I have no idea, but I surely hope so. It was really really surprising that with the current system, you'd have to go with a custodial. Hopefully they're trying to do it in a way that you can withdraw the funds the same way how you re-claim funds on other smart contract platforms. Having to submit KYC to receive crypto is just really counter intuitive to say the least.

I actually like Brave browser(please don't crucify me, Bitcointalk) due to it's built in ad blocker and privacy features, and that their mobile app is seriously kick-ass, but I heavily don't suggest turning on the "earn money viewing ads" feature. To actually claim the money, you'd have to submit KYC/AML information to Uphold; whereas, as you may know, KYC is almost always a really really bad idea.

Think of it like dropping 2 gold coins in a place that's like a million times deeper than the Mariana Trench(deepest trench in the world). While it's technically possible for a certain person to find those 2 gold coins, the chances of someone actually finding them is extremely extremely unlikely(or next to impossible). Same thing with your bitcoin wallet. If you lost the keys, while technically the bitcoin still exists and technically not removed from the total supply, the chances of other people generating a wallet with the exact same keys that you had are almost next to impossible(though technically not entirely impossible).

Yes, but I think those day traders are just the tip of the iceberg. No matter how much exchanges have been hacked in the past and even if how much we force unto people's throats that leaving funds unnecessarily on exchanges and custodial wallets is a bad idea, apparently people still do. Unfortunately Bitcointalk and Reddit users are unfortunately probably just a minority. Heck, even some people here on Bitcointalk in our local boards openly admit that they still prefer leaving funds on custodial wallets solely due to convenience.

Most people will simply learn the hard way, unfortunately.

Actually, nothing. While yes, it might not be in their best interest to illegalize bitcoin for reasons stated above and while they really can't totally ban bitcoin like how the US government cant really totally ban torrenting and piracy, the government can theoretically illegalize the ownership of bitcoin.

As an alternative, if you prefer Google's search results, you can test out StartPage[1]. Pretty much Google-ish results, but without the tracking.

Also, if all your problems is the ads, then just install an adblock extension. But yea, for privacy reasons, definitely stay away from Google.

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[1] https://www.startpage.com/

If you mine on BCH through these mining pools, you're not paying taxes to the government, but to developers. And you don't even need to be in Hong Kong. All other mining pools are either just going to shut down, or be forced to follow this update. It's not that any better because it's forced taxes, but yea.

Seriously, read this article: https://medium.com/@jiangzhuoer/infrastructure-funding-plan-for-bitcoin-cash-131fdcd2412e

Difficult? Yes. But impossible? Definitely not. Don't underestimate the laziness and carelessness of people.

I'll give one example.

Let's say Bob withdrew his coins from Binance to wallet address 1CJXWQnK1asiiUPGC4tV9Er3bDtxFbH9wz. But, while looking at the address itself doesn't give much information,  Bob uses the same address to receive donations on GitHub, effectively affiliating Bob's wallet address to the withdrawn funds.

Yeah, no. Tor only helps you in privacy in terms of somewhat not letting authorities like your ISP know(or at least harder) that you're actually running bitcoin-related software. You can actually easily test this out yourself. Make a transaction using your preferred bitcoin wallet software through Tor, and as expected, your transaction will still be fully viewable using any block explorer.

Also, bitcoin cash really isn't anonymous either.

Even though I really don't like Roger Ver and BCH, I won't make that kind of conclusion that easily, as the money could also actually be for the betterment of their project. But regardless if they wanted this 12.5% tax for genuinely good purposes, it's the fact that only a few people decided on this is really really bad. It just shows us how really badly centralized BCH is(though this shouldn't be a surprise).

Roger Ver: Taxation is theft.
Also Roger Ver: Here's a 12.5% tax on miners! If not, we're going to orphan your blocks!


Source: https://medium.com/@jiangzhuoer/infrastructure-funding-plan-for-bitcoin-cash-131fdcd2412e

Also, stop it with the "real bitcoin" crap.

From the article: "Frances Foster, from Plymouth, lost £11,000 to a bogus Bitcoin company she saw promising high returns."

To be fair, even if she had the safest hardware wallet in the entire world, she would have still be scammed as she sent the money voluntarily. Heck, the article didn't even mention anything about her holding or sending in bitcoin. Probably read the article first?

Not sure if this will actually do good for your business since it looks like bitcoin isn't decently adopted in your city, but hey. Nothing really wrong with trying things out. Who knows there might be some total bitcoin bull out in your neighborhood that becomes a regular customer solely due to you accepting bitcoin payments. You can try playing around with Lightning too if enough people pay with bitcoin.

P.S. To the other readers, milk tea = bubble/boba tea.

Or literally just stop clicking on "giveaway" links in general, regardless if who's name is being used. There are literally a crap ton of similar "giveaway" sites getting spammed on Elon Musk's and other famous tech people's Twitter feed.

Hindi talaga madaling makaipon ng pambili ng 1 bitcoin, lalo na pag nasa Pilipinas ka. Pero if ang bitcoin ay magccontinue to work well in the long term, walang wala ung current price of $8550. Malaking if nga lang ito.

As usual and unfortunately, once again, scammers taking advantage of fake news to advertise their scammy services. Alam ng mga scammer na to na mahilig at madaling makinig ung mga kababayan natin sa mga fake news kaya tinatake advantage nila itong fact na ito. Oh well, as if hindi pa mabaho enough ang pangalan ng bitcoin sa Pilipinas. Pinababaho lalo ng mga walang kwentang taong mga to.

The people who could access your computer remotely, through malware that could potentially be installed on your computer. Don't overthink this though, as shutting off the telnet port can only do so much to protect your device. Just always remember to think twice when clicking links and installing programs.

Also, Linux!

There's really no way to know as in my opinion it's pretty much just 50-50. Personally though, I'm fine with bitcoin's current price. So if I were in your situation, I'd just sell BTC until I have enough money to cover the amount of money that's needed for the 22nd.

If you're scared that if you sell now, it might go up in price, also remember that it could also drop in price. So regardless how the market moves, don't blame yourself if you've made the wrong decision.

You just simply don't trust random people online. I personally would probably never collaborate or invest in someone's project unless I haven't physically met the person, unless that person is actually decently known online and actually has a good reputation.

Also, LinkedIn is pretty much like any other social media site in terms of creating an account. Hence, also easily faked. Don't know why people think LinkeIn is such a big deal. If anything, I'd probably take GitHub contributions and stars a lot more seriously than LinkedIn connections.

You can literally just search the iOS App Store or the Google PlayStore.

If you're THAT lazy:

• https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.coinbase.android
• https://apps.apple.com/us/app/coinbase-bitcoin-wallet/id886427730

And if you don't trust me, you can just check here: https://www.coinbase.com/mobile

Now, please lock this thread already if you don't have any other questions/inquiries.