Great job, Little Mouse, for bring that topic again to forum's attention!

It was one of the oldest topics I ever read in the past and I was always fascinated about the way the author expressed himself -- "I am pretty confident we are the new wealthy elite, gentlemen." -- he was so right about it!

What makes me sad though is the fact that the respective topic is locked, thus it can't be merited. Probably, if it wasn't locked, it would have attracted hundreds of merits until now... Just look at the number of pages that topic has -- 232 pages. And posts kept flowing from 2011 to 2018. The author was indeed a visionary. Hopefully, he is still with us and - who knows? - maybe he reads these...

I was not aware that moderators do not have also the privileges of patrollers. So Do I understand well? Mods can not moderate reports made for Newbies one by one unless they have patroller privileges? If this is so, then mods can moderate one by one only reports made for ranks >= Jr. Member?

At same time, I had the impression that patrollers can moderate also the reports for Jr. Members. Are they only limited to Newbie rank?

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Somehow this reminded me of this picture:

This is a very good observation, botz! Indeed, it would be very nice if others would follow your example and they would click on Like and Follow buttons after they read these articles. However, I don't know how many will actually do that. In order to be able to Like or Follow you have to authenticate on the website. And I don't know how many people are willing to do that, no matter the reason (be it for their privacy or because they are lazy or any other reason).

Many readers simply read articles without being authenticated and, once they finish, they close the page. However, some express here their appreciation so I believe these articles have some traction.

If you don't understand some part why don't you specify them, thus they will be explained again? At same time, do you pay any attention to what other users are asking you? Are you actually reading these replies? Or you only read 2-3 from the entire page?

You were asked how you can know there will be a bull run in 2024-2025 -- no answer.

Besides, I see that you received some feedbacks for asking again and again same questions. Is this topic another attempt to spam the forum by asking same questions again and again?

This is probably best news I heard from this thread, which was full, for three years already, with naive people believing in this scam, trying to defend it, trying to promote it, trying to explain that Pi Network is actually a good cryptocurrency etc., etc., etc.

Somehow, it reminds me of One Coin and BitConnect. In their cases it also took the authorities a few years but once the legal procedures started they did not end. Curiously, One Coin is still alive in some parts of the world, where their scammers still believe that they can lure someone to buy their lies. The Bulgarian woman behind One Coin is still nowhere to be found. Let's see if the ones behind Pi Network will get caught. Maybe some other countries will also start targeting these scammers.

I usually can offer to my reasons their best 30 seconds ever. Don't know how you guys manage to offer more time to your reasons O)

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I think we need more light about the prerequisites necessary to deal with your reasons, thus we make sure we are able to do the job. Maybe some of us would need some practice if we got too rusty.

Two new translations have been added to OP:

• Cryptocurrency vs digital money issued by the state was translated in French by iwantmyhomepaidwithbtc2: Cryptomonnaies vs monnaies numériques émises par l'État
• 12 years later and people still don't know to use Bitcoin nor what it's good for was translated in Bengali by Learn Bitcoin: ১২ বছর পরেও মানুষ বিটকয়েন ব্যাবহার জানে না

Thank you both iwantmyhomepaidwithbtc2 and Learn Bitcoin for your dedication in translating my topics!

With this occasion, iwantmyhomepaidwithbtc2 reached a total number of 7 translations (out of 15 topics) and Learn Bitcoin reached a number of 5. They are also the only ones which made translations for French, respectively Bengali languages.

আবারও দুর্দান্ত কাজ, প্রিয় Learn Bitcoin! আমার দ্বিতীয় মাস্টারপিস (বিটকয়েন: সাইফারপাঙ্কসদের স্বপ্নের পরে আমি এই বিষয়টিকে এভাবেই দেখি) দেখে আমি আরও বেশি খুশি হয়েছি যে এটা আপনার ভাষায় ট্রান্সলেট করা হয়েছে। এটা একটা বেশ লম্বা টপিক, কিন্তু আমি মনে করি এটি খুব গুরুত্বপূর্ণ।

এই টপিকটি সেন্ট্রালাইজ্ড এক্সচেঞ্জ এবং ব্যাংকগুলোর সাথে সম্পর্কিত ডেন্জার সাইড সম্পর্কে সবাইকে সচেতন করবে৷ একই সময়ে, আর্টিকেলটির লক্ষ্য হল বিটকয়েনকে সাতোশি যেভাবে ব্যবহার করতে চেয়েছিল সেভাবে মানুষকে বোঝানো: পিয়ার-টু-পিয়ার এবং এনোনিমাস ভাবে। আমাদের সকলকে ব্যাংক এবং সরকারী দাসত্ব থেকে মুক্ত রাখার জন্য সাতোশির আবিষ্কারকে বিশ্বস্ত থার্ড পার্টির সাথে যুক্ত করা উচিত না।

There is no such thing as "profit on an exchange", since you are not the owner of the money. While someone else (in this case the exchange) is in the possession of your private keys, you are not the owner of the money. As a consequence, you are also not the owner of any profits. My advice is to move the funds from any centralized exchange as fast as you can no matter how you do it. As long as you keep funds in someone else's pocket, that person (or company) may always cut your access to the pocket.


Perhaps what I wrote above will make you reconsider this.


How do you know for sure there will be a bull run in 2024-2025? Do you have the power of seeing the future? Have you traveled in time and you already know it will happen? You seem very certain about this.


And next thing you say is another ridiculous idea: to associate crypto incomes with banks. Such movement would only expose you even more in front of the government. You already exposed yourself by offering for free to a centralized exchange, one of the most important thing from your life: your personal information. And, since you gave already your personal information to an exchange, that in formation is, obviously, not personal anymore. If it were personal only you would know it. Now third parties know it as well.

And you are also trying to jump from the frying pan into the fire. Meaning to become a complete sitting duck in front of the government, abandoning any last idea about anonymity and privacy, and associating your crypto exchanges with a bank. That would be a really bad idea.

Perhaps reading this thread will help you understand better how to use Bitcoin: 12 years later and people still don't know to use Bitcoin nor what it's good for. And, if you read that topic, perhaps you can also read Why KYC is extremely dangerous – and useless.

Be careful about what you'll do, OP... Your funds and privacy are at high risks right now...

I, personally, have a different way of checking the forum topics which interest me. Instead of "Watchlist" I am using the button "Show new replies to your posts". As the name of the button says, when I click on it I see a list of topics where I posted before and where new posts were made by others. This way I am sure I am not missing anything from those threads. Some may call it old fashion, but I got used with getting updated in this way.

In rest, I have a bunch of boards which I'm usually checking, although I may not make any post there. But I have this list of board in my head everyday so I'm checking them naturally, not by consulting a file and see which boards I checked already and which I have to still check. For example, I am going through Bitcoin Discussion, Romanian board, Meta, Beginners & Help, Reputation, Scam Accusation, Collectibles etc. So although I'm not always posting there there are my favorite boards and I'm always checking the activity on them.

And, in rest, the button "Show new replies to your posts" helps me to see all the topics where I wrote before and which have new activity.

Oh this is put things in another light... I think I understand what you mean and the idea is good. But only by seeing the earlier post nobody could understand the idea behind the suggested avatars. In any case, I think this will look appealing to forum users, since each one wearing such avatar could be differentiated by the other.

Obviously, oh idea of having masked guys and I think that most will be attracted by these faces. So maybe it would be a good idea to have more masked faces, with different styles / masks. Perhaps the avatars will be given on the principle of "first come - first served"?

As far as I see the deadline of the contest is passed for more than 2 days and OP did not show up anymore. I am going to wait until end of weekend then I'll give him a negative feedback for this scam, in case he will still not show up and pay the prize to the winner.

Edit: the weekend also passed and OP did not show up anymore, thus I consider the negative feedback to be legitimate in his case. I just added the feedback to his Trust page.

Imi pare rau pentru pierderea teribila pe care ai suferit-o... Nici nu pot sa-mi imaginez cum te simti in acest moment...

Referitor la portofel, in primul rand uita de Trust wallet. Are codul sursa inchis, iar aici poti vedea ca aceeasi parere o au alti utilizatori cu expertiza tehnica mare ai forumului, precum o_e_l_e_o sau n0nce.

Electrum ar fi o varianta, daca preferi un portofel non-hardware. Dar, cum a spus si NeuroticFish, la astfel de sume portofelul hardware este sfant. In privinta banilor de pe Binance iti recomand sa-i scoti cat mai repede de acolo si sa uiti sa mai folosesti vreodata exchange-uri centralizate. De ce? Aici vei gasi raspunsul, desi ma indoiesc ca nu cunosti aceste argumente.

In sfarsit, daca optezi spre Ledger, am eu unul de vanzare (este personalizat cu firma Betnomi). Este nou, sigilat, castigat la un concurs pe forum. Arata precum cel de aici insa, evident, este sigilat. Am castigat 3 astfel de portofele hardware la concursuri pe forum, ultimul fiind de la concursul de facut placinte. Daca te intereseaza, poti sa ma contactezi oricand.

While I'm waiting for more than 4 months now for The Pharmacist to bring me also a slice of FLÜGGÅӘNK∂€ČHIŒßØLʃÊN, I also want to thank to our Supreme Leader for another flawless timing!

P.S.: how does she manage to combine this invisibility superpower with time traveling? Is it safe to use such maneuvers together?

Merci iwantmyhomepaidwithbtc2 d'avoir traduit dans votre langue la deuxième partie de ma série de quatre sujets ! Je suis honoré que mon sujet ait été traduit dans une autre langue locale !

Je trouve cette série de 4 essais très utile, car elle peut aider plus de gens à connaître Bitcoin, son histoire et à comprendre ce phénomène plus facilement.

Le sujet actuel met en lumière les dangers auxquels de nombreux pays seront confrontés lorsque les gouvernements commenceront à émettre des CDBC. Beaucoup se laisseront séduire par le fait que l'État offrira des cryptomonnaies à la population, mais ce sujet nous aide à comprendre qu'aucun gouvernement n'émettra jamais de cryptomonnaies à ses citoyens. Tous les gouvernements ne cherchent qu'à contrôler les gens, et non à les aider à être libres. Prenez donc ce sujet comme une mise en garde. L'ère de la CDBC arrive et nous devons tous nous préparer à ne pas nous laisser berner par le gouvernement !

I am also more than certain that, even in such cases (which I also heard of), theymos made a thorough analysis for each such user. I have no doubts that theymos would choose a merit source based on nothing. So, most likely, each such user had a good history of meriting posts from various boards, spotting quality posts and good forum contributors. theymos is a rational person, as far as I observed, and does nothing on a rush or not by analyzing thoroughly his decision and potentially outcomes.

So I believe that those selected to be merit sources without a formal application also fully deserve their position.

I would be okay even if the OP would be active inside his own thread. So far, it seems that he only started the topic to create some drama and abandoned it. I also don't like those hiding behind alternative accounts but, since this is allowed, there is nothing that can be done here. However, if you have some guts, you should come up, at least, to support your ideas, bring some arguments to the discussion, try to prove your statements -- or anything similar. There is no point in making an accusation, throw some bad words and disappear. Even the effort for doing this (I mean the effort needed to create that new account) is useless.

Furthermore, as far as I see, absolutely nobody supported OP's ideas. What does this mean for him? That all which wrote here are hand in hand with merit sources?

In any case, let's wait a bit more. Perhaps OP will decide to come here and be present inside his own thread.

Ideas also vary among people and some may agree, some may disagree. Let's not forget though that the author of the book is not a tech-savvy, but a voluntaryist and an individual feminist, which tries to approach Bitcoin from political and ideological points of view. This book is not for tech experts, but for those interested about history or governments' approaches from the past regarding private money, freedom and cryptography and it's meant to help people understand better the need for Bitcoin and how it can improve our lives. It's no coincidence that the author makes so many references to Austrian economists, such as Hayek or Murray Rothbard. These people debated about the need of private money decades before Cypherpunks were born.


The analogy with the printing press was a very powerful one. It shows what a game changer can do to our world, for the benefit of the many... I am more than certain that, if you read until here, the book attracted you and you will read also the remaining parts!

nutildah's post is one of the most coherent ones from this topic and I also consider his topic very useful. Perhaps not many have his skill, to detect a post written by AI simply by reading it, so this must be a special perk

At same time, the highlighted part is the one most frustrating and deceptive. I would certainly not like at all to read some posts, to consider them valuable and, in the end, to find out that the author used an AI to generate them. Regarding the mention of plagiarism -- this is a sort of plagiarism indeed... After all, the author plagiarized an AI (lol?) since he did not write the post by himself... It's like if we were on SF forum and someone would come up with quotes from Jules Verne or Isaac Asimov and he would receive tons of merit. But those merits were supposed to be for the real authors of his lines -- Jules Verne and Asimov. Yet people which did not read those authors or which did not recognize the lines as belonging to them would merit a simple user which would try to take credit on someone else's work.

Now this leads to an interesting debate: can copy-pasting from an AI be considered plagiarism, if the source is not mentioned? Does the AI have the same rights as a human, in order to be considered to be prejudiced by a plagiarist? (This also reminds me of Asimov's novelette The Bicentennial Man (there was made also a film adaptation), the subject being a robot which struggled to be considered human. In the end, he could prove he is a human being only after he made some changes to his body in order to be able to die.)

I don't think that is the problem in your case... It's just fillippone is very busy lately, from what I know. I also contacted him a few times and he told me he is very, very busy. So no, this is not "a lesson he's giving you". It's just bad timing (or so I believe).

However, regarding the approach of a translation, Hatchy is correct: it is totally decent and it has a lot of common sense to announce first. Maybe someone else did not announce through a post here that he is doing same translation -- maybe this user announced fillippone through a PM and he received fillippone's approval. In such case, your work would be in vain and frustration would also occur. Besides, I would also recommend to all translators to present the author a preview of their work before publishing it. Maybe the author has some comments or maybe he wants something changed. Maybe he spots some errors. In such cases, all these can be solved nicely and professionally, before the translation is published. Having it published then edited for correcting mistakes does not look good for the translator. And, using ninjastic.space all edits of a post can be seen. So I, from my perspective, would take this approach and this is also what I require to the users interested in translating my topics.