As a means of payment sure, but as a store of value? Something that's worth less and less as years go by is not a good store of value.

Anyway, there's a recent topic concerning stablecoins here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5194566

In the negatives. It's not new information that majority of traders of various types of assets(especially short-term traders and definitely especially leverage traders) lose money. On eToro itself, they claim that "75% of retail investor accounts lose money when trading CFDs with this provider". I don't expect a different number on other platforms.

Yes. Though di ko alam bakit sobrang dami mong accounts, yes, may search feature.

At kung rooted ung Android phone mo, di mo na kailangan isa isang i disable-enable ung 2FA sa accounts mo. Pwede mo nalang iimport from Google 2FA to Aegis.

Mostly for the more security conscious. Gaya ng mga taong mas prefer gumamit ng KeePass2 password manager over LastPass, kasi mas prefer nilang sila ang may handle ng passwords nila at hindi through closed-source apps like LastPass. Almost the same thing with Authy. Though it seems secure enough, since closed source, hindi natin alam ang nagaganap sa back end, knowing na hawak nila keys mo. To some extent, pwede mo ring icompare sa custodial and non-custodial wallets; whereas definitely mas gusto nating hawak ang keys natin kesa ipahawak sa online wallet companies.

I mostly agree, but bitcoin isn't necessarily faster(not taking into consideration lightning). With an equal fee in the ethereum network(in USD), ETH can be faster though it completely depends on how congested the mempools of both blockchains are. But yea, bitcoin > stablecoins for sure.

Bitcoin and stablecoins aren't even in a competition. They have their own purposes. Sure stablecoins are "stable" in price, but it's not a non-correlated asset like bitcoin and gold are; which is one of the main advantages of bitcoin- being unprintable in mass amounts like the fed does with fiat. Stablecoins just makes sense right now because the economy is currently fine in the US.

In the end, bitcoin > stablecoins > bank fiat

Yes isa to sa downsides ng pag gamit ng 2FA. Pero mainly ung disadvantage ng SMS 2fa is dahil pwedeng mag attempt ung isang tao mag sim-swap[1]; lalo na pag kilala kang maraming funds sa exchanges.

Yea wala pa silang Windows(and iOS) unfortunately. Though hindi ako fan ng gumagamit ng 2fa sa computer ko, yea pwede siguro through emu's like Bluestacks and Nox.

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[1] https://krebsonsecurity.com/tag/sim-swap/

I definitely don't see them as a threat. If anything, these stablecoins are just fiat that are easily tradable through exchanges. Sure, they're stable in value. But isn't one of the reasons bitcoin was created is for us to have something that's deflationary? In contrast to fiat stablecoins that has values that are still controlled by the fed. Don't get me wrong; stablecoins are definitely useful; but I won't hold them for more than a few months.

Sure a lot of people invest in bitcoin even if they don't understand it, but that doesn't make it right. Chances are that those people are in thinking it's a get-rich-quick scheme, and then they go complaining on Reddit when the prices drops in the short-mid term.

Yes. You can theoretically even buy like $5 worth of bitcoin. Though buying that small of a amount might not be worth it, but it depends on what exchange and what country you're in.

There's no guaranteed way to know. But there's a very good chance that bitcoin isn't one of those going-to-fail coins. That's why you're taking a huge gamble when you're holding something that's not bitcoin and probably ethereum.

As with most cryptocurrencies. Doesn't make that a good choice for long term.

You're welcome. Do a lot of research before putting money in, even though it's just 100 CAD.

$100 is definitely a decent starting investment, especially knowing that you're just starting out.

Digibyte is cheap because:

• Next to no one is using it
• It's current supply is around $12 billion, while bitcoin is currently at 18 million. Would you rather hold a ultra-rare Michael Jordan trading card that everyone wants or a very common trading card of an NBA player that barely anyone is interested in?

Now, just because it's cheap does it mean that it's a good investment? Definitely not. Dog poop is cheap too. If you think something is a good investment just because it's a cryptocurrency, definitely not. 95-99% of cryptocurrencies will fail. Think about it.

Then why not bitcoin? Assuming you know a bit of information about it.

Rule #1 of investing: Do not invest in things you do not understand.

Tell me. Why gave you interest into Digibyte in the first place? If your answer is because it's "cheap" at $0.007632, then you need to do a lot of reading.

P.S. I think DigiByte is crap.

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pinost ko rin to sa Beginners & Help section

Advantages ng Aegis kumpara Google Auth:

• modern interface
• Open source
• Pwedeng mag backup
• AES-256 Encryption, password/fingerprint lock

Disadvantages:

• Pang android lang sa ngayon

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Bakit natin kailangang gumamit ng 2FA? Para mas secure ang bitcoin/crypto exchange accounts natin; at mga ibang online accounts natin in general. Hindi suggested na gamitin ang SMS 2fa over app-2fa.

Bakit hindi nalang Authy ang gamitin? Kung ok lang sayo na nakasave sa servers ng Authy ung backup codes ng 2FA accounts niyo, then sige lang gamitin nyo ang Authy. Pero kung mas prefer niyong kayo lang ang may access sa 2FA backups niyo, subukan niyo tong Aegis authenticator.

Kung may katarungan, wag mahiyang magtanong.

Your friend didn't just magically lost his offline wallet funds just by chatting on Facebook messenger. Chances are, your friend did something amateurish like handing over his wallet's private keys on to someone(may it be via a scam website, via chat, etc). His offline wallet is just as safe as how he secures his wallet's keys.

"Less charges", but does that necessarily mean na mas mura jan sa bitcoin ATM ng Union Bank compared sa Abra at coins.ph? I don't think so, pero correct me if I'm wrong. As far as I know hindi biro ang mga gastusin ng pagtayo ng ATMs so naturally mas mahal at mas malalaki talaga ang patong sa mga bitcoin ATMs compared sa mga exchanges. Swerte na siguro kung 5% lang patong nila pero I doubt it.

In homage of the classic bitcoin art.



Do I send you my bitcoin address now @Theymos?

Can you give us your source for this information? Those are definitely very big claims and that people shouldn't automatically believe 100% without a source or proof.

Also, though it would probably make sense that the DDOS was from Yobit, how did you or YobitScam.net come to the conclusion that it was indeed 100% Yobit that was doing the DDOS-ing?

Quite ballsy for them to post it on their official Twitter account though.

EDIT: couldn't find the direct Tweet link. Can you link it here?

Though it definitely started out really well and definitely really hot with Bobby Lee going all in on Roubini, it definitely was horrible in totality. Though like half the people in the panel are definitely people that people dislike(to say the least), it still had a chance to be a decent panel. If only everybody argued in a calm manner and with actual arguments(rather than personal attacks); and then we have Roubini that even refused to respond to Bobby Lee. I mean, I'm pretty sure he was paid to be there and he simply put the mic down?

Yeah. I remember.. It was way simpler with my Samsung Galaxy S3 back in the day. Right now chances are you're going to trip the Nox thing and you wouldn't be able to use some features/apps like Samsung Pay and such. I'm sticking with unrooted for now. Probably for security sake also.

Glad it worked out well!

Yep! Hence The Google auth app was widely recommended before when there's not that much good alternatives. As with a rooted phone + Titanium backup, that's what I did in the past too. It's nice to have in-app password encryption though; just a small extra layer of security.

If you're going to switch over and you have a rooted phone, switching over is going to be A LOT easier. Aegis has an "import from app" feature if you have a rooted phone. It can grab the backup codes off Google auth. I suggest trying it out.