Well, you could search, since this was answered before many times.
Basically it's the free speech. If that is banned it means more work for moderators and the sales will move to other platforms. No use. Now, if caught, seller and buyer may get negative trust which in many cases means ruined account. Good enough.

If you know what you are doing, even a separate USB stick (with a live OS and so on) will do.
But if you are a newbie and not that knowledgeable with computers too maybe, then hardware wallet should be your friend.

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I used WinRAR many years ago. Now I see it as an outdated software, 7zip being superior. But I know many people that are so used to WinRAR they still have it. Thanks OP for the warning.

It's not issues, it's just slowness at start/sync on HDD.
And no, I can't tell about SSD because a new SSD was not in the plan yet. (I'd say you know how that goes).

The title is highly deceptive. Open your Ledger, select Bitcoin app and make in Electrum a new wallet off that
Until then I agree with @nc50lc: the xpub is most probably unrelated to your Ledger addresses.


I would start with same setup, i.e. actual Ledger in Electrum. Then find out how that odd xpub has transactions. Isn't that the right way?

I had a short moment of thinking whether I should merit or not.. and I decided to not merit.
However, while I do agree with you on merit fishing threads, we also need this kind of "this forum is really good" ones too.


I think that he should just fire his mentor and not get another.
Mentors are human and humans can make mistakes or just be greedy (charge, but not know what they're talking about or simply scam).

A change in thinking plus a good reading (and asking questions too, publicly) should do much more than any mentor.


You are on a good/better path, but you are only "touching the surface". You should go farther, especially with the knowledge. Then you can also decide better for your investments.

It's one of the most honest, detailed and "well documented" speculations I've ever got to see.
The analysis looks great, but since nobody can honestly pretend that he can foresee the future, this remains a speculation, as OP nicely and correcly warned.

I have even Bitcoin Core on HDD. Yes, I've done the IBD with chainstate and indexes temporarily on a SSD.
Clearly, Fulcrum DB creation will be awfully slow on HDD, but it works. I've done that too.
Imho after the initial DB creation the difference in performance may not be great (if you don't stop Fulcrum).

For me the sync after stop/restart (on HDD) was the thing that made me give up Fulcrum and keep Electrs.

All I see somewhat suspicious (lol!!) here is that newbies come with "highly suspicious" things that are pretty normal. Is it some weak attempt for FUD? It's highly possible. Just saying...

I'm not sure what you have misunderstood, but Ethereum is not part of this discussion.
And afaik Fulcrum doesn't download those GB, it creates its database from what it reads from bitcoin core.

About taste, I prefer Electrs, but Fulcrum has its use if one has a server running 24/7 and wants various data, from multiple wallets in Electrum to a local block explorer.


As I said, it's a matter of taste and use. Can "your" EPS serve a local block explorer? (rhetorical, I know it cannot).
Fulcrum is a server on top of Bitcoin Core(*) that implements the protocol Electrum is using. Many others use that protocol (Sparrow can use it, block explorers use it), but that doesn't mean that Electrum is needed to be installed in order to have Fulcrum working.

(*) afaik it also works with BCH or BSV, I don't know nor care which one of them and what server that one has; that's off topic anyway.

Mulțumesc pentru ofertă, dar nu servesc Discord.
În plus, forumul are opțiunea să îți trimită mail când apar postări noi pe anumit topic (de exemplu acesta).

Problema nu este lipsa mijloacelor de a fi notificat. Problema e că timpul meu liber este puțin și extrem de dezorganizat în acest moment (deși stau mai bine decât cu 2-4 luni înainte).

Mamă ce concurs am ratat ..
Mersi de postare, dar nu îl mai pun pe prima pagină că s-a și terminat. Felicitări Gazeta pentru premiu! Văd că îți crește colecția de portofele hardware, orice încerci să faci 

It depends greatly on what you mean by elderly (45 yo, 85 yo?), on that person's background (should have some computer related knowledge or at least not be afraid of them) and the willingness to learn about all this.

This being said, there's no definitive yes/no answer to OP question.

I don't realistically expect people pay the equivalent of 100s of $ for sending "small" amounts on chain.
And for the fees to drop to bearable amounts... something big (and possibly bad) would have to happen (to get miners think it over)

Maybe something better and safer than LN will get invented...



Sadly some of the infinite supply altcoins may be the only ones that could be used in the way you say... if they survive until 2140...

This sums it up perfectly.
Bitcoin is perfect in a (physical) shop: you get the goods, the seller gets the money. When reversible items are involved, then escrow is a must.

This being said, fiat/BTC exchange is possible without escrow when fiat is in a physical form, hence cannot be reversed. But this is not the target for OP topic. For online exchange I agree, escrow is necessary. Sadly there are plenty of people who prefer to try to scam...

I made translations for people on this forum I don't know what countries they were from. And got paid in bitcoin.

There are websites for online jobs, but mostly paid in fiat money. Visa was possible in the past (not easy), I don't know now since online working became extremely popular. However, this is a bitcoin forum and your questions may be off topic...

Prediction 2: $30,128.68
bech32 address: bc1q8sw4e4ms07jsjjmdu6y6tq3tjgezappycruhmy

This was asked and answered before and I'm not sure what you expect to see here. We can write any science fiction essay we want and I would be surprised if reality will not beat at least some of them.

I like to think that bitcoin will be used as reserve by central banks, only large transactions will go on-chain and the bulk will happen on alternative channels (LN and similar), also that even states or banks will mine (for a good hash rate and also for including their own transactions into the mined blocks).

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Thanks & I wish you keep your good mood for more 100 years!

Interesant concurs! Plus că mă bucur că apare ceva nou în această perioadă mai... monotonă.
Sper să nu uit să particip peste vreo o săptămână, că vreau să mai găsesc idei de manageri.

1% is not big, it's huge. This kind of service could have a chance as donation-based. As it is, I agree with the others: it looks more like an attempt to rip off the people who don't know how bitcoin works.