I'm not sure Bestchange was referring to such topics if we can discuss them without any political undertone. I believe it's best to steer off any topic that tries to justify or condemn this ongoing war as no one knows the sensibilities of the persons reading them. If only we can have such topics heated with talks on the war under unwatch, that should be better to avoid the temptation of writing in them.

My dear, na ogbenge talk you yarn there. Dis one dey make me laugh when I see people dey boast "do you know who I am?" Na wen you enta hospital you go see wealthy men looking like vegetables you go sabi sey nothin truly dey dis life oh. With all their cash dem nor fit save themselves. People supposed dey humble and take dis life jeje. Nothing dey am.

I'm not sure only those who paste their wallet addresses on social media get such. No one is exempted. I think these scammers get the addresses from the chain. We know how nothing is hidden when it comes to transactions on the blockchain. Anyone can view addresses. It makes it easy prey for scammers to copy these addresses and use for their criminality. Honestly, I wish wallet devs can implement a feature in settings that empowers users to turn on the ability of blocking unknown tokens through contract filtering the way we do with Truecaller app for spam calls.

No matter how some people will want to dislike Elon for his guts, we still can't say he isn't a smart dude. He didn't get to where he's today as the richest man on planet earth just like that. He's a smart investor and I believe he's going to throw in one or two stuff that will further propel Twitter to value appreciation.

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I expect scammers to latch onto this and scam the hell out of gullible followers. They already used his account to deceive people a few years ago when he wasn't even interested in acquiring Twitter let alone now that he has bought it. I hope Elon works on this and puts in place mechanism that can abate scams.

Well, I don't see much of a hassle with using a phone as a mobile wallet if it hodls less than a single Bitcoin. All this talk about safety of funds and wallets depends on humans using them and not on the apps. It's the way I see it. People got to be very careful and mindful while at it. I don't see why anyone hodling an appreciable amount of Bitcoin on their phone should not be weary of links they click.

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Who does that without expecting to reap the repercussions of their thoughtless and needless act? Surely, the penalty always comes.

Smart move.

In this crypto space, patience is a virtue. In real life, patience is also a virtue. So, it beats me hollow when people who aren't patient claim they're into cryptos. It's the same thing we see in the forum when people are in a haste to rise through the ranks without putting in the time. In the past, ranking up was automatic. It was effortless for anyone who could post just anything, even gibberish, to rise. This day, the merit system has made that divide between those who put in the work and those who don't. Though I'm still of the opinion that meriting a post is subjective as we get to find nice unmerited posts and quality users lacking merit to rank up. These users shouldn't give up. Verily, benevolence will find them one day.

Bitcoin or cryptocurrency isn't difficult to learn but I would say it's a highly technical subject. There are people who find discussions on Bitcoin a turn on and enjoyable the same way others find it perplexing and annoying even when they know it's something they should learn. Talking about food excites some people while others find it annoying. That's to show that no subject matter is liked by all and sundry.

In all you've said, the one I find worrisome is your complaint of time. Listen, no one can be that busy that they can't have time for themselves. It's a recipe for health disaster. You've to create time for yourself to get into what you seriously want while letting others go. That's why there's a scale of preference and opportunity cost in life and taught as a a topic in Economics class. Prioritize your engagements and you will see what has to give way.

You started a few years ago and you still think you're late to it? Definitely, what that means if you actually started a few years ago is either you sold off too quick after buying a few years ago or you simply got skeptical and didn't invest much. It's a given that only a few of those whining here would've kept theirs if they actually got in early. Many would've sold all off long before now.

Frankly, I've had moments in the past when I thought how rich I could've become if I knew of Bitcoin that early and invested in it. Then I remind myself that I would've sold even before it did $1,000. Many of us are like that. If not, aren't we still selling off our great alts now because they did like X20, 50 or 100? Certainly, some of these alts we sell off prematurely now can worth a fortune in future but we don't know this.

OP, while I acknowledge that you did well for sharing those pictures here as they're instructive for learning, I'm sure you will do well to acknowledge the source.

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Those patterns cut across all timeframes and are recognized in all of them. Though one will get a better perspective and use of them when recognized in higher TFs like daily and weekly or even monthly.

There's always a T&C attached to bonuses like that on exchanges and don't hurriedly forget that not even in Free Town is there any free lunch. Most of these gifting exchanges would want the beneficiaries to trade the gifted amount or that they deposit more cash to "activate" the account. It's their stock in trade. Next time, look for the hidden T&C before your adrenaline gets pumped up.

Well, I ain't sure anyone would say that except your actions betray hidden intentions that smacks of laziness.

Ouch! That will surely hurt, no doubt. It's a big loss no matter how we look at it. I've been using both wallets you mentioned for quite some time now but I haven't had any issues with them. Nonetheless, I will love to read about your incident. Besides, narrating what happened to you on the day will also help alert newbies and prevent them from falling victims to such deceit.

Nope, I haven't done that and don't think I will allow myself get into it. Apart from the fact that I like manual trading (I would rather take signal calls and implement myself than engage in copy trading), I've come to the conclusion that it's not worth it. Reason being that only a few of those traders are profitable at the end. Even those who are profitable among them sometimes get distracted due to overconfidence from their wins. They begin to lose once that happens. I once followed a dude from Facebook who mouthed how great he was doing on trades. He provides copywriting and signal services too. He displayed a few of them on short live streams and screenshots. I could say he was successful by the look of it but when I decided to follow him on telegram I discovered that his calls weren't that accurate. After a few failed signals he abandoned the group 😆

OP, to start with:

- If you get added to a telegram group without your consent, know a scam is about to go down.
- If a group tries to imitate an already established group, know a scam is about to go down. Did you observe the spelling of Binance in the picture as shared by the user above.
- If you are desperate to get into a P2P so you can do your crypto business, take time to monitor the supposed transactions of others in the group. This saved me a lot of times.

Let me briefly explain my experience, relating with the last point I put out there. I've been added on a couple of times to such supposedly P2P groups and my first reaction was to check up the transaction ID some of them put out. I discovered that all the transactions actually happened but most of them dated back as far as six months and some a few weeks in unrelated manners to the claimed transactions at hand. This is a strong point of the blockchain. Nothing is hidden. Every transaction can be viewed at any time.

But of course, if spending more time online is not detrimental to your health or takes you completely away from family I don't see why it should be a bother to you. People get addicted to different stuff. If the one you're about getting addicted to sets you up for more information that aligns you with current trend that can advance you, it's good. Being here is one of the good things the internet has offered me. As a crypto noob in 2017, I can convincingly say I've come a long way because of this forum. I'm convinced too that you will enjoy being here if you hang on longer.

You're right. I do a 50% first and then watch price to see if it's still going up. Then do another 20% or 30% from the remaining unit if price continues north. Thereafter, I could repeat another 20%. If the asset is on a Cex, I will instantly place a ridiculously low buy order that can buy me all the quantities I initially had with the sale from the 20%. You've to be extremely patient to do that. However, if I suspect there's going to be a huge dump on the asset may be from news, I do a 90% cash out. Then monitor the asset to know if I will buy back. In this case, I don't set up a buy order. I exit the market and be on the sidelines.

Definitely, you aren't the only one in that predicament. I once read stories of those who also sold different properties like houses and vehicles to invest in cryptocurrencies during the period in quote. Those are a typical example of people investing money thye can't afford to lose. Glad you survived it anyway. Even a few who didn't miscarry their profit from Bitcoin into altcoins couldn't wait for Bitcoin price to bounce back. They sold in panic during the persistent dip. For me, my first crypto mistake was thinking BNB wouldn't do more than $30 and then selling off my 270 BNB prematurely. Now, my take home from that experience is never to sell off every asset I've even when I feel it's going to dip. Sell some, hodl some.

First thread post was in 2018 and we all can understand why its title was captioned that way. It was understandably the feeling at the time. Almost everyone in this industry panicked at the time. It was really a low one for Bitcoin at the time. After that experience which stretched to 2019 I began to see Bitcoin as a phoenix which has the ability to revive and resuscitate itself. Now, back to the present circumstance, I don't think there's anyone who will be thinking that way now. What I can see now is that Bitcoin dominance will gradually drop but as for its complete annihilation, I don't think that will happen.

I believe the whole point of OP's question boils down to  getting a way of securing a wallet. Whether they propose that Pkeys change randomly like what GA or Authy does or one has an ability to change it like we do passwords, the whole security thing still depends on the owner. I've read about cases where accounts with 2FAs were alleged to have been hacked. How that happened beat the imagination of the victims. In all of this, it's even better to keep these things simply simple. It works that way. There's no need to complicate things. Sometimes, in attempting to strengthen our stuff as to prevent external access to them we might even lock ourselves out unwittingly. I've had a brief experience with that.

You're right about those two items being the currency of this forum but I dare say again that it was too quick for OP to start feeling ashamed. I say this so as to disabuse the minds of newbies from getting unnecessarily irritated if the merits aren't coming. That way, newbies won't pressure themselves into opening threads and spamming there or plagiarising intellectual materials in the bid of seeking merits.

How can that be? Your account is barely a month old and you're already feeling ashamed and thinking you've stayed longer at that level? There are many accounts which aren't even senior members though they've been registered long before I joined in 2017. Listen, you better snap out of that inferiority complex mentality if you want to succeed here. Grow a thick skin in addition to that. Otherwise you're going to be hurt badly with tirade of supposedly unpleasant comments.

I believe that to be true that learning is a continuous process. You're guaranteed of that learning process once you're sincere that's what you want here. We've several knowledgeable users who are technically sound and who are ready to teach others.