It sounds a bit incredible that everything is organized by only 2 people with a little help from the side, and that they did not decide to invest in quality customer support. It is obvious that money is not a problem, so I wonder why they allow themselves to have things like this happen to them, which bring them nothing but bad promotion.

Everyone probably has some exit point, but I stopped thinking that way a long time ago because I think it's much better to have Bitcoin than fiat. Of course, from time to time I will sell a small part of what I have in order to buy/pay for something, and I also regularly pay for various services using BTC as a currency because that's why it exists.

I honestly do not envy those for whom Bitcoin is just an ordinary investment, in the end they will never escape from at least trying to be somewhat financially independent.


Something like this?

If the forum would enable this feature and then limit it to only one board, I think that something similar would happen to us as with the Press board, which only two users turned into their private board for spamming links. Therefore, I think it would be better if such a feature were available in most boards (some may be exempt), with the rule that low ranks cannot use this feature.

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I honestly don't understand what you meant with what you wrote. Are you actually saying that you can't do what I did (the way I presented the video)? You have a Senior rank and can easily post pictures on the forum, but what you lack is a way to do it. This option does not exist in the post options and you have to create it yourself, but this is how the code looks, so you can try it.

You're welcome

I remembered that one member of the forum (if I'm not mistaken @stompix) in one of the topics discussing crypto cards was also a bit confused about fees - but I'm sure you'll find a solution for that too. Keep up the good work

You are pretty sure that US prisons are the exact opposite of what we have been shown for decades in many movies/series when it comes to the US. But I would not agree with that, not because I was in prison, but because people who are in prison are mostly very violent and they show that violence also through sexual abuse.

These guys in the picture don't look friendly at all, unless you think they ended up in jail for stealing beer and cigarettes from gas stations?

BD seems to be a couple of hours behind WO, and there they not only announced the news first, but also expressed it in poetic form. I honestly doubted that that scumbag would get a long-term sentence, although 25 years seems like a long time to some, keep in mind that little Bankman will probably be out for a maximum of 15-16 years if not sooner.

It's great that you raised the max limit of the card and that there are no more restrictions in terms of pre-determined amounts. If possible, I would suggest one change on the page regarding "Net amount you want to receive" which is expressed in EUR and "Total amount to pay" which is expressed in $ - because for some it can be a bit confusing when it comes to fees.

When, for example, someone wants to get EUR 1500 on the card, they have to pay $1683, so for someone who doesn't see the difference in currency, it can seem like a really big fee. The fee is actually (depending on the exchange rate) around 55-60 EUR.

If the only question is whether they made some kind of profit using what would otherwise have gone to waste, then the answer is probably positive. Apart from them, in the context of flared gas-mining Bitcoin, Saudi Aramco was also mentioned even before (2021).

If we read this post from @fillippone, it seems that ExxonMobil has expanded such a mining method outside the US. I don't know how successful it was and whether it's still there, but I have no doubt that those who advocate the idea that Bitcoin pollutes the environment will also find something negative in that.

Considering how easily he gave up that account, I have no doubt that it is very likely that it is just one in a series of alt accounts that he uses. Until the merit system was introduced, it only took time to move from rank to rank, and we are talking about 9 years of creating alt farms that are still active today.

In addition, it was only around 2015 (if I'm not mistaken) that trading with BTT accounts became undesirable, and before that it was a completely normal activity.

I have nothing against that idea, because they say a picture is worth a thousand words, and adding a video to the forum in a quick and easy way might be a step in a positive direction. However, I think that such a feature should somehow be limited to at least the Member+ rank, because there should be no doubt that otherwise there will be those who will abuse such a feature.

On other forum there is an option to add videos directly to the post, so it might be good to check how it's done there.

I sometimes post a video in the following form, but it takes some time, and some users don't even realize that the link to the video is hidden behind the picture.

He got 25 years, for some it might be a lot, but I believe for the majority it's still too little considering that he will probably get out after serving 2/3 of his sentence, and maybe even before with good behavior and some other benefits of the US prison/justice system.

https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2024/03/28/sam-bankman-fried-ftx-sentencing/

I remember the time when we used to say "everything under $1000 is cheap", then that saying changed only a little when the price reached $10 000 - and today we can say "everything under $100k is cheap". If by any chance you ever bought BTC at a price of a few hundred $, what would you think today about how expensive it actually is to buy BTC?

Hey newbies, go play your game somewhere else because you're not going to fool anyone with your strategy of asking questions that end up getting positive answers. Advertisements promising thousands of dollars are only true for those naive who think money is falling from the sky.

@JollyGood, I added 1 merit to that post, and I admit that I didn't check the post history before that because I didn't think there was any need for it. Unfortunately, trust is not visible in the Bitcoin discussion, otherwise it seems to me that the number of merits would be significantly lower for a specific post.

Is there any hard evidence that the whole story surrounding his participation in the race was fabricated? Someone who knows exactly when the race was held and who would check if he was writing on the forum at that time would have proof that he was not there.

Only those who mined back then know how it feels to turn $0.20 into $70k (and potentially much more). I have to settle for knowing what it's like to buy BTC for only $200, and sell them nevertheless for a very nice profit.


Thanks for checking, I know a while back someone signed and published a large number of BTC addresses from 2010 that Faketoshi claimed belonged to him. However, I was curious and searched the first address, and one of the search results leads to a website where Satoshi public keys are allegedly published - anyone can find the link with a simple search.

However, if you look under "Transparency" you will notice that only Ledger is marked "Acceptable", and all other HW are marked "Good". Maybe it would be better if there was a "Caution" label, but obviously we don't all have the same attitude when it comes to things like leaking the complete database of their clients or the option of sharing seeds with third parties.

What is missing in my opinion is the "Security" tab, because potential buyers should be aware that, for example, Trezor HW has an irreparable vulnerability that allows someone with physical access to the HW to extract the seed in a relatively easy way if it is not protected with a passphrase or the user uses an SD card for backup.

A moment of carelessness is all it takes for things to go wrong, so it is recommended to check BTC addresses several times before clicking on "send". I always do this because regardless of all precautionary measures, I keep in mind that some clipboard malware can sneak into the system and change the address.

However, it is good that this is not the case with you and that you will most likely get your BTC back, it will just take some time. Anyway, good luck and let us know when you get your coins back.

In some cases, it is certainly about individuals who try to cheat the system, but I believe that there are also groups with many more members who operate alt accounts on this forum in a much more sophisticated and thoughtful way in order to position themselves in the long term.

Also, the possibility that some people do it against their will should not be completely dismissed, because as we can often read, in some parts of the world, people are dragged into forced labor in various ways, especially when it comes to "jobs" related to cryptocurrencies.

Even if there are only 8 recommendations for HW, I think that is quite enough for someone to choose the device that suits them best. Someone will need HW that supports multiple cryptocurrencies, someone else will look for one that supports only Bitcoin, and then it's quite easy to decide (at least for me personally).

I don't want to say at all whether the recommendations on that site are good or bad, but anyone who wants to buy good (reliable&secure HW) should look for the experiences of other users, and I know that every good HW has its own topic on this forum.

I will not speculate who the owner is, but I can say with certainty that the coins do not belong to CW Faketoshi, although it may be one of the addresses that he claimed belonged to him. Whoever it actually was just proved once again that all those theories about lost BTC don't make much sense