gambling can make you broke in a second, while it takes months or years for alcohol to mess persons mind.

alcohol addiction can take years even decades to develop, that's correct
with gambling the dopamine hit is much faster so it can make people addicted easily, it's a harder drug
but mainly because it's fully psychological too, there's no biological substance directly involved with gambling as with drugs you consume.
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Re: When gambling what do you measure? Luck or chances?
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l3pox
on 24/07/2025, 15:39:56 UTC
As a slot player, I prefer luck. Chance certainly has strong influence on the outcome of our bets, but as we all know, gambling is actually more about luck. Even if we have 99% winning chance, we can still lose when we experience the remaining 1%. Remembering how my friend had a bad experience because he was too fixated on the chance, he played "Slide" on Stake.com, made x1,1 & bet $1000 on it, do you know what he got? the result came out was x1,08 Cheesy.

interesting I usually prefer skill games where luck plays a role but you can improve and get better over time
this way I can see the arch of improvement and see how I was at the beggining and what I became
it's nice

with luck I feel like somehow you get the stories and experiences but stays in the same level.
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Re: Is There No Good Side Of Gambling?
by
l3pox
on 24/07/2025, 15:28:36 UTC
Most of the posts I have come across here in the gambling section has always centered on negativity about gambling. If it's not about gambling making someone go broke, it will be about one negativity or the other. Sometimes reading the comments in those posts scares me, because of how some people describe their horrifying gambling experiences. This made me to come up with this post to ask this important question; Is gambling really that bad? Are there no good effects of gambling on people? Gambling can't just be all bad all the time. Well if you think it's all bad, why are you still gambling?

I don't gamble a lot but one of the good sides I see is the fun you can have doing it
another one is that it really gives the possibility of someone to grow fortune if they are talented or really luck
not common, but not impossible

everyone should read this dostoyevsky book about gambling, "the player" if I'm not mistaken
it is a really good one
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Re: Does the novelty wear off?
by
l3pox
on 24/07/2025, 15:06:36 UTC
If you are extremely rich and you can just gamble up to your heart's content, does the novelty of winning wear off? Like would you get tired of gambling since there's really not much risks because you can gamble with any amount and still receive little to no consequences?
Folks still play video games and enjoy them.  Gambling is not all about the money; the funds could also be a motivating factor. The ability to analyse a game and predict it correctly has some level of fun. In sports betting, there is a type of bet called fan loyalty bets. You bet on your club because of the love and not really due to performance.

I think money is the biggest motivator
then comes thrill, excitement, the joy of not knowing if it'll work or not, the danger of losing
then probably there are some who approach gambling in a self-destructing way, sabotaging themselves
and there's talent too for some rare ones
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Re: Treta sobre P2P
by
l3pox
on 24/07/2025, 14:56:06 UTC
a UNIT é o provedor que faz depósitos e saques de ETH, SOL, BTC, FARTCOIN (e futuramente outros ativos) e NÃO PRECISA DE KYC

As vezes não fazem KYC, mas fazem análise AML.

Ao que parece, muitas empresas estão a obtar por isso. Ou seja, em vez de pedirem dados dos clientes, fazem uma análise e preferem bloquear quando desconfiam de algo.

Eu estou a pensar numa ferramenta que possa ajudar-nos a perceber o possível resultado dessas análises AML. Ver se consigo...


sim, eles fazem análises de depósitos usando chainanalysis, vi dois comentários no X falando que alguns usuários tiveram seus depósitos negados e estavam na fila de devolução.

a UNIT é o provedor que faz depósitos e saques de ETH, SOL, BTC, FARTCOIN (e futuramente outros ativos) e NÃO PRECISA DE KYC

As vezes não fazem KYC, mas fazem análise AML.

Ao que parece, muitas empresas estão a obtar por isso. Ou seja, em vez de pedirem dados dos clientes, fazem uma análise e preferem bloquear quando desconfiam de algo.

Eu estou a pensar numa ferramenta que possa ajudar-nos a perceber o possível resultado dessas análises AML. Ver se consigo...


Eu entrei no site da unit e nao tem nem termos de uso. Nem about us  nada
. So um monte de links para outros serviços.

Tem link pra um git abandonado, ha 2 anos sem committ e somente 2 contribuidores.

Nao me passou muita confiança.

Mas realmente, como nao tem termos de uso nao fala nada de kyc.

Mandar btc pra um endereco é totalmente web2. Na base da confiança.

Se tiver mais informações eu usaria sim. Por enquanto isso estou pagando cerca de 1% de fee na swapuz

você pode fazer um teste com uma quantidade pequena se estiver deconfiado

o tio-avô da irmã do dev que é meu vizinho usa muito e nunca teve problemas

inclusive caso métricas te deixem mais tranquilo:
atualmente a unit já processou mais de 656 milhões de dólares em depósitos na hyperliquid, sendo 354 milhões de usd em BTC e 144 milhões em ETH



fonte: https://unit.hyperdash.info/

a hyperliquid em si já tem 13% do marketshare the exchanges e 18.8% do marketshare do mercado de btc (acredito que esse dado é apenas para exchanges de perpétuos)
mais dados aqui https://hyperdash.info/marketshare

depositando pela unit há boatos de que você farma o airdrop de UNIT também, caso haja mesmo, ticker já foi comprado

o dev @sershokunin parece ser bem acessível pelo twitter

o fee vai sair certamente menor que 1%.
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the best books you've read on money and investing
by
l3pox
on 24/07/2025, 14:52:50 UTC
What are some of the best books you read on the subject of money, investing and economics?

for me the first two that I'd recommend at an entry level are

"The psychology of money" by Morgan Housel
and "the richest man in babylon" by George s. Clason

both are really good to get the concepts and principles on investing and how to deal better with money

but there are many other good ones
what are some you'd recommend?
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Re: Treta sobre P2P
by
l3pox
on 23/07/2025, 16:05:40 UTC
1. deposite seu BTC nativamente na hyperliquid via unit (só acessar https://app.hyperliquid.xyz/ logar com qualquer conta de ETH e clicar em deposit, use o código FOREVERLONG na aba refferals para pagar menos fees)
2. assim que seus BTC constarem por lá venda a quantidade que deseja para USDC pelo mercado spot (atualmente tem bastante liquidez no topo do book, mais de 100k usd, então imagino que deve te atender para esse caso, caso precise fazer vendas maiores pode optar por um TWAP ou simplesmente deixar uma ordem de venda)
3. saque seus usdc nativamente para a rede da arbitrum pagando 1 usdc apenas de fee
4. use o relay.link ou o serviço que preferir para mandar usdc da arbitrum para a base
5. envie da base (você vai precisar de uma micro quantidade de eth) diretamente para sua carteira p2p

Pronto!



pois é, eu olhei a Hyperliquid e desisti de usar, pois ela nao aceita BTC.
Ela recebe BTC através de um terceiro que faz KYC/AML, dai eu desisti...



engano seu
a UNIT é o provedor que faz depósitos e saques de ETH, SOL, BTC, FARTCOIN (e futuramente outros ativos) e NÃO PRECISA DE KYC
se você estiver no site oficial mesmo é só depositar no endereço gerado e receberá seus BTC na hyperliquid após deduzida a taxa pequena de menos de 2 usd como consta na imagem que você enviou

atualmente é a opção mais barata para comprar e vender btc on chain, inclusive.
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Re: Losing time in gambling is worse than losing money.
by
l3pox
on 23/07/2025, 15:54:06 UTC
If you’re someone who values your time, you really need to be careful when taking risks in gambling. Always stay responsible to avoid this from happening. Instead of using that time to improve yourself, you get carried away and end up wasting it all on something that doesn’t even give you anything back.
Sometimes people just think that gambling is only about money, losing and winning. In fact, what must be considered before being in a casino whether online or offline is how strong a person is about the attitude towards the time spent not how much money will be used to gamble.

When a gambler cannot apply how long to spend at the gambling table, then that's where he starts to experience defeat.
The time limit is for example two hours, if the time has come, regardless of the results received, it would be good to leave the game and leave the casino.

time limit is a way but many will just ignore the bell when it rings and keep on gambling if they are really enterteined
I think the main thing is knowing when to stop or having a set amount of money that you can lose without problems for the day

so:
- alarms are good but not ideal since they are easy to ignore
- having a guardian angel, a person to help you to stop could be way
- having a max amount to lose per day or a moment to stop after winning is another good option
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Re: Drinking vs Gambling
by
l3pox
on 23/07/2025, 15:08:42 UTC
I think the main difference is that cigarettes and alcohol are harmful in a biological level when gambling doesn't really hurt you biologically but emotionally and psychologically
one can argue that it could lead to neurotransmiter imbalances but I think this is probably forcing too much, not really the main thing to focus on

of course one can get addicted to the activity but this is probably more in the mind than in the body.

The funny thing about this three things is that they are all harmful and can be fun, this now depends on the end user. People smoke to get out of depression, might not really be cigarettes but some special things but if you abuse it, there are consequences that you might likely face and similarly, even gambling and alcohol share the same addiction, it can enjoy and it can be abuse but like I said, the consumption of end user will be what is going to determine the toxicity.

Government knows that addiction at very difficult to cure and that's why most often you see casino write that gamble responsibly, cigarettes pack with the warning "smokers are liable to die young" and Alcohol are been ignored but make awareness to people, these all looks legit in the eye of the government, they make money from it through revenue generation but they have their personal consequences that you may likely face later in the future.

fun, pleasure, excitement, even connection

if there are no "good" points about it then nobody would get addicted, right?
for cigarettes the effect is so powerful that even these huge warnings saying "you will die" or "you will get cancer" aren't enough to stop people from consuming it
it's crazy if you really think about it
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Re: When gambling what do you measure? Luck or chances?
by
l3pox
on 23/07/2025, 14:57:42 UTC
In soccer, the odds are set up in such a way that there is inherent risk whichever option you choose. If you try to go safe with the lesser odds, you need to stake more to make wins profitable, but doing that, just one loss can wipe out a series of wins. If you take more risk you have a higher chance of losing but can stake less for a good return.

Most casino games are based solely on luck, does not matter if you stake higher or lower. With some like plinko, you can set the amount of risk you are willing to take and will need to stake higher or lower depending on your choice.

- Jay -

this is the point and the neverending cruzade of the good gambler
to balance amount of risk takes vs bet size
I think it'll all come to that
then you can expose yourself to luck and see if she will smile at you or not
at the end of the day you have no way to know for sure
but you can decide when you are taking the bet and when you are sitting out, maybe this is all you need
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Re: How to Secure Your Finances in a Devaluing Economy
by
l3pox
on 23/07/2025, 14:13:22 UTC
Save in strong currencies if you can like USD, Bitcoin or gold. Don’t keep all your money in cash, try real estate, stocks or goods that hold value. Cut unnecessary spending & stock up on essentials before prices rise more. Stay informed & maybe talk to someone who knows about money. Even small steps help.

I don't think real state is a good investment option nowadays, much better to hold BTC and for most non premium real state even treasury bonds are better
over the long term BTC will probably yield more returns than anything else but I guess we'll see

I agree that saving is important, even in small steps, but depending on the level of savings a person would be better focusing on earning more first so they can bump their savings later.
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Re: France Wants People to Work More for Less
by
l3pox
on 23/07/2025, 14:01:48 UTC
<...>

What would you do when your country attempted this? <..>

I work for clients and for myself, not for institutions and the government so for me it wouldn't change
but I bet most people would be mad about it

I think more and more we should come back to Thoreau when he writes Walden and Civil disobedience

opens quote:

Quote
Civil disobedience is the active and professed refusal of a citizen to obey certain laws, demands, orders, or commands of a government. By some definitions, civil disobedience has to be nonviolent to be called "civil". Hence, civil disobedience is sometimes equated with peaceful protests or nonviolent resistance.

You don't always have to do what they tell you to do
this is plain simple
but quite rare attitude to see nowadays
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Re: Minha viagem aos EUA + cripto
by
l3pox
on 23/07/2025, 13:51:22 UTC
muito maneiro!

sabe o que eu queria muito trazer de lá? um 8sleep
mas é um trambolho, nem sei se cabe numa mala, negócio é gigante

o cartão você usou físico ou por aproximação pelo celular (pelo google pay ou apple pay)?

obrigado pelo relato! irado como essa tecnologia dos cartões crypto realmente chegou e se espalhou rápido. ouvi alguns bons relatos já

Não conhecia esse 8sleep, parece legal. Como você conheceu isso?
Sabe que já tive vontade de trazer quase de tudo lá, e conversei com o pessoal da CIA aerea, e você pode despachar itens maiores, igual televisão na caixa, bicicleta etc e não custa tão caro. Para trazer uma baita caixa de lá custaria em torno de 150 dólares. Então dependendo do item compensa muito, ainda mais se você colocar outras coisas na caixa e despachar

Usei o cartão pela Apple Pay, eu não tenho o cartão físico. Para pedir o físico custa alguns dólares
Mas o cartão físico seria melhor, pois no Walmart por exemplo não aceita cartão pro aproximação no caixa e você precisa fazer um malabarismo imenso pra dar certo

provavelmente vi pela primeira vez por conta do Tim Ferris ou algum podcast/influencer, aí fui pesquisar mais e achei sensacional
eu tenho o sono muito leve, acordo fácil, então tudo que ajuda a dormir melhor acaba me interessando hahaha
interessante essa informação da caixa na cia aérea, bom saber

quem sabe um dia ainda viajo justamente pra buscar um desse...

valeu pelas informações sobre o cartão também!
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Re: Treta sobre P2P
by
l3pox
on 23/07/2025, 13:40:51 UTC
e no caso da plataforma que vários estão divulgando nos comentários? p2p.me (se alguém quiser ref avisa inbox, o ref aumenta seu limite por lá, posso mandar para users ativos aqui)
Me manda esse ref, achei muito interessante essa ideia de pagar um QR terceiro direto com USDC. Shocked

enviado



e no caso da plataforma que vários estão divulgando nos comentários? p2p.me (se alguém quiser ref avisa inbox, o ref aumenta seu limite por lá, posso mandar para users ativos aqui)

além de um sistema mais robusto de ref e limites bem baixos já tiveram mais de 50 mil transações (alguns milhões em volume) e zero problemas desde que abriram no Brasil (também estão ativos n Índia e se não me engano na indonésia)


Olhei rapidamente, parece interessante. vou ficar de olho. É bom esse lance de pagar PIX com UDSC, ainda mais sem KYC.
Pena que não aceita bitcoin.

Bom @bitmover
outra novidade boa pra você

todo lugar que aceita USDC aceita BTC

segue o tutorial de como fazer:

1. deposite seu BTC nativamente na hyperliquid via unit (só acessar https://app.hyperliquid.xyz/ logar com qualquer conta de ETH e clicar em deposit, use o código FOREVERLONG na aba refferals para pagar menos fees)
2. assim que seus BTC constarem por lá venda a quantidade que deseja para USDC pelo mercado spot (atualmente tem bastante liquidez no topo do book, mais de 100k usd, então imagino que deve te atender para esse caso, caso precise fazer vendas maiores pode optar por um TWAP ou simplesmente deixar uma ordem de venda)
3. saque seus usdc nativamente para a rede da arbitrum pagando 1 usdc apenas de fee
4. use o relay.link ou o serviço que preferir para mandar usdc da arbitrum para a base
5. envie da base (você vai precisar de uma micro quantidade de eth) diretamente para sua carteira p2p

Pronto!

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Re: How to Secure Your Finances in a Devaluing Economy
by
l3pox
on 22/07/2025, 18:35:02 UTC
I don't think it's usually a matter of discipline in today's economy. More and more people keep having 0 money to save or invest after their basic expenses for the month.

So is it a matter of discipline? The devaluation in the economy is reflected in income also not being enough. So what is there to secure then. It's like the economy wants us to remain alive only for working.

if you start from the point that there is a way to beat inflation by saving in hard money and that bitcoin is acessible to all then it's a matter of discipline, the first thing is saving more than spending
then of course it comes to other things
I think anyone would be able to do it if they had the knowledge but most don't really care so much
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Re: Treta sobre P2P
by
l3pox
on 22/07/2025, 18:24:31 UTC
⭐ Merited by TryNinja (1) ,bitmover (1) ,joker_josue (1)
Eu infelizmente já desisti de procurar por campanhas de assinatura, só tem cassino pedindo postagens na aba gambling.. estou aqui pelo hobby mesmo.
Alguns gerentes estão limitando bastante os posts nas abas locais. Sad

O l3pox é outro que sumiu depois que entrou em uma dessas, malandro! Angry

infelizmente minha campanha só aceita 5 posts na aba local por semana então realmente estou menos ativo por aqui
saudades de vocês  Cry

mas olha pelo lado bom, pelo menos tenho explorado outras partes do forum. A aba economics até que é legal Smiley

Quem gosta de treta, está rolando uma bem legal no Twitter sobre P2P

Aqui um exemplo: https://x.com/declarandobtc/status/1946962301745267121

Muitos comentários contra.. ta legal assistir à discussão.

Pior que ela está 100% certa. O mais engracado que nem o cortes maluco daria uma de doido e acaba por concordar com ela, nem o cara mais doido, receberia BRL sem saber a origem, ele pode ate ser doido, mas nao é burro.


Infelizmente a massa, sempre, absolutamente sempre entendera errado qualquer conceito, nao importa o que seja, o mais simples que seja. Nao existe P2P anonimo usando PIX, esses bot que ele citou ai, sao tudo em nome de laranja, conta pessoa fisica de terceiros e por ai vai. Aquele risco que ela escreveu ali, é muito mais comum do que se imagina.

e no caso da plataforma que vários estão divulgando nos comentários? p2p.me (se alguém quiser ref avisa inbox, o ref aumenta seu limite por lá, posso mandar para users ativos aqui)

além de um sistema mais robusto de ref e limites bem baixos já tiveram mais de 50 mil transações (alguns milhões em volume) e zero problemas desde que abriram no Brasil (também estão ativos n Índia e se não me engano na indonésia)
dá pra usar a plataforma para pagar qualquer QR PIX com USDC, dessa forma descentralizada, como um estabelecimento, restaurante, o tio que vende cigarro, a padaria, vai saber se está recebendo dinheiro sujo ou limpo? não tem como e o tio que vende churrasco não deveria ser responsabililizado por isso.

eu acho bem improvável que a receita ou a polícia se importem com pequenos volumes... mas claro que se acontecer de ter uma investigação gigante quem está mandando direto para conta própria pode ter problemas.
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Re: Drinking vs Gambling
by
l3pox
on 21/07/2025, 19:34:17 UTC
Cigarette packets say that smoking is harmful to health and that smoking causes cancer, but people still buy cigarettes at high prices and consume them. Drinking alcohol is certainly very bad for the human body, and gambling, if played incorrectly, is also the main reason for the economic decline of people many times. If someone has a habit of drinking alcohol, then he should drink alcohol in moderation, just as if someone is involved in gambling, then he should gamble thoughtfully and responsibly. Just as one cannot become addicted to drugs, one cannot become addicted to gambling.

I think the main difference is that cigarettes and alcohol are harmful in a biological level when gambling doesn't really hurt you biologically but emotionally and psychologically
one can argue that it could lead to neurotransmiter imbalances but I think this is probably forcing too much, not really the main thing to focus on

of course one can get addicted to the activity but this is probably more in the mind than in the body.
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Re: Drinking vs Gambling
by
l3pox
on 21/07/2025, 15:50:35 UTC
This is actually funny because gambling ads is everywhere on social platform, I came across a streamer advertising Stake on TikTok and guess what the symbol is just at the front of my screen. Gambling ads is still common and complaining it’s not as equal with alcohol ads seems strange, both can be addictive besides we’ve seen people drink excessively and end up in a bad situation likewise gambling addiction. I get what op is trying to say seeing both are addictive if government should ban gambling advertisement alcohol adverts should be ban too but, it doesn’t work that way.

I always wonder how many people click on our signature links
I guess many probably do
sometimes I wonder if the companies do it for the SEO too because bitcointalk is a good and active website that probably pumps their recommendations when there are many hyperlinks to their website

I don't gamble actively so for me its more like a mean of staying active here which is something I really enjoy doing
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Re: Housing is no longer a goal for the next generation
by
l3pox
on 21/07/2025, 15:28:35 UTC
Housing prices keep rising, but wages haven’t kept up. For many young people, owning a home is no longer a realistic goal -  it’s becoming a luxury.

What used to be a natural part of adult life has turned into a debt trap or simply a fantasy. More and more young people are realizing that buying property under current conditions makes little financial sense.

We're witnessing a shift: instead of saving for a home, people are turning to alternative assets, remote lifestyles, or simply accepting long-term renting.

Is this the beginning of a structural economic change - or just another bubble waiting to pop? Huh

if you had to choose only one
would you rather have a house or a safe investment that pays your rent in full each month and you still have an extra to spend or save the way you want?

truth is houses are expensive nowadays, they're not the best investment
probably better to have the money invested and live out of the interest that put it all on a house
even though renting has its pros and cons it ends up being cheap and you can choose what to do and where to go
Yes, houses are probably not the best investment so far since it’s not making any passive income either. But surely no one would want to rent forever, especially if you are already building your own family. The time will come that you will desperately need a home of your own, a shelter for your family’s safety. And that will only be possible if you finally build your own house, after all the investments’ profits that you have been benefiting from the moment you start investing on the right asset.

yes, maybe you are right, I don't have children yet so for now I don't mind that much owning real state but at some point things may be different
I don't discard the idea of renting longterm even with the means to buy simply because the investment will be better
it's not so hard to find a good place to rent too if you have the means to pay for the rent
in my area even in the times it is hard you can find a good place in a couple of months and move