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381  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: What will change in bitcoin If permitted by Sataoshi Nakamoto? on: May 06, 2020, 11:46:24 AM
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What's with the 9 million, anyway? And how is that relevant to the global economy? Is that magical 9 million the exact quantity for Bitcoin to finally become perfect for the global economy? What is it with the global economy that specifically needs that 9 million additional supply?
The reason why I'm proposing an additional 9m Increase in supply of bitcoin is because with increase in adoption of bitcoin, I feel it may not be enough in global circulation.
Secondly it may be too scarce to get with increase in adoption and usage.



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Why not 9 or 10 years instead? Why does it have to be 8. Or 7 would be better I guess; that's a lucky number.
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The reason why I make it 8 years is based on the halving principle of 50% decrease in miners reward every four years. Let's make it 100% increase in the number of years before 50% halving of the reward of miners and bitcoin being mined.
382  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / What will change in bitcoin If permitted by Sataoshi Nakamoto? on: May 06, 2020, 06:10:38 AM
I have studied the Bitcoin's white paper which is generally and fashionably called the Bible of bitcoin.

Well, I've been thinking lately about some of the fundamental principles of Bitcoin as stated on the Bitcoin bible authored by Satoshi Nakamoto.

 If I'm given the permission by Staoshi Nakamoto to innovate or change something in bitcoin. Here are the two things I'll do and the reason why I'll do them.

1. I'll increase the Bitcoin supply to be pegged at possibly 30million and the date for the last mining will still be 2140.

 The reason is simple. I feel the supply of Bitcoin at pegged 21m will be too limited for the global economy.

2. Adjusting the Bitcoin Halving. The Bitcoin Halving is currently in every four years were the reward of miners is halved. I'll now adjust make it every  8years.

That means after 2020 halving the next one will be in 2028.
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The reason is this. The Bitcoin blockchain is working and running effectively because miners are working to maintain the ledger. Therefore, I want their reward to be sustained for a long time before the era of payment of transaction fee.

What do you think will be the effects of the Proposed changes to the bitcoin ecosystem?

What'll like to change in bitcoin fundamental principles if permitted by Sataoshi Nakamoto?




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383  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Cloud, Software and Hardware Mining:Your Advice to an Aspirational Miner on: May 05, 2020, 02:02:59 PM
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=14.0 

There is a child board for this question: Mining software (miners)

IMHO mining game is way over. I started out with CPU mining on laptop back in late 2009, and difficulty climbs way to fast to keep up with it for average Joe.

The reason why I didn't post this question in either bitcoin mining child board or altcoin is because it neither for bitcoin nor altcoin, its for the general crypto mining.

The questions are for mining software and Hardware tools for the cryptocurrency.

So, I feel it is suitable to in the discussion section.
384  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: The 2020 Bitcoin Halving: See what'll Definitely Happen. on: May 05, 2020, 07:24:50 AM
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it is not possible to answer at all because you are asking me to predict what is going to happen in a century from now. it is already hard to know what the future in 5 years is going to be like let alone 100. with that said the design of bitcoin is based on the assumption that when block reward becomes so small the total transaction fees that a miner receives should cover their cost of mining in the future.

Projections and analysing the future look unreliable or unreal. We can see how many companies and government made some plan this year but no one knows if there will be a disruption of such plan by coronavirus pandemic.

That's why Lord  Maynard Keynes said" in the longrun we are all dead" so our analysis should be in the short run because we are still alive.

That's very valid
385  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Cloud, Software and Hardware Mining:Your Advice to an Aspirational Miner on: May 05, 2020, 07:12:48 AM
Mining techniques.
Some of the mining techniques I have read about from some online resources are;

1.Cloud mining.
This is simply funding a miner to mine and share the reward with you at an agreed profit sharing formula.

This money can go into the drain if there is a ban of mining in such country by the government or there is a hacking attack.

2.Software mining.
This is when you download some software applications to use for mining purpose. Well, expert said this mining technique is profitable. I'm not yet convinced about how this works.

3.Hardware mining.

This is the investment of a miner into hardwares equipment such as ASIC, GPU rigs and others to mine. While this is capital intensive ...it is said to be the most profitable.

I believe there is more depth to the explanations I  provided above.

This i want to be the crux of this discussion.
What are your opinions regarding the above mining techniques.

Which of these mining techniques do you encourage an aspirational miner to adopt?

I found this material helpful: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bitdegree.org/tutorials/how-to-mine-cryptocurrency/amp/
386  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: The 2020 Bitcoin Halving: See what'll Definitely Happen. on: May 04, 2020, 04:50:38 PM
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On top of that is the price of bitcoin, it is very high right now that I don't think it could go beyond the ceiling or making a new ATH.

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how do you define "high" because that is a comparative thing. so what are you comparing bitcoin with when you claim its price is "high" and can not increase? keep in mind that you can't just choose an arbitrary number and say it is high because it is close to your arbitrary number.

You are correct when you say high is a comparative term. I guess he used the term "high" to actually compare the present price of bitcoin with when the price was low this year.
387  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Common Misconceptions About Bitcoin and Blockchain on: May 04, 2020, 09:48:26 AM
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Third, If Blockchain can store data, Then it is the best kind Database we could have.. We might have a point of thinking the way like this, but the definition of Database is a storage of data that we can manipulate in order to provide services. Blockchain on the other hand is arranged in a chronological order compared to database where we can execute commands such as Create, Retrieve, Update, and Delete. We cannot update a block in the blockchain just like what we do to a normal database as well as to delete a certain block as they are all connected and arranged in chronological order.

Let me add one or two things to what a blockchain is.

Blockchain is a software technology that function as a ledger where crypto transactions are recorded. This transaction are transparent and public that everyone can know what's going on there at the same time. Once any information is recorded on the ledger, it can never be altered.

Misconception
Many people think altcoin is same with alternate currencies. I made the mistake too one time.

Altcoin is  digital currencies or cryptocurrencies other than bitcoin: example  are; Litecoin, Etheruem, Monero, stela etc.

While alternate currencies could mean any currency which could be fiat or digital that's different from the currency one uses.

I hope this help.
388  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: The 2020 Bitcoin Halving: See what'll Definitely Happen. on: May 04, 2020, 09:27:27 AM
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i broke down the numbers above, the miners would still be earning 10 times more money compared to last time reward halved.

I want to add to what I mean by that question.
You know the last block will be mined by 2140 the total number of BTC in circulation to be pegged at 21m.

That shows by then the reward for miners will be transaction fee. Will this be enough to cover the operational cost and to break even?
389  Economy / Speculation / Re: Bitcoin Price After 3rd Halving My Prediction on: May 04, 2020, 06:07:43 AM

*** First Halving ***
1Y before $2.50
Halving $12  (~5X)
Peak $1200  (~100X)

*** Second Halving ***
1Y before $280
Halving $650  (~2.5X)
Peak $19300  (~29X)

*** Third Halving ***
1Y before  ~$6500?
Halving ~$8,125  (~1.25X)
Peak ~$68,000  (~8.4X) near Dec 2021 ?



Great anaky analysis and forecast.
What I'm not really sure is if the 2020 Halving will lead to a high surge in price because the economic condition is dynamic.

Considering the fact that there was no Coronavirus in the past two Halvings
390  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / The 2020 Bitcoin Halving: See what'll Definitely Happen. on: May 04, 2020, 05:57:39 AM
Greetings house, I'm creating this thread to engage the house on the issues I have been expecting as the 2020 Bitcoin halving event draws near.

The three variables in Bitcoin that are very important this season are:

1. Bitcoin Halving.
This is a core protocol that Sotoshi Nakamoto built bitcoin supply side economics on. It ensures that Bitcoin mine into the market is reduced by 50% every four years. This will lead us to the second variable.

2. Bitcoin Mining: this is the activity that ensures that new bitcoins are generated and added into the already existing volume of Bitcoin in the market. These bitcoins mined represents the reward of miners.

Well, Halving automatically reduce the reward of miners by 50%. The question is what'll happen to their revenue since mining is a very capital intensive business?

This will lead us to the third variable.

3. Bitcoin Trading & Price:

During the Halving speculators and investors expect that the Bitcoin price will surge because of the deflationary philosophy of Bitcoin supply,  Which is based on the basic principle of economics which states that centers paribus, price will increase when supply is lower than demand and vice versa.

So, this will give opportunity to traders to profit.

of Bitcoin Halving Dates ,Halving BTC Amount and Price Surge.

Since BTC invention we've had two Halving which were in 2012 and 2016. The next one is May, 2020.

1.In 2012 Halving: the mining reward was 50BTC starting in 2009 and it was halved by 50% which reduces it to 25BTC. In the same year the price of BTC surged from $12 to $1,038.

2.In 2016 Halving: The mining reward was halved by 50% which reduce it from 25BTC to 12.5BTC. In the same year the price of BTC surged from $650 to $2,526.

3. The Upcoming 2020 Halving: the reward of mining when reduced by 50% will declined from 12.5BTC to 6.25BTC.

Here is the issue for our learning:

1. The historical trend has shown that the two Halvings had corresponding rise in price of BTC.

So, will this 2020 Halving also bring about a surge in the price of BTC considering the coronavirus pandemic?

2. As the reward of miners is halved by 50% in every four years, by 2140 the last BTC will be mined.

So, miners will henceforth generate revenue from transaction fees but how will this be profitable to miners compared with their cost of operations?


Data source:https://blockgeeks.com/guides/bitcoin-halving/
391  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Missing Out The Important Topics!! on: May 03, 2020, 04:49:53 PM
I would start by commending you for taking out time to compile a robust resources for the community. Well-done.

I have a suggestion for a better organisations of these resources and materials.
There should be a categorisation of this materials based on various subjects. This is what I mean;
1. Mining threads should be categorized
2. Wallets threads should be categorized.
3. Pishing threads should be categorized.
3. Exchange threads should be categorized.

This will help people to easily find resources based on such system of categorization.

392  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Member to Hero on: May 03, 2020, 04:33:12 PM
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Maintain your exposure into the community by making substantial post because it will somehow increase your reputation. Stay disciplined at all cost.

You have an epic journey that I will really like to emulate. Sure, its good to emulate people that have results because they have proven strategies.

Let me add to the point quoted above. Well, it should not always be based on merit reward that we make substantial threads and comments, it should really come from a desire to contribute to the growth of the community and to learn.

This is because sometimes some helpful comments and threads won't generate merits. So that you shouldn't be disappointed when this occur.

To me, I have made up my mind to contribute in a qualitative ways to the growth of the community- my efforts may generate merits or it may not but I'll keep on doing it.

Yes, that's it.
393  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Service Discussion (Altcoins) / Re: Metamask: What do you know about it? on: May 03, 2020, 02:23:22 PM
I also wish to know if there are platforms where one can know if the metamask site or URL is a real one or not and it should also be able to check the authenticity of other sites.
If you accidentally click on a phishing link that tries to steal your ethereum and have metamask installed, the site will get blocked with a warning that metamask has detected some suspicious behavior. It is safer to use Metamask over MyEtherWallet directly, I believe MEW was built with the more sophisticated users in mind and when phising MEW links started coming up everywhere during ICO sales, Metamask was built to prevent people from getting hacked.

This happened all because people are not aware of hackers prying on sales and setting up such malicious sites to clone MEW and point to that for the tokensale and the users are not willing to bookmark the original site in the first place. But metamask will block the site, thus saving their money.

That's a great value Metamask have over others in regards to blocking suspicious botnet or malware sites.

Does Metamask detect only crypto related sites or all site that look suspicious or that look insecure to use?

Probably a site that lacks SSL certificate may be very prone to hacking.
394  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Can Bitcoin Become Negative in Value? on: May 03, 2020, 12:17:58 PM
Huh  I have read a few threads why its actually associated with oil price what to do with BTC
Fine statement. This is how its associated with BTC. Agree first that the economy are parts that fits together.

Do you know there are certain oil investor's that also invest in BTC or cryptocurrency. So, if there money go down the drain that'll affect the demand for BTC...
when the demand for BTC is less price will plummeted.

So, there is a chain reaction when any variable adjust in an economy.




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Negative doesn't mean below 1 dollar. It means below the price of mining.

You actually have a solid point with this lines. For a better understanding can you explain what you mean by those terms and what can cause BTC to take negative values based on your example?

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395  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Service Discussion (Altcoins) / Re: Metamask: What do you know about it? on: May 02, 2020, 04:31:04 PM
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2 Honestly, i should not advise you to use this buggy wallet

3. I will advise you to not use this caused by there was a lot of problems with this wallet. The buggiest wallet that i have every seen

4. We don't have an alternative to the metamask. The majority of add on wallets are scam wallet.

I believe what you mean by the term buggy is that it contain some bugs or programming errors that make the software to malfunction right.

Do you have a personal experience using it? If yes, which area of the extension you discovered these bugs. The reason for asking this is because I have read on googel about some great features about it.



I have used Metamask before and it's also detecting if the website is unsafe.. I do really liked that feature that it has but I don't know, I just stopped using it. There were answers already whether you must or not use this extension.
I'd like to remind you that before downloading it, look for the actual website because there were news before that users downloaded the wrong version because, they've just searched it on google search.

Thanks for this helpful comment regarding caution in downloading the extension.
I believe cyber criminals use close websites and botnet to steal people's information.
I also wish to know if there are platforms where one can know if the metamask site or URL is a real one or not and it should also be able to check the authenticity of other sites.

I  believe this is a need as one explore the digital resources.

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396  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Service Discussion (Altcoins) / Re: Metamask: What do you know about it? on: May 01, 2020, 03:50:53 PM
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There always alternative for everything. I don't know a lot about pc wallet that support ERC20 except metamask and myetherwallet(even i don't recommend this one). But if on phone, trust wallet and coinomi is pretty good.

That is correct about Trust Wallet. I use it also and the experience has been great. It has great UX and UI. I have not had an issue with it so far. Though, this is my personal opinion about the wallet I use.
397  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Mining: Why choose Solo or Pool? on: May 01, 2020, 11:25:27 AM
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Note that the terms "miner" and "mining" are ambiguous with respect to solo vs. pooled mining. There are two important components of mining -- constructing and publishing the block and hashing. A solo miner does both, but a pool miner just does the hashing while the pool operator constructs and publishes the block.

The choice between the two comes down to how long you can wait between payouts. Solo mining is more profitable because there is no pool operator taking a fee, but you have to manage the operating costs while you are waiting for a payout.


Pls,  you have gone deeper in this your comment and its good I and other people who love knowledge know more about some of what you said.
How do we explain constructing , mining and hashing as it relates to mining?

You also said that the equipment used by both solo and pool miners are thesame then how do pool miners achieve better results than the solo miners?



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!

This is the correct explanation in easy to understand language.

That maybe true but the more technical the more the depth of knowledge one will have. You can't be an authority in crypto if you're not familiar with its complex or unique terminologies and jargon.



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398  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Service Discussion (Altcoins) / Metamask: What do you know about it? on: May 01, 2020, 11:07:05 AM
Metamask is a browser (Chrome, Vivaldi, Opera and Firefox) extension that makes it convenient for web applications to interact with the ethereum blockchain.

I've read that this extension can change and track activities on a web browser. It has been recommended by some forum also that its suitable and great.

https://www.sitepoint.com/metamask-ethereum-blockchain/

I want to hear your opinion on the following.

1. What make this extension to really stand out?

2. Why should you advise me to use it?

3. Why will you advise  me not to use it?

4. Do we have better alternative to Metamask?
399  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: newbie where do you see yourself in 5years? on: April 30, 2020, 03:40:32 PM
Well, thank you for this impressive thread.

To me, my quest and goal is to build my knowledge in cryptocurrency.  With the relevant knowledge, I'll  be an authority in this industry.

As a copywriter , I want to be able to write great copies in this field and also become a crypto whitepaper writer.

I have started putting in the time and effort to achieve this goal....
400  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: When Bitcoin Mining Cost is Higher Than Bitcoin Revenue. on: April 30, 2020, 11:57:46 AM

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ok some math

if OP uses a 15k cost and a 10k sell

well imagine there were 25 people making half a bitcoin ($7.5k cost $5k sell)
12.5btc is worth $125k

now we have 25 people sharing 12.5btc so for $7.5k cost they are getting 0.5btc ($5k)
now if 1 person drops out due to a $2.5k loss
now it has 24 people sharing 12.5btc so for $7.5k cost they are getting 0.52btc($5.2k)
now if 1 person drops out due to a $2.3k loss
now it has 23 people sharing 12.5btc so for $7.5k cost they are getting 0.5434btc($5.434k)
now if 1 person drops out due to a $2.056k loss
now it has 22 people sharing 12.5btc so for $7.5k cost they are getting 0.5682btc($5.682k)
.. and so on until profit for 16 remaining people


What if this your assumption doesn't hold. For instance, what'll happen if no miner want to leave the business at a decreasing revenue of their reward?

Miners wants or desire has little to do with it.

When the electricity company turns off the power for non-payment, or the loans on the asics are not paid and the asics seized as collateral or the owner of the ware house locks the miner out for non-payment. Then the miner is done.

Franky1 biggest misunderstanding is that he thinks someone will always be able to earn a profit in PoW,
the problem with that thought process, is government confiscations and resell of bitcoins,
will always be cheaper than the current production costs, which insures that PoW is a dying tech by an economic blade.

25 people mine bitcoin , all 25 are losing money, how does bitcoin survive using PoW, easy it won't.  Tongue


I sense the difficulty of bitcoin mining will continue to increase as the transaction on the blockchain increases.
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