We wish to have a local board now... our single lonely thread is getting overburden with all the spaghetti posts Technology, Alt, News, Politics all in one plate.
Yeah I can imagine that situation there ain't best, with having to use one thread for various topics and conversations but it is what is, as others communities had to go through the same thing in the past before they got their local board. If I am not mistaken I think that you already have a topic with local board request here in Meta section so first step towards your goal has been done. All you can do now is to remain active as a community, write good posts and hopefully one day you will get your own local board. Since it's been a while from the last local board being added, you will have to be patient as it won't happen overnight. |
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Hi @irfan_pak10 Do you realize that founder of Polkasocial has an AI generated image on his profile, meaning that there is a big chance that Polkasocial is a scam? Another thing that is fishy are bunch of fake reviews of their app on Google Play. You can find the evidence in the link below https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5322516.0 |
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What happened: While casually browsing altcoin section, I stumbled upon Polkasocial announcement thread. Since there is a lot of hype going on around everything connected to Polkadot, I've decided to take a look. Upon checking their team members, it turns out that for their founder "Spase Roth" they used AI generated image. ANN https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5322479.0Archive https://archive.fo/s437rWebsite https://home.polkasocial.org/#aboutArchive https://web.archive.org/web/20210308211901if_/https://home.polkasocial.org/#about Domain Name: POLKASOCIAL.ORG Registry Domain ID: D402200000015953519-LROR Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.namecheap.com Registrar URL: http://www.namecheap.comUpdated Date: 2021-02-11T03:18:50Z Creation Date: 2021-02-09T02:06:31Z Registry Expiry Date: 2022-02-09T02:06:31Z This is Polkasocial founder "Spase Roth" and his Linkedin account. Problem with this image is that it is AI generated, meaning whole identity of their founder is fake. On this website you can play around with that image and adjust it as you like. There you can also get many other AI generated images. Since founder image is fake, chances are that rest of the team images are done the same way.   Another fake about Polkasocial is their app rating on Google Play. App was released few days ago and during that time more than 300 people rated it, all giving it maximum rating. I haven't tried the app, but I generally don't trust any that has that kind of score and is available for only a few days. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.polkasocial.app&showAllReviews=true
In the end, what to expect from a project that used a generated image for one of their team members and then ask people to invest their hard earned money other than to be a scam. Add on that all those fake reviews on Google Play and you get something that is best to avoid. |
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Budimo realni, oni i turci najviše spamaju što pokazuje i ovaj najnoviji Rikafip report svih lokalnih foruma, a nikome nije zagarintirana pozicija ni u jednoj kampanji, i CM je do sada uklonio preko 50 članova iz različitih razloga, a možda se sad malo i popravi kvalitet postova  Istina, ta 2 lokalna boarda imaju jako puno spama. Tamo čak "rade" i shill grupe u altcoin sekciji a imaju i dio za hyip scamove, onda znaš o kakvom kaosu je riječ. Jedino ko tu drži kvalitetu od tih par najaktivnijih boardova je Njemački, što me čudi jer se zna da kod Švaba nema zajebancije. Ali baš je simptomatično da dva najaktivnija lokalna boarda nemaju članove u CM kampanji. Oni će ziher bulazniti o nekim urotama umjesto da se zapitaju šta krivo rade. |
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I do plan to actually try to use it, it is on my bucket list and I honestly feel kinda ashamed that I never really tried to do at least one transaction. Please post a QR-code with a 100 sat ($0.05, I'm cheap) LN payment request. I'll fund the first 10-ish I'll see (one per user of course). I don't want to turn this into a giveaway thread, but for testing it should be okay. If your request is valid for 24 hours I should see it on time (if it's only 1 hour I might be asleep). I'm asking for a QR-code so I can easily pay from mobile without copying codes.Let's give it a try then so here it is, QR code for 100 satoshis invoice   edit: Damn that was fast, 100 satoshis already received! Thanks @LoyceV, I really appreciate it. Now I can cross it off the bucket list! Anyone willing to do the same, post QR code with a few satoshis invoice so I can try to do the same?  |
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I remembered one guy over here giving away 100/ 500 Sats for free if you enabled LN on your wallet.
Maybe someone else did the same thing, but the one I remember doing it was @bpovtmg when he created the thread last September in which he was giving 200 Satoshis for free for those who installed Lightning Network wallet. That was exactly the reason why I downloaded Blue Wallet, but somehow I forgot to ask for those free satoshis in order to test it. I am sure that will be sorted out with time. The developers have to understand that if LN (and Bitcoin for that matter) is to get some serious traction, it has to become understandable and easy to use for those with 0 experience with that subject. +1 This is the key, ease of use, and until that is sorted I don't think that use of LN will get any traction. Sooner or later that will happen though, as with everything. But until then, it will be used by those few that are either tech savvy enough, or really interested in all this. |
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Additional problem here is that they reduced total supply from 2 billion BNTX to 20 million BNTX, making it 99 % decrease. If you apply that decrease to bounty pool which was at the start of bounty 333,333 BNTX, new bounty pool would be measly 3333 BNTX. If they keep the same ratio of course.
Could it be that Bintex organized this swap with the sole purpose of screwing up bounty hunters, or that swap was announced prior to start of bounty campaign? If yes, that would be something new that I haven't seen before, But can't say I am entirely surprised.
Once again it proves that bounty hunting is a very risky business as more often than not you will end up with nothing.
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Beginning of a month means only one thing, new monthly overview of the local board activity! I made these charts thanks to data provided by @DdmrDdmr and his Merit Dashboard which I suggest you check if you wanna more in depth look into specific local board.
Post activity per local board during February 2021Post activity wise, local boards were slightly less active during February than they were in January, but difference is basically negligible (25788 posts were written, down from 26449). Once again Turkish board has been most active, followed by usual names, Russian and German local boards. Not much difference at the bottom half of the chart as well, with those semi-dead boards being at the bottom, while they are usually not even on the list. Among communities without local board (that are marked with *), Pakistan proves to be most consistent and active one.
Merit shared per local board during February 2021While February post activity decreased just a little bit, merit wise the difference between last month and January is much more noticeable (4601 merits shared in February, down from 5225 which is approximately 11% decrease). The only (among more active ones) board that managed to increase merit shared in this period was German, all others had drops, and some like French even significant. Hopefully this month end up being better.
Merit senders/receivers per local board during February 2021Pretty straightforward chart, as always, with few standard boards being moe active in that regard than others, relative to the amount of merits shared.
Merit/Post ratio per local board for February 2021Last but not the least, merit/post ratio chart. As you can see, majority of boards had lower ratio during February than average for 12 months period, which was expected given the reduced amount of merit shared. Standard warning not to take this chart too seriously as data can be off due various factors, even if you look at the longer period of time
The most active members during February 2021 per local boardNumbers are taken from https://ninjastic.space/ made by @TryNinja |
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If I remember correctly, people were asking this very same question back when bitcoin was $10k, $20k, and probably at valuations much lower than that before I got into the scene. So if what's being asked is whether bitcoin is too expensive to buy it now, I'd have to say "NO".
Exactly this. I've keep hearing about this question basically from the moment when I heard about bitcoin for the first u, somewhere in the late 2013/2014 and up until now. Just a few months ago I was arguing on one Croatian forum where bunch of people claimed that bitcoin is too expensive now (price was $12-$13k at that point) and that people who are thinking about buying bitcoin for the first time should wait for the dip that was "about to happen", while I argued that best time to buy bitcoin for the first time is now, no matter the price, and no matter the amount. Since bitcoin price is at the moment >$50,000 it didn't end up well for the those who thought the same. Then again, asking yourself that question "am I too late to all this" is perfectly normal. I asked myself the same thing when I came back to the crypto in 2017 but I decided to give it a shot and started buying bitcoin. What I think the "problem" is that people keep hearing the stories like "if you bought $100 worth of bitcoin now you would have xyz millions of dollars" so unless they can make a fortune with a few hundreds of dollars like those early adopters, they think it's pointless. |
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First of all, I dont think that's plausible to happen for someone to steal all those bitcoins from FBI. I mean, anything is possible, but realistically what are the chances?
But even if that happens, I doubt that would affect bitcoin price massively, or for a longer period of time. I guess that if someone stole those bitcoins, he wouldn't send them to Coinbase or Binance and try to sell them there, but he would sell them OTC. So no, I'm not worried about that scenario at all.
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What about IOS?
Last time I checked few weeks ago I couldn't find any fake wallet available in Apple store. Generally, it is much harder for scammers to get app there simply because Apple is much more strict and demanding than Google is, so I guess scammers are reluctant to even try. Another thing that might discourage them is the fact that to even submit an app on Apple store for verification you have to pay $100, which is 4x the fee Google has. Add on that the fact that Android is more popular and you get the current situation. By the way, if you find any fake apps on Apple Store, feel free free to report it here (or anywhere else in this section) and I'll add it to the list. |
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Ok, thanks. Adjusting the gas manually has to be supported by the wallet, right?
Exactly. MEW also has that option. In the top right corner click "Settings", then "Transaction Speed" and then you will get an option to set it manually, as seen on the screenshot below. Imho, Metamask is easier, safer and more convenient for everyday use, I suggest that you check that one.  |
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Only reason I can think of is that it is a multi-currency wallet, so not just bitcoin but newbies will download it for other altcoins as well. So it's going to be a favorite wallet when you are a beginner (used it when I was just starting, I have to admit, but when I learned about wallets I totally dodge it).
Yeah that makes sense, that scammers target those multicurrency wallets simply because they can reach more people that way, and if they make fake myetherwallet or electrum for example, less people will be interested. One thing that also might make Exodus popular target is the fact that Exodus developers are not so much fussed about fake wallets with their name, at least that was my experience when i contacted them on several occasions. Then again, since it only costs ~25 USD to upload your application on Google play, no wonder we get all sorts of fake wallets there, including those that are not very popular. Here is a new one: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.iwallete.allets Thanks, I've added it to the list and reported to Google. Hopefully others will do the same. |
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I have Blue Wallet downloaded for that purposes, fooled around a bit with it, checked few guides but never really bothered to try sending, mainly because I didn't really have any real need to use it.
I do plan to actually try to use it, it is on my bucket list and I honestly feel kinda ashamed that I never really tried to do at least one transaction.
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Unfortunately that's the reality of transactions on Ethereum blockchain, using other wallet won't help you. What you can though is to manually set the gas. You can use https://ethgasstation.info/ to see the current gas situation and adjust it accordingly to pay as minimum as possible, although that comes with the danger of failed transaction. |
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If Netflix allows bitcoin as a payment method for their services, this will allow many new customers to join Netflix . Remember when bitcoin was first introduce in the gambling industry, the gambling industry boomed. Same will happen to Netflix if they adopt and accept Bitcoins.
I wouldn't count on that, that adding bitcoin as a payment would have a significant impact on the number of Netflix subscribers. I mean, I've been Netflix subscriber for years (and very satisfied one for that matter) and I would certainly welcomed that option, but with the price of bitcoin transaction relative to the price of monthly subscription, I am not sure that many would suddenly start paying Netflix just because they can, let alone those who for whatever reason never subscribed to Netflix before. |
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You don't understand what i mean. You have broke the forum rules, so you will be permanently banned with all of your alt account soon because you evade it.
I don't think that he cares whether that newbie account gets banned or not. In the end why should he when he can just create another in a few years minutes and continue with bounty hunting, even though he otherwise, that he is not interested in bounty hunting anymore. Kinda ironic, someone got banned for plagiarism complains about someone else taking a credit for his workers. |
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The Mining future is still bright. There are many more minable coins apart from Ether. Yes it has been the most profitable but times change Therefore I don't think it over yet for the GPU guys. This teaches us a lesson to always seize an opportunity when it's still available Maybe it's not over yet for those that want to start mining with GPUs, but it is still very risky to start. I mean, it's one thing if you got your rig/GPUs five-six months ago where prices were normal, and another thing if you are trying to build one now. Even if you manage to get GPUs in a reasonable timeframe (I know that people are waiting for a month to get them), you will still have to overpay them, grossly. This reminded me; just few weeks ago one cousin contacted me (whom I tried to talk into investing in BTC years ago but he wasn't interested at the time, i guess BTC was too cheap then), wanting to take a loan from the bank to build the mining rig. He was very adamant about building a rig (he even planned to keep it in an apartment where he lives) as some friend told him that it's "easy money". I somehow managed to talked him out of it, and instead suggested to start buying BTC using dollar cost average method, without bank loans, which I would suggest to everyone who doesn't have an access to dirt cheap electricity. |
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@Rikafip, I'm not really sure if this has been spotted, but I just check Google Play and another Fake Exodus with no download/s yet:
Nope, that fake Exodus wallet hasn't been spotted here for now so I added it to the list, and of course reported it too. When I look at the list of so far reported wallets, basically 1/3 is Exodus. I don't know why is Exodus such a go-to wallet among scammers, do people really use it that much so scammers are going for the most popular android wallet? I personally never used it, and neither did any of my friends I really had no idea that Exodus is that popular. |
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In my opinion those few posts are not big issues when we consider the amount of spam on other sections. I would like to have strict moderation on all over the forum because it is like we are again flooded with spam threads all over the forum due to the bull run?!
Exactly this. Majority of boards are swamped with useless/poorly constructed threads and those Scam accusation & Reputation boards are not really exception here. That of course doesn't mean that there shouldn't be some order there, but if mods gonna enforce stricter rules, why not then do the same for rest of the forum, like Bitcoin Discussion and Altcoin board which are complete mess. |
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