I feel that you've left whole Arabia out of equation.

While the Arabs are extracting big time (they do need the money for developing), US tends to keep reserves, as you said, for generations. Keep in mind that it's not only cars, trucks, ships, planes need oil. Keep in mind that your clothes also contain a fair share of oil-based products, and it's just an example. US will keep its industries going for long.

So I don't think that US will become "the only supplier of oil for EU". At least not for long.

In the same way I told JollyGood that he's exaggerating and advised to cool down, now I will do the same to you: please cool down, you're exaggerating and this will do more harm to you than good.

And I will not answer your question because:
1. I don't have to.
2. As I said, you're exaggerating.
3. If I'd answer, it would be an answer neither you, nor JollyGood would like.

All I can tell that my trust list will probably change (suffer a big clean up), an operation that seems to be badly needed now since I've became part of DT. But it won't happen overnight and it certainly won't happen under pressure.

Cold storage means that the seed or private key (or the actual wallet, obviously) never, but absolutely never goes online.
So you cannot "go from hot storage (electrum wallet) to cold storage without modifying my private key and seed phrase". You have to create a proper cold wallet offline and send the funds from the hot wallet to the cold wallet.

Edit: typo/correction

I'm not into that altcoin (actually I care only of 1-2 altcoins), so I don't know about that altcoin and that particular wallet.
But you have to keep in mind that the newer the altcoin, or the wallet, or whatever software is, the more likely to have bugs or even logic errors.

Now to your question: logging recovery phrases is clearly a newbishly stupid mistake, I expect that the vast majority doesn't do that. Bitcoin Core and Electrum don't do that.

So there's a news on a website, the news writer doesn't even know how to correctly write down "Celsius", the central point of the news is a guy working for a centralized (ETF) platform, most likely it's paid news, and you think that this will encourage newbies do this or that? Well.. the news is worthless on the matter, the newbies already keep more than they should on centralized platforms and .. actually the news is somewhat right too:
* some people are incapable to properly take care of their funds, even if they are on a HW! (for example they will lose their backup seed or store it in e-mail)
* ETF and similar products, whether we like it or not, are more suitable for various companies who don't want to hire responsibles for handling safely bitcoin wallets

So the reasons and approach differ from entity to entity. We, on bitcointalk, will most probably keep telling "not your keys, not your coins". Others only see bitcoin as a financial asset/vehicle and won't care what tools (and custody) they use.

I've met completely un-technical people who were asking even questions like "how are the bitcoins created" and "what makes them safe" which are somewhat beyond the shallow "I want to use Bitcoin, I want to earn from bitcoin" typology usually expected from newcomers.

So I'll come with something else: explain them what you can and how you can and when you get to parts you find difficult... just ask in Beginners & Help. You should get all levels of answers, some technical some not. (of course, you should search first if that question was already asked, to avoid some harsh answers too). They've already seen you using the forum, let's use it for their benefit too.

I'd say that this already got handled yesterday and the trust viewer has old data, since it's scraping only once a week.



On Gazeta's bpip page though, interestingly...



So I guess that this may put an even better light on Gazeta's post.


I pretty much agree.


I think that there's still quite a difference (in strength) between the trust feedback of some newbies that come and go and the feedback of a highly ranked and active member, no matter he's not DT.

Indeed, I see the mods did act there; it has happened after I've started this topic. (Thank you @achow101)


Imho one conclusion is that the forum may need some more mods get hired.
And the main conclusion is that there's not much that will change. Well, it's like in all "bitcointalk needs" cases
I guess I can lock this topic. Thank you all for the input.

In my country this is actually happening. For at least 6-7 years already. Whatever you want to buy and it's expensive, it has to be done through bank (hence with KYC).
If you want to buy a new car, worth for example €15k, you will not even be allowed to pay the €10k in cash, maybe some 10-15% of the price, and they will tell you nicely, but firmly, that the rest must be transferred through bank.

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Amazingly looking coin; thank you for the raffle!

Dap, il remarcasem (probabil in acelasi timp cu tine), dar nu am apucat nici sa ma inscriu, nici sa il pun aici.
Oricum, multumesc!


Cred ca nu e chiar identic. Cel de acum are monede DYI, deci ma astept ca beneficiarul sa genereze/puna cheia privata, sa aplice holograma si sa incarce moneda.
Plus ca cele dinainte erau cu clepsidra, cele de acum sunt .. mai clasice.


Noi sa fim sanatosi! Si bafta sa avem!

As I wrote in my first answer to you (I mean here), you can go here for more info: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5248878.0
I guess that you didn't, since you would have noticed that it starts with


And indeed, that topic is the topic made by the bot creator (TryNinja) to announce the bot and to get contacted in case something is strange/wrong.
So my advise is to go and tell clearly (even better than you did here, if possible) your problem in this thread.

Did you go to /menu and checked whether mentions, merits and deleted posts are all enabled?
If they are, next step would be to ask in the bot's topic, maybe your non-standard username causes problems.

Maybe this helps: what I'm using is BTTSuperNotifier_bot
Even more, you can "talk" with the bot.
I use now and then /menu for various things (like ignoring users).

The full list of commands is:


Maybe you go to https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5248878.0 and read more, maybe I've missed something.
Also: make sure it works first on your Telegram (on your phone), seeing the notifications on the smartband is a second step.

Since I've seen that everybody comes up "knowing better" what this forum may be needing, I'll try my shot too.
I feel like the forum could use one more mod in the Dev&Tech sub. I have a feeling that the current mods, although highly technical, don't really have the time do "house cleaning".
I know that in most of the cases there's not so much garbage there, I also know that global mods may look in there now and then, but lately I've noticed that at least this topic got derailed pretty bad and I guess that some "kicks" here and there would be useful.

... or would somebody just take the patience and report a bunch of posts? Would be that enough?

Since the plaque also writes "Donated by the Jacksonville Bitcoin meetup", I would expect that the people from the picture are Jacksonville bitcoiners, not actual Papa John's staff (which I see in the background working and not caring about the picture being taken).

We can do that, but then we will be left with basically no centralized exchanges; at least none of the big established ones.
The problem is that KYC/AML is not imposed directly for crypto. It's imposed in order to access fiat. The fact the exchanges tend to overdo that "just for sure" is another (sad) story.

Tagging those exchanges as possible fraudsters is not a good way to go. The normal way is to tag a scammer if it's proven to be a scammer.

What we can do is to educate people don't treat lightly the KYC requirements and go for decentralized non-KYC exchanges.
And this is an already ongoing process.

Actually when the war has started Bitcoin price went from ~39600$ to ~48200$ (in about a month). So you're wrong.
But we are in crypto winter part of the 4-year cycle, then the overall world crisis (and also COVID, war, energy) makes the markets look bad. Imho we will see only in a couple of months how badly is Bitcoin price affected.


Sorry, I don't care about all shitcoins and shit tokens. You'll learn over years that most don't deserve any attention.


I guess that you've failed the geography classes. Taiwan is an independent country, no matter what various politicians claim.
Indeed, its other official name can be confusing, still , Republic of China is one and People's Republic of China is another thing (another country).


Usually a war start can make bitcoin prices go up, since it can be seen as a store of value for those fleeing from war, for example, then they stabilize back to "normal".
But this is for Bitcoin. For the shitcoins I don't know.

It depends greatly on the relation with the sister. Even more, that relation can change over time. So I will not give a direct answer.

However, as stated, she has kids, she is clearly not doing great, and you know that the main rule is to invest only you afford to lose.
I will add that even if you award her bitcoin and you teach her everything, she may try to sell when she gets into deeper hardship or she sees the price falling and gets scared.

Maybe you make a plan and give her the access to those bitcoins when the kids get to a certain age when she needs/they need more money for their education. So you'll make a present not for her, but for your nephews. It can sort out your dilemma.

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