That's a possibility ^{[direct involvement of the government or even the corrupt officials that accept bribes]}, but I think most of this percentage belongs to the actual miners that have underground farms and from the following year-old article, you can see some of their ways for remaining under the radar: Inside China’s underground crypto mining operation, where people are risking it all to make bitcoin ^{[refer to "Running an illegal crypto mine" and "Techniques to stay undetected" sections]}

I don't mean to brag, but despite answering a single question it insists I'm a Legendary member ^{[I wonder what it'd say if I answer the rest (first 14) ]}

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On a serious note, I don't think we should ignore the massive missing data ^{[roughly eight and a half years]} for question #9 to base it on the limited data that we have...

@faucetsoft.com

• Would you mind providing an in-depth explanation with regard to securing the funds from your end?
  ^{- We've already witnessed a few hacks with some of the popular alternatives in recent years, so it's a sensitive subject!}
• Am I correct in assuming that by mentioning the global pool for your staking system, you're referring to a third-party provider, meaning you have no control/power over what they can do with those funds?

If you meant as a replacement to my current node setup ^{[it's more convenient for me to run it on an ancient/low-end laptop]}, my answer would be "NO"... I had a bad experience in the past when I tried downloading large files in a similar manner ^{[it kept getting corrupted, so I had to redo it in another way]} + I have a feeling it might drain the battery faster than it could be recharged ^{[in "some" of the older phones]}!

Walang anuman kabayan Tama ka, pero hopefully it'll change soon.

May maganda silang "office" sa Boracay, pero I don't think pwedeng mag cash in doon... Having said that, mukhang dumadami na ang cash in options nila ^{[e.g. Bitcoin, InstaPay, PESONet and in the near future, magkakaroon daw ng OTC sa maraming locations (refer to update #1)]}.

You're very welcome kabayan... Kanina ko lang nakita ang press release na ito ^{[Coins.ph Adopts Elliptic Blockchain Analytics To Strengthen Crypto Compliance in the Philippines]} at sa tingin ko connected ito sa case mo.

Baka naexpire lang yung mga sinubmit mong documents...

Thank you as well for providing the screenshot in question... I already tagged both of the accounts, but you might want to "create a flag ^{[type 2 or 3]}" and then post the link here, so with enough support it'll be active & visible.

Unfortunately, scams aren't moderated on this forum, but I'll tag him if you can include another screenshot that clearly shows the following address belongs to him: 3PhcusTvFJnwikZx1L3DEG2mDvDk8UmwEn

I managed to find one of his alt accounts:

• Prior to editing the above thread, he had a different discord ^[Smith#9436] and that points to the following account: BrandonS3

According to "Coin ATM Radar", there are actually 13 BTMs at the moment, but unfortunately, most of them would require you to go through some kind of KYC process ^{[the best one seems to be the one in "Sunette Tower (refer to the limits and verifications part)"]}.

You can find some of them from the following links, but I prefer not to vouch for any of them ^[DYOR]:

• List of P2P/no-KYC exchanges ^{[a bit outdated]}
• KYC? Not me!

Even if the price of Bitcoin was somewhat stable, there would still be a big difference between the two ^{[e.g. their nature]} and it's also worth mentioning that none of the fiat currencies are really stable ^{[in the majority of cases, fluctuations are less severe and that makes it unnoticeable to some]}!

I hope so, but as things stand, it's not ^{[unfortunately]}:

• Only 100+ users have downloaded the "CryptoQR app ^{[one of the two apps that are required for making such payments (refer to "Testing Guide" section)]}" on the Play Store and considering that the first phase of the pilot test ran for 5 months ^{[plus another month that has passed]}, the numbers aren't high enough to show or rather have a bright future ahead.

Considering that it's only a targeted attack in some of the cities in Australia, I'm surprised they still haven't found the scammers in question after a very long time! I'm sure there are a lot of active cameras to connect the dots and figure out where they're hiding ^{[there might also be fingerprints that matches someone with a history]}.

Here are some of the websites that are connected to this specific type of scam ^{[unfortunately, the last two are still active]}:
^{- I haven't completely checked all of the sources (#1, #2, #3, #4 and #5), so there might be more!}

• coinstampwallet.com
• deficode.online
• blockprint.online
• paymetic.online
• printkeywallet.com ^[archived]
• openchain.online ^[archived]

Considering na marami silang questionable activities in the past year or two, I'm surprised it took them this long para ilagay ang mga known addresses nila sa sanctioned list.

Here you go:

• Quote from: https://support.coins.ph/hc/en-us/articles/9256584904985-What-is-a-sanctioned-wallet-address-
  A sanctioned wallet address is detected by our system if it has been involved with fraudulent activities.

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Sorry to hear this ^{[since Yobit ang pinag-uusapan dito, malaki ang chance na hindi nila gawin ito (sana mali ako)]}!

That's weird... You might want also to check the spam folder ^{[there's also the possibility that it has something to do with the mail service provider that you're currently using]}. I just did a test using a disposable/throwaway email and had no issues receiving it right away: Screenshot

Honestly, I'm not sure who can really be the target audience, but as someone who rarely uses any of the popular social media platforms, I couldn't find a reason to change that habit with the platform in question ^{[perhaps I'm missing something... It's not a decentralized one, am I right?]}.

I do know that the subject field says you were inspired by this forum, but this kind of style doesn't look very good for social networking platforms.

The second one is marginally better, but when I'm using the default scale, it's still a bit smaller than I'd like it to be ^{[I wish we had various presets for different resolutions (especially for higher ones)]}.
^{- For what it's worth, sometimes I use the magnifier tool in windows, in lens view (apart from increasing the zoom level in my browser).}

You might want also to add Exodus to the list

• Earlier in the month, OmegaStarScream mentioned "some" of the steps for Exodus, but for a detailed step-by-step version ^{[desktop and mobile]}, you can refer to the following article by Exodus: How do I enable and find my Taproot address?

Warning!!!

Recently, nag labas sila ng panibagong website at app ^{[cstmine.com (archived)]} gamit ang parehong strategy ^{[e.g. the same fake team members and content, but with a slightly different theme (credit goes to @Victor Olawuyi)]}!

• HeroMining
  
  • Huling archive
• CSTMINE ^{[wala na sa GooglePlay, pero may APK pa sa website nila]}

Based on the above screenshot, it doesn't seem to be that suitable for anything that requires generating a lot of invoices ^{[since it's not an automated process, it takes a very long time for merchants to apply or rather generate it for all of their products]}!

AFAICS, payments go through coinbazaar first, then it's forwarded to an address that belongs to the seller... Am I right?
^{- If the answer to that is "YES", then labeling it as a direct payment in the disclaimer part isn't an accurate representation of the situation in question!}

I completely forgot such a thing existed ^[SMH].

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Blockstream is also offering a 10% discount code ^{[BLOCKSTREAM2022]} and it increases up to 20% if you "pay with @Liquid_BTC USDt".
^{- While I was scrolling through the comments, I noticed BUILT IN VAIN is offering a "25% discount" on its wallet mods.}

The way I see things from the outside is still a bit early to label their digital yuan as a failure ^{[don't get me wrong, I'd love for it to fail]} and AFAICR, they've been attacking Bitcoin prior to the creation of their CBDC.