Having high rank means that you have many merits (as we need merits to get higher ranks) and having merits means that one is a good poster and people like to read and give merits to his post. So basically it is not all about ranking up or applying in signature campaign, its also a way to gain respect in the forum and make you stand ahead among others.

There is good news for Sputnik V. Yesterday a report from The Lancet (one of the most reputed medical journals in the world) confirmed that Sputnik V was 100% successful in producing antibodies against the Coronavirus for those who participated in the Phase 3 testing. But these trials involved only 38 individuals and more people may need to be tested before the WHO would certify the vaccine.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54036221

Experts say the trials were too small to prove effectiveness and safety.

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Lots of suggestion are coming, we are getting close to reality of resumption, just believe.

That is actually a great idea BUT placing it on public advertisements means that it won't just be introduced to the elderly. It would also present Bitcoin as an usable Currency that people can gain money from. It would go through lots of processes before making it into an advertisement since networks won't advertise what they do not understand. It would still be a good idea to just show results and outputs from what can we benefit from Cryptocurrencies. In that way, people who are only interested would be entice to ask necessary questions.

Nope. Vaccine is not "almost there". Not even the third phase trials have been completed for vaccines from AstraZeneca and Moderna. It may take at least 6-7 months for these vaccines to appear at the market and even more time to make them available for any mass-immunization programs. Then you have the Sputnik V vaccine from Russia which is already available from the market. But the WHO hasn't given approval for this vaccine.

Hello,

I was thinking and wondering of different ways to introduce my family, friends and colleagues to bitcoin and I tried to convince them, but couldn't pitch in perfectly to get them going.

Things I tried

• Showed them the current value of BTC pegged to fiat, which did get thier attention for a while.
• Told them about how it all started, how the community adopted the use of BTC and how it all boomed.
• Showed them my wallets : how easy and fast it is to send and recieve to almost anywhere in the world as long as there is an internet connection.
• Introduced them to a few exchanges to show how easy it is to buy or sell whenever they want to.
• Told and proved to them how secure and anonymous a transaction is and how fast it can be for cross border transactions compared to other financial institutions.

Well, I pretty much tried to do everything I could. Now after they listened to all that I said, watched everything as that I showed to them as a demo, they did thier own research. They started shooting a few questions like

• See how often the price drops, this could be a bubble
• See Google tells crypto currency is used in black market to keep anonymity and make illegal trasactions
• See these types of currencies are used for the purpose of gambling to be in disguise

So basically, what I am looking for as an answer is, an approach that can be used in order to gain interest of people, stating all the good things and the bad things about BTC in a manner that a "noob" can understand and try to think, yes this is already beneficial to others, why not I try it too ?

All suggestions are welcomed.

Thank you

Parental Guidance can only be the solution, it's hard to limit crypto gambling sites as they are operating in many countries and even with countries that have restrictions thru Internet it can still be access using some softwares.
Esports is indeed popular now that many gambling site may accept it and may be access by kids anywhere. In my country the solution can be limiting the money to give in kids to avoid them betting or using it in gambling, now where in Pandemic  and homeschooling parents were able to see what their children's are doing often.

VR equipment is not bought for the sake of gambling, it offers much more than that. And while certainly not everyone can afford it, not everyone can afford casinos either. And people who spend hundreds or dollars in casinos can definitely afford a VR headset. Moreover, it's estimated that there are 171 million VR users in the world, which is quite a big market for casinos, no? As for the point about using a physical casino, there are many ways to object here:
1. You are physically seen as you are in the real casino, and many gamblers might want to avoid that.
2. Casino can be a place where criminals hang out, so losing or winning from one in the real is dangerous, whereas VR offers high levels of safety.
3. VR offers to experience things that would not be possible in a physical place (like flying, diving into a certain world etc.).
4. Provably fair gambling cannot be done properly in a physical casino, but VR would allow that.

In IT and other sectors, large corporations tend to have career paths that can be both vertical and horizontal. The vertical paths are those through which you climb through the ranks (often with a change of functionality in the process, but let´s ignore this part – it screws my analogy). The horizontal path allows you to develop a career without progressing in functional rank, but whereby you grow in knowledge and possibly in specialization (it´s really a bit more complex, since there are possible verticalities within the horizontalities, but again, let’s forget them).

Ranks here have their perks, but let’s be clear, the higher ranks are not within many people’s reach, nor will they. The Merit System has changed the game, and as a lateral effect to reducing spam, the vertical rank ascension has become much more difficult to follow.

There are also plenty of people who do not really care much for ranks (I’d say that specially around the technical areas of the forum), and those that see it as a game, a challenge, a reputation enhancer, a business booster, a money maker, or whatever.

As in the vertical ranks describes in my opening, there are going to be people concentrated on that, using whatever tactics they consider, or exploiting their personal strong points. But there’s also the vertical path, whereby rank is not important (at least having surpassed the lower ranks), and helping around, gaining knowledge, participating in debates and projects, and so forth, is another potential focus for many.
Ok, the vast majority of accounts are happy with one vertical jump to become Jr. Member, and then staying there bounty hunting, with no horizontal progression either, but it does not mean that the option is not there, as a form "what’s next" when you can’t/don’t want to rank-up.

It’s all an entangled mix of capabilities and interest, and with that, one moves along the vertical and horizontal axis in accordance to the time they can set aside, their own limits (we are limited after all), and what acts as their core driver of interest.

I think it’s really nice for us to impart what we know to other people, so they won’t be ignorant of things. It would be great if each member in our growing community spread bitcoin awareness from time to time, even if it’s just on some brief conversation with colleagues, peers, classmates, and workmates. In this way, we can help them understand what we are doing and what are the benefits of bitcoin to their chosen career/path. By doing this, we can also help our crypto community to become bigger and widely known.

I agree, but when you go deeper and explore your opportunities with other alts, you need to know more than the basic information. But to start with your crypto journey, those above questions will guide you on how to acquire those info. Because if you overwhelm yourself with things you want to know, it will not be healthy in my opinion. As you will tend to make mistakes in your decisions and overlook important things that you need to consider in the first place.

Many people I know formed a bias that cryptocurrencies are inherently risky and you shouldn't invest in them more than you can afford to lose.

I agree with the above statement in a certain extent, but I'd like to ask the community. Is it riskier to place your money in Bitcoin or hold them in a fiat savings account? What's your opinion?

So curious to see the response especially today when we live in times of crisis.

Cryptocurrency is a high risk form of investment. In fact some had made high losses based on the stories of some users here who were selling their house and taking huge loans and lost it all investing in cryptocurrency. I do not really know if they were true about on things they told but pretty sure there were losses made here with other users investing in cryptocurrency especially in ICO projects. On the contrary there are some users posts inspire others to invest due to the high return that they had made in cryptocurrency investments.

Bitcoin is the leading crypto that had made the success of others in their investment. This is why I wanted to join in this kind of investment. I have tried invested small amount and made a lesser returns as profits but that was already enough to make a conclusion on how to earn with bitcoin. Bitcoin investment could be the reason for losses or gains. It will depend on how you do the investments.

As a newbie in bitcoin investment for I was actually a bounty hunter taking opportunity to earn from the rewards that consider as payment. The problem is that bounty hunting is not that really earning and it is just a waste if time and money except doing signature campaign that pays btc. While doing signature bounty campaign, it triggers me the interest or plan to invest in bitcoin. I have somehow evolve my perspective to bounty hunting to bounty hunting at the same time doing bitcoin investment.

The signature bounty I joined will help me to always keep in touch with the forum for bitcoin news and current events. Others are saying that bitcoin is going for a bull run and that will let me of course earn but the current market price now which is 12K$ is a bit higher. This is why I am itching to buy in bitcoin however I am also thinking of probable losses due to current market price which is high for the moment.

This is the reason why I made this post to see your replies that could help me decide. Again I had stated above that I know bitcoin has high risk and willing to take it. The questions is that "Is it still best time to invest now with the current market price? Or will wait for bitcoin market to crash? What do you think?

I'm myself a big loser in gambling which is why I left it long time ago. Had my home worth $100k buried into gambling because I got badly addicted to this. Then, my son gave (gifted) me a home but he didn't use my name as buyer but gave my grandson's name and it was under his possession since then, so I can say that I'm dependent on his mercy. Life has been hell since what I committed. Now I do it, but I don't do it carelessly and keep control on me as I don't have any sources to live and to fund my gambling needs.

Would you consider in betting in Valorant games? Do you think it would be much popular, as betting in Dota2, in the future?

Business owners are complaining of this all over the world, even if right now they are allowed to open their businesses they are not receiving the profits that they received back in the day, but this is because people are taking care of their money and they are trying to not spend it because they are either afraid of an economic crisis that gets even worse or they are afraid that they're going to lose their job, and as such they cannot spend their money with the same freedom as they did before, and this without a doubt about problem for business owners because it is going to be quite challenging to remain in business when your sales drop so drastically.

Your message warms the soul. It is incredibly pleasant to realize that there are such caring people who are sympathetic to someone else's misfortune. Unfortunately, such people are now rare. In my country, on the contrary, ordinary people were put in a very difficult position. Nobody cares about them at all. As well as for those who had at least a small profitable work. Small business owners suffered greatly from the reluctance of landlords not charge for properties that were closed and not visited by anyone. It seems to me that in such a situation, which has affected everyone, there must be a factor of humanity.