Heya All,
zasad@ asked for an interview so here we are :
1. When and why did you become interested in cryptocurrencies?Pure luck, I read a quite popular
newpaper on a beach in Spain while on holiday. It was July 2013.
And the title of the article was "This strange currency that went from $10 to $300 in a few months".
I forgot about it, until December 2013 and the new highs of $1000. I registered and here comes the rabbit's hole.
2. When and why did you buy your first bitcoin?December 2013 - January 2014
At that time I had the choice of Using Mt Gox (Japanese) or Bitstamp (Romania).
For ease of use, I went with the one accepting SEPA: Bitstamp .... It was my 1st good decision.
If I chose mt gox I would probably have lost faith in the system.
3. How did you get on the forum?Probably thanks to Google. I was looking at Linden dollars and I thought those were the crypto.... thank god I found the forum and stayed away from linden $ / second life
4.1. What prevents mass adoption of cryptocurrencies?Dude it is 2020 ... soon 2021 and no one is making it easy to accept BTC.
Like AML / KYC prevent the small businesses to accept crypto for a small amounts. Banks are not helping.
The technology is not easy. Try to explain to your grandma that no, she can't take a screenshot of the Seed on her iPhone, No icould is not a suitable storage place ....
Everywhere you look, you see danger signs... I understand that no coiner are afraid.
I think we need more centralization (like Binance or Coinbase) with real guarantees and insurance so our parents (Boomers) feel safe to shift from their 0.5% APY banking savings to crypto denominated savings / Defi .....
4.2. How do you think mass advertising of gambling projects has a positive effect on the development of the forum or harms the community?I have partaken in paid signature campaigns. But never for gambling. And I really didn't do must shitposting.
It has been noticed that gambling signature advertising brings clutter/shit posts.
Also, for 1 winner there is 99 losers. But hey, the big boss (Theymos) is a libertarian. anyone is free to click on the betting banners and try their luck.
4.3. How do you consider whether 2-3 years of experience in cryptocurrency is enough to successfully invest or does an investor need to receive special education?Yes 2 or 3 years is plenty, but people should invest carefully and with common sense.
4.4. I see a decrease in activity in many local boards. What do you think needs to be done to develop activity in local boards?The only local board I go to is the French one. And As a matter of fact, I decided to stop posting there a couple of weeks ago due to the attitude of a couple of members that are known racists. I already feel better by not going there anymore. I can't talk for the other boards.
The German one looks pretty dynamic.
5. What do you think of the current Merit system and signature campaigns? Do they harm the forum?The Merit is cool, allow to see who is "beneficial" to the forum. It is not a perfect system but it is useful.
The campaigns are also a good tool. For many people, the $30 / $50 per week is an incredible opportunity to increase their lifestyle.
However, I would probably implement a system on top of the existing system: something like a downvote and upvote.
Where (let says DT1 and DT2) could vote down shitty one line poster (cleary bots or account farmer) so their account would be "blocked" for a week if they have 20 or 50 votes. And Banned if they are recidivists.
6. The most useful forum topic? Most helpful users?Most useful topics would be the ones about seed management/extraction / storage and protection.
Most helpful users are: {insert list of the member in the top 20 Merit received hahahah}
7. 3 things you would implement on the forum?a) As explained above a feature where DT1/2 could mute/block/ban bad members / leeches / shitposter
b) What about a lottery where people could "spend" their merit and enter a draw for some of the money made from advertising
c) a smartphone app ?
8. Do you trade on exchanges or invest in projects?I don't do "day trading". So I guess i'm more into investing in project. I have a bag of crypto and i look their $ value go up over time.
Recently I've been farming on ETH and BSC defi projects. Great money to be made and no need to sell coins, just utilise my current capital.
9. Tell a story about your big profit or big loss?You mean like that time where I bought 1 masternode of DASH as $1 each, saw it go to $1.5 milion USD and didn't sell ..... maybe one day they will go back up.
10. What do you think about the DEFI ecosystem?It is the future, but it needs regulation. We already have a few back actors, it will be worst in the coming months / years with more and more complex exploits.
11. Is your anonymity a vital necessity or precaution?A little bit of both, I live in a safe place, so i don't really think to much about it. But in the same time i'm quite cautious and don't talk about crypto in the real life.
12. The last cryptocurrency book you read?I never read one.
13. Advise 3 cryptocurrencies/tokens for investment in the next 1-2 years?BTC - LINK - ETH ... this is not investment advice.
14. How much will Bitcoin cost at the end of 2020?Les than 45 days to go. I legit have no idea. I would say less than $30k
15. P.S. (Optional)
If some of you make big bucks in the (hopefully) bull season, don't forget that many children don't even have drinking water or food available.
https://www.unicef.org.nz/donate-in-crypto accept crypto donation (unicef USA also accept crypto donation, but I couldn't find their website).
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