Most of the world population goes by those rules. They usually end up as laws.


There are a lot of wonderful experiments that didn't get world wide acceptance/traction for whatever odd reasons. And I will not talk (only) about (some) altcoins, I would (also) talk about better ways to store data (much better than DVD), for example. The world goes on and most will not miss that, but for some.. it's a loss.

You do have a good point about proving it works as designed, although imho that was already proven.
Can Russia trigger real adoption? I doubt it. Just look how the "adoption" went in China. They toyed Bitcoin for a while, then kicked it out and started their centralized coin. It has proven to us the Bitcoin resilience, but for the average Chen it's a loss.
And the western banking sector (and it friends) just waits the perfect opportunity/reason to ban their main competitor. And then.. who will adopt Bitcoin?


It's a free world (actually network), that's the beauty of it. And protesting won't help; I don't expect Russian government care at all.
But please allow me still be concerned, OK?


I find Bitcoin now at a thin balance between the experimental status and worldwide adoption. I fear that the critical mass (user base) is not yet achieved and although we both have similar goal for Bitcoin, I'd prefer to "play safe" a little more.
What we have now with Bitcoin is a mix of hope and speculation. Bitcoin's actual value will come after the critical mass is reached and we can go on with or without the current financial sector.


I don't think that you really want that. It would be an immense setback.

If Bitcoin ends up as underground-only currency, it will be everybody's loss.
Sorry, I find your view in this a bit limited (or maybe I just don't understand it), and repeating that bitcoin is permissionless medium of exchange won't change that.
For example, an asset only in the underground markets - no matter the price recovers or not - won't really be seen as a store of value.

I've just read a post telling that Iran has been doing this for years, and partly with Russia.
Of course, it's a bit strange that they've decide to tell this loudly now, when they could have been continuing to do it without drawing extra attention.


Buy the rumor, sell the news!
Actually the same was about the ETF rumors. Some speculators pumped the price a couple of times just because the market had certain expectations.
(And yes, I agree with staying out of trading in this strangely turbulent market.)

* The average Joe will not save 400+GB on his HDD. He doesn't understand pruning, he doesn't want to wait days for the initial sync and doesn't understand why should he download such amount of data.
* The average Joe probably has Windows or mobile phone he wants to use Bitcoin with.
* The average Joe is not tech savvy and he would make mistakes if we would advise him use cold storage. I've seen case when one was claiming he has cold storage which he connects to the internet when he send transactions.
  (Yes, he got his money stolen by some malware/exploit).

Bitcoin core is great, but it's not for everybody.
Bitcoin core, if used as hot wallet, is as vulnerable as any hot wallet.

So what other option we have for newbies? At least from my side it's not marketing; it's genuine attempt to help users keep their coins safe.



Then move it. See bottom-left link.

Although the title tells it, I want to emphasize that the news is from 16 March; more than one week old.

So what this news talks about is not the pump from yesterday. The pump from yesterday evening is probably caused by the news about Russian gas and Bitcoin.

I think that the pump related to South Korea was not as big/relevant as expected. All in all, the fact South Korea goes on the path of Bitcoin is great, but the title is not

Some will fix their problems, some not (or at least not so good). Some may have done that, some not. But the only way to prove that is on the track.
I didn't say that they are not pro, but until proven otherwise, Ferrari is the safest bet for now. After qualifying, after more races, this should change; I hope so.


Clearly. Still, last year Nikita and Mick were racing for the last spot. Now KMag made 10 points and Mick has finished 11th. In my eyes this means that they have much better car.

For Russia and China, Bitcoin is only a toy they can use and throw away. If Russia will indeed sell gas for Bitcoin to whatever sanctioned countries, we may get back to "bitcoin is illegal money" and businesses/individuals getting restricted in using it.
I do understand your point, this kind of use would show how powerful Bitcoin actually is. But if then Bitcoin will no longer be accepted in the western world... it will be pretty bad, and not only for the price.
For "underground" use there are the privacy coins. But I would not be happy with Bitcoin used again only by (some of) us. I want to see Bitcoin accepted literally everywhere, by every merchant/business. The more legit the better.

Well, we know that most aren't into Bitcoin because of the tech
And then I can guess the horror (and the bad publicity) if such exploit indeed happens at a big Bitcoin event

USB A can easily handle exploits for PC/laptops, see the link from my other post here.
So by making the wrong assumptions, instead of protecting one, you can end up getting malware on the other.


This doesn't really make sense. USB A is still widely used for PCs, I don't think they'll get no-longer-produced too soon. And, if you want to, you can easily buy cheap and straightforwards adapters from USB A to micro USB or USB-C like this one:

This news is cheered by those who care only about the price (which has indeed started going up), but I fear it will give even more ammo to Bitcoin's opponents.

And BTW, the whole news as I've read it, tells that they consider asking Bitcoin from the friendly countries and rubles or gold from the others.
However, changing the means of payment currency is not allowed by most of the existing long term contracts, so this looks to me like pushing the countries take the (not so easy) decision of finding better providers than Russia.

That's because one week ago the Ferrari cars (and Alfa Romeo Ferrari, and Haas Ferrari too) looked really fast and reliable, which we cannot tell neither about RedBull (or Alfa Tauri), nor Mercedes (and McLaren, and Williams) cars.
And sadly, the history has shown that in most cases the only thing you need to wind in Formula1 is a car that's better than the others'.
So unless RedBull and Mercedes prove that they have fixed their problems, the only competition for Leclerc may be... Sainz.

Hoarding has the same effect, so you don't even have to have 5+% loss rate, the price will rise anyway.
But isn't it the same with gold, stocks and so on? The early birds always have a big advantage.


Newcomers will want to profit themselves. This is why people are investing, actually. And with companies already acquiring bitcoin as reserve/store of value, I don't see any problem here.
Again, you have this "problem" with anything that's scarce and is being hoarded, no matter the loss rate.


The loss rate can be a problem only for the coins in circulation, used as currency. That's why people came with solutions like using satoshi or even millisat as measure unit.

Truly wonderful blocks.
However, I think that it may worth mentioning to the possible bidders that BitPay will probably be asking for KYC details when handling the payment.

While the possibility exists, the probability is slim.
USA has oil reserves they use to soften price shocks. At 200$/barrel (just a random very high price still much lower than 300) I am certain that many (at least from Texas and OPEC) will consider increasing production and some will consider lowering consumption. Talks with Venezuela are also a fact. I think that market will equalize itself and 300$ won't be reached.

I don't know where you heard the rumor from, but imho it looks more like an attempt to panic people than something with realistic chances to happen.

As said, Bitcoin cannot be mined in 2022 with graphic card.

However, you can mine with that card altcoins which either you exchange to Bitcoin, either the mining pool does that for you.
It's not mining Bitcoin, but you can obtain bitcoin. However, for that you better ask in Altcoin mining.

[P] De astăzi, îți poți mobila casa plătind cu cryptomonede
https://www.hotnews.ro/stiri-esential-25454323-astazi-iti-poti-mobila-casa-platind-cryptomonede.htm

Nu credeam ca o sa ajung sa-i fac reclama lui Catarama, dar am gasit in articol 2 puncte interesante.

1. Un magazin de mobila (deci nu Electro-IT si nu automobile) cunoscut accepta plati crypto.

si mai ales

2. Solutia folosita pentru plati este cea dezvoltata de echipa Elrond.

Imi place ideea de a avea mai multi procesatori de plata cu crypto in tara, poate ca o sa inceapa sa scada comisioanele. Pana acum ar fi Netopia si Elrond, din cate stiu.

I remembered that I've seen here in the past a discussion about malicious cables and I've found it: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5186863
It looks like the cable is not really different from normal ones; at least no visible difference. So it's a real problem.

I think that such farming may exist even in projects advertised on this forum. At some point altcoin announcements still existed with airdrops that needed KYC. And probably they're still some, although I avoid that area now.
It's cheaper to give the plebs worthless tokens for the KYC info one is farming. Then whatever price it that sold at, it's basically pure profit.
Afterwards one can increase the business and go for the next level, offering 5$ BTC 

Since the only valid uses for a cable are for signing transactions and maybe for charging, I'd guess that the transaction info going to the HW could be altered with the "right" cable (wouldn't such a cable be too bulky?!)
But even then, such an attack could work only if one doesn't pay attention what the HW screen shows before signing (unless it's Jack's screenless future HW lol).

However, I guess that the validation (or not) for my theory may have to wait "a few weeks"...

Congratulations, it's a nice milestone.


While it certainly makes me feel good that I've helped here and there, the actual merit is completely yours.
As you said about perspective: some weight the different opinions, some "know better" and are interested only in those validating their views. Some come here and learn, some others come only after they've got into problems they cannot fix (yes, I know, it can also be a matter of luck - the moment in your life the search engine lands you here).
You seem to have a healthy way of thinking and .. well, that's your merit. The rest just comes from this.