list of tips(some mentioned in topic by others)
1. before anything have 2 accounts. one to receive pay and one which has best interest rates you can find. actually use some time finding best account
2. before spending any income. allocate a sum you want to save. and set up an auto-payment on pay-day to go to the best interest account

to work out an acceptable amount to save, do this
3. open a spreadsheet and write down every bill/expense.
4. work out(from 3) whats a NEED and what is a WANT
5. look at if there is any way to cut down the costs of needs and then what wants you can do without
6. when thinking about wants(from5) think about what is a "5 minute smile" and what is a "5 year memory"
7. only concentrate on keeping some of the wants that keep you happy,solve a problem, serve a promise longer than a "5 minute smile"

alot of people can make coffee at home for $0.50 but want the "5 minute happy" of buying a $5 starbucks
alot of people then do not realise that $5 a day, is $25 during working business days. which is.. wait for it $260 a year

alot of people can make food at home for $2.00 but want the "5 minute happy" of buying a $20 fast food delivery
alot of people then do not realise that $20 a day, is $140 during full week. which is.. wait for it $7280 a year

spending $2.50 on food and coffee a day instead of $22 a day can save you $7520 a year
$22 a day on things that become a toilet flush 6 hours later. turn into $669 a month of toilet flushes
$22 a day($669) was just  2 hours, 30minutes per month of happy moments. (30x5minute "happies")

ask yourself, is that $669 a month example really worth under 3 hours of temporary non lasting moments

if you could put $7520 a year($669 a month) into a 5% savings account
year    deposited   bank balance  interest%   interest$
1   $7,520.00      $7,520.00         5           $376.00
2   $7,520.00      $15,416.00       5           $770.80
3   $7,520.00      $23,706.80       5           $1,185.34
4   $7,520.00      $32,412.14       5           $1,620.61
5   $7,520.00      $41,552.75       5           $2,077.64
6   $7,520.00      $51,150.38       5           $2,557.52
7   $7,520.00      $61,227.90       5           $3,061.40
8   $7,520.00      $71,809.30       5           $3,590.46
9   $7,520.00      $82,919.76       5           $4,145.99
10  $7,520.00      $94,585.75       5           $4,729.29

i know my examples above are economics of UK/US style of living. so everyone else can do their own math and see their own numbers and work things out in their own native currency/cost of living ratios

actually get out a spreadsheet and work it out. it will put the numbers into a reality you can think about properly if you can see it in your face

and thats just an example for changing your coffee/fastfood habit.
now look again at your needs costs. and see if you can save.
EG downsize house.
EG re-arrange rent/mortgage for better rate
EG find better deals for utilities
EG see if you are wasting water/energy in the home to reduce bills

then look how much that saving can accumulate

once you see how much you can accumulate it will energise you more to stick to the plan
dont give up things that make you happy. just think about how much is acceptable happiness. dont think of keeping the 5 minute happies, its not worth it. its better to save up and truly enjoy the "happies" that form long term great memories

EG giving up cafe served coffee/fast food for 6 months means you can go on an all inclusive vacation of many happy memories
remember coffee/fast food just becomes a toilet flush 6 hours after buying it. and the bathroom wont remember it the next day

more tips:
8. look into ways of increasing your income
EG over time/extra hours
EG second job/side hustle
EG promotion via skilling up
EG change job to better paid job with different company
EG just asking for a pay rise due to inflation, your work effort/loyalty to business, lack of sickness, late of lateness, productivity

the trust rating is meaningless because those commenting are the ones your forum-family instigated to the moderators.. your family caused it so again your trolling you are trying to use as proof. when its jsut your own forum-family trolling to pretend your right

instead of believing your forum daddys version of events of the 2017 scaling debate.. i actually used CODE that exists on github, NYA agreements that are public and blockdata of the flags that reached thresholds.. and what caused those flags(the code/bips)

yep you cant trick/edit the blockdata, available code and agreements and proposals that are public..
but your forum daddy can tll you a story not backed by facts

you have not done any research beyond asking your forum daddy and believing his story..
LOOK at the code, bips, agreements and blockdata..


1. cores dominance, people cant simply put their code into cores repo.. their moderation(NACK, ban) prevents openness unless it fits their roadmap
2. REKT campaigns of proposal reference node that are not core .. because "its not core so dont trust it"
3. even just discussing solutions outside of roadmap ends up receiving ban threats in discussion forums, IRC, mailing lists and github comments

windfury, pick your own buzzwords.  stop echoing your forum daddys words like an obedient sheep. you are just echoing trollisms, it makes you look even worse by not having an opinion of your own
(you reading your forum-daddy and your forum-daddy reading you, does not then make you both right because you both read someone else saying what you said. it just means your both the cause and consequence of your own confirmation bias )
(i would not even mind if you atleast came up with your own insulting nickname for me, instead of copying your forum-daddy's nickname, it would atleast show you had alteast 1% independence)

i have been the one actually mentioning TECHNICAL methods to stop it. YOU and your forum daddy have been constructing social drama about philosophy while never mentioning anything TECHNICAL

your philosophy is to say "the dickpic memes wont stop if technical changes are made"..
but TECHNICALLY
if there are tx/block rejection rules /conditions where sigscripts(witness) are no longer upto 4mb and no longer unconditional.. then it will stop.
because then witness data will have rules to know what every byte of a sigscript is suppose to include

imagine if even opreturn didnt just have a 80byte limit but a condition that the content needs to be something or cant have unlimited uses of opreturn per tx

yep code makes rules and rules make conditions and conditions meet the purposes of the payment system

the issue is that some people dont want mentors. they dont want to learn. they just want a fast track acknowledgement

i personally spoke to lots of people, told them all the ins and outs, all the risks. all the scams.. and they still ended up throwing money into scams that offer 10x yield per month

even if you say how self custody bitcoin is safe. but watch out for services. the idiots will still throw suitcases of cash at strangers saying "but X said its safe"

sometimes you cant teach the dumb. greed overrides their logic.
you can literally tell someone they are buying into some MLM pyramid and they will reply "it cant be a MLM pyramid because the world is flat" due to them seeing some fluffy utopian promotion offering huge returns at little cost. their greed destroys their logic, and they become a victim of their own greed.

your mindset is not based on reading the EU proposal word for word. its not even based on an interpretation from the "last chance" and "open letter" which is FEARING things it has not proved.
the details of the open letter and "last chance" site say mostly about the closed source/closed door nature of the extension widgets browsers are suppose to include.. with unproven fears of back doors possibility..
yes the 500 IT guys that call themselves "scientists" (much like how gavin and gmax call themselves "scientists") have an unproven fear that the closed source extension wallet may include other things..


but YOUR topic here has a title thats that is not even about that.. you have doubled down on a misinterpretation of a misinterpretation that is not even about the word for word EU proposal.. so you got an even more warped mindset from some other source that took a warped mindset of the actual EU proposal and double warped it.

...

if you understand security. no one wants a service to be open source, because hackers could find exploits.
EG customers of CEX dont want their service hacked

bitcoin succeeds in open source due to decentralisation removing central points of failure for most parts.. but certain services cant operate openly

EG
imagine that this was your ID
7ec97ec1d843369e34b97035a97f1e1e68f29725e20f5b6c1ae9e1c3a24287e8

now looking at that its not obvious how thats provably you.. and i have no way for me to know how to forge the ID

now imagine the ID creation method was revealed.. wherebyt YOUR EU gov id was for instance sha256 hashing this:
[name][birth country][colour of your internal house walls]
by hiding how they form the ID is good security as it stops me from forging your ID
but now i know how.. i too can forge your ID

[angelo][greece][ blue]
7ec97ec1d843369e34b97035a97f1e1e68f29725e20f5b6c1ae9e1c3a24287e8

yes i understand closed source is bad for other reasons.. causing many POSSIBLE fears..  but you have to understand the reasons why closed source is used..
possible fears is different than finding actual skilled reviewers actually finding actual exploits

the actual EU proposal says they have their own vetted devs that review the code and ensure its clean (much like how core prefer their own devs to review code and 'ACK' it, but dont like outsiders scrutinising, reviewing and commenting on the code)


now with all that said no where in the EU proposal does it say about banning end-to-end encryption

doomad in this topic talked about do nothing to the meme junk. let it die out. now he says doing nothing means letting it fester
debunking himself yet again

gotta love it

funny thing is every few days doomad flips his own script hoping to pander to both sides, hoping to recruit a new idiot
some days he wants the junk left alone and tells junk creators to make their money on his prefered network. (thus he promotes the junk has value (if he can take a cut)).. next few days he pretends to hate it. but still doesnt want it stopped(hence pretend)

he is just trolling for drama points trying to find  new friend that will believe in him. but his post history shows his unethical approaches to things. and yes its him making sole demands(no coffe or chewing gum or pizza on the mainnet).
i just DISCUSS my opinion on a DISCUSSION forum.. and no an opinion is not control.. core have control over the rules. not me. so i laugh when he thinks i am controlling the network.. shame that he cant just be honest about his idols of core (his gods of power he wants to remain in power)

EU hasnt even proposed the idea this topic misrepresent..
some blog posting cry babies are tin foil hatting their own paranoia fears

but you are right about the lack of enforcement because its got nothing to do with regular websites.. its just a login tool for governmental websites and departments where they want a browser extension wallet to make logging in user-friendly.. where paranoia people fear back doors due to the security of the extension being developed closed source

you asked me to point you.. i replied with the link
you deleted my post


so again
read your own link

 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/resource.html?uri=cellar:5d88943a-c458-11eb-a925-01aa75ed71a1.0001.02/DOC_1&format=PDF.

look at "framework of the proposal"
READ IT IN FULL it will enlighten you

it tells you exactly what the thing is about.
READ IT
dont read some third part blog momma (las chance) trying to start some BS campaign to go viral so they can then do a go fund my pretending the money will go towards lobbying their BS

instead read the actual details of the actual proposal DONT QUOTE THE BS FROM THE OPEN LETTER BLOG-MOMMA

and no im not going to quote the "last chance" drivel i prefer to red the source information not some BS summary idiots write
you are as bad as oeleo when it comes to ignoring what the regulation proposals actually say but then blindly get indocrinated into some BS script that doesnt campaign for what regulatons actually say, but instead their warped opinion


ill give you a hint.
a. its not about all EU websites needing to get, give, gather or deliver customer ID data to government
b. its not about all EU websites needing to get, use special government certification
c. its not about government getting backdoor access to all browsers
d. its not about banning end to end encryption

...
if you read the "last chance BS"
what THEY are actually saying is certain devs are in uproar that the government had a closed door security meeting. and then want to create a wallet add-on/widget/extension browsers should use that was developed closed source and not independently reviewed..
then they spun it into tin foil hat worries of it might be used for back door surveillance because browser devs cant read the code

it never says anything about revelations of what the code does do. nor evidence of regulations that say ban end to end encryption.. its just a blog rant about war scenarios of cybercrime maybes

i think you have not read any of the things you linked and instead had someone point you to certain snippets that fill a hole in some narrative

not the first time..
luke Jr lost some last christmas..

blackhatcoiner

its not about banning crypto unless government used!!!!!!

it is NOT about all websites need to ask for citizen ID..

read the stuff properly.. and no not some summary some blog-momma/forum-bro told you

its that browsers should have as part of their "wallet" "addressbook" "autocomplete" widgets a facility to recognise certified websites(governmental funded PUBLIC SERVICES) so that people can log in to government public services using their credentials without manually typing them.
its not about access to only government services. its not about banning non government websites.. its jsut about if someone goes to a government service the broswer widget recognises the government page and logs in using the widget wallet credentials

its a request to have a wallet widget added to browsers..much like how your browser right now says "do you want to save your login details", its widgets/extensions like that

its not about requiring all websites to comply
nor about all EU citizens to log into every website.

its about interoperability of browsers with government department websites and official websites that use government ID

absolutely no where in your links or links with in those links that link to the actual government policies does it ever say anything close to banning end to end encryption

says the troll above that wants to tell people to move over to his screwed up buggy subnetwork. telling people not to buy their coffee/pizza using bitcoin because he doesnt want bitcoiners using bitcoin for daily use stuff. but instead he wants to also tell people to shut up and not stop spam junk thats annoying bitcoiners

he also doesnt want the network consensus to be decentralised and REKTS all attempts to offer other options. he loves core having the authority of who gets permission to add code

his mindset is the permissionless of people giving up on bitcoin and moving over to an altcoin, create an altcoin or join a crappy subnetwork.. he does not want to speak of the controls of core of the bitcoin network. because it debunks his permissionless mantra.. though he adores core control the decisions of bitcoin and only permit certain things to be committed to bitcoin protocol

firstly its not banning any/all cryptography unless government issued.

its about issuance of birth certificates, passports, driving licences, social security number and death certificates only being electronically certified using cryptographic issued ID being done only by the government departments that handle such ID.. this is to ensure average joe cant create fake ID's
its no about cryptography law as a whole

it has nothing to do with limiting EU websites to only display webcontent to people sending them an government issued ID. thus its not about being able to track everyones web use

it does have to do with. for instance, when going to an EU government website to look up your tax assessment you will need a electronic government ID to prove your access to that data.. or for instance your EU bank account..

its not actually inflation.. its the FOREX exchange rate changing

when you buy foreign currency it sits in a bank that allows foreign currency. you still have bank balance that remains the same in that currency unit. but the forex rat changes meaning when you convert it back you may get more/less of your native currency back.

the effects of forex rate changes (as a separate thing) do not impact much the day to day purchasing power of goods or services within the nation that use that currency

for instance in the last 3 years... $1 to UK pound
2020 £0.86
2021 £0.70 (↓ 19%)
2022 £0.70 (↑ 37%)

the UK retail market of everyday purchases did not change by a down of 19% or up by 37% due to forex rate changes

however.. international trade of things like oil do fluctuate based on forex.. however.. UK oil when taking advantage of the good times do not trickle down the benefits to the retail price of fuel.

for instance retail products did not get 37% cheaper in 2022-2023.. however UK fuel prices are no longer £1.90 a litre but now £1.50 a litre

not only limit length, but have conditions of content. and limit how many outputs can be this kind of non bitcoin address opcode(opreturn)
opcodes left "open"(lack of conditions to allow upgrades later(nulls, nops, opsuccess, [insert ur buzzword])). can also have a condition of
if blockversion >known ruleset version, treat as isvalid, else reject.

thus anyone using the opcode before actual rules are applied to the content(before a consensus upgrade).. the tx gets rejected. however when an upgrade happens in consensus to change the block version then old nodes would "isvalid" it when not knowing the content

most of those lists are just things for a developing country to even be competitive (in the same game) as developed countries..

however to actually grow, is very simple.. more exports than imports

exports means other countries give value to your country.
exports means your country is producing. meaning more employment more economics

imports means your country give value to other countries
imports means your country is not producing. meaning less employment less economics

to grow you need to keep or grow your value. if your handing value to other countries you are losing value.

so a country should concentrate not just on the list to be in the same game competition as developed countries already meeting the list.. but specialise on the list that can aid the most in production and exporting

yes
years ago devs actually cared about lean transactions. where every byte of a transaction had a purpose of proving the movement of the bitcoin.
these days transactions for absolutely no meaningful reason can be upto 4mb FOR ONE TRANSACTION

there used to be other rules where 1 transaction could not take up the total space of a block. ... things have changed. rules have been relaxed

think about it, why should any decentralised person need to make a transaction paying using 20,000 utxo's
the relaxed rules allowing such instances have caused 'transaction bloat' where the limits(or lack of) have no rational explanation apart  from allowing people to overuse the blockspace. and now its worse by having stuff in transactions thats not even required to be validated by any ruleset

we need to get back to the idea of lean transactioning so that every byte counts. and punish those who do perfume bloated tx's specifically so that only the spammer pay the premium. rather than forcing everyone to may more due to the spammer

funny how you shout my $15m electric costs per year are wrong. but then you then realise they are correct for the year. and then use that number with your "monthly amount"

now calculate the hardware and labour cost .. its not all free you know..

and none of the numbers are anywhere near your "$10" you think some people have costs of

if the market was $50k may 2021 everyone can decide if they want to buy or sell
if you think venezuela can make btc for $10 and sell for $10, when the market was $50k you are deluding yourself.. learn how markets work

if you think venezuela can make btc for $10 and sell for $49,990 profit you are deluding yourself.. do some real math
even venezuela had higher costs than $10

do some proper math

i do love you taking snippets but then not understanding the context.

i dare you to look at
https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1167419/000107997321000537/ex99x1.htm
but read the rest of the document.
such as doing the math that your stupid notion that yanky town america were making cheap bitcoin according to you in 2021
far below $15k according to you

although they talk about summer 2021 having 23946 asics they actually only had 22946 in the "year to date" may 2020-2021
now do the math.. on the electric. where "year to date" earning 924btc compares in just electric

ill give you a hint
76MW for 23946 is 72.836MW/h for 22946(may 2020-2021)
72.836MW/h 1 year (x24 x365) = 637,957,444kwh a year * $0.025 = $15,948,936(may 2020-2021)

$15,948,936 / 924btc(may 2020-2021) = $17,260 just electric per btc(may 2020-2021) (they shoulda used better efficient asics)

so stop spouting your obviously affiliated RIOT you promote as doing super cheap bitcoin mining.. even your link of their numbers reveals not so cheap

thats the other sponsored motivations.. you can see it with "greenlight"  and other paid for "software as a service" offerings the devs have promoted. they want bitcoin to be clunky and headachy so they can offer paid services to manage..
yep core devs motivated to offer centralised services people need to pay middle men for.. who'd have thought!

even many core devs mention how offering just blockchain data "should" become a paid for service.. rather then thinking about how to make transactions lean again.. to allow more utility scaling per block

the ledger is decentralised
the ability to self custody your value is somewhat decentralised (yet many prefer custodians centralised exchanges)
however the devs(yes bitcoin is code and code is wrote by devs) is centrally (at its CORE) controlled by its namesake CORE

they didnt choose CORE randomly. they didnt slogan "bitcoins reference client" meaninglessly. there was alot of bribery and sponsorship and campaigning to get that control where other brands get REKT if they dare propose protocol changes CORE dislike

so its CORE that need to fix THEIR bug