Many of us already know about thebitcoinhole.com website, and its dev is an active member on the forum. You can find the announcement for the hardware wallet comparison list here: 50 Hardware Wallets, compared feature by feature

Still, it's a good site to keep an eye on.

Basically, this hypothetical is like asking if you'd fork over your cash or valuables if some robber stuck a gun in your face.  Well, duh - of course you gotta hand that stuff over! Money can be replaced but your life can't. 

In this whole give me your Bitcoin wallet at gunpoint or I'll kill you scenario your buddy cooked up, the only sane choice is to tell the baddies what they want.  I mean come on your life is way more important than some digital coins.   

Obviously no one wants to end up in that nightmarish spot and  best way to avoid it is to be real careful who you tell about your Bitcoin stash.  Dont chatter to friends, family, or randos you don't 100% trust.  And if you spill to someone you do trust for safekeeping, drill it into their head that the info cannot get out under any circumstances.

If you're someone who uses Word or Excel a lot, or some other software for documents and spreadsheets, you might wanna try out SCEditor.  It's a handy little tool that makes it super easy to turn whatever you're working on into BBCode formatting.  SCEditors open source, written in JavaScript and it runs right in your browser.  You can also run it locally if you want.  I've used it a bunch of times and it always works pretty well for me.

https://www.sceditor.com/

Simply copy-paste the content from your Word/Excel doc into SCEditor and, if needed, polish it up a bit. When you're done, click the "View source" icon (<>) to get the BBCode. As far as I've tested, tables and lists work like a charm too.

I just realized that the troll Shenanigan has been banned from our forum. And only an hour after the infamous "Bitcoin SV" troll was also taken down. Could this be just a coincidence? Or maybe our admin or global mods had some inside information that we weren't aware of?



Either way, it was a bleak day for trolls. 

You're right. Looks like I forgot to report it.

The last one I reported was pawa2.  Out of the four topics I reported, two were completely wiped, while the other two were only locked. (All four reports are marked as "good")

I'm not sure why the moderators are so lenient with these cases when it's basically the same thing as copy-pasting someone else's work, i.e. plagiarism.

Hhampuz je ponovno malo pospremao u dvije njegove kampanje.

Rollbit.com kampanja ima slobodnih mjesta za deset novih članova.
Uvjeti standardni: 20 postova tjedno (od toga barem 10 u Gambling-u), Local postovi se broje u tjednu kvotu.

Payouts & Positions:

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Rollbit Duel Arena kampanja ima slobodnih mjesta za pet Full Member-a.
Uvjeti standardni: 20 postova tjedno (od toga barem 10 u Gambling-u), Local postovi se broje u tjednu kvotu.

Payouts & Positions:

Another piece of information that suggests this is a very likely scam. If they claim to have been around for two years, why is their domain registration less than one year old?

https://whois.domaintools.com/applepies.co

There are a total of 539 posts visible publicly on Satoshi's profile. Your bot likely missed a few, as only 526 are included in your archive. (It's also possible that these posts were made public at some later point in time.) For example, msg28533 and msg28549 are missing from your archive, although they are both on the first page of Satoshi's post history.

It's not about opinions or beliefs here; there's a hard-coded cap in Bitcoin's protocol that tops out at 21 million coins. But many people forget that Bitcoin is open source. Anyone can poke around the code, do the math themselves, and see that hard stop.  

So when some people claim that developers or insiders could change the 21 million mark if they wanted, they're showing that they obviously don't know what they're talking about.  No such 'limit per se actually exists.  You've got block rewards that keep halving on a set schedule and  past that it's just simple multiplication - the protocol handles the rest.  So if somebody says otherwise, take it with a grain of salt.  The coin count itself might be abstract, but the logic governing it is carved in stone.

I understand this situation is frustrating.  When emotions run high, we can feel wronged and focus on blaming others.  However, account security is ultimately our own responsibility.  Your ex likely acted out of concern, even if her methods were questionable. 

Meanwhile Rollbit must uphold their policies, even when it yields unfortunate outcomes.  You knew you couldn't open another one, but went ahead anyway.  Hard to call that unfair when you knew the risks and  still sucks to lose all that money you won.  Maybe shouldn't have tried getting around the rules, even if it seems unfair you got banned in the first place.

How do you know that someone is buying Bitcoin in batches, and that three of these are not just some random transactions on the blockchain?

Large Bitcoin purchases on centralized exchanges, whether executed in batches or not, would not be directly visible on the blockchain.

While I agree with the mentioned mistakes that often contribute to trader failures, but I think overconfidence is a big one too that not everyone talks about.  What happens is you have some wins early on and suddenly you think you're the next wolf of wall street.  You throw risk management out the window and go all in on crazy trades and  before you know it the house of cards comes crashing down.

From my own experience, staying humble is so key in this game.  You gotta accept that you'll mess up sometimes.  Trading is a skill that takes years to build. It's a marathon, not a sprint. Anybody who thinks they've mastered it overnight is in for a rude awakening.

Hey there, welcome to our little corner of the internet!  It's great to hear you're eager to learn and engage with our community.  Love seeing that kinda enthusiasm! Now about this idea of yours for a central thread with helpful links - great thought, but it might not be the most effective approach. Such threads will disappear real quick with new topics constantly poppin' up, making it difficult for new users to find. 

Here's my suggestion that I think could work better - every board here has a pinned thread up top with key info for new folks. These threads are a great starting point to get acquainted with the forum's rules, guidelines, resources, etc.  So I suggest to check those babies out first to get your bearings on how we do things around here.

And if you still have questions after diggin' into those threads, make a new post and ask away! We're always down to help newbies figure things out and spread some wisdom and  so welcome again.


And, just a quick tip: please try not to write your entire posts in bold or highlight parts of the text unless it's really necessary. We prefer a more straightforward approach on this forum.

User: pawa2

A bounty hunter who turned into a ChatGPT spammer.

Post: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5482195.0


Post: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5482188.0


Post: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5482187.0


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Just because a project's been around for a couple years don't automatically make it legit.  This one here promising high returns daily just for depositing BNB coins seems fishy.  No real investment can keep generating those kinds of returns and  smells like one of those Ponzi schemes where early investors get paid from the money new investors put in, not actual profits.  Especially considering the referral program - they promise you more money on more folks putting their money in. That's how Ponzis work.

Scams come in all shapes and sizes these days, but this one is already a well-known and not at all innovative. Stay away.

I'm genuinely sorry for your loss. But, I can't believe you actually fell for that scam. You sent your entire life savings to a stranger's address based on a Medium article? Are you serious? Did you not conduct any due diligence or consult with trusted sources before taking such a rash decision?


No. Your life is not ruined. You learned an important life lesson (albeit an expensive one), but that's it. It's just money. There are more important things in life to worry about.

Exactly.  I also don't think that only a small minority of active users participate in the voting.

According to LoyceV's Trust List Viewer, there are over 15,000 users who have created their custom trust lists at some point, which means they're actively participating in the voting system. Some of these users are probably inactive now, or have wiped their lists in the meantime.  It would be interesting to know what percentage of active users (excluding newbies) still have custom trust lists.  LoyceV can probably give us a more accurate stats.

Oh, now it's an "obvious thing", is it?  But you didn't seem to think so when you started this thread about a non-issue.


Of course, give digaran all the credit. That makes perfect sense.  But hey, as long as you've learned your lesson and seen the light, that's all that matters, right?


You can believe whatever you want. Apparently, thousands of people still believe that the Earth is flat. But that doesn't make it true. 

The upcoming halving of Bitcoin's block reward is undoubtedly a big deal.  I mean, in the past we've seen some wild price jumps after these things and  makes sense - less new bitcoin being created means increased scarcity.  But, as you know, nothing's guaranteed here.  Maybe history rhymes but it doesnt always repeat. 

Still, the halvings do get people all excited and dreaming.  And perception shapes reality in investing.  So I'd be lying if I said I didn't have a hunch 2024 is gonna be a good year for Bitcoin holders.  Of course a whole lot else factors into prices too.

That's not true at all. There are a number of other cryptocurrencies that claim to be "Bitcoin 2.0" by offering faster transaction speeds.  Sure, maybe some of those altcoins can process transactions quicker by cutting corners.  But they just dont got the same backbone as the OG Bitcoin.  The whole point of crypto is that it's supposed to be immutable, decentralized, and secure.  Other coins out there might be sacrificing that decentralized structure - putting too much control in the hands of a few big players.  And that kinda misses the spirit of this technology.

Bitcoin's got real resilience because so many folks across the world are invested and supporting the network.  It's withstood the test of time and bounced back from crashes again and again.  The trust and acceptance thats been built so far can't just be replicated overnight.  Slow or not, BTC still has the strongest foundations in my book. 

I'm always a bit skeptical when these supposed Bitcoin killers come out spouting fancy buzzwords and big promises.  In the end, nothing has truly dethroned the top dog yet.  I'd rather stick to the tried and true than jump on some flashy bandwagon.