Although I've installed plenty of Windows (all 95+) and software, I'm neither much of Linux nor hardware guy (played with Mint, Tails, or installed a HDD into a laptop though, but I don't consider that advanced).

But I want to get a (cheap!) Raspberry Pi which I want to use primarily as a print server, so I can move the printer away from my desk and maybe also use it from the phone(s).
Of course, I may try (extremely seldom) to play around with the Pi since I'll have it (although I'm not so sure about this).

So I've read that Pi Zero W is just great for the job. But I need advises, especially because it's all DYI there.
Keep in mind that I won't buy from Amazon, Newegg or such, I'll buy from local resellers.

Also I don't want to change the existing (Canon G2400) printer and I don't think that I have another good option.
And I've looked for things like wavlink usb 2.0 lpr print server, but I've read that they are not reliable.

1. Case
I'd like to buy a case for it. Is the white+red case from bottom of this page good, or will I have heating problems and I should go for this open (and transparent) one? I don't like the second option since I expect it to become dust-catcher.

2. Charger
A phone charger at 2A should do the job, right?

3. Accessories
I've seen that I probably need a USB OTG cable (as adapter for the printer cable), a HDMI to Mini HDMI adapter (in case I want to connect to a display) and a class 10 micro SD card.
Do I need anything else? Do aluminum radiators help at all? Or they're anyway useless because of the case? Or do they actually fit in such a case? Or they are for Pi 3 and they're not good for Pi Zero W anyway?

4. Connectors
I've seen on the shop's page a lot of other connectors, adapters, whatever. Would I need anything more? I've missed something important?

5. Networking
Is Pi Zero W good for the proposed job? I don't have to print too much, still, especially now as the school is also at hope (covid) I still have to print or scan a few pages almost every day.
I don't mind if data is transferred slower to the printer, as long as if something is bigger it doesn't get lost.


So, am I on the right direction? Any advises for me?

Exactly. As they say, "it ain't over until the fat lady sings". When the counting ends and the possible following lawsuits are settled, then we'll know the winner.
Until then all we have is speculation. I have the feeling Biden wins, not because of the news, instead because of growing despair in Trump's tweets. But that means nothing. Let's wait until it ends.

Although I don't deny that elections-related speculation (small pump and dump) may happen, you seem to have "forgotten" the facts that Bitcoin had a block reward halving this year and historically after halving a FOMO bubble has started (sooner or later). Also you have forgotten about PayPal. Also you may have forgotten than this world is bigger than USA.
So there are plenty of valid reasons for the pump, not only "the" elections.

There's a good chance it'll reach high (or very high) values. But nobody knows when. And in between time it can also fall big and stay low for long periods of time.
Keep in mind that some bought Bitcoin in 2017 at almost 20k USD and Bitcoin has fallen during the next year to some 3k USD levels. This can be a problem for many.
Bitcoin will probably get to very high prices, but the road til there may be easy or may be tough.
So it's up to you if you consider worth it. You should invest money you are not afraid to lose or keep locked for very long periods of time.

That's correct. And I think that the easy solution is to use Timelock feature in Electrum, which is available on the advanced tab at/"after" sending.
The initial purpose is slightly different, but this thread shows how to use Timelock in Electrum: [Tutorial] Making your crypto inheritible

PS. Obviously I recommend trying it out for free on Testnet 

I would look into the console of Bitcoin core. And I would start with listunspent to see where I still have funds.
Then I would continue with dumpprivkey or if there are more addresses then dumpwallet

Good luck, you'll need it!


(Also you could check on block explorer some known addresses to check if you indeed have money there.)


Somehow I think that something is corrupted and even listunspent may show nothing. But maybe, just maybe at least dumpprivkey would work.

The only way to have the control of Bitcoin funds is to have (exclusive) ownership of wallet's private keys.
So yes, this means people got arrested, their computers seized and the coin owners were convinced (heh..) to give out the information to access the coins (wallet password, private keys, whatever).

Browser miners are most probably CPU miners. Afaik there's no longer profitability in CPU mining, hence it's no use to have any longer browser miners.
Also since browser mining was used to mine on others' computers, many browsers have developed countermeasures, so even if you find one there's quite a chance it won't work.
So yes, the best answer is "none".

PS. Afaik the closest-to-ok CPU mining algo may still be RandomX or whatever Monero has.
PPS. There are also coins advertised as CPU-only (like Hacash) but some are so young you can't sell them so I've considered them as "mining for free". (Keep in mind that for mining one pays for electricity at least).

They will indeed have to print a lot more, but I expect to happen at somewhat slower rate than in the last ... let's say 6 months.
Before the elections all politicians (and especially the populist ones) are overly generous with the country's money ("like there's no tomorrow"). After elections (and after the "investors" are also payed, of course), they do a bit of thinking before throwing the money.
This doesn't mean that they will stop funding everything. Just they may be a bit more cautious.
(I hope that I answered the question.)

You've beaten me to it. But I've written my own words instead of pasting from the blog     (maybe you should quote it)
The fact the title is "announcement" is a bit tricky imho (pre-ann would have been better).
But the fact the UI "image" is a mock-up should have been the first clue.
And yes, missing the ETA part is.. well, funny

Bitcoin had quite a growth lately and a correction is possible.
Also on long term, US money printing may slow down a little. But the world is not only US of A and the overall the effect should not be that big and the current overall (upward) trend should be maintained.

However, wasn't Bitcoin price always volatile? 

Bitcoin price is still "unstable". It produces big ups and downs. Some don't want this; they want it "slow and steady", like, for example, gold.
Bitcoin was "advertised" by central banks as high risk. Some don't want that in their portfolio because it can cause reputation issues.
Bitcoin is not only going up, it goes down too. Remember the (363) days when it has fallen from nearly 20k to just over 3k?
Also the market is not properly regulated, making them over-cautious.

But in time all this will change.
The volatility will be reduced after a while, with every new (regulated) company joining the game the things will get in the way they expect to be and will convince more to join.
This will be good for the price and probably bad for us as individuals and possibly also bad for Bitcoin as philosophy.

This should be a very good period for buying Bitcoin. Halving has passed, a FOMO bubble is kinda expected, the price is on the rise, PayPal came with good news...
Still Bitcoin is a risky investment and overall anything can happen. Sudden ups and downs are part of Bitcoin markets.

This being said if OP is unsure about "when to buy", maybe he can invest smaller amounts over longer period of time ("dollar-cost averaging").

I don't have to. There were plenty of signals on how shady the HEX project is from the days it was launched. Although it's not proven to be scam or not, I know (for myself) it's just a scheme.
My point was that the signature wearers may actually not get paid at all. And @SiNeReiNZzz point is also very good: they may actually get tagged too.
Especially in the altcoins area people still join bounties head first.  

Exactly. What makes this EROAS better than the already established Tails OS that already has Electrum on it (or you can install yours) and has passed the test of time?
From what I've seen until now EROAS would run on smaller stick than Tails. On the other hand Tails has more apps pre-installed (which may or may not be useful). Anything else?

I don't mean to "attack" this project. I would indeed like to see a proper comparison between the two. It could actually help this project (else it would be a shame for the time invested in it)

I'd like to warn you that martingale is more a method to ensure you lose your money than actually have gains. To keep it short, on a losing streak it gets soon unrealistically expensive to try to recover the loses, instead you lose even (much!) more.

I advise you gamble for fun and only as long as it's fun (and you have money you afford to lose/play with).

If you mean the latest signature campaign, I've read here that it's not endorsed by Richard Heart so it may be a scam.
Also from my (small) knowledge on HEX, even if one tries now to get free HEX now, he'll get under 10% of what he would have received one year ago. Of course one can argue that 10% of 0 equals 100% of 0, but that's another point 

So from what I understand the only ones that'll earn anything would be those offering ref links. But I don't know if/how good will they be able to sell their earning and I somehow doubt that this can cover paying for signature wearers.

But maybe I'm missing something...

61 - NeuroticFish

Thank you!

1. The scammers may need to discuss in private - at least in the case of red trust feedback - with the ones giving the feedback.
2. If one wants to scam by PM, he'll find a way, with or without blocking PM.

I don't say the idea overall is bad, but it may need to be refined. For example they cannot users with PM lower rank than.. Hero, or Sr for example? Since it's expected that a Hero or a Sr was here long enough and not fall for this. Just another idea (which may be good or not).

Sorry, I've missed yesterday this part.
Yes, the translation is correct (1). And yes (as I already written), the first so-called translation is really bad (2).

However I advise you don't follow this person's "translation" and make your own from scratch. If you do this I believe that you'll have the chance to get even better wordings since you won't have to follow his structure. For now I feel like you still kept a bit more than you should have done from the bad text    (for example you fixed at least twice "cel platit" with "beneficiarul", but you've missed at least one; this most probably would have not happened if you would have not been trying to fix)

So ... leave the crappy one. Just do your own. I am sure it will be much better if you even stop thinking about the previous garbage.