The Union or India came into existence after the independence.

However, this part of the land was always colloquially called India / Bharat for a long time before that. There was no single state of India, true.

But this was a collection of different regions with an ever-shifting / undefined border.

Aryavarta, Brahmavarta, Panchala, Braharishi Desha, Madhya Desha etc were all regions and within them there were many kingdoms.

Now I am no scripture expert and know these by heart but someone with the proper knowledge would be able to corroborate this.

Manav Dhramshastra in Sanskrit was quite possibly the first coded book of laws similar to the modern constitution. So you see the concept of India was always there.

The britts just came here and tagged all of us 'idies' and Indians and the land "India"

Hindustan however was a later construct when the muslims started invading.



Have to disagree here, BJP as a government never condones or says this. RSS does. BJP runs the government. RSS does not. However even a kid knows the connections between BJP and RSS.

Hindi should be an official language in places where Hindi is spoken, and regional languages should be given more preference.

But from an administrative point of view, I understand why so many people are so eager to push the one language one nation theory, stems from the us vs them crap. Hindi vs urdu. Hindi vs rest of the world.

The fact is, India has never been the land of homogeneity - it never will be.

He was not only the mod but a leader.

Coinsecure was not a scam project, Amitabha, one of the guys hired from this forum stole some altcoins and thought he could get away with it. It's a whole history lesson there.

I had interacted with Amitabha way back in the beginning, but my repeated attempts of getting back in touch have not been successful since. So I don't have his side of the story. He's a phd guy so I didn't think he's the type to steal.

Benson was removed from mod status because Theymos thought there was a conflict of interest though rightly he, and no one else here actually accused him of anything. We all saw how hard he worked to create Coinsecure from scratch.



Once my other thread is completed, you will see that the Indian media has never promoted Bitcoins and cryptos in a positive light.

It has always been linked to chitfunds, scams, ghotala and then there are people like Kabit9 that makes this a toxic cesspool to be a part of.

6 years given to this community from my life and what do I get in return?

A threat that my sick mother's name and number would be distributed to escort sites.

A comparison with my dead dog about who's the bigger bitch?

Judging me on how I look.

All for what? because I wouldn't allow his shitpost on my self mod under construction thread?

And you think people will come here for what?

Even my dead dog was a better 'human being' than this asshole and frankly, this forum is full of it now.

People like you and me can only sit by and idly watch. Or at least we choose to do so.

Or 100% import taxes for automobiles?

I'd love to see some of those classic bollywood movie cars plying the roads again. Used to see a lot of them when I was a kid.

Since when? I use Telegram daily and I have never seen any censorship when it comes to the usage of a messaging app. Especially telegram.

It's a lost cause here. Unless there's significant interest and traffic from India for Bitcoins, this subsection will never be relevant again.

And when the Amitabha / Coinsecure scandal happened, it essentially took out Benson from this community - literally the only person that gave a flying fuck about this subboard's health.

You should have posted on the service section, not sure if your account has the privilege to do so.

Auto forwarding might not work for you because you said you receive small earnings in the wallet. If itis micropayment, then your fees for transacting would exceed your single small payment.

You will have to wait till it is large enough that it can pay for its own transaction's / forwarding's fee. If the pvk is compromised, the hacker would be looking to do the same thing as well.

Setting up an auto forwarding should be easy though. A simple api function set up on a 24/7 vps could do the job.

You think this could become a tax haven? Like ever?

The moment that happens you should watch how even the unpatriotic shitheads turn the corner.

I can go on and on about taxes though.

So your point is I am stupid to ask questions? I don't get it. If you could stop harking for Kabit9 for one second and asked me politely then you would have received a polite answer. Now we're stuck saying fuck off to each other's faces for eternity. Or at least as long as we are on this forum.


So I'll assume you and Kabit9/@TTT786 are separate people. And going by that I'll explain to you why but primarily because you are on topic.
If you have the mental maturity to read and understand then please read.

The whole point of your argument is that 'how dare I ask a stupid question?' The fact is, if VG Sid asked some stupid questions, he'd probably be alive. Why did he die? Because he was afraid of being labeled stupid just by asking a question.

Could crypto have saved him? The answer is no. But it would have bought him some time. If he had been one of the few lucky ones that invested in Bitcoins way back in 2010, he'd have enough personal wealth to carry on with his venture for a few more years. Probably even a decade.

A coffee house in South India might sound like a sane idea since it is the coffee hub of India, had CCD been branded as a corporate meetup place instead of a public place to grab snacks, it'd have done far better. Coffee and technocrats go hand in hand and had he tried to grab high-net-worth-individuals then they would have formed a reliable long term customer base to build their brand on.

And how better to advertise your brand's technological awareness other than to provide a visible connection between your brand and cryptocurrencies?
The whole outlook towards Bitcoins and crypto has been promoted in a negative way, I have done some digging up of past 7 years of media mentions of cryptocurrency and majority of them are completely negative. Why? Probably because of the word 'crypto" .. stoking a sense of connection with 'cryptography' .. ooh! secrecy! Get it?
If only a public brand was not only promoting crypto but had also adopted it to their central core functionality then CCD could have moved into newer tech-savvy markets like Singapore and could have not only survived but thrived!


It is indeed sad and that's why I wanted to share it here. I had no idea that this subsection of the forum is fostering filth like Kabit9 and has become so toxic and egomaniacal that they cannot stand it when someone deletes their shitpost from a self-moderated thread.

A sad fact of our Indian society is that we can not behave like matured individuals. This is also a sin I am guilty of. Take the case of Kabit9 and I. Even though I have not abused him initially, he called me names, tried to hurt my livelihood by spreading BS about my clients / past work and has now childishly been trying to blackmail me by flashing my mother's name.

THAT is the India we live in. Happy independence day to you. Tag removed.

This asshole crossed the line when he flashed my mother's info. This is not the thread to discuss this, so let's do it where this shit belongs. : https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5175719.0

The whats, whys and whens will be explained there.

It's a special one this one. Thanks to that Kashmir issue. But nonetheless Happy Independence Day to you and everyone here at the Indian section of this forum.

Enjoy your 29 merits. It's not a competition, so I'll enjoy mine.



Yeah nah. I'm good. I don't push to earn merits. Commemorating a number for not even attempting to get them would be silly.

Nice concept though.

Done. Thanks

I earned about 10 merits in these 3 weeks while I was part of this campaign. Looking forward to when it comes back.

The grapes are sour now?



I hope upon resumption of the campaign, you give the existing campaign participants the first priority.

pffft.. another shitcoin don't enable them.

Its never too late.

It's like Mahirap said, this question was asked since forever. Even when btc hit $1k for the first time, people though they were late, then it happened again when it surpassed $2k, then $5k and so on.

Just stick around, evaluate your needs. See if you need to invest in BTC particularly or some other project. If choosing an altcoin, then be very careful of scams and shitcoins. If you can afford it, hire someone experienced to consult with first.

Good luck.

Key takeaways from this thread :

> S9's and S9k's are better than the newer efficient hardwares.

> And the newer hardware will cause diff to rise to 20 trillion soon (but not in 4 - 5 months)

> BTC price will dive.

> Trump tax will make things more unprofitable soon.

Damn! this thread has been so depressing man! Thanks for all your calculations @Phillip

That's the thing. I didn't put in a dime on that website. The main investment was from the site's faucet. And the fact that few satoshis could rake up a few thousands of dollars was kind of unimaginable. I played for fun so I gained nothing and I lost nothing. Cool party story I guess.

Had I invested any of my own money / coins I'd have torn up all the hair from my head lol.

Yup, I heard of them. Tried them about a year ago. I think it was for Electroneum mining. Which I just checked out, they no longer support.

I wouldn't know if this is the best alternative to Minergate but it certainly is one good alternative.

Are you mining anything on that site?

The reason they don't like crypto anymore is because of Butterfly labs.

Also, FPGA boards are no longer economical at least the ones that I know of or the ones I think I could have fabricated for me locally. So yours must be some next level stuff.

Where can I see what it mines, and other specs?  I'd love to get a few for myself (if I can afford it).

Can it save? yes.

But it depends on how it is implemented. Petro is certainly not going to have much of an impact.

But the funny thing is, it is only the failing economies like Venezuela or Iran that are kind of embracing crypto so that it can save them, but leaving out the whole decentralized part out basically resulting in flat unimpressive results.

On the other hand, the countries that are fully getting on board the crypto wagon are basically all developing countries or tech-rich countries from Asia. None of the major developed countries have fully embraced crypto and that's what is the need of the hour. Whether it will happen? who knows.

Think of India for a second. If India bans crypto completely, it would lose out of $12billion worth of money from its economy. It has already lost the $2 billion from the whole Kashmir reorganization campaign. So the total loss could pan out to be around $15 billion.
This is the same country where people live in unlivable areas. 300 million people in poverty. Power cuts, lack of drinking water, floods & natural calamities, hostile terrorists etc etc - can a country like this really afford to not adopt crypto? No. But it might happen anyway because of politics.

So the answer to your long question is basically 'politics' - if implemented right, then yes it will not only save Venezuela but it'd set it up for a prosperous future, but sadly that will not happen under Maduro.