Change is constant.

That's what we can just accept right now and everything that changes is based on what's the need of the people. I agree that if the fee remains at 1 sat then there is no need for changes at all but LN has already been there and so let's stick to that as an alternative.

What people mostly look at Bitcoin right now as a store of value and they don't mind about all of these technical aspects that you've said.
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You are right about the store of value
But to store value ITS TOO COMPLICATED FOR THE AVERAGE PERSON.
There are people im familiar with,  who made more then five transactions  to cold storage and still can't complete a BTC transaction by themselves.

Explained the usb Key concept to an accountant who wishes to invest and buy bitcoin , its too complicated for him.Forget it im not gonna do this was is reaction.

maybe im surrounded buy dumb people, donno.
I was around and explained people how to configure baud-rate to access internet and prompt mailto for e-mail.
reminds me this time with same challenges in the history of the tech evolution.

Depends on your smarts ceiling. There's actually a lot to discuss about bitcoin if you really dig deep into it, like bips and other github related things but not everyone is smart enough to understand how all that works and the code etc including me.

Thinking of trying to improve the Bitcoin ecosystem in various ways. I was wondering whether there is any good ideas for new layer-2 solutions to build for it? Or perhaps a better Bitcoin payment app or something. Essentially you need a project idea related to Bitcoin. I think it’ll help you understand Bitcoin better while trying to improve the ecosystem.

Bitcoin is extremely divisible so even if its relative value rises that is not an issue.

If you're concerned about transaction speed, bitcoin's L2 lightning network already solves this. Lightning is the only bitcoin L2 that exists right now, its all conceptual so far. If you ask me holding self custody on L1 without running a node. I am not okay holding on L2 self custody without my node online. Because you can hack me over easily on L1.

Your node is layer 1, your node is securing layer 2, your node cares. The speed/fees framing to me is basically devs fixating on layer 2 benefit over layer 1. But really need to see layer 2 products that are better than all other forms of payment.

Satoshi said that lost bitcoin is a gift to everyone else so its definitely not a good idea to take away the gifts the rest of us got.

"Lost coins only make everyone else's coins worth slightly more. Think of it as a donation to everyone." - SNttons

Here's what Bitget support had to say.... note their line "At that time, the price fluctuated greatly, so it was normal for the closing price to slip."..... I would be ok with a small bit of slippage but when I set my stop loss to $50 and I lose $150 I don't think $100 of slippage is acceptable!!

I've had a weird relationship with Bitcoin lately.
I think about community developments on things such as LN , Vanity search projects, tools, tickers scrapers ECT.....
How they where developed by altruistic members for the chance of creativity, freedom and decentralized banking.

Bitcoin is now a store of value ,a commodity of fiat held by institutional parties.

Major altruistic contributors , sidelined. Some got tips. Most got nothing. 

If fees stay at 1 Satoshi , will LN/Layer 2 really be necessary?  What happens when we are all mined up, no one sells and only holds, and the mining fees don't cover the electric bill. Bitcoins showing signs of fatigue and stagnation overall. Will it die ,I don't think so, but Bitcoin doesn't appear to be designed for and by cypherpunks.
If it was , wall street weaponized it.

I've dedicated a lot of my life to this particular branch of cryptography, I've learned a lot! But it kinda feels like it was for nothing at this point. I've publicly released all my crypto projects source codes and walking away from developing in this sector.

I'll still be around speculating but that's about it.

In which situations is my bet most likely to fail?

In which situations is my bet most likely to fail?
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The Bitcoin market is not suitable for tourists who come to visit with an idea hoping to to gain fast profits.

My advice is take your time learn the bitcoin market that is totally different from any other market in the world.
 
If you are not fully into it, the best thing you can do is buy bitcoin (e.g, every month or every other month) , store it in a hardware wallet and come back to see how your portfolio performs at the end of each year.

good luck    

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It depends on your definition of decentralized exchanges. If you mean those that just run on smart contracts based on different networks such as Ethereum, Binance Smart Chain, Solana, Base etc. then they are very many. Pick what suites you.

Personally, i don't consider them as decentralized exchanges.

That's too vague of a request. A lot of decentralized exchanges have an API, but what is it exactly that you're trying to achieve? fetching prices? trading? something else? what do you need websockets for? the more information the better we can help you.

Just asking because I have been developing my trading bot for awhile, I have been successful with it but I'm hoping to learn what you guys are looking for so I will be able to plan what I can do to improve mine and convince you to use it as well.

It depends on what do we call a prediction. If we expect that AI will give a 100% answer about what will be in the future then it is impossible, at least as modern science know. But if we talk about statistical probability of different main variants I guess it can do so. But if to choose most probable variant all the time you'll get an error anyway as events with low probability happen as well and relying too much on an AI advice can end with total loss. So right, it is important to understand for any tool how it works and not expecting it can do more that it can.

Hi, Im experinced trader about 7 years.
I trade btc and altcoins.
I Do Market analysis what i see today.

I see btc support zone 20,200-20,500$ lowest.
But the Market can bounce from here.
My btc target would be 22,200.

Coins what Im watching today ?
Matic,Sand,Sol Im bullish about them.
I think matic 1.50 and sand can go over 1$

Im also very interested about macro economics and markets generally im FED WATCHER Im checking daily reverse repo data and all that kind of things