Para mangyari ito, kelangan ng desenteng dagdag ng manpower dito sa forums na ito. Unfortunately, since si Theymos lang talaga nag hahandle mostly nitong forum(besides mga mod na nag dedelete ng posts), malabong malabong mangyari ito. Unfortunately may risks talaga kung sasali ka ng bounty campaign, dahil maaaring masayang lang talaga oras mo. Kaya in my opinion signature campaigns lang talaga ang worth na salihan dito.

Definitely not. Unless you really never used their services, even massive companies like Google, Amazon, Facebook, etc has your data. In fact, it's safe to assume that these companies even have more data about us than the FBI.

I suggest taking a look at the PrivacyTools[1] website. Listed on the website are non data-stealing software and services that you can use as an alternative to most services you're using on the daily(Email, search engines, browsers, etc).

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[1] https://www.privacytools.io/

Though I hate that they made this restriction, I don't think it's nonsense. You can also make the same excuse for KYC/AML. Not every single person who isn't willing to submit KYC/AML to Coinbase is a scammer/launderer either, but yet it's required, simply because the government forces them to require these documents. I'm definitely not defending these businesses just because; but at least try to look at things in a business perspective also.

Yep. And not to mention they don't even currently require KYC. I've also been hearing rumors on Twitter that some(or most?) exchanges will be requiring to force KYC/AML real soon. I won't really be surprised if it really happens. An exchange operating without the requirement of KYC documents is just a disaster waiting to happen.

This is the first time I've heard of Arcbit, but even if the developer doesn't support the app anymore, your funds should still show up though. Regardless through the Arcbit UI, or through another wallet with the imported private keys from the Arcbit wallet. Try restoring the 12 word phrase on a reputable wallet like Electrum and see how it goes.

Probably wait a bit more. There's a very slight chance that your funds MIGHT not show up with only 2 confs. Probably 3+ or 6+. This completely depends on the wallet though. Some wallets show the pending unconfirmed funds.

Assuming CZ's explanation was actually legitimate and not some bullshit excuse, this is like the past ShapeShift controversy again. People getting angry at them for something they most probably didn't want to add in the first place(again, assuming the excuse is legit). I assume it's pretty much the "add this limitation or shut down your business" from the government.

The interest in your writing is going to depend on how good you're actually going the explain the stuff, compared to the sort of "Lightning Network Explained" articles and videos we have to day. I'd say go for it! Even though your piece isn't going to be guaranteed to gain traction. Writing about something you already know about actually helps you learn more about it(based on my experience, at least), so I don't think there's anything to lose here.

Best of luck.

Well of course it isn't, LN is layer 2. But if we assume that LN's adoption will increase a lot in the future to the levels that people use LN for every "coffee" transactions, then we can assume that it could free up the mempool hence speeding up on-chain transactions(to an extent). Feel free to correct me.

Since when was LIBRA made specifically for social media? Not because it's created by a social media giant(FB) it doesn't automatically mean it's made for social media specifically.

When I was really new to bitcoin years ago, goddamn I really wanted one of these Casascius coins. Specifically, The original series 1 one. The shiny foil just looked so cool to me(just as I loved shiny foils on Pokemon cards when I was young) but I definitely couldn't afford one. This was at the time when I was still using "the other bitcoin forum" when I didn't know bitcointalk existed. How time flies so fast.

Protip: You can use the website DCA BTC[1] to see how much profit you would potentially make if you bought bitcoin starting at x date, ending at y date, and if you bought them weekly, biweekly, or monthly.

It's honestly a very underrated tool that anyone can use.

P.S. I don't own it nor affiliated with it.

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[1] https://dcabtc.com/

Ehh I think it was just tagged as "silver to bitcoin's gold" to attract attention from investors. I don't think it would be this big if it wasn't for that tagline and if it weren't for Charlie Lee being so close and affiliated with Bitcoin people; and I definitely don't think it deserves the marketcap that it has. But yea, free markets.

/end short rant

I'd like to highlight this. Don't you think the "digital silver" tagline is stupid as hell? It's almost the exact same thing with bitcoin besides, well, faster transactions(in exchange for more centralization), and a higher total supply. Once Lightning Network adoption increases, what the heck will this coin be for? Nothing, besides being a lab rat for Bitcoin.

Simply look for experienced programmers, probably on sites like LinkedIn, and create a competitive group. Preferably, in a sort of business district depending on what city/country you're in.

Just fyi, if you think that creating a digital assets platform is just as easy as hiring an individual on Fiverr and waiting for him to develop the platform, you're wrong. Remember, this will take lots of effort and A LOT of money if you want to at least get off the ground. If you don't have the money/funding, your business is dead even before something is built.

Yeap. No way to know until it's too late. One thing you know suicide hotlines will be pinned on cryptocurrency subreddits again. Unfortunately, even though there have been more than a dozen hacks in the past, people still leave funds on exchanges. If they can't even do simple due diligence, then idk.

Sure. But it doesn't necessarily mean that they won't get hacked sometime in the future though. Remember, all exchanges were once "never been hacked"

Of course. I assume only a small percentage is held on the exchange's hot wallet(funds being actively used), and most is on their cold storage.

Not sure what you mean here? People should only use exchanges to exchange funds, not store their funds.

Exchanges get hacked all the time simply because they're hugely targeted by hackers. Obviously, because there's so much money to steal and that they could potentially get away scot-free.

While some of the current big exchanges that we have right now have remained unhackable(as far as we know), like Coinbase and Kraken, there's really no guarantee that they're not going to get hacked in the future. I mean, people think that Coinbase might be "unhackable" due to it's good track record, but people thought the same with MtGox and Bitfinex in the past. Well, we know what happened to both..

This list right here, will just unfortunately be added with more and more exchanges as the years go by: https://cryptosec.info/exchange-hacks/

Now, do you want to be part of the statistic of the lost funds from these hacks? Of course not! So obviously, the way to go is to simply just purchase an affordable hardware wallet, and store your funds there instead. Only leave funds on exchanges that you actively trade, and if possible, withdraw them regularly when you don't need to trade them.

Unfortunately, there's simply so much bad cryptocurrency projects being created that people learned to ignore most projects(regardless if it makes sense or not). If you actually want traction, you need your project to be either 1) really really good(which I doubt it, no offense), or 2) have a huge backing from well-known entities(e.g. Andreessen Horowitz, whatever crypto hedge fund, etc). It surely will be difficult, but yea, that's the current state of the markets.

Not sure how your friend mistyped "electrum" for "eklectrum", as he would probably need to be really drunk to mistype it that bad, but yea. Doublecheck what you're typing and copy-pasting people. Especially when were talking about freakin bitcoin, that's hugely hugely targeted by scammers and hackers.