You can go one further by avoiding all unsolicited links. This include links sent in emails, messages on social platforms or PM on the forum. There is a high chance that anyone sending you a link which was not requested for, is a scammer, or best case scenario a spammer; You lose nothing by ignoring.

The way I see it, this doesn't have to be a forum generated service, and it's unlikely it will be. I can hardly see the admin creating room for a list of free advertisers on the forum.

This can be purely community generated; As you said, a user can create a thread for this, maybe in services section and willing users can indicate. After this, there would be a consensus on what projects to be promoted and for how long. Personally, I also don't see if this would be practical or sustainable.

Anyone who wishes to wear a signature, but is not interested in joining a paid campaign, can always select a business or charity of their choice to advertise. The only limitation to this is that, their preferred project may not have a forum signature design.

@o_e_l_e_o was basically saying that multi sig does not help much in cases of fund transfer in case of an untoward situation. And if you fear someone harming you cause you own bitcoins, actually announcing you do, by giving out a signature while holding onto one, would expose you to that very risk.

Keeping your wallet private in that case, is your best option. Does not mean multi sig does not have its uses.

I have personally not looked into vanity addresses, but LoyceV has a giveaway thread which has been running for a number of years now; Pretty Addy Giveaway.
You follow the instructions and then make a request with the customized characters you would like.

This has been around for quite a while, and there was a case of the hacker using an already hacked account to send the PMs. This could be the case here as the user tuannguyentn1 just recently woke up as can be seen on his trust profile.

You don't have to wait for DT members to send a feedback, you can do that yourself and use this post as a reference.
Reporting the PM as suggested above is also a great idea.

Hodling is the best strategy when it comes to Bitcoin.
Those who sold earlier could have realized that, you only actually lose when you cut your losses and not when the market goes bad. They probably did not fully understand how Bitcoin works or why it was valuable and would be more valuable in the future.

Many users take repeated market cycles to realize how Bitcoin volatility works, while some are sold in on the technology immediately and create an estimate of how valuable it can be based on its potential and qualities.

Congratulations to your friend, hope he becomes a bitcoin holder again pretty soon and hope he actually keeps up to date with the news around the network to know the most ideal wallet to use and maybe grab a fork or two, who knows.

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P.S, did you friend pick up some Bitcoin cash airdrop after the fork?

This reminded me that one can actually change the title that appears when they reply to a thread, and if quoted, it carries that title. So, I directly fixed it myself  

This is a rationalization many (including experienced users who have seen first hand hacks and data leaks from CEX) use to make it understandable to use centralized platforms. And with some of those platforms integrating supposed non custodian wallets onto their system, it further gave the false sense of autonomy.

Being a scammer or generally untrustworthy is not a blunder, it's a conscious decision one makes. A user doesn't just unknowingly become untrustworthy, you took actions which the general community or some other users considered to be so.

Trust feedbacks is only a suggestion. It is not an indication that a user is trade worthy or not.
Check references on feedbacks and verify if it's correct based on your judgement.

Neutral trust is also not an indication of a legit user to trade with.

With enough money in advertising and promotion it's very possible for any company, regardless of how fraudulent, to rinse its public reputation and appear trustworthy.

What I do when researching on a any project is to add ...scam at the end. So rather than searching for '1xbit review', I'll search for '1xbit scam'. I do this cause I'm specifically looking for scam accusations against them and study those, rather than positive reviews which could be motivated financially.
Bitcointalk also appears on the search results page for 1xbit scam.

Thumbs up providing a free copy, but I would much rather users downloaded it for themselves, for a couple of reasons;

• There is a security risk from downloading random files over the internet, and users should not be encouraged to do that,

• This is an intellectual property of the author, and they get a percentage from sales on Amazon; They should not be denied that.

"Your coins on CEX may be at risk this bear season"
Actually, they are not 'your' coins if they are in a centralized exchange. The exchange holds the keys and the coins as well, you only trust them to let you spend it when you need it and that privilege can be revoked in a bull or bear market.
There is also the risk of privacy loss, with your personal details falling into the hands of hackers or being handed over to government agencies.

I read it as segregated witness wallet. Probably cause that was the only way it made sense to me.
And you are right, best to be specific on using an open source, non-custodian wallet

When 1BTC =/= 1BTC
The inherent qualities of Bitcoin are what makes it valuable. It was once less than a dollar, cause of the public perception of it or lack of knowledge. If it falls below that again due to public perception, it is still recoverable as long as the inherent qualities are present, as long as 1BTC = 1BTC.
Once there is a chink in the protocol, then we can say it might not be recoverable.

Buy when everyone is selling and sell when everyone is buying.
You are in at a great time; to purchase cryptocurrencies at a cheaper rate compared to a couple of months ago. When the market is dipping, that's a good time to buy, and you don't necessarily have to sell once it goes up, or a least, do not liquidate your entire stash. Plan your profit margin, within medium to long term.

Bitcoin

I do not have any, and you should be careful when joining communities that discuss what to buy or market conditions. Many of them are pump and dump groups.
There is the Wall Observed thread to discuss Bitcoin price movements here on the forum.

100% of ones' crypto investment? Yes, I agree that Bitcoin is the best place to put that into
100% of entire investments? No. Diversification is an essential part of investments.

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Factor in the risks involved and balance your portfolio with a combination of fair, moderate and high risk assets which serves as a sort of protection from market uncertainty

Right away, the only features I think I will add is the newbie welcome message and build up activity for official forum profiles around different social platforms.

Besides that, everything works okay for me. There might be changes here and there over time.

A Bitcoin standard similar to that of gold where other assets are exchangeable to a determined amount of gold? This is possible, but wouldn't work with altcoins being backed by Bitcoin. Altcoins are not standards of exchange and barely used in daily exchanges.
Also, Bitcoin is highly volatile backing a currency to a fixed amount of it would require constant adjustments.

If you could theoretically use Bitcoin everywhere, of what benefit would using it to back other currencies be to its growth?
Gold had limitations in mobility, Bitcoin can easily be carried around and used.

The objective of fairness and decentralization in Bitcoin is not attached to it's equivalent value in fiat.

Bitcoin is 1:1 cause 1BTC would always be equal to 1BTC regardless of global economic changes and market movements. You are also certain that whatever amount of Bitcoin you own would be a part of a fixed supply not exceeding 21 million coins as opposed to tokens that have no definite supply.

Imo, would not make much difference.
EUR accounts for a little or Bitcoin trades when compared to USD and so the drop in the € due to inflation and economic crisis would not have much of an impact on the Bitcoin price.
Over the years, Bitcoin has been little affected by the price changes of the top currencies, which is what makes it an ideal hedge against inflation.

It's important to note that the parity is due to the decline in the EUR as a result of economic challenges faced by European nations, from the fallout of covid19 to the oil and gas crisis caused by the current war in Ukraine.
Economies change overtime, so I'll say it's only temporary, but can't predict how long before things turn upwards.

How I see it, shouldn't you be more worried about your wallet being accessed through a vulnerability in the connected websites, that the other way around?
AFAIK, a vulnerability on either side can lead to a breach into the other; so if your wallet is accessed by a hacker they can gain access to connected sites. Also, if you link your wallet to a malicious site, it could lead to a breach in your wallet security.

Here are some options for reporting the website to protect other users;
• https://safebrowsing.google.com/safebrowsing/report_phish/?hl=en
• https://supportcenter.godaddy.com/AbuseReport#

Pick the most appropriate abuse option that fits the website. Encouraging more users to do so as well hasten what action would be taken.