Just a quick question, can I copy the bitcoin core files from one drive to another and not have to re sync? I know I could just try but I’m out at the moment and thought I’d ask you guys to save the trial and error later.

Downloaded and synced at the weekend using one of my old NAS drives and this morning it started throwing up S.M.A.R.T bad sector errors... guess that’s why it was removed in the first place 

Bitcoin needs to be traded for goods and services for it to be a viable currency, in the past (and currently to a lesser extent) DNMs and illicit trades were the driver for Bitcoin and cryptos worth, but that is never going to support growth into general use.

 I believe that 2017/18 was the worst thing to happen to Bitcoin and crypto currency in general, it burst into the lives of the majority of the population only for them to get fucked by POS scammers, bullshit Facebook scams and ICOs, the bubble was always going to pop but the level of dishonestly is something the average person isn’t going to forget for a long time. On top of that the instability (and Tx fees during the tulip rush) in prices of the crypto market has seen a lot of the DNM sellers and other illicit uses shut shop meaning the use as a currency is declining. All you have in it’s place are speculators and traders propping up the price, not going to end well for anyone.

As a community this large there must be people with the skills and creativity to come up with a sustainable public facing way of using Bitcoin/crypto as a form of currency, be it a Ebay-esque site to trade legal goods, or even setting up local networks for people to trade between themselves. I understand this stuff costs money, but so does bitcoin failing as a currency. As a community could something like this be crowd sourced between us all? I’d happily commit time and effort into an attempt at creating something that can show crypto isn’t just for buying weed online and laundering money.

Just my thoughts anyway