It's great to have such personal experience with God, our creator.
Most people have difficulties to believe in God because they can't see him, or feel him.
When difficulties come, we tend to loose faith and give up from God.
Still, God as our parent, can't give up from us.
Yes, I believe in God who is my father, my best friend, who guide me all the way from my birth until I return to him, in heavenly world

It's perfect answer to this question
God wants the same for us. If you read Bible, in Genesis 1:28, God gave us 3 great blessings: To be fruitful (maturity in pur life), to multiply (family and children) and to have dominion over creation (it means material blessing, wealth, money etc.).
As our creator and parent, God know the best what is god for us and what should be our purpose of life.

I must say that I didn't believe in the past that bitcoin could become a source of income, at least not a significant source of income.
Last a few months everything changed.
Bitcoin price jumped to the sky and also my btc earnings from signature campaign.
If bitcoin continues to grow, it could become my main source of revenue, even higher than my regular salary.
Still we can't predict what will happen with btc price in the future so it's difficult to say.

Very good point
I think People ''feel'' that there is something much more important than them, other reality.
They can't explain so many things in their lives and wants to be connected with ''higher'' reality, origin, creator or God.
Religion require self discipline and responsibility and most people don't have such qualities.
Still, they wants to be part of higher reality, with hope that such connection will benefit their lives.
Yes, they commit sins every day but can we say that anybody is perfect, without sin?
If religion at least affects people to be a little better persons, then religion is already fulfilling its purpose.

I agree that democracy is not perfect political system but what is alternative to democracy?
Anarchism?
Communism?
Dictatorship?
We have already tried all these systems and the results were catastrophic.
Millions of people were killed in communism, social progress was stopped, every freedom was abolished...
The same we can say for any other political system.
So, even if democracy is not perfect, I preferred it.
Alternatives are much worse.

I can talk about my country only.
Central bank issued statement about bitcoin and said that bitcoin can't be used as money or financial asset.
So, we have a few merchants who accept payments in Bitcoins, and a few bitcoin ATM but it's all.
If central bank don't accept bitcoin as alternative, official currency, there is no way that we will be able to use bitcoin as a regular currency.
Our central bank also have to follow EU regulations so it's even more complicate issue.

''Show me the money'' it's the best way
Just with words you can't convince skeptic people.
They will be afraid to try anything new, to risk their own money, time etc.
You have to show them concrete results, your success stories and only than is possible to convince them.

People are spiritual beings, not only physical.
So, even our first ancestors in Africa 150 000 years ago believed in invisible world and Gods.
It's part of our original nature.
Religion came a long way later, just several thousand years ago, as human attempt to organize our beliefs and unite people.
So, without faith and our spiritual part, which is related with our everyday life, we will never create religions, we will never need religion.
Since we can't kill our spirituality and faith, we also can't kill religion.

It's very difficult issue now in the western society.
From one side, we have a religious view that the family community is exclusively men, women, and their children and from other side gay activists argue that is their human right to have children.
Real question here is what is the best for child.
Many experts argue that children need to experience the love of parents of both sexes, in order to have balanced development and emotional stability.
If you believe in God, than you know that He created man and woman and gave them blessing to multiply and have children.
In the nature, you can just see female and male together, in the animal world.
It's obvious what is more natural here, isn't it?

It's true that we can't know what will happen with btc in the future.
However, people who bought bitcoin at a low price, $ 250 or so, don't need to worry so much about future of bitcoin.
They are already in profit.
Also, people who earned bitcoin are very happy now.
Only new people, who are thinking to invest in btc now, should be careful about such decision.
 

Porezna nikoga ne ''hvata'', to je posao policije i DORH-a.
Ukoliko se baviš bilo kakvim poslom i ne plaćaš porez na svoju zaradu, naravno da činiš porezni prekršaj i da si prekršio zakon.
Nema ovdje mjesta nikakvom čuđenju ili iznenađenju.
Policija ne treba nikakve upute ili poticaj od bilo koga da radi svoj posao, a ni porezna da istražuje svaki neprijavljeni primitak (ili nesrazmjer u prijavljenim prihodima i imovini), i obračuna porez na to, plus poreznu kaznu ako primitak nije prijavljen u zakonskom roku od 8 dana.

Ovo mišljenje porezne je vrlo zanimljivo a zbunjujuće jer nisu odvojili fizičke i pravne osobe.
Nije isto da li neka hrvatska firma trguje bitcoinom i mora o tome voditi knjigovodstvo i evidenciju, ili se radi o običnoj fizičkoj osobi, koja si je svoju zaradu od bitcoina pretvorila u kune i isplatila na račun.
Ovdje ću, na temelju mojih razgovora sa poreznim referentom, i višegodišnjeg iskustva prijave i plaćanja poreza na internetsku zuaradu, pokušati sve malo pojasniti.

1.   Hrvatska narodna banka (u daljnjem tekstu: HNB) navodi da "bitcoin" ne potpada niti pod jednu zakonom reguliranu kategoriju sredstava plaćanja te da prema članku 21. Zakona o Hrvatskoj narodnoj banci i članku 4. Zakona o deviznom poslovanju "bitcoin" ne predstavlja novac, niti sredstvo plaćanja u Republici Hrvatskoj niti stranu valutu odnosno strano sredstvo plaćanja. U svom dopisu HNB navodi da obzirom da vrijednost "bitcoin-a" ne odražava vrijednost novca koji je za njega primljen, "bitcoin" ne može biti niti elektronički novac u smislu članka 2. točke 2. Zakona o elektroničkom novcu.
O tome sam već govorio više puta ovdje, da bitcoin po našim zakonima nije novac niti zakonsko sredstvo plaćanja.

2.   Prema presudi Suda EU-a u predmetu C-264/14, od 22. listopada 2015., bitcoin je virtualna valuta s dvostranim tokom i ne može se smatrati „materijalnom imovinom“
Ukratko, bitcoin ne predstavljas ni financijsku imovinu, na koju bi trebalo plaćati porez ili koja bi se nekome mogla ostaviti u nasljedstvo.

3.   Člankom 92. Pravilnika o porezu na dohodak (Narodne novine, broj 10/17) propisan je način isplate primitaka fizičkim osobama,…. prema stavku 2. toga članka Pravilnika propisani su primici koji se mogu isplatiti fizičkim osobama na tekući račun kod banke, a stavkom 3. primici koji se mogu isplatiti obveznicima poreza na dohodak, odnosno fizičkim osobama u gotovu novcu.
Ukratko, fizičkim osobama, za obavljeni rad u rH može se plaćati samo u gotovu novcu, kunama, ili isplatom na tekući račun.

4.   Prema članku 28. toga Zakona, gotov novac, u smislu toga Zakona, jesu novčanice kune i kovani novac kune i lipe.
Dodatno pojašnjenje što jedino može biti gotov novac i zakonito sredstvo plaćanja u RH.

5.   sukladno članku 69. toga Zakona, porezni obveznik je dužan tijekom poreznog postupka sudjelovati u utvrđivanju činjeničnog stanja na način da potpuno i istinito iznosi činjenice bitne za oporezivanje te da za svoje tvrdnje ponudi dokaze, a kada posluje u inozemstvu porezni obveznik je dužan sukladno članku 71. toga Zakona sudjelovati u postupku utvrđivanja činjeničnog stanja, u odnosu na njegovu oporezivu djelatnost i imovinu u inozemstvu, pružanjem potrebnih dokaza, uz korištenje svih pravnih i stvarnih mogućnosti koje mu stoje na raspolaganju i razjašnjavanjem svih nejasnih pitanja.
To znači da kod prijave poreza, za bilo kakav primitak, morate biti u stanju poreznoj dokazati podrijetlo novca. U mom slućaju, bankovni izvaci su do sada bili dovoljni.

6.   pri plaćanju drugim pravnim osobama u bitcoinima, porezni obveznik mora se voditi pažnjom dobrog gospodarstvenika i za sve svoje transakcije voditi uredne poslovne knjige temeljem vjerodostojne dokumentacije
Ovo je mala novost i čini se da porezna služba prvi put prihvaća da se neki poslovni subjekti u rH bave kupoprodajom bitcoina, te daju upute kako voditi poslovnu evidenciju u ovakvom slućaju.Ovo se odnodsi samo na firme.

7.   U slučaju plaćanja bitcoinom, navedeno se obavlja mimo transakcijiskih računa kod banaka te je porezni obveznik obvezan voditi evidenciju o prometu na svom „virtualnom“ računu i na zahtjev Porezne uprave dati na uvid navedenu evidenciju s pripadajućim dokazima o izvršenim plaćanjima. U protivnom smatrat će se da je plaćanja izvršio gotovim novcem te je u tom slučaju obvezan poštivati sve odredbe iz relevantnih poreznih i računovodstvenih propisa koje se odnose na takav način plaćanja.
Ponovno, ovo se odnosi samo na pravne subjekte, firme, koje se u RH bave kupoprodajom bitcoina, a ne odnosi se na fizičke osobe. mene, kao poreznog obveznika- fizičku osobu, to nisu nikada tražili niti su mogli tražiti, s obzirom da nemam obvezu vođenja poslovnih knjiga i evidencija (kao fizička osoba koja zarađuje od bitcoina kroz drugi dohodak iz inozemstva).

Način kako kao fizička osoba, koja zarađuje od bitcoina kroz tzv. drugi dohodak iz inozemstva, možete prijaviti i platiti porez, već sam detaljno objasnio u prethodnim postovima, uz konkretne primjere i pojašnjenja.

I don't think so.
Many people find religion and God by themselves, while searching for purpose of life.
Others received revelations or inspirations from spiritual world.
People are spiritual beings, not just physical.
So, they will always need spiritual guidance in their lives.
We are trying to find something absolute in our life, unchanging and clear, our origin and purpose.
Only God can give it to us, not society or science.
So, when will Religions die?
Only if people cease to exist.

I'm old enough to remember world without Internet and smart phones.
So, what is difference?
Communication and connection are much better than before.
But, it means we can't avoid job and boss even after working hours.
Without Internet, we will have more freedom and less stress.
Of course, without Internet many companies will collapse but many other will open.
Kids will play again outside and will have real friends, not virtual one.
We will create again our social networks at schools.
Life will slow down but we will more closely associate with neighbors and friends.
Interesting ideas, isn't it?

Depends who you ask.
If I go to my local tax office, and try to report income from bitcoin, I will receive answer that it's impossible to do such thing.
Bitcoin is not recognized as legal currency in my country.
So, from legal viewpoint, bitcoin is not money.
From my own viewpoint, bitcoin is money because I can buy staff on Internet, trade bitcoin, sell, earn profit etc.

Please, don't think only about price.
We should also check other factors like how many merchants accepts certain crypto currency,  how much there is ATM and debit cards for this crypto currency etc.
When everything is taken into account, bitcoin is still number one for a long time, and all other crypto currencies are still far away.
Of course, things on Internet can change very quickly, so if bitcoin don't solve current issue with very long confirmation time and high transaction fees, we may see another winner in a few years.

Vidim da nikada nisi plaćao porez i da ne razumiješ što je problem ovdje.
Jasno je potpuno da plaćam porez, i na što plaćam porez, na drugi dohodak iz inozemstva, od nesamostalnog rada.
Jasno je i koliko plaćam predporeza, prireza i doprinosa.
Ono što je bio i još je uvijek problem je što u kategorizaciji različitih vrsta zarade, nije posebno navedena zarada na Internetu.
Sukladno tome, takvoj zaradi nije dodeljrena ni joopd šifra, koja je neophodna da bi porezna prijava bila prihvaćena u poreznom sustavu.
Ako neki vid zarade još nije predviđen poreznim pravilnikom, i nije mu dodeljena posebna šifra, to naravno ne znači da se možemo ''izvući'' od plaćanja poreza, već da će porezni referent samo imati malo ''teži'' posao kako da prijava poreza kroz JOOPD obrazac uspješno prođe i bude prihvaćen u poreznom sustavu.
Zbog toga je porezni referent, u dogovoru sa voditeljem porezne ispostave, a sve u skladu sa poreznim zakonom, mojoj prijavljenoj vrsti zarade dodijelio šifru iz šifrarnika koja je najbliža onome o čemu se tu zapravo radi, a radi se o pasivnoj zaradi iz inozemstva, drugom dohotku.
Kada se porezni pravilnik i šifrarnik nadopune novim kategorijama, uključujući i internetsku zaradu, i dodijeli posebna šifra za tu vrstu zarade, tada ću i ja početi koristiti tu novu šifru u svom JOOPD obrascu.
Dok se to ne dogodi, koristit ću šifru za djelstnost/vrstu posla koja je najbliže definiciji onoga što radim i od čega zarađujem, a što je trenutno ponuđeno zakonom i pravilnikom.
Evo, nadam se da je sada to jasnije.

Situation with Qatar really became very tense sand dangerous, very close to real war according to some media reports.
It looks that Qatar became a collateral victim of the open conflict between Saudi Arabia and Iran, and their struggle for supremacy in the Arab world.
US President Trump, with his misleading statements, adding fire to this conflict instead of calming down the situation.
I hope that we will not see another war in Arab world, similar to Iraq and Iran's war 40 years ago.

I agree with you.
Terrorists don't have their own religion, race, nationality...
They use some religious ideas and doctrines for their own purpose and manipulate their members.
It's fact that Muslims are very dedicated to their religion, praying a few times during day, fasting etc.
Religion is very important to them.
It's sad that terrorists using such devotion for their own selfish purpose, to kill others, instead of serving others.
It's so easy to manipulate others, brainwash them in the name of religion.
So sad.

I agree with you that big transaction fees became huge problem for bitcoin.
Before several months I didn't even think about it.
I will simple send btc and accept recommended transaction fee.
When I had to wait 3-4 days for confirmation, I realized how big problem we have in btc network.
I really think that some people may give up btc and invest in other crypto currencies if we don't find solution here.
In such scenario, some other crypto currency can replace btc so hopefully we will see some resolution soon.