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221  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Bitcoin has nothing to do with crime on: August 08, 2023, 04:02:41 PM
Because of bitcoin does not give public details of people who make transaction with it, some people do say it promote crime. People needs to understand one of the features of bitcoin is freedom that anybody can get access to it, it does not discriminate.  The privacy features of bitcoin is very important to humanity,  which I know one of its advantage is for safety by using cryptography that makes all transactions safe and encrypted.

Privacy in transactions of bitcoin is much important,  if their was no privacy it would have cause several criminal attacks.  For those who think bitcoin encourages crime because of hiding  public data of users don't understand the importance of bitcoin being private.  Before bitcoin  started  existing monetary crime have been existing.  Bitcoin is not a reason for monetary crime,  bitcoin is just for everyone and does not discriminate but accept everyone.

Ofcourse, it's actually an innocent Network and not evil or a criminal

The important lesson from Bitcoin is that you can keep a Network open, , public, permissionless, trustless for all kinds of human beings to use and collaborate on without exposing them to risk or danger from those who may wish to use it for evil. . Much of the activities (the non-sensitive ones) of  participants on the Bitcoin Network are transparent since it's a public network but the sensitive (and harmless) data  which could leave their owners vulnerable to attacks or danger are kept private. Such sensitive data in public space are things like names of users which are not disclosed to others unless the owners choose to reveal them to those they feel will not misuse/abuse them..
Bitcoin was wisely crafted to protect its users while remaining decentralized and open for all to use. That's how a good Network should operate. Centralizing such Network will only expose things that are meant to be hidden & secure to danger at the center who cannot be properly monitored or checked for abuse or misuse of sensitive data
222  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Do you think it's a good idea if BTC has smart contract capability? on: August 07, 2023, 05:07:17 PM
What Bitcoin needs, and will be getting soon(LORD Willing), possibly on sidechain/L2, is advanced smart-contract system. It currently has a basic smart-contract which doesn't do much. So, having an advanced smart contract that is seperate from the main chain is the best way to go especially for experimental purposes, until developers are certain it can be safely applied on the mainchain, or whether it's better to keep using it seperatetly.
In regards to decentralization and using the smart contract by users ... a good smart contract system will need to be run on the Bitcoin principles. like the Bitcoin nodes, it should be possible for participants to run and verify every contract for security, correctness, and according to laid down rules to prevent people/things from abusing or misusing it.
223  Economy / Economics / Re: New Research found Work from home workers to be less productive on: August 07, 2023, 04:35:26 PM
It depends on the kind of workers, and the kind of work environments they like. There are people who do really well & better in works done from home, they are likely the independent minded ones who need lots of quiet time and feel more comfortable working alone. If you are employers (or workers) who don't like remote work, maybe create quiet places that feel like home for such unique workers (who are likely in the minority) in your companies for example, for more productivity. Other workers will probably like the opposite kind of environments for obvious reason and still do well.  

Researchers need to take the difference in personality into consideration when conducting such research.
A proper research would first of all inquire about the kind of work environment people really like and do well in and base the result on that.
224  Other / Off-topic / Re: The Bull charges backward before rushing forward in "full force" on: August 04, 2023, 03:53:29 PM
As we are about to reach the end of this current bull market, let's move the price above +30,000, precisely what is in my mind. Once you get there wait a bit for us to cross the red sea.


This is impossible without GOD. All Glory be to HIM alone.



Let's 30,000 becomes the new support, then hit a new high before we end this bullrun.
This is impossible without GOD. All Glory be to HIM alone.


Let's slightly cross 32,000, then end this bullrun.

This is impossible without the CREATOR of the Universe. All Glory be to HIM alone.
225  Bitcoin / Project Development / Re: Thoughts on a Bitcoin smart wallet? on: August 04, 2023, 03:36:00 PM
Nice concept as long as it's opensource and secure. The recovery feature for self custody will really be useful if done correctly. Also like the "time-lock hold" feature.
Would like to also see split coins feature that helps fund owners avoid keeping huge amount of funds in single account or private key by automatically splitting the funds into multi private keys.
226  Other / Serious discussion / Re: LK-99 and bitcoin development on: August 04, 2023, 09:53:57 AM
So the goal of those promoting this in Bitcoin space is to see if it can be applied in the development of energy-efficient Bitcoin miners that don't need to be cooled with liquid helium. In other words, if this is successful/true miners made from room temperature based superconductors, even without using liquid helium, will nolonger produce too much heat as by product due lack of electrical resistance.
227  Economy / Service Discussion / Re: Buying food with BTC on: August 03, 2023, 04:09:19 PM
Do you know of any restaurants and/or supermarkets in the US and abroad that sells food for BTC? It would be nice to avoid Fiat altogether and use BTC to buy our life necessities. The only place I could think of is El Salvador with its acceptance of Bitcoin as legal tender. It's likely every merchant and business there accepts BTC as payment method. I don't know about the US and developed countries. Could someone enlighten me? Thanks in advance. Smiley


People who could do this comfortably outside of regions where Bitcoin is legal tender are likely bitcoiners (true & passionate ones) who understand Bitcoin and know how best to use it without feeling like criminals or getting into trouble with the authorities.
A typical bitcoiner would probably take the route of the pizza guy by offering to deliver foods made at home to choice addresses of fellow forum/community members. But it's important that the sellers are well known old and reputable members who are true bitcoiners. Not the kind of people who would treat Bitcoin as fiat and announce to the whole world and their countrymen that they accept Bitcoin here.
228  Bitcoin / Development & Technical Discussion / Re: bitcoin has its own operating system on: August 03, 2023, 10:12:13 AM
It will make much sense, especially for security reasons, to have a simple Bitcoin/crypto compatible PC and mobile phones operating system called Bitcoin Operating System for running only Open-source Applications, Bitcoin nodes and nodes of other Decentralized Applications that can safely connect to the Bitcoin Network.
We could just have seperate laptops and phones for running the open-source decentralized apps rather than running them on our regular device
229  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Bitcoin Is Not Crypto, The SEC Confirms on: August 02, 2023, 09:25:08 PM
Well, there was this interesting point on a particular social media by some people who prefer not to call Bitcoin crypto. They wanted Bitcoin to be special or different while the name "Crypto" should be for the rest of cryptocurrencies(altcoins). Maybe they forgot that the word "crypto" was derived from cryptocurrency which all the cryptocurrencies are entitled to... , so I didn't take their talk too seriously and still prefer to use both Bitcoin and crypto interchangeably, or Crypto being the general word. If they want uniqueness, the words True Crypto should do that, while the rest, but a very few, could be called false cryptos.
So, it's like Op is saying "Bitcoin is not Altcoins" or Bitcoin is special and not like the rest... assuming he/she is part of those group of thinkers
230  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Bitcoin Is Not Crypto, The SEC Confirms on: August 02, 2023, 03:51:47 PM
Bitcoin is simply not a centralized crypto. It's decentralized, governed by fair rules, with its decentralized participants, rather than just a central figure, monitoring the network and enforcing the rules.  So, there needs to be enough honest Network participants to make sure the rules are obeyed. . It'll be hard to violate the rules if there are many eyes watching and enforcing them. Things can easily go wrong if one or few people (who could mostly be dishonest or evil) are monitoring a large network and enforcing its rules. Which is why people should be careful with centralized cryptocurrencies as they are designed to have one or few people watching and enforcing their rules. This is why they need government enforcement or be outrightly banned.
231  Economy / Economics / Re: The American Dream. What is Your Country's Version of it? on: August 02, 2023, 02:54:53 PM
I'm stateless, have no country... not of this World but of another. I belong to a Nation, or perhaps an existence that is everywhere but nowhere.

In my World or Nation, our needs are guranteed as long as our Shield remains strong. To have a strong shield is to obey the laws and do the Will of our CREATOR. Then you are well covered and nourished like mother hen covers and feeds her children.
232  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: What do you think about iris scanner scenario in worldcoin network? on: August 02, 2023, 09:46:02 AM
 
So you may be heard this couple of weeks ago. Still it's so hype in the twitter. So wordcoin is offering 70-80$ airdrop for those who own s wordcoin id. To get Id you need to verify you via iris scanner. So right now there are long queue to get a id. Most of people doing this because of that free airdrop. But no one is thinking about the consequences of this. I mean we don't know what will they do the data that they collect from us. They never mention why they implemented iris scanner, what will they do with those data collect from scanning peoples eyes. Sad

So why people don't afraid for this situation. For 70$ they sold their data. What happens if worldcoin use this iris data for illegal activity?  





 Human Identification is important (not necessary though) in cryptocurrency space but shouldn't be done in this manner.


A Crypto compatible human identification scheme should be decentralized p2p identification and verification. It's either done online(virtual world) or offline (physical world) or both.
We have written extensively on both... but I want to dwell abit on the offline/physical part today. It could simply be done by randomly selecting reputable verifiers or people on a decentralized ID system and assigning them to people who wish to ID themselves physically. Locations where the identification and verification can be safely done by the peers is randomly selected for them. They meet at the locations and the verifiers compare the peers IDs with their physical appearances, then use the peers phones or specialized cameras that cannot save copies of the owners IDs, to take photos of the peers and their IDs (probably via the decentralized ID application/system) and immediately have them saved on the ID system. Once saved it's thoroughly encrypted and the private keys given to the owners.
The owners can always use the private keys or corresponding public keys/addresses for certain transactions, websites/dapps authentications etc. And blue "verified" checkmarks shown on their profiles on the Decentralized ID system... including the public keys of their verifiers and their reputation scores. Verifiers reputation could be scored by other verifiers(who should aswell be randomly selected) during second verification of owners IDs by 1 or 2 of the verifiers, and the date of the verification could be random.


This method is Bitcoin-friendly and way safer
233  Economy / Economics / Re: What's the effect of having plenty children to the national economy of a country on: August 01, 2023, 04:06:12 PM
Having more children isn't the problem. The problem is having bad and unproductive humans multiplying and filling the Earth.
Producing more humans and spreading through out the world is actually good for the earth if the humans are good and productive. But if they are not they become a problem to the world.

We are told by our CREATOR to be fruitful(productive) and multiply.

A farmer will be happy to see his plants or animals multiply as long as they are fruitful/productive and healthy.
Earth is more than enough to contain all of us.
234  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: SEC asked Coinbase to halt trading in everything except BITCOIN, CEO says on: August 01, 2023, 03:39:29 PM
Well, mostly to due current statue of Bitcoin as a True Cryptocurrency, coupled with the influence of its backers. Bitcoin won a war and no longer has any challanger. It didn't win this war by trying to please the regulatory authorities or compromising on its most important principles. It won it by holding strong to the truth and through superior reasoning. People who mindlessly fought Bitcoin either perished, are in jail or suffering one serious issue or the other. So, everyone is a bit careful thesedays.
It's like a weak country trying to fight the USD knowing who is backing it. Now Bitcoin has greater backer who values it more than USD and other fiat currencies.
235  Other / Serious discussion / Re: Oppenheimer And The Atomic Bomb... on: August 01, 2023, 09:43:42 AM
How do you evaluate Oppenheimer’s role and responsibility in the development and use of the atomic bomb? I think Oppenheimer’s role and responsibility in the development and use of the atomic bomb are complex and ambiguous.

On one hand, he was a brilliant scientist who contributed to a major scientific breakthrough and helped end World War II. On the other hand, he was also a human being who had doubts and regrets about the destructive power of his creation and its impact on humanity. I don’t think he can be easily judged as a hero or a villain, but rather as a flawed and fascinating figure who faced a terrible moral dilemma.

What do you think?


Brilliant scientist should be intelligent enough to resolve conflict without violence but if no one is listening then you let them be to reap what they sow and maybe escape to another place with your peace. Divine justice is always guaranteed.

I would probably side with anyone who could end a conflict without attacking the innocent, if getting involved becomes necessary
236  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Does cryptocurrency actually solve any problems? on: July 31, 2023, 04:03:19 PM
Been asked a couple of times, what problems does Bitcoin cryptocurrency solve, and what’s its unique value proposition compared to other cryptocurrencies or traditional financial systems.  Would love any other users take on this ..

The underlined part of your post doesn't make much sense unless Bitcoin is added before "cryptocurrency".

Now to the question, "what problem does Bitcoin cryptocurrency solve?".. first of all, fiat currencies or traditional financial systems have lots of problems, ranging from Centralization(centrally controlled), Can be easily Censored (the central power can stop users from using it at its own discretion), Lacks Transparency, Easy to counterfeit, Easy to Inflate (alot can be printed effortlessly & even secretly), Prone to Inflation which devalues people savings, requires Trusting In imperfect System/People,  etc. These and other problems are what true Cryptocurrency like Bitcoin actually solves through Decentralization (controlled by users), Censorship Resistant (cannot be easily seized or stopped), Transparency (activities on Bitcoin Network are transparent), Hard to counterfeit, Printing requires hardwork (bitcoins are printed via hardwork & transparently), It's Deflationary (this helps increase the value of users savings),  It's Trustless (requires trusting in coded truth, etc.

Which would you rather choose? Recommend it to those who need the truth
237  Other / Off-topic / Re: Do we really need a lot of foods?? on: July 31, 2023, 10:44:12 AM
Astronaut just eat a pill containing multi-vitamins, and they also just drink the recycled water from wastes.

They do not have the luxury of sending a lot of freshly prepared foods from the earth to the moon everyday.

How much food do you think we need to live comfortably?

10 pounds a day of meats and cheese?


It largely depends on what & how much your body needs:
*Energy/carbohydrates (fuel) for work,
*Protein(building material),
* others: minerals, vitamins, oil etc

A hardworking adult needs lots of foods especially those rich in natural energy and couple of protein, vitamins, minerals, oil rich foods.




People who do little to no work need little food. If they eat more than they need the foods will be passed out from the rear end or/and stored in the body as fat.



* Note that Work equals (=) Solving problems. The more problems you solve the more food you need. And working isn't necessarily physical activities even though it is very important. Maybe excersing should compensate for lack of that. And exercising is also working, though abit selfish because it solves problem for self
238  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Full relay : cost and benefits on: July 28, 2023, 03:49:33 PM
One of the options I have considered in the past is to find a way to distribute the original/full copy of the Bitcoin blockchain on cheap storage devices for offline sharing worldwide. People can just buy or get them for free, install on their computers and join the Bitcoin Network. But I think it would be necessary for the offline copies to be verified as authentic before they are allowed to become part of the Network. Maybe hashing the full copy of the Blockchain and verifying the hash, or/and resyncing would solve this.


Edit: every community, town, city allover the World could do well to have atleast 2 or 3 persons or node runners who can afford to run a fully synced Bitcoin chain on daily basis . These persons can serve as main Blockchain file distributors/sharers, transaction verifiers etc, for the rest of the Community without full nodes
239  Other / Serious discussion / Re: Some things just won't work out. on: July 28, 2023, 09:49:47 AM
People always expect the best in us, especially if we are born with intelligence privilege. And those who are less fortunate, people will expect them to fail and suffer. But the truth is, some things just don't work out.
>You don't need to be rich to succeed and prosper, just like you don't need high intelligence and power to be famous and be recognized.
>You just have to be yourself. It's okay to lose or fail at some point. Life is not a matter of how much you gained or how much you lose. What's more important is that despite of your failures and losses, you never dare to quit. And you still face them with lots of courage and passion.

>If by being rich you mean having lots of money, ofcourse we don't need that to succeed, even though we can always get alot of it when we need it. In regards to the part on high intelligence and power, that in other words could mean "recognized and famous people are not necessarily powerful or very intelligent". I think those recognitions kind of lower intelligence and power when they get into the heads of the recepients . It's better to just avoid them by being discreet in our good works or giving glory to the ONE who made the good works possible

> in regards to being yourself, that is tricky part considering the fact that most people have been corrupted to be what they were not originally created to be. They have been programmed into something else by the kind of information they consume. That corrupted part is not their true selves but of the corruptor. So it's safer to tell them to be who they were created to be else they take up  false selves/personalities such as homosexuals, filthy singers, movie groomed scientists, false economists etc. They need healings to discover their true selves.

 Obviously certain people learn through mistakes, failure, trail and error. But we here don't pray for that. We are called to be perfect by our CREATOR, as it's written "be ye perfect".
And Ofcourse, we don't quit. It's hard to quit what gives you alot of satisfaction, happiness and joy no matter the challenges faced. People who quit are clearly missing this.
240  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Unraveling the Ridiculous: Exposing the Absurdity of the 51% Power Attack FUD on: July 27, 2023, 03:59:12 PM
Controlling 51% harsh rate by an individual/entity is not enough. You'll need to control majority consensus of all Network participants. Miners don't have such power on the Bitcoin Network, not even close.  If an entity someone manages to control most of the network consensus, it still has to deal with rules set by force with Power that can render the power of the attacking force completely useless.


In regards to Bitcoin supply, you could give them 70% of the 21million and they will still achieve nothing. Having majority of the supply is nolonger enough. They need lots of power to be able to have significant effect on the price.  The power could be found in bitcoins earned honestly and through hardwork.

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