Though I have not experienced exclusively living using BTC at this kind of caliber (due to the lack of BTCs that I earned and received), I have tried using majority of the BTCs that I owned as part of my living experience with my family.

As someone who currently lives in a third-world country, snatching a job opportunity is like going to war. The opportunity of earning money is so hampered by the economic struggle experiencing due to the ongoing corruption that has been continuously happening for years.

Growing up with a single dad who raised 3 children alone (eldest), the priority in terms of expenditures were more focused in my brothers so I had to hustle and look for opportunities to at least make my life tolerable.

I stumbled upon this forum last 2017 when my friend introduced to me BTC and showed the potential of earning BTC weekly through participating into campaign signatures, which I was fortunate to participate on. Though what I received were only a handful amounts of BTC (~$10-$20/week), it got me through most difficult times as I used all of my earnings to purchase school materials and educational books.

If the question is in terms of preferability, then I would say that I prefer to have a mobile wallet due to its convenience. In addition, my mobile wallet is connected to our local exchange where the convenience of converting my said BTCs to our local currency can be accessed anytime in order to purchase products/services; or even pay bills; or directly deposit the funds in my bank.

Though this may be the case, having a desktop wallet is far secured than having a mobile wallet. Though the most secured is still having your respective hardware wallet, I still prefer convenience since most of my BTCs can be transferred easily with one push of a button in our local exchange mobile application.

OP, can you please clarify this bold statement that I highlighted? What do you mean by since there is not as much adoption of bitcoin from women? Are you pertaining it to all women in general or are you pertaining it exclusively to your female friend and sister?

Nevertheless, bitcoin adoption is slowly getting its recognition over the years. Since its price is significantly high on the market, people are taking advantage of its volatility for either short/long-term investment for its value.


If someone gives me some BTC as a birthday present, I would be more than happy to HODL it and treat it as a long-term investment. Imagine, the value of BTC right now can increase in the future. Let's say a person gives me $100 worth of BTC as my birthday present, 10-15 years from now, that $100 worth of BTC could be $1000 depending on its price!

I wholeheartedly agree with you. The problem with inflation is that the government must exhaust all the possible remedies to combat the rising of prices. This may include issuing of government bonds, incentivizing spending, printing money, etc. (though the latter method is very risky).

Inflation is not bad perse, in fact, the government has a standard of inflation rate that must be controlled at a certain rate. If this goes out of control, prices of all commodities would increase and this could be dangerous to the economy of one's country- which is what happening in Germany.

This is interesting- was the discussion backed with evidence and facts? In addition, did the gambling websites disclose such information to the public or was it purely based on his gathered data and information? I am curious as to how the methodology of such research went as this can either make or break a gambling website's profit in the long-run.

As regards to OP's question, I really doubt that a gambling website would disclose such important piece of information to the public. Preferably, slot machines that have high RTP are the ones to be preferred if you plan on gambling long-term. But this could definitely hurt the gambling business as this would be prejudicial on their part.

I don't think so, but this heavily depends on government implementations and laws surrounding a particular country. What makes BTC price volatile is its inflationary nature and being decentralized. While gold may be inflationary, its heavily regulated by institutions when it comes to its price.

With BTC in the picture, if governments from around the world would implement prohibitions and/or strict regulations, we can at least expect its price to be somehow regulated and stable in the future. Though if this happens, I think that this would go totally against the vision of what Satoshi imagine- which is to have a decentralized currency which is free from any control of the government.

Man, I wonder what the person is feeling right now. Does he perhaps forgot that he invested and HODLed around 100 BTCs currently; or was he waiting for the perfect opportunity to sell and activate such coins? A whopping 50 million percent gain is just unreal- these things only happen to cryptocurrencies which are just extremely volatile.

It makes you think- what would happen in a few years from now? Will we experience the same gain (or at least relative to) if we HODL our coins let's say 10-20 years from now? Well one thing is for sure, better to HODL at least some of your coins and treat them as long-term investments for your children or family to use.

Just a quick question, how do you reach out to these individuals? Since most of them did not come from this forum, are they your regular customers in your business who just happened to be curious on cryptocurrencies (Bitcoin, to be specific) as well?

This is very surprising as the widespread knowledge of cryptocurrencies is indeed increasing. Over the past years, there is this stigma attached to cryptocurrencies flagging them as something that cannot be trusted on due to its decentralization. With its active and growing popularity, people are now joining this movement in advocating its use, which is very beneficial in the long-run.

Out of curiosity, are you willing to ship your orders overseas and what are the price range of your products, OP?

Along with any other sport, there are certain ethical standards that a player must follow. While people might have conflicting views regarding a certain topic, they must say so in a way that will not be disrespectful to anyone.

The problem with Karjakin is that he made statements that are very disrespectful in this bloody and unnecessary war, in which judgement was served upon him. Russia has been using sport as a form of propaganda, stating that the war was necessary.

Just to give you a concrete example, Sergei Shipov also made statements regarding the war. But compared to Karjakin, Shipov's statements were less provocative and different in character. As a caliber of a player Karjakin is, he must uphold himself with high status and responsibility as always.

Personally, I would choose a gambling website that offers the best return-to-player profit for the best possible scenario.

Gambling in itself is already risky- profits are not guaranteed and you suffer absolute loss of the money you wagered if you lost the bet. Assuming that the risk associated in one gambling site that has better RTP is the same with another gambling site that has tons of promotions, then I think it is obvious that you would choose the former.

Better to maximize all the profits since the risks associated with the two are the same. Though marketing in a gambling website gives you the sense of security that they are genuine, again, profits wise, best RTPs still win by a long shot.

There are always some negative impact if we were to embrace centralization from cryptocurrencies. But to be honest, centralization goes against the vision of what Satoshi imagined as it somehow defeats the purpose of creating a decentralized currency.

The question is, is centralization essential in order to combat the aforementioned issues of scams, hacks, etc. ? I do not think so. While there may be scams and fake projects, a diligent person may be able to overcome it by being responsible. Though one thing that he cannot control are the hacking of exchanges, but this can be resolved if you were to move your coins to your respective hardware wallet.

Though centralization of some coins may sound feasible, this would disrupt the balance and vision of having a decentralized currency which is free from any control.

This only works if the person has sufficient landscape to produce those bearing fruits- but yea, unfortunately not all people has the necessary land space for this. Though the suggestions are feasible, like you mentioned, the best possible thing to do to cope with food shortages is to purchase bulk orders and stock them as soon as possible. With high prices come high demand, it is but necessary but to purchase more before prices do increase further in the future.

Personally, this is a problem that the government must addressed to its citizens. They must come up with a mechanism that combat food shortages and high prices as inflation is increasing.

I think I read somewhere that there were Russian troops defecting and intentionally not following the orders of Putin, as they really realized the consequence of this war.

Unfortunately, lots of unnecessary bloodshed happened in the past weeks due to this far. Infrastructures were destroyed; residential areas are now unhabitable; and other medical facilities are absolutely desecrated. Not to mention, the economy and finances of Russia have been slowly deteriorating due to the recent pull-out of Western influences and businesses in their country. It is just about time that Putin's own army, generals, and military would turn agains him due to this massacre.

I just really hope that there may be some sort of agreement that can end this war.

Again, this depends on your preference as a gambler. Generally, gamblers who just really want to gamble pick casinos as there are various card games that end relatively fast. On the other hand, sports games are for gamblers who at least are knowledgeable about the certain sport/s they are betting on. With more knowledge and information, the risks are mitigated to the point that you can comfortably bet on the team which has the better odds.


Well, you at least have to know the basics of the card game in the casino. If you do not know the card game that you are playing, then better read some information on the internet but generally, they are quick and easy to understand.


This depends but generally sports games have lower risks of winning. Again, your knowledge on a certain sport can lower the risks and odds of you. If you are betting on a team which has a good winning streak and/or record, then chances are that the latter would win the next game.


As a newbie gambler, I would personally suggest betting into sports as this will inquire about your information on a certain sport. If you do not regularly watch sports, then I suggest betting in card games inside a casino.

For your second charity work, the challenge here is to capture the attention of your participants especially that the topic of cryptocurrencies is relatively complicated and complex.

Given that your actual participants are the so-called "youth" like you mentioned, you have to at least use layman's terms in order for them to understand it completely. I applaud your initiative as this topic is hardly touched upon by most people but you really have to prepare and explain it in detail in order not to bore your participants.

Nonetheless, I am wishing you all the best for your discussion. Kindly update us with pictures and give us any feedback after your discussion on how everything went, OP.

Almost all hacks and scams start from somewhere and some external action made by a person- like downloading stuff from risky websites such as torrents, etc.

If a person downloads something on the internet, he/she runs into the risks of injecting malware to his laptop/PC. That is why, everyone must truly exercise caution in surfing the web. Another thing, it is also advisable that you keep a separate repository of your coins to the laptop/PC that you are using in the event that you get hacked. That is why, almost everyone has a hardware wallet to keep their respective coins safe.

Nonetheless, this is really informative, OP. Everyone should be careful on what you download on the internet given that scams nowadays are very rampant.

I do not think that by setting-up a decentralized bank would solve the issue- in fact, it can be resolved relatively easier depending on the exchange regulations per country.

The problem with banks is that they seem to doubt the authenticity of the funds coming from your wallet. They often flag or at least question the veracity of the funds coming from them as they are heavily regulated. Fortunately, there are local exchanges that offer services in order to get your cash. In addition, I think you can also submit extra KYC documents in order to bypass such regulation.

I remember back in 2017, my friend convinced me to join this forum so I could learn more about cryptocurrencies as it is a topic which was touched upon in one of our subjects. I became quickly curious about its development and process- which somehow introduced an innovative idea behind our transactions under the so-called "blockchain."

I do realize that learning and knowing about cryptocurrencies is an edge and is something that I considered vital to the future. It just so happened that campaign signatures were a trend which gave an opportunity to people to be rewarded with BTC or any altcoins available, depending on the campaign.

Unfortunately, lots of newbies nowadays plague the forum spamming and creating threads which purport to be scams. In addition, lots of bounty campaigns have surfaced creating an influx of newbies joining bounty campaigns which somehow degrades the overall integrity of the forum.

Though I do understand that we have all our financial needs (especially to people living in third-world countries, including myself), it's just that people scamming one another is just truly unacceptable.

Exactly, given that cryptocurrencies are decentralized, it is under no jurisdiction by any countries unless there is a law to the contrary. With regard to the situation in Russia, as far as I know, the country is accepting and heavily considering making cryptocurrencies as an alternative mode of payment in order to address their economic and financial downfall.

Again, this is how cryptocurrencies operate in the first place. With no regulation or authority, cryptos can be transacted from one place to another without worrying too much on how and who sent it.

Just a quick question, wouldn't it be better if we have some kind of implementation where it teaches newbies the fundamentals of cryptocurrencies? For example, instead of having random trivia questions, would it be beneficial if we have some kind of questions relating to cryptocurrencies and a hyperlink directing it to a discussion of a thread created in the forum?

I somehow think that this kind of implementation goes with the spirit of this forum- where we teach and inform everyone about its history and other related discussion. I hope theymos considers the potential of having those questions and its impact as a whole in the long-run for both new and old users.