First red flag. Unsolicited messages which requires you to take an action; reset password, enter seed phrase etc, should be avoided completely.

This is a pretty old means of scamming and spreading malware's around.
Just clicking on the link should not create any vulnerabilities, entering your password is the action that will send a feedback to the hackers and they can take control of your account.

You can go one further and actually send newbies to jail for an extended period, where they only have access to a device which can only access the forum without the post option.

We pick up anyone who attempts to join the forum like, blind fold them and bring them to out secret base; No, I'm not copying squid game, that's the plot for every other thriller movie.
If they fall to pass the IQ test, well, we could actually copy squid game then.

I sincerely hope that all my training through different levels of school and extensive research on random things on YouTube have prepared me for the most important test of my life - The bitcointalk IQ test.

P.S, I had no idea what the question was talking about and restisted the urge to Google it (at least not yet). Theymos, are these real questions? And is LoyceV a real A.I? Trivia away...

Edit: 95 on first post, the system is rigged

Would be interesting to find out if the planned conference is more than a publicity program to attract more Bitcoin users to their platform.

The motive aside however, it could be agteaf way for more people to learn about Bitcoin and how it actually works, there are some speakers listed there who I personally follow on social media and who spread credible content related to cryptocurrencies and not just hype to get followers excited.

There are no strict rules about merit abuse on the forum, except it involves merit sources; The idea is if it is related to a regular user then it isn't much of a big deal as they would eventually run out of smerits to circulate between their alt accounts.

You could move this post to reputation, but there would b no official action taken as suspected merit abuse is no moderated.

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I'm interpreting that comparison to mean that one should avoid shitcoins cause the are vulnerable to hacks and leaks, whilst Bitcoin is a much more secure network and any breach is usually through third party networks like exchanges and not linked to Bitcoin at all as people can choose where to store their coins and many make wrong decisions.

Any new technology is met with a certain level of resistance from the general public, this could be due to an inability to accept something different from the norm. The internet suffered this when it was launched, and Bitcoin did the same, as the general public was already used to Fiat as the principal financial agent.

This only happens for a while, with time the acceptance spreads around the public as more people come to the realization that there can be an efficient alternative.

Recognition of Cryptocurrencies has been on the rise for many years now, with greater adoption and usability; Governments getting involved is just an effect of the growing adoption.

Bitcoin could very well become a global reserve currency in the future, I'm not positive if it will be the next as such developments take lots of time.

Can you explain what you mean by freezing and unfreezing a cryptocurrency?

There is no idea to identify price rises and falls. You can use knowledge of technical analysis, but it's sort of a gamble, not a guarantee.

The major difference between this two scenarios is that the one you linked asked that the review be posted on that exact topic in services, while this one which is being discussed is referring participants to their ANN thread. That's the clause which gives the impression that participants are being motivated to post in their ANN thread; boosting discussions.

That's not how ban evasion works; the evil fee or whitelisting window was created for members who are inadvertently affected by the IP restrictions to give them a way to join the forum.

The rules on bans are simple, if a member is banned, then the are not allowed to create another account on the forum, doing that is an evasion of the ban and would lead to a ban if discovered.

The most practical use would be running your own node and downloading your copy of the blockchain, you can run a full node; This helps enforce network rules and maintains the consensus.

I hope you do not get too disappointed when you browse the forum more.
Jus like any platform on the internet, do not take all contents posted to be accurate, there are lots of spam around the forum and posts made solely for the sake of it. Always verify what you read.

Merit is sort of like a point other members give to you, if they find your post content of a certain quality (dependent on them, not you). It's a requirement to rank up from newbie all through to legendary.

You don't get it, you're given it by other members for the above reason and you can in turn give other members merits when you've earned smerits.

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Good luck to everyone

Coinomi and trust wallet are pretty bad suggestions, especially as the OP is looking for open source wallet software options.
Both coinomi and trust wallet has been exposed to not be open source and there is other security risks which those platforms are susceptible to.

A hardware wallet might be expensive relatively, but for maximum security it is the best option, or you could single out each crypto you want to store and find open source alternatives for them.

The current value of Bitcoin and ETH is enough to attract devs to steal funds of customers, and we've seen that with many ce realized exchanges.
It's wise to avoid closed source softwares entirely as you are depending on the devs trustworthiness; in crypto, you verify, not trust.

I personally do not even try to convince people to buy Bitcoin. If a person does show interest, I crawl the internet looking for educative posts or videos which explains how it works as simply as possible and send this to them. Many people who have asked me about bitcoin do not pass this stage, this shows they were never willing to read or do any form of research. If they do happen to pass this stage, I then introduce them to the forum and answer any questions they may have.
You find it easier to communicate when the other party is genuinely interested.

The burden of investment lies on whoever is risking their capital, and they should not be coerced into doing that.

It depends on the usefulness of the content and the effort put into creating it. Merits is a huge part of the forum, and even though it's regularly advised that you do not chase after them, not everyone can completely ignore them when making a post; This doesn't make them spammers.

Every helpful post does NOT get merited. There's no guaranteed reward for quality contribution, well there is and that's contributing positively to the community.

Cold wallets are not limited to hardware wallets, it's simply a broad term to describe wallets which are meant for cold storage, in other words assets sent there are meant to be stored for the long term, preferably offline (hardware wallet or airgapped device). They can always receive transactions as it does not require internet connection, but should ideally only send out once.

Hot wallets are wallets which are used actively for sending and receiving, example would be a trader's account on an exchange.