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381  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Why we want inflation for good value on BTC? on: April 18, 2023, 03:22:19 PM
With the printing of fiat money that is always in constant motion by the powers that be.
As the fiat money devalues in value. The value of BTC and other cryptos goes up.
So if the banks etc printing all fiat out of crazy numbers, then we should be in a guarantee of BTC going to over a million perhaps.

Does that mean we should be embracing the printing of money?

Make all our money go totally out of value, so anyone holding BTC can get good value?

Does this make sense?

That depends on whether Bitcoin remains strong then, as fiat weakens. So it's better to focus more on things that keep it stronger and better rather than hoping that it effortlessly benefits from weakening fiat.

By the way, everyone getting lots of money printed out of thin air to buy bitcoins could consequently collapse & devalue the price as it becomes common and easy to get....  price will quickly collapse back to where it deserves to be as most people already have too much they don't know what to do with..thereby selling them at lower price till it returns to its actual value.
What you need to do to drive the price up is to create real demand or by encouraging things that create real demand. That's part of the reason we (the Bitcoin Master) don't just move things up without first making it valuable. If people forget how truely valuable and useful Bitcoin is just shine your light and they will value it. Merely thinking about it could do, depending on your power and ability.
382  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: The Bitcoin hunter became the hunted on: April 18, 2023, 02:24:04 PM
Sounds like a case of moral police who despise pork so much and often raid, fine and jail pork buyers/sellers but couldn't resist handsome rewards from companies to promote their pig oil  packaged in beautiful containers
383  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Russia Ranked Second As Bitcoin Miners on: April 17, 2023, 04:26:42 PM
In just concluded first quarter of 2023, Russia becomes 2nd most powerful BTC miner in the world generating 1 gigawatt mining power, after overtaking Kazakhstan.

No doubt, US remained in its position as the leading country with the most mining power, as it generates 3 to 4 gigawatt mining power.

Even with the current situations, Russia has proven that they can survive and make progress regardless of the situations.

what's your opinion ?

One of the most ideal/profitable place to mine Bitcoin if the miners know what they are doing. I have thought they could set up alot of mining hardware in Siberia for example which seems to be one of the most coldest place in the world, and use the generated heat to keep the people warm.
384  Other / Off-topic / Re: Been feeding this cat that visits, but I am moving... on: April 17, 2023, 03:59:20 PM
I think you should take the cat to your new apartment

I think Op has the right to this, since he/she's taking care of the animal better than what it might be getting elsewhere... and it also depends on whether the animal is willing to follow him, if not, I will just advise he begins to reduce the amount of food or care he gives it until the day he leaves. That will give it the opportunity to adjust gradually and able to cope when it nolonger sees its care giver.
I once in a while take care of a stray mother cat and her child but I let them be for now because they are ferocious hunters and can be quite independent.
385  Economy / Economics / Re: Bitcoin Investment: Good Debts vs Bad Debts on: April 14, 2023, 04:17:09 PM
There are bad debts and there are good debts. Bad debts- loaning money to buy a car that won't be used for business ( Uber, Bolt). Loaning money to buy a pair of shoes, clothes, a piece of furniture etc.

Good debts - loaning money to purchase something that would appreciate in value over time. Real estate, precious metals, commodities etc.

They say poor people have bad debts and rich  people have good debts.


There are many poor people who invested their loan wisely likewise the rich. Ofcourse, I know some will wonder why they haven't become rich if they really invest their loan wisely. It is possible they are destined to be poor (being poor is not a bad thing, being needy is the issue), they have too many dependants and choose to live poor/humble life to be able to support others, etc
By the way, I wonder if it's OK to consider people who borrow to build private mansion, own exotic cars, watches etc as poor? There are many "rich" people in the world living this way with borrowed funds or money they don't deserve which is technically borrowed/stolen.



One of the popular pieces of advice you'd hear in the Bitcoin space is to never borrow to invest in it.

Despite the volatility, our hope is that Bitcoin will appreciate in value.

Would you classify borrowing money to invest in Bitcoin as good debt or bad debt?

You should only borrow to invest in Bitcoin & others if you are sure of paying back promptly with profit from your Bitcoin investment otherwise don't borrow, or use collateral while borrowing. Very few people are sure
386  Other / Off-topic / Re: Why is it believed that melt water is the most useful on an empty stomach? on: April 14, 2023, 10:32:53 AM
Why is it believed that melt water is the most useful on an empty stomach? I can't wait for the ice cubes to melt, it's easier for me to drink a glass of filtered water in the morning, is it really worse than melt water?

I haven't come across this belief before... But my guess is that natural ice or water, just like fruits/vegetables are rich in what people call minerals or nutrients, and people are advised to take them in  empty stomach especially early in the morning as they are not too heavy or mixed with things that can make you feel heavy/sick after consuming them.
With "nutrient & mineral" rich light food or drink, the effects on the body is noticeably quick as your body is able to focus on the good things it needs to make you feel good and light... rather than weighing itself down with toxins and heavy foods
387  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Warren Buffett Blasts Bitcoin as 'Gambling Token' as BTC Surges 35% in 30 Days on: April 13, 2023, 03:42:11 PM
Well, it seems they are always envious, sad and grumpy when the market is bullish and ordinary people profiting from their hard earned investments.
Atleast Bitcoin is better than doling out free money to needy in the name of social welfare which is costing country like US alot of money probably in trillions of dollars. Why not teach people how to catch fish instead of giving them fish whenever they need it, which does encourage laziness.

And it's important to also note that BitCoin is hard money... It's not printed out of thin air like several countries do with their currencies. It's hard money earned via hardwork like you see around this forum and cryptospace people working hard to earn bitcoins. You hardly see people given Bitcoin for free. They work hard to earn it by solving problems for others in crypto community, via investment etc

And by the way, it's not very risky investment aka gambling. I have never heard of anyone losing all or most of their money permanently due to price fluctuations. It does not go down permanently, which the envious ones kind of wish it does. It goes up, down, then up...

In conclusion, Bitcoin is one of most revolutionary and useful technology in the world. Part of its most important purposes is to help humanity in times of uncertainty and during local/global crisis. That is the main reason it was built, and those who will benefit from it are mostly the common people who will likely be trapped, abandoned or left to die, or even encouraged/made to destroy each other for the "good" of the world or the system .

388  Economy / Services / Re: Utopia P2P Ecosystem 💎 | Review Campaign 🔎| Participate Now! | Get paid in BTC on: April 13, 2023, 09:54:47 AM
                               Part 2 of my review

I finally was able to open the Utopia desktop app after multiple attempts, so I decided to quickly go on reviewing the whole application one after the other, starting from "File" section/menu. Clicking on File would open up a list of options such as: 1 My Profile, 2 Export Database, 3 Change Password, 4 Backup Private keys, 5 Wipe Encrypt Container, 6 uNA Database, 6 Lock Application, 7 Sign Out, and 8 Exit
Starting from "My Profile" option, when clicked it shows 3 different options I found quite interesting on the left side of the App, that's "Overview" , "Whois" and "Refer a friend". See image below:

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* Clicking on Overview shows you your Avatar, uCode(which is more like QR-code equivalent for Utopia), Public keys, uNS and Nickname. The nNS is Utopia equivalent of DNS.
*Whois shows you almost similar information on Overview but arrange differently. I think the Whois for Utopia is an interesting and important feature.
* Finally Refer a Friend allows users to generate their own unique promo codes to share with those they wish to introduce to Utopia


Another interesting feature under File section is the option to Export Database which is the 2nd option after "My Profile". It allows users to export their data like Contacts, uMail, Files, Contact messages, Channel messages, and have the data encrypted and stored in a container called "Encrypted Container". This actually allows users to control their data which is really useful in a truely decentralized system but I was abit worried about what would happen to the data of those who fail to back them up. They will probably be lost forever just like you have on WhatsApp for failure to backup ones data. I wish the developers could make it possible for such user's data to be thoroughly encrypted and hosted by other users who are able to securely host all/most data on Utopia ecosystem... more like running full node. People who don't want their data to be hosted by others can opt out of this option.

Finally other list under the File option are  Private keys backup,  Wipe Encrypt Container, uNA Database, Lock Application, Sign Out, and Exit
 Those are self explanatory and pretty easy to understand, so I didn't bother trying them out. Though I wish I tried out "Lock Application" but noticed it was grayed out


Next I will hopefully be reviewing Edit and probably Search in the Part 3 of my review
389  Economy / Economics / Re: Could there be a new financial system not dependent on USD? on: April 12, 2023, 03:20:40 PM
Well, people who understand how the system works wouldn't be talking this way.

To understand things clearly, imagine the World as a Human body, USA is the Head while the rest of the body are other countries. The one who controls the body, the Head, controls other countries and systematically imposes its currency ( & will) on them for global transactions.
It is going to be really hard for China to sustain the use of its currency globally. Russia could, but I noticed it's not too interested in Interfering or imposing its will on other countries. You need to back the currency militarily which I believe Russia already has considering it military might.

The dollar is currently weakening because USA the Head of the body has become weak due to lack of strong and intelligent leadership that could sustain it, but this is temporary...the BRICS's or any other currency can't survive it in the long run even with Russia behind them militarily unless maybe it breaks away from the current system & become decentralized(and hard to stop) or is allowed by US to thrive. But there cannot be two heads on one body even with decentralization. They will always find themselves under the power of US somehow unless the role as the head is taken away from US and given to China for example, but China doesn't seem to meet the requirement as it's not a Multi-Racial/Multi-cultural society (Babylon). Babylon is typically the Mini-world inside the World for a reason. Another way to be independent is to have the yolk broken, but no one else but the CREATOR of Heaven and Earth can do that.

By the way, Russia is currently acting as the head of the body until the true king of Babylon is awoken from sleep. Russia could easily have the world use its currency and be able to sustain it for some years, but she is not too interested.
390  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Under capitalism eventually 1% own 99% of BTC, 1% have 99% of power? on: April 11, 2023, 04:09:32 PM
I think I understand that the BTC blockchain can't be corrupted, because it would be too difficult to do.  But can't the 99% be exploited the 1% that own 99% of BTC?  BTC is a transfer of wealth to a different system.  Won't the 1% be able to exploit the 99%?  Capitalism centralizes wealth

Tks!  

We are nolonger in the period where any kind of money is equal to power. That period is gone and those who benefited from it lost. The current method has been recalculated and is based on clean money or good reputation/trustworthiness equal to (=) Power. And those with this power currently rules.

Now, it's very possible for the ones with Power to  work against or takeover the bitcoins from those with the most amount  (by influencing the price for example) and reallocating/redistributing them to the Bitcoin community assuming the ones with most bitcoins got the bitcoins unfairly, don't deserve or are misusing them. It's a hidden justice system that can take effect pretty quickly and resolve issues within a short period of time. In such condition it will feel as if Bitcoin and the whole cryptospace is working against them.

By the way, 1btc is not always equal to 1btc in the current cryptocurrency space and recalculation. If you start acquiring most of the available bitcoins, it's expected that price will increase due to high demand, but tainted coins will be less valuable and won't have much effect on the price. So this should discourage people from hoarding or holding for the wrong reasons. No intention will be hidden from the ruling System as it watches everything and will dispense justice immediately. If hoarding or dumping won't have much effect on price, it won't be attractive to the wrong people. They are attracted to power but there is no more power in tainted coins.
391  Other / Off-topic / Re: Do you feel that time is passing faster? on: April 11, 2023, 09:56:20 AM
I feel that lately time has passed very quickly, than in previous years. do you feel that way too? Huh


Some would say "time moves faster when you are having fun", well I think there is some truth in that saying... especially for those who exist in a reality/atmosphere of truth, happiness, joy, peace etc.

Things are way faster in that kind of reality/existence. And it's something that has been experienced here before... It felt like living in a video fast-forwarded in a very high speed and somehow you are able to understand the video in great detail.

Currently experiencing the reality without noticing the fast forwardness.
392  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: [NEWS] Elizabeth Warren says she’s building an anti-crypto army in new campaign on: April 10, 2023, 02:25:16 PM
I think the issue is simply with those who build cryptocurrencies that aren't based on Bitcoin standard. Bitcoin already has inbuilt features that's capable of taking care of most/all current or potential problems that worry people like her. And the nice thing about this it  that it will handle the issues without violating the fundamental rights  of people or creating problems for society. The future is bright for Bitcoin... Some say it's unstoppable, and I think they are correct. Anyone who understands why will think so too. Any attempt to stop it is almost equal to being lawless, as it will require breaking just societal laws or acting like a traitor.
393  Economy / Economics / Re: The beginning of the end for centralized AI? on: April 07, 2023, 04:31:37 PM
There is a rumor going around that Centralized ChatGPT is getting banned, I don't know if this is official yet but it is official that in Italy the government is worried about privacy concerns and they put a ban on ChatGPT, is this the beginning of the end for ChatGPT? How will this impact decentralized AI projects because I believe they can't be banned.

Another possibility is if ChatGPT or OpenAI start getting banned in other parts of the world we can see a big rally on AI projects on the blockchain, what do you think?



Things like that need to be Open-sourced and Transparent, but they most likely prefer it closed to prevent potential competitors from copying it, to remain in the dark probably because their method is evil that they don't want it to be public/transparent hence avoiding accountability.
I think decentralized AI will be transparent and accountable. But you'll also have to be worried about people copying, modifying, centralizing and close sourcing it.
Participants of proper Open-Source projects are more likely to continue to build on right/good foundations started by their founders as long as there remains honest/good participants that can't be censored or identified.
394  Economy / Services / Re: Utopia P2P Ecosystem 💎 | Review Campaign 🔎| Participate Now! | Get paid in BTC on: April 07, 2023, 08:11:47 AM
After going through some parts of Utopia p2p Ecosystem I must say that I'm quite impressed by what they seek to achieve and how they managed to pack in many different kinds of features in the application. The Application is actually feature rich but I wonder if this was part of the reason it keeps lagging or showing me blank white page for sometimes whenever I try to start or open the application, and it stopped opening atall the last times I tried opening it. Maybe part of reason is because it probably syncs or downloads most or everything locally in order to work offline judging by how the mobile app worked for me. I guess they need to be structured to load or work harmoniously. Or maybe it not well suited for my kind of device which is actually abit old but quite powerful in its time. If this is the case I will actually advice developers to try to build applications that works on most devices starting from the old ones. That will be quite an achievement and I think it will be efficient way using technology rather than building a tech today and few years later it becomes obsolete/outdated and probably useless, because according to the developers, it's unable to run new/better/advanced applications  Why not build applications that run on any devices without sacrificing on high quality, or you think that is impossible? Well, I tell you it's is possible.

Well, while using the Utopia p2p Application in my laptop, I focused more on understanding what the founders(1984?) or developers were trying to achieve with the App, I read abit of their "manifesto" and other related writing and immediately it occurs to me that they are probably trying to build some sort of parallel society in the application/system. That is actually a good idea and I hope the understand what it takes to do. I went through the features of the app to understand more and I continue to be impressed by them and what developers hope to achieve with the app. The features are beautifully arrange, very attractive and will be quite hard to resist by several cryptocurrency users and enthusiasts.
 While I continued going through the features especially to see if they are according to purpose of the founders/developers, I checked out the mining section and tried to learn more about it. While going through it I concluded that this must be some kind of Proof of Work mining, as part of the miners role is to solve problems for the system with their RAM and probably get rewarded with the system currency Cryptons, after proving their work, as proving ones work is necessary in a Trustless environment before getting rewarded. I thought this is right for a truely Decentralized and Trustless System and it's the kind of Application I will probably be using in the future ... then I saw a section written Proof of Stake and Delegated Proof of Stake and was really disappointed by that as  Proof of Stake is definitely not the right consensus mechanism for permissionless/trustless/decentralized cryptocurrency system. Besides, it's not a fair mechanism and can lead to massive corruption and elitism which the founders seem not to support in their Manifesto as they claim to be building a fair system/society where everyone is equal even though I think people are not equal but are only equal before the law. By the way, I hope the system is built or will be built on fair or good rules/Law and Justice System where everyone is free to participate and the best chosen via a merit system rather than how much money/stake they have which is exactly what PoS about: based on how much Money/Stake you have rather be based on merit and everyone able to fully participate like PoW. PoS  can easily create a corrupt and evil justice system.


After using the application for sometimes , it could not open anymore after several attempts to open it. It continued to be stuck at the white blank screen for quite long, then I decided to continue on the Mobile App which I updated before using or testing. The app isn't too  feature-rich or appealing unlike the Desktop app. But I used it anyway, and luckily I noticed they already added a feature that enables users to extract their private keys.

I hope developers find a way of reducing the amount of data the mobile app consumes while syncing. Maybe they focus on what is more important for users by giving them an option to sync only data they are interested in without completely removing the information that identify the data. For example, considering that Utopia could somewhat be considered a Nation in Cyberspace, things could be very ordered in such a way that all Markets and online store have a section called Marketplace, Schools could be in Education section, Courts under Law/Justice Department , etc.... So users of Utopia who don't really want to use the Marketplace, School, Law can choose not to sync their Sections or just only sync the individual parts they are interested in within each section.
If a new user opens Utopia he/she will only be shown the unsyc features and can individually start to sync what they are interested in and their content.
Finally, if you ask me to rate both the desktop and mobile Utopia Application, I will give the Desktop 45% and the mobile 20%. This is a very high rating in my opinion considering is probably still a new system. I'm actually impressed what they have achieved so far, assuming they actually started in 2020.


Images that describe certain parts of my review may be added later.
395  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Bitcoin remains value haters on: April 05, 2023, 01:04:41 PM
According Samson Mow; Some people hate Bitcoin with an intensity that doesn’t make sense. You need to ask yourself why, and what exactly Bitcoin threatens for them to behave in this manner.

I think some people needs to understand that bitcoin is no man's business concerns. After all nobody is using another man's money to invest. Bitcoin could be greater with time, let's leave the hates about bitcoin.

One of the main reason it's hated by the "wicked" is that it takes away control and power they have over people. They hate seeing people who aren't subject to them prosper or survive outside of the system they control. This wickedness runs in families, communities, nations etc. It's a system of control and way of keeping people loyal to it.
But things have turned against them in a way that may shock even their enemies... They lost total control... of even the little they have while trying to stop the ones whom the CREATOR has destined to rule over them from the prosperity. The more they fought the more they lost control. So basically, the ones they tried to stop from prosperity can now determine whether they eat today or not, or have rainfall or not, or have booming economy or not. Well, all this is impossible without our CREATOR. HE is the ONE we must be loyal to and HE promise to always give the loyal ones whatever good things they need. HE gave us power over Bitcoin and many other good things.
396  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Females domination in Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies on: April 04, 2023, 04:10:14 PM
Actually I'm more interested in the independent minded ones who are staunch supporters of Bitcoin/crypto ideals and know what they are doing.
I think one I currently observe could make it through a coming crisis and will probably be some sort women leader in the cryptocurrency space. She has a heart of man & could be the wisest of them all. I strongly doubt others are independent/smart enough to survive in the end
397  Other / Off-topic / Re: lending money to people. on: April 04, 2023, 08:48:22 AM
I will likely not demand or take back the money I lend to someone if the person is using the money to finance things that will benefit others/society without charge. If the borrower is talented and knows what he/she is going  I will likely lend and never ask for payback.  But if he/she pays back voluntarily, I would accept because it's a loan and that depends on whether he can afford paying back the loan.
398  Economy / Speculation / Re: I missed the bottom or i have time to invest on: April 03, 2023, 05:18:39 PM
Here we can see clearly the bitcoin price has crossed the 200 ma and successfully retested and now it's up , according to technical it seems bullish and begining of bullmarket,
I am thinking to invest in bitcoin for 6month or a year, is it good price to invest ? i will make profit from this point?
....


I'm quite surprised that you & some other people still think we are not in "Bull market" considering you are wondering if this is the begining of bull market. I have noticed some people who just don't want to believe we are in bull market probably due to their past predictions that were wrong or were relying on wrong predictions. So they choose to dwell in a delusion and false reality that we are in bear market rather than accepting they were wrong.

To be able to make some basic & fairly accurate calculations where the market will be in 6months to 1year it's important to recognize the fact that we are already in a bull market which will be coming to an end soon, and after that comes the bear who will be allowed to dominate for sometimes... But before that the bull will continue until +30,000

I honestly will not advice you to invest for just 6months and even 1 year at this current price since you do not yet know we are in bull market and can't determine the maximum price Bitcoin will stay through out the year with a support/minimum price  it will be touching once in awhile.  If you buy at the support you will probably still sell at the support around the 6month to 1year time period.

It's important to accept that we are in bull market so that you may have some idea where we are heading to next.
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I'm considering this again partly because I already have the mobile app which I didn't uninstal after applying the first time. I was hoping to try both the mobile and desktop apps when I have enough time. Maybe this is the time to test it out and give a very honest and absolutely unbias review.
By the way, this is my kind of thing. Thank you.
400  Other / Off-topic / Re: importance of perseverance on: April 03, 2023, 09:35:10 AM
From my experience, you can flourish easily by doing Good or bad business. If you choose the good business you have to rely completely on GOD to make you flourish, if it's bad business you'll have rely on the "evil one" to help you flourish.
The truth is that the evil one needs alot of evil businesses/workers to keep expanding or powering up his kingdom while the Good ones increases the Kingdom of GOD on Earth. The dark entity who rules over the world incentivises the bad businesses to help them flourish quickly & expand his kingdom. So once you are ready to serve him, you choose the bad business and please the evil one and you will be sent all manner of customers especially the rich ones. But the problems created by the evil businesses always end up consuming their owners & those who patronize them.

If You decide to do good business, you have to do it right. Doing it wrongly is almost as bad as doing evil business. The wrongness will taint the business and spoil it. So, you have to do it right to flourish quickly.


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