Age is just a number, besides the only requirement  for you to start investing is a pc/laptop/mobile phones, and a know how, and the rest can be search via google and of course in this forum you will learn almost everything about crypto currency, as for thinking that you will die just teach your son also crypto, so that in the future if ever we are no saying you accidentally died, they know what to do , just give them the seed, before it happens, like last will and testament, but you still have long way to go, don't think of dying early, its not a good thinking.

correct me if I'm wrong , have you been a victim of ransomware? mostly people who where blackmail are people who are files in their computer are encrypted or unable to open unless, you paid them a certain amount of bitcoin, or they are holding a file or something that is very important to you,
you have no choice but to pay, and wish that they will give that once  you pay, if its not that important then format or don't bother to communicate with them.
also this topic is like over a year now.

Self taught and tutored will almost have the same result, there is always failure in the beginning, there maybe few who never loss money when start trading, but almost all that new traders loss from the start, when i started trading i learn by googling and asking my friends i don't care if they laugh at me for asking for me learning is important than mistakes , we will learn from it, and and could make less mistakes in the future, nobody is perfect I'm sure of that.

If someone is just telling that crypto currency is a scam, because of the up and down price, then they are missing something they are just not coin in the blockchain they have usage in the crypto environment, each of them has functions , you really need to dig dipper into blockchains, if you really want to understand them.

A forum with discussion is a best forum, but what makes bitcointalk "The Best" forum is because of the following:

• Discussion and Engagement of the members, old and new have shared information to each other(I like this one because of the members who don't hesitate to share what they know)
• Conversation and topics can be discuss on other languages which is amazing, for example having our language included to communicate in our language
• Offering services also one of the highlights of this forum, where you can offer your skills to others
• Getting paid for your task or services that given to others
• Showcase your skills like Drawing and compete with others
• I save the best for last Learn a lot of things with crypto currency, and that's why we are here to learn about lots of things in crypto, with information flowing to this forum, almost everything is here.

Note: Don't be offended if others criticized or have comment something on your post they don't want to hurt you, they want to correct you.

Just make a basic how to get start in cryptocurrency for Trading, Wallet, Exchanges, Airdrops for newbies who always ask what to do, although its better to look and read them one by one on some most detail site, you can also look or read this if you want, I'm gonna give those who are most used if you are just getting started:

To get started in Trading
We have pancakeswap and Uniswap these are Decentralized exchange
What wallet do you need for these?
You will need metamask wallet these are set to your google chrome, or mozilla firefox browser dont forget to backup your Recovery Phrase, just in case then you can now connect to those decentralized exchange, note: for Pancakeswap(pancakeswap you should setup binance network in your metamask(https://metamask.io/)
For bitcoin there are lots of wallet like:
Hardware wallets like trezor, which i use, it also has wallet for altcoins so don't worry but its a bit expensive.
Electrum wallet, Exodus wallet
For Exchanges here are some most used exchanges:
Binance, MEXC, Poloniex, Coinbase,Houbi, Kucoin, and more you'll need to register and require KYC mostly of the exchanges, once completed you can now do trades and add funds for trading.
Airdrops most people do this to earn money without spending, but you need to be careful also you need separate wallet(https://metamask.io) for this to avoid, losing all your funds , because sometimes, wallets get hack by these. note: remember airdrop is not 100% sure that you will gain or get anything from it, sometimes its luck, some airdrops will need to spend money for examples running nodes , trading to their network, this are some of the task required.
in crypto How to setup the Wallet, Trading , Exchanges are some of the important things, also knowledge how to identify scam is also important to be learn because it will save you from losing assets.

So I think everyone would expect that bitcoin would rally again this year, and believe me I'm also rooting for it, but I realize that we should not expect too much, why? because too much expectation will only disappoint us when we don't reach our goal or target
What should we do:

• Lower our expectation to avoid disappointment
• Don't be distracted by others having reach their target, we have our own times
• Stick to your goals/plans, manage your investment properly, with research
• Read news about crypto, if you read news there are things that you will learn from it
• Never stops or be discourage with your past failure, everyone experience this even the best

At the end of the day, standing our grounds no matter what happens will make us stronger and more knowledgeable in the future, so when we fail just keep on grinding and learning, because no matter what happen, if we keep on pushing forward we can get there even with a small steps.

We all know that problem we face last year, but never lose hope when we face hardship in life always stay positive, turn negative into positive energy every time, as we face a new year I hope everyone brought a lot of patience, knowledge and experience from the last year, may we make the right decisions in trading, investing and anything that regarding cryptocurrency, may our minds always work and decides what is the right thing to do, may our past investment grew and makes some progress, let us share what we learn to other people so that every one is happy, and don't have to make wrong calls on what they do, I also hope that the newbies learn a lot from the pioneers and old members, since we share what we know and learn to others, and lastly may we not encounter, scams and hacks as we go along this year Happy New Year guys, wishing everyone to improve and reach our goals in this forum.

What are the things to remember and should not do in the coming year 2023?

• Avoid clicking unknown emails advertising coin and rewards
• Don't invest in shitcoins with false hope
• if you are not good in trading always trade with caution
• Study coins your about to get, to avoid disappointment
• Learn from past mistakes
• Follow someone who have experience and has best result, but also look at those who make mistakes because we can learn a lot from them

feel free to add your suggestions to help our new members who are still newbies in crypto

Nuong magsimula ako sa crypto, madami ang nagkakapera dahil lang sa airdrop, madami bigla ang naging airdrop hunter ng panahong iyon way back 2016 onwards, kelangan mo lang maging matyaga at magpuyat, kabaliktaran naman ngayon pugto na mata mo puyat kna minsan masscam kapa, so bakit madami ang takot na ngayon sa crypto?

• May mga project na mataas ang review pero pagdating ng release bagsak sayang investment nila
• bigla nalang naglalaho kasama ang pera
• Nahack daw kuno at hindi nila alam anung nangyare bakit nagkaganun
• Gumagawa ng Versions ng coin tapos mawawala ulit
• Mismong founder ang tumakbo ng pera

Madalas ito ang mga dahilan kung bakit imbes na ang mga tao maglean papuntang crypto lumalayo sila dahil sa mga ganetong experience
pero sabi nga natin pabago bago at hindi stable ang price kaya risky siya sa mga limited at kaunti ang funds,
iyan ay iilan sa mga dahilan bakit madami parin ang takot sa crypto, kung meron kayong gusto idagdag sa mga nasabi pwede ninyong ilagay.

Nangyare ito sa araw ng kapaskuhan mukhang sinamantala ng mga kawatan ang noche buena na busy ang mga tao para nga naman wala ng makapansin sa kanila, winasak nila ang ATM machine para makuha ang pera, sa tingin ko maganda din ang pagkakaruon ng bitcoin or any digital asset para hindi manakaw ang pera kung saan transfer transfer lang , kagaya ng mga Credit card, or bitcoin or eth card kung ggawa man for PH, iwas din yan sa mga nagnanakaw sa bahay diba kasi may mga pera tayo sa bahay, aside sa alahas natin so hindi lahat malilimas kung sa kasamaan palad at di natin dalangin
na mangyare,
ito ang link ng balita tungkol sa nanakawan na ATM:
https://www.philstar.com/nation/2022/12/26/2233342/atm-machine-laguna-supermarket-robbed

I heard this last week one of our manager posted on our telegram group, i myself would not trust any third party software to keep my data, just like my saying a secret is not a secret once shared with a person, i would leak eventually, sooner or later, you're pc could be infected with a virus and stole your precious data, no one is safe forever, they could have been breaching that for a long time and finally the last defense falls and that goes your data to the black market.

Merry Christmas guys, just want to remind everyone to stay away from messages that has links saying Christmas gift and emails, stay safe and enjoy the holidays , and happy New year, may 2023 will be the season for everyone stay safe guys, scammers and hackers never sleeps.

If a person really want to learn, they will not waste time , they will spend more time on things that they want, and that is to be active in the forum, but I doubt that its a long hours since there is a certain limit on posting and interacting with other members, they may be spend more time reading post here in the forum, everyone has its purpose in what they are doing, and we can't just judge them, for those who spend their more time in the forum I think they had achieved a lot of things, kudos to those who never give up and just focus in their goals, Merry Christmas.,

That was a brilliant idea since bitcoin price is down, I would do the same since i can buy things some other time, and we can celebrate Christmas everyday if we want but, saving and investing sometimes needs timing and today is the best time, although you also need to buy yourself some gift, like what others say love yourself save or invest 60-70% of the money and use the remaining for other things food and other things, merry Christmas.

Everyone is not perfect, we all make mistake sometime, but if you already saw signs that the coin is loosing its value and there were redflags already why you still hold it? it only means that you make one of the few mistakes others did following your emotions , instead of your mind telling you that you need to get out, crypto is an investment, but it does not mean that even the price falls down you will just ignore it, ill let it pass if its bitcoin , but its FTX so its on you, but never give up, invest again but now with caution and knowledge you acquire from this mistake.

The problem would be the taxes since London will put a percentage of your profit or gains , not sure how many percent but its a bit high, and will be monitored by the government so this will be not a good idea at the moment , proper regulation should be in place if we really want it to happen, i remember by brother in law, were given a change everytime he purchase something, change via in bitcoin, after 2021 he just told me he always throw those paper, he regret it today.

OP has a good point , they listen to you, but in a point that you should make sure your statement has fact and you have check everything is fine, sometimes over confidence has some flaws, for example:
Because you are overly confident of what you were saying you believe that everything you say is true and has no mistake, but in reality there was flaws but you don't want to acknowledge it since other people may lost their trust in what you said.
I just want to add this one learn to acknowledge or accept mistake, be humble, and open for any suggestion in the forum, will make others believe in you since you can adjust and accept, correct your mistake without arrogant toward others.

The scammers and a group of people who want's to control crypto currency make a bad image for digital currency, its not the coin, but the people behind them, coins have usecase but once this people decided to run with the money, everything about crypto is a scam for those who become a victim, so what should we do? as concern group of community we should educate this people and explain, what really happens, in this way we save the face of crypto, and help them realize that there is a good side of it, that will be good and profitable in the future.

pacman have still got some in his tank, but the main problem is the age i think, if you will look at how pilipino life is, at his age he should stop boxing lots of damage absorb by the body, the only thing that keeping him healthy is what he is doing in he's younger years, he's mind telling him he can still dot it, but he body wont take it anymore for sure , 8th division is one of the greatest achievement as a boxer not an easy task for others.