Forum moderators do not trash threads of users 'advertising' their bitcointalk account for sale cause it actually is not against the forum rules, but is an unethical act that majority of the forum discourages, thus account sellers more often than not would get a negative feedback, but their account would neither be banned, nor the thread thrashed. See the excerpt below:

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The forum did have such a feature as this is somewhat synonymous to the newbie-jail of the past, thus I don't think this sort of feature would be implemented on the forum as Theymos has stated previously that he would prolly not consider limiting users participation on the forum especially based on ranks. See the excerpt below:

This is not true, it's either you're mixing up facts or not just sure of what you wrote. When comparing Bitcoin with other coins, it's risk is actually smaller than the rest, I mean it's not just one shitcoin or pump and dump coin that can depreciate into oblivion, if you truly understand the Bitcoin network, you'll understand that it's a coin that actually has a great use case and that will be sustainable for quite a very, very long time.

And as for long term profits, it's definitely Bitcoin that one should be picking over eth or any other crypto for that matter, altcoins are generally short term projects cause many of them can only give ROI for the meantime and once they dump you can forget about the project; but Bitcoin is obviously different, it may not actually give short term profit cause it doesn't just 'pump', but if you're patient to stay in the network, long term profit is more or less certain.

The thing is that, it isn't just you who initially had such ideology about this forum or Bitcoin, many others who had the same thought have gone on to be quite very knowledgeable about Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies and have ranked up as high as hero and legendary ranks, and as such is also possible for you to achieve the same as well, congratulations mate on being a Full Member and I wish you garner more knowledge of the network as you continue your Bitcoin adventure.

Tbh, I can't see Arsenal losing this game, not after losing their first three matches without scoring any goal and as well sitting bottom of the table, it's a good fixture for the gunners to return to winning ways cause it's been a while they actually tasted victory. I'm pretty sure Arteta's message to his players would be to get the win or nothing, cause if Arsenal should fail to win that match Mikel Arteta's job is on the line and his stay as Arsenal boss could be cut short abruptly, thus it's a battle for the gunners to save their team and their manager as well, so I think they'll get the three points.

I think so as well, or even if they will be able to beat them, it's going to be a 50/50 chance for the both teams, what that means is the teams are going to be evenly matched and anyone could end up winning, quite a lot of people feel PSG is going to blow all the teams away in the champions league this season, but I scarcely share the same views as them, PSG is going to be a formidable team in the CL this season, but I'm not sure they are going to come out as the winners, there are other favorites like Bayern, Chelsea and City, it's going to be a 'competition' from start to finish and no team is blowing the other away.

Tbh, I'm quite surprised with the choice of coins that make up your portfolio, I know we all choose coins for different reasons, but do you actually trust both of this coins to be productive and sustainable in the long term and not to dump somewhere along the line, from a personal perspective, I take majority of altcoins to be short term investments, thus if you consider yourself to have made ROI, then you can go on and sell them now you can, if they dump, you prolly may not have that chance again.

If the coin you're hodling is Bitcoin for example, I would have adviced you not to sell and to hold on to your stash cause Bitcoin is a long term project that I believe in and that is very much sustainable, if you as well believe in VET and XRP, then you can decide to hold on to them.

The problem is not peculiar to just South-Africa, it's more or less everywhere, and the media in my opinion is to blame for all of that, Bitcoin is more often than not highlighted on a bad note, either as a scam, an aid to criminals, being inimical to the environment, etc, with all this erroneous things making the rounds about Bitcoin on the internet, people who hardly do any research just believe it wholly and thus form a wrong perception of the network.
If I'm to be honest with you, you actually do not have anything to prove to anybody, if you want to invest in the network, do so cause you've done your research and cause you believe in the network, if you have it in mind to prove doubters wrong, you may sadly run into mistakes. Having said that, do not also forget that you should only "invest what you can afford to lose", if "two" or "three" eth is more than you can afford to lose, I'd advice you to cut down on your ambitions, and then again, despite crypto being a great option, do not also forget that there are risks inherent in the network, risks you must study and understand fully before jumping in.

I know virtually every cryptocurrency is volatile, but the coin E-Coin you used as an example wasn't just affected or hit by volatility, it is more or less a pump and dump coin, and it actually did what you expect from such coins, increase sporadically and decrease twice as fast, that being said, people looking to trade or invest should be very careful about pump and dump coins, I know they are the fastest when it comes to giving ROI cause of how fast they pump, but if you're not lucky, and unfortunately, more often than not you'll not be lucky with them, you can lose basically all of your funds pretty fast. It's better you use good coins, and that must be after you've made your extensive research, choose coins that aren't shitcoins and make sure you actually believe in them.

I second that, I think the government made things really comfortable for both parties, the merchants and the citizens, for people who wish to pay in Bitcoin, their orders would not be turned down, they can spend their Bitcoin as they like and in fact just the same way one would spend their fiat currency in the country, then as for the merchants, they are obliged to accept such payments, but not obligated to hold their payments in Bitcoin.

I mean, it's actually a smart move, for merchants who are Bitcoin enthusiasts, and are willing to hold Bitcoin despite it's volatility, this is an opportunity for them to build up their stash, for the others who do not quite like the idea of hodling Bitcoin, after receiving payment in the coin, they can change it right back to fiat immediately, tbh, everyone should basically be happy with this, except the person is still unclear about things or is just being a Bitcoin enemy.

Bitcoin is yet to attain mainstream adoption, thus there are few 'employers' that pay people in Bitcoin, but if you have a skill or you render one service or the other and get paid in Bitcoin, then you prolly do not need money to own Bitcoin, because you're paid in the currency, but the thing is, payment directly in Bitcoin is as yet not so popular for a lot of reasons. Thus it's Fiat currencies that people get paid In, both in their workplaces or wherever they earn a living, thus the idea of "you need money to own Bitcoin" is that, after you must have been paid in your fiat currency, if you desire to use Bitcoin, either as a currency or as an investment, then you go ahead and convert your fiat for Bitcoin. But when mainstream adoption comes, and Bitcoin payment become more popular, then we prolly wouldn't have to do that, I believe that's what The Pharmacist posited.

If you don't mind, can you lead us to this case through a link or something. AFAIK, in such cases, if the user has ample/sufficient proof that he owns the account that initially published/posted the article in another platform, social media or whatever, then they prolly wouldn't be banned, the only problem here is the means by which such user is going to prove beyond reasonable doubts to be reposting an already existing work of his. Having said that though, copying your article exactly the same way and posting on numerous platforms is somewhat unnecessary, since you wrote the initial topic yourself, you can just basically do a brief overview of it, and obviously it'll come in different words, then at the end of it, you just simply put a link to of course the original source which still happens to be your work.

A mystery that can prolly be solved by only you
Outrightly correct, I mean if users out of their own free will leave the forum cause they can't make posts of at least average/medium quality, then there will be a dearth of shitposts on the forum, they obviously do not leave cause they most times still get selected into one altcoin/ICO bounty whose manager (more often than not) cares less about whatsoever their participants posts per week, and such the circulation of shitposts continues.

It somewhat can, I mean Bitcoin is proving to be a good hedge against inflation and devaluation, and many individuals and corporations are employing it for that purpose, which means Indeed it can actually retain the value of ones funds. I mean, with all the money printing and measures/policies the government takes that affects it's citizens in numerous ways, the Bitcoin users amongst them can put a large amount of their funds in Bitcoin and thus to an extent evade some of the bad monetary policies of the government, since with Bitcoin they are their own bank and solely in control.
The thing is some investors are get rich quick ones who forget that Bitcoin is more or less a long term project and along the way, there must be price shifts, corrections and bearish markets, for the long term investors, they hardly worry about volatility cause that is what it is in the network, if you're in the network for only the short term you might be more concerned about Bitcoins volatility when the price is depreciating, but on the grand scheme of things, volatility is one aspect of the network I don't consider as being negative and anyone who understands the network would handle it without too much of a problem.
It was of course a good buy before the influx of institutional investors, it'll still be a good one even if many of them decide to leave the network, Bitcoin is a "good buy" cause it's users have control of their funds and can be their own bank, it is a great investment that can serve as a hedge to inflation, etc, that's some of the things that makes it a perfect buy as well as what allured the said institutional investors.

There is no doubt Salah is an Indispensable player in the Liverpool squad, but I think he is asking for too much here and this could as well be a sort of ploy for him to leave the club, cause I don't think Liverpool would want to pay him as high as that. Most times when players start to demand higher wages or more years on their contract against the clubs wish, it usually results in the player leaving, I would not be surprised if this culminates into Salah leaving Anfield, but it's too early to start thinking about that. My point basically isn't that Salah doesn't deserve a raise in his salary, of course he does, but £500k a week is pretty too much, especially now that clubs are somewhat struggling financially.

To be honest, I'm not surprised that many countries, like Russia for example are yet to endorse Bitcoin, and the reason is basically obvious, the government do not want people to control their funds or be free from their fiat manipulations, we're all aware that in the Bitcoin network the user is his or her own bank and the responsibility of funds is on the user, not on the bank, government or any third party service (though people make mistake to store their funds on exchanges), thus there is no way the government would be happy with the Bitcoin network that reduces their level of control, it's definitely not underdevelopment or lack of civilization cause many of this countries hostile to Bitcoin are first world countries. You must understand that only a good government would be happy with a decentralized financial network, and it's difficult to find that government in society today.

There is actually no particular thing Bitcoin investors can do about people who are indifferent about the network, I mean, investing in Bitcoin is a personal decision and if people due to one reason or the other feel they do not want to get involved in anything relating to the decentralized network, then there is nothing you or I can do about it, but moving from the general to the personal, you can try teaching people who are close to you, family, friends or close relatives, you can try to correct some of the erroneous news they must have seen or heard on the media and swallowed it hook, line and sinker, imo, that's more like the best one can do.

Having said that, many people would get involved in the network not by anyone talking to them about it, but by just noticing how good it is, just like the scenario of the influx of institutional investors right after the pandemic struck, with the years more and more people would want to control their finances, they would want to be their own bank, thus they'll have one very good option with Bitcoin and go on to join the network for good.

Is that even possible, if you're never going to touch fiat ever again then you'll be unable to buy quite a lot of your needs, which means you'll not be able to survive, it's a cool ideology if we ever get to the point were we can use crypto for basically everything, a point were all payments and purchases can be made either in fiat or in crypto, but for now it's simply not possible until mainstream adoption becomes a reality. The most you can do now is to hold all your finances in crypto and then you will have to convert some of it to fiat every now and then to meet some of your basic needs in RL.

Arsenal would be the best option, he will outrightly be a starter in the team and since he is already used to the English league, he'll not have any adapting to do, the thing is Arsenal always fail to get deals done, thus the chances of Aurier moving to another team other than Arsenal is high.
David Luiz is a player I feel no longer has anything to offer when it comes to competitive top-flight football, and that's the reason why clubs aren't interested in him, I also think he should move to non-competitive leagues like China, Saudi-Arabia, etc, and continue his football there.

Donald Trump is not the first or the only prominent individual who doesn't support the idea of Bitcoin and who has said wrong statements about the Bitcoin network in general, I think Warren Buffet is one of such of individuals who doesn't endorse Bitcoin, but then I think Buffet's ideas are quite different, from his statements about the network he doesn't think they are fake like Donald Trump, Trump is renowned for making really funny statements that more often than not hardly makes sense, the more reason why this is nothing to worry about.

I cannot personally refer to myself as an altcoin investor, for quite a lot of reasons I choose almost solely Bitcoin, but imo, there are numerous reasons why people go for altcoins just other than mere preference or choice, the thing is ROI with Bitcoin is more often than not a long term thing, and many of this investors do not really have that much patience, thus they choose to invest in altcoins, many of which are pump and dump coins that can pump quite high at some period and give investors who are lucky to sell at that point quite a lot of profit. Another reason why people invest in altcoins is just to diversify, they do not think it wise to channel all of their funds to just Bitcoin, thus they leave out a particular amount for altcoin investments.