there is not safe way when it comes to investing money and it becomes worse when it is investing bitcoin since it offers anonymity too. this little fact opens up a lot of room for scammers so all those investment plans that you see are dangerous.
the only way that i have found to be good, is trading. because it is on you to decide when to to buy and sell although it is not risk free, i find it better than other ways.

i agree with you on halving and the effect it can have on the price in the sense that it will shoot it up, but at the same time this hardfork business is scaring me and it can at least negate the effect that we are expecting from halving!

i don't think so, satoshi might be still at work as a contributor to bitcoin but i don't think he would come to the forum anymore and use an alias (since his account has not been active). if he comes here he would use his original account.

if you want to pay and get paid in bitcoin, this forum is the best place you could find for it. in the digital goods section there are users who already selling accounts like steam, etc.
also you might even find subs on reddit that do the similar thing, but you have to search.

very interesting speculation. i think it most probably will effect the market. on the other hand chinese were mostly active in the altcoin market and not so much in bitcoin markets.

we have wait and see, anything is possible in bitcoin market!

altcoins are clones with extra features. but these extra features despite being interesting an seemingly useful, in fact they could not attract investors and people to use them as much as they use bitcoin.

it is mostly because of the price and price change that people are drawn to bitcoin. and not to mention it was (not the first crypto) but first crytocurrency to become big in the history. on top of that bitcoin has the biggest market cap of all cryptos.

this is not a good idea, and most probably not gonna work.
1,2. if you mean an empty wallet installer then what is the point of me downloading it and not simply giving the direct link. and sending 100 people a zip file, i am gonna be in 100 different blocklist.
3,4. they are not going to read the rest if they see the attachment and even they do they think i am planning on scamming them.
5. this is the worst one, nobody likes these chain emails. they are for like 15 years ago and not even favorable back then.

p.s. you should do this for people who you know and you should introduce them to something like coinbase where they can buy/sell/store and do all other good stuff in one place then tell them about a wallet.

i have never liked these Debit cards, my reason is that bitcoin was created to eliminate the third parties for using your money which means you do it on your own by having a wallet and sending the bitcoin peer-to-peer but by using the card you are again relying on a third party just like a bank and have to pay their fee too.

it is awesome to see that such thing is even being discussed and even get that much vote. in my opinion it shows that bitcoin is moving forward and everybody is thinking about using it. but it will take time until it really gets accepted massively.

credit cards are being hacked left and right on daily basis.
credit card fraud is the worst they steal the information and identity and use it for their own and you are left with the debt and the pain in the ass to prove it is not you.

of course we all love the manipulations as long as we are on the winning side and not watching our investment go cheaper and cheaper. you would curse manipulators if you lose a cent, just look at altcoin section and you'll see.

also about the stop part, i gotta say i believe that it is going to get better eventually and the huge rise/falls are going to become small changes in the market.

history have proven that $1000 price is achievable for bitcoin. i don't know if we can reach it soon though, but it is definitely a strong possibility. those unreal prices that you sometimes see around the forum and on some speculation sites like 10k is a dream.

nobody who has 1 mil is going to let it sit in the bank. there are a lot of businesses that people can start with 1 mil and earn way more than 0.1% annually.

it depends on where you live and how much is the cost of life in that place. in some big cities of some countries 1BTC/month is not enough for living no matter if you manage it smart or not. add to that factors like mortgage payment or student loans,... then even 2BTC is not going to be enough.

i think price is going to be totally reliant on how the block size debate ends. it might even negate the halving effect to some extent.


kwuck is always ducking around here from the beginning of the time.

the wallet identifier (id) and your password is saved in your browser, you can see/remove them if you want in options > look for saved password (usually under security or similar)

the second time login without 2fa (90% sure) is normal since you are using the same browser (which has cookies stored) and same IP

that is the first thing that came to my mind as i read the strategy. it is not the conventional betting on pure chance. you should study the market and try to speculate and win that way. using martingale is not going to work even if you change it from up to down and vice versa.

i strongly disagree.
if someone has an addictive personality it would make him predisposed to developing all kinds of addictions. so changing it to another addiction is not going to help, it can only get worse.
also i have to add that addiction to anything (like gaming that you mentioned) can be harmful too. and such person should seek professional help IMO.

can you blame this way of thinking though?!
in my opinion it is only rational to use something like bitcoin carefully. because first of all you should handle everything, your wallet-your money-your security-spending it,.... and on top of that the price is always moving you can have a lot of money one day and have nothing the next.
that is why i think most people are afraid or at least think twice before using bitcoin.