Yeah, I think so too but I would rather choose red than orange. For me, it stands out and flashes the eyes better. It isn't for nothing that it's used to indicate "danger"

About new messages, I do believe that it's better to have the forum alert users by default through notification whenever they log in telling them they have new messages and if they would like to open it then or later. With that no one misses any message.

However, I want to admit that those who don't have the habit of reading messages will still not read. So, it's not even about choosing to boldface or sparkle the notification with bright colour that should matter.

Definitely, someone has to be a pathfinder for something to come through. If Bitcoin served that purpose and we've this industry as it's today, that's shouldn't mean that every other coin that does what Bitcoin –means of payment– does should be classified a shitcoin. I'm sure if ETH had come first before Bitcoin, most people wouldn't be talking of Bitcoin the way we do today. I mean, just look at what ETH has been able to do for this industry in terms of its smart contract that has been able to expand this industry and brought many players in. Does Bitcoin have that? No?

In your haste to analyse and fault my position, you subjectively introduced what I never mentioned. For the records, I never compared Bitcoin to Gold. I wittingly posited that just as Gold is thought as a "Safe Haven" now that's how Bitcoin would likely be considered as one in time to come. Come to think of it, if you ever traded Forex you would've understood better my position. There was a time the Swiss Chef was considered a Safe Haven and a lot of people pegged their money on it.

BTW, isn't gold a speculative instrument as Bitcoin?

Oh, really? This clearly shows you aren't a trader. Please, check trade data and you will observe how volatile Gold is.

I'm in shock that you're arguing this way. Really?

You're absolutely right about the logic of admittance by paying the "evil" fee. That will be a possible verdict in a competent court – If you didn't do it, why did you pay the fine. This evil fee wasn't a thing when I got registered here in 2017. It was much later I learnt new users were getting directed to pay such. It would've discouraged me in my days if it was there. One, for the fact that I haven't had an experience of paying to access any forum, I would've just abandoned my account. Secondly, because I knew next to nothing about Bitcoin before coming here, I would've left too. How would I've known how to buy Bitcoin and then send it to the wallet address provided by default?

The whitelist option was made available after a lot of veteran users criticised the fee. It may not have been there when you first registered. I'm just guessing. However, the whitelist is to encourage users who have genuine intention coming here, and not those whose intention is to farm accounts and then cheat on campaigns with their farmed accounts.

Na betta sense full dis wan well well. I dey always use am.

Anoda situation na for family wey Oko miss (Marle/Mama) dey and pikin dem plenty. If na where cooperation nor dey everybodi go dey expect sey the other don send monthly stipend go give am and if care is not taken, Oko miss fit nor see anything at the end.

Those of us wey still dey live for public house/rent go understand dis one well too. Who go put sumo off when tank full 🤪. Who wan lock gate, especially when one idiot drives out and no lock the gate 🤪 who wan change burnt bulbs wey dey compound 🤪. Every tenant go dey expect the other persin to do am but if na for private houses, no one need to wait or expect another persin to do am. You go just run the parole kiakia.

First off, there's no way dollar can dip to zero. That's one. Secondly, let's hypothetically say it does crash to zero; it will rather have a positive impact on Bitcoin rather than the reverse. Bitcoin will soar higher. Haven't we seen enough of this work out for years now? Inflation has eaten deeply into the dollar, consequently dollar continues to exchange lower to a Bitcoin. My projection is that price disparity will even get worse in time to come. Bitcoin price continues on an upward movement while dollar and other fiat continue to slip.

Soon, the way Gold is thought to be a safe haven; it will be same with Bitcoin where people will convert their fiat to Bitcoin to protect the value of their fiat against inflation.

No post could've put that point better than you succinctly did there.

Most people just want to be in business for the sake of getting that business person tag. That's all, nothing else. They don't care if there's nothing different from the several businesses already existing. Several years ago when the GSM thing found its footing in my country, everyone who had small cash invested in setting up kiosks and stalls to run it. On every street then one could count at least three of such stalls doing that. It became so rampart that those in that business could hardly make money from it before it finally collapsed. Now, the craze has shifted to POS. There's no cut out plan to be different apart from following the crowd.

Taking out a loan to finance projects (not to buy luxury) isn't a bad idea. However, we've come to see that most people default on the loans they take because things don't always turn out the way envisaged. Nobody likes to be embarrassed by their creditors because of a loan default but then it's what it's. Shit happens, and then it hits the fan to get worse. Has anyone noticed that the act of going to take a loan even humbles one? That's why at the point of asking for a loan, the borrower often speaks in subdued/hush tone as if they were dying 😆, even if they're asking of it from friends. But wait until when they need to repay it but can't and their voices go loud.

You're lucky to have come from a country where such recorded short time successes aren't attributed to have come from crime or fraud. In my country, those friends of yours would even accuse you of indulging internet fraud because most of them are cynics who can't comprehend that one can make it big in crypto. I've a similar experience to yours.

Well, I would teach them but I would be charging them a fee for that since they rejected it the first time which I would've given it for free.

Thanks for your kind words there 🤗.

This comment of yours is so apt to what I've shared with many of those around me. Let me quickly share my perspective on such. In the distant past I used to hold certain things dear to heart, thinking they were that expedient and couldn't do without them. Now, I know better and can easily do away with such. I believe such awareness that life isn't after all that hard if we choose not to make it hard. Perhaps, those who think it's mandatory to save for the future even while they're starving at the moment should begin to have a rethink. Enjoy your today first before slaving for tomorrow. The advice out there for everyone should be –Try to hodl Bitcoin but don't make it a do or die thing if you can't afford it today.

Whenever I come across the word Kolkata, I remember the stigma it has acquired as an epic centre for scam in India. I watch YouTube on a regular the so much scam activities that go on around there in the various supposed "call centres".

Definitely, that's a huge sum of money anywhere in the world. At that age, I believe he  have risked other people's cash and his mum's pension on cryptos. It was rascality on his part.

I don't know if it's from my device, but from my angle the site you linked up here is horrible with unreliable and unreadable interface.

This was also my miscalculation and the misconception of my parents. I've vowed that my kids won't toe that line of expecting government to provide them jobs after graduation like I expected. I'm going to bring them up with the mindset of being self sufficient and employed.

There are so many meaning gigs one can get involved in online this day and earn well without leaving one's comfort zone. For one, I will teach them online trading of any sort. So, government employment won't be a thing for them. How much does the government even pay for entry graduate level? In my country, the pay is not something anyone should be proud spilling here.

Kudos to you for taking the bull by the horns. This is how every graduate should think. They don't have to wait endlessly for a government job that may not even be available. At least you know how much profit you earn and can juxtapose it what government could've been paying you were you in its employment.

Yeah, I know people have their lives to lead when it comes to stuff like that. It's their choice and the consequences should also solely be theirs. Besides moral grounds, I think people shouldn't be getting under the knife if it isn't to balance up or correct medical conditions. I don't have any pity on those who go for cosmetic surgeries and don't make it out alive. The aesthetic is needless.

While I acknowledge that in this crypto space we can't know it all, especially when it comes to price speculation and movements, my past observations put altcoin season after Bitcoin has had its rally. It's at this point that some investors who will still be basking in their tremendous success following Bitcoin price will cash out there and then splash their profits on their favourite altcoins. However, I didn't witness such after Bitcoin had its ATH in 2021. I was expecting altcoins to rally in 2022 but that never happened. That was why I said earlier that crypto was full of surprises. On the normal, altcoin season should be in 2025; not now. But then, I can't be vehement to say things can't change.

If I get you correctly, you're of the opinion that you would rather spend your money in fiat than spend your BTC purchasing stuff, right? I think it's a different strokes for different folks situation in this regard. I rather spend BTC in purchasing stuff where there's such payment option than paying with fiat. This is because I've found out that it's easier paying for stuff using BTC than fiat. It's not because I don't like the idea of hodling. I don't like sticking to things that stress me when I can easily go round it without stress.

Well, for the sake of conversation, what crypto do you think is genuine in your assessment? I asked this because you classified both Shib and BNB as shitcoins and I'm wondering what made you say so.

Not many people believed Shib would stay till date. They immediately passed a verdict on it when it debuted, not giving it a chance at all. However, Shib is still in the market proving many people wrong with more exchanges listing it. I want to believe those exchanges listing it aren't blind. There must be something that makes Shib appeal to them.

This is one place the avatar gets its usefulness. Most times it aids me search for my posts in threads or other users I'm searching their posts in threads. Avatar serves that function well in captivating us like the TV analogy you pointed out easier than signature logos. I think that's all about where its function ends. If there's any other than that, then it should be there's a code embedded in the avatar. May be the coders in the house should enlighten us more on that.

That's apt. One's mood matters a great deal when it comes to interactions. Posting on this forum is interaction (that's the way I see it). Any post that isn't interactive will obviously paint a picture of spam. Those who post in isolation – posting without addressing the topic of discussion– know what I'm saying here.

My average will be around six per day. This is putting into consideration that there are days are get fired up and make over 10 posts in a day while on certain days I don't even make up to five posts. Also, sometimes I get distracted from the forum and end up not making a single post.

That would depend on how knowledgeable and resourceful the community thinks your posts are. I've see reputable members post in less than 5 minutes time gap and no one called them out on that. I don't know if I've fallen into such short time duration but I do like to space my posts as best as I can.

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Summarily, I think what matters most is what is posted as against its time space.

I can say yes for signatures but not for avatars. Since avatars don't have links, I wonder how the services they're meant to promote get visibility. I'm referring to avatar only campaigns, not those that combine avatar with signature campaigns because investors can simply click on signatures and get the information or web addresses they want.

Bitcoin is in a class of its own. I didn't compare it with Shib. I only alluded to how most people never believed in it when it started. That stage is what we've now in Shib.


In all the data you put out there, you forgot that there's something called burning of tokens. The Shib team can decide to burn its excess token tomorrow and that will cause price to frog leap. After all, BNB also did it.