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2181  Economy / Service Discussion / Re: Looking for trusted agents for escrow and arbitration on: March 11, 2022, 12:23:44 PM
There are platforms like Bitrated,which try to provide such service(2-3 multisig wallets and human arbitration).
I have never tried this platform,but I know that they exist for several years.AFAIK,Bitrated was launched back in 2013.I cannot vouch for them.Finding a really legit and trusted escrow can be really difficult.
The human factor cannot be avoided and nobody can guarantee the legitimacy of the escrows/arbiters.
Crowfunding campaigns can be really messy,especially if the team behind the campaign can't provide a finished product.
2182  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: An interesting project about lightning in the browser on: March 11, 2022, 06:17:11 AM
I have always said.... "Make the Lightning Network more user-friendly ....and they will come" ....so incorporating this into a browser without having to run your own Lightning Network node... is a giant step towards that goal.

I could care less if large Exchanges will be getting onboard with this, because they are already making loads of money and they are destroying Bitcoin's pseudo anonymity.

Thank you OP for posting this.... hope to see a lot more innovation like this.  Wink

Who will come?The merchants?The Bitcoiners?
I'm a little bit skeptical about this.The Lightning Network can (and will) become more user-friendly for sure,but  the BTC users would want a good incentive to join such LN projects.Convenience simply isn't enough.Most of the crypto exhcanges and crypto wallets are already very convenient and user-friendly.Many LN supporters would say that faster and cheaper transactions are the main benefits of LN,but right now,the transactions on the Bitcoin Core blockchain are pretty affordable.I guess that BTC micro-payments would become the main niche for such LN projects,but I don't know where such micro-payments could be implemented.Probably the gaming industry or the gambling industry.Who knows...
2183  Economy / Speculation / Re: Highest in history on: March 10, 2022, 12:26:32 PM
Did bitcoin just become a history in 2021 ago where the price of bitcoin was able to get the most expensive price of $60k and was dubbed the most expensive price in bitcoin history.
And Could there be more history in this year or the price of bitcoin will end up below $60k.
And ETF may return to support bitcoin as it did in 2021 which gives mainstream investors exposure to bitcoin that will be the starting point for the crypto industry and drive greater acceptance of the digital asset on Wall Street.

I guess that you(just like 99% of the Bitcoiners) are obsessed with the Bitcoin price,not with the current condition of the Bitcoin Core blockchain nor the adoption of Bitcoin as a payment method across the globe.
Is it really that important for Bitcoin to hit another ATH in 2021?Would it even matter,if the Bitcoin price gets pumped via some price bubble/FOMO phase/artificial ETF hype to 60-70K USD for a week,and then crash back to 30-40K USD?Some traders will make big profits,many naive buyers will buy BTC right before the bubble pops.Long story short,lots of money will change their owners,but nothing else will happen for Bitcoin and the blockchain.Do we really need this?
The Bitcoin price makes history,but Bitcoin will not become history,if you know what I mean. Grin
 
2184  Economy / Economics / Re: Renewable energy transition is expensive, but is resilient on: March 10, 2022, 11:59:33 AM
It's funny how Von der Leyen and the European bureaucrats see wind and solar power as the solution to all problems.The main problem with green energy is the unpredictable weather,which makes green energy production unpredictable as well.The system has to be balanced by using giant batteries to store the electricity,but they are incredibly expensive,which makes the green energy extremely expensive as well.
The EU bureaucrats must stop with their "green" delusions and give a second chance to nuclear power.
2185  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽UEFA Champions League Discussion Thread -- 2021/22 Round of 16! on: March 10, 2022, 06:31:04 AM
The French League isn't as a competitive as the Primera Division,so PSG can't maintain a top tier level during the season like Real Madrid.Having a team full of superstars like Mesi and Neymar isn't enough.
The PSG owners must invest into better players in defense.I don't consider Sergio Ramos to be such investment,since he is too far away from his prime years.
Real Madrid is capable of beating every team in the tournament.It doesn't matter if it's going to be Bayern,Liverpool or Manchester City.This year's edition of the UEFA Champions League is going to be really unpredictable.
2186  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: What will happen to the Bitcoin network if Russia blocks access to the internet? on: March 10, 2022, 06:06:03 AM
If anything bad happens in Russia for Bitcoin network, effect would be smaller than what happened with China mining crackdown months ago. Because the hashrate from Russia is smaller than from China.

Think different like this. If the Western world do more serious sanctions on Russia, do you think their government will ignore Bitcoin mining for their benefit? They have huge land to set up mining farms, huge power supply from oil and more. They won't easily to kill themselves by saying no to Bitcoin. We can not identify what actually happen in Russia just like in China and reported hashrate can not tell us exact geographical locations of hashrate origins.

I really think that the Russian government doesn't care about Bitcoin and it would ignore Bitcoin for sure.
The idea of forking Bitcoin,due to Russia cutting it's internet from the rest of the world is quite interesting.
I think that the "Russian Bitcoin" would be pretty much worthless,because it would be disconnected from the rest of the world and having little to no demand inside Russia.Being a truly global currency is one of the factors,which gives value to Bitcoin.Having a bunch of local forked Bitcoins would mean way less trading volume,hashrate power,market price and market cap(not that the market capitalization matters anyway).
2187  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Cleaning the money of support on: March 09, 2022, 12:05:50 PM
You basically answered your own questions.
BTC mixers and non-KYC crypto exchanges like hodlhodl and localcyptos are your only options.
There's always risk involved.Some BTC mixers might scam you.Do this at your own risk.
Are you sure that you want to send 0.3 BTC to people you don't know?Are you sure that those people will use the 0.3 BTC for good and not for their own needs?
It seems to me that you want to send money to people,who are involved into armed resistance against the totalitarian regime of some country.Aren't those people going to buy weapons with the BTC you want to send them?
2188  Economy / Economics / Re: Crypto is a part of war now, like it or not on: March 09, 2022, 11:39:08 AM
There was a war in the middle east(Syria and Iraq) a few years ago,when ISIS was a thing.I think that crypto was used by some people in the middle east,but on a smaller scale.Does this make the war in the middle east "the first crypto war"?I don't think so.Cryptocurrencies are just a tool and some people will use that tool,if they find benefits.
Calling the war in Ukraine "the first crypto war" is simply pretentious.The war isn't about crypto. Cryptocurrencies might be used by both Russians and Ukrainians,but crypto adoption on both Russia and Ukraine remains questionable.
2189  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Police can confiscate refugees' valuables. bitcoin not affected... on: March 09, 2022, 06:01:31 AM
Now that's a pretty communist law,if you ask me. Grin
The Danish police confiscating items and money,in order to "fund" the stay of the refugees in Denmark?
Can't the refugees simply fund their own stay with the money and items,which are about to be confiscated?
This doesn't make any sense to me.Anyway,Bitcoin can successfully serve this purpose,but so does every altcoin as well.This means that Bitcoin isn't more special than any altcoin,when it comes to hiding your wealth(maybe except the centralized altcoins).I'm not shitting over BTC.I'm just saying that we have to stop with the biased opinions about how special,unique and magnificent Bitcoin actually is.
2190  Economy / Speculation / Re: If Russia goes full Bitcoin adoption on: March 08, 2022, 11:55:57 AM
1.Russia would never adopt Bitcoin.Adopting a cryptocurrency that will leave the central bankers with no control over the money supply?Nope.Not going to happen.
2.Russia doesn't need to adopt Bitcoin,Russia needs to find new markets for it's export.Maybe the Asian countries like China,India,Vietnam,Indonesia would buy more Russian goods and commodities.
3.Russia also needs access to technologies,since the western countries(and probably Japan and South Korea) will stop selling hi-tech products and technologies to Russia.Bitcoin has nothing to do with this problem and it certainly won't help for solving it.
2191  Economy / Trading Discussion / Re: Is there interested in a Virtual Visa Debit Card ? | Opinion asked on: March 08, 2022, 11:29:35 AM
I don't think that the Trading Discussion forum is the right place for your topic.
Perhaps you could move this topic to another sub-forum,maybe the "Project Development" category.
I have seen VCC crypto services like Paywithmoon,but I have never tried such service.
AFAIK,Paywithmoon accepts only two deposit options-Coinbase and Lightning wallet deposits.
Creating a crypto VCC service,which accepts a bigger variety of payment methods for depositing money into the VCC would be great.
I'm not sure that it would be possible for you to provide a VCC service without KYC.
You say that somebody wants to sell you this VCC business.What's the price?Is it too expensive?
Anyway,I wish you good luck with your project.
2192  Economy / Economics / Re: China's strategy on the Ukraine invasion war on: March 08, 2022, 06:31:40 AM
The best approach for China is to stay neutral and see what happens.
The problem is that the western sanctions will hit both the western economies and the Russian economy.
A new global recession might be coming,which means that the Chinese export of goods might decrease.
China has to prepare for this,by increasing it's domestic demand for Chinese products and service,making it's economy less dependent of the export.
On the other hand,both the Western world and Russia suffering from an economic crisis would be a great opportunity for China to increase it's international influence and the export of Chinese capitals overseas.
2193  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Gambling Disorder ? on: March 08, 2022, 06:11:03 AM
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This made me go further in the article to find more about Gambling disorder, according to the current education, it's categorized under impulsive disorder, in the US they are actually treated with medicine like : Mood stabilizers, Opioids, antidepressants and antipsychotic pills.

I guess that "big pharma" is really desperate to sell more drugs and make more money from of the poor gambling addicts.This is just as predatory as some parts of the gambling industry. Angry
I don't really think that gambling addiction can be cured with drugs,pills and remedies.It can be cured only by therapy and by the desire of the gambling addict to solve his mental problem and to get out of his toxic condition.
It has been proven multiple times that some antidepressants can lead to addiction.
Nobody can solve a gambler's problem,by turning one addiction into another.

2194  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Bitcoin and Ukraine war on: March 08, 2022, 05:51:34 AM
Are you seriously asking why the oil price is going up?
There are concerns about Russia cutting the oil supply to Europe.Reduced supply+higher or static demand means a higher oil price.This is just law of supply and demand.Bitcoin has nothing to do with this.
The western investors might not like buying Bitcoins,because a big percentage of BTC miners are located in Russia and Kazakhstan,which means that Russia might try to crash the BTC price,by imposing a ban over the BTC miners.However,this is just a hypothesis.
Gold and commodities will beat BTC as a safe heaven assets and more speculative investors will forget about Bitcoin(for a while) and jump on the commodity markets.I hope that Bitcoin will start growing after the war is over.
2195  Economy / Economics / Re: Bank’s failure on: March 07, 2022, 12:12:37 PM
The support for banking is still felt all over the world even in Russia that they got banned from Swift, you can still see queues around the bank and ATM despite the awareness that Russian banks don't have money. The banks still relevant another instance with the banks in Russia, after the remover just recently the Russian government now making plans to trade with China. The bank is still a huge institution that the world is relying on for global trading.

1.Not all Russian banks are excluded from Swift.AFAIK,the biggest Russian bank Sberbank wasn't excluded from the SWIFT system.
2.The banking system will remain strong in the upcoming decades.People will always have the need to borrow money.
3.People aren't really that dependent of the banks.You can deposit money into a bank,if you want to.Nobody is forcing you to do that.You can use bank loans and credit cards if you want to.Nobody is forcing you to borrow money and use credit cards.Saying that the people are innocent victims of those greedy predatory bankers is pretty much an oversimplification.There are greedy bankers for sure,but nobody in the world would force you to use a bank.Probably your employer could force you to make a bank account,in order to receive your salary,but you could just withdraw the money.
2196  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2021/2022 on: March 07, 2022, 11:48:49 AM

Ronaldo is a very ambitious player and considering how many golden balls he has, it is clear that he wants to win more.
But apparently it will be very difficult to win any trophies with this Manchester. At the same time, it should be noted that the composition of the team is excellent, capable of beating anyone.
The main mystery is why they won't hire a top coach? Why they hire a very average coach for such a top team?
Manchester is a team with money and a name, they could hire almost any coach on the market (well, maybe except Guardiola and Klopp) and it was unclear why they hired Rangnick.

Jose Mourinho was a top coach,but he failed at Manchester United.Louis Van Gaal failed as well.
Why they hired Ralf Rangnick remains a mystery.If Rangnick is truly a temporary manager,why didn't they just keep Michael Carrick until the end of the season?Why didn't the Man United owners just keep Solskjaer?
The results would have been pretty much the same.It seems that Ralf Rangnick isn't any better than Carrick and Solskjaer.
The only top tier manager they could hire is probably Zidane(if he really wants to lead an English team).
Anyway,great game from Manchester City.They will continue to dominate the Premier League until the end of the season and in the upcoming years.


2197  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Usdt are safeheaven to avoid volatility and goverment restrictions on: March 07, 2022, 06:18:40 AM
OP praising Tether remains me of a bunch of older forum accounts,that were just shitposting and spamming on the forum praising stablecoins.Perhaps this is the same guy,just using another alt account.
Tether is just tied to the US dollar and the US dollar will be losing value for sure.Basically USDT is the same shit as USD.There's no added value in USDT,in comparison to the USD.
For some reason the USD increased it's value in my country,due to the Russian invasion in Ukraine.
I'm sure that this increase in value will be temporary.What if Russia,China and India stop using USD in their foreign trade?I'm sure that the USD will lose a lot of it's value,if such event occurs.

2198  Economy / Gambling / Re: What's the new big Cryptocasino to use for a UK player on: March 07, 2022, 05:58:35 AM
Hi Guys,
I used to use Stake.com Allot, but this a while ago, wonder if there's any good competitors for a UK player using a VPN. Haven't gambled in a while and want to use a new site!
Any new good competitors? I also have a swedish passport so i managed to do one of the KYC's for Stake and it was never an issue.
Thanks!!!


I don't get it.Are you just too lazy to do your own research,instead of asking someone to give you information?
Can't you just browse around the forum and take a look at all announcements posts and scam accusations?
What are the benefits that a "new" crypto casino would give,in comparison to an "old" crypto casino?
Aren't both new and old crypto casinos basically offering the same variety of games,the same user experience?
Why do you have to use a VPN?Are there any gambling restrictions in the UK?I though that the UK is a pretty "gambling friendly" country.
2199  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Bitcoin as a means to restore people's authority over money on: March 07, 2022, 05:38:53 AM
I think that you are writing a bunch of speculations here.
Thinking that the majority of the Russians will buy Bitcoin to protect their wealth is just a speculation.
Bitcoin isn't guaranteed to provide protection against inflation and Bitcoin isn't a safe heaven asset.
I don't know what exactly do you mean by "restoring people's authority over money"?
For centuries,the money supply was a monopoly of the state.The people had nothing to do with this.
I think that the people never had any authority over the money supply.The governments and the elites had power to control the money supply.Perhaps Bitcoin will change this,but do you think that the ordinary BTC user has any power and authority over Bitcoin?Only the big miners and crypto whales have true power over Bitcoin.
2200  Economy / Economics / Re: War save economy here is how on: March 06, 2022, 11:43:51 AM
OP,do you use Google Translate?I can barely understand what you are trying to say with your post.
Wars can boost the revenue of the military-industrial complex.Countries and the people buy more weapons during wars.This means that the military-industrial complex gets bigger income,which means more jobs in the factories,that are producing weapons.This is the only "positive" thing about war.There's nothing else.
Your theory about destroyed countries needing loans to rebuild their infrastructure and industry is partially right,but I don't think that rebuilding something that was destroyed counts as economic development.
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