Careful you are starting to sound like me. The interesting coin will be the proposed Bahamas coin. That is likely to be the one created by the City of London.

Reports seem to indicate that the infrastructure in the US is in a greater degree of collapse than that of Venezuela. Washington has stated publicly that they were going to do it, and then shortly afterwards it happened. It's like all the fake rubbish they are pushing about their unwanted "aid" that just replicates the stuff that Russia, China,and the Red Cross are sending. Venezuela has so much aid that they are even giving some to Columbia, and that country is in a far worse position.

The Last American Vagabond makes some interesting points about the power outage in this video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fea61lqEWrg

Given the current tweets and previous actions by Washington, I'm inclined to believe that they commissioned the outage in an attempt to continue their ambition to force regime change in Venezuela, Nothing else seems to fit the probabilities and the facts as they emerge.

I keep seeing forecasts that cash payments are dying, and they will not be used in the future. The OED defines cash as "Money in coins or notes, as distinct from cheques, money orders, or credit." It may be probable that soon the use of coins and notes will not be commonplace for everyday transactions for the general population, but governments are busy creating gold coins for the wealthy to use as untraceable payment methods. In the UK, the government has even given tax advantages to users of its gold coins, including Sovereigns and Brittanias. A Brittania is currently worth over £1,000, so it is unlikely to be used in the purchase of a coffee, but they are being used for payments between countries, and for other larger settlements. No doubt some of those will be for illegal goods and services. They can also be used to reduce inheritance tax, as the value of a Britannia is fixed at £100 for the purposes of estate duty.

The interesting question relates to crypto-currencies. One wonders when some coins, such as Bitcoin for example, will be included in the definition of "cash".

Bitcoin Talk still manages to achieve many of its basic objectives. What would you like to see the forum adopt to bring it into the practices of the modern internet. Maybe the hijacking of laptop and mobile cameras to capture facial images? That would certainly help to cut down on spamming and fraudulent ICOs. Or perhaps we should introduce fingerprint checking at the time of registration - we could run that through police records.

One possible addition would be a blockchain based currency. It seems that merit and Trust rankings are being used as currency. In view of this, it may be worth considering a currency for use in payments to sig spammers and similar projects.

Thanks for the comments, they really do help me to decide what I should do with all the projects that I seem to have started. I've spent some time looking at the server stats for Fit to Talk, and this is what I would like to do with your cooperation. I'd like to go back to the original concept, which was to help people to improve their English communication skills, as I think this is important to help people around the world to work together to improve their health and living conditions. It does lead me into controversial discussions, and it may be better to create a new site for this.

I went through a period when I was being hit by ( primarily Russian ) aspiring spammers, and they had no associations with Bitcoin Talk. It was because of this that I changed all the permissions and registrations. The simplest solution seems to be a switch to manual registrations following an application, and to restore the old permission structure ( which I think I managed to break ). The project has been fairly inactive recently, and I suspect that this may be my fault. I'd welcome the chance to help any existing members with their English posting skills, and I hope that some members will return to give me the chance to do this.

I've installed OSticket on a general support domain for me, and if any new members would like to join the Fit to Talk project, then please open a ticket there, and provide your Bitcoin Talk forum account name. The site is - The Jet Cash support site I have had to introduce this ticket system because I have a multitude of projects on the go at the moment, and I am finding it difficult to keep track of everything.

Regardless of whether you join the project, I hope that all Bitcoin Talk members will build international friendships here, and that we can work together to make a more secure future, and that we can help each other to get through the difficult economic times that are being created at the moment.

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I've just been reminded that I created a free image hosting site for Bitcoin Talk members, and it allows you to build your own portfolio of pictures about your countrty. I'd be particularly interested in seeing some images from countries that are currently in political turmoil. It's pretty small at the moment, but you can view the galleries here - Images grabbed by members using their mobile phones

I don't believe that merit should be a factor. The important things for campaign managers should be -

- Number of impressions
- The reputation of the poster.
- The click through rate
- The conversion rate.

Without an affiliate link, it is difficult to measure these, so the manager has to rely on earned merits, and his evaluation of a poster's history..

I gather Facebook is losing millions of account, and I'm not really surprised. A masked burglar took a selfie outside a house he had just robbed, and psted it on Facebook - https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6788623/Masked-burglar-takes-selfie-outside-football-manager-Brendan-Rodgerss-home-robbery.html
With obsessive compulsive behaviour by people with such a low mentality, it's no wonder a lot of people can't be bothered with the site.

My bottleneck was bandwidth and peer activity, but I was using public WiFi. I don't recommend this. Using an SSD rather than an HDD does make a big difference when synchronising.

You don't need to include a fee. There have been cases when members will enter into a number of small transactions to buyild up a trust history, and then go for the big ticket scams. Fortunately the Bitcoin Talk trust system includes a risked amount field, so it is possible to check on this.

I don't agree. Whether or not you have done the research, promoting a product in your signature is an endorsement of that product, and your reputation is influenced by the legitimacy of the campaign. Members should realise this, and take responsibility for their signatures, rather than just prostituting themselves.

Wash your mouse out.

Of course it has, you only need to look at the way the bankers are trying to take advantage of it.

I know that many newbies in the Bitcoin Talk forum joined the project to improve their English. Use has declined a bit, and I have been expanding on some of the original political discussions. Bitcoin is an economic tool that is of great advantage to the unbanked, and as such many supporters are critical of control by the Globalist Banking Elite. This means that the project may be shifting towards the encouragement of populism. If any members feel uncomfortable with this, then please let me know, and I will ensure that their Bitcoin Talk name is disassociated with the forum. Should they wish to continue to support the project, then I will enable the facility to change their forum identity and email.

One part of my OP that I should have emphasised is the bit about the analysis of UTXO entries that are over a year old, and the assumption that this gave an indication of the total number of coins in HODL wallets. I believe this is being manipulated, and HODL whales ( sometimes referred to as "investors" ) move coins between wallets they own to give a false impression of the circulating supply.

The real benefit of the merit system is the encouragement of self-improvement. This really has nothing to do with rank increases, but is related to community contributions and reputation. Whilst rank improvement can give you some short term income advantages, the greatest gain will come from you contributions and reputation in the wider Internet environment. Whatever you rank, you should be reflection on the merits you earn here, and if you feel that they are not being awarded fast enough, then try to work out how you can improve your activities.

I hope it has a negative effect. If DT members who have a concern for the system "tilderate" the members who do leave trust, then that will reduce the advantage of buying trust ( if that was the intention), and it will lead to the trust sellers losing their ranking.

Isn't this the reason we have a "watch" alert?

I understand that Canada is now asking people to declare any transactions they have sent to mixers, and this prompted me to look at a couple of mixer videos. One that I watched stated that you should enter your account identity, and that this would ensure that you didn't have your old coins returned to you. Well it may be that you don't need to enter any personal details to use the mixer, but surely the fact that they are keeping a record of the coins you sent means that it will be possible to track your activities. Have I misunderstood the system?

If we leave out the conception and creation of Bitcoin, then there have been numerous events and considerations in the path to today's market dominance. I think that the most surprising, and possibly the hardest thing was the attribution of the first few cents of value. Once it had managed to gain a perception of value, then the subsequent growth is less surprising in my opinion.

Do you agree with me, or do you think something else has been more remarkable?

Please can we give CryptoHunter his own board.