I may not still trust them but that doesn't mean I won't use them , sometimes there is no alternative as not everyone is familiar with Bitcoin and crypto currencies , so I don't think It's possible to get rid of banks yet , my savings will remain in BTC and  I only use the banking system when I have to (like sending funds to someone outside the country etc..)

It's going to create a new wallet even If I add the old backup of wallet.dat in the appdata folder ?



It's in the same path of your wallet.dat C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Bitcoin where admin is your username

If I got this right , this Segregated witness soft fork is implemented but will only be activated in 15th November ? what does that mean for lightweight wallets btw ? IIRC Bitcoin Core 0.13.0 or 0.12.x added HD wallet feature , If I want to upgrade now , should I take the wallet.dat I have and make a backup of it or that wouldn't do much as the wallet became HD and all addresses have one private key now ?

This is really interesting ! I still don't understand how It's going to support any blockchain size in the future , there must be some kind of limits ? price is expensive too but It's the ideal tool for those who wants to support the Bitcoin network without having to use their PC resources

Both are considered risky to me but definitely not at the same level (gambling is way more risky). In gambling , It doesn't really matter how skilled you are because you will lose (maybe not the first time or the second but you will eventually and that's the case for every gambling game , require skills or not). In trading however , as long as you use your brain and invest in coins that have a true value (not simply a clone of another coin with no real purpose or value) like MAID , Synereo etc... . Take Bitcoin for example, someone can't lie , there is some manipulation sometimes but does that manipulation screw Bitcoin ? It doesn't because there is a lot of users, because a lot of services accepts it and use it for a purpose so It's a matter of time to recover from big whales dumping or pumping .

I already asked OP to add it : https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1108616.msg16668072#msg16668072 when you first made your thread but he seems be to be inactive these days. I have to admit though , the stats looks little bit fake (Total impressions compared to the publishers and advertisers).

Paying 0.00015 BTC (~0.10$) should be more then enough to get your transaction confirmed. Usually , the wallet (most of them) put the recommended fees without you change anything.

Mods don't give emails or IP addresses (they don't even have access to IP , only admins do as far as I know) and also don't ban scammers , a DefaultTrust member should leave him a negative trust so he can't trade with other people In case he comes back.

ICONOMI'S ICO is now finished I suppose so If he didn't withdraw his funds yet , you could contact https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=888936 and explain the situation for him (link him to this thread) and hopefully , he could give you that account since the username is visible.

It won't be a bad idea If you keep it decentralized like Localbitcoins , there should be a reputation/trust system on the website where you could leave either a positive or negative feedback. At first , you should bring some escrows from the forums then after some time the reputation system should set escrows based on their transactions history.

It's not in program files because I took the Standalone version and not the Windows installer , so I only have the executable (of 25 MB) on my Desktop and the other files (generated by the executable) on the AppData folder and yes the program files is where  the programs should be. I didn't upgrade because I was afraid I screw things up as I'm not sure how to upgrade without using the seed (If that's even possible)

Holding could definitely work but don't expect to make profit between one night and another , It's for the long term , the more you buy , the more profit you will make when It rise , so keep buying and holding in the same time. Investing in ICOs & IPOs wouldn't hurt either, just make sure to make some research and not invest anywhere , most of the time price become x2 or x3 (the lowest) after ICO so making profit shouldn't be hard , once you earn , sell again and get BTC instead.

A Russian missile design company has unveiled the first image of a new weapon in Russia's arsenal: the Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile, nicknamed "Satan 2."

The RS-28 Sarmat rocket "is capable of wiping out parts of the earth the size of Texas or France," Russian state news outlet Sputnik reported in May.

Source (from CNN) : http://edition.cnn.com/2016/10/26/europe/russia-nuclear-missile-satan-2/index.html

I tried that (my wallet has the version in the name) and It didn't work , I also tried to launch it from the path like this ‪C:\Users\admin\Desktop\electrum-2.5.4.exe help and It didn't work either , have you tried it your self at least?

I'm confused , are you looking for an exchange or a Lending platform ? If it's for lending then BTCJam and Loanbase are probably the most known and used - If you want an exchange then It depends on the payment methods (Coinbase,Circle If fiat) , Poloniex/Bittrex (If alts coins)

It's more expensive then what I thought, do you have an idea about how much of those should I run before being able to make decent profit monthly ? I remember seeing a calculator for all this stuff but I can't find it anymore.
I still don't understand how mining farms are making profit while normal people can't since It's the same hardware ?

Electricity here is like 0.05$ (for low power) . In our country , you could pay for high power or low power (low is mostly what everyone uses at home) and high is for schools , companies etc... (price is not the same)

I was thinking about buying the latest mining equipment available in the market (which I assume is S9) but I'm not sure how much It costs (I guess I can simply google for that) and how much power It will take , and how much should I run to make a decent profit.

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P.S : there is a possibility that I will work for the company that provide us with gas + electricity (which means I will have some privilege like having either free electricity or like 50% off for the price above).

According to this post from 2013 It seems like Electrum had Command lines available for Windows but got disabled after sometime so It's only available for Mac & Linux right now. Just to make sure , I tried too and It didn't work either.

It's always better to trade virtually instead of meeting face to face as your privacy is not protected and things could go wrong (like really go wrong). If you will be accepting PayPal as a payment method then you shouldn't find a problem finding a Bitcoin seller since there is a lot of trusted members, If you are the one sending PayPal , then people may find it hard to trust you (as you are a newbie, it's nothing personal).
It's still possible to buy through Virwox (It's a trusted and legit service that accept PayPal) otherwise just head here https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=53.0 and do what I told you above.

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P.S : I wouldn't trade with users that are ranked less then Hero member (and always check the trust history) and use escrow .

A new advertising network has been created : https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1660064.0;topicseen (All informations are available there) so you might want to add it.

I don't remember how much It was back in June but Bitcoin is increasing slowly with stability (that's what we need at the moment instead of a pump-dump) and with the halving that happened in last July , It should be just a matter of time till It reach 1000$ , If not more.