For starters, it's strange for you to use that word " cringey" (refers to someone or something that causes you to feel awkward, uncomfortable, or embarrassed—that makes you cringe). First of all, I'm sure 99% of those who read your post will not know what the word means, and secondly why do you feel "awkward, uncomfortable, or embarrassed" for reading OP?

From your perspective, it's easy to say "You really don't even need to try so hard.", but I'm sure you wouldn't think so if you were a beginner. This forum is definitely not supposed to be only for business, but you are working for someone here and you promote your site also, forum is selling ad spots, many users are here just because of some kind of financial interest.

Every newbie (all most of them) just want to copy someone's successful strategy and one day become someone on this forum. Not everyone will succeed, but those who do have some strategy are definitely at an advantage.

It can happen at any moment, $1000 up or down in 24 hours is something quite normal these days, just as it was in 2016 when we see $100 up and down before and after halving. It is obvious that the bulls have pulled strongly upwards, and that until halving the price is likely to rise, which means we can expect a green market in the next two weeks.

Let no one take this as financial advice, but I wouldn't be at all surprised to see much more than $10k before halving, because, after all, that number is one big psychological level to which many will react, and above all I mean the media. The world needs positive stories, and BTC can definitely be one of them.

Hardly anyone will answer where they see themselves in 5 years, and I think it's even harder for beginners. Considering some of the facts realistically, it is not difficult to conclude that only a small percentage of beginners can somehow advance in the forum. Some become members only to participate in bounty campaigns, others try to be true members but face the classic challenges of a language barrier or the impression that they cannot get enough merits to get a higher rank.

From the perspective of someone who has been on the forum for almost 5 years I can say that I really had a great desire to be a part of this community and to contribute in some way with my participation. I can't say I did exactly what I wanted, but I still came pretty far from a regular beginner to where I am now. Nothing in life is achieved overnight, and only those who have clear goals and great persistence can succeed.

Unfortunately now you can only cry and wonder why you keep so much BTC on online wallet. That you were aware of the risk posed by online wallets then you would install at least some desktop wallet (for free), or invest $50 in hardware wallet.

Possible ways someone hacked your account is via phishing (you click on fake blockchain site), or you download some malware/keylogger and all your passwords (including one for e-mail) has become compromised.


My advice to you is to stop use the online wallets, have you not learned anything from this? As most have said, only the one who stole your funds can return them, but it's something that doesn't happen in crypto world.

He maybe left his desktop wallet on your PC, but apparently he didn't leave you any password or instructions on how to spend what might be in that digital wallet. Bitcoin is not in any wallet anyway, only private key/s are located there - so it is possible that your ex-boyfriend has already cleaned his wallet using his backup.

While it would be sweet revenge to get his BTC, keep in mind he may have intentionally left his wallet to cheat you once more. Alternatively you can try to find a password or seed, check this video for some tips&tricks

https://youtu.be/hf97ofTlZhk

It all depends on sellers, but most sellers here on forum offer an option 1:1 based on prevv price, and some offers include a premium price so you can get more fiat for your BTC. Regarding withdrawal money from PP to bank account, this is possible in some countries, but should take into account the fact that banks may share that info with tax administrations, and if that money is not coming from some legal source an awkward situation can occur.

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If your knowledge is similar to your partner's, buying BTC may be the least of your problems. Have you made a plan for how you will keep safe that BTC, and are you aware of all the risks arising from such an investment?

I found my old post that is on the trail of what you are interested in, and I suggest you ask the same question in that topic.


Not sure if their TOS has changed in the past 2 years, but generally bots and faucets by no means go together, because it all comes down to abuse one way or another. If you want to use this faucet in the long run and legally any bots are not recommended, as at any time such activity may result in freeze/blocking of your account.

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Are you aware that this is about freebitco faucet where you can claim every hour without captcha by using reward points? Only because of this users think it would be practically to make a bot who will do that for them every hour. Maybe site owner should remove that option so that users do not get the kinds of ideas to cheat in any way.

People only see the price, but most live in the misconception that $100 000 will be something that happens right after halving or a few months after. However, most only invest in the short term and will miss out on the next ATH because they will be eager and very likely to sell long before that happens. To make matters worse for them, they will buy again only when we approached the new ATH, some experts will selling them stories about BTC to $1 million, and then correction will slaughter them like last time.

Then we enter a new cycle that begins with a new crypto winter, countless articles that will declare BTC dead, Ponzi scheme and sad stories of those who invested everything they had and now they were left with only debts.


Now you're talking like some of the famous experts who want to be covered in both situations, but you haven't really said anything that helps anyone. Although there is a third option, which is that the price stays about the same after halving for the next few months.

I see that you, like many other beginners, are in the same doubt - whether to invest everything in BTC or play with some other alternatives. The point is, of course, in the numbers - because for $350 you can buy just under 2 ETH, and for same amount of money just something above 0.04 BTC.

You need to ask yourself do you buying just to sell after halving, or you have in plan to hold for long term? I'll just warn you to be careful about your purchase, because even though you think BTC is currently "pretty pricey", there is BTC which is much cheaper, but it has one small flaw - it is a bad copy

I write in my previous post - the key word is FOMO (fear of missing out), but it's also about getting in at the right time. By this I mean that the majority still calculating it is better to keep fiat then crypto, and it follows that most are investing when a possible bull run is on the horizon. From the perspective of the average poorly-versed investor who wants to make a quick profit, it makes more sense (with less risk) to invest now than to invest a month ago when BTC drop as rock more than 50%.

However, this is the perfect time for bull trap and I would be pretty careful, because there are too many people hinting that another big crash could happen. This of course may not be true, but if it happens, many will remain empty pockets, which today may have even greater implications than in previous years.

It was to be expected that things like this would start to happen with the halving approach, especially since we see that the price has increased by $1000 in the last few days. The media have been making a big deal about halving, and given the expertise of their journalists, they started putting halving in the context of the one from 2016. Of course, the bigger the numbers, the bigger FOMO is created and people want to invest, so they don't miss out on possible profits.

For all those who have been involved in crypto for a long time, it is well known fact that best time to invest is at the bottom or in the bear market, and certainly avoid investing at time like this.

I agree with your advices, and I hope people have learned something from what happened back in 2017/2018. History can always be repeated, but there is always the possibility that halving will not do what most expect. The world has changed a lot in the last 4 years, let's be careful with our assets and all risky investments.

Just to be clear, I am absolutely against any abuse of faucet in this way, especially in terms of creating multiple accounts, using a VPN/proxy and bypassing captcha/antibot links.

Since freebitco makes it possible to claim without captcha (by using reward points), using bot to claim every hour in that way wouldn't technically be cheating. I asked that question to their official representative on the forum a long time ago, and as far as I can remember I received a positive answer.

However, I would not recommend that anyone use such applications from unknown authors as they all require you to log in, which is actually giving your information to a completely unknown person. In this regard, a good friend of mine made just such an application for maybe over a year, and it is still available on Google Play, apparently he did a good job and no one reported anything malicious that would result in removal.

BlackHatCoiner, buying BTC for PayPal is very risky for the buyer, because seller can in any time (180 days) ask for his money back, and in that way you can lose BTC and your fiat. The only way I have practiced so far is that I have done such trading with some members of this forum who have a positive trust and have been engaged in this type of trading for some time. For more details you can visit : Currency exchange

Alternatively you can look at paxful, but you have to consider very high fees there and fact that 49% of users rate it as bad on trustpilot.

You've already 2 years member of this forum, and still do not understand what and who are the whales? Obviously you've had a lot more important work to do than learn some basic things, but it's never too late to learn something new. 5 seconds on using Google search and you get this :

Do you really think about halving 2016? Price on May 1, 2016 was $450, and year is start will almost same price. After halving price is only go up very slow, but without any drops, so year is ended with $960 which is more than %100 increase compared to halving.

https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/bitcoin/historical-data/?start=20160101&end=20161231

The only way to successfully stop the spread of this virus is through an effective vaccine. Although many laboratories are working on it, it is not realistic that such a vaccine will be available this year, at least not for mass use. Although the situation in the Northern Hemisphere is improving, it is very likely due to the influence of warm weather, which suggests that with the arrival of winter the virus may become much more active again.

Bitcoin is responding to positive and negative changes in the market, but some also argue that this is the right situation to test BTC in times of great economic crisis. The problem is everyone just looking at the price, and they expect it to get bigger every day, but most don't look at other aspects of the whole situation - which is how to actually keep something alive, and these are the people, the world economies and of course BTC.

Unfortunately for all people living in apartment buildings, the option of growing your own fruit and vegetables is an impossible mission, except in the case of those who do it on their balconies, but it is more like a hobby than sufficient production. Those who do not have the land to plant something and later harvest are completely condemned to have to buy such products. Given that the demand for such goods is constant, any shortage will entail an increase in price, which will cause some people to be unable to afford enough fresh fruits and vegetables.

For those who have the ability to cultivate their garden, things are not as simple as they might seem at first glance. If we want to have healthy food from our garden we need to have healthy soil, clean water, untreated seeds and favorable weather conditions. Such production requires experience and a lot of work, while the results are not always favorable.

I personally have my own little garden and planted almost all kinds of vegetables, but the weather conditions in the last 5-6 years have deteriorated significantly. Already in April we have temperatures of around 30 degrees Celsius, which mainly results with spring storms with strong winds and hail. Therefore, for the purpose of protection, it should be invested in hail protection (protection nets) which makes production even more expensive and more demanding.

But it's definitely better to have some kind of insurance and do something in food production than to depend entirely on someone else. Tomatoes from my garden are not comparable to industrially produced tomatoes, they are completely healthy (no harmful substances), have the right flavor and all the nutrients (I use old varieties of seeds) so the effort pays off.

In cases like this, it all depends on how things are set in TOS (terms of service), and Coinbase made a very clear point about it. Although technically possible, this situation requires expert technical staff and is not desirable from a safety point of view. In other words, a return on your assets would only pose a security risk to the company.

I'm not sure, but I don't think Coinbase has an official representative on this forum, so I recommend you to try get their attention on Twitter or Facebook.

The BTC price can always go down, whether it's before or after halving is actually less important. The same things are people like this alleged whale talk before halving in 2016, and we all know what happened afterwards. There is a large mass of people who are very likely investing money currently in BTC because they are counting on quick profits after halving. But anyone who knows at least something about the past two halving knows that even in the most ideal circumstances, the effect will not be positive instantly.

Will halving be followed by a price drop? That is one of the possibilities, to which I am personally fully prepared. Whales always play games, especially those that go public.

I don't understand why it would be in anyone's interest if it never happened, and who these people really are? But if anyone wants it, they will have more than 100 years to make sure it never happens.

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It is not logical to compare the current state of technology with that which will be realized in the next 20 or 50 years. It is certain that the efficiency of the mining equipment will increase and that the price of electricity will go down. I am thinking, above all, of renewable energy sources such as the sun, wind, the power of water (rivers and seas), which will increasingly become the standard everywhere in the world. If the price of BTC goes up and costs go down, mining with all its safeguards will continue to be profitable.