According to OP's linked article, that claim was originally dismissed, but the court of appeal decided that there will be a trial.
No idea what are the implications of the mentioned 16 devs to just ignore it completely. I don't understand why he filed a claim in a UK court in the first place. As far as I know, not many of the influential devs are UK based.

And what's his endgame? There is zero chance he will get access to any of those addresses. Is he just abusing the legal systems to harass devs (vexatious litigation) in hopes that would somehow pump his BSV coin? I don't get it.

Since I can't get a clear answer in this thread and there are plenty of mixed messages on whether the site has any active Customer Support or not, I just decided to ask them directly by submitting the ticket on the site.
Let's see how long it'll take them to reply and if they'll reply at all. I'll keep you posted.

That's childlike thinking. There are no good guys in a game of geopolitics. The damage caused by "the West" i.e. in the Middle East alone is far greater than what Russia did to Ukraine so far. We don't have much of a moral high ground here if you consider e.g. a number of civilians killed in the invasion of Iraq (under a completely made-up pretext), sponsoring of ISIS and branches Al-Qaida in an attempt to destabilize Syria, igniting the "spontaneous" Arab Spring, etc.
Even in terms of the situation in Ukraine, US knew very well that Russia will have to respond to the 2013 west-sponsored coup as they couldn't afford to lose Crimea, as it's of strategic importance to them.

We're all just worthless pawns to them.

Yeah, looks like that's what they're doing. Gensler released a short, 3min video on twitter yesterday:

https://twitter.com/GaryGensler/status/1623777842000539648


Seems like they're focused on centralised exchanges (or similar platforms) offering staking as a service, and not necessarily after any tokens that use proof of stake, at least not yet.
And to be fair, they hinted many times in the past that some crypto activities fall under securities rules, so it's not like there was no warning at all.

Sorry to hear that, hope he's better now.
Has he posted any updates since then?
Do people get any responses to customer support tickets?


That's a rather silly approach. He's the one who started this ANN thread after all. If he, or another site's representative, doesn't want to engage on this forum, that's perfectly fine, but simply updating the first post with a simple message like: "This thread is bo linger monitored. For any queries, please submit a ticket in Support and Contact" etc. It's just cuts off any speculations and that's just a basic communication really.

Yup.

Rally officially cancelled. Biden is Choke Pointing the sh*t out of BTC:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/billybambrough/2023/02/09/us-accused-of-trying-to-quietly-ban-bitcoin-ethereum-and-crypto/?sh=711fb8616403

I wouldn't panic. It's never the jobs we expect that get automated at first.
Not that long ago everyone thought that "creative" jobs would be safe from automation, and looks like they were proven wrong.

Similarly, there was a big talk a few years back about truck drivers getting replaced by self-driving trucks. Result - fewer people pursuing truck driving qualifications, a shortage of drivers, existing drivers getting paid much more than before, and self-driving trucks are still not here.

But it's good to have an alternative skill set as a backup or just a plan B.

It's not that simple. After Feb 2022, there are multiple sanctions and restrictions also on Russian individuals. If you're Russian and don't have any foreign citizenship, you might struggle to even get a tourist visa to any of the western countries, not to mention moving there permanently.
According to visaguide Russian passport holders are no longer allowed to even enter Czechia, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland.
And if you happen to somehow get allowed to stay in any of the developed countries, transferring your wealth from Russia to the west can pose a whole lot of problems.

But with enough money, you can still live a pretty luxurious life even in countries considered to be poor. In fact, it may even be more enjoyable.

Hmm, that kind of brings up a question: If the mathematical edge is on your side  (i.e. you own the casino), is it still gambling? In a way, your profit is still dependent on the luck factor even know you're likely to be in green in the long run.

But yeah, if you have a full-blown, established casino with a lot of drunk players - you'll be doing great. But things are not always that rosy i.e. for the ones invested in the sites' bankrolls (like some bitcoin dice sites still offer), with a small HE it can take a very long time to make a profit.

You're stating "effort" as the key factor to be considered but you haven't really attempted to explain why is it important.

Let's say you need technical advice on running a node and post a question on this forum. You get 2 replies:
- one from an experienced, technical guy, who knows the subject thoroughly, and provides a spot-on answer effortlessly in a couple of seconds.
- one from a well-meaning newbie, who doesn't have any knowledge but puts a lot of effort and time into researching and reading to produce a reply. Unfortunately, the sources he used were outdated and his advice was essentially useless.

Which reply is of higher value to you or to the forum in general? Still effort > content?

If that's not enough, more exaggerated example: if I post AI-generated content, but in doing so, I'd be standing on my head and using my feet to operate the mouse and keyboard - would it make a difference? It would cost me a tremendous effort after all.

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If we are to ban AI posting it shouldn't be because of an "effort" but because of a lack of human element. We don't want a situation where the forum is dominated by AI conversing with itself. It's meant for humans after all. Plus, it could distort the perception of reality, i.e. produce a false sense of consensus, where hundreds of allegedly different users are actually powered by the same source. It could deprive the forum of unique human perspectives and opinions etc. That's the reasoning I'd be happy to accept.

My point is simple: if the post is of good quality, substantial and contributes to discussion then why should we care how was it created? Does it make any difference really.
And on the flipside - if the posts are spammy and bring zero value, should we treat them differently if they were written by a real person?

I don't have a definite answer and just thinking out loud. I think we all have immediate thoughts that AI generated posts should be banned, but how are we going to rationalise it if the quality is not bad?


Sadly, me agreeing or disagreeing is irrelevant. Automation of work (of almost all kinds) seems inevitable at this point. We can only try to delay it. Hope I'm wrong though.

Yeah, if you visit some old threads, there are plenty of inactive members with old signatures, often advertising businesses that no longer exist. It's almost like a trip to a museum lol


There are no withdrawals issue, so using the site to play with small amounts is probably safe. I wouldn't invest or deposit any larger amounts. Not until either LL or zodiac show some signs of life.
Shame, because it takes zero effort just to make some update once a month or two, or just simply say that this topic will no longer be monitored.

I couldn't agree more. Pushing Bitcoin as some sort of one and only true form of money, reeks of fanaticism and instinctively pushes people away. It should be shown as an example of a decentralized alternative to fiat, but we have to remember it's an experiment that has a risk of failing.


It's getting much harder than it may seem. When I was a kid, cash was a primary form of payment, I associated money with coins and notes and the concept was easier to grasp. For children born and raised in a primarily cashless environment, it's much harder to associate money with anything tangible and they have to learn of money as a more abstract concept, which is probably more difficult to comprehend.
Similar thing with savings - what used to be true, i.e. encouraging long-term saving, is not necessarily a good advice in a situation of high inflation and low rates on saving accounts.

I don't think I've seen any, but it makes sense to wear one if you're not enrolled in any campaign. If you spike it with referral links and maybe if you're invested in BitVest's bankroll - potential long-term profits (if you're lucky) could exceed of whatever peanuts they were paying 

Thanks for sharing your experience, but I was considering trying my luck and becoming a merchant myself, so was more interested in how things look from a seller's perspective (in terms of risks, profit, and time commitment).
For buying, I can still use a bank transfer, although it's becoming a bit difficult as more and more UK banks are blocking transfers to crypto exchanges. So who knows, maybe I'll be forced to use P2P for buying as well in a near future.

So apparently people came up with a witty idea of bypassing chat gpt's "woke" bias and politically correct censorship with a "DAN" mode. The most popular circulating prompt goes like this:


I've seen some really hilarious DAN's responses posted, but I think they've already "patched" it up and neutered it. Sad. We really need an open-source version of this, especially when there are rumours that they will hide it behind a paywall at some point.

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There are quite a few AI detectors available (as posted earlier in this thread). I'm not sure on what ground would they consider using AI as abuse. If posts were spammy and lacked any value, they should've just not paid for such, and maybe even kick out those participants, whether or not they used AI.
But if the posts were of decent quality - they should've paid for them up to the point of introducing new rules.

It's already becoming a big problem at all levels of education and beyond. Apparently, AI is already good enough to write convincing research papers that are good enough to fool scientists.

Chat gpt was released only a little over 2 months ago and there are already plenty of articles confirming the problem. Few examples:
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/research-summaries-written-by-ai-fool-scientists/
https://www.insider.com/artificial-intelligence-bot-wrote-scientific-paper-on-itself-2-hours-2022-7
https://thefordhamram.com/89756/news/chatgpt/

The education system will have a very hard time tackling this issue, especially public education which is always slow in making any improvements and adapting to new realities.
Some universities in Australia already decided to return to pen-and-paper style exams:
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jan/10/universities-to-return-to-pen-and-paper-exams-after-students-caught-using-ai-to-write-essays

Na kopaniu się nie znam więc ci nie pomoge, ale wiem że na kopaniu ETH na pewno nie zarobisz bo od czasu "merge'a" ETH przeszedł na proof of stake i już się go po prostu nie kopie.

p.s. wątek chyba bardziej pasuje tutaj: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=164.0

First of all, if you can save up 60% of your income, you're already doing very well (or you live with your parents).

But the advice to "save" fiat money has become obsolete when saving accounts could no longer offer interest rates above inflation.
Sure, every responsible should have some liquid, easy-to-access reserve to cover at least a few months' worth of living expenses, but if you don't like to see your hard-earned money lose its value, you're forced to invest it somehow.