I was looking for information about the time when the FED will announce the decision on rates for September and here is some interesting information.


In other words, Bitcoin didn't even blink

I deleted my account as soon as the new owner started applying some kind of absolute freedom of expression, that is, returning banned profiles to people who called for violence, denied the Holocaust or in any other way went against common sense or historical facts. I have nothing against people using any social network, but I've done the same as millions before or after me and I don't miss tweeting one bit.

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As for paying for a service, I think it makes sense, because the world is just becoming that way - free stuff will just become a thing of the past, whether someone likes it or not.

I wouldn't have anything against retiring today, but only on the condition that I have enough money to be able to do the things I want and with which I certainly wouldn't be bored. Unfortunately, many people who do not have to work (for some reason) and have a lot of money, often do not know what to do with themselves, which can be a big problem.

I think that many people dream of early retirement because they do jobs they don't want to do or hate those same jobs from the bottom of their souls, while others you can't force into retirement even when they have to do it by law. However, many see their workplace as something more than making money, whether they enjoy the work they do or the people they are surrounded by.

I think it is important that a person has a goal and an interest in life, and then it is not a problem if for some reason he/she retires early.

It is unbelievable that the members of this forum still want Mr. Mars to do something about Bitcoin, and he has already done so much bad PR with his moves. The problem is not only that he first thought of Bitcoin as something positive, and then changed his mind for no reason - but that with his decision he influenced others and thus led them into the delusion that BTC mining is something that destroys the world - while in at the same time, I guess we should believe that all his companies have no impact on the environment.

The best thing is that this man never touches anything related to Bitcoin again, although my opinion is certainly not shared by the tens of millions who worship him for reasons known only to them.

It's a good thing that you have a stable income, but it's a bad thing that you think that way, because a loss is still just a loss, and maybe you shouldn't look at it just as lost money, but also as lost time, considering that you invest your time to earn money. For this reason, perhaps you should change your strategy and not invest money so lightly.


You have good goals, and if you read the unofficial rules and guidelines and be consistent in applying them, I'm sure you can become a good member of the forum.

If you have the opportunity to buy another HW, then that Ledger definitely deserves to be broken into pieces and thrown in the trash - of course, only when you are sure that you have transferred your funds to safety. Considering everything that has been happening with that company in recent years, I believe that their devices are nothing but a potentially big risk. It seems like a real blessing when they break down on their own.

I wonder if Cobra can get away with paying this fine given that his identity is not known, but that the authorities can always go in the direction of trying to locate him by IP address, even if he is a person who cares about his privacy and uses methods to hide his online identity.

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I have never considered that the courts anywhere in the world are fair, and here the question of not only justice, but also elementary logic really arises. It's as if the court is saying that Faketoshi failed to prove that he is Satoshi, but also Cobra, with his failure to appear in court, did not prove that he has the right to use the whitepaper in a way to share it publicly.


Of course, Faketoshi can win only if the person does not present an active defense, that is, he wants to keep his anonymity - which was definitely not the case with @hodlonaut's trial where he was literally destroyed - although it must be recognized that the courts in Norway have a slightly different standard, and that something like this would certainly not pass in their court.

You are partially right, because Bitcoin and what you call crypto are not one and the same, so I can agree that sooner or later most altcoins will become worthless because they have no purpose and sense, except that they serve for pump&dump schemes.


When you go to compare tulips and Bitcoin, you expose yourself as a person who actually has no idea what he is talking about, because that topic has long since become meaningless and completely incomparable. Those of you who have been repeating the same worn-out phrases since 2009 experience a painful downpour over and over again when you are proven wrong, but that still doesn't stop you from constantly talking about some kind of doomsday for Bitcoin.

Bitcoin is not a tulip, a ponzi scheme or anything like that, and you've been writing nonsense on this forum for years using alt accounts - and that's the only fact that matters in this story.

I don't know why anyone is surprised that the casino insists that the client needs to prove the origin of the money with which he won millions? This is not about a few hundred or a thousand $, but a very significant amount that would raise red flags at any online casino or CEX. If the client has already done full KYC, I don't understand why it is a problem to show the origin of the money - unless it is money that is not from a legal source.

Any casino that does not conduct such a check could very easily be accused of not implementing AML, and could lose its license.

When you have so many nuclear bombs, some of them can get lost from time to time, or fall out of the plane, as was the case in 1966 over Spain when they dropped as many as 4 hydrogen bombs. Fortunately, the bombs were not armed, but they polluted a large area and the whole case is still open today, considering that the Spanish authorities are still asking the US to complete the cleanup work. It is interesting that the waste from this accident ended up in South Carolina, so the residents of North and South Carolina obviously have no fear of radioactive waste.



https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/06/spain-renews-call-us-remove-soil-nuclear-accident-site

When you say "we", then you are surely referring to an ordinary individual who can certainly choose the way in which he will buy cryptocurrency, while banks focus more on institutional players to whom they will primarily offer custodial services, not necessarily cryptocurrency trading.

It is logical that such investors will not use DEX because they still strive for transparency and seek liquidity and professional help with large investments, as is the case with Microstrategy and their business relationship with Coinbase.

This whole story with banks and cryptocurrencies in the EU is already several years old, but there is no great reason to be overly enthusiastic.

In a world where you have millions of adults who believe that the earth is flat, we should not be surprised that Faketoshi still has an audience that supports him, and not only in the way OP does, but also generously financially, considering that his court farces cost a lot if we only consider the army of lawyers representing him.

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A signed message from any address presumed to have belonged to Satoshi would not mean that the person who signed it was actually Satoshi. As incredible as it may seem considering how much the real Satoshi has hidden his identity, it is still possible that one day someone will discover one of his private keys and try to impersonate him.

Even if Faketoshi manages to sign one of those addresses, only fools would believe that he is Satoshi - those two people have absolutely nothing in common, and that is visible to anyone with a little brain in their head.

Do you have any knowledge about what kind of protection is applied to the assets owned by the forum, and what exact AV/antimalware would be a logical step in protecting those assets? It is true that such programs can sometimes really save you in the form of stopping or quarantining a file that is judged to be malicious/risky, but even that is sometimes not enough for those who do not know what they are doing.

In other words, you can't stop a skilled hacker from hacking any system that has online access, you can only make it harder for him if you have a good defense, and that would first of all include a properly installed firewall, and only then some of the top AV.

I believe that the coins in question are secured in a fairly safe way, i.e. they are not in a hot wallet.

Yes, in some ways, investing in altcoins can be called a kind of gambling, except that we can throw out the part that connects gambling with entertainment. What I have noticed in general in my environment, but also on the forum, is that there are a lot of young people who are still supported by their parents, and who still do not appreciate money in the way that they might appreciate it one day when they start earning it themselves.

There prevails the old saying that roughly says "easy money is easy to spend", and with all these social networks that young people use today, they are very easy targets for scammers. Some people know how to deal with risks, but the majority are completely unprepared and therefore have nothing but financial loss in the long run.

In that case, good luck getting accepted

I'm not surprised at all, people are greedy or desperate and you can sell them whatever you want, and what's even better for all those scammers is that people are not only naive, but you can take advantage of them several times until they finally realize that they've been scammed.

Bitcoin is of course something much different, but I still cannot be indifferent when I see that people are absolutely convinced that only by investing in Bitcoin they can count on a better future. I already recently wrote in another topic that there are various risks that should be taken into account. Here we can always refer to the old advice that says "don't invest more than you are prepared to lose".

I just did this but another link led me to your post, unfortunately another person lost $200 from the same scammer. I hope that more DT members will join to at least try to warn others about this serial scammer.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5424667.msg62863436#msg62863436

The scam on the forum is not moderated at all, so you should not expect any reactions from the admin or moderators in this regard. The only way to protect yourself from such things is not to trade with those who do not have any trading history, or to use a verified escrow. Otherwise, you donate money to scammers who take advantage of forums and naive people.

@DVlog, places are open for an avatar campaign, and considering that you are in another sig campaign that promotes mixer, I don't think your campaign manager would like it if you have an avatar from a competitor

If you know German and are intelligent enough to find their site, maybe the answer you're looking for is there. If you want to save time, you should read what others have written on this topic, because if you had done that, you would surely have seen two links posted by other members.

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A country where you pay 0% tax if you sell Bitcoin or another cryptocurrency for a year or more after purchase is not friendly enough? I don't know what is your version of a friendly country when it comes to Bitcoin?