There is nothing to ask Satoshi that you can not ask the community over here. Due to the nature of the decentralized digital currencies, and the open source system, Bitcoin has become a people-driven currency where each and every one of us have a stake in the future of the Bitcoin market.

The lifespan of Bitcoin is dependent on the users, which I don't think will end any moment from now. Realize that the user base has been increasing over time and not decreasing. So the future of Bitcoin will strongly rely on the Bitcoin holding wallet owners and the traders. Over 200 million people use Bitcoin today, actively I think.

Now, in all of this, you don't have to see Satoshi to ask those questions about the future of Bitcoin as all you need to do about your questions is to put them out on this forum for answers and solutions or better still take them to Google search.

I don't think his assertions are correct on this note. This is just a perspective he's giving to it but he hasn't really go deep in the whole Bitcoin technology. Truth of the matter is, Bitcoin is not owned or controlled by a small number of people like he portrayed but Bitcoin is a growing technology that has developed a large number of individuals from across the globe. Because of the anonymous nature of Bitcoin and the crypto world, it becomes very difficult to simply put that Bitcoin is owned by the above-mentioned names. That cannot be the case.

There are an estimated number of 400 million plus owners of Crypto wallets with over 219 million of those numbers owning Bitcoin private wallets and the trading value of 17 billion dollars traded in just 24 hours as of August this year Source.

So I think it will be too simple to come to that assertion about the number of those who control the decentralized market. Although, your friend has all the options to stick to his choices, but if really he's that stinkingly rich and he's an investor, he would love to have a major share in the Bitcoin market.

This is why as a club, there's need for a serious squad depth although having many options sometimes will cost the team financially and the manager could be faced with the case of internal conflicts between the star players because everyone of them wants to be at th start and not a substitute but at least, when a manager sees that loophole, he's meant to fill it immediately.

Lewandowski was the top goal scorer for the league in the last season but since he resumed this season with an injury, be has been unstable and struggling to cope with the challenges and competitions he's faced with. Nevertheless, Ferran Torres is manning up as an alternative to fill the gap through the middle and his efforts have been spectacular and helpful to the club but for how long will it take for the club to find someone who's shoes can replace the efforts of Lewandowski in the last season. Two to three guys are currently in my mind and I will advise Xavi to scout for these players in thr next transfer market to serve as a cover to Lewandowski.

Victor Osimhen of Napoli, Victor Boniface of Bayer Leverkusen and Martinez of Inter Milan. Any of these three guys will be a great placement to the position of Lewandowski right now.

Osimhen is a one-man swarm that have the capacity of scoring from any angle, height and opportunity. He has shown a good torrent of healthy goals and the ability to press a whole black line on his own. Plus his current issues with the Napoli club president, he's a dream transfer for any club that's looking for a strong striker right now.

Victor Boniface is one player that is very passionate about playing in the Europe and is consistent with his efforts to put goals in the net of opponents. Because of that high spirit and how good he is scored 11 goals for his club with 6 assists in just 16 appearance making him the highest goal scorer for the club so far. When Boniface play with in the midst of the likes of Ferran Torres, Barca will be comfortable with making more goals.

Lautaro Martinez is a player that has the passion to play for Barca since 2021 when it was reported that he spoke with Messi about it then but the effort was futile because of the economic crisis the club was facing then. I think, he will be more than willing to come to Barcelona this period again if given such offer. Martinez is a world cup winner that was named the Serie A Best Player of the Month in the last month of October because of his stunning efforts to make goals for the Inter. He has appeared 16 times this season and have scored 14 goals and assisted in 1.  He also have the age to blend with other players in the Barca team.

My prediction is more of between Manchester City and Real Madrid. I see Real Madrid with the chance of winning the UEFA champions league then Manchester City comes second. The only issue I am having with Real Madrid is the need for Vinicius Jr and Rodrygo to make more goals than they do. They have to take up the challenge strongly as they have the chance to do so but they must work exta miles to achieve that.

I am comfortable with their midfield with Jude Bellingham always doing the magic of scoring those fantastic goals and winning matches for the club. Valverde also seems to be doing well while Modric is already tired in the club. How I wish Madrid could have more squad depth but Ancelotti needs to manage these guys properly to win the league.

On the other hand, Haaland is the most powerful machine and firehouse for Man city and Alvarez too in the attack. Good thing is both players are young and are passionate about scoring goals. Their midfield is also pretty good with Rodri and Bernardo working hard to support the strikers too. Only that Bellingham is doing better than them combined. Pep Guardiola is the brain behind the efforts and teamwork of these guys. He's a good manager and also have his head on the trophy too.


It's a thing of continuous efforts, strategies and hard work. This is the reason why it is referred to as the Champions league. As a club, you have to work extra miles to remain in the league because the competition is a continuum of the domestic leagues. Some of the clubs are extremely good playing in the domestic league because they understand the tactics of the other clubs in the league. But when they come to the champions league, they lose the strength and strategy because they do not understand the gameplay of the other clubs especially top star clubs in the other leagues, eg, La Liga and Premier League.

I think this is a good decision made by the current government to continue with the flow of the old and new Naira notes concurrently until further notice. I wonder what came over the last administration on that decision to put people into unnecessary sufferings by causing the scarcity of naira for some political reasons. Because you cannot say that was solely done to stop kidnappers and bandits from requesting for ransom when at the same time, you didn't work on the security architecture of your country. I don't understand how some leaders take such kind of decisions without considerations to the emotions and well-being of the people.

I no fit imagine the kind of sufferings wey we self undergo because of that decision wey few people make in a roundtable against the will of the general public. Oboi, Nigerians been take style see shege then and I don't really see the much impact that made to improve the lives and properties of the people, if not worse. In that period, we witnessed cash hoarding to the point that most of our parents mentioned that they've never faced such incident before. Even in the past when there was food scarcity. The unique thing about the cash scarcity was that many people had money in their bank accounts and wallets but could not access it cash for their daily business purposes, especially the petty business owners 

Nevertheless, one can say that the cash scarcity also had some positive impacts like the use of e-channels such as the POS, Bank Transfers etc. Since a lot of businesses were losing customers because of lack of cash, they had no choice than to switch to e-channels through accepting POS and bank transfers. For me that is not a fan of cash, I didn't feel much of the impact like others did.

The  idea of naira redesign and cashless society policy were not a bad ones but the implementation process was very poor and inconsiderate. Now this government have relaxed the ban of the old naira notes from thr market while it still promotes the use of the e-channels which people are gradually adopting to. That's how it should have been from beginning and not inflicting hardship on people.

Wetin I go like talk about this na make we take time study about topics and threads before we create one. Since wey I enter this forum, I don learn plenty things from plenty people here. I have equally learnt about different things from different boards in this forum and I can only say kudos to every member here putting in their efforts to make this a community of knowledge.

After staying in this forum for a while, I got to understand that this forum can be Invariably referred to as an encyclopedia. A knowledge bank where you come and learn about the past and current happenings of life, especially when it has to do with facts about Bitcoin related issues and other aspects of life.

As a member of the Wikimedia community, the only difference between this platform and Wikipedia is because this platform is has a sole essence which is targeted at addressing issues around the crypto world, whereas Wikipedia is an all-rounder platform. Secondly, in Wikipedia, you create articles and have in line citations and references to back it up whereas here is more like a free social networking platform, Twitter (X).

Like Wikipedia, Bitcointalk deals with genuinity and authenticity, meaning you can not plagiarize because there are moderators on the platform that are empowered with the ability to checkmate spamming or shit-posts as well as plagiarism. Like there's discipline in the level of quality posts one should create in Wikipedia, so it is in this forum which makes most of the information shared here to be relevant and accurate.

Unlike Wikipedia which you must attach references to whatever claims you make, here it is more of your own unique ideas and understanding, therefore there won't be need to reference everything. But the most amazing part of this forum is the merit system. When you write something spectacular, unique and result-oriented, you get rewarded with a merit.

A lot of great things are happening to the Saudi Pro League with the keen interest they have in the soccer game this period. Transfer of star players into the league have made it more important and they are gradually moving into the limelight.

Al Hilal, Al Nassr, Al Ittihad and Al Itikaaf are some of the clubs that I can mention off hands which I never knew beforehand. The money that is spent on these players have made it mouthwatering for many star players to join those clubs which is also interesting. Couple of days ago, I heard that UEFA Champions League are considering some of the Saudi Pro League clubs likenthe ones I mentioned above for their next seasons. Which means more visibility and popularity to the clubs and the league in general.

True. They lack a powerful finisher. In the event that you  are to mention the likes of Benzema and Ronaldo, there have not been better finishers like them yet. The only person that have given us that confidence is Bellingham. Relatively, Vinicius Jr. But in the aspect of Vini Jr., he's not a hungry player that's looking or making goals. Bellingham on the other hand, needs to be stronger and more importantly, a support base from another well experienced striker who will give him the morale. Ancelotti's departure will make the club unstable for now so it's better to allow him, to continue on what he's doing now.


Xavi has done an amazing job with Barcelona, leading the club to its first 200 goals under the management of Xavi. Xavi is also to thank Lewandowski for converting the Penalty Kick to a goal. 41 goals from the 200 came from Lewandowski alone, 19 from Ferran Torres, 13 from Pedri and Aubameyang, 12 from Rafinha and Ansu Fati, and 10 from Dembele.

I think since the assumption of the position by Xavi as the manager, the club have played over 100 games and conceded about 103. Lewandowski also scored the 100th goal for Barca on their match against Atletico Madrid. What Barcelona need now is another experienced striker that will back up the efforts of Lewandowski. But the issue with these star players is that they come in to dominate the upcoming players and some times their performances are not that impressive too.

I am still surprised that Newcastle have not impressed us with goals since the season beginning of the season and their upcoming game with PSG will further help in determining their chances to qualify. Hence I personally don't see them winning. It is a dream for PSG to lead the table standing in the next championship league match they will play with the Newcastle.

I am more of the prediction that Newcastle will not be able to win that match instead it will be a more wins to the success of the PSG I think. The last time those clubs ever met was when Newcastle gave PSG a 4-1 but I don't see them repeating that win in this match. Nevertheless, let's see what happen on this very day

I love Manchester City for their confidence and consistency to make goal each time they play with another team in the Premier league including their Manchester derby matches.

Until Cole Palmer went on to save the Blues from the winning goal that was played by Haaland, I had zeroed my mind on the fact that Manchester City was winning the match after the clean short that was scored by Haaland. Interesting to see Haaland score the first goal in a penalty kick and later scored that swift goal.

I didn't know Chelsea was going to live up to the expectations by at least drawing the game with the City is an opportunity for them to have one point in the match.

A quality post = 1 merit or more.

A quality post is indeed equal to your chances of have or gaining a merit or more. The merit is being awarded to you by fellow members of this forum who found your contributions worthy enough. It is a credit you get for your efforts trying to solve problems by proffering solutions to the questions asked here.

I can decide to give you a merit if I have some sMerits after you must have impressively solved my problem and that's the simple understanding of merit. the sMerit also know as sendable merit is more like 50% of merits you get starting from 2 merits since 1 merit will be half and there's not half merit in the merit system. These merits then go on to further give you leverage to rank up in the forum ranking system after you must have also attained some level of activities in the forum. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2766177.0

There are a number of members on this forum who have more merits than their activities, so if an activity = merit, what would you say about those members? It is basically because they have extremely valuable quality posts which also shows their deep understanding on the subject matter.

Make you try search for some of these topics for the 'search' tab, e go help you well well in understanding these basic components of the forum.

The best way to key your bitcoin wallet safe is to keep the recovery key or private key save from any other person including your dear ones such as close friends and family. It is not everything that people around you must know about you especially as it deals with your asset. We've seen cases where brothers go into battlegrounds simply because of inheritance that has been kept for them to take.

Human beings are selfish by nature and they have this thing within them that motivate or instigate them to go that route so, the best way to avoid somethings is by keeping them private to yourself which includes your seed phrase.

Your private key is so important and delicate to the level that you are advised not to upload it anywhere online in any cloud storage. Instead you should have it stored offline and keep it up to yourself. There are a few ways you can store your private key offline which is through hardware written on paper, through custodial and noncustodial cold wallets.

The custodial wallets are when you allow your exchange company to store the keys for you whereas in noncustodial you do that yourself. The danger in allowing other company's store it for you is once their server or database is hacked into, your asset is probably gone forever but custodial wallets can be of advantage to small and new bitcoin users who have meager resources on their wallet.

On the flip side, the noncustodial wallet is an example of Ledger Nano X which you make use of yourself to take care of your key. Whichever one you do have their advantages of disadvantages but the best is to always have your private key secured in an offline physical storage where you can always access in years time.

The questions about the rise and fall nature of the decentralized digital currencies have raised a lot of eyebrows to interested people who want to venture into Bitcoin but do not have enough information at hand. Sometimes it is not just about searching online because you may not necessarily have the in depth or hands-on information you're looking for. So, therefore, it is key that we enlighten ourselves more about what it takes to patronize the digital currency and by extention invest in it.

DCA remains the best option for long-term growth investors who have meager resources at hand but are always ready to take advantage of the market trend. It is like an investment plan options that have been roled out to a potential investor who's knocking on the door for investment.

Don't know if this example helps but it's a case of whether he or she is an angel investor who's putting in their own funds with the expectations of making profits by taking advantage of the market, he can use the DCA approach OR if the investor is a venture capitalist who's investing more money into the coin, then the investor will want to wait for the Lump Sum to make profits.

Yes but why can't you just convert it and instead turn it to USDT and have it used for whatever reasons you intend to use it for under some seconds, you are good to go.

Second reason why these things may not fully play out like we want is because of the volatility that is embedded in the market. Because of that variation that is found in the ups and downs that the market face,  plenty product owners and marketers are scared of using Bitcoin as another payment option.

Lack of proper and adequate awareness have also led a whole of the traders not to patronize Bitcoin as a payment option. And their fear is that of the unknown since they don't have in depth knowledge in the Bitcoin network as a whole.

This has made it more important for us to create more dedicated campaigns out there to enrich people with detailed knowledge and information about the Bitcoin itself. It will go along way to open more minds to the idea behind the cryptocurrencies and especially the stablecoins.

Family is one of the most valued asset of a man but yet the most difficult thing to manage or control in a man's life. There are a lot of energy to be put into the standardization of a family. For the kind situation wey we dey inside now for this country, e difficult make you have that time wey you for dedicate for your family as much because na for the same 24 hours you dey go work come dey follow am with other side hustles.

An average civil servant working in Abuja is probably collecting 250k monthly for workplace and him house rent reach 2.5 million naira yearly which means that even if him dey gather him salary keep and hin no touch am, e no go pay am for 10 months as other service charges dey join.

Now that person dey among people wey get small privilege somehow for Abuja. Alas, the person have no choice than to share his house rent with another friend or colleague at the office making it practically impossible to bring his family because if he does, where will dey stay?

Another thing is that he will need to pay other bills like house utility bills and transportation as well as other miscellaneous expenses. Imagine if that person intend to bring his family into the apartment, how does he feed them and pay their school fees too as a father. In the end, he has no choice than to leave them behind and go out to the world to fend for the family.

I think the abovementioned is just one single reason amongst many other why people do not have time for their families because the time which their income source takes or consume from them is way beyond that which gives them the ample time or opportunity to take good care of the family through quality time.

Exactly. There's no two ways about the fact that Bitcoin can never be centralized. The decentralized nature of Bitcoin is like a foundation of a building which when built, you cannot change it unless you have to pull down the structure from the root. That is what makes Bitcoin unique and what it is today. The moment someone out their comes out with a concept like Bitcoin in the name of a centralized system, we already know it is not Bitcoin because it's simply and basically lacking the concept behind which it is known for.

Another aspect that have been hammered on when discussing the future of Bitcoin is whether it will last forever or not. The most suiting response to that question is that although nothing on the face of the earth that will last forever but because Bitcoin has been built in an open sourced manner, it will definitely stand the test of time. In another words, it will last long in time.

I love what's playing out with group F especially the unique efforts made by Dortmund so far to be leading the table at the Champions league. What makes Dortmund not to qualify for the next round will be negligent to the efforts they ar putting thus far. 7 points have gotten them to the lead right now while they still have two more matches to go, most probably the toughest matches they have left with Milan and PSG.

Dortmund have successfully lashed Newcastle in both home and away and that have almost ruled out their chances to qualify to the next round. Right now, Milan and PSG are Stronger than Newcastle so we don't expect any magic to happen their because any draw that Newcastle is able secure with both of the clubs will go only give greater chances to Dortmund to continue to lead the table.

The BIG question is, with a difference of one point between Milan and PSG, who do you think will make it to the next round of 16 in the table?

Manchester United have a lot of things they will suffer feom this season, like their inadequate players which includes Casemiro who's in injury right now and won't return until January next year, to defender Luke Shaw and Martinez who have been off too, then Sancho and Mount who have been facing underperformance outcry from the manager Ten Hag.

Since Mount came into the club from Chelsea, he has not performed up to per with the expectations Ten Hag had over him when signing him up to the United. Now, the United isn't that united with Mount because the manager was not impressed with his gameplay in this season as Mount hasn't been able to produce a goal since December last year nor an assist since October last year. That is the poorest result you could ever expect from a star player like Mount after he has been heavily signed into the team. Hence his redundancy at the bench instead of starting of matches. Mount has alsp struggled significantly with more injuries since last years, unfortunately.

Manchester United is now faced with nine lost in their 17 matches since they started this season with 9 points below Manchester City who are leading the table now. More work for the team to do but the team is faced with players deficit.

It is completely interesting to witness how Wolves players Pablo Sarabia and Mario Lemina were able to produce such grandstyling goals at the late minutes to the end of the match which saw a win over the Tottenham Spurs. I hope this season will not be another season of rise and fall for Tottenham again as they started in a sprinter level but the tempo has been dampening gradually as they progress.

On the other hand, Arsenal is already 3 goals ahead of Burnley which kills the notion that they would draw in this match like some fans predicted. This could see them through another rise in the table rankings to possibly the second on the table from the fourth position they currently stand on. Such improvement is what we oversee or expect from top clubs like this so they will be more stronger competition on the table.

Although Chelsea is still at the 10th position of the table but I'm quite impressed by their previous matches in the EPL and EFL including the draw the had with Arsenal. It is what I have been expecting of them since the start of this season. Pochettino is now getting it right but I know he knows how difficult the competition between Chelsea and Manchester City won't be easy on them so they have to work extra miles in that match.