I was really surprised and disappointed on how hypocritical Bill Gate's statement was.


"Bitcoin kills people". Is he pretty much saying that bitcoin and or other cryptocurrencies like Monero is the only currency for buying drugs and other illegal items/products? If that's the case then the US dollar also kills people; "kill" would probably an understatement, probably massacre or genocide would fit better. It's the "Guns kill people" fiasco again. I expect statements like these from old, technologically illiterate people; definitely not from a huge name on the technology industry.

No. Only the signature/avatar/etc campaigns pay people to post. Not the forum itself.

Err. You're probably right. I've always thought that EMP only affected electronics LOL. Didn't think of the possibility that it's also physically harmful to humans etc. Looks like I need to do more research on it.

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But then, in the case of an EMP whereas only the people who had stored their private keys on a piece of paper(which are a minority, I assume) has access to their coins, then wouldn't bitcoin be almost useless? As there would be too much bitcoin that's inaccessible?

But yea, private keys on paper is a must.

I'm really not 100% sure, but yea I do think it will only be a temporary halt. What I think is though, that EMP can actually destroy electronic hardware, not just sort of crash/stop them like when a blackout occurs. Though it's probably unlikely for an EMP to destroy 100% of the harddrives of the whole world.

EMP interference is generally disruptive or damaging to electronic equipment, and at higher energy levels a powerful EMP event such as a lightning strike can damage physical objects such as buildings and aircraft structures. -Wikipedia

I personally don't do daytrading, but I've heard good things from High Altitude Investing from YouTube.

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High Altitude Investing (Channel): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD9j5qyDqQvb9qnLss3vxww

How to Trade Cryptocurrency for Noobs (Beginners) 2018: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqV-SxDMg_4
Top 3 Mistakes Beginner Crypto Traders make: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBtTL7zfBGQ
Investing Vs Trading (Cryptocurrecy): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlKRYvC-Hvg

You don't necessarily need a mentor in this industry, especially knowing that you're in the internet. Trust no one. You just need to have enough time, patience, and dedication in trying to learn the stuff in the cryptocurrency space. Just start out by reading, A LOT.

These links will give you enough information, read through them:
https://www.coindesk.com/information/
https://lopp.net/bitcoin.html

Study and do your research first, then the money will come. You go straight to those bounty stuff then you're pretty much bound to fail. It's like applying for a science teacher without any prior knowledge on the subject.

https://www.coindesk.com/information/
https://lopp.net/bitcoin.html

You can join multiple bounty campaigns(translation, twitter, etc) but you can only join one signature campaign as the signature space is very limited to a few lines. Though you can join a signature campaign and at the same time join a campaign that only requires you to put up their avatar picture.

Bitcoin will exist as long as there's one or at least few computers running a bitcoin full node. What could possibly stop this? Probably a global blackout or a huge EMP(electromagnetic pulse)[1] or something.

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_pulse

Why don't we have the feature to login via registration though? I wouldn't trust my social media logins on a website that I barely know. This seems sketchy in my opinion.

This isn't necessarily bad, it completely depends on the situation.
e.g. It's mid December, and you bought BTC at somewhere near it's peak (16k-19k); it's fine in my opinion if you're just planning on holding on to it for decades and if you think bitcoin will rise above it in the future anyway.

Still a great tip though, but geared towards more of short-mid term investors.

Don't expect people here to spoonfeed you with information, it doesn't work that way. DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH, then just ask questions here on things you can't understand. But before asking, consult Google first. I'm going to leave you with good source materials below.

https://www.coindesk.com/information/
https://lopp.net/bitcoin.html

If you think his reply would be very valuable and important to you, then go ahead and purchase a Copper member rank. That'll probably do the trick, in addition to What MadGamer suggested. It'll cost you BTC0.00208333. If the price hasn't changed yet.

Bitcoin Forum > Paid memberships

So, you pretty much questioned my and a few other people's negative stance on pump groups; pointing out good reasons on why pump groups are crap, and there's this one guy that says "this group is good", and you thank him? 😂 Then go ahead and join the group dude. Sometimes people need to learn the hard way.

There's no such thing as a "good" pump group. It's only good if you're actually the owner and the one making calls/signals. Before the owners/admins pump a coin, it's almost guaranteed that they've stocked up beforehand, so they can sell on the way up.

Where do you base your information anyway? Yes, personally I always look at the rank of the poster; but it doesn't mean that I'm going to judge the post based on the rank. The argument of lower ranked members are always something like "higher ranks never notice our posts". Well, we would notice them if only their posts wasn't made of utter crap. Their posts are mostly just posts about merits, bounties, cheap shills, and full of broken english.

There's a reason why they're stuck and complaining in the bottom ranks with no merits. It's simply because they don't know enough about crypto for them to be given merits.

Topic: For the newbies complaining about Merits

Can somebody enlighten me about what token is
Tokens are a representation of a particular asset or utility, that usually resides on top of another blockchain. - For more information: https://masterthecrypto.com/differences-between-cryptocurrency-coins-and-tokens/

which one is good to be considered for a beginner
What do you mean? There's no such thing as a "for-beginner" token. Each other coin/token has their own use-cases.

and what about its security and transparency?
This completely depends on the coin/token. Some coins/tokens are definitely more secure and transparent (such as bitcoin). And some aren't really that secure and transparent (probably like XRP correct me if I'm wrong).

Read: Topic: Forum ranks/positions/badges (What do those shiny coins under my name mean?)

The previous ranking system was like that. You just simply post once a day until you get enough activity for Senior Member or whatever rank your goal is. Thankfully we now have the Merit system[1], therefore the trolls and the people who doesn't post anything useful will be most likely stuck at the Jr member rank, as they would need merits to rank up from thereon.

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[1] https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2818350.0

Why are you asking us? This is a decision that you yourself should make. It's pretty much almost like asking us if you should get a job or what kind of pizza should you have for dinner.