@zasad@, feeling honored for being interviewed by you. It is my pleasure to be here.
So let's start.
1. When and why did you become interested in cryptocurrencies?
I was an addicted gambler once and I was not happy with the traditional banking system which gives Central Banks all the information of our transactions. It always pinched me in my heart whenever anybody knew or can check my transactions through my statements. Then I came to know about Bitcoins through this forum while searching for a gambling dedicated forum and a friend recommended me this place and asked me to try btc to gamble in online casinos.
2. When and why did you buy your first bitcoin?
Though skeptical at first, I bought some coins in early 2014 for my gambling habits and I was lucky to win a lot those days, which turned this into a deadly combination. I sold all my btc at $600, not patient enough to wait for $1000 again.
3. How did you get on the forum?
Through one of my friends who asked me to visit this place while educating me about btc.
4.1. What prevents mass adoption of cryptocurrencies?
I think this crypto revolution took place so quickly that people who were not so technically sound were not ready to accept this technology and are still not understanding its value but just chime in for their own financial growth by looking for higher returns alone. This mentality is one main reason (which I believe) has made people blind and the slaves of old banking system. This needs to be unstripped to make them believe in crypto and see its real potential beyond financial gains.
4.2. How do you think mass advertising of gambling projects has a positive effect on the development of the forum or harms the community?
Gambling is just a thing, and it is solely our decision to gamble or not, and so it becomes our own responsibility if we win or lose. I said that to clarify that gambling cannot harm the community in any way, it is my personal view on this. Mass advertising of gambling is helping this forum for sure till some extent or signatures would have been banned already because most companies that advertise here are from gambling industry.
4.3. How do you consider whether 2-3 years of experience in cryptocurrency is enough to successfully invest or does an investor need to receive special education?
Any level of experience is less and we get to learn something new in the investment world every day. I am lucky to have seen the death of defi projects which can be seen as an example. Special education cannot teach an investor what their personal experience can do.
5. What do you think of the current Merit system and signature campaigns? Do they harm the forum?
The beauty of this forum is in merits. Something that motivates me a lot to write quality posts for the forum members as this is my passion.
No, signature campaigns help the members to do the advertisement through their work and get rewarded for their contribution to the community. Mark my words, those who are active here, like to make money while helping others. So no harm to the forum because these campaigns are the reason which draw the attention of users globally and make them come here, learn and share their thoughts every day.
6. The most useful forum topic? Most helpful users?
The most useful topic is the unofficial rules version of the forum.
Every user is useful in their area, but as it needs a specific answer, I like Yahoo, TryNinja, LoyceV, Hhampuz.
7. 3 things you would implement on the forum?
An archive button - I need an archive button to save some pages on the forum instead of going to a third party website.
Allow mods to change trust settings from a DT to another user if that user comes out to be innocent but that DT goes offline due to some reasons.
Allow gif avatars.
8. Do you trade on exchanges or invest in projects?
Trading because it is all transparent and on point, I don't invest as I don't want to risk my money into something I don't know anything about.
9. Tell a story about your big profit or big loss?
Had a position in QNT for a very long time which gave me 20 yikes my investment, that was my biggest profit.
Sold my home and gambled away the whole month, that was my biggest loss.
10. What do you think about the DEFI ecosystem?
A scam of its kind, defi will not blow your mind but it will just blow off your capital.
11. Is your anonymity a vital necessity or precaution?
As my friend was the guy who referred me here, I can't say it's a vital necessity to me. So precaution is a better option. But it is good for some people to know what are you doing, and these people need to be trustworthy for you.
12. The last cryptocurrency book you read?
I don't like reading at all.
13. Advise 3 cryptocurrencies/tokens for investment in the next 1-2 years?
BiTcoIn
bItCOiN
BITCOIN
Now you know the best cryptocurrency to invest in the next 2 years, go grab it. I do not like any other crypto except when I am gambling and btc fees blow up, I prefer xrp or ltc at that time.
14. How much will Bitcoin cost at the end of 2020?
I think $10k to $12k as it is looking stable and looks like it will hold it there.