I don't think so, I'm not tech oriented when I first learned about bitcoin but here I am, a long time hodler of it, you just need to know the basics and at the same time learn along the way and you would be good to go with bitcoin. A lot of old people have invested in bitcoin already and they all learn about the technical stuff later on so I don't see being not oriented with technology as an excuse not to get into bitcoin, remember that there are things that's outside your comfort zone and those stuff can make you grow so you better try them anyways, bitcoin has changed a lot of lives and who knows, you might be the next person that will get that bitcoin treatment.

If it's from the boss himself that says this then there's no other way around but to follow his wishes. I have a question, does it still count as not violating Satoshi's wish if it goes 1.2.x or 1.x.x? Because in a way, it's still version 1 right?

Don't underestimate how people do their work when it comes to injecting your computer with a virus, there's a reason why these attacks are called Trojans, they mask themselves as useful programs or legitimate emails that will make some click on it and try out the links that's within that Trojan, sure it's funny but when you're the victim of these attacks, you're going be saying different things about this and the victims of these, you can't really say that to the people that are knowledgeable in these kind of stuff that became a victim of these because the emails and the baits that are sent to people are just that good that they can fool even those that have some skills in detecting fraud and such.

They're the authorities and at the same time you've been using Tether for you crypto stuff which is a really bad idea which means that you're sort of consenting to the potential that they might freeze your account. You've said it yourself to not use those stuff for things and I think that if there's a reasonable doubt when it comes to things that involve something big like human trafficking, I don't think that it's any good that we let those money flow freely. As much as I hate that they're cooperating with these branches of the Federal Government, I think that it's not a bad thing that they're in it especially for things like this and we've all surrendered our privacy long ago already, didn't we dismissed what Snowden has exposed when he was working for NSA? So why are we still hesitant to this kind of things?

When it comes to Google Play, you really do need to be careful when you download an app, they don't have the most restrictive kind of regulation in apps unlike with Apple Store. It's really sad that there's a victim of this, it kind of pains me to see that you're not safe even when you think that you're in a trusted place, Google Play really need to start doing some kind of overhaul and refurbishing with their platform because trust is a really big deal for many, if you're on your toes all the time when you're downloading something there then the experience of using it isn't worth it.

The problem with being vigilant is that you need to be knowledgeable in the field at the bare minimum and at the least know the most common fraud and schemes that are present out there and the problem arises from the fact that most people don't like to learn new things or they find safety talk and awareness presentations as boring so there's not a lot enthusiasm about this kind of stuff, average people only want entertainment and safety talks and information drives about this kind of things are not in that category, there are some outliers that will be interested but those few, only about 1 of them that have attended that information drive will remember the important stuff that's been talked about.

For me, I do believe the amount should satisfy an individual is if they're super knowledgeable enough about the chosen topic that they've chosen to master, that's the way that I see things but even though I say that, I do believe too that the learning should never stop and that it should be the ultimate goal of everyone, to pursue knowledge and wisdom but if you choose to be someone that will have to contend with just being knowledgeable enough and being functional on that chosen field then the best metric that you can is if you can easily identify the problems or even recreate the problems without any issues to the imitation because if you really did got the knowledge then that means that you can easily do a purposeful mistake and know to easily fix it but I feel like this is all just impossible because learning things will never be something that you can avoid, it will almost always  that you will learn something new even if you don't like to, there's also the fact that knowledge gradually improves as new data that either refutes the current knowledge or improves it so you can never really stop as you have to also update your knowledge especially if it's sciences like biology, chemistry, physics, programming and technology.

Can't argue with that logic that it's going to be much safer that banks are holding the cryptocurrencies but think about this, wouldn't this be a blasphemy already in what bitcoin's trying to advocate for? Having another custodian for your bitcoin is already a bad thing for many individual investors but now there's a custodian for the custodians? Don't that seem to tick off the red flags for some of you because that's just crazy to me. I guess if it's ETF, their investors might still have some sort of fight in case one of the custodians run away with the bitcoin.

I think they did what's right here, the time that one of your workers take illicit substance is the time that you cut them off, it will tarnish your image if you keep them as your employee and there's going to be a lot more issues that's unknown to you right now that will show itself down the line as long as that employee is still on your payroll and is using illegal drugs. I don't think that they should've been vague about the damage that he will do if he was still an employee of that investment company. It's a sad day for someone that's got a really good job and a really fun work but they still had a way of squandering the opportunity and here they are, they end up losing a lot of things.

The problem with this is you're going to have a hard time explaining how you were able to get a specific amount of money without telling them that you're invested in bitcoin, it's going to get more suspicious there from then on when they press you where you get the money and even after you've admitted so I think that the best thing that you can do is to come clean with this with your bank, you're better off not trying to mess with them because after all, they might even consider pulling in the help of the tax department to investigate, that's going to be much worse for you. I would agree that not directly saying you've got an investment in bitcoin but you can always try to fake it out and tell them you're invested in another cryptocurrency, that way they would check it out and see that you probably aren't worth a lot. Or you can do the one thing that's basically just common sense, don't tell about things when no one's asked for it, that way you won't have to deal with too much fuzz because most of the time, banks don't ask you anyway if you're invested in bitcoin or in any cryptocurrency, they just want to take your money so they can have something that they can lend to other people.

Well, they can reveal their own identity but I don't see any of them revealing other people's identity plus they probably won't mind revealing themselves as they probably think that they could get their message across much more effective if they reveal themselves to the public plus these personalities that revealed their identity and have considered themselves as cypherpunks are probably just scratching the surface behind the advocacy towards a more private living and interaction on the online space. Satoshi probably attended and he probably used a different identity, that's the only logical explanation here, at least for me.

Unless the real owner doesn't have any access to that wallet anymore and they have no means to know about the address of the wallet then you're likely good to go and do your finders keepers rule but you know that it's your moral obligation to find the person that truly owns that bitcoin right? I think that you should go to that route first of finding the owner rather than taking it all for yourself, I assume that you're a man of high standard when it comes to morality because you've asked first what to do in the case that you've found a wallet and you have an access to it, as much as I'd like to go with my base instinct of getting it for yourself, you need to do this first plus it's really good for you and you can sleep fine when you know that you're not stealing something. To prevent someone from claiming it though as if they really are the owner of that wallet, don't publish the address or the amount that it contains or make them sign a message that will prove their identity.

There's some articles talking about this very question and a lot of them are pretty speculatory so it's difficult to say with a certainty that they're going to be the real thing, the asking price of the articles and they all seem to say the same thing is that bitcoin needs to be priced at 700k USD if they want to see it get to that point that bitcoin's more valuable than gold. 700k USD is such a really large number and I don't think that we can ever fathom what event or situation could create such an overwhelming price increase, it's definitely a big deal whatever that situation is and if there's a speculation and hopes by many that it will reach to that, I don't think that it's a good idea to still be doubting the potential that bitcoin will ever have, bitcoin has surpassed silver already right?

Unlikely to happen in my opinion, Adam probably don't have a direct or physical contact with Satoshi so it's unlikely that they're going to get something out of him, plus he's a cypherpunk meaning that even if he does know about the identity of Satoshi, there's no way that he would reveal it because he's an advocate of cryptography and privacy and revealing the identity would be a serious problem or flaw in his principle which I don't think he'll break anytime soon just for everyone to know who's the person behind the identity, and the email that Satoshi used is basically anonymous so there's no tracing back to who's behind the email.

With the current mindset that I've got, I'd say that I'd rather have that 5 BTC rather than a really good GPA because what you're trying to say that I can achieve with that GPA can also be achieved with hard work anyway meaning that it's a stupid thing to pass up on the opportunity to possess such amount plus even if you got that, you're probably lacking in connections to the career that you want excel in so that GPA is nothing, if you want to really be excelling in your career, what you need is to be good at talking to people or building connections, with that in mind, you are excelling in your career and at the same time you're hodling 5 btc and you can be sure that you're getting a really good future no matter what.

I would agree with that but I'd like to add that if these people know what to strive for or get on with their life then they're probably aren't gambling right now, they'd be in my opinion doing something more productive that's going to improve their individuality and their finances. If you really want to not lose anything in gambling, try not gambling at all and see how much money you can spend on other things that would benefit you in the long run but if you really can't stop your nature of gambling, then it's probably a really good idea if you try to make your gambling experience limited in as many aspects of it as you can do like limiting your bankroll, your gameplay time and your days of gambling per month or week, that way you're really losing less money but still like to gain some wins that would make you more happier.

Good luck keeping that steady income intact when you're a gambler because once you're hooked on gambling and you get addicted, that's the first thing that's going to be affected the most, addiction destroys if not disrupts your concentration which you need when you work and with an unfocused work, you end up performing really bad which could lead you to be terminated or demoted in your work so even if we want to believe that a regular income will help you with your gambling habit, it's not going to be a good thing that will last a long time. If you have a steady income, you're probably better off focusing on that and finding other side work to supplement that income.

When you see this kind of stories, you just can't help but feel sad about the people that was around them when they're still addicted to gambling, I don't feel any sadness towards them when they tell how they're so addicted to gambling that they do this stuff just to get their fix but I'm happy for them that they're able to overcome their problems in life and that they're now in a really good place, those that don't ever make it out, that's the one that I feel sad more, those that tried to get out but relapsed.
Well, that's one way of curing your addiction, you just win a big one and you know you're set with gambling but I don't believe that this man's an addict all throughout his life, probably somewhere along the way, he decided that he don't want to gamble but he has to win it all back and more, that's the story I like to tell myself.

Totally saddening that the result was greed and not something outside of that lottery that have lead to them splitting up, it's really crazy what money can do to a relationship, now you're high on love and the next thing you know, you've won the lottery and now there's a crack and you're supposedly strong relationship. The way that things have happened, this is probably the saddest break up that I've ever heard, read or seen in awhile because it's such a pathetic thing that this is their end.
They've been dating for about 3 months so I don't think that they're strong as we think they are, some married couple might even be having this kind of problem too, it's entirely dependent on individual when they come across so much money.

As much the condition of your friend is concerning I can't help but tell that person's really a big coward if you ask me, using drugs to get some courage to risk in gambling, that's the most weak I've seen a person is. Totally don't gamble when you're under the influence because besides being impaired mentally, you're also a threat to everyone around you and yourself because we all know that people that are on drugs are likely to go psychotic right? So what makes your friend any different. Regards to half asleep, why are people still like this? Sleeping is probably the best kind of rest that you can do to yourself so don't ever try to deprive yourself of that rest because that's how you kill yourself and it's pathetic that you're losing sleep over gambling.