PM has been reported to admins/global mods asking them to confirm its authenticity.

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Do you really think that I contacted someone on Telegram and asked to buy their bitcointalk account in such a stupid and naive way? It is clear to me what happened here, and I also have proof in the PM where I am very clearly and unequivocally offered to buy a bitcointalk account - and the person selling it claims that he communicated with me via Telegram without any concrete proof - is the proof public profile link which anyone can copy and place anywhere?

It seems that you are a much bigger fool than I thought, because you trust complete strangers who send you a message on a platform that is full of scammers. It is enough for you that someone sends you a public profile link and you think that this person contacted you


Unfortunately for you, PMs on this forum can be verified, so even though it is something that is not often done, I am ready to prove that you are lying even with that procedure. Anyway, I think you deserve a red tag as well as everyone who sells BTT accounts.

You did not communicate with me via Telegram, nor does your screenshot prove anything - anyone could have sent a link to my profile, but the fact is that you sent me an offer to sell your BTT account, which only proves that you are either a very unintelligent person, or that you have some malicious intentions.

If you already want to portray me as some ordinary scammer who trades with BTT accounts, then I will also publish your PM so that people can decide who is who in this story.

Maybe that's your opinion, but I wouldn't agree that knowledge is some universal thing that comes by itself, especially in a country that censors the internet like no other country in the world. You need to be smart in order to bypass such censorship, and not only smart in the sense that you know how to use VPN or TOR, but also that you know how to stay under the government's radar, given that China, like every communist country that exists or has existed, is not afraid of the most difficult punishments for those who are considered enemies of the state and the system.


The fact that the average Chinese still lives in such a political system that limits basic human freedoms speaks volumes about how significant the influence of that same state is on society. Real changes are only possible if a critical mass of people is created who are aware that something is wrong, and it seems to me that the majority of Chinese people live in some parallel reality within their country. I didn't hear of a single protest when China banned Bitcoin trading or mining in a country of 1.4 billion people.

Today I received a private message from the user @Amph in which he informs me that he wants to sell his BTT account, and he refers to the fact that we communicated via Telegram, which never happened. The PM also contains a name (I assume the one he uses on Telegram), but I'm not sure if that might be his real name, so I don't want to reveal it here.

Given that the sale of BTT accounts is not something we approve of (although it is not prohibited), it would be logical to leave a negative trust for such an account - even though the reference is a private message, so it's my word against his.

I can't say why @Amph chose me, but it seems to me that I am not the only one who received or will receive such a private message. I also don't see that there has been any change of e-mail/password, so the assumption is that the account has not been hacked.

The OP is from one of those countries that (at least judging by the forum activities) is not one of those that really offer any great opportunities in life, so I understand why some people treat the forum as a place where they generate their main income. Some data say that the minimum wage in Nigeria is about $75 or even less, or about $0.40 per hour. It's not that I don't agree that it's a bad idea to rely on the forum as a main source of income, but sometimes people just don't have much choice.

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You seem pretty confident that the forum will shut down, although I don't think there's any reason for that to happen as long as there's interest in Bitcoin and all other cryptocurrency-related activities in general. Things could change in the future when people no longer want to communicate in this way, and then the forum could simply slowly fade into oblivion - and maybe it will become the subject of study by some historians and we will all end up in some digital museum

This is the simplest way, because all you need to do is click on the tab Profile -> Merit and there you can see your history of received and sent merits in the past 120 days.

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To me, it seems more appropriate for the Meta board, but it is not a problem to post it here either, considering that there are certainly other "beginners" who ask the same question.

I agree, never put all your eggs in the same basket - but diversification is only smart if you understand what you are investing in, and not to distribute your capital in such a way that you invest in 10 different things, of which maybe 50% don't make much sense. Until now, I have not had the opportunity to invest in government bonds because that option did not exist, but considering that I come from a highly corrupt country where the former prime minister is in prison, and the current one is up to his neck in affairs with all his ministers, then you can understand me that I would rather invest 500 € in toilet paper than in their bond

For some, it would certainly seem like super bullish news, but I don't think that China in this kind of political system could ever honestly accept Bitcoin considering that, like many others, they are completely obsessed with absolutely controlling everything. Therefore, it is better that such "false acceptance" does not happen, because who says that after some time there would not be a complete ban again and we would again go through the same situation as the first time when China banned crypto trading.

Smart people in China (or anywhere in the world) can use Bitcoin regardless of what their government thinks about it and what laws they pass.

If you did it during 2021 and you literally copied your seed from the blockchain wallet to Electrum and protected the same wallet with a strong password, then it is unlikely that someone hacked you with the help of a seed. The only thing that comes to mind is that maybe you did a malicious Electrum upgrade, although you didn't mention it.

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The very fact that you had 2 wallets with the same seed means that you were exposed to a double risk, although an online wallet is always a much higher risk due to phishing, hot desktop/mobile are also not immune to a malicious wallet upgrade that gives the hacker complete control over your coins.

We have all been warned about such things, the only question is who received this information and how seriously they took it.

Electrum vulnerability allows arbitrary messages, phishing
Reminder: do not keep your money in online accounts

There will always be those who will think that the price of BTC is too high, and I don't think it's realistic to expect that to change - the only thing that changes are the numbers. When Bitcoin first touched $10 000 some thought it was only a matter of time before it would drop below $1000, and we know that never happened. Now some people are dreaming about $10k, and all they got is $15k+, and I believe that they are quite nervous lately, considering that things are not going the way they imagined.

FUD is no longer as effective as before, because over time people learn not to react to everything they see in the media, although it is always easy to convince beginners of almost anything, especially those who get information exclusively through social networks that are full of "experts".

It seems Filipinos have reason to be happy lately, at least when it comes to Bitcoin related news - because they definitely did a good thing by positioning one of their islands (Boracay) as a popular tourist destination where Bitcoin is accepted in hundreds of places across the island. Perhaps we can complain that these payments are not carried out directly on-chain, but things simply have to be simplified for the average person to accept them.

Strike has only one "flaw", which is that it is only available (for sender) in the US, with the exception of some federal states.

The OP actually practices DCA, although he is concerned about his average price, which of course increases as the price of BTC goes up. The thing is that some people would very much like to extend the bear market because they want to accumulate more at lower prices, but from what we see now, it seems that we have already touched the absolute bottom.

Waiting for another crash is always an option, but I wonder how realistic it is after all the negative things that happened last year? I'm not saying that something bad can't happen again, but realistically speaking, we are on the road to recovery, not only when it comes to Bitcoin, but also the global markets.

If you search a bit online you will very easily find a lot of information on how to hack/bypass 2FA, so although I'm not claiming that it happened to you, you have to admit that someone managed to find a way to disable your 2FA protection - here's an example of how it can be done, and keep in mind that the article is from 2018.


Very easily possible, because I also used that service in the past and I encountered all kinds of situations, even with incorrect balances.


From your introductory post, we can conclude that you had certain problems with blockchain.com around 2021 and then you decided to install Electrum - and then I assume you used the option to enter your seed from blockchain (or maybe you just import your BTC addresses and created a watch-only wallet)  - do you remember if you did that? This would explain the fact that you see identical outgoing transactions in Electrum and blockchain.com - because they both share the same seed, that is, the same addresses/private keys.

If what I wrote is correct, then the only question is whether you left that seed unprotected in any form and someone managed to get hold of it - or are you a victim of some other exploit that exists on blockchain.com.

It probably has nothing to do with your case - but it reminded me of something from the past -> Blockchain.com scam - lost funds

In other words, you want Bitcoin to become something that would suit you the most, and that would be some kind of endless creation of applications and tokens on which people like you would profit  - unless you left a lucrative job as a lawyer to become some new Satoshi or rather correct (according to you) his idea of Bitcoin as a currency?

If you think that your idea makes sense and that you will save Bitcoin, you have the option, like many others, to make a fork and convince people to follow you.

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You Australians really have strange intentions when it comes to Bitcoin, I mean considering a so-called doctor from that same country claims to be Satoshi - are you perhaps in some kind of family or business relationship?

Taking into account what @LogitechMouse and @Despairo wrote in their posts and what can be read in the linked article, I do not see how all this that is announced will increase the legality of trading in HK, especially in the context of the fact that the new regulations are aimed at HK residents, not foreign nationals or companies.

In addition, there is also talk about "Asian currency-based stablecoin", which is a scenario that has already been seen in many cities around the world that have used "Bitcoin" to actually promote their tokens/stablecoins. And finally, I wonder how China will react to such decisions, because regardless of its status as a special administrative region, the communists in Beijing will not be thrilled that such things are happening on their doorstep.

However, considering the current situation in the China - Russia - US relationship, I assume that CP's focus is elsewhere.

I'm trying not to influence anyone (especially beginners), so I didn't want to explicitly write "Bitcoin" - but in the context of the bonds I mentioned and the period we're in when it comes to Bitcoin, I believe it will far exceed the previously mentioned 3% (or even a little more) in the next two years. Of course, I am concluding this or rather speculating based on the fact that I have been familiar with how things work for a long time and I hope that the next halving will have a similar effect as the previous ones, and accordingly I expect at least x5 on the current price at the next ATH.

Of course, risk is always present, but no matter how safe an investment is, no one can persuade me to lend money to someone and be happy that they will pay me back in 2 years with an interest rate of 3% - and we have already mentioned that inflation will undoubtedly void any profit.

Are you a financial advisor or something similar? If you're not, I don't see any good reason why you would behave in the way described above, because why do you want to be responsible for other people's finances? Investing doesn't end with someone buying Bitcoin, what about proper storage and security?


It seems that money is not a problem for any of them, and it seems that they do not even need to invest in something like Bitcoin - because much more interest in Bitcoin is shown by those who belong to the middle or lower class. In addition, bankers and government officials are mostly against the idea represented by Bitcoin.

What you are suggesting is that someone has compromised the official Ledger e-mail and is using it for phishing/spam? It's not about that, but surely about some poor scammer who got hold of the database and is trying to get hold of personal data, which he will then use to register on various online services and resell those accounts on the black market.

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I received them a couple of times, but they were in the spam folder, which I check at least once a month in case some of the legitimate e-mails are redirected there. I think that the sender of these messages wants to confuse the recipient in such a way that if the message is not clear to him, he clicks on the attachment - although this is only my assumption.

The fee does not exist only so that the owner could maintain the device, but also to make a profit and pay all other costs. The actual maintenance costs probably depend on how well the device is made and what software solution it uses, and if there are no major problems then these costs should be minimal. High fees certainly cannot have a foothold in high maintenance costs.
 

It is not a matter of regulation, but of the fact that anyone who accesses such a device can become a potential target of a physical attack, whether it is a direct attack or following a potential target to his home and attack later. Criminals are increasingly interested in people who deal with cryptocurrencies, because finding the right target means a potentially big catch - and if we take into account the risk they take in such an attack, it is better to attack someone in their private apartment/house than to rob a bank or something similar.