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4201  Economy / Services / Re: [Open] ▄■▀■▄ 🌟Bitvest.io🌟 - Plinko Sign Camp (Member-Hero Accepted)(New2) on: June 03, 2020, 05:58:29 AM
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4202  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Bitcoin is worthless, but in-game currency or tokens are priceless ...yea right! on: June 03, 2020, 02:16:02 AM
It would be really frivolous to tell someone what they will do with their money, but my post was more focused on the fact that people are constantly saying that Bitcoin is too expensive, even 5 years ago when it only cost $200. But at the same time, these same people spend quite a lot of money on cigarettes, drugs or alcohol, which is in a way their right - but it's actually not just throwing money in the wind but also endangering their own and other people's health around them. Everyone should draw the line and calculate how much they can save in just 10 years if they start acting responsibly towards themselves, money and health.

Some people laughed at me personally 5-6 years ago because I believed Bitcoin had a bright future, and today they are sorry because they missed the opportunity. I'm not saying that someone should invest everything they have in Bitcoin, but that they should think about how to make their lives better and how to preserve the value of what they have today.
The point you are making is valid and I agree with what you are saying that all people should have the financial literacy to help themselves and to stop or atleast minimize their vices but that is not the thing that I am pointing out, the thing is that no matter how much you want to help people by reminding them with how much money that they waste on vices and telling them that they are wasting their money on useless thing, you will come off as an annoying guy, you may advice yes but you can't force them to change. I too have my own vices which is buying videogames (though I am buying them when there is a sale). Again I would say it, why save people when they do not want to be saved.
4203  Economy / Economics / Re: Economic Impact Of Commercial Space Exploration on: June 02, 2020, 10:47:17 AM
How will the common man benefit from something like this? Asteriod mining? Seriously? For example, people usually purchase the Xbox or Playstation or Switch currently for gaming. A small percentile purchase VR headsets linked to these platforms.
That is what I have thought of too, I agree that this will generate jobs but I do not think that the profit for space is not yet that much albeit it is pivotal moment to space exploration, it is still not yet available to common people, with the price of each spacesuits, I do not think we are near to the Cowboy Bebop era where space travel is like riding an airplane. With the question above whether the common man will benefit from it, my answer is that they will benefit from it though most of it is indirectly being generating jobs the most obvious, in my opinion, many will benefit from this because there will new studies that will be tried by more people because they have access to space travel, tourism will be small because most people that could afford it will be few but each will have to pay hefty amounts of money and I am optimistic that that will be enough for them to get back what they invested.
4204  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Bitcoin should never become fully anonymous- don't fool yourself on: June 02, 2020, 06:46:43 AM
In my opinion, it was a very clever decision to make bitcoin not fully anonymous by default. The reason why that was so is because it helps bitcoin to be money of people. When we talk about cryptocurrency, we often mention that it helps to provide financial sovereignety and freedom. Freedom itself means people should have a choice. People should make transactions and control their money in a way they want. People's money belongs only to people. If they want transact in an open manner, they can do that without additional actions. If they want some anonymity (bitcoin can provide a decent level of anonymity if properly used) they can do that as well. It is merely matter of freedom and choice. I want to use my money as freely as possible. Everything that takes out that  variability makes money very ineffective in terms of freedom of choice.
Having a fully anonymous bitcoin will only make things worse because this will be a very good bridge for illegal activities, if you support this complete then you support money laundering and other illegal activities because that is what full anonymity will enable, I do not support full anonymity but having the privacy of users to the extent that the government can intervene is a better thing. Plus, this compromise will help in paving a way for bitcoin to be injected into mainstream finance. In the first place, why would you support full anonymity in bitcoin when you know that you are not doing something illegal, this elitism in bitcoin community is making the progress of the cryptocurrency regress and move backwards, and I find frustrating and sad because there are members of this community that are consciously excluding people and they do not want other people to know about this, they do not want others to learn in short. I know that many will disagree and others will be livid with my statement but I will stand with I say and I am open to criticism.
4205  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Bitcoin is worthless, but in-game currency or tokens are priceless ...yea right! on: June 02, 2020, 05:28:01 AM
People have different vices in their lives, and most of them don't want to give up no matter how bad they are. Smoking is without a doubt bad for your health, but also for the health of everyone in your vicinity, but still a large percentage of the world's population smokes and does not pay too much attention to the price. If we take the example of smokers who consume only one box (20 cigarettes) per day and that the average price of such a box is around 5 EUR (EU) we come to the following figures.

  • 5 EUR x 30 days = 150 per month.
  • 150 EUR x 12 months = 1800 EUR.
  • 10 years of smoking = 18 000 EUR.
  • At current price smoker waste 2 BTC in 10 years.
  • Coffee, alcohol, fast food + all other bad habits = 18 000 EUR extra?

I would say there are always better ways to spend money, but it's all a matter of choice - some people say "you only live once" and "you have to die from something".
In my opinion, no matter how much money and how you spend it is on your own personal choice, people should not care about what you do with your money, even though they are vices, we can't simply just barge in and hinder their personal decision. I agree that smoking is bad and I like that having a reminder of the money that they spent on their vices, but that is where all the help you can do for them, that phase is the time that they are going to decide for themselves. After all, why save people when they are not asking to be saved.

In regards to the gaming currency versus bitcoin, it is also a matter of personal choice because people have to sate their need for entertainment and enjoyment, life is not always about money, it is just a contributing factor to happiness. Life should be a mix-up of fun and finance because a life without happiness is a bland and boring journey.
4206  Bitcoin / Legal / Re: Kremlin vs bitcoiners. on: June 01, 2020, 08:13:58 AM
I do not live in Russia so I do not know much about the politics and whatnot there but I think that the people there do not have that much power whenever they want to oppose the laws that are going to be passed on, Putin is a strong man and has an imposing personality and I think people know it. In my opinion, the laws concerning the illegal activities that can be done through bitcoin should be monitored because I do believe that more people will suffer in the long run if this kind of illegal activities are set aside in the ditch and letting it proliferate will make it worse that a simple legislations that helps in busting these illegal crypto activities will never make a dent, in short I agree with their policy to destroy these activities before they get bigger.
4207  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Vietnam bursts an illegal casino who used to handle bets worth $3 billions on: June 01, 2020, 03:15:31 AM
Holy shit! With all those massive profits and the owners never even bothered to operate legal for a lot much less fees?
Indeed, gamblers should open their eyes and be careful on which kind of casino they are dealing with.
The reason that the owner did not register his business is that taxation is a pain for business person, imagine the profits if the business was legal, there will be a lot of paperwork and the taxes for businesses like this is so big that it intimidates people into going legal, I do not know much about taxation so take this as a grain of salt, but I do know that when your business is not registered then you will not need to pay your taxes, as for how you are going to launder the profits, there will be different ways but I think that is also the downfall of any illegal businesses, when authorities caught wind, they will chase it like a dog and bite back and never let go. In my opinion, most players of illegal casinos know that they are playing at an illegally operated one, people will turn a blind eye when it comes to their causes, and I do not think that the casino is being illegally operated will stop these people from gambling there, if you believe otherwise then why do you think they always caught these illegal casinos with people still playing?
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4211  Economy / Trading Discussion / Re: How many Courses did you take to become profitable? on: May 26, 2020, 10:00:06 AM
Does it mean you paid crypto trading courses just to learn how to trade?

IMO, reading articles/blogs, and watching free youtube trading tutorials are the best place to go if you really want to learn to trade. After that, actual trading makes you become pro but of course spend only the amount that you can afford. This forum also helping me to sharpen my mind and skills in trading, no need to be rushed, and hurry in trading.

I have heard from one of my friend that started in trading using the Etoro exchange platform. He said that this is good for a newbie that wants to learn how to trade in crypto because they allow copy trading services for newbies in trading.
From a standpoint of a student who wants to do some trading then I can back up this quote, not everyone has the resources to afford a course, if anyone thinks that courses in trading can help then no qualms with that because it is our personal choice, in my opinion, most of the courses offered online do not help that much but I can be wrong because I never had an online course before, so take that with a grain of salt. Personally, I do learn by watching in Youtube, searching some terms in Google, practicing trading via paper trading websites like the site mentioned in the quote, and most importantly is surrounding yourself with people that have the same goal or have reached the same goal, I have friends that are trading and I am learning a lot from them as much as possible.
4212  Economy / Trading Discussion / Re: If we have great ability, is capital from bank loans safe for us to use trade? on: May 26, 2020, 06:23:01 AM
If we are trading inside our comfort zone we may take more dare decisions but if you are trading with loan amount which may not be possible so there will be loss in the returns that is why some users never wanted to take loans for risky investment and that is the right thing as well. You can invest lend amount on something which gives assured returns and its more than the inflation rate or else its not worth to invest.
If you are confident with your skills, you can definitely use loans to fund your trading regimen, but be careful with the loans you are going to use, make sure that the loan you are can be paid easily even if you are experiencing hard times when you are trading, you do not want your credit score to be affected with these, a piece of advice for traders is to have a safety net to help when you are experiencing a financial fall out, having a safety net like emergency fund or a day job helps a lot when you are a trading newbie, we will experience losses no matter what and it is up to us on how we handle thigs.
4213  Economy / Trading Discussion / Re: Why not decentralized exchange..? on: May 26, 2020, 03:35:59 AM
First and foremost the major reason why most people don't trade or use Decentralized Exchanges (DEX) frequently is because of volume and nothing more, and this is where centralized exchanges have upper hand. That is to say, if decentralized exchanges can solve this issue of volume and maybe make it more user friendly, more people will be attracted. Also it is not us but the authorities (creators of the Dex) because if the right thing is being done there is no reason why most people won't use it. Lastly, I believe as the crypto space is still growing, there will come a time when decentralized exchanges will be enhanced and be highly used since there is little to no funds security challenges associated with them.
If decentralized exchange solved their problem with volumes, wouldn't it mean that they become centralized? I am curious because I want to know more and I am still learning more about something, in my opinion, having a decentralized exchange wouldn't make things any better, there is security on centralized and they are monitored by an authority. I agree that the crypto space is growing but there is something imminent threat that is affecting technology as a whole, and that is that the current computing power is slowly going on a plateau which means that an advancements in anything related to computing and technology is in peril, good thing about it though is people are aware of this and are making progress with quantum computing.
4214  Economy / Economics / Re: Cryptocurrency adoption in Africa on: May 25, 2020, 11:07:40 AM
The adoption of cryptocurrency is growing worldwide and Africa sticks out as the continent is showing lots of interest in it. Crisis is looming in many economies and cryptocurrency offers an alternative for individuals looking to hedge their funds, or an investment venture.
Africa has a lot of potential and I think many people see it, in many countries in Africa most are using cashless transaction to transfer the money because there is still a considerable crime rate there, with that idea in mind, I think that people are going to adopt to it easily but when it comes to their respective government then that is another story.

Over the years, I had highlighted lack of accessibility and negative sentiments as the two main barriers to the growth of cryptocurrency in Africa, however it seems that these hurdles are slowly being crossed;
Accessibility: Cryptocurrency is a digital currency and as such it needs to be operated through a digital device. Internet penetration in Africa is growing and with it is the usage and adoption of digital currencies
I agree with the negative sentiments as a barrier, with constant civil wars in some African countries and some of them are still developing. The biggest problem in my opinion is the constant crime rate and low return of investment for investors who wants to invest in the region, the government and world councils can do so much with these problem and this is in my opinion the reason that there aren't that much willing investors to help in developing the region.


With a teeming youthful population, 60% of the continent below 25, gradual growth in digitalization and developing economies, Africa has a plenty of potential to become a major driver of cryptocurrency adoption.
It's however still limited by negative sentiments. Citizens and governments are reluctant to embrace cryptocurrencies, the former a result of the latter. Centralized organizations like the gov't and banks touts cryptocurrenciea tout Bitcoin to be high risk and vulnerable, and with so many uncertainties in the continent, the people are not willing to add their funds to the list. This however is expected to change as quick access to information grows and more open discussions about blockchain and digital assets are had. Big industries like binance are also utilizing the potential in Africa and this would have a positive effect on adoption.
Like my point above, the government will have the reluctance to accept cryptocurrency but I do not think that people will have that much reluctance as long as there is an information dissemination and a constant support for education is a big factor in making a leeway for people to accept cryptocurrency.

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4215  Economy / Economics / Re: Can microeconomics help macroeconomics after the pandemic on: May 25, 2020, 06:40:23 AM
There's no divide between microeconomics and macroeconomics.They are one thing and separating them is just wrong.In my country,small and micro-businesses with less than 10 employees are 90% of the entire economy.Foreign trade IS NOT macroeconomics itself,it's a part of macroeconomics.
The export of most countries will be hit during the corona recession,but this will be temporary.The underdeveloped countries in Africa,Asia and Latin America can't compensate the decrease of export with increasing their domestic consumption.Those countries have huge foreign debt as well.
Microeconomics and macroeconomics have a very broad definition, I agree that they can't be separated, microeconomocs focuses more on indivivdual and small firms or businesses while macroeconomics is the summation of all the microeconomics there is in a country, in my opinion, this pandemic plays a big factor on whether they will affect one another. For me, microeconomics will surely help macroeconomics because they help in the process of distribution of supply in a certain market, it may sound crazy but the pandemic helped microeconomy to be recognized in the global market.
4216  Economy / Economics / Re: Continuous Printing Of Money Out Of Thin Air Has Never Being The Answer on: May 25, 2020, 02:45:11 AM
This may not be the solution but we can’t stop the government from printing money and they need more funds to fight the virus especially those small countries. The inflation will become more expensive because of this, and I know government know this thing and they must be prepared on that as well. Time will come for the fully adoption of cryptocurrency but for now, it is still not consider as a legal tender but there’s a big potential for this thing to happen soon.
The money printing might be a band-aid solution but I think that they are preparing a countermeasure that will combat the possible high inflation, this stimulus solution is very serious because many people are suffering and they need the money right now, maybe if the government are focusing on relief operations like soup kitchens, essential grocery giveaway and such, then they wouldn't have to worry about money, I think that money is not always the solution, this pandemic needs to be looked in a diverse and novel perspective because times are changing and sometimes the old ways are not the best way.
4217  Economy / Economics / Re: Is it possible to live without banks? on: May 24, 2020, 07:32:22 AM
It's still hard to live without banks because until now, people are dependent on it and with fiat.
If we are talking on a grander scale on the situation here then I can say that we can live without banks, for example is tribes that are still living the old ways and they are getting their sustenance from hunting and farming, they also can barter their products and goods from other tribes, this is feasible but when it comes to a modern setting then it will be different because the norms have changed overtime and we now have novel needs that was once unavailable like medicines and medical treatments. Unpopular opinion, poor people do not depend on banks.
4218  Economy / Trading Discussion / Re: A good advice for every traders. on: May 24, 2020, 05:32:13 AM
Sometimes you should listen to the analysis of others and from that you can either make you own analysis or add some analysis so its safe where you gonna enter or exit. Recording of your trade decision makes someone confident about trading, some people forget why they enter or exit. Emotion is very important and patience in every trading decision.
Most of the technical advices have been and I am glad that the quote above mentioned that emotion plays a role when trading, it might not look that much but I think mentality is something that we should fortify because there will hardships in trading that will break you down physically and mentally which is worse than the latter. My advice is more on practical so it might help some, and some might disagree and I am open to ideas just like others.
  • Safety net- create a cushion for yourself when you are trading, remember to have emergency funds for the times when you experience losses, this safety is not for trading but for your daily sustenance when you are experiencing loss, it is advised that a 3-6 months worth of emergency is needed for insurance but if you do not want to you can set how many months of emergency funds you need.
  • Side Hustle- do not put all of your time in trading, do other things that you can earn, if you have other skills that can be utilized as a free-lancer, or better yet is have a job or if you have a job when you are trading then do not quit yet because you are still starting to trade so this pretty much goes back to the first advice.
  • Avoid debts(if you can)- debts is the greatest enemy of people who wants to become financially secure, but I disagree with that because if you know where to borrow money then you can use that as an advantage, one example is credit cards, you can get one and spend a portion of it and make sure that you can pay that spent portion when the credit is due, and that routine on time payment will earn you a credit score, which helps you in the long term, when you want to apply for loans and you have a positive credit score then the process will be at ease, it has no connection to the trading advice that I have given above but I might as well share this because we can use this to benefit from it.
4219  Economy / Trading Discussion / Re: Trading mistakes on: May 23, 2020, 09:09:36 AM
how about being impatient?

Maybe it would go under not prepared since most of those people that are impatient do not know what to do in time they are waiting for their investments to grow. Another thing with being a follower is that you learn things from people but it depends on how you will be using that skill or knowledge you've learned.
Being impatient should be an innate trait when you want to trade, I too am an aspiring trader, though I do not trade yet, I am doing my research to learn as much as I can until I saved up enough funds for trading, I can agree with being a newbie trader, you should follow and find a mentor, but do not just follow to the point that you become a sycophant, use your common sense (another innate trait), the decision always end with you and not with other people. I really this kind of testimonial threads, they help me watch out for mistakes that I could've missed and I am grateful that people are sharing their mistakes and success, both people are equally inspiring.
4220  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: If War breaks out between China and the US, can China hack Bitcoin? on: May 23, 2020, 06:58:48 AM
A 51% attack on Bitcoin is possible since China owns most of the mining pools right now but I don't think that they will get any benefits from it.

Instead of doing it, they will just let Bitcoin be. I don't think that Bitcoin can be hacked right now but who knows in the next decades Cheesy. One thing more is that US and China are somewhat fighting with each other right now but I don't think that it will start a new war between them. Anyway, lets just hope that it will not happen or it could start the 3rd World War. :X
You did consider WW3 as a factor but not a threat, if ever two superpowers would go to war at each other then, data mining and bitcoin would be out of question because that war will ensure total mutual destruction and what happens when they both use their nuclear capabilities, the whole world will feel the impact and there will be electro magnetic pulse that will cause the disruption plus the fireball and the raditation after that, full scale war will remove the worth of many things and that includes cryptocurrency, in my opinion China would do that to buy off allies that will help them, in a war of attrition I do not know who will when but let's hope that it will never ever happen.
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