As a result of not being able to take advantage of opportunities for Arsenal failure to win over Everton, Manchester City also failed to stick to Arsenal at the top of the Premier League standings. Tottenham Hotspur Stadium Still very haunted for Manchester City, so far The Cityzen has always failed to pick up points and has also been unable to score goals in the last four matches.

Tottenham managed to take advantage of playing at home and the tactical mistakes carried by Guardiola to get full points. Guardiola decision not to include Kevin De Bruyne name in the main squad made Erling Haaland and Julian Alvarez lack bait support on the front lines, as a result Manchester City were unable to score a goal in this match.

Surely a positive change for them as now they have two draws after conceding six goals from Leipzig they have two clean sheets but sadly their attack is also crap as it completely fails to give any positive output if they want to stay in Bundesliga then surely they need to improve their attack as well because right now things are manageable, and they can do few things which allow them to stay into Bundesliga.

Currently, situation is interesting with few teams are struggling and losing matches consistently which is also creating some mess up at the bottom and if Schalke able to improve their attack then surely we can expect good fight from them for their survival which is currently looking difficult because their attack is having nothing to give them good support even their defence is having some lifeline for them.

Not only that, but the proposal doesn't actually solve the problem of people not spending their bitcoin - it only incentivizes people to move bitcoin around between their own addresses and clog up the network with unnecessary transactions.

Agreed. In the US, at least treat it the same as any other foreign currency in which there is no tax for any purchases under $200. Unfortunately our legislators don't understand the first thing about bitcoin or cryptocurrency.

Once the citizens learn about how to acquire, manage, store securely, transact with bitcoin, it will be a difficult task for the government to prevent them from continuing doing so. However, the thing is that the vast majority of Russian people don't seem interested in cryptocurrencies, they show a clear unwillingness to learn more about it. Moreover, in order to access valuable resources where they can learn, such as this forum, they have to have at least basic technical knowledge regarding how to get through the wall of censorship. Yes, bitcointalk was blocked by Roskomnadzor a couple of years ago, which has resulted in almost zero activity from Russian newcomers. Unfortunately, censorship appears to be an effective way to hinder uneducated people from finding out how to deal with cryptocurrency and earning off of it.

We will never reach a point where nobody is using it to buy goods. There will always be at least some people like me who use bitcoin primarily as a currency. And indeed, I think the number of people using it at least partly as a currency is increasing - certainly I personally know of far more merchants accepting it and I spend it in a much wider variety of places than I did 5 years ago. But I still think those people are very much in the minority and are growing at a slower rate compared to the percentage of people that are only here to make fiat profits.

I would be against this proposal 100%. One of the basic principles of bitcoin is that you can be your bank, hold and secure your own money, without any intervention from third parties. As soon as you start effectively stealing other people's coins for any reason, then you have violated this principle and bitcoin is little better than seizable and freezable fiat.

The machines are not owned by Walmart. Walmart is not the one charging the fees. As I've specified in the OP, Walmart is only hosting Coinstar ATMs which has a partnership with CoinMe in selling Bitcoin. Walmart is only providing Coinstar the place for them to sell Bitcoin so I don't think it is appropriate to blame Walmart for the high fees.

Anyway, Walmart is operating in 24 countries around the world. But I don't think each Walmart store will necessarily install a Coinstar kiosk.

Even if this is not directly a Walmart action towards selling Bitcoin yet their participation is quite a big to help this community grow more.
this will lead to more adoption from Walmart costumer specially those who has no idea what  is Bitcoin all about.

Successful or not? what i am thinking is there will be a positive effect towards Bitcoin and also Walmart users.
I'm sure that there will come a time that they will try to adopt or at least Use Bitcoin towards their transacting .

I cannot believe it is 13 years already..... "13" the number that are unlucky for some... but lucky for other. I wonder what Satoshi Nakamoto will say about his invention now? Will Satoshi be happy that it lasted this long... or unhappy that centralized financial institutions has latched onto it to make profits? (effectively destroying pseudo anonymity for a lot of people)   

I think he will be happy that adoption has grown and that countries like Venezuela has accepted Bitcoin as a currency. (After all... Bitcoin is not supposed to be a commodity, but rather an alternative currency) 

If the reason is that they don't want the citizen to earn bitcoin, then that is a stupid reason.

There should be a bigger reason than that, it could be the risk that they can't and don't want to manage.
I'm afraid that Russia would treat bitcoin and crypto as a whole like China, I hope they won't impose a total ban.

Due to lack of research and knowledge not just only in bitcoins but with other cryptocurrencies. It also helps when a friend or relative is involved in cryptocurrencies just like trading and investing at the same time. It will be a lot easier to ask if someone knows the ins and outs of cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin. If someone is interested in bitcoin, he or she must be patient to learn.

China is an old fox in scams and changes between black and white very quickly, a stormy day will allow them to confide in their interest in bitcoin, even disgust for the network but as long as the situation of the world and surrounding countries show special behavior with bitcoin, they become a more friendly and sociable face. The takeover is probably also one of the few strategies they are working on, even readying parts to manage, it's just that they're not the only wolves in this world, countries all have an insularity about the bitcoin network as well as approaching takeovers.

Rumors circulating about amazon that will start accepting bitcoin were able to provide a significant price increase, although the rumors were directly denied by amazon. it does seem like a deliberate manipulation.

Amazon is still focused on exploring what bitcoin is like and how it can impact the Amazon shopping experience.
In time amazon may officially announce that it accepts bitcoin, but not now.

Many new investors are starting to enter bitcoin so that market capitalization is increasing.

If they can differentiate manually using their staff to analyze who are the people behind the projects, including the data they gathered since the ICO days, they may be able to extract the data of scammers and exclude them automatically when they try to advertise once again. They are good at gathering data, they may even have more data than the ones from exchanges.

It's necessary to have an AI that will thoroughly check the data and confirm scam projects but there will really be a massive adoption because of the regulation that is coming.

Google has begun to accept advertisements for Bitcoin, and Google lifted its ban on advertisements related to Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Starting August 3, companies using Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies can once again advertise on the search giant and various websites that are part of its platform. The ban was implemented in March 2018 to comply with the new regulations of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network of the United States (FinCEN).

Article Source: https://updateonbitcoin.com/google-lifted-the-ban-on-advertising-related-to-bitcoin/

The price of Bitcoin has exceeded $ 43,000, while the price of Ethereum has risen 24 percent in a week, bringing the total market value of cryptocurrencies to $ 1.8 trillion, which has risen to $ 140 billion in just 24 hours.
Finbold reported yesterday that Bitcoin trades above its simple 100-day moving average. Further gains could pave the way for short-term gains in the $ 42,500 resistance area that Bitcoin has crossed as cows seek to raise the price of Bitcoin to a significant $ 50,000.
More specifically, the world's leading digital asset in terms of market value has increased by more than 7.06% in the last 24 hours and 4.41% in the last week. Its current price is $ 43,670. In addition, according to CoinMarketCap.com, the overall bitcoin market dominance is 45.93%, up 0.02% from the previous day.


Source: https://finbold.com/crypto-market-adds-over-140-billion-in-a-day/

Indeed, there is no monopoly from China on the hashrate of BTC. Since the ban, the bulk of mining to maintain the network coming out of China is somewhat something of the past, as miners have already started to relocate.

As for China manipulating BTC's consensus, well, that's not so easily achieved because despite the miners having been in China it doesn't mean miners knew exactly where each were located to forum such an organised attack. Plus, the penalties if found out are harsh and it would destroy any miner's equipment and trust for future mining participation, a risk not many are prepared to take.

5 years ago I heard about Bitcoins  some feedback are good but some of them are negative

Untill now In my country if you say/discuss about Bitcoins expect that their response are negative.

Why does some people always say negative about Bitcoins?

1. Lack of knowledge about Bitcoins, uneducate People only saw the negative sides of Bitcoins.
2. Some of them say negative feedback because of their experience on some sites about Bitcoins,  because now a days Bitcoin are popular but there are many site will scam you if you are spontaneous to invest in not trusted sites.