Bitcoin Forum
June 01, 2024, 05:21:31 PM *
News: Latest Bitcoin Core release: 27.0 [Torrent]
 
  Home Help Search Login Register More  
  Show Posts
Pages: « 1 ... 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 [108] 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 ... 194 »
2141  Other / Politics & Society / Re: A vaccine buffet. on: February 06, 2022, 04:25:46 AM
In Mexico they have healthy buffet on offer from vending machine. No ID needed.

In the meantime, Mexico has one of the highest fatality rates from Covid-19, or are these statistics also rigged by big pharmaceuticals?

These 'developing world' countries are given a quota to hit or they don't get the IMF and World Bank funding to run their countries and pay off their politicians.  They report whatever they are told to by the globalists (who assign most of their political leaders), but it really doesn't mean anything on-the-ground.

The media were reporting swamped hospitals on the same day I went to one to try to get a sick girl some help and found it to be for all intents and purposes mothballed.  The one I found which was open (to 'negative PCR test' people only) was very very empty, but they at least gave her a hospital bed for 10 days to keep her from dying.  Cost me a lot out of pocket though.  More than the average person could save in 10 years.

I don't understand where you got the information that Ivermectin is effective against Covid, it's an antiparasitic for worms, unless you're a horse, I don't see much use.

On top of that, you anti-vaxxers are hilarious, you are against vaccinations because they haven't been "tested" enough, according to your claims, however, you'll trust a drug which has no ties with treating Covid-19, but is actually used for parasites. Since when is a vending machine in Mexico providing medical advice?

In my household we all got some interesting long-running series of minor cold then minor flu things.   As I reported earlier, after three days I finally took some of my Ivermectin and, whatever it was, it was totally gone in 6 hours.

One of my house-girls had the thing linger on while the rest of us got over it.  After a few weeks we got her a massage and I gave her some Ivermectin.  After the first dose she was almost back to normal with minor re-occurrences.  After the second dose (several days later) it totally disappeared.

One of the silver linings of this plandemic is that I found out about Ivermectin.  In my experiences so far it seems to be a fuckin wonder-drug.  Whoever found it should get a Nobel prize in medicine for the discovery.  Oh wait, they did!

  https://newsrescue.com/2015-nobel-prize-winning-ivermectin-inhibits-infection-by-hiv-1-and-denv-studies-reported/

Effective against a couple of the globalist's favorite little gifts for the 'overpopulated' countries.  HIV and DENV.  Worse still, the peeps can afford it.  No wonder the globalists and their media propaganda machine hate it so much!


You're providing no valid sources whatsoever, while still claiming that a drug that still doesn't have sufficient testing against Covid-19, is a safe and effective treatment for patients. In the meantime, you're against vaccinations which have already proven effective, it doesn't make any sense.

On top of that, Ivermectin founders have indeed won the Nobel prize, but that has nothing to do with Covid-19, but only for its ability to battle parasitic worms. Winning the Nobel prize doesn't make it a Covid-19 treatment.
2142  Other / Politics & Society / Re: A vaccine buffet. on: February 05, 2022, 08:10:37 PM
In Mexico they have healthy buffet on offer from vending machine. No ID needed.

In the meantime, Mexico has one of the highest fatality rates from Covid-19, or are these statistics also rigged by big pharmaceuticals? I don't understand where you got the information that Ivermectin is effective against Covid, it's an antiparasitic for worms, unless you're a horse, I don't see much use.

On top of that, you anti-vaxxers are hilarious, you are against vaccinations because they haven't been "tested" enough, according to your claims, however, you'll trust a drug which has no ties with treating Covid-19, but is actually used for parasites. Since when is a vending machine in Mexico providing medical advice?
2143  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Poverty is here on: February 05, 2022, 06:49:46 PM
I don't understand how the type of currency has anything to do with world poverty? Even if you suggested Bitcoin or Ethereum, two of the most established cryptocurrencies, your point still isn't valid. Poverty has many underlying causes, while there's yet to be found a solid solution to effectively end world poverty. To be honest, it's an issue that will never be solved. Just look at how malnourished some parts of 3rd world countries are, living in awful conditions with non-existent hygiene.

Unless you're capable of distributing a decent amount of Bitcoin, Stellar or whatever you're into, to a few million, or even billions of people, then you won't solve world poverty by simply switching to cryptocurrencies.
2144  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Crypto Wallet Hacking through Telegram on: February 05, 2022, 05:50:37 PM
Hats off to you, for informing the community. Although I'm not using Telegram, I used to use Discord regarding some communities about staking and related services. However, I was disappointed to see that in every single group I joined, I received plenty of scam and phising attempts, one of which almost got me screwed over, which would result in quite a few thousands in losses.

As a result, I've resorted to stop using such services such as Telegram, Discord etc. due to the high risk they involve, regarding its users.
2145  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Can supplements be bad for you? on: February 05, 2022, 01:48:38 PM
Like Theymos suggested, if you have a balance diet, including meat, vegetables, fruit and so on, you're unlikely to have any deficiencies that would lead to the necessity of taking a supplement. The issue is lying on how many of us actually have the said diet, I'm pretty positive that most of us don't.

Personally, I rarely eat fruit and vegetables, while my food habits are quite messed up, due to me being too lazy or too tired to cook something of decent nutritional value. I was recently found with a vitamin D deficiency, along with B12, relatively low iron and hematocrit, possibly one or two more deficiencies that I can't recall now.

As a result, I'm taking a vitamin D supplement along with a multivitamin, I'm feeling a little better now, not something significant though but that could also be the placebo effect.
2146  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: A little reminder why Bitcoin is necessary on: February 05, 2022, 12:20:52 PM
how does bitcoin help in cases like this? Terms and conditions like this exists almost everywhere. They can change or terminate the Terms of service anytime they want. They are not bound to keep it the same nor are they forced to inform their users when the terms and conditions changes (but almost all platforms do notify their users out of goodwill). If a platform doesn't like you they can give you the "boot" if they want. Lets say you want to buy something from a crypto store. You make a deposit or make the payment. The online crypto store doesn't like you and bans your account as per their ToS. You lose your coins. Bitcoin couldn't protect you from events like this. Plan to do a p2p transaction then? You send the money, the person doesn't like you, he scams you. You can't do anything about that.
This was only a miss interpretation. They cant ban someone just because they do not like the person and what is their basis on why they do not like that person? Because, their profile picture is ugly? No, but they will only ban you once you have done something that are against their rules. Let us not be paranoid because we are going to be just fine as long as you are following their basic rules and your not doing shady things

OP compares btc to paypal because btc has no central authority while paypal was owned by a team or a group of people and they can do whatever they want with your funds but the situation still depends and you already explained that in more elaborated manner.
That's correct, you'll be fine provided that you don't break their terms of services. They won't plain block you for no reason, unless they suspect you for suspicious/shady activities. I don't get why there are people comparing a service to Bitcoin or cryptocurrencies in general, it's not something to be compared. I've been using PayPal for years, and it's been great. Their support was decent and fast most of the time, while I found it very convenient to use.

On the downside, their fees, especially on eBay are quite high, but nevertheless, it's providing you with a great service from which I've made a decent amount of money, selling items.
2147  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: A little reminder why Bitcoin is necessary on: February 04, 2022, 09:41:02 PM
Most services mention that in their TOS, even those who have nothing to do with financial businesses, such as PayPal, Western Union and so on. Thus, I don't find it a reasonable argument. However, I never faced any significant issue with PayPal or eBay, on the contrary, they backed me up in a few cases of being screwed over, or when I once had my account compromised, while my family and I've been using them for over 10 years.

I don't think there's a reason to compare Bitcoin and services such as PayPal, it doesn't lead anywhere nor is it a rational comparison.
2148  Economy / Economics / Re: Fuel prices hitting an eight year high on: February 03, 2022, 09:42:47 PM
The ridiculous thing about this oil crisis is that it's not even captured by the inflation figures that we have.
That's interesting, I didn't actually know that, I thought that inflation also included gas prices, but it seems like it doesn't.
No, and that's one of the reasons why the inflation reports are skewed, i.e., it can "feel" like inflation is much higher than what the government is telling you.  Even consider things like stocks and bitcoin--those are both rocketing up in value (price), but they're obviously not included in the inflation numbers even though their prices are being inflated over time.

By the way, gas prices are still pretty high in my area, but they haven't gone up much (if at all) since I last posted in this thread.  I don't really keep an eye on oil prices--or even gas prices--but I'd guess that if gas were to start going for over $4/gallon, I'd be hearing about it on the news.  But even still, gas was more expensive than that back in 2004 or so, when the dollar was worth slightly less.  So $3.50/gallon is high but not record-breaking high, and I know it's way more expensive in other parts of the world.
I work at a gas station, thus, I see these changes on the spot. We've been updating our prices every one or two days, for the past two weeks, it's both depressing and tiring. Not to mention how annoying customer moaning and complaints are, people are starting to tire out with the situation, which is about to become worse and worse, especially when filling up your car consists more than 1/10th of your monthly salary.
2149  Economy / Economics / Re: Fuel prices hitting an eight year high on: February 03, 2022, 07:20:13 PM
Right now, brent is being traded at $89.99 per barrel. It is just a matter of time before we get to three digits. There are two important reasons for this spike. First of all, the inflation rate in the US is going up and the purchasing power of the US Dollar is in freefall. And secondly, the COVID situation is improving around the world and this has resulted in a surge in demand for crude oil. At the same time, the oil production has remained flat. Even the shale oil producers within the United States are not rushing in to increase their production.
It's at $91 right now, steadily rising the whole week, it's definitely going to surpass $100 soon. The geopolitical tension created by Ukraine and Russia is said to be one of the causes for the price spike, however, multiple factors have led us to this situation, which is only going to get worse.

Only the announcement of Omicron managed to dent the demand, but that incident was short-lived.
2150  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Covid-19 booster on: February 03, 2022, 04:19:11 PM
Preserved (in full with the outstanding source links and other useful info) for posterity.
I'm always a big fan of how anti-vaxxers completely fail to present a single shred of evidence for any of your bullshit and just expect people to believe your provably false claims at face value, and then get pissy (pun intended, since we know anti-vaxxers like to drink their own urine) at others when challenged. Given how easy it is to find such data, why are you suddenly finding it so difficult to dO yOuR oWn ReSeArCh? Lmao.

Still, here you go:



Look forward to whatever bIg PhArMa FuDgEd ThE nUmBeRs bullshit you use to explain away this.


I've participated and created in quite a few threads regarding Covid-19 subjects, such as the virus itself, vaccines, death rate and so on. I've always provided valid sources, graphs, from ECDC or WHO. Despite my efforts, they always flipped the card of "These statistics are fake by big pharmas etc." and posted their own sources, from some random blogspot website.

Thus, I hardly believe that anything changes their views, I've resorted to locking topics due to them posting gibberish and nonsense, contributing spam and plain spam articles and blog posts.
2151  Economy / Economics / Re: Fuel prices hitting an eight year high on: February 02, 2022, 07:04:48 PM
Fuel prices continue rising here in Greece, costing €1.89/liter for Unleaded 95 petrol and €1.60/liter for diesel. Crude oil price has settled at approximately $90 per barrel, surpassing 15% rise in price just in January, while many energy analysts predict that it will soon rise over $100/barrel.

I never expected the situation to turn like this, along with the rising inflation, higher prices and so on, is making the whole condition depressing.

Here too as well. Usually I notice the price of Petrol and often I ignore the price of Diesel. Today I had to go to a petrol bunk near me and and noticed Diesel more than $1.20 Plus. Where are we moving towards. Have a plan of buying a car. So thought if it would be correct to go for a electric car or a car with either diesel or petrol. I am sure the price will increase more. Even other products price as well has gone high due to this fuel price increase. But the salary remains the same. Sad.
It's a vicious cycle, transportation costs have skyrocketed, leading to price increases in the majority of products found in the supermarket. We supposedly received a 2% raise on minimum wage, which is nothing compared to what inflation has caused. Personally, I'd wait in case I wanted to buy a vehicle, wanted to buy a motorcycle in the next few months but not sure how I'll proceed.

Where are you from, if you don't mind me asking?
2152  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Son of Omicron is here. on: February 02, 2022, 05:49:40 PM
a new variant called "Son of Omicron" which is more contagious and silent than the previous variant (omicron).

That's a moronic sensationalist name, typical of the Daily Mail to put it in a headline.
It may be very contagious, but early data suggest it is no more severe than Omicron, which is known to be milder (on average) than previous widespread variants.


will this be a variant of covid that will kill more people?

Doubtful if most people are already vaccinated or have already contracted Omicron.


Will there be more variants of the coronavirus in the future?

Yes. The more of a virus is in circulation, the more variants arise through random mutation and natural selection.


To be honest, I was already on 2 doses of vaccine a few months ago and didn't think about getting a booster vaccine which is recommended by the government.
I don't think about fighting new virus variants by using vaccines. I am currently thinking of letting my body's immunity naturally fight the new variants of the coronavirus.

The data are very clear that vaccine protection wanes over time. I've presented charts demonstrating this previously. Your best action is to take the booster.
I'm not familiar with foreign news websites, however, I'm yet to read anything related to a new variant, from European websites, which could potentially mean that it's a clickbait attempt, rumors or someone is making things up. On the other hand, I wouldn't be surprised if a new variant pops up somewhere in March, since the virus continuously mutates.

I've now stumbled upon this news website, shutting down rumors about this "new" variant.

https://www.news.com.au/world/coronavirus/australia/dr-norman-swan-shuts-down-suggestion-new-omicron-subvariant-is-strains-son/news-story/f589241632e152d3c1103400bd576d9b
2153  Economy / Economics / Re: Fuel prices hitting an eight year high on: February 02, 2022, 05:28:59 PM
Fuel prices continue rising here in Greece, costing €1.89/liter for Unleaded 95 petrol and €1.60/liter for diesel. Crude oil price has settled at approximately $90 per barrel, surpassing 15% rise in price just in January, while many energy analysts predict that it will soon rise over $100/barrel.

I never expected the situation to turn like this, along with the rising inflation, higher prices and so on, is making the whole condition depressing.
2154  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Covid-19 booster on: February 01, 2022, 09:13:35 PM
Ok, here's an update to this very informative thread: curiously enough, I'm still very much alive and kicking.
No horns, no third eye, no weird cravings, my arm didn't fall off. Nothing. I'm starting to feel embarrassed... Sad

I was to receive the third dose in early February, however, I got infected the last day of December and was told that I can't have the third dose till late March - early April.

I'm surprised that you had no symptoms whatsoever, at least with Pfizer, I've read that third dose had similar side effects with the second one. At least for myself, I had a mild fever and a felt off for the whole day, I expect to have the same ones when I also receive the third dose.

Yeah, a friend of mine (four actually, the whole family) had covid last year, and some time needs to pass before you get the vaccine.
The way I see it, it depends on how your body reacts to it. The day and a half after I got the first dose was a nightmare. I got over 40° C fever, everything hurt, I was sweating like a pig, etc. The second dose, I had a slight fever, for maybe 30 minutes to an hour, and now, nothing. My arm was sore for a couple of days, but, other than that, I'm good...
I was pretty confident that I'll have no symptoms on the second dose, not only because I didn't have a single symptom during my first shot, but also since I'm rarely affected by anything (fever, headaches etc.), only to later realize how wrong I was. It struck me like a lightning, somewhere after midday of the next day, suddenly developed a 38.5C+ fever, drowsiness, felt dead on the inside out.

Slept through the rest of the day (bye bye day off) and was okay, I bet I'll have something similar on the booster shot in a few months, I'm certainly going to lose my day off dying in bed.
2155  Economy / Economics / Re: Which business profit model do you prefer? on: January 30, 2022, 09:53:48 PM
Let me express it differently, the majority of the earth's population fall within middle class. Thus, focusing on the rich would require further specifications to meet their demands, and since they are a microscopic minority, your customer base would be restricted.

Therefore, by emphasizing the average customer, we'd achieve a significantly larger audience, which would also require less effort and qualifications.
2156  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Will bitcoin ever get regulated on: January 30, 2022, 08:34:34 PM
Various nations are looking for ways to regulate the use of cryptocurrency. There are different types of such regulations. Some countries are cracking down on the use and buying of bitcoins in exchange for fiat currency. Some governments are also trying to regulate the taxation and trading of cryptocurrency. Some countries are exploring to regulate the use of cryptocurrency in the form of personal accounts and wallets. Moreover, some countries are even exploring to ban cryptocurrency all together.

But as far as bitcoin is concerned, there is no real regulation on cryptocurrency. This is because it is an entirely digital currency which is based on blockchain technology and is totally decentralised. Hence, it cannot be governed by a central bank or any other financial agency.

I'm not sure how banning cryptocurrencies all together would work, how is that even possible and how would they possibly track such movements? Anyway, I hope we don't learn the hard way, however, the most likely to happen is to have them taxed, most exchanges would be blacklisted, thus, any financial movement would trigger alarm bells, forcing you to declare any earnings that are a result of dealing with cryptocurrencies.
2157  Other / Politics & Society / Re: How effective is covid vaccine in protecting against contacting the virus on: January 30, 2022, 07:23:32 PM
The effectiveness of natural immunity is yet to be proven, at least in a prolonged time period. I don't get why people are being so supportive of it, claiming that they'd rather be infected to acquire immunity, rather than getting vaccinated, the risk of having severe symptoms is way higher than having vaccine side effects.

I was infected a few weeks ago, but I'll also receive the third dose in April.
Well, 99%+ survival rate for young people is the proof. Also, if you have been infected, you have better protection than the vaccine. There's no long-term study to determine the "vaccine" side effect, so if you are still young, it makes little sense to take the experimental shot while your risk of death is extremely slim.
While I see where you're coming from, I still support that it's way safer to simply get vaccinated, you'll have decent protection without taking unnecessary risks with infection. In my case, with the Delta variant, I had pretty mild symptoms and nothing to worry about.

Slim or not, there is still chance of death, even when you're young and healthy. Vaccines have been proven safe and effective, whether we like it or not.
2158  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: One Bitcoin on: January 30, 2022, 05:54:08 PM
Now that I have one Bitcoin, I need to cherish it. My next move will be transferring it from an exchange to a cold wallet (Ledger, perhaps?)

Looking forward to furthering my Bitcoin journey with you all on these forums.

Best.

Do you have any point that this bitcoin and money of yours? And you're saying in a forum where people are anonymous that you have more than 30,000 $ , you want the people to steal from you? do you trust this kind of sensitive information for people unknown to an internet forum? be careful with things you make up of the internet, remember that you can steal
Chill out, there are plenty of people here who potentially have quite a few Bitcoins and it's not that hard to make a few guesses on who these people might be. Nothing is going to happen, it's not like OP posted any sensitive information that could potentially lead to having his money stolen.

P.S I didn't congratulate you on my previous post, it's certainly an massive achievement for the average person. I'm also hoping that one day, I'll be able to accumulate a whole Bitcoin, most I ever had was approximately 0.60 BTC.
2159  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Is the world safe from the threat of the corona virus? on: January 30, 2022, 04:14:22 PM
Life goes on.

While some countries are still dealing with covid-19 surges, the others are just going on with life and have accepted that they have to live with the virus and continue their lives.

Meanwhile in Europe: WHO Says Europe Is Moving Towards the End of COVID-19 Pandemic Emergency Phase

I know there were a lot of them that have dealt of it as early as 2022 and reading news like this gives me hope honestly. That someday, we're going to be back with our normal lives and there's no need to worry about any threat. But as of the moment, I'm still taking precaution when I go out.
If I'm not mistaken, there are only a few countries that have successfully dealt with Covid, however, I'm pretty confident that we're heading towards the end of the pandemic. From my point of view, I'm positive that this summer will be rollout pretty normally, without much disturbance from Covid-19.

Although the danger isn't over yet, we should still be cautious, the Omicron variant might not be that deadly, but there's no need to take unnecessary risks.
2160  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: If not invested then do it now... on: January 30, 2022, 01:25:33 PM
It's all about the risk that can give of the investor some people still waiting for the market signal to make an investment, some of them watching the market and the others forgot to make an investment. If possible if you think you have a good position or time to make an investment why not grab the opportunity we are investing in with the market hype and volatility so better to ride than never and becomes one of the regrets to ourselves. Depends on how long you hold the bitcoin and being satisfied with the profit.
I agree with you. This is an golden opportunity for us to make more profits from Bitcoin. But, unfortunately, many people still ignore Bitcoin, I can't believe some people still thinks Bitcoin will fall to zero dollar. Is really crazy, because this same people will probably end up saying we had a chance but missed it when the price of Bitcoin rises. The price lately is surely a good time to invest, we are likely to experience Bitcoin hit a new Ath this year, . I have been buying more Bitcoin, and will continue to buy more, because Bitcoin is the future.
There are quite a few times that I haven't seized an opportunity and stood there watching, till I forgot to make a move. Yes, there is a large number of people who still believe that Bitcoin is a bubble, however, I'm presuming that most of us, who might not take action, are simply afraid of taking such risks..

That doesn't necessarily mean that I have doubts about Bitcoin, but simply refraining from taking high risks, especially if you can't afford to lose, it's best to be cautious. I've had my fair share of mistakes, thus, I'm trying to be more careful.
Pages: « 1 ... 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 [108] 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 ... 194 »
Powered by MySQL Powered by PHP Powered by SMF 1.1.19 | SMF © 2006-2009, Simple Machines Valid XHTML 1.0! Valid CSS!