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Re: All eyes On Trump As Kamal Harris Gives Up On Bitcoin Conference Attendance
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ncentrepreneur.investor
on 25/08/2024, 22:32:11 UTC
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I can't confirm that Trump is really interested in bitcoin and cryptocurrency, maybe he is just trying to convince us to vote for him.
No body can confirm that unless Trump gets elected as the president of the America. I'm pretty sure if he gets elected as president then he'll keep up his promises because if he somehow tries to take U-turns after getting elected then consider that as the end of his political career.

When compare to Kamala, I still believe that Trump is the one who may do something good for crypto community and with that belief I hope that Trump may get more votes than Kamala and win the elections. I must say that if he might take U-turns then we should get a lesson that never trust a politicians promises.

He will say anything, do anything, and go along with anything right now in order to get elected and save his own ass. He dont care about you or Crypto/Bitcoin. Could care less. Vivek whispered in his ear how to get more votes and to support the crypto community. You think he'll care afterwards? NOT.
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Re: All eyes On Trump As Kamal Harris Gives Up On Bitcoin Conference Attendance
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ncentrepreneur.investor
on 25/08/2024, 21:57:26 UTC
Kamala Harris just want to avoid unnecessary damage for her support before the election. She will choose events where she can show her strength, not weakness. In Bitcoin Conference, Kamala actually does not have good opportunity to deliver convincing speech and she will like fail against Donald Trump.

Smelling this risk is enough for Kamala to stay away from Bitcoin Conference this year because should never join it and say things oppositely to what she did previously months before taking over the nominee position from Joe Biden.

I am honestly bored of the Trump and Bitcoin talk, but I can also admit that the Biden administration with Kamala Harris as vice has been anti-bitcoin for the most part of it.
It's another reason Kamala should not join the conference, at least don't join it will help her to avoid additional damage on her election program for very last months before the election. She accept to give up this conference and only can hope that Trump won't successfully convince many participants there, but it's less likely Trump will fail with his speech ability.

I actually agree with this. I honestly think that she is low key pro-bitcoin. For her to campaign on it and shout it from the rooftops right now would cause division within the party before she gets elected and she would be stirring the pot. Dont forget, she is the VICE president and their main duty is to push and back the agenda of the President, not have her own. I think Biden hisself has no freakin clue and lets Warren and Waters and the rest of them within his administration go rogue. Which has been an obvious mistake. I also say this cause the man is 82 years old, doesnt hisself understand bitcoin and has become a pushover. Harris is pro innovation but imagine what would happen inside of her party if she campaigned on it now. She needs all the unity and energy she can get right now from her party. A risk I wouldnt take if I was in her shoes. She has the energy and attention span to deal with it after the election.
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Blockstream Jade Addresses
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ncentrepreneur.investor
on 25/08/2024, 15:59:43 UTC
I was wondering when operating a blockstream jade where liquid addresses come from. I understand the seed phrase for bitcoin and the xpub and that addresses come from the xpub, but I also noticed that you can verify liquid addresses that green generates that is verifiable on the jade. So, where do the liquid addresses come from? How are they generated?
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Re: Selling Altcoins for BTC
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ncentrepreneur.investor
on 24/05/2023, 12:56:08 UTC
Thank you all for your input. I had in mind that alts normally move faster and harder when it’s their time to move but since I’ve turned maxi, I may just flip it into btc and call it a night. It would require predicting the future and timing the market by waiting to convert later. Hell, might end up with less. While btc is also still at a discount, I might as well get it now regardless of what Eth does. Long term (which I plan on holding for) BTC fundamentals wins.
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Re: Selling Altcoins for BTC
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ncentrepreneur.investor
on 24/05/2023, 12:48:00 UTC
If you are seeing the current market conditions then you can face loss but having long term approach and faith in btc could recover you from these loss so you can invest in it.But if you get panicked with next dump also even after swapping then you would be at loss again.You are seeing that prices are down now but treat this as an opportunity to get at discounted rates.
Yea, I planned to swap into BTC and hold for the next 20-25 years. I have a stacking goal.
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Re: Selling Altcoins for BTC
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ncentrepreneur.investor
on 24/05/2023, 00:54:11 UTC
My issue is that, If I did that right now, I'd sell at a 50% loss. The counter to that is that if im swapping for BTC, the btc price is also down, so.....

CMC stats explains that as of today the price of bitcoin against USD has decreased by 60% from ATH, and etherum is 62%, and this is the realization of your loss if you exchange to fiat or a stable coin.
I don't know the 50% loss you'll get by exchanging the two assets, did you mean the swap fee? Since ETH volatility tends to always follow BTC, I think your loss is only in the range of 2 to 7% if you look at the price history between june-july '21. Or you're willing to write down the details of your calculations.
No, I kind of came to the same conclusion you did with the 2 to 7%. When I was buying Eth, both Eth and BTC were up, but they are both down. If I waited until Eth was up, it would be more than likely that BTC would also be up since BTC moves first, so at this point, it probably doesnt matter too much to make a huge difference. With Linear thinking, Eth would be back up to $4500-$5000 and BTC would stay the same. lol, not happening.
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Re: Selling Altcoins for BTC
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ncentrepreneur.investor
on 23/05/2023, 23:50:45 UTC
I would suggest you head over to Tradingview and first have a look at the ETH/BTC chart so that you can make an informed decision on when you would want to sell the ETH for BTC
Look at the higher time frames. Bitcoin usually does better at the beginning of the bull run before ETH takes over later.

I would like to know, in which platform is your ETH staked?
I was staked at lido using ledger
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Selling Altcoins for BTC
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ncentrepreneur.investor
on 23/05/2023, 21:33:09 UTC
In mid to late 2021, I was new to this space and went thru the altcoin phase. I staked my Ethereum and just now was able to unstake. I have been bitcoin only for at least the past year ( I learned). My first instinct was to unstake the ether and swap for BTC. My issue is that, If I did that right now, I'd sell at a 50% loss. The counter to that is that if im swapping for BTC, the btc price is also down, so..... If I wait till its up, its likely that BTC will be up too. I have this back and forth battle going on mentally of weather I should just sell now or wait. I just wanted some opinions. Not investment advice, just opinions.
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Re: Best Place to buy Physical Gold
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ncentrepreneur.investor
on 11/05/2023, 00:29:27 UTC
Thanks all for your input. I think Im going to hold off buying gold, but when I do, I will find somewhere local that i can purchase bars or coins in person. Thanks again.
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Re: Best Place to buy Physical Gold
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ncentrepreneur.investor
on 10/05/2023, 20:42:14 UTC
For your privacy and safety reasons, it is better to buy gold bars on physical stores. We may not be from the same country, so my answers may also not be accurate if I give some locations of where you can buy it.

There are tokenized gold. The one that I know of is PAXG. It has a marketcap of $534,238,220 and a good trading volume. Maybe you can buy some of this also. If you have high amount of money, I will recommend you to buy real gold and little of this tokenized gold.
PAXG huh? Something else to research. I would initially be concerned about the peg and the longevity of the Paxos company. It is pegged to gold and represents gold ownership........Till its not. I'll have to research. Buying physical gold sounds like a pain in the butt, and we cant trust paper gold ownership (ETF's, Certificates etc). Sigh, I figure something out. Thanks all.
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Re: Best Place to buy Physical Gold
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ncentrepreneur.investor
on 10/05/2023, 04:56:43 UTC
I know this is an awful place to ask this question but please know that I am also bitcoin holder. Do any of you buy physical gold where they ship it to you and if so from where? Just throw me a link to the spot and I'll do my research from there. There just seems to be alot of places to choose from and not all can be trusted.
Dear op, i never bought gold online, and never hope to get it via any courier or shipment but my advice for you is to go physically in the shop and buy gold physically.

Because, if you would try to buy online you could easily be scammed but if you buy it physically then you can check the purity of it, if you are buying gold for the very first time then, you should go with someone expert or atleast with those who bought few times.

If you found not experienced companion then you should check for various tips like "things to keep in mind while buying gold" or "tips to buy gold" etc. etc. Once you started to search out you will find more interesting facts about it, and again i suggest you to buy gold from physical store, not from online store.
Thanks very much. I will do more research and look for a local dealer or refinery
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Best Place to buy Physical Gold
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ncentrepreneur.investor
on 10/05/2023, 03:12:19 UTC
I know this is an awful place to ask this question but please know that I am also bitcoin holder. Do any of you buy physical gold where they ship it to you and if so from where? Just throw me a link to the spot and I'll do my research from there. There just seems to be alot of places to choose from and not all can be trusted.
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Re: What is up with the Cold Card?
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ncentrepreneur.investor
on 28/12/2022, 04:11:52 UTC
I actually havent made a decision and the reason I am asking here. I am actually leaning against getting one. Im not solely relying on this forum and what people say on youtube. I'm asking for OPINIONS and differences here.As far as crap talked, I already own a ledger and trezor, so that point is mute. I just asked for opinions about the cold card and what could be better or worse than the two I already own. What makes it better or worse in your opinion? I am also researching other areas etc. I am familiar with what I SHOULDNT DO.

I've been enjoying the ColdCard, and I wouldn't hesitate to recommend one.  The price being roughly twice that of a Trezor One requires an assessment of the ColdCards additional features, and determining if they're worth the value.  That's really a personal decision.  As for an air-gapped hardware wallet, it's been working great for me and I've gotten some use out of the additional seed and private key features.  It's really quite a sophisticated device, despite having some real world flaws.

And you should take the debate about the licensing with a grain of salt as well.  The source code is transparent and available for review, but the licensing prohibits others from profiting from it or using it in a competing device, hence "not open-source."

I've used a few brands of hardware wallets, including both models offered by Trezor, and so far I have to say the ColdCard is my favorite.  I did receive a Foundation Passport a few days ago, but I haven't fired it up yet.  I wouldn't be surprised if the Passport becomes my new favorite, but again one needs to evaluate the value of any wallet he chooses.  My problem is that I have the "collecting" bug, so the more the merrier.  Undecided

Thanks a bunch
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Re: What is up with the Cold Card?
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ncentrepreneur.investor
on 26/12/2022, 15:20:19 UTC
Thanks all for your insight. Im going to just move on and stick with what I have already. There does not seem to be such a huge benefit to owning one vs the headache and price point. I may or may not revisit it later.
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Re: What is up with the Cold Card?
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ncentrepreneur.investor
on 26/12/2022, 15:15:51 UTC
Cool. If that’s all I need to power it than I should be good. We will just trial and error with cables I guess. Just trying to justify why I need one. I hear crap talked about ledger and a WHOLE bunch crap talked about trezor. I know that cold card is very advanced bitcoin only device. I just don’t know how it’s advanced or better. As far as what the $147 comes with so I just emailed coinkite to make sure.
You shouldn't decide based on 'amount of crap told online'; read what people are actually criticizing and make a judgement, whether they are honest, truthful, justified.
No one device is perfect; ColdCard isn't, either. For example, they pulled out of the open-source community, so nobody is legally allowed to use their code anymore, and some features are unnecessary attack surfaces (NFC, and the ability to enable USB data transfer), as well as lacking a camera that would allow you to securely use it with a phone.
I do find Trezor Model One good value and quality for its price, and on the upper part of the price bracket I like my Passports.

But please read actual reviews and don't base your opinion on 'crap talked'.

I actually havent made a decision and the reason I am asking here. I am actually leaning against getting one. Im not solely relying on this forum and what people say on youtube. I'm asking for OPINIONS and differences here.As far as crap talked, I already own a ledger and trezor, so that point is mute. I just asked for opinions about the cold card and what could be better or worse than the two I already own. What makes it better or worse in your opinion? I am also researching other areas etc.
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Re: What is up with the Cold Card?
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ncentrepreneur.investor
on 25/12/2022, 23:49:55 UTC

 I know that cold card is very advanced bitcoin only device. I just don’t know how it’s advanced or better.

The coldcard has a very basic but therefore well done code. This makes it very hard to exploit, but also there is no support for many features that other wallets may have. Especially it is missing the altcoin support and it is just a simple OLED display. Still it gets the job done very well which is the most important feature to me.

I have a response from coinkite. They said:

 Hi Danny,

Happy to help! The Mk4 comes as a stand alone unit. You can purchase the power-only usb-c cable, micro SD, and 9V batter adapter from our website but they are all sold separately. If you have any further questions, feel free to ask.

Best regards, 
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Re: What is up with the Cold Card?
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ncentrepreneur.investor
on 25/12/2022, 03:38:51 UTC
The cables that get shipped together with mobile phones and are part of the package allow you to charge your phone and also to transfer data to/from it. So, they aren't usually charge-only type of cables. The power-only cables don't have the necessary pins to transfer data, and that's the type of cable that Coinkite sells. Your phone's cable most probably does. Someone paranoid about their security would prefer a cable that doesn't have data transfer pins.   

Yes, but my point is that you can just use a phone charger or a power bank to power the coldcard. There is no need to ever plug in the coldcard into your computer. Still it is nice that they offer this kind of cable for sale, as some users may have a use case for it.

Cool. If that’s all I need to power it than I should be good. We will just trial and error with cables I guess. Just trying to justify why I need one. I hear crap talked about ledger and a WHOLE bunch crap talked about trezor. I know that cold card is very advanced bitcoin only device. I just don’t know how it’s advanced or better. As far as what the $147 comes with so I just emailed coinkite to make sure.
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Re: What is up with the Cold Card?
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ncentrepreneur.investor
on 18/12/2022, 14:24:20 UTC
Forum Member DireWolfM14 has done a very good review on the Mk4 ColdCard.
If you have a look through the OP and some of the discussion, you should get most of your answers.
Personally I’ve never used one , but good luck .
Hope this helps  Smiley

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5405919.20


Thanks so much. Helped a lot.
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What is up with the Cold Card?
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ncentrepreneur.investor
on 18/12/2022, 01:59:49 UTC
Can anyone tell me what the difference is between the cold card and other air gapped devices. I dont really get it. It has a secure element just like some others. I have currently a trezor and a ledger where I am considering a cold card, but dont understand why owning one is better than the other two. Secondly, When you go to the coinkite store to purchase 1 cold card, does it come with the cable, power adapter, and SD card? Or do you have to purchase those separately? The site is not clear. Thanks
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Re: Buying Bitcoin CBDC
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ncentrepreneur.investor
on 28/09/2022, 11:40:00 UTC
No, it is not a question is silly. In my country, the government already rolled out its own digital currency/CBDC called e-naira. I do not own any of it. And it is not mandatory to use it for purchase of items. On the other hand, people still buy Bitcoin via P2P as despite the ban on cryptocurrency transactions last year by the government.  I have yet to come across a CBDC owner. So yeah the CBDC and buying bitcoin are two parallels.

Sounds good. I will use dexes and purchase in inconsistent amounts. I would not use it on exchanges. Thanks.