For crypto to be the only means of payment/buying and selling, that can also be interpreted another way to mean there's going to be the absence of governments in our society, for as long as we have a government ruling over our countries and the economy, fiat currencies will definitely continue to be used.

Cryptocurrencies are decentralized so it's not something the government can control, print or distribute as they please. Thats why there's always going to be a centralized means of payment, which happens to be fiat for now, whether it's digital or online fiat means, but it's what the govt can control, nonetheless adoption in Bitcoin will definitely increase as the years go by, but it and other dex cryptos will most probably remain alternatives to fiat currencies.

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Looking at City's game yesterday, pep Guardiola's men still look short of their best, it was a good defensive performance from city, but they were hardly sharp when they attacked the gunners, city have played four games and scored only seven goals, that's quite unlike them and poor based on their standards, I'm pretty sure pep will be asking his boys to improve their sharpness going forward. Kun is obviously back, with Jesus, Laporte and Kevin to join the squad in the coming days, City still remain my title favorites for this season.
United's game looked set for a draw, I was surprised they got 3 late goals, so if not anything, it shows character and good fighting spirit and that will take some of the pressure off OGS. That being said, Frank Lampard looks to be under some pressure himself atm, dropping unnecessary points in this early stages isn't good for him and Chelsea at all, plus he knows Abramovich has little patience with managers .

Fiat currencies are pretty 'vulnerable' to inflation and hyperinflation, but imo that doesn't mean that everything about it is bad or that Bitcoin is a better form of "money". Don't get me wrong, I know that Bitcoin annuls the interference of a third party and gives it's users responsibility and control of their funds on the network, but it's also a speculative asset, what about it's risks concerns and how volatile it can be, etc, all this is also a bad side and anti-Bitcoiners never fail to bring it up to demean btc.

That being said, the both forms of money is useful in our contemporary society, Bitcoin and Fiat, Bitcoin can be used as a hedge to fiat when it's losing value/depreciating, which is a great opportunity for Bitcoin users, but mind you that fiat currencies still remains a necessity, be it in our daily activities or to meet basic daily needs and other whatnots, they (Bitcoin & fiat) serve different purposes and diversifying your funds in Bitcoin and Fiat is the best option.

There is no 'special' or strict security protocol required before you can create a Yahoo email address (neither is the domain even security conscious) and the website doesn't have to be hacked or compromised. Mind you that when the scammers create their scam email addreses, it's not possible for the website (domain) to know their intent and that it'll be used to spread phishing links, that's why it's important to report this addresses so they could be marked as a scam email address.
Imo, just deleting the message and reporting the address is the best thing to do. If you want to confirm whatever was the content of the mail, go through the official website of the company, exchange, wallet etc the scammer was impersonating.

BTTS looks certain to play out in this lunchtime kickoff game looking at how Everton have started this season, scoring many goals, while Liverpool are always expected to get at least a goal per match, but Merseyside derbies are most times tight games, the passion and intensity increases when Everton and Liverpool face each other and sometimes it produces a very tight game with very few goals, we will see how the both managers approach this match, but from a neutral point of view, I want to see a free flowing game.

That being said, Arsenal look like they can grab something from their game with City today, with Kevin de bruyne out, City will definitely miss him in their midfield, though Sergio Aguero is back, but City are never the same without Kevin, last time out, Arteta beat the 'master' in the Fa cup semi-final, do you think he can do the same today again?

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Users need to have a proper and efficient backup of their seed phrases, having it in one place and end up deleting it is pretty careless tbh, as a Bitcoin user, if you feel comfortable storing your seed only in your device, then you must make sure the device is offline and also understand that something bad could happen to your device unexpectedly, for example it could be stolen, formatted mistakingly or could malfunction at anytime, so having an additional backup written down is very necessary.
More reason why Bitcoin users should either have a hw wallet, or more than one device, one to keep wallets, store seed phrases and everything that has to do with their crypto funds; while the other device for their online activities/other whatnots.

The ethereum network is obviously taking time to launch eth 2.0, but nonetheless, ethereum price is doing pretty good on the market and imo I don't see any reason to use cardano as a hedge to ethereum, it looks more likely to plunge in price than eth. That being said, atm it is prolly the time to accumulate more ethereum rather than cardano if your interest is only in altcoins, eth 2.0 will be launched pretty soon and it can cause a spike in the price of ethereum. On the other hand, if you don't trust eth that much and looking for a hedge if it plunges, then Bitcoin is a good choice to retain the value of your funds/assets.

Welcome back xtraelv, +1 to everything in your thread. The year has been crazy, but notwithstanding, I find it very interesting that some big companies have invested in Bitcoin, holding it as their reserve asset, increasing btc adoption via that process. Companies like MicroStrategy, Square etc, check it here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5280947.0, fillippone is helping forum users keep track with the big news in that thread.

And also with the pandemic and the 'fall' of traditional economics/currencies, not surprising the Economics and P&S board is quite active with topics on the issue, stimulus bonuses, vaccines etc and lest I forget the forthcoming U.S. elections, the year could still have a good/dramatic end .

YouTube just like Google has this same problem of not filtering their ads and leaving it to the users to do their research on any ad that appears as they use the app or Google search/chrome for example. It's right about now so obvious that most of this apps or social media platforms will do nothing to address the issue of scam advertisement, so as not to reduce their traffic or reduce the money they are making from them.

That being said, people should accept the responsibility of either totally not using some of this platforms and even if/when they must do, should take up the responsibility of protecting themselves by using ad blocker and ignoring and reporting any giveaway (scam) that asks for deposit first, or ads that ask them for private keys, seed phrases or anything that will compromise their privacy or funds.

A positive critique of a users post will pretty much make that user better, if only they are here to understand the Bitcoin network and other whatnots. But in all honesty, humans will always have a different approach when passing an appraisal, though the harsh method does little to correct the faulter and hampers such person from additional efforts going forward.

That being said, as long as a users isn't a spammer or one that's only in btt to join campaigns, they should be corrected in a positive manner, you'll be surprised that as time passes by, that very user could end up an asset to the community. But mind you also, when you're here to learn about Bitcoin, whatever treatment you receive is somewhat inconsequential, as long as you avoid threads filled with too much drama and concentrate on topics to garner knowledge, you'll have little or no problems. And another solution is: just grow a 'thicker skin'.

That's a very possible scenario, just like the deal Manchester United gave to Edinson cavani, which imo, is quite too much for a player i consider to have gone past his peak/best and I don't know what else he can offer Manchester United. That being said, I think Pogba will accept a big deal if it comes, and hence stay put in Manchester United for another couple of years.

Looking at Paul and how he plays this days, with the body movements and all, he doesn't look to me like he's too bothered about his bad form or the fact that he's not living up to the expectation fans look upon him with, cause if you ask me, it's obvious United isn't the club for him, nor the club to take his career to the next/best level, if he stays at United, I guess he is content with his mediocre performances

Of course the Bitcoin network has potential, but users should decide for themselves how many % of their funds they want to put into the BTC network, 5% may be too much for some, but for some companies that have adopted the network, it may be quite small. But mind you that the Bitcoin network is a speculative market and notwithstanding that it can be a hedge when institutional currencies plunge, users should still abide with the rule of thumb of investing what they can afford to lose
I don't think this has anything to do with any sort of manipulation, and if users don't fall for FUD, then no matter how whales manipulate the market, it doesn't affect their asset, that being said, this year big companies are now seeing more potential in BTC, maybe it's cause of how the economy and fiat reacted badly to covid-19, it helped BTC adoption a lot to say the least.

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I guess you mean CBDC's right, well mind you that they are not decentralized, so there's no need to worry about them, they are only digital fiat currencies and aren't going to be used like dex cryptocurrencies.
The world can't do that, no matter how many countries launch cbdc's, nor despite the rise of Bitcoin or other dex cryptocurrencies, fiat/paper money will be used in every country.
Fiat, cryptocurrencies and gold, all of them is going to be used, though Fiat will always be used more than the rest.

I think you guys should revisit op's link, the headline seems to have been corrected/changed:
This is fidelity report's actual message:

That being said, The Bitcoin network even based on it's market cap is growing, this year alone Bitcoin has been adopted by big companies such as MicroStrategy, Grayscale etc, and due to the pandemic and how institutional fiat currencies and their economy lost value leading to inflation, more people have bought Bitcoin as a hedge against this devaluation. I agree with the article that Bitcoin has room to grow, and it is doing just that, despite that the mainstream media isn't doing Btc any favors with how they link it closely with scam. Imo when btc 'rallies' above it's ath, and the economy/fiat is still struggling due to covid-19, the btc network will grow much more, even towards mass adoption.

Of course using escrows is good, if you're dealing with the right/trusted user and not an impostor. That being said, mind you that scammers now impersonate reputable users on either Telegram or other social handles to act as escrows and any fund sent to the scammer can't be recovered, see: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5281221.0, that topic is an example of how this scam works, before choosing an escrow, verify (don't just send, thinking it's safe) through the community and a signed message from the escrow.

Mind you that Manchester City have also won one match this season, against a struggling Wolves side, but they are still seen as one of the favorites for the epl title, that being said, I don't also think Manchester United can win the premier league just yet, but I don't think they'll fall out of the top four this season, except their bad run of form continues deep into the season, and teams like Everton, Arsenal and Chelsea have a good season.

Imo, OGS would not be sacked till the end of this season, if he stays or leaves old Trafford will depend on where Manchester United finish in the table, obviously it already looks impossible for them to win the league, so it's yet to be seen if the hierarchy at United will be happy with a top four finish yet again and give ole another year as head coach of Manchester United or change their manager.

Before the incident that happened in July this year were accounts of popular individuals like Obama, Bill Gates, Eleon Musk etc were hacked, I can understand if people feel that a post from a verified account will prolly not be a scam attempt, but after that event, and the community/world became aware that it's possible for that sort of breach to happen and people can get scammed through that means, I expected people/crypto users to ignore giveaway scams even if it's posted from verified accounts on social media.

That being said, it's clear many people do not want to carry on with the responsibility of protecting their crypto funds from scammers, it's not even about if scammers are smart or not, it's important to learn how to protect oneself and also sensitizing others close to us to the popular methods of security breaches/compromise as well.