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technically 40 now, including rebuys, yeah?

ah ok 17% then. consistent

yooo thanks for the opportunity @NEEDcreations

Just ordered a copy! Nice work

There are 12/76 (16%) entries remaining in Patrick's other Bitcoin survivor pool.

Our 4/19 is 21% so we're better :)

yeah that sounds good to me. Dang it's wild that 4 of us made it perfect this far...I'll do some math on this later to figure out the chances of this happening

I will definitely continue to do those things too. Thanks again

I agree with you that the money changers were involved in exploitative practices and financial gain at the expense of others. I would argue that prediction markets (like Predyx) aren't exploitive in nature like traditional gambling with odds makers, where the house always wins. You aren't betting against the house with a prediction market. You're betting against a live market of participants. There is no "house."

But I do see that encouraging gambling in any capacity can be viewed as negative. For instance, I am totally against kids gambling. Gambling is now on Robinhood for all ages (I think). That's terrible IMO.

Gambling can be addictive which is also a big problem. But adults make the decisions for themselves on whether they want to gamble or not. When the people of the Bible wanted to engage in fair trade, usury and "unjust balances" from the money changers made the system unfair for them, and the people had to participate while having no say in the matter.

Those are my thoughts. I appreciate the discussion.

I forgot to mention my Avalon hash, 6.5 Th/s is also going solo to Public_Pool

So I've got about 17.6 Th/s total. Not bad for a pleb!

Hey Darth, I've noticed you keep posting this on all my SN posts, so I figured I will address it now.

First off, for your information, Jesus does not explicitly mention gambling in the Bible, but his teachings on materialism and greed provide insight into how he might view it. He often warned against the dangers of materialism, suggesting that gambling could lead to a focus on wealth rather than spiritual fulfillment.

1 Timothy 6:10 states, "For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil." I know it's just my own word here, and you're free to believe me or not, but I am the least selfish/greedy person I know. I've never chased money. I don't spend lots of money. I've never driven a car newer than the year 2015. I own a $20 Casio watch. My shoes are $50. I'm a teacher and have always made a very low salary compared to my family and friends. And I'm very okay with that. Money is a tool. Bitcoin is a tool. I don't worship money/Bitcoin. I worship our Lord, Jesus Christ.

I enjoy using Predyx for fun. I think it's a great use case for Lightning, and I'm proud to help it grow. I don't use a tremendous portion of my sats to gamble, and I would never advise anyone to do that.

If you or anyone has a gambling problem, please talk to someone for help.

And finally, I hope you're concerned about your own relationship with Jesus as you are with mine. Jesus is my best friend and my Savior. If the Holy Spirit guides me away from using Predyx, then I will comply with that.

Thanks again, Darth. Take care.

edit I'm not perfect, and do not claim to be. It's okay if you don't like everything I do. God is the final judge, not you or anyone else.

Dang I don't think anyone is getting knocked

gotchya

Why did you pay off a 0% loan with money you borrowed at 10-12% (idk what Strike rate you got)?

will do, thanks

Thanks!

At $10K Bitcoin, if I have a 1M sat channel I can route 10 $10 txs and earn fees on those 10 txs.

At $100K Bitcoin, if I have a 1M sat channel I can route 100 $10 txns and earn fees on those 100 txns.

So, in this example I'd earn 10x more in fees when Bitcoin is 10x the price.

What am I not understanding?

with a higher fiat price, you have the potential to route many more transactions of all sizes and earn more fees. How is that not relevant?