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you are absolutely right that people here like to think of bitcointalk being the holy grail...
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Lol , this was exactly my feeling for several years ( and I was wrong btw) : this forum was my main and almost only source of cryptorelated info for many years .. since 2013 to 2017 ... then I started to meet crypotprojects ( mainly ICO during 2017 ico frenzy) who weren't advertised here and I was like "how the hell it is possible" lol
This forum still remains my first and main source of infos, the ones I consult more often..but along with many others nowadays.
People would realize that when they do go out on the box.For those who had solidly started and dependent or relying any info that they could get into this forum
would really have impression that this place had everything but to go into the other side of things you can actually see other alternatives or viable sources.