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601  Other / Meta / Re: Huge donations to bitcointalk on: August 02, 2020, 09:11:27 AM
Pretty irrelavant but I'm curious if donators ever regret the amount they donated like for example, someone donated 100 btc at few dollars per BTC in 2011 but now it's worth a million!!!

I would be utterly fucking devastated but it also depends on how much I had and I assume no one donated if they were going to miss that amount.

We can assume many are long gone and likely long sold so it's just another tx that haunts them.
602  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Segwit, and batching, a must in these times on: August 01, 2020, 09:09:53 PM
That's funny, because if he removes "Corecoin" Blockchain.com WILL LOSE 90% OF USERS.

We know that. He knows that. Which is why he will never, ever, ever make it easy for us AxaBorgCoreStream zombies while he still has some influence. The logical conclusion is that everyone deserts the services he's intentionally crippling but there appears to be little sign of that so far.

Okay, but if the "shitty sites" are popular, whose fault is that?  Surely at some point, users need to take some responsibility for what they're doing.  I don't see how you can create a world where sub-par services like the ones you describe don't exist.  People just need to learn how to find the good ones and use those. 

People are lazy and they gravitate towards brand recognition. That's what humans do and it ain't changing soon.
603  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Be careful of shitcoins on: August 01, 2020, 08:54:52 PM
It takes experience and a lot more expertises to analyze and determine the feature of a coin. This experience is what most of the newbies don't have hence, should they pause as it regards investment?
It feels so unfair!
But, it's worth waiting if you could get the hang on it after all the waiting and learning rather than loosing your money in shitcoins. Put everything into consideration.

I'd say anyone doing careful analysis of technical parameters, 'partnerships' and community is basically wasting their time. None of that really matters. The only thing that does matter is pumpiness. Some of those things may induce pumpiness of course.

In 2017 all you needed to pump was a platform for it to pump on. It didn't even need to be a functioning product, or even one that actually existed beyond some nominal offshoot of it you can pump.

The most important thing people need in this area is a lack of emotion. The people who get married to a shitcoin are the ones who go down with the ship and years later they're still babbling about it taking over the world when literally no one else gives a shit.

If you see a profit grab it and don't look back. And you're probably better off not playing in the first place.

The same goes for people who work for shittokens on here as well. I don't know how common that is at the moment, but loads of people were slaving away for hours in 2017 for things that are now totally worthless. If you were offloading them as fast as you were making them you'd have something to show for it rather than still hoping for a future that never came.



604  Economy / Exchanges / Re: Is changelly trustworthy? on: August 01, 2020, 08:32:10 PM
Did they start requiring KYC?  I haven't used them in quite some time and won't be henceforth if they do require it.

That's the problem. They don't require it. Until they do. That's when you get trapped in their loop. And if they don't like your KYC then I distinctly remember them saying they reserve the right to keep your funds.

https://thenextweb.com/hardfork/2018/09/04/monero-profiled-suspicious-exchange/

That may well be for angelic reasons and no doubt they get a lot of piss taking but one can never be fully sure.

I wouldn't put money through somewhere that left that situation hanging over me.
605  Economy / Economics / Re: Government+cryptocurrencies on: August 01, 2020, 08:28:43 PM
What does 'support' mean in this scenario?

Government support has been shown in quite a few cases. They've created legal definitions and frameworks to trade it. That doesn't mean they're going to endorse it though.

No government will encourage or facilitate its citizens to place their money outside their control. As long as there are governments they will pay and demand payment in currency that they control which means no crypto will ever fully take over while they exist, but they will always be keen to keep it in a box.
606  Economy / Economics / Re: Will India be more progressive in the coming years? on: August 01, 2020, 08:19:09 PM
The Indian government has proven to be abusive, cloth eared and crude in its dealings with its own people. Witness that bank note cancellation and the restrictions on gold imports. None of that points to them showing any vision or nuance when it comes to crypto.

It'll take a new generation and if they become an industrial powerhouse like China even they won't really care. If I were an Indian I'd be doing it on my own in the shadows with no expectation of anything changing.
607  Economy / Speculation / Re: How Accurate Is The Bitcoin Market Capital? on: August 01, 2020, 08:11:21 PM
What does volume have to do with market cap? It's price times supply.

If there were only one place to trade it and you could only do one trade per hour that is still what would decide the market cap. It doesn't matter if someone's faking volume. Enough exchanges agree on a range of price for an accurate market cap.
608  Economy / Economics / Re: US economy suffers worst decline as GDP contracts by 32.9% in the second quarter on: August 01, 2020, 03:40:00 PM
Why EU is not suffering like USA from this virus?

It is? If you add up deaths from only Spain Italy France and the UK the death figure is close. There's a lot less political noise though.
609  Economy / Exchanges / Re: Wirex- Bitcoin Debit Card | Buy Bitcoin | Mobile Banking | Send Money on: August 01, 2020, 09:08:18 AM
I have noticed this myself when buying there they show you what you one amount then when you execute you get less than what it's claims your getting, happened a few times when buying litecoin from them.  Would also be nice if they were closer to market with there prices there rates are kind of poor considering the fee's for not only the card but for checking your balance at ATM they charge you everything is fees with them.

They charge you for a balance check? Sheesh.

Even with the secret spread it's still cheaper than a Coinbase card which is 2.5% but I'd rather they were straight with me. I only tend to use it when there's no other alternative but if they were more honest and charged less I they'd get more business out of me.
610  Economy / Exchanges / Re: Wirex- Bitcoin Debit Card | Buy Bitcoin | Mobile Banking | Send Money on: July 31, 2020, 10:34:56 PM
FX fees is relatively niche. I can't see them bothering.

Interesting to hear about the card upgrade though. Not convinced about the next to no fees. At the moment they don't mention the spread when you're converting which adds up to about 0.5-0.7% and I presume they'll carry that over.
611  Economy / Speculation / Re: Wall Observer BTC/USD - Bitcoin price movement tracking & discussion on: July 31, 2020, 07:24:32 PM
https://www.coindesk.com/suspected-twitter-hacker-arrested-in-florida

Twitter hacker arrested. Why is it always 17yr olds?

If I'm ever unfortunate enough to have kids we're going to have to live Unabomber style between the 15-18 danger zone.
612  Economy / Speculation / Re: Where do you see Bitcoin price by the end of 2020? on: July 31, 2020, 06:58:01 PM
I don't expect it until well into next year if it is to happen but equally I thought we'd be in MUCH worse shape by now when the virus stuff started than we actually are. The whole world has become slightly batty and a whole lot less predictable than it was just a short time ago so I'm done predicting.

All kinds of weird things could happen including a ATH before we expect it, or a return to the $3000s. Or Satoshi appearing in the sky to berate us for selling out.
613  Economy / Exchanges / Re: HitBtc KYC issue on: July 31, 2020, 06:45:04 PM
What is Latina?

They are selective scammers who steal funds by using the KYC excuse and even if you do what they ask they'll probably find a reason to reject what you submit. If it's a small amount of money I'd forget about it. If it's a large amount then you have to try.

Ask them if they recommend any certified translators as a bad job is probably one of the excuses they'll use to not return your money.
614  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Bitcoin transaction was faster than a Bank transfer today (for me) on: July 31, 2020, 06:21:12 PM
Looks like OP needs to move somewhere civilised.

Where Bitcoin will always shine will be large transactions and cross border, especially when decent banking interacts with shit banking. Trying to send money bank to bank from the UK to the US is just painfully bad and it feels like something out of the 19th century. Uk to EU can take more time and money than it should too.
615  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Segwit, and batching, a must in these times on: July 31, 2020, 05:54:21 PM
We've already had SegWit for a while now yet freakin Blockchain.com and Binance still doesn't have them, even though Blockchain has a significant control over the wallet marketshare and Binance is a giant exchange. Smh. And Binance has the audacity to have a "beginners guide to segwit": https://academy.binance.com/blockchain/a-beginners-guide-to-segretated-witness-segwit

Roger Ver is an investor in Blockchain.com which means he's not going to make 'Corecoin' more usable if he can help it. As for Binance, they care so little about Bitcoin's nature they probably think saying 'Segwit' out loud three times when you send gets the job done.

Are Veriblock still stinking up the blockchain? They've been responsible for a huge number of transactions at various points.
616  Economy / Economics / Re: US economy suffers worst decline as GDP contracts by 32.9% in the second quarter on: July 31, 2020, 05:43:13 PM
but what worries me is whether the US economy can actually bounce back this year, or even next year as Trump had claimed that the economy will definitely bounce back.

There are two economies. There's the toytown markets where anything goes and anything is thrown at it to keep the party going. Then there's the real one where real people get boned every day.

The latter can continue to spiral downwards while the former is coaxed into remaining perky on the surface at least. Things like evictions haven't gotten started yet and there's a whole wave of business death yet to come too.

Nobody knows where this going to end but it's going to get worse and take longer than initially expected.
617  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Bitcoin transaction was faster than a Bank transfer today (for me) on: July 31, 2020, 05:36:13 PM
In the developed world bank to bank transactions are free and near instant. In third world countries like the US it's still stone age. I think as Europeans that doesn't dawn on us but BTC has a genuine use case there that it doesn't here.
618  Economy / Speculation / Re: Wall Observer BTC/USD - Bitcoin price movement tracking & discussion on: July 31, 2020, 05:14:10 PM
Yup. I can finally pay to become that pillow chested honey blonde I always wanted to be.
619  Economy / Service Discussion / Re: "Signature Campaign" does work for marketing? on: July 31, 2020, 10:17:53 AM
However, it is also worth noting that those which reported disappointing results after weeks of putting up campaigns here cannot make it a conclusion that campaigns here don't mean anything at all. It cannot be a valid conclusion.

These services should see to it that they are offering something good or even better. Otherwise, even if you keep funding campaigns for months or even years, keep drumming it into people, if what you have for the users are less than quality, or lesser than your competitors in the market, don't expect that this forum's campaigns will ever change that.

Indeed but there's a balance to be found in how you approach it. If you throw vast amounts at it for a couple of weeks and flounce when it hasn't taken off instantly you're doing it wrong and I've seen it play out like that a few times.

It needs to be allowed some time to breathe to know whether it's going to be effective or not.

620  Economy / Reputation / Re: Is it a right approach a campaign decides where you to post? on: July 31, 2020, 10:06:13 AM
Not really. Although the rule is saying something which do not look good, but their intention is to prevent people posting in spam megathread. In such topics, advertiser got no benefits at all. That's why they wanted to filter participants who used to post on such topics.

I'm saying I think they're wrong. It's their choice but it's not the best one. Not that it matters.

A 'megathread' will be killed off if it's nothing but hundreds of pages of posts that say 'nice project'.

It becomes a megathread because it's a relevant subject that grabs attention and keeps attention. The right thread will keep going for years, users will keep coming back to it and newcomers and the curious will read it the whole way through if it's filled with pertinent info. I certainly have.

If I wanted exposure for whatever that's the type of thread I'd want to be in vs what most of them are which is forgotten and never read again by the end of the same day they were created.

I would rather have my promotion in this - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=12156.0

Than this - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5262243.0

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