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6821  Bitcoin / Electrum / Re: ElectrumX - extremely long sync time on: May 26, 2021, 09:38:06 AM
I have no idea where to upload it, though.

If there are no security concerns with the data, https://wetransfer.com/ does the job gracefully.
You can click the (...) and select "Get Transfer Link" and you won't also need to mess with e-mails.
Then, after upload, you'll just get a link you can post or PM.
6822  Economy / Scam Accusations / Re: FREEWallet.org - My ticket #325289 (It's too late...) on: May 26, 2021, 08:53:56 AM
Dear Ms. Mirra, Freewallet

My support ticket ID is 325289 (11 days ago)
My team members waiting for you solving tickets faster, and we still here need more and more your help!

thanks

Sorry, you should DYOR before using that wallet.
If you read topics like Freewallet.org - SCAMMERS CONFIRMED - Pending Litigation or the reference links for the negative (red) feedback in Freewallet profile you'll see that the chances for the ticket to be solved are not great. Good luck though  Sad
6823  Economy / Speculation / Re: Bitcoin difficulty will drop in 8 days. on: May 26, 2021, 08:21:11 AM
Ask to the gamers who cannot buy an RTX video card because of that!

They also cannot buy those video cards because of the worldwide chips shortage.

it is fair to draw that the difficulty will drop.

The difficulty drop is small and for the miners, although it makes mining a tiny bit easier, it decreases the revenue from tx fees. If we talk about small percents, this fits in.
I don't think that it'll make such a difference.

What will be the consequence for the BTC value?

My guess is that it will raise, because of that. The market should take this in account in advance.

Coins mined easier should mean the miners can sell cheaper.
Also since tx fees will drop, it will also be easier for weak hands to sell.
So the price should fall by your logic.

But I think that it has fallen enough, the rebounding will continue and the small change in difficulty will be basically unnoticeable in the price.
6824  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: I sometimes wonder whether Bitcoin has established a religion. on: May 26, 2021, 06:34:55 AM
From what I've seen, most of the Bitcoin maximalists use anything but math and logic. The Bitcoin researchers and developers do, but that's not the average audience of Bitcoin today Smiley

You've "miscalculated" the "average audience", but that can happen easily.
One tip: don't take the numbers by the noise, there will always be some noisier ones which will want to make you think they do represent the majority. And if maybe sometimes they do, it's a seldom case.
And another tip: most bitcoiners may not be maximalists.
6825  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: I sometimes wonder whether Bitcoin has established a religion. on: May 25, 2021, 04:10:40 PM
The two points you said are also the reason why I compare Bitcoin to religion. I think that a major core of religion is public knowledge. Bitcoin and religion have this, but one is through technology and the other is through mission.

Sorry, but then you can say about all scientists and all sciences that they are religions or they start a religion.

Imho it's a huge difference. In religion you hope that a "supreme being" will basically save your soul and maybe help you out here and there too. In sciences you base onto proven facts and logic and usually know what to expect (as opposed to just hope).

Of course, many go for Bitcoin only by hoping it'll make them rich no matter what and maybe that can be seen as religion. But that's for newcomers, not for long time holders. The long time holders did (imho) their homework and know what to expect, else they would be no longer holders (usually because they got scared at certain price fluctuations).
6826  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Be a counselor to newbies on: May 25, 2021, 03:44:43 PM
When newbies are going off the lines, as old member with higher rank in the forum your concern is to  give corrections and cautions to newbies than to be hard on them. Every old member in the forum is a counselor because you have alot to offer to newbies with the time and experience you have got.
Newbies are to be encouraged, corrected and cautioned to improve and grow to get understanding.

There are many types of people on the forum. There are good and bad newbies and there are good and bad high ranks too. It's .. like everywhere in the world, actually.
This being said, just nicely guiding somebody will not always happen, because that one may be or act like a scammer, or maybe because the higher rank wants to scam him (less chance though).
But usually people are nice and helpful here. One has to not be lazy and also not be afraid to ask away and the information will start to flow.
Obviously, one will have to be careful and filter the information a little, and again, if unsure, just ask.

Can you call this counseling? Most probably yes. Will somebody become specifically counselor for somebody? Most probably not and also not recommended (it can lead to either scam, either accusations).
6827  Economy / Service Discussion / Re: Regarding signature campaigns' submission. on: May 25, 2021, 10:28:38 AM
1) Why would I need to post my profile link? Isn't it obvious that I'm the user that applies for the campaign? Are there applicants who entered a different link than the one of their profile?

2) Why do they ask you to wear the avatar and the signature, but they accept applicants whether they wear it or not? Obviously, once they're accepted they'll wear it, but it doesn't seem that this requirement has any point at all.

I'd add something not brought into discussion yet.

[1] Can make even more sense if some of the campaign managers use scripts to collect all the data for the spreadsheet to be used later.
[2] In some case it can show your commitment for the job; else all users could just overload campaign managers by applying, but not actually joining (for example applying to multiple such jobs simultaneously). Of course, it makes sense in the range of lower paying campaigns. And of course, it may have been sometimes abused by campaign managers for free advertising.

And on the same page, I wonder how you didn't also ask why the wallet address is necessary at applying and isn't sent as a second step only by those accepted  Cheesy
6828  Economy / Currency exchange / Re: 10,000 Bitcoin Needed((HUGE) Between this week on: May 25, 2021, 08:05:11 AM
so learn to respond to thread with respect

Since your "request" looks like a blatant attempt to scam, I don't think that you can demand respect.
Talk is cheap and you didn't prove that you want or can do anything. And also you don't have to.
So, with all due respect, stop dreaming and get your scam attempt somewhere else.
6829  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Bitcoin Mining Council on: May 25, 2021, 08:00:55 AM
or he really wants to help?

Unless he offers some grants, zero-interest loans or such, I find it a cheap PR and not much else.
Or... it has just occurred to me... he may try to sell "clean" electricity to the miners or some batteries his company produces, i.e. he just does marketing for his own products.
6830  Bitcoin / Mining / Re: Why China shut down mining farm? Carbon Emission. on: May 25, 2021, 07:57:07 AM
Segwit2M

Sorry, since they still support anti-consensus things, I don't trust them for being fair also in their news. Do you have other source for this "information"?
I mean that 50% drop sounds catastrophic, but on the other hand the number seems to be plainly out of the belly. So without better proof, it can go straight into the FUD bin.
6831  Economy / Reputation / Re: I got a question for not paying project. on: May 25, 2021, 07:51:06 AM
project not pay Bounty hunters

This kind of situations happen more often than you or we'd like. What can be done is not much, as you've seen from the previous answers.
What you can do is DYOR, be more cautious and stop jumping head first into bounties.
And also keep in mind that even if you do get paid for bounty campaigns there's a good chance the tokens you receive will be (almost) worthless in the moment you receive them or you'd want to sell them.
6832  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: I don't care what Saylor or Musk say anymore, I'm becoming a BTC individualist! on: May 25, 2021, 07:40:10 AM
I don't care anymore what these guys have to say, I'm becoming a BTC individualist. Their words and actions will have zero effect on me.

It's about time. I wish I'd see many more think like this instead of baaaa-ing after each tweet of these "personalities" for which the followers are only some numbers for their pride.
6833  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: 🔥 WOW, Michael Saylor and Elon Musk, What do you think? on: May 25, 2021, 07:21:37 AM
While on the long term in can help Bitcoin mining stay sustainable even in the days the block reward will drop under the tx fees, I find it a rather cheap PR move, unless they would get to help miners acquire their own regenerable energy source.
I mean, if one look closer some 2/3 of the mining is OK (else it would be way too expensive too). And the rest of the miners didn't care and won't care.
6834  Economy / Speculation / Re: Bitcoin Follows Ethereum? on: May 25, 2021, 07:12:50 AM
Do you think it's possible that the Bitcoin price will follow Ethereum price in the future?

It never did and never will.


When Ethereum becomes proof of stake and becomes deflationary, can it happen?


When ETH will become PoS it'll probably get dumped heavily and the money will be invested in more worthy coins, like, you know.. Bitcoin.
6835  Bitcoin / Press / Re: 2021-05-12 Bloomberg - Why the Bitcoin Crash Was a Big Win for Cryptocurrencies on: May 25, 2021, 06:48:26 AM
The author of the article appears to be in support of the Defi ecosystem. Might this be the next greatest pump in the cryptospace that will bring some of them in the top 10 hehe? I am asking as a speculator, what Defi project is undervalued? Presently [...] is the leader on 11th place in coinmarketcap.com, [...] on 15th place and [...] on 26th.

For each very good project there are maybe 100 weak and scam projects there. And everybody will tell that the project he invested in is undervalued. Don't trust them and DYOR.
Also please don't shill your projects on Bitcoin sub, there are plenty of altcoin subs for that.
6836  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Unaddressed Bitcoin FUD on: May 25, 2021, 06:42:23 AM
Can you please explain "packet sniffing"?

Packet sniffing means "taking a look" in each and every internet packet going to your computer and out of your computer and usually filtering for certain information (your ISP can do that, but it's illegal to be used arbitrarily)
https://www.lifewire.com/what-is-a-packet-sniffer-2487312#how-packet-sniffers-work

By looking for certain key information in the traffic, the ISP can disallow certain packers go through.

And while this works well in totalitarian countries, as already said, this has zero chance to work in a proper democratic country.
6837  Bitcoin / Development & Technical Discussion / Re: BTC Needs A Privacy Layer on: May 25, 2021, 06:34:08 AM
XMR needs to get it's UX/UI better and I think it would have serious potential.  It's just too much of a pain to transact with for the average Joe who has little-to-no tech skills.  It's a great piece of tech though.

Did you check XMR in the last years, or you've just read some extremely old news on this?
Monero has GUI wallet for quite some time and I find it super friendly. I've even looked up a guide for you, which, although it has the images in Spanish, I think, can give you quite a good idea.


One thing that's for sure is that the tentacles of the trad banking system are going to try to wrap themselves around BTC more and more in the coming years.  I just hope the devs and people working on BTC are aware of that and thinking about what adjustments or upgrades the protocol might need in order to maintain it's initial vision of sound money outside of any centralized control.

For years people were expecting institutional investors come and put their money into Bitcoin. Now they have come. Banks are inevitable in this.
But the devs are just fine. They did well and they know that community has to also consent the changes, else chaos can come out i.e. a lot of forks.
On the other hand, LN is seen by many as a way too big step towards centralization, so the future won't be all nice and shiny. Still I think that LN can be more private than on-chain tx.

Saylor even hosted a meeting with Elon and N. America BTC miners to try to move towards a "greener" mining opperation.

This is off-topic, but I'll answer:
It's known fact that 2/3 of mining is OK. And the rest of the miners will most probably don't care. All in all this is a strangely weak PR move and basically that's all.
6838  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: The fungibility of Bitcoin — Long Term on: May 24, 2021, 02:41:28 PM
The discussion on what is tainted and what is not can become very difficult. I guess that after some point there will be not possible to accept only clean coins for on-chain transactions. And then what's to be considered "bad"?
- will one input make the whole transaction bad or will "dilute" (become less bad)? Or will a service accepting also tainted coins will become "black sheep"?
- after how many transactions (the money containing) an old tainted input is no longer considered tainted/bad?
- if a miner is accepting tainted transactions, will the tx fees be considered good or bad?

It's difficult to foresee what's going to happen and I feel that it's very early to discuss.
However, I don't think that "all our bitcoins" will be tainted, ... just most of the ones circulating (and not locked for decades in cold storage).
6839  Economy / Economics / Re: SEC Chair Says a Lot of Crypto Tokens Are Securities on: May 24, 2021, 02:30:20 PM
but more importantly protect investors from those not following the laws.

This is the sensitive point. I didn't see much more than just telling that this or that is not OK. No fines, no nothing.

2. No, the SEC doesn't lose it's mandate to protect investors because technology moves fast.

Nice answer, but far from the topic. Ethereum came live in 2015. SEC was telling about it in 2018. "technology moves fast"... but 3 years is a lot.

In short, the onus is on anyone issuing a token to follow the securities laws. Anyone selling tokens to the public to raise money to finance a project is selling unregistered securities.

And what are the consequences for selling them unregistered? Because that's the bit I feel like it's missing. I've basically seen none... Roll Eyes
6840  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Unaddressed Bitcoin FUD on: May 24, 2021, 01:25:39 PM
CBDCs are even more traceable than Bitcoin and that aligns more with their interests. I guess one reason governments might be interested in Bitcoin might be potential for innovation which benefits economy?

That's correct. But not all governments will issue CBDCs simply because those need a certain infrastructure too and grandma' will prefer paper money while grandson will prefer bitcoin.
And as government you better be permissive with Bitcoin before people turn to... Monero, instead of your CBDC.


Some believe blockchain, dapps etc are next layer of internet and that new innovation can come out of that. But i just feel like the mainstream aren't gonna care whether apps are centralized or decentralised.

New things always bring hype. I still read now and then posts here from people who think that if you put any kind of project on blockchain it will become extremely good.
Yes, more decentralization is necessary in the world, but certain balance has to be found.
Also more privacy is needed, but most governments have a different agenda.
Actually on Bitcoin too, we can guess based on current actions. In the future many things will probably be much different than we'd imagine. But [back to initial topic] stopping Bitcoin is very difficult now. It got the traction it needs to survive - at least the decades to come.
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