You can try, but I don't think you will be able to withdraw money at contactless ATMs, because I also researched that option, but although most virtual cards have the option of paying through POS devices using Google (Pay) Wallet or something similar, withdrawing cash at ATMs is disabled.

It is completely stupid that you post such basic advice on a forum, and it is even more stupid that the same advice comes from someone who is supposed to be intelligent, but actually turns out to be a classic attention-seeking troll.

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Who does this advice apply to? Maybe people who work 8 hours a day, 6 days a week and at the end of the month get a salary that is not enough to cover the expenses of 20 days of life? Vitalik, like all those shitcoin creators, has definitely accumulated a lot of money and can enjoy his financial freedom - which is very easy if you have an altcoin that is premined and has unlimited max supply.

As strange as it may seem, many people have the need to constantly listen and watch people like Jamie, Buffett, Mr. Mars or Gates because they admire them for some reason. I believe that many respect their opinion to the extent that they want nothing to do with Bitcoin because of their views.

Sheep always follow the leader of the flock, so let's say that one Saylor has only 3.2 million followers on shitter, and Mr. Mars even has 169 million followers. There is no doubt about whose opinion people value more.

I read in some posts on the forum that BlackRock bought a certain amount of BTC in the months before the approval, and that all the funds had the right to do so, but I have not seen the exact amounts and who bought how much. What is known is that Grayscale has practically been converted into an ETF, and that it has (so they claim) more than 600 000 BTC in its possession. Given that they have been buying BTC for years, they are probably in the best position compared to other companies.

The "problem", if we can call it that at all, is that the OP probably does not understand what "sMerits" are and probably thinks of the number of merits that each member has in their profile as something that should be shared with others - and when in the whole include the Bible in the story, then the meaning of his post would be "ask and it will be given to you".

I would suggest that before philosophizing about the merits, the OP definitely works on spelling - because it's not "sence", but sense.

I have seen several commercials promoting ETF on various business TV programs in the US, but it is nothing strange to see such commercials on US television, just as it is nothing strange that Bitcoin and various altcoins are mentioned very often on such TV programs. Maybe that's why the average American is much more aware that Bitcoin exists, although it must be honestly said that this entire advertising campaign is aimed exclusively at investment, and that it is very rare to see someone talking about Bitcoin as a currency.

They will say what they said before, because their opinion has not and will not change because the SEC, under the pressure of Grayscale and other companies, was simply pushed into a corner and had no choice but to approve the spot ETF. I have already quoted several times what Gensler wrote regarding their decision, and here we must clearly distinguish that the law is one thing, and personal opinion is something completely different.

As for the approval itself, it seems that the expectations were much higher than what actually happened, and it is quite possible that investors will not show much more interest in the spot ETF than was the case with futures BTC ETFs.

Why should anyone care what Jamie Dimon or any other banker thinks about Bitcoin? It is quite normal that all bankers (or the majority) have a negative opinion about Bitcoin, which is completely opposite to what they do and what they make profits from. Of course, as people who are always looking for ways to make money, bankers will look for ways to profit from Bitcoin, but never in a way that they will treat it as a currency.

I see that most people on this forum live in the illusion that the approval of spot BTC ETFs in the US is a sign that "they", and especially Gensler, think positively about Bitcoin, but the truth is that nothing has changed in this regard.

@JosN, we can find similar examples when various users had similar problems with versions 3.x.x on W10 and it was mostly about some kind of incompatibility problem with the OS or even hardware. At this moment, it might be best to describe your problem in detail on Electrum GitGub, and one of the developers will try to help you.

Of course, before that you can try to install the latest version of Electrum, but before that try to see if there is any important update for W11.

https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum/issues

It is possible that the posts were generated by AI, but in a way that they were generated by some AI as a task, because that is one of the ways that AI is trained. However, it seems to me that this is the work of human hands in an attempt to first create a certain activity for all these accounts, and then reward them with merits - which means that very quickly you get a bunch of Jr.Member accounts that can participate in bounty campaigns or can be used for some other purposes.

Anyway, the topic is locked, and so far I don't see that BPIP shows that any of the newbie accounts are permanently banned

I have been active on the forum since mid-2015, which would be about 8 years, and there are very few who have been active for 10 or more years like you. Maybe 3 years is not that long, but if we take into account the way today's young people think, for most of them it is a very long period, especially if you look at that time in the context of the activities on the forum.

It is interesting that you registered on the forum around the time when I visited it for the first time as a guest, and I only became a member about a year later - which translated into activity means that according to BPIP you are in 56th place compared to me which I am 112 on that list.

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As I already wrote, it would be sad if all this was just for money

You did not write which version of Windows you have - is it perhaps W7? From what can be read, versions 4.2.x of Electrum do not support W7. You can find more information at this link -> https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum/issues/7728

Not quite the clever way to do alt farm, but apparently some have bitten the hook and entered into a discussion with someone who clearly has no sincere intentions. I agree that the thread should be deleted, and all these false newbies should be nuked. I will also report that thread with a reference to this topic, so we'll see what the mods decide.

Obviously, there are very big differences in terms of personal safety when it comes to people from African countries, as is the case with the OP, and all those who live in Europe or the US/UK. It is easy to notice that they often post photos from their meetings/lectures, their location, and even personal information such as age and name.

I think they are much more emotional and eager to share it with others and not worry too much about their safety. It seems dangerous and unnecessary to us, but it is difficult to change anything in this matter until for one reason or another, the change happens by itself.

Anyone who has been active on the forum for many years (without doing bad things and earning a bad reputation) deserves respect. Some may say that 3 years continuously is not much, but everyone who thinks so should try to be active for at least 3 months and they will see how easy/difficult it really is.

Given that I was mentioned by the OP, I can only say that I'm glad if I was able to help and provide support in anything that could be of help. I can only wish that the OP continues to be an active and good member of this community, and at the end of the day, it would be a shame if everything on this forum was only about profit and the question of the price of Bitcoin, right?

It seems that the OP is a real magnet for criminals, and in addition, he is quite naive, considering that @lovesmayfamilis found another story that, combined with the recent event, only confirms that some people unfortunately do not even learn from their own mistakes.

What people doing his job should take as precautionary measures is definitely to meet unknown people in public places where there are a lot of people and cameras, but before that they insist on having a video interview with those same people. Furthermore, personal protection should include at least some stun device or a firearm, because walking around with that amount in your pocket is nothing but inviting trouble.

I think that we have discussed many times in various discussions that it is not too realistic to expect that the price of Bitcoin will increase after the next halvings, as it was in the past. The last 2020 halving "produced" only x3.5 compared to the one before it ($20 -> $69k) and we have to wonder if the next one could cause a price increase of x12 compared to the current value?

Some quite wrongly believe that past events regarding the price can just be repeated, but we cannot consider it the same as raising the price by x10 from $100 to $1000 or doing the same today.

Perhaps the point is that the official attitude towards Bitcoin has not generally changed when it comes to the SEC (Gensler), but as he himself says, the approval of the spot BTC ETF is actually the result of the fact that they were forced to do so due to the court decision in the case of the Grayscale lawsuit which they lost.

Besides, when someone says the following, it doesn't really encourage the market (investors) who still respect the opinion of people like Gensler.

That's right, he is one of those whose model didn't come true, and instead of apologizing to people for leading them in the wrong direction, he now wants to "profit" again with a new model that, regardless of the halving+possible approval of the ETF, really looks unrealistic. The model simply cannot be successfully applied to Bitcoin.

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I would not dare to advise people what to do with their investments, but this is definitely the wrong time to sell if we still believe that the halving will have a similar effect as it was the case in the past. However, some speculate that the rejection of spot ETF approval could result in a correction, and someone who would sell today might make a good move.

Some members of the forum are very easy on the trigger, and they especially enjoy when they can leave red feedback to someone, regardless of whether it is justified or not. Considering who you got that feedback from, I'm not at all surprised that you got it, but why it took him 1 year to do it is a question only for him.

However, no one else but you is to blame for what is happening to you - because if you deal with things that are not moral or according to the rules of the forum, sooner or later something like this will happen to you. I would suggest that you calm down and don't provoke someone else who will add new red feedback to your profile - and the red tag is not something that prevents people from participating in signature campaigns today.