Trezor is still my go-to for cold wallet, it's a pretty awesome wallet and it's easy to set up plus it's totally safe, that is if you follow their guides and you are buying from a respectable seller that wouldn't tamper with the wallet that they're selling. Overall though, pretty decent wallet even though there are some huge downsides.

Don't the US get it's oil in the Middle East and don't they have their own oil wells in the country? I'm a little confused as to why their SPR is such a big deal? Can't they just get more so they can replenish the losses in their reserves?

Too bad, some of the countries are reverting back to coal power, if I remember correctly there's a news about Germany slowly dismantling their nuclear powerplants and they are continuing their reliance on fossil fuels for electricity. Hopefully it's not a big impact but we know that some countries will likely follow them.

But that never stopped people from playing in those online casinos, the KYC requirements only gets difficult when they don't want you to win a huge amount of money, don't they have an easy and lax requirements during registry? So I think that if they're not regulated in this aspect, they will continue to use this as a scapegoat for their scams.

Mine would be around 2016 with the same reason, I was curious about Silk Road first and then the people covering the topic keep mentioning bitcoin so I got curious and that's when I started reading about bitcoin although my fascination at that time was the enigmatic creator so I don't dived too deep in technicals, I was an 7th or 8th student at that time so all I care much about back then is playing games with my friends.

Those two saying are almost the same thing and also I don't think that OP is going to be doing any argument regarding his stance since he did already an essay worth of words to establish his belief that bitcoin is imaginary. Probably OP is someone who missed out buying bitcoin and is bitter that it go at such high prices.

Don't hold on too much hope in this one, don't invest in uncertainty even if there's a pattern, put some money in bitcoin just in case though since we won't know what can really happen.
Same old but it's the truth, I guess we just have to say it until everyone accepts it
I don't see how it can save the world because bitcoin isn't a panacea that can cure all the problems that the society faces, can bitcoin solve wars? How about pollution? Habitat destruction? Sea levels rising? I don't think so.
This I can agree but we always have to remember that if something is unknown or new to someone they tend to get scared and they're prone to misinformation or misunderstanding, we can always educate them to change their minds or broaden their perspective.

Trees aren't the biggest contributor in the fight against climate change, that's what they want you to think while they pollute the oceans killing the algae that's making the most work, trees are more on the creation of habitats for insects and animals. And I don't think that bitcoin mining switching to green energy will be a big help too because there's still the coal industry to worry about and they're a juggernaut that's the biggest contributor in climate change. We don't have to worry too much about it though, in bigger picture, the humans will adapt or die and the world won't care because for the Earth, it's just a normal process, we just accelerated it.

Here's my two cents regarding this topic, you don't need a lot of them, watch at least two video of each recommended channels and see if you are learning something new, if not then go to the other one until you find what you think is best for you. Mine might be a little cliche but I watch Humphrey Yang and Andrei Jikh for crypto stuff and even financial stuff.

War's been going on for a long time already so I don't think that it's one of the causes in the dump because I feel like it's more to do with the global market on the slump so your first guess is probably the right one. I don't know much about the dollar strengthening, can anyone elaborate on that one.

It's already the start of the winter in the market, I am pretty sure that we will probably see bitcoin go down much lower in the near future, I think that 17k might not be the lowest point that bitcoin can go, there's definitely a support but bitcoin is still as volatile as ever.

The event that guarantees bitcoin a bullrun is definitely the halving, that I am pretty sure of because I've seen what happened after the halvings in the past, prices pump and the market is going wild. The other events are not the biggest factors but we can't deny that they coincide.

And yet people still thinks that bitcoin is going to see it's end everytime the market is on its red days. My newsfeed is full of these kind of people again, they're prophesizing that the cryptocurrency market is facing its end, I just laugh at all of them though, while they're panicking, here I am stockpiling my stash and waiting for the prices to go down much more.

This is a good time to buy especially if you're a newbie and you are planning to get into crypto or even if you've been in the crypto space for a long time, you'll know that this situation is an opportunity to buy discounted crypto and hodl in hopes that you will make a big profit in the future.

Don't worry, pretty sure that he'll be up again and he's probably trying to write all the stuff that he's planning to post in advance or maybe he just got tired of being such a BEARer of FUD and an advocate of negativity in the market that he left the forum altogether or he's busy working on his job that pays fiat.

You ignore his tweets but at the same breathe you agree with what he said that bitcoin could go down much further is the most palpable. I would agree with you regarding buying bitcoin right now but given the current winter in the market, I think that we have to wait it out a little, try to make sure that you can get the most out of what amount you're shelling out.

If you're seeing 1000 USD as the lowest for bitcoin then it's not the same as Tulip Mania, 1000 is a big difference when compared to zero, tulip became worthless while bitcoin still has some worth in it so you're already contradicting your own statement by comparing bitcoin to tulip and speculating that it will go down to 1000 instead of doubling down on your stupidity that it will go to 0.

You don't know what you're talking about, whales aren't simpletons like you are, they will find a way to be able to make some money in the market because I am pretty sure that they've survived this long because they know how to turn the current situation in their favor. The market will always be unpredictable, don't try to predict it's every little movement because it's futile, might as well look at it at a long-term perspective.

Much harder to guess especially the long and short are at an equal position and they both seem to hold on to what they believe in. My take on the current movement in the market is just observe, see if there are more factors that might affect the market even more, for better or for worse.

Isn't bitcoin that way for a long time ago? I don't think that what's happening to bitcoin right now isn't something that has happened recently because I am sure that the volatile nature of bitcoin has been present. I agree with what you're saying that you shouldn't encourage someone to buy right now but I think that it only applies to those who are not in the market for the long-term.