OP though is pretty legit. I think we have a lot of discussion about this. But still, people just think about profits in fiat. Because they bought at a high price literally he lost his portfolio in USD. We can't exclude this thought as well, the reason is when we buy Bitcoin need to pay in fiat. So the calculations of fiat come automatically. They become panic and start selling, so that is how they become a loser. No loss for holders, we love Bitcoin for volatility from where we make money. Holders will gain eventually.

I am not getting what is the connection between merit and trust. If a person is bad doesn't mean the religion is bad by the way. Admin is quite flexible when it comes to sending merits. So I don't think this is merit abuse or necessary to create a thread about that. Red trusted users also would receive merits because red trust doesn't mean he can't make a good post. Red trust means he abuses the trust system somehow. I respect all religion personally. So don't be jealous.

Interesting title lol. We know the reason for Bitcoin's popularity and that is volatile. We are making profits by taking advantage of the volatile. So it will exist until Bitcoin exist. Why I am saying that is because a lot of institutional investors entered Bitcoin and they are accumulating at a low price. The current situation is quite bad if you compare it with ATH. But good if you compare it with a historical price. So we may see a bounce back anytime if it doesn't collapse below $20K. And I believe Bitcoin won't die at all.

It happened previously. Many altcoins haven't broken previous ATH although Bitcoin broke a couple of times. But it doesn't mean we shouldn't invest in major altcoins. Even if it doesn't break ATH but it would multiply your investment. Right now investing in altcoin is quite risky due to Bitcoin volatility. The total market is shaky now. We don't know when the market will collapse more than right now. So I won't agree with your all points.

Investing in altcoin right now is quite risky. And meme coin is at more risk. You would lose your total portfolio. Bitcoin movement is unpredictable right now, so at any time market would collapse more. Altcoins are dumped because of Bitcoin, it's not new, you may select Bitcoin or some other potential and solid altcoin for investment. I won't invest in a meme coin which hasn't been listed in Binance.

It's pretty simple math mate, double offer=scam. Ask yourself and get answers from inside, is there any money-making machine that could make your investment double within a short time. Even a legit business can't give you double profit, so how they will give this in a short time. This is a very old scam method around the crypto world. Don't believe any site or Youtubers who offer a double Ponzi scheme.

Users have freedom of speech here, so doesn't necessary to delete or lock thread what others say. People blame because of some merit hunters. But that doesn't mean all user's hunts merit celebration posts. Also, it doesn't necessary to create another topic as well. Just let them speak what they want. If you can't ignore criticism then you may just keep locking the thread. Doesn't necessary to move in the archive or delete.

No one can advise you in these circumstances. You are the one who can decide. The market is quite volatile right now and it's quite impossible to predict right now. A lot of FUD coming outs at the moment and marketing going down day by day. Bitcoin was stable to 30K zone for a few days now playing around 20K zone. We won't able to accumulate the exact bottom always, you have to be lucky enough for that. If I had enough money now, I would accumulate at the current price. Because it seems to me a good zone to buy even not the bottom.

Who cares to whom really? Even if it's in real life. Everyone is selfish and greedy when it comes to money. And cryptocurrency is digital money for us. Someone losing on the other hand someone gaining. Everyone thinks about their own profits by the way. So yes, money uncovering our evil sides, just not crypto. A human can do anything for money, not only for crypto.

I like the idea, this should prevent somehow but not sure if this is possible. Because there will be a couple of issues when implementing something to prevent bumps for lock topics.

1. Disable the bump option permanently for the locked topic. This means if a user locks a topic for a one-time bump option will be disabled forever. But still, the user can bump using a new reply.

2. If disable bump the topic even make a new reply for a locked topic then we will have another issue. Locked means this topic shouldn't discuss longer. But maybe sometimes we need to unlock the topic for some reason. So in case of that, we will lose the right to bump the topic.

Although the idea is good, I don't think the admin is going to take any action. That's why DT Network exists on the forum to prevent or tag scammers.

Asking for documentation or a payment slip that was deposited in 2013 is a stupid attempt. At that time weren't many formalities to buy Bitcoin and I don't think someone will save any kind of slip. They could do some other kind of verification related to the account. Don't give up bro. Start a fight with them and ask clearly what they need. Start writing their social media and try to find an exchange owner. If everything fails then do a press release. I think they won't ruin their reputation for 7 BTC anyway.

And take a lesson from here, don't store your assets on Centralized exchanges or wallets. User non-custodial wallets or hardware wallets to secure your funds for the future.

The answer is quite simple, one can predict perfectly the current market situation. You may notice when the bear market comes, many haters criticize Bitcoin or cryptocurrency. It's just a try to create a FUD and a little try to prove the truth. But what happens always? We see bull again and a lot of good news comes together. This is crypto and pump dump always will exist. That's the reason actually why people live crypto. We can't ignore the truth.

No worries if the government ban crypto, use decentralized exchange and wallet to secure your funds and privacy. My government does not allow trading or holding crypto. But still, we survive. Using p2p or black market when we need to make it cash. So you have to do the same. Binance helps us with that for the p2p trade. Otherwise, we have no choice except to black-market though there is a risk of getting scamms.

It's possible also Bitcoin's current movement is unpredictable. I have seen on a Telegram group where people saying someone from NASDAQ predicts Bitcoin's bottom will be $13K. Although I don't believe it, but it's possible. Because everything is possible in crypto. But my personal opinion is the bottom would be $15K for Bitcoin and we can expect corrections from that points.

Have you exchanged any DMs on the forum? How have you made the deal and sent the funds? Post it here if have forum chat history and transaction id, so we might take a look at that. Based on current evidence hard to tag though I am assuming it was a scam. Why should you trust random users without good trading history? Why you hadn't used the escrow service? A lot of scammers around the forum, just be careful and learn from the mistakes.

This isn't work station that we should regret when workers leave the forum. Forum contributors don't care about the bounty campaigns nor leave the forum for bounty spam. We can't prevent creating alts even implementing KYC verification and IP restrictions. Farmers know very well how to skip restrictions.

This is the hard time for traders, not for HODLERS. Because traders lost funds due to fall price, but hodlers just hodling. Yea, I am one of them. Because when I buy something the whole market starts to dump and dump more. So I moved my assets to Ledger Nano, which means I am not gonna sale my assets before making a handsome profit. And yea, this is the time to accumulate some sats or alts. We don't know where is the bottom or ever we will see it or not.

Decentralization and regulation are conflicts with each other. Bitcoin is true Decentralization and it won't control by anyone. If the government wants to regulate, it may regulate centralized exchanges and wallets. This is something that should consider as crypto regulations. Otherwise, I don't see how the government will control non-custodial wallet transactions. It's not possible to find the address owner from the non-custodial wallet.

Trading volume is a fact when you are choosing an altcoin for trading. But it doesn't indicate you should be involved with the trade. If there is no trading volume that means no one buying or selling, it's a kind of dead token. If the trading volume is high due to selling pressure like what happened to Luna, then it's highly risky. If the candle is green and trading volume is high that means you might consider trading. But it doesn't mean you can make a profit, the price would dump at any time. It's crypto and always risky.

Projects come here to promote their project with worthless tokens, and hunters are here to earn these tokens. But the actual story is different, project come for free marketing and increase social media activity. Hunters buy social media followers and spam around. So it's become very common things to not pay hunters or the project itself is a scam. So yes, the whole bounty section is just full of spam. I don't visit that section if no urgency.