Don't develop this mindset, otherwise you will ruin yourself. DYOR — Do Your Our Resesrch. Whatever token anyone tells you is profitable at this point must be a token they're already hodling which might've even done an appreciable percentage in price already. So, you could be buying it at a high. But if you DYOR you could be buying from the bottom which is what every investor wants. You shouldn't be an exception. BTW, we are in a bull year. Almost any token can be profitable now, whether it has a use case or not.

Well, I don't think the people will be missing anything if there weren't Bitcoin in existence. You don't miss what you don't have an idea exists. For crying out loud, pre-two decades ago no one knew there was going to be Bitcoin and we all carried out our normal lives without chaos. It's the same way those who don't have telephone services in their countries live their normal lives without phones. To even bring it down home, my mum doesn't know jack about Bitcoin and she's surviving without it. It's that simple. The only good side to all this is that those of use who know the workings of Bitcoin or have a vague idea of it and the entire crypto thing think life is easier with this phenomenal technology called Bitcoin and the blockchain. At least we are consoled by that fact.

What does anyone think about the latest tweet from Elon Musk in what looked like taking a swipe at Bitcoin?



Actually, TBC reminded me of The Billion Coin; a scam coin that never came into existence since 2017 it was rumoured to be. Its community sadly believe till date that it will one day become a real use case coin. They're still in denial that it's a scam.

By your ordinary people you mean the government? The banks? A few extremely wealthy folks? I asked because these are the sets I know are truly scared of Bitcoin. The supposedly ordinary people in my books are the masses/poor folks and by all intent, these ones don't seem to be scared of Bitcoin. If anything, the thought of Bitcoin excites them because they see it as a source that could lift them out of their precarious and poor state if they hodl it.

BTW, those in the first classification are beginning to realize that the fud they harboured about Bitcoin are lies but are finding it difficult to make public confessions about it.

To be on the safe side, you have to do the needful by moving this topic to the appropriate section like Rikafip rightly pointed out to you. Otherwise, you risk deletion by a mod.

On the part of ETH being terrible, the exorbitant fees say it all. Look no further.

You will surely make a good and  astute marketer or public relations person, honestly; and joking apart. I like your resilience in trying to snap me out of my old way. However, what is sophistication when one isn't safe with it. Electrum's attempt to keep on improving on its app still exposes its users to vulnerability, isn't so? Wouldn't it be wiser to stick with the angel one knows rather than the one unknown? Nevertheless, let me quickly add that I once used Electrum in 2017 or so (at the same time I started using BC) but had to quickly abandon it because of several reported scaring phishing hacks. May be one day I will go back to it. Never say never 🤗

PS: This is also my last response to this.

Well, I like to lead my life on experience rather than hear say. Since I haven't had any issue with it I don't think it will be a learned and wise thing to right them off. The wallet may have a cog in its wheels but this I haven't encountered anyway. May be because I don't hold much sats in my entire portfolio or may be those who notice these issues you talk about are the whales or regular users. BTW, Electrum with all its negative reports, hacks and phishing issues, still get patronage isn't it?

What makes me think it's safe is because my funds are safe in it and I haven't had any issue using it for years now.

An analogy (May be it will drive the point deeper): That couples this day indulge different sexual positions while making babies and neglecting the missionary position hasn't taken away the effectiveness of the old missionary style adopted by our forebears while birthing our grandparents, and our grandparents while birthing our parents you know?  .

Each to what works for them. I am very comfortable with the BC wallet even to the point that I choose it over the Electrum wallet, any day any time.

CryptocurencyKing my broda, panic hold me as I see dat word na. E bi like wetin Patrick Obahiagbo (Igodomigodo) dey act. Na sharp sharp I knack the word enta dictionary, make local man nor go fall hand.

Unto the pikin matta, most parents nor dey like accept blame wen their pikin begin misbehave. Dem go like sey nor be dem born am or their neighbours don give d pikin witch chop. We supposed put eye for ground as parents and hold these pikin dem control numbas wella. E bi like my first son, e get some kain jugunu moves wey im go make I go just rememba sey me too do am. I go just hold my biabia dey smile. I nor go fit shout. But e get some wey im go do, I go sey hey hey boy nor go there!

Going memory lane and taking a peep into my Bitcoin wallet history after reading this OP, I discovered that on October 1, 2017, $0.016btc was worth just $69 but today that's $920+. I have had someone send me $1 worth of Bitcoin earlier that same year as a reward for a minor task I did on the forum which was at that time 0.001btc. It was almost like I didn't earn anything. The reward was so small that I could've opted out but the thought of having my first ever Bitcoin drew me in. I anxiously wanted to see what it was like to own it. Today, that same 0.001 is almost $58. So, I would suggest you just leave the meagre amount lie there in your wallet. You never can tell what they will be worth 4 years from now.

Check these two pictures below and you will understand how crazily Bitcoin miners are becoming this day with extortion in fees irrespective of how much is getting sent out.

Yes, I think it isn't a great thing that it doesn't support segregated witness. It puts me on the alert to warn those I transact with ahead that I use a blockchain wallet so they know they don't have to send me a Segwit address. But I also use other different wallets too, depending on the need. Using a BC wallet is kind of old school, you know. However, the good side to me is that it's very safe. I don't think your perception of it is accurate that it isn't safe. I have been using BC for 4 years now and haven't had any issue with it.

OP, you aren't alone on this. Apart from the transaction fees being a killer, the delay in confirmation time makes it worse. The fees when withdrawing from an exchange to a private wallet is a slit throat experience in addition to the already exacerbated situation. Perhaps, that could also be a reason Dogecoin is gaining momentum as transaction fee is almost like paying nothing. This day, I transact in USDT (ERC). It's very fast and the transaction fee is way too good. May be with time this exodus away from Bitcoin will become noticeable and by then it may have become too late for Bitcoin and the community that so much cherishes it.

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I don't know if this is just with me as the Blockchain app I use doesn't recognize Segwit addresses (It has never recognized it once since the Segwit thing came to be). It records them as invalid addresses. Does anyone have similar issue?

BNB is a fantastic coin to buy and hodl at this time. It's not just because the Binance exchange is the top leading exchange but for the fact of what CZ has been able to do with BNB as a smart contract. This will perpetually keep the coin in high demand just like what ETH ERC has been able to do. Even if BNB crashes, it will rise back like a Phoenix. The demand will always be there for it as both old and new projects are now moving away from the ERC chain because of gas fee to BSC. However, if you want to buy back, now isn't the right time considering you sold around $245 and the current price is way above that. Wait for a correction and then reenter.

Enjoy my guy. Life na one chance, e nor get duplicate. I hope you take style reason Bitcoin with dem there sha.

I reason dis second wan. Sometimes grandparents genes dey show demselves wen nobody send dem and e dey dey annoying, especially if na d kain gene wey you nor want. Anoda thing wey I wan yarn be wen people dey talk sey pikin nor resemble im papa or mama e go be market pikin. D truth be sey even if na market get am, na im real papa be dat na.

But bros, dat ya "phenotypically" something something nearly off local man oh  

Your reasoning is flawed on the surface value, even without going into the denotative which of course is without substance. I don't mean to be harsh here or mean with you. Take a look at Facebook's Mark Zukerberg, would you confidently say his wealth has made him "weak" or lazy? If anything, dude is still working his ass off to better Facebook. What would you also say of Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Warren Buffet, just to mention but three. I think the general behaviour is poor folks constantly beefing rich folks. The envy is crystal clear. On if Bitcoin makes a person's life better: the answer of course is a big fat YES!

Congrats, igehhh. You deserve the slot. Welcome to the Roobet world!

Now, roll your sleeves for the task ahead...

I guess you tagged me wrongly because you seemed to have reechoed what I said, thinking I said the opposite 😂.

Well, I for one believe there is nothing like starting something at the right time. There's never a right time. The right time is always now. Again, my little knowledge of biology tells me that a kid's mind is a tabula rasa — an empty book, so to say. And as such you can write whatever you want on it and it becomes an impression or learning. Whatever you teach anyone at young age stays with them longer than it would if taught at adult age.

While I think the Bitcoin market has gone fairly on the rise from late 2020 till now I still think it isn't yet saturated to drop. At least, not at the moment. There's still room for upward movement. The alts season is not yet come until Bitcoin's dominance on the total market cap depreciates. As it is now, Bitcoin can still do more push, even up to $60k from the two different charts — 4hrs TF and Daily.

This is the exact thing I would do — hold her by the hand. It's not enough that she's showing interest in Bitcoin, you have to make that interest worth its while for her. She can easily get distracted once she ignorantly falls victim of hack or scam. As her father and a veteran member of a Bitcoin forum you just got your first close ardent Bitcoin disciple. So, make it count. Don't be a distant observer to her. I don't think monitoring and directing her on this will be counted as infringing on her privacy or freedom if that's what you're worried about.

To be honest, I believe Elon Musk already was into Bitcoin several years ago. He can't be that tech savvy and not tried Bitcoin or cryptos before now. It doesn't add up for me, knowing him as a risk taker. What just happened now with his open confession of acquiring some is just to get the media buzzing. Remember, it isn't just Bitcoin alone. He also supports Dogecoin. Again, what does anyone have to gain monitoring the movement of any other person's Bitcoin. Does it add anything to one? Well, except one is a research student on Bitcoin, otherwise it's a fruitless adventure.