Two pots, one screen

Bitcoin bonus funds and cash: two balances, one account

An account that has taken a bonus holds two kinds of money under one number: cash that belongs to the player outright, and bonus funds that come with conditions. This note is about why the two are kept apart and what that does to the way a stake is read.

It is also where irreversibility shows up from an unexpected side. The deposit that triggered a bonus is a Bitcoin transfer and cannot be undone, while the bonus itself sits under the operator's terms and can be.

Why the operator keeps two pots

Because the two carry different obligations. Cash can be withdrawn; bonus funds are tied to conditions the operator wrote. A single merged balance would make it impossible to say which obligation a given stake was working against, so the cashier keeps them apart and shows them as separate lines.

None of this is specific to coins. What the coin adds is that the cash line is exactly as final as the transfer that funded it.

Which pot a stake draws on

Whichever the terms say. The order is not chosen at the table, and it changes what a win is worth: a stake taken from bonus funds can produce a result that is also tied to conditions, while the same stake taken from cash produces cash. This site carries no bonus figure for any operator, because none was stated in material we could read, so the specifics are for the terms page of the operator in question.

The practical habit is to open that page before the first deposit and read three things: which balance is used first, what happens to a win made on bonus funds, and what an operator may remove after crediting.

When the obligation is written in coin

If a condition is expressed as an amount of coin, the spending power behind it moves with the coin's price. The same quantity is a different sum of money in a week, which can make a condition easier or harder to meet without anything in the terms changing. Terms written in a fiat amount avoid this, and a cashier should say which one applies.

Short answers

Why are the two balances kept apart?

Because one is yours and one carries conditions. Mixing them would make it impossible to say which obligations a stake was working against.

Which balance does a stake use first?

Whichever the terms say. It is not a choice made at the table, and the order changes what a win is worth.

Can a bonus be removed after it is credited?

An operator can withdraw bonus funds under its own terms. The deposit that triggered them is a transfer and cannot be undone.

Does the coin's value affect a bonus obligation?

It can, when the obligation is expressed in coin: the same amount of coin is a different amount of spending power at a different time.