I bet the poster just wanted to make the topic captivating enough to get people to read it without realising it's needless doing so. It's called sensational journalism. Going by Musk's own tweet, he has a positive mindset already that it's just a matter of time before other countries join in the fray –"Just the beginning" as he says. For CZ, reading into that tweet of his, I see a man who is satisfied with the fact that there's motion in place already towards adoption.

My opinion on this is simply that Bitcoin, and by extension the entire crypto sector, is better off in the current post Bitcoin halving year than it was in 2017. One can only but imagine the tremendous spike (not the dip we're currently experiencing) had El Salvador been India, Japan or the US. For me, no leap is a small one. There's always a start point for anything and we should also remember that Rome wasn't built in a day, after all.

I bet no one thought of it happening today; Bitcoin shedding off around $6k in less than 24hrs is unbelievably terrible.

... Lemme go in search of one for you. But whatever happens before I get back, don't sell off! It's a bear trap!

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Na true wey you yarn there. We supposed shine owa eyes, even dis my case supposed make all man rush go rerun dem parole from wen dem fall in dis place. One thing wey me understand be sey, na home wey Charity dey take tie wrapper first before im waka comot outside. Dis place wey we dey so e matta well well for us unto wetin go enta belly. About Charles and igehhh, leave dem. Two big men fight nor dey comot blood for body.

So true! Thank you, bro. You're part of the reason I'm still here. I appreciate your input.

Your comment here means a lot to me because I don't see you as someone who is given to flattery, having come across some of your posts in the past. Thanks for perusing my posts. Like I said earlier, that debacle unmasked my solitary status on the forum. I don't know whether to be happy for it or not, anyway 🤔.

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Honestly, I think the forum would need to review its policy on punishment for plagiarism. I do think that a warning should be there for first offenders before the ultimate strike. I'm moved to tears for the user Pokapoka124. I know what it feels like to be faced with such damnable situation, having just come out of ban myself for something I ordinarily wouldn't have thought of doing. I mean, plagiarism is as bad as theft (no, strike that out.)...as armed robbery. It's intellectual "thievery" permit the use of that expression.

But the truth remains that someone might indulge in plagiarism without even knowing it. It may not be a slip like in my case but complete lack of knowledge of it. Most newbies are caught up with this, especially those who stumble on this forum without anyone holding their hands to show them where and where to read on the forum. Yes, I know the sticky threads are there but most newbies (even veteran members) don't have that patience of thorough reading. They just scan through. That isn't in anyway an excuse to justify plagiarism, though.

@airfinex and I have been having chats after my case was resolved yesterday. There were certain stuff that could even constitute plagiarism that they brought to my awareness and I'm trying to convince them to open a thread for teaching on plagiarism. It should be an interactive thread, not a sticky like we already have, so that samples could be taken and thrashed for members to know. I hope they take up that challenge or someone else does. BTT should be a forum of support and strength to all and not one that unjustifiably seeks to victimize.

Pokapoka124, is a very active and valuable member of this community and an asset to our Nigeria Local Board, All board discussion welcomed. I almost teared up while going through that thread I have running on African Proverbs in Pidgin and seeing his posts and knowing he's banned and can't comment there ATM. @lovesmayfamilis, I'm sure you read some of his posts there too.

I ain't an emotional person but surprisingly this got to me. Please, mods temper justice with mercy on Pokapoka. This community still needs him.

Yes oh! Na Baba God get owa back oh. Una see as something wey dey small wan rob me of greater joy. E touch me wen I come remember how dis corner for be if I nor dey around. E make me feel wetin men wey get fine young wives dey feel when dem realize sey dem wan die 😅

Dis ya proverb enta brain wella. I fit even relate am with my recent case sef. D guy wey report me nor even sabi wetin I pass through as na me wey mash d shit wey im shit sabi how e bi for body.

Hey hey hey Charles-Tim and Engineer, na fight una wan take welcome be back from the 🦁's den ba? Abeg, make una nor do dat wan here. Na true sey some people dey like use I dey busy dodge responsibility but I nor think sey na wetin happen for dat whitelisting matta. Charles gist me immediately where Upgrade dey but sey make im enroute am through anoda persin. I believe sey im for do am without shaking. Even though I neva get any one on one chat with Upgrade I still see how im carry my ban matta for head too like gala. Wetin happen with me and how una rally round show us sey blood is thicker than water (I hope dem nor go sey dat expression wey I use na plagiarism too 🙄). See ehn, we supposed stick together here oh and na im be d only thing wey go save us when gbenge happen. Lion strong lion strong na because im nor dey waka alone oh. Those forks wey dey dodge dis owa arena, na dem dey lose oh. Here na home outside home. Igehhh, calm down. Go drink ice water.

Who dey breeeeeet!

I sey I must enta here dis night before I go crash whether Bubu like am or not. E dey mandatory for me today. My joy for dey fullest if to sey Pokapoka too dey free. Nonetheless, I dey grateful to Baba God and all of una wey carry my matta for head. Wetin my eyes and mind pass through nor be here oh. I just wan thank all man for una solidarity. Even Charles wey dey worry me come dey worried too ontop my matta 😆. Brainboss! You na Foreman, simple and short! We dey lucky sey you dey owa midst. I appreciate you and all wey dey here. Na night, I nor wan begin call una names again make una nor go begin sneeze anyhow for where una dey.

Abeg, later I go gist una wetin I learn from dat ordeal and how wey go take dey dodge wahala here. Na to sleep remain for me now.

I'm short of words, frankly speaking (writing, actually as is the case). I really don't know how to begin my show of gratitude to the community and all those who were directly involved in my account getting unbanned.

However, I have to commence somewhere. In no particular order, my immense gratitude goes to Hilariousandco for waging into the matter speedily. The Pharmacist and Suchmoon who kept making candid suggestions without bias on what could've gone wrong or missed. Ratimov, CryptopreneurBrainboss for showing up when it mattered most. Frengki_cisco, UserU who had to chase me to telegram to make sure I was okay. My homeboys Charles-Tim, GeorgeJohn, Upgrade00, Engineer Igehhh (funny dude with the who dey breeeeeet congratulatory message!), Smartvirus, una too much! You now know that blood is thicker than water right 😏. Bestchange for granting me that privilege to hop in immediately.

I'm a solitary kind of person (not a recluse though) when I choose to be. And most times I choose to as my way of avoiding issues with people. While that debacle that inadvertently brought my moniker to public glare lasted, a lot of things ran through my mind. Chief among them was what would become of African Proverbs in Pidgin where we share home grown but internationally relevant nuggets and the Nigeria Local Board, All board discussion welcomed which is now home to most of us Nigerians on the forum, far detached from the stress and tales of horror at home. Yes, our dear country is going through a lot at the moment. That thread has kept a lot of us looking forward to this forum daily as respite. I'm optimistic that one day, theymos in his magnanimity will grant us that local board we seek.

I also want to thank airfinex who pointed that problematic post out and made me realize I could do better. I bare them no grudges. He's the reason for my unexpected popularity 😆 outside my local board (so to say). I'm sure going forward we shall become buddies as I know in my heart. For those whose names skipped me for a mention, do pardon me. It's not done on purpose.

Going forward, I will like to encourage the community to build a castle of friendship, rather than a wall of antagonism. The best we can do as humans is to create a purpose to intentionally accommodate others who mean well but may share different views from ours. I ain't talking of scammers and fraudsters here. From my recent experience I have come to realize that there are some who get punished for unintentional slips or no slips at all but who couldn't find the appropriate way to defend the allegations against them. It's usually a single accused against the community and oh mine, the questions come in torrents.

While maintaining that plagiarism should be frown at and punished, I sincerely wish the other dude, Pokapoka, gets a relief. He's someone who has shown cause to be useful to the community and has immensely developed their ability to learn and also help others. I know he's highly devastated at the moment.

Let me speedily end this here by saying I'm now more determined to be a better and more focused forum member with that experience as a feather in my cap.

One love all 😘

Edited – Oh mine! How did I skip LoyceV who whitelisted my appeal account within minutes it was mentioned to them. Thank you a great deal, LoyceV.

Glad to be back.

Thanks all for the support. This is a reformed and more focused Mpamaegbu. Here to roll the sleeves and make great posts and friends!

Bitcoin spikes above $50k today. It actually got to $50,476 before retracing to $50,100+. That was the kind of scenario I perceived when I made the quoted post on August 29th. It's playing out now. There are some who project it could get way into $60k once it breaks into the $50k range. Only time will tell how that will work out in days to come. I'm still bullish on Bitcoin.

First, I think you will do well avoiding posting in a row like you just did. You can merge your comments or quotes by editing your earlier post to accommodate the second one.

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Besides the KYC thing, there's also the tiers for allocation rounds to be met ranging from Bronze to Diamond categories. All that I find herculean for average investors to meet up with.

For want of space I will leave you with one recent one. In the pic, the top one is the price that token was sold on BSCPAD while the second one is the current price on Coingecko. What that means is that at the current price one can have 10 of the same token for $0.64 while it sold on the pad for way more at 8.33 tokens for 1 BUSD (BTW, 1 BUSD is an equivalent of $1). At a point, Fanadise even went down to $0.04 after listing.

Yes, I think NFT tokens are great to invest in at the moment. It's the part of cryptocurrency that celebrities are embracing speedily with some of them getting their stuff on it in order to make more money and stamp their presence on their fans the more. My only worry is for the trend not to be highjacked by unscrupulous devs and turned into scam enterprise as in what we had seen in the past with raves of the moments like ICOs, lending coins and others. These things start well until fraudsters come into it and muddle the water. So, while you're investing; choose wisely.

The only way one succeeds with this jump in and jump out strategy of yours is if one were a creator of a group that gives out signals. Otherwise one would continue to lose cash attempting to aim entry and exit points. What most pump and dump groups do is that the person who calls the shot or provides the signals buys first before telling the group to buy or sell off. By so doing, they would be in massive gain immediately the group members begin to buy in. It's a simple trick. Those who don't sell off immediately the call is made become the ultimate losers as they will be buying the dump ignorantly. The best way to buy new coins is to check for projects with utility, and not hype. Hype comes and goes but utility and standard remain, even if project runs into a hitch those with utility normally bounce back.

Thank you @examplens for bringing my attention to that. I wouldn't have known if not for your post here. But here is What actually happened.

Honestly, I thought I put a link at the end and can't really explain how that skipped me. That thread was closed almost immediately it started and I never went back to it until when this issue came up, perhaps I would've observed I didn't put a link there if it were open and people were posting there. It's an honest slip. I never intended to plagiarize that write-up or anyone's work as I have given references to write-ups/comments I lift or put them in quotes. I even put out links to the two short articles I cited in threads I started before and after this thread in question was made. I wouldn't intentionally leave out referencing a lengthy article that was obviously not mine. It's a slip, frankly. There's nothing I stand to gain doing otherwise.

The truth about life is that there's a spiritual angle to it. Man was first created as a spirit being, according to the Bible in Genesis 1: 26–27 where the soul was imparted into him before he was later made a mortal being from dust as we have in the same Genesis but 2:7.

For me, I have come to associate the same vulnerability I see in children with what happens to everyone at old age and that makes me more sympathetic to them. As children, one wouldn't know what to expect or do but as an very old adult one would know what to do but won't be able to do them. That's kind of frustrating, I bet. It's really sad that someone who is active as we all are now will at some point in the future depend on others for strength and directions. That's the part I detest about growing old.

Oh, for real? I will take a look at that; now that someone on the top echelon vouched for it. I thought BSCpad was the most credible, may be I mistakenly assumed that because I based its reputation on what Binance as an exchange has achieved.

That's true. I once tried getting on the BSCPAD when I discovered at what ridiculously low rates investors were buying unlisted tokens compared to when they finally get listed. The ROI was tempting and I was highly tempted to give it a try, even though I had vowed not to buy into any project until it's listed on the market. I gave up the idea once I saw the stringent measures for qualification. However, I have discovered lately that such ROIs may not be there any more as I have bought some tokens mentioned on the BSCPAD recently cheaper than their prices were during private sales.

Lol... You nor sabi sey na the oil wey dey ya head we take style come tap no for dat chat 😆

My broda, I really dey surprised too sey I make d cut. Who I be if nor be Baba God wey make am soft for me. I dey happy too sey anoda correct guy follow me enta. Shout out to Pokapoka! And to all oda compatriots wey dey here I twale for all man. Even the pms wey I don get unto dis matta ehn e show me sey we dey share luv here. One luv my people! Persin wey get Una get something wey pass bubu. Sorry sey I just dey post now, e never reach 30mins wey I enta forum. Offline busyness worry me today nor be small. I thank all of una wella!