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Ill-informed? I was just saying that before people buy bitcoin, that they should check the reality around them, that they might not be able to afford to invest in it because they lack the excess money from their paychecks which I think is logical. Of course they are responsible for their own decisions, it doesn't hurt to pitch in ideas so they can further think about their next step. I don't know much about those people that you are talking about but in my opinion, those people are not so different from the clients of the Wallstreet stockbrokers, they may have some knowledge but I don't think I can classify them as someone that knows what they're talking about when it comes to stocks.

Don't follow this advice if you don't have a steady paycheck or a multiple income stream, trust me, if you aren't any of them, you are a going to need every cents you have to live by until your next paycheck, don't be enchanted of the fact that if you invest in bitcoin that you just have to wait it out until halving when the skyrocket in price is a guarantee, don't be fooled, be grounded in reality. Now if you aren't any of what I've mentioned above, you need to be smart about how you invest in, don't just put all of your savings in one go, you might think that you can endure the pain of seeing your investment go down but trust me, you will panic especially if it's a large amount. Invest wisely, even if it's bitcoin.

A good post is subjective, it can be a large wall of text or it can be a short statement. The point being is that you should know what you're talking about and you have the capacity to convey it in such manner that it's not boring to read if long but gets the point across if short.

I wouldn't say that this forum is hostile to newbies, a lot of the old users here are just tired of dealing with spammers and other entities that don't really want to contribute to the forum hence they may seem like unapproachable. If you really want to learn about bitcoin, you wouldn't mind their attitude and just try to learn something, real recognizes real as the saying goes.

If we're talking about post quality and the fact that some of us feel like lower-ranked members that post quality replies are getting ignored or neglected, I think that it's high time that we do the thing again where veteran forum users or just forum users with a good judgment recommend posts that are neglected or are in-between other replies that are of quality and share it to other users for them to check out so they can judge for themselves if it's merit worthy, I've seen a thread like that before here although I don't feel it's presence at all, maybe incentivizing those who recommend those posts might work but who knows, I'm probably talking bull here.

I think we should make this a norm, people that don't speak the language try to engage in that said language by giving their opinion with the help of translation tools. I don't get the abuse part though? Is it the possibility to abuse local boards in the case that you've run out of boards to post in to try and meet the quota of your campaign? If it's the case then the campaign manager can just not count the posts in the local boards, a lot of campaigns already do that right? Another thing that irks me is the demonizing of machine assist, that's stupid in my opinion especially in this case, you want to talk to someone, what better way to do that than speaking their language but oh no, because you are using a translation tool, you can't which is sad because imagine all of the missed opportunity to interact with more people. This forum always talks about community, but this kind of interaction with the help of a machine to create a bridge against language barrier is frowned upon.

Brainwashing is a big word but I can see where you're getting at, but that's pretty easy to be removed, teach people not just to read but also question what they're reading, that's what's scare the system the most, a curious public that thinks for themselves. Also, we really need to destroy the current banking system, fractional reserve banking keeps bailing out the motherfuckers in Wall Street together with their criminal cronies.

I started as a student too, I didn't paid it much attention early on but eventually the curiosity got the best of me and I explored and having watched documentaries about banks and how they are a broken system and the movie The Big Short, I think that it's time that we probably shouldn't rely too much on banks. It's a good thing that a lot of people have started young when they've learned about bitcoin, it's a sign that our generation will be one of the factors that will cause the demise of our current banking system.

Nah, it's just that most of us got introduced to bitcoin first that we associate bitcoin as a gateway to investing when in reality it could be anything that involves finances. All in all, it's still a good thing though, when you are investing on something then you're one step closer to financial stability than most people.

I think knowledge will have to come first, experience is something that you get along the way.  Here's an analogy, knowledge is a map and experience is journey, the map has all the information you need but you need to trek the terrain personally or you will never grasp the full scope of the information. Knowledge and experience go hand in hand.

You didn't point out their biggest play right now which is strengthening BRICS and having the countries of that organization be convinced that they should abandon the USD as a reserve currency, their current play isn't in crypto right now, and to be honest, I think that they're close to winning in that part.

That's what I would do too, I think it's a pretty awesome that you haabe a source of income without the worry of your bitcoin being spent for emergency and rest easy throughout the whole ride towards the bull run. Debts and loans are a haard stuff to deal with especially if you have a family to provide to, debt and loan is inevitable if you're salary isn't enough.

40% is a lot of money to invest in something that's volatile, you better keep that advice to your self because the amount that you are recommending isn't really a good percentage, I think the best course of action would probably be to make your friend aware of bitcoin, don't force them into getting in because when they're in and the prices starts plummeting and your friend will likely panic, you will be the first one to take the blame. Ease your friend into investing, give them other options because you sound like you want to control the choices of your friend.

Exactly, that's why it's important that we have to change the way we see things, instead of short-term goals, we should consider long-term unless there's something that's hindering you from going to that point then other things can be set aside. One advice that stuck with me is that for things to move in your life, you must first take the step and jump right in, not a profound advice but it's definitely a practical one.

More or less, it's indirect. When USD weakens, bitcoin becomes more valuable but when the opposite happens bitcoin is affected negatively, it is an influence but it's not a direct impact so the relationship of bitcoin and USD isn't something we shouldn't worry too much.

I think that it's a bad time to buy bitcoin if you are planning to spend all of your money in it and then hodling until the prices surge, I disagree that it's not a good time because I believe that you can easily buy your goal amount piece by piece. I think this is a high time to accumulate your bitcoin hoard because the halving is getting ever near and we all know what happens to the market during and after halving.

I thought I was late to something and haven't heard about the jump of the price of bitcoin which was 30k around 3PM EST, thought I missed out. To OP, I think you should check out the date of the article because it's misleading in a way. Good thing that I didn't know that Tesla hasn't been using bitcoin as payment for their products and services so in a way, I was still informed.

Pretty awesome quote, now I'm looking forward to reading that, been holding back on Don Quixote for a really long time, 'tis a sign I guess.

Do people really pay in Binance though? I'm curious because I see this all the time whenever I eat on my favorite and I don't see a lot of electronic transactions done through this so it got me thinking whether they are being used or not. Options are a good thing so I don't mind having that, maybe when I one, I might try paying that way.

I think DCA is much better to use especially in this period or if you were just new in the market. Besides the marketcap that bitcoin does have, it will certainly increase its value over time, so using DCA as your strategy is not a bad idea compared to relying on your gut which is kinda vague and has no certainty. To be honest, if I only knew that Bitcoin would have this much growth then I might not have spent some of my Bitcoins before.