Bitcoin has seen worse drop than what it recently went through. The current drop is slightly less than 50% from its ATH of $60,000 plus to ATL of below $30,000, that's still okay compared to what we had in 2018 from an ATH of >19,000 to below $3,500. That was almost like Bitcoin was getting whipped out. On the main, I strongly believe we are in another bull rally having observed Bitcoin crossed the trading range it was confined to for weeks.



There may be retracement from time to time but that doesn't mean we're going to plunge into a bear run as that range has been broken to the upper side.

I've a bearish perception for 2022 for the entire crypto matket, taking a cue from the last bull run in 2017. History has a way of repeating itself. I don't see this circle to be any different. About why anyone keeps altcoins – it's called diversification of portfolio. By the way, not doing that will mean owning only Bitcoin. Remember that every other crypto that isn't Bitcoin is tagged altcoin, including ETH.


Dogecoin isn't doing badly in the market if you want to draw a comparison between it any many alts, really. It has even surpassed the price appreciation of XRP when you crosscheck historical data in terms of ROI within this period. I ain't writing Dogecoin off. At least, not yet now

No be much wahala to grow big teeth but na to grow big lips to cover am be the gbenge.

Meaning: One should have a mastery of how to wriggle oneself out of troubles if one can't abstain from them.

Make we even use this Abba Kyari (the police officer turned tailor 🙊)and Hushpuppi gbenge take do example for this proverb sef.

OP, I like the fact that you wasted the scammer's time. It's a good way to go if you have the time to spare anyway. Most times, scammers don't even stay online that long. They want to cut to the chase or pretentiously drop the call on one in the middle of it so one could call them back. I have had several encounters with them. Believe me, most times it's greed and not paying attention that get people to fall for their obvious tricks. However, next time do send them the OTP they ask for by giving them 914419 or 9491520 (That's the numerical representation of "idiot" from the English alphabet 🙄)

Well @nakamura12, whatever the case may be just be happy and grateful that you got merited by him even if partial. Forget the semantics of the whole thing and focus on the bigger picture. That Nutidah's thread served as a leverage for many users whose profile ordinarily would've been missed by other users who eventually merited them. I also applied in the second phase but didn't receive any. Only that Palle account was lucky to have been awarded in that batch. Let's just keep our fingers crossed. You never can tell when the next good thing will happen. Cheers!

I think it was obvious why Nutidah awarded you that partial merit of 25merits as at the time he did. You were 225 merits far from ranking up and as such weren't qualified for the scholarship to start with. He didn't just want to leave you home and dry according to his comment here https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5338649.msg57083389#msg57083389 . I think he did it out of leniency by bending the rule of his game just to accommodate you on that one. Those who got full merits of 50 and above basically met the criteria for qualification. So, I don't think there's anything wrong if he decides to splash you with more merits or not. It's his discretion to do what he thinks best.

But is not selling at all a wise decision? I don't believe anyone will be said to be a wise investor or hodler if they don't take profits from time to time to rebuy the dip. Only those who are horrible at trading would not sell at all and I'm cocksure they will always regret the chances they don't take. Again, I strongly believe that Bitcoin or any other crypto won't be valuable if no one ever gets to sell at all. Buying and selling are what gives a thing its value.

You will also be doing the influencer(s) you've picked as credible some good and aiding this community if you shared their names or channels too. Good things need appreciation so as to suppress evil. It's a way of shaming and avoiding the scammers amongst the influencers. For me, I like to listen to Bithoy Crypto on YouTube. I try as much as I can to hodl firm to any token I have that he promotes. His calls have been tremendous.

A click on mgoz takes us to user – Nombuchril who is completely a different user. You may want to crosscheck the profile link again.

This is the right link for user mgoz. You missed out the last digit – 8
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=1533708

Thank you all for the congratulatory messages. I'm humbled the more in gratitude and so sure that without the merit system a lot of us wouldn't be appreciating this "moving up"

igehhh, for a second I thought you were Hero already. Well, you're safe having got enough merits to that status. Ranking up is almost effortless for you now.

As long as price continues to remain caged in between those two lines, no clear move is in sight for Bitcoin bear or bull. That's my take.

Perhaps, a lot of users also missed me too. May be because of sections I post. Going forward, I hope my moniker sticks out henceforth for all well-wishers. 🤔

I don't want to sound like a broken record. You're good. My assessment of you was given without bias or hypocritical pandering.

My people! I get one small gist for una oh. Oya, make una dress come nearer...

Bring ya right ear make I whisper the thing... Nor shout oh!

Em.. em.. I finally stepped up yesterday oh to Hero!

Betta jollof for all man na oh... Make una go read my ogbenge post wey I take thank all of una for reputation.

😏

Yes, I know it's going to be a tough one. I'm prepared to put in my best efforts and not be distracted while climbing that distinct ladder to the apex.

Wow! That's very kind and generous of you. Certainly, that's an offer I'm taking up. Thanks bro for the showers today. I sincerely appreciate.

First off – LoyceV, thanks a great deal for that big push yesterday! It was the most merit I've ever received.

It may look like it's not a big deal to be moving up the ladder in rank but to me it is. It's a big step, having stayed on the Senior rank for too long a time. At first, it didn't bother me to have been seemingly stagnated on that rank provided I felt I was doing all I could to the best of my perspicacity in making decent posts. Then I noticed that a lot of users I got on the forum before started ranking up before me. That got me worried, I intensified efforts in my posts but it didn't get me the desired merits until I forgot about making posts with merit in mind. The merit started coming. It's an irony, really.

Let me cut to the chase and not bore you with my story telling. Where I hail from, showing gratitude is an intrinsic part of our wellbeing.

I want to thank all who directly or indirectly have made my stay on the forum memorable. None of these users have I met in person but it feels like family chatting with them. CryptopreneurBrainboss, you're a good guy with a heart of gold. Your managerial and organisational skills haven't corrupted your humility. Two things that move me in people – Humility and Brains. You've got both.

Hhampuz, thank you too for giving me a shoulder to lean on when things got really crazy at my end.

CryptocurencyKing, Pokapoka124, Smartvirus, you guys are awesome keeping the fire burning at owa local "old people's corner." Una sabi how e dey bi na for African Proverbs in Pidgin. Na men wey una be! Nor be today wey hole don dey yansh na.

I also thank the entire Nigeria Local Board crew for finding it worthy to identify with their roots despite all odds and rallied round during the demise of one of its own.

I must confess how greatly I enjoy reading posts from some users in the Chipmixer campaign and tapping from their wealth of knowledge. These users' posts are deep and concise for me. Sometimes, I smile through reading them because of the banters. Thank you DdmrDdmr, pooya87, The Pharmacist, Suchmoon, o-e-l-e-o, AdolfinWolf, TryNinja, fillippone, mk4 who seem to be everywhere on the forum. I may not have merited your posts because I scarcely have any when I need to do the needful. But just know I lurk around to read you guys.

My gratitude goes beyond these names but for the want of space, I draw the curtains here. Hey! JayJuanGee, thanks too!

And to all the users whose paths have crossed mine in constructive criticism and fertilization of ideas, I say thanks a great deal. Your insights made this move possible. For users who are still having a hard time ranking up, persevere. Don't give up. Your time will soon come.
 
Thank you all. Now, let's roll the sleeves for more digging!

Well, I wouldn't get to the point of wanting BNB to be dead like a certain Bitcoinconnect coin and other worthless ones. For one, the popularity of the Binance smart chain (BSC) which woke ETH from its slumbers and gave it a run for its money rests on the workings of the Binance token (BNB) itself. I suspected the news would shake the token a bit. I quickly sold my BNB hodling yesterday, waiting for a dip. Though the news hasn't done any damage yet. I'm still waiting for that imminent fall before a rise.

Edited: thanks for the merits!

To even think that Binance had maintained a steady withdrawal fee of 0.00057BTC over the years for its Bitcoin withdrawal no matter what amount anyone is withdrawing is, for me, very ridiculous. In the current market price that amount is $22.84. It doesn't matter to CZ if one is even withdrawing less than $10 worth of Bitcoin.

I have been flabbergasted, really, since I got that Binance is pressing and squeezing its users for what now seems a compulsory verification exercise by reducing its daily withdrawal limit from 2BTC to 0.06BTC for non verified accounts. I don't know what to make of this headlong as this is obviously killing the anonymous thing Bitcoin and cryptocurrency should stand for. Did anyone else who hasn't upgraded verification beyond basic one get that message?

Will Binance lose client base now. Will BNB take the hit and crash while this is on? There are many speculations going on in my mind right now.

What do you think?



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Well, not entirely true that you were the only recipient, as Nutidah also merited more users for July to complete the promise of 100merits for them for last month (June) as he exceeded his monthly splash of a maximum 50 per user by default.

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Next time, you may want to use this parameter

I guess you guys were referring to this – https://www.forbes.com/sites/billybambrough/2021/07/27/bitcoin-suddenly-gives-up-its-price-gains-after-amazon-shock-sending-ethereum-bnb-cardano-xrp-and-dogecoin-sharply-lower/?sh=25da30286842