Today I was so glad because I was stressed free all because of Bitcoin.
To cut long story short, I went to pay the hospital bills of my younger brother who has been in the hospital for about 1 week now and I have to pay the sum of 500.000.00 naira based on no cash in my country ( Nigeria ) you will have money in your bank account but you can't withdraw from any Fiat bank. So there's scarcity of money in the country for now. So based on that I asked the  doctor if I can pay the hospital bills with Bitcoin and he said yes. So I was surprised based on my first experience paying bills with Bitcoin. To cut long story short letter That's day I paid 0.046591 BTC
I will say Bitcoin is going so far it's hitting it's target.
If people starts using Bitcoin as form of payment in there businesses it's will reduce stress.
Why do I say it will reduce stress?
Because you won't be counting fisical cash anymore and you don't have to carry any money to the bank.
So please you guy should try and stork Bitcoin because very soon it will be used as form of payment in all businesses.

Transaction has been 2hours now and not confirmed

Inflation rapidly increased this year. Basic food stuffs like egg, oil for cooking, meat, and fish here in our country almost doubled compared to its price last year. I'm wondering if it's possible that the price of commodities will return to its previous years. If so, how or what will cause it to happen. It's just scary to think that our money continues to depreciate over the years. Will there be a time that will come where average earners like me won't be able to afford a basic life anymore.

fuck i hate bitcoin, every other crypto does transactions in second, but this shithole coin take 10$ fees if you want trasaction confirmed same time. Fuck this nigger coin, last time im using this shit

  Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency that no has the capability to predict it's rise or fall.
   

I am beginning to have a doubt that Bitcoin cannot go to a higher price just like the previous year.
  

Cause Bitcoin is determined by the number of people in the digital market.

Just like the higher the number of people that purchase Bitcoin the lower it's price and for it price to go higher it requires some Bitcoin investors, traders and miner's to withdraw some percentage of their Bitcoin. So I still have the doubt of Bitcoin shooting higher  just as we are expecting in 2024.

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Energy usage of bitcoin is high enough as it is and should be reserved for more worthwhile applications. Transferring around monkey jpegs and/or porn images on the network is a pointless waste of energy. The congestion and bloat this would create will lead to higher fees for users, clog and slow the network with useless traffic that can potentially compromise security with overcomplexity and bloat. Bitcoin should remain true to its core mission and principles-- the most sound money ever created and greatest store of value.

Once you try to be too many things and try to please everyone, you just become another stupid altcoin.
Leave the idiots to play around with their ethereum and solana, monkey pics, etc.

Try contacting them, but there's a decent chance that they won't provide you with a specific reason and will simply answer with a script reply and refer you to their Terms of Service, which is likely to mention that they have every right to close your account at any time. Was your account completely verified? Have you received anything prior to that? You've at least been offered to withdraw your balance; some other exchange or service could have probably seized your money and blamed you for an unreasonable reason.

Unfortunately, this is subject to happen at any time since most centralized services claim in their TOS that they have every right to close your account without having to provide you with a valid reason.

Since the war between Russia and Ukraine has begun, hundreds of thousands of Russians are leaving Russia and moving in another countries. I hope it's clear that majority of these people who leave Russia are educated and/or rich, i.e. the people who are the brain and drive Russia.

One of the most popular destinations for them are Kazakhstan, Georgia and Armenia.

Kazakhstani Tenge has gained 15% against the dollar since the start of Russia - Ukraine war.
Georgian Lari has gained 38% against the dollar since the start of Russia - Ukraine war.
Armenian Dram has gained 35% against the dollar since the start of Russia - Ukraine war.

Food prices in Armenia are partially decreased compared to last year
I can't find legit information about what's happening in Kazakhstani and Georgia but from my quick investigation, it seems that prices are dramatically increasing in these countries despite the fact that Kazakhstani gained 15% and Georgia gained 38% dominance against the dollar.

Is anyone here from these three countries? What's going on there? Did the wave of mostly rich Russian immigrants positively affected your country?

You should have stated how risky arbitrage/matched betting is and warned gamblers properly as I mentioned earlier op. Some people clearly don't know much about it and could end up getting limited in some markets or losing their accounts.

Pinny/Betfair won't limit accounts, but crypto books will 100% do it once they find out that you are arbing. Tip: Do your research people!

As I see very negative attitude in this thread, I am not sure should I even continue this thread.
Is there any interest in this ?

IS IT POSSIBLE TO MINE BITCOIN IN LOPTOP PLZ TELL ME THE PROCESS?PLEASE TELL ME THE PROCESS.

Bitcoin halving is characterised by price boom and this is a general believe of some bitcoiners and members of this forum.
My greatest fear is; what if 2024 halving comes and go without any kind of bull run? Don't you think that there will be a serious problem and panic in the industry?
This is because 2024 halving is the greatest available hype that can move the market. Besides that, I don't see any possible wave that can move Bitcoin to a new ATH. Unless US government will have to make BTC a legal tender.

Last time, there was a big guy feeling me up before departure, but that's about it.
And when I come back they like to see if they can tax me on something, but my laptop is old.

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One of the biggest difficults in life is to manage growing your patrimony and income, when earning minimum wage and living in poor areas where opportunities are scarce, as is the money circulating in the local economy. Some hints that could be useful:

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Get rid of addictions/habits: addictions or habits (in mild cases) are harmful not only for your health, but also for your finances. Cigarettes and alcohol are responsible for consuming a large portion of the income from individuals living on minimum wage. It's not that unsual to find people spending at least 1$ on cigarettes daily, what after 1 month will result in 30$ expenses, which could be going into bitcoin investment, for an example.

Choose carefully where you go shopping: some supermarkets are more expensive than others. Shopping on physical stores is more expensive than shopping online. Don't go for the first price you see on the labels. Search for promotions, try to adequate your demand for products to your currently financial budget in a way you don't spend all your money in the end of the month.

The impression which matters is the one you have about yourself: forget about boasting yourself to friends and suitors around. Live a realistic life and don't pretend to have a superior lifestyle in order to make people's eyes shine in front of you. There is nothing wrong in displaying some style, it's actually pretty good and satisfactory, but only when we can really afford it.

Doesn't matter how depressing is your day, never give up: everyone has their depressing days, but these days can't become a rule in someone's life. Don't feel pitty of yourself, don't blame your life and your currently conditions. Think it's just temporary and that an exit from this situation is reachable with good will, effort, hard work and a positive attitude with people around you. Sometimes opportunities come from where you least expected, so be receptive to the society in general, while being careful with potential abusers of every kinds.

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Step by step you are going to improve your financial status, be patient and determined. Good luck!

My account was self excluded for a year, 48 weeks left. Support told me that I have to wait for 48 weeks to be able to withdraw my funds. I guess I will wait

Lets not be so gloomy, I know my previous comment was and some other posts too.
But this could all be a good thing that previous bull run was cut short abruptly and we entered a bear market with multiple crashes. There could be an accumulated demand specially with the way economy has failed we could see more people thinking about hedging against their failing unlimited supply fiats and cause a much bigger rise than the cycle before last. 

Is there such a thing being developed and kept updated? What I mean is a distro that comes with preinstalled software that you would need for any Bitcoin related business (full node software like Core, another lightweight software like Electrum, all libraries pre-installed, Tor, some other useful tools and everything else declutted)

I ask this because if you were to for instance land in another country, and you needed to install everything from scratch, it would take a ton of time. If you could have everything in an .iso more or less ready to run, you would just get your laptop (which you wiped before crossing any borders) and install your linux Bitcoin distro, and leave it there installing everything while you chill on your hotel's swimming pool or something. After a while everything is ready so you just enter your passphrase or recover your wallet.dat which you temporarily left somewhere in the cloud encrypted and get your coins ready.

I know Tails has Electrum but it doesn't have Bitcoin Core. It also has a ton of stuff I don't need and Electrum is always outdated.

The idea would be a minimalist setup, with some sort of system that automatically downloads, verifies and compiles the required software and libraries during the installation process.

we all have our own decision about when and how we conduct or gambling activities , while you are looking for registered sites , I am for those who had been running for long time even if they are or not registered because that way I am more sure of their activities and their behavior as people will tell you who they are and not just because they have license that sometimes caring about nothing as they can still manage to scam players.