What benefits do you have from knowing about something 10 years ago compared to those who know about it today, and what you have in common is that you didn't do anything then and you are doing the same thing today? It is completely meaningless that you knew, just as it is completely meaningless that you are now crying over spilled milk.


Wait another 10 years, and then come to this forum and open another topic like this, only then you will be able to write that you have known about Bitcoin for even 20 years. Maybe you were expecting some kind of different advice, but if you've been indecisive for so long, what are the chances that you'll continue to talk a lot and not do anything?

All US spot ETFs together have a little more than 800 000 BTC (including Grayscale), which is still close to 5%, and it is increasing every day. However, as others have already written, it is not too important, but perhaps it is much more important that companies like BlackRock get involved in BTC mining, which can give indications that they have some long-term plans that are not really in the interest of BTC.

From their documentation (somewhere there is a discussion on the forum) it is evident that even before the approval of the ETF, they declare about possible BTC forks, saying that their company will not necessarily follow the chain that others would say is the real original BTC. According to my interpretation, this would mean that in the future we may have a fork that could result in a new coin that could be called BitcoinBlackRock (BBR), and one should never underestimate the power that such powerful companies have when they want to impose their interests.

Some may not even remember the attack launched by the BitcoinCash team sometime in 2017, and if they had more money they might have succeeded, because at one point they pumped their coin to about $3000, while BTC was only worth about $5000 at that time.

If you are doing it only for profit, then the right moment is also a very important factor. It is true that those who bought one or two years ago have already profited today, but the truth is that those who bought during the last bull run may have just had the opportunity to return what they invested, not to mention that they practically haven't yet made no profit.

It is ideal to invest when the price is at the bottom, and then wait for a big bull run to achieve maximum profit - but a lot of people don't even think of buying BTC when the price is in the red because they don't want to wait for years to earn something.

I would say that it is a good financial move to invest part of your regular monthly income in BTC, especially if such an investment is long-term. Of course, you should always keep in mind that such an investment is risky, not only because the price of BTC is volatile, but also because our investment is lurking with other risks that we should be aware of.

I still think you're overestimating the 200 000 BTC that MS has compared to the 19.6+ million BTC that are in circulation - as well as ignoring the fact that MS buys their BTC through the OTC, and their sales would go the same way. MS is really the least problem when it comes to the price of BTC, because the ETFs that are buying now will reach 1 million BTC at some point, and the data on how much they buy/sell is publicly available and we will all know when/if the mass outflow starts.

Corrections always happened and went up to 90%, it's nothing new that we haven't experienced before and that we won't experience again. The only question is whether the new players in the game will stabilize the market to some extent or whether everything will continue to happen in cycles as before.

It's not like you've only been there for a few days, but almost 2 months. Besides, if you see that someone has closed their topic, does it make sense for you to open a new topic and do some personal goodbye with someone you don't really know?

The man has gone to spend his last days in peace with his family, and I think everyone should respect that.

Do not use that saipling tool because it is definitely one of the worst that exists, and in fact most of the text (posts) you check with it will be detected as AI content. If you don't use at least 3 different detection tools, there is no point in publishing results at all, but when every AI detector shows AI in someone's posts, then it most likely cannot be a mistake.

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Shouldn't that tool only check for spelling mistakes? If you use it to get completely artificially constructed whole or parts of sentences, then AI detectors may detect them. Whatever you've been doing until now, I think you should change the way you create content on the forum - because English is not the native language of most forum members, but we try our best and with time most of us get better.

A campaign that works according to the principles of "quantity instead of quality" and has been doing so for a very long time definitely shows that it does not matter what its participants write, but how many posts they make every week/month. I sincerely doubt that anyone from their team reads all those posts, much less checks them with AI detectors, because in that case they would have to reject at least 50% of the posts as uncountable, which means that the spammers would look for their business elsewhere.

However, I hope that the Stake team will listen to some of the advice and change some things in their campaign.

The legal circus continues, the high court has now made a decision according to which Do Kwon should still be extradited to South Korea after serving his sentence for possession of forged documents. It is not known whether his lawyers will appeal the decision again, but it is known that the US, which is still seeking his extradition, will appeal the decision.

From a legal point of view, the US should have priority in this particular case under Montenegrin law, because the US submitted the request for extradition 1 day before South Korea did.

I think you expressed yourself a little wrong, because the card is virtual and can be used for online payments, and of course there is an option to add it to the Google/Apple wallet in your smartphone, which only makes sense if your smartphone has NFC. Maybe some people take it for granted today, but not all smartphones have NFC, especially the older and cheaper ones.

It was enough for me to read just one sentence and not read any further, because I'm really fed up with the fact that nothing can be done without AI, and I ask if there is an end to this AI madness? Furthermore, only a few will dare to download some kind of desktop wallet that has no reputation, has a fairly generic name and also has the possibility of using API keys, which should be safe from misuse in your wallet?

To me, this looks like a big risk, not to use another word that I will refrain from for now...

Microstrategy invests in Bitcoin, but if you watch just one of the videos in which Saylor talks about Bitcoin, you will see that Bitcoin is much more than an investment for his company. It is also important to emphasize that this company works on the development of applications for Bitcoin, and that it makes a profit from its main activity.


It is logical that at some point the company will decide to sell part of its BTC, whether it will be a decision to reduce exposure to the risk that may arise in connection with Bitcoin at some point, or maybe even in the event that the company is put up for sale and gets new owner.


Question - do you know how much BTC was sold by the company Grayscale from the beginning of the year until today? The data is quite interesting because it is about 200 000 BTC worth about $9.26 billion. In other words, no disaster would happen for Bitcoin because it is only about 1% of the max supply, and even less than that if we compare it to the BTC that are currently in circulation.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5446051.0

@bbc.reporter, there is already a topic about Do Kwon, and there we also discussed the things that interest you. I think it would be best if you lock this topic.

Everyone can get into specific life situations where some other things prevent them from doing what they really want in life, but it's good if such things are transient and we can return to our daily routines. I personally had some ideas regarding this bull run that would include some somewhat crazy moves that would allow me to invest a slightly larger amount of BTC that I would keep for at least two years and then sell since I don't pay taxes then - but still I gave up at the last minute because I don't want to gamble with things that simply shouldn't be gambled on.

You always have a chance to add a little extra income, you just need to try to be a little more active in some other places

No, I stick to mostly the same boards as before, and have roughly the same number of posts as before with usual activity. Maybe it's a good thing that the merits end up somewhere else, especially if those who need them for ranking get them. Thanks for breaking the dry spell, although it would be interesting to see how long it would last - maybe I would set some new record without merit with daily activity - maybe next month

It depends on what type of person (investor) you are. There are those who we call day traders, and they are looking for an opportunity for profit every day, and significant price changes in a very short period of time are something positive for them. For example, if you bought 1 BTC yesterday for $60k+, you could already sell it today for almost $68k, which is more than a great profit - now imagine what kind of profits those who trade with tens or hundreds of BTC make.

If you are an investor who invests for the long term, then any time is good for investment - even though investing during a bull run will not bring even close to the same profit compared to the profit that could be made if you invested during a bear market.

I'm not going to prove anything, so although I don't know where all these distributed merits end up, I haven't received a single one for some time - which leads me to the conclusion that I don't write "good posts" or that most MS ignore me

After years in a bear market and waiting for positive news, we who have been with Bitcoin for a long time really shouldn't be upset because Bitcoin is more expensive today than it was 2 months or 2 years ago - we had more than enough time to buy at prices even below $20 000, not to mention how long we've been below the $40 000 level.

You should always look at things from a more positive angle, because let's say everything you accumulated during the last 2 years is worth up to 4 times more and that's a great thing if we know what interest rates are in banks and how much inflation was during that period. Also, everything you buy today will probably be worth twice as much this year - which is certainly a good reason to be optimistic.

The difference is big if you buy 1 BTC or a larger amount - so you would save even $8000 if you bought one entire BTC, but if you bought 0.1 BTC you saved x10 less or only $800, which is also a good saving. But if you bought only 0.01 BTC, you saved only $80, which I admit can be a lot of money for some, but not so significant for others.

I won't go further and say how much the savings are if you only bought $100 worth of BTC, but as I already wrote the savings at those levels are almost negligible. However, I understand that numbers can have a significant psychological effect on people, and if someone feels good because he saved a few $, I have nothing against that.

I have a premium product that includes AV, firewall and many other options that can be useful, and I can't remember when I had a problem with any virus/malware. A good AV is certainly not some cheap semi-finished product or even a free one that does not protect you at all, but only spies and sells your data.

In addition, ask yourself how you picked up this virus in the first place, because all those who search for pirated software, torrents and visit various suspicious websites are far more exposed than others.

@smelody, I advise you not to use that AI detection tool, because it turned out to be very unreliable. For one post, I got over 70% probability that it was an AI text, and in the end it turned out that it was not correct. Before you publicly accuse someone, you should check the posts at least with 3 or more AI detection tools.