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5341  Other / Meta / Re: Wall of fame / shame. Shit posts so bad that they are actually funny on: May 17, 2022, 01:37:28 PM
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I guess that's the result of a paraphrasing bot. Maybe even Google-translated content inserted into a paraphrasing bot.

He has other posts similar to that crap. Here is one example:

on reference with the release of message from the market, as investor works on following selective models on occupation,
the returns with the design of study might have with the normative dedication of value as investors works within the limit of persistence with the
appeals on extensive distance with the terms of absence.
that uses with the different supports of affirmation gives on helps as improving the decision as investors work on submitting request of order with the market.

I wanted to see how these bots work so I found a random one, took a paragraph out of some article about Bitcoin investments, and paraphrased it.
Here are the results:

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Putting resources into Bitcoin (BTCUSD) can appear to be confounded, yet it is a lot simpler when you separate it into steps. Effective money management or exchanging Bitcoin just requires a record at a help or a trade, albeit further safe stockpiling rehearses are suggested.

It still kind of looks like a human wrote it. That's why there might be multiple bots at work and a foreign language.
5342  Local / Hrvatski (Croatian) / Re: Novosti on: May 17, 2022, 12:51:01 PM
Naravno, 20% APY na stablecoin mi govori sve sto trebam znati o nekom projektu. Znaci teska navlakusa, ali fala Bogu cryptu ne fali pohlepne i neinformirane ekipe tako da nije cudo da je tamo navodno bilo lockano vise od 70% UST sto je nevjerojatna cifra.
I kad je Anchor Protokol počeo da smanjuje kamatne stope pokazalo se da projekt nema nikakav use case i lošu zajednicu hodlera koji su počeli da ga masovno prodaju i burn-aju u zamjenu za Lunu. Preveliko mintanje Lune je onda uticalo i na njenu cijenu i sve je krenulo nizbrdo. Čitao sam jedan članak kako trejderi na Curve Finance nisu željeli da iskoriste razliku u cijeni kad je UST počeo da gubi vezu sa USD. Jednostavno nisu više željeli da ga imaju i izgubljeno je povjerenje.     
5343  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: 44 countries will meet in El Salvador to discuss Bitcoin on: May 17, 2022, 12:30:30 PM
but what I've gathered majority of them say bitcoin is halal if used for anything halal. In other words if you receive a payment for an honest job in bitcoin, there is no problem.
That makes sense. Whether I pay you in cash, Bitcoin, herbs and spices, or precious stones, I am paying for a service that you rendered. On the other hand, if you were to purchase and invest in Bitcoin with the intention to sell it in the future and double your money, that would probably not be acceptable.

Usury and gambling are prohibited. Interest or speculation is not.
Are you sure about that? I don't think interest is allowed in Islam. Googling it finds plenty of sources saying it isn't.

Then there is Islamic Banking.

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A Muslim is not allowed to benefit from lending money or receiving money from someone.

This means that earning interest (riba) is not allowed – whether you are an individual or a bank. To comply with these rules, interest is not paid on Islamic savings or current accounts, or charged on Islamic mortgages.
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2013/oct/29/islamic-finance-sharia-compliant-money-interest

Banks do make money though (obviously) but in some other means as described in the article.
5344  Other / Meta / Re: What happened to the forum plagiarism rules? on: May 17, 2022, 09:51:33 AM
I am quite sure that the noticeable drop in activity and general interest of new members for the forum is the reason the admins are somewhat more careful with issuing permanent bans. I visited the bounty section the other day just to see how it was doing and it seems the activity has somewhat dropped there as well. Taking all that into consideration, being extra strict with bans is probably not in the best interest of the forum right now. Having users plagiarize all over the place is also not something we want to see, so a middle ground needs to be found.   
5345  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: 44 countries will meet in El Salvador to discuss Bitcoin on: May 17, 2022, 09:33:41 AM
I find it quite interesting to see Egypt and Pakistan listed.
I don't know about Egypt, but I remember reading that the government of Pakistan was considering banning all Bitcoin and crypto-related transactions at the beginning of 2022. I am not sure how all that ended. Besides that, Pakistan is an Islamic nation that respects Sharia law. And according to Sharia law, crypto is forbidden. Anything that involves interest, gambling, and speculating is against the law. I am certainly not an expert on the subject, but I would be interested to hear what someone who is says about it. Muslim nations have a very traditionalist viewpoint and they don't deviate from what they consider to be values that must be maintained. 
5346  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A) on: May 17, 2022, 09:19:26 AM
Selling players to your competitors seems like a dumb idea.Couldn't they just sell Dybala to a non-Italian team?
Dybala wasn't sold. His contract expires at the end of the season and after that he becomes a free agent. He is free to go wherever he wants. The contract couldn't have been extended because Dybala requested too high of a salary. Someone might say that the club could have given him the wages he requested and then sell him. But that creates other problems. He isn't playing at his best and it would be difficult to find a club willing to offer him the same (or better) financial terms. And Juventus would be stuck paying too high wages. Something similar is happening with Alex Sandro, for example. The guy is basically retarded, but not even weaker clubs want him because he earns too much.

...actually Juventus still not automatically can play on champion league next season trough still have play off round.
There are no more Play-off rounds for those finishing 4th in the Italian Serie A. All 4 clubs are automatically qualified for the Champions League. The rules were the same last season as well.
5347  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Terra Usdt vs BTC price corellation on: May 16, 2022, 12:57:15 PM
I've just read on twitter something I didn't know, and I guess you too; this mess did cause BTC price go down simply because Luna owner has sold 80k BTC:
https://twitter.com/BTC_Archive/status/1526155378584584192
I heard about that during the weekend. When UST started losing it's peg to the USD, the Luna Foundation Guard started selling off their reserve assets in an attempt to stop the breakdown and try to salvage the situation. As you can see from this photo in one of the comments on that tweet you linked to, LFG confirmed earlier in May that they owned 80.394 BTC. 
5348  Other / Meta / Re: Feature request: Split Quote button on: May 16, 2022, 12:41:21 PM
Isn't doing almost anything with your phone harder than with PC, including typing and browsing?
When I type in English with my phone, I like to use the swype feature and just slide my finger from letter to letter. I find it to be quicker and with less errors than with normal typing of letter by letter. So in terms of typing, I don't mind either option. I don't like the overall experience of using Bitcointalk with my phone, but that's a different thing.

You are not using your mobile account so much so it's not a not a big deal, unless you somehow manage to convince theymos to make changes.
The split quote feature could (if introduced) be used by anyone and considering that many people prefer mobile phones these days or don't have a laptop/PC at all, it would make things easier. 
5349  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: 44 countries will meet in El Salvador to discuss Bitcoin on: May 16, 2022, 12:27:18 PM
This is true, but what if anyone of the countries listed eventually got to adopt bitcoin as a legal tender this should at least make some difference in their economy by reducing poverty rate and unemployment, i think bitcoin adoption should still make some meaningful impact even on the developing countries.
No, not really. Bitcoins don't grow on trees and they wont simply become available to the population the day after they adopt it as legal tender. Sure, you can make an airdrop similarly to what was done in El Salvador. But Bitcoin won't land you a job at that auto dealership across the road if there are no jobs available, or no auto dealership at all due to the overall state of the country.

One might argue that Bitcoin offers opportunities of remote work. Sure, that's true, but so does PayPal, WU, Skrill, freelancing sites, and many other ways to get paid in fiat. There is potential for Bitcoin in areas where people are unbanked, but not if they sleep in the dirt, use a rock for a pillow, and don't even have drinking water. Those poor souls have more important things to care about than a decentralized economy.
5350  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: 44 countries will meet in El Salvador to discuss Bitcoin on: May 16, 2022, 09:22:48 AM
All those are poor nations from Africa, Central, and South America. With or without Bitcoin, that won't change. The effects would be similar to when the Central African Republic adopted Bitcoin. It didn't do anything good. It is just a different payment method that people without electricity, internet, computers, and phones should now be using somehow. Nothing good can come out of forcing people to use Bitcoin. That transition should come natural and that's the only healthy way.
5351  Economy / Gambling / Re: Gambling Brand Name or Site Functionality? Or Both? on: May 16, 2022, 09:05:53 AM
Both the name and the functionality of the site is important. I personally prefer more attention be given to site functionality. You can easily forgive the casino for having an unusual or even a bad name, but you will never forget a negative experience you had playing there.

It's difficult to get a good domain these days. There are numerous casinos out there already, but there are even more taken domain names. Just try to create a meaningful combination using "bet" as a domain and see for yourself. Almost everything you can think of has already been taken. 
5352  Bitcoin / Hardware wallets / Re: Nano Ledger S Receiving Address Question on: May 16, 2022, 08:55:36 AM
Because yesterday, when i saw that btc receiving address and then click okay and verified.  i then click on receive tab again and did same thing to generate btc receiving address and it showed the same exact one again.  Did it again and it kept showing the same btc receiving address.  But that is normal?
I already explained that receiving address 1 has to be funded before Ledger Live will generate and display receiving address 2. It's logical that if you generate a new address, close the software, generate an address again, LL will display the same address in both cases. The first address never received any coins, you will be seeing it until some BTC is transferred to it. It's normal.


I can't concentrate on your unnecessary walls of text. I will only answer what I remember reading it the first time.
When you click on any transaction you received in LL, you will see the transaction history. No idea why you have problems understanding the information shown there. But there is also a link taking you to a blockchain explorer where you can see the addresses involved in the transaction. Click on it. Alternatively, connect, and open your wallet in Electrum and check the addresses tab. It will show you all funded addresses and the balances.

To check your portfolio in Ledger Live, click on the "Accounts" tab. All your Bitcoin and altcoin accounts will be displayed there and the balances will be clearly shown for all of them.   
5353  Bitcoin / Hardware wallets / Re: Foundation Passport (FE) hardware wallet review and walkthrough on: May 16, 2022, 08:34:14 AM
Does the Foundation ever consider sending the devices themselves from the EU, e.g. to Austria, Switzerland, etc.? Then you don't have to trust the reseller.
The shipping is quite expensive. I remember checking it back when n0nce created his review and it was $40 no matter where you ship it to. I randomly tried with different EU, non-EU, and South American countries, but the rates never changed.

Yes, they ship international.
Their reseller network is not bad.

  • They have the UK covered with BTC Direct.
  • Cryptomaan is for costumers from the Netherlands and Belgium.
  • Other European countries include Slovenia, Russia, and Ukraine.
  • Asia has only one reseller located in Malaysia.

https://foundationdevices.com/resellers/
5354  Economy / Service Discussion / Re: What Do Centralized Exchanges Consider as Taint? on: May 16, 2022, 08:19:44 AM
If I am not mistaken, most exchanges have TOS that direct people to only deposit their own coin onto their exchange account.
And if I have sold you some good, service, altcoin, whatever, and you choose to pay me directly from your casino account, then legally speaking those coins you are sending me as payment are mine. And even if you send from your casino account to my own wallet, and then I send from my own wallet to an exchange, many exchanges will still take issue with that. As I said above, as soon as any transaction has taken place then you can no longer say that those coins have not changed hands, which makes taint analysis pointless.
Imagine all those signature campaign participants who receive their payments directly in their casino accounts on a weekly basis. There are such campaigns. I remember when I was in the old FJ campaign. The weekly rates were always paid out to your casino account. According to Gemini or Binance.US, those coins are tainted, dirty, and worthless, and will probably by frozen or confiscated if I try to deposit them on those sites. Yet, I did nothing wrong. I provided a service and was paid for it.
5355  Other / Meta / Re: Feature request: Split Quote button on: May 16, 2022, 08:08:55 AM
I think I get it now.

So, If I say:

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LoyceV wants an easy way to do:

Quote from: Pmalek
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Reply here
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That's very useful, especially for those posting from a phone. It's not that difficult to split the quotes with a few additional clicks and copy/pastes on a computer, but the experience is much worse when using a phone.
5356  Bitcoin / Hardware wallets / Re: Show off your hardware wallet on: May 16, 2022, 07:55:26 AM
I wish I could make a giant display album out of the ones I've got (which isn't that many, but I pick them up when I see a bargain).
Yeah, do that. Share it here. I am sure many would be interested in what's out there.  

I am such a dumbass, and I'm really embarrassed about writing that.
No, you are human. We are a species with flaws of all kinds. Anyone active in these technical boards feel dumb at times when they see the levels of knowledge those top posters possess. No harm in that. Btw, I am not counting myself in that group just so we are clear.     
5357  Bitcoin / Hardware wallets / Re: Show off your hardware wallet on: May 15, 2022, 07:49:59 PM
My contribution to this thread is going to seem very plain-Jane (at least this post), but I picked up a Ballet Lunar New Year 2022 Edition gift card 5-pack recently...
Thanks for the contribution. Since those gift cards are not proper hardware wallets, I will not add them to the table. 

Edit:  WTF?  Somehow I made this thread self-moderated, which I did not intend to do.
Cheesy
No, you didn't. I did back in December when I created this discussion, so everything is OK. But thanks for the laugh and for freaking out a little bit.
5358  Economy / Service Discussion / Re: What Do Centralized Exchanges Consider as Taint? on: May 15, 2022, 07:41:44 PM
The exchange wouldn't know that the coins have changed hands here.
This is one of the reasons why I argue that taint is completely meaningless. As soon as coins are involved in a transaction - any transaction - then they could have changed hands in a perfectly legal transaction such as the purchase of some goods from a vendor or a peer to peer trade.
Of course it makes no sense. Even a direct transaction between a gambling platform and a centralized exchange can involve two different people and doesn't mean that the same person owns both addresses. It's quite possible that person A has sold Bitcoin to person B, and person A made that transaction from a casino they use. Person B received the coins in their exchange account on a CEX. Accusing person B of illegal activities or having tainted coins is out of order.

If the exchange has good reason to believe that you are depositing money from certain prohibited sources (as outlined in their agreement with you), they will reject the deposit and/or close your account.
Those Terms and Conditions are written in such a way that gives them the right to freeze or block your accounts for whatever reasons they think are necessary. After that, they can request from you whatever proof they deem necessary, including KYC. You have a choice to play ball and do what they say, or give them your coins. A third choice is never depositing there in the first place.    
5359  Other / Meta / Re: Feature request: Split Quote button on: May 15, 2022, 09:15:56 AM
We are supposed to use the button to split quotes, so there should be a closing quote tag at the end already.
But there isn't one in LoyceV's example. One quote tag is closed, he opens a new one, but where is the closing one? Besides, multiple quotes require multiple closing quote tags. What am I missing here? Embarrassed
5360  Other / Archival / Re: Gambling Campaigns on: May 15, 2022, 09:10:59 AM
But because crypto companies that are just starting will prefer to pay their campaign participants in their own Altcoin, they can not list their campaign in the service section since this section is reserved for companies paying in bitcoin only...
Have you ever considered the following: All these altcoins and shitcoins that are created are all being advertised as the best thing you will ever come across in your life. But then you have bounty campaigns and signature campaigns where they are giving away tons of it. If it was that good, and those tokens were so much better than crappy old Bitcoin, wouldn't you want to keep most of them for yourself and "trick" the gullible investors and campaign participants into accepting Bitcoin? Paying them in worthless coins, and gladly taking their Bitcoin shows the real intentions.   
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