I't ok to work smart, but... be careful, to work smart, you need to BE smart, and the majority of  people aren't.
To work smart implis to take decisions on your own, to take risks, to take responsibility.
The majority of people prefer to take commands from a boss that to think by themselves.

So, work smart, if you can!

You know, a wise man said: “The real measure of your wealth is how much you'd be worth if you lost all your money.”
I'd add, if you lost all your possession.
I'm aged, and I discover that the real wealth is not money, but the skill to earn money.
If you have this skill, you will be always rich, indifferent of what happens.

Well, "rich" and "poor" are just a way to make a distinction between who has and who doesn't have.
Resources are limited, so it's impossible that we'll become all "rich", by definition.
So, all we can do is to create value for other people and to have something more to offer in exchange for what we need.

Well, it seems to me that we are making useless complications: let say that we are in the jungle. I went hunting and I took two wild boars. My neighbour also went hunting but he didn't take anything. He and his family are hungry, and I have too much.
So, I give him part of my prey, with the condition that he will give back to me when he can, or - here is the trick - it will work for me until he will "pay" what he took. With a little more, because I did him a favour...

For us in this forum, cryptocurrencies are already part of our daily life, but for the rest of population anything about bitcoin and crypto is just a mystery, moreover that there are always declarations and articles about its illegality or its danger.
So, I think that we have still a log time to wait before cryptocurrencies will be generally accepted.

Sono d'accordo, ma il problema sta nella mia ultima frase:  "è gente che non ha fretta, e farà ripartire il giocattolo quando lo riterrà opportuno."

Il che significa che - magari in combutta con i governi - tengono in sofferenza il mercato per i prossime 3-4 anni, mentre i burocrati si affilano le armi e cominciano a studiare come controbilanciare l'attacco delle crypto.
Si vedrà. Non sono affatto ottimista.

Non entro nel merito, perché non ho competenza specifica.
Quello che prevedo sarà il solito pastrocchio all'italiana, dove chi cerca di essere onesto e rispettare la legge si troverà in un ginepraio di norme e contronorme, e verrà spolpato e multato con ogni pretesto possibile, mentre i furbi faranno un ricco marameo, cosa che - almeno per ora - è decisamente facile, anche negli USA.
Poi certo, il punto critico è sempre la trasformazione in fiat money, ma insomma, se non si è proprio dei polli...

We have a distorted perception about the diffusion of bitocoin: it seems that there are not more than 20 millions of bitcoin addresses, and most of the owners have more that one.
So, the users of bitocoin are still a microelite.
The "common people" have no idea of what we are talking about.

Lack of education in any field is a problem, and expecially in financial domain.
But if in the past there were a lot of excuses, today they don't exist anymore: everyone with an internet connection can access all the education he need, and for free.
So, if you feel you lack education, well... with little google work you can resolve this issue immediately.

There is still a long way to paper money replacement, as it will very difficult to change people habits.
(don't forget, 2 billions people don't have a bank account...)
But with time, if there will be a more general acceptance of crypto, it could happen.
But not so fast.

The myetherwallet site is extremely safe, due to its specific architecture, so I think it's impossibile it will hacked.
And if you take the necessary security measures about your private key (and off course you tkae care to non enter in phishing sites...) you have a satisfacatory level of safety.

Well, most of the airdrops won't have any value (don't forget, they are just a marketing tool, so don't expect too much).
But the requested effort is so little that it's worth it, as sometimes you can have nice surprises

Of course a hacker can break practically everything, in the same way a thief can enter everywhere.
But of course, if a thief tries to enter in a bank (or at Fort Knox...) the security measures will make this task too difficult.
So, he will go after an easier target.

The same happens with hackers: if you take the necessary security measures, it still possible that a hacker enter in your pc, but probably he will search for something easier.

Actually, for experienced traders crypto allows bigger profits, but - of course - it expose you to bigger losses.
Forex is much more stable, and the market is less sensible to daily declarations from politicians.
I advice to make experience in forex before to start in crypto, at least to understand the basic rules of the game.

Io sono piacevolmente sorpreso nel vedere quanto impegno mettano alcune persone nel cercare di pagare le tasse!
Se lo sapessero in parlamento quanto entusiasmo c'è!

Cmq, io me ne strabatto gli zebedei (facile, non abito in Italia), ma il mio modestissimo parere sul prossimo futuro è questo:
si inventeranno una specie di registro dei possessori di indirizzi bitcoin, presentandolo con il solito sorrisone a 64 denti, sostenendo che è il modo per entrare nella legalità, per fare chiarezza, ecc.
Ah, anzi, ancora meglio per PROTEGGERVI dai malintenzionati e garantirvi l'account. Insomma, sarà interessante vedere quale sarà l'esca che useranno.
Una volta che tutti i pirla avranno abboccato, troveranno il modo di spremerli.
Non solo, troveranno il modo di chiedervi conto di tutte le transazioni passate (è la blockchain, bellezza...)


Ragà, il bitcoin è nato per liberarci da questa manica di parassiti, non per dar loro altri soldi.
Anche se i terrocrati sono potenti, e bisogna stare attenti (è notizia di qualche giorno fa che hanno dato un anno di galera a un tizio negli stati uniti perché ha venduto 40.000$ di bitcoin), ci sono mille e uno metodi per passare sotto il livello del radar.

Ovviamente, una volta che avranno un primo archivio dei possessori, faranno fuoco e fiamme, minacciando di perseguire con supplizi biblici chiunque non esca allo scoperto e mantenga l'anonimato.

Boh, che sbraitino pure...

If a newbie doesn't start to trade, he will remain a newbie forever!
And he should start with real money (usim of course little sums), not with a demo account.
To trade with a demo is as to train with a sand bag: it's useful, but to fight is completely a different thing!

As you can see from posts, it's a very common situation, so don't dispair!
Now we are in a period of transition, so volatility is high and nothing is sure.
But there are good signs that in the next months the market will rise again.

The concept of money always evolved along the history, but everytime there was a major change, if always met a big resistance (think about when gold coin was replaced with paper money..)
So, even it's very possible from a technical point of view, there will need still a lot of time before a general replacement of cash with electronic money.

Of course, there are a lot of possibilities.
What I think - and the stop of the last months confirms this - that governments were unready to face the crypto explosion so they started a media campaign against them, just to slow down the growth.
Now they can create usual structures, offices, bureaucrates and so on, so in the next future they will be ready to control it.

Mmm...I like the idea to send fake identity (not too difficul to create fake passports); but I'm not so sure they can't verify.
I'm pretty sure that at least big company have connection in the government and can acces a people data base (a normal airport scanner would be enough)