Basically you won't get paid anything until you manage to convince a number of people (victims) to invest in the scheme. After all, its from them the actual money is coming from... That's how you recognize them. Most won't let you quit right away (after you invested) and give you a refund. I knew one that allowed refunds but only for 24 hours.., i guess to comply with local laws (somewhere, often NOT your country, but some fiscal paradise).

The very early ones to enter and leave might be the only ones able to cash something, but it depends on the life of the MLM. I read some estimations say about 8% can profit, so 8 in 100 people will gain at the expense of the other 92 who will lose all.

How long they last? Until someone or group finds out and convinces enough people its a scam; then it bankrupts. Similar to a bank run (and fractional reserve banking is similar to a Ponzi scheme). Basically it lives and dies by word of mouth.

IF its a business that uses some MLM style marketing, but the main income comes from selling actual products or services, then you should research further. If you are selling soaps and get a commission for each one sold but you also manage to recruit people to sell them and earn like 1% of their cut for each sale they do, its still the soap that is making most of the profit, not the people joining to work under you and expand your network.

Sometimes they are very clever and blurry the lines, its not always easy to recognize. You might think they are earning their main profits with another (actual) business when in reality they are doing pure MLM. Sometimes they happened to have another business but secretly isn't doing well, or they buy an actual business (possibly failing) and try to combine it with MLM to give it a decent facade.

Never do this. If you are going to create a wallet for offline use, boot a linux live iso (no windows), install Electrum there, create a new wallet and it will show you the 12 seed words, DON'T COPY, DON'T TAKE PICTURES, DON'T PRINT. Those words are for your EYES, and hand, write them in a piece of paper, this paper you must protect, preferably make a copy by hand and store in separate physical places, in case your house burns down or such.

You can copy, print email your addresses so you know there to send funds to. Note you haven't saved the wallet, and if you are running a live iso, everything is gone one you turn off the pc, so do that, turn it off.

See the value of the seed words? They can regenerate your wallet, and you can practice doing just that, boot the live iso again, install electrum again and this time recover your wallet but using the 12 words you wrote by hand on a piece of paper. Now you know how it works.

You can start sending bitcoins to this "offline/cold" wallet, and you can use an online blockchain explorer to make sure the funds are there.


If you INSIST in doing a digital copy, this should be encrypted, which means another password to remember...


"Online wallets" means you are trusting a third party with your money, in short, garbage. But if you decide to be your own bank, be prepared to assume the responsibility and stop playing games or else you may become yet another victim for malware / phishing of the week...

There is the unlikely chance someone will find a new source (there is still some gold extraction going on in my country, at the expense of destroying the rain forest that nature took millennia to grow), i like to think eventually someone will find gold in the asteroid belt... So its not impossible, that the price of gold could go down.

https://twitter.com/WHAAsstSecty/status/1103365672040570881

And yet again Maduro imprisons more journalists. Where is the hypocrite Max Blumenthal that doesn't go try inquire about this? See if he likes socialism for what truly is: State oppression.

Cuba is not dangerous at all, but Americans need to go to Mexico first and get a permit at the Cuban embassy so their passport isn't "tainted". Not sure if the Obama administration relaxed this, but Americans used to have a hard time getting there.

Mexico itself is OK, just don't do stupid things like going to bad places with unknown people at night etc, and don't look rich.

In Venezuela thanks to the magic of hyperinflation, you can indeed feel like a wealthy person. Unfortunately criminals believe the same thing and you become a walking target, not just for mugging, kidnapping and ransom is common and widespread under the lax socialist regime who is all too busy imprisoning political dissidents to care about actual crime.

It is actually dangerous to enter the country with more than about 500 USD, you can become target in the airport itself. There is a case of someone from Egypt that made the mistake of declaring bringing more than 10k USD to customs (which is what the rules say you should), apparently someone from customs or someone from inside the airport's ("secure" area) was involved with a criminal gang and gave the info, the guy was gunned down at an exit gate to steal his money. The video was shared in youtube, not sure if its still there. It is:

Now that i entered 2018, it appears to be syncing much, much faster. The bandwidth is the same, about 1.5mbps dl 0.3mbps ul. I'm currently here:
2019-03-06T15:13:56Z UpdateTip: new best=00000000000000000013e550da16eba605dd20c405bbcd23bb97ae2d087d8a94 height=531140 version=0x20000000 log2_work=89.202827 tx=326955456 date='2018-07-09T06:03:48Z' progress=0.867523 cache=1471.9MiB(11084957txo)

Definite improvement after SegWit. I'm sure keeping it synced after reaching the end would be easy in comparison. The pain is always getting the entire blockchain since 2009... I wish i had that satellite receiver.

Do note i have to stop it usually during daytime because both the bandwidth usage and hard disk I/O is very taxing. I was able to tame the disk io a bit by using ionice -c3 bitcoind instead of just bitcoind.

Bitcoin production will halve again, so logically the price might go up, as it has done after every halving before.



In the previous halving the new shiny S9 would do 12TH/s, Currently the S15 can do 28T, but as Bitmain anounced a "28% more efficient chip", we should be thinking 35TH, that is unless MicroBT delivers a master piece again... They are already delivering 33T~55T (M10~M10S) with 16nm chips, what could they do with 7nm chips?

The third largest is in Venezuela and belongs to state oil PDVSA, but Maduro stopped maintaining it and has almost shutdown entirely, which is why they decided to burn even more money by importing lighter crude oil, gasoline and derivatives instead of fixing the refinery complex and put it to work like it used to 20 years ago. This complex used to produce all the gasoline back when things were managed correctly.

What is currently going on in Venezuela is completely different to what you think, but that is good, because the likes of you (socialists) need to be fooled so this can properly end. There is not going to be a military "invasion", yet Maduro and his cronies will go (preferably in chains). You will see, it is the will of the majority of the people, not "an American puppet backed by CIA".

If America helps because they have something to gain, then so be it. It is the price to pay for letting socialists in power in the first place. Once the economy recovers it won't matter. While we keep the hunger and misery provoked by Maduro's usurping rule, nothing will change. In the end its Venezuela that decided Maduro has to go, not you, not Trump, not the Koch family, even if they may benefit from it. And that detail you don't seem to get it, but that is fine. In fact its better, keep wasting time in those political fiction scenarios, Illuminati, reptilians and all that nonsense, while we go back to a free market economy and the rule of law.

I'll tell you later if drones, marines or aliens came to take Maduro away, either way he (and his cronies) have to go.

I found these as well:

Most embedded cams don't provide the means for physically disconnecting it, tho some laptops are starting to feature such a thing. Unfortunately even the cheapest smartphone now comes with a "selfie" cam... This should be covered with something physical like a piece of tape or paper.

Money is freedom. You are free to waste it on useless things, or invest it smartly for a better tomorrow. Socialists want to take your freedom away, if the State provides food, clothing, shelter, surely you don't need much money. But then, if you want to skip on either food, clothing or shelter, and that money perhaps to invest in something that would give you a better tomorrow (ie: a machine that would multiply your production and make you work less) in a socialist nation you wouldn't be able to do that.

Also money gives a civilized and pacific way of solving matters. Instead of warring each other for resources, a good business deal can provide a solution for all without the use of force. Money is neither good nor evil, its the person using it that has the freedom to use it for either good or bad.

Actually, feel free to donate. Its right at the bottom of page:
BTW: Why not a SegWit address?

This is the right thing to do, be clear on the terms so people can trust you. This might be something about the Russian culture to "stretch" words in the name of advertising... Many posts back I suggested this thread should change its title, namely remove the 0% FEE. and perhaps modify the PPS 100% to show the actual number.

Incidentally, this pool has yet to appear in the pinned BTC Mining Pools List thread, i was expecting to see it listed there with the real numbers, but nothing so far.

So can anyone clarify what the real numbers for this pool are?

5 days? Lol. I'm into my 3rd month since i started syncing, but I'm now only 10 months behind, so in a few weeks it should complete.

One thing i have noticed: the hard disk usage is heavy, think swapfile heavy... I wouldn't recommend using an SSD, they might be fast but they would deteriorate quickly... Perhaps if you have a LOT of ram (16g+) and run a pruned node, a ram disk would be interesting.

I haven't observed a particularly high CPU usage, but ram could indeed be a problem if under 1gb.


List of countries for what, poor internet speeds?, or Bitcoin prohibition/draconian regulation? Just look in Wikipedia.

But only for a while. In time, everyone will have some sort of computer either wearable or implanted, making the need of physical money obsolete. Of course Elon is looking ahead, but it should take another century before physical money is seen like horse carriages. Sure you could still use one, but few do...

You could say its 21,000,000 bitcoins, but you could also say its  2,100,000,000,000,000 satoshis. LN is already using 12 decimals instead of 8, but Bitcoin is ready to use 16 decimals should the need come.

I think in the future bitcoin value can keep going up, and it might come a time where a simple satoshi could buy coffee or such, then they would just extend the decimals. This is a deflationary coin, not only will there never be more than 21 million, but there are also coins that are lost forever, you will see because they are not moved in years, people losing their wallet/key etc.

The last bitcoin will be mined in 2140 and until that year bitcoin production will slow down, so the supply is slowly decreasing while the demand grows. But its ok, because it will start finding its value, kinda like gold did.

This is a load of garbage. Venezuela is racial mixed, poor and rich come in all colors and people don't segregate themselves by skin.
80% want Maduro out, this is a fact, but you can't see it because you don't live here, then proceed to repeat Maduro's propaganda verbatim.

Under socialism the number of poor increased to something like 90% so even talking about a wealth division reveals deep ignorance. The few "rich" that remain are tied to Maduro's regime, and a few rich families either collaborating with them, or surviving with foreign income because they expanded abroad etc.

"Washington" is not sending "Americans to die" (also see UCAVs), Venezuela is in economic ruins and there is no chance for any organized resistance. Over 700 military and police defected and have gone to Guaido's side. If America does nothing Maduro falls anyway, but 60+ countries are doing the logical steps, which is not recognize the usurper, and accept Guaidó's petition for humanitarian aid.

All your "reports" are propaganda garbage from the usurper regime. No more than 2 million casted votes on the rigged (and illegal) elections, yet they declared 8million voted for Maduro. In 2013 Maduro "won" with 200000 votes, back when the economy was much better (bad, but nothing compared to the current hell). 2018 with the economy ruined (by his own ineptitude or malice) and yet he "wins" by 8 million votes (against "nobody", because they declared "illegal" all the main opposition parties).

Furthermore, when people truly vote, all the election sites are full of people from morning to the afternoon, such as when Chávez was alive. Yet that day they were empty most of the day, exactly like the usurper "Constituent Assembly" that declared itself above law and constitution.

Tried to use the national assets for the poor? More like tried to use the national assets for themselves... And you want to aid in their money laundering abroad at the expense of the Venezuelan people. Of course what do you care, you are not the one living with 10 USD a month.

What you call "unelected" was actually elected in 2015, when the opposition won the National Assembly by landslide. The constitution mandates the president of this National Assembly to become President Interim when there is no President or Vice-president, which is the case at this point.

Maduro elected himself, he chose his vice-president, his close cronies put the fake judges (politicians and criminals) in the supreme court after they lost the assembly. Almost everything you say is the exact opposite to reality. This lack of institutions are a result of Chávez, the country barely worked because Chávez ruled like military people rule, but Maduro is not military and is more or less the leader of a gang of criminals, and they know if they fall they will all go to prison, either within Venezuela or abroad.

You seem to not care about their crimes against humanity. "America puppet" is the only thing you manage to write, never stopping to think the socialists are the real cause of the problem, and the true will of the Venezuelan people is to get rid of them (by ANY means) to return to a free market economy and be able to work and eat like it used to be. The people received him yesterday like a hero, despite threats by the usurper to imprison him. It appears that the heavy backing of the international community is doing wonders.

Dissolve the union? be my guest, last time someone tried it went so well (NOT). As if socialists in America had such power... Thankfully they don't, and learning from a tragedy like ours (and the fall of the whole socialist eastern bloc in the 20th century); they never will.

All the people need to do is study a bit of history and economy, and no socialist will manipulate them with their lies ever again.

Since you want payments under a month, Kano pool. As long as ckpool remains with 8PH/s, payments will take more than 1 month. Do note ckpool does not pay on every block unless you are in the top 100.

If you had 1 EH/s at your disposal, i would tell you ckpool hands down, because of the 0% fee. But nearly an extra PH/s isn't going to make much difference. Kano.is is paying around 4 times per month with 40PH/s, and is therefore the next best in my opinion.

You have to take into account variance when using PPLNS pools, do not run your operation spending everything you earn, you have to save when there is good luck to compensate when there is bad luck. A PPS pool will do that for you at the expense of even higher fees. I think btc is like 4% in PPS or 2% in PPLNS mode.

The political part is fine and all, but it doesn't answer my question. Why don't you just buy a fine boat and call it a home. Why do you need something resembling a floating house? OH wait, this goes on top of a stick? So its even worse...

Also if the Principality of Sealand teach us something, is that unless you are really far deep inside international waters (preferably moving), you can at any point be subject to the laws of the nearby country. Thailand is a monarchy, and quite strict at times, with a military junta... Funny place to start the experiment.

There is also something about rights to adjacent waters, called exclusive economic zone or such, which can go quite deep if you are anywhere near a country you will very like be subjected to.

On a closer look to the concept of seasteading, i particularly like the idea of building underwater, but this could very likely become a new country. Not sure how humanity will react if a true settlement is built, say, in the middle of the pacific ocean.

I will myself add to the crowd that likes Steins;Gate, its definitely the best explaining the time travel theories and paradoxes.




On a completely different style my long time favorite has always been Legend of the Galactic Heroes. I'm aware of a 2018 remake which i have not seen yet, but the original from the 90ies i can safely recommend.




There is a lot of anime i like, but of the newer ones many are still incomplete, Ie. No Game No Life which is why i don't mention them.