I really don’t understand their logic, because if they didn’t have money then why wager in the first place?.
Because they think they could earn more than they've wagered. Whales, or someone who won a lot or a high roller can easily tip or give rain to those who "seems" supported them. Back then i saw whales tip 0.001 btc - 0.01 btc to each person who stay on chat during their huge bets. Wagering $100 is nothing if you can earn much or more than that
The difference between back in the day and today is not only the whales but also the understanding of bitcoin and how people see it. Back in the early days of primedice we had a lot of different type of people in bitcoin, we mostly got in because we wanted to stay away from banks and want to build something totally different. That was the whole idea of bitcoin as well, and that is what we were in love with.
Obviously price of it went high, as much as 100-200 dollars but even at that point thinking that was around the max, we didn't really care about trading and profiting from it all that much, maybe some minor group but the majority was there because we wanted decentralization.
At that point it was easier for people to share, they were sending people money left and right because it wasn't "money" they were sending, it was actually propaganda for bitcoin, like "come here and leave those banks behind" type of marketing on decentralization for us, hence sharing was good. Nowadays we all know that is not the case anymore
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