On second thought: doesn't the anticipation speed up the pattern? If enough people start buying Bitcoin because they expect it to go up, it will go up. But then they'll expect it to drop eventually, so they'll start selling. They don't want to be too late, so they'll sell earlier and earlier each bull run until eventually the increased scarcity from the halving is completely included in the price before the halving even happens.

I ignored your PM because that's not how this topic works. But even if you post here, clearly you didn't read the OP:
You have 2 Activity and 0 Merit. You can't vouch for anyone.

Thanks again for your flawless timing! My delay is because of the kids, they're both ill and needed attention. Lots of virusses going around schools lately.

That doesn't mean anything. If the site owner wants, he can store all passwords and the users won't know about it.

OP got banned, his "arguments" were based on his own lack of knowledge, so there's really nothing left to post here. I'd say stop bumping this topic. If anyone has anything to say about me later, please do it in LoyceV's reputation thread

I was already surprised the previous ATH was "round" instead of a very steep increase followed by a hard collapse.

As much as I expect a new ATH after the halving, there comes a day it won't happen.

Neutral tags aren't the problem, the problem is they should get banned.

So you're saying I can get a high-ranking shitcointalk account and sell it?

Sure they can, but who's going to pay a bunch of ugly guys for nudes?

That is a pity indeed

Let's be realistic: that's not going to happen.

And even for much smaller amounts: if it would be possible for any random forum on the planet to get more users by having them advertise on their own, thousands of forums would have done it by now.

I can think of many different things, but none of them includes installing untrusted (hacked) software on your main system. You could for instance:

• use an open source video converter
• use a VM
• use another system
• forget about converting videos
• use an online video converter

That's a weird excuse to install compromised software. I only use open source software and nobody can ban that as long as I have an internet connection.

That's a weird way of putting it. I don't want to read everything again, but here you admitted spraying around red tags was probably a mistake. You made the mistake, not me.

And all that because of negative feedback on Bitcointalk? That seems far-fetched.

Currently, there's a much higher limit. See under "Reserves": when they're out, they'll need someone to exchange the opposite direction first.

You're not on my Ignore list.

How does my Ignore list have anything to do with whatever happens on scammers' paradise Telegram?

You're anonymous online, right? Who cares what someone tells you, just (lol) Ignore them. I still don't get why you'd stop using Bitcointalk because of threats on Telegram. It sounds like you should stop using Telegram.

People still do that?
I barely dare install official wallet software on my main systems. Why don't you run those cracks in an isolated environment instead of giving them access to your passwords?

The main problem I have with decentralized software like Bisq, is that it's software. I prefer to install as few programs as necessary, and don't want to go through the hassle of using a VM all the time.

Let's find out I've started a new Bitcoin Core sync, pruned to 200 GB. I'll let it run until let's say 2010. Then I'll turn off pruning.

Update: after disabling pruning and restarting Bitcoin Core, it continued the sync where it was. So disabling pruning should work, as long as you still have all blocks. Maybe you can check if you have blk00000.dat in your blocks directory.

How do they get infected? If it's targeted attacks, they must know how to get the user to install the malware.

That is the case if the blockchain actually was pruned. Assuming you still have all the blocks, that shouldn't be necessary. I've never tested disabling pruning before it's pruning though.

Good point. Mostly ignoring the block time was a very good idea