I don't think that gated communities are the solution to safety in this present generation, warfares has gone beyond shooting and physical confrontations, it's now more of controlling missiles to hit intended targets. I think that gated communities should be a temporary measure till a lasting solution to the problem is found, because they can be targeted and hit at anytime, because their static position can expose them like sitting ducks. Besides it'll be very expensive to live in a gated community, because food and other essential needs will have limited supply, and it can lead to crisis on the long run.

There's really so much more to Bitcoin than buy, hodl and sale, if any bitcoiner that wants to go further into it's technicalities, then it requires learning it like a course in a higher institution. I read the post of odolvlobo, and his calculations were totally new to me, despite my time in this forum, I keep learning new things everytime.

It's good that Bitcoin improvement proposals are put into a vote first by Bitcoin miners and nodes, this shows that it's truly decentralized, even if it's creator Satoshi Nakamoto, were to emerge now, he can't independent change anything that he feels is not perfect in Bitcoin.

I can't blame the US government on their stance against decentralized projects, it's a good cause for them to protect against money laundering, some of which  goes into sponsoring terrorism and illegal activities. The tornado cash developer, should have known what he was up against before going into the development of a decentralized privacy project, I guess he must be an informed person and won't claim ignorance of the law. Normally cryptocurrency promotes privacy, but due to the fact that criminals and terrorists have hyjacked it for illegal activities, then I personally don't blame any governments that will wield the big hammer on offenders.

Di most important thing for person wey de serious to hodl Bitcoin on the long term na to make sure say im get atleast one steady source of income, odawise e no go de possible to do am. Investment na secondary need, you go first of all make sure say your income de cover basic needs like food and shelter, den you go fit to put emergency funds aside as savings, no matter how small, na dat time person fit to de able to do long term hodl without distractions, na di way wey I take see am be dat.

Person wey get responsibilities and im no get work, or im income no de enough to take care of basic needs, make im forget about Bitcoin investment, even if di person come de lucky say im hammer money, make im no rush enter Bitcoin, make im first establish business wey go de give am steady money on di short term first. Di important thing na to get Bitcoin investment knowledge, you fit to start anytime wey your income grow pass your primary basic needs, no matter how small you go fit start DCA method, de hodl Satoshi, without to tamper di money.

Banks have been in existence for some centuries and over time they've gained trust and reputation, people feel very comfortable to leave their money in banks, even when they're not getting any incentives for doing so. Crypto exchanges are quite new in the financial industry, so they've not gained adoption and reputation like the banking system, no matter the rewards that they give their customers for keeping their cryptocurrency in them, it'll take a long time before people will fully embrace cryptocurrency and exchanges.

In reality, Banks are safer to save your money than exchanges, because Banks are regulated by central banks, but an exchange can go bankrupt or be hacked at anytime and investors funds will be gone. Despite the advantages of leaving my coins in exchanges, I'll rather leave them in a none custodial wallet, where I'm the custodian of my coins.

The best investments that anybody can make is on another person, because when you empower someone, you've reduced dependency, I believe that one of the major factor that separates loved ones is money, the richer you get the more easier for relationships to become apart. Money is important, but it's not everything, relationship with loved ones, especially family is very important, they'll be there for you in the time of emotional support and when you need loved ones to stand by you. People give different excuses for not keeping relationships going, but a few minutes of call to a loved one can still keep me bond, let us prioritize family and good friends relationships.

Before the halving, there was high expectations that we're going to see a massive bull run, this could be because of the price surge before the halving, that even made it possible to see a new ATH before it. I think that the approval of Bitcoin ETF triggered a lot of excitements, because of the massive price increase that followed it, now halving has ended and the excitement has suddenly ceased because of the price dip. I know that it's just a matter of time and the price predictions or speculations will become more exciting and loud, when we enter bull run.

Thanks for your unbiased view to scams, it's not exclusive to Nigeria, or any other countries in the world, criminality is a global menace, I think that cybercrimes will even be more in developed countries, because they own these technologies, unlike third world countries that are trying to catch up.

It'll surprise the OP to know that CEOs, top government officials, politicians, the wealthy are the most corrupt, they'll involve in shady deals, high level scams to remain super rich. He that is down fears no fall, but the wealthy will do anything to remain very rich, because they have phobia for poverty, therefore they'll do whatever it takes to be rich, whether legit or scam.

The OP should have provided some links or examples of countries that went to war just to revenge what another older generation did to their older generation, revenge is the aftermath of a wrong done to someone, community or country. Something must've caused the initial war or conflict that'll necessitate a revenge, so it's definitely resources, encroachment, colonization, power and the rest that starts a war, if the receiving sides resists, revenge mainly comes after surfering a defeat. I can say that most wars are started out of interests, to fight for something that will be beneficial to you as an individual or a country as a whole.

In the first few months of joining this forum, I also thought like the OP that if there could be a " like button" to posts, that it'll be fine, so members can appreciate a post that they feel is quality, even if they don't have merit to give the post. But I soon realized that it'll probably never happen, as the merit system is a unique feature of the forum, to make it stand out from social media sites like Facebook. One of the reasons why I think that " like buttons " is not necessary in this forum is because members might start to be giving unnecessary likes to posts, even the ones that don't deserve it, thereby spamming the forum with too many likes.

Even though I wish the OP luck in this competition that he's obviously shilling for bitget, I also doubt his chances of winning, since it's the whale traders that have the more trading volumes in these exchange competitions. It's a good thing that he's not relying on signals from his friend to trade and I'd advise him again to concentrate on improving his trading techniques and increase his confidence, so he won't be trading with emotions.

Remember that the crypto market is very volatile and despite our best speculations, crypto price can swing unexpectedly, meaning that the price you see now can change in the next few minutes. I want to correct your impression and tell you that I wasn't wrong about Bitcoin price when i made my post that you quote, I confirmed price before posting and it was $6.9k then, later it pumped to $63k, and as I'm typing now Bitcoin price is $62,692k. One thing is for sure, we will pass this phase and enter steady price surge that'll take us to bull run.

Thanks for taking your time to share this very important directions and information about di dangers of plagiarism for inside our forum, because na very big offense, and from di very first time wey I enter di forum, na im I don de see di warning. You know say di forum na oyibo people get am and na international standard dem de expect from every member wey belong inside, diafo anything wey de short of dat standard na offense e be, so I hope say newbies wey de join di forum new go take note of dis very important tips wey you take your time point out for di OP.

I de very happy as our naija board don de ride of plagiarism and every oda sorts of shitposts, thanks to our moderator, de sheriff @Igebotz, for im no nonsense approach to unacceptable posts for dis board, and to everybody wey join hands with am to sanitize our board.

I'm just glad that the news has been confirmed that it's fake, it's the handiwork of of mischief makers to cause panic around Ethereum, with the aim to rubbish it's reputation in the crypto market. But for most of us that knows Ethereum, it still remains the number one top altcoin in the crypto space, and we're looking forward to seeing it bull in the coming altcoin season.

I agree that forum members should verify information before posting, because most of us take crypto news that are shared on this platform seriously.

Why wandering about when you can hear it from the horse's mouth, it's a good thing that we have a Russian local board in the forum that is active, so let the OP take the best option by making the enquiry there. Whether they have CEX there in Russia, or if Binance p2p is functional in Russia, can be best answered by the Russians themselves.

I think that most countries are more concerned about which of them that will give them loan without a problem, I don't think that most politicians are bothered about making the best choice that'll benefit their countries, they're more interested in getting the money. Politicians will collect loans from these global financial institutions, mismanage and embezzle the funds, then leave the responsibilities of repayment to the coming administrations, the moment they leave office, it's no longer their responsibilities to repay the loans that their administrations collected. I've heard of some African countries that collected loans from China, and they're not able to repay, China, is now in charge of some of their parastetals, to recover their money.

I've been seeing this thread and I think that this is the first time that I'm opening it and reading through the comments, I think that it's interesting combining physical well-being through 100 push-up exercise, in anticipation and speculation until Bitcoin price reaches $100k.

I just finished one set of pushups now before taking a few minutes rest before typing now, shamefully I couldn't go more than 12 and crashed down on number 13, I've really gained weight. Thanks for this challenge, I think that I need to take it more seriously, I don't remember the last time that I exercised, hopefully before price reaches $100k, I'd have improved and slimed a little.

I've never been involved in a signal group, and the reason is very simple, their trust ratings from experienced traders that I know is very low, even on this thread, I can see a lot of negative remarks on signal groups. I've heard how the inexperienced traders are scammed in these groups, so trading is not something that you totally rely on any group, you have to learn to do it by yourself, so that you can learn from you own mistakes, and in doing so, it's also important to trade with the amount that you can afford to loose, to minimize loses.

Russia and the US are not in a war yet, so there's no necessity for Russia, to have any millitery base near US border, besides, like you said, USA can not allow Russia, to have any millitery base near them, they'll make sure of it. The US clearly has more allies than Russia, and if there's any escalation between the two countries, Russia, will definitely suffer more, they know this fact, and that is probably why their war with Ukraine, is still ongoing, because Ukraine, is an American ally, and it means another strong American base near Russia. America and Russia, have always flexed muscles as far as I can remember, but as it looks today, America, is having an upper hand against Russia.

You've given the two best recommendations as far as I'm concerned, when choosing a website to buy or invest in Bitcoin, or any other assets, it is 'don't trust, verify first. Even when your loved ones whom you trust introduces you to any websites that you can invest or make quick money on a short time, don't take their words for it because you trust them, because they might have sent it to you as received, it doesn't mean that they've cautiously verified it. When dealing in Bitcoin, it's best to get information from renowned crypto platforms like coingecko and cointelegraph, it helps to focus on these  known sources to avoid scams.