Nothing more than cheap PR for another company that wants to impose itself on the crypto analytical market. I hope that all these investors know that all these stablecoins are not really theirs and that they can be frozen at any moment if old Biden and his administration at some point start dealing with some new threats to national security.

Besides, who says that these investors will only buy Bitcoin?

I will be the first to send you a donation if you manage to push the price up to at least $25k in the next 2 weeks, although $40k would be a really nice surprise considering people need to go on vacations and pay more expensive bills due to inflation - be our savior and we will be eternally grateful to you

You wrongly assume that ES is buying Bitcoin with money that it badly needs and has any need at all to think about having to sell in the near future. The money they have invested in Bitcoin so far represents only a small part of their GDP and does not affect how good or bad the state treasury is. If you buy Bitcoin from time to time with some small amounts and practice the DCA method, does that mean that you should pay attention to the price in the short term at all?

For some people, it's enough that the coin has Bitcoin in its name and they won't understand the difference, but will rather insist that they bought Bitcoin at an extremely favorable price - how many times have I read how confused beginners run into problems after a while when they realize that their BTC is not what they thought it really was.

When someone asks why projects like this have not completely failed, one only needs to look at how many naive people still believe that they have real coins in their wallets.


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If it is a crypto wallet that will be used only for storage, then I would consider that after ensuring that the backup (seed words) is completely correct and safe, delete the entire wallet and before that save the addresses that have a balance or master public key with which I would make a watch-only wallet. For someone who only receives transactions, this would be safer as it would prevent possible hacking - although everyone should still be on the lookout for clipboard malware in that case.

In case the OP or someone else uses a mobile wallet for outgoing transactions as well, raise your smartphone habits to the highest possible level, which includes AV protection, not downloading risky apps, and regular security updates for your OS.

You obviously don't know what the OP does on the forum, i.e. that he claims that he can influence the price with his posts and that he always asks for donations for that. Let's say something like this -> https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5396744.msg60008904#msg60008904

You don't pay attention to details, so you didn't even notice that it was a Senior Member, not a Jr. Member as you claim. In addition, you have been a member of the forum since 2020, and the first thing you should have done is read the rules of the forum - the scam is not moderated, use escrow and don't blindly trust anyone.

Considering you only lost $25, consider it a cheap life lesson learned.

Considering that I follow what is happening with Bitcoin in the EU, I can say that this is not the first time that German banks give positive opinions about Bitcoin, unlike some other European banks. German bank Bayern LB speculated in 2019 that Bitcoin would reach a price of around $90k after the halving, so even though $100k was something that many predicted, they were still closer to what ended up being the last ATH.

In addition, many large German banks have requested licenses for crypto trading during 2021, which means that the market has become aware that profit can be made there and that Bitcoin has a long-term future.

As for gold, I don't see why here should be so much discussion about what is better or what should be invested in - because gold has its advantages, just like Bitcoin. Long-term gold and Bitcoin have their place in everyday life, with the fact that gold has been proven for thousands of years, and Bitcoin is just at its beginning and will show its real advantages in the time to come.

Simple math says that there really is a difference if the price of 1 liter of fuel is now 2.30 EUR because that would mean that for a full tank of about 50 liters, the owner should pay 115 EUR, while at a price of 3 EUR, he should pay 150 EUR. That difference may not seem too big to you, but apart from Bulgaria and Romania that you mentioned, average salaries are relatively low in Greece or Croatia. 35 EUR more for a fuel tank means a lot to someone, especially for those who use their vehicle every day.

Compared to last year, the price of fuel in Russia is more than 50% higher - tanks and military machinery consume too much?

https://autotraveler.ru/en/russia/trend-price-fuel-russia.html

It is not only you, because apart from the fact that most of these newly rich people need to present themselves to the public as much as possible, another important thing is also that Bankman and his colleague CZ really need to share their wisdom with us these days. The reason, of course, is that they are definitely not making money as before, trying to beat the competition and return optimism to the market.

After all, people should turn more to decentralized solutions like DEX and drive these narcissistic bankmens into history. They pose only risk and act like Bitcoin banks, and the bad news for me is that only a few of them keep millions of BTC in their possession by selling a story to their clients that their digital assets are safe. The more people realize "not your keys, not your coins", the more insolvency there will be on CEXs.

There are a lot of fake videos I’ve seen in the last few months using Musk&Saylor in the lead roles, whether they’re subtitled or even dubbed, and for the inexperienced eye they can seem pretty convincing. In the digital world, there really are countless opportunities for scam, and scammers are taking advantage of it relentlessly.

Instead of hours spent on YT or some social network, I would advise all these young people to read some good book, go to nature, or do some good deed. Because if you look for trouble there is no doubt that you will find it, sooner or later.

For starters, I'm not a person who needs to have hundreds of passwords, and that's where some see the advantage of a password manager. I just feel more secure if my password is completely offline than being stored by any software, no matter how secure someone thinks it is. In addition, there have been many different revelations about how some password managers have been hacked or found to have serious vulnerabilities - which means that user passwords are always at risk to be hacked.

All you read in this thread are just tips on how you can increase your privacy, although realistically most people have no problem making a purchase in the classic way and don't bother with things like this. In the end, the decision is up to you - it will not be the end of the world if you order HW to your home address and pay with a card.

I may be old school, but I don’t trust any password managers and I rely on creating strong and unique passwords for every service I use, and passwords are stored on paper in multiple copies. I’m not claiming it’s the best solution, but so far no one has hacked me and I’ve never lost a single important password.

If the password is complex enough (lowercase/uppercase letters, numbers, and special characters) it is enough to have up to 15 characters, each password strength meter for such passwords will show the time for their crack would be in billions of years. Maybe quantum computers will reduce that time a bit in the future, so no one will make a mistake if they use more complex passwords.

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No matter how safe you feel at the moment, the risk you take is very high - not only because you keep passwords in your mind, but also because you use similar passwords for all services. However, there is a better chance that you will hit your head and experience amnesia, than that someone will hack you if you have a somewhat strong password.

I know that there are members on the forum who have thousands of other members on the ignore list (all of whom have a pay signature) and supposedly it is very interesting for them to read the forum - and maybe someone could make a script for you (and those with similar needs) which would hide all posts that have no merits?

I see only one problem in that, and that is that not all good posts get merits, which means that you would miss a lot of good posts. In addition, any such measure is subject to manipulation - because someone who has a lot of alt accounts could give merits to themselves and thus make their posts more exposed.

The safest option (if available to you) would be to buy a hardware wallet directly for cash at a physical store. I suggest you check your local stores that sell electronic/IT equipment, because they usually sell such devices (at least that is the case in my country). Another option is to rent a PO box at your local post office or use one of the virtual PO box services so that Ledger does not get your personal information - for complete privacy pay with Bitcoin that is not associated with your name (coin mix).

EU bureaucrats have always presented themselves as extra smart, and now they have turned out to be almost the dumbest when it comes to energy policy. It's not just green energy, but that almost 500 million people now live in fear that they will not be able to heat next winter, or that the price of fuel will reach 3 EUR per liter, so they will have to ride bicycles or use public transport.

The utterly failed policy of making so many people dependent on just one country for oil and gas will hit those in power now. Parliamentary elections in France have shown that some radical political options will get more and more space, and Russia is counting on such an outcome. The real war may end in a few months, but the Cold War will last for years and will have far more severe consequences than in the past.

Sometimes it's better to keep quiet than to say something stupid, but rich people can afford to talk nonsense because obviously no one will blame them. There is nothing disputable when someone says that the new ATH will be in a few years, but that the same thing can happen in a few months at a time when we are closer to a new bottom is reckless and stupid.

Maybe CZ hopes that the spot BTC ETF will finally be approved in the US, or he just wants to bring optimism to the market because his job is suffering, but I never considered it important in the sense that his statements should be taken seriously.

All objective analyzes say that Russia will start feeling sanctions only in 2-3 years, provided that those who imposed them actually implement them. But what few mention is that Russia and its rulers have never cared too much for the common people, and are willing to sacrifice human lives and the standard of their people as long as it takes to achieve their goals that are now more than clear, creating great Russia within its historical borders.

Every day I hear about war crimes happening in Ukraine unseen since World War II (and crimes are undoubtedly happening), but everyone has obviously forgotten what happened in the Balkans 30 years ago when Serbs committed far more horrific war crimes in Vukovar and Srebrenica (and hundreds of other places) for which they were rewarded today with accession negotiations for EU entry.

I'm just wondering how long it will take the world to start pretending that nothing happened, 10 years after the war or maybe a few years more?

With or without a link nothing significant will happen if someone sells 4500 BTC, just as nothing happened a week ago when someone was in a panic over a similar amount of 5000 BTC.


It’s rare to see someone admit such a thing, so even though I meant to congratulate you on that success - I looked at your post history and see that you borrowed as much as $14 000 to buy BTC. Now you not only owe the bank 10% interest, but you also owe it to your uncle, and we always say that it is not wise to borrow money for risky investments. In the long run, that investment is likely to pay off - but in the meantime, you will be living with debt in times of inflation and recession, not to mention how many will lose their jobs - I hope you won't be one of them.