From my understanding your first question be say you don de for di forum for a long time and nothing to show for it, maybe na in the area of merit and ranking up you de talk about? Frankly I no think say di merit system for di forum de fair, because na fellow members de merit each other and e no easy to please everybody with your posts, maybe members wey for see your post as quality fit no open di thread wey you make posts. So make you no relent, just try to de improve on more quality posts de go, hopefully di right members go see am and reward you with merit. Check for beginners and help board and you go see thread where you go de apply for your quality posts for merit support.

Your second question be wetin we de do to earn BTC rewards for di forum? You no suppose to ask dis kind question because no be today you join dis forum, anyway we de earn from signature campaigns, and you fit to apply too, for campaigns wey de accept member ranks.

We shouldn't judge a book by it's cover, sometimes looks can be deceptive because you can see a person that is shabbily dressed or driving a rickety car and you'd think that it's because they're very poor, you wouldn't know whether they have money but they're denying themselves of certain luxuries inorder to save enough to start a business or investment. On the other hand, you can see a person that is living a luxurious lifestyle, without any savings, in their old age you'll see them living in poverty , then you'll be wondering if it's not the same person that lived in riches years back.

As far as labor goes, if a worker's salary is not enough for them, then let them think outside the box, either get a better paying job or learn a skill to earn money by the side, then invest in a valuable asset like Bitcoin.

Gambling is a place to make money, although it's not mostly the players that makes it but the bet and casino companies that takes it from the players, if it were not so the gambling companies will go bankrupt and the industry will die. So the few gamblers that will win at a perticular time, will be beacons of hope for the multitude of loosers to keep believing that gambling is not a scam, it's actually not a scam because every gambler knows that there's no guarantee that they'll win. This is why it's said that you should gamble with the amount that you can afford to loose, so that can have fun engaging in it, despite the fact that there's a higher chance that you can loose your money.

I don't have a problem about paying for something that is worth the amount, if I see an accomplished trader who has experience and can mentor me for a fee, if I can afford it, I'll personally don't look at the money that I'd have to pay, instead I'll focus on the value that I'll get for being mentored. Although a newbie trader needs to research and find genuine professionals who have years of experience that can impact them with the correct knowledge of crypto trading, if it requires payment, then pay and get the correct knowledge. The problem is that we have scam coaches who will collect your money and make you think that crypto trading is a get rich quick scheme, this is why you must try to find out the reputation of tutors. But if you can learn for free, then it saves you money.

It's possible for divorced couples to reunite and probably remarry, although I've not witnessed it personally, but I know that it can happen, maybe in the case where they've tried other relationships and come to understand that they're more compatible and getting divorced was a mistake. I believe the reason why it's not popular for divorced couples to reunite even when they realized that it was a mistake to divorce in the first place is due to pride, what will people say when they see them together again after publicly going their separate ways. So I believe that even when they realize that they shouldn't have divorced they'll still want to move on, in the hope of finding someone else that'll fill the vacuum that the divorced partner has created.

Sorry for losing your money out of naivety, this is a lesson for you henceforth, next time don't trust total strangers who call you about any financial matters, even if they claim to be from where you're supposed to get money from, because employees in the company can give your details to their scam cronies and defraud you. Scams are not perculiar to the crypto space alone, infact scam has been before the invention of cryptocurrency, only that scammers are becoming more sophisticated with the innovations of technology. Also be careful when anybody offers you investment opportunities that are too good to be true, even if that person is your loved ones, because it might be a scammer that sold the business ideas to them, there's no free money anywhere.

There is a prospect of a massive Ethereum, bull run, coupled with the anticipation of getting their ETF approval, so Ethereum is a "hot cake" as it is now, and that is why more investors are buying it, so it's no wonder that their network is congested. I guess that the high fees will still linger for a longer time, until investors gets there fill, and this is still a good time to invest in Ethereum, but this current high fees will discourage some investors to go ahead. I hope that their developers will find a speedy solution to their high gas fees, because it's the reason why people are preferring Solana, network.

I think that investors are pumping money into relevant altcoins now, example is Solana, which is doing great now, despite the slight dip in Bitcoin price, this little dip will make some investors to FOMO and reinvest in altcoins, but as you advised it'll be better to research and invest in prospective undervalued projects that have the potentials to pump in the bull run. I think that top altcoins like Ethereum BNB and Solana will fly very high in this bull run, alongside Bitcoin.

I can understand the OP concern about the internet being compromised, it can disrupt a lot of things that depends on the internet connection to function effectively, especially for Bitcoin that is completely digital, so it's a good idea if we're thinking of alternative ways to carry out transactions if anything were to affect the internet connection. I live in Nigeria, and for a couple of weeks I've been finding it difficult to connect to the internet, even to access this forum will take a long time, initially I thought that it was perhaps the network in my area, before I started hearing of others that are complaining too. Development of more alternative means of manoeuvering the internet for Bitcoin transactions will be very welcomed.

We need to eat food to survive, so no matter how expensive the cost of food is, people must eat, the only thing is that they can reduce the quantity of food items they buy and the quantity of food they consume. If what is happening in my country is being experienced in other countries then there's a serious global economic issues in the world, because the value our local currency keeps depreciating and it's effect in our local economy is continuous hike in the prices of commodities, especially food. I believe that the effects of currency depreciation is more severe in developing countries, this is why the numbers of migrants from these countries that are crossing to developed countries for greener pastures is on the increase

Nothing good comes easy, so there must be a period of trials and that is the time when people will experience failure, but with perceverance and dedication, success will be attained. Crypto trading is hard and anybody that is coming into it must understand that it's not a get rich quick scheme, it's something that must be learnt diligently and along the way to perfection, loses are inevitable, from these loses the newbie trader will master strategies on how to minimize the loses. I've learnt on this forum that if a trader continues to experience constant loses over a long period, then perhaps trading is not for them, they can consider crypto investment that doesn't require much knowledge on trading analysis.

I feel very sad wen I hear dis news, Aldo I no know all di details of why soldiers enter dem town, weda na for peace keeping purpose or some big men carry dem come intimidate di rival town, because dat kind thing de happen, but wetin go make people to get mind kill soldiers no go be small thing. Di repercussions of dem acts now don affect both di innocent and guilty, I hear say soldiers don burn di houses for di town and everybody don run comot, both people wey support di killings and wey no support am. I hope say make dem fish out the killers and make di innocent people go start to rebuild dem lives again from scratch.

This issue is really making a mockery of the US judicial system, because some of us that are from developing countries sees the US as a country that upholds democracy and justice, and seeing the issue of these rioters in their capital still lingering till now doesn't speak well of what the US is known for. America, has a constitution and a judicial system, so what's the problem? If the rioters committed offences by trespassing into the capitol hill, or wherever that is restricted, then let law take it's cause, if the footages showed prove of any one or group that murdered anybody in the riot, then let them be charged accordingly. I really don't see the need for all this publicity, except their judicial is no longer capable of dispensing justice or it's just an election stunt by Trump, team.

I welcome the newbie into this citadel of crypto, he's in the right place to learn about Bitcoin and the crypto space in general, most of us also joined this forum without any crypto knowledge, and today we can contribute meaningfully with quality posts in the forum. Let him take advantage of the links that you've shared, so he'll be guided and not be ignorant of the forum rules, I wish him all the best as he navigates the forum and learns new things everytime.

For investors that have the risk absorber to gamble their funds in these new projects, it's ok for them to have standby funds in usdt, Incase they see a project that they feel confident to invest in, so they'll swap and be among the early investors, or they can leave their funds in Bitcoin to be accumulating profits for them pending the time they see a project to put money in, because usdt doesn't give you ROI. I'd just advice investors that are into new projects to carry out research before investing, and if the project pumps massively, let them sale because they don't know if the project will dip and never recover.

Jamie Dimon's statement is infact joke of the day for me, if he's not interested in Bitcoin, then I wonder why he keeps talking about it, he should leave Bitcoin alone and focus on his financial interests, because the more he keeps criticizing it, the more people are seeing the irony of what he's saying. I can understand if anybody was being doubtful about Bitcoin in the early days of it's creation, even I was skeptical about it then too, but now that it has withstood the test of time and has proven to be a reputable and valuable asset, I don't see why some people will still doubt it, anyway they're entitled to their opinions, but that doesn't take anything away from the truth.

The first step to getting out of a problem is to first admit that there's a problem, and with the self realization of the problem will help the individual to find a solution, and I'm glad that you where able to see where your gambling problem lies and you delt with it. Prioritizing your time and knowing when to do things that needed to be done is very effective, so you shouldn't let gambling to disturb your capability of where you get your daily bread, because gambling doesn't assure you of steady income, infact you lose more than you profit in it. Gambling should be for your free time and remember to gamble the amount that you can afford to loose.

The best crypto investment that any beginner should buy is none other than Bitcoin, it's the most reputable cryptocurrency and you don't need to carry out any research on whether it's a scam project, it's decentralized and is the best digital asset that will keep increasing in value. Investing in altcoins requires experience and if an investor is not knowledgeable they can fall into the trap of buying a scam project, so a newbie that wants to invest in altcoins without experience is simply gambling their fund. So they need to first Lean how to carry out research before investing, but it's not applicable to top altcoins like Ethereum, Solana and BNB, they're reputable altcoins that are safe to invest in.

One of the safest investments that I know and can recommend to anybody is Bitcoin, because it's decentralized and not owned by a single entity, unlike MSTR that's owned by microstrategy, that is a private company, and their investors earnings will depend on their profit and lose. Bitcoin investment is more secured if an investor leaves his Bitcoin in a none custodial wallet, where he has total the autonomy to his coins, and despite how price dips, it'll always reach now ATH, so far it's hodled on the long run. Ofcourse an investor can invest what he can afford to loose on the short term in MSTR.

Because of these mindsets that you need to go to school, get a good grade that'll guarantee a good job, makes most people to think that going to school is the way to get rich and enjoy good life. This is why many people graduate every year with the high hopes that their certificates are a gateway to the good life, then they enter the labor market that has more graduates than available jobs, and then depression starts setting in. I think that we should go to school to gain knowledge and become a professional in a perticular area of study, get or create a job on it and earn money, but if someone wants to be rich, then the individual should think like an entrepreneur, because to be a millionaire you need to think like a millionaire, schools don't teach you that.