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I have all the sections he's posted in on ignore, and my guess is that's because he probably just does bounties and/or posts primarily in the altcoin sections.  If he actually makes posts in regular threads and not just in the Bounties ones, that's pretty impressive going almost two years without earning a single merit. 

Maybe someone ought to alert him that he must now don the dunce cap?

Meh, I doubt that.  I don't think slamming Yobit would enhance anyone's chances to get in to the Chipmixer campaign, nor would DarkStar_ probably even notice that stuff.  I'm sure he's busy with other things and he doesn't usually post in these drama-filled threads.

Internet tough guy in the house.  But somehow I think you're so offended by this precisely because it hurts your chances to keep making money from Cryptotalk/Yobit.  Talk about getting uppity for a few pennies more, eh?  What would your middle eastern ancestors think about that?

I wouldn't have expected anything like this from QS, especially since he leveled the accusation without providing proof in the first place, but props to him for updating this thread with the retraction.  It would have been so much easier for him not to do so.

Wanna spoon?? 

Am I the only one who's thinking the above should be made into a song?  Could be catchy if OP could write some more lyrics--perhaps if this thread continues, he'll be so kind as to do so.

OP, don't you have a local board where you can post?  Is it the Turkish section that's driving you bonkers or is it Meta or what?  I know you applied as a merit source and took some harsh criticism but IMO it was well-deserved.  My suggestion to you is to either grow a thicker skin or find another forum to hang out in.

But judging from what you wrote, am I to understand that you're saying goodbye to bitcointalk?

Lol, some people are weird--no offense, OP.

I agree 100% about the hardware wallet option, but I think he's looking for a software one.  I have to chime in and support the members who recommended Electrum, because it's a fantastic wallet and you can set the network fees as low as you want.  It's available for desktop and smartphones.  Very easy to use, pretty on the eyes, and it's a safe and reliable wallet.

Nothing wrong with a paper wallet, but they're not practical unless you're storing bitcoin for the long term.  I'm not sure if that's what OP really wants anyway.

As I said, I was too lazy to un-ignore the ANN section in order to search, but it's not surprising they don't have a thread.  I think they're new and although I'm not endorsing them, I have used them for small trades with no problem.  I definitely wouldn't risk big amounts of crypto on some no-name instant exchange, which is basically what Changeangel is at this point. 

Apparently not. 

I hate to bump this thread, but I did see this SafePal wallet on Amazon and did a search here to see if anyone had reviewed it.  I agree with you that OP is/was a shill for SafePal and that really puts a bad taste in my mouth, because it's just a flat-out lie that he's a noob looking for a hardware wallet.  Obviously OP hasn't made any more posts on bitcointalk, so he's busted.

I was wondering why there aren't more hardware wallets being discussed in this section, because there are quite a few on Amazon that look pretty but are really expensive.  Seems like the older, more well-established ones are the most popular and I totally understand why.  I'd be tempted to buy something like a SafePal wallet if I knew it worked well, but with no track record....it's tough to justify.

Ah.  Then the only reason to buy it is as a collectible (lookin' at you, gentlemand, with an eye toward crypto history).

As stated in the title, I need $25 worth of BTC at preev 1:1. We can use whatever preev is at, at the time we finalize the deal.

I will not send first unless you have significant green trust or if I've done business with you before.

This will be a neutral feedback transaction.

Send me a PM if you're willing to help me out, as I might miss seeing this thread if you post here.

Local rule:  Please do not post here unless you're interested in doing this deal.  PayPal is very risky because of the chance of chargebacks, but I have never done this and won't ever.  Also, I won't deal with anyone under Full Member unless they're willing to send first.

You must not visit Meta all that often, because merit abuse has been discussed extensively ever since the merit system was implemented two years ago. 

Theymos isn't all that concerned about it since merits decay as they get sent, and in theory it should be a self-limiting problem.  And even though there are always examples floating around of members abusing the system, I don't think it's as serious an issue as you think.  Those dishonest account sellers and merit abusers were never going to give merits to you or any other member unless they got paid, so I would just put that thought out of your mind and not worry about it. 

I'm way more concerned about account sales than I am about merit abuse, though it doubly sucks when the two are combined like the example in the OP.  Anyway, good job bringing this knucklehead's shenanigans to light.

Yeah, that's one of the big drawbacks of trying to use crypto when SHTF--if there's no power, there's no way to send it unless you can at least keep your cell phone charged, and even then it's not reliable. 

But it doesn't surprise me that Venezuelans opted to go with the USD as a replacement currency.  A few other South American countries have been using it as a backup currency for a long time anyway.  I've heard that most of the use those dollar coins see that the US mint keeps making is down in S. America, and I heard that well before the crisis in Venezuela. 

As an aside, I watched a few Youtube videos dealing with Dash and their foundation's attempt to bring Dash to Venezuela.  They made it seem as if they were doing a decent job of getting the citizens to start using it, but I still had no doubt that no cryptocurrency would gain as much popularity as the USD.  You really need physical cash when there's a crisis, and there's no getting around that fact.

The two accounts in question:  oceanriver and skysblu.  Not saying that it's great evidence that they're connected but it totally looks like the typical account farmer who can't come up with dissimilar names for all of his accounts.  

But aside from the usernames, it does look like there was some merit-swapping going on--but OP, I don't think anybody is going to tag those accounts.  Merit abusers have to be exceptionally bold and blatant before they're negged by DT members, and I'm not sure this case rises to those standards.  But I'm only one person with an opinion, so who knows.

Maybe it would be better suited for Reputation.

What squabbling are you talking about in particular?  There's always healthy debate whenever a thread isn't overrun with shitposts, but that's a good thing.  As far as forum drama goes, right now it's not out of hand.  Even when CH/TOAA was flooding the forum with nonsense it was totally tolerable and I think it actually adds a little spice to bitcointalk.

Yes--and that's one of the best things about this forum.  As long as no threats are made and there's no flagrant flaming going on, the moderators just sit back and watch the parade of hilarious goings-on.  Other forums would shut that stuff down within minutes, and I for one appreciate the freedom bitcointalk allows its members.

I doubly agree, and I sure as hell wouldn't have thought to compile all of this data even if my pea brain was able to.

And wow, I didn't realize there were that many applicants--but I'm not shocked, since Chipmixer rules.  That's got to be a massively tough decision DarkStar_ has to make, and I wouldn't want to be in his shoes right now.  I don't remember Chipmixer having this many members interested in it last time some slots opened up, but then again I don't always follow the campaign thread.

Props, OP.

Don't know if you used that spelling of principal ironically, but it made me chuckle.  Anyway, I don't know if anyone was slamming you for trying to connect accounts via writing styles, but that method is unscientific at best.  Sometimes there are little word quirks that seem to give people away (like mdayonliner, for example) but you can't really prove anything--at least not like you could with blockchain evidence.

At this point I'm wondering why Quickseller would even start up a new account.  It's very hard to rank up from scratch, and I don't even think QS feels the need for an account with clean feedback.  I'm not saying Primenumber7 isn't his alt, but it does make me wonder what his motivation would be if it is his account.

I don't blame you--if we all had complete information about what's really going on behind the scenes instead of having to rely on spin doctors and biased media outlets, we might be able to make informed judgements about things.  People might not have elected Trump in the first place, but the problem is that the public is basically kept in the dark.

That's true in the sense that the military battle would be fought there, but I shudder at the thought of reprisals by individuals happening within the US.  Terrorist attacks in lieu of Iran invading with its troops.  Civilians ought to be kept out of it IMO (on both sides).

Since this is the Economics section, my opinion is that if a major conflict were to get kicked off we'd probably see gold & silver skyrocket.  Not sure what would happen to bitcoin, but it would be interesting to see how it reacted--but I'm not hoping to find out, honestly.  I'd rather see an impeachment and an end to this political tension.

I haven't tagged merit abusers in a long time, and I basically decided not to because of the inherent reasonable doubt involved in making that judgement call--but in this case, I think a neutral at the very least is deserved.  It looks like a pretty obvious case of merit abuse.  Too bad those posts were deleted and are unview-able.  I'd love to see how shitty they were.

Like those ICO scammers that use fake team member photos and plagiarized whitepapers, these idiots don't think anybody is watching what's going on.

Interesting article, but the skeptic in me is wondering if it's actually true.  Sounds to me like there might be a chance of him recovering his bitcoin if someone can figure out what the problem is.  It also sounds like a perfect statement to make if you wanted to slam bitcoin--by pointing out how easy it is to lose it.

And the little devil that sits on my shoulder is gleefully wondering how much bitcoin Schiff had in that wallet.  I've never been a fan of the man, since he's been blowing hot air for years now about gold and bitcoin and I'm just tired of his nonsense.  If he hates bitcoin but bought and lost it anyway, then screw him.  

My third curiosity is about which wallet he's using and how strong his password was.  If it wasn't really strong, there's a good chance he could remember it.  Anyway, this "news" is interesting but has a funny smell to it.

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Ah, you beat me to that statement.  That did occur to me as well as I said.

I'm no fan of nanny states and I believe in people having as much freedom as possible, but newbies (especially) can and definitely do get scammed when they're not warned about things.  And I've no doubt that many intelligent folks don't have a problem with Yobit, and they've always worked just fine for me but some of the things they've done are extremely sketchy and I do think it's appropriate that some members here want to warn others of possibly impending danger.

For one thing, they've had numerous scam accusations leveled against them over the years and their customer service department seems to be non-existent.  That isn't the way a crypto exchange ought to operate.  It's not how any company that deals with customers' money should operate. 

Yobit is also far from transparent in terms of who they are and where they're incorporated (if they are at all).  That makes it possible to easily pull off an exit scam if they chose to do so, and it's certainly a warning sign.  And the most recent thing that's sketchy is that investbox function, which has all the markings of a Ponzi scheme.  I'm not even convinced it's all it's cracked up to be, since most of those coins are worthless to begin with, aren't liquid, and can't be withdrawn from Yobit.

TL;DR I have no problem with JollyGood crusading against Yobit and its signature campaigners.  Don't take it personally if you're in the campaign, as it doesn't mean you're a shitposter.  There are actually some really good members in the Yobit campaign at the moment since Yahoo62278 is managing it. 

Panic?  Because bitcoin dropped back to where it was a few days ago?  My, what a short memory some people have--it was just a couple of weeks ago that bitcoin was around $6600.  Now that it's $2k higher than that, I would say that there's absolutely no need to panic.  On the contrary, it's almost cause for celebration.

Then don't start threads with clickbait titles like this.  If you're not worried and don't think there's cause to be, why ask the question as to whether people should panic?  Makes no sense to me.

OP, the title of this thread makes it seem like those two things are somehow related, but the comparison doesn't even make sense to me.  Crypto might be shining a little right now, but the market as a whole is far from its ATH, and the state of it has nothing to do with the housing market.

I didn't click on the article, but everything depends on the quality of debt that's issued.  The big problem back in 2006-08 was that lenders were throwing money at people who never had a shot at paying it back, and then that debt was packaged into securities that were then sold to big Wall Street investors.  I don't think that's happening again, even if Wall Street does have a very poor memory--it hasn't been that long since the crisis of 2008.