Yeah, it does make sense to me. That's why, jocularly, they say written English is different from spoken English 🤡

Back to the discourse, without sounding offish, it's a common knowledge that idealism doesn't equate realism. That's the same situation you witnessed with your involvement in politics. Those with good intentions for the masses don't often do well in politics as their idealism is quickly destabilised by the reality on ground. Most often their ideals don't match the reality. One wonders if there's a secret cult where government officials are forced to enter a convenant not to do what they promise to do during their campaigns. In your own case, I saw a genuine attempt to help your people but you got overshadowed by the anti-populist tendencies of other politicians.

All the same, welcome back. Their loss is Bitcoin's gain.

You did well by trying to learn by yourself instead of asking questions which already had been answered a few steps away. It's called self help or DIY – Do It Yourself. Most newbies are often in a hurry to rank up that they forget the way up is down; paradoxically. Looking down and reading/researching is the key to learning.

These newbies you speak of should also encourage themselves by aligning with whatever good this forum stands for instead of finding ways to beat the system. They should also desist from littering their post history with bounty reports. Those who have most of their posts in bounties hardly earn merit. That's the simple truth. There's no motivation that can work for such people.

I think it depends on what the prospects you've for the project are. I know there are shrewd investors who lurk on this forum for projects to invest in. Such investors are going to take projects that run their adverts here more serious than projects they stumble on Twitter, IG, Facebook or even Telegram. In the past, many people picked projects they invested in from Twitter & co until they started realising most of those projects were scam. I think that sort of scared so many off investing in things they see on those social media. However, if you ever choose to make it strictly a bounty campaign; make sure to make the payment in stable coin on a weekly and not stake based. That way you will get handles that are very much active with great stats for engagement, not just accounts that will post without others viewing and reading what they've posted.

By "bought this topic" I guess you meant – brought. I saw it run through your comment twice.

To the issue at stake, if I became the president of my country; I would handle the economy differently from what the political leadership in my country is doing. Imagine a government announcing to the country on the day of its inauguration that fuel subsidy was gone without putting any measure in place to cushion the ripple effects that thoughtless announcement would cause. Fuel price did more than 50% that same day the announcement was made and that has remained so till date with slight price variation. For me, first thing first would be to ensure there's good transportation network and then also upgrade workers' salaries.

The second thing would be to eliminate higher denominations of the country's currency. Retain the lower ones as that will ensure physical cash transit will be reduced to the bearest. This invariably will also discourage bribery. Those who are fond of taking cash to bribe others so they can't be traced will become scared of trying such as bank transfers can be easily traced unlike physical cash taken to someone. This will also discourage kidnapp cases. Kidnappers demand physical cash so they can't be traced. If the ransom is in millions, taking lower denominations to them will make the exercise bulky and can easily draw more attention. They won't want that.

Yes, of course. That should be what happened as it's a Trust Wallet I've been using for merchandise since way back 2021. I ain't surprised getting those NFTs, anyway. However, I haven't made any attempt to harvest any of them as I don't want to open up any malware or be directed to click on links. There must be something lurking in those supposed NFTs sent unsolicitedly, I'm cocksure of that.

To start with if anyone sends you a PM here or anywhere else, that they can help you trade or recover your losses; it's more likely they're scammers. Avoid such people. Those who are likely to help you on your quest are going to drop whatever comment or advice they've for you in the open.

That being said, now to this part of your post "...how to trade Securely and profitably?" You've to know that success in trading isn't a chance something. It comes with years of hardwork. Yes, it takes years of work. Anyone who thinks they can succeed at trading after a few weeks of work on it is only counting on luck. Such luck doesn't last before it throws them into gargantuan losses. Again for whatsoever you do, don't aim to take revenge n the market to regain all you've lost. It's a gradual process of winnings before that will happen. If you rush to take revenge, the market will most certainly discipline you again and again. Go to YouTube and watch those trading and how they're doing it.

I know the flow price is 61 Matic but I ain't sure anyone among us has even sold any. I saw someone quote 10 ETH for it. No one knows what an NFT is worth until a buyer deems it attractive to negotiate its price. Perhaps, like cryptoaddictchie said I might consider his 1BTC target and then prayerfully hope a CR7 or Messi status will develop interest in mine. 1BTC won't be anything serious for them not to avoid 🤔.

On the whole, I like to thank BestChange for this novelty idea. This is the first genuine NFT I'm hodling apart from those ones sent to my wallet unsolicitedly.

Well, nothing of much significance has changed or been implemented from 2020 till date except the "OP" tag you see on every thread starter. It was even a fresh member who programmed that with permission from theymos. Going forward, I'm still at a loss as to why you created this thread telling us you had been here before now. I would've expected that you just post away without reliving the past since it's something you've lost hold of. I can be wrong and not know exactly what's going on or is there a catch to starting this thread?

You're right on your observation. You should know that ranks don't determine anyone's level of intelligence, neither does the number of merits gathered over a space of 120 days which is demanded by most campaign managers as a part of entry qualifications mean quality. I've seen those without much merit but who have nice posts and contributions, the same way I've run into a couple of great newbies who knew what they were saying. Like I continue to maintain that meriting posts is a subjective thing, it doesn't necessarily mean such posts are exceptional. Only the person meriting them knows why they're doing so. It lies on individual's discretion.

Yeah, if everyone were smart and on the same page there won't be dissenting opinions and it will be boring. Just like society won't be wholesome if everyone were rich or poor. Both have to exist side by side.

What roles does the poor play in the Economy? Answer – They run errand for the rich 😆.

On a serious note, the ecosystem isn't complete without the poor just the same way it isn't without the rich. Every society MUST have these two to be whole. The poor have always existed from time immemorial. They may be poor but there's something I've noticed with that class of people and that's their ability to spend more on food items than the rich. They say the poor pay more for stuff and that's true. Just look at this quick instance, a rich man buys whatever he needs in bulk and at discount but a poor man buys in bits and that expectedly tends to make it costlier than picking it up at once. Food stuff are typical examples of this.

No one can ACCURATELY tell you what's going to happen next in the market. Whatever anyone says is based on speculation. This industry is speculative in nature and all its activities are so based. However, that's not to say that projections made aren't going to be true. It could go past the prices or not get there. One thing that's certain to happen is that price will be on the upward trajectory because of the expected Bitcoin halving in 2024. We've seen price rally into bull every pre–halving year, and then post–halving year. I don't think there will be any exception this year and next year too. On a side note, last week on social media I saw a $10,000 price projection for ETH in the next bull run made by one crypto analyst.

What you said there is nothing short of the truth. I was a victim of such in my zealousness as I had gone on evangelizing Bitcoin to those around me as soon as I knew of Bitcoin and the potential it has. Almost all those I talked to about it were unmoved. Fast-forward to date, their perception has changed as most of them now see a need to embrace it. No one should coerce anyone into anything, Bitcoin investment included.

Well, I don't think Bitcoin would've gained the type of attention it has now if everyone talked about it in the light of a currency which was what Satoshi had in mind (or what he told us) creating it. How do you explain something that was around $700 (at the time I heard of it) in 2016 but nearly did a multiple of 100 in 2021 if it isn't an investment? I'm talking of what's obtainable on ground and not a conceptual idealism.

You've been here since 2020, yet you're asking questions like a freshman. You first heard of Bitcoin when it was around $110, you saw all the bad press it went (it's still going through), you saw its last bull and bear seasons, yet you're still not sure if it's legit? Even at its current price at $30,000? You must be kidding, right? The same way you think the greatest winners in this Bitcoin thing are only the early adopters, it's the same way you will watch on the sidelines and others who are buying today will profit from it. Stop wasting your precious time in fear and invest now. Otherwise, a few years from now you will also rue not taking that bold step now.

It doesn't work that way. One has to eat (feed) first before investing. If one keeps saving up for investment and neglect eating, the repercussions are there and will reflect on one's health. Stomach Ulcer is often around the corner for those who do such. What will be the benefit of such investment if one doesn't have good health to reap what one is sowing? Feeding (food) is one of the primary needs of man but investment isn't. There's a reason for that classification. Only a man who is alive knows he has an investment somewhere. The ideal thing is to balance one's earnings between feeding, investment and miscellaneous. However, in all of that, feeding comes first.

Nope, it's nothing of the first two questions there but it could fall into the third question. I used the would could because it can either of these two issues I will list.

The first is the way privacy is sermonized a lot when it comes to Bitcoin. It used to astound me when I started why those who were engaged in Bitcoin couldn't create time to meet and greet others within their vicinity apart from those they brought here or those who introduced them to this forum.

The second reason could be that most Bitcoiners are used to doing things online, their transactions and all that and will more likely feel it will be a waste of time meeting offline since they can easily achieve the same dialogue/conversations online. For instance, I find it very convenient doing my stuff from any space I find myself. I just get on my device and peruse straight away. I could even be on transit and still get something done. I believe it's same for many here.

Na pure greed dey cause am, nothing else. Nor be juju, at all. As long as people continue to get greedy, scammers will continue to thrive. A few years ago, somebody tell me sey she go like make I invest for her if the investment go fit return profit of 50% withing two weeks as I dey try talk her to buy Bitcoin and hodl. I tell am sey it was not doable, 50% was not achievable. She shockingly told me sey na dat type of investment she dey find. As for d advice wey you give your friend, na d right thing you do.

You've salient points there. We do have users like that who already are knowledgeable in Bitcoin coming in here. However, what I don't find funny about such users is their haste to open topics and teach like there's something at stake if they don't teach. Ordinarily, one would expect a certain level of restraint from such newbies so they can observe how things are run here before displaying whatever knowledge they think they've acquired. It's even worse when such users unwittingly display their lack of indepth knowledge on the said issue they purport to teach. I think newbies shouldn't be in a haste to prove anything if they're truly genuine newbies.

This "trading is gambling and gambling is the same thing as trading" kind of arguments often emanate from hardcore gamblers who seek justification for their losses as a way to get even with those who try to discourage their gambling habit. You're right about the difference in both – putting in the works in trading while gambling relies on luck. We know that in both (gambling and trading) losses and profits are made but we should also note that while one sells a product (trading), the other only sells an emotion/expectation (gambling).

The tonality in your comment that "those children are abused by the workers" is misleading as it tilts towards fallacy of hasty generalization. You should create space for exception because not every maid is evil.

On the topic, I think you got what Bitcoin does slightly skewed. It's never a career but it provides career opportunities the same way every inventions do for those utilizing it. Without being sexist, career in whatever Bitcoin offers is not gender based. It's for everyone.

I like your choice of word there – an asset, more than a currency; it's.

To the best of my perspicacity, Bitcoin is more of asset than currency. If not, how else does one get such advice to hodl it rather than use it? It's a simple logic for those who like to act like it's currency to unravel. Fine, perhaps what Satoshi had in mind while creating it was as currency but what the globe is making out of it is asset. Check the early prices of Bitcoin and what it's today, and so many of us are still speculating that it will even do more than a double of its current ATH after halving next year. Tell, if it's not as asset in such manner; what other explanation best fits it?