This is rediculous. So we know for a fact that they try to control exchanges because they know they can't control bitcoin fundamentally. Which means they know they can't shut it down and they try to control it using otherr techniques. Sounds like they are desperate. P2P exchanges for the win.

Since I was the OP I want to add one more argument in favour of Sparrow. I have tried communicating with the Devs, just to see their reactions and how easy it is to approach them. With Sparrow it was incredibly easier. I count this as a very important factor.

Absolutely. However, they are losing money doing this, so don't worry. At some point the network will be back to normal. It's sad for ordinary users though, but luckily we can use LN.

Loyce, I hate to say that, but I believe this is a massive attack on the network. I want to send a tx 3 days now, but I don't do it because of the high. I am glad I have opened channels in LN when it was cheap and now I can use it.

Can all this be an attack to the bitcoin network, whose the purpose is to make everyday users suffer due to high fees?

Bitcoin will not suffer because of that, but we will, unless we use LN.

No doubt. Sparrow too. I mainly use sparrow to be honest. And yes, your point is correct.

However, the proper question to address here is: should I trust a tiny open source project or a huge closed source one?

To this question I personally go for the open source one most of the times.

Which government though?

I mean an exchange is an exchange. It's a business that exchanges from one currency to another. In our case, a crypto exchange buys FIAT and sells crypto and vice-versa.

That said, how can Gemini know which other exchanges are "permitted" by the government and more importantly, why do they need to obey to this rule? I mean why would they need to allow incoming funds only from certain other exchanges? That's stupid. It would also decrease their incoming liquidity.

Whatever happens OP, DO NOT send funds to 1NLqpZnW746xjdAgnrTb56V4uZJiV4jjrU

We all have the PK to sign transactions from this address. Be careful.

Δεν αφήνω τίποτα απ'έξω και σίγουρα όχι επίτηδες. Όταν δεν απαντάω σε κάτι είναι επειδή δεν θέλω να απαντήσω ή επειδή δεν θέλω να πω κάτι. Οπότε μην προδικάζεις γιατί δεν έχει κανένα νόημα.


OP_pushdata4 -> δεν μπορεί καν να χρησιμοποιηθεί.
timestamp -> ποιο το πρόβλημα με το timestamp;

Βασικά άσε μην μου απαντήσεις. Όντως θα μείνω σε αυτό που είχες πει:


Καλή συνέχεια.

I realise that art in general is important, I love art. Until NFTs were invented, people would go to auctions to observe physical art and would try to acquire it. They still do, I guess.
 
Digital art is important nowadays. It can be used in websites, digital marketing etc. However, I think digital art can't be valued properly through NFTs and it can't be properly protected using them.
Digital art is convenient. Mistakes can be easily erased. But, the purpose of digital art in my opinion can't be the same as this of the physical art.

In general, I think digital art can't be equal to physical art because they have a different purpose.

Physical art has flaws that can't be easily undone. Physical art can be portrayed in your living room easily. It has a smell. It is actual art. The way you maneuver your pen or brush can lead to something unique.

What makes an exchange approved or non-approved? Who approves an exchange?

Καλά το λέει, το Bitcoin είναι distributed ledger. Σύμφωνα με το whitepaper: "To solve this, we proposed a peer-to-peer network using proof-of-work to record a public history of transactions". Το ίδιο πράγμα με τον satoshi λεει. Άρα δεν άλλαξε κάτι. Πάνω στο Bitcoin υπάρχει το native coin BTC. Με βάση τα attributes του Bitcoin και τις σταθερές μεταβλητές του, η μόνη χρήση που πρέπει να έχει το bitcoin είναι το BTC, δηλαδή οι ηλεκτρονικές συναλλαγές. Προσωπικά, όπως έχω πει, είμαι ενάντια σε inscriptions, ordinals και οτιδήποτε άλλο πέρα από financial usage.

Yes, absolutely, but it's still better to know what you use than to be absolutely blind as far as the code is concerned. The problem is that some people don't have the technical knowledge to read the code. And that's a big issue because in this case, being open-source is not very different.

In order to get it to work, I need to mandatorily use Orbot. Otherwise it won't connect at all. Now, if I use Orbot, it is ultra slow and it doesn't show the proper balance. I keep refreshing but it doesn't change.

To be honest I haven't reported because I don't use it anymore. For mobile, I use Sentinel (and sometimes Samourai) connected to my own Dojo server. This setup runs flawlessly.

You think NFTs will gain popularity again? Haven't people already realised what it is about?

Is there any place where we can see their thoughts and plans on how they will move from now on? Like what options they have etc

Even so, Bitcoin works as expected, avoiding attacks by increasing the fees.

I hate ordinals, I had to say it, but don't worry about the network.

If you have super important payments that cannot be delayed I suggest you move to Lightning.

If you can wait, then rest assured that mempool is going to clear and you will have your opportunity.

Είναι το μόνο που δεν περίμενα να ακούσω. Υπέθετα ότι κάτι θα έγινε με τον CSW πάλι και χάρηκα, να έχουμε να συζητάμε.

Παίδες κάτι έχω χάσει ή είμαι τελείως ανενημερωτος, αλλά τι είναι το check2fire ?

What do you mean? That they could maintain the same mailing list hosted in their own server?