After going from link to link I've stumbled upon this one, which might be the source code for nostr console app. I don't know Dart and didn't really look into those files, so maybe somebody else can confirm:
https://github.com/vishalxl/nostr_console


Um... I have a feeling that bitcointalk is just fine for many bitcoiners. So why bother with nostr?

I think that even more important than knowing the actual seed is knowing where it is and how to retrieve/use it in case of problems.
While my wife is using freely my cards, she is superstitious and avoids the discussions about the backup seed of my Ledger. Luckily she knows the PIN on it too.

But I expect that in many cases the people here have their own bitcoins, in some cases their partners don't even know about those (the equation might be different after marriage though).

Central African Republic has adopted Bitcoin as legal tender. I think it was in April.
Of course, 2-3 more words about it could have been nice in the nomination.

While I admire that you've put some effort in creating this, you seem to have forgotten to check if this information is already present.
And from what I know, these two topic already seem to cover that, in a way or another:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5230289.0
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5416294.0

However, maybe indeed a topic like this was needed in B&H too after all...

Si eu am facut acelasi lucru, dar stiindu-te "mai" colectionar (chiar daca nu e corect gramatical), am crezut ca poate te intereseaza pe tine. Fiind 1/16 sansele erau chiar bune.


Wow. In primul rand sunt prea lenes pentru un asemenea efort (desi clar, in timp s-ar renta extraordinar dpdv financiar) si in al doilea rand mi-ar fi frica sa tin in casa ceva atat de scump (si valoros!).

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In complet alta ordine de idei, ca un fel de reamintire, poate ca ar fi util sa redeschizi topicul cu meritele de oferit de Sarbatori in sectiunea romaneasca.

Cloud mining was in 2022, like in the few past years too, a shiny wrapping over Ponzi scams in order to lure people who don't understand mining into depositing money into their scam.
So:
1. Cloud mining topics have nothing to do with mining, hence no reason to stay in the mining area.
2. So called cloud mining were profitable for the scammers and unprofitable for the rest.

All this being said, did you ever use a cloud mining website in 2022 and managed to withdraw? And if you didn't, what are you talking about?!

The best place is probably the casino you prefer. And nowadays there are options to choose from.
Since I wear Betnomi avatar, I guess that it's not unnatural to show you that Betnomi too offers e-sports betting:

While own or family health issues are probably the cases that fit best in the scenario of selling (especially "no matter what"), not everybody on this forum is on the "never sell" boat.
Not everybody have invested only some of the extra money into Bitcoin. Some even earn bitcoin and sell (some more, some less) to support themselves.

So was your question meant only to the hardcore HODLers or you've missed some of the other cases?

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If you try to use CAD and other non-USD, non-EUR currencies, you will most probably face not only the problems of the token's price, also problems with different quotations for USD-CAD (or other currency).

CMC and CoinGecko get info from various exchanges and various pairs. They may or may not care of your exchange. They may even care about the reported volumes to make certain exchanges' price be more meaningful (weighted average).
Of course, the average between sell and buy price is the basis in all cases.
Then, as I said, depending on what they use for converting to CAD, the differences can get even bigger.


Nothing spectacular. It simply means that with some luck and by looking up the right moment and the right exchange, you may buy cheaper or sell more expensive than you do at your local exchange.
This is what arbitrage is made for - some traders try to even earn money from such differences. But you're at the middle, and if the spread is not too big at your exchange then you're fine.

However, I'd warn that arbitrage is risky - from getting onto unknown exchanges with issues at deposits or withdrawals to slow blocks making the difference disappear by the time your money arrive to the right exchange - so be careful if you go on that path.

Let's say you want to exchange between BTC and ETH (the default at changenow).

My guess would be:
* They have in their wallets some BTC and ETH. They also have at a certain (or more than one) exchange some coins - both ETH and BTC.
* When your bitcoins were sent and the required confirmations have passed, their system will:
   1. Exchange that amount (maybe minus some fees) at the exchange
   2. Send you (from their wallets, not from exchange's) the promised amount.

At a later point, they will "equalize" the funds by transferring to/from exchange as needed.


But this is my guess. What they actually do there, I don't know.

As already said, the price may differ from exchange to exchange, there's no global bitcoin price.

If you want historic prices, Kraken offers them, just it's not straightforward to use them - for example the date-time seems to be in Unix format, not in human readable one, plus Q4 2022 is not available yet, however, maybe this helps too. It's basically all the transactions and their timestamp. More accurate than you need. But, again, that's only one exchange.

https://support.kraken.com/hc/en-us/articles/360047543791-Downloadable-historical-market-data-time-and-sales-

I guess that it's the XBT pairs you'll need, in case you go on this path.

Ohoo, interesting, thank you!
My second entry, if permitted, would be:

99 - NeuroticFish

If you want to see if/how can you do this legally, a good direction could be to ask Binance's support about this.
If you want to do this, probably going through VPN or remote desktop to your computer in Turkey would be the solutions... until Binance people figure this out.

Learn some patience, they'll die off soon enough; and report them where's the case (duplication or low quality posts).
I am no longer convinced that all these topics in Meta are genuine concerns either. But maybe I start to become too paranoid...

The fact bitcoin will be so difficult to earn should make the price go significantly higher.
The fact LN and maybe similar solutions will be used on a larger scale may make tx fees even go lower.

So imho comparing the block reward with the tx fees is useless/counterproductive. I think that block reward + tx fees should be compared with the fiat cost of mining a block, and then we would see how much one Bitcoin worth.
Of course, various modifiers have to be taken into account, from the more performant machines by then to many more using very cheap energy from the sun. Also don't forget the inflation of fiat.
But that's all. I don't understand why you've tried to overcomplicate the equation, but I see no problem with block reward going lower than the tx fees, even though I expect that happen significantly later than your predicted time frame.

Most people lack the capability to properly take care of their coins. Also they were taught by the banks for so many years to keep their money in others' hands, they can't think it can be done better (plus they don't understand that unlike in the case of EU banks, if a CEX falls nobody will reimburse them).
And most people are too cheap to buy a hardware wallet.
I will add that there are also probably a very big number of day traders that can have a chance to earn only if they do keep money there.

While I do agree that people should get their money into their own custody, it's not an easy task and I don't expect it to happen fast, no matter how many MtGox and FTX happen.


The risks are preached mostly by the people who didn't use DEX.
I think that there's a learning curve, I think that people need to be taught, but if you start with "despite the risks" you've already lost them.


I think that the benefits of self custody need to be said a lot more, but also people should become aware that if they are not tech savvy, self custody probably means hardware wallet.
On this topic I'd say that the hardware wallets getting cheaper would probably help.

It's not about blindness, it's more about greed, lack of understanding properly what they see and also impatience.
People want to get money - fiat money - very fast, as much as possible. They don't understand all these details, they don't even care about them. Heck, they don't understand nor care about bitcoin either! Of course then that way too many want a "bitcoin account", no matter that this means an account in a CEX that may fail tomorrow. All they want is to get fast to a little slice of this pie.

Yes, bitcoiners too make the mistake of using CEX sometimes. But that's a different story and the scale is smaller. There the problems might start with poorer countries and less options available and continue with the (bad) habits and laziness. Still, I think that this happens at a rather small scale.


You've just proven my point. So many coins. Greed*. I am almost sure you don't know well enough most of those. Because if you'd know, you'd notice that those "so many coins" are just a distraction, just a curtain of smoke preventing you see what makes sense to follow and what not. But why do that when you can trade/gamble between a lot of interesting names, hoping to get some easy money?
(* Please don't get offended, everybody is greedy to a certain point; of course, including myself.)

That's correct. There are various variation from the rule. Still the main Martingale is doubling.


Actually the fact we try to make one bet more meaningful, the fact we think that at a certain point there's a bigger chance to see high value or low, is imho a mistake. The random generator doesn't care what was the previous number. And all this makes "the technique" wrong. At least this is how I see it.
Am I wrong?

Online/web wallets can be a pain in the ass. From errors they may have, to phishing and the possibility the wallet becomes malicious itself. I'd avoid them.
There's another problem I see there: you have not only bitcoin, but a mix of coins. For Bitcoin it could have been easier: you generate a (paper?) wallet and you're already good; but 4 (paper?) wallets can become overly confusing.

For BTC, ETH and LTC, one easy and safe way would be a hardware wallet. XMR I don't know which hardware wallet supports it correctly, I had some surprises with XMR and Ledger, but I don't know if it was my lack of knowledge or they've changed too something (luckily I've moved the coins away as advised by somebody, but at recheck after the last XMR fork, my Ledger has returned different address to me).

So without XMR, Ledger + Leger Live is the easiest option. I don't know if you want to also invest in a hardware wallet, so I won't continue; if you want to invest maybe you find something more reputable than Ledger for the job.

If the amounts are not big and you are tech savvy, maybe you configure a bootable USB stick with a Linux on it, with an Electrum, with Monero official wallet configured with a list of live servers, and maybe you find SPV / simple options for ETH and LTC too...

It's not an advise to use it, however, all in one could be Trust wallet. Still not online/web, even more, not even open source, still, it supports multiple coins (I don't know which) and afaik it's self-custody. Keep in mind that it's owned by Binance.