I'm not sure what does "regulated" mean here. If you're referring to how government regulate ads and provide sanction for scammers, I don't think that's the case here. Forum members can give negative feedback and so on, but I'd not call it a regulated environment. At least that's my understanding of the moderation policy.[1] CMIIW.

I do agree that you need to follow the forum rules to maintain a decent brand image here. Spamming your service on your post would likely make you end up on ignore list or even a ban.

[1] https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=703657.msg7955645

What kind of friendliness are you talking about? A business that focuses on privacy is not going to be popular if they explicitly share data with the government. Maybe they'll do it behind the scene, though I've yet to see one that is safe from a government investigation. Another option is probably explicitly banning money laundering activities on their ToS. Not sure how effective that will be since it doesn't guarantee any immunity, not to mention their potential customer might not use them because of that too.

I can see your point, but isn't that the goal of this study? I doubt they'd go all-in and ignore the risk when volatility hit their assets. They are probably going to measure how much volatility they can take. After that, they can discuss and calculate how much holding can they take assuming the volatility will hit them again. You can also assume the opposite, if they manage to time their exit properly then the holdings might result in a net positive.

Yeah, I can see that. I'm not sure how the study will affect the perception of crypto if some of the government bodies don't really want to learn something new though. Hopefully, they are not as old-fashioned as some government bodies out there.

I'm not sure if that's how most people see the comparison. As far as I can tell, people believe Bitcoin is digital gold because it can serve as a store of wealth quite well, not because of its technicalities.

It is a bit surprising to see new threads talking more or less about the same issue. Is there a new narrative on social media that discuss it? I wonder why though. Most people already know that losing your coins means a dead end most of the time, which is why self-custody is important. Other than breaking the trust people have in the network, I don't see how a new "recovery" mode will be accepted by the network. Maybe you can fork the chain and see if there is interest in your solution.

I would not be surprised if some part of this hack is due to Twitter being dogshit after their recent shenanigans (rate limiting unverified users, etc). A few days ago I saw so many blue verified accounts posting phishing links with a ton of likes and retweets. Not sure if the account was hacked or if it was a bot account that managed to pass through Twitter filters. I'd never click links from Twitter if security is my main concern from now on.

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I mean, they do spend way more than individual miners, that's just the nature of how the market works. It happens in PoS blockchain, masternodes, and so on. It is inevitable that those with a lot of money can spend and earn more than retail users. If big spending doesn't equal more profit, I don't think mining would be as interesting for them. CMIIW.

Fortunately, there is a solution as mentioned above.

That's interesting news. It seems like they are trying to find out how reliable Bitcoin is compared to gold and other alternatives as a store of wealth against inflation. I hope the result is not skewed or judged by some biases though. It is not that difficult to see that Bitcoin is not the best choice when a bear market happens, so the best-case scenario would be to hold a little bit of their wealth on Bitcoin. I doubt they would take a higher risk regardless of how the result of the study since stability is probably their main consideration to hedge against inflation. At least no in the short term. CMIIW.

If I remember correctly, one of the reasons why Chipmixer was charged as guilty was because there was a chat log from one of the agents asking whether they could help launder their money, and the operator said yes. Basically, investigators use similar reasoning when they charge a mixer of money laundering. That being said, investigators can also use other reasons such as negligence in allowing suspicious transactions to be processed and so on.

Maybe we should focus on improving people's moral compass instead. Regardless of what you do, if people want to abuse something they can definitely do it.

Maybe the popularity of open-source vanity address generators also contributes to that. I don't see why you would rely on somebody else if you can use open-source software verified by the community. I do recall one or two services on the forum, but it was years ago. Even if you don't use the custom address as a cold wallet, most of them probably feel uncomfortable using it.

Sekarang juga mining termasuk mahal untuk individu gan. Diskusi mengenai reward pasca block reward habis juga sudah mulai ada walau konsensus belum tercapai. Mungkin karena waktu juga masih panjang untuk mendiskusikan masalah tersebut. Yang banyak atau sering dijadikan sugesti adalah membuat layer-2 sebagai subsidi atau mergemining untuk mengatasi masalah tersebut. Yang jelas market pasti bakal menyesuaikan. Kalau banyak yang keluar dan tingkat kesulitan menurun dan bikin mining makin murah, bukan tidak mungkin solo mining dst juga bakal muncul lagi. CMIIW.

Sip om. Kalau dipikir" aktivitas ane bisa diatasi dengan CPU kelas R5, cuma kalau mau main game sekalian record kadang terasa framedrop, entah ini karena core yang kurang banyak atau karena ada bottleneck lain.

Intel generasi terbaru apa beda jauh performanya dengan AMD om? Kalau generasi sebelumnya kan Intel menang tipis banget dengan kebutuhan daya yang lebih tinggi (afaik). Terakhir yang ane lihat video reviewnya si HU[1].

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNDxKQP1_FQ

Kalau agan sudah memikirkan UPS ori dan tidak, nyari yang daya tahan lama dst ane rasa udah seharusnya juga agan membeli RIG baru kalau mining adalah tujuan agan. Mau bagaimanapun laptop biasanya jauh lebih ringkih daripada komputer atau RIG yang memang didesain untuk aktivitas mining. Ane rasa mubazir kalau beli UPS mahal" hanya untuk mendukung mining dengan laptop yang harganya 5 jutaan dan lebih mungkin rusak karena overheat daripada listrik yang tidak stabil.

Btw agan masih mining dengan laptop sekarang ini?

Setahu sudah dari dulu ETF Bitcoin diberitakan di berbagai media, jadi mestinya banyak orang tidak asing dengan istilah ini. Ane sendiri ragu berita itu jadi satu-satunya faktor harga Bitcoin naik. Tapi ya kadang market susah dipahami, bisa jadi memang timing untuk long dianggap pas pada waktu berita semacam itu dirilis.

CMIIW, tapi kalau agan ingin punya dan nabung Bitcoin, instrumen ETF biasanya tidak memungkinkan hal tersebut karena yang agan beli bukanlah Bitcoin itu sendiri. Entah kalau ada yang seperti itu, tapi dari paparan ETF yang ane dapatkan sejauh ini ane tidak bisa mendapatkan aset yang ada dalam ETF yang ane beli.

Selama yang menjalankan sistem tersebut masih manusia ane rasa ga bakal ada sistem yang sepenuhnya bebas dari potensi korupsi. Sistem check and balances yang selama ini ada kan juga idealnya berjalan untuk memastikan satu sama lain saling mengawasi, tapi kalau salah satu atau keduanya korup ya tetap tidak berjalan.

Membuat semuanya transparan juga tidak bisa menjamin terbebas dari yang namanya korupsi menurut ane, karena susah juga buat verifikasi secara mandiri karena skalanya terlalu besar. Jadi yang paling ideal ya individu yang ada di posisi penting punya kendali yang bagus atas nafsu mereka, yang berarti edukasi harus bagus juga supaya individu semacam itu terbentuk. CMIIW.

Who wrote it then? Is there no editing process at all? I've tried to search your authors but so far found no other info other than the provided photo profile and very obscure social media accounts. Personally, it gives the feeling that your author is hiding behind a fake profile and just spins articles from other sources. I'd suggest you add some editing processes before any article is published to avoid mistakes like that.

Yeah, I see similar arguments from those who disagree with how Gary runs the SEC. I would not be surprised if this is just another step to introduce their own regulatory framework in the near future. Maybe with the same cost or even cheaper compared to other countries to attract more business. I doubt they want to kill crypto or something similar. Capitalizing on it and earning more money from retail sounds like a better idea to me.

I just downloaded their full report, and their major use case for crypto based on that report is for intraday trading. I guess their optimism is related to their ability to keep making a profit through this activity regardless of the crypto price. I doubt their view on growth is similar to the average user's. While long-term exposure exists as a reason, the number is comparable to market-making and arbitrage activities, which are basically still trading activities. CMIIW.

The report also suggests that most institutional investors expect more regulation and institutional involvement to become the major reason for crypto growth. Not really sure what they mean by involvement other than making everything more centralized.

Some of them are quite conflicting with one user claiming one thing while the other claims another. Some speculation suggests that some accounts are closed because the users live in the states that sues Coinbase, although the proof is thin IMO. There is a long thread that basically claims the user account was closed because he uses VPN. It doesn't help that there is no clarity from the Coinbase side either. I guess you can only wait at this point, and consider moving to other platforms/P2P if they are not being helpful.

I don't think those who trade/shorts Bitcoin for news like this are fans though. Most of them are probably daily traders or VCs who want to make a profit anytime. Those who hold BTC or a fans of it will keep holding their money and ignore the short-term market movement. I'm pretty sure most of them are familiar with how the market works at this point.