I can only say that this year will really be remembered for the really big drought, which started during the winter because in some parts of Europe there was no snow at all, and then it continued with an extremely dry spring, and culminated in a catastrophically dry summer. It is true that many rivers are at record low levels and that some long-hidden secrets have surfaced for the first time since the Second World War, and that agriculture in some countries has been severely affected.

However, this is not something that happened overnight, it is a process that has been going on for at least two decades, as long as I have been following climate change, although the situation with dry years and rising temperatures has intensified in the past 10 years. Considering the war and inflation, the drought could not have come at a worse time because food prices have risen even more.

And how to change things for the better is a question for the whole world, not only for Europe. Some say that it is a natural process, but people with their behavior certainly have a big part in all of this, and if we don't all start to change, we shouldn't expect things to get better.

Maybe in 100 years of using Bitcoin? Estimates were that this would save around $400 million a year, although data from the Central Bank of El Salvador say that only 1.6% of all foreign currency remittances were sent through what they call "digital wallets". Regardless of the alternative offered by Bitcoin, the average emigrant from ES who sends money home still chooses more familiar and simpler methods, which means that people trust banks and the centralized system more.

That question can only be answered by him or maybe by those who make real moves from the shadows and use Faketoshi as their main tool in this dirty game. Obviously, the time when a lawsuit will be filed is carefully chosen, and it seems that the time of the bear market is judged to be the best because then there is the least focus on Bitcoin, unlike the bull run.


It would be really nice if they did something, although like some others, I don't really have high hopes that they as a company care too much about Bitcoin in the sense that they would defend it from Faketoshi. Of course, profit always comes first, even if it means they have to enter into a pact with the devil - but let's hope that reason will prevail this time.

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As far as I saw, CZ showed support for the @Hodlonaut, and even mentioned some kind of fund that could be established for cases like this, of course under the auspices of his company.

Yes, after all, such users were valuable assets for the forum in the fight against scammers and spammers for many years, and I personally participated in 2 signature campaigns managed by Lauda and both were at the highest level, similar to today's CM. Therefore, my opinion is that we should not look at how good/bad a user is towards someone individually, but how good he is for the forum as a whole.

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A lot has changed since then, even when it comes to the faucets with which I actually earned my first Bitcoin. Back then, there were no irritating short links and claiming rewards was quite simple, but also very fast if you used a good faucet rotator - in less than 1 hour you could earn at least 100 000 satoshis, and with active referrals, even 500 000 satoshis per day. I remember a Russian site that was something like a PTC with faucets, and there I often used to get 200 000 satoshis in one click - which of course was not much considering the price of Bitcoin in those days of only $200+.

Have you heard about fake reviews? Anyone can write countless reviews that are only positive and publish them anywhere on the Internet, and this does not mean that a company has a good reputation. Did you read the reviews from the Trustpilot link in my previous post? 100% negative, although only nine entries.

Regardless of everything, you should know that you can always expect problems with any online casino when it comes to payouts - although 4+ LTC seems a really ridiculous amount and it's unbelievable that they give you so many problems about it.

Don't trust anyone, learn to install the OS yourself because it's not something that requires great expertise - and you can download W10 from the official Microsoft site, and (if nothing has changed) use it for free with some minor restrictions. Furthermore, do not base your security on any desktop hot wallet, and you should also be careful about which websites you visit and what you download to your computer.

In addition to all that, it would be good if you have one of the better (paid) AV, because maybe just such software will protect you from computer infection in a moment of carelessness. Last but not least, do not save your wallet backup in digital form if it is not protected (encrypted), it is a big risk and you should avoid it.

You have complete knowledge and you ask the question that complete beginners ask? If you thought you were smarter than some members of this forum, then you were wrong, whatever you tried failed sooner than you thought.

It seems to me that Faketoshi is just a pawn in a much bigger game, and that someone else is making moves in an attempt to cause as much damage to Bitcoin as possible. Faketoshi has never seemed very intelligent to me, so sometimes I suspect that all this he is doing is not his idea. However, no matter how hard they try, they should be aware that by attacking any person who supports Bitcoin and the truth, they are attacking thousands or even millions of others who will not bow their heads and give up the fight.

Cobra perhaps best described how it will all end one day.

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I just checked @hodlonaut twitter and it looks like Faketoshi has started attacking some famous CEX as well.


https://twitter.com/hodlonaut/status/1562364849199484928

I remembered that sometime in the past I saw the information that Ledger HW can be bought at Walmart, and you can choose the option if you want the product delivered to you or if you want to pick it up in a physical store. I'm not sure if it works all over the US, but if you see a Walmart store, it doesn't cost anything to go inside and check if they have HW on the shelf - or to send them an inquiry via e-mail.


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Yes, that's what I suspected, because the US certainly has far more places where you can pay with crypto, but everything else doesn't have much logic and it seems that all these companies just want to promote themselves with this kind of amateurish, almost meaningless research. In addition to these two reports, there is another one that mentions some other countries in the sense that they are "crypto ready nations", and there we see some other countries that are not mentioned at all in these two reports. If someone were to take 10 different approaches, I'm sure they could get 10 different lists with quite different results.

I agree with you, because the first look at the page reveals that it is an amateur work, especially all the links that should lead to social networks or "about, user support..." behind which there is a blank page. It is hard for me to believe that someone thinks it is logical to invest in something that is so poorly presented that it literally warns of a scam.

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Is there a special reason why you are contacting the police in HK? The domain is registered on namecheap and the real owner is hidden according to the information I can see...

That would be the most likely option when it comes to Ledger Live or for some other HW+Electrum combination. However, this trojan may also have some more sophisticated ways to attack HW owners, perhaps redirecting them to various web locations where it tries to steal their seed or through some other data it gets if it succeeds in infecting the victim's computer.

Given that it's been around since at least 2016, I assume any good AV must block it - although few people pay attention to online security these days. Of course, everything starts from the fact that you should not trust links that come from suspicious sources, no matter how credible it may seem to someone at first glance.

And they certainly have the right to hope for that, because a difference of only 2 goals is not something that is unattainable, especially if you are playing on your home field in front of 30 000 fans. In addition, according to information from the domestic press, the Spanish club has not accredited a single journalist, nor will any of their fans officially attend the match, which is unheard of in recent history.

To me, this seems like an underestimation of the opponent, which Hajduk can certainly turn to their advantage, regardless of the fact that the quality is undoubtedly on the side of the visiting team.

In fact, the price even exceeded $25 000, but it seems that I and some others were right when we assumed that we will not stay that high for long - because Bitcoin is still only a means of profit for some, preferably a short-term one. People who bought under $20 000 are quite happy that they sold at a price above $25 000, so there's really no reason to be confused, because that's how the market works.

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The OP is more focused on some other cryptocurrencies that obviously take up too much of his time, and that's why some things about Bitcoin seem strange to him - although it is clear to most that in a bear market one should not expect any spectacular things when it comes to the price.

These data from the table do not look credible to me, especially this part about the number of businesses that accept crypto payments, of which there are only 6 in the entire US, which is completely wrong without any doubt, although the second column lists the capitals of those countries, so that number refers to that and not to the whole country?

We recently had a similar topic that was also posted by the same member, and if we look at the top 10 countries such as Germany, Australia, Switzerland or Portugal on that list, we can notice that they are not here at all - no matter what methodology the authors of the research used, it is strange that we get so different results.

Most crypto-friendly economies in the world



I think that the authors of this and similar research are very limited in terms of the number of countries they take into account, because if that number were 100 or 150, I believe that the results would be completely different.

@rdluffy, I don't want to get into your private reasons why you need a hardware wallet so urgently, but considering that you are traveling to the US, you should know that all electronic devices are subject to checks by official personnel at airports. I know that I would not like to be in a position to explain what this is all about, nor to have such a device taken away from me, which is possible by law. I think those are some things you should consider.

If you're disappointed with the Ledger based on what you've read, then simply don't buy it - this especially applies to the model S, which will no longer be produced, and the question is how long it will have support. However, for a price of less than $100, you don't have much choice, at least not if it's something with a good reputation.

I read that post, but I was interested in your opinion, considering that they all cited some completely different things as the reasons for their actions without publicly saying that the real reason is what Faketoshi is doing. However, some things are much clearer now, because Faketoshi knows exactly where to direct his attacks and they obviously bring results - only one more question remains, is he doing it alone or does he have some very powerful allies operating from the shadows?

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I remembered my old Twitter account and decided to provide support that way, and I got a reply from @hodlonaut - and I also linked this thread to him so he knows that he has support from the members of this forum.

You're welcome

However, I want to emphasize that this is just seeing the forum from my perspective, because in the beginning I spent most of my time in Micro Earnings and some other boards, a little outside the important things that were happening on the forum. Maybe you would be surprised if you looked at the post history of some of today's famous members, because most of us started very modestly, as befits true beginners.

I don't want to say that those who left were the ones who caused problems, but that they were just personalities who were different from the majority, and that their leaving the forum might have been a good thing for some, but I think we lost members who were also very important for this forum.

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From the perspective of that time and my own, they seemed to have some value, but for an inexperienced beginner, everything looks promising. The first coins that I somehow earned were actually altcoins, so I was even involved in a project whose owner was one of the more famous members of the forum, but that project, like many others, failed.

Over time, I realized that only Bitcoin has a constant, and that everything else is just an illusion sold by fog sellers, as is the case even today. I can't say that everything from that period was wasted time, because 1000 Dogecoins were worth only about $0.14 then, and you could earn them very easily on faucets - for those who saved them, they could make a very significant profit.

I would not agree with you, because 90% of your posts are in Altcoins boards, and even 80% of them are in Bounties, which means that you spent 90% of your time on the forum under the radar of most of those who could potentially reward you with merits. Furthermore, your post history clearly indicates that you came with a completely different intention than to learn, but it is never too late to change the way you approach the forum.

If you think you have posts that deserve to be rewarded with merits, there is also a topic for such requests -> Report unmerited good posts to Merit Source

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As you can see, some do not think so, although few think that the problem may be with them, and not with the forum.

I know of several online stores that sell wines/alcoholic beverages, and as far as I can see, some have physical branches, so the idea is not new, but it is probably unique considering the location. Still, it's a bit strange that the owner first posted the sign without explaining to the employees how to accept payment in Bitcoin, so @Die_empty was left without his first bottle of BTC wine (at least for now)

@Die_empty, as far as I can see from the pictures, there are also other alcoholic drinks in that store, so I assume that they can also be bought for Bitcoin along with the already mentioned wine?