Hi everyone. I need some help from the community. I want to move my crypto to being more decentralized, To which I want to stake my coins in decentralized methods and platforms.
However it seems many of these decentralized platforms favour the Metamask wallet . I am not a fan of these browser extensions at all. I do not want to use Metamask at all.
Anyone know or can suggest of decent wallets that are not browser extension types that would work in decentralized platforms? please and thanks all for your help.

More less have to make Bitcoin popular in mainstream media. More less not on the principle of what it does. But turn Bitcoin into some type of fun entertainment icon.
People would embrace Bitcoin for the sake of something to be part of and may not have any idea or care of what it's purpose is.

That is how politics is so popular in the USA. They turned politics into the Superbowl. Where people take political sides like they were baseball teams.

Many have no clue on politics yet pretend to know it all.

This will not happen anytime soon. More less Bitcoin may never become the main currency to use for getting goods and services. As so many people do not understand the money and economic systems. Many only see their form of FIAT as the way to do things.
The governments and powers that be will do what they can to keep that mindset as well.

It is more less a case of self education. However many people are too busy trying to make a living to have anytime to look at money systems. Yes many will see Bitcoin forever as a rich man's coin. Reason as the "whales" promote as having Bitcoin. Therefore is seen as something only the more wealthy can afford.

It is true. On this sad but true. I am a not anti bitcoin by any means. one just has to see the true picture.

The only way is to be open minded and take small steps. Maybe form smaller communities and create internal economies where one can transact in Bitcoin on that way.

Just a catch 22

One has to realize the governments and banks are not going to go away anytime soon. Government systems and banking systems have been around as long as gold. Thousands of years. Sure there can be a change in government and bank systems. They are not going to go away. Some banks are now getting into crypto as well. Same with governments.  Some governments more in the future will make BTC as a legal tender. Probably happen.  There will always be some sort of centralization in everything.

Keep in mind., for many people , they have more confidence in using a bank for their finances vs using a private company. Private company being like for example Binance, Kraken, Coinbase etc for their finances. Even if more people used crypto as their main finance, many would have more confidence to a bank.

Just the way it is.

Yes a few years ago, the banks shunned crypto as it would cause havoc in their platform. Since most banks only dealt in fiat and precious metals.

Now the banks are looking more into crypto. Which is probably smart. As now they can deal with that system and keep their  business platform.

That how it is.

More or less we are just moving from one money system to another. The higher up control will always be there at some point.

FYI McAfee  passed on last year. so that is very old news

Yes it is very true that Bitcoin and even precious metals will not totally protect you against inflation.

Yes right now. Many people who are very "pay cheque to pay cheque" will be forced to sell off various crypto and any other investments in order to live.

Even some are in the situation of selling at a lower price then they bought into the market.

It is just how it is. No other way around it.

When it comes down to means of survival one will resort to many things and do what it takes.

Even if we had Bitcoin or Gold as the standard of many currency/money. The situation would be the same. People sell things when they need to survive. Simple math.

some people will have more resources/money then others/. It has always been that one.

The truth is, you will always have people falling through the cracks of poverty and other people will succeed and be just fine. You will always have people with lots of resources who are quite wealthy.

Always been that way since the beginning of time. No way around it. I doubt it would ever change.

I do not think we will ever learn who Satoshi really is.  Too many people at this point have come out with scams claiming they are Satoshi.

To the point now if the "real" satoshi came about, then no one would believe it.


Maybe one day we will find out the true story. Maybe after the person or persons have passed on. As there is for sure a document somewhere with everyone on it.

Otherwise we have to assume there are people out there who do know who Satoshi is.

Many are not going to say who it is. As no one will believe them.

As well finding out who Satoshi is now, would have no benefit at all. It could really make a change in the market good or bad.

As well many safety concerns for those people as well who do decide to come out in public from so so many other people and organizations at this point.

So more less we won't find out anytime soon.

I am assuming it is a group collective of a bunch of people who put it all together . But one person did over see that specific group.

At this time, all the stories and conspiracy theories that are on the true identity of Satoshi have themselves a better $ value vs finding out the true answers.

So the case of Inflation has finally hit the world head on.
Bitcoin was supposed to be the solution to all of this.
How come Bitcoin has not come to save us yet.?

Why are we not being able to hedge against the inflation and prevent this from happening.

Inflation is very ugly, yet no one is doing anything about it.

why is that?

Bitcoin can be controlled more less indirectly. The powers that be ,  media, your peers can influence others with negative comments and feedback towards Bitcoin. Which can deter others from wanting to get Bitcoin. That is more less how it can be controlled.  The less people to want to desire bitcoin then the value will never go up as desired. That is just how it can be controlled.

Bitcoin has it's pro's and con's. But it is not perfect. It may not be the best solution as a money system. It could work as it. However right now would you want to part ways with your Bitcoin to buy a coffee? Yes you can do it. But Bitcoin has too much value for one to want to do that. Just the same if you owned Gold. Would you part ways with your piece of Gold to buy a coffee. You can do it, but would you want to do it.

You rather hang on to that piece of gold for as long as possible. Due to its high value.

The catch 22

Not to rough up anyone or come off as offensive. But this is just something that was in a recent discussion.

Referring to any world major problems that have happened in the past. Perhaps these events may have prevented something else of a bigger scale from happening.

Sure The Holocaust may have had happened. But maybe there was information that was destroyed in a book burning or something. That maybe something of a very big bad scale was going to happen. This event prevented from such a thing from happening.

Maybe the same for what happened in Rwanda in the 1990's. Maybe what happened there prevented something else of a bigger scale from happening.

Maybe the Black Death in the 15th century may have prevented something else bad from happening.

Many factors.

What thoughts you have all on this.

Now if we all want to make Bitcoin the standard. Right now sure you can use Bitcoin to buy goods and services with. However all goods and services value and price are based by some sort of Fiat.

How do we go about to determine Good and Services value entirely on Bitcoin?

over FIAT

this could take a very long time to make happen.

What methods do you think this could happen?

majority of the market place is still preferring to use FIAT to get goods and services. Good and services -value and prices like it or not are based on FIAT. not Bitcoin
sure you can use Bitcoin to pay for some goods and services now. However the you are still in the circle of fiat .

Prices are not based on Bitcoin at all.
Therefore it makes more sense to use FIAT.
Bitcoin is just a store of value. that is how the market is taking this.

Now let me be honest at first. Yes I am a supporter of cryptocurrency. Having used various cryptos for trading and holding etc . I even had my own crypto video channel for a while.

I would like to say there are alway 2 sides to every story. Even more sides in technical terms. One has to look at all possibilities.

Now with countries like El Salvador making BTC a legal tender. This type of scenario could easily make or break Bitcoin.

In one aspect, This whole concept that I Know was pushed through could fall through. It can take some time to see the results to any decision. Sometimes a few years it takes to see any results. However the adoption of Bitcoin could see many things happen.  Some good and some bad. There is lots of opposition from other entities with El Salvador legalized Bitcoin. This could be many things in swing to prevent something positive from happening. In which if any thing bad happens. The media would be first to say that Bitcoin was the cause of that specific negative. Which then people around the world who may not understand Bitcoin will get more of the idea that Bitcoin is bad and that all should stay away.
Which in turn would make Bitcoin seen as something to stay away from. Which would hold that reputation for a long long time.
Even there is opposition from the citizens in that country as well. Do not see Bitcoin as fair game. This could create a major conflict even another civil war could break out.
Those are some of the risks that are at stake here. Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency could be forever put in the bad light on this.
This is just one thing that one must consider on all of this even if you are 100% pro Bitcoin

Now of course there are positives to this as well. El Salvador could become the top economic leader in the world. However maybe the adoption of Bitcoin was only in the interest of the leader of this country only. To make himself and his associates very wealthy.
We have no idea how this will play out. Or the real intentions of that specific government plan to do. We have to realize that El Salvador has always been a centre of volatility . Their past governments have been very volatile. There is no true proof that all of a sudden they are all 100% for the people.
\More less your just moving from one money system to another. The concept of a power hungry governments that over control everything stays the way it is. More less the money is just now under a different name.  You go from one money system to another.

Again I am only just trying to get people thinking. I am not trying to stir people away from Bitcoin at all . After all  I am a supporter. But one has to look at all sides of one story.

I know many of you are going to shake your heads at what I said here.  Again this is not meant to be a attack at all. Just to have one focused viewpoint. More less a case to “look before your leap”
Thanks for reading this out. I know it is a longer post. Now let’s hear your thoughts.

Bitcoin was created to be a money system to get goods and services. However it is more used to as a means of investment to make gains and get more Fiat currency. Which is more the popular option as it seems. Sure in the Satoshi white paper it does state it can be used as investment means. But it was made to be used as a system of money. Which is not really happening, in some cases it is. Yes you can purchase some goods and services with BTC. however BTC has high value that some people may not want to part with their BTC in the time being,

more less BTC is not a failure. it has benefits in more ways then one/. but like anything, there are positives and negatives to almost anything.

One thing to consider if all these countries and more consider Bitcoin as a legal tender. If Bitcoin becomes legal tender, then governments will have the obligation to themselves to put a tax on Bitcoin and even other cryptos just for holding the asset. Now it will be more on government control. More less like how the system with FIAT is.

More less now you are just going from one system to another system.

There will be positives and negatives to this aspect. But nothing but the truth on more taxation.

I am thinking the step for this country to make BTC a legal tender is going to come to a crashing end. Majority of the citizens can not afford to buy any BTC as they struggle to make ends meet.

In the end the country will go back to just USD or another FIAT system.

It is just not going to work.

This is just a straight to the truth post. Anyways since we are all fans of the Bitcoin thing. It is true it does offer economic benefit to many. However. Some of the ideas Bitcoin can bring forth will never be true.
People think that Bitcoin will free them from governments and corporations. This is not true at all. Will never happen. Governments and companies have had control or a say in all money systems since the beginning of time. Look at the  Roman Empire and the use of metals for currency.

In general at the end of the day someone has to be in charge. It is impossible and not feasible to let the people lead themselves. Too many ideas and different thoughts conflict with one another. That would cause a clash of conflict to happen. Some people want order and others can believe everything should be a "Free for all"
Going free for all does not work, to function without any rules or order is not good thing. At same time running with too many rules and order not good thing as well.

At end of the day someone has to be in charge.  Keep in mind you yourself in your own home have rules, That makes  "you" a government. like it or not. Can you function your home without rules for others?? think on that one, rules are needed to maintain order?

More less Bitcoin will not get rid of any rules of leadership. You are going to have to have leadership at some point or another. With rules that some will like, some will tolerate and some will not like. Impossible to run a society without rules.

I am not trying to dismiss Bitcoin, But sometimes people have to wake up to the truth.

The ones who are telling you to rid of the government are people who wish to control you. Look at the Trucker convoys going on. The terrorists who stormed the US government last year. are people who have criminal pasts, do not like rules and are really in truth looking to control everyone else in the end. in which their ideas could be more strict and worse then what is already in place.

So be careful what you listen to. Thoughts on this.

in some aspects maybe it was good thought to make BTC legal tender, i think it is too soon though in the game to use BTC in that way. Still something new. still lots of opposition out there. Also BTC does have it's flaws as well. I am thinking the right crypto that could be used a as mainstream money for using to get goods and services has yet to be created. BTC by itself may not really be the main answer, just yet.

I am thinking the situation, it does take some time to see any positive results when someone tries to make a change to something completely different.  Using BTC as legal tender  could take over 5 years in use till the positives could actually be seen or noticed. It has only been less then 6 months. too early in the game still. However I am thinking the idea will falter and not be in favour. El Salvador maybe see a economic collapse and the president will get blamed for it. Which in turn will create more opposition for BTC in the world by many.

they moved forward way too soon in my thoughts, then again maybe I could be wrong, but the final answer is not there yet.

For all of you who do trading in Cryptocurrency.

I ask for those who just use Bitcoin for trades?
Do you think just focusing on Bitcoin to do trades back and forth using Stablecoins such as USDC etc a good focus?

More less being a safe avenue in case you miss the sell off targets as markets change.

I am thinking yes we all know just holding BTC is always seen as something as value.

So if you put yourself in a Buy position and the sell position does not happen. Just being left holding that BTC is a safe position regardless.

Vs holding an unstable alt coin such as something like Shibu Inu or some of those other alt coins that could disappear or dump lots within a day or a few hours. Also have no value in long term to hold an alt coin?


Your thoughts on this. Do you think one can be successful just day trading on BTC only vs the other coins/tokens? thanks

Today I like to bring out a concern to all the people involved in the markets of cryptocurrency and even in traditional finance. There is a situation that people are unable to make a decision on anything without words being said by someone famous.

I am referring to some recent events going on within the last few weeks and months. One of them evolves around some famous celebrities such as Elon Musk. For some of you who are into cryptocurrency. You may already be familiar with names like Bitcoin and Dogecoin.
Some of you of course know the difference between a good crypto project and a bad one.

Referring to a project like Dogecoin which was created a few years ago. However the creators and developers of that crypto project have left the network sometime ago.  Which the coin itself remains in circulation. Dogecoin was very inactive for sometime until recently. Elon Musk started to bring attention to this project again. Which in many turns did start to gain much profit.

The value of this coin started to grow to very high substantial levels. Which is very interesting. Of course there was much market manipulation on this. With many wealthy people and companies putting millions of dollars into Dogecoin. Which from comments direct from Elon Musk made many other people put money into this project.

However, Dogecoin did go down in value after some comments he made while host a show on Television.  In which many people in the market started to sell their Dogecoin. All of this is just based on what some celebrity said. People are just following words of what celebrities say over going by their own knowledge and education value. Maybe in some cases people are not able to make financial decisions on their own.

In certain terms, say if your neighbour across the street decided to windmills onto his house to create power. You may not do yourself and think what he is doing is silly. However if you looked on TV and found out someone famous like Tom Cruise was putting windmills on top of his house. Then more people would actually follow that and do the same. Just proves how people are not able to think for themselves.

Referring back tp cryptocurrency. Just recently there was a drop in value of Bitcoin. This was from words said by Donald Trump at a recent event he was attending. He mentioned that Bitcoin was a scam as a way to bring protection to the US dollar. Which in same cases is what the government wants to do. However looking at the market on this. Bitcoin did go down just from his words and people selling out their Bitcoin.

Why do people have to consider words from a celebrity to be correct?

This is a case a concern for sure. People are not able to think for themselves in some case. Which can create a very dangerous situation for themselves and even an entire community with this mindset.

Why would anyone invest lots of money into a project that is quite obvious has no involvement by any people? Referring to Dogecoin and people who invested into it. This is like going to an empty store that is closed and dropping your money into the mailbox just for the fun of it.
In this case it is Elon Musk saying it would a great idea to dump money at an empty store.

That is something to think about for sure.

Perhaps you can clarify more on this. This is one question I will ask you all on this.

Do you want to be your own leader or do you need someone to tell you to run your life?

What are your thought on this? Perhaps offer some examples or elaborate more on what I mentioned.

This is could be something important to address in the future for sure.