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That means that nobody cares where the bitcoin symbol should be placed and if I'm being honest, having a standard position kind of defeats the purpose of bitcoin being free and not governed by anyone. I think there's no need for an expanded discussion, the paltry activity in this thread should be enough message as to the stand of the forum users regarding bitcoin symbol placement.

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Was going to say this but you beat me to it, lots of people there are still talking shit about crypto in general so no surprise that people that spread FUD are gathering there. I don't get the appeal of Reddit though, it feels as if you can't really voice a different opinion there and the threads are difficult to navigate. Now that I've read this post, there's not a lot of people in the forum that's creating an account just to spread FUD in these past few months, either they got tired or they're trying to find a new place to spout their nonsensical FUDs, you know where their claims aren't challenged.

I think that's a problem that can't be solved easily and in a large scale, people being gullible and being easily swayed by an audacious speeches and letters are a problem which could've be solved by proper parenting, critical thinking should start as soon as possible for an individual, although critical thinking skill can still be learned as an adult you will probably meet some resistance because adults have an established beliefs and habits which is going to be difficult to break especially those with bad but feels good vibe habits and beliefs. The only thing that we can do against hate speech is to try to talk to them in a respectful manner, anger is easily diffused by calmness so a moderation in tone or no sarcasm in your speech or letters would be a good way to have a discussion with people that spout hate speech, most of them just wants to be heard anyways.

It's not that easy to send anymore because most of the time, you're still going to convert your bitcoins to cash anyway and with more people aware of bitcoin as a means to make money, I think that taxation of bitcoin sent across borders will be an inevitable thing to happen. But you're right it's definitely a good thing compared to the alternatives. Regarding safety of funds, that still depends on how you secure it, if you're lackadaisical about your security and just store your bitcoin in an exchange like Binance or in any wallet where you don't have the keys to the wallet then you've got the most flimsiest of security in your coins.

I don't think bitcoin alone would be enough to save you from a financial crisis, remember that there's going to more things happening around during a financial crisis, if you don't have a large or colossal bitcoin nest egg, then you're going to still feel the pains of financial crisis because you're going to need a job which is lacking when there's a financial crisis.

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Bitcoin is mostly associated to the dollar, if the price of bitcoin increases, you don't look at it in your local currency because you immediately look at it's value in dollar and local currency is mostly pegged to dollar and it's the likely currency that you want to have if you want to grow what you own in local currency so I think in a way, bitcoin is a hedge to inflation although it's not a good idea to use it when you're trying to solve inflation on a nation scale, pretty sure that only few people are going to benefit from doing that thing so steer clear.

In regards to how bitcoin can solve inflation in a third-world country, I think that bitcoin wouldn't make any difference or significant change to that problem because most third-world country that's experiencing high and uncontrollable inflation are countries that have incompetent leaders and officials, if you root out corruption and place competent and smart people on the important seats in the government, you can easily see changes but given that not a lot of people has done this in these countries, I am not entirely that purging the corruption might be the solution.

Me too and with the Yogg incident, I think that it's time to rethink on how we approach our way of storing bitcoins because if I am being honest, we've been far too complacent about how we store our bitcoins that we forgot that we should be involved in every step of the way. With this service, even if they're a family member, I don't think that I would trust them with these service because when greed comes in the way, family or blood relations don't matter much.

You want this kind of game? You can check out EVE Online because this is what this game is copying, didn't even bother changing the name scheme, just removed the "EVE" part then added Sypheon Online and knowing the gameplay of EVE Online, you're better off playing that game because EVE Online is grind intensive in terms of time and money and even if you spent a lot of time playing that, you will still not be able to guide noobs in that game because it's a really complicated game.

OP would have provided a prototype of the machine or even a detailed image of the project if it was a real thing, this is the Internet after all, so it's normal that someone will be skeptic when someone is asking for a donation especially in a forum where everyone has a heightened sense when it comes to scams. Definitely showing a prototype or the concept on how the vending machine works because I assume that it will not just accept bitcoin or crypto but also cash too.

If I am being honest, I don't think that anyone's going to donate you anything, they won't get anything out of it anyway and the only time I see someone do a donation in this forum is if it helps the forum or bitcoin big time. Don't keep your hopes up OP, people here aren't kind to strangers who ask for alms, charity and beneficence doesn't exist here.

I have friends that are working in Cybercrime divisions and let me tell you that one slip up on bitcoin transactions and they're able to find out who you are especially if the bitcoin that was tracked was converted to fiat they can just do some tech stuff that they are expert in and from there it's easy to identify who is the person.

In my country, bitcoin is still a grey area when it comes to the discussion of it's legality because the Senate and other government bodies that are involved in this kind of discussion hasn't raised up that topic yet although the police and cybercrime divisions warn people from time to time the different kinds of scams that are using cryptocurrency but that's all there is to it. I hope that they're too busy to make some discussion on it because I kind of like the freedom that bitcoin or cryptocurrency in general is still in the grey area in my country.

Totally agree, before dealing with the complexities of the matter getting into it first should be the one that they should worry about because they haven't even tried it yet, it's like cooking, you don't have to worry about the spices and how long you're going to mix it, ready your mise en plus and start the fire first. The thing that they should always remember as a newbie is that deal with it when you're finally encountering it.

There are other reasons why a country is set back and I think that thinking that bitcoin is a major cause of them is kind of stupid. One good example would probably be war, famine or even a corrupt regime. Bitcoin is just a small drop if you compare it to ocean which is the problem that a country faces that causes it to set back.

I don't know about that, I feel like bitcoin is a pretty specific topic and it's really unlikely that a child would be able to understand it even if we were careful about the terms that we are using for teaching them. Maybe basics in reading and reading comprehension first before putting them into something like this.

It's an outstanding thing to do OP to be able to have a conversation with your governor about this topic, Nigeria is such an excellent country because iirc, it's been active in crypto space and the crypto users in there are steadily growing, I don't have the data to back it up though but a governor supporting bitcoin is a milestone for Nigeria since the influence is state wide.

I searched your problem and this is one of the link that popped up. It's not the same problem as you got though