I get a feeling that if centralized services like exchanges allow LN deposits or withdrawals we'll see more people use that. I believe the average joe doesn't have enough incentive to use LN as of now since they rely on centralized services most of the time. I pay for some services with BTC (like VPN for example) monthly and most of them also don't use LN to accept payments, so that's that. Maybe I can try to look for one but there will be other issues like trust, unreliable downtime, etc. CMIIW.

I'm not familiar with the first one but buysellvoucers do have an account in this forum IIRC. If I'm not wrong, it is this one[1]. They also have an ann thread over there but there are not many reviews[2]. I guess most people are just buying instead of selling gift cards so you don't see many reviews. I think I guess you can take a look there and ask if you do have some questions. Btw, you already made a similar thread asking about this. I think you can just bump that thread in the future instead of making a new one.

[1] https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=989661
[2] https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1884536.msg62228344#msg62228344

The theme you used looks like one of those ICO project scam websites. I also suggest you take a look and consider changing it, unless you really have a tight budget (which doesn't really convince me to use your service). Your price is cheap but other competitors exist at that same price point like Windscribe. I don't really see the point of trying your service unless you provide better features.

I don't think you want to 'invest' in USDT, maybe you mean other altcoins that have more volatility like the ETH you mentioned. If you take a look at how the market behaved in the past, I believe you can learn a thing or two about the altcoin movement when Bitcoin is pumping and then went sideways.

As others have mentioned, if you choose a more volatile alts with low supply, for example, you'll get a higher return compared to if you buy BTC. For example, some meme coins only have 1000 supply and it is priced at $1 each, so going from $1 to $10 is giving you a better return compared to BTC going from $40k to $60k if you buy it at $30k. But the risk is probably not worth it most of the time. I'd rather keep buying BTC and just use a disposable income if I want to speculate on some alts. CMIIW.

Is that even possible though? You can probably suggest or make some commits if you have some idea on how to do that. At the end of the day miners are driven by profit most of the time, that's just how the market works. If anything I believe the recent spike is just because people find a new toy and would probably stop dumping a lot of money just to print token when they realize the demand is not that high. The market will balance itself, even at the time of writing the fee is coming down gradually.

Are you referring to this website[1]? If that website is not a scam then they'll send your BTC back. I doubt a casino needs strict deposit time windows since they don't function like a marketplace unless they automatically convert your coins to fiat. I guess this fit more into the service discussion since there is nothing wrong with your transaction.

[1] https://en.ggpoker.com

They do remove some malware sites once in a while, but the fact that people managed to publish ads is definitely a problem. Even their app store is plagued with malware. Fortunately, we can just use adblocker to solve most of these issues. You should use ToR anyway if you plan to use a mixer imo.

I'm not sure how this would affect miners in general though. Aren't this mining operation owned by the state/government-related company and not individual miners? They are looking at investors, and not miners to join them if I'm reading it correctly. I don't think anything changes that much if you own a private mining business. That being said, I wouldn't be surprised if the government welcomes miners from other countries with open arms if anyone wanted to move there as long as it is profitable.

Nice tool. Btw is it possible to make the image customizable? For example, I want to add/convert the fees into USD or other fiat currency.

I also think it would be a good idea to add a simple explanation for each term to avoid confusion on the documentation link you shared above. At the time of writing, I only see the command example but no explanation for the term used.

While it shares some similarities to trading private keys, I don't think you can really be confident with random users on some marketplace giving you private keys for money. As others have mentioned, you do need some trust to use a service like that, but they were able to build that through one thing or another in this forum, which is impossible to happen for private trading private keys IMO. Not to mention other safer alternatives exist if you want to do P2P.

Not sure how you get the idea that a mixer (what you're trying to build) is hated in this community. If you take a look around you'll see many users wearing mixer signature campaigns. Also, not everyone uses mixers because their money is tainted, some of them just like privacy. If you do want to build a mixer and want some input, I believe you need to at least propose your own approach first. IIRC, Chipmixer and the latest Whirlwind did this. Nobody would willingly give you suggestions to improve your platform if you don't even know how you're gonna approach it.

I'm not sure the article you linked suggests that we can remove material from the blockchain. As far as I understand it, the author basically says that the law would not be that rigid when it comes to blockchain. People running a node share similarities with those who run a ToR exit node or something else, and nobody is going to jail just because of that. I think he brings up a good point regardless. I do believe intent does matter and the government is not stupid enough to jail people just because they run a node.

I'd rather discourage them, especially after you've mentioned many times that those VPN companies with trials available are being owned by such a shady company. I think that reason alone is enough to stay away from them regardless of your activity on the network when you're connected to their service. I'd rather be paranoid if the company I'm dealing with is proven to never cares about my privacy. Not to mention most paid VPNs offer a money-back guarantee for at least a month.

I don't recall any mixer offering something like that. You will have to make some transactions at one point or another. As for exchange services, there are many P2P options such as offline trading. If that is not possible for you then I doubt there is any other choice. Don't even try to buy private keys, they are a scam. Alternatively, you can go the roundabout way of buying physical Bitcoin or collectibles and then sell them later, or use them. CMIIW.

Are you asking this for your Bitcoin transaction routing project?

Bukannya BRC itu juga NFT gan? Ane tidak melihat adanya perbedaan BRC dengan NFT" lain, apalagi kalau melihat di marketplace yang dijual juga sama persis dari gambar, teks dst. Dengan kondisi jaringan BTC saat ini ane ragu orang dengan modal kecil bisa ikutan minting, terlebih di jaringan lain feenya jauh lebih murah. Menarik untuk dilihat nanti apakah hasil mint sepadan dengan fee yang dikeluarkan kalau alasan yang dipakai adalah karena jaringan BTC jauh lebih aman dari jaringan lainnya.

Hal seperti beberapa kali juga pernah terjadi di beberapa tahun belakangan, walau ane rasa kali ini yang paling kerasa khususnya kalau agan baru membeli/transaksi BTC akhir" ini. Agan tidak perlu terlalu khawatir, setidaknya kalau pola beberapa tahun belakangan ini terulang lagi ketika hype proyek baru reda jaringan bakal normal lagi, plus ane juga ga yakin orang yang melakukan dust attack bakal terus"an menspam blockchain kecuali mereka punya duit dan waktu yang tak terbatas. Kalaupun kondisi terburuk terjadi, solusi/soft fork untuk mengatasi masalah kaya gini juga bakal ada nantinya (agan juga bisa menggagas ide tersebut kalau agan mau).

Mungkin karena VPN yang digunakan adalah VPN yang gratisan gan. Kalau menggunakan VPN berbayar ane rasa ga bakal ada iklan yang seperti itu, malah kebanyakan VPN menyediakan blokir iklan sebagai salah satu fitur unggulan akun yang berbayar. Meskipun demikian risiko kena blokir bakal tetap ada mau pake berbayar atau tidak. Risiko lain adalah VPN yang agan gunakan juga mengamati aktivitas browsing agan tanpa disadari.

Btw itu situs Binance.me masih belum diblokir juga? Heran juga ane. Kalau tujuannya memang memblokir akses kok situs yang dengan mudahnya ditemukan di ranah publik tidak diblokir juga, padahal kan cuma alternatif domain saja.

Saran yang bagus. Walau perlindungan terbaik ya tentunya mewaspadai aplikasi/file" aneh yang dikirim ke e-mail/akun sosial media agan". Kalau malware yang menarget Windows ane rasa sudah banyak sekali gan, ga akan kaget ane kalau malware serupa menyebar di Windows dengan nama lain.

Btw, kalau agan punya HP Android mungkin ada baiknya memeriksa apakah ada update security terbaru atau tidak karena salah satu bug zero day baru saja diperbaiki beberapa hari lalu[1]. Sekilas ane baca sih banyak bug ini banyak dieksploitasi untuk menyerang HP Samsung.

[1] https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-android-updates-fix-kernel-bug-exploited-in-spyware-attacks/

Jangan lupa kalau beberapa exchange bisa saja memblokir transaksi agan, khususnya kalau agan menggunakan exchange luar negeri baik itu sig mixer ataupun gambling. Kecuali agan memang sudah mencoba langsung mentransfer pembayaran minggu" sebelumnya langsung dari input bayaran sig agan dan tidak ada masalah dari sisi exchange yang agan gunakan. Ane sendiri lebih memilih menunggu, walau sudah beberapa minggu juga tidak melakukan transaksi sebenarnya. CMIIW.

Understandable. It would be interesting if somebody test the service and make a detailed report just like how there is a paper on Bitcoin mixer. But I guess there is just not enough demand for that since altcoin mixers barely exist nowadays. CMIIW.

I see. I guess that's why they decide to go with IPFS to prevent domain takedown or something similar (CMIIW). At the end of the day, you can't really make a decent profit if your service is unused by people due to a lack of UI.