They technically do not have to discover it using their own accounts, reading through the forum and viewing other users who have a disproportionate amount of activity and post is enough to stimulate curiosity and cause newbies to ask.
On their own account, they can also notice the time gap between when activity matches up to posts.

I'll wouldn't advise hitting newiws down for their curiosity, a lot of the forum is confusing to new members and they should feel free to ask questions whenever they get confused. Merits should not even be focused on as it causes some users to write simply for that purpose.

There is no "in charge" when it comes to the bitcoin network, rather it is built on consensus rule. There is a technical head of the development team, but it is all open source and any change would need the support of the community (other devs, nodes, miners) in order to get approved. Disagreement at this stage could lead to a soft fork or a hard fork in some cases.

Bitcoin core is not an elected position, but voluntary, if you have some programming skills, a passion for improving the network and resolving issues, you can be a part of it.

Can you give a bit of backstory to this statement to this sentence, what do you mean third party transfers and what exchanges do not allow them?

AFAIK, you can only fund your exchange wallet (which you do not own by the way, as you do not have the keys) by sending the coins to the address from some other address, and there is no restrictions to that. If there should be any form of restrictions, it should be from using fiat and trying to fund your fiat wallet from the exchange using some other bank account not related to yours, or trying to withdraw in the same way.

If you are better off letting banks take care of your important stuffs, then by all means you can do that. No one is compelled to get into bitcoin and hold it and bitcoin's protocol would not change cause of trolls. What you see now is what you get; It is built on a permissionless network and is a decentralized asset, giving the holder full control, without the need for a third party.


If you hold the keys, you own the coin. that is the only form of ownership that exists with bitcoin. If something goes wrong, you learn from your mistakes and rue your loss.

While it is very possible for bitcoin to become a globally accepted reserve asset and would herald a new level of adoption, it is a development that takes a lot of time. Gold has existed for hundreds of years and has been in use for many of those, first as a symbol of wealth and means of exchange, then as a reserve asset and a hedge for traditional currencies; Bitcoin is barely over a decade, making it a relatively new asset which is still in its development stage.

Also, Bitcoin is far more resistant to centralization than Gold, so countries will be very hesitant to utilize it as a reserve currency as they cannot fully control it.

That is their idea of providing security to their customers, it might be an invasive process, but it is the current situation we are at now; Similar to how websites would ask you to confirm you are not a robot if they identify suspicious activity. A controlled system is not the direct problem, but as with the internet, one needs to have an option to keep their privacy, especially if they feel they can properly handle their security and do not trust the centralized system.

I have personally not had a personal unfavorable encounter with banks, but being able to privately hold funds and transact is a major perk of holding bitcoin, considering that money is a major tool used to control the masses. Also, being able to send money internationally and have it delivered within moments without any third party.

You misunderstood me; I wrote that the idea of Bitcoin being a bubble has all but been debunked, meaning people used to have that idea, especially during the early stages of bitcoins development, but right now, that has been debunked or proven to be false.

I also added that "...and if used now, it would likely be referring to particular points in the market valuation and not the entire network." This means that if at all the term 'bubble' was used now, it would be referring to poins in the market valuation or increases in price, rather than the entire network itself.

All these you mentioned is not limited to Bitcoin or cryptocurrencies, but are global situations that impact any area or sector. Lots of global economies reached new heights in inflation during this pandemic and lots of currencies were devalued, Bitcoin actually faired better during the critical lockdown periods, over many other assets.

Covid-19 was declared a global pandemic on the 11th of March 2020, and the price of Bitcoin then was almost $8k, the price now is $48k, after reaching a current All Time High of almost $70k. Where did you get a 20-30% dip from, except you're suggesting that's the reason for the current drop in price?

It is quite interesting, but have there been any records of it being used successfully to determine a bubble in advance before the most recent case where the warning began from Q1 of 1998?

The idea of bitcoin being a bubble has all but been debunked, and if used now, it would likely be referring to particular points in the market valuation and not the entire network.
Bubbles to identify crypto bubbles would possibly assess trader sentiments through buy and sell pressure, evaluated price increase against the actual increase in the price and other possible criteria.

I can't remember all the other boards, but I'm sure the auction board does not allow users to open self moderated threads, and as mentioned above, there are reasons why the privilege is disabled on some of those boards as it allows users to moderate their threads and prevent spam, although so many of the top threads (especially in the services section) does not use self mod option, as the OPs are highly trusted and any spam there would be easily noticeable as such.

There is also a notification of the number of replies deleted by the thread starter, which should serve as an extra warning to members.

100 weeks is a little over 2 years and is a lot considering how tumultuous the early stages of the campaign, but it has proven to be quite trustworthy.
Honestly, I was skeptical at first to apply to join, but over the months I have been here I'm quite honored to promote this campaign and the service it offers; here is to another 100 days.

It would be interesting to know if anyone actually purchased, the value was probably within that range for only a few hours or less and could have been a failed attempt from a whale to manipulate the price by selling through bot accounts; This would definitely have moved the price greatly due to the insignificant market cap, but it is possible no one actually purchased at that value.

Lots of existing coins would also be gambling and there is a huge risk of a pump and dump, just make sure you do not buy into fomo.

What part of the article said it was an online wallet? I personally doubt it's an exchange wallet, due to the nature of the transactions, but it's very difficult to ascertain.
If a whale isn't careless enough to store their bitcoins in an online wallet, an exchange would probably know that as well, especially for cold storage.

Not everyone is very private conscious, considering that the change address is always the same as the sending address in majority of the transactions (the ones I checked out). Probably, they are satisfied with being pseudo anonymous.

Did you set up the nodes yourself or did you have someone else do it for you?
Also, did you verify the extension being added, the Strongblock Ponzi or project is becoming quite popular and this is sure to attract scammers who would create fake versions to get into user's wallets.

There's really nothing you can do as the coins are already gone besides checking for the loophole and ensuring it does not affect any other app on your device.

Didn't get the point of a huge part of your text, but you can always leave cryptocurrencies, it's an alternative sector and you can survive without it and deal with conventional banks.
If you're having problems picking what cryptocurrency to buy, or do not have enough technical knowledge to properly use it or you don't get why you even need it at all, you can always leave cryptocurrencies and stick with fiat.

Definitely, that's why I said it can only be possible if Bitcoin is valued on itself like by purchasing power or work hours which would make it more stable than when it is purely determined by speculation.
Fractional reserve is definitely not possible in the current structure of the Bitcoin ecosystem and might not actually be possible in the coming years as it's still a very maturing system.

It does not even perfectly work with fiat if you consider situations of inflation and hyper devaluation, it's just the current most efficient system.

I would say you are already on the right track as you're associating your investment with your level of knowledge and not buying simply cause it's popular and has grown over the years.
There are quite a number of useful threads on the forum for getting your feet wet in Bitcoin, you can check out this one for all you need on what wallet to choose
You can also check out this external threads which I've once recommended for someone;
This covers a good amount of Bitcoin basics: https://www.coindesk.com/learn/

This discusses about wallets and security: https://cryptosec.info/wallets/

About Crypto.com, it seems to be a legitimate site; I've never used it so I cannot personally recommend it, but you should research on what wallet or exchange is best for you as it depends on your purpose of using it.;
• Exchanges generally are bad for storing cryptocurrencies, infact, any custodian platform (one that holds your private keys) is bad for storing cryptos.
• If you do not care about privacy that much you can make use of centralized exchanges, otherwise you can check out DEXes or P2P platforms which does not require KYC,
• Online wallets are not recommended,
• Closed source wallets are not recommended.

It's much safer to store your coins on a non custodian wallet, which does not accumulate from just storing it. Some platforms offer interest on staking, but it's generally not safe.

Getting a marketers who has knowledge of SEO would be a good first step as they would be able to use available tools to get your product more traffic. Or you could also take some courses on SEO (Search Engine Optimization) in case you want to manage it yourself.

Five weeks is quite short and if you're aiming for organic traffic, it would take a bit longer than that to get desired results. You should also not limit your marketing to search engines, social media is a very good way to build traffic for your platform and stay in the loop with relevant trends.

Do you mean you cannot bid for specific key words, what reason was given for this?

You say this cause you are viewing it retrospectively and have seen exactly how the market played out over the past few days, predicting what direction it would take in order to know when to short is not an easy strategy and you would definitely lose out so many times. Everyone is a good trader when they have seen how the market plays out.

You think so (the highlighted part), because you're viewing the market retrospectively, attempting to predict it before it happens is much more difficult and risky.

Lost bitcoins lead to a reduced supply and a thinner supply flow against demand usually results in a increase in the price.

Does it really benefit other holders? I would say it is a zero sum game; Firstly,it's a regrettable situation for one to lose access to their bitcoins due to carelessness or ignorance and it presents a risk that could demotivate some from getting into bitcoin; An average Joe would not want to be entirely responsible for their assets, where one wrong move could result in it getting lost.

Secondly, determining what bitcoin are lost is purely down to speculation, except the holders come out publicly. So adding some more couple thousand bitcoins into the lost pool which cannot be determined does not do much for it to be a benefit to other holders.