Normally I don't think that I update firmware or apps more often than once a year. I open LL more often to answer questions on the forum than to check for updates; if they're any, I usually do that though.
Lately I do it more often because you keep asking (kinda same) questions  
I don't remember 100% sure if firmware update also updates the apps, but I think it does, actually it might even remove and reinstall them. However, LL always tells big everything you need to know, so you cannot miss updates if you keep your eyes open. (And since you do firmware update, you're in LL)
A bigger risk at firmware updates is that the updates take more and more space and you can easily end up with one of the coin apps removed/not reinstalled because of the lack of space there.


No, the HW will generate the same addresses from the same seed + same coin + same derivation path, no matter how the apps are updated. So unless something extremely fishy goes on you should be safe.

It doesn't matter at all whether you receive the money before or after the update.
It sounds scary and it's not the case, but: if something bad happens and an address is no longer recognized/generated, it doesn't even matter you got funds on it or will get funds on it.

I really hope that the color will not be so... uniform.
And it does look great, but I don't think we should put up too many expectations into a politician's promises, you know...

PS. Some of your links are broken. Still, one link (the one before last) doesn't point where it should. fixed

1. Altcoins are more unsafe investments than bitcoin, hence buying the HW may be better investment.
2. Nano X is imho too expensive for what it does, you can find cheaper HW. Even more, if you are knowledgeable enough you can setup cold storage(s) for a fraction of that money (on USB). Or paper wallet(s).

All in all, there's no easy answer for your problem.

Can anybody give an update on the situation? Was it cleared up? Are the balances OK now on those cards?
I am curious because one of the newbies PMed me in the week-end and I was the one redirecting him here.
And I am curious also to see whether this business just had a glitch or it's scamming.

The risks of margin trading are pretty big and the market is a bit unstable/risky too, increasing the chances to get burned.
Maybe you're itching to buy, and I don't tell you to do or don't, just be careful.

I will tell about altcoins. Iirc they have a history of following Bitcoin crash and even crash more, just a little delayed. So, again, careful and read more.
I know that Monero, for example, which pumped greatly in the past days, now (for some 24h) is dumping.

So imho DCA is still the safer call  , however, please decide yourself for your money.

Maybe they can (which I am not that sure), but will they?!
I think that it's just a little over-pumped drama. Yes, MicroStrategy is exposed. Yes, in theory, the price can go under 21k (iirc in the previous 4-year cycle the low was around 1/7 or the ATH and that would translate to 10k).
But I find even the current 30k (or a little under) very appealing to many and I am also convinced that Michael Saylor has last resort resources he doesn't want to unveil (and he may even buy more as soon as he gets liquidity).

So yeah, it's just newspaper-like ifs and more ifs. I would not be so worried for MicroStrategy. At least not yet.

O chestie interesanta este ca TwisPay este (si) procesator de plata. Imi doresc cat mai multi procesatori sa accepte Bitcoin (chiar daca TwisPay inca nu o face, dar sper ca este pasul urmator).
Partea cu VISA nu stiu cat de interesanta e de fapt; un card VISA este acceptat linistit fara sa conteze prea mult unde a fost emis. Cardurile mai "spalate" nici nu mai au comisioane extra la conversia EUR-RON. Deci cred ca ai nostri s-ar putea sa cam fi pierdut acel tren.
Nici macar nu voi intra prea mult in detalii legate de KYC, cerinte BNR/ANAF samd; dar trendul pare sa fie in sfarsit spre renuntarea la servicii KYC si platit direct cu BTC, deci, de ce nu si la noi?


Overall, da, jos palaria, Elrond se misca foarte bine. La o tara cu asa background IT ma si mir cum de suntem asa in urma la partea de antreprenoriat crypto. Poate ca macar Elrond va mai spala un pic din rusine.
Si legat de Crypto Flowers, la cat mai multe asemenea magazine!

I'd say that if we get to real crypto winter, then there will indeed be troubles in paradise.
For now, they're still bragging for buying the dip (more 500 BTC yesterday, it seems) and there are still hopes that an actual crypto winter will not come this time.


But a lot of things there are simply politics. Lies covered with things that look good, maybe with a thin layer of actual good things too. Their president is kinda walking on thin ice. On one hand, if he stops, he's doomed; on the other hand, if he continues as recklessly as until now, only new ATH soonish may save him.
And yeah, overall finances of El Salvador may look gloomy, but .. when did they look great last time?

Actually Albon ended up on 9th after Alonso got one more 5 sec penalty, getting moved down to 11th place. So it's 2 point for him this time, yay
See: Alonso loses points, Albon and Stroll promoted

I think that you can easily already start with an ANNouncement thread about your business (and here copper membership can indeed help with allowing you post images).
Then, afaik, copper membership should allow you have at least links in the signature.

Will this be enough for you? I'm not so sure. If you want to advertise it a lot, you'll need to post a lot. As already said, getting more people wear your signature may be the way forward.

I think I didn't even had satoshi in my own wallet even in 2014. So it's an impressive achievement for OP.

But I've done my fair share of holding (not 100% HODL since I've kept some, but also sold some) and I can tell that imho one really get to "enjoy the ride" when the price goes down only after managed to beat a crypto winter and hold for (at least) one full 4-year cycle.

Go to any exchange and put your orders; I guess that there are plenty of FOMO newbies that are panicking there, just like this one.


Because it's a free speech forum, no matter how sour are the grapes for this or that.
And, indeed, because it would become boring without... these


Your expertise looks very convincing. The fact you cannot even spell correctly no matter what altcoin's name (and no matter how its price will evolve) shows the deep extent of the knowledge you're sharing with us.

There are always moonboys showing up when the price grows and doomsday preachers when the price falls.
And the media always tries to squeeze stories from price movements, no matter the direction.

While the price looks bad, in other similar 4-year-cycles, at this stage may have been much worse.
The only thing is that with so rich institutional investors around and with so many telling "this time it'll be different", this drop came somewhat unexpected to many.


I can't tell how will this go on. I also thought it's different this time and at least no longer go this low.
What I can tell that it's usually no bad time and no good time to buy bitcoin. Best may be to DCA. (However, please do with your money as you decide.)

Leclerc kinda had his chance for getting back on top after Lando's car got thrashed. He has missed it. Too bad.
In the same restart Perez was soooo close to take over Sainz.. yet he didn't.

Albon got points again. Nice.
Haas were sooo close to points...
Alfa Romeo keeps going impressingly well this year, especially with Bottas at the wheel.

The Mercs performed better than in the past weeks and they may become a real threat after the actual upgrade (Barcelona?)

McLaren and AlphaTauri were a disappointment, especially after good looking practice and qualifying.



Nice race overall, although the middle of it was more interesting around place 10 than at the top. The end has become better for the viewers, not for Lando though.

You took the timeframe that proves the theory, you drew the lines in a way to prove the theory.
You could have been easily drawn the lines in a couple of different ways getting to different conclusion/tone, without proving anything.

It's easy to talk about loses while the price is falling. If the price would be rising, you probably would have building up the chart different.



And now, everybody feeling gloomy about the price: just zoom out fully.

The blockchain is not just a file all the clients download and go on happily.
The only way the new blockchain would be accepted by other clients would be if that one would be longer (more blocks) and still valid, and for that to happen the "attacker" would have to have bigger hash rate than the current network.

So it is possible, but the current cost of doing that is too big, making it highly unlikely to be performed.
I would give some reading to https://learn.eqonex.com/news/what-51-attack-and-how-much-would-it-cost. It's just one of the first web results, but it seems to cover the mining/blockchain part and the costs too.

Well, let's say somebody has 1000 BTC as a single input. Maybe he doesn't want to tell the CEX he has 1000 BTC and a mixer does that even if only 0.1 BTC is mixed and the rest is kept "clean".
It's not my case (I wouldn't have mind it was ), but privacy can go in various ways.


It's a smart decision indeed, and I think that you're one of the lucky few that could actually do that. I think that the majority just won't. Unfortunately.


True. But I don't think that they're keen to lose customers and get some drama instead.
Of course, if one sends 1 mixed BTC to CEX in one step, he's "asking for it".


What I've done was basically testing with rather small amounts.

I did sell at Binance coins mixed at Chipmixer in the past year. Nothing bad has happened, everything was processed just like other non-mixed coins.
So for now I think that the "fear" of mixing may be a bit exaggerated. Or maybe it depends on the exchange too.

Of course, reading TOS is a must. Of course, testing the waters may be useful. Of course, keeping too much money on centralized exchanges is (and was) never a good idea.

I didn't read it all. Just parts. I find it a typical story of non-investor.
* If it's on a plateau, let's find a way to not buy because it's expensive, maybe it's going to fall.
* If it's falling, let's wait for the bottom.
* If it's rising "omg, I've missed the train, big mistake".

It's the typical mindset of those who will most probably never invest.
And of course, one of the most important reason for not buying is that they never sit down and spent the time to understand why it has been rising so big. And if they don't understand, they'll call it lottery.. or worse.

Actually if somebody with the right knowledge gets his hands on your HW, there's a good chance he can get to spend your coins; probably will have to dismantle the device though.
On the other hand, at least the HW I have, will reset (and lose seed) after 3 wrong PIN entered. And you can recover afterwards from the recovery seed.