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1521  Bitcoin / Development & Technical Discussion / Re: Request for information about reorganizations in Bitcoin on: December 29, 2022, 08:36:43 PM
Can I ask you to share the information about dates and count of blocks reorganized (orphan blocks) in the past few years, please? Is there already any tracker of it, perhaps? I would appreciate data from a reliable node.

Bitmex' Fork Monitor is the only such tool I know of. See https://forkmonitor.info/notifications
I think that what you need to look for is the stale block candidates, but the data returned is only since 20 Aug 2020.
1522  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: We have been told: Invest only Extra money in bitcoin on: December 29, 2022, 08:11:51 PM
Is there really a risk though?

I mean Bitcoin pretty much since 2010 has been on an upwards trajectory, it's important
though to zoom out but we all know about it's qualities and the opportunities.

I recon in 5 to 10 years we will look back and wonder why we didn't sell everything to buy ?

The risk is usually in human behavior.
The combination between people investing money they don't afford to lose and an unexpected new leg down for the price, maybe with some FUD as seasoning, is usually so bad it tends to end with selling at lower price than the coins were bought and with a grudge against bitcoin and bitcoiners. Such people will most probably never admit they've made a mistake, instead will call bitcoin a scam.
At least this is how I see these things...
1523  Economy / Services / Re: LoyceV's Avatar for Rent [first 🦊🦊🦊3 YEARS🦊🦊🦊 (197 weeks) rented out] on: December 29, 2022, 12:05:22 PM
Now this may seem a bit late, as Christmas already passed, but for getting us closer as a gang even moar I will describe you a curious habit we have in Romania for Christmas (NeuroticFish may (or may not) confirm all these Smiley).

So we, Romanians, for hundred of years, use to slaughter a pig for Christmas I found, by pure chance, on the Internet, a so-called letter of a Romanian living in America, which depicts this habit. Please enjoy!

I've read that post long ago (after all, it's from 2012), and I've found it funny and poetic.
Yes, especially at the country side, people still slaughter pigs for eating. In my early years (until up to some 15-17) my family did that too and I was participating to that (so I know the details pretty good). Also I went to the country side for this Christmas and the neighbors kids came from abroad too, hence they've slaughtered 3(!) pigs just before Christmas.

However
* I don't think that anybody is sharpening his knives on the bathroom's floor, it's counterproductive
* I've never seen borandau, it may be customary in other regions, I've seen others that weren't depicted there
* somehow he forgot to say clearly that each step/operation ends with booze
* the operation needs 4, preferably 5 men, one for each of the pig's legs and the 5th should have some training as a butcher (to find easily the hearth, to cut later the various parts, to handle the recipe for sausages - and taste the raw meat - and so on). I don't think that our guy could have been getting so much help there.
* the pig makes an awfully loud noise (obviously) and in US that would attract police and all the show

Of course, it's barbaric since the pig is alive and awake when the knife enter his hearth. Plus not all butchers know what they're doing. Plus some may be already drunk when they get the knife in their hands.
However, nowadays there are so many diseases even growing pigs around the house is risky. So I expect this habit will go into oblivion too in some more decades (sadly, because many great recipes will also die off).
1524  Economy / Reputation / Re: My ignore list got a Christmas cleanup on: December 29, 2022, 11:36:19 AM
What do you think other aspects could be done similar to this? In a general sense. 

Sorry, nothing comes to my mind. I've done the same in the settings of BitcoinTalk SuperNotifier, but there were only 5 names in that ignore list.

I had no idea we could even add 500 plus users to our ignore lists (my ten or so users' list pales into insignificance against those sorts of numbers).  That might be why some of the hard core ignorers have gresemonkey add-ons to mask users' posts (which makes you wonder why they are even in the Forum if they choose to ignore so many voices around them)

Well, although I do use the bpip extension in my browser, one doesn't need anything special to see (and click) the Ignore link in the user profiles in all their posts.
I don't think that anything more complicated (greasemonkey / custom scripts) would be needed.
1525  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Where is your bitcoin balance at the end of the year? on: December 29, 2022, 10:11:00 AM
Interesting, what is the source of that chart? does it include 100% BTC holders data? I am holding some BTC in a private wallet, will try to invest more throughout 2023.

The source is most probably https://bitinfocharts.com/top-100-richest-bitcoin-addresses.html
However, since bitcoin blockchain is public, anybody can make such a chart.

You seem even more confused than OP.
What you mean by "does it include 100% BTC holders data?" - I mean, do you think that bitcoin's blockchain cares (holds info) about any other assets?!
What you mean "I am holding some BTC in a private wallet"? Aren't all wallets private?! If it's a proper wallet, each address of yours will be counted in that list. If it's a custodial wallet, then it depends on many factors and, as I wrote in my first answer in this topic, in that case that's not your money anyway.

You should really read more, and you should focus on real info, not the exchange platforms' advertising.



Anyway everyone here suggested me to use hardware wallet but unfortunately till now I am not able to use hardware wallet.

Just think like that. You buy a device at under 100$ and it can hold any amounts of coins safely. Plus it's very easy and straightforward to use.
(Of course, depending whether you want to also hold shitcoins on it or not, you may have to be careful on what you buy.) Make a list of questions, ask if needed, clear up your mind and get your coins into safety.
1526  Economy / Reputation / Re: My ignore list got a Christmas cleanup on: December 29, 2022, 10:00:17 AM
Believe me I'd like to start 2023 afresh and was hoping that by watering down what I *could* have said hoped to start a dialogue in the hope of reaching out with an olive branch and clearing entrenched misunderstandings.  Hence my comment that it is sad that I supported that user and they in turn ignore me.

Well, calling names is not really an olive branch  Wink
However, you have to understand that you may not be able to change others' impressions/ideas/thoughts and move on. You can start afresh also by not caring that much about what others think. It's all about (your) mindset. (But I'm not saying anything new, isn't it?)

How many UID's do you have on ignore?  And, what would be an "Okay" number (to have on ignore) ??

There's no rule for an "okay"  number Cheesy, it's really up to people's standards and, very important, the forum subs one is reading or ignoring.
I have P&S and also Altcoins and some others too on ignore, hence my ignore list was not very big. It had though nearly 500 entries.
I've read about people who couldn't open that settings page when reaching bigger numbers (I think that it was 2000). And I think that there's a good chance that at least 1/4 of my list was already made of inactive or banned accounts.
1527  Local / Română (Romanian) / Re: Concursuri/tombole pe bitcointalk (sau pe aprope) on: December 29, 2022, 09:49:29 AM
Multumim, 1miau, pentru oportunitate si mult succes tuturor!

Multumim, Gazeta, pentru anunt, multumim 1miau pentru concurs!
Este intr-adevar unul foarte interesant! Clar, am participat chiar acum.
1528  Local / Trading und Spekulation / Re: Bitcoin vs. Alts 2023 on: December 29, 2022, 09:46:32 AM
Code:
Bitcointalk-Nutzername: NeuroticFish
Nominiert ist: BNB

https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/bnb



Ich weiß, dass BNB ein Shitcoin ist, ich weiß, dass sein Preis manipuliert ist, aber genau das kann seinen Preis gut aussehen lassen.
Danke @1miau für den Wettbewerb und die Einladung. Und sorry, wenn ich Schreibfehler gemacht habe.
1529  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Where is your bitcoin balance at the end of the year? on: December 29, 2022, 09:26:44 AM

1.
I agree with Edwardard. You seem to be misled. You say you're counting your balance, but you show the proof that the money you're counting is in others' pocket (in this case, Binance's).
That's technically not your money. That's money Binance has promised they will give back to you if you will withdraw. But you know, promises can be broken...

Most of my balance is in my own wallet. I won't lie, I have some at a centralized platform, but the amount is much smaller than yours.

2.
The chart means almost nothing in the context you've written, since a wallet can have more addresses and your chart is about addresses and not wallets.

3.
You should learn that it can be dangerous to tell publicly how much bitcoins you own. Internet is not forgetting and if bitcoin price jumps to $1M soon enough you may end up with bad people looking for you to get your coins that would then worth already $100k...
1530  Economy / Reputation / Re: My ignore list got a Christmas cleanup on: December 29, 2022, 09:14:26 AM

Let's stay in the Christmas spirit and not start flame wars here, please. It's not the purpose of this topic and it may force me lock it earlier than I intended.
1531  Economy / Reputation / Re: My ignore list got a Christmas cleanup on: December 29, 2022, 09:10:18 AM
Wow, are you going to do it regularly at the end of the year? I'm a little curious about this, sorry.

No, I don't have plans to do this on each end of the year. Maybe in 4-5 years I'll do it again Cheesy

Having people on ignore list means I didn't spend time reading posts with high chance to hold no value.
And I expect to have to put most of them back though the following months, excepting those who have became inactive and the very few that have improved.
Plus, if this becomes a rule, then it becomes more a standard than a Christmas surprise Grin, which I also don't want to happen.
1532  Economy / Trading Discussion / Re: How do you feel about google services? on: December 28, 2022, 08:48:10 PM
Do you think they haven't updated their TOS and privacy policy? I want to get the latest news, not one from 2020.

They may have been changing their ToS, but not their ways of working, or at least not significantly.
I've suggested that topic in order to have a good start without the need to discuss once again what was discussed back then, instead continue, hence add what's new.
If we would continue without taking that topic into account, this one may end up with nothing new, or the new things spread out between pieces already discussed in 2020.

Of course, I can only suggest/give information. It's a free world, a free forum and you can really do as you wish.
1533  Local / Română (Romanian) / Re: Listă de statistici interesante legate de Bitcoin on: December 28, 2022, 08:39:19 PM
Foarte frumos din partea ta, multumim mult!
Citisem topicul in engleza asta vara si contine intr-adevar multe informatii utile.
Depinde de cititor, nu toate vor fi la fel de apreciate - un exemplu ar fi graficul Curcubeu, care s-a dovedit deja partial incorect (preturile au iesit din plaja de valori asteptate) - dar per total este o lista impresionanta.
1534  Economy / Reputation / My ignore list got a Christmas cleanup on: December 28, 2022, 08:25:06 PM
I'm making this post because I think that some might be interested, especially after certain discussions not very long ago related to Jerry... (so, @dkbit98, if this is a reason to ignore me, it's up to you, I am playing fair and notifying you).
I was already thinking on this back then, but I made my mind just now and I've also done it now: I've cleaned up my ignore list.

It was not only as a "second chance" gesture (Merry Christmas!), it was also done in order to make sure I won't get into troubles with unresponsive "Ignore users settings" page.
Yeah, I also think that some may have improved in the past years (it's my first such cleanup), but I know that some will think that it's highly unlikely such things happen.


As a matter of fact I've already added back one user, so please don't be too harsh with me; the show goes on.
1535  Economy / Trading Discussion / Re: How do you feel about google services? on: December 28, 2022, 08:06:53 PM
With all the assets you hold, how safe do you feel using google's services?

Some of the so called changes you've posted didn't actually change anything. No matter it's maps.google.com or google.com/maps, internally they were still able to share your info between their various services.
And it's known that this is not good for privacy. Some accept that, some don't. However, your topic comes late. You may want to start reading into #DeGoogle - Take back control of your privacy which is a topic here on bitcointalk, discussing exactly this, just it does it in 2020.


PS. The OTP app is the easiest to replace. I recommend Aegis Authenticator.
1536  Economy / Services / Re: LoyceV's Avatar for Rent [first 🦊🦊🦊3 YEARS🦊🦊🦊 (197 weeks) rented out] on: December 28, 2022, 08:00:30 PM
I wasn't late. You seem to overlook every instance in which my time machine arrives a second earlier.

People miss that part pretty often. And @fillippone was nicely funny, no matter what.
Actually I think that Foxpup may be even going a few milliseconds late on purpose Grin
1537  Economy / Service Announcements / Re: [ANN] Anonymous Crypto Debit Card | KYC-FREE on: December 28, 2022, 06:49:39 PM
If in a case suddenly all card issuer don't want a KYC-FREE card anymore, then we will ask for a simple form of photo ID for new users to still continue our service.

Some will not be happy with that and imho you should offer those (if there will ever be the case) the option to withdraw their existing funds before leaving the platform.
Even more if you have this kind of things in your ToS, it would be imho a good advertising to clearly write that the users who want to leave in case KYC is suddenly asked will be able to withdraw their existing funds.
1538  Economy / Service Discussion / Re: Tips: encourage your customers to pay with bitcoin on: December 28, 2022, 06:45:44 PM
You are missing my point, If customers already have coinbase or any digital wallet where they can scan and pay isn't this ok to receive the payment from their coinbase? Or business owners should refuse to get payment from customers who want to pay with coinbase or any exchange/wallet they already have on their phone?

You should learn and improve the original post based on the suggestions you've got, since many (especially newbies) will not have the patience to read all the answers.

Now, Coinbase / BitPay are third parties and one very important rule in bitcoin is to avoid as much as possible third parties if you want a happy life (ie don't get burned, sooner or later).
I will not say to remove them from the list - I will even add that I think that Binance too is offering such services - but you should:
* clearly state the risks of going on that path (the coins are in other businesses' pockets and some bitcoiners will avoid using those payment methods because sometimes KYC is required too there)
* add that for those with a bit of technical knowledge there's BTCPay Server as a better option, there they can control the money flow, they don't have to pay fees to third party and the bitcoins go directly to their pockets (OK, wallets); even more, since they don't have to pay fees to third party, they can offer those as discounts as you said at one of the points.

...just my 2 satoshi.
1539  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Advantage of accepting bitcoin in business on: December 28, 2022, 06:37:49 PM
The first benefit you get from accepting bitcoin is that you gain more business as you are offering an additional payment method. For those people who want to do transactions in bitcoin, they will prefer your business as compared to those who only offer traditional payment methods.

Also, when more people will integrate bitcoin and allow bitcoin payments, other businesses will follow the same and a time will come when most of businesses will allow bitcoin as a payment option.

It's more than that. Bitcoin transactions are irreversible. So when you as merchant have received the coins and the transaction is confirmed, you know the money is in your pocket.
On the other hand, with banks and cards you don't know. You don't know whether the card is stolen, you don't know if for whatever reason the payment gets reversed, you can face ugly surprises. With bitcoin everything is clear. It offers more control.
1540  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Saving: If not Bitcoin Wallet then House for Fiat. on: December 28, 2022, 06:22:23 PM
I don't know about Europe but some countries banks give a small amount of commission every month to keep fiat in their bank.

They do. But in my country only in the last few months the commission has became meaningful. Until then the fees were bigger than the earned commission (of course, that's for normal people keeping there amounts of max 4-5 figures).
However, the currently bigger commission is caused by the rise of inflation and the percent of that commission is smaller than the real inflation. So Bitcoin should be a better choice, since I expect that sooner or later a bull run will start.
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