[Summary]

Author: LocalMonero
Original Topic: [ANN] AgoraDesk.com |  Buy ♻️ Sell Bitcoins Anonymously!

AgoraDesk.com na p2p platform where dem de trade bitcoin wey na d team behind LocalMonero.co create am. To add for the fact say d platform fit function without JaveScript, AgoraDesk also de committed to maintaining simplicity and privacy, so e no de ever ask for KYC/ID verification and e no ever plan do so.

Summary

• No KYC/ID verification, Onion portal, I2P portal.
• Open source mobile apps for Android & iOS.
• JavaScript version of the site no dey.(e de load by default when accessing from Tor or I2P).
• Any currency, any payment method, anywhere.
• Cash and online Monero trading (just like LocalMonero).
• Cash and online Bitcoin trading (just like other Local* sites).
• E still dey fully functional when your browser don block google.
• Mobile notifications through telegram ( wey you go receive push notifications for your trades).
• 2FA with TOTP apps like Google Authenticator or andOTP.
• Affiliate program - earn commission wen u invite trading users.
• Accounts, reputation and XMR ads/trades are completely shared with LocalMonero.
• A fully functional API, similar to the LocalBitcoins API, wey de ensure easy migration of your existing trading bots.
• Complicated pricing mechanisms through the use of price/premium formulas, no be just for spot trading but also for options.

Buy Bitcoins Anonymously

Step [1]	Register account with AgoraDesk. Make u go to d main page - you go see the top offers wey de your default region. You fit enter the amount wey you like and change the currency, country or payment method to refine your results, select "All online offers" if you no dey sure which payment method you wan use (select an ad from a trader with a lot of trades and a good reputation).
Step [2]	After you don press the "Buy" button, you go see more information wey dem yarn about the advertisement, and the terms of the trade join. To start the trade, you go need type in how much Bitcoin you wan buy den make you click the "Send trade request" button. Dem go con show you the terms of the trade again, make you read am properly and make sure say e do you well well for mind, then make you con press "Accept terms".
Step [3]	For inside d new menu wey go appear - Settlement Fee Level - you go fit select the fee wey do you wey you for like use support your transaction. E depend wether you de hurry or not, you fit choose three fee levels (Fast, Medium and Slow). The fee wey you don choose fit even be say e de lower sef that time wey you do the transaction if d amount wey you transact de very low (this selection na automatic selection). When you de happy with wetin you don choose make you click on "Agree to terms and start de trade".
Step [4]	Next, Dem go con show you say make you put your settlement wallet address. Na for dis address dem go send all the coins wey you don buy put. If you no get personal BTC wallet, you fit use Electrum wallet. Make you copy your address from your wallet den make you paste am for the "Receiving Bitcoin address" input (make sure say d address wey you paste na d same with d one wey you copy so make e no con be say you lose your coins). Abeg take note, say the wallet wey you use for trade settlement na your own e must be, Dem no de allow third-party hosted wallets. As you de finish, just press "Start trading" make u begin the trade.
Step [5]	Your browser go con open one page wey be for trading. Make you yarn with the seller first for the trade chat make you make sure say the seller don ready to receive your payment. Make you do the payment as e be for the seller’s instruction den make you press "I have paid" immediately e go con tell the seller say d payment don complete den e go prevent d seller so him no go fit cancel the trade again.
Step [6]	Once the seller don confirm am say him don receive the payment, dem go con initiate d trade settlement. You go see say the status of the trade go don change go "Processing". For this point so, e no get wetin you suppose do again - dem go automatically transfer the coins go your settlement wallet address wey you bin give them. E de take some time sha (usually like 10-60 minutes).
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The rate of quality posting has grown over the last week, which is wonderful news for the naija board. I'm extremely thrilled about how people are taking posting on this board more seriously these days. There have been a good number of serious members and high-quality posters on this board but in recent weeks, the progress has risen and some low-rank members have also raised the quality of their posting.

I also saw a post from Igebotz on the board sharing technical knowledge, which will be very beneficial to everyone on the board and, over time, I believe, will help everyone's understanding of the technical side of bitcoin.[EDU]Bitcoin wallet UTXO and Consolidation

Everyone needs motivation to give their best and if you don’t get rewarded for your work you maybe discouraged, maybe that have been the reason some of the members here don’t like to engage in discussions and who knows if it might have been one of the reasons none of our merit source application for our local board have been approved by theymos yet.

I think hugeblack and Cryptopreneurbrainboss have contributed much to this fantastic improvement. Let’s keep up the good work and give theymos a reason to approve our merit source applications.

I've been following a few gambling channels on Twitter and Telegram, and whenever they share a screenshot of a bet slip or winning ticket, they occasionally also include the balance of their wallet. I've seen this happen several times, which made me wonder why they don't choose to withdraw their winnings instead of storing them in their gambling site wallet. Why do they leave that much in there, or is it simply for show off? A gambling expert should know better than to save their money on casino websites. 

I always withdraw all my winnings and only deposit the right amount i want to use to gamble whenever i want to play a game. I’d like to know everyone’s opinion on which way is better and which one do you practice in managing your funds on gambling sites.

I have been into sports betting for a while now and i am not really proud of my earliest experience in gambling, i feel like i am the most unlucky person in the world i lost a lot of games and also i lost a lot of money. I had knowledge about football and basketball games and they were my most picked games and even so I kept losing all my bets and even when i try to play safe i still end up losing and whenever i ask my friends for games we still end up losing the bet then i got tired and in the end i gave up and tried to quit gambling and I left it for some months. During this period my friends made a lot of money gambling and i was envious of them but it didn’t made me change my mind to start gambling over again.

Some months later i came across a telegram channel and i joined, it was a gambling channel that posted free sports bets for its users and there is also a VIP section where users subscribe for some sure games. I am well aware of all these techniques used by scammers so I decided to observe the channel and follow up games posted and I discovered he won most of the games and had about 80% victory rate. Then after some time I decided to try my luck again so I played one of his games and i won i was so happy and it was as though the curse placed on me has been lifted and I tried some more games and i won again and again and since the beginning of the new season i only lost twice and i am now proud of my gambling achievements.

According to the channel free games are limited and we can only enjoy for a month and now the month is almost over and only VIPs will be entitled to games when the month elapses. I have been having doubts whether to join the VIP zone because I don’t want to be scammed that’s why i want to know your opinions.

 What do you all think i should do?

I have a question that I am bit confused about so I need a little explanation.
When mining a block do miners' hash rates varies as blocks are produced, or do they remain constant.

Furthermore, I discovered that encryption can offer strong protection when keeping our private keys and other sensitive data to prevent hacks. I looked through the forum but was unable to locate an understandable tutorial on how to encrypt a message. I need a little guidance on how to encrypt a message.

In my study to know more about bitcoin I discovered that difficulty is a measure of the complexity of finding a hash below a given target or the difficulty of mining a Bitcoin block. But I still have problem understanding and I need further clarification about
How blocks of difficulty are stored? And What is the frequency of network difficulty changes?

[-Small investment large gains]

The recent growth of cryptocurrencies has given rise to numerous opportunities for fraud. It is important to be aware of the risks related to it because scammers are constantly searching for innovative ways to manipulate victims in order to steal their assets or demand money from them.

To protect our assets from cryptocurrency scams, we must be vigilant and cautious and have the ability to recognize when we are the target.
Scammers frequently use some of this techniques to trick people:

-Small investment large gains: Any investment scheme that asks you for money and in exchange for unrealistic profit expectations or massive assured cashouts within little period with little to no risk is probably a fraud. We should always be wary of any information offering high and unrealistic profits with no effort or hard work involved since fraudsters are going to any extent to make absurd promises merely to get naïve individuals in. If anything sounds too appealing to be true, then it's certainly not true and is most likely a scam.

-promises of quick money and giveaways: New investors are always greedy, which is why scammers use giveaways to get their attention in order to obtain all of the necessary information from the addresses they provide to aid their work. As a beginner, avoid giveaways because no one has free money to give you; instead, you must work hard.

-No trading experience needed: Scammers will tell you that you don’t need any trading experience or any specialized knowledge to participate all you need to do is invest then relax while they update you on how to go about it. Some will tell you that everything occurs without human intervention. Hence, you don’t need to know anything. Avoid falling for the such trick, it's all an effort to manipulate you so they can extort money from you.

-High pressure tactics: A key indicator of a potential scam is if you receive repeated messages and calls from the investment firm urging you to act quickly or risk losing the opportunity, Bonuses, or discounts that are being offered at the time. So it's Always important to take your time to research well and fully comprehend what you are getting into.


As a new cryptocurrency user we should never forget that there are some people who are always after our assets and they will go to any extent to steal them from us so we should be vigilant and safeguard ourselves and assets from any form of scam. Never feel any advice is insignificant and don’t overlook minor details they can be useful you might never know And always have in mind that there is nothing like free or easy money.

some ways to avoid fraud
-Never give out your personal information to anyone you meet online.
-Research and conduct a proper background check on every investment opportunity thoroughly before you invest.
-Double checking on website links to be sure its the right ones and  avoid clicking on links from unexpected social media messages or emails.
-only invest in things you understand.
-Ignore people who come out from nowhere asking you to invest and join a platform you don't know about.
-Ask questions before you act.

Every bitcoin transaction's history is recorded in a ledger. Maintaining a copy of the blockchain and routinely scanning for new transactions and blocks to validate are required by a node.
-What duties must a node perform in order to be regarded a complete network node?
-How do nodes pass information or communicate with each other across the bitcoin network.
-Also need assistance in understanding how peers of the bitcoin type are able to confirm transactions without keeping a complete copy of the bitcoin ledger.

There is a part I don't seem to understand properly so I have decided to ask here again I hope I get answers to my questions.
So I have been studying and I read that transactions in blocks do not contain IDs, so I've been wondering where on the node the IDs of transactions are kept. Or Are they stored on blocks?
-Also, Could someone help me explain better what transaction processor is and what part of the transaction the transaction processors actually create?

[-Lack of Basic Crypto Knowledge]

Investing in cryptocurrency can be thrilling, but many inexperienced investors make basic errors because they are so excited about the profit people make from trading cryptocurrencies that they believe they can ignore the small precautions and guidelines, resulting in the loss of some or all of their assets. So this post aims to increase knowledge among crypto novices so as to prepare and prevent them from repeating the same errors that have been made previously. The mistakes are as follows:

-Lack of Basic Crypto Knowledge: Some people are drawn to cryptocurrency because of the excitement and profits associated with it. As a result, people become obsessed with making money and fail to understand how it works. Without the proper understanding, you run the risk of losing your assets quickly.

-Inadequate password and seed phrase storage: A backup phrase known as the seed phrase is necessary to gain access to digital wallets where cryptocurrency is stored. These backup phrases must be correctly maintained since if they are lost or forgotten, you will be unable to access your assets or recover your bitcoin. To prevent asset theft, keep them in a location that only you have access to and that is not too hidden so that you can readily find them. You can preserve your seed phrase physically so you don't lose it or forget where it is.

-Ignoring Fees: Many people who are new to using crypto exchanges have no understanding how the gas fee works, they simply purchase it and end up losing a significant amount of money over time. You can save money by discovering the lowest-cost exchange and selecting the most effective method of purchasing cryptocurrency. While looking for exchange that offers low fees it is also important to consider the reputation of the exchange. Sometimes it’s better to use exchange with good reputation even when fee is high.

-Keeping Crypto in Online Wallets: Keeping your cryptocurrency in exchanges or online wallets does not provide complete protection and is easily compromised. Because online wallets do not provide the same level of security as offline wallets, it is preferable to keep your valuables in an offline wallet.

-Getting Scammed: Cryptocurrency users have now become a target for cyber criminals and scammers, the rate at which people are conned online is getting out of hand. These criminals employ a variety of strategies, so I urge everyone especially newcomers to use caution when interacting with others online and avoid falling for their cunning tricks and fake promises. Never share any personal information and never connect your crypto wallet to any untrusted applications.

Finally, I advise my fellow newbies to never overlook minor details that they may believe are insignificant, as they may be the deciding factor in their crypto adventure's success or failure.

I have been studying and its clear to me that Timestamp is a data kept in a block and can be used to track when a block was mined and verified by the blockchain network. So i am confused, do block explorers takes the time stamp of when a block was verified or when it was created initially before confirmation? And also can the time stamp be manipulated or modified by the miner?

For a time now, I've been trying to learn more about the technical side of bitcoin, and I've heard that I can do so here. I so made the decision to ask here in the hopes of discovering a better explanation for some of the things I don't understand.

I discovered that a blockchain system consists of numerous nodes dispersed over the globe, each of which keeps, confirms, and updates its own copy of the ledger upon the creation of a new block of transactions.
I don't seem to comprehend how more blocks increase transaction security. And How do blockchain confirmations work?