Sequel to this thread Share your costly lesson about cryptocurrency..  I saw a post on the bitcoin subreddit with the title Good bye Bitcoin dream...life savings gone for good with over 2k comments, and the title piqued my interest, so I had no choice but to read the contents, and I couldn't agree more with COOLCRYPTOVATOR that we lose something to learn something, but there are some things that can never be fixed even after learning some lesson. When I was about to open this thread, the contents had already been deleted for reasons best known to the OP, but I was able to obtain some quotations from a blog that had published it before it was removed.
Bitcoin works as an investment vehicle in a variety of ways for different people; some like to hold, while others love to trade, and some gamblers choose futures since that is what works for them; but, if you choose to do it all, that may mark the journey of your portfolio collapse. You can't do all in cryptocurrency, this is why the majority of investors choose to hold. Except for theft and hacking of a wallet, which may be due to the holder's negligence, I have never seen or heard of anyone who has kept bitcoin for a long period of time with losses.


What exactly happens to this guy?  He and his wife worked tirelessly to get bitcoin, but his carelessness put an end to their dreams. He assumed he could be everything and outsmart the market but it doesn't work that way practically.
when it comes to Bitcoin or perhaps crypto in general, it's very broad and it fit in everyone who wishes to be revolutionised by decentralised finances but overdoing it wouldn't help you in the long run because jack of all trades is usually a dead end.

He has a pitiful story, and it goes like this:


Source: Life saving

The final paragraph is crucial; bitcoin has been the best investment so far; it is great to have it and keep it secure, rather than allowing it to be consumed by greed of doubling the investment. Protect yourself from inflation, that amount would have been a stepping stone in their lives.

The below screenshot was retrieve from dogeporn official website, they indicated that DXsale was successfully sold out and was able to raise 400bnb, i wonder whats there excuse was for been incompetent with the project development.



Another image retrieve from dogeporn official Telegram group displaying image trading candles from poocoin which means the token was listed and liquidity was provided for swaping.



Source: https://t.me/dogeporntoken/30222

The collaborated with a porn stars BY name Ketrin_NEW'S. While the trade was going on, one of her videos advertising dogeporn was also posted on the official telegram group.

Link to video

Another link to one of the porn star by name Horny Marina
Link to video


Link to DExtools  doge

They were able to do all this and couldn't compensate the hunters, that's fraud and it was intentional

I just saw a thread created by Royse777 on how and why Dogeporn.finance is not paying the bounty hunters.

I also recall some weeks ago when Billycoiner was making some warning how the whole campaign may end up but many were quick to judge him.


I have to admit that no one is flawless in any profession, regardless of skill, experience, or years invested. I'm not taking sides; I'm only saying that anyone, regardless of their position, might be wrong.

QR code can be tactical and should be treated with caution.

I dropped a guide about QR code for any who wish to learn some days ago on [GUIDE] QR CODE: How they are implemented on Bitcoin, Alts and exchange wallet

Protect your finances.

• Introduction
• Quick Response Architecture
• The purpose on Bitcoin, Altcoins and exchange wallet
• Error correction
• Safe way of Using QR code
• Reference

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QR code is an abbreviation for Quick Response code, as the title implies. You may be wondering how these dispersed pixelated black and white images with three square lines included your bitcoin wallet address and your camera managed to scan, analyze, and identify the address without losing any character or embedded information in it. As small as it may appear, a QR code can store approximately 4000 characters and is easily detectable by a Laser camera and smartphone camera, which explains its widespread use in point of sales, in industries to track bill of materials, tracking of goods and products to consumers, in electronics to track parts details and other products without opening the package, stock control in warehouses and health care units.
Its simplicity has boosted its demand since it can quickly convey information and promote Brands to share a specific URL, to send a greeting text, request for a fixed amount of payment, share a video link, email and Wi-Fi without publicly displaying passwords.
Quick response code is a piece of the internet that is explored not only by tech companies, but it has also become a component of bitcoin wallets and other coins that are used across all centralized exchanges to make it easier and faster to send and receive payments between two or more people. You can receive a personalized amount from everyone that wants to send you money if you check your wallet.



The use of QR codes is very organized and suitable for anyone to use, but caution must be taken because you risk revealing your personal information such as monitoring your location, infecting your device with malicious URLs that may affect your device, and making your calendar and Google sensitive information available to hackers and criminals. There has not been a growth of reported cases of abuse and attack using QR code but since crypto space hasn't been regulated, there has been some reported theft by Baofeng how Fake Bitcoin QR Code Generators were stealing bitcoin from users and the amount they managed to steal from users who wanted to customize receiving wallet address to their either clients or customers. This guide will fundamentally show you what it entails, the building block, architecture of QR code and how it stores information and the risk associating with QR code and generator.

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What exactly is a QR code and why the popular use? QR code is an upgraded unique 2-Dimensional type of Barcodes that hold more data than any other accessible Barcode and is quickly recognized by the camera, hence the term quick response, with the three squares functioning as the finder pattern that easily notifies the camera about the code orientation. Unlike 1-dimensional barcodes that hold very limited information in different widths of line and space and translate them into numbers of code that can be easily read by lasers, quick response codes on the other hand can hold up to 7089 digits or 4296 characters in a single picture.


QR codes come in a variety of configurations, each with a different number of modules or distinct arrangements that indicate the maximum number of Alphanumeric characters that it can carry; these modules are the black and white squares that form the QR code. There are currently around 40 different types of QR codes. For example, version 1 QR codes have a module of 21x21 with a maximum capacity of 22 characters, version 2 QR codes have a module of 25x25 with a maximum capacity of 22 characters, and version 40 QR codes have a module of 177x177 with a maximum capacity of 4296 characters. The module for each version increase with a corresponding increase in the capacity of information every version can hold.



The table below indicates the input, possible characters and maximum characters version 40 QR code can store in an image. The input includes Numeric, Alphanumeric, Binary and Adopted Chinese character that is used by Japanese.

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From the beginning of your crypto journey, you will have comes across a QR code on your personal wallet or exchange wallet that comes with an address. This wallet has a distinctive code, contains your wallet alphanumeric characters and they come with either a private key or a public key, but not in all situations unless they are built-in and designed to work that way. The main purpose of this QR code is to assist you in sending your wallet address to anyone who may want to send you coins or transact with you. Since wallets addresses are long characters that are difficult to remember and can be interchanged when trying to call them to anyone, this is where QR code comes into play and which can be easily scanned and detect by anyone. Some non-custodial wallets may enable you to choose the amount of money you wish to receive from anyone, however, you should avoid QR generators since they are unsafe to use because after your wallet code is generated, there is no way to know if it includes your wallet unless when you scan it.


QR codes aren't only for wallets; some exchanges have a way of presenting products to their costumers in their own style. For example, an exchange may use the QR codes to guide its users to where they may download a wallet or app exchange in order to avoid being scammed by fraudsters, and it may also be used to show a URL code that contains a link to their Telegram groups and channels.

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Have you ever wondered why an image is usually placed in the center of a QR code, or why your camera was able to scan a damaged QR code despite some missing parts and provide the necessary information? This is due to the fact that they contain built-in error correction; each version of QR code includes a percentage of correction, allowing one to scan despite missing data without compromising anything. It can replace any missing data on any section of the code up to a particular degree. This is why certain exchanges usually put their logo in every QR code when they want to transmit information to their users, as well as in the case of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies generators. This provided image can always be replaced and adjusted depending on wideness.


The larger the damaged part, the bigger level of correction data to be fix and the smaller the damaged part, the less amount of missing data to be replaced. It provides correction levels settings of low, medium, quartile, and high, allowing your camera to always read your fancy codes.

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When it comes to cryptocurrencies, we must exercise extreme caution in how we engage, especially when utilizing third-party websites whose services we may be skeptical about. There are numerous generators that give QR code service for quick data entering, but the question is if they are safe to use and whether your input will become your output.
Many cases of QR code fraud have been reported on the scam board. When you want to use a QR code but your wallet doesn't have one, go to Blockchain and search for your wallet; it will reveal all transactions sent and received, as well as the total balance and QR code on the side; you can simply take a screenshot and share it with whomever you want to send money. By entering your private key into any generator, you are placing your wallet security and finances at risk, especially if they are phishing kinds.

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Reference


1. QR code type
2. qr-codes-basics
3. Characters in QR code
4. QR code about
5. QR code - Everything you need to know
6. Basic of Barcodes
7. QR code history
8. Bitcoin QR Code Generator
9. {Warning}: Fake Bitcoin QR Code Generators

Correction taken and thanks for the heads-up. I will edit and add disclaimer.

It will be better to always get the hash from the official website, one may mistakenly download the wrong file that's not official from the website. You don't want to harm your device.


That's the reason why a pen a paper is needed to pen down your seed phrase. The purpose is for privacy and that's why the notification warning.

Disclaimer: Persistence is turned off by default. make sure you write down your seed or activate persistence to keep your seed on Tailsos.


This tutorial is only for Windows users, although similar steps can be followed by Mac users who want to create a bitcoin storage wallet on TailsOs using a USB flash drive and the Electrum integrated wallet. I'll make a table of contents for easy learning and for those who want to skip forward some steps.

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• Introduction
• Require Materials and Software
  
  • TailsOS
  • balenEtcher
  • QuickHAsh
  • USB flash drive (atleast a 2 gygabyte storage capacity)
  • Pen and a paper
  • Pc or desktop (64 bit)
• Download and Installation
• Booting of TailsOS into the computer
• Navigating TailsOS and creatiing cold wallet
• Significance of finding
• Reference

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Bitcoin is both store value and money. Its very essential protect your money from anyone who may in one way or the other bring harm to your Bitcoin investment. The best way to protect your bitcoin is to hold them in your wallet where only you can have access anytime and anywhere without any form of restriction. However, bitcoin wallet vary, there is two type of bitcoin wallet, the cold wallet and hot wallet. The hot wallet is basically connected to the internet while the cold wallet is never connected to the internet until it is ready to be spent.
The hot wallet is mostly used by individuals who conduct transactions and spend money from their wallet on a regular basis, whereas the cold wallet is used by long-term investors to secure their investment. Cold wallets offer an advantage over hot wallets in that they are never linked to the internet, thus your chances of being hacked are extremely minimal. Cold wallets protect you from hacks like as malware and keyloggers, which can capture and send your personal information to another user.
While a hot wallet may be downloaded from any reliable website, a cold wallet is made by several respectable firms who provide comparable wallets but charge different prices. This is the main objective of this tutorial. We are going to create a bitcoin cold storage wallet for free that is both offline and secure.

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Basically, in this tutorial, we are making a cold storage bitcoin wallet, and in order to do so, we will need some new software program, which I will go over in more depth for optimum security since software installation is required with a quick explanation.

1. TailsOS: Tails is an open source operating system that offers its users with utmost security by leveraging the Tor network to avoid censorship and allow you to browse the internet without anybody observing your actions. It is free and can be verified by anybody, with a unique interface that deletes all traces on your computer after you have finished using them and does not retain information on your hard disk.
Tails is a simple and complex program in that all actions performed on it are broadcasted to the Tor network, which subsequently encrypts and anonymizes your connection by broadcasting your data across multiple servers. These servers are managed privately by individuals from different locations.
Tails has an inbuilt programs/applications which we will be using later after verification and installation in our computer.


2. balenaEtcher: This is an open Source system software that enable one to free burn image( operating system) into computer without any form of interruption. It is safe, very fast and works on any USB flash with quick validation to ensure there is well package image before installation.

3. Quickhash: Its a hashing tool used for confirming the originality of a file. Its often used to test how valid a file is and if they have not be clone in one way or the other. After hashing the file, it simply tells you how secure it is on your device before installation on your device.

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STEP 1. We need a TailsOS which we are going to download from the Tails OS official website, it's up to 1.22gb and should take up to 30 minute depending on your network speed and note that, you are downloading Tails for USB stick.

 



STEP 2. Download balenEtcher from the official website, the page should look exactly as the image below



After successful download, kindly install and then proceed to next step.


STEP 3. Download Quickhash from the official website, select and download quickhash for window version. After a successful download, the downloaded file should come in zip format, extract the file and open Quickhash GUI application.


   



You should have something like this on your interface at end of the day.



In other to hash the TailsOS, you need to know the indicated numbers on the image above.
1. Indicate that we are selecting a file.
2. Indicate the Secure hash algorithm. In our case, we will be using SHA256.
3. File image been hash
4.Computed hash from the file image.
5.Expected hash i.e hash from the website


STEP 4. In this step, we will be testing the originality and authenticity of the file by hashing with quickhash and validate the hashed with the official website. We want to know if this file is actually official TailsOS from the official website.
Open quickhash and and select the downloaded image file from your computer, you will have should have something below as soon as the hashing is complete.



We need to compare the hash result from quickhash and the one from the website for originality. To do so, simply go to TailsOS Json to copy the SHA256 hash. The hash get updated every time a new update is added to the TailOS. It's possible by the time you are viewing this, a new version of TailsOS should be out and SHA256 value may be different with the image below. While i was testing TailsOS, I already copied my SHA256 which may also vary from yours but everything remain the same. Kindly copy and paste it in the expected hash (5) in Quickhash.



You should have something similar to the image below with a popup notification that says Expected hash MATCHES the computed file hash!

This shows that our image file is safe and ready to be burn(etch) into our USB flash.




STEP 5. Insert USB flash into your computer, Open balenEther and locate your downloaded TailsOS and burn it in your USB flash. By default, balenEtcher will automatically detect your inserted flash but its good to manually check for confirmation.



You should have a successful result after etching the image file as the image below.




         
STEP 6. Now that we are finally done with hashing and Etching, our file should be ready for our computer. Boot the TailsOS image into the computer with the following steps:

               
               -NB: Make sure that your computer is disconnected from internet.
               -Shutdown your computer and make sure the USB is plugin.
               - Turn on your computer.
               - press and hold the ESC or F12 depending on your computer.
               - When the boot menu appears, select select F9 and choose TailsOS USB drive.
               - Your computer will now boot into TailsOS.




Select English as default, click Next and proceed with installation.



It's time to launch your Electrum wallet, navigate to the application menu. select Internet and open Electrum Bitcoin wallet.



By default, Persistence will be disabled from your electrum wallet. This feature is great and it better remain disable because we don't want to save anything our computer for privacy.



Create a name to your wallet and click next. you may choose to live it as default_wallet.



The next step has a cool feature for users who wish to create a multi-signature cold wallet. This is why Electrum wallet is mostly used by Bitcoin holders, it has other great features. Select standard wallet, choose seed type as Segwit because you may want to save transaction fee when making transactions, and click Next.

   

This is where you are going to need a pen and a paper to put down your seed phrase. write down your generated seed on paper and safekeep it in a place where you can have access to anytime. copy the seed, create and confirm password for your wallet.



Then, finally you have successfully make a cold storage Bitcoin wallet that is free from internet, it's safe and ready to be use anytime. It's has not been connected to the internet and from the image below, we have achieved our primary goal, to create a bitcoin cold storage wallet for free that is both offline and secure.



The arrow in the image above should indicate Not connected. That's the only way your wallet is safe.

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Significance of finding

1. We were successful in verifying, authenticating, and burning TailsOS.
2. We were also able to create a free and secure offline cold bitcoin wallet that is not connected to a computer.
3. Anyone can further explore TailsOS other apps such as Tor Browser to access website with full privacy and anonymity.

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Reference

• Bitcoin Magazine - How To Make A DIY Cold Storage Bitcoin Wallet
• BitConsultants
• Hot wallet vs cold wallet best way to store cryptocurrency

I believe some projects will be in underground cooking some crypto related trend that will change everyone taste soon. It's just a matter of time before they launch the trend.
They always come as wave, it will be denied and then some fast investors will risk it all on the project, the moment it boom, other developers will pursuit and start mimicking each other, before you realise, it will be everywhere but I hope not see the type of doge in Cryptocurrency again, that coin has led many to blindspot.

I don't know much about all coins and I don't have the best guide when choosing and altcoins but I know about poolz and I think you need to do a more digging to find more about the project and the team. They are not scammers, they are clean but their actions kill the price from $60 to where ever its now.
When investing in a project and they say they are truly decentralized and its a community project, for the people and you realize they don't listen to investors despite the commotion and collapse in price, run mate. That's what I have observe with poolz and you should do due diligence.

With DeFi or not, KYC will remain on top centralized exchanges, this is a measure to mitigate fraud and scammers. This has help so far and I don't think kyc affects DeFi that much, even the so called DeFi platform have a limitation to services they offer, once you try to cross the limit, they will ask you to go for kyc.
About ban, I'm even happy about bitcoin mining ban. We don't have to be play by China time bitcoin increase in value because they always come with this anti ban shit to destroy bitcoin but now that they don't have anything to ban, bitcoin can now enjoy without any hindrance.

I will gladly do the same twice in the morning and night as long they are price from bounty. I have my reasons too.
I hardly hold coins from bounty because I have noticed they don't do well after their first investors impressions and the moment they take their profits. To be on the better side and as reward for my hard work, I sell immediately and transfer them into exchange for good coin that worth holding for long term.
Though, there some coins and tokens I wish I never sell but its still worth because if count amount of shitcoins that has gone down the drain, they are much in number.

Nigerian government and lame excuse has been in existence and its not stopping anytime soon because it's always embedded in the politicians DNA.
Nigerians Government or rather I should say old men with  stone age knowledge who always want to rule the affairs of economic with high taste in corruption. It's in the blood and its always difficult to remove from the system.
Crypto on the other hand, it has came to liberate the youth who are trying to fed for them selfs but Nigeria government will always be against something they can't override. Bunch of old rokuns.

The days of its early adoption is gone, the days it was struggling to recover, the days it has to wait an entire year to bleed out ( weak hand) sellers through 2017 bear market. The days that one needed to trade and %10 increased usually made the headlines and becomes a headache to the China.
There are so many obstacles that Bitcoin has faced in the past and that's why we shouldn't be move by the small news anytime they tried to disrupt decentralization. It has come to stay and will be here till forever.

Sorry to say that, that dream is still far from reality. We must put some things into consideration before making conclusions on some things.
Have you forgotten that terrorism still exist? Do you want someone to kidnap your family and ask for crypto as random because they it's a means to get fund without been trace by the officers if the law, that will be a disaster to everyone if we ignore kyc.
You can choose not to do but others will be force to comy to rules and regulations.

But its hasn't changed anything so far, ether are burnt everyday since the hard fork and I am yet to see it effect because right now, the fee are still crazy especially now that the whole market is green and seems we are about to get into another bullrun wave. I really hope the same high fees wouldn't comes back. I made transaction of ether ( not ERC-20) and I was shocked when the transaction fee was around $5.6. That's still high mehn

Ideas without proper funding and marketing will die even before implementation, it wouldn't go far and even if they get launched, they will get stress out because proper projects need proper marketing and promotion, its very essential in every business except a commodity that doesn't need advert but you and I know that new projects need proper marketing and influence, money has to be burn to see the public interest you know.
Capital comes along with strategic idea, it's very essential in planning a project.

Who knows, perhaps the hype has come to an end. I could remember when Ada launched their mainnet during pandemic and it seems Ada was running on roller-coaster speed without break and everyone was hyping the whole structures as a game changer but some has changed their mind of recent because of its smart contract algorithm.
Whichever comes first or last doesn't move me, I want to see what they can do aside from normal shout revolutionizing the world as usual.

It pains me in the ass when we all literally ignored the truth. I mean, what are you calling 4k for? What has been Ethereum difference with last year Chain apart from the base fee that are burnt to reduce supply. Even at that, we all know that Ethereum doesn't have a fixed supply, the future changes may apply.
The transaction fee is still the same but the greedy investors and holders are calling shit technical analysis just to increase the price. $4k my foot.

I'm not sure about development part but I still think right exchange usually helps projects too. I have realised that when projects get listed on top exchange such as Okex, Binance and Coinbase always have a way of attracting masses irrespective of what they have to give to the everyone and crypto entirely. Shiba for example, the day it got listed on Binance exchange, the whole Ethereum chain became the busiest so far in it history. That's what exchange adds to this project when are in right place.