Bitcoin Forum

Today, I've signed up on Bitcointalk because it seems to be really interesting for a lot of Bitcoin contributions.
It is interesting to see, how Satoshi achieved to grow Bitcoin community and how he created a very good coin, making it possible to establish Bitcoin and Bitcointalk was very important to make it succesfull.
Satoshi build Bitcoin and as a coder, he really listened to community feedback and tried to explained it because Bitcoin was (and is) still very technical. Bitcoin is a great technological piece because Bitcoin needs to be safe from hacker. Much money is stored in Bitcoin network and if it's not safe, we are screwed, everyone.
But Satoshi was good coder, he made it safe. Bitcoin is safe now for 10+ years and many hacker tried to hack Bitcoin. No hacker succeeded because Bitcoin is proven to be safe. It is very, very unlikely for Bitcoin to be proven unsafe after 10 years of hacker review. I don't read hacker news but it's common sense.
I'm not coder, so I don't understand it but of course I tried to have education because education is always important for any issue.
Like for Bitcoin, we can already summarize a few points:
- not your keys, not your coins
- decentralisation is important
- always research first to avoid scam or shitcoin

I hope, I'm not late for Bitcoin because Bitcoin already grew a lot.
Also, Bitcointalk has many established member. I try to make a good contribution, I try to be polite ofcourse.
Bitcointalk has many interesting topic. Everyone who knows Bitcoin should know Bitcointalk.
And we can learn A LOT from Bitcointalk.

Happy to be here and learn.

Welcome to bitcointalk, it seems like you already have idea about how this forum works but this post might makes it easier for your learning process Helpful Guides For Newbie on the Electrum Wallet (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5351743.msg57571017#msg57571017).
Also you are far from being late for Bitcoin though its over a decade since it was created but Bitcoin has many many more years so you can't be late now.

Welcome, and now that you have expressed your enthusiasm, I recommend that you use the forum on a daily basis to learn mainly, since you say you don't know much, and with time you will also be able to contribute your knowledge and exchange impressions. That's what a forum is for. If you have doubts about the technical aspects, people who know a lot are quite helpful but you'd better do some research to have a minimum of knowledge before asking.

Welcome to the forum.
I'm sure you studied Bitcoin before joining the Bitcointalk forum, your presentation at the start of the topic was very clear and I have no doubts about your abilities. It's never too late to trade and invest in Bitcoin even though its development has been very rapid. Here you can develop knowledge about Bitcoin and alternative Cryptocurrencies to become an established Investor, here you can get something that might be hard to find elsewhere. The first thing you need to do is increase your account knowledge and ranking to become an established member of the Bitcointalk forum.

I always get pretty skeptical when I see posts from new users that are pretty much just overly praising Bitcointalk as if it was some crypto's version of Jerusalem lol.

Welcome, I guess.

Beginners have high hopes for Bitcoin, and the first days on the forum are probably compared to the beginning of a new, successful life for them. From here, we see a lot of enthusiasm from the newcomers.
OP, everyone is happy to see you on the forum; feel free to ask where you do not understand or are very interested. But also be courageous so that you do not initially appear to be a defenseless child.
Read the forum rules, and then be sure to learn how to use the search.
Good luck.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5276341.0
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5364418.msg58120931#msg58120931

We, the newbies wants to be like you. So that one day there would be a badge like yours. I don't know about others but I really like you guys and I think you guys can guide us to be like you. Being a legendary member meant you really had a tough journey and I cherish your hardwork and I hope one day I may also reach up to your rank.

No one is late here, everyone is welcome including newbies like you. Don't think that you are late, on the contrary, your timing is right, we are still in the bear market and if your intention is to become a long term holder, then this is the right time to accumulate.

Of course, not just in this community, in any forum you need to be polite and that's why we have rules to follow here as well.

If you want then you can play around and read threads that interests you. And if you have questions then you can ask. But used the search button first as your question might have been asked before.

You're just getting started, if you are really determined for learning you will still discover many more than this with bitcoin together with some opportunities that comes with using a decentralized digital currency like bitcoin, i believe with this your kind of move, you will always have more than you ever wanted with bitcoin over time.


Adoption opportunity is never ending in bitcoin as long as you kow how to get positioned for them


You're rightly on point because you've made the best discovery by finding bitcointalk which is the only official bitcoin discussion board and already serving it's purpose, you meet people across the world and discuss bitcoin together, but my advice for you to have a smooth experience here is to begin with reading and understanding of the forum's rules and regulations, this is the most very important first step a bitcointalk newbie should take.

Unofficial list of (official) Bitcointalk.org rules, guidelines, FAQ
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=703657.0

Hack Bitcoin is a vague phrase.

Hack a Bitcoin wallet software, hack a Bitcoin wallet, hack a website that provides online wallet, paper wallet, attack the Bitcoin network. What did you mean about hack Bitcoin?

About network attack, Bitcoin network has very high hashrate, very decentralized and risk to have such attacks is very slim.

• How many Bitcoin confirmations is enough? (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5443953.0)
• More important, if an attacker does such an attack, Bitcoin price will be dumped to the hell and even the attacker will not get much money from it.

Practice with Bitcoin confirmation risk calculators

• https://web.archive.org/web/20181231045818/https://people.xiph.org/~greg/attack_success.html
• https://jlopp.github.io/bitcoin-confirmation-risk-calculator/

You are welcome to this Forum. I wish you a good journey with Bitcoin and this forum.
Have you read forum rules before you start? It's really mandatory to know the rules of this forum to make a perfect start. Otherwise you may have a bad experience if you break any rules unfortunately. You may check them here:

• Unofficial list of (official) Bitcointalk.org rules, guidelines, FAQ (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=703657.0)
• Newbies - Read before posting (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1689727.0)

Till now you aren't too late and still you can get Bitcoin in a cheap price but you may regret if you miss ride now for upcoming Bull run.
We have many established members because they worked hard to grow and contributing with their best effort. They try to make forum discussions interesting and informative. So you may follow their strategy to contribute but never copy someone and try to contribute in your own way. Hope you all the best.

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Don't you get surprised when you see a newbie account registered a week ago and started writing about improving post quality and what mistakes they should not make in Bitcointalk? I guess I have seen this many times, yet I am not bored with it. I consider myself a newbie, and sometimes I feel like I write too much  :P

It's also true that someone might be a newbie in this forum, but still, they know many things about technology. I know some skillful coders and I invited them to Bitcointalk, but they said they don't have time for BitcoinTalk.

You are late to bitcoins like I was, thing is we should have started earlier, but since we are starting now, it is still good.

Not everyone who know bitcoin, know about a forum for bitcoin. And even if some people knew about bitcointalk, they may still not be interested because some people already have knowledge about bitcoins are not interested in becoming members of any forum, they just want to invest in bitcoins. Bitcointalk is for people who want something more, asides just investing. The forum makes you feel among a family.

Set aside your free time for forums instead of spending your free time scrolling through social media because by getting used to being active in forums you will gain a variety of knowledge about Bitcoin.
You are not late and you will later find people who come after you with the words that I hope I am not late.

I want to say don't push yourself because for a goal, direction is more important than speed. Welcome and welcome to join. Hopefully later you will become a useful member of the community.

First of all congratulations on this forum. Everything seems so amazing to you because you just started in this forum but when you become a regular member of the forum you can tell about these things to the people who sign up as a newbie and want to know about these things. Bitcoin is an amazing invention. Just as the US dollar is used by people all over the world, Bitcoin is used by people in different countries around the world. While you cannot use US dollars as an investment, you can use Bitcoin as an investment. Bitcoin is a digital currency with which it is possible to conduct almost all types of activities such as with Bitcoin you can trade, invest for a long time, and in all countries where Bitcoin has a legal document, you can do various transactions through Bitcoin.

I like your passion and enthusiasm. It's good. While you are here take the time to read and learn more about the forum while you are learning about Bitcoin. Bitcointalk has changed lives of many users and it can change your own life too and put you in a good, better or best position if you set your goals of what you wish to achieve by being here. That is all that matters. I would also like to give you a heads up that newbies often face critical comments on their posts by higher ranking members, therefore you should expect it and develop a thick skin. And if you feel it is too harsh, you can take some days off for your mental health. I wish you more bitcoins to your wallet.

Bitcoin was not hacked, not because it is safe or because Satoshi developed it securely, and if this is true, it is because of its nature. Bitcoin, by its central nature, cannot be hacked because it is not the servers of a central company or service, but only paired spending is possible if the hackers have the longest chain starting from 51% from the network to launch a successful attack. learn a lot in a short time by reading some books or watching YouTube videos.

nothing is too late, you are not alone because there are indeed many people who have just seen Bitcoin after the news in the media.
welcome to the forum.

not everyone will be interested in the forum. they are also many who are only interested in trading and investing in Bitcoin. or mining Bitcoin, even gambling in Bitcoin casinos.
everyone has their own goals.

as you said, there are many topics and discussions in this forum. it all depends on your interests and ability to grow.
I hope you get a lot of benefits from the forum.

Hello, bro!
It is always important for Bitcointalk to have new member here to make Bitcointalk grow.
You have said already in your comment very important knowledge for Bitcoin like not your keys, not your coins. Knowing it is already a big step to make our coins more safe.
Because when Bitcoin really gains in value, we need to have our coins safe.

Bitcointalk is really interesting platform for more Bitcoin topics and you made a good decision to sign up here.

I don't think so, Mr Peter Ben is still early to bitcoin because he can still invest now that the price of bitcoin is 29k+ and he will still experience the bull run next two years. Bitcoin is something that you must be ready and prepared for.

You are in the right place to learn a whole lot on bitcoin and its blockchain technology. Feel free to navigate round the forum and look for boards that are of your interest. Whatever that you don't understand be free to ask questions as we have experts here that will help you. The technical side of bitcoin is not compulsory to know before you can invest in bitcoin. Bitcoin has its basics as soon as you know that your bitcoin journey will be a success.

No, you are not. Despite the fact that Bitcoin price has grown far beyond its starting price, there are still many more high prices it will cover. In 2021, the Bitcoin price saw an all-time high, but after that, the bear market set in and the market crashed again, which some people did not even expect after reaching a very all-time high. So, if you are consistent in accumulating your Bitcoin, just as you have only started, then you will make a profit in the long run. Don't procrastinate your investment, and don't invest harder than you can handle; otherwise, you might not be able to hold it for a long time. Also, remember that Bitcoin investment is not just a short-term investment.

it's never too late to build an investment. not that the value of Bitcoin is already so high compared to when you looked at it a few years ago.
You should look at a chart of Bitcoin price movements, and you will be able to understand why more and more people are coming to invest in Bitcoin. this is not only because the price has increased greatly. but also related to existing technological developments.

welcome to the forum, if you want to learn more about Bitcoin. You are in the right forum. then it's up to you where to start and how you develop your potential.

Welcome OP to the forum and while I don't remember the excitation of my first post anymore, I don't mind if you put a little bit too much icing on the cake. It's OK, enjoy the ride and keep up your enthusiasm.

To learn more about Bitcoin you can of course read here but I love this site: https://learnmeabitcoin.com (work yourself slowly but steadily from beginners to technical sections; I still visit it from time to time to brush up things that I forgot).

Learn to use the forum search or even better and faster is the wonderful site https://ninjastic.space

It's always appreciated when someone who has questions has done at least some amount of prior search as a lot of topics have already been covered. The difficulty lies in finding them, especially in a large forum like this...

Don't get discouraged, we've all been there, too.

You're much welcome to the forum now yiur learn stage has begun and never ending because learning never ends we only get improved and better at it. Like you said you don't know much about bitcoin that's isn't a problem anymore, all you got to do now is get ready to learn as all informations you need to read and know about bitcoin readily available in the forum.

A good number of us all started like you having no knowledge about bitcoin technology but that's not the case anymore, thanks to the forum. As for being late for bitcoin, no that's not true, no one is late equally those that may gain interest and come in the next 10 ahead I won't say they're late to bitcoin as its not possible that everyone will accept bitcoin at same time. What really matters is what you do next with the vital information you have gotten to your advantage and financial development, that's what immensely matters.

Here's something you would like to know:
Unofficial list of (official) Bitcointalk.org rules, guidelines, FAQ
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=703657.0

Welcome to Bitcointalk forum. Bitcointalk forum did help to spread information about it where many people did learned a lot and I am one of them. This platform is where many people visit on daily basis to interact with other people discussing about Cryptocurrency and not just Bitcoin. Now, you can start your journey in crypto space but first, you need to know the forum rules and how to use the forum. I am sure you'll learn it in now time and there are things that you can do to earn money. Don't worry about being a newbie as we also start from the beginning until we achieved our rank and knowledge.

1. You are not late, as there is no time that is ever too late to join Bitcoin, as the coin is not dying anytime soon and there is no price limit, which one could say has gotten to a point where profits can no longer be made, nor is Bitcoin a fabric material whose quality could fail out based on how it has been used. Now that you have come to know about bitcoin and want to start your journey, all you could be thinking about is mapping out your plan on how you will use it to accumulate as much as you can afford. The DCA strategy will definitely be the best, as you can accumulate as you grow.

2. Contribute where you have something you can share with the community that could be beneficial to others, and others can learn from your knowledge as you will also do the same. Here in the forum, you allow the forum to pass through you, and you also pass through the forum as it's the best way to grow.

3. Not everyone who knows about bitcoin knows about this forum; many might have heard about it, but they are not in this forum as they learned about bitcoin outside of this forum and established their knowledge more by doing some self-research, where they might have come across the forum name but might not know how active and informative the forum is.

I agree that Bitcoin network is highly secured now but it is wrong to assume that Bitcoin had never been hacked.  There is an incident where an attacker had successfully hacked and exploited network that produced 184 Billion BTC being minted.  There is this article (https://medium.datadriveninvestor.com/itcoin-unhackable-it-happened-twice-not-blowing-smoke-9e16bcddd5ab) that states the event when Bitcoin network had been successfully hacked and exploited.

There is supposed to be two incident but the second incident was detected earlier  by the BCH developer (supposed to be previous BTC developer) and took selfless action before it was exploited by the bad actor.

The event when the hacked took place is as follows:


These are called inflation bug. You can read more about it here: https://medium.datadriveninvestor.com/itcoin-unhackable-it-happened-twice-not-blowing-smoke-9e16bcddd5ab
and can be supported by these references:
https://news.bitcoin.com/bitcoin-history-part-10-the-184-billion-btc-bug/
https://bitcoincore.org/en/2018/09/20/notice/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_bitcoin
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/60517/github-is-backing-up-the-codebases-for-bitcoin-core-and-ethereum-under-the-arctic-ice-in-svalbard
https://nomics.com/
https://coinpaprika.com/

Btw, welcome to the forum and I hope I shared some important information about BTC history.  Don't forget to follow the advise of the previous replies and check their shared link to know about the forum.

Seriously, I am pretty impressed by your post, especially considering that this is your first post in the Bitcointalk community. In your attempt to describe bitcoin, I think you may have some knowledge about it. It's great to see you within our means and you are welcome. op I wish you would continue to be so enthusiastic about studying Bitcoin, but all I know is that you want to learn a lot and become very knowledgeable about Bitcoin and it blockchain technology, you won't be afraid to ask questions. Please don't be shy about asking for assistance; there are plenty of members that can help you out.



Honestly, early investors have benefited a lot from their Bitcoin investments,and even new investors will benefit due to the nature of Bitcoin volatility, so never think that it may be too late for the price of Bitcoin. If the price of Bitcoin is determined by its demand, I don't think it will always be late due to its volatile nature, so far, people are keeping using it and adopting it.

Welcome to Bitcointalk, here you can keep up to date with important crypto updates. Do your best to keep the rules for the best experience here

Welcome to the forum. You are not late for bitcoin just that you missed some good moment when the market was bullish in nature but do not worry no time is too late to begin the bitcoin investment journey it only requires your money, your knowledge and your time once you have got this, then nothing is stopping you again. Yes there are so many established members of the forum here who has been so consistent in the forum over the years so if you want to be like them some day, stick around the forum, make good research to find out things yourself, be real to yourself and avoid spamming and plagiarism, learn to grow and don't forget to see criticism here as a motivation, good luck.

It's good you cleared out the procrastination aspect for the fellow when it's come to accumulating more BTC in your investment because this has been the major problem for many folks and it's occurs in almost every aspect of your life not only  when trying to keep with an investment. Procrastination is very much destructive and it can delay and way you so back down so I will like to sound out the warning on you trying as much as possible @OP to avoid procrastinating when you are building up your portfolio.

Welcome to bitcointalk community, but as a Newbie you have to know your objectives while you are here. To explore in the community of bitcointalk you have observed the forum very well and follow the methods of other newbies who have already achieve a milestone, I will encourage you to read the previous threads created by the forum members and also abide on the rules and regulations of the forum, so I believe that you will read through the links presented by forum to know the things concerning bitcointalk. And secondly we have different segment were you can participate in the forum discussions, but I will like you to join a discussion or conversation you understand the discussion. A newbie doesn't mean that you will not have a contribution to the community, but at least you have to scruntinize the system before engaging in a conversation and that will elevate you more, observation should be a primary tax every newbie should know quite well.some of the newbie have end backsliding because the did not follow the guidelines of the forum and they end up committing crime of the forum, so I will like you not to be party of that by taking time to observe the forum.