Many people think the bottom could be in now, I am hopeful but not convinced. We are experiencing a bit of a relief rally currently. Bitcoin is back over $17,000 & some alts have risen as much as 25%.

I think stay vigilant, keep some cash spare because there is every chance we could still go lower. It’s still so difficult to tell where we are in the market & if the bottom is in. We won’t know for a while.

Seems to be a record number of young, fit people suffering from cardiac issues & blood clots in recent times. I’m not a conspiracy theorist but it’s highly likely that these issues can be explained by the mass rollout of the experimental covid vaccine.

I’m glad I stayed strong & refused to have it. Always be mindful of what you put in your body. It’s not even technically a vaccine, it doesn’t stop you from getting the virus & it doesn’t stop you spreading it which is what vaccination does by the very definition.

I hope the NFL player makes & full recovery to lead a long a healthy life.

No problem, brother. If you really have tried all those activities since quarantine hit with COVID then I have full respect for you. I used to hate walking/hiking but when COVID happened all the shops were closed, all we were allowed to do was exercise, walk outside etc so I took up walking. I still do it now, so lockdown was good for something

There needs to be a way to educate newbies though. Exchanges don’t do it do they, their business model relies on naive newbies storing their crypto on their exchanges.

People who aren’t tech minded or taught are not going to know how to use Bitcoin Core or a Trezor, Ledger, Cold card, paper wallet etc. These are the people we need to send crypto mainstream. Unfortunately this is most people. How do we educate them on self custody is the million dollar question.

Most rich people I know act poor which is useful in a number of ways. It stops unwanted attention & it stops you having to pay for everything when you go out

If you are really rich though you can take certain threats away by hiring security & fitting big gates & cameras at your home.

I don’t think it’s possible he wins the EPL this campaign but they certainly have a shot at winning the FA Cup or Europa League. I know a Manchester United fan at my work & he is happy with the new coach. It’s all about progress & Ten Hag is definitely making progress.

They must finish in the first four places of the EPL, this will give them Champions League football which always helps attract the best players in Europe. That is a must to keep improving then maybe next campaign 2023/24 they have a chance to win the EPL after so many years.

Some alts may give you much bigger ROI than bitcoin these says but there are so many alts, literally so many. Lots of them are scam pump & dumps, we have seen so many rugpulls. You have your head screwed on right OP. Bitcoin is King, without bitcoin pretty much all alts would fail.

Slow & steady wins the race & that’s why bitcoin is King. Over 10-20 years bitcoin will make your life, I don’t think any altcoin could hold as much guarantee to do the same.

I really don’t know why people ever fall for this. Why would anybody sell a wallet.dat containing a nice amount of bitcoin for less than its value?

The only way I can ever legitimately see somebody falling for it would be if the seller maybe couldn’t remember the passphrase & had some or most of it. The buyer could be technical enough to brute force it & see it as easy money.

I don’t understand any ofter way somebody would buy one though unless they’re totally dumb. If something seems too good to be true it is likely a scam. What use is a passphrase protected wallet.dat even if it has 5000 bitcoin in? Totally useless, please avoid.

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For a short term hold you really shouldn’t be taking too much advice from strangers online. You need to do extensive research yourself but even then we are in the middle of a bear market. Looking for short term profits is like playing roulette. You just can not with any confidence pick & coin or token guarantee profits. The whole market is tied to bitcoin & right now we see no sign of going up.

Polkadot is a good coin, could bring great profits in the next bull run but to turn a quick profit from a short term hold, nobody can tell you yes, it will rise soon sadly.

The WEF plays a big part in control of the world & ordinary people like ourselves. There are many conspiracy theories & you might sound like a lunatic if you suggest them to people in your real life but most of them end up coming true.

Bill Gates has suggested the world population is too large & needs culling. Covid was made in a Chinese lab & released to help usher in The Great Reset. Klaus Schwab even wrote a book on it.

Then we have big banks, institutions, governments, people like Rothschild. The world is a mess & the people in true power are sickos.

I’m not really interested in NFT’s, I’ve never bought one & I probably never will. I don’t think it’s cool to use somebody else’s NFT as a profile picture. The whole idea of them is ownership via blockchain proof. To use somebody else’s means you’ve effectively right click, saved & used it. It’s not illegal I don’t think but it’s kinda shady.

Wow that is a really extensive list, I can see you put a lot of work into that list. There looks like a lifetime of activities to try there

I may be being really dumb but I can’t see running/jogging in the list. I think lots of people do it to try & keep a decent level of fitness. Maybe you should include it but you have included pretty much everything else. I can’t think of anything else.

A fund might be better than selecting individual stocks. Let somebody else do the work for you, we are in bad economic times though so you will need a lot of patience. It may take a few years before stocks start to rally again.

So if you can sit back & relax, not expecting instant profits then the S&P500 does very well historically. You can get a broker to manage it for you.

I’m a little late but Happy New Year to you OP & everybody else on the forum. It’s been a crappy few years since COVID became a terrifying reality. Things have started to return to normal but with some unfortunate circumstances like a big rise in the cost of living, the war in Ukraine, we’re on the verge of recession.

Hopefully 2023 will be a little kinder to all of us. I wish a good year ahead to all of you.

Of course 47 is not too old to invest in bitcoin. At your age you’re probably better off than the average 25 year old. You have a young family so now is a perfect time to start investing in the future of finance. Also 47 is not old, you could have 30-40 years left alive.

Start investing regularly & you could have made life changing profits by the time you’re 60. Again, 47 is not old my friend.

I wish you good luck on your adventure.

Nobody deserves to be hanged for their sexuality but there are some countries who are guided by very strict religious rules. I am not going to disrespect religion. I do feel for people who can not be who they want to be. In Western culture it is very acceptable to be whatever sexuality you feel like. We are still some way from homosexuality being 100% accepted across the globe though.

I do feel progress is being made & awareness is getting better all the time. Hopefully there will be no prejuidice against any sexuality, race or creed at some stage in the near future.

Solana has something doesn’t it. It’s still so cheap, it has suffered loads of FUD. The network even went down a few times but it’s still here swinging. It was touted as the ETH killer & who knows, it just will not lie down.

I definitely think it has potential to bring great profits in the next bull market & as I said it’s so cheap. Definitely a good idea to buy some & sit patiently for a couple of years. It definitely has another wild, parabolic cycle left in it.

2023 may be a bumpy ride for investors, I don’t think anything is completely safe & a guaranteed safe bet. We are still in troubled waters, a potential recession & maybe even deep depression is not avoided yet.

What I’d advise is just to do extensive research into investment projects & don’t expect a quick profit, you mayb have to wait years for markets to enter an epic bullish period.

It has to be Elon, he’s in the news so much. He really is changing the world for the better. I do wonder if Zelenksy & Putin will feature heavily, Biden too but I’m not sure any of those will be for good reasons.

For positive things I’d say Elon for sure.