What exactly is a global currency? Does it mean the government uses them to keep their fiat afloat? I don't see them going that way. At least the majority of the government wouldn't bet on something as risky as Bitcoin as of now. Things might change if we reach the point where the Bitcoin price is stable and rarely move, years away from now.

Personally, as long as I can use Bitcoin to pay for stuff through the internet, that is good enough. It is definitely cheaper and more secure compared to other alternatives that I have right now.

CMIIW, I believe people can still use coinjoin without relying on Wasabi no? Although I don't think they are suitable for small payments unless the seller allows unconfirmed transactions to be accepted. I can see they sell this as a feature for their customers though.

From OP's post, I'd assume we are talking about users who want fast payment confirmation. I don't think those who visit stores and buy stuff with Bitcoin would like to wait more than a few minutes just to get their payment confirmed by the seller.

Is this related to the insolvency rumors on Gate? How is it connected? Did Crypto help them alleviate some pressure or something similar? The last news about this rumor is related to the legal threat from Gate for those who spread the insolvency rumor. I've not seen any updates about that unless most of them happened on Twitter. I'd still avoid using Gate even if the rumor was false though.

I mean if you use a weak password on your private Wi-Fi, it would still be risky as hell. Public Wi-Fi is more likely to be targeted so it is obvious why you should not rely on them if you want secure internet access. On top of that you can't really modify the settings and the host might run some terrible set-ups or run them with malicious intentions.

I guess you can list your router configurations or product model if you want a detailed guide on how to set it up properly (or if there is a better product for your purpose). As an alternative, you can just disable the Wi-Fi and just connect your RIG through LAN. CMIIW.

My first ever purchase with Bitcoin is related to online services (VPN and stuff like that). It was really cheap compared to other options I had back then. After that though, I buy some other things like gadgets, TV, and so on. The most impactful purchase is definitely my laptop. It allows me to work more efficiently, with lower electricity consumption and allows me to venture into content creation and stuff like that.

20 dollars for a month as a standard salary is very low, isn't it? Hopefully, your friend will find better opportunities soon and earn a lot more than that.

Woiya salah lihat. Yang ane lihat 5800X biasa ternyata. Selisihnya jauh banget ternyata haha.

Ok om makasih sarannya. PSU dan cooler lumayan OK sih, cuma motherboard ane yang sepertinya ga bagus karena temperature VRM tinggi banget. Salah beli mobo sepertinya, tapi ok" aja sih selama ga dipakai untuk OC dll. Untuk flash BIOS dkk ane udah terbiasa sebenarnya, plus udah ada UPS jadi kalau mati listrik tiba" sih kemungkinan besar tetap aman.

Nah ini yang ane sempat baca". Semoga aja masalah kaya gini ga muncul lagi di generasi berikutnya.

Sumber yang agan cantumkan ane lihat merupakan artikel yang tidak ada rujukannya sama sekali, dan lebih mirip artikel yang ditulis untuk SEO. Walau ane tidak menampik kemungkinan adanya risiko listrik yang tidak stabil, ane rasa agan harus menggunakan sumber lain kalau ingin analisis yang lebih kredibel.

Selain itu, kalau agan udah memutuskan menggunakan laptop untuk mining, seharusnya risiko laptop rusak karena voltase sudah masuk perhitungan. Ga tahu juga sih ya mungkin ini hitungan pribadi lagi, karena kalau ane jadi agan ane bakal melepas baterainya sekalian kalau udah ada niat dijalanin setiap hari. Kalaupun rusak, ada kemungkinan biaya perbaikan lebih murah daripada beli baterai baru.

UPS memang hanya untuk darurat saja gan. Waktu yang tersedia itu adalah waktu untuk mematikan peralatan listrik. Jadi kalau agan mining dan listrik tiba" mati, peralatan agan bisa dimatikan dengan normal. CMIIW.

Setahu ane belum ada. Kalau adapun ane tidak melihat ada keuntungan tersendiri kalau tujuan agan beli adalah untuk investasi dan memiliki Bitcoin, mengingat akses aset Bitcoin atau kripto pada umumnya di Indo relatif mudah. Agan tidak perlu banyak modal untuk membeli Bitcoin, beda halnya dengan saham (yang setahu ane jadi alasan kebanyakan produk reksadana muncul). Bisa jadi ada yang bilang keuntungan membeli ETF tergantung dengan jenis ETF itu sendiri (aset apa saja yang menjadi dasar acuan harga indeks tersebut), tapi kebanyakan orang pasti memberi saran untuk membeli Bitcoin langsung saja.

Coba agan cari tentang permission blockchain. Ada beberapa proyek yang menggunakan jenis blockchain yang menurut banyak orang tidak terdesentralisasi, misalnya Ripple.

Yang paling kelihatan mungkin sih transparansi transaksinya gan, plus biaya seperti yang disebutkan om rico di atas. Tapi balik lagi gimana penerapan blockchainnya itu sendiri ane rasa. Kalau bilang pake blockchain tapi masih mahal dan pengguna tidak bisa melihat transaksinya secara real time dan melacak uangnya, ane rasa mereka ga menggunakan blockchain sama sekali. Atau mereka mengambil definisi blockchain hanya sebatas database saja untuk kebutuhan marketing.

Balik lagi ke jenis blockchain yang dipakai gan. Ane ragu sistem perbankan bakal menggunakan PoW dan lebih memilih PoS atau sejenisnya. Mereka kan tidak ada kepentingan membuat jaringan mereka terdesentraliasi dan sejenisnya. Kontrol dan kecepatan adalah masalah utama yang perlu diselesaikan buat mereka. Jadi kalau ada masalah masih bisa mereka rollback dengan mudah, dst. Masalah cross-chain juga prototipe solusinya sudah ada dengan berbagai wrapped token kalau di dunia altcoin saat ini. CMIIW.

Baru dirakit ini om? Ane ada niat upgrade CPU ke 5600 dari 3600X, tapi mengingat 5800XD udah rilis jadi ganti target ke sana. PC buat kebutuhan content creation dan gaming sih, sekilas selisih 1 jutaan di marketplace online antara 5600 dan 5800XD. Mendingan ambil 5800XD atau sekalian nunggu AM5 stabil ya? Agak out-of-date ane dengan kabar di dunia PC, terakhir dengar masalah CPU Ryzen terbaru yang pada meleduk. Salah satu sebabnya karena motherboard nyetel voltase VRM/EXPO terlalu tinggi (paling banyak Asus kalau ga salah). CMIIW.

It is kinda unfortunate but most people don't read ToS to begin with. Companies have no incentive to make their articles easier to read either since most people don't really argue the ToS before they sign it. Even if some cases blow up and lead to their 'disgusting ToS' being exposed, I bet their profit outweighs the cost at least in the short term.

I've been seeing so much news in the last few months related to his SEC position. If he can stay in his position even after so many people suggest removing him, it would be surprising.

Why though? It is not like people must spend 1 BTC to make one transaction. I would not be surprised if 100 sat is worth $100 or something in the future if Bitcoin continues to be valuable. While it can happen, I doubt the BTC price will continue to increase that 10 sat or so is no longer affordable for small payments/transactions. Even if it does happen, we'll probably see many layer-2 solutions or something similar at that point in time.

That's basically creating an altcoin IMO.

I think most people are fine with regulations as long as it is reasonable. The problem is that the one who runs the system can't be trusted, which is hard to solve since you can't simply tell everyone to "try to participate in governance then".

If this point is being connected with cryptocurrencies, such as exchange and whatnot, the problem is not really similar since the stakes are different. As far as I'm aware, nobody died when they don't submit KYC and don't want to do it, just facing some inconveniences. If we really want to force the invisible hand term into this discussion, then some might argue that the stock price of such a company can get slashed if the public found out that the CEO and its staff are a bunch of idiots. CMIIW.

A lot of cases related to exchange insolvency also give us some distrust in how people run these exchanges, or how the government handles the case. The debate about SEC being so unclear with their rules and how they go after exchanges is quite popular on social media afaik.

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Hopefully, nothing like this will happen in the future.

At the very least there would be some discussion about it. Seeing how they fail to obtain licenses left and right lately, things like that might become additional problems that can snowball and affect their reputation. But yeah, we'll see when it does happen.

That is not surprising. It is obviously against their interest to explicitly mention the risk of wrapped tokens. People should look at other sources if they want a better comparison since some academy or learning resources might be skewed if they are owned by exchange or other crypto services.

How did you know this? Is this an assumption or have you interviewed some mixers here? I think the best place to ask this question would be their ANN thread. Most mixers are quite active and respond in a timely manner whenever there is a question about their service.

Most of them are using the signature campaign to promote their services, sometimes review campaigns or some avatar/design contest. I think a review campaign and signature campaign might suit your purpose. Social media promotion is not really worth the time from the participant's perspective which is why you'll likely attract spammers if you do it.

I think he's referring to how some services don't accept RBF transactions to prevent double-spending scams. I do know some services that do that, it's not that rare as far as I'm aware. The easiest solution in a case like that would be to look for other services that accept RBF or be prepared to make CPFP if there is no other alternative. CMIIW.

They really want those fees huh. I guess they will somehow turn their lightning integration to promote BSC even further by introducing an LN fork for BSC, for example. From a business perspective, they're being really aggressive to encourage users to use their network. Would be funny if it backfires because one of their validators got exploited or fail later on.

They should educate people more about wrapped tokens if they wanted to do it this way. It is really irresponsible for them to encourage the usage of wrapped tokens without telling people that those are not the same as the mainnet coin. It doesn't really get better since more and more developers are encouraging this kind of practice to get better liquidity.

If you're referring to a database leak, something like that will happen regardless of the payment method you use. It is inevitable if you use a centralized service. Fortunately, it is easy to avoid if you're willing to use other alternatives, especially in regard to crypto trading/payment activity IMO. On the other hand, as long as you have a decent understanding of how scammers work you can avoid their trap. The worst thing is if the leak includes sensitive data like username, password, pin, etc. Hopefully, no company is stupid enough to keep those things in plaintext or use weak encryption to store them in the future.

We can already use them though, unless you mean locally.

Dog training is known for way longer, and the trainer can explain the way they train it as far as I'm aware. I don't think you can say the same thing if you just say "our machine learning works by reading some data" without adding some context. For example, giving reasons why the number X or Y is safe, and which transaction is considered suspicious, and so on. I do think there is a formula or algorithm at play even if you use AI. The basic one would be "transaction linked to previously known scammer address is likely to be a scammer", or something similar. CMIIW.

Yeah, that's the unfortunate thing. Most people value convenience more than security until something terrible happened to them. Some companies also don't help at all by releasing products that value convenience more than security.

I wonder how they will use that kind of backdoors openly. If tax collection is their purpose, maybe they will use this backdoor to spy and then send notices instead of stealing them directly.