I urge you to take a look at this thread I started about a month ago > A. Antonopoulos’ Take on Seed Splitting and Bruteforcing.

Andreas explains why it's a bad idea to split your seed into multiple locations, how that reduces the entropy, and makes the seed exponentially easier to brute-force (maybe) sometimes in the future. There are also great posts by forum members and Andreas explains how Shamir's Secret Sharing Scheme makes it impossible for someone to gain an advantage (in terms of brute-forcing) if he discovered one part of the share. Less than the quorum, to be precise.   

Danger is too broad of a term. If we are only talking about the safety of your private keys and ultimately your crypto, sure, Ledger manages to achieve that. But Ledger hasn't handled themselves properly during the database leak, so they failed to protect the privacy of their customers. They are currently failing at the production of Nano X's because too many of them have battery issues. Ledger isn't great, neither is Trezor or Electrum. Electrum is a software wallet. Although it's one of the best in its class, it's still a hot wallet (unless you are using it as a cold storage) and can't be compared to a hardware wallet or a properly airgapped device.   

Are you sure you want to experience all the negative sides of crypto so that you can learn from them? You feel like bleeding, losing money, having your identity stolen, getting hacked, phished, and having your devices destroyed or corrupted by malware? What about pump & dump schemes and pyramid scams. Would you like to be tricked and invest money in those? I would rather not. I prefer reading about them, being cautious, applying security recommendations, and using my common sense to avoid all of the above and more. If I can.

A Google (or other search engine) search helps in many cases, but if that is not something the user prefers he still has a few other options:

• Use the forum's search feature.
• Use the search bar in the top right corner which you can see in every thread and sub-board.
• Instead of a standard Google search, search with the code site:bitcointalk.org insert search term.
• Use Ninjastic.space to search for content according to the specified search parameters.

Malo pretjeruješ! Tek su tri godine prošle od kako je projekt najavljen, a bounty je danas završio. Ne očekuješ valjda da već imaju sopstveni token. I za to treba da prođe par godina. Nije to tako jednostavno 

The Archival is used as a testing ground by some members. I have seen campaign managers and ANN thread creators post threads there to check how they look before creating the official thread in another section of the forum. I don't know if the use cases for Archival changed throughout the years, but here is what theymos had to say about it in one of his posts:

It was never intended to be a graveyard, but theymos doesn't mind that it became one. Maybe someone else has some more information about the "rare situations" it was supposed to be used for. 

It seems that those who are relatively new in this forum focus way too much on trading. It's almost comparable to people wanting to make a living by gambling and playing casino games. The odds are against you all of the time. Keep that in mind. That's why we have 100s of casinos and sportsbooks. If they were losing money, they would close down. Instead, new ones are popping up all over the place.

There is nothing wrong in seeking knowledge, showing an interest in trading, and wanting to make money. But I have a feeling that people don't realize how many traders lose all of their funds and fail. Those who lose never get the spotlight, so you don't hear their stories. It's those selected few who manage to make some profits who are in the center of attention.

For general folks, trading is not a skill they ever need to master. Just buy the coin in a quantity and at a price you are comfortable with. Hold it for as long as you want. Convert it back to fiat or trade it for goods and services when the price has gotten to a point you are satisfied with. For the majority, this should be enough.   

It took me a while, but I managed to find it. I remembered that I merited the person who shared the quote, which made it much easier. Upgrade00 quoted theymos here. 

The original post by theymos dates back to 2015. It's this one:

Pa zar je moguće da je najduži bounty u historiji kriptovaluta završio!? Skoro 1300 dana je trajao ako je tačno ovo što im je bounty manager napisao u zadnjem postu. Sad još par godina strpljenja dok sračunaju nagrade i podjele tokene. Ide to polako ali sigurno. 

FatFork je tu stranicu naveo u svojoj prvoj rečenici...
Osim toga, čitav prvi post je pun linkova i svi oni vode na https://coinatmradar.com/. dkbit98 i ja smo koristili isti šablon kao i FatFork kod popisa automata iz Bosne, Srbije, i Slovenije tako da je ta stranica spomenuta bar 30 puta do sad.

A regular user can't, but theymos can and he is the only one that can do it. But only if there is a valid reason for it. This was discussed yesterday (I don't feel like searching for the thread) and someone shared a quote from theymos where he mentioned that he has the ability to make such conversions. However, only posts made after the conversion can be self-moderated by the OP. Posts written before aren't affected and can't be deleted. 

It's like hype. Suchmoon is suggesting that the NFTs might be causing a craze right now, but their popularity will drop sooner or later. It makes no sense creating a board for something that will most probably have a similar fate to ICOs that were once popular, but were later abandoned for other types of money-grabbing/generating systems.

If you do a Google search on "fad du jour" it will also tell you that it is "something that has short-lived popularity or publicity". 

I have to disagree with them being a scam. I don't like the way they are handling withdrawals, but they shouldn't be called scammers. If the amounts are clearly displayed and they aren't trying to hide how much is being charged, it's the responsibility of the players to check the requirements before they deposit and start playing there. It's a completely different story if the amounts suddenly change after you deposited and started playing.

This part is true. Since there are better alternatives, I see no reason why I should play on a site that takes a big chunk out of my profits when I can withdraw all of it elsewhere. 

Welcome to Bitcointalk guys. Although you aren't brand-new, the ANN thread is.

I like the design, it's easy on the eyes. I did notice the following though. At the bottom of the page, you have those names for different game providers, names for different coins, chains, etc. However, nothing happens when you click on them. I think those buttons should either redirect users to the official sites of those providers or redirect the players to all the games that you are hosting by that specific party on your casino. That's the way some other competitors of yours do it. The way it is now is just odd. 

Why do you personally want it? This is literally your first post on this forum. You haven't contributed anything in the Persian thread.

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Honestly, I don't see it happening. I just took a look at your local thread and pages 30 and 31 contain everything you wrote in 2021. With 20 posts per page, you didn't even write 40 posts in January-September of 2021. There are many other languages who deserve a local board before you do. The Nigerians requested one and have still not gotten their wish granted. Use their local thread as a comparison with your own to calculate your odds. I don't think they look good.   

You can't use your brain if you don't have any knowledge of the things you write about. People copy-paste because it's easier to meet their post quota. They post because they want to earn. They aren't interested in learning about Bitcoin, acquiring some knowledge and experience, and displaying that through their posts. Many don't even speak English, like The Pharmacist mentioned.

I understand why someone would want to convert a regular thread in a self-moderated thread, but I see no point in doing it the other way around. If your thread is already self-moderated, why would you want to change that? Keeping it self-moderated gives your greater control and the ability to delete spam posts, messages by trolls, and off-topic replies. I can't see a flaw in having a self-moderated thread honestly. 

Why? I don't understand the fixation that people have with whole numbers. I have a friend who is slowly showing some interest in Bitcoin, but he is so concerned about owning a whole Bitcoin and is not considering smaller amounts. One day he said he doesn't think he will ever have enough to purchase 1 BTC. I keep telling him how ridiculous that is, because he can purchase much smaller amounts. I tried to make a comparison with fiat and explained it to him like this:

When you get your monthly salary, you aren't getting round numbers. You aren't being paid $10.000 a month. Maybe you earn $1374/month. You didn't turn your job down because the pay isn't a nice round number. Why don't you apply the same logic to Bitcoin?

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@Imran232
Can I ask what level of experience and knowledge you have about crypto and what research have you done to feel comfortable in recommending those coins to your family? Where are they storing their digital assets? What did you tell them about protecting private keys and seeds? Crypto isn't like the stock market? If Bitcoin dumps, so will the rest of your uncle's portfolio. If Bitcoin rises, so will the majority of alts.   

Recommended by whom? How profitable will that investment be long-term? Check the top 10 coins from 10 years ago, do you recognize any? Check the top 10 from 5 years ago, how many of those are still in the Top 10 today?

It doesn't matter what the exchange is or isn't. One reason to be concerned is that the exchange can abuse your personal information. Another reason is that their database can get hacked, someone else gets hold of your information, and that person or group abuses your identifiable info. Don't make the mistake of thinking that an exchange values you of puts your interests and needs above theirs. They will always protect their own businesses and that means selling or sharing your data with government and law enforcement agencies if they are being required to do so. 

Import them from where
What about the individual crypto apps on the hardware wallet? Where those still installed on the device? If so, the simple solution is to re-create your accounts in Ledger Live with the device connected to your PC to allow it to scan your accounts and balances. Not sure what could have caused it though.

I use mine mostly as a portfolio checker as well. Do you connect your Nano when you generate new addresses? You should do that as well to be able to compare the address in LL to the one displayed on the screen of your device? It works without doing that check, but it's not recommended.

Electrum's coin control is superior. If you are interested in spending certain inputs, paying too many, etc., that should really be done with Electrum. It's easier and more user-friendly I think.