I saw something on a friend of mine iPhone I was amazed, this guy has 3 pieces of bitcoin but he didn't look it when you look at him with mere eyes, I ask him how he has come this far, he told long ego he was seriously investing on all kinds of coins with little amount of bitcoin but then most of those coins help him to realized enough amount to buy more bitcoin because that was his primary target. He normally buys those zero value coins when they appreciates it will be enough money, and that's how he convert and swag all to bitcoin and today, he has 3 piece. Is good to be diversified in your investment, somedays something good will come out of one you don't expect.

Trust is the main problem in cryptocurrency, that is why any altcoin cannot be trusted as it may result to scam due its centralized nature.

To avoid scam in cryptocurrency, invest in Bitcoin only because it is one of the coin that is decentralized and trusted.

Of course, there are many forms of scams, and scammed people have different profiles. At first I thought people who were scammed were too naive or too greedy, but in reality scams are diverse. Perhaps we could list the different forms of scam and, if need be, tell our own story to help others protect themselves. Don't forget to report scammers in the dedicated topic (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=83.0). Don't hesitate to tell me or correct me if I've made a mistake in my list.

1. There are the naive scammed, who haven't read enough about how to protect themselves and will simply give their private keys to a stranger who claims to help them.

2. There are the CEX scammed. MtGox, FTX etc ..., they can be beginners or experts.

3. Greedy scammed. Those who were promised crazy returns without doing anything.

4. Romantic scammed. A "nice" meeting on the Internet, some nice promises, and the romantic scammed are relieved of their funds.

5. The tired scammed, drunk, drugged or simply distracted by the kids doing bullshit next to him/her. A bit out of his depth, he won't realize that he's on a phising site for example.

6. The betrayed scammed. Whether a beginner or an expert, the betrayed scammed has trusted someone (friend, colleague, lover...) and lost his or her funds.

7. The shitcoin scammed. He/she bought lots of shitcoins on an obscure Pump and Dump group.

8. the sim-swap scammed (https://www.businessinsider.com/credit-card-phone-theft-sim-swap-identity-theft-investigation-2023-4?r=US&IR=T). Beginner or expert, the victim is deprived of all access from one minute to the next. The ease of the hack seems to depend on the country.

9. The clipboard virus scammed. In that case LoyceV explained that (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5190776.0) :


Am I forgetting any?

Has this happened to you or someone you know ?

Such a lengthy post! Can't believe this is coming from a newbie. I welcome you to one of the largest crypto discussing Forum. I must admit that your grammatical selection and paragraph and punctuation is excellent. However, try as much as possible to make your post very short and understandable.

You confirmed that you've been here for some time now but decided to create account today and I assume that you are familiar with the ethics of the forum but I will still remind you to take a look at this thread here for better understanding and follow whatever you read in the read to avoid shorten your activity here due to ban or suspension because that's what you will get if you go against the rules. read before posting .

From your post it seems you are not new to crypto and the forum as well, the forum will be glad to accept your contribution in any form that will help it to improve. Welcome once again.

I don’t know if there is a thread for this already, I can’t seem to find it

So as the forum continues to have issues all day I notice that the sluggishness and the lack of patience by some members have actually made one to post a particular reply twice. While I also experienced this I tried to delete the second reply which immediately it got deleted. I know of edit button not showing edited if it is done within five minutes from the post but does the delete button also works that’s way?

If it does is it only on specific board?

Also does it also delete double threads too?

Lastly is it just the forum issue affecting it, just like the telegram notifier bot that is not working currently?

A friend of mine recently complain to me about how he loses thousands of dollars to crypto after invest in a token. He now said he is quiting crypto and now comparing crypto investing to that of gambling.

Most people hear about crypto and wish to invest in it without the knowledge of how crypto works. It is a good practice for one to learn the do and don't of whatsoever you want to put your money in. Why dealing with crypto as if you are gambling? You need to learn to earn with crypto. You gamble with crypto when you invest without adequate research and knowledge of what token/coin you are investing on.

CONCLUSION
Crypto isn't for lazy people. It involves research and continuous learning. It may look bored if money isn't made in the first few months but will definitely make you smile after months of endurance.

Over the time, I've seen people wanting to go into trading because they feel or think is a get rich quick scheme but get so disappointed along the process because the result they get isn't what was expected.
Trading is a very lucrative business but also a very risky business as well and as such should be done with so much caution.
What would be your advice for those wanting to trade as a newbie?

In Nigeria almost all the drainage has a blockage just from the fact that citizens has turned the drainage to dump yard and they suffer from it especially during this period of rain. The government are not trying the little that is done should be appreciated and cared for because when it gets bad again we still gonna suffer it.

It's raining season and we can see the effects of this, when they are poured into drainage. How many times have you gone out during this raining season and have not seen a block drainage leading to road or other places filled with water. We mostly don't care till it affects us that like the biggest issue in Nigeria. Let's try to limit the use of rubber and plastic and even if we do use it, let's us try to dispose them properly.This causes soil and water pollution (since plastic is a non-biodegradable waste).
Pet coke use the tag RECYCLE Me but most times it's still end in drainage
Pray God help us to the right thing always

Honestly am new here and with my little time that i have spent in this forum i have observed,and i wanna ask the forum mate if that is posible because i saw it happening amonge the forum mate and the person that invade this platform for me,people in this forum who are connected in one way or the other are trading on their sendable merit not only the their sndable merit but orher way of trading on merit is going on in this forum,so my question is,is it good and permitted to do such on the forum,

I have heard so much about bitcointalk forum and how knowledge is been pass for free by many individuals on the forum who works hard to ensure that the new members nerve lack behind in knowledge and to ensure that Success of the forum.before  I join this forum I make sure that I go through the rules and regulations of the forum and I promise to try my best to abide by it because I want to be part of this lovely family and I also what that knowledge to be pass to me. so that I can also pass the same knowledge to others.

I'm glad to be among this lovely family (bitcointalk).

I mostly work on trading view but TV(tradingview) is not free and there are lot of ads poping up all the time, also, TV have many different type of indicators free and paid,
what charting software or website you use and why? what is best thing in that ,and what feature made you sticked to that platform,
I never used another software but they seem professional, like mt4, mt5, etc. what are other better then trading view?

Recently I came across a query where I suggested that We cannot post in the "All English" language in a local board or it is not recommended at least.

Yes, i know that if the posts are a mixture of English & local language, then it is fine. Even if some posts are being done in pure English, they are ok but if a person has a post history where he only insists to speak in English on a local board, what do the rules of bitcointalk say in this regard?

e go come be  like say na your own good pass

There is a new scamming strategy on the horizon, newbies be on the watch out

Optimism airdrop is still active and that's why some scammers have come up with a NFT/Coupon Ticket style way to trap unknown victims, especially their ones that have interacted with the optimism chain before.



The image of the NFT has all the information available, I can swap this NFT for 1000 OP token, I believe this will be confusing for newbies who aren't familiar with scammers way of doing things.

Optimism.market is the place or the right place to sell this NFT for 1000 OP tokens and I do visited the market place and I got a very bad warming from my browser to stay away, here is what the warning looks like.



I bet what's ahead is very dangerous, you will have to connect your wallet and that is where all your assets will be moved out automatically, Be cautious out here.

Why is this happening here on Nigeria local board only? Please make sure you check if your topic has been posted already before you click on 'post' again.

Some people noticed the glitch and were able to control the way they posted. Just as the OP suggested, if you see such an error, you are supposed to check your profile and see if it was posted before you post it again to avoid duplicate posts.

You can also delete the duplicate reply yourself using the delete option. I tried it, and it works, which makes me think that you don’t have to wait for 24 hours before you can delete your post.

Today there is some issue when opening Bitcointalk account or posting new reply. I saw many users posted same reply multiple times. if you are facing same cloud issue then don't worry and posting new reply don't need to post multiple times. you should check first before making post second time. if first one already posted then no need to post another.

Solution:
When you post new reply or thread then first of all write post and then copy all post. when you click on post you will see this kind of message:



When this message appears , samply go back to posting page and refresh your page. you will see that your post already posted despite of this error. it's mean there no need to post again. If anything wrong happen and your reply not posted then samply reply again by just pasting you copied in above step.