Pretty much. Hell, I don't even trust most security software, what more cracked security software. The only security software I run on my Windows device is Malwarebytes, and I don't even run it on the background. Pretty much just for occasional scanning purposes.

Obvious mistake #1: security software and "cracked version" shouldn't really go together.
Obvious mistake #2: Storing the recovery seed digitally, AND on your personal computer.

Very very amateurish mistakes to be honest; and based on your title, the second time already? Anyway, hope you didn't lose that much. Take the hard-learned lessons and make sure that this never happens again.

I don't really think what link it is matters that much. Downloading cracked software is risky in itself, and knowing that OP had bitcoin.

Damn. Time sure does fly so fast, and it's surely going to feel like time is gonna fly a lot faster due to most of the world being in a lockdown.

Long live ©hipMixer. Stay safe bois.

Kung tama ung pagkakaalala ko e physical gold coins[1] ang gamit nila sa John Wick movies. Or is there something I missed?

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[1] https://johnwick.fandom.com/wiki/Gold_Coin

tldr; only download browser extensions from the platform's legitimate website. Don't go and search the extensions on the webs tore or on Google(especially if you're not using an adblock extension; if you're not, what are you doing with your life?). Fake extensions and phishing websites will come and go. At some point this section is just going to be filled with fake extension/website reposts.

1. Positive markets is not synonymous to the coronavirus situation getting better. The markets can be irrational, and it has been from time to time.
2. Don't expect people who don't have savings to be buying risky assets.
3. Possibly, but no guarantees.

And finally, stop being too impatient.

Unfortunately, wala talaga tayong magagawa dahil isa talaga sa pinaka unang use-case ng bitcoin ay gamitin sa Silk Road gaya ng sabi sa documentary. If anything, ung Silk Road mismo ung nagdala ng Bitcoin sa limelight. Kumbaga un ung nagbigay ng early boost sa publicity. Though hindi naman 100% na binebenta sa Silk Road e illegal na bagay, dahil meron ring mga bagay na nakakahiya bilhin sa personal(e.g. viagra, sex toys, etc), safe to assume talaga na mostly e illegal.

But then again, though unfortunately masyadong negative ang naging initial impression ng karamihan(Silk Road, MtGox, 2018 price drop, etc), by time marerealize rin ng mga tao. Unfortunately, I'd say marerealize ng masa ung importance ng Bitcoin once tumaas na masyado ung pera. Madali lang kasing iignore ng masa ang Bitcoin dahil maganda ang takbo ng fiat economy ng U.S., at least sa ngayon. As for countries like Venezuela, safe to assume na dumami ang taong nakarealize ng importance ng Bitcoin. Most people learn the hard way ika nga. On the bright side, madali lang naman i-rebut ung mga typical criticisms ng Bitcoin.

As for Bitcoin discussions, meron akong thread na ginawa dati ng mga listahan ng mga napanood kong Bitcoin/crypto debates. Kung wala ka ng mapanood na documentary, check mo pag interesado ka. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5110878

source: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/58-americans-less-1-000-090000503.html

"58 percent of respondents had less than $1,000 saved." This data was just from May last year; and for some reason some people think that people will use the stimulus money to buy bitcoin; even though a lot of Americans barely have money saved. A bit too much in the "hopium" side if you ask me. We don't even know if "the dollar crisis" is what made bitcoin rise from $6000 to $7000. What if, you know, it was simply just demand in general? We don't need to put a reason to everything because there's no way for us to verify anyway.

Positives:

• More time to work on entrepreneurial stuff
• More time in the forums
• Actually have time left for a bit of gaming

Negatives:

• I MISS GOING TO THE GYM

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How do you know that they're actually donating the profits to red cross? What's the use case of the coin in the first place? Creating an airdrop coin specifically for charity makes zero sense no matter how good the intention.

I'm pretty sure majority of us here has thought that the guy was full of crap even before he said that Bitcoin is outdated, and pretty much ever since he made the prediction. The "prediction" was far too unrealistic to start with.

Alternatively to what ChuckBuck said, you can try contacting the small-mid sized blogs/news sites and ask them for a guest post. It's likely that some of the small blogs will proudly allow someone to write one or a few posts for them for free. They get content, you get to get backlinks(for SEO) for your blog. It's a win-win. Best of luck.

Yes. The Martingale Strategy. Been on the tip of my tongue since my first reply and simply didn't mention it instead because I forgot what it was called. Been a victim of that too in the past when I was in my younger years. You quickly learned that for that strategy to be viable in the slightest, you would need A LOT more capital than what you thought. I completely underestimated how fast the doubling could grow.

Tell you what. While I think there's no way for us to really find out if the "win chance" percentage is actually legitimate or not and while I'm definitely no probability or statistics expert, even if we manually set it to 50%(hence lower potential winnings), having such a losing streak is in no way impossible. And taking note that you had your multiplier set to 2 hence your chances of winning is lower than 50%(47.50%). Don't underestimate the -2.5% difference.

What's the problem? Though it's definitely in the 'unlucky' side, losing 13 times in a row is definitely a possibility. It's not like the possibility of you winning the gamble goes up after every loss.

Also, with freebitco.in, the possibility of you winning a x2 multiplier is 47.50% not 50%.

Did a bit of searching and digging around and just completely assumed that the listed birthday on the  Wiki page was Dorian Nakamoto's. Whoops.

Anyone here has a Wikipedia account? Someone definitely should attempt to edit and remove the birth date and nationality information. We wouldn't want people to be misled.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satoshi_Nakamoto

20 years might be a long time, but I personally think 1-2 years is still quite short-sighted. In my opinion a minimum should be like 5 years. Also, are we really all into Bitcoin solely for investment purposes? The really passionate Bitcoiners surely does seem to be a dying breed huh.

Relevant:

The cryptocurrency markets are hugely unregulated hence why a lot of exchanges get away with schemes like this. Just don't use those scammy exchanges and just stick with those select few reputable ones. It's not like were in shortage of good exchanges.

It's not an opinion, it's a fact. Sure all we see are just addresses and tx IDs, but those data can easily easily be traced back to a personal identity(may it be an exchange account, or an IP address, etc); especially if you don't take extra privacy precautions. Hence, pseudonymous. This has been addressed a lot of times already throughout the years. I suggest looking deeper into it.