People have always been "predicting" what will happen with bitcoin's price. I get it, it's sometimes fun to speculate. But as always in the end, no one knows(I've said this a lot of times that I might as well be a broken record). There will always be bears when the prices are rising. There will always be bulls when the prices are falling. And vice versa for both. Stop wasting time trying to listen to people's "predictions" as I'm pretty sure no one has a track record of predicting the markets with 100% accuracy.

You use Bitcointalk pretty much like how you use almost every single forum that has existed since the beginning of the internet. You ask questions, you discuss, you argue(in a civilized manner); pretty much the same things you do on social media.

It's really not that hard to earn merit to be honest. You can earn merit even if your knowledge is just slightly higher above beginner-level. It's just that a lot of people don't even want to spend a bit of time into doing a bit of reading and research. 🤷

Also, if you think people with "friends" are the only ones who earn merit, then that's simply false. How do you even know that a certain pair of people here are friends? All I see are just excuses from lazy people who just wants money without exerting a bit of effort.


If a user has been proven to have multiple accounts on campaigns, they're simply blocked from joining campaigns. And that has happened a lot of times already.

---

Also, requesting a move to the Meta section

You seem to be a tech-savvy guy base on your replies. You'd probably do fine by holding your coins using a Bitcoin Core node instead. Electrum would also be fine too though. Just think about the potential points of attack through that setup you're thinking of. Or of course, you could go with the "easier" solution, through a hardware wallet. I'd personally just buy it straight from Ledger though, probably order one and ask to ship it to a friend near you?

It's somewhat pretty simple.

For example. The bitcoin halving is coming, someday on Q2 next year. Hence, supply will drop, and there will be less selling pressure for the miners. Now, because of that, bitcoin might be a good investment in the short-mid term by this event alone. Though of course, there are LOTS of factors to take into account that might make bitcoin's price go the other way instead of upward. Hence, the hard part, deciding your risk:reward ratio. How much should you bet on this news? That's for you to decide.

In the end, each fundamental trader has their own strategies and indicators. And if I found a strategy that works really well that could earn me a lot of money? I guarantee that I won't tell anyone, especially random strangers over the internet.

The United States currently might or might not be considering it, but it doesn't mean that they won't consider it in the near future. Especially as bitcoin grows and becomes more and more difficult to shut down as time goes, and as bitcoin becomes more and more of a risk to them.

They would definitely be able to collect mass amounts of data through BitPay, but I think it's more because they want more control over the currency itself; hence creating a separate "cryptocurrency", Libra. And yes, creating Libra was definitely a huge risk for Facebook; to the point that banks may stop supporting them(I've read a recent article about this, though as far as I know it was just speculation so don't quote me on this). But if they manage to pull it off, boy it's going to be a huge for them. I'd probably see Facebook's stock skyrocket.

Create a topic on this section: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=83.0

and post the detailed information on what happened as to let people be aware of this.

With that said, please update us about your funds. Try working with your local bank to hopefully get back your hard-earned money.

There's definitely a good chance for that to happen, especially with countries like the United States whereas crackdowns from those kinds of countries can negatively affect the price a lot. And guess what? There's a good chance for another one of those 2018-like prices crashes(or probably bigger) due to a crackdown. Hence why the statement "don't invest what you're willing to lose" is being thrown around a lot, as huge price crashes can occur due to various unforeseeable reasons.

Assuming you're actually not trolling us, that's definitely a very shitty reason and excuse for not returning a user's funds. Contact your local bank and immediately inform them of the situation, and ask them to do a reversal of the transaction if possible. Don't delete all the proofs that you got.

This isn't really far from being unbelievable to be honest. "Marketing experts", especially the ones who don't have that much knowledge on technologies(blockchain or not), wouldn't really know if a certain technology or project is viable or just straight up a scam. Pretty much just like how Theranos had investors even though their product was scientifically impossible.

+1 for coinmarketcal. The sort of "events" listed even mostly has sources and proofs linked, which is good so you know you're not likely to be tricked by false pump/dump attempts. Just make sure to doublecheck everything by doing your own research.

Only buy them from their official websites like DroomieChikito said. While it's unlikely for you to buy hardware wallets that has been physically altered in some way if you purchased them in your country's local version of eBay and Amazon, it's not worth taking the risk just to save like $10-$30. Remember, you could potentially be holding a fortune in the future. Don't cheap out for the shipping fees.

Post a thread on Reddit r/bitcoin[1] and r/cryptocurrency[2] to give publicity to your issue. Giving certain services bad press can help you by forcing them to take you seriously and resolve your problem quicker.

---

[1] https://reddit.com/r/bitcoin
[2] https://reddit.com/r/cryptocurrency

If it's been really 2 weeks since their last reply, message them once more, and mention that you've already been waiting for 2 weeks. Some verifications can take time for sure depending on the number of users of a certain exchange, but complaining could probably help for them to speed up the process and to probably prioritize your case.

Also, next time, stick to the more reputable exchanges: Coinbase, Kraken, and such.

How did you even land on those two exchanges? I've done a few Google search queries like "crypto trading platform" and "crypto exchange" and the results always had the reputable exchanges on the first page. This is once again probably one of those threads that are trying to promote certain websites. Not so subtle to be honest.

Have you already tried contacting them? If so, what did they say? Assuming they've already replied. If they haven't yet, try spreading your case over social media(Reddit, Twitter, etc). Negative press mostly forces services to respond.

Though I'm not really sure if this service is legitimate, as this is the first time I've heard of it.

How is BitPay going to help them get what they want? They want to create a sort of stablecoin currency, that they have control over to some extent, and that Facebook(the social media site) can take advantage of in some way in the future(as Zuckerberg explained on the recent press hearing). As for scaling, I have no idea as they really haven't given any information(as far as I know) on how Libra is going to work in the back-end. But with Calibra, I assume the txs will be off-chain for maximized user experience.

I completely agree that people has the rights to use their money however they want(probably with some exceptions). But as far as I know these types of rules only exist on certain exchanges due to most of these exchanges operating in the United States. I don't think people have these kinds of problems with Binance. Huobi, and other non-US exchanges. This is probably just enforced by the government. I'm just guessing though.

I think it mostly depends on why the user's account was locked/closed in the first place. In this case, it makes sense for Coinbase to allow the user to get his/her money and lock up the account, but in the case of Coinbase or some other exchange thinking that your funds are probably stolen or probably laundered, there's a good chance for them to lock up the accounts and ask for the user's KYC/AML information before probably allowing the user to withdraw the funds.