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881  Other / Off-topic / Re: [OPEN]| 50+ smerit monthly giveaway | Concentrating on Alternative subboard. on: August 24, 2020, 06:27:36 AM
I am not a quality poster but I have these posts of mine having received merits.

Personal posts:
1. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5248359.msg54428648#msg54428648
2. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5249816.msg54466279#msg54466279

Others posts:
1. From : Peanutswar
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5263519.msg54838924#msg54838924
2. From: Husires
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5264339.0
882  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Having loss is part of experience as a Trader on: August 22, 2020, 08:42:40 AM
Losing your money in trade is really normal, before you enter the trading platform, you should know that there is a high possibility that you may lose your money. There is no way for you to assure your winning in trading, that is why most of the advise that you can read in the internet, saying that you should limit your money in trading and always accept the possibility of losing your money.

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From: https://news.bitcoin.com/win-or-lose-these-crypto-whales-share-their-trades/
For crypto whales, throwing around life-changing amounts of money like it’s pocket change is the norm. It’s not that they don’t ever sustain big losses; it’s that they don’t sweat the odd failure and soldier on with nary a complaint.
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Youtube: https://youtu.be/OuD28KfIlEo
This is why 90% of traders and investors lose their money.
883  Other / Off-topic / Contact tracer vs scammers. on: August 21, 2020, 03:40:05 AM
After three months of staying at home because of the pandemic, America is now moving, they have now the contact tracers from Department of Health who will try to track everyone who has been exposed from COVID-19, they are really important to avoid the risk of spreading the virus but with this case, the scammers are attacking again, they pretend to be a real contact tracer, they will try to steal some of your important information, identity especially your money. Thankfully the Federal Trade Commission has a way of identifying scammers and real contact tracers.

A contact tracer may discuss things happen on you which can be related to the pandemic or if you get exposed to someone who became positive from the virus. A real contact tracer may contact you from calling, visiting your home, and email.
Here are things that they may ask you about:
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1. your name and address
2. health information
3. the names of places and people you have visited


Scammers will try to ask some more:
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1. Don’t pay a contact tracer.
Anyone who says you need to pay is a scammer, plain and simple.
2. Don’t give your Social Security number or financial information.
There’s no reason for a legit contact tracer to need your Social Security number, bank account, or credit card number.
3. Don’t share your immigration status.
Legit contact tracers don’t need and won’t ask for this information.
4. Don’t click on links or download anything sent from a contact tracer.
Real tracers will only send you texts or emails that say they’ll be calling you not ask you to click or download anything.

Because of this pandemic virus, scammers find many ways to steal personal's identity and even money. Let us all be vigilant and always assess the situation, for more details click this link.
884  Economy / Services / Re: [Open] ▄■▀■▄ 🌟Bitvest.io🌟 - Plinko Sign Camp (Member-Hero Accepted)(New2) on: August 10, 2020, 04:01:16 PM
User: Alucard
Position to Apply: Member
Posts Start: 83
Address: (Your BTC Address): 3Kc5Hksv9tiEb11cdcBADYDtp5WAmbTc7V
885  Economy / Reputation / Re: [self-moderated] Report unmerited good posts to Merit Source on: August 01, 2020, 11:11:42 AM
Thanks for this thread, you are giving the chance to earn merits for those useful threads. Here are my entries, hoping that I am not too late with this.

Coinbase the most anti-Bitcoin organisation. Make #DeleteCoinbase great again
Description: Reasons of deleting coinbase
Section: Bitcoin Discussion

List of Gambling Investments and Discussion.
Description: List of threads with content of gambling investments.
Section: Gambling discussion

[LEARN] LOGIC GATES and the chance to earn merit.
Description: Describes things about logic gates, solve the game to earn merit.
Section: Beginners & help

SHA Algorithm doubt
Description: Define things about Sha algorithm, steps and process.
Section: Beginners & help

Congratulations to me
Description: Congratulatory letter for his achievement.
Section: Beginners & help

Ponzi Schemes for dummies
Decription: Define things about Ponzi Schemes.
Section: Bitcoin Discussion.

Protect your personal data: How hackers steal your data.
Description: Ways of hackers to gain access to your account.
Section: Off-topic

GAMBLING: Skill-based vs. Chance-based

Description: Define two types of gambling
Section: Gambling discussion
886  Economy / Services / Re: Roobet.com | YouTube Review Video | Earn up to $50! - Ends July 31st on: July 30, 2020, 03:11:57 PM
Hello this is my entry : 
https://youtu.be/iSEttUybqGk

I log in to my steam then gave me with a username of MCGArMon then it require me to change and now this is my username

Roobet username : Groobet
887  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Kobe Bryant's death has been used for scamming. on: July 30, 2020, 08:39:09 AM
I have seen an article that talks about the death of the legendary NBA player Kobe Bryant which has been used for scamming people.
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Hackers are attempting to profit from the death of Kobe Bryant by hiding malware within downloadable pictures of the basketball legend.

Researchers at Microsoft Security Intelligence discovered that a desktop wallpaper of Bryant contained hidden software that secretly hijacked a person’s computer in order to mine cryptocurrency.

They called it as crytojacking worm. As expcted, scammers uses this opportunity to take advantage for scamming people. The growing trend has been found within images of various celebrities in recent months, often in the form of wallpapers that can be downloaded to a person’s desktop or smartphone.
Cryptojacking software was recently discovered within high-resolution images of musician Taylor Swift ad the actress Scarlett Johansson.
Cyber security firm Sonicwall registered over 50 million cryptojacking attacks in the first half of 2019, typically in the form of social engineering or other online scams similar to the Bryant malware.
Sonicwall said cryptojacking techniques were evolving but that it remained “relevant as a lucrative option for cyber criminals”.
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“We found a malicious HTML file posing as a Kobe Bryant wallpaper that contains a coin mining script.”

Here is the source.

888  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: how to win at casino on: July 29, 2020, 08:44:11 AM
I think should be moved the gambling discussion, there is no way for you to secure winning in gambling because most of the gambling website or casino gambling is based on luck. You only need to wait for the result if you win or lose the game.

If you want to have an advantage in gambling you may try playing games that require skills and knowledge to have the chance to win the game like playing blackjack.

For the reference, you may visit this thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5248359.msg54428648#msg54428648
889  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Some gamblers have been arrestes in Bangladesh for money laundering through btc on: July 29, 2020, 08:31:04 AM
Couple of days ago, a group of fraud from Bangladesh made around $250000 within 2 months through influncing people to gamble in their gambling sites/apps and later scam or something like that, have been arrested by police. From the amount they made, they had to sent a lot of funds to Ukraine where the leading people live. They used bitcoin to send the money. Police said they are investigating more to find everyone related to the gang and/or who have helped them directly or indirectly.
I sometimes sell BTC in local market through the help of some facebook group. I never felt that I am in risk but for the first time, it seems like we are actually risking ourself a lot of by selling BTC to unknown. What if they get a trace of ourself and link us with such transactions? Would we be also get punished? For your info, we had to use our mobile number to continue dealing.
Since Bangladesh is not yet legalizing Bitcoin ok their country then their people has no rights to use it. All we need to do is to promote Bitcoin all over the world so that every country can legelize it and if it happens, the mass adaptation will occur and it will make Bitcoin as the new financial system. If something like that happens, all country will be having a good state and those poor countries will be having a better life. We also need to wait until our country legalize Bitcoin or else we can get caught and out into jail.
890  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Taxes on Bitcoins: Unreasonable or essential? on: July 29, 2020, 07:12:08 AM
Government have always been wary of Bitcoins as a whole. They are never ready to accept that cryptocurrencies have made a significant improvement in the lives of many. Unfortunately if you search online about the taxation on Bitcoins , in many countries it's very unreasonable.

It's not a government owned platform.One might be aware of the fact that the government is tracking down people who owns Bitcoins. Taxes on cryptocurrencies are always a matter of debate , in a country like India 30-20% of the Tax is supposed to be paid by the handler who is using the cryptocurrencies like Bitcoins and earning more than a fixed number.

20-30% is not at all a reasonable tax price.

At the same time there are countries where taxation is not considered regarding the cryptocurrencies.

Portugal
Germany
Singapore
Malaysia
Belarus
Slovenia
Malta
Switzerland

(https://news.bitcoin.com/eight-countries-that-dont-tax-your-bitcoin-gains/)

What do guys think ?
Should the government place taxes on Bitcoins or should they let it be? Since they are not helping cryptocurrencies in any way, I do think they should stop making profits out of people. A reasonable tax percentage should be applied ofcourse, but it does not give them the right to label the cryptocurrencies as free money . They should understand that it's a serious issue and if some money is coming from cryptocurrencies, they should at least use 1% of it to educate people about cryptocurrencies.

How much is the taxation on Bitcoins in your country ? Is it reasonable or government is just trying to make profit out of it ?

Tax on Bitcoin is reasonable because anything that is tradable must have a tax so that every country has a funds and they can help the security of trading. It will also be the way to make the Bitcoin get legalize on every country because funds is very important. If Bitcoin gets legalize on every country and the mass adaptation occurs, there is a big possibilities that the tax on Bitcoin can be removed since it is the new financial system of the whole world.
891  Economy / Exchanges / Re: Coinbase the most anti-Bitcoin organisation. Make #DeleteCoinbase great again on: July 28, 2020, 02:30:51 PM
We knew it would have happened sooner or later.
#deletecoinbase was a trend last year for a reason.
That is what just happened:

Coinbase wants to sell blockchain analysis software to the IRS and DEA a year after its Neutrino

  • Public records show that Coinbase wants to sell blockchain analytics software to the U.S. government
  • Records indicate that the awards have not been made as of yet
  • Both the DEA and IRS have expressed interest in awarding contracts to Coinbase for an analytics platform called Coinbase Analytics
  • The developments come a year after Coinbase’s controversial purchase of intelligence firm Neutrino, and Neutrino is mentioned in the IRS documentation


Jameson Lopp pointed out correctly Bitcoin is already moving forward to make their heuristic techniques obsolete:

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This is no surprise, our distrust in you is strengthened, we will make your analytics software obsolete
https://twitter.com/lopp/status/1269009773778939910?s=20


Bitcoin has all the technology now (coinjoins, payjoins, mixers, whirlpool etc...) to make their analysis more difficult.
The user has the obligation to usa all those means to improve their privacy and the one of all the other users.
Don't let them succeed in their plan to leverage their Neutrino acquisition, pursuing their plan of trading our privacy with their business model.


On this subject, there is a wonderful treatise by my fellow italian bitcoiner Giacomo Zucco:


A Treatise On Bitcoin And Privacy Part 1: A Match Made In The Whitepaper
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How one’s focus can shift in just two weeks! While today everybody in the Bitcoin space seems more concerned with price fluctuations in response to the global financial panic (understandably so), it’s important to remember perennial issues that never go away, like the importance of maintaining your privacy when you transact in bitcoin. Throughout this month especially, we’ve been hearing reports of KYC/AML-compliant exchanges freezing user accounts due to suspected use of CoinJoin software (more on that later), followed by yet another case of a famous and respected early Bitcoin proponent promoting his new illiquid altcoin as something that “will replace Bitcoin, which isn’t private enough!”

If you want to take a short break from global pandemics, financial meltdowns and price volatility, here’s an attempt at analyzing claims, facts and context of this latest “Bitcoin drama.” To begin with, in Part 1 of this two-part series, we’ll start by looking at the fundamental relationship between Bitcoin and privacy by going back to the beginning with the whitepaper. Then, in Part 2, we’ll focus on some the ways that Bitcoin privacy is being maintained and improved upon — and strike down a few “red herrings.”


A Treatise On Bitcoin And Privacy Part 2: Don’t Be Misled By Red Herrings
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In Part One of this treatise, we examined the fundamental relationship between Bitcoin and privacy by going back to the beginning with the whitepaper. In spite of some excellent privacy preserving options  that have been available to users since those early days, we seem to have taken a few wrong turns. But to fix it, in order to make Bitcoin’s privacy “great again,” we must be able to distinguish between real privacy and red herrings that can only lead us further off the path.


I strongly recommend this reading, explaining why privacy is important for all of us.

There is a lot of organizations that is against on crypto currency and they are saying that crypto currency will only make the world financial system more complicated and will make those peoples that is innocent on using different modern devices a late adaptor. Even the different governments are against crypto currency since it is not paying high enough taxes so the mass adaptation will be having a hard time to occur so we need to support crypto currency all we can.
892  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: [LEARN] LOGIC GATES and chance to earn merit. on: July 26, 2020, 04:51:47 AM
Second problem:
1. 11001101
2. 00100111
3. 00000010
4. 1
5. 1

Hoping that I answered it all correctly.

I remembered our project last year. The hard thing here is all the wires because it makes you confused whether you put it to the right place or not.
893  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Any tips or idea to earn money without investment or inviting friends. Need help on: July 26, 2020, 04:43:58 AM
I think there is always a referral system for every website because it's their way to promote their website or their business. Investing is risky so if you don't want to put at risk your money doesn't even try it.

Online jobs will be suitable for what you want, encoder, vlogger, blogger, academic tutor, etc. You may also apply to some jobs in real world.
894  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Satoshi Nakamoto: "Bitcoin can scale larger than the Visa Network" on: July 24, 2020, 01:57:41 PM
Can someone explain to me why there is any debate when Nakamoto himself said:

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Quote from Mike Hearn:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=149668.msg1596879#msg1596879
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=%22Bitcoin+can+already+scale+much+larger+than+that+with+existing+hardware+for+a+fraction+of+the+cost.%22

  • Satoshi did plan for Bitcoin to compete with PayPal/Visa in traffic volumes.
  • The block size limit was a quick safety hack that was always meant to be removed.
  • In fact, in the very first email he sent me back in April 2009, he said this:

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Email from Satoshi Nakamoto to Mike Hearn:

"Hi Mike,
I'm glad to answer any questions you have. If I get time, I ought to write a FAQ to supplement the paper.
There is only one global chain.

The existing Visa credit card network processes about 15 million Internet purchases per day worldwide. Bitcoin can already scale much larger than that with existing hardware for a fraction of the cost. It never really hits a scale ceiling. If you're interested, I can go over the ways it would cope with extreme size.  By Moore's Law, we can expect hardware speed to be 10 times faster in 5 years and 100 times faster in 10. Even if Bitcoin grows at crazy adoption rates, I think computer speeds will stay ahead of the number of transactions.

I don't anticipate that fees will be needed anytime soon, but if it becomes too burdensome to run a node, it is possible to run a node that only processes transactions that include a transaction fee. The owner of the node would decide the minimum fee they'll accept. Right now, such a node would get nothing, because nobody includes a fee, but if enough nodes did that, then users would get faster acceptance if they include a fee, or slower if they don't. The fee the market would settle on should be minimal. If a node requires a higher fee, that node would be passing up all transactions with lower fees.
It could do more volume and probably make more money by processing as many paying transactions as it can. The transition is not controlled by some human in charge of the system though, just individuals reacting on their own to market forces.

Eventually, most nodes may be run by specialists with multiple GPU cards. For now, it's nice that anyone with a PC can play without worrying about what video card they have, and hopefully it'll stay that way for a while. More computers are shipping with fairly decent GPUs these days, so maybe later we'll transition to that."


~ Satoshi Nakamoto
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"Satoshi said back in 2010 that he intended larger block sizes to be phased in with some simple if (height > flag_day) type logic, theymos has linked to the thread before. I think he would be really amazed at how much debate this thing has become. He never attributed much weight to it, it just didn't seem important to him. And yes, obviously, given the massive forum dramas that have resulted it'd have been nice if he had made the size limit floating from the start like he did with difficulty. However, he didn't and now we have to manage the transition."

~ Mike Hearn, on bitcointalk.org, March 07, 2013, 06:15:30 PM

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1347.msg15366#msg15366
bit.ly/1YqiV41

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Quote from Satoshi:

It can be phased in, like:

if (blocknumber > 115000)
    maxblocksize = largerlimit

It can start being in versions way ahead, so by the time it reaches that block number and goes into effect, the older versions that don't have it are already obsolete.  When we're near the cutoff block number, I can put an alert to old versions to make sure they know they have to upgrade.


~ Satoshi Nakamoto, on bitcointalk.org, October 04, 2010, 07:48:40 PM

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So now,

If Satoshi himself "never really gave block size limit much weight"  (he assumed scaling was an obvious need that would happen quickly and easily), why are a group of developers refusing to scale the protocol... while simultaneously creating a tool that will generate massive income by moving transactions off the block chain, and into their exclusive transaction processing system (Lightening Network)?  Is it any wonder they were given nearly $50 million in VC funding when VC's realized they just took over Bitcoin transaction processing?

Is this not blatantly changing the design and purpose Satoshi gave to Bitcoin (to freely scale to massive sizes, to support on-chain transaction needs).  This seems to be of grave concern, no?

-B-


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Satoshi nakamoto is getting debated due to being desperate of each crypto users to know and to reveal it's identity and personality. Everyone wants to know the real identity of Satoshi nakamoto and thank him for everything that he done because without him, there are no crypto currency. Even me, if I have a chance to meet and greet Satoshi nakamoto, I am going to thank him until the end of the day and I know that it is not enough to thank him.
895  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Seeking help to post images on: July 22, 2020, 02:32:24 PM
Hello buddy, you cant post image yet because you are still a beginner, you have to reach first the jr member so you will be able to post images. You can use this link https://m.imgur.com
Here are the steps of using that link:
1. Create your own account.
2. Click the new post and choose the file or the picture that you want to post in this forum.
3. After that click, the wor "get share links" and choose the BBcode(FORUM), then just paste it on your post.

896  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: How to Protect Yourself from Fraudulent Bitcoin Giving on: July 22, 2020, 09:10:45 AM
Scamming always happen in the world of crypto or even in the real world because there are some people who have great knowledge about technology and they use it for bad things, like scamming people to have easy money, they don't even think those people who will lose their money because of the scam.
Here are some tips to identify fake websites.
1. Always check the source link, if there is "not secured" then you have to be careful, there are also some fake websites that has "secured" at the source link, to identify if it is fake, you have to check the link if there is wrong spelling. Example: "tltle" instead of "title" they change he word I to l.
2. Always check the grammar of every text on the website.
3. Check the reviews of the website.
Good tips buddy, always check the source link, if you see any unusual things on it then you should doubt trying it.
A legit website always has good grammar so better to check the grammar of the instruction of the website.
897  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: When Bitcoin Must Be Inherited on: July 20, 2020, 07:43:04 AM
Over the past decade, the number of Bitcoin investors and other types of crypto assets has grown tremendously. Based on data by Coinmetrics, there are currently around 12 million Bitcoin millionaires in the world. However, there are those who die every year, without heirs who can access Bitcoin. The amount reaches 4 million Bitcoin (around US $ 40 billion), according to Coincover.
Meanwhile, based on the results of a survey by the Cremation Institute, of 1,150 respondents, 89 percent of them are very worried about losing their crypt assets. However, only 23 percent have a specific plan to pass it on to the closest person, for example to their husband, wife or children.
I think this is a very good idea, and I hope that someday there will be a crypto exchange and a crypto wallet that provides inherited features, so users will be safe and comfortable.
There are some wallets that cannot be passed unless the owner of it gives the password of his account to other but still cannot change the accounts identity. If the mass adaptation occurs, these kind of system should be fixed right a way or else the Bitcoin of the user dies without expecting it will be hurried under the sea and no one can access on it that might end up being a trash on crypto economy. Mass adaptation is really getting closer so we should really make ourselves ready for it.
898  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Do we need bitcoin? on: July 20, 2020, 06:50:14 AM
Bitcoin is a currency started by developers that were interested in the idea of sending online payment without a central authority that would check the accounts. The idea and the whole thing (with Satoshi Nakamoto, blockchain technology etc) inspired many people to use it. And some of them, worked on it. Due to this big adoption and fixed supply, bitcoin went to moon. At least for a while, but it did. And right now it is high as well.

Well, do we need it? Because, I can see that people use it only as an investment or as a money laundering tool. Black markets rebornt after the creation of bitcoin. I tried to convince someone to use it, but you know what? I couldn't. Why? Well, honest people don't afraid the central authority, in addition with the dishonest ones. Those who want something that is illegal, cannot do that. So they use bitcoin.

Governments don't want it and they wish they could prevent it, because they cannot track you easily, they cannot tax you, they ..., they ..., they...
Governments like censorship, and there is 0% censorship on bitcoin.

I like bitcoin, a lot. But I don't think that this world needs it. Except if they want to hide something. Prove me wrong.
Bitcoin is very important for all of us since it can be the future financial system of the whole world if the mass adaptation occurs. It will make the economy of the whole world better and the basis of country's being rich is how many Bitcoin they have on their country although hackers can hack some accounts and device to rob but different wallets will surely have a tighter security if the mass adaptation occurs so we don't need to worry unless you are using a non secured wallet.
899  Other / Beginners & Help / Re: Newbie - Members. Join here and take some merit on: July 19, 2020, 02:45:09 PM
Thank you for helping the beginners like me to received merits and rank up, here are my entries.

1. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5249816.msg54466279#msg54466279
It talks about how are you going to protect your accounts from hackers.
2. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5249321.msg54453821#msg54453821
What does really gambling mean to you? ( opinionated )
3. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5248359.msg54428648#msg54428648
Choose the right gambling types that would suit you.
900  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Over 8700 Bitcoin ATMS now Installed Globally on: July 19, 2020, 02:40:49 PM
This is somehow related to this thread Re: There Are Now More Than 8,000 Bitcoin ATM's Worldwide.

Having a bitcoin ATM is really nice because it will give convenience to all the bitcoin users around the world. Hoping that our country will also have this kind of ATM soon.
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