I assume the word using as spending because that is what the money is actually created for.

There are some online websites accepts bitcoin as payment for like buying good or paying subscription fee but if you want to spend it for everything then bitrefil is the best possible way because you can buy coupons, gift cards with bitcoin then use it to pay for anything you want.

I don't really think many people left the forum because they had evil points at the time of registration which forces them to pay in bitcoins, and we also don't know the stats so I am just being neutral here, AFAIK, avoid using TOR while registering bitcointalk itself can end up in smooth process with no evil points then they csn use TOR network for accessing bitcointalk if they really concerned about their IP address stored on forum database.

The word Evil isn't that scery to me and you doesn't have to worry either, it doesn't mean you committed a crime that is why you IP got Evil points, its due to the proxies and this is a system created to stop the abuse of auto bot creations if I am not wrong.

Evil is evil or bad or etc and this won't even be considered by theymos to be changed in the future cause it bothers nobody or very few, you will get used to this old forum discussions and also chances of getting addicted to it.

Yes, it's possible but I didn't face any such issues while I am mostly using centralized exchanges for trading purposes and also I prefer the exchange with better customer support so atleast I need to know the reason from their side why they blocked that account so the victim either a criminal or innocent can further proceed legally to access convicted funds.

Not just Waxirx, almost every exchange blacklist accounts when they receive notice from the regulatory body then how can we claim that cryptocurrency is encouraging the criminal activities? I don't see any reason for accusing in that way since they are helpful with seizing the money acquired from hack, scam, etc...

@OP Dubai is one of the most welcoming and tax friendly country on this land and also zero income tax policy makes it as a heaven for whoever wants to invest their money.

Holding and trading of cryptocurrency in Dubai isn't an offence since some of the influencers I knew become millionaires with their bitcoin investment so you're good to go.

Almost all the cex allows if I am not wrong but liquidity depends on the exchange, personally I prefer p2p for crypto to fiat trades because whereas for crypto trades there is no shortage of liquidity on centralized exchanges.

As of now, sMerits of permanently banned account can't be spent.

At the time when merit system was introduced it was possible then after sometime it's found that banned accounts too got airdrop merits based on their activity number and they used to abuse it by trading merits then theymos restricted banned accounts from sending merits but they can still receive merits.

I am trying to find that old thread about but not really able to find cause it's few years old thread if my assumption is right.

Having separate device is preferable but it shouldn't be not too old cause if its have too outdated operating system and also no security patch update which means the device is more vulnerable which can be a problem too. If you're having 2FA recovery codes for multiple accounts then you should have proper notes sticked along with the code or else you will be confused what is the recovery code for the account you're trying to recover.

Also avoid using Google authenticator because it doesn't support export option so we have to disable old 2FA and create new when switching our devices.

The criteria of pay includes other factors too but as a common member I am not aware of what are the factors included in mods pay and if it only depends on their numbers of reports handled surely they will be handling more reports then only more pay or all of the forum mods are too rich. just sarcasm no offence fellas.

@OP.mods of mining board and politics were removed after some controversies and Lauda the remaining members were removed only after their long inactive and still some of them being a staff even though they didn't use the forum for years.

For the last few weeks the price of Bitcoin is on the rising side then how can you say that demand for Bitcoin is declining? Cause price increase proportional to the increase of demand.

I don't expect government to make bitcoin as legal tender so that we can use bitcoin without any panic because they will not let the decentralized money to grow which is actually against their own system so they will be doing such thing unless they left with no other choice.

I understand the risk of providing KYC documents to centralized platforms but it's somehow unavoidable at all circumstances for instance I used to trade a lot so I don't have any other option than doing KYC verification then only I get the higher trading limits, and for casino it's almost become mandatory on every crypto casino so it's you decision whether you want to use their platform or not but I have done KYC on Roobet since I am using their service and also I can't advertise without knowing anything about the platform.

Avoid using your real name as username because some members used to register with their own name and few of them managed to get them changed by requesting theymos but in future it should be avoided.

I used Tor for accessing bitcointalk but even though the forum UI is simple which still feels lags while clicking thread or posting so I am mostly using it on chromium but only in my personal devices and I never logged in from any other devices and also I am using always logged in feature so captcha doesn't bother me much.

Privacy is not my ultimate priority but who really needs should practice all the points mentioned by OP to achieve it.

He is smart though which is the reason why he decided to increase the size of the campaign since the most reputed mixing service os no more operational. I am not giving much attention to the service board in the recent days that is why I am not aware of what happened to Chipmixer for a while. But I asked this question on multiple occasions still not get any convincing discussions so I am coming again with the same question, how the mixing service platforms will survive after such huge pressure on them by these governments.

This is business and their intention of doing is to make money some people have their own ethics which may not harm others for their benefits while others don't have such and only concentrate on their profits, so this isn't limited to gambling every business sector has dark secrets too so as sn individual its important to understand every nook and corner before landing there as a business.

Since Chipmixer is no more operational the growth of other two existing mixing platform will be huge but they need to be careful to avoid any legal issues and I wonder how it's possible to maintain the platform service provider to give ultimate privacy as well as follows the AML policies.

You doesn't need to have programming knowledge to use bitcoin and blockchain, its useful if you're going to involve in the development anything related to cryptocurrencies.

However I will share a thread created by Ratimov: Beginners & Help Encyclopedia

Which contains almost all the guides related to bitcoin, blockchain, forum, and a lot others just like the title says Encyclopaedia, so make use of it.

Google is known for their lethargic approach towards the malicious apps available in their playstore, they only remove it when they get so much reports from the users by that time the goal of the malicious apps will be achieved that is why never trust play protect or IOS app market and also the software platforms need to find something to eradicate the malicious apps linked with fabricated apps as soon as possible.

Using Linux is highly recommended for crypto community but it's not user friendly which is the main reason they are going after Android or IOS.

100 one dollar bill is same as one 100 dollar bill so there is nothing need to worry if we can't buy the whole bitcoin since we understand the potential of bitcoin and the limited supply is only 21 million which itself we can attain only at the year 2140 bu by that time the world population maybe 15 billion or more so its doesn't make sense that we need to own 1 bitcoin or nothing.

Posting NSFW is against the forum rules but I remember projects related to porn industry allowed to promote their signature campaign in 2018 if I am not wrong so you're saying wrong info.

Scams are not moderated by forum so even who publicly post a scam scheme the thread will stay and only DT community will take actions against them which will serve as a warning, so don't expect theymos to stop any campaigns related to mixing services and the main purpose of mixing is to get the privacy.

I didn't aware of this seize of Chipmixer until I stumble on this thread so thanks OP for this thread, DarkStar_ said he doesn't have any contact with Chipmixer in the campaign thread and also now its marked as ended so this is the end of bitcoin mixing services? Many reputed sites were took down by government for knowingly or unknowingly mixing the coins used for illicit purposes so the same goes for Chipmixer as well?

I don't think this will not affect the campaign participants in anyway because the campaign rewards is negligible compared to the amount we are talking related to Chipmixer so the main investigation will be targeted towards huge amounts mixed using the platform.