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3501  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Cheap Thrills And BITCOIN Shills? on: February 16, 2021, 06:44:39 AM
I don't watch cryptocurrency related content on Youtube.The only crypto Youtuber I've watched was Francis from "The Crypto lifestyle" and he was mostly promoting methods about how to make money on Paxful.
Later on,he started promoting some altcoins/tokens and I stopped watching his videos,because I'm not that much into altcoins/tokens,ICOs,DeFi,etc.
You are right,most of the crypto Youtubers just want to make some money from Ad revenue or paid sponsorships.There's nothing wrong with that.Just don't take their advise seriously.
3502  Economy / Trading Discussion / Re: Big Dump on: February 15, 2021, 12:26:06 PM
Do you mind telling us what shitcoin have you traded so far?Is this a secret?
Losing money is a big part of learning how to trade.If you are really motivated to become a day trader,then you will have lose even more money.If you can't afford to lose the rest of your trading capital,then just quit day trading,or buy BTC and just HODL.
If you want to continue day trading,maybe you should have a break and try to learn more theoretical stuff about trading.Read books,watch videos,etc.There is more than enough information about trading,that is available for free.
3503  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Intrinsic value of Bitcoin and Gold on: February 15, 2021, 12:05:32 PM
The intrinsic value of gold is the mining costs.The intrinsic value of Bitcoin is the same-mining costs.
Gold is being mined in actual mines under the mountains.Bitcoin is being virtually mined by solving complex mathematical tasks.The process is called mining,but in the first case it's real mining,and in the other case is digital "mining". Grin

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Therefore you could say that - if nothing else - the intrinsic value of Bitcoin is that it is a portable alternative to the non-intrinsic value of gold.

This sounds like nonsense to me.Let's just not compare the value of Bitcoin and gold.
Let's compare Bitcoin only to all the other crypto coins and let's compare gold only to the precious metals.
Just like I've said it before.Comparing Bitcoin and gold is like comparing apples and bananas.
3504  Economy / Economics / Re: Confirmed NGN banks blocking account, what could be the outcome on the economy? on: February 15, 2021, 07:27:41 AM
I wonder why countries like Nigeria and India are so anti-crypto?
What will be the benefit of banning all crypto activities in those countries?The crypto businesses located in Nigeria and India will move into other locations and hide their revenue,instead of paying taxes to the Nigerian and Indian governments.
Fighting scammers/criminal is the most popular reason for having strict anti-crypto rules,but it is proven that cryptocurrency bans can't stop crypto scams.
Legalization and liberalization of the crypto industry and all fintech is the way to go.
3505  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Bitcoin Supply Visual on: February 15, 2021, 07:13:41 AM
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You can see that nice chunk of coins is kept on exchanges (sadly)  Undecided

The coins kept in crypto exchanges belong to the users,who deposited these coins in the exchanges.
I know that there's a risk of exit scams or hacks,but we will have to wait until the decentralized exchanges become a thing and "be your own bank" becomes a reality in the cryptocurrency world.
Maybe the governments won't allow decetralized exchanges,because of the lack of KYC policies.Who knows?
By the way,I'm waiting for Roger Ver to sell his BTC at 50K USD and crash the price back to 20K USD. Grin
Which means more BTC at an affordable price for us...
3506  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Heroes of Bitcoin - A thanks to the many good people. on: February 13, 2021, 12:07:14 PM
Elon Musk? I don't think he qualifies. He has done nothing except buy some bitcoins. Putting "#bitcoin" in his twitter bio doesn't count as evangelizing.
You are right Elon Musk, is not qualify to make the list due to the fact that he did not commit through the development he is an investor not a developer santoshi is the hero of the moment.

Elon Musk isn't a true Bitcoin Core supporter.He just wants to invest some money in BTC and get a profit.
People like Michael Saylor and Jack Dorsey are way more pro-Bitcoin than Musk.
I guess that you put Elon Musk in your list,only because he's the richest person in the world and a very popular entrepreneur.
Roger Ver had some contribution to the early Bitcoin Network,but since the BTC fork and the creation of Bitcoin cash (BCH),he doesn't deserve to be on this list.
3507  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: If BTC were to permanently freeze at one price , would you buy ? on: February 13, 2021, 07:27:05 AM
So let's say BTC was to be absolutely frozen from here on at todays price ,would you still buy?

I don't think BTC was intended as the speculation tool it has turned into .

Who on here regularly makes purchases using BTC ? 

Nobody would ever buy BTC,if Bitcoin was a stablecoin.Price volatility makes the market liquidity of Bitcoin.
What's the point of buying an asset with a stable price?Would be buy stocks,if their prices were stable?
Nobody can say whether or not Bitcoin was intended to be a speculation tool.We have to ask Satoshi Nakamoto,if he is still alive.
3508  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Destroying Bitcoin on: February 12, 2021, 12:25:31 PM
The big companies are buying bitcoin and manipulating the market. one day they will start to sell all bitcoins and we will have a very big shock. imagine that you think that crypto is your enemy, if you want to destroy it, first you will buy as much as you can, you will make the market goes up, after you will sell all coins and you will destroy the market, take money of small investors and make them hate the crypto.

when i saw a company buy big amount of coin, i afraid.

The Bitcoin price has little to do with the Bitcoin core blockchain.Even if the Bitcoin price drops back to 1K USD,the BTC blockchain will continue to exist and the Bitcoin price might recover.
Crashing the Bitcoin price doesn't mean destroying Bitcoin/blockchain.
I don't mind,if all the big investors and crypto whales start selling their BTC.A bear market would mean cheaper bitcoins for the small investors.
3509  Economy / Economics / Re: Bitcoin & Tesla: What Everybody Missed in Elon Musk's Announcement on: February 12, 2021, 06:36:43 AM
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Mike Maloney and Jeff Clark combined have decades of experience professionally trading precious metals like gold and silver. One interesting point here is both being in agreement on silver markets being manipulated by short sellers and ETFs. They seem to indicate that ETFs only hold a fraction of the assets they publicize holding, the way fractional reserve banks do. Which is something I was not aware of.

Some people(mostly BTC FUDsters) have been blaming Tether for the same thing.Fractional reserve banking that is artificially boosting the Bitcoin(and altcoin) prices.I don't know if this is true or not.
I wouldn't be surprised if the gold/silver markets are manipulated the same way.

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Another interesting point is their description of central bank and federal reserve stimulus injections, into markets, potentially having diminishing returns. Which could foretell a long term effect of the gamestonk effect. If indeed market movements as a result of combined investment effort deplete over time, while inflation and stimulus spending ratchet upwards.

We all know that the endless money printing and financial injections done by the central banks will have a devastating effect over the global economy.There's nothing new to the table.Some stocks are going to be pumped a lot.Every market is more of less manipulated,and the biggest market manipulators are the central banks.
3510  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: UBER will start to transact with Bitcoin? on: February 12, 2021, 06:19:22 AM
I think that it's time for Uber to lower the amount of refunding scams exploiting their services,by adopting non-refundable cryptocurrency payments. Grin
I found some Uber refund methods on other forums and even some people are reselling Uber rides at affordable prices.
Don't get me wrong.I will NEVER use Uber,since I don't even use taxis,but it was really strange to see that people are exploiting their service and getting Uber rides for free.
The Uber CEO seems quite "fiat friendly".
"We're going to keep our cash safe" is a weird statement. Grin
Your cash is never safe enough...
3511  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: isn't a crypto market really funny? on: February 12, 2021, 05:58:57 AM
I think I will reach this conclusion after several years of activity in the crypto market. God forbid, we have thousands of currencies that are better than doge coin, doge coin has not even updated its code, it belongs to the day it was created, that is, its creator says I sold all the capital, but one day it eats 100% positive, Ilan Mask drinks water, Bitcoin becomes more expensive, Ilan Mask sleeps, Bitcoin becomes more expensive, everything is abnormal, nothing really works for us, and I'm a fan of two fires, but isn't a crypto market really funny? Wow, these friends who have just entered the crypto market, I would like to say that the currencies that go up one hundred percent a day go up one hundred percent. In the market, go for a currency whose one-year changes are more limited, not a currency like x, which has increased seven hundred times. I saw a big loss in this market, so I coveted it. I hope you all benefit.

Every financial market in the world is driven by news,gossips,rumors,famous people going X,etc...
What else do you expect?Elon Musk can pump any shitcoin he wants with his tweets.He can even pump Bitcoin.Sad but true.Maybe in the future,when Bitcoin is widely adopted,the BTC price won't react with +/- 10-20% every time a big crypto whale tweets or does something bullish.
If you want to join a more serious market,then why don't you start trading gold,oil,silver,platinum or other commodities.
3512  Bitcoin / Press / Re: 2021-02-10 MASTERCARD to allow payments in Crypto on: February 11, 2021, 01:02:07 PM
Is this fake news?I don't trust Coindesk articles.
Anyway,this seems like pseudo-cryptocurrency adoption to me.Paypal did the same pseudo-adoption last year.I'm not an optimist about such news,but hey,the Bitcoin price might go up because of this. Grin
The customer will buy goods and services using crypto coins and the seller will get fiat money.
I guess that the only winner from this process will be Mastercard,by getting fees for cryptocurrency/fiat conversion.
3513  Economy / Speculation / Re: Bitcoin Hits Record $48.2K on: February 11, 2021, 12:48:08 PM
The hype around Tesla and Musk is more or less consumed.The current Bitcoin price is around 45K USD and slowly going down.I thought that the news around Tesla will start a "snowball effect" and more corporations will join the Bitcoin community,but I was wrong.I guess that all the institutional investors are extremely cautious,when making such investment decisions,so the Bitcoin bullish movement will be delayed for a few months.
3514  Economy / Economics / Re: Are institutions hedging? on: February 11, 2021, 06:56:01 AM
There’s a topic debating that institutions are manipulating the market, and will “destroy Bitcoin”. I have a different narrative.

While it’s great that Elon Musk and other companies are HODLing bitcoin, but don’t you think that there is more into their FOMO, than profit? Are they actually hedging against the current financial system? If the answer is yes, are they expecting an major economic crisis after the COVID-crisis?

Bitcoin is way too volatile to be used for Hedging.If people like Musk try to use BTC for hedging,the Federal reserve or the US government might start to FUD or impose a crypto trading ban,that will crash the Bitcoin price by more than 50% almost immediately.
Nobody can tell you whether or not Musk is expecting a major economic crisis after the pandemic.
I expect the global economy to recover pretty fast,after the pandemic ends.The unemployment rates will go down for sure,but inflation might increase.
3515  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Comments on CBN Ban:How IMF and World Bank’s Policies Destroy African Economies on: February 11, 2021, 06:44:08 AM
What's the connection between IMF and World bank policies in Africa and the Nigerian central bank crypto ban?
I don't see such connection.
It's not a secret that IMF and the World bank are full with incompetent clerks,who don't know how to manage the economy of a country.Africa will be better off without the help of such global organizations.
The higher minimum wage in USA will destroy the businesses,that aren't competitive enough.This might be bad for those businesses,but in the end of the day,minimum wages can't be kept low forever.
3516  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Mexican billionaire changes Twitter bio to Bitcoin on: February 11, 2021, 06:19:54 AM
Meh,he just changed his Twitter BIO with a Bitcoin hashtag.
That doesn't mean anything.Did he actually bought any Bitcoins?
Is there any proof that he bought BTC?
It's good news that billionaires are getting more into Bitcoin,but I assume that this guy is just slightly interested in Bitcoin.He might buy or he might not buy BTC in the future.
I wish more ordinary people join the Bitcoin army,not just a bunch of billionaires and corporations.
3517  Economy / Service Discussion / Re: Bitpay sells stolen Amazon gift cards? on: February 10, 2021, 12:36:39 PM
Why do you want to use gift cards,when you are buying stuff from Amazon using your debit card?
Are you buying those gift cards at a discounted price?
I don't have a Bitpay account,but when I'm browsing their website,I can see that they have a so called Merchant directory,when various sellers can sell stuff.So it seems the Bitpay aren't directly selling stolen gift cards,they are using the services of third parties,which are selling such gift cards.
Anyways,the crypto/gift card market has always been really scam-friendly.Just look at all the gift card buyers and sellers on Paxful.How can they offer 40% discounts on a gift card?Seems too good to be true.
3518  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Bitcoin Energy Consumption Future Plans/Thoughts on: February 10, 2021, 12:10:28 PM
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I suppose the mining pools may look to create some sort of union to tackle those issues, but then the whole concept of decentralization loses sense.

The whole concept of decentralization doesn't lose any sense,if the miners join forces for a while to solve some issue.Is growing energy consumption even e problem?
I don't see Bitcoin mining energy consumption as a problem.Bitcoin miners aren't obligated by anyone to be "environment friendly". As long as the mining process is profitable,they wouldn't care about energy consumption.
Anyways,the topic about BTC energy consumption appears again and again,every time the BTC price goes up.
I feel like we are back in 2017.Is there are any point to repeat the same questions and answers again?

 
3519  Economy / Economics / Re: The Bitcoin Price Paradox on: February 10, 2021, 07:14:16 AM
This article is full of nonsense and BS theories.
1.There's no way that the BTC supply would reach zero.BTC supply isn't equal to BTC mining.
When BTC mining stops,the BTC supply will continue to exist,because supply is the amount of sell orders in the market.You should learn what supply and demand means.
2.The theory of "hyperbitcoinization" is complete BS,because Bitcoin will never be accepted as the one and only global currency.
3.The Bitcoin price will never be stable.Mass BTC adoption might lower the price volatility,but the price will always be more of less unstable.
Bitcoin makes perfect sense,but all the fiat supporters refuse to admit it.
4.BTC mining consumes more energy,but there will be way more ways to produce cheap and environmental friendly electricity in the future.
3520  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Lost phone with bitcoin wallet on: February 10, 2021, 06:54:23 AM
You have lost your phone 2 years ago?
Aren't you a little bit late to ask this question?
Anything can happen in 2 years.Maybe your phone was broken.Maybe some guy had found your phone and moved the bitcoins?There is nothing you can do about it,since you don't have your private keys.
I would never use Bitcoin wallets on a smartphone device.Keeping a few thousands dollars worth of BTC in a wallet in your phone seems like a recipe for disaster to me.
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