Happy birthday!


I don't know who says it's low, but they are blatantly lying. Inflation started to rise before the war due to massive printing and energy policies, and, with the war on, it has been getting worse. It is a good way to impoverish the general population, while rich people will not have problems because they have assets that beat inflation.

Well, and also suchmoon has repeatedly complained about not handling plagiarism reports in the WO thread:

Remove "Report to moderator" from Wall Observer

As far as I know, plagiarism is not allowed. If it were, the unofficial rule would have to be changed and it would have to be announced in Meta.

The bad thing is that no one explains why these cases are not handled and leave us all in doubt.

And you realize it now? Well, better late than never. Yes, google does not spy, and it is best to take precautions, as mk4 comments. There is a growing business, which is on its way to becoming the biggest business in the world and that is data.


Yes, many years ago the same thing happened to me that has happened to you now.

As the rules are unofficial, and there has not been a radical change, i.e. plagiarism is not allowed, but as Charles-Tim says it is handled on a case by case basis, I don't think anything needs to be changed. The only thing is that in some cases someone will not be banned for a case of plagiarism that is considered minor, that was a long time ago and that was only one time.

Can you ask the questions in a less biased way? With this rhetorical question you are trying to force the participants in the campaign to do what you want them to do.

You are acting as judge and jury, condemning Best Change, without the trial having taken place.

We all know that inactive flags, with insufficient support, mean nothing.

As far as I recall, and my memory may be deceiving me, at least Ratimov and icopress have used their services and I would say that a few of those who wear the signature or have worn it in the past have also used Best Change. I would say that among the Russian community there are a few who have used it. Many of those are in DT.

Have they been scammed?

It doesn't add up to me that Best Change uses a system that allows large scale scamming and this has not resulted in massive negative feedbacks from DT or flags with sufficient support.


Don't get me wrong, in everything else we agree: the feedback system needs to change, and linking to a "service" that freezes funds by requisting KYC but only provides an email address is a joke. A bad one.

I also remember some threads, resolved positively, but although you are replying to me, you are not answering my point: there are quite a few people on the forum using Best Change regularly. What are the chances of none of them being scammed over the years if Best Change have been twisting the rating system so people can be scammed and they just cash in a commission.

I believe that in this, o_e_l_e_o and I have a quasi-ideological opposite position. For him companies in general are evil and do anything to make money, including scam people.

What I know more closely are small and medium companies and I say that a company that does not treat its customers well does not last long in business. I don't even take into account scam because in the physical world a small or medium company that scams ends up with its owner in jail.

Another thing would be big megacorporations.

But do you think if this was the case, during many years nobody would have complained on the forum until now? There are quite a few people on the forum who regularly use Best Change services.

I agree with this 100%. @Best Change, you know I have a good opinion of you, at least so far, and I also think this case can't just be left at that.

To scam people is not business in my book. It's an illegal activity.

How did you know about them? I've realized that they advertise on Mycellium and if I google the name I see ads and positive reviews.

In other words, they seem to invest a lot in advertising to counteract the negative information about them being a scam.

I don't believe that Solosanz's account has changed hands, or at least I have no reason to believe so, what I do believe is that it is someone's alt. And I have nothing to object, in this forum it is allowed, and besides he doesn't have to admit he is an alt if he doesn't want to.

I say this because of things like he registered on April 3, and on April 16 he already knew how the trust system worked, or that on April 17 he knew about the history of bpip.org which seems quite unlikely if he doesn't have another account on the forum.

If you add to that the two-year hiatus, and that as soon as he comes back, he starts writing posts with his research in the Reputation section, I think there is a pretty high probability that he has another account in the forum.

That said, I think his contribution to the forum with his threads is quite positive.

We are sometimes surprised that every now and then new people are falling into the 1xCrap trap, as this recent thread shows:

1xbit is a scam betting site, DO NOT ENTER!!

On the one hand this forum does not moderate scams, which has a certain logic but is debatable, but in any case, from this forum we have tagged the members who promote it there are actives flag against their representatives on the forum.

But if they also advertise on sites of a certain reputation, it is not surprising that people continue to fall.



Do you think that Mycellium does not know that 1xCrap is a scam? Or they just turn a blind eye and take the money?

If the image was from another site, I could think of legitimate reasons for that message to appear. For example that the wagering requirements have not been reached and that is why it does not allow you to withdraw, although the normal thing would be that the withdrawal option is there, and that when withdrawing you get the message that you cannot withdraw because the wagering requirements have not been reached. But being 1xBit, or 1xCrap, as I like to call them, I am not surprised. In the forum we have done what we could, as Eternad says, what makes me feel bad is that constantly new people fall into the trap.

Yeah, well, a $1B paper loss or unrealized loss.

Way back when Saylor first started buying Bitcoin, I remember someone on the forum meandering something like, "time will tell if he's a madman or a genius." This is going to depend a lot on the behavior of the Bitcoin price.

As for the shareholders, he will have no problems, as he holds 70% of voting power.

I think he can withstand the bear market quite well, but at least part of his argument has been dismantled, and already many people are skeptical of what he says, no matter how well he speaks. Add to that the "borrow against your Bitcoin" which was based on Cefi's, which have been a disaster and we have another blow to his credibility.

It is true, I had not thought of that, but I imagine that it does not operate as a regular company of which the Ministry of Finance of the respective countries have record, and less operating with Tor, I would not see much sense.



Forget about revolutions in Europe to defend privacy. People accept it because in those countries it does not affect them and they see it as a measure against the rich. In those countries, the average monthly net salary is around €1,300. Add to that the fact that people have a mortgage, a car loan and some credit card or personal loan debt, and that they pay more and more frequently by credit card or cell phone, and you get that the vast majority of people have not seen €1,000 in banknotes in many years.  Add to this the mentality that the state is the best guarantor of citizen welfare, and you will see why no one protests.

Back to the central topic of the thread, I agree, especially with stompix who has explained it very well, that the exchange does not have the legal capacity to hold some funds that it suspects are laundered without informing the authorities, but I have been reading the comments on:

https://www.bestchange.com/openchange-exchanger.html

and something doesn't add up:


Are they saying that it is an entity external to Openchange that has freezed the funds?

Let's hope that a miracle happens and the problem is solved. Neither the owner nor bitvest.io workers are very active in this thread responding. Delays in withdrawals are not rare either.

Let's hope they at least read your case and solve it even without saying anything in this thread.

With so many threads like this one, which come to announce the end of the world more or less, what we are approaching is a good time to buy. When people keep talking about apocalyptic scenarios in bear markets we are close to the bottom. If you really think it's going to disappear, don't buy, or better yet, bet short against Bitcoin.

First to make clear that we are not talking about tax evasion, but tax avoidance, which simply means taking advantage of laws to avoid paying less taxes, like putting a lot of money in an IRA or not selling your stock no matter how much it goes up and borrow against them in Musk's case.
The rich are rich among other things because of that, besides knowing how to make money they minimize paying taxes.


To clarify, in case anyone doesn't know, what he complained about was that he paid less tax than his secretary:

Warren Buffett says even though he and other top earners are paying higher taxes this year, he thinks he's still paying a lower rate than his secretary.

We can see this as a conspiracy of the rich or as a way to encourage job creation and investment by the private sector because the systems that crush entrepreneurs with taxes and regulations are very egalitarian in how poor everyone is except those who govern.

False.

It is an objective and verifiable fact that Bitcoin has been the best performer in beating inflation since its inception.


It is not incompatible. Bitcoin is used as a currency and is also an inflation hedge, as happened in the past with gold. What happens is that I doubt it will maintain both characteristics in the long term, as people tend to spend the garbage coins and save the good coins (Gresham's law).