Why are we so serious about it? Trust me, MrBeast has plenty of money and has no interest in mocking Bitcoin. He's literally making millions by going viral with his every video, while having multiple channels racking up millions of views every day. I even joke about Bitcoin with friends or groups, despite my money having lost more than 2/3 of their value.

Happy 80th birthday! Wish you the best.

I bought my first car in 2017, I was 19-20 years old, so I'm pretty fresh at driving. Petrol was still considered expensive back then, costing an average of €1.50/liter for 95 unleaded petrol. It only became cheaper during the first quarantine due to Covid-19, reaching €1.30/liter.

Currently the average price in my area is €2.45/liter, filling up my car would cost more than €110, while the max I'd spent the past years would be €50 - €70.

It hit me right in the stomach when I saw how much my BTC is now worth. A few months ago I had a lot less Bitcoin than I do now, and despite currently having more than double of what I had, it's still worth a lot less. While I'm mostly fine with waiting it out, I still become a little disappointed now and then.

History repeats itself, this situation is quite similar to 2018, and it taught me a valuable lesson of not giving up. After the crash, I completely abandoned Bitcoin and the forum itself, totally forgot about my wallets, my account here and everything, in a matter of a few days. My goal now is to stick around, hopefully till the possible recovery of the market, in a year or two at best.

Till then, I'm pretty pessimistic on any kind of recovery within 2022, even $30.000 seems too far from our current point.

Their target is NATO/USA, Ukraine was just a cause. Ukraine and Russia have a long history of territorial disputes, that's true, while Putin knew that NATO couldn't be directly involved in the war and sanctions would take place. However, I believe that these sanctions are hurting Europe more than they've hurt Russia, since they've recorded huge profits by selling oil to Asia while the Russian Ruble has increased tremendously in value.

There's no point, these so-called exchanges are popping up every single day and shutting down a few days later, after scamming a number of people. Today it exists and tomorrow it's gone forever. One common characteristic I've seen them use is their domain names, which look sketchy and poorly thought.

A quick look at Reddit's r/scam sub Reddit will be enough to see a few examples.

What the hell is wrong with you, I can't understand if you're trolling or if you're actually serious. You're actually criminalizing abortion and comparing it with plain murder? We're not in the medieval age anymore, deal with it. We're in the 21st century, and if someone for whatever reason doesn't want or is incapable of having a baby, you can't force it on him/her.

If someone was raped, was in an abusive relationship (and I could think of plenty of other examples), for some, it's much more preferable to have an abortion rather than grow a child in an abusive environment.

This economic recession will be worse than the one in 2010, while the condition is only expected to worsen in the near future. Honestly, I believe that this winter will be comparably worse than the two years we went through with Covid, we'll be in an unofficial lockdown due to the high cost of living.

Inflation has been steadily rising in the past months, electricity has skyrocketed and crude oil has been extremely volatile and won't fall anytime soon.

While everyone is discussing Bitcoin's crash and the lowest it could go, you're asking about a new all-time high of $100.000. That's some confidence, lol. Anyway, we're a few months away before the end of 2022, and although we've seen major turns in the cryptocurrency market in the past, this time it's certainly not the same.

Due to the economic recession, I find it hard to believe that any kind of recovery is feasible. If things don't get any better soon, don't expect any major improvement. In the best case scenario, I'd say 2023 or 2024 sounds more plausible to me.

I beg to differ, the war isn't showing any signs of a possible ending anytime soon. Russian forces are making slow but steady advancements, while the bombing hasn't stopped. On the other hand, Covid-19 cases are spiking once again, it might not cause severe illness anymore, but it's definitely not over yet. Thus, we still have a long way ahead of us, and with inflation constantly increasing, it'll be a difficult winter.

It's disturbingly annoying to have so many scammers on cryptocurrency groups. Telegram and Discord are filled with them. On top of that, some are posing as group administrators and are trying to scam people who are asking for assistance within legit groups, such as Beefy's or the official WalletConnect group.

It honestly sickens me, it's almost impossible to be assisted in any kind of group without being contacted by a scammer.

Sounds plausible enough to me, it took approximately 2-3 years for Bitcoin to recover from 2018's crash, the scenario of a possible recovery somewhere between 2023-2024 looks reasonable to me. I'm only hoping that we survive till then because shortly after 2018's crash, I abandoned it altogether.

I'm surprised that El Salvador is still purchasing Bitcoin after so much criticism it received after its initial purchase. Apart from that, I believe that we still haven't reached the bottom, thus, the current state of the market provides us with great opportunities. I'd also be interested in investing, if the situation wasn't that bad with the increased living costs.

I'm not too worried nor disappointed at the moment, not yet at least. However, when Bitcoin crashed in 2017-2018, I was so devastated that I quit Bitcoin and the forum altogether. At least two years passed to even reopen my wallet and finally decide to return to the forum. I regret not sticking around at that time, things would be a lot better for me now (financially).

My current goal is to survive the bear market and hopefully not quit again, while at the same time acquire as much Bitcoin as possible. Now is the chance to make up for past mistakes.

Excuse me for not replying earlier, I was way too busy with exams.

A year ago, I conducted a search for Covid-19, it was honestly a fascinating subject and one I could find information relatively easy. However, I've already done it once, thus, I'd rather find a subject that isn't medical related this time. Wikipedia itself isn't considered a valid source for academical purposes, but it does include the sources the page used.
Good idea, could probably do something blockchain related along with Bitcoin perhaps, while it's an emerging and promising technology and a research on such a subject would be a huge plus.

Thank you for your detailed reply, will definitely look into a few of those ideas you mentioned. My main goal here is to find a topic that appeals to me, but also includes a statistical/data analysis to make it more interesting and actually indicate something.

Hello there, didn't know where exactly to post this thread, but since it's Bitcoin related, I thought that this board should do just fine. Correct me if I'm wrong, please.

I'm currently in the second semester of the Master's Degree I'm attending, in Management and Digital Transformation. The next and last semester is consisted of a master thesis, however, I'm totally clueless on what subject to choose. Previously, on my Bachelor's Degree, I had done research for Covid-19, which is still an intriguing subject, but I'd prefer to try something different.

My idea is to do something Cryptocurrency related, either with Bitcoin or even Decentralized Finance (DeFi), however, I haven't decided yet, any ideas on which subject to cover? I'm hoping that more experienced members here could possibly answer my main concern, which is whether I can find reputable and valid sources for such a subject. For instance, when writing a medical thesis, you can resort to a few well-known websites such as ECDC, WHO or even Medical Publications. What about Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies, though? Will I have difficulties finding decent sources?

Moreover, I'm not really a theoretical type of person, I'm good with finding and analyzing data, what kind of analysis could I possibly conduct for such a subject? Their usage, the increasing market cap over the years? Any interesting ideas?

Thanks in advance

I also share a similar view with you. I find it hard to believe that $17.500 was actually the bottom, and expect Bitcoin to crash even further in the near future. Likewise, I can't predict nor say when that'll happen, but I'm pretty positive that it will. Secondly, it's highly doubtful that we'll see any positive change within the next few months or even a couple of years, things aren't going to change for the better if the situation doesn't improve (high inflation, continuous war etc.).

It's funny that such people always bash on Bitcoin no matter the situation, if it's crashing they're shouting that it's finally dying and the bubble is bursting. On the other hand, if it's rapidly gaining in value, they'll still shout it's a ponzi and a scam, even after 10 years of its initial debut.

Bitcoin haters aren't going to change, despite the market situation, they'll always bash at it.

I'm fairly certain that I'm a conservative gambler. Strict and small budget (my account's balance is worth approximately 1 mBTC at most) generally small bets and avoiding excessive risks. Mostly in for the experience and the thrill of playing a game of chance, hoping that eventually, I might get a little lucky and earn a few bucks.

Also, I'm mostly playing casual games, such as Dice or crash, avoiding anything that has to do with sport betting or casino styled games, such as roulette.

How is the average citizen benefit from it, though? While I get your point of view, I'm only seeing an increased living cost for citizens, some of which are not able to afford and adapt to the higher costs. Inflation in Greece is currently at 11.3%, is that also considered within the expectations, when we're forced to pay over 10-15% over what we used to, without having an substantial increase in our salary to back it up?

There's no possible way that such inflation is normal, if you see such increases normal, then you must be pretty well-off to not be bothered by it. A small percentage of inflation (1%-2%) is considered healthy for the economy, the current situation isn't, it's putting a huge burden on households and the economy itself. The higher prices are unlikely to ever return to previous levels, reducing our available income, while our salary has hardly increased since the whole situation started.

How is that considered normal or healthy?