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1181  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Hackers Demand Bitcoin as Ransom in Romania on: January 05, 2023, 10:20:56 PM
Cyber Security is the number one priority in this new technological economic age. So how do we do?
Botosani Hospital Server was attacked by hackers and they demanded bitcoin as the payment ransom. The hackers demanded  3 BTC to be paid.

s/www.romania-insider.com/database-romanian-hospital-held-ransom-hackers-jan-2023%3famp]Database of Romanian hospital held for ransom by hackers
Please don't disclose you keys to anyone.

Security is everybody business

Nothing new and we do have the same similar situations back in the past in connecting with these hackings and asking Bitcoin as ransom.

https://www.cnet.com/personal-finance/crypto/the-history-of-hacking-ransoms-and-cryptocurrency/
It would be a good read up in relation to this topic.

How about this?
Ransomware Hackers Demand $70 Million In Bitcoin, Claim Massive U.S. Attack As Biden Investigates Possible Russian Involvement
Ransomware Hackers Demand $70 Million In Bitcoin, Claim Massive U.S. Attack As Biden Investigates Possible Russian Involvement[/b]]Link

As a company then spending up some good budget for security wont really be that a bad idea to
avoid up such probable situations or conditions.
1182  Economy / Trading Discussion / Re: Crypto exchanges charging for inactive accounts . Do you support this ? on: January 05, 2023, 09:21:01 PM
...Right now, they won't feel that, if the top exchange platforms don't have that kind of implementation, then it's not included in the top exchange in the market, always if I'm one of those who have an account there, I'll take out all my money from them, and I'll just switch to binance which is more trusted compared to their platform.

There is no point in transferring your money to another exchange, including on the Binance, if you are not going to use it for trading. And considering that after the collapse of FTX, the risks of losing your money on a centralized exchange increased, the best option would be to minimize your funds on CEX by sending them to your wallet.

I guess now after the FTX incident, many have understood when to keep their Bitcoins or coins in an exchange or not. I mean when to keep, when to not. If your plan is for HODL, then stay far from the exchanges, it doesn’t matter if the exchange is Binance or some new exchanges. If you want to trade then only deposit and do the work.
Moreover regarding the question asked in the OP, I don’t think top exchanges will do this tricks, at least the popular ones. I completely disagree with this type of charges.
We have exchange hacks and other related incidents in correlate with these platforms back in the past.People had been alarmed and learn up their lessons but time passes by then they do forget it out already
and trying out to trust up these platforms again and making it as their main wallet until the same scenario or situation happens again and ending up on a disaster.People never ever learn
and these exchangers are highly centralized and now they are making up some charges into those inactive  accounts? They are just simply too greedy.
Arent they that contented on what they are making on the current market situation or into those users as of this moment?
1183  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: [POLL] Using AI to predict outcomes on: January 05, 2023, 08:12:08 PM
I have seen people asked that AI with mathematical questions but with some logic for it to be answered and I'd say that it failed.

That's why if it's about sportsbetting and predictions, you can't wholly trust your decision into it. But if it's just for fun, you've got all what it takes for you to ask it but don't expect that it will be the result.
You would also notice out that those responses are purely just generic ones which its not that surprising and you are right that there are people who do trying out to test out these AI's for making out some bets
basing on what they do recommend but its true that it isnt something reliable for you to depend on.WHen it comes to logic things then it isnt something that would really be that recommended.
For the sake of testing out due to curiosity then you would be finding out for yourself and its impossible that you wont notice out about the responses been given.
Yeah, that's what I've seen, about logical things it may not that accurate at all. But I guess in other aspects and niches, this is going to be helpful to them.

Well, those that have tried to asked it and followed its betting predictions, there might be some bad and good stories about it but I'm not going to follow what it says if it's about my bet.
For sure it would really be having those different stories because there would be people whom do find out that it was effective and working but most of the time then it would be sure that it wouldnt be something that
you could rely on.Its really just indeed the real thing that if these things were effective on the first place then lot or all of bookies and platforms would really file up some bankruptcy since lots would really be
milking out these places and this do proves out that it cant just be possible.It is really just on someones choice whether they would be using it or not.
1184  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Speculation (Altcoins) / Re: Rank positions on CMC changes every bull market? on: January 04, 2023, 11:25:20 PM
What is the crypto projects in top 20 that will fail to retain their position in the next bull market? There is a saying that in every bull market new projects will take over the top 20, do you think another project can rob the positions that Avalanche, Matic, Polkadot and Solana tomorrow?
That's always going to happen during a bull market and there's going to be a shift in the ranking of coins in the market, because we often see that during a bull market investors will put their money into the coins pumping higher, so I think only coins that can capitalize on this momentum well are will shift the positions of other coins but we can't predict which coins will be out of top 20 in the next bull market but if the coins you mention can't capitalize on the bull market momentum well then there is a chance they will drop out of the ranking.
There's always a shift or something these things to be typical on where old projects been replaced by new ones, if we do consider that recognition does changed up overtime then there's always a probability
that they would really be having be replaced by newer projects which it not something new.If you do really have that plans on sticking with the recent top ranking coins then you should
consider out these probabilities and chances. We've seen out the comparison and we arent that dumb not to notice out those differences which is something
very that visible.
1185  Economy / Economics / Re: The Taste of an Economic Downturn on: January 04, 2023, 10:30:47 PM
As people in the crypto world we may end up with something much better because we are making more money here working in niche skills required works and that's fine, and that's why we may not feel the worst end of the economic downturn.

For the past 1 year or so I have been barely surviving in a nation that had 14x higher debt in 2022 than in 2021, that should tell you how much it grew. We actually broke our record in history, sure maybe back in 1523 or whatever there could be a worse year but books were not kept, in the history we know, this has been our worst year, even worst than 2008 crisis and I have nearly zero debt, but that doesn't mean economy is good just because I am fine.
You would be considering yourself fine if you do able to survive out these economic downturns where commodities and services do rises up their price or value.You wouldnt care less if you could able to buy instantly
without having doubts since you do know that you are financially capabled.This is the main positive result into those persons who do able to find out other income sources and wont be stopping and trying out their
best on making it diversified as much as they could to potentially be not able to cut off these sources which it would be resulting into revenue which could make out things to be posisble
and not a problem when you are trying to spend or buy into something.
1186  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: [POLL] Using AI to predict outcomes on: January 04, 2023, 09:33:56 PM
I have seen people asked that AI with mathematical questions but with some logic for it to be answered and I'd say that it failed.

That's why if it's about sportsbetting and predictions, you can't wholly trust your decision into it. But if it's just for fun, you've got all what it takes for you to ask it but don't expect that it will be the result.

I don't know from for sure how AI bots work and how their algorithm are designed but ChatGBT isn't connected to the internet, so most of its contents and responses are from past years, it doesn't include recent events and if AI bots works in that manner
It's connected to internet thus, it can answer almost everything. But it's an AI, automated responses but not all what it says are accurately correct.
You would also notice out that those responses are purely just generic ones which its not that surprising and you are right that there are people who do trying out to test out these AI's for making out some bets
basing on what they do recommend but its true that it isnt something reliable for you to depend on.WHen it comes to logic things then it isnt something that would really be that recommended.
For the sake of testing out due to curiosity then you would be finding out for yourself and its impossible that you wont notice out about the responses been given.
1187  Economy / Speculation / Re: Will 2023 be another up year for Bitcoin? on: January 04, 2023, 08:33:03 PM

A year of dumping seems to drain all those with weak hands and the rest are all bulls.

It hasn't happened yet that Bitcoin is DOWN for 2 years which we could relate to its cycle as to how it works. Maybe it will be UP for the rest of the next 2 years and back down again after reaching its ATH. We can only hope it will follow the cycle. For if it won't then it's really a loss again for those who are banking that the cycle is going to happen.


No one really knows on what would be the next year or in this years situation if we do speak about Bitcoin or entire crypto market whether it would be down or up.Yes, we could really make out some patterns but
it doesnt mean that it would be following those patterns that had been formed back in the past or in previous years.So its a matter of yes or not would be the answer with these kind of questions.
Whether we would really be seeing up or down but lets hope that this bearish run would be over and see up some green candles for this year.Im not really that anticipating or hoping that much
because i do make myself able to avoid on getting disappointed on what the market would really be able to show for this year.Just go with the flow.
1188  Economy / Trading Discussion / Re: Holding could be better on: January 03, 2023, 11:26:53 PM
Sometimes yes. In general, I cannot say that one of the strategies can be profitable or not always. Often this requires the trader to be able to choose the right strategy at the right time.

Why to follow a specific strategy everytime ? According to me when you invest something, then no strategy works the second time. It will be great if we take actions according to the situations. I mean why to follow the repeated strategy everytime we see a same situation? And to be very precise, holding isn’t a strategy for me. It’s just a necessary action that each trader should do when the market is unstable and pretty volatile.
Developing and verifying a single profitable strategy is incredibly time consuming, so most traders are not going to have the time to have specific strategies for every single market condition they may encounter, in that case a general strategy that works most of the time, albeit not perfectly, is preferable than having several strategies devised for many different market conditions, what you proposing is the best case scenario, but very rarely traders will have the time or even the ability of using so many different strategies.
We should really be that versatile as much as possible and it is indeed true that not all does have the time and the effort to be spend on finding every strategy for a specific market condition which they would
rather just be sticking into something that they do know and would be repeatedly be making use of it and if they dont have any choice then they would really be opting in on making some holding.
Holding could really be that worth on something likes Bitcoin and other some useful altcoins but not all does have that kind of patience on trying to wait for seeing profits
for long time.
1189  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Is The Gambling Industry Part Of The Domino Effect That Happens In The Market on: January 03, 2023, 10:15:01 PM
Not only unsafe, but it is also so lame as an idea. Gambling sites that are to be trusted with our money are not many, and the regulations of the industry are still weak as far as I am concerned, except for some that are in advanced countries. Regardless, it is safe to keep our coin in our trusted wallets, not with the gambling site that could do and undo it.

So gambling sites are even involved in some shady deals like money laundering and others, such will not have a conscience in stealing your money too. Aside from that, what if the government overseeing their domain now shot it down, then your money is gone just like that.
It is lame if you will use it like a wallet when there is already a crypto wallet but not really lame when you do it for a purpose like you are earning some dividends but I salute those who have a balance inside the gambling site that is unused for a very long time.

This only means that these people can defy the temptation caused by gambling. If only regulations are strong in crypto gambling then scam gambling sites will get lessened but I think this is being worked out now. Have you noticed that KYC's are now being implemented left and right? But maybe after this, many people will be confident to store their money thinking they are now safe.
Even if they are already regulated and asking for some KYC then i cant still bare out to store my funds on any platform.Nothing beats out if you do make use of those non-custodial ones considering that you do
still have the full control.No matter how regulated they would be, it doesnt assure that you could get your funds back in case there are some huge trouble involving with these platforms.
I do believe that those fellas who do leave out those huge funds on a casino site for a long time are those people who had just totally forgotten that they do still have funds there.
Its impossible that you would be leaving out something like that without trying out to turn yourself back.

It is indeed not advisable by all means to leave funds for long time in gambling sites.
Some sites can collect your funds or have handling fees if you have a dormant account, so better check that out also in their ToS.
I can understand if the user is actively playing on the site or is participating their investment options, why he has to leave some funds.
With what we are experiencing up until today, even big and reputable exchanges can fail, it is also the same with casinos or bookies.
So if you will not be playing on the site, better send your funds to your own wallet. Even if you say, the site is licensed and reputable.
There's no such thing about 100% assurance or something that positive could happen without minding or looking up on the risks.When you are tending to make out some investment then i would care less with those
staking or something that makes my coins to be hold up whether if its on a gambling site but mostly this would be on an exchange type of scenario where you would be leaving up your coins.
Security isnt 100% guaranteed this is why its up to someones risk taking whether they would be able to bare it out or would rather be that paranoid when it comes to safety.
1190  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Crypto is here to stay. on: January 03, 2023, 09:17:09 PM
It has been through so many hardship so many dramas but I believe that crypto would stay for good.
There are so many companies that is now using or accepting crypto so it wouldn't die easily because of those dramas.
Crypto has been around for so long even though it is having a hard time now (price drop) I believe that it would soon be back up again.
We've been through lots of negatives and disasters we do have on this crypto market on which we do believe that it might be dead soon but we are still here and breathing.
I cant really just blame out other peoples views and insights because of the negativity around which it is really not that surprising to have this kind reaction.
This is why its important that we shouldnt really be that too hopeful nor really that optimistic on things because it would really make your disappointed
if ever you havent meet your expectations.
1191  Economy / Economics / Re: Every passing year seems progressively worse on: January 03, 2023, 08:25:11 PM
OP: Thank you for your good wishes for a happy new year.  Let's start there, the positive, there is no other way to continue, the data must be treated to have decision-making in a positive spirit.

 You are very pessimistic, although not being so should not take us away from the reality that you mention, sometimes each situation is very individual, and your perception, although real, affects the individual in different ways.

Cant really blame out others if they are really that negative basing up on the things that we are really indeed seeing which they do really have some that point on which it is really becoming progressively worsen up
on each year passing by this is why it is really hard to make yourself that positive if you are already seeing up these things which you would really be having that kind of impression that its better not to make yourself
that hopeful or being optimistic so that you wont really be that be frustrated or get disappointed for whatever price conditions that we might encounter on upcoming years to come.
There's no such guarantee though since this had been like this since from the start.
1192  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Will it be profitable for the business? on: January 02, 2023, 09:26:00 PM
Suppose I am doing business through an online Facebook page and website and want to accept Bitcoin. But now if I look at cryptocurrencies it comes with high volatility, and I have doubts whether accepting Bitcoin will be profitable for my business.
I really want to know your opinion on this and what are the initial steps I should take if I adopt cryptocurrency for my business? Because I see many people on the forum are taking steps to accept Bitcoin for businesses and that's why these questions araised in my mind.

If you cant bare up the volatility of Bitcoin or cryptocurrencies as a whole then its better not to stress yourself out on accepting it on your business.Volatility could neither be your enemy or your friend.
If you are that someone who do goes for long term and dont mind about volatility and wont be actively using up those fiat conversions and would be willing for those profits to sit on crypto form
then it wont really be bad on accepting Bitcoin but if you dont like that movement or doesnt really like to see that profits is going down or lesser then
its better not to proceed with this plan.Its up to your own choice yet you could see that there are already lots had been accepting Bitcoin or crypto payment into their businesses.
1193  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Is The Gambling Industry Part Of The Domino Effect That Happens In The Market on: January 02, 2023, 08:22:50 PM
Not only unsafe, but it is also so lame as an idea. Gambling sites that are to be trusted with our money are not many, and the regulations of the industry are still weak as far as I am concerned, except for some that are in advanced countries. Regardless, it is safe to keep our coin in our trusted wallets, not with the gambling site that could do and undo it.

So gambling sites are even involved in some shady deals like money laundering and others, such will not have a conscience in stealing your money too. Aside from that, what if the government overseeing their domain now shot it down, then your money is gone just like that.
It is lame if you will use it like a wallet when there is already a crypto wallet but not really lame when you do it for a purpose like you are earning some dividends but I salute those who have a balance inside the gambling site that is unused for a very long time.

This only means that these people can defy the temptation caused by gambling. If only regulations are strong in crypto gambling then scam gambling sites will get lessened but I think this is being worked out now. Have you noticed that KYC's are now being implemented left and right? But maybe after this, many people will be confident to store their money thinking they are now safe.
Even if they are already regulated and asking for some KYC then i cant still bare out to store my funds on any platform.Nothing beats out if you do make use of those non-custodial ones considering that you do
still have the full control.No matter how regulated they would be, it doesnt assure that you could get your funds back in case there are some huge trouble involving with these platforms.
I do believe that those fellas who do leave out those huge funds on a casino site for a long time are those people who had just totally forgotten that they do still have funds there.
Its impossible that you would be leaving out something like that without trying out to turn yourself back.
1194  Economy / Trading Discussion / Re: Many signals don't work now like they use to be on: January 02, 2023, 07:11:34 PM
How long we have to wait ? Feels like we going insane crypto Market should function normally always when price High then it will fall immediately down so when we short we get Nice profit.

The question is Will we stay in crypto If it's not working ?
Unlikely we stay.


There's no such thing to work in the first place since these signals arent 100% precise for you to follow and make profits and this kind of opposite outcome does proves out that its not really that ideal
on following such signals because it doesnt really give out that kind of precision and there's no trader or human on this world could able to know on what are the things that would happen ahead.
This is why it is really that much better if you do trade on your own with your own analysis and predictions rather than making yourself that too relying into those so called
signal givers.It isnt really just worth for those sub fees imho.
1195  Economy / Service Discussion / Re: Tips: encourage your customers to pay with bitcoin on: December 30, 2022, 08:11:37 PM
Make it easy for customers to pay with Bitcoin by accepting it through a digital wallet such as Coinbase or BitPay. You can also use a physical wallet if you prefer, but make sure it supports Bitcoin payments.
Don't ask your customers to use third parties that can ask for kyc. Be your own bank.
Also: what are you talking about with physical wallets?
Maybe he do mean about those literal trezor wallets?  Cheesy

Yeah its totally opposing if you do make out some recommendation on telling them on using whether Coinbase or Bitpay but cant blame out to those who do have business on accepting on this method
considering on the convenience but its not really that totally differs since making transactions or payment cant really be that hard even if you do just simply make use of your own
non-custodial wallet.Nothing beats out if you do have those wallets which you do fully control.Most of the time where business owners doesnt really easily recognize nor really that afraid
on accepting crypto payments which it is mostly the reason whether they are afraid of volatility and regulation issues.
1196  Other / Off-topic / Re: Mistakes Successful People Never Make Twice on: December 30, 2022, 07:43:20 PM
CONCLUSION: No one is perfect. We are born to make mistakes in our journey of life but making same mistakes often results to a total failure. We should always learn to avoid making repeated mistakes and also learn from our previous mistakes to correct our journey in life.

I disagree that committing a mistake twice will result in total failure.  As long as the person never gives up, learns from his mistakes multiple times, and stands up every time he falls, eventually, he will grasp the essence of why he keeps on failing.  People have different levels of absorbing, analyzing, and rate of learning things.  So the subject that easily learned by person A is possibly too difficult to learn by person B.   I believe the key factor to success is never to give up so I don't think successful people only do mistakes once.
Definitely, there’s no assurance that you will be better for your second try and seriously most of the rich people today experienced a lot of failure in the past and made a lot of mistakes as well, I believe with those experience it helps them to become better and wiser. We should not be afraid to make mistakes, just continue to learn and don’t give up easily because life is very challenging and those who continue to grow will always succeed in the long run.
There's no one would really be that perfect no matter how many times you do experience up those mistakes or failures yet considering that its a never ending challenge and trials that we do really face on.
There's no such thing about you wont really be able to experience some stuffs and other things yet it would continue.Thing here is that you do know on what you should gonna do, even if you do failed up again
then you would be having on mind on testing it out again or try and if it succeeds then you would be sticking into that.We know that there are various ways or lots of possible
situations that you might be able to face on.
1197  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: BANKMAN-FRIED PANIC GAMBLES TO REPAY DEBT on: December 29, 2022, 11:16:45 PM
Why should a billionaire like him play with his own pennies? That's small time. He can't reach his goals with baby steps. He's got millions of his own personal money to squander in casinos. Not only that, he also has access to the billions of money that his clueless customers deposited in his exchange. He must have thought he could use them to try recovering what he lost after Terra collapsed. And yes, he actually used Stake as one of his gambling platforms of choice.

He feels that he can do whatever he want, without having to face any consequences. He was conducting an interview after the collapse of FTX from Bahamas, and this was his facial expression:
-

The name of this guy should be changed from Sam Bankman Fried to Sam Bankman Fraud. Look at him laughing during the interview. It is clear that he feels a lot of contempt towards the ordinary users who lost their life savings. Now he is flying in business class and gambling away hundreds of millions of USD. Tells a lot about the arrogance and lack of accountability.
He had made out himself to be caught or imprisoned so that everything would really be cleared up and since he know that he does have the money then he knows that he can able to get out.
It would really be pissed out to those people who had been affected with this fraud.Its true that his last name should be changed to "Fraud" instead of Fried. That name suits him well.
Speaking about repaying debt via gambling would really be just making things even more worst. How can or where we would be able to see those recent updates
in relation with SBF?
1198  Economy / Trading Discussion / Re: Why everybody is panicking ? Its a game of greed and fear ! on: December 29, 2022, 10:08:16 PM

Stay strong guys , Bottom is near , many "panic" traders already sold their assets at a loss  , soon there will be no coins to sell ahaha , only buying opportunities

Happy trading

We can't blame people who joined the market during the recent bull run under the effect of the big FOMO that was going on, every celebrity was putting laser eyes and waiting Bitcoin to reach $100k. Now, everyone (maybe the same people) are waiting Bitcoin to reach lower prices, I have been hearing very low numbers like 6k or even 3k. For me, I lost a lot during the 2017-2019 bear market and now I understand how things goes in Crypto, I honestly didn't sell at the exact top in this cycle, but sold good amount on the way down, so I'm able to accumulate these days. IMO, the ability to control emotions comes along with our experiments, we can't ask people who didn't try the bear market to hold until they see the results in the next bull which I believe will be big.
You  would eventually learn up things if you have been able to experience it back in the past.For those who do have experience do really knows on what to do because our bitter experience into those previous years would really be reminding us that we should really be not that confident if we do see prices are breaking new heights which it would really be that normal that you would be having that fomo feeling.
If you are really that greedy and wait up for something more and then the price crash or made out some correction then this is where you would be finding out that you had committed a big mistake.
On next time then you do already know on what you would gonna do on these particular moments.
1199  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Have you taken lessons? on: December 29, 2022, 09:23:02 PM
So, have you expressed your rage for 2022, and what have you learned from all of this in 2022?
Expect the unexpected
Dont risk on the money you cant afford to lose
Not your keys, not your funds/money
Dont let yourself drag with some Hype or Fuds


If you do have these then these moments cant really make you budged on your investment goals or targets.
Yes it might be sounding simple but its hard to be done since we are just humans which are really that emotional and its impossible
that we wont really be feeling off some fear and hesitance.
1200  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Responsible gambling on: December 29, 2022, 08:13:38 PM
The self-exclusion should be a must in any casino nowadays, most of them have some links on the footer with the Responsible Gambling information, but that is not enough to help someone who really has problems with gambling.

But there are other options like browser plugins to block websites, or block the sites directly from your modem. But if the gambler doesn't want to quit, then these tools will not be enough.
I believe that those are just complimentary feature just to make it look that casinos are really that concern for people who are addicted but back or behind on which they do love these addicted people because it could
bring out more revenue to them.Just not to make them look bad or taking up some advantage and this is why they do offer that self exclusion but actually this wont really be totally effective specially
if a certain person is already that addicted then it could really be that impossible that it would be completely stopped even if its self excluded but rather they would be finding
another place w hich they could play on.
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