Too much/lot of energy are just empty words if you don't have some objective data to show. When you read various articles that claim that Bitcoin consumes too much energy, do they say that this share is 0.5%. maybe 1% or 5% of the total electricity consumption? According to some data, energy losses at the world level in one year are about 50 000 TWh, and someone correct me if I'm wrong, Bitcoin does not consume more than 300 TWh per year at the moment.

It may seem like a lot, but in fact it is not, and I will ask the question : "Would the world be a nicer and greener place if those 300 TWh were consumed by banks, Christmas and New Year lights, or if they were simply lost in the grid?"

@Dr.Bitcoin_Strange, congratulations on a successful start to the year, and I hope that the rest of the year will be just as successful or even better for you and your customers. My opinion is that people should always be given as many choices as possible when paying, and Bitcoin is only one of the options that should be offered, especially if such a payment method does not cause any extra costs for you.


As for your friends, I think your experience can be of great help to them, of course if you explain to them what are the advantages and what are the risks when receiving payments in Bitcoin. I would not push anyone into something by force, even if I was good at something, but I would help them if they really want to do it.

As for the discount, I would personally keep it if you can afford it, because that's how you actually attract customers to pay with Bitcoin - although you can reduce it to 5% for one month or try to see what would happen if you completely remove it.

If someone had told the OP not to keep the seed the way he did, maybe he would have kept it on paper and at some point he would have lost that paper, or one of his friends or people he lives with would have found it. Some people never understand, no matter how much someone explains to them, they think that Bitcoin is like some kind of bank that will compensate them for a loss if it happens.

I would even advise people to strengthen their backup with a passphrase, but for some it is an even bigger complication, especially if you tell them that the seed and passphrase should be kept separately. In any case, a properly stored backup is the most important thing, regardless of what kind of crypto wallet it is.

Regardless of the other questions asked by the OP, I think that what he is most interested in is still contained in the title. What we know is that the halving happens every 210 000 blocks, which is approximately every 4 years, and that the reward for miners is halved by 50% at that moment. We also know from a short (but meaningful Bitcoin history) that the price of Bitcoin has increased significantly after each halving, and it is possible that this will happen even after the halving in 2024.

That event therefore, in my opinion, has a certain psychological dimension, because investors expect a large profit, while on the other hand, miners have less and less influence on the market, considering that they "produce" less and less new BTC.

The current calculation says that about 900 BTC is mined daily (on average 1 block every 10 minutes - 144 blocks x 6.25 = 900 BTC x 30 days = 27 000 per month), which is not an amount that can significantly influence the market, where there are already 19+ million BTC. In about ten years, halving will no longer be so important because 99% of all BTC will have already been mined, and the 1% will remain for the next 100+ years.

It's not just about whether someone will (or won't) hack your BTT account (or any other) while they have access to your device, it's also about protecting your privacy. It is true that your account in terms of rank and reputation is not worth much, but some other accounts for hackers would certainly have a significant value if they could be hacked and be in their possession for at least a few hours.



You may think that no one knows, but do you know who is looking over your shoulder - whether you are sitting on a bench or riding a bus, there are always curious people. If you are already giving your smartphone to someone, today most of them have the option of locking each individual app, so that no one can access anything you don't want them to see.

Your case just shows how wrong those who think that buying a hardware wallet will solve all their problems when it comes to the security of their digital assets are wrong. Unfortunately, sooner or later they all pay the price of their ignorance and finance various hackers who live a luxurious life with their money.

For 30 BTC, I would certainly make an effort to report everything to the police, so that I can at least hope that the hackers will be found one day. Even if they used a VPN, it does not mean that they are completely protected, their real IP address could be found out through a court order. Furthermore, if it is about inexperienced hackers, there is always the possibility that they will make a mistake, but in order for there to be a chance that someone will discover it, the first thing is to report it to the police and have a forensic examination of the hacked computer.

If you need the money now, then don't hesitate too much about whether you should sell or not - because you yourself claim that you bought when the price was low. If you don't need money and believe that the price will be even higher next year, then forget about everything for at least one year.

I personally would not sell at this moment if I were only focused on profit, because a few months ago (but also now) is perhaps the best time to invest, given the assumptions that the price will rise significantly next year after the halving. Of course, this is all just speculation and it doesn't have to be like that, so everyone has to decide what to do and at what time.

I completely agree with the first part, because it has nothing to do with each other, not only because one coin uses POW, and the other has moved to POS, but also because Bitcoin has a very low max supply (compared to the mentioned token) which owes its popularity (and price) precisely to the fact that it has unlimited supply and at least for now x6 times more coins on the market. There is no trust, decentralization, meaningful use, but everything depends on one man who wants to compete with Bitcoin, and for 8 years he has not succeeded in doing so.

As for the other one you mentioned, I personally wouldn't invest a single cent in something like that, although I don't want to influence anyone else in what they do with their money.

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Regarding the OP's question, I think that people should primarily look at Bitcoin as a cryptocurrency and use it as much as possible, and only then invest in it as an asset. Otherwise, it all boils down to when you will buy and when you will sell - which is still a big mystery for most.

Your transaction is marked as RBF (replace by fee), and considering that you are the sender, you can simply bump the fee to 4 or 5 sat/vB to get confirmation of your transaction in the next 2 blocks. If you need additional help on how to make RBF, you can search online, or contact me via PM.

There are only 2 admins, the rest are global moderators. In the context of what you wrote, I don't understand why you would use that option at all, because the "report to admin" option serves to report another member's personal message if there is a need for it. So in the event that someone sent you a message that contains inappropriate or malicious content, which could be a death threat, blackmail, a link to a virus/malware or something similar.

Of course it's luxury, but still, the titanium case will protect the electronics much better than ordinary plastic, although I can't say if it justifies such a high price. For someone who has a lot of money and may be a public figure who deals with cryptocurrencies, a device like this is certainly something that can set him apart from the rest.


A few years ago, there was a case where the T model survived a fire and the extinguishing of that same fire, i.e. it was still working after that. I know of one case when one of these was used as a toy for a dog, and in such a case the metal housing would definitely come into its own.

Those who are only there for profit would not mind if as much BTC was "destroyed" as possible so that their coins would be worth more, but that is the reality we live in. However, I do not see why such sales would have any effect on the price considering that we are in the recovery phase and that the market will absorb these coins very easily.

The world is full of confused people, OP is just one of them who thinks that a few thousand BTC can change something important in a market where hundreds of thousands of BTC are traded every day.

When you read articles from a shitty source, then your conclusions are just as shitty (excuse the expression). As @stompix already wrote, it is not about selling 50K BTC, but only a part of what has seized two years ago. And the fact that they (the US government) sell BTC means that they informally recognize it as something that has value, and you could only worry if they destroyed all the seized BTC and thus showed the middle finger to everyone else.

What you see as a problem is actually a good thing, because the US government promotes Bitcoin by doing so and also puts it back into circulation - and in return it gets what it loves most, its dollars.

I heard that there is a guy who invented Bitcoin and that he has his own forum that you can join and that one day he will appear on that forum and distribute even 1 million BTC to everyone who is not a spammer or shitposter

I had similar problems with SMS verifications, and the problem was on my end. It turned out that I had blocked the prefix of a foreign country because of SMS spam coming from that country, but a legitimate service for SMS messages is also located in that country, so I blocked both good and bad messages. It sounds strange, but such things happen.

Personally, I do not prefer this method of verification, but in some cases it is the only choice and cannot be avoided.

I already wrote to you that you should be able to read between the lines so that some things would be clearer to you. The fact is that the administration decided to take that step for two reasons - the first is to protect themselves as individuals, and the second is to protect the forum from possible closure.

Each individual has always been responsible for his actions on the forum, and it will be so in the future, with the difference that now the forum administration completely separates itself from anyone who promotes mixers. In the event that someone decides to deal uncompromisingly with the mixers and those who advertise them, each individual will pay an individual price, and the forum will not be held responsible.

That's just my thinking though, I don't have any confidential information nor do I know what will happen in the future.

Such a mission with only $10 is not only difficult to do, but in most cases it will be completely unprofitable due to the service/withdrawal fee that most CEX charge. If the OP decides to buy Bitcoin or some alternative, then it would be better for him not to make a separate withdrawal, but to do so after accumulating a slightly larger amount of coins.

Of course, there is always a risk of keeping cryptocurrencies in a custodial wallet, but on the other hand, it is simply completely unprofitable to withdraw such small amounts.

I have had a Nano S for about 5 years and it still works like the first day it was bought, but I can say for myself that I am a person who takes care of my things much more than the average person. Technical problems are always possible, but many malfunctions of electronic devices are the result of incorrect handling, inadequate storage, and sometimes a bad power network that can damage such devices due to sudden and frequent voltage changes and power outages.

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You forget that the use of higher quality materials means a higher price, and that many still complain that hardware wallets are too expensive, even though you can buy them for less than $50. Manufacturers have to adapt to what the market is looking for, which is cheaper devices that are therefore made of lower quality materials.

Unfortunately, this quality decreased even more after the material prices skyrocketed, but I think that everything has its price, as well as that every product has its buyer. There is HW that costs as much as $2000, and it seems to be sold out.

We already told you not to call us "crypto bros.", but you are obviously illiterate to the extent that you cannot read several comments in the thread you open.




Criminals still prefer fiat, because not only is it safer for them, but because Bitcoin is not as anonymous as you think. If all relevant research shows that Bitcoin is used by 1-2% of people in the world, where do you see a problem in that? In addition, every bill you have in your wallet may have been in the hands of a drug smuggler, a weapon smuggler, or maybe it was used to pay for a murder - so if you want to solve the world's problems, you should start from the top, not the bottom.

Italy has joined some not so popular countries that have already banned ChatGPT ->


But at the same time, the Google version of the chat bot is still available, because it seems that the only problem is that GPT is available to everyone regardless of age.


However, somehow it seems to me that the ban is only temporary, because the Italian data protection agency has given ChatGPT 20 days to try to solve it, otherwise a fine will follow.