Not sure why this thread is being made or being shitposted at but it is very well known that the real Satoshi - whoever or whatever it was is still a mystery and they went AWOL a long time ago. Even today nobody knows how they are or where they are. I think its better this way because the only human who was knowing about bitcoin from scratch was removed by their own decision.

If they would have been public then they would be the target of many people in the world.

Its like financial responsibility. If you take money into bitcoin you are responsible for it. Not satoshi and not anyone else.

Whales are a target but a target for hackers and scammers not for any other trader out there. The biggest customer base of crypto tumblers and mixers are whales who need to wipe out the taint in their coins because they have their own sources of getting money from and dont want to tracked.

Back to topic, what people think in popular belief is not always true agreed. However you cannot deny the same because of lack of evidence. Nobody can pump or dump with high volumes other than whales. They are some big individuals or hedge funds on bitcoin. There are whale movements and often they get aggregated with small traders so it becomes difficult to recognize.

I dont believe you buddy. I think you are just hiding your vices  

We are all addicted to many things thats what makes us human. Being addicted to a few things at certain times may not prove harmful. However if you waste too much time and money on gambling then its going to have a bad effect on your social life and personal life without giving you a chance to do any self improvement.

Maybe you should try to get involved into other work a bit to keep your mind diverted.

That volatility can both make money and rip you apart. Be careful what you wish for. That pump of 2017 made so many people hopeful and they bought in at the wrong time of all time high and look at their condition now.

Diversification is a good thing. However I feel that trying to make money from two different markets will be a tough to thing to keep track of or analyse. However this also depends on your approach to the market and how you spend your money and what you spend it on. Stocks dont show such high volatility so they are safer choice for everyone. But bitcoin is having it own cult followership too.

Hope is important in the bear market. But hope without being realistic is also a waste of time. Then false hope or misinterpretation of things is also a time waster. In this market condition I have seen people speculating over small stuff making it look so big as if the end of the world is coming. People become delusional like this when they are hopeless and having nothing to hold on to. This should not happen among traders and for this people need to practice.

I believe fundamental knowledge about crypto not being clear is the root of the FUD and false thoughts.

Not necessarily correct. There are people who are doing premium purchases and then dumping when the coin get listed. They buy 100$ worth of every new ICO coin and then dump it at whatever profit they can.

Correct, every new coin does not mean that its the solution to a problem. It also depends on on several other factors and thus people should be aware that even if the roadmaps and the whitepapers seem convincing they may not become successful in future. Thus they should be careful in what they put their money in.

You can either add them to your ignore list or report their posts as "Offtopic". The second one generally works out nicely if you dont get a itch under your skin every-time they post and would have to wait for the moderators to handle it.

Either way, personal insults are not moderated since this is a forum and people can say what they want even if several companies are running their business here in public threads.

One bitcoin for just reviewing a product? Thats a bit longshot there my friend. Dont you think so?

I had seen some "paid reviews" for bitcoin in the "Services" section of this forum from time to time. However this section of economy is still not that popular that public demand needs a paid review and that too paid by bitcoin. Your best bet would be to follow the Services section for any such micro-errands and take part in them.

There are multiple factors to blame in such cases. Some wannabe get-rich-quick people come under the false pretext of making big money by following some pump and dump groups. These groups are money grabs for paid memberships and they only pump their own shitcoins so they can sell leaving the owners with bitcoins and the brainwashed followers with some shitcoin to hold on forever.

Day trading is not copy-trading. Most copy traders are selling memberships to make money. They rarely do any actual trades to make money other than the occasional pump and dumps. Better to do your own analysis before buying any coin.

There is a bad side to this as well. Scammers often set up sites for people to play and lure them into depositing there. Of course if you are a veteran in the crypto space you would be knowing this forum and would like to do some research before you deposit money anywhere. But for those coke addicts who are in it for the adrenaline rush just giving them a link to play with their money would make them join it and waste money there because they would not care to check it at first.

As long as they are responsible adults it wont matter.

So you basically giving away some shittokens with no intrinsic value to users who opt in to use your wallet?

Lets get this straight. If you are building a system where people just earn money from doing nothing then its going to fail. Those in app tokens that they get -
1.How are they going to encash the ETH value?
2.Will they be traded on a market? If so who is going to buy them?

If you are willing to give mining rewards - how is the mining process going to be streamlined? Is there any proof of the mining procedure or just some cloud mining (a scam)?

Thats right mate. Your analysis will be wrong 50% of the time. Best is to observe the charts and just buy stacks of coins at low price and then sell them at the bull market. Rinse and repeat this and with every cycle you should be making money with the price difference. The problem is some people are always attracted to shitcoins and end up wasting time there than on bitcoin.

Its not a tragedy. Its market movement. Movement might be manipulated or may not be. Fact is if you can make money from the market then you are a winner.

You are not the one to decide when its time to remove the negative trust.

A correct justified reason.

With that intention being crystal clear you wont be getting your account back into zero trust mode. Attempting to sell an account is not trustworthy behavior and neither is trying to sell something in the pretext of taking a loan. In face forget the second point, account buying/selling is enough for you to remain tagged.

No. Time does not erase your sins.

If you are coming to this as a sort of "end" then let tell you a few things:

1. Those who are trying to help keep a community clean from scammers at their level best will be facing a lot of retaliation. That is not for them to listen to.  Humans always act with that defense that they didnt scam anyone even when they had the intention of doing so. If you are giving up on your DT level then you are throwing in the towel in the fight. Think about the time you spent researching and saving some innocent people from getting scammed. <<feels like a babysitter at times   but it is what it is.

2.It wont make a difference to the scammers. Sadly. However taking a break will help you.

3.If you feel its stressing you too much take some time out. It really helps. Sitting in front of your device all day will make you depressed. Take a walk outside and spend sometime with your family and friends. Not sure if I am getting the point that you are trying to put in?

Would be a pretty bullish move then. Unfortunately the majority of these news are overhyped and not coming to real practice. They are there to keep people's spirits alive and make sure they survive the bear market because we are hopeful for the future. Hope is a good thing and something that is lacking in many people.

However lets get the ETF for bitcoin done at least before thinking about wall street. SEC said that its going to happen but nothing clear yet as of when. If this happens before the ETF then the effect could be different. Institutional money from wall street may or may not be interested in bitcoin. I reckon there will be more FUD from nocoiners.

Margin trading in my opinion is similar to gambling by rolling dice. You are predicting movements in the market while also stopping yourself from getting liquidated. On top of that you need to repay the loan that you took. It seems attractive but remember that the trading site does make a lot of money from the bitcoin futures trades and they are advertised much more nowadays. If you are willing to take the risk and go for that 50x leverage you are free to do so but without backup of analysis you will fail and even if you do have sound analysis end of the day markets are unpredictable.

There are other ways to trade and make money. Its not that the 100x number should attract you. Anyone gets reminded of ponzis? (no pun intended)

Ironically you say its nature's way of selecting those who have a logical mind to go forward and those who dont would end up in debts unable to feed themselves or end up in jail trying to steal. Its important for every gambler to realize that the long term benefit from the game is only for the owners and not the players.

This is logically explained by the fact that a running casino never really goes bankrupt for too long. They always make the money back and obviously its from the players. It is possible for a casino to go bankrupt but they will soon come back with a new name and a new bankroll or continue operating under a loan because the house will always win.

They may or may not. A whale may decide to buy a shitcoin and pump it, wait for some idiots to fomo in, hype it more and then dump on those buying new effectively having made a profit and getting back their initial capital. However these leaves those idiots with a shitcoin to hold and nobody to sell to.

Its not that whales wont listen what technical analysis says, but they have some inside news and it was with Bakkt incident being postponed and the dump happened before the news came out.

Overall its not possible to predict how a whale might move the market. They do it for their own benefit : either to stock up their coins or to cash out their coins.

Famous is one word to put it. Famous can also be overhype. You can observe trends and see that some coins are in the limtelight every now and then because of some famous person endorsing it or some other bullshit. These are thing that one should be careful of and not give in too much money into. They are eventually going to dump because the person brought the prices up is going to dump on whoever bought it pretty soon.

But if you are talking about the top 10 coins on market capitalization except the forked coins and ripple then its a good choice for novices. Newbies though should get their fundamental understanding before buying any coin.

Its comes to gamblers as a challenge as well. They want to beat the house every time they enter even though they have the logic that shows that is is very rare for the house to lose and that too for only a few seconds until the next bet is a red streak. They feel jealous when someone else wins big but fail to realize that the big win came at the expense of a number of big losses.

Resisting is not easy. But it can be done if you are willing to stop.