I basically prefer (if I can choose) to give my merits according to this criterion (in order of importance)
- users with low rank
- users of the local board
With very small number of exceptions, I never merit based on user. I merit the post. If the post deserves something, I'll give it that. I am also not overly generous, the vast majority of merits I give is in the 1-3 range. I also merit the local board, but it's not as active as I'd like, so most of my merit goes "international". |
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so it's unrewarding work
This is not always true, based on human psychology. I've noticed that since I'm merit source I also receive more merits. And it can't be that my post have become that much better  There was a topic (I won't search now) about people getting inclined to give merits back from where they've received it. Back then I didn't think that's possible, now I tend to agree that it does happen. So it can become rewarding as position (merits received). Which some will care about and some won't. |
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I've seen many good points here.
OP, you can't really expect that there are so many people around you who know about the value of bitcoin.
And, while it's good to incentivize people for useful information, you can end up paying the exact thieves for getting your truck back, and after some weeks they may try again.
About hiding the tracks with Bitcoin... it's a "hmm"...
Even if you'll mix the coins, it's clear that somebody from the family owns bitcoin. And I can only hope that it won't lead to a 5$ wrench attack...
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For most people in crypto he is right.
[~snip~]
Remember, we have a majority of users with few computer skills. They are in for the craze and the moonshots and meme coins.
Imho this is the correct view over what Andreas said. I'll only add that with a tiny bit of ingenuity the seed can be hidden in plain sight, which is not that much possible with the private key, also the seed is less prone to typos. But the main reason is being dumb-proof. And for that the solution at hand is seed and HW. |
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Very interesting.
You can see some patterns here.
Patterns will always exists. People do browse the forum by their interests and this has a high potential of creating merit circles/"gangs". What really bugs me is users receiving many merits and not sending enough.
As a merit source, I often question myself about this.
This is pretty normal. I guess that some very high value posters simply don't spend that much time on the forum or don't care much on meriting others. They still help. I think I've read even about merit sources no longer being that much active. It happens... It's also about standards. I expect some have higher standards after which they consider posts valuable, hence they probably have hard time spending their merit. |
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President of El Salvador Nayib Bukele tweeted
Very nice of him to tweet about Bitcoin, but we already know that he's bullish on Bitcoin and has his own interest in Bitcoin being successful. And I clearly don't mind, but: * I don't think that he's a specialist, by far. * His tweets should be taken with a grain of salt. Or two. Just because they're greatly biased. |
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The problem is that Binance will be a model for how to deal with all cryptocurrency exchanges and cryptocurrency in general.
Binance has many black points and I hope it ends well, but if problems occur, many countries may take a step back before issuing any licenses in the future.
I am not convinced that you're correct in this. Nowadays - actually let's say one year ago - Binance was one of the very few big crypto businesses with no compulsory KYC. So it's more like an exception than a rule. It's big, it's well known, but I'm not convinced it can be seen as a model. For example FTX, although it's much newer, it's closer than Binance to what the usual crypto exchange does nowadays in relation with the laws and banking system. |
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Based on these numbers, does using bigger chips due to fewer transactions seen on blockchain, have any negative impact on privacy?
Clearly there will always be more smaller transactions of a certain size than bigger transactions. But you can easily deposit a big value and withdraw a number of smaller chips. And you can easily deposit a non-standard value so it's not seen as a deposit to CM, but of course, this means that you also make a donation. |
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I may sound a bit harsh/extreme, but some privacy conscious users may even wait for Monero. Well, that's true to an extent. However, if I really want to donate to Mozilla and I already own some Monero, then it is fairly easy to almost completely anonymously convert that Monero in to Bitcoin and to send it to a Bitcoin address. That becomes almost impossible when a unnecessary third party intermediary requires you to make an account and verify your identity with them first, though. I really don't understand why they have gone down the BitPay route. If you look at other software, sites, and services which privacy conscious users might use - Tor, Tails, Qubes, EFF, Prism Break, etc. - all simply provide a donation address. Mozilla are bigger than all of these. There is no way they don't have someone who could set up a BTCPay server or similar. You are completely right. And about the BitPay route: my take is that they didn't care that much. Way too many still don't care about bitcoin to HODL or take care to handle it themselves. For them it was an opportunity - make some waves, get some more (fiat) funds (and customers) - while showing support to the new technology. Maybe someday they'll do the next steps too. |
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The Twitter thread is full of replies of people saying they will move to Chrome because Mozilla are endorsing cryptocurrencies. If a browser which you can use to protect your privacy endorsing a currency which you can use to protect your privacy is enough to make you use actual literal spyware instead, then apart from being a moron you really don't care if they are using a third party or a self hosted solution. I wonder why all these Twitter morons who are going to switch browser over this haven't also switched social network, since you know, Twitter endorses Bitcoin now. Lol.
Business as usual. No matter the name under it. I didn't even expect such a response. But you're right. I can't say more than "Morons, morons everywhere"  It's a shame, though, because Mozilla will get no donations from privacy conscious users until they stop using BitPay.
I may sound a bit harsh/extreme, but some privacy conscious users may even wait for Monero. |
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how is this remotely possible?
As said, what it counts is the size (bytes) of the transaction and how congested the network is. Now, since people were partying, also week-end is here, the number of transactions sent to be confirmed is low, hence the miners can easily get to confirm even the minimum 1 sat/vbyte ones. But no worries, the things should get closer to normal when working days start, and the mempool will get congested again when the price gets to move again big. |
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Talking about everything 2022 ,BTC tx price, ERC20 and BEP20 tokens.
10-20$ for 1 transactiion fee, even if sending 1$ .
I don't know about altcoins and tokens but: * For Bitcoin, if you use your own wallet, right now, the fee for a normal tx (one input, 2 outputs) is less than 10 cents. * If the fee is identical in USD for multiple coins you may be trying to withdraw from an exchange. That's not transaction fee (although exchanges my lie to you telling that), it's a withdrawal fee. It covers the transaction fee too, but in most cases it's much more expensive than the transaction fee the network needs. If you want clearer info: start with stating your wallet (so we may know better what the problem is), don't ask here about altcoins (ask about them in altcoins sections) and we may get somewhere. |
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It’s a very bullish signal if a board director of a German bank points out what’s important about Bitcoin (education about Bitcoin’s tech, supporting a really decentralized coin (no shitcoins), not your keys not your coins).
Wow, how I almost missed this news! It's wonderful! It's not only that the board director tells about the correct moves, but education is very important. And Germany is a powerful trend setter in Europe, and German banks are spread all over Europe. I wish it work out. It can be the thing, the big change. I'm impressed. |
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they definitely have time to setup self-hosted BTCPay.
Yeah, just I expect they only care of fiat, which BitPay will give them without any complications. And since the average Joe doesn't know nor care about all privacy implications, I feel like this is a manifest of trust in Bitcoin, hence an extra point for Bitcoin. So I agree with OP: it's a good move. |
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Would anyone care to help me test it?
I will hopefully give it a try (with tBTC) if nothing big comes in meanwhile. Imho it would have been better you post the link and more people enter, then you may reward the first 20-25 genuine/new feedback. However, one important point is needed: what's the minimum tBTC one has to have to get to test your platform? |
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Note: Another little forum rule is that we should not really post multiple times in a row in the same thread in a short timespan. It’s better to quote multiple extracts into one single post and answer all within a single post. Reporting it to a moderator might also be useful if CryptoCovids doesn't know how to do it. So he really had to understand the rules. Actually reporting it won't help the user, since the best case would be (for a post) that he's notified that it was removed, but he will not be told why. And when a topic is removed the posts are not even notified (I don't know about the first post, but I think that's also not notified). This will make the newbie not understand what has happened, get disappointed and leave. Not OK. One has to learn the ways, comply, become part of the community. Thank you so much, I didn't know that(about Meta and altcoins stuff and also, to remove), as I said I'm a newbie.
While being a newbie doesn't mean you are allowed to do anything (hence that post getting deleted too - keep in mind that the forum deals with tons of spam), you did very good to ask. I have high hopes that you're on the right track. Asking, learning, complying. Good luck and enjoy the ride! |
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Happy New year!First WO contest of 2022! Where am I?  More precision=> more merits. A nice place on Earth. Probably Italy. I can't be more accurate than this and I don't care. The most important is you enjoy it! Happy New Year fillippone, Happy New Year WO! |
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La mulți ani! Fie ca noul an să fie mai bun decât cel care a trecut și să vă aducă tot ce vă doriți, și vouă, și celor dragi!
Sorcova, vesela,
Să trăiți, să înfloriți,
Ca un măr, ca un păr,
Ca un fir de trandafir,
Tare ca piatra,
Iute ca săgeata,
Tare ca fierul,
Iute ca oțelul.
La anul și La Mulți Ani!
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Se pot castiga urmatoarele: doua timbre crypto si o moneda XMR de o uncie de argint (daca am inteles eu bine). Primul bloc ales determina castigatorul timbrelor iar urmatorul determina castigatorul monedei.
Wow, multumesc pentru postare, imi face super tare cu ochiul acel XMR de argint (mai ales cum XMR incepe sa creasca iar in pret, hash rate si stiri) Fie ca noul an sa aduca mai mult noroc tuturor! La Multi Ani! |
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16 - NeuroticFish
Happy New Year and thanks for the raffle.
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