Why does losing ~10,000 satoshis feel so bad?

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Quote from: KimNam on July 18, 2014, 01:09:11 PM

Quote from: ranochigo on July 18, 2014, 04:12:08 AM

Not many people can have that much active referrals, you would need a lot of time and planning to get so much referrals.

yeah i need a lot time to promote it few months ago
when I found out about bitcoin Grin

Quote from: MelodyRowell on July 18, 2014, 07:57:00 AM

Even 20000-30000 satoshi is really little, I won't feel a thing even if it was hard work from faucets..

yeah agree, that's why i just bet it away, just for fun Roll Eyes

faucet is really wasting time

Faucets are a waste of time, I think that's been confirmed now.

I lost $2.50 while trading some NXT, it felt kind of bad, but not like heart-breaking bad. I can easily get what I lost on it, thanks to signature campaigns.

I made about $0.30 from faucets (Lots of faucets) over the course of a month when I was first starting out, felt good to have some BTC but now it feels just like a waste of time.

Betting away faucet money is fun though, you don't ignore that...

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Quote from: ranochigo on July 18, 2014, 04:12:08 AM

Not many people can have that much active referrals, you would need a lot of time and planning to get so much referrals.

yeah i need a lot time to promote it few months ago
when I found out about bitcoin Grin

Quote from: MelodyRowell on July 18, 2014, 07:57:00 AM

Even 20000-30000 satoshi is really little, I won't feel a thing even if it was hard work from faucets..

yeah agree, that's why i just bet it away, just for fun Roll Eyes

faucet is really wasting time

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Quote from: acs267 on July 17, 2014, 08:57:50 PM

Because it's value could change in the near future, possibly not even being less than a penny. And, almost any amount of Bitcoin is still Bitcoin. Thus could be sold for currency, or money.

It could be worth basically every imaginable value in the future. 10000 Satoshis could buy you a car or not even a single cent. It only makes sense to value the Bitcoin at their respective point in time. That Pizza for a couple thousand BTC could of course buy you a house today, but that's not how it works!

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Quote from: KimNam on July 18, 2014, 04:01:05 AM

forget about faucet and BTC, you earn only 10000 satoshi for three days and you'll feel so bad if you lose it in just one bet Tongue

i earn 20000-30000 satoshi / day form my referrals, and just gamble it away for 3x-4x profit
if i loose, i'm not feel bad, since i didn't waste my time t earn it Tongue

Even 20000-30000 satoshi is really little, I won't feel a thing even if it was hard work from faucets..

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Quote from: KimNam on July 18, 2014, 04:01:05 AM

forget about faucet and BTC, you earn only 10000 satoshi for three days and you'll feel so bad if you lose it in just one bet Tongue

i earn 20000-30000 satoshi / day form my referrals, and just gamble it away for 3x-4x profit
if i loose, i'm not feel bad, since i didn't waste my time t earn it Tongue

Not many people can have that much active referrals, you would need a lot of time and planning to get so much referrals.

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forget about faucet and BTC, you earn only 10000 satoshi for three days and you'll feel so bad if you lose it in just one bet Tongue

i earn 20000-30000 satoshi / day form my referrals, and just gamble it away for 3x-4x profit
if i loose, i'm not feel bad, since i didn't waste my time t earn it Tongue

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Probably because some of us believe that 12k satoshis could be worth 1m satoshis at some point....

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Quote from: richardramirez9 on July 17, 2014, 10:46:40 AM

Hi all, faucets suck. How can i make more bitcoin? only buy? Cry

Look around the forum, post and learn somethings. When you reach member status, join a signature campaign, you can easily post constructive posts as you can advice people better. Your time also wouldn't be wasted.

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Because it's value could change in the near future, possibly not even being less than a penny. And, almost any amount of Bitcoin is still Bitcoin. Thus could be sold for currency, or money.

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Quote from: zetaray on July 17, 2014, 08:03:24 AM

I get the same feeling too. Bitcoin feels like it is worth a lot more than its equivalent value in fiat. When you loose a dollar, it's no big deal, but when you loose 0.001btc, it feels like $10.

I'd actually subscribe to the complete opposite of that claim. I think many people wouldn't care if they lost some BTC. Bitcoin is still in its infancy and therefor many people still just have fun using it for the sake of just using it. Also that many zeros behind the decimal point make it look rather shabby, even though it isn't

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because no one likes to lose regardless of the amount? lol.

unless we are always thinking imagine if it was $10,000 which like a high baller would feel.

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Quote from: PangPang on July 17, 2014, 01:11:55 PM

Quote from: richardramirez9 on July 17, 2014, 10:46:40 AM

Hi all, faucets suck. How can i make more bitcoin? only buy? Cry

If you have some goods or skills to sell, you can sell them for bitcoin.

Or, you could join a sig program to earn some bitcoin while posting here.
As a newbie, the best one you can join is the 777coin one, which will pay you 0.00004 btc (4000 satoshi) for each of your constructive post.
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/777coin-signature-personal-msg-campaign-newbjrmem-ref-bonus-10-654009

That's cool; better than several hours of doing faucets Cheesy

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Quote from: richardramirez9 on July 17, 2014, 10:46:40 AM

Hi all, faucets suck. How can i make more bitcoin? only buy? Cry

If you have some goods or skills to sell, you can sell them for bitcoin.

Or, you could join a sig program to earn some bitcoin while posting here.
As a newbie, the best one you can join is the 777coin one, which will pay you 0.00004 btc (4000 satoshi) for each of your constructive post.
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/777coin-signature-personal-msg-campaign-newbjrmem-ref-bonus-10-654009

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Quote from: Lambert on July 17, 2014, 11:14:08 AM

I get this feeling too. I know faucets give out nothing, but I can't help doing them.

But what makes you do it? I'm curious about this.

Is it because you believe that a Bitcoin will be worth an absurd amount of money in the future? Or is it simply that it provides you a distraction while giving you the impression of doing something productive?

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Quote from: Lambert on July 17, 2014, 11:14:08 AM

I get this feeling too. I know faucets give out nothing, but I can't help doing them.

You'll soon realize that it's a waste of your own time. within those days to get 6 cents you could of made that in 10 seconds.

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I get this feeling too. I know faucets give out nothing, but I can't help doing them.

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Quote from: richardramirez9 on July 17, 2014, 10:46:40 AM

Hi all, faucets suck. How can i make more bitcoin? only buy? Cry

Hi

you can try sell something.... physical thing, or skill.

check
http://www.reddit.com/r/Jobs4bitcoins
http://bitgigs.com
http://bittask.com/

try signature campaign, here is nice overview https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/overview-of-bitcointalk-signature-ad-campaigns-last-update-01-jan-23-615953

or

look for some giveaway, promo actions, contests etc. Bitcoin Forum > Economy > Marketplace > Gambling > Games and rounds

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Hi all, faucets suck. How can i make more bitcoin? only buy? Cry

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it's because you consider it valuable at the time you're gambling with it. you worked hard for it.

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IMO faucets are loss of time. Find something real, don't work for pennies

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