Don't get confused by the technical jargons by the technical people. Understand one simple thing, mining will reward you only if you can find a block. If you can't find a block, your mining is of no use.

So in pool mining, you have a better chance to find a block as compared to solo mining.

Hope this helps!

I strongly condemn such illegal things on crypto market. Such kind of incidents are only lowering down the reputation of cryptocurrencies in general. The criminals get the benefit of the privacy factor inbuilt in crypto and usually gets away with their wrongdoing.

I am happy at least here police have been able to identify them and brought them under justice. No criminals should be left alone in crypto space! Common people usually try to avoid dirty water.

I have seen a lot of people relied on TA and ended up making wrong decisions. Because you have to understand that TA was created a based on a real world market like equities which is strictly regulated by the respective governments and regulatory authorities. It's not really a free market like crypto where we see worldwide participants. So it's really hard to predict a global mindset through TA. I have said it in many accessions.

With the upcoming halving, the bitcoin price has to increase. Otherwise majority of the small miners will have to close out their mining operations because it will cheaper for them to buy bitcoins from the market than to mine it. That is obviously not an ideal scenario and that may kill the spirit and willingness of the small miners who are very very price sensitive. If you really want to thrive in crypto market, get out of TA mindset and get your own intuition in place.

Contrary to the common interest of mass - I like to play crash games. Probably it is one of the games I understand better and also helps me relaxing my mind when I am not trading. Unfortunately, the crash game is not in your list so I couldn't vote. I am not a full time gamer but whatever little time I spent on gaming, I spent on crash games like Bustabit. Yes, dice is also a good game to relax but I don't find it much exciting. Hope you will consider creating crash games as well.

No one really knows! But I believe the current surge in price is fueled by the "Fear of Missing out" of FOMO as correctly pointed out by LeGaulois. People who are expecting big bull run post halving, have started buying out of FOMO which is currently pushing the price higher. So a correction may come for a short period of time by the normal rule of market. But it may not happen as well. If we look at the history, we have see huge price surge post every previous halving. So people are trying to enter the market so that they can take out some big profit.

But anyway, we are speculating here and really not certain about what's going to happen! So keep mum and watch the market.

Link to the news: https://www.financemagnates.com/cryptocurrency/news/bitmex-to-restrict-access-to-japanese-traders/

It seems like Japan has learnt from the previous mistakes and numerous hacks that happened in past two years starting with Coincheck. So now all exchanges that allows Japanese people will have to register with Japan's regulatory authoriry. I am surprised why other exchanges have not yet taken any such decisions and why only Bitmex!!

There is no law which can stop you from selling bitcoin to an illegal immigrant. These illegal immigrants can even buy houses through ITIN route because there is now law that states illegal residents can't buy a house in US. So you are good.

Just ensure to have their ITIN numbers as a proof to ensure you have not sold your bitcoins to undocumented aliens. But I believe you need to have a separate state permission in order to even start operating. Please have a discussion with lawyers before you even start selling to legal people.

Pyramid schemes are like that only! The person sits on the top gets the most money out of it and remaining people get penny compared to their effort.

After some days when the pocket of the top guy filled, just leaves the system! The biggest mlm scam right now ongoing is known as Qnet. Do some Google search to understand how they are fooling people to invest huge amount of money in the system.

I sincerely want the same. I want to see people's increasing interest towards bitcoin for good. But lack of clear regulation is one of the major bottlenecks towards this achievement. With CBDC's implementation, I believe some additional clarity would be given from policy perspective. But i don't really expect a lot here!

CBDC will definitely be easier for the commoners to use and understand. But you have to remember that, CBDC will snatch the privacy rights from you. Probably, that might help towards crypto adoption to some extent.

Let's see what the future holds for us!

All of them are scams! If some professional trader has the capability to trade and earn a good amount of money every single day/month, why he would need other people's money? This is the first thing to understand. The behavior is very similar to ponzi schemes and must be avoided by all means.


Same answer is applicable here as well. If someone has the capability to predict the market, he will use his own money to become rich. Why he would sell it to the public for a little fees?

I am not sure about telegram escrow system. Do you mean it is an official feature of telegram? I haven't seen anything as such!

I don't see anything wrong in that! The willingness of become rich is one of the major reasons for many people associating themselves with bitcoin. Probably a major percentage of the community. What's wrong in that? The people can't use bitcoin in daily transactions for a number of reasons like low acceptability and unclear regulations. Not everyone is fortune to live in countries like Japan or Germany.


Bitcoin is too small to be considered as a world currency. It simply doesn't have the capability of handle such volume. Things like LN, will definitely be helpful in that. But as of now, I see prepaid cards are a very good example of how we can slowly push the bitcoin for better adoption.

It's just a 11 year old kid. Give him time mature!

The news recently surfaced in my inbox,

https://news.bitcoin.com/craig-wright-claims-satoshi-nakamoto-never-used-bitcointalk-to-communicate/

Don't know how to react! The court case seems to taking unexpected twists and turns!

Possibly yes, if the price doesn't increase or remains at the current level. So purchasing bitcoin from the market instead of mining will be cheaper for the majority of the miners. But those who are using alternative sources like wind power or solar panel will be exceptions for obvious reasons.

So to sustain the current mining profitability, the price has to double as the reward will be halved. But if large number of miners go out of the business - no one will escape the suffering! Expect increase in fees and longer waiting time as an immediate result of upcoming halving.

CBDCs can't be a reason for boosting bitcoin's usage or its price. The only reason can be the upcoming halving which would happen in next 14 days. Even if we don't see it happening just as yet, it will definitely work positively post the current Covid-19 situation. The liquidity in the market has to increase in order to achieve growth and with current situation it doesn't seem to be possible!

There are number of reasons why bitcoin has not yet been adoted by the mass as a payment method. Look below,

1. Price volatility
2. Time required for confirmation
3. Lack of clear regulations

While the 2nd issue mentioned above, can be taken care through innovation like LN. There are services like Bitpay and Polispay where ypu can get a prepaid Mastercard which can be used at any POS machine.

But fluctuation and lack of clear regulation remains a challenge till date.

Use VPN and TOR browser. You are done!

It will give you an extra layer of security from displaying your identity over the internet. Ideally TOR browser alone can fix this but just to add a new layer, you can use a multi-city VPN. That's simple!

However, I don't personally support illegal things done on the internet!

Yes! It is one of the major issues. Due to the high competition in the e-com market, all stores are forced to keep their profit margin lower. So it is very difficult to sustain a business with such a small profit market and huge price volatility. 


No! We have big players available in the logistics industry to help new businesses. They are even ready to provide discounted rate if you are just starting out. So logistics is not an issue whatsoever.


Somewhat true! However, we have services like Bitpay, Polispay to overcome such issues. Even LN has already started functioning. So speed issues can be taken care. There is another one issue you have missed out - Crypto regulations. If we leave some countries like Japan or Germany or even US, majority of the countries don't have any regulations around crypto currencies. For majority of the countries, crypto is not even a legal form of money. That's what needs to be sorted out first if we really want to see a big marketplace in crypto market.

I have the same feeling. It only takes a smartphone to mine and nothing else. Everyday you will have to open the app and continue the mining - that's it! I don't see any real life utilities either. Also the web development team is super slow. They took around 7 months to release their node. So I don't see any reason to continue mining this coin. As soon as it is listed in the exchange, people will sell of their holdings and get out of it. A simple mechanism to make money by the developers it seems!

In a country that doesn't have interest infrastructure, probably won't have Visa or Mastercard infrastructure as well. Even with proper internet connection, a lot of countries have failed to recognize bitcoin as a method of payment. There are major countries as well where there is no clear guidelines provided for crypto transactions. In such areas, services like Bitpay or Polispay can bring good changes.

It makes sense because you will have to load the card using cryptocurrency and swipe your card in any POS terminal wherever you want. It brings mainstream adoption closer to the mass. 

Ideally yes! The bitcoin price should go up before and post the halving. However, liquidity is also important at the same time. Looking at the current situation the world is facing, it seems hard at this moment. because the price will only go up if the liquidity in the market increases along with the halving. If we don't see liquidity entering into the market, then the price increase may not sustain. If you want to look at the past price trends, you may look at the below picture,



ref: https://www.coinmama.com/blog/the-bitcoin-halving-a-history/

But please don't assume that the past performance will be repeated this time, because we are going through an extraordinary time.