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2741  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Undo button for transactions on: June 30, 2020, 07:49:53 PM
An Israeli Firm Claims that they have recently developed an undo button for all Bitcoins transactions. Apparently their main goal was to tackle problems related to human errors , but then again what am scared about is , how people will use it , it can very easily be used for scamming people .


https://cointelegraph.com/news/israeli-blockchain-startup-offers-undo-button-for-bitcoin-transactions

Apparently 18% people reported loss of Funds due to human errors , thus this might serve great for them . Retrievable Transfer , as they are calling it would give the sender the power to retrieve the amount until the right code is provided by the receiver. My take on this : they are somehow using a password which needs to be provided by the receiving party and this might be super helpful in places which involves transactions of very high Amounts .

The person Aims at making these transactions as safe and secure as online banking source claims , but they are already more secure , they are just gonna add one more feature now .

It's going to be free till a transaction of 1000$  , so before you strike a deal , be careful :3 Ask about everything someone might use it in not so good way .

Amazing innovation by the way , lets see if it works ..
2742  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / bitcoin.org , in danger of being compromised?? on: June 30, 2020, 07:49:02 AM
https://decrypt.co/33703/bitcoin-orgs-secret-owner-kicks-out-the-sites-maintainer
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Bitcoin.org’s secret owner kicks out the site’s maintainer
The pseudonymous owner of Bitcoin’s oldest website—created by Satoshi Nakamoto himself—has fired its maintainer after a verbal dispute.
By Liam Frost



Jun 26, 2020


Cobra, the pseudonymous owner of the Bitcoin.org domain, has cut ties with its maintainer Will Binns over a disagreement.

Cobra said that Binns was trying to claim partial ownership of the site—that was originally set up by Bitcoin inventor Satoshi Nakamoto—when he was just a contractor. Binns maintained that Cobra unfairly dismissed him, and is now looking for funding for legal action.

“I have removed Will Binns as the site's maintainer, during a conversation on Twitter he had claimed that his work contributing to bitcoin.org conferred on him more authority than what I had agreed with him,” Cobra stated.


Apparently the guy was contacted by Mozilla and they did struck a deal of 75,000$ worth of investment in their stake in his company , but Apparently they were already warned beforehand by cobra that , this does not mean that they will somehow own the website.

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“It needs to be clear that they [Mozilla] are supporting you personally, and your own personal work (a grant is preferred here), but if they want some ownership over your company, they have to know that this company doesn’t have any ownership over Bitcoin.org,” Cobra told Binns.


Apparently Mr. Binns words are:

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After Binns was fired, he took to file sharing platform GitHub to complain.

“Bitcoin.org [...] is now in danger of becoming compromised, if it hasn't just happened. @Cobra has removed my access and seized control of the site and accompanying code repositories. I do not believe Cobra is the sole and lawful owner, nor does he have any right to do these things without just cause,” Binns wrote on June 24.


Not only that now Binns wants to set up a fund legally so that the sites ownership will be with a trusted third party because he believes that Cobra wants to give the ownership of the site to someone else without legal process and such .

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Gregory Maxwell, a former Bitcoin Core developer and the former chief technology officer of Blockstream, corroborated Cobra’s statements.

“Your position appears to be a misplaced and inappropriate response to Cobra suggesting that he was considering not handing you unilateral control of Bitcoin.org. I hope you reconsider your approach,” wrote Maxwell.


I do think the guy is not taking into account how since years the site has been managed by Cobra , we never did have any problems regarding the same , it might be a simple case of de-faming the man but I do believe as long as the site is owned by someone good who does know the essence of cryptocurrencies as a whole , we are good to go .

This site is in no way owned by anyone , it's owned by every single person out there which helped create it , centralization is never the option when we are talking about Bitcoin.org specially , we have already seen other sites being taken down .

Is someone behind all this ?

But then again what Binn is asking is not wrong Huh He might be saying statements way over the top and accepting payment for the stakes might have alerted Cobra , because we all know how companies like these works , if Mozilla tries to own this , they will make sure at least there part is centralized.

It's not about money !

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What is your take on this ?

 
2743  Economy / Economics / Re: How in the world we going to restart the world economy ? on: June 30, 2020, 04:52:15 AM
How in the world we going to restart the world economy ?

Let's let the dollars circulate  Smiley
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvNlkW_sNcM

I don't think we have much of a choice here , we cannot just go forth and start the economy as it is , we need time and investment , letting the dollar circulate?
I do hope you realize that the more money is in circulation the less is its value as a whole , therefore I do think that we need to adapt to a different route .We have to ask the government to :
•Create Jobs
•Give people time to pay their mortgages and other stuff in the banks
•Local markets should be re-opned and carefully monitored
•One town/city should be able to meet the requirements of the people by themselves , without importing stuff from other areas , this way people will get high quality products at affordable prices , it will also benefit the local market .
•They need to first strengthen the laws regarding racial injustice because am not sure if people would like to work for them until and unless they listen to what the civilians have to say.
•Banks needs to decrease their interest rate of loans because people are struck in this time and this is the least that can be done.
•It should not be suddenly done , since this would not only increase the cases but also put the employees life at risk , one need to make sure they do this in steps , making sure they are giving employees all the sanitary requirements.
• NOT INTERNATIONAL right now the government can handle local tourism at various sites which does generate some revenue or provide mental peace for the people.
• I do think they need to make sanitizers and masks affordable for everyone too. They are highly overpriced . .

2744  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: HONEYWELL Quantum Computer: what does it mean to BTC on: June 29, 2020, 11:31:09 AM


I didn`t claim to have any knowledge or expertise on quantum computer; I am just curious about the industry and how beautiful they are bringing technology from our current state to the future.

However, this topic may supply ideas about how quantum worked as it is. Well to summarize its ultimate function here`s the first, traditional computing bits are in a state of either “0” or “1”, which mean it cannot solved easily the problem. With quantum computer, both 0s` and 1s` are working simultaneously, making it possible to solved problems with multiple probable solutions, this is called “quantum superposition”. This is in fact the science of quantum physics.

As I`ve do the math Huh in google, I found out that it can really poised risk on certain features which is underlying on blockchain technology to mostly in its minimal, to mention few are “How Private Addresses might compromised its encryption and mining capabilities”.

Well, forget about adresses because it is prone to hack but to mining industry, its risky knowing super computer with huge computing power can do the algorithm faster than the actual mining state. If one miner can gain access to quantum computer, they could produce hashes very quickly and gain dominance, leaving the network exposed to 51% attack.

For more details, click me…

Self Reflection

Which off-course, on my views could possibly be risky, however, given that bitcoin developers are not behind  of such technology - perhaps "quantum resistant encryption scheme" might work...

My opinion on this :

• It is not just blockchain which is going to suffer tremendously because of these computers of used incorrectly , it's also the government websites , banks , big institutions , therefore what I know is that the government will for sure look forward to regulate it somehow .

• It is expensive to own one therefore it won't be that much of a problem right now but the problem will be in the future when the computers might become affordable , this is what happens when we talk about technologies and all , over the time they are reinvented in a way which actually makes them more common and affordable therefore we do have time to make some adjustments in the Blockchain technology right now . The developers should take into account.

•Now above all what matters is your personal protection , you have to make sure that , you take care of what kind is apps you are installing , where you are storing your Bitcoins.. lot of things , one needs to be as safe as they can even a little bit of carelessness from the user side might be a night of party for a hacker 😂 , don't worry people I do think we are going to see some restrictions regarding the new quantum computers , no way government is gonna let this slide .
2745  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Chance to earn Merits for newbies on: June 29, 2020, 07:31:26 AM
You and others are never late here 😁
Main issue is always the number of available merits I and others can give,  not our will to support newbies.


Yes ofcourse Cheesy Thanks for always helping me out.

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Most of you guys who posted here have been awarded Merits , some things to consider:

1. Make constructive posts , state facts , not just words
2. Even though your account is not 30 days old , I still awarded Merits for the ones who just had 1-2 days left .
3. Whosoever isn't given merits is personally messaged to improve the quality and post again , don't worry I plan on keeping this open for future therefore you can submit anytime.
4. Don't try and cheat , stay safe everyone Smiley
2746  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Dormant bitcoins and bullrun correlation ? on: June 29, 2020, 07:10:14 AM
I mean, there obviously is a correlation: many people buy low and hodl their coins until price booms. That's why with price bumps you see dormant addresses waking up. This doesn't necessarily mean that with more addresses waking up, the price is going to crash drastically though - it's mostly still just speculation.

The red part of the chart could go up 20% more and only then have a drastic price crash. It just adds to the entire, exhaustive list of price influencing factors of BTC. I personally wouldn't rely on it.

Yes , totally agreed , but at the same time I would like to address an issue that Arrises because of this fact , apparently the Whales tries and generates false alarms by sending Bitcoins from one wallet to another , which in-turn causes panic for the newbies and to other people.

This is something that is more or so used by the bulls to scare the investors , make them panic sell/buy then encash when the time is right for them , therefore I won't ask you to ever follow these things .

You can actually check the market price every now and then and then make a suitable investment, because at the end of the day , literally no one can predict what is going to happen in the market .

I do think in the upcoming years we will have *competition* as a major factor for determination of the market price , we do need certain updates for the same , I do hope we solve the issues with the lightning network .

People often read stories about how people became billionaires overnight band all and then come and Invest in Bitcoins , cannot wait for long and then at the end of the day complain here , remember some of  those people waited from 2009 all the way till 2017 .

_Patience is the Key_
2747  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Without banks, is it possible to move physical currencies to Crypto? on: June 28, 2020, 07:59:31 PM
We have seen numerous times people complain about unsolicited charges by banks which is not almost possible in cryptocurrencies if you're to save your money on Bitcoin or any other valuable cryptocurrency.

It begs me to ask this question; is it possible for one to move physical currencies to Crypto exchanges without passing through the Bank?

Yes ofcourse , if you do the payment in cash and receive Bitcoins through any seller instantly , you can very easily do that , but at the same time you have to understand that you need to be very careful with it since, it takes some time for the Bitcoins to be transferred from the sender to the receiver and therefore it would mean you will have to wait for a while .

There are actually options like this on various sites , eg. Local Bitcoins !

You can even make a local community , like the people you know who do trade Bitcoins and other cryptocurrencies , friends , family members etc , make a group with them and you guys can literally buy/sell sometimes without needing any middle man , you will save up money of the fee and also might help others to know more about Bitcoins.

You can even sell services and ask for the payment in Bitcoins , this way you are indirectly getting paid in cryptocurrencies.

When all of this fails you can try softwares which blends your addresses , this way you cannot actually track the Bitcoins to any particular wallet . So considering you wanna play safe , you can even do that .
2748  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: A lot of Americans still don't know what Bitcoin is on: June 28, 2020, 11:19:41 AM
A lot of Americans think that chocolate milk comes from Brown cows
If you find one who does not know what is Bitcoins and other cryptocurrencies then I do think thats completely a safe bet , you can tell the person about it and explain how it works , if they own any small businesses they can might as well think about adding Bitcoins and etherum in their payment options.
It's not just America , not most people watch news nor are they active regarding what's going on in the world , therefore I do think you can try and make that a habit. Try asking people if you can pay in Bitcoins ?
This way they will at least search after you are gone that what the hell was that 😂. Maybe 30-40% not everyone. But still you will be indirectly able to help the community grow as a whole.


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Largest Bitcoin Ownership Survey Reveals 6.2% of Americans Own Bitcoin, While 7.3% are Planning to Buy Some. NEW YORK, Oct. 1, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- A new survey of 5,000 Americans between the ages of 18 and 65+ reveals the American population's position when it comes to Bitcoin ownership
2749  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Do you know job/investment related to crypto that provide stable daily income? on: June 27, 2020, 06:40:46 PM
When we are talking about 100$ per day I do think it should be understood that it's really hard to earn that much by just being a merchant , see there is a fee that you will be able to earn with every transaction , but this fee is not that much, at the same time the market is very competitive and therefore you would have to first see what other merchants are offering and then make a choice.
I don't think there you will be able to get much profit. You need to try other alternatives, I would suggest:
Working with a exchange firm and listing your adds there , at the same time you can even try and talk with other ICO's get their coins listed there . Then again 100$ per day is a hard job to do, until and unless you do make a big exchange site of your own which will need initial investment .
I would suggest you to make an offline exchange program , you can even add the feature of buying and selling using phone calls and stuff (considering you do receive the payment on time ) .
You can always hold and trade , long term holding is never a bad option.
2750  Economy / Economics / Re: The Covid19 Curve is Flattening on: June 27, 2020, 07:11:52 AM
It has been about three months that the global economy was hard hit with disruption that had not been experience in a long time.
Even the 1929 economic depression does not have negative impacts as the covid-19 economic impact.

Some of the effects of the Covid-19 affected both individuals and businesses. To individuals here are the effects;
1.Loss of livelihood as a result of loss of jobs.
2.Loss of lives. Those that died as a result of the Covid-19 infection.
3.Social Distance. There is a ban on freedom of movement.
4.Threat of everyone to everyone.

To businesses, some went bankrupt even some governments had to run to the UN and IMF for aids.
Most economies are re-opening and businesses are now operating partially.

The question is this; what will happened to the global economy if there is a spike in the spread of covid19 again ?
When we are talking about the curve flattening , we need to understand that it's not the case everywhere , most of the places are seeing a spike in the cases followed by economic loss in both local and international matters .

We need to take every country as a whole in account, most probably we will see another wave of COVID in US , Where the President is cracking up jokes about people protesting against racism he is just creating problems for himself for the long run , people will continue to come forth to tackle this man , now unfortunately in the US masks and everything are not that much of a necessity for everyday routine and therefore people do skip it .

I do think we will be seeing much more problems in the future because of the way America is being governed, they could just pass a law against racism ! Is that so hard ? This way , it would help both the government by decreasing the cases and people too who are risking their lives everyday .

At the same time we can see the situation in India too , where they are registering the highest number of cases per day , considering it's the second most populated country in the world I do think it will be Preety hard to control it .

The cases are only lessening in Europe , not whole Europe.

We are living in a funny world , first Trump made a wall for Mexicans and the wall is working in the favour of Mexicans only since they are the ones who have to close the borders for Americans due to COVID-19.

The cases are not lessening , what we can positively say is that * we now now much about the virus and most probably will see vaccines and medicines on the way soon .
2751  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: How is the HALVING working out for you ??? Remember all the predictions ???? on: June 26, 2020, 07:27:18 PM
How is the BitCion Halving working out for everyone ?

Remember all the predictions of BitCoin Skyrocketing in price due to the halving ??  It NEVER HAPPENED.

Cult like " Believers " will never look at broken promises, and failure to perform.  But serious INVESTORS look at things like this, and the failure of the halving to make the price of BitCoin go up will be very much noticed..   For those that thought institutional and other serious money would invest in BitCoin, it is not going to happen.   Just another nail in the coffin of the false promise of BitCoin going to the moon.

PETER SCHIFF was right again... The halving was already priced into the market !   

Hard Facts

I do think you realize that not everyone is here to earn profits when the price goes good , there are long term holders and people who are earning through Bitcoins , I don't think as long as the price is good and sufficient they don't make a big deal out of it.

Then again one knows that * No one can tell what's the next move of the market is going to be, until and unless you are a whale *

It is not always about the price , it's more or less about the freedom we get from the Fiat , it's a great alternative to conservative form of money , I do think we should look at the bigger picture here . At the same time we do have a warning regarding the incoming volatility and therefore if you are that scared about loosing much here , you should encash ~

Don't blame the market , don't blame Bitcoins or anyone , you were the one who made the choice of buying and holding.
2752  Economy / Economics / Re: Is the economy supposed to be a political tools? on: June 26, 2020, 02:30:22 PM
I still find it hard to wrap my head over the fact that most economist analyst is aware that continuous printing of money is deterrent to the economy and quality of life in the long-run, but still, the government keeps issuing endless bills. It's not my desire to politicize my views but ideally, economists should run most of the economic policies but it seems the economist is only a remote control tool used by the government to achieve political interest.

It seems the world now runs policies for immediate gains while trashing policies that bring future gains. Maybe I am having a distorted view, but looking at most government policies around the world, even a non-economist can tell that this will be disastrous in the future.

See , as long as it can be used by the politicians to exploit the people and policies , everything is a tool for the politicians. Never trust them for good.

See problem is , at this time they have to print money or generate jobs and take care of salaries of people. Unfortunately printing money is the easy way out , plus I have not seen much politicians with an educated background where they did serve the country and it's people for good. Most of the times they are just faces of the party they are working with.

Plus printing money is not as easy as we might think , The Fed decides how much money is supposed to be printed , there are 7 members in the Federal Reserve and therefore this whole notion has to be put forth and is considered equally from all directions , they are well aware of the outcome it might bring .

More or so : It's needed at this time because we cannot expect them to run governance during a pandemic + various protests all around the globe . As long as they are able to help their people through this time it should be enough.

2753  Economy / Economics / Re: What if this pandemic persists till the end of the year? on: June 26, 2020, 11:48:52 AM
It's almost 6 months since the coronavirus took its toll on every aspect of human lives. it has been accompanied by widescale job loss, a rise in the unemployment rate, a reduced standard of living, and intense hardship. From the economic perspective, what will be the fate of the global economic situation and normal day to day business if this pandemic doesn't go away by the end of this year?

Hard Truth: The pandemic is not going anywhere.

See , we have seen companies selling drugs in the name of coronil and all but at the end of the day *What drug would work on a virus* ? , We cannot use the same ones for more than a specified amount of time.

Our best bet would be Vaccination.Which some companies say that they will be releasing by the end of September or so . Even after the vaccine , comes the production and usage of the same. It would take a lot of time for the government to make sure it reaches to everyone.

Lets talk about polio
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From 1916 onward, a polio epidemic appeared each summer in at least one part of the country, with the most serious occurring in the 1940s and 1950s. In the epidemic of 1949, 2,720 deaths from the disease occurred in the United States and 42,173 cases were reported and Canada and the United Kingdom were also affected.


Now it's eradicated but it still took a lot of years for the same , therefore corona virus is going to be here. We have to make sure that we adapt in regards to the same so that we are able to follow the day to day routine without any problems.

What we can do is : Adapt
Pandemic is going to last at least 2 years more ~
Economic situation is going to plummet soon enough since we are seeing premature opening of the public places . Most countries need to get ready for the second or third wave.
2754  Economy / Economics / Marxism theory Suddenly making sense on: June 25, 2020, 08:27:23 PM
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Marxism is a social, political, and economic theory originated by Karl Marx, which focuses on the struggle between capitalists and the working class. Marx wrote that the power relationships between capitalists and workers were inherently exploitative and would inevitably create class conflict

People can be categorized into two categories in economics , from a practical point of view.
• You either provide jobs
• You either do the jobs

The people who does provide the jobs , does have a store capital income that they are looking forward to multiply with passing time. Whereas the working class restlessly works day and night to reach even 1% of that capital class.

I did study about the theory of Marxism in civics but did not know that soon enough in 2020 we will be able to see a real life example of how big the river is between the two communities.

*When people were fighting over toilet papers there were some celebrities using it to prank their household members , this did not only receive a harsh backlash from the society but it also did prove that , as long as you have money, you can live peacefully even when the whole world is burning*

The system needs to be changed, but how ?
• How about , people who are extremely poor are not required to pay the electricity and gas bills for the time being since during pandemic , literally no one has a job , whereas the subsidised bills can be equally divided into the wealthiest class and they be required to pay the same conditioned that it does not take a toll on their monthly income in any way.
[ We are talking about the super poor families here ]
This I literally said is based on the experiment that went on in Delhi few years back , apparently a common man did the maths and literally cut the electricity bills of the people like crazy , some people don't even have to pay bills ! ! It was all based on very accurate calculations plus zero Corruption , thus we can do that ! https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/delhi-govt-free-electricity-scheme-example-smart-governance-arvind-kejriwal-1608003-2019-10-10

Let us consider a developing country like India:
Reason I say this:
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The top 10% of the Indian population holds 77% of the total national wealth. 73% of the wealth generated in 2017 went to the richest 1%, while 67 million Indians who comprise the poorest half of the population saw only a 1% increase in their wealth.

Basic necessities should not be paid by the people below the poverty line!!
• Government needs to standardize minimum income rule in all the regions , be it a small village or be it a big city , people work hard irrespective of the place they work in but there is a huge difference in the salaries.
Eg. A person I know works 9-5 job for sake of 40$ , it's a teaching job but considering the school is not in a good location they don't expect them to ask more than that .
- - government needs to make new set of rules where the person be paid at least 100-150$ .

•During a job interview priority must be given to person who is most eligible ofcourse but at the same time the next criterion needs to be the economic situation of the family.

There are a lot of things that can be done right now , we need to make sure that there is no bitter problems between the two classes since sooner or later the conflict might just be the last straw in the pandemic.

Do you think it is Worthy enough to be given a good thought?

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When we are talking about a ideal society in terms of capitalism what do you think might work ?
Is the government capable of providing more priority and rights for the working class , or will they just let it slide like that ?

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There are labour protection laws no doubt , but I do think their education should be mandatory in the schools . Personally I did not study much about it till college . Kids should be given indepth knowledge of what they should expect irrespective of the class they are going to be in .

2755  Economy / Economics / Re: Is global adoption of Bitcoin possible post-Covid? on: June 25, 2020, 06:41:44 PM
Now that, the whole world is in sort of an Economic Outrage due to Covid, It is worthwhile to note that every Government around the world has announced certain fiscal stimulus to boost up the economy once again. Every country has given aroud a 5-20% Fiscal package. Here is a summary of major countries:


So if we look at this metric we would realize that every country has increased liquidity in hands of people by this much percentage. Now where will this money come from? See considering that there won't be much gains in hands of people and less purchasing due to Covid chances are Tax collections which were expected to Increase Y-O-Y might even go down. Therefore countries would be having just two remaining options:

  • 1. Deficit Financing: The most obvious answer for every country. For people who don't know what is deficit financing. It's basically printing of money by the Central bank who then gives it as a loan to the Government. But considering that economies around the world already have a deficit financing of average 3-5% Post covid deficit financing rates may go up to 10% therefore Governments might print a whole lot of money than what they expected almost double. This option is more suitable for Stable Economies.
  • 2. Approaching the IMF: Now this is a less preferred option as it is an external borrowing which comes with a cost attached to it. Moreover IMF could also be a bit reluctant in relentless lending. But this is a viable option for developing Economies.

So if it's so easy then what's the problem ?
The problem is once again what it has already been. Creating money out of thin air devalues money and creates Inflation. Now most of the investors around the world are worried regarding the demon of "INFLATION" . Now it's a well known fact that inflation backed without by any Economic Growth could lead the country into a hyper inflationary stage. So, while the Countries are printing money relentlessly to fight economy distortion chances are few developing economies just run into Hyper-Inflation. We have seen such a case happening with Zimbabwe previously. Here is once again when Bitcoin comes into action. Here is how it looked for Zimbabwe :
 

Now this is not the only issue second issue is: DEBT TRAP. While most of the developing economy have been liberal in giving loans to individual and businesses. Now when businesses won't be able to pay back the loan. Countries are resorting to restructuring their debt by giving them more Debt. So this could create a situation of a debt Trap pretty similar to one we saw in 2008 only that was more specific to housing sector. Now this would be more devastating as Small businesses and unorganized sector is backbone for developing countries. Now once again people would realize how easily the Debt Trap can fall like a house of cards.

Interesting point to note here is China. China has been very aggressive in providing debt to various countries around the world and due to Covid most of the countries now might not be able to repay China. Moreover, External borrowing from some other Country like US would also not be possible due to stressed conditions in almost every country. Here is a map about how much debt does every country has to China :

Now here chances are that countries might have to lease out their territory to China as a repayment of these borrowings.

People around the world will realize that how easy it is for an economy to crash. I think these issues are already what Bitcoin is striving to fight with but in current times they seem to be more deadly. Bitcoin is providing a practical solution for it at-least as a stable alternative to Fiat.



Is the Global adaptation of Bitcoins post COVID-19 possible : Yes

Are the governments gonna let it go like this: No

The governments all around the world are feeling threatened by the power of Bitcoins and other cryptocurrencies . The politicians and the government are making not so good comments about the same . Even though they are not able to provide jobs for the community and cryptocurrencies are doing much better in this regards.

People are now understanding a fact *The financial and political system is too fragile to handle any ups and downs* , Therefore it is completely reasonable too look for alternatives.

Now the government knows what Bitcoins can do , until and unless they do want to handle another round of protests all around the world related to Cryptocurrencies they do need to leave it alone .

Most countries are a Democracy , that means people does have a say in what the government does , of they do not follow through it would just mean that the government is unfortunately not fit for functioning efficiently over the years , therefore if we demand sternly , I do think we would be able to make a change .

The only way we can see adoption of Bitcoins is by making sure we ask for it , educate people about it , learn more about the possibilities it can provide .
2756  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Couple was forcibly ask by IRS to sell their crypto to pay their liabilities on: June 25, 2020, 01:24:43 PM
In summary:

- Alexander and Laura Strashny filed income tax return due in 2017, but unable to pay

- they sent IRS letters proposing to pay the liability in iinstallments over a period of 6 years

-  IRS received the proposal recorded it and put in in pending status

- As of December 2018, the outstanding liability + interest exceeded $1 million

- IRS sent petition notice "Intent to Seize Your Assets" and Notice of Your Right to a Hearing.

- Petitioners timely requested a CDPhearing, expressinginterest in an installment agreement (IA) and attaching a copyof their previously submitted Forms 433-A and 9465.  They did notcheck the boxindicating thattheycould not pay the balance, and they did notdispute theirunderlyingliability for 2017.

- SO review the case and saw that they have a huge cryptocurrency investment

- SO eceived from petitioners’ repre-sentative a copy of their 2018 tax return, which reported wages exceeding $200,000, and investment statements showing cryptocurrency assets valued over$7 million.  During the conference the SO noted that petitioners were currently
- 4-[*4] withdrawing$19,000 per month from their cryptocurrency account, and she asked why they could not liquidate or borrow against those assets in order to discharge their tax liabilityin full.

- Lawyers for the petitioners argue that they are unable to draw on their cryptocurrency account to pay their liability.

- On June 25, 2019, the IRS issued a notice of determination sustaining the proposed levy, rejecting petitioners’ request for an IA, and stating that “[l]evyaction is permitted 30 daysafter the rejection.

https://www.ustaxcourt.gov/USTCInOP/OpinionViewer.aspx?ID=12258



There's no denying that the petitioners have money to pay to settled their tax liabilities. But they can't withdraw it in a timely manner, maybe they are waiting for the price to go up and make profit to at least lessen the damage. What are your thoughts on this?

Are you willing to sell your crypto to pay our debts or just go on settle it in months or years?

If it all exceeded 1 million dollars , it is a safe bet to say that they have been doing it since a long time , see income tax might now always be reasonable but at the same time If you keep doing your part every year there is nothing to be afraid of.

What the government did shouldn't have been that weird for people , since now every wallet and exchange does have a KYC requirement , the government already records every step , therefore the more they would have waited :
1. The more would have been the interest
2. The price is actually not that bad right now
3. Legal charges would have been more harsh
4. If they have Investment in crypto I do think it is safe to say they they would have had other investments too , so they are actually not loosing much .

They should have just paid it every year , I do think the decision was fair .

At least they are not in the jail , see income tax is only implemented for the people who can afford to pay it , but people try to avoid it when they most easily can be done with it , plus there is no assurance that Bitcoins is going to give good returns in the upcoming year , we all know that we cannot be sure of anything.

*We are all being tracked*

Lets leave it at that .
2757  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / We finally are going to get justice in regards to Mr. Wright on: June 25, 2020, 07:25:02 AM
https://cointelegraph.com/news/judge-accepts-craig-wrights-autism-defense-says-no-to-sanctions

Whatever the man did , we all know , to sum up now his lawyers tried to prove that he is Autistic and thus trail shouldn't be harsh and all .

Now the judge is seriously pissed off and he apparently is not gonna leave the man , even though he did accept the Autism defense , sanctions were kicked out of the picture.

This came out to be a little funny , Autistic? Is he mocking the community?  Autism is no joke , I have seen people struggling day and night to do a simple task in regards to that , you don't have Autism if it suddenly appeared after death of your best friend when you are in your 40's.

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Wright said his witness had diagnosed him with “Autism Spectrum Disorder with high intellectual skills” which needed to be taken into account when assessing his somewhat inconsistent statements to the court. Under Judge Bloom's ruling, Wright's autism defense is cleared to proceed at this point


Isn't this too convincing? Right after we got to know that the man really did confess his crimes , when he was gonna go into trial he suddenly took the low road. Why was there no mention of it before ?

A quote on 17 April, 2020:
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Dr. Wright’s Aspergers sometimes stop him from skillfully navigating social situations, which is one of the reasons why Dr. Wright created Bitcoin under the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto. In Dr. Wright’s blog post he goes on to explain why he decided to stay anonymous when creating Bitcoin


He is now claiming to be Autistic ..

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What distinguishes Asperger's Disorder from classic autism are its less severe symptoms and the absence of language delays. Children with Asperger's Disorder may be only mildly affected, and they frequently have good language and cognitive skills.


The symptoms usually Begin at the age of 2 or before that , therefore I do think he would have had some support and proof regarding the same.

https://youtu.be/_GJq37xrrW0 This is him speaking in the conference of 2019 of coingeek , whereas am not able to identify any social problems , I do think he would soon come up with an explanation regarding the same.

But court is not going to go easy on the man .. he pissed off the Judge really good.

Do you guys think the man is Autistic and therefore we shouldn't be harsh on him ? Or he is again doing what he does best *lying*.
2758  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Chance to earn Merits for newbies on: June 24, 2020, 10:20:20 PM
BUMP
2759  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Bitcoin.com forum closes ?? on: June 24, 2020, 10:15:23 PM
A very abrupt announcement , bitcoin.com forum apparently closes on July 23 !! The news was provided by the admin on 24 June. Till the date there is no specific reason so as why the forum is closing..

https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoincom-forum-closes-on-july-23

Considering how popular the forum is plus it was actually started by an early adopter of Bitcoins I do think this is not a beneficial step for the community.

Roger Ver, did do a great job in the starting, promoting Bitcoins but with time he used all his time on BCH, that's his choice no offence , but he did do a lot of unreasonable things in the way of promoting the BCH . He is thought to be a part of scams and attacks that tried to make the price low to scare away the investors.

I do think now doing this he is actually trying to dump Bitcoins entirely , even though his forum provided BTC and  BCH , it still was named Bitcoin.com ! That is why people used it.. I do think he is causing more trouble for himself through this .

Then again am more than happy to see our forum being handled very well .

Bitcoins were always supposed to be something about freedom for people, these kinds of steps actually tries to make the thing more centralized , more controlled . This is a really bad mark on his already spoiled image .

What do you guys think about it ? Does it matter in your opinion ? Should we be ready for some more new members here soon ?
2760  Economy / Economics / Re: Rise in US unemployment. Thoughts? on: June 24, 2020, 07:32:18 AM
According to the news, there is an issue related to a suspension of visa for workers that Trump administration is looking forward to happen. Some workers are unable to have work because unemployment is their prioritize right now due to the risk of getting the virus. US economy is not that stable enough and they are still having a hard time to make their economy grow again. This coronavirus makes the administration become more careful in employing workers so that they can minimize the growth of this virus from their country.

"No matter how you slice it, this is shaping up to be a big win for American workers at a critical time," said RJ Hauman

This will make a big way to some other concerns or issue related to their businesses and economy. The Trump administration should consider other options that will give some benefits on those workers who will not given a chance to employ.

But plans for the order have already raised significant concerns among business and industry groups, as well as universities who depend on foreign workers and scholars.

The order would, however, make broad exceptions for travel in the national interest, including in the areas of economics, public health and national security.

What are your thoughts about this? Do you think that US will have an advantage on not employing workers due to this pandemic?
Will their economy be affected by this suspension on high-skilled worker's visas?



Source: https://www.business-standard.com/article/international/trump-may-suspend-h-1b-other-visas-amid-rise-in-us-unemployment-report-120062100316_1.html

Unemployment have always been a problem in every country , but it have always stayed hidden , now due to the pandemic we are really seeing the real stats.

When we talk about the US , 36 million people are already unemployment and 3 million people more have filed for unemployed benefits, therefore 39 million people are unemployed right now . Plus this aside 17 people out of every 10,000 are actually homeless.

Unemployment Arrises because Government Fails to produce new jobs with respect to increasing population . Industrialization might be beneficial for the company but it does have problems for the workers .

What they need to do is :

• Create jobs online/offline
• Reserve a percentage of jobs for local people
• Don't disturb cryptocurrencies and other non governmental things , they are also providing jobs for a number for people.
• Instead of providing stimulus , use that money to make a local business
• Support local farmers , price might be high but then again you are getting non GMO quality products.
• Instead of wasting money on the police , send that money to nurses and hospitals for PPE , so that recovery can be made timely.
• Keep record of every family , employee people for doing that , see where the family needs support , don't provide them money , provide them jobs !!
• Keep a minimum wage requirement for the workers.
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