It's a good idea... or it isn't. It might be a good idea, or it might not be, but the question is how realistically this can happen.

Another problem is they're politicians, and I don't want to generalize all politicians around the world because I still believe that there are still good politicians out there who isn't corrupting at all, but most of the politicians don't stand to what they are saying months before the election. I still remember when our ex-president here in our country said that he will eradicate all drugs in our country in 6 months. Well, many voters fell to that trap (excluding me because I didn't vote for him at that time), and when he won as a President, 6 months after he said that "The problem was larger than I thought." His term ended already, but drugs are still everywhere. Anyway, I just shared a little bit of our history.

I don't believe that this will happen especially if it came from a mouth of a politician. This is just their way to attract more voters, but the reality is they will not do it. I don't even want to think on how he will do it (if he wins) because I know that he will not do it just in case he wins.

Sometimes, in order for an investor to learn, they need to experience it themselves. You're one of them.

You invested the money that you really needed base on what you said, but the only thing that you can do now is to move on, move forward, and learn from the mistakes that you've done. Many here experienced the same things that you experienced OP. I know that many here fell to these type of scams, and there are some who fell into different types of scams. Getting scammed once is still a good thing because at least you will learn from it, and you will not fall again next time, but getting scammed twice or even thrice then there's a problem with you already, and maybe just stop investing, or rather in some safe assets like Bitcoin, or Stock Market.

Don't pay them anymore. Many here already said that it's a scam, and I agree with them. Now OP I hope you learned a lesson from this mistake, and don't ever, ever do it again.

It all depends on the situation.

The reason why we got a savings account for emergency funds is because of scenarios like this where you need money to buy something or to pay something that's urgent, and was out of your budget. Will I resort to selling my belongings or properties in this case when needed? No for me. I think I'd rather go and take the loan because I think that I can still pay that loan in a few years. The interest is quite high yes, but there's a chance that you will be needing that property that you sold again in the future. I mean if it's that important to you then you will really need it. On the other hand, if you sold some things that you aren't need anyway, and you need money just to pay things then I guess selling is my first option.

Like I said, it all depends on the situation. There are times where you need to take a loan especially if the amount of properties that you want to sell isn't enough to cover those expenses, but on the other hand there are some people who choose to sell things that they don't need just to have money to pay.

TBH, I don't know why users are here are thinking like posting is a race where we need to rush? I mean why? Why are they doing this? Because they're excited to share what they know?

Anyway, that's why we have the "Preview" Button, and the "Edit" Button to change something that we need to change. Cross checking? I'm already doing that while I'm typing though there are some times where I edit my post, I only edit them because I forgot to add something to my post. Like what others said here, Grammarly is also useful as well, but I never used it in any of my posts here. Not a native language speaker here, but I did watched some Youtube videos in the past regarding grammar though I believe that I still make mistakes especially with the punctuations.

Overall, just forget the mindset where "Posting is being rushed" because this isn't a race, but it's just a forum where we are sharing information. There's no reward in being first to post in a particular thread.

When is the time where AI website like ChatGPT became popular? Just so you know, it's on November of last year that it went very popular that it broke records. Administrators here aren't just propose a rule out of nowhere with regards to AI being used here though I will say that I despise, and I hate those users who are using AI websites like ChatGPT, and the like to create more constructive post here, but right now there is no offense or sanctions to users who are using it.

I expect changes though if AI became more popular, and will be used more by users here though I don't how. A negative trust maybe in the future?

Merits, and Money

This is the primary reason why they are use AI. AI creates more constructive posts, and when some users especially high ranked members here saw that post, they have a high chance to get merits, and when they get merits, they increase their rank thus, they can join in a signature campaign where they can make money.

I guess I'll just let the Administrators of the forum address to this problem, and hopefully they will come up with a solution with this one.

The hype around Lillard now went down already because there's no progress on it anymore. Now the media is finding another star that's included in the trade talks, and now it's Harden's turn.
It's a cryptic post, and I don't know what's the point of that one but... I think he wants to be out of his comfort zone so that he can be a good help with his team. As for him staying with the Sixers, I don't know if he wants to stay or not, but if no other team wants him this off-season, I guess he has no other choice but to stay.

Regarding him being overweight, I remembered the time where he is warming up with a very fatty body back when he was in the Rockets. That's at the start of the regular season. Maybe he's doing it again.

I also see the same as well. Maybe they will give either Kawhi, or PG for Harden, or they will be having a hard time finding the chemistry.

TBH, I don't think that the Clippers need another all-star again aside from Kawhi, PG, and now Russ. What they need now are role players that will fit with the team, and can help Russ if Kawhi and/or PG get injured. I don't know if it's just me, but I'm thinking that this will be the final season of Coach Ty Lue as the head coach of the Clippers. He had enough of this load management sh*t already by Kawhi. Well, that's what I'm feeling, and I hope I'm wrong.

Why go with Coinbase when they already have their own platform where you can stake your ATOM there.
I'm also staking some ATOM tokens in their own wallet called KEPLR. Currently, I'm on the node of Binance which gives 19.12% annually. I might un-stake it, and find another node since Binance node doesn't support airdrops from Cosmos. There is this feature of the project where those who are staking their ATOM tokens has the opportunity to get some free tokens thru airdrops.

Why they don't just buy cryptos that they can stake? I don't know the exact reason TBH, but maybe it's because they didn't do any research in any of these staking coins, and they with other projects. Most of the top 20 coins right now base on market cap offers staking, so TBH I don't know the main reason.

I would call myself a hypocrite if I will say no to it since I myself is also doing it.

The problems that I'm seeing with these staking coins is that, there is a chance that you might get an impermanent loss while staking it, and the amount of coins that you are getting for free isn't enough to cover your losses, and the other one is when the project turns out to be a scam project. I would advice to do it, but just be ready for the risks of staking.

Harden might be a good fit for the Clippers, but who will the Clippers give to the Sixers? For sure Norman Powell will be the main guy in the trade package, and some other role players plus draft picks as well.

On the good side, it's good to see 4 all-star players playing in one team. That increase their chances in winning the title, and for sure Steve Balmer would always standing out there in the audience area, and happy cheering for his team. On the flip side, this trade has more bad than good effects on the whole Clippers.

Injuries will be their problem if the trade will push through. Yes injuries are very normal with these NBA players, but just imagine Kawhi out in the playoffs, PG out in the playoffs, and Harden will be out as well because of his hamstring injury (back when he was in the Nets. We don't know if anytime during the playoffs, he aggravate it again). Westbrook is the healthiest player out of the 4, but he alone can't carry the team. Who will help him when these 3 all-star get injured? No one because they traded Powell already which is the 2nd option during the playoffs when Kawhi and PG injured.

Overall, yes we don't know the future of the team if Harden will be on the Clippers, but I just shared my opinion base on their performances, and experiences in the past. I hope that I'm wrong with the injury part, and hoping still that they will not get injured, but if that happen, Kawhi, PG, and Harden will be traded next year since they have an expiring contract.

Who are attacking those newbies? I will give negative trust to them? Even though I'm not on DT list

Anyway, I think the problem with newbies is:
1. Most of them are in the forum for the money. Look at those newbies right now. A huge percentage of users who are newbie ranked are just spamming Proof of Authentication on the Bounty section.
2. Some of them are acting like they know it all. There are some newbies out there who are giving advice to different users here like they know every thing already. Yes it's still good to advice, but at least know your limits as a newbie.

I also started as a newbie here, and we all are. I registered a few months after the merit system was implemented, and at that time I'm not that expert like the other high ranked users here (and even today). The problem with newbies right now is that they aren't here because they want to rank up their account, but they're here because they believe that they can get some few bucks here. It created a bad image towards high ranked members thus, they see newbies like that.

TBH, I don't see newbies being attacked here. I mean I don't want to boast, but I believe that even though I will start again as a new account, I can still manage to rank up even at least at the Full Member, or even Senior Member. One thing also is that, learn to differentiate constructive criticism, and direct attack to you OP, and to the other newbies out there. To all of the newbies, at least try to rank up if you want to. Don't just post on Bounties section. I still believe that if you have knowledge that you can share here, you can still manage to rank up, and be out of that newbie status.

Well, Bitcoin at the time I'm posting this is below $30,000 already base on Coingecko.
Though it touched below $30,000 a few times already over the past few weeks, I still believe that there are still buyers at the $30,000 price range thus, putting the price in between the 2 prices.

Bitcoin might decrease more? I guess it will as the weeks pass by. I mean there's no catalyst that will make the price of Bitcoin increase, and probably there will be some buyers at the bottom or near to it that might sell at that price as well. The recent bump was because of Blackrock, and as to when we will expect a decision coming from SEC will take a long time. The SEC can extend 3 times before they will come up with a decision, and they can just come up with a decision as late as next year - a few months before the halving.

As for me, I expect a gradual decrease of Bitcoin in the short term, but in the long term, I still expect for Bitcoin's price to go up like everyone else here.

Sometimes, ignoring these kind of DM's is the best thing to do TBH.

I'll just share a story of mine which is the same as this one. I've received a DM from a random stranger back a few months ago, and he is offering an idea of his with regards to trading, and the reason why he DM'ed me out of nowhere is because I just shared my opinion with regards to trading. I didn't entertained him that much because he went to ask me some private information that makes me uncomfortable. A few weeks after that happen, I saw some negative trust from him because of spreading malware.

Anyway, blocking the user, just ignoring it, or simply report would be the best options for you OP. Sometimes, trusting your guts would help you as well, so if you feel that he will scam you, just ignore.

Out of all the ones you shared, this is the only one that I've experienced in my 5 years that being involved with crypto.

TBH, I consider myself lucky that I didn't fall into too much scam by these scammers because before I invested my money, I learned to identify which are scams, and which are not by watching many videos online, but mostly on Youtube. There are some videos out there that are giving tips, and signs that it's a scam. Of course I also some of the projects here that has been launched, and turned out to be a scam. Most of them happened in 2017 during the ICO hype where many projects are popping out of nowhere, and there is this one particular project back in 2017 where they put Roger Ver as one of the developers. Of course the token sale turned out to be a success, and has been listed on an not-so popular exchange, and after few months since it has been listed, the project just vanished including the money of the investors.

Rug pulls. I think you missed it.

There are many projects back in the past where they ended up as a rug pull. I still remember that time back in 2017 as well where I risked some of my money, invested into a project that is on it's token sale, and I did spent hours researching regarding this project. To cut the story short, it ended up as a scam project, and I lost my money.

It's a decision between LOYALTY and CHAMPIONSHIP.
It's a decision whether you will stay loyal to your team even though you aren't winning at title, or you go to another team in order to have a higher chance to win at a title.

Embiid has trust with the front office of Philly that's why he chooses to stay with the Sixers. On the other hand, it seems like Harden really wants to be out with the team, so I just hope that the players that Philly will get in exchange will be a good fit for Embiid. His statement regarding him staying with the Sixers will change in 3-4 years or even in 1-2 years depending on the situation of the team. I don't believe in loyalty though I've seen players who stayed with their team, and won a title like the late Kobe, Dirk, and Haslem to name a few, and this is what Embiid is believing in.

Lillard also said the same thing, but it seems like the team got worsen, and worsen to the point that he can't take it anymore thus, requested a trade to the Heat.

Force of Bitcoin? I don't know if I'm ignorant enough to not know this phrase, but it's my first time to see this phrase so pardon me if I'm a bit laughing by the time I'm posting this.

Anyway, Bitcoin will always decentralized, and that will not change. The creator has already given it to us users, and it's our turn to at least retain it at the top. I don't see Bitcoin going centralized because after all, it doesn't need one person or one authority or one group of people in order for something to be changed. If there will be changes in the Bitcoin's code, or if there will be added features, many people will need to agree with it, and that includes Miners, Developers, and many more.

There's already a huge community behind Bitcoin already, and many more will be in the future thus, it will remain decentralized. With regards to learning, even the most famous businessmen right now are still on a learning process because learning is unstoppable. Whether you're a business owner, or an investor or anything, you still need to learn because you don't know anything.

All of these are very subjective, and can't be applied to all projects.

1. Well, this is only a factor that can be applied to any project. Not transparent = red flag already. Not transparent to their investor meaning they are into something that we as investor don't want to see. I've seen many projects in the past especially when ICO is at it's hype back in 2017 where developers are just sharing some vague information regarding the question of the investor. Anyway, lack of transparency in any project (except for Bitcoin) is already a red flag.

2. How about Bitconnect back in 2017? Or the recent Terra Luna incident where they are offering 20% annual interest on the investor's deposits? They are for me unrealistic promises, and yet there are many investors who fell from it. Yes I agree that unrealistic promises is a red flag for a project especially when it's a new one, but the problem is some of the investors are falling easily to these "unrealistic promises" because they think that it's true. They're too naïve to think that these aren't true.

3. Terra Luna, Centra, FTX. These are just 3 of the project that has a huge community back when it's still on it's top. Terra Luna was I think at the top before the incident happen. My point is having a large community doesn't mean that it will not scam people. There is a huge community behind these 3 projects, and yet they still manage to scam their investors.

4. Meme coins? SHIB? PEPE? Other top 100 coins out there. There are some coins at the top 100 that clearly don't have any use case at all, and yet there are still many investors investing into them. I believe that having a use case would be a good factor, but there are projects out there that don't have any use case. Well, maybe they aren't scamming as of this moment, but maybe in a few months or years.

In the recent draft, they got 2 players. One is 6 foot 5 inches, and the other one is 6 foot 9 inches.
TBH, with how the Warriors are good with developing their young players, I think they will focus more on developing Trayce Jackson-Davis, the one that they got in the recent draft. He has the same height as Looney, and although he isn't as efficient as he is on offense base on scouting reports, he is very efficient at the rim, and I guess with how loaded the Warriors are in terms of offense, he can just focus on defense

Though I want McGee to reunite with his former team, I think that the Warriors are on the road to develop younger players that will soon carry the team if the time has come for Steph, Klay, and Draymond to play lesser minutes or retire, and they're one of the best teams right now in terms of developing younger players. They developed Poole a few years ago, and even though he played poorly last playoffs, we know that he is capable of scoring at least 15-20 PPG. Overall, I think Looney, and this rookie Jackson-Davis is enough for the Warriors already. Wait they also have Saric who is a big as well, so the Warriors now are loaded with taller players now.

It's because of injuries that's why he didn't play that much when he's on the Heat.
Not a familiar name for me, but I just hope that his injuries will not be a hinder on his NBA career.

Nowadays, threads regarding meme coins has been created out of nowhere by these newbies, and some member ranked users as well. I wonder why?
Maybe they are trying hard to hype it again? Or they're just curious on meme coins in general.

Whatever the reason is, I would suggest to stay away with meme coins in general because investing in meme coins is like throwing your money, and losing it forever. Of course it will be a different scenario if you invested into meme coins like DOGE, and SHIB, but most of the meme coins out there are either a dead coin, a scam coin, or will be an abandoned project in a few months for me. Is there any way to tell if it's good or bad? In general, all meme coins are bad, and the risk is very high compare to the rewards that you can get.

How to identify? Just stay away from meme coins FFS. There are better projects out there, and meme coins aren't the only coins out there. Those top market capped coins are better investment than meme coins. Bitcoin is a better investment than meme coins. Ethereum is a better investment than meme coins. I mean why you focus your money in meme coins where you can invest in better projects. Lesser risk, well not that high reward compare to what meme coins can give.

Well, it's funny, but it's true. I've seen newbies acting like they are experts here where they are just advising people out of nowhere.
On the other hand, I think this topic is pretty subjective (at least for me).

What if that newbie-ranked user has been lurking in this forum for years already before registering? We can still read things including rules here even though we aren't registering an account right?
What if that newbie-ranked user has been involved with cryptocurrency for let's say 5 years already? For 5 years, for sure he might know the basics of investing, and maybe the complex things about crypto.

Some might agree that newbies shouldn't teaching higher ranked users here, and that's true, but I still believe that ranks here aren't a basis whether you should share or advice people or not. Like I said, there might be some newbie ranked users out there who knows everything about crypto. Though in general, newbies really don't know anything about crypto, but they're the ones who act like they know everything which is kind of funny, and disappointing at the same time.

You know what might be the possible way for Bitcoin to reach the price that you just said. If SEC will reject Blackrock their filing of a Bitcoin spot ETF.
What are the chance of Blackrock being rejected? Out of 570+ times that they requested, they failed only 1 in the whole history of the company. On the other hand, even though Blackrock has only 1 rejection, the chances of them getting a success with the Spot Bitcoin ETF is 50/50 still.

Is that procrastination? I don't think so, but I would rather call it waiting for the perfect time to buy. The question is "Will it go down to that price?" Will it go down again? It will all depend on the decision of the SEC with regards to Blackrock's petition to file for a Spot Bitcoin ETF. I believe their decision will have a huge impact towards the price of Bitcoin not only for the short term, but in long term as well.

My price speculation before the end of the year. I'm a bit bullish with Bitcoin after what happened in the first half of the year, so my prediction is at around $45,000-$50,000, but I will not be surprised though if it goes higher than that price.

It isn't really risky at all.
It is very, very, very risky.

Meme coins come, and go. Though I believe that there will be a time in the future where Meme coins will be on hype again, most of them will not last for years because most if not all of them are just being created for the sake of scamming people. If you are thinking of investing into these meme coins, there is one word that I will say to you. "DON'T". If you are risking your money investing into something, at least not into meme coins FFS. I tried investing on a random meme coin, and lost all of it. F*ck MEME COINS!!!!!

I believe that there will be a next meme coin hype in the future, but I think that it will not be the same as what it was at first. For sure, only few investors will try to invest into these meme coins again once they got hyped because they've learned from the past 2 meme coin hypes. Those who invested, and lost money investing into it will not touch them anymore, and those who learned from the experience from somebody will also not invest into them. As for me, I will not touch them at all.