That's not the point though, is it? As you've mentioned yourself, the technology has vastly improved, which would lead to a greater number of casualties. Putin is recruiting soldiers as young as 18-20 years old, nobody deserves such fate, irregardless of what side you're on.

The point is to avoid evolving the war into a larger scale one, because soon enough, it would expand throughout the whole Europe, with huge casualties. Someone needs to pull Putin's plug.

Okay, for anyone who might be interested, I did actually fill up my details, in an attempt to receive the bonus they were offering. After approximately 2 weeks, the $5 bonus was credited into my account. Was it worth it? Meh, if you're planning to use the service, I don't see why not. They didn't ask for too many details, all the exchanges I'm using already have them, so it's not that big of a deal.

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Didn't see any topics referring to this matter, have you seen what's happening in China? The government has locked people inside their homes, forcing them to have daily testing, police is separating them into quarantine camps (more like concentration camps) if test comes out positive or if experiencing symptoms, even mild. It's astonishing, that all countries are easing measures, since it's yet to be proven whether lockdowns were actually effective, China on the other hand is adopting zero case policies.

This type of lockdown didn't even occur at the start of the pandemic, where the virus was way more deadlier than it is now, after going through numerous mutations, without having medication and vaccines, which enable us to have very limited casualties, compared to 2 years ago.

Not only is it saddening, but also suspicious, is China hiding something else, or is it just being paranoid, imposing tyranny over its citizens? Let me also point out that China has a history of lying to organizations such as WHO about the severity of such infectious diseases (same thing happened with both Covid and SARS).

What are your thoughts regarding this matter?

That's my guess too, still, the 20% isn't enough to change the poll's final result. Russia doesn't want to be bordered with NATO, however, It's very doubtful that they have the stamina nor the power to go against Finland too. On top of that, it would cause a global outrage, I highly doubt that NATO would sit watching Russia declare war to one more country. I'm honestly hoping that this situation stops soon.

I'm currently in Poland, where a large number of Ukrainians have fled in an attempt to seek shelter, this isn't right. It breaks my hurt seeing all these refugees and the bombarded cities.

The whole situation is a mess, we went through many years of financial depression in Greece, a lot of austerity measures. When things started to get better, Covid-19 hit, taking everything along its way, tourism was devastated for the past two years (last year wasn't that bad, but still quite worse compared to pre-covid levels). Now, after the immense pandemic crisis, the increased living costs due to inflation are creating huge pressure in the economy and the society.

And who said deflation is better? Trust me, people who are struggling to survive aren't going to invest money, nor the adoption of cryptocurrencies is life saving in such cases. If people are anticipating a decrease in prices, they stop purchasing non-essential goods, cutting down the demand, thus, decreasing the flow of money in the market.

Inflation has affected all of us indeed, particularly, I didn't invest any money of my salary, nor could I save 40-50% off my salary aside. With that being said, I would only hold all my earnings made via signature campaigns, but with the current condition, I'm seriously considering withdrawing half of what I'm making per month, since the cost of living has greatly increased.

Interesting, however, as the article mentions, there isn't a timetable on when that will happen. Recent polls show that 68% are in favour of joining NATO, while only 12% are against. What about the rest 20%? On top of that, we should also take into account the accuracy of the poll, which is something unknown, at least till more of them rollout.

Putin had warned about Finland since the start of the invasion, however, his army is now devastated, thus, I highly doubt he'd make another threat a reality.

There's a golden rule that applies in most cases, anything the enemy says, it's false propaganda and a rumor. While I'd take Putin's threats seriously, since he's currently invading Ukraine, he's certainly a world security threat, I highly doubt that he'd try something like that. He's already failing in Ukraine and at the same time, if something like this were to happen, the EU and NATO would probably step in to stop his advance.

That was his initial plan, however it failed miserably. It's been way over a month and I don't see light at the end of the tunnel. Anyway, Putin has indeed threatened the neighbouring non-NATO countries, however, I can't seem to find anything to backup OP's claims regarding military movement nearby Finland.

Putin's threats against non-NATO countries are nothing new, I don't believe that they will ever be fulfilled, Russia is losing the war.

What kind of vaccine did you receive? If it was the Johnson one, you're pretty much protected with one dose, if a long period of time hasn't passed since your vaccination. If it was one of the mRNA ones (such as Pfizer or Moderna), one dose isn't sufficient enough, but will still assist you in case of an infection. Good thing that you now have received both doses, I got infected in December and had minor to mild symptoms.

Excuse me for taking a long time to reply. Looking back to my post, I believe that I haven't phrased it correctly. I wanted to visit Croatia (Zadar to be exact), but there weren't any direct flights due to my location, and had to take another plane from Rome, after spending the night in the airport, while the whole trip would cost a fortune.

Would love to visit in the future, will certainly try to to visit within the year, I'll let you know if you're up to for a beer!

I'm currently in Poland, Krakow, that's why I'm not that active. So far it's great here.

My best regards to the whole community!

That's a long time ago, I don't remember how exactly I got involved in Bitcoin, but it was somewhere between 2013-2014. I was young and dumb back then, around 14-15 years old at max, with absolutely zero knowledge about cryptocurrencies. I was slowly introduced via Bitcoin faucets, gathering what seemed worthless bits back then, only to be proven wrong a few years later.

I'm on the forum since 2014, I was ignorant back then, and as an underage person, didn't have access to Bitcoin markets. I was lucky enough that some of the BTC acquired back then, was saved till now.

Good hygiene certainly plays an important role, following the Covid-19 guidelines, along with proper wear of mask severely decreases your chances of infection. However, vaccines do not promise protection from contracting the disease, but they do promise to lower the mortality rate, which has decreased greatly after they rolled out.

Vaccine complications exist, however, compared to the billion of doses that have been distributed, the percentage of complications is nearly zero.

You're in a forum named after Bitcoin, complaining about it and its price? Isn't that hilarious? Okay, it has been a bit stale the past few days, so what? People are always complaining, it crashes, people complain, it gains in value, there are still people moaning about it. There's price volatility, moaning, there isn't still moaning.

It's astonishing that people always expect to be earning from massive upward moves, but end up disappointed because their bubble was just burst.

While I get your point, the virus isn't as dangerous as it was when it first came out, due to mutations, its illness is pretty mild for the majority of people. However, my opinion states that the vaccine is a way to minimise risk in case of infection. While most people will develop mild symptoms (including myself when I was infected), there's still a small chance of developing severe illness.

For instance, the mother of a friend of mine, aged 54, unvaccinated, died after contracting the disease. She was perfectly healthy, no underlying health conditions. Her health quickly deteriorated and was put in an ICU, but to no avail.

Good detective work.

Chances are, it's an abandoned wallet since the dawn of Bitcoin, perhaps someone who sold/lost his personal files/HDD and no longer has access to the wallet. Whether we like it or not, this simple scenario could be the most dominant one.

It has recent transactions, is the address actually being used by someone or are there people who simply dispose their coins to a random address?

That's what I also believe, on the one hand, Putin could potentially use nuclear weapons, to contradict the fact that he's losing the war, while on the other hand, that would not only be disastrous for Ukraine, but for the whole world, which would lead to a series of bombing, leading to a devastated, uninhabitable world.

No point in stocking up on iodine pills, there are people who actually need them, taking a single pill won't revert that the world would be destroyed after a nuclear attack, thus the living conditions would be that terrible, that iodine and radiation will be the least of your problems.

Certainly, the market has been awful the past few weeks, my DeFi investment is going downhill, like the rest of the market, showing little to no recovery for days.I don't expect to ever fully pay off the debt we own, things were going quite better before Covid-19 hit though, now we're at rock bottom again, at least we're not alone now. Definitely, there are countries with worse figures, however, it's pretty hard to compare who's in the worse position, unless we take into account living costs and minimum wage, something which is severely low here, compared to other countries.

P.S I was to visit Croatia next week but couldn't find affordable tickets from my area (I live on an island), I really hope I could visit next time, Zadar and all the Adriatic islands are extraordinary.

Covid-19 might be gone, however, there's no guarantee that a new infectious disease doesn't appear in the upcoming years. Overpopulation, poor hygiene in several parts of the world, pollution, globalization are some possible causes for such diseases. Let's take into account that the Spanish Flu was spread throughout the world due to mass transportation of soldiers, while the terrible living conditions during the war may have contributed to the emergence of such an infectious disease, which quickly turned into a pandemic.