I just got come online to some forum editions as it concerns merit replacement changes on meta, an active p-Merit button on my dash and how we are gambling out our ranks in the next 24hrs. Going through the thread I found this response from the founder;

A little fun is good but, the idea is a victor.
Your forebears are delighted at how the forum has been transformed and maintained over the years.
Don’t gamble it all on the poker table, gamble responsibly!      

Went through profile and this:


Satoshi

How are we feeling about this!

For something that just kicked off some 15years ago and have come to be headed of gold that has transcended centuries and used by several generations as money, store of value and beautification, it shows what Bitcoin could mean to our world today.

1kg of Gold = $82.3k
1BTC = $88.3k

Why is that;
The long existence of gold and its wide adoption should have made it the more valuable than Bitcoin but no, it’s hardly more rare or let me just put it straight, not very rare. What could be the reason why Bitcoin is ahead today

More and more gold mines gets discovered the year,
lost golds are found, published and reintroduced into the market which increases supply.
While,
Bitcoins is capped and could never increase further which makes it very rare,
Lost Bitcoins are gone for good and it’s a contribution to rarity as we have it,
It’s a new means of finance that transcends continents,
It’s decentralized and serves both monetary and asset purposes,
It holds promises in a global adoption.

What would happen if it does happen that, countries shift there focus for reserves towards Bitcoin,
Are we going to have well enough Bitcoins to use ourselves?
What could be some of the results of the inactions and actions of governments of the world for a shift towards Bitcoin?
When it eventually gets more valued than gold as it’s gradually proving.

[Sending PM to Self]

Sending PM to Self

I don’t know if a thread of this nature exists or perhaps it doesn’t because it’s of little or no significance but, I find it odd for the function of having to send PM to yourself is actually allowed on the forum. Don’t know if some of you have experienced this but, I just came to that realization today haven’t tried sending a pm.

What happened was, I received a pm, had to reference an earlier pm that I sent out myself, eventually clicked on “reply” which I feel shouldn’t be there while going through your inbox, quote maybe and perhaps, it should have a redirecting link to a person of interest objectively, the earlier person to have received the first pm.

What happened was;
My username did come up in the recipient box (To: username) and just like that, without having to notice it earlier, I did end up sending the pm to myself.

What you can do;
Of course I can go back and redo everything, making the necessary correction of putting the preferred username in the recipient box but,

I think this shouldn’t be allowed to go through by default.
It might be useful in having to create like a draft but, that too exists and as such, sending pm to self seems odd and shouldn’t be.

Teenage gambling exposure

Just like the subject says; it’s more about exposure of them kids and children to gambling.
I. Some society gambling isn’t seen as a menace, something that ought not to be and they look towards getting it out due to the fact that, it could easily be addictive. The later I agree to, the possibility of building addiction but, as a menace, sure not

This is why gambling is reserved for the matured minds and those that have got a lot of self control about gambling. Society has tried to build this about an age grade limitation which differs based on certain nations. Where am from, that age limit is pegged at 18years of age. You’re automatically regarded as an adult but are you really? Well, I guess we don’t have kids here.

Meanwhile, speaking of exposure; it talks about the various windows by which, gambling is been exposed yo our wards, even as a child in the society. Something I’ve seen and frowned at some many times is how you find some grown folks, adults having to predict games, get the codes on a shit of paper and hand it to these kids to go and have it loaded and played on the systems over there in a gambling house. This is always a terrible sight for me and so unacceptable. Even with the signs saying, under 18years of age isn’t allowed
Now, they typically might not be the once making these predictions or taking the bets but, they are sure getting that exposure of how it’s done, what goes on in there and getting some comfi in that environment. It eases their decision to choose to gamble just when they hit the right age.

Another means to exposure is by the broadcast on the TV but, you and I knows that, we can’t so much control that as, it’s just pops up and in seconds it’s all done. However, for that which we can’t control, what measures are we taking to ensure these kids are given limited exposures. What are those steps that could be put in place to not only persuade the parents, guidance and the gambling house from allowing these things to keep happening in our society. Letting these things slide by is misleading for the leaders of our tomorrow.

Just what can be done to ensure limited exposure of this kind?

This topic has been moved to [Bitcoin - Development & Technical Discussion].

[What is this about a Nakamoto Bitcoin upgrade]

Nakamoto Bitcoin Upgrade

Running through the news, I found this update from coindesk

Stacks, a layer-2 blockchain that augments the Bitcoin network, has begun its Nakamoto upgrade with the aim of making transactions even faster.

The Nakamoto upgrade, which is named after Bitcoin's pseudonymous creator, Satoshi Nakamoto, will decouple the block production schedule on Stacks from Bitcoin's.

Network operators now have a two-week window to implement the Nakamoto upgrade, after which there will be hard fork that completes the process. Nakamoto introduces a new way of producing Stacks blocks, using a proof-of-transfer consensus algorithm. Users burn bitcoin (BTC) to mine Stacks blocks and receive rewards. This process began its implementation in April, with block "signers" coming online to validate "tenures" of transactions.

Bitcoin Layer-2 Network Stacks Begins Nakamoto Upgrade

Some of the reasons why Bitcoin have taken a back seat on serving as an actual currency aside from the fact that, there isn’t many merchants out there to accept it for a means of exchange is it’s scalability, given the fact that it’s highly volatile and takes some time for confirmation of transaction.

The news as it is has it that, Stacks which would serve as a layer 2 network to Bitcoin network would bring the gap between confirmation of transaction to ensure faster transactions, using Stacks as the reward to miners who are assigned mining periods to produce as many blocks as they could which would be settled on Bitcoin. All these would be done using a POT (Proof-of-Transfer) protocol with Bitcoin for a base currency.

Now the question is:
Was this expected?
Is this how to solve the scalability of Bitcoin?
How is the creation of more and more hard fork helping Bitcoin?
Is this something Bitcoiners would like?

I don’t know what you guys think but, I’ll like to read of it and encourage you guys to visit the link for more detail and a proper understanding of the article as, I might not be all grasping on how this could apply.

[On board a get rich quick scheme]

On board a get rich quick scheme

Introduction
Over the course of how Bitcoin and a couple of cryptocurrencies has transcended from being valued at mare cents to its dollar value and even serving for a more preferred asset by the population that are knowledgeable of Bitcoin, to the point that, the value for getting a single unit of it (1BTC) seems overly above the radial for some forks with the exception of having to buy in bits.

Given this reality, people are always on the lookout with altcoins of possible potential and just now, a phone screen tapping activity have enveloped our society to a point that, you actually can’t go a day in the park, around the streets or even on the media without seeing individuals trying to pry a portfolio out of what is being offered. At most, it’s operated on telegram and called the telegram games.
I’m talking about, the memecoins from telegram games.

This activity has come with certain confusion that pushed me to doing some research and knowing to clear my confusion and certain confusions and I’ll relate here my findings. A couple of sources was used in course of this finding but, two resource did stand out and that’ll be; SimpleLearn.com/YouTubechannel and Ledger.com

Some of the confusions which I sort to have an understanding is:
* People having to see tapping on their phone screens to earn tokens as mining
* Not having a clear understanding of the differences between Coins/Token
* What are the purposes of certain forms of project
* What similarities do exists between these Coins/Tokenomics projects

Let’s get down to it:

* Mining to simply put, it’s the process by which new Bitcoins is released in which, miners gets to solve complex maths and puzzles using specific devices (transitioned through generations) to serve this purpose and adds security to the network.
While, Tapping on your phone screen is simply you having to participate in a game as a form of loyalty program, along with certain social media challenges and get rewards.

* Coins are actually mined and have its own blockchain which remains native to that Blockchain E.g Bitcoin and the Bitcoin blockchain while,
Tokens are generalized and distributed by its developer. Tokens are actually developed on the blockchain of other coin projects. E.g Sandbox on Ethereum Blockchain.

* Coins are created to be used as a regular currency, just in the same way we use our fiat and for a store of value while,
Tokens are simply an access to certain offers on a project. They are like the casino chips where, they represent units of certain values and can be used within the casino to participate in certain activities.

Similarity:
The major similarity that exists between these terms are the fact that; they are both cryptocurrencies that exists in a digital space and on a blockchain.

Key differences to note between Coins and Tokens:
I. A coin has a unique blockchain while, a Token is built on the blockchain of a coin
I. Coins are mined while, Tokens are generalized and distributed
III. Gas fee for coins are payed in its native token (e.g you pay BTC as fee on Bitcoin blockchain) while, you pay coins as gas fee for a token (e.g to transact Sandbox, you pay ETH as gas fee on Ethereum blockchain).

Purpose of creation:
While Coins are created for exchange and store of value;

Tokens basically serve as game currencies in the web3 and represent popular cultures.

Possible effects from the tap tap activities:
1. There is a degree of responsiveness to every device and having to tap it multiple times subjects the device to more work, generates heat and can end up reducing the device’s performance and reliability.
2. You are often subjected to media activities on your media fields which reflects on your person and could either add value to your media field or take from it based on the outcome of projects you put out.
3. You end up building channels for developers in the name of tasks, they earn from your activities of views, likes, comments, subscriptions to channels and you don’t often get anything in return other than some worthless tokens.
4. More often, you would be required to link your wallet which could result in phishing and a malware compromise of your device.

Effective prevention measure:
> Avoid such free to earn token participation
> If you must participate, don’t do it on the same device you have your crypto wallet

In summary:
Tapping on your device screen isn’t mining and coins are much different from tokens.

[Negligence can ruin all your hardwork]

Negligence can ruin all your hardwork

Now this wasn’t a hack attempt but, as a result of my own negligence that would have proven very costly.

When I joined the forum, I experienced an unforseen difficulty which turned out to be the norm for most new users here. This i expressed in a post I made about Evil fee (Safe means please and Evil IP).
At this point, I already had some triers with what I had then as intended details without success so, I had to proceed with just anything that came to mind.

Now, some of the things I did wrong was:
1. Completely randomizing my mail address as, i noticed from other triers that, verification mails wasn’t sent so, I used a throwaway mail address.
2. My password was completely picked at random as, it was supposed to be temporal.
3. I didn't have the mail address logged in on my device.

Why am I on this narrative;
Earlier today I woke up to what seemed like a nightmare. I tried logging into the forum as I’ve been inactive for a couple of days and as a result, my browser already logged me out.
After inputting my username, I typed in my password and it came out incorrect. I tried a different combination and it still was incorrect. At this point, I knew I was in for real trouble.
I proceeded to get a notepa, wrote down all I thought could be the right combination, input each of them and each time, it came out as incorrect.  After a good number of triers, by default the site sent a mail for password reset as, password recovery was off the books but, I didn't have the mail address logged in. I proceeded to try other combinations until I was told to have exceeded my allowed number of logins and should check back later.

At this point, I was completely exhausted and had to take some rest, it was already 14 O'clock. I later woke up, thought of things I could have done differently and means to recover my account but, without any insurance in place to prove ownership,  I knew my chances if I couldn't arrive at the right combination was almost zero.

When woke about an hour after, I tried again but, I couldn't go for anything different and as such, the password was still incorrect. Then, I went against my will to try what I didn't beleive would be it and then, I was live on my account again. A huge sigh of relief enveloped me in entire. Thoughts of changing the password to something familiar and that which am used to was the next thing but, I chose to be calm and not be hasty about it.

How I got to forget:
I'm not always active here but, am trying to be and the random nature to the details of my account creation wasn't sticky just yet.

What I could have done to avoid this:
1. Proceed to change my details to what isn't picked at random and what I would be familiar with but, I didn't do that at the time.
2. Have my password saved on my devices mail address for auto logins but, this offers a different form of challenge to security and as such, I ignored it.

What have I done to avert this:
1. Create and have a proper mail address to the account.
2. Create a strong password combination.
3. Writing down my important detail to keep it safely.

What am yet to do but find very necessary and would do:
1. Generate, sign and stake a Bitcoin address to this account.
Edited:
Finally got to sign  an address and stake it on meta to mark my account and for reference.

Code:

Message: I am JiiBs on Bitcointalkforum, today is 4th June, 2024. I claim ownership of this account with this address
Address: bc1q8xv4j607vml83fgq8a7cz9ydzs2h0x305lk3ky
Signature:  IG7gZa2GVW4TKvjunpxDH/evkW2Ks8Nl5rQn5GG+OLFPGzoYMgRlwkgq3AC4Wgd9uObhGnnEC1AofRULrQzYYEA=

Though this might be out of my care freeness and was yet to discover just how important and attached this account might be for me, I do hope some users here don't and are not making the same mistakes as I did. It feels very terrible to be in that position or having to recall what your not sure off. Don't procrastinate on what need be down and be sure to follow safe means to account security.


Just after concluding this thread, I see a user seeking help on forgotten password on meta. Forgot password. Assistance needed. from the user Ambatman. That's to say, it could happen to anyone and so, there is a need to take precaution.

[Ordinals]

Ordinals

So lately I seem to have seen this word a lot more regularly than my few months in haven’t been around. This is not like from weeks ago but, just days after the halving and few days that preceded the halving. While it’s been trashed talked by some users to be some,
- Some rubbish that didn’t have a place with Bitcoin
- Referred as though, it’s got little or no value about it
- Something that should be dissolved or set loose from Bitcoin.

While, I don’t seem to really understand it as a whole but, how then did this very not well appreciated part of Bitcoin came to be this way? I don’t really get the concept but, it doesn’t seem very appreciated.

My searches on what Ordinals really is talks about, Ordinals being some Bitcoin NFT, where Satoshi Nakamoto assigned some signatures to the sats that could serve as an NFT (Non Fungible Tokens).
Should a currency of this nature really have that? Just a good for thought. I mean, Bitcoin is just as unique, precious and more adorned the way it is such that, it’s shadow will continue to be cast on whatever it’s tied or linked with.
Though, that’s not the point but,
While it talked about having certain signatures attached to the sats, isn’t this applicable to every other sats out there, to serve as a unique unit of there own with them signatures?

I don’t know where am getting it wrong but, the halving seemed to have brought this to light and so, I would want a little clarification on the topic. Thanks!

So I want to keep this really Brief but,

I was just reading some threads as I do often on the forum and I noticed a thread that talks about Bitcoin ATH and even so, recognizes that Bitcoin is still climbing. Of course it might be an ATH given that, it already broke the existing at the time. Even so, we know that it’s not going to be hooked there and price appreciation is still going to continue pushing for more.

So, exactly when can we have declare an ATH to be?
Is it really subjected to any price that just broke the previous ATH even when we know it ain’t going to hold for long? Because we just might have way too many ATH in the previous!

[You don’t loss by holding]

You don’t loss by holding

Preface: As someone who is familiar with the world of investment and investing, it’s important to have some basic knowledge about the field for which your invested in, accept the possibility of a loss and know how to prevent losses of you can.

This I have come to realize in Bitcoin to be the case when you evidently do nothing. It’s the concept that have backed holding and majority of the people we find holding today.

You do so much in doing nothing

It isn’t far fetched that the Bitcoin of cryptocurrency industry is enveloped in two major seasons which is the bears and the bulls. This is as a result of the volatile nature of the space which creates in the mind of investors several actions and inactions that could either lead to a buy, sell or hold.

Not so long ago, we enjoyed the thrills that comes with the bulls pushing price to highs and more highs, leaving investors with the joys that comes with haven’t bought Bitcoin at the time they bought it.
Now, the bears seems to have gained momentum and continues to drag price down. At the moment, the price of Bitcoin is about $60k. As unexpected as it is, it’s just a side to the market, a necessary correction as I see it from a  historical stand point as Bitcoin would always bounce back.

This reality is pushing weak hands to sell and have to regret haven’t bought Bitcoin at all or when they bought it but, I want to remind users within this line of thought something;

1BTC = 1BTC
0.005BTC = 0.005BTC
1mBTC = 1mBTC

It’s the ultimate calculation that matters. Every other thing else is just the dollar validation. A currency isn’t more validated by another currency and it’s only as strong as we perceive it to be.
While, we might be all worked up with the price per $ value of our Bitcoin asset, the asset itself remains unchanged.

What we could do about the dollar validation:
1. It could serve as a signaler to buy even more volume which agrees with the buy low and sell high principle.
2. It calls to mind that, you don’t have to sell low or at a loss as, that disagrees with the above principle (it’s the reverse of the above).
3. It calls for more holdings.
4. It should as well remind you that, you haven’t taken any loss by not selling. This agrees with the formula: 1BTC = 1BTC

Be careful not to feed the reason that would lead to your losses in your Bitcoin investment. You can actually do so much in doing nothing and just holding. Bitcoin does bounce back and that is a fact. Check price history through the years for proof, I wouldn’t give you any in specific but, just going online and checking across the years and you would find your proof.

Give yourself reasons to hold and buy more. Looking for the dip, low counts for a dip too, buy while you can and device a long term plan for your Bitcoin holdings.

You’ve not loss, if you’ve not sold!

[Discussion]

Discussion

For the purpose of clarity, this thread is created due to the observed trends in some users within my category. Haven’t really spot this behavior within ranked users but, it seems common for beginners and I don’t seem to understand how it is possible or why (take that for a claim).

What might that be?
Some users don’t understand what is feedback system in a discussion. It’s an exchange of ideas and not a sole opinionated sort of sending out a message. This by some means is a disregard of what everyone else’s opinion on a topic especially when your the starter of the topic. It gets worst when you are the starter of that topic, it doesn’t show interest and in most cases, you live people just rambling and not knowing if you get it or not. Of course other users might take there interest but, as a starter of a topic, you should to some extent show interest in that topic, follow it up to some extent before you let loose.
I get it that some topics number into 100 of pages and one can’t or wouldn’t possibly follow through on all the responses that might amass in the topic but, at the beginning phase or before it gets a lot of attention such that it becomes overwhelming for you being the starter, a feedback system requires that your there in the discussions on going in the topic.

Definition of the term (Theme)
Discussion: The term refers to people being one or two or more having to talk(write) about a topic, exchange ideas about it in order to reach a solution on it. Look up in Cambridge Dictionary.

The key words to note here are: people, talking(writing), exchange, idea and solution.
Sums up to mean: people exchanging ideas for solution.

The problem:
This is BitcoinTalkForum and from the way I know it now as much as other communities on the web, it’s a discussion platform and where you come for exchange of ideas. Even while teaching, you expect questions and when not asked, you ask questions or seek understanding of a course to get diverse opinions. That’s how a discussion grows. People might be different, being an introvert and extrovert but, not on the web. It doesn’t apply in an online discussion where your anonymous and have got just you and whatever device your accessing the web with to contend with.

Attributes that could be assumed to spawn this behavior:
I. Hidden agenda,
II. Been forced to write and so you write even without interest in what your proposing,
III. You completely agree to every concept being said even with several inter and intra contradictions.

Would expect more from users on the forum

The expected:
1. It’s highly relevant that you respond to comments in your topic as a starter.
2. It’s more than unlikely that you agree to every argument because you can’t. Some wouldn’t seat well and others will.
3. The energy you give by virtue of response shows interest and spawns discussion.
4. It promotes more thinking when you discuss and brings up constructive argument.
5. The content is better developed and ideas promoted in this nature.

what more can you add

I have been in few boards of the forum and indeed spot some users with great attributes to discussing. Am speaking of users like: ABCbits, LoyceV, JayJuanGee, BlackHatcoiner, apogio, Pooya87, Lovesmayfamilis, upgrade00, hugeblack, philipma1957 and a few others too numerous to mention but, shout out to you guys that promote a healthy and make great conversationists in the forum. Your efforts aren’t unnoticed and you sure make good models.

These guys almost revisits all there topics and comments even to say the least. Offer more insights if need be and answer questions on them. Learning from these guys would definitely aid in self development and resilience when it comes to participation on the forum.

Note: This is just personal observation based on interaction and the places I habit on the forum. Am sure there are a great lot of other conversationists here but, from the few I’ve got to interact with or take into account I have mentioned and not all of them too for sure.

In conclusion:
Perhaps there might not be a final solution to every discussion but, your not in a discussion if all you do is create a topic or just drop a comment and your off. While in a discussion, you should discuss!

[Have more volume for less $value]

Have more volume for less $value

During my short time here and checking on Bitcoin back to its roots when it had barely any value, you would find out that, time spent in doing nothing continues to prove costly as the Bitcoin progresses.
Of course one might buy Bitcoin just anytime you like, but the difference in quantity will always make the huge difference.

Where:
Year starting 2020; $7,200 = 1BTC
Year ending 2020; $28,950 = 1BTC.

Imagine this happening in the same year. You’ve got a difference of:
$28,950 - $7,200 = $21,750

Now, you’ve bought at the year ending, same one unit of 1Bitcoin and it’s cost you $21,750 more $ than you would have by buying at the start of the year. That would have meant;
$28,950 / $7,200 = 4.02BTC.
That means, you’ve got 3BTC more to account for your $21,750 more value.

In successive year, it continued in an increasing order and reduced in 2022. Giving investors a buying opportunity yet again.

Coming to recent time,
In this month, we’ve seen Bitcoin at $73,000 value and today it’s dumped to around $63,000 and from the look of it, the bulls is gaining some momentum in today’s market. This speaks of the more volume you would accumulate for your $value to buy now rather than wait on the market for the market for more examination and it could push through to $70,000 in the next minute (could be exaggerated), giving you less volume for more $value.
Hence, buying at current price gives:

Starting today 20th March: $63,000 = 1BTC
At a later time when price is up $73,000 = 1BTC
A difference of $10,000 = 0.16BTC as more value at a later time. That is also what you stand to loss by not taking chances with the price at the moment.

If the plan could be holding as it’s mainly advocated and most of the precedents to this time continues to do, gains are not far behind. Thought it might dump, it would rise as it’s evident in its history and what better time to not wait but buy before the halving.

Buying to hold today is not having get less volume for more $value but rather, more volume for less $value.

[Price modification]

Price modification

Hi guys, I am relatively new here haven’t been around only months of this year but, in light of suggestions as to modifications that might instill some consciousness on users of this space, I want to make a suggestion that could prove useful in updates and not necessarily require users to look up other sites for something as vital and utmost necessity like the Bitcoin price.

Personally, I have to look up the Bitcoin price every other day, of course I have done that several times today and the price at the time of my writing this is about $67k - $68k.
I am sure there are a lot other individuals that does this on a regular as well. Especially given the fact that, Bitcoin has been bullish lately.
We have a Wall Observer thread, though it’s got most of its discussions relevant, the most take or point of argument that seems to make the thread it’s best fit is one that isn’t largely looked at on the page or so I think is, the Bitcoin price update. Most of us, using myself for a reference point often goes to other sites like Coinmarket.com, coindesk.com or popular exchanges like Binance et. al to seek price update.

Meanwhile, this is something that could or should be accessed rather easily on the forum. Perhaps the forum don’t hope to consider itself hooked with any site for price update as this would relatively serve promotional purpose to the site indirectly, I think we could have an all in one purpose site that could increase clicks here none the less even though, this isn’t the aim or the community isn’t in any particular need of this but, it would aid users to be here more often.

Format for display:
While this remains open to suggestions,

 

I don’t know what it’s like for you guys with higher ranks and already has an avatar display but, I think we’ve got a good enough spaces in two places designated by rectangles on my page.

Edit: Would have liked to edit my suggestions into places but, the device am using at the moment doesn’t have that function. Maybe someone who understands what am postulating can come up with the design.

Possible Results we could get from this:
The forum would be subjective to Google search engine for price update to anyone and everyone.
Possibility of influx of new users
Increased participation as users no longer need to go to other sites for something as little as price update which would in turn, push towards looking up what is new on the forum.
There would be some accurate and more trust in what price the forum is displayed to be authentic.
Increased awareness on what Bitcoin price is doing and this could lead users to invest and hold more.

The good thing this far is that, we’ve got Chartbuddy doing something similar in the WO at the speculation board, perhaps the user should run it on a more open space or some other community staff.

Conclusion:
It would be a plus and more signatory to what the forum is about I think.

[Introduction]

Hi Guys,
Welcome to my BookSpace!

Introduction
So this is going to be a challenging of myself kind of space for my personal development as intended although, I hope it could be helpful for people within my category and perhaps motivate others to try out some books in the cryptospace. Just for motivation sake,
A saying goes, he/she who does not know, acknowledges that he/she doesn’t know and seeks to know should be taught! Maybe I just coined that from something similar that does exist, lol… but, I hope to be seen for that person right now, here on a quest to acquire as much knowledge as I can get within much possible time my schedules could allow me. Maybe it takes my while time here to unravel I can’t say but, I hope it does some good as well.

Purpose
I am having to create this space for the sole purpose of not having to create a topic every time I encounter some complications or contrasting idea that could require a simple question and answer format to its patterns. It also follows the fact that, most of these books might not avail readers the chance to get certain questions across or have feedback in no time.

Hence, my approach to this would be, having to drop updates from time to time in this topic when I am reading a book and have my questions pop up from time to time in the comments. Hope this is acceptable and this is being done in the right section of the forum as well. I would be posting the books and links so, anyone could read too. These where already recommended and links provided by some users on the forum and I hope to have more recommendations to see if I could keep up as well. Thanks.

Book
1. Mastering Bitcoin (https://github.com/bitcoinbook/bitcoinbook/blob/develop/BOOK.md). In progress…
2. Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System (https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf). (a referenced deviation). In progress

As said by my topics title,
I don’t wish to be sorry!

Sometimes, it’s entirely very hurtful, not just the fact that you might have lost a vital part of your funds or capital into an investment but, having the mind of being outsmart by whom ever or the system that works a specific field. Well, not the system as, it’s often impossible to beat most systems but, it just hits differently when you have a sense of security about an investment but still goes ahead to loose it all.

I just don’t want to be sorry!
Now Bitcoin is not entirely new to me, I’ve heard it come up a few times and only now have I built an increasing desire to know the pros and cons about it. I’ve had to invest in various things in the past, online and offline, have my share of profit and loss but, I so don’t want to loss. Especially a loss that might amount out of my ignorance, that would be most painful although, I get the fact that lessons would be learned from such experience on how costly ignorance could be.

Here I am, not a single Bitcoin tide to my name, am not so proud about it especially, being here where I just have the vague idea that, the members here just might have so much. I guess what I’m looking out for is a sense of security and some comfort that, it’s really better late than sorry.

Help me not to be sorry!

The vastness of Bitcoin leaves me with the question of if I could really grasp what it’s all about. I have come to understand that most individuals have come to like it out of the profits or gains it could accord them and truths be told, I would like that as well but, not having a peep into it’s technology or how it actually works is something I feel is important and a need to know. This gives reasons as to why I dived into this part of the platform. It’s almost a fascination to me as I’m trying to erase hear say and what I might have thought to be over the years of the technology as well as, take up Bitcoin investments.

I beacon on you guys to not mind my language if I get most things wrong but, I’ve been greatly confused reading on here and the more I read, the more lost and complicated it gets as there isn’t a clear definition to things here. Maybe to my layman’s understanding.

One term I have seen reoccurring in this section is the term NODE. Just a glance at this section and you would find it repeating several times. I tried checking it up on the web and this is said about it is that,

A NODE is a physical device such as the computer or a device of its equivalent that participates in the confirmation and storage of Bitcoin data. In essence, this is to mean that, any computer device that is used in Bitcoin confirmation and data storage is a node right?

If that is correct, how then do one gets to link his personal home computer to a sophisticated network such as the blockchain network, in essence, run a node and do confirmation tasks.
Is this achievable with one computer device or one must have more than one device linked by some cable to perform these tasks.

Hi, I suppose that’s in order.

So I finally succeeded in creating an account that allows me to post after 2 attempts as, I feel unsuccessful with the registration as I saw something like an evil IP or something of that nature, coupled with other write ups in red ink captions.

Does that mean I did something wrong on my previous attempts?
What did I do please and how do I avoid that?

It came with posting restrictions. Why? Those attempts actually did restrict me from posting which tells me something went wrong. When I finally succeeded with this one days ago, I must say I’ve been a little skeptical on writing anything less I do something wrong and trigger another evil IP.

What do I need to know to be safe here, just briefly please.
I’ll be in the comments.