Vaaaai... Cata de mare dreptate ai...
Sadic, bancul!


Aici este legat si de comoditate. Zonele de self-pay sunt in general mai libere, desi se poate plati si cash. Dar multi sunt prea mandri sa-si scaneze produsele si stau la cozi la banda.
Iar unde se poate plati doar cu cardul, iar e sadica situatia: unde poti plati cash, poti plati si cu cardul, iar lumea nu citeste, nu se uita. Plus, multi merg acolo unde mai e cineva, ca acolo e sigur ca aparatul merge, casierita nu este in pauza samd (turma++).

Deci da, IntimitateaG are dreptate, dar situatia nu este doar din cauza supermarketurilor.


Eu sper (si cred!) ca lanturile mari de magazine vor accepta - mai devreme sau mai tarziu - Bitcoin (si nu doar eRON). Probabil ca cineva va trebui sa le puna sub bot niste aparate pentru asta. Si atunci s-ar foarte putea ca plata prin LN sa fie mai rapida, iar noi sa beneficiem de lipsa statului la cozi. Sunt prea optimist?


Dupa cum stim, Romania este cu .. un anumit numar de ani in urma. Chiar si in State nu demult Bitcoin era doar pentru droguri si tepe, acum bancile comerciale deja au intrat pe fir, sa faca un ban. O sa ajunga si la noi sa fie asa. Trebuie doar sa avem putintica rabdare sa treaca acel decalaj de ani (sper sa nu fie tot 50-100 de ani ca pe vremea cand au fost pictate acele graffitti-uril pe care inca le vedem pe la intrarile in tara).

It's not unlikely, but I think that the chances for this have decreased greatly with the price upwards movement during most of January.
As I also said, after such a move for so many days, a correction was bound to happen. But this should not necessarily mean it'll drop back to 12k like levels.
But overall it's hard to tell. Some say we're out of crypto winter, some say we're not and it was a fake breakout. The truth is that we're in sort of "gray area" (in between). So I can easily expect some agree with you and some oppose the idea.

However, why is this in Bitcoin Discussion and not in Speculation where it belongs?!

Chiar ma bucur! Zic eu ca ai reusit sa afli mult mai usor informatiile. (Mergand fizic.. mai mergeai de cateva ori degeaba...)


Am mai auzit ca bancile din Romania pur si simplu nu vor sa auda de afaceri cu bitcoin/crypto si inchid conturile pe banda rulanta la diferitele case de schimb (si deci probabil si ATM-uri).
Speram totusi ca informatia e veche si s-au mai desteptat, dar vad ca.. dimpotriva...


Nici nu e asa rau. Mai stii de cei 14%+ la ATM-ul ala mirific al AtmBytes?! Plus intimitate. Doar ca na, trebuie sa speri ca nu vine cu niste "prieteni"...


Ooohooo, intr-adevar! Felicitari IntimitateaG!

Let's see: who you think they're the biggest Bitcoin sellers, by a great margin? Day traders? They buy back everything they sell. Small holders? ... Or the miners? I'd say it's the miners. The miners must sell in order to pay for electricity and so on.
So, after the halving they'll have to sell half of the amount of bitcoins and still get money to pay for electricity. The only way to do it and stay in the business is to no longer sell this cheap.

This being said, a bull run will still exist. The only question remaining is how big will that be.

Actually this is mostly incorrect. At least the HW I have doesn't write anywhere it's a HW and also doesn't write Bitcoin on it. So your HW is just another electronic device most will not even know what it is and for what (I don't know how all HWs look like, do you..? And then what you expect from the customs employee?)
And if you don't want to use a HW for the job then you can use an older smartphone for that, just make sure it indeed stays always offline (see this topic).

Plus, you've missed the whole point. The point was that you can easily install (and check!!) a SPV wallet while you're away, you can easily restore your seed on a hardware device and you're fine. If you don't get your laptop with you, then where will you install the ISO anyway? Plus, again, how will you do Bitcoin Core's IBD there?
Arguably even Tor you may not need since you're not from home, since you don't necessarily need to hide your IP. Or you can just use a Tails USB which you already know.

Imho you either don't tell something, either you're overthinking something.

Well, less than 1 month ago we were at $16500. A correction was bound to happen.
The actual questions are "how low will this go" and "how long will it last?". Depending on these we'll know if the crypto winter has indeed ended or there was just a fake breakout.

Yup, well said.
And since the trading world goes by "buy the rumor, sell the news", I would not be surprised if this news is means to (desperately?) drag the price down.


However, we know how "reliable" are Goldman Sachs "news", "findings" and "opinions" on Bitcoin...

I wish you're right  
But, as I said from start, most probably only the price Sinbad.io official account will find/write will actually matter.
So let's just learn some patience... (all of us)

1. Please learn how to make your images smaller. Plus, you can put them one next to another if you use spaces instead of new line.
2. This is not a new scam per se. There are now and then "job offers" for people who don't understand that giving out KYC and basically becoming "money mule" can easily end up with high taxes to pay, fines and even jail time.

The forum is full of signs to be careful about the KYC data. Some will read, some will always ignore...

That can be addressed too. Instead of saving your backup seed(s) only onto paper, if the amount of funds worth it you can also save onto steel - from CryptoSteel Capsule to Willi's steel plate or, if you want it cheaper or in a way that doesn't draw attention, then onto washers.

I've been reading those news for some time now and was a bit puzzled because the things didn't seem to add up.
So thank you for clearing this up, now it makes sense 

By my knowledge the price at 10.00 GMT was much lower than what you're telling.
So let's just wait for the game organizer (sinbad.io) come and tell more.

Thank you. Meanwhile I'll (slowly) start checking this and that, basically the things that don't require CRPs.

Did anybody use BlueWallet with LN? I've been just researching these days on it and I've seen today a pretty ugly post about it on Reddit (claiming that very often he cannot send out transactions).
So, is anybody around here using BlueWallet for LN often enough to say a few words on it?

I'm not sure I understand your point. Installing a new Bitcoin Core is usually not enough. And I'm not sure you'll want to download the whole blockchain via the hotel's network (or WiFi).
And getting and installing Electrum and Kleopatra takes, what, 1-2 minutes?

I'll extrapolate what you said about Tails: any iso you'd have, it's more work than usefulness, since the things will soon get outdated. Plus there will be a trust issue.


Get with yourself a HW, maybe some paper notes spread here and there with the seed backup and you'll be fine. If you need more, just get your laptop with you, with everything already installed.

I've remembered something the days I've wearing BestChange signature and I've tried out.
Your wallet is most probably a modern, SegWit (bech32) wallet with bc1* addresses. Well, BestChange faucet doesn't accept those.
However, I've made a test and it works just fine with legacy (1*) addresses. Probably it'll also work with SegWit compatible addresses (3*).

So if you want to use that faucet you'll need to learn to make yourself one more wallet, which this time will need to be either Legacy, either SegWit compatible.

Edit: if you want to create a Legacy wallet's seed for Electrum, you go into console and type


Then you'll make a new wallet off this seed.

Da, LN functioneaza oarecum independent de Bitcoin. Din ceea ce am inteles cei care creeza canale isi vor bloca niste bitcoini (on-chain), iar tranzactiile LN au loc practic in "alta lume". Cat timp pe un canal trec tranzactii in ambele directii acesta poate functiona pe termen nelimitat. Daca se transmit tranzactii doar intr-o directie, mai devreme sau mai tarziu canalul nu va mai putea transmite tranzactii fiind epuizat "depozitul" pe baza caruia functiona, "depozit" legat de banii din care fusese creat canalul. (Sper ca nu am explicat prea rau).


Fusesem interesat de BlueWallet, dar m-am lecuit. Tocmai am citit pe Reddit ca LN pe BlueWallet nu merge chiar ca in filme.

Asa ca o sa ma uit ce stiu Eclair si Muun, poate ca le dau o sansa... De partea cu rulat nodul meu sunt inca foarte departe.
Si da citisem ca cineva, nu mai stiam ca e LV, are o oferta de asta pentru testat LN. Oi ajunge si acolo, in functie de cat timp am pentru teste (m-am inhamat si la testat utopia, asa ca va mai dura...)

Your expectations and my expectations on (short term) bitcoin price are completely different. Clearly one of us is wrong, time will tell which one of us.
Imho the price didn't go up that much.

I understand that you are scared of inflation. But you're also afraid to take risks in investing. This being said, you're in a deadlock/no-go situation. I mean that there are 2 possible directions and you don't want neither of them. So.. I am not sure what you are expecting to find out...
Do you want us tell you "buy bitcoin, it will certainly go up from now on"? We cannot do that, we don't have crystal globes. Our expectations is one thing, reality may or may not go accordingly.

Multumesc pentru cuvintele frumoase si, bineinteles, pentru tombole!


Multumesc, am participat. Vezi ca ai copiat de undeva mai mult decat trebuia, aici nu avem 00-99 


Da, ai dreptate. Dar, pana la urma, avertizasem de la inceput sa nu ne facem sperante prea mari.
Na, noi sa fim sanatosi. Si sa avem bafta la celelalte concursuri, prezente si viitoare!

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Thank you OP, it's a nice initiative!