Welcome back! I hope you find the right path of behaving in this forum and don't end up spamming and getting negative tagged or left behind.

Happy learning!

Volatility, whether with Bitcoin or apart from it, is not a problem at all as it is a part of trading and there is no gain if there is no volatility. The real problem is when a coin reaches a dead-end and almost never gets back to the position where it once was (I gave a couple of examples above). So basically, my advice was not to put all your capital in one coin/token so that even if one of those you're invested in ends badly, you will still not lose all your capital. Bitcoin as we all know is the king of cryptocurrencies, so there is no doubt that it is the first and foremost option if you are getting into crypto, but there is a whole different world apart from it which is also worth trying.

Since this post has nothing to do with offering any service, you should probably move it to either Beginners & Help or Off-topic. I think the second option would be more reasonable since it has nothing to do with Bitcoin or cryptocurrencies in general.

No verdicts about the token since it hasn't hit the real markets yet, but the listings are fake and Pi Network has itself announced this on their website and social channels:



This is nothing more than a mere scam attempt and a lot of people will probably fall for it, unfortunately.

- Never put all your eggs in one basket.

Whether a token/coin you are trading is new or old, always diversify your portfolio. Anything could happen at anytime in crypto, and it has been proved a couple of times this year with Terra collapsing first, and then FTX hitting a tragic end. So, always trade with only a fraction of your capital, no matter what you are trading.

The fastest and the safest way should be using a centralized exchange like Binance. It shouldn't take long at all if you don't ask for a price way higher than the market price and it is also risk-free. I personally wouldn't experiment new platforms with my funds unless I'm a 100% sure that they are legit. Fees shouldn't be an issue as you would also need to pay a significant amount in on-chain transaction fees even if you are using a decentralized platform.

I think the title is sort of misleading, isn't it? I don't find that to be a disadvantage of this forum or crypto in general, but maybe we could say something like, "A disadvantage of costs of smart phones for developing countries.", because it is not the forum or crypto that is holding people back but it is the costs of the devices or services that they can't afford, and I know how that feels as I don't come from a first-world country myself.

Although the point you are trying to explain is not completely wrong, but I believe that a project should not solely be judged by the fact that they are not backed by a company owning/storing gold for them as any individual or a company having the budget can purchase and store gold just like any other asset and there should be no problem for a project to purchase enough gold to back their coins with it, but, as you said, transparency is what's required if they are not hiding anything. So before investing into a project, a thorough research about it is a must.

First of all, your coins won't get lost in an exchange. In rare scenarios, they are compromised by hackers or phishers and in a case like that, the exchange would never take the responsibility and compensate you with the amount of coins you had from their own vault. That doesn't happen.
Another scenario that could occur is the glitches and errors in systems, which might be the reason for the funds getting unsettled for a while, but that wouldn't be a problem and the exchange would rectify that themselves.

So overall, the ideal solution is to withdraw and store your coins somewhere like a cold wallet, and keep your private keys safe. It is never recommended to keep storing your assets in an exchange unless you are using them for trading purposes.

1. How did you start trading Bitcoin?

I didn't, I earned them. Never bought a single satoshi, though I have basic knowledge about trading, but I used to trade Bitcoin against other smaller cryptocurrencies.

2. How can you start trading Bitcoin?

To be honest, Bitcoin is not a cryptocurrency that can be traded on daily bases to get profit, but it is an asset that increases in worth in longer terms. People usually either buy Bitcoin and store them, or buy Bitcoin and trade it against other smaller cryptocurrencies in the market to earn profits regularly.
But, if you still want to do that, you can always buy with a small capital from any exchange that supports the payment system from your country, and then trade Bitcoin against USDT (A form of dollar in cryptocurrency, that is always stable).
The process of trading Bitcoin would be to buy now and sell it later when the price is higher and you are getting more than what you've spent.

3. Tips for begginers?

Don't invest everything you have. Always start with the minimum if you are not experienced.

Never panic sell. Don't read messages and news and sell your assets based on that. You never know what happens, and you will always be in loss if you do that. If Bitcoin drops $2,000 today then it can gain $4,000 tomorrow. The market is so unpredictable, so make sure not to fall into such things.

Be aware of scammers. Always use trusted services whether you are buying or selling, always do your research before doing that.

Good luck! 

No, never used their exchange.


Never heard that before. The support should let you know the reason why your account is frozen, no matter what the matter is. You should keep pinging them and tell them that you have funds in your account that you need, and if they are not willing to let you have the funds, they should at least let you know why you were blocked.


There is no other way unless you convince them to let you withdraw your money from the account.
And the legality of their actions depends on the laws within your country. If you have actually violated their T&Cs, then there is nothing illegal about that, but if there is something unclear or a misunderstanding, then maybe you can take some legal action if your country supports that.

This is just like a traditional hype scam website, which offers 2x ROI and gets newbies, who think that is possible and they can actually get double for the money spent, to fall for it and such scams usually earn a handsome chunk of Bitcoins with this.

Such websites show fake incoming and outgoing transactions on their websites:

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But the address that is mentioned for the funds to be sent to doesn't have any of the transactions shown in the website in it:

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When newbies see the transactions flowing in the website, they think that the website is actually paying, and they fall for the trap.

Just a piece of advice, as every single aspect of your question/post has already been answered a number of times before my post.
So, the advice would be:

- Delete all your previous posts that make you look like an idiot, and a bounty hunter both of which are not much different, and start exploring the forum more, and learn the things around here. Stop chasing bounties, they are useless (at least 98% of them are) and won't do you any good. It is only cents you are working for.

Or

- Abandon this account, create a new one, and start fresh by doing the stuff that I suggestion above.

Good luck.

It wouldn't require a script to do that if all the things are prepared already. He definitely logs in the accounts using multiple browsers, copies the links to the threads in some text editor like notepad, and then keeps opening 4 or 5 of them at once and write a single word and then just tap post by switching browsers with shortcut key alt+tab. It wouldn't take more than 2 seconds for you to post a single word from one account in that way.

Have you tried SwagBucks yourself before posting this? Most of the offers they have for users to earn points require the user to spend money on some kind of subscription in order to earn the points which would later be available to be cashed out or exchanged for gift cards, but, since someone like the OP here cannot spend money as he clearly said in his post that he wants to earn Bitcoins without having to buy them. So, I personally don't find this solution to be very helpful, though he can give it a try himself. I'm saying this because I have just tried it, and it didn't seem to be that helpful.

Back to the post, @OP, you can try posting a job at BitGigs and see if someone hires you to do a job, or you can search for more websites like that.

If by Bounties you mean the Bounty Campaigns from the Altcoin Section then you are right. A user participating in any of them is 99.9% a shitposter who doesn't even know what to write and what is a good thread to post in, but they just post anything nonsensical in any useless megathread only to increase their post count and get paid by the bounty campaign manager.
Otherwise, the campaigns that pay in Bitcoin are not always that bad. Even the most reputed members of the forum join signature campaigns that pay in Bitcoin and there is no harm in that as long as you are regularly posting in a constructive manner.

Note: You won't get a slot in a signature campaign anyway, if you are not a good poster.

I'll show you.  


This is:
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Not forbidden by the rules, but it is frowned upon, if you are writing one after another within a couple of minutes.


This is:



It is not necessary for a mod to delete all the messages of a user if they are about to ban him. So, only because the mod who banned you did not delete all your messages it doesn't mean that they are not of low quality.

No it's not hard, nor I'm that lazy, what I meant was that he isn't so dumb not to know about the very basics of the forum if he can earn Merits, which requires at least some general sense to get.


Of course he deserves them if he had generated quality through his posts, but I don't think that a couple of months are not enough to learn about the basics.

I think you missed the point here. Did I quote suchmoon in my post? I don't think so. And does it not mean that a poster is directly replying to the OP if they have not quoted any of the posts that are posted above his? I think so.


Edit: A reply posted right below another reply is not supposed to be the reply of the post above it. If I want to reply to a another reply, I would quote it and then right my message. That is what I have understood about posting so far.
Maybe I should have quoted OP to avoid confusions, but I thought it is not a necessity.

Haven't been active for a long time. Never thought of capturing the 111 mark since there wasn't anything like this thread in my mind back then. But now when I'm back again, would definitely try reaching 222 and then capture the moment and share it here, if the thread stays active till then.