K'anaga n'ubi ka oka naka... E simply means – make we just dey mark time as we deh watch wetin dey happen at the moment while we await the main expected thing.

That's the attitude of great minds. To say thank you may look minute but it's a great virtue. I'm a man given to gratitude myself and so I understand when people genuinely appreciate others. I congratulate your efforts at pulling yourself up. You're the real MVP in this case. Now, lace up your boots for more work awaits you to rank up to the top echelon here. Enjoy, bro.

Igbo kwenu! Now I don sabi sey you be nwanna. Ji si ke! But dat your explanation for dat proverb nor too be wetin e mean oh. Ask anybodi wey sabi, den go tell you d real meaning. I salute your new rank, broda mi.

Nope, it's certainly not like every other online forum. It has an edge on others. BTT is about the only forum where people read other's comments to learn and broaden their knowledge on cryptocurrency and then post (when they get to certain ranks) to earn money legitimately. No other fora (none that I know of anyway) pays you for comments you make on social media.

No one is putting anyone on pressure to earn merits but the members themselves, especially if earning merits puts them in a better position for signature campaigns. Otherwise, it's advisable for members to just take their time and make posts that will aid others; not minding whether such posts get merited or not.

I'm optimistic that Bitcoin will rally north ward for the month of November. I shared this perspective in a different thread here a few minutes ago. We might not have seen enough strength upward to suggest that it could break the $21,000 barrier yet as a few users have pointed out. However, Bitcoin has a way of causing instantaneous spikes to change the tides. I believe that can happen this first week in this month. For anyone trading it, I will advise they look for buy entries more and jettison the idea of shorting it even if the set-up looks enticing.

My speculation for Bitcoin in November for the past few months was bullish and I still remain bullish on it. November (many have dubbed it Movember) has often been a favourable month for Bitcoin from past studies and I don't see this year's November being an exception. The FOMC tomorrow will, somehow, find away to make that speculation realizable by moving it north bound whichever way we want to look at it.

In real life, there's always an alternative to whatever there's. This is why there're always two sides to a coin or when people say everything that has an advantage must also have a disadvantage. Sorry to burst your bubbles OP, there're alternatives to Bitcoin. I ain't even referring to fiat alone here but other cryptos. These other items equip us to be able to peg the value of Bitcoin to something. Without these alternatives Bitcoin wouldn't be with a value. We've to factor in that while hyping Bitcoin.

For me, Bitcoin's greatest asset is its community. It has got a very strong and committed fan base.

Yeah, I was particular about the hoDl dude – GameKyuubi. So, I checked his profile and surprisingly discovered that dude was still active here until June. I was surprised because almost all the icons from Bitcoin's early days have long stopped being active here. We need some of them to bring forth the memories of what it used to be with Bitcoin in the past.

It could be that the bull has started as we're already in November, the month I believe favours Bitcoin. I won't be expecting anything contrary to a bullish movement from Bitcoin this month. As it's now, price is resting on weekly support around $19,500 and I sincerely hope it doesn't break it so we can see it reaching for the $24k region where there's a strong resistance. If anyone must short Bitcoin now, they should be very careful doing that. Otherwise, it's better to wait and aim for long.

This is the angle most people aren't looking at from. For me, this is a very vital part of the deal. As a shrewd businessman, many people aren't seeing what he saw while making that deal. I believe he's looking at the advert potential of Twitter which surpasses every other social media site. Buying Twitter for Elon will be like paying heavy sign-on fee on a player with clout but outsiders scream that it's a waste of financial resources until tickets, jerseys and stickers sale shoot up just because that single player joined that club. It's the same thing I see in all this Elon stuff with Twitter. Elon Musk will recoup his invested cash in no distant time.

On the political angle, I think it's about time Twitter's strangulation on free speech/posts was cut loose.

In my opinion, only two things can be taught to combat corruption and these are: (1). Contentment and (2). Repercussions. In most countries where corruption festers much, go check their behavioural pattern and you will discover that those two are completely messed up. In such countries, citizens aren't contented with whatever they've acquired. Those who've want to flout it at those they think they're better off than. There's constant display of obscene wealth on social media from these ones. More so, those who are caught in corruption are let loose with little or no repercussions to the crime committed. All that will weaken the morale of those who want to remain pious. This is what happens in most Africa countries with weak institutions that ought to be the standard bearers in addressing corruption. The institutions are gone, completely.

I think OP should rephrase that question and succinctly ask – Why does everyone want to make or earn money? The answer will be an obvious one. Of course, everyone wants a better life of comfort which money can afford. People believe engaging in trading can give them all that. Sadly, it's just an infinitesimal number of traders that can truly say they're living that life from profits made in trading.

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Well, there's nothing wrong in arming oneself with the theoretical of trading. However, to tell you the truth trading is more of practical reality and emotional control than reading books. BTW, you sound like you trade Binary. Do you also trade FX?

This is really a trying time for most of our compatriots at a time like this with inflation hitting higher than before with past administrations. Sometimes I wonder how those without a job even cope when those with a job barely survive on salary. This is why as a matter of emergency no one should stick to one source of income. I hope you get back on your feet soonest.

Talking about staying afloat during recession, one should get into business and into essential products. Products and services that people won't be able to do without. If you like trading, this is the right time to perfect your strategy. Spend more time at your game. This is why I'm trying my hand on Futures. It's an exciting exercise, provided you don't over leverage your capital.

Good to know you've shaken off the hurt and moved on. Such is life. You win some, you lose some.

I think you do have a valid point in there on theymos' nonchalance towards TP's request for a name change. Again, coupled with the fact that a name change will completely take away anything that resembles the old name from it. If we look at the user in quote – (The)(cool)Cryptovator – we would discover that the said user's name change revolved around their old name, capitalization got changed to lowercase or the definite article "the" got dropped. How do we relate with "The Sceptical Chymist" being The Pharmacist 🤔

For the sake of sensibilities, I wouldn't say it's a stupid idea but I know it's not a wise one either. The best would be for your friend to generate new wallet addresses whenever they feel the current address has been overused instead of discarding the wallet totally and setting up new ones. Doing that will mean your friend has to start all over again and get seedphrases saved up. It's an attempt in futility. It can even expose one to hacks.

Life happens. Sometimes, death can cause a user to be inactive. In fact, that's the most scary part of my thought whenever I notice a user has been inactive that long. Otherwise, I don't think anyone who was here before Bitcoin became popular would want to go cold now that it's gathering momentum. There are users who have ceased posting here but they're still active reading comments here. For those who have stopped posting and reading here, there's certainly something wrong.

There wouldn't be any need for that since merit doesn't have any monetary load on it. Theymos can send as many of it as he wants to merit sources to distribute and redistribute. No big deal.

There was argument against that in the past. Now, sense of reason prevails that doing such would be erasing important posts and insights those users might've shared here. Knowledge would've been lost.

That's an ouch moment there! How the tables turned and the story of how the hunter became the hunted. It's really sad when things we ought to have done right turn to hurt us in future. A simple registration with CAC (Corporate Affairs Commission) would've secured the name for you and even placed you in a better position of bargain that would've fetched you millions if you decided to give up your username for that new company. Anyway, I hope you learnt your lesson on how to secure patent for any stuff you need to keep, going forward.

Lemme go'an have a drink to celebrate this accurate guess of mine! It's worth celebrating 🏃‍♂️

Make it two guesses and I will have a gander –
                 1. You chose it after your profession.
                 2. You picked it, unrelated to what
                      you're but, as one who could make
                      prescriptions for the malady that
                      was in the forum of shitposts and
                      scams when you joined.

You do really want to change it? I think The Pharmacist sounds better than Chymist, frankly.

Yes, I see everything wrong with your suggestion. Let me ask simply, so what happens to the posts you make wearing certain signature when you change to another signature? Let's say, for instance, you get to promote a gambling project and you make all your posts only in gambling sections just to keep inline with the signature name and ideology, what happens when you move into a campaign that's anti-gambling? What then happens to all your gambling posts wearing a "pius" signature? Remember that what is displayed on users' profiles is the current signature they're signed on. So, by calculation what everyone sees is the current signature even on posts made years ago. Your suggestion won't work. It's going to be chaotic implementing it.

I've always associated numbers on usernames to believe those numbers mean something special to the users. Sometimes I believe it could be the user's date of birth, wedding date, date they got something uplifting, etc. Yours is an exception from what I've seen as you said the numbers on your moniker were randomly chosen and didn't represent anything to you. Look at what I meant below 👇