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2541  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Stable Coins are a Threat for Bitcoin? on: October 21, 2019, 06:26:57 AM
Let's discuss the potential effects of stable coins which are bound to usd or eur. We usually use them to avoid the volatility or short bitcoin in a way. There are many stable coins in the last year. By writing threat, I didn't mean issues like tether's issue. I mean, they are not coins, they are just usd and eur.

Stablecoin pose no threat to Bitcoin, as i explained at length in the other thread. You say they are not coins, you are correct, they are tokens, most (all?) don't even have their own blockchain, and they all depend in whoever is pegging their value to the alleged coin. Not only you have to be trusting the government that is backing the real fiat they peg to, now you also have to trust a third party (person or group) that they "back" their tokens with an equal amount of coins (which they don't, they do fractional reserve, and that is a time bomb) AND that they will fulfill their promise at any given time under any condition (they won't).
2542  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: The use of Bitcoin on: October 21, 2019, 06:12:24 AM
Bitcoin is a digital currency.
Bitcoin has a limited supply.
Bitcoin is volatile.
Bitcoin always needs internet.
If government legalized and use bitcoin like fiat currency,to what extent it can be used? I just thinking that it was very difficult if ever it will happen someday especially for the young children's. Unlike in fiat currency even a two years old kid can buy in a store using it but if bitcoin,i don't think so ,even those old people who do not know how to use a cellphone,computer and other gadgets. It will be difficult for them.I'm just curious guys and want to know your opinion.

That is actually a feature. 2 year olds should not be buying things in a store to begin with...

Legalizing Bitcoin doesn't necessarily mean extinguishing your fiat, you can probably keep using both in parallel. But suppose the fiat is killed entirely, i have an idea that, you can go to a shop/venue/whatever and purchase tokens in a machine with your bitcoins. Think amusement park, but instead of using fiat for the tickets, you use bitcoin. In fact you could buy them in advance and pay the lowest transfer fee, then your little ones could use them just fine in the rides they want to go the actual day.

This can be extended to anything, not just amusement parks...

You could also use some sort of card that could be refilled this way, not unlike what mass transport systems use in many countries. The elderly use those cards in those countries just fine (ie. Hong Kong).

Bitcoin is not volatile, its free. Price fluctuation is a good sign, it means freedom, and don't forget its limited, i will always tend to go up because the other coins are unlimited in supply.
2543  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Bitcoin, Gold, USD on: October 21, 2019, 05:49:56 AM
Bitcoin offers accountablity and honesty.
Gold is a tangible asset, but difficult custody issues, easily confiscated and historicaly manipulated by government.
The USA gold reserve is about 8000 tonnes, or roughly 400 billion $.

The US federal reserve is leveraged to the tune of 250+ trillion $. Making the USD a joke as the world is edging toward a return to a gold standard.

Question: can bitcoin resolve the honesty and accountability issues which haunts gold transactions?

If so then 1 Satoshi to equal 1 ounce of gold seems realistic...
Which would translate to 1 Bitcoin equals $150,000,000,000.

Is this so crazy?

Actually the problem is more fundamental than that. Doesn't matter if you "back up" the USD with more gold, or go back to pre 70ies gold standard. Do you honestly think the State would, under any and all circumstances, fulfill their promise? Do you think if every US citizen back then went to reclaim their gold for their dollars, they would have actually had them or willing to give it? The whole "coin backed in asset" idea is flawed in the first place, it think breaking with it was more honest.

You say they have 8000 tonnes, did you yourself went and audited that? Are you sure every single ingot is pure gold and not tainted? Are they in perfect condition, all same weight size whatever? Sure trust a third party to certify that, everyone has to "trust" someone at some point.

Bitcoin is based in a trust-less model, you don't have to trust anyone. There is a source code, it follows that, period.

Going back to a gold standard? I don't think so. Main problem i just explained to you, and perhaps there is not enough gold to back everything anyway, they would resort to fractional reserve, so in short it would be going back to lies, just bigger lies.

Yes some countries want to end the USD supremacy, because it gives a terribly unfair leverage to the USA, they can print some more money than others without being caught. But make no mistake, all fiats are in the same "basket", its just that a few are managed better than others. In the modern world, the backing of each fiat is the economy they represent, no assets in a vault nobody is allowed to see, ever (the vault might as well be empty fwiw).

Federal Reserve? Pff. Want to sanitize the economy? Kick the Chicago boys and summon the Austrians, first thing they'll tell you is to close that and eliminate fractional reserve banking (which is the only reason Central Banks exist). They also want to end fiat and go back to gold, unfortunately actual gold can be tampered. That is the beauty of Bitcoin, no one can fake it. Bitcoin and the Austrian proposals fit very well together, even is some Austrians don't think that way and stick to the original idea of using actual gold as money, because they haven't grasped Bitcoin yet.

Do note there is a huge difference in using gold directly, than a paper that claims can be exchanged for gold. Because the latter, is a promise, that is supposed to be fulfilled by someone, again, the trust model. Trust your government? Your bank? Your company? To redeem those? Hope they never go broke, or a revolution sweeps them away...

Do you think your bitcoins would lose value if a revolution happens where you live? Now think about your national currency. Can you spot the difference yet?
2544  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Hackers targeting Tor on: October 21, 2019, 05:31:27 AM
people seriously have to get into the habit of either compiling from sources or verify the things they download and it goes for everything.

compiling from source is great habit to get into, but Tor Browser (or really, Firefox).... I've never tried that, but I get the feeling it takes alot of care. Of course, OS's that compile everything locally in their package manager must do this, so it can't be too hard. Not going to try it any time soon myself, however


It's also a reminder that crypto as a whole in no shape is even remotely close to mass adoption of common joe type of people.  Undecided

I find it embarrassing, and am myself feeling increasingly embarrassed as time goes on.

Most people use computers at the same level a child can teach itself to do, simply by watching and imitating. While these people watch their cat videos, I'm trying to learn basic computer science that (at it's core) hasn't changed much since the 1970's, and people are still using the crappy 1980's sub-par clone (i.e. windows) of the 1970's model.

Meanwhile, others apparently still haven't learned the basic rule number zero of the internet; if it's a popup, don't fucking click anywhere except on the close button, especially if it tells you 'click here or you'll die'. I learned that in the first month or so when the internet was still new. seriously ffs

If you trust your distro official binary packages, you should know most distro sign their packages after compiling and the package manager verifies this in case they have been somehow tampered by a rogue mirror or such. This simple concept has somehow evaded the windows world, like forever, which is why they have to do it manually, which of course given the laziness of the average windows user, they never do.

A typical windows user is used to the idea that binaries are downloaded from random web pages, the concept of an official repository is alien to them. Microsoft attempted something with their software shop thing, but with little success. (Bad) habits are hard to break, especially when reinforced over decades of IT malpractice.

Do you still get pop ups? I'm surprised, none of my browsers are allowed to do it, and my Desktop Environment seldom does it, except the occasional Want to save? prompt if i forgot saving a document or such. In Windows i remember some malware faking the whole popup so even the "close" button triggers whatever it wanted to trigger, its just a lost cause, there is no salvation for that OS.

There is Tor, and there is Tor Browser, which is Firefox with Tor bundled and a bunch of preset settings. I don't particularly like Tor Browser, as you can point any browser to Tor anyway, but it was made for lazy people, especially in Windows where its harder to explain people how to configure things properly. It beats me how could people use Tor in Windows to begin with, kinda defeats the whole idea, but even Satoshi apparently made that mistake, ugh.

I don't mind the 70ies, it also brought us the C language and the Unix kiss principle. Microsoft and others actually got into shortcuts, and some other not very fair practices such purchasing companies to deliver products they never had in the first place (See historical IBM/Microsoft DOS deal).
2545  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Government Attitudes in Latin America on: October 21, 2019, 05:02:34 AM

While reading the article and stumbling upon the line

Quote
...Latin America is “the world region where most cryptocurrency users are located,”...

They must have their methodologies and methods and all. They must have a random sampling and I hope it was scattered as it should be. But, without any prejudice, the result was kind of surprising to me. The second spot, for example, where cryptocurrencies are most common, goes to Colombia, together with Brazil. I haven't heard much of cryptocurrencies being very widespread in Colombia. I think I must have missed a lot of news.

[1] https://www.statista.com/chart/18345/crypto-currency-adoption/

Don't you find it funny they say Japan is at the bottom? You know, home of defunct Mt.Gox, first country to legalize Bitcoin, etc, etc...
2546  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Stable coin - a threat to the international monetary system and bitcoin on: October 21, 2019, 04:40:05 AM
The report of Bank of International Settlements or BIS have found out some alarming negative impacts of the stable coin towards  competition policy, financial stability, monetary policy and the international monetary system.

But this issues were not seen as a hindrance but a challenge to overcome thus a meeting with the stablecoin developers and the public sector authorities were called to tackle solutions to such challenges.

Somehow it is annoying to see that stablecoins will be the first to be mainstreamed rather than bitcoin. If they will be successful then bitcoin will be left behind and will only be viewed as a tradable cryptocurrency and can no longer be used as a means of payment due to the presence of stablecoins.

You are delusional.

Stablecoins? Really? You have not the slightest idea what you are saying. "Stablecoins" are backed in vapor, a bomb waiting to detonate. Why? Because like State backed Fiat, it depends on a (human) promise, by whoever manage them, and not code, like Bitcoin. Therefore, it takes a human mistake, or intention for it to break into pieces, just like fiat.

"Stablecoins" are as bad (if not more) than conventional State backed fiats. You don't get it, deluded by the apparent idea that all coins should magically be pegged to each other, because you are too lazy to deal with fluctuations (free market). But, you fail to realize that your fantasy can and will break when you least expect it, and by then it will be too late. Yes, just like fiat.

Furthermore, "stablecoins" practice fractional reserve. If you don't even know what that is, you should abstain from making these absurd claims.

Bitcoin has nothing to worry about these "stablecoins", they are but a passing fad, perhaps a tool to use in exchanges by traders at most. No one will give up their USD for fakeUSD "we promise to peg it to USD" tokens that don't even have their own blockchain.

If those altcoins are able to mess a bit the fiats, so be it. Bitcoin doesn't care, its following its code not depending on the whims of individuals or institutions.

All fiats are inflationary and these are pegged to them, therefore they are also all inflationary. The worst of both worlds, the benefits of neither.
2547  Bitcoin / Mining support / Re: Hash Board Not working on: October 20, 2019, 08:52:49 PM
Hi guys

i have big problem with my s9 after working in 30 minutes one or two hash board nor working
i flushed frimware with sd card serveral time and updated frimware but not fixed

please some body help me

Unplug all 3 boards, test each board individually, swap data and power cables, do this for each of the 3 boards.

Don't connect all three, do this test first, its important. It takes time, you should wait at least half an hour to make sure its hashing fine (per board).
2548  Economy / Exchanges / Re: Poloniex to Spin Out of Circle on: October 20, 2019, 08:41:21 PM
I wonder if this will be the end of the USDC tab, and if Polo will launch their own token, because that's the trend nowdays...
2549  Local / Español (Spanish) / Bittrex expulsa a Venezuela y otros 30 paises. ¡Retiros hasta el 29 de octubre! on: October 20, 2019, 08:18:44 PM
Como lo leyeron, 31 paises han sido expulsados arbitrariamente del Exchange basado en Malta, Bittrex. Dan plazo solo hasta el 29 de octubre de 2019 para hacer los retiros.

A los correos envían este mensaje:

Quote from: Bittrex <no-reply@bittrex.com>
We regret to notify you that Bittrex International will be ceasing operations for your country of residence. All trading and account access will be halted on Tuesday, October 29 at 19:00 UTC/21:00 CEST. Below you'll find some helpful information about this process.

Withdraw Coins/Tokens

Please follow these steps in order to withdraw your coins and tokens from Bittrex International.  You must withdraw your coins/tokens by no later than Tuesday, October 29 by 19:00 UTC/21:00 CEST.  

At this time, you’ll want to withdraw your tokens by logging into https://international.bittrex.com and clicking Wallets. Next, you will need to search for the wallet and click the withdrawal button to open the withdraw dialog. Then, you will be able to withdraw your balance. Please note if your balance is below the minimum withdrawal amount for the wallet, you will not be able to withdraw it. The minimum withdrawal for all coins must be greater than 3 times the fee. For example, your balance in BTC must be .00150001 or greater as the fee is .0005.

Details: https://bittrex.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/115000198452-How-can-I-withdraw-my-coins-  https://bittrex.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/115000198452-How-can-I-withdraw-my-coins-

Customer Support

If you need additional assistance, please reach out to https://support.bittrex.com/. https://bittrex.zendesk.com/hc/en-us

After logging into support (note: different login/account than Bittrex International), select the “submit a request” button in the top right corner or use live chat to connect with an agent.

We apologize for this inconvenience, and thank you for your support.

Regards,

Bittrex International

©2019 Bittrex Malta, Ltd. All rights reserved.

85, St John Street

Valletta VLT 1165, Malta

Esta es la lista de paises víctimas del nuevo atropello que hace Bittrex al discriminar millones de personas por su país de procedencia:

  • Afghanistan
  • Egypt
  • Bosnia-Herzegowina
  • Botswana
  • Cambodia
  • Central African Republic
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Côte d'Ivoire
  • Ethiopia
  • Eritrea
  • Ghana
  • Guinea
  • Guinea-Bissau
  • Guyana
  • Iraq
  • Laos
  • Lebanon
  • Libya
  • Maldives
  • Pakistan
  • Sri Lanka
  • Somalia
  • Sudan
  • South Sudan
  • Trinidad and Tobago (
  • Tunisia
  • Uganda
  • Vanuatu
  • Venezuela
  • Yemen
  • Zimbabwe

No dicen porqué, pero se merecen todo nuestro desprecio. ¿Hasta donde van a llegar? Saquen todo su dinero de Bittrex como protesta, y boicoteen sus servicios, antes de que también les llegue su turno...

Anuncio oficial.
2550  Economy / Exchanges / Re: Warning ! Bittrex shutting down in 31 countries. Withdraw your funds. on: October 20, 2019, 07:44:13 PM
I am affected, i received this dreadful email:

Quote from: Bittrex <no-reply@bittrex.com>
We regret to notify you that Bittrex International will be ceasing operations for your country of residence. All trading and account access will be halted on Tuesday, October 29 at 19:00 UTC/21:00 CEST. Below you'll find some helpful information about this process.

Withdraw Coins/Tokens

Please follow these steps in order to withdraw your coins and tokens from Bittrex International.  You must withdraw your coins/tokens by no later than Tuesday, October 29 by 19:00 UTC/21:00 CEST.  

At this time, you’ll want to withdraw your tokens by logging into https://international.bittrex.com and clicking Wallets. Next, you will need to search for the wallet and click the withdrawal button to open the withdraw dialog. Then, you will be able to withdraw your balance. Please note if your balance is below the minimum withdrawal amount for the wallet, you will not be able to withdraw it. The minimum withdrawal for all coins must be greater than 3 times the fee. For example, your balance in BTC must be .00150001 or greater as the fee is .0005.

Details: https://bittrex.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/115000198452-How-can-I-withdraw-my-coins-  https://bittrex.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/115000198452-How-can-I-withdraw-my-coins-

Customer Support

If you need additional assistance, please reach out to https://support.bittrex.com/. https://bittrex.zendesk.com/hc/en-us

After logging into support (note: different login/account than Bittrex International), select the “submit a request” button in the top right corner or use live chat to connect with an agent.

We apologize for this inconvenience, and thank you for your support.

Regards,

Bittrex International

©2019 Bittrex Malta, Ltd. All rights reserved.

85, St John Street

Valletta VLT 1165, Malta


Now here is the question, Why?

What gives an exchange, based in Malta, the right to discriminate millions of people based on country of origin. Many maybe not even live in those countries anymore, but their supplied IDs (ie. Passport) binds them back. This is yet more reason why KYC/AMC is so evil, and how it lets companies discriminate on arbitrary whims.

On what grounds do the people of these countries deserve such discrimination?

This is outrageous, and i suggest everyone protest and boycott them. Where does this end? If you have any money trapped in Bittrex, take it out before your turn comes. I wonder how much will they steal from those who couldn't get the message in time, because they are in vacation or whatever. Its until 29th, less than 10 days...
2551  Bitcoin / Mining support / Re: S9 miner ip not detect after flash with as card on: October 19, 2019, 11:16:29 PM
You need to flash them again using a different SD-card , if the led lights don't blink then it's unlikely your miner is going to work, therefore it will not be request an IP address from the DHCP server, I don't have a technical explanation on how this problem happens, but sometimes an SD card just won't work well for a certain miner.

Avoid newer cards, use the older, smaller and slowest mini sd card you can find. Don't use SDXC and preferably not SDHC, the smaller the better, under 1g.

I could mention that an old SDHC reader isn't ever going to read an SDXC card, for example, but there is more to it.


Another reason is the way you are imaging the cards. DD under Linux is always the best way, as Windows and osx are too unreliable. In any case do a sync after dd before ejecting.
2552  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Bitcoin for the World and Community on: October 19, 2019, 08:30:23 PM
What do you obesrve in the world today?
What is the advantage of the world today from the world yesterday?
Inovation is good but sometimes there is a disadvantage.
Do we have world peace? When bitcoin is invented what is the help of bitcoin in the world? I made this thread for the members to comeup with something that can help the world or the communities as a whole. Not for their own interest only. What do you guys think about bitcoin and the environment can we help the environment with bitcoin? Can we help poor people using bitcoin? Can we help poor communities using bitcoin.? I'm searching for much higher cause of cryptocurrency than just medium of trade or source of income. Maybe it can be bigger and greater. Maybe bitcointalk community can help.

Bitcoin was not created to produce world peace, reduce inequality, or several many other political things some people often come with. As far as The State is concerned, the only thing bitcoin does, is separate money from State, like religion was made separate from State.

The repercussions of that, you can guess, but that is beyond Bitcoin's control, design or intent. All Bitcoin does is give people a chance to escape from State controlled money, to money governed by a set of rules known as source code. These rules are not easy to change, unlike State money, where a single person can make millions poor and miserable overnight.

Unfortunately poor people are already poor, and they can't do much to overcome it with Bitcoin alone. Only the few fortunate that believed and invested early in the project could have managed to escape poverty, but that is not possible anymore. Bitcoin is simply a better money, for people without access to good money (ie. my country, the worst worldwide). But the people here, earning about 2 to 10 USD in a month, can barely save anything to buy a few satoshis, any random exchange would have higher fees than whatever they would try buying. Save for a year you say? In hyperinflation, the purchasing power of fiat disappears everyday. A year here means a million percent loss.
2553  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Do economic indicators favour Bitcoin ? on: October 19, 2019, 08:04:26 PM
In recent months , we've seen :

1) Yield curve flip
2) Trade Wars
3) Quantitative easing ( more money printing )
4) Experts talk up gold

What does this all mean for Bitcoin ?

It mostly means the same, Bitcoin is similar to the precious metals market, but not exactly the same. Sometimes when the economy is bad, and they seek refuge in metals, they also seek refuge in Bitcoin. On the other hand, give current Bitcoin low price, it might even be quite smart move.
2554  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Dictaorships & how cryptocurrencies can bypass their control on: October 19, 2019, 07:59:47 PM
One thing about authoritarian/totalitarian governments is that they want to control all aspects of the county that they currently reside in with an iron fist. As a result, the people there are most likely restricted to following the current dictator or group of people in charge and are unwilling to step out of line due to the fear of consequences. Cryptocurrency can probably bypass that control Considering that a majority of places with dictators can still access the Internet via a VPN or other means they can use cryptocurrencies.
   
An example would be in China, considering that their government controls its economy and has a lot of restrictions on what people can and cannot do with the currency (RMB) that they use. Cryptocurrencies can bypass that control as they are not controlled by any government and can keep the identity of its users a secret when they do transactions this can result in people using cryptocurrency being able to freely trade without any restrictions on how much they use. As a result, cryptocurrencies allow people in oppressed regions to become freer as they are not restricted in terms of money and trade.

What if the country bans and makes it illegal to make any kind of transactions using crypto currencies? You see, the dictator over here didn't ban the currency itself, but was able to put a ban on the usage thus anyone using the currency is committing a crime. Even if they some how manages to stay away from the sight of the government, whats the use of buying it if they can't actually use it. Like none of the stores in their country will be willing to accept crypto currency. We need some better solution.

In that case you use Tails from a DVD (or usb stick). Update Electrum and use it from there. While you may not do purchases directly in bitcoin at shops, you can exchange for fiat only the minimum needed, do everything from Tails and they can never tell.

If they are prosecuting Tor users, use Tails in a public computer, for very brief amounts of time, and always change place. Or use random wifi access points (make sure your mac address is spoofed randomly, as most OSs seem to do by default nowdays).

If you want to know why buy bitcoin, the reason is simple: To preserve your savings. You might not see it now, but by the time you see it, it will be too late. Its best to have a portion of your savings in bitcoin, in case your fiat crashes, as most often happens when fools govern, fools that defy the economy and think printing will cure any budget deficit just fine, like it happened here, and in Zimbabwe a decade ago by the same kind of stupidity from the same kind of people.

Bitcoin, so you can understand it better, is money that is separate from the State. They cannot "control" it, so they fear it, but they cannot stop it. Just spread the knowledge, and you will see later how everything fits.

Oh and if you happen to leave the country, you won't have problems taking the money out. Or when they order the banks to give you miserable amounts of cash per day, like its done here. Eventually, you won't be able to survive if you just "obey their rules". Consider this your chance. If your "brilliant" ruler decides overnight to make everyone poor by messing the fiat and blame some other "enemy" country, you will have some cushion if you saved in bitcoin.

Now when you think you don't need it, is the time. Later, it is too late. Remember this, and act.
2555  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Cheaters . who caused the cryptocurrency to go down on: October 19, 2019, 03:44:29 PM
What do you think about the project that spent a lot of money to advertise but was taken advantage of by cheater, I saw a person who created a lot of accounts to cheat and eat over 5000 $, there are really a lot of very good projects. but it is these fraudsters that cause those projects to die. I think there needs to be a company specializing in combating fraudsters. Cryptocurrency can grow

Attempting to manipulate (or state control) the economy is like trying to hold a river. You can stop it for a while if you build a closed dam, but eventually the water will overcome it, no matter how tall, water will always find its way back into the ocean. Of course, the higher the wall, the stronger the impact after its been surpassed.

Little projects (ie. tokens) are easier to manipulate, and pump/dump exploiters have existed ever since trading exists. You do know 5k isn't even 1 bitcoin? Maybe all whales together can no longer affect bitcoin price beyond a few points, while a "half" whale can crash any random new ico/token. There are of course also cheaters/scammers that never intended to make the project they promised, but the small honest ones are also at the mercy and if they didn't think in advance, they get swallowed.

Its just one more reason to stay away from those.

As for regulations, some countries have done it, but an universally world prosecuted thing, doesn't exists. Which is why you see countries like China banning the icos altogether.

I also got scammed by my own government in a State ICO pre-sale. Who do i turn to, the UN?
2556  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: No Capacity to Kill Bitcoin! on: October 19, 2019, 03:30:22 PM
Podcast Topic: Wes Carlson and Omar have an informal discussion on varies topics including the following highlights:

- New people discovering Bitcoin - fear and greed
- How to not get caught up in the day to day Bitcoin price movements
- Congressman claims the US has no capacity to Kill Bitcoin!
- A world denominated in Bitcoin

  • Well, there is always the shock when people discover things, that are not like what they use to. The "price volatility" thing is only a complain from people that live with "perfect" behaving fiat, where their governments manipulate their national currency so as to not fluctuate too much from the others, basically a form of state intervention in the economy. Of course this is easier to pull when you have a strong economy behind backing up your moves.
    There is nobody manipulating bitcoin, it floats freely in the market, therefore it fluctuates. This is actually a GOOD sign. You don't want any entity, public or not doing things behind. Should this entity fail for whatever reason, and you can kiss goodbye to your investment.
    One thing people should learn about the beauty of freedom is, that someday, Bitcoin price will tend to fluctuate less and less, and when that happens (its occurring already) they can be sure it occurred naturally in the presence of all market forces. But don't expect it to magically peg itself to some other coin, that is beyond Bitcoin.
    If you live in any of the countries that don't use a "perfect" fiat, you are already familiar with fluctuations and already know how to cope and live with it, unlike Dollar/Euro centrists, you may probably even enjoy how in the long run, bitcoin tendency is actually up, rather than the usual down our governments force our national currencies to fit their ill conceived budgets, rather than, oh noes; reduce spending (waste/corruption/etc).
  • How not to get caught? Easy, don't sell your coins. Just buy and hold. Think of bitcoin as a means of preserving value, not necessarily multiplying. Those that want to "multiply", are traders, same old profession that has existed for centuries, with stocks, bonds and other assets. Very risky, you don't need to get involved in that if you don't want, you can keep earning money the good old fashioned way.
  • That congressman is right. Its good to know there are some well informed politicians out there, who knows, maybe he reads this forum...
  • I hope that, sooner than later, most countries accept bitcoin. Just getting rid of exchanging into the different national coins when you travel is a giant benefit. Oh but there is more, so much more...
2557  Economy / Scam Accusations / Re: YOBIT.net Stole My Bitcoins I need to reach the media please!! on: October 19, 2019, 03:08:36 PM
Hello,

As I mentioned in the title that Yobit stole 0.025 BTC in term of BSTY and support doesn't answer at all. I need solution please!!


This is the fake transaction created:

https://i.imgur.com/HAIJd67.jpg



Any other proofs should I give welcome.


Thank you in advance for any help!

I think you should move this thread into Service Discussion. I saw a couple of yobit related threads there recently, perhaps you should consider joining with those there.

One of those threads mentions DoS attacks going on, maybe its related, maybe not.



PS. Never mind, if mods think this goes better into scam accusations...
2558  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: San-Serif or Serif when modifying Font Face for your posts/ threads on: October 19, 2019, 04:07:11 AM
Don't bother changing the fonts by forcing specific font names, everyone's system is different; Arial for example is a Microsoft font, don't assume everyone has it.

You could try using generic-family fonts, such as [font=serif][/font] but don't bother picking an specific font name.

Oh, and its not san, its sans-serif.

It is recommended to specify a generic family, as specified by CSS2

I'm generally opposed to the idea of people trying to force their font preferences. Sans-serif vs Serif is generally assumed to be a matter of readability depending on your display, with sans-serif being more legible with low dpi screens, and serif with high dpi screens. How are you going to know which person uses which? Do you think everyone is using anti aliasing, and a good one, or that their fonts are vectorized and not bitmapped? You just don't know.
2559  Other / Off-topic / Re: 4 key features of Blockchain technology on: October 19, 2019, 03:16:01 AM
Basically, blockchain is a decentralized online accounting ledger that records all transactions of a particular network over a specified period of time. It is protected and encrypted for security. Blockchain was invented by Satoshi Nakamoto in 2008 after the world economic crisis. Unlike centralized database, blockchain is decentralized, making it hard to be attacked.

Not true, you can have a centralized blockchain, just run a single node. That is why blockchain alone is insufficient.

You would be surprised how many people abuse the word "blockchain" because it sounds trendy.
2560  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Hackers targeting Tor on: October 18, 2019, 11:15:52 PM
In fact, I often use the Tor browser until now to surf the internet, I have to delete the Tor browser so I don't want it to happen that way before hackers spread the malware virus.

the OS I use does that automatically every time you open a Tor Browser: https://qubes-os.org


It keeps a master copy of the Debian linux OS safely that's never used directly. Then when you want to use Tor Browser, it makes a temporary copy of Debian, and opens Tor Browser inside that. When you quit, the whole temporary copy is deleted, including any malware that it might have got infected with Cheesy


been running this way for years now, no problems at all Cool

This is the same thing as running Tails alone from a DVD. You can install anything to the running live session (as long as ram permits) then just turn off the PC and all you added is gone.
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