Affiliate links are also not for everybody. I've posted myself ref links for Ledger here and there, but nobody bought from my referral.
I think that has to either be some kind of influencer, either have a blog that's read a lot.

As you said, they have to know what they're doing. So it's already close to any job, not necessarily related to Bitcoin.

I'll add cloud mining and even CPU mining to the list. And warn the laptop mining is also a bad idea.


You should treat Bitcoin like money / asset. So the best ways to get Bitcoin is to work for it or work for money and exchange/invest into Bitcoin.

So you mean that the only reason for Bitcoin adoption is speculation? Aren't you a bit harsh?
One great thing Bitcoin can bring is to avoid the need to exchange money in all the local currencies and pay with Bitcoin.
Another great thing is money transfer way faster than any banks would ever do.
Also don't forget its main feature: set you free from centralized and politically manipulated fiat currency.
All of these mean nothing to you?!



Don't you think that this up and down can be the result of some manipulations and can make some traders very rich?



It's hard to predict, but professional traders may do it. Trading is not for everybody and many treat is like lottery.



Many bought at peak. I would not call them lucky. And Bitcoin as store of value is quite a debate which is affected a lot by its huge volatility.



All in all, I think that you should read more. Many of the things you wrote are incorrect.

The Romanian translation is also ready: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5240529

You are a good person, irfan_pak, best of luck!

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2. ice_man75.  100$

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Am fost rugat să traduc topic-ul lui irfan_pak10: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5240168.msg54213861#msg54213861
Aceasta este o rugăminte să îi ajutăm cum putem pe cei din Pakistan, unde problemele existente au fost agravate de COVID-19. Hai să facem un pic de mai bine!


Aceasta este o rugăminte adresată tuturor celor de aici: vă rugăm să donați cât puteți pentru cei săraci, care sunt cei mai afectați de Pandemia COVID-19, astfel încât să putem cumpăra produse alimentare pentru ei.

Serviciul de intermediere/escrow este asigurat de minerjones: Vă rog să transferați monedele către aceste adrese:
 
BTC: 3QKLyiGvwUgSeCJcKKQnmvW6XsB1fbFBjM
LTC: MTdonmhzvNwhxSTg7yQjV92Yz3EEAycgj9
BCH: qrds3ct02l5vxd39pkzr0x0rh3ylkyz8esttdnjvc7
ETH: 0xe39Ac15001147271520c817aa855241d4Ec77486


Background
Datorită pandemiei COVID-19, majoritatea țărilor au impus izolarea la domiciliu, același lucru se întâmplă și în Pakistan  [vezi: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/03/pakistan-daily-wagers-struggle-survive-coronavirus-lockdown-200325115143152.html]. Așadar, din cauza restricțiilor de mișcare, lucrătorii zilieri sunt afectați în cea mai mare măsură și ajung să nu mai fie capabili să-și hrănească copiii / familiile. Dacă nu vor muri din cauza virusului, probabil că vor fi foarte afectați de lipsa de alimente. Deci hai să facem un pas înainte și să ajutăm familiile sărace care au cea mai mare nevoie.

Cine sunt eu
Mulți de aici mă cunosc, sunt pe forum din 2014 și am lucrat ca bounty manager din 2016. Mulți au avut încreded în mine, iar clienții mei au avut încredere inclusiv cu tokenurile lor pentru recompense (sau BTC/ETH) și nu le-am înșelat niciodată încrederea, am returnat după distribuție tot ce a rămas, până la ultimul cent. De asemenea, am avut multe alte afaceri aici, toate au mers întotdeauna fără probleme, se poate vedea în feedback-ul meu. Am acordat inclusiv împrumuturi cu 0% dobândă pentru a-l ajuta și pe cei nevoiași de aici.

Ce vreau să fac
Am început deja de treabă și am cheltuit deja ~0.04btc, iar prin colaborarea cu organizațiile de voluntari JZT [Jadojahad/Jihad for Zero Thalassemia] și "We Are One" am distribuit mâncare pentru aproape 1000 familii pentru o lună. Dar, după cum știți, această pandemie nu durează doar o lună, poate dura mai multe alte luni, iar familiile respective vor avea nevoie de hrană și pentru perioada următoare. Va trebui să le-o oferim. În prezent, pachetul per familie pentru o lună conține următoarele articoleȘ

1. Făină 20kg
2. Linte galbenă (Split Bengal gram) 1kg
3. Linte roșie (Split Red Lentil) 1 kg
4. Năut (White Bengal gram) 1 kg
5. Zahăr 2-1/2 kg
6. Sare 1 kg
7. Tartă de lămâie (Lemon Bar) 1 pachet
8. Săpun 3 pachet
9. Ceai 250 grame
10. Unt 1 kg
11. Ulei 1 kg
12. Orez 3 kg

Acesta costă aproximativ 2,500 Pakistani rupees / 15 USD /

Cum pot să ofer transparență?
"minerjones" oferă serviciul de escrow, unde vă puteți transfera monedele. Și de câte ori centralizez suficiente date încât să grupez cel puțin 10-20 de familii, îl voi ruga pe  „minerjones” să-mi transfere monede astfel încât să le pot schimba în moneda locală și să cumpăr produsele alimentare pe care să le livrez. Voi distribui imagini cu chitanțele de cumpărare și livrare a produselor alimentare. De asemenea, pot face live-stream împreună cu „minerjones” (dacă mi se solicită) când voi merge să cumpăr alimentele. Este posibil să nu putem face imagini de distribuție chiar cu fiecare familie, din motive de anonimat.

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Dacă ai întrebări, îndoieli sau sugestii, te rugăm să postezi aici (Engleză) sau chiar în acest topic (Română), pentru a le clarifica.

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I still don't see how is this better than 2FA.
The secret password/seed is needed and one more "derivation" component based on time is necessary.
The problem of 2FA is the way it's usually implemented and used, favoring the secret password/seed being stored on vulnerable devices. But nowadays there are hardware devices handling that too.

Thank you.



Properly backed stable coins are not much different from the assets used for backing them (no big relation to Bitcoin).
They are usually different from Bitcoin and altcoins. They are usually backed by fiat currencies where the supply is not finite, while Bitcoin supply is finite and rather small.
This means that the value of fiat currencies usually decreases over time (inflation) giving the impression the value of Bitcoin is rising.

What I said was that if only properly backed coins would be used to buy Bitcoin its volatility could be smaller.
But the current high volatility is also caused by the fact Bitcoin (and altcoins too) is a young asset and its markets/exchanges are not properly regulated.



US Dollar is far from being stable. What tricks you is the point of reference. Remember that ancient people thought that Earth sits and Sun is travelling around it.
US dollar is now about 20 times weaker than it was in 1800. See on this website the Year/Dollar Value table on that page. Or search for other ones, this was just a search result, I don't know how accurate it is, but you'll get similar results.



In theory an USD backed stable coin has always the value of 1$, so it can't be more or less stable than dollar.
In reality some small fluctuations happen, but I think that the reasons are fees, supply issues and maybe bigger problems. I tend to avoid USD related stable coins because of this. They don't bring me any benefit if I don't arbitrage.



Always keep this in mind, whether you talk about inflation, volatility, halving or speculation.

First of all it's not inflation. Inflation would mean the value drops, which is not the case for Bitcoin and such.


Keep in mind that not all stable coins are the same. They are pegged to different "values" and they should be backed by an equivalent reserve of those "values".

But not all do this, most notable example is the well-known USDT/Tether which never allowed a trusted 3rd party make a proper audit, so it's safe to assume that their coin is not actually backed. And here the problems come.
If all the stable coins would be backed properly, they would not change anything at all in the price evolution of the main coins (the world would be the same - with or without them, they'd just make the arbitrage and other transactions faster).
But the not-backed stable coins are dangerous. They are "made of thin air" and transfer value into the hands of the issuer by "stealing" value from the actual coins (I'm not sure how to word it better).

Sometimes I feel like the entire society is just a glorified herd.
Yes, you're right, it's quite usual that the ones that "stand out" with their privacy settings get to be considered to "have something to hide" and the focus can get onto them. (It doesn't always happen like this though).

But this is imho related to the fact many can't comprehend others have different way of thinking and different reasons (the crypto example is that people may seek for mixers because they are not comfortable others peaking into their pockets; of course, there will always be the bad guys too using mixers).

Quite unlikely, since Bitcoin is quite low I didn't top up the card for some months and obviously I didn't use it much also.
But indeed, I can't rule out anything.

Since their Android app still tries to download the 2018 data (until it fails) instead of just getting at least the useful data (in reverse order by date) so the user can see what's most interesting... don't be surprised of anything, okay? 

It could be Brexit related, they had their data in one bucket and now they have to separate UK and EU somehow. And there may be that they don't actually store the documents, 3rd party does the check and they only keep some small info ("ok" type flags) in their databases.
Of course this is speculation. The reality is that they're doing it rather unprofessional (but there's nothing new under the sun).


I've already argued with them when they've asked again for ID, weeks ago. Now they ask about address documents.

Before opening any links and read further, please check the trust feedback and the flag on this user.

It may be interesting to keep this safe and compare these numbers with what we'll have in.. let's say 2022.
I expect them look really ugly. So as already said, #BTFD.

It may be of interest: Wirex started to ask again for verification documents for old/already verified accounts.
I don't mean to warn the scammers, but sometimes this can fail. So there's one more reason to not keep big money there and keep one more card at hand.

The fact you are telling something it doesn't make it true. The reality has already proven that Litecoin is not actually better than Bitcoin.
You should read more and you should cross check what others tell you. Beware, many tell online what suits them best, not actually the truth. Trust no one.

Indeed, super rich people will make queue to find a way to contact a newbie and tell about their wallet.
What planet are you from? You know that Bitcoin is money, right?


Sorry for the sarcasm, but really.. what you'd expect with such a request? If you'll receive anything it'll be from people owning exactly 0. Just make them sign a message from their alleged rich wallets  

Yobit support has quite of history of late responses / fixes (I've almost written "ignored tickets") so there's a high chance the maintenance will end before any answer actually comes.
I'd wait until maintenance ends or maybe ask also on shout box.

I will delete this post in a few days.
I'm bumping the thread to notify I've moved the code onto GitHub, so if you have fixes/updates in it you can even apply them.