I agree, but I think your first wallet as a newbie shouldn't remain to be your wallet when you have already accumulated so much. Normally, a newbie's first Satoshis are bought for the sake of experience, or earned from faucets, for example. Security measures may not be strictly followed also. It's because a newbie is just starting to learn. But as soon as you learn the dos and don'ts, the safety and security tips, the best practices, you would also improve in the way you handle your funds.

Although there are crypto gambling platforms that are labeled as decentralized, I don't think they are truly decentralized. They may be using the blockchain technology, but they are everything but decentralized. They have known owners who run the operation. They have official headquarters. They are registered. They comply with their taxes and other responsibilities. In other words, they are like a normal company. So they can't be decentralized. After all, gambling is heavily regulated.

Even this definition of Bitcoin mixing by Wikipedia is a bit questionable. The connotation is still almost referring to money laundering, which isn't really true. Bitcoin mixing services in this definition simply doesn't appear as a neutral tool for privacy, which is wrong. It seems it is something that is not normally used by ordinary people.

If I were to define a Bitcoin mixing service, I'd simply say it's a tool by which Bitcoin funds are mixed with others to protect the user's privacy.

There are opinions that are illogical or based on fallacies; they don't have the right to exist. There are opinions that are based on lies; they don't have the right to exist, either. Dangerous and ignorant opinions, especially coming from influential people and those who make decisions that affect the community as a whole, shouldn't exist.

Just less than an hour ago, I was reading a news from one of the leading newspapers in the country. The headline itself shocked me. I was really taken aback. I cannot believe that "The Philippine Government Will Digitalize With BSV Blockchain".^[1] I simply couldn't believe what I was reading. This is an example of the dangers of wrong opinions proliferating especially in the higher echelons of the society. Whatever opinion the representative of this shitcoin created among various leaders here doesn't have the right to exist.

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[1] https://technology.inquirer.net/122504/the-philippine-government-will-digitalize-with-bsv-blockchain?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1679868840-1

LOL! After barking and calling out the stars, Casimero is now fighting against the crumbs. This is what you get when you easily waste the great fight opportunities that are given to you. Well, Casimero can certainly excel in this little fights, though. He will easily dismantle these weak opponents, notwithstanding their records. So his performance will still be appreciated. But time isn't on his side anymore. He will have to climb the ladder sooner rather than later and get the good the quality opponents with big names.

My opinion may have a certain amount of prejudice or bias, but my general observation is that Chinese people are first and foremost Chinese and it is only secondary that they are businessmen or employees or law enforcers or professors or even sentient or moral beings. For what it's worth, the Chinese people are Chinese more than people.

So I don't think the problem is just that the KYC system is flawed and weak. It is that Chinese people are controlling the system and that they are accommodating their fellow Chinese to get onboard surpassing all the necessary processes. And CZ is probably not in the position to tolerate it or not. However strongly he denies that Binance is not a Chinese company, it essentially is.

In formal writing, there are a number of rules in writing the title. For example, and this is one that you missed, there is a rule to capitalize all the first letters of every word except articles and conjunctions, among others. But is this applicable here? Are members here very particular about how titles are structured, or whether they're written properly or not? After all, this isn't some kind of a grammar or writing forum.

What's important for me is that the title succinctly captures the topic that's to be discussed. That's enough I guess.

There's nothing wrong when property rights are strictly enforced. There may be unintended consequences in making sure that ownership is made clear, but it is certainly good rather than bad. I don't actually find any problem when titles or certificates are issued signifying our ownership over certain properties. Although it is also self-serving for the government because that would also be used for tax purposes, the fact is that it legally protects the properties of people.

As a matter of fact, I think it's about time that Bitcoin is also given the same benefit.

You are someone to emulate. You have done a really good job. You are both responsible and forward-looking. Apparently, you aren't only good at financial management, something that many of us here in my country sorely lacks, you are also practical and wise.

But if I may conjecture, you also don't have a vice, right? Correct me if I'm wrong, but the impression is that you don't spend on useless things. Smoking, drinking, gambling, and other vices are some of the main reasons why many families here cannot arrive at a sufficient budget. A good slice of their income simply goes to waste because of these vices.

I don't seem to understand what you're trying to say. So you are a trader now? You failed in everything and then you found your success in trading? Well, good job for you. As far as I know, only a few have survived in crypto trading. I tried it myself. I quit after some time. Most, if not all, of my friends have also stopped actively trading. You must have developed some good trading skills.

Anyway, I also enjoy being in this community, and for many reasons, but, unlike you, it's never "because with this community I can collect bitcoins."

I'm not sure of your point, but tell me, do you know of a specific gambling strategy that guarantees something? Is there even one? I know that so many lives have changed because of gambling, 99% for the worse, 1% for the better.


If I'm not mistaken, Christians don't treat gambling as a sin. I'm not sure, though, if there is a particular Christian sect that treats gambling otherwise. Muslims, however, consider gambling as haram. However, there are still casinos in some Muslim countries.

I strongly agree that saving in Bitcoin is way better than saving fiat in a bank. Especially in the long term, Bitcoin may really be of great help to fulfill some of our dreams. But I don't want to make Bitcoin a kind of false hope to many. Success in life doesn't depend on Bitcoin. Fulfilling your dreams doesn't have to include Bitcoin. It's certainly wrong to make it appear as though Bitcoin is the manna sent down from heaven, the one every hopeless person on earth has been waiting for all his/her life.

Develop your skill. Master it. It will bring you great success. Bitcoin? Yes, it's a good way to store your money, that is, if you have the money. But know that it, too, might one day perish.

LOL! Are you guys twins? Or are these two accounts owned by just a single person? Either way, these two posts are basically the same. It seems a text spinner is used to make them look different, or perhaps they are manually paraphrased. Whatever; surely it isn't just a coincidence that these two posts are similar.

Anyway, I've just made an instant swap with my Exodus mobile wallet. I feel a little more confident with it because it's a non-custodial wallet, albeit closed-source. Yeah, it's basically not an exchange, but if no-fuss swaps is all you need, it's probably better than depositing your money in an exchange.

All this time, I'm thinking OKX is better than Binance, or at least a better alternative. If this controversy is confirmed, they're apparently much worse. Although I care a little whenever an exchange implements compulsory KYC, I kind of understand this direction because they're actually left with no choice. But to implement it without informing users in advance, and, worse, locking funds all of a sudden in line with the new rules, it's not just unfair; it's almost just a subtle way to steal money from customers.

You and I are in different situations. Although I guess the entire world right now is facing a more challenging economic situation, our circumstances differ. So I guess the answer to your question is basically yours to give.

Why do you say that money come hardly these days? Is your business' profit growing smaller and smaller each day? Or is it because you have a growing expenses like school fees for you children? Or is the company you are working with closing? Or is it harder now to look for a side hustle? As for me, the biggest problem is basically the rising prices of goods and services. That, in the face of an income that remains steady.

I feel you. That is also how I feel or felt every time I spend my Bitcoin. After all, we are all trying to stack as many Sats as possible. I probably won't mind if the price is somewhere near the ATH, but if the price is 60 percent down from the ATH like today, spending Bitcoin feels like it is such a waste. This is also true whenever I gamble using Bitcoin or whenever I'm forced to convert some for something urgent. The truth is that I am almost certain $100,000 will come soon, so instead of spending I'm more inclined to accumulate.

Justin Sun may be sued, found guilty, fined, or even jailed, Bitcoin doesn't care. Bitcoin will continue to thrive. Justin's centralized altcoin, Tron, however, will of course collapse along with him. And this will in fact benefit Bitcoin, especially in the long run. It may be a blessing in disguise.

If this happens, Justin won't be dumping his Bitcoin. That's the only thing of value that will be left of him. His centralized crypto companies will be gone together with Tron, a shitcoin as per his own admission.

There's no doubt CBDCs, once implemented, will also be accepted in gambling. Because why not? In the first place, do these gambling businesses have a choice? CBDCs are the digital versions of fiat. If the government declares that a new CBDC is now in full implementation, it is automatic that commerce, all business establishments including casinos and other gambling businesses, will also start accepting it.

What are we waiting? We're just in the first quarter of the year and there are already a considerable number of small and giant banks collapsing. There was Silvergate. There was Signature Bank. There was Silicon Valley Bank. There is Credit Suisse. There's First Republic that was just rescued from an impending collapse. There is also JPMorgan buying millions of stones. LOL! There's nothing to wait. Are we waiting for the alarms to sound off? Are we waiting for the actual bank run to happen so that we'll start making withdrawals? Man, there are trillions of deposits in the banks. How much does FDIC have? A hundred billion?

Your friend should expect the worst, so it's better not to be complacent. It's better to be safe than sorry. After all, foolishly labeling some coins as "tainted" is becoming a thing now with centralized platforms. So although I haven't heard of funds locked in relation to the seized Chipmixer, it could very well happen anytime. The immediate precedent is Tornado Cash, and there were funds frozen. So I guess avoiding centralized exchanges is a must. Erasing those coins' traces with Chipmixer is also called for.