Wait a second... you've missed something.
How about another start: trading is not for everybody. Trading is risky, trading needs learning, trading needs a certain mental discipline (i.e. balls).
If one thinks he has all this, then he can start learning and playing with tiny amounts (and clearly no leverage).

And then the other advises of yours start to make sense.

I also support the merit source application. You are still somewhat new, but you are helpful and very active. And you use your sMerit well.


Actually the number of boards and sub boards doesn't matter. Imho what matters is how active he is (so he can spend the merit), and trusted (so he won't do strange things with the merit) and knows to find/appreciate the good/worthy posts.

Imho Charles-Tim has all that's needed. The only problem I see is, indeed,


Good luck though!

Indeed. And for the individuals also the cost for the internet (and subsequently, the speed) may still matter.
In some countries now the things are cheaper and faster, but I don't expect that happen everywhere.



I would have been surprised to be different, really.

It's interesting that they seem to have no own hardware and they avoid the risks related to increasing difficulty or halving. I really hope that those sending hardware there get ROI in a decent time frame (they should, since the kWh prices are low, but I expect that all the other features - ventilation, maintenance, internet, whatever - won't also come for free).

And it's also interesting that they pay in fiat, meaning that if the price goes sharply up they'll have some earnings the hardware owners won't get?


... I may be missing/misunderstanding something, but while this business is beneficial for the industry, it doesn't look that good for the actual miners. Maybe it did in 2020, but 2021 had quite crazy market movements.

LOL! However, I think that my point still stands. US has major cloud providers. US has history on its side (more early bitcoiners; may need better wording). US has the financial power - I don't really expect a Salvadoran invest into the hardware for a node, but an US citizen may even have that hardware sitting unused.

From the numbers I'd say that it's US that has unexpectedly low number of Bitcoin nodes, not that Germany would have too many.
Maybe that's what should be researched.

There are never too many.

From what I've read here and there they are at least shady.
It seems to have a lot of fake positive feedbacks / reviews everywhere, but they don't treat their customers well.
I'd start with reading this topic: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5348407

It can, also you've got the answers about the gap limit.
But my advice is also to not do this. You won't stop any hacker, you will just make your life harder for no actual benefit. And in 10 years you may forget about the gap limit and think that your money got lost or stolen.

The "unclear" teams for the next seasons start to get confirmed. After Valtteri and George, now also Seb got confirmed for next year at Aston Martin. It's not a huge news, but there was an incipient drama there, some started thinking that Seb will not be kept there for 2022.

If something is not as they like:
* Some people are fine to just ignore.
* Others will be booing.
* Others will start throwing stones.

We don't know who and what lies have told these guys about Bitcoin. I expect anything from being the tool of Satan to a tool of the enemies of their beloved country....

I think that as a first version even the initially posted and not quoted address from that thread will be a pretty good option and not that difficult to implement.
(Of course, false positives like this will also be there).



Something that also came into my mind would be that maybe it would be grouping, different sorting or at least filtering could be useful, since "older" users will have legacy addresses more often posted in the past and no longer used. (I am not sure how useful it would be, still, an idea...)

And something more: you may need to make a hardcoded list of addresses that clearly don't belong to the users posting them, like 1A1zP1eP5QGefi2DMPTfTL5SLmv7DivfNa or 1BitcoinEaterAddressDontSendf59kuE.

...and if this is getting used widely, they'll start targeting (with or without success) the mixers.
The thing is, the mixers aren't that much used; the "mixers will mix your honest coins with drug money" narrative is still catching, no matter how much we try to debunk it.

Also, if the law is well thought (I didn't read it) then the tax will happen when people exchange to fiat, which may be allowed only on KYC platforms.

So I expect that - especially if the tax is clear and not too big - people will prefer complying.

You are asking strangers from a Bitcoin forum if you should invest in Bitcoin? Really?
I will (also) disappoint you and will not tell you "yes"; it's you who has to decide for your own money whether to invest or not and when.

I can tell, however that many here expect Bitcoin price to rise more (but we can clearly be wrong too!).
I can also tell that you should learn a bit about bitcoin and see for yourself if it's a good investment, but also learn how to keep your coins safely in case you buy (if it's a significant amount you have in mind, I suggest you also consider acquiring a hardware wallet).

Again: think for yourself, decide for yourself.

I'd say that if you do a comparison, maybe bitcoinwisdom (https://bitcoinwisdom.io/markets/bitstamp/btcusd), cryptowat.ch (https://cryptowat.ch/) and coinalyze (https://coinalyze.net/bitcoin/usd/bitstamp/price-chart-live/) could be added to the list too?
However, I expect TradingView have most of the fans.

I think that it's not even the reading that's the worse... One can get used to keep rotating his phone and zoom in or out by his needs.
The most painful is handling the quotes (especially the nested ones) in your replies.  

Indeed, the name is there in the relevant post.



But that day nobody posted that he would have been actually ordering.
Maybe theymos could tell if that name came up in laszlo's PM, but I wouldn't make too much hopes.

In general magazinele mari incep din timp, preventiv, sa se alinieze cerintelor autoritatilor. De aceea nu prea ajung sa li se puna bete-n roate.
Poti face chestiile alea la Mega din cauza rulajului, nu din cauza tratamentului preferential. La ce rulaj au, se vand suficiente produse alimentare in fiecare zi pe card/cash incat vreo cativa (procentual) sa cumpere pe bonuri tigari sau bautara fara probleme.
La magazinele mici.. asta e mai greu, mai ales ca probabil cu ce le intra in bancnote incearca si un pic de evaziune.



Asta e clar. Si problema in general nu e tx fee, e adaosul Netopia; sau cel putin era cand am cumparat ultima data asa... (adica adaos ca la ATM, dar practic ei iti au si datele de KYC de la magazin daca vor).



Aici sunt de acord.

That's correct. Usually the main reason behind stronger surveillance is not to avoid terrorism funding, it's more to find more easy sources for tax. And here it looks to be exactly the case.
This this kind of law many people working for Bitcoin will have to declare the coins and - in a way or another - pay income tax for them. And the normal, honest people will comply. Easy money for govt.

I had - some years ago - a similar issue. I contacted the support and I was told that the automated tool was believing that the ZIP code of the street from my address is different (+1) than the actual/real one. I had to put the other zip code in the address I've submitted (edit address) and then the papers were accepted.
The reasons are various. The tools are far from perfect. So the proper solution usually is to ask the support for help, instead of guessing.

If you want to go on this path (storing source code), the source code from https://github.com/FarCanary/ElectrumSeedTester should be enough.
It's browser based and with it you can retrieve the private keys for your seed; and the tools/wallets will always allow import of private keys.

But as said, the chances you cannot recover from Electrum seed in the future are slim to none.