The problem is not only in whether or not the so-called stablecoins are backed by anything, but also in the fact that most of them are centralized to such an extent that their issuers can freeze them at any time. All those who use stablecoins for any reason are therefore always exposed to these risks - so the question arises whether it makes more sense to trust fiat currencies of central banks or so-called stablecoins, which are practically the same thing issued by private companies.

The volatility of Bitcoin can be a problem for those who invest in the short term and are also prone to panic - but if you are in Bitcoin for the long term, then this volatility can only be an advantage, not a disadvantage.

PSA: Most Stablecoins Can Be Frozen, Even in Your Own Wallets

I personally have nothing against official resellers, so although it is always better to buy directly from the manufacturer, in this particular case it is much easier and faster to buy from an official reseller. Those resellers have already paid the customs duty and all the costs, and that's another plus because it's better if they did it in a foreign country than for your customs to do it - the less people know that you're buying such a device, the better, right?

As for receiving the package, in my case, everything is delivered to the doorstep, and all costs are paid to the delivery person (cash/card), although previously it was necessary to receive appropriate notification from the customs administration and then take a picture and send all the information so that they could issue a delivery authorization with an invoice for tax payment.

Considering everything, the best option is to have a physical store that sells HW and where you can simply pay with cash.

This is good news for you, so even though you waited a long time, that wait still had a happy ending in the end. I don't know how much the members of this forum influenced that something was finally started, but obviously this topic in combination with the messages that were sent privately had an effect.

I hope you won't have problems with deposits in the future - and since your problem is solved, it would be good if you edit the title and add "Resolved".

You're welcome - it's really strange that no one noticed it before - it must be some kind of magic or it's the 3-body problem that is mentioned very often these days

Today is the man's birthday, so he deserves a special status

Happy Birthday @LoyceV🎂

My first choice would be Passport because it is one of the HW that inspires the most confidence at the moment because of everything they do and the way they do it. However, there are people who will never consider buying such a device for the reason that it only supports Bitcoin, and on top of that, it costs a minimum of $200 for those in the US, and a minimum of EUR 250 for those of us in Europe.

For many, the price comes first, then the appearance, and only at the end the technical details.

Thanks for the payment and the $1000 I received as an additional reward
Of course, this is an April Fool's joke

Either you expressed yourself wrongly or you are interpreting what you are looking at wrongly - because ATHs usually happen after halving, except that this year is an exception for quite obvious reasons.


In less than 10 years, 99% of all BTC will be mined, and that 1% is as irrelevant as the year that many are fascinated by. Much sooner, miners will have to face the fact that the earnings from the rewards they receive in the form of new BTC will become greatly reduced compared to today.


The real bull run hasn't even started yet (at least as far as I'm concerned), let alone finished.

It is very easy to navigate the forum, you choose the board you are interested in and the topic that interests you in that board. I suggest you read the forum rules -> Unofficial list of (official) Bitcointalk.org rules, guidelines, FAQ, and especially pay attention to rule 32, which you break with Posting multiple posts in a row.

As for the negative merits and the "title" you got, it's an April Fool's joke

It is no secret that many have become rich from "selling" religion, which is of course completely immoral and wrong, but in some countries the free practice of religion is definitely abused. Even if it were possible for someone to declare himself a pastor or leader of a religious sect and found a church, I would forbid by law that those behind it could be financed in any way by their followers.

However, even the Catholic Church has some "mandatory" contributions that believers must respect in order to be a part of the church, and then it is difficult to expect that everyone else adheres to some moral principles and does not see religion as a business that will make them rich.

I don't know how it is in the rest of the world, but in Europe there are more and more people leaving the Catholic Church, especially in the large countries of Western Europe. In Germany, the number of believers has fallen below 50% for the first time, and hundreds of churches across Europe are being sold and converted into something else.

What ordinary people think is less important, and what those who pass and enforce laws think is much more important. Everything that "they" can't control is somehow illegal and bad, and all those who try to preserve their privacy (without having any bad plans) are suspects that are worth monitoring.

When we look at how the authorities around the world treat Bitcoin, we can see that apart from China and a few other "democratic" countries, no one is bothered when people trade with it with mandatory KYC - but there is a lot of bother when Bitcoin is mentioned as a decentralized cryptocurrency.

The fact that you can make a transaction between wallet A and wallet B without "them" being able to control it and identify the sender and recipient has been their nightmare since the day Satoshi let the genie out of the bottle.

There is a name of the source, so you could check it - but as far as I know, it was published by a journalist whose name is listed as a source, and who supposedly has very good connections. The picture was published a few months ago, and supposedly the journalist was making a documentary in which one of the main characters is this guy whose face is not blurred.

Whether Bankman was in the picture by chance or not remains a question, but according to everything I have read, it is an original photo.

Unfortunately, you have nothing left but to be patient and hope that your problem will be solved one day. It is possible that both people who can solve these kinds of problems somehow got into life situations where they had to put their life problems before the work they lead. Of course, this is not something that will satisfy you and others who need customer support, but as long as the whole thing is operational and online, you should not lose hope.

That amount stuck on their site is not too big, and on the other hand, not insignificant either (it depends on where you live), but if it can be a consolation for you, most of us have lost some funds on similar things at some point, especially in the beginning when we were young and inexperienced.

I wasn't online then, so I can't say anything from my personal experience, but I can advise you that instead of restarting Tor, simply click on the icon with three connected dots in the address bar of the Tor browser and select "New Tor circuit for this site". It is a much easier and faster way to fix problems when loading a page is too slow or difficult.

It sounds a bit incredible that everything is organized by only 2 people with a little help from the side, and that they did not decide to invest in quality customer support. It is obvious that money is not a problem, so I wonder why they allow themselves to have things like this happen to them, which bring them nothing but bad promotion.

Everyone probably has some exit point, but I stopped thinking that way a long time ago because I think it's much better to have Bitcoin than fiat. Of course, from time to time I will sell a small part of what I have in order to buy/pay for something, and I also regularly pay for various services using BTC as a currency because that's why it exists.

I honestly do not envy those for whom Bitcoin is just an ordinary investment, in the end they will never escape from at least trying to be somewhat financially independent.


Something like this?

If the forum would enable this feature and then limit it to only one board, I think that something similar would happen to us as with the Press board, which only two users turned into their private board for spamming links. Therefore, I think it would be better if such a feature were available in most boards (some may be exempt), with the rule that low ranks cannot use this feature.

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I honestly don't understand what you meant with what you wrote. Are you actually saying that you can't do what I did (the way I presented the video)? You have a Senior rank and can easily post pictures on the forum, but what you lack is a way to do it. This option does not exist in the post options and you have to create it yourself, but this is how the code looks, so you can try it.

You're welcome

I remembered that one member of the forum (if I'm not mistaken @stompix) in one of the topics discussing crypto cards was also a bit confused about fees - but I'm sure you'll find a solution for that too. Keep up the good work

You are pretty sure that US prisons are the exact opposite of what we have been shown for decades in many movies/series when it comes to the US. But I would not agree with that, not because I was in prison, but because people who are in prison are mostly very violent and they show that violence also through sexual abuse.

These guys in the picture don't look friendly at all, unless you think they ended up in jail for stealing beer and cigarettes from gas stations?