The world is full of naive people and those who take advantage of it, the internet and cryptocurrencies are unfortunately being abused to the extreme. I do not see that anyone can put an end to this in the near future, the matter has simply spiraled out of control and resembles me of this pandemic in which we now live. It is true that we have medicines, but they are not nearly as effective as one would like them to be. It is similar with the fact that we have the police, special departments for financial crime, and a whole miracle of things on a declarative level - but in practice, they only touch the tip of the iceberg.


In general, this is true - although there are specific cases when we can still adjust this rule. A good example is this forum where trust can be gained over time, but we are also sometimes unpleasantly surprised by people we have had great confidence in.

On the one hand, it is positive that people in Argentina will get an additional option to invest in Bitcoin, but does that mean that the average resident of that country will now start investing more in Bitcoin than before? It seems to me that it will not, because the availability of such an application will not increase investment in Bitcoin because the poor man does not invest in anything other than in the basic things he needs for life. In addition, Bitcoin sometimes loses in value much more than paper money, and it's not at all pleasant to wake up in the morning and see that you've lost 20% - this may mean that you may not be able to pay for electricity or gas that month.

I am surprised that foreign remittances are not mentioned, because this is something on which Strike based his business in El Salvador, and this is also the case in negotiations with the Tonga authorities.

I don't see any logic in someone being enthusiastic when they read that some people have gotten rich in the past because they bought/invented some altcoins, and that should probably suggest that some shitcoins can pay off if you're lucky in life.

Many want to copy the success of people like this, but the fact is that 99.99% never manage to do something like that. People need to be told that these are not the rules by which one becomes a billionaire, but only rare exceptions.  I hope that all 12-year-olds will not get the idea now to give up school and, with the help of their grandmothers, start a business with cryptocurrencies...

In addition, no one who openly supported the biggest attack on Bitcoin (2017 fork) can be any positive reference when it comes to Bitcoin.

PayPal doesn't care that there are dozens of stablecoins, they are interested in making their own. It has become big business, and PP has obviously smelled profit in that, they are not the first or the last to make their stablecoin. What fascinates me most is the fact that people use stablecoins en masse, not only for trading, but also to store their money thinking it's a safe way - and they don't know that most stablecoins can be frozen even if you keep them in a non-custodial wallet. Another stablecoin in a row, but with the PP signature will surely attract a bunch of potential users who will use it.

If everything was that simple, then anyone with a hardware wallet would be completely safe from any possible danger - and that false security cost many who lost everything they had. The average cryptocurrency user who does not understand the importance of backup (more than one&multiple locations) and storing it properly is still at high risk. Even the common claim that HW can be used on infected devices can be counterproductive if the user is not aware of the existence of crypto clipboard malware and how to protect themselves from it.

The fact is that anyone who uses HW is still just a click away from making a donation to a scammer.

I wouldn’t bet that’s how you think, because there’s one big problem with this whole army of new online gamblers - they mostly understand English very poorly, and they also think they’re the smartest in the world and can do it all themselves. The desire to gamble is much stronger than someone spending even 30 minutes of their time researching who to give their money to. How else to explain all those people who are constantly showing up with their “I am scammed” stories?


As far as I can see, they have no intention of leaving the forum, which means that the traffic they generate through the signature campaign is important to them - and the forum's "we don't moderate scam" policy only helps them achieve their goal.

The fact is that a lot can be bought for Bitcoin, regardless of the fact that payment processors are in play - but that only proves that you are wrong when you say that nothing can be bought for Bitcoin. Bitcoin is conceived as a decentralized cryptocurrency, and the fact that it is increasingly becoming a kind of digital gold is just proof that most people do not understand its true essence.


I don't understand why you ask such a question if the answer is more than obvious? Don't just tell me that your nickname on the forum is completely coincidental and that you have nothing to do with what this service represents? It is fascinating that people who have such an opinion about Bitcoin spend their time on a forum like this - but you are neither the first nor the last to try to sell some idea better than Bitcoin.

Hardly anyone these days reacts to what Bill Miller or Michael Saylor will say no matter how much money they invest in Bitcoin. If, on the other hand, one such statement were given by Mr. Mars or Mr. Microsoft, I’m sure the price of BTC would jump by at least 20% in less than 24 hours. If you meant this statement, then the effect was completely absent because the average Joe has no idea who Bill Miller is, regardless of whether he invested 50% or 100% of his wealth in Bitcoin.

If we take all this into account, then his opinion is completely irrelevant, as is opinion of most so-called experts who just want to profit by parasitizing on Bitcoin.

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I can buy almost anything for Bitcoin in my country, crypto payment processors are becoming widely accepted in many online stores that sell everything possible that one could wish for. Your attitude towards Bitcoin is understandable given what you are promoting as the ultimate solution - but for those of us who understand what Bitcoin is, such statements have no effect.

I would not agree that this is how you claim, because new crypto projects are created at an incredible speed and most have no meaning or purpose - so the chances of an average user losing their money are high or very high. Most crypto projects are completely unregulated and are in a gray area, and by the time they come under the radar of the authorities, it is too late for all those who are deceived, and the owners have made a profit and are starting all over again with some new projects.

I remember there were scams in Canada that involved crypto ATMs and fake calls to people to pay taxes that way. What is even more interesting is that the targets were mostly immigrants to Canada who proved to be easy targets for fear of being deported.

It’s amazing how people think and then even sue the company that owns ATM as the culprit for what happened to them. The case of a woman who lost as much as $62 500 in this way, and after that a lawsuit against the company, became known around the world.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-bitcoin-scam-1.4860187

At least they let you know, very nice of them. Although it is indicative that they blocked you after the first major withdrawal attempt, but they claim that it was done after a careful investigation that lasted as long as 5 minutes

Personally, I don't understand people who literally throw thousands of EUR or $ on online gambling, especially without checking who they give their money to. In a way, they bear much of the responsibility for what happens to them.

I've been digging around a bit, and there seems to be at least one such site during 2011 - SealsWithClubs. Although the article mentions an event called Black Friday in the poker community (April 15, 2011) when the US Department of Justice seized the three largest such sites, which probably means that there may have been many less well-known sites in the US, and probably in other countries as well.

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/bitcoin-poker-wins-online-after-us-shuts-cash-sites-2013-12-20

Strange way for someone to send you BTC, and it seems to me that it is very easily possible that it is a scam. The only way for a wallet recovery is a private key or seed, there is no file that can do this with a hardware wallet, and I guess not with an Exodus wallet.

Maybe you should try to ask the person who sent you that file how to get Bitcoins, even though the whole thing is pretty suspicious.

I would not agree that it is the same thing, the disintegration of Yugoslavia is something completely different. In addition, Russia has tried to find a peaceful solution to the conflict, while the UK and some other Western European countries have supported Serbia in quelling the insurgency in any way. But even if the Russians came to the aid of their Orthodox brothers by some chance, they would not have had a good time in Croatia, I am sure.

The agreement that the countries of the former Soviet bloc have is something completely normal for me - regardless of the fact that it is now used in this way.

Forget about torrents, pirated software, and pornography on your computer that you use for serious things, because that way you will sooner or later infect your computer. In addition, it is advisable to invest in security software from reputable manufacturers, because proactive protection definitely makes sense - with regular updates for the OS.

Listen to the advice to format the HDD and start with the fresh OS, and then listen to my advice and watch what you do in the future.

People have a habit of throwing unimportant mail without opening it, and it seems to me that 80% of people would throw that paper in the trash - so nothing would happen, maybe people would just be angry that someone delivers such things to their mailbox. On the other hand, if the wallets weren’t empty, some might try to figure out how to cash in that paper wallet.

If you have some extra BTC, do an experiment and surprise your neighbors

It is always good to warn others how to avoid scams, but the problem is that most people do not want to listen to such advice and do what seems right to them at a given moment. Cryptocurrencies are an ideal platform for online scams because everyone wants to get rich overnight, and the idea of magic money has spread like a virus that attacks everyone, from the youngest to the oldest.

The key is education in primary school, because if children learn something at that age, then they will remember it for a lifetime. If most were aware of how dangerous the internet is, surely the success of scammers would be much less.

No easy earnings, no projects offering 1000% for a week, and no celebrities donating coins on social media.

The surest bet is that it will happen after halving 2024, although no one has a crystal sphere that can show the future. However, this obsession with $100k is becoming a bit ridiculous, because it was the same with $1000 and $10k - and there will always be some new goal and some new number. I wonder if people realize that the price is not going up on its own, but that the demand should be much higher than the supply - and that most who invest in Bitcoin do it for profit.

Some time ago, I saw a tweet on the forum in which it was written that Bitcoin could be worth $100k if everyone decided not to sell for just one day - so simple, and we all know the impossible.

Crypto miners were primarily guided by the fact that electricity is cheap and that the location is close enough to have lower relocation costs. Obviously, no one could have predicted that the political situation would change in such a dramatic way, but it is a risk that always exists.

What has Ukraine got to do with this? The Kazakh government has called on the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), which is something like NATO, to help it in its efforts to regain control of the country.  It is not about any occupation, but military assistance according to pre-agreed agreements.