Since domains with crypto and bitcoin are harder to grab, I'd try some alternative ideas, like:

1. You can think of a beautiful long(!) name for your project, then find a shorter domain with the acronym/initials of that.
Help out struggling beginners in crypto related problems => hosbicrp.com => free for grabbing.
Of course, I am sure you can find better name than this ^^ 

2. Search for domains in certain countries. Like cryptohelp.it, cryptohelp.me or such.

I agree with mk4: no reliable source that the billionaire actually said that, no reliable source for your rumors.
These rumors don't matter at all (some panicking conspiracy theory readers may ran away from Bitcoin because of this, but far too few), so I don't see the point of this topic.
And... wasn't Satoshi using ToR, hence "his" IPs could have been from anywhere? So the IP story, even if it was by chance true, also doesn't matter.

Wirex has quite a history of being unreliable for withdrawals to another bank account.
Two search results are this (to bank account) and this (to exchange, old), but I guess that I am too lazy or too unlucky for getting other similar posts. I read Wirex ANN thread now and then and such problems seem to just occur from time to time.
I'd say that a conclusion is that one better avoids doing that with Wirex and their only useful and working service is to simply use the card for shopping.

You're right. I've missed some use cases.
The intention was not to correct @bob123, instead I wanted to make it clearer, especially for his own use case and questions (Electrum, Tails, deleted wallet).
I know that you guys have a lot of knowledge, but sometimes I feel the explanations are not newbie friendly (and sometimes there are newbies asking them).

I've also edited a little the original post, I hope it's better now.

(Edit: If you don't keep the persistent storage with your wallet) those "random words" are the only thing that allows anybody to spend coins from your "addresses".
This means:
1. you have to keep them super-safe (and that means NOT on the internet)
2. you can always recover your wallet with Electrum and those words
3. if somebody else gets them he will steal your coins
4. if you lose those words those coins are lost (locked there) forever; you can "see" them but never again spend them (OK, there are other ways to backup the wallet so you can still spend, but let's keep it simple).


Edit: Please read the previous post, it better the things needed for accessing a wallet (any one of the 3 does the job)
This post was/is an attempt to explain it clearer.

It looks nice.
Although I am so much used to Electrum I find it a bit hard to change (maybe I'm getting old?), I already planned to take a look to Wasabi.
Now I've added Sparrow too to my list. I'll give it a try during the Xmas holidays when I should have more (too much?) free time.

It's however nice to see competition coming in this area. I've got sick and tired to "preach" that wallets should become nicer and easier (more newbie friendly) without losing functionality.

Bitcointalk: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5291981
Backup: https://archive.is/79amx
Source: https://www.rtvslo.si/gospodarstvo/borzni-komentar/bitcoin-se-v-izrednem-bikovskem-ciklu-bliza-meji-20-tisoc-dolarjev/542593

Fragments from the original source seem to compose the post.
Most probably the original post will be removed by mods because it's in English section, still I think that we have a copy/paste "bot" account there.

Their twitter is most reliable in this kind of problems. They had "technical issues", now they're up an running, still, because of DNS propagation it may still not work for everybody.
As usual, everything tells that the things are ran there by amateurs, but that's not new.

I've just visited Coinkite store (OpenDime, ColdCard, ...) and they have "15% off most products" until 27 November.
I don't know if they accept Bitcoin, most probably they do, however they do sell Bitcoin related stuff, so I guess that they're fine on this list.

I like what ColdCard is advertised for, but if you don't keep so many coins, the price tag may be important.
I had the same logic myself and bought a Ledger (nano s). No problems until now, but I use it with Electrum.
I also agree with @dkbit98 that Ledger Live is crap. About the support I can't really tell.

However, I suggest you focus on Ledger or Trezor, exactly because of what they do vs their cost.
And you've picked a great period for buying, the price should be reduced for most products until maybe even January, just watch their websites and social media.

Indeed, that was one component I've forgot. And yes, the fact the hashrate is "back to normal" means that the blocks come a bit faster hence the mempool is emptied faster.
Still, you can't deny that every time the price has a big fluctuation the number of new transactions come like there's no tomorrow.
The optimistic ones try to take advantage themselves and send coins to sell. The foolish one (sorry, reality) even keep money on exchanges for this (that's an unsafe approach).
Maybe I focus too much on bots and the number of humans sending transactions themselves is much higher than I'd think.
I also didn't know about BitMEX, thank you @ranochigo.

I hoped that there can be other solutions too, not only LN (which would be great.. and would be even better if it would be out of beta...).
From the link about BitMEX I've read that the not so far in future Schnoor + Taproot update would help on that. It is another solution, let's see how it'll go.

At least I'm a bit more optimistic now.

I'm not sure where you have this information from, but I assure you it's incorrect.

First I checked here and I still found Electrum: https://tails.boum.org/doc/about/features/index.en.html
But since I thought it may be outdated info I've downloaded latest Tails (4.13) and fired it up into a VM. It has Electrum 4.0.2 on it.

Although it's not the best option privacy-wise, it's still an option (for both).
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Hm. I don't know why would somebody do that... unless maybe it's somebody with too much money and not enough knowledge on how to use an exchange. Oh well, sorry for the confusion.

This would be awesome, but since LN is considered "beta" or "experimental" I don't expect the exchanges hurry into this.
Of course, another idea would be to somehow reduce/throttle the trading bots, but that could mean less earning/fees for them, so again "no hurry".
That's why I am asking, maybe more brains can come with more solutions / ideas.


Indeed, but I expect lower fees Saturday and Sunday, not Friday morning (working day).


I've missed this part. Which company?

Remember those who said that Bitcoin price cannot get big unless the fees are unbearable?
Remember the "Bitcoin has failed" narrative when the fees were big?

Well, today the mempool has cleared again.



Now I guess it would be the time for a proper discussion of what causes the mempool get so full at times.
And I blame nothing else than the arbitrage bots. I think that the mempool gets full when the price fluctuations are big.
Any idea on what could be done to prevent arbitrage bots have such a big effect?

9 - NeuroticFish

Thank you!

There are a lot of possible reasons for that, depending on the country they're from, for example:

* they want to buy more and don't want to create hype that'll make them pay more for it
* the invested money may not be 100% pristine
* they don't want IRS ask too many questions based on badly/incompletely written laws (they may declare as "other investments")
* they don't want to become targets for ransom/thieves (the 5$ wrench story)

Since one doesn't save much compared to a "stock" hardware wallet and since you say it's riskier than a stock HW, it's clearly an idea mostly for enthusiasts.
But I like it.
I've just started playing with this kind of tiny machines (just bought my first Pi) and I see it comes with a full package of enjoyment and frustration, but others more advanced may like it.

One interesting/appealing fact is that since you are the only one handling it from scratch you are sure it was not tampered/nobody has installed other software onto it (of course, you have to check the git carefully).
It can be the solution for those who cannot receive a proper HW from the official shop or approved resellers (or just doesn't trust them).

A non-collateral loan to a newbie is called donation. (And begging is also prohibited).
All you can receive when asking for non-collateral loan like this is a negative trust feedback.
I know it may sound harsh, but this is the reality.

Not all of them can "do" that.
Current Wirex doesn't, but afaik the "new one" they already advertise will do that too.
AdvCash doesn't do that.
Binance, on the other hand does that nicely.

So not all have such a feature, you have to read and ask around when you acquire a crypto card.
I guess that at some point in future all (or almost all) will do this, though.