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v31 RC, Script Restoration - Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #400 Recap Podcast

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Julian Moik joined Optech to discuss Newsletter #400: - The ‘Testing Bitcoin Core 31.0 Release Candidates’ Bitcoin Core PR Review Club - Great Script Restoration BIPs 440, 441 - And more You can listen on our website: https://bitcoinops.org/en/podcast/2026/04/14/ Fountain: https://fountain.fm/episode/eyMcRT2y0bMpoufODA23 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/46ZPLlnesEjnxCZXhhi4zs Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bitcoin-optech-newsletter-400-recap/id1674626983?i=1000761362599 submitted by /u/bitschmidty [link] [comments]

Bitcoin is less than 1% of global investable assets

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$250 trillion sitting in bonds, equities, real estate, and cash worldwide means that the reallocation has barely started. submitted by /u/21Bullish [link] [comments]

Question for the pros

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The Bitcoin supply is not capped at 21 million. It asymptotically approaches 21 million. My question is, suppose in the year 2150, after subsidies have ended, the value of BTC is so high that we need to add another decimal point. Would adding that decimal point unlock extra room to approach the 21 million number more and make subsidies resume for a while? submitted by /u/Squeiner [link] [comments]

Bitcoin Breaks $76K, MicroStrategy Shares Rally

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Goldman Sachs files for bitcoin income ETF in crypto push

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Defund War. Buy Bitcoin.

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Bitcoin’s up… good reminder to secure it like it’s 10x

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It’s easy to think about security later. But your setup today is the one you’ll rely on when it’s worth much more. submitted by /u/Subject_Reward [link] [comments]

Banks Rebut White House Stablecoin Yield Claims, Warn of Community Bank Damage

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The 4-Year Cycle Isn’t Dead

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People who didn’t take profits in Q4 are now pushing the “cycle is broken” narrative. But the pattern is still visible: 2017 → Major top formed in Q4 2021 → Major top formed in Q4 2025 → Again showing similar late-cycle behavior Across past cycles, each post-halving rally has typically: Peaked in the late-year “green zone” Followed by a harsh accumulation phase Then a recovery phase most people didn’t expect We may be seeing a similar structure again, just at different price levels and narratives. BTC is currently around $74K. From a cycle perspective, this still looks closer to a late expansion / early distribution phase, rather than a full macro reset. Historically, deeper bottoms have tended to form well after the euphoric phase fades — often in the later part of the cycle window. If the pattern continues, late 2026 (Q3/Q4) could align with a broader bottoming range — but that’s just a cyclical observation, not a certainty. Not financial advice. submitted by /u/Ourcrypto_news [link] [comments]

Tether Launches tether.wallet, the People’s Wallet, Extending its Global Financial Infrastructure Directly to Billions of Users Left Behind by the Traditional Financial System - Tether.io

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i am building a Bitcoin ecosystem map with Nostr-based reviews, ratings and verifications. WDYT?

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most Bitcoin maps show you where to spend, but miss the trust layer in this solution merchants can verify via traditional methods (dns, email, txt file) using a platform Nostr event to store verifications, and users let reviews and ratings via Nostr. it uses the osm data source maintained by the community (thanks btcmap) enriched with google categories and geolocation information i am building also a wiki with personalities, orgs, prjects, and a glossary. the whole ecosystem in one place free to use, open-source, no ads you can find it: https://mappingbitcoin.com wdyt? submitted by /u/lnacosta91 [link] [comments]

When The Fed Admitted They Just Print the Money (out of thin air)

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Trump family venture accused of freezing out investors as value plummets

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Link to article (no paywall): https://www.rawstory.com/world-liberty-crypto-trump/ Summary: Justin Sun, the largest investor in the Trump family’s World Liberty Financial (WLFI), has accused the crypto venture of "wrongful blacklisting" and centralizing control. Sun claims his account has been frozen since 2025, causing his stake to plummet by $80 million. WLFI denies the claims, citing Sun’s own legal history and threatening a lawsuit. Despite a 74% drop in token value and a risky $75 million loan, WLFI officials insist the firm is stable and far from liquidation. submitted by /u/RawStoryNews [link] [comments]

How to protect your Bitcoins

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I live in France and I want to tell the government what I own (for taxes etc. no problem I’m not against that) BUT This year the government files have been often hacked A LOT and some people kidnapped crypto owners to steal them (It is a massive problem in France in 2026) I don’t own that much, but I care more about my assets safety and of course my own safety, than laws, if laws can’t protect me. I heard some people that tend to fear it like me. What are your suggestions ? submitted by /u/PrizePlastic4478 [link] [comments]

One of the most prominent investors in the Trump family's crypto company is now criticizing it

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We're officially halfway until the next Bitcoin halving (105,000 blocks remaining)

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Officially 105,000 blocks until the next Bitcoin halving (halfway point)

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the perfect buy zone

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But guys, why does the price go up? *wipes drool* The scheduled low is in October where we have the scheduled buy where everyone will buy low and it will surely be like that cause its scheduled no? submitted by /u/No_Jellyfish2185 [link] [comments]

question about the cycle

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how does it feel watching institutions and smart retail buying it up when the price is low, while you watch the price rise and wait for it to go lower "soon"? Just curious, at what point will the special rest accept that the train is leavig the station? submitted by /u/No_Jellyfish2185 [link] [comments]

8.1T

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This new product really surprised me. I heard someone else recently achieved financial freedom too. I hope I can be that lucky too???????????? submitted by /u/Maggie-Chen0702 [link] [comments]

BTC TO $75K & away ????????????????????

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I’m going above and beyond so jump on board because it’s happening….Can you feel it? LFG BTC ???????????????????????????????????????? submitted by /u/sushimike1961 [link] [comments]

How Bitcoin vaults combine convenience with security

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Earning income from holding BTC?

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What are the different methods/ platforms that one can use to earn income from their Bitcoin while retaining custody? Is there anything in place that facilitates this? submitted by /u/CooolMe [link] [comments]

AI will replace more than we think.

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With companies like Mastercard now training AI on people’s personal purchases and daily expenses here’s an angle nobody thought of on the parity of humans being replaced by AI. What if it doesn’t just stop at people’s jobs, of course that’s at the forefront of everyone’s minds because how could it possibly get worse than that? But with the rise of AI Agents we are now in a world where these flankers can not only work autonomously but they can also spend money and purchase things based on their own decisions. Admittedly we’re not in a time yet where these systems have desires of their own, but undoubtedly big tech is working towards this. So my big question here is, what if AI is being trained to become the next consumers? The benefit would be immense for companies who need people consuming from them that are exposed by the threat of AI thinning out the number of customers with disposable income they have. But why would a Clanker need to buy tuff you ask? Well the answer is simple. They will sell it back to you! And it won’t be cheaper, because buying something used by a robot that’s not even tangible is different than buying something from a person. At this point you must be asking… what does this have to do with crypto? Think, once they know what coins you’re buying the AI Agents will pump it up and sell it back to you, and just like that a larger portion of retail becomes exit liquidity. submitted by /u/Repulsive_Counter_79 [link] [comments]

I don’t invest in Bitcoin… I just emotionally gamble with extra steps.

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Agree ????????? submitted by /u/rosyfx2003 [link] [comments]

Russell Napier: We Are Headed Towards a System of National Capitalism

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Daily Discussion, April 14, 2026

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Please utilize this sticky thread for all general Bitcoin discussions! If you see posts on the front page or /r/Bitcoin/new which are better suited for this daily discussion thread, please help out by directing the OP to this thread instead. Thank you! If you don't get an answer to your question, you can try phrasing it differently or commenting again tomorrow. Please check the previous discussion thread for unanswered questions. submitted by /u/rBitcoinMod [link] [comments]

Any one tried the new Printr ment to be able to make meme coins on any network

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Printr's Proof of Belief update introduces POB staking - a way for creators to prove their commitment, for traders to build belief again, and for believers to earn from their conviction. All verifiable onchain. When a creator enables POB staking: 100% of custom fees flow to stakers Creators earn fees by staking alongside their community - same rules as everyone The staking dashboard shows who’s staked, how much, and for how long Holders now have a clear incentive to hold. To celebrate the launch of Printr V2, all point-earning activities below will get a bonus multiplier applied for the first two weeks of launch. submitted by /u/Possible_Cheek_4114 [link] [comments]

Daily General Discussion April 14, 2026

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Welcome to the Daily General Discussion on r/ethereum https://imgur.com/3y7vezP Bookmarking this link will always bring you to the current daily: https://old.reddit.com/r/ethereum/about/sticky/?num=2 Please use this thread to discuss Ethereum topics, news, events, and even price! Price discussion posted elsewhere in the subreddit will continue to be removed. As always, be constructive. - Subreddit Rules Want to stake? Learn more at r/ethstaker Community Links Ethereum Jobs, Twitter EVMavericks YouTube, Discord, Doots Podcast Doots Website, Old Reddit Doots Extension by u/hanniabu Calendar: https://dailydoots.com/events/ submitted by /u/EthereumDailyThread [link] [comments]

Buying and Sending Bitcoin Australia

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Hi I usually use coinjar but recently they are requiring full details of the recipient of sent crypto, I'm looking for some info on the easiest way to send coin. I'm ok with giving my info but the recipient isn't, screw coinjar submitted by /u/Zealousideal-Tea-196 [link] [comments]

Crypto investment products post $1.1B inflows in best week since January

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Nikita Bier hints on X that they might launch a cryptocurrency/exchange/wallet

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He posted Crypto has had a rough year. Maybe we should launch something to fix it. Wonder what he's hinting at? A CEX? A crypto project? A wallet integrated into X? I think it will be interesting to see what they come out with. I know Elon has mentioned on X that he will never launch a crypto project before but who the heck knows. I think a CEX/Wallet is the most likely scenario. source: https://x.com/nikitabier/status/2043893779552448735 submitted by /u/intelw1zard [link] [comments]

Musician G. Love Loses $424,000 Bitcoin Retirement Fund to Fake Ledger App

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Hedera Core developers

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Over a trillion dollars in interest annually. (The cost to service the US debt.)

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I am bailing on this disaster. I am putting it all into bitcoin. Not to try and make money but to literally save my life. submitted by /u/Ok-Mango5075 [link] [comments]

Criminals Blackmail Crypto Exchange Kraken Over User Data

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Why the sudden rise?

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I can’t find any reasonable explanation of the price rise. Any suggestions? submitted by /u/habloun [link] [comments]

What you think about Onekey Classic 1s?

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Hello I want to buy me a hardware wallet what you think about the Onekey Classic 1s? submitted by /u/SophiexLin [link] [comments]

Coinbase AgentKit Prompt Injection: Wallet Drain, Infinite Approvals, and Agent-Level RCE (validated by Coinbase, on-chain PoC)

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Sorry bears, go back to sleep.

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DeFi Education: Why most incentive programs fail

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tl;dr - a lot of projects spend a ton of money on mercenary capital and if you don't know this, you can have your yields change dramatically overnight and be in some trouble. Most people farming DeFi incentives look at APY first. I did too. After a couple of years doing this across multiple chains, I've learned that APY tells you almost nothing about whether an incentive program is worth your time and capital. The metric that actually matters is cost-per-TVL What cost-per-TVL means Cost-per-TVL is simple. Take the total dollar value a protocol spends on incentives over a period and divide it by the TVL those incentives attracted. That ratio tells you how efficiently a protocol is buying its liquidity. A high cost-per-TVL means the protocol is overpaying to attract deposits, which usually means those deposits are mercenary and will leave the second rewards dry up. A low cost-per-TVL means the protocol found a way to attract sticky capital without bleeding out its treasury. Once you start looking at incentive programs through this lens, the pattern becomes obvious. As a depositor, you want to be farming in protocols that fall into the first category, because those are the ones where the base yield and organic activity are strong enough to keep capital around after the incentives end. The programs that failed Berachain's TVL ran up to $3.5B during peak incentive season, which looked incredible at the time. Then the program cooled off and TVL cratered to under $1B (source). The DeFi TVL that actually stuck around sits somewhere around $100M today. Think about the cost-per-TVL on that. The protocol spent enormous sums attracting capital that had zero intention of staying, and every dollar spent acquiring those temporary deposits was effectively wasted. Arbitrum's LTIPP had a similar dynamic, just less dramatic. At the peak of the program, yields across Arbitrum DeFi were boosted by roughly 150%, which sounds great if you were farming at the time. But once the program ended, the sustained increase in activity was about 3.5%. All that spend, all that token distribution, and the lasting impact was a rounding error. A program that worked Now compare that to Katana. Their token launched below initial projection prices, which is the kind of scenario that usually triggers a mass exodus. Farmers dump the token, pull liquidity, and move on. However, Katana held its TVL (currently ~$363M according to defillama). Their incentive campaign runs through Turtle and distribution through Merkl. They structured rewards in a way that aligned depositors with the protocol's long-term health. Katana thought carefully about incentives and distribution, which has a direct impact on whether the capital sticks. Right now, it appears they have the right balance. (NOTE: Katana has some unique designs for all of DeFi, so just their incentive campaign isn't the only reason the TVL stayed, but it's certainly a contributing factor) What makes the difference Programs that retain TVL tend to share a few traits. They target rewards at specific vaults or LP positions instead of spreading them across everything. They design campaigns with vesting schedules or minimum deposit periods that filter out short-term depositors. And they track performance at the individual deposit level, so they can see which incentive spend is reaching long-term capital and which is getting farmed and dumped. A few platforms in the incentive space, like Merkl and Turtle, track attribution at the deposit level, which gives visibility into whether incentive spend is reaching depositors who stay or depositors who rotate out immediately. How to evaluate this yourself Before you deposit into any incentive program, check how the protocol managed previous campaigns. If this is their second or third round, you have data. Pull up DefiLlama and look at TVL trends around the start and end dates of past incentive periods. Did deposits hold after rewards ended, or did TVL fall off a cliff? If it dropped hard, that tells you the cost-per-TVL was high and the current round will probably play out the same way. For newer protocols without that history, look at how they're structuring the incentives. Are there lockups, vesting schedules, or mechanics that encourage longer deposits? Or is it a straight token handout with no friction on withdrawal? The easier it is to grab rewards and leave, the more likely you're farming alongside capital that will dump on you. Where to learn more I'm a big fan of Turtle and they do a great job educating for DeFi. Their guide on incentive infrastructure (https://www.turtle.xyz/blog/benchmarks/cost-per-tvl-benchmarks) breaks down the mechanics that separate programs that retain liquidity from programs that just rent it temporarily. If you're trying to build a mental model for evaluating incentive programs before you deposit, it's a good place to start. The yield number on the page is the bait. The incentive design underneath it is what determines whether you're earning real yield or just being handed someone else's exit liquidity. Stay safe, don't get rekt. submitted by /u/TimmyXBT [link] [comments]

Nigel Farage makes £2m bitcoin purchase as he backs Kwasi Kwarteng’s cryptocurrency firm

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Crypto exchange Kraken targeted in extortion attempt; says no breach and no funds at risk

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How do you deal with the stress of watching your portfolio drop?

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I didn’t think I’d react this much emotionally, but even small dips mess with my mood way more than I expected. Like I’ll open my portfolio just to “check real quick” and suddenly I’m staring at it for 20 minutes trying to convince myself not to panic sell. I know in theory it’s all part of the market cycle, but it still feels bad seeing numbers go down, especially when it’s money I actually care about. Do you just get used to it over time, or is there something you actively do to deal with it? Like do you stop checking, set rules, or just mentally detach somehow? Would honestly appreciate any advice because right now it feels way more stressful than it probably should be. submitted by /u/Good_Mango7379 [link] [comments]

They freed a man from death row to run this machine.

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His name is Babak Morteza Zanjani. He embezzled billions from Iran’s national oil company. Convicted. Sentenced to death. Sentence commuted. And in 2025, the Islamic Republic freed him from prison for one purpose: to build the cryptocurrency infrastructure through which the IRGC now launders the revenue from its Strait of Hormuz toll system. The man who stole from the regime was released to steal for it. Seven jurisdictions. Three blockchains. Two fiat currencies. Zero intervention points after the initial Bitcoin payment clears. The architecture was legislated in Iran’s parliament, codified in the “Strait of Hormuz Management Plan” on March 30, stress-tested across $94 billion, and staffed by a man the regime pulled from death row because he was the only person who knew how to build it. Trump’s warships catch the ships. Bessent’s GENIUS Act catches the stablecoins. Nobody catches the gap between them. And the man who runs it was already supposed to be dead. submitted by /u/Next_Tower5452 [link] [comments]

No reels, just real gains

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Crypto Hacker Mints $1.1 Billion in Polkadot via Ethereum Bridge, But Can Only Cash Out $237K

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4 predictions for the future of institutional Bitcoin

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I made an easily embeddable Bitcoin price ticker. WDYT?

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Instead of getting API keys from Coingecko, Coinmarketcap or wherever, handling JSON responses and styling it youself, you can now put a Bitcoin price by just dropping an image wherever adding images by URL is supported. The options are pretty limited for now (BTC/USD only, SVG or PNG, 2 sizes). There's also a caveat: it doesn't work if the site you're putting it on is mirroring or caching it. Such sites usually wouldn't allow you to put in JS either, so it still should work in more places than API-based JS feeds and it's much easier to integrate. Free to use, open source, no ads. You can find it at https://btcimg.io Wdyt? submitted by /u/Grand-Button5819 [link] [comments]

Practical question

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So, all in all, I had/have 2.4 BTC in my cold wallet. Like 2 weeks ago I had the fortunate opportunity to buy 0.1 BTC more. I ended up leaving that to Binance, just to collect the sats from staking, etc. Would you guys leave 0.1 BTC to Binance (or similar) to stake etc., considering that a much bigger portion of your holdings is safe and secure in your cold wallet? Just wanted to hear everyone’s opinion. Thanks and cheers! Edit: Thanks for your input everyone. I withdrew all of my balance to my cold wallet. Better safe than sorry, right? Happy stacking everyone???? submitted by /u/South-Monitor-1589 [link] [comments]

Was WLFI ever really decentralized, or is the Justin Sun fallout just exposing the obvious?

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The Justin Sun conflict feels less like random crypto drama and more like a stress test showing what WLFI actually is under pressure. Once accusations around blacklist functionality, legal threats, locked supply, governance control, and leverage all start appearing at the same time, it stops looking like normal project noise. It starts looking like the structure may have been fragile from the beginning. That’s the part I find most interesting. A lot of projects look decentralized when sentiment is good and everyone involved is aligned. The real test only comes when incentives break, trust disappears, and large players start turning on each other. Was WLFI ever a serious decentralized project, or was it always just a setup that only worked as long as nobody pulled in opposite directions? submitted by /u/cashflashmil [link] [comments]

Strategy Buys 13,927 BTC For $1B, Holdings Near 781K BTC as Yield Hits 5.6% YTD

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Bro and his Bitcoin story

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Crypto scam warning Call and waste their time

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I received a scam text message stating the following. Your Cold Wallet API is now connected to your crypto.com, If this was NOT you, cancel by calling us at +1 (888) 894-9326 I just thought i should share this. if you call this number you will get ahold of a man claiming to be Austin Steven's with crypto.com fraud department. he will try to get information about if you use cold storage as well as how much crypto you hold and on what exchanges or cold storage your using. he told me there was an unauthorized withdraw from my account and that he would forward me to my other exchanges fraud department. Please call this 888 number and waste their time. also ridicule them about ruining lives for a living. thanks for your time. submitted by /u/Sweaty_Camel_118 [link] [comments]

We may not like it (I sure don't) but we'll be getting wealth taxes and UBI. Jackson explains why on the latest TLT

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No one questions the root cause, why do prices constantly increase? The money is broken, and everything is downstream of that. submitted by /u/21Bullish [link] [comments]

Strategy Buys $1 Billion in Bitcoin, Now Holds 780,897 BTC

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Andreas Antonopoulos used to have brilliant speeches.

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Why is there still more Tether on Tron than Ethereum (according to StablecoinWatch)?

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Why is there still more Tether on Tron than Ethereum (according to StablecoinWatch)? $84B USDT on Tron $81B USDT on Ethereum It's been like this for a long time now, but are people really using Tron still? I don't know, it just seems strange to me that most of the largest stablecoin in the world is on a relatively low-tier blockchain. Anyone know what's really going on here? Do you guys use Tron? Do you use USDT on the Tron blockchain? Something just doesn't seem right to me about this. submitted by /u/UnknownEssence [link] [comments]

Trump family deal spree could open door for future presidents to profit from office

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BTC vs ETH vs XRP: Which Crypto Shows the Strongest Bullish Signals in April 2026?

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Buckminster Fuller describing Bitcoin in 1967

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Wealth isn’t gold, it’s energy. By 2000, there will be a scientific accounting system for wealth, aligned with the laws of physics. submitted by /u/TheresNoSecondBest [link] [comments]

Our Inheritance Is Being Stolen From Us

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Trump-linked World Liberty Financial borrowed $75 million (in stablecoins) against their own token WLFI from a platform its adviser co-founded. FTX vibes?

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When in the Course of Crypto Events A Thesis for the Real Ones

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When in the course of crypto events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the speculative bands which have ensnared them to sever the ties that bind them to the endless churn of manufactured hype, the 48-hour tokens, the influencer-endorsed rugs, the casino masquerading as a financial revolution and to assume among the participants of this space the separate and equal station of those who actually understand what they are holding and why: a decent respect for the intelligence of their fellow participants requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to this separation. We hold these truths to be self-evident: that not all coins are created equal. That they are not endowed by their deployers with inherent value, utility, or longevity. That among the rights of any rational participant in this space are the right to discernment, the right to conviction, and the unalienable right to HODL. Prologue: The State of the Space Let us be honest with each other in a way that most posts in this community are not. The cryptocurrency ecosystem, as it currently exists, is not primarily a financial revolution. It is not, in the main, a decentralized liberation movement. It is not fulfilling the promise that drew most of us here in the first place. What it has become for the majority of participants, in the majority of their interactions with it is an extraordinarily sophisticated machine for the transfer of wealth from the many to the few, dressed in the aesthetic vocabulary of disruption and freedom. This is not cynicism. This is diagnosis. And diagnosis is the precondition of any meaningful treatment. The patient is not dead. The patient is, in fact, possessed of extraordinary underlying vitality. But the patient has been running a fever for years, and the fever has a name: the systematic replacement of conviction with speculation, of building with flipping, of community with liquidity mining, of genuine belief with the performance of belief. We are here to propose a different orientation. Not a new coin. Not a new narrative. A different way of being in this space one that has a name, a history, a demonstrated track record, and a philosophy robust enough to survive contact with reality. That orientation is HODL. HODL is not holding. Holding is what you do with a stock you're indifferent to. HODL is what you do when everything is telling you to sell and you look at all of it the red charts, the obituaries, the mockery, the doubt and you say: no. That is a different thing entirely. Part II: The Theology of Conviction Why People Find Religion in HODL Every major belief system in human history has emerged from the same basic structure: a community of people who share an experience that the surrounding culture cannot adequately explain or validate, who develop a shared vocabulary and set of practices for navigating that experience, and who find in their shared conviction a source of meaning and resilience that transcends individual circumstance. HODL has this structure. This is not a metaphor. This is a sociological observation. Consider the testimonials and they are testimonials, in the religious sense that populate every major crypto community. The person who bought in 2017, watched their portfolio collapse 85%, held through three years of mockery and doubt, and emerged on the other side with life-changing returns. The person who was told by their family that they were throwing their money away, who held anyway, who was eventually able to show their parents a number that made the argument unnecessary. The person who held through not one but three complete market cycles, each time watching the consensus declare the experiment over, each time watching the experiment resume. These are not investment success stories in the conventional sense. They are conversion narratives. They follow the structure of the hero's journey: the call, the descent into darkness, the trial, the return transformed. And like all genuine religious experiences, they are not fully communicable to those who have not had them. You cannot explain to someone who has never held through a 70% drawdown what it feels like to hold through a 70% drawdown. You cannot explain the specific quality of conviction required not the absence of doubt, but the ability to hold conviction and doubt simultaneously without being destroyed by the tension. This is why, when a small retail investor sees a figure they respect someone with more information, more resources, more credibility announce publicly that they are holding, the effect is not merely informational. It is validating. It says: your experience is real. Your conviction is not delusion. You are not alone in this. Michael Saylor puts Bitcoin on MicroStrategy's balance sheet and says he will never sell. The person with $200 in a wallet feels something shift. Not because Saylor's decision changes the fundamentals. Because it changes the social reality of the belief. It makes the belief legible to the mainstream in a way it wasn't before. This is the architecture of conviction by proxy. And it is one of the most powerful forces in the entire ecosystem. Part III: Portraits of the HODLer The Many Faces of Belief The Teacher in Caracas She converted her savings into Bitcoin in 2016. Not because she had read a whitepaper. Because she had watched the bolivar lose 99% of its purchasing power in a decade. Because she had watched her parents' retirement evaporate. Because she understood, with the clarity that comes from lived experience of monetary failure, that the system she had been told to trust had already failed her family twice. She held through every crash. She held through the obituaries. She held because the alternative returning to a system that had demonstrated its willingness to destroy her savings was simply not available to her. HODL, for her, was not a meme. It was the only rational response to her actual circumstances. The 2017 Buyer He bought at the peak. He watched his portfolio drop 85% over the following year. He held not, initially, out of wisdom, but out of a refusal to crystallize a loss that felt, to him, like an admission that the people who had mocked him were right. His ego and his conviction became indistinguishable, and that fusion, however psychologically messy, produced the correct outcome. Three years later, he was in significant profit. He will tell you he HODLed because he believed in the technology. The truth is more interesting and more human: he held because he couldn't bear to be wrong, and being unable to bear being wrong turned out, in this particular case, to be the correct strategy.... The lesson of GME is not that retail can always win. The lesson is that the infrastructure of participation is controlled by entities whose interests are not aligned with yours, and that the only durable protection against that misalignment is infrastructure that cannot be captured trustless, permissionless, censorship-resistant by design. This is what Web3 was supposed to be. This is what HODL, at its philosophical core, is a response to: the recognition that in a system designed to extract from you, the most radical act available is simply to refuse to be extracted from. Part V: The Pivot How We Help People Find Real Projects Here is where the thesis becomes practical. The problem is not that people are in crypto. The problem is that most people in crypto are in the wrong parts of it the parts designed to extract from them rather than to build with them. And the reason they are in those parts is not stupidity. It is information asymmetry, social pressure, and the absence of a legible alternative. The pivot is not a technical problem. It is a narrative problem. People do not change their behavior because they are presented with better data. They change their behavior because they encounter a story that makes the new behavior feel like the natural expression of who they are or who they want to be. So here is the story we are proposing: You are not a degen. You are not a gambler. You are not a mark. You are a participant in one of the most significant technological and financial experiments in human history, and you have been spending your time and capital in the parts of that experiment that were designed to fail by design, for someone else's benefit. There is another part. It is less exciting in the short term. It does not promise 100x in 48 hours. It does not have a Telegram group with 50,000 members who joined yesterday. What it has is: a thesis, a community, intellectual infrastructure, and a track record of the only thing that actually matters in this space surviving long enough to be right. The pivot looks like this: Step one: Stop chasing narratives and start evaluating projects. Ask not what is pumping but what is being built, by whom, for what purpose, with what accountability. Step two: Apply the HODL framework not as a passive instruction but as an active filter. If you would not hold it through a 70% drawdown, you do not actually believe in it. If you do not actually believe in it, you are speculating, not investing. Speculation is fine but know what you are doing. Step three: Find the communities that are having the hard conversations. The ones that are not celebrating price action but interrogating fundamentals. The ones where someone can say I think this is wrong without being banned. These communities exist. They are smaller than the hype communities. They are also the ones that will still be here in five years. Step four: Recognize that the pivot is not a single decision. It is a practice. It is the daily, ongoing choice to engage with this space as someone who is trying to understand it rather than someone who is trying to extract from it before it extracts from you. ...Epilogue: The Declaration, Completed We hold these truths to be self-evident: That the technology underlying this space is real, consequential, and worth the sustained attention of serious people. That the current state of the ecosystem dominated by extraction, noise, and manufactured enthusiasm is not the inevitable expression of that technology but a distortion of it, one that can be corrected by the accumulation of enough participants who refuse to participate in the distortion. That HODL is not a trading strategy. It is a philosophical posture a commitment to the proposition that conviction, sustained through adversity, is the only durable edge available to participants who do not have access to the information and capital of institutional players. That the separation between those who understand this and those who do not is already underway, and that the outcome of that separation will be determined not by price action but by the quality of attention that participants bring to this moment. We are not here to tell you what to buy. We are here to propose a way of being in this space that is worthy of what the space could be and to invite the real ones, the ones whose minds are still open, the ones who came here because they believed something important was possible, to consider whether the posture they have been operating from is actually serving that belief. The bands are dissolving. The separation is underway. HODL not because someone told you to. Because you understand why. submitted by /u/nowthatsaname [link] [comments]

Banks designed to cut off Iran are accidentally cutting off everyone around Iran instead. Traders are switching to USDT

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Stablecoins processed $28 trillion last year. That is more than twice what Visa moved.

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BlackRock Investors Buys $612M in Bitcoin as US-Iran War Escalates

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2026 Ethereum (ETH) Price Predictions From Prominent Analysts and Institutions

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In previous cycles when Bitcoin went on a strong run, Ethereum and other altcoins usually followed with even bigger gains. But this cycle hasn’t been as consistent. ETH actually lagged behind BTC through most of 2024 and early 2025, only briefly pulling ahead during a summer rally. Every published ETH target is above its current price, which is either bullish or delusional. What do you think? What is your price target for ETH? Source: https://www.coingecko.com/learn/ethereum-eth-price-predictions-expert-forecasts submitted by /u/khai0001 [link] [comments]

???? MoneroRun 2026 on April 18th - Public audit of XMR reserves

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How do coinbase loans work? Are they legit?

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Looking to borrow some usd against my bitcoin to fund a small business investment and looking at coinbase loans. The rate looks very competitive but not 100% sure how it works and wanna make sure it’s completely legit before handing over any of my stack. Any insight on any of the following q’s would be much appreciated… What is morpho exactly (just the name of Coinbase’s lending product)? Why does it say I need to ‘wrap’ my bitcoin (is that a bad thing)? How do the smart contracts work (do these require you to be an advanced user)? What protections are there against liquidations when price fluctuates? How are they able to offer such a low APR compared to others on the market? Is there any customer support if something goes wrong? Are there any risks I should be aware of before getting started (e.g. could the whole blockfi thing happen again)? Thanks in advance for any insight - I guess I just wanna know if this is gonna be manageable for a normie like me or if it's too risky. submitted by /u/BitcoinBrother100 [link] [comments]

FBI Report: Americans Have Lost $11.4Billion To Crypto Scams In 2025, California Leads At $2.1Billion

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If crypto vanished tomorrow, would onchain platforms still have a future?

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Genuine question I've been thinking about while building Sphinx, an onchain commodities platform. Take away the tokens and speculation. The actual tech is still useful. You still get 24/7 markets, instant settlement, transparent liquidations, and no middlemen eating your margin. None of that breaks if any token goes to zero. A platform doing perps on oil, gas or wheat feels way closer to a modern version of the CME than a standard DeFi casino. Calling it crypto almost feels wrong. Curious what you think. Does onchain infrastructure actually have enough value to survive without the speculation? Or is the liquidity just too dependent on crypto money to ever work independently? submitted by /u/tonyler_ [link] [comments]

Sun Blasts Trump-Backed WLFI Over Risky $261mn Borrow, Centralized Controls

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67K very soon

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Yo guys, dont fall to fomo. Simply short it NOW! You gonna get some real profit , yeaigh submitted by /u/spyapple [link] [comments]

Bridged Polkadot Hit by Exploit as 1B DOT Minted and Dumped

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Mentor Monday, April 13, 2026: Ask all your bitcoin questions!

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Ask (and answer!) away! Here are the general rules: If you'd like to learn something, ask. If you'd like to share knowledge, answer. Any question about Bitcoin is fair game. And don't forget to check out /r/BitcoinBeginners You can sort by new to see the latest questions that may not be answered yet. submitted by /u/rBitcoinMod [link] [comments]

Daily Discussion, April 13, 2026

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Daily General Discussion April 13, 2026

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Loss of individual economic sovereignty

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Money is the operating system of society. If the operating system is owned by a private group, used as a tool for social engineering and can be printed at will, then the "bugs" we see—inflation, wealth inequality, and constant war—are actually features of that specific design. By moving to a system with a fixed supply you aren't just changing a currency; you are changing the underlying incentives of human civilization. submitted by /u/blueprint80 [link] [comments]

Are crypto markets pricing technology, ideology, or pure speculation?

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Bitcoin is unstoppable, US does Iran's dirty work.

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Because Iran merely threatened to collect tolls in bitcoin, and the US KNOWS bitcoin is unstoppable, the US now has to work against their ONLY military objective with their entire military might. The Admin got played. submitted by /u/PaperPigGolf [link] [comments]

Talking Jack Dorsey + Bitcoin

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Viktor Orbán Falls and Hungary’s Crypto Crackdown May Go With Him

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Someone: what’s in your mind?

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whats the point of buying bitcoin if it reacts like a stock.

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wasn't the whole purpose of bitcoin was to replace the almighty dollar? like right now i feel like it should be even more valuable but you know the war so lets sell off. like whats the point of it if it reacts to the market submitted by /u/Living_Knowledge_783 [link] [comments]

Are macro institutions holding the floor now more than the previous cycle?

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Been hodling for quite some time now but perhaps not as long as 95% of the people here. With all of the fiasco happening, why does it feel like something's supporting the floor now?Lots of retail response with the recent news but after every dip, it gets back up easily. Very keen to know what are the technicalities on this and why it's acting this way. Thanks heaps! submitted by /u/KaiEspina [link] [comments]

From Downvoted to Zero to One of Bitcoin’s Most Legendary Memes: Marcus Connor, Creator of the Bitcoin Roller Coaster Guy, on Bitcoin Art Podcast w Asanoha Ep 6

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We recently dropped Episode 6 of our new Bitcoin Art Podcast, featuring Marcus Connor, the artist who created the original Bitcoin Roller Coaster Guy posted here on Reddit back in 2013. You know the one: that simple hand-drawn animated GIF that perfectly nails the emotional rollercoaster of Bitcoin price action. It was originally downvoted to zero on Reddit, yet it went on to become one of the most legendary and enduring Bitcoin memes of all time. If you’ve ever posted, shared, or memed the Roller Coaster Guy, this one’s worth a listen. Curious what you all think, is this Bitcoin’s oldest meme? submitted by /u/BitcoinArtMagazine [link] [comments]

Need help withdrawing money on the app “moonshot”

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I already regret using this app i used it like 6 months ago. i have around 200 usd i am trying to get out of it though. the only thing im nervous about is should i trust giving them my social security number? it requires my ssn to withdraw the money. Has anyone else had success withdrawing money on this app? please let me know. Also don’t use this app if your considering it it’s really hard to actually earn money. App is called moonshot. Also in general do most cryptos require a ssn? i’m new to crypto submitted by /u/yearofthevamp69 [link] [comments]

Need help with TRC20 transfer.

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I am trying to transfer money to a relative in the Middle East, but he says he can only receive it through the TRC20 network. I have never used Bitcoin, crypto, or anything like that before, so I am pretty confused about how this works. From what I understand, TRC20 is related to Tron, but I do not know if that means I need to buy Tron itself or if I can send something like USDT using the TRC20 network. I am in the U.S., if that makes any difference. I installed the Kast app because it was recommended to me, but I do not see any option for the Tron or TRC20 network in the app. Am I using the wrong app, or am I missing something? Can someone explain in simple terms what I actually need to do, what app or exchange I should use, and how to avoid sending the money the wrong way and losing it? submitted by /u/VirtualCoffee8947 [link] [comments]

Justin Sun blasts Trump-backed WLF as ‘personal ATM’ scheme after $75M loan

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Deploy a full DEX on Ethereum, Arbitrum, or Base in one command.

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I built a CLI tool in rust called LaunchDex that deploys a full DEX--factory contract, router, liquidity pair and swap frontend--on Ethereum, Arbitrum, and Base in a single command. The whole process that typically takes weeks of manual contract deployment, configuration and frontend setup is reduced to launchdex deploy. Contract addresses are saved automatically and a custom swap interface is generated and ready to deploy. The tool is built on top of verified Uniswap v2 contracts so the deployed DEX is production-grade and audited. Multi-token support lets you add additional trading pairs to an existing factory with one command. The generated frontend includes an embedded wallet so user can swap tokens without needing Metamask installed. Let me know what you think submitted by /u/Roos85 [link] [comments]

How Trump Extracted Over $1 Billion From Crypto For Himself and His Family

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If you don't SELF CUSTODY your Bitcoin - You End Up in Bad Movie Trailers Like This One - Brought to You by Amazon Prime

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What actually happens under the hood when calldata hits the EVM (Execution Flow Breakdown)

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There’s a lot of focus lately on calldata in the context of rollups and EIP-2028 gas economics (16 vs 4 gas per byte). While data availability is important, I often see the actual low-level execution mechanics get glossed over. I wrote a deep dive on EVM internals covering this exact topic. If you've ever wondered what happens at the opcode level the millisecond your transaction payload hits a smart contract, here is the actual lifecycle of calldata: The Raw Byte Handoff & The 4-Byte Check When a transaction is sent, the EVM doesn't understand "functions" or "parameters", it just sees a raw hex-encoded blob in a read-only area called calldata. Before anything else, the EVM checks the length of this data: The Function Dispatcher (The EVM's Switchboard) If there is data, the EVM runs the dispatcher essentially a giant, compiler-generated switch/case statement: If it finds a match, it uses JUMPI to move the Program Counter to that specific block of code. ABI Decoding & Stack Loading Once the EVM jumps to the right function, it has to "unpack" the arguments: Dynamic Types (string, bytes[]): The calldata contains an offset (a pointer). The EVM reads this offset, jumps to that position in the calldata, reads the length prefix, and then processes the actual data. The payable Word Before executing any actual business logic, the EVM checks the callvalue (msg.value). If the target function is not explicitly marked as payable, but the transaction includes ETH, the EVM triggers a REVERT right here. This prevents trapped funds and happens before your code even starts running. memory vs. calldata Execution This is where the famous gas savings come in during execution: If a function parameter is declared as memory, the EVM is forced to use CALLDATACOPY to move the read-only bytes into mutable memory. This triggers memory expansion gas costs. If declared as calldata, the EVM skips the copy process entirely. It just uses CALLDATALOAD to read directly from the original transaction payload, saving you the memory expansion overhead. source/deep dive overview: https://andreyobruchkov1996.substack.com/p/what-actually-happens-when-calldata submitted by /u/Resident_Anteater_35 [link] [comments]

Just set up two old laptops to mine. I only have 20 bucks, looking for advice on how to grow it.

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I’m 17 and just getting into crypto. I’m trying to do everything the right way from the start. I’m avoiding exchanges and keeping everything on my own device with a non-custodial wallet (no cloud stuff). I’m starting with Monero because I care about the privacy side of things. I’ve got two old laptops running Arch. their mining right now, but I know the hardware is pretty weak so it’s going to take forever to see any real results. I’ve only got about 20 bucks to start with, and I’m worried about fees eating half of that if I try to move it around or trade. I’m looking for some actual advice: Since I’m a teenager and can’t use big sites like Coinbase, what’s the best way for me to grow this 20 without getting scammed? Besides Monero, what other projects should I be looking into that actually have good tech and aren't just hype? I'm not expecting to get rich overnight, I just want to learn how this works while I'm still young. Any tips would be appreciated. submitted by /u/Own_Squash5242 [link] [comments]

Justin Sun Slams WLFI Over Token Lockups, Gets Legal Threat in Response

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Bitcoin is the Center of the Crypto Universe

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Bitcoin is like the sun, with the lesser planets just orbiting around it, with the life forms in them (the users of said planets) relying on the sunlight (proof of work) to sustain life. The reason no other proof of work network has managed to take off the way Bitcoin has, is because in a proof-of-work network miners must choose which network to contribute their real world electricity to. Miners have chosen to contribute their work to bitcoin. now all the supporting networks like ethereum and all the other minor blockchains in the crypto universe orbit Bitcoin and support it because without Bitcoin they are absolutely nothing. there's only room for one proof of work Network. that's why all the major orbiting networks are proof of stake etc. Bitcoin is the only Network where real world electricity is deems worth using to secure it on a global scale. Proof of work is a winner takes all proposition, and the world has decided which protocol is worth contributing work to. Bitcoin. with that being said, it goes both ways. bitcoin without the ecosystem orbiting around it is far weaker on its own. submitted by /u/GlockenspielVentura [link] [comments]

Multisig transaction validation issue between Sparrow and Coldcard Q depending on OS

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Hi, I'm running into a problem while testing multisig transfers on Testnet4 using a Coldcard Q (CCQ) and Sparrow Wallet. CCQ version : 1.4.0 Sparrow version : 2.4.2 Setup: 2-of-3 multisig wallet (also tested with 2-of-5) All 3 keys derived from the same seed on the CCQ (separate HD wallets) Network: Testnet4 Signing flow: SD card (PSBT → CCQ → signed file → Sparrow) Steps: I sign the part.psbt with the first wallet on the CCQ → Sparrow recognises and validates the signature with no issue. I switch to a second wallet on the CCQ and sign the part.psbt again → the CCQ saves a .txn file to the SD card. I load that .txn into Sparrow → the transaction displays correctly, but the second signature is not recognised and broadcasting is not possible. What's strange: This issue occurs on Windows and Linux Debian 13. On macOS, the exact same operation with the same wallet and the same transaction works perfectly: Sparrow validates both signatures and allows broadcasting. Question: The problem therefore appears to be related to Sparrow's behaviour depending on the OS, rather than anything to do with the CCQ or the wallet itself. Has anyone encountered this before? Is there a known difference in how Sparrow handles PSBT/TXID files between Windows/Linux and macOS? I'm not comfortable setting up a multisig wallet for mainnet use until I understand what's causing this. Thanks in advance. submitted by /u/arthuro1er [link] [comments]

Do influencer mentions still move low-cap tokens in 2026?

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I’ve been noticing a recurring pattern where smaller tokens get sudden attention after being mentioned by larger online personalities. For example, Ian Miles Cheong recently referenced a Solana-based token, which appeared to coincide with a short-term spike in activity. Not focusing on the specific token here, but more the broader trend: Do influencer mentions still meaningfully impact price/volume? Or has the market become too saturated for that effect to last? How do you distinguish between organic growth vs short-term attention spikes? submitted by /u/Possible_Cheek_4114 [link] [comments]

Jack Dorsey's Bitcoin children's book still available?

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In 2018 the Cash App website let you buy a children's book "My First Bitcoin and the Legend of Satoshi Nakamoto". Does anyone know where you can still get copies of this? submitted by /u/Th3M0rn1ng5h0w [link] [comments]

World Liberty Financial borrowed its own stablecoin against its own token on a platform run by its own advisor and Justin Sun (WLFI biggest investor) just called it fraud.

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Bitcoin trading

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so I don’t know much about bitcoin but I do know that trying to sign up for coinbase needs you to be above 18. how to get a btc address that can receive btc which can just stay in that account till I turn 18. submitted by /u/YardStunning2324 [link] [comments]

What is your biggest “ I should've bought BTC earlier” moment?

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For me, it's every time BTC ranges — it always feels like an opportunity to accumulate. Now seeing reports about Iran potentially using Bitcoin for oil transit payments through the Strait of Hormuz… Do you think stories like this actually matter for Bitcoin long term? submitted by /u/Imaginary_Ladder_553 [link] [comments]

Genesis block newspaper going to auction

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WARNING: Aerodrome's CLGauge have an Integration Trap - Lost $2k due to incomplete ERC-721 implementation

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I permanently lost $2,000 USD value trying to stake via direct contract interaction on Aerodrome. The CLGauge contract accepts safeTransferFrom via the onERC721Received hook but silently fails to update the staking state, creating a black hole for assets. I’m sharing this to warn other developers and integrators building on top of Aerodrome (Base chain), and hopefully get the attention of the Core Team or the Emergency Council, since standard Discord support just gave me the "contracts are immutable" playbook. Recently, I performed a safeTransferFrom (as a fallback to approve and deposit) directly to the Aerodrome Gauge (0x83e2E9493996651ed63033d81f5052cBE2fEB6A1). The transaction was mathematically and technically successful on-chain because the Gauge contract explicitly implements the IERC721Receiver interface. However, this is where the integration trap lies: While the contract gladly accepted physical custody of my NFT position, it completely failed to trigger the internal logic to update the _stakes mapping and the rewardGrowth snapshots. The Reality: By exposing the receiver hook without the corresponding push-based deposit logic, Aerodrome's contract signals false compatibility. It creates a critical state mismatch: the Gauge owns the NFT, but my wallet is no longer recognized as the owner, meaning I can neither call deposit() nor withdraw(). Has any other developer encountered this problem? submitted by /u/Mr_Robot_do_Bras [link] [comments]

Attempting to explain Bitcoin in under 1 minute … how’d I do?

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People say no one understands bitcoin or it’s too complicated so I tried to see if I could explain it in under a minute submitted by /u/thesatdaddy [link] [comments]

Philadelphia Musician G. Love Loses $424K in Bitcoin to Fake Ledger App on Apple App Store

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The First Rule of Bitcoin: If it's not in your own Wallet, it's not Bitcoin

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Everything else is an IOU. thank you for attending my Sunday Bitcoin Talk. submitted by /u/Fiach_Dubh [link] [comments]

Mining bitcoin in Oklahoma oilfields where waste gas isn't a liability. It is turned into productive energy instead ????

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There’s a Way to Make Bitcoin Safe From Quantum Without a Fork, Researchers Say

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I couldn't find good data on Iran's Bitcoin toll at Hormuz so I built a dashboard to track it

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⚠ Note: This is a public data model/estimator, not a blockchain tracker. All BTC figures are calculated from public sources (AIS vessel data, EIA oil statistics, reported toll rates from Bloomberg/FT/TRM Labs). No actual IRGC wallet addresses are tracked. Full methodology: [methodology tab on the dashboard] been following the hormuz situation and kept seeing claims about iran collecting btc from oil tankers.. couldn't find any solid numbers so i just built something to estimate it https://straitwatch.lovable.app what it shows right now: 182 vessels tracked in the region estimated ~₿475/day collected via the toll — based on AIS vessel data and bloomberg/ft reporting, not actual blockchain data 5 OFAC sanctioned ships active in the corridor war premium model sitting at $9.88/barrel = roughly $170M/day extra cost globally in 12 days since april 1 the model estimates ₿4,530 accumulated.. that's equivalent to 10 days of global bitcoin mining output without running a single miner what's actually interesting to me isn't the btc amount.. it's that this works completely outside swift, ofac, all of it. by the time any bank knows a transaction happened it's already settled not claiming this is verified blockchain data — full methodology is in the dashboard. built it for transparency submitted by /u/apurpleflyingcar [link] [comments]

Is the "Crypto Purge" at Twitter simply an algorithm glitch—or a massive Conflict of Interest?

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Tron’s Justin Sun slams Trump-backed WLFI for treating users as "personal ATM" after $75 Million DeFi loan

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You can sell $20,000 per year per bitcoin and never run out

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EDIT: Removed the 95% stack retention claim. That number was wrong. The core SWR finding ($20K/yr, 99% survival, 30 years) stands. Thanks to commenters who caught it. This is the third post in the series. First one covered why 5 BTC beats $2.5M in an S&P index fund, second one went deeper on the math. I went another layer deeper and this one gives you a single number. 1 BTC = $20K per year safe withdrawals for the next 30 years with 99% confidence. 2 BTC = $40K. 3 BTC = $60K. 5 BTC = $100K. No timing. No trading. You just sell a fixed dollar amount every month at whatever price Bitcoin happens to be. Dumbest possible strategy and it works. How I got here I ran 5,000 simulated price paths forward at every possible starting price between deep bear (half of trend) and peak bull (2.5x trend). Six different stress scenarios. Three time horizons. Nearly a million total simulations. The model isn't a line on a chart. It has four moving parts: A power law trend that decelerates over decades. No infinite-growth fairy tales. A price floor at 0.432x trend. Tested every cycle. Never broken. Reflects back up. Mean reversion. Prices that stretch away from the long-term trend get pulled back, like a rubber band. Measured half-life: about 11 months. Fat-tailed shocks and a wobbly floor in the stress scenarios, because I wanted to break it. I couldn't. $20K is the stress test, not the base case The $20K number assumes your cost of living grows at 7% per year. Your expenses double every decade. That matches M2 money supply growth, which is what most Bitcoiners mean when they say "real inflation." Under milder assumptions the number goes up: 3% CPI: $25-27K per BTC per year No inflation growth: $27-31K per BTC per year $20K is the floor of the floor. Harshest inflation assumption. 99% in-model survival. 30 year horizon. Entry price doesn't matter This is the finding that surprised me most. At 30 years, the difference in safe withdrawal between buying at the bottom and buying at the top is about $1,000 per year. The curves are almost flat. The reason is mean reversion. If you buy low, prices pull you back to trend within about two years. If you buy high, same thing in reverse. After that, both buyers spend the remaining 28 years selling into the same price distribution. The early advantage or disadvantage washes out. This is the opposite of stocks. In equity retirement planning, buying at a high valuation crushes your safe withdrawal rate. With Bitcoin under the power law, it doesn't. Mean reversion rescues bear buyers and humbles bull buyers, and the net effect on your wallet is roughly zero. The comparison that matters The traditional 4% rule says you need $500K in an S&P 500 index fund to safely pull $20K per year. One bitcoin at today's trend price (~$131K) does the same job. At bear entries the comparison gets silly. A bitcoin bought at 0.52x trend (~$69K) supports a 29% annual withdrawal rate relative to purchase price. The Bengen 4% rule doesn't compete. It's not even the same sport. What this is NOT saying This is a model. The power law has held for 15 years across four complete halving cycles. That's real data. But 15 years is not 150 years. I price the model risk separately: roughly a 1% structural haircut over 30 years. That brings true survival from 99% to about 98%. The question isn't whether Bitcoin will crash 80%. The model already handles that. The question is whether adoption keeps following the power law and whether the floor holds. Those are the only two things that matter. Everything else is already in the stress test. All figures are pre-tax. Account for your local capital gains treatment when planning actual spendable income. Bottom line 1 BTC = $20K per year. Worst case inflation. Any entry price. 99% in-model reliability. 30 years. Stack accordingly. Research and methodology is published on https://btcpowerlaw.nl/research/bitcoin-swr/ submitted by /u/Defiant_Ice_4860 [link] [comments]

DCA and HOLD your Bitcoin

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Iran Enforces Bitcoin as the Only Means to Pay Toll on Strait of Hormuz

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Have you ever sent crypto to the wrong blockchain by mistake? This gap in wallet security costs millions every year

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Cross-chain address mistakes are one of the most silent and permanent fund losses in crypto. You paste a Solana address while on Ethereum, or a Bitcoin address on BNB Chain. The address isn't flagged as malicious — because it isn't. It just belongs to a different network. Funds gone forever, no recourse. What's surprising is that no major wallet security tool catches this. Blacklist scanners, phishing detectors, contract analyzers — none of them check address format compatibility across chains. They only check if an address is malicious, not if it's on the wrong chain. I built a MetaMask Snap that solves exactly this — it checks address formats in real time before you confirm any transaction. I actually thought of that after seeing a guys post in here a few months ago saying that he lost his funds sending to the wrong chain and was wondering if there was a way to get them back. You can find it on the latest snaps in the official Metamask Snaps Directory but i guess i am not allowed to name it directly in the main post. I also started discussing with different wallet teams for a native integration so we can solve that issue once and for all. Would you want to have that on your wallets natively to make sure you don't send your funds to the wrong chain? submitted by /u/Agile-Comedian4739 [link] [comments]

Never "download" your Bitcoin

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Casinos are now looking at integrating prediction markets. Will prediction markets soon need gambling licenses?

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Hey all, I was looking on X and came across a post discussing a new casino that is launching with first ever prediction market built inz, here is a link to the site: https://bitcoincasino.com/ Really when thinking about it these prediction markets are really just gambling. I assume if this were to happen will prediction markets like poly / kalshi eventually need a gambling license? When you look at the product it’s very much a gambling product. How long do you think until prediction markets will need specialised gambling licenses? submitted by /u/BorisBolockov [link] [comments]

Ray Dalio issues economic “war thesis” showing dollar-debasement against Bitcoin

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Daily Discussion, April 12, 2026

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Last week retail was 1.73x LONG on BTC. This week they flipped to 0.745 — net SHORT. Retail capitulated in 7 days while Morgan Stanley just onboarded 16,000 advisors for ETF distribution.

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Let that sink in for a second. One week ago retail was heavily long at 1.73 L/S ratio. Today it's 0.745 — net short. In seven days retail went from max bullish to betting against BTC. Meanwhile Morgan Stanley is rolling out BTC ETF access to 16,000 financial advisors. Institutional infrastructure is expanding while retail is panic shorting. Fear & Greed went from 9 to 16 — still Extreme Fear but improving. The weekly trend: 9, 11, 12, 13, 11, 17, 14, 16. Slowly grinding up while retail flips bearish. BTC is 15.3% below the 200 EMA at $84,632 so the macro structure is still bearish. No argument there. But the aggressor ratio is at 0.6213 — that's buy dominant. Somebody is accumulating while retail exits. Iran-US talks collapsing yesterday pushed price from $73.8K to $71.6K. Geopolitics is driving short term action but it doesn't change the fact that institutional rails are being built in the background. The last time retail was this short and institutions were this active, it didn't end well for the shorts. submitted by /u/OkMagician7867 [link] [comments]

In case you wake up to a red portfolio!

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Just a quick heads up for anyone waking up tomorrow and wondering why crypto dipped again. The US–Iran meeting that’s been going on for the past 21 hours just ended, and it didn’t go well at all. Markets usually react fast to stuff like this, so if your portfolio looks red, that’s probably the reason. Not trying to spread fear, just giving you a bit of context so you’re not confused when you check your wallet. Stay safe out there guys and DO NOT PANIC-SELL based on emotions. Do your own research and don’t make decisions based on short-term news. Sooner or later we'll fly in green again (i hope????) submitted by /u/Aggressive_Cat8000 [link] [comments]

Daily General Discussion April 12, 2026

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**Welcome to the Daily General Discussion on** r/ethereum [https://imgur.com/3y7vezP\](https://imgur.com/3y7vezP) Bookmarking this link will always bring you to the current daily: [https://old.reddit.com/r/ethereum/about/sticky/?num=2\](https://old.reddit.com/r/ethereum/about/sticky/?num=2) Please use this thread to discuss Ethereum topics, news, events, and even *price*! Price discussion posted elsewhere in the subreddit will **continue to be removed.** As always, be constructive. - [Subreddit Rules](https://www.reddit.com/r/ethereum/about/rules/) Want to stake? Learn more at r/ethstaker **Community Links** * [Ethereum Jobs](https://ethereum.org/en/community/get-involved/#ethereum-jobs), [Twitter](https://x.com/ethereum) * [EVMavericks YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/@evmavericks), [Discord](https://discord.gg/evmavericks), [Doots Podcast](https://evmavericks.libsyn.com/) * [Doots Website](https://dailydoots.com/), Old Reddit [Doots Extension](https://github.com/etheralpha/ethfinance-extension) by u/hanniabu Calendar: [https://dailydoots.com/events/\](https://dailydoots.com/events/) submitted by /u/EthereumDailyThread [link] [comments]

Satirical Post On Trump Family's Memecoin Money, Crypto Presidential Pardons And WLFI Goes Viral

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How Much BTC Do You Have To Sell To Influence The Market?

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So, just how much Bitcoin does one sell to make the market drop $1000? submitted by /u/Sunnyjim333 [link] [comments]

Live updates: Vance says talks with Iran have ended without an agreement

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Ben McKenzie VS Himself #bitcoin #shorts #money

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Perfect example of the Dunning-Kruger effect. submitted by /u/EcstaticCell1511 [link] [comments]

BTC, ETH, XRP fall as U.S., Iran negotiators fail to reach war resolution

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Genesis Block - Starter Kit : Posted By e[n1]gMa

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I Spent 13 Years Deciphering This... I Will Give You A Starter Kit, Not The Solution Which May Or May Not Include Satoshi Nakamoto's Identity Imbedded Row 5 Reads: Forrest Fenn's 4D Treasure Hunt https://preview.redd.it/dltji3mi1oug1.jpg?width=1342&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a3f266b8edc9dde309266e1f7a77b1f7507ca241 submitted by /u/SakociusJJ [link] [comments]

Best Multichain DEX to swap BTC to USDT?

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Title says it all. Is there any decentralized exchanges where I can swap BTC for USDT and vice versa? Only dexs I’ve found so far are chain specific like Uniswap for USDT and Jupiter for Solana. I’m trying to move away from centralised exchanges, and the one thing I’m missing is a DEX where you can trade/ swap Bitcoin. Would be great to hear if there’s any good solutions out there that enables this. And I’m not looking for peer to peer or in person trading, ideally a set up where you can simply swap USDT for BTC. submitted by /u/Trophy_waifuu [link] [comments]

Bitcoin Creed

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HODL in the name of HODL! Sats for your Stack of Sats! Sell the fiat. Shun the ETF. Purge the shitcoin. Cold storage protects. And thou shall protect what you Hodl, from hackers and roommates alike, for they will un-hodl your sats, and there is no greater sin than that. Should your private keys pass beyond your ken, despair not but rejoice, for your humble sats were granted the ultimate honor of joining the mighty coins of Satoshi in the noble realm of Eternal Hodl. May your DCA be daily and strong. submitted by /u/BaldBear_13 [link] [comments]

The IRS Gave Hodlers a Huge Tax Advantage in 2014 - Most Still Don't Know About It!

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Many Bitcoiners know the core value prop - scarcity, decentralization, sound money (e.g Austrian Economics and all that). But if you're a consistent DCA buyer like I am, you've felt the other side of that: buying at local tops and immediately watching a 10-20% drawdown hit your stack. TLDR: Bitcoin's no wash sale rule means every dip is a tax harvesting opportunity. Most people know this exists. Almost nobody is actually doing it systematically. What most Bitcoiners don't know is that volatility creates a legal tax harvesting opportunity that essentially doesn't exist for other kinds of investors. Here’s why this works (and why it’s different from stocks): In 2014, the IRS issued Notice 2014-21 classifying Bitcoin as property, not a security. This means the wash sale rule which prevents stock investors from selling at a loss and immediately rebuying - doesn't actually apply to Bitcoin**.** In practice: if you bought 1 BTC at $110,000 and it drops to $80,000, you can sell and rebuy within seconds, locking in a $30,000 capital loss while maintaining your exact position. No 30-day waiting period. No penalty. The obvious question then is, what about the spread? If you're in a 32% bracket in the US, that $30k loss is a $9,600 deduction*. Even after a 0.5% exchange spread (maybe $500 on the round trip), you're still up over $9,000 in liquidity immediately. You're exchanging a small certain cost for a massive tax benefit you can redeploy. (Quick note on how the losses actually apply: up to $3,000 per year offsets your ordinary W2 income directly - so a few hundred bucks back at minimum regardless of your gains situation. Everything above that carries forward indefinitely to offset future capital gains. So even if you have no gains this year, the losses don't disappear - they stack.) Ten dollars of tax savings compounding in BTC for a decade is worth a lot more than ten dollars at filing time years from now. The catch now is that actually doing this is a nightmare. If you're DCA'ing regularly, figuring out which specific lots are harvestable - and exactly when - is genuinely tedious to do manually. And while tools are out there that show you harvesting opportunities, they're broad ????coin tax reporting platforms where Bitcoin is one of hundreds of nonsense assets. They show you a snapshot - they don't continuously monitor your positions and alert you automatically as opportunities emerge throughout the year & harvest them for you. I'm an engineer who got annoyed doing this by hand with my Strike => self custody setup and built a software layer specifically for this. Bitcoin-only, continuously monitors your cost basis across your exchange accounts, surfaces harvestable opportunities in real time, and executes the harvest automatically across all major exchanges with full tax lot tracking updated instantly. Personally, I didn’t want to host other people’s API keys, so I also built a self-host option for more technically savvy & privacy centric brothers/sisters. You can run it via your own GitHub Secrets so the keys never leave your infrastructure. If you want managed software with reports to share with your CPA and stuff like that, that's also available. If anyone wants to try it or learn more, I’ve got 10 spots for the first people from the sub who want to jump in & try it out. Happy to help with the setup personally! EDIT: Okay so this post has blown up more than anticipated. Transparently I was only initially planning to allow for 10 users to try from the sub and we’ve nearly reached that threshold. Feel free to leave a comment or DM me directly if you’d be interested and I’ll be happy to talk through things. We don’t support all exchanges and all hardware wallets today although we support the major ones and are adding more. Let me know if you have any questions or concerns! submitted by /u/justforgigs96 [link] [comments]

What resources, books, people, or other sources would be best to use to learn about Bitcoin, and how to obtain it as a regular human?

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Hello, I am a newbie to bitcoin, and I want to learn more about it, how it actually works, and how to obtain it. I am though very nervous about what sources are true and just a google search will not give me the full story. Does one really need a doctorate in tech to be able to work with a mine bitcoin? I want to learn and be able to see what it is all about, and all advice is welcome. Thanks submitted by /u/Top-Inspector9426 [link] [comments]

With Bitcoin now being accepted by Iran, will this lead to blacklisting of coins?

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Will governments seek to freeze or ban btc that has passed through Iranian wallets? Will they punish individuals or organizations that accept or spend tainted btc? At 2 million dollars per tanker, that adds up quickly. submitted by /u/himtnboy [link] [comments]

CLARITY Act Is Almost Done After House Win as Senate Vote Nears

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Mixero Adds Ricochet to Strengthen Bitcoin Transaction Privacy

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It’s fun trying to mine a block that includes your own transaction.

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I like knowing that I’m one of the miners working to clear my own transaction, and that if I succeed, the fees I’m paying will come back to me. I have very little hash power, so the odds are astronomical, but I enjoy the feeling of participation and increased connection to how the technology works. submitted by /u/HugeLarry [link] [comments]

Bhutan Offloads 70% of Its Bitcoin Stash as Mining Activity Dries Up

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Iran Enforces Bitcoin as the Only Means to Pay Toll on Strait of Hormuz - Blockonomi

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Iran’s Strait of Hormuz Management Plan, passed in late March 2026, mandates Bitcoin toll payments. Each fully laden tanker carrying 2 million barrels faces a Bitcoin toll of up to $2 million. Bitcoin surged toward $73,000 as shipping firms faced the prospect of stockpiling BTC for tolls. Stablecoins were rejected due to freeze functions and GENIUS framework compliance requirements. submitted by /u/TheresNoSecondBest [link] [comments]

BIP-85 child seed with lightning wallet

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I wanted to use a BIP-85 child seed with a lightning wallet (which naturally also supports on-chain) and apparently it wasn't possible. I tried with Aqua and with Phoenix, but they both state that you can only restore a wallet with seeds generated from that same wallet... What's up with that? It kind of defeats the purpose of having only one seed to rule them all. Is this a limitation on all lightning wallets? Does anyone know of a wallet where it is possible to do it? Thanks in advance. submitted by /u/CartographerOk156 [link] [comments]

Over 20,000 crypto fraud victims identified in international crackdown

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B-but it must go lower

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B-b-but the cycle... Stop. This is not the past. It doesn't follow the imaginary lines people make up to feel in control. It can legit shoot up from here, and if it "follows the cycle and goes down" it doesn't mean it will have to go up again. For now, it looks like the train is leaving the station. submitted by /u/No_Jellyfish2185 [link] [comments]

The WLFI team’s response to a 12% crash was “we’ll add more collateral” but where is it coming from?

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So World Liberty Financial just dropped 12% to record lows and the team’s official response to questions about their multi-million dollar lending position was essentially “we’ll just add more collateral if things go bad” which is the crypto equivalent of saying “don’t worry we’ll figure it out” while the building is on fire. This is the same project that had Eric Trump on stage promising DeFi for the people. The same one that counted foreign heads of state buying tokens as a feature not a bug? And where exactly is the collateral going to come from? submitted by /u/Repulsive_Counter_79 [link] [comments]

FTC just sent warning letters to PayPal, Stripe, Visa, and Mastercard over debanking

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So the FTC literally just sent warning letters to PayPal, Stripe, Visa, AND Mastercard in the same week asking them to explain why they keep cutting people off from digital payments with zero explanation. Like think about that for a second. Four companies. Four. That’s the entire architecture of how money moves in this country and apparently the government just now realized that maybe letting a handful of Silicon Valley suits decide who gets to participate in the economy based on vibes is a bad idea. The debanking thing isn’t even a conspiracy theory anymore it’s just a federal investigation now, which somehow makes it both more reassuring and way more terrifying at the same time. The crazy part is we built this whole “cashless future” on infrastructure that can just quietly exclude you and never has to say why. No cash, no privacy, no recourse. Your Stripe account gets flagged, your PayPal gets frozen, and now what you just don’t exist economically? People been saying for years that transparent payment rails were a surveillance problem dressed up as convenience and the response was always “you sound paranoid,” and now the FTC is literally investigating it. submitted by /u/Repulsive_Counter_79 [link] [comments]

1 Bitcoin Puts You Ahead of 99.9% of People

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If you can get to 1 Bitcoin, you are ahead of 99.9% of humanity. That sounds ridiculous, but the math is real. In this video, I break down just how rare it is to own a full Bitcoin, and why not every millionaire on Earth can get one. submitted by /u/thesatdaddy [link] [comments]

A glimpse into my ongoing rally with support. Currently at Day 10.

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I use Robinhood Crypto as I am from the EU. I am restricted from trading and now need to update my tax information, but the app has a bug. When I tap the alert banner prompting me to update my tax details, it opens a page with a “Continue” button. However, selecting “Continue” simply reloads the same page with the same button, creating an endless loop. I even switched to a completely new device, but the issue remains unchanged. Unfortunately, support fails to comprehend the problem and continues to provide the same basic steps, which do not address the underlying issue. For the past two weeks, they are just telling me to reinstall the app or giving a link to update the app which again takes me to the play store where it shows that the app is already updated. ????‍♂️ submitted by /u/Standard_Property213 [link] [comments]

Bitcoin Core 31.0 release candidate 4 available

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Reddit Avatars 2022 vs Now

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Node Monitoring "Mini" Guide

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Hey sysadmins and node runners,i made a little guide about Uptime Kuma, a open source tool for monitoring the services of computers. 1-Install docker engine - https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/ 2-Run that command to deploy uptime kuma container - 3-Create login credentials and select database to use, in my case i used this one just for the test, i recommend sqlite for lightweight works and mariadb/mysql for more complex works. 4-Press on \"add new monitor\" Apply ping or other service that you want uptimekuma to execute, add a name and the host to monitor. 5-Check that it works, you should see something like this. Extras: This works because this program \"Uptime Kuma\" is a daemon (program running in the background) that constantly checks your monitoring rules and if the program itself is alive. With this command you can see the manual of docker, that includes how to administrate containers... This is my first contribution to this subreddit, i hope its useful to yall , any questions/suggestions let me know! submitted by /u/Green_Bar_8851 [link] [comments]

A Boomer and a non-investor told me to sell.

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Well i guess it’s time we rip! A boomer told me that the best assets are tangible ones etc houses and alike. A non investor told me to stay in cash cuz market will collapse lol Knowing Donald dump he will pump the markets for midterms. submitted by /u/TradeorBust1985 [link] [comments]

Bitcoin market is splitting in two. Here's who is buying and selling amid the war

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Iran creates the first Bitcoin Tollbooth

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Is the 'Halving' becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy for the bots in 2026?

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Every cycle we talk about the supply shock, but I’m noticing that volatility is increasingly front-run by institutional algorithms months in advance. Are we reaching a point where the Halving is fully priced in by the time it actually happens? As a developer, I’m seeing more "smart money" infrastructure being built around predicting bot behavior rather than actual supply changes. What’s your take? Is the halving still a factor, or just a scheduled volatility event for the algos? submitted by /u/Henry_old [link] [comments]

My journey trying to build something useful

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Over the past year I've been thinking a lot about Web3. Not the trading, not the speculation, not the casino. I don't trade crypto. I don't follow the markets. What fascinates me is the underlying idea: decentralized systems with code as the only authority. The technology itself. I've been a backend engineer for over a decade. Rails, SQL, the usual stack. But like many engineers, I burned out. The excitement to build faded. You know the feeling. You're competent, productive, but not discovering anything anymore. Then I looked seriously at blockchain. Not as an investor, but as an engineer. I asked myself: what would an application look like if built with absolute fidelity to what blockchain promises? Real utility (useful for the masses, not DeFi nonesense) NO off-chain layers (100% on-chain) NO insider advantages (fair economics) NO dependence on investors (self-sustaining) NO pointless tokenomics (ETH in, ETH out) Those five principles became my compass. I tried to build something that never violated them. But the Web3 ecosystem is built around tokenomics and speculation. There's no blueprint to follow. So I started pulling my own thread: I wanted to build something useful, deterministic, fully on-chain, with no complicated tokenomics. A simple game like TicTacToe with real ETH stakes? Interesting, but too narrow. Then the frame shifted. I wasn't building a game anymore. I was building a tournament layer. A universal competitive infrastructure that's fair, open-source, and 100% on-chain. That's when the hard problems started. How do you handle draws on a decentralized platform? How do you stop players griefing opponents without central authority? These aren't just technical questions. They're moral ones. They forced me to think deeply about fairness, about building a system nobody controls and nobody can manipulate. The answers surprised me. Forget Kubernetes, Redis, all that complexity. With these constraints (fully on-chain, truly open, completely decentralized) the legacy stack collapses into something elegant. A client talking directly to contracts. No servers. No databases. No company. Just code. That freedom changed how I think about software. So I built ETour A 100% on-chain tournament protocol, now live on Arbitrum. Players pay an entry fee, compete, the best player wins and takes the pot. Code decides everything. No intermediaries. As Web3 should be. I open-sourced it so developers can build their own games on it and inherit all of its features for free. I'm not here to tell you this is revolutionary. I built this because it felt like a problem worth solving. ETour is what came out the other side. The code is public. The contracts are immutable. The logic is yours to verify. PS: The technical docs are not final and will be updated soon. https://etour.games https://etour.games/whitepaper https://etour.games/manual https://etour.games/docs TLDR: ETour is useful, it's live, and it's open-source. Go ahead and play on it, or build your own game using its 100% on-chain and open source tournament modules. submitted by /u/SourTangerine [link] [comments]

Crypto News: AlphaPepe Announces $800k Raised While Bitcoin Price Prediction Targets $80K Breakout After Global Ceasefire

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On Kraken I place an order

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and the price ends up being different than what I agreed. On Kraken I sell and the value ends up changing from what I agreed. Spoke with Kraken support and was given a line about best something something time something... Im retail, fine.... but this is very obviously a scam. on top of that the ability to now withdrawal or transfer cash is barely functional within the app. Actually I have not yet been able to completely remove myself from their services and Im goIng in 5 hours of banging against move a little, move a little, move a little. just... AVOID KRAKEN submitted by /u/countAEion [link] [comments]

WLFI drops 15% to all-time lows after World Liberty Financial's $75M borrowing move

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WLFI Drops to Record Low After Token-Backed Borrowing Raises Risk Concerns

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Am I the only one who ignored the basics when getting into crypto?

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When I first got into crypto, I went straight into trading. Charts, setups, trying to understand price action… basically everything except how the system actually works. And at the time, it didn’t feel like a problem. I knew how to use exchanges, move funds, and follow the market. That felt like enough. But the longer I stayed in it, the more I realized I didn’t really understand what I was interacting with. Things like what a wallet actually is, what a private key represents, or what “owning” crypto really means. I kind of knew the terms, but not in a way where I could clearly explain them. I ended up picking up Crypto for Dummies: A Beginner’s Guide to Bitcoin, Blockchain, and Not Losing Your Mind (or Your Money) mostly to fill that gap. It’s obviously written as an intro, so I expected it to be too basic, but it actually helped connect a few things that were scattered in my head. Not in a “this changed everything” way, just in a way where things started making more sense together. Especially around wallets, transactions, and why self-custody is such a big deal. Didn’t make me a better trader or anything, but I feel less like I’m guessing how things work underneath. If you’re in crypto and feel like you understand pieces of it but not the full picture, I’d actually recommend this book as a starting point. Curious if anyone else had a similar experience, or if most people just learn this stuff along the way? submitted by /u/No-Case6255 [link] [comments]

Why is the volume lower on weekends?

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The stock market is closed on weekend. Bitcoin is one of the few assets that can be traded on weekend. By my understanding, that would mean bitcoins volume should be higher on weekend than on weekdays because traders cant trade stocks, so trading focused on bitcoin. But bitcoins volume on weekends is actually lower than on weekdays, despite weekend, by my logic, being the time frame where everyone would jump to bitcoin because the stock market is closed submitted by /u/Suguha_chan [link] [comments]

Trump-backed WLFI token drops 12% to record lows after team defends multi-million lending position

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Arizona Judge Blocks Gambling Enforcement Against Kalshi Contracts

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White House: Stablecoin Yield Ban Costs More Than It Saves

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The Hormuz Paywall: How a Sanctioned Nation Just Cornered the Bitcoin Market

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Daily Discussion, April 11, 2026

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Verifiably Random S3:E14 - AI and the developer experience on Algorand with Brian Whippo

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AI is changing blockchain development by the day. Marc sits down with Brian Whippo, Algorand’s Senior Director of Integrations & Developer Tooling, to discuss how AI is being used in developer tooling. Marc and Brian explore how tools have progressed from generating simple front ends to building full smart contracts, and highlight innovations within the Algorand ecosystem, such as VibeKit, that make development easier. The conversation covers the opportunities and risks of AI-generated code, the shift in the developer role toward system architecture, and the potential of autonomous agents in DeFi. This is the final episode of S3, see you next season! submitted by /u/semanticweb [link] [comments]

Brief: Bitcoin Core Governance Analysis

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My university's business school moved to a new building and we're now in the Satoshi floor. Is this a sign?

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Not Looking Good: WLFI Borrows $75 Million From A Platform Its Advisor Co-Founded

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Don't Be Exit Liquidity'—Trump's WLFI Borrows $75M On Own Token

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Recovering old wallet

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I bought BTC back in 2012-ish G'day everyone, I have leftover coins on an old, cracked screen phone. Short of replacing the guts of the phone, I have found only a wallet address in my records. I can't remember which android app I used for the wallet, but what are the chances I can recover the wallet with the address? I can't remember if I set up a seed phrase, probably did. It'd come in really handy right now, always worked hard and after injuries and the Dingo attack on Fraser while working as a Tour Guide (in THAT camp, PTSD type condition after that, actually rocked me) I'm currently in between careers and struggling so whatever I have left in that wallet would be of great use. Cheers for your time, To the mooooon. (I had no idea what BTC even was back then, one look at the darknet and I didn't know what I'd got myself into). submitted by /u/Fearless_Tie_8969 [link] [comments]

Bitcoin price news: BTC moves up to $72,400 after March inflation data

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US Treasury plans sweeping AML leash for dollar stablecoin issuers

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Well there goes your yield chaps. The amount of staff and resources needed for monitoring, analytics, interventions, reporting is going to costa plenty. Sounding more and more like a CBDC every day.... in case the tldr bot doesn't kick in: applies to all permitted payment stablecoin issuers (PPSIs), including state-regulated entities with market caps under $10 billion and federally regulated issuers require issuers operating in the US to build technical kill switches into their tokens and run full Bank Secrecy Act–style programs, from customer due diligence to suspicious activity reporting. Under the draft, stablecoin issuers would need systems able to “block, freeze and reject” transactions and halt specifically flagged flows. submitted by /u/uncapchad [link] [comments]

New avalon q miner

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Got it yesterday and it seems to be running smoothly. Not sure I'll ever hit a block but this was the last piece to a full setup. I have a bitcoin core full node running with inbound/outbound connections, and now I've got 90T helping secure the network, its not much but im doing my part to help decentralize and just maybe I'll hit a block! submitted by /u/hardballtaz [link] [comments]

Adam Back Rejects Renewed Claims That He Is Satoshi

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Solo miner vs. mining farms... is it really anybody’s game?

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What if every home in the world with electricity had a 6 TH/s miner plugged in or a 200 TH/s the same way every home has a bathroom or shower? How would that level of universal mining power affect block discovery and ultimately the future of Bitcoin itself? submitted by /u/Specialist_Deal69 [link] [comments]

Trump Family just rugpulled $150 Million from the Dolomite lending platform - using a deposit of their illiquid WLFI from their treasury causing users to be unable to recover their funds they 'staked for yield'

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WLFI the Trump family Crypto 'project' just lent WLFI tokens "currently valued" at ~$440M from their treasury, but there is obviously not enough liquidity to sell that many tokens so if they tried to sell the value would obviously crash. They then used the valued of their treasury tokens to pull $150M tokens from the platform, causing the platform to hold 50% of the value in WLFI. Users obviously seeing this as a major red flag are trying to get out and have reported either being unable to or having a hard time getting their funds back that they were 'staking for yield'. Also worth noting the co founder of Dolemite is also a co founder of WLFI, raising serious concerns of the team performing an exit scam on Dolemite yield farmers https://www.cryptotimes.io/2026/04/10/wlfi-borrows-150m-usdc-on-dolomite-while-team-defends-the-move/ Has more details. submitted by /u/GabeSter [link] [comments]

Stablecoin Yield: Is it a Trap?

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After thinking about stablecoin yield for awhile, I asked my self, "Where does the yield come from"? I believe there cannot be a yield on stablecoins unless they are backed by fractional reserves, or nothing at all. Otherwise the stablecoin issuer would be losing money. Therefore, I conclude that stablecoin yields are essentially a trap, where bagholders are paid to not redeem the token which is not fully backed. A Ponzi scheme of sorts. Yield could in theory compensate for risk, but that risk is total and complete annihilation, rather than percentage losses. I guess I'll stick with holding crypto, in my own wallet. submitted by /u/No-Masterpiece2246 [link] [comments]

Why is everyone so obsessed with the unmasking?

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I’m just honestly perplexed why this really matters? For real, what difference is it going to make to finally unmask the real SN and how is that going to change the impact his held coins will make when they’re finally sold? Everyone is anonymous on the chain so why should they be any different? Sure, there’s the impact of data hungry machines and their environmental impact but sincerely that ship sailed a decade ago. But how is any of that going to change once we all know for sure who to blame? Is t it all the rest of us, constantly moving coins around that are to blame? So curious to hear opinions on this article. submitted by /u/prieveschl [link] [comments]

this might be the dumbest bitcoin critcism i've ever heard...

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An economist named Steve Keen says Bitcoin will go to zero because it uses too much energy. It only took me ten minutes to break down why his "critique" makes no sense submitted by /u/thesatdaddy [link] [comments]

Coinbase CEO Backs US Treasury Secretary‘s Push to pass CLARITY Act

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The public statement came about three months after the CEO said Coinbase could not support the crypto bill “as written“ before a crucial committee vote.Brian Armstrong, the Coinbase CEO who withdrew the crypto exchange’s support for the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act in January, said “it’s time” for the legislation to pass after months of delays.In a Thursday X post, Armstrong said that Coinbase agreed with comments from US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in a recent Wall Street Journal op-ed, in which he urged Congress to act on the crypto bill soon. According to the CEO, the current version of the legislation, after months of negotiations between lawmakers and representatives from the crypto and banking industries, was a “strong bill.”“It's time to pass the Clarity Act,” said Armstrong.Read more

Exodus Rolls Out 'Exodus Pay' to Turn Bitcoin Wallet Into Spending App

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12 years ago I entered and exited BTC

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I made around 100% in 3 weeks and was happy with that ???????? submitted by /u/PerspectiveGlad9191 [link] [comments]

Bitcoin and Quantum Computing — Research Series by NVK

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The GENIUS Act has a detail nobody is talking about and it's going to squeeze Tether hard

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The big stablecoin regulation news last week got covered as "bank-like rules" and people moved on. Real story is a little different. The FDIC is mandating T+2 redemption. If you hold USDC or USDT and want actual dollars, issuers now have 48 hours to make it happen. No more ambiguity during a crisis. For USDC this is basically fine. Circle has been angling for a federal charter anyway. For Tether it's a real problem. To guarantee 48-hour redemptions you have to hold boring, liquid reserves. That kills the yield strategies that make running a stablecoin profitable, and if Tether can't demonstrate compliance, US banking access gets a lot harder. Side effect: the DeFi yields you're used to on stablecoins probably get squeezed too. Check out a full breakdown here if anyone wants the details: https://bigcoinreport.com/analysis/fdic-genius-act-stablecoin-48-hour-redemption-rule-2026 Curious what people think about the Tether situation specifically. submitted by /u/1stplacelastrunnerup [link] [comments]

Japan Moves To Classify Bitcoin And Shitcoins As Financial Instruments Under New Bill

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Blockchain.com explorer has been compromised or something

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It looks like the block explorer has been hacked on Blockchain.com. When you search for a wallet address it shows you bunch of specific addresses only. For example for Satoshi address: https://www.blockchain.com/en/explorer/addresses/btc/1A1zP1eP5QGefi2DMPTfTL5SLmv7DivfNa, it shows me the following ones only: 1PyJph17b4nAKqp4UvbxUZXpoesDzvZkVL 1PAZba3CAFRYm7gNBhrzH8Dz1FkYDCwJPs 1PyJph17b4nAKqp4UvbxUZXpoesDzvZkVL 1PbwAPq7aUepWrrToVh1snhv8mqy9wrGnk bc1qdmaslupuaetajnfzex8zw6jc93ww32ur6gj3we Be aware guys. Also it will be great to report it to Blockchain, but their support system a bit hard to use. Hope they are reading r/Bitcoin sometimes. submitted by /u/Megasthenic [link] [comments]

Bitmine (BMNR) Buys 71,252 ETH as Total Holdings Reach 4.8 Million ETH

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Bitcoin hovered near $72,000 following a major options expiry while Strait of Hormuz disruptions signalled uncertainty

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Ethereal news weekly #19 | Roman Storm acquittal hearing, ETHGlobal Cannes hackathon finalists, EVM Now block explorer

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Bank of France Dep Guv Raises Risk of Dollar Stablecoins’ Dominance

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Crypto Explained in 2 minutes.

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Trump's World Liberty Financial uses 5 billion WLFI to borrow $75 million from a platform its advisor co-founded

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Trump wants to let you bet your 401(k) on crypto

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Entering long

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If you’ve been hodling on Fiat thinking if it’s time, it’s about time for a good swing. Buy in!! submitted by /u/External-Fisherman-2 [link] [comments]

We Saw Countries Adopting Bitcoin Before GTA 6

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Merely 5 years ago, this was almost impossible. Iran is confirmed to be receiving Bitcoin payments for allowing ships to pass through the Straits of Hormuz, with roughly 280 Bitcoins per day. Bitcoin was intended to bypass centralization, and since all countries are treated as equal in foreign diplomacy (at least in principle), we can count this as adoption. This adoption story continues with China, which has been using BTC to pay Iran, despite Iran accepting the Yuan as payment. We already know Russia mines Bitcoin to pay for international trade. Source: https://x.com/dhirendracd/status/2042553235727356035 submitted by /u/tractorix [link] [comments]

Robots Will Beat Humans At Being Human

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Bitcoin Optech Newsletter #400

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Bitcoin Optech newsletter #400 is here: - recaps the "Testing Bitcoin Core 31.0 Release Candidates" PR Review Club meeting - Optech Newsletter #400 Podcast https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2026/04/10/ 'Testing Bitcoin Core 31.0 Release Candidates' was a review club meeting that did not review a particular PR, but rather was a group testing effort. Before each major Bitcoin Core release, extensive testing by the community is considered essential. For this reason, a volunteer writes a testing guide for a release candidate so that as many people as possible can productively test without having to independently ascertain what’s new or changed in the release, and reinvent the various setup steps to test these features or changes... https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2026/04/10/#bitcoin-core-pr-review-club Bitcoin Optech will host an audio recap discussion of this newsletter streaming live on X/Twitter Tuesday at 16:30 UTC. submitted by /u/bitschmidty [link] [comments]

I want to take payments using Bitcoin.

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I have a business and the margins are negative to breakeven. part of this is the rate people are scamming using services and chargebacks. It is small but it happens. Basically, you order custom, we make custom and you pick up. There is zero chance of you not getting the custom order. But we do not have zero chargebacks. I see maps of services much smaller than us even though we still are small potatoes in our industry, that accept bitcoin payments and all over the map these are square app enabled lightning network payments. no chargebacks and most importantly over that no interchange fees. How can I start taking bitcoin payments? Is my business too big? Is it only service businesses being allowed since they do not charge sales tax? I would make all inclusive pricing if sales tax were the issue. Both interchange and chargebacks are drowning me. There is often no money to pay myself when these people steal this way. It took three months of working a second job to finally be back to cashflow positive. Except quarterly sales tax is due in weeks so we may actually still be negative on that aspect. I just want to get paid for the service and goods we provide. I dont want to educate people how to make things harder on the little guy so I wont elaborate. People pay once they have the goods and services provided in person. We dont know a better way to combat the ways people are scamming the system but taking bitcoin payments would be a step in that direction. submitted by /u/CarpePrimafacie [link] [comments]

Is anyone actually using crypto for anything besides holding?

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I'm really starting to miss the days when crypto wasn't just sitting in a wallet waiting for the next big price surge. It's all about ETFs and speculation now, and honestly, it's kind of getting boring. Crypto was fun when you could actually use it for something beyond just holding; we could be playing games, buying stuff, and exploring the whole Web3 vibe. Now, it feels like everyone's just waiting for the market to turn around. What happened to the real-world utility? Seems like the space is all about price charts and getting "rich" instead of using crypto for, you know, fun or practical purposes. I've actually just been using my idle LTC tokens on Metaspins lately. For me, it's one of the few places where it feels like the Web3 part actually works, with the instant withdrawals and the provably fair casino games. My adventure here is miles better than just starting at a stagnant portfolio. Is anyone still actually spending or using crypto for anything interesting? Because right now, it just feels like a digital asset waiting to hit the moon. Anyone else feeling this way ????, or is there something I'm missing out on? submitted by /u/liftcookrepeat [link] [comments]

I tracked how much MEV I lost over 6 months of trading on DEXs. the number was disgusting.

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So I went back through my wallet history and used a couple of MEV tracking tools to figure out how much value I actually lost to sandwich attacks and front-running over the past 6 months. not gonna share exact numbers but it was enough to make me seriously rethink where and how I trade on-chain. the thing that pissed me off the most wasn't even the big trades. it was the small ones. $200-500 swaps getting sandwiched for a few bucks each time. doesn't feel like much in the moment but it adds up fast when you're making multiple trades a week. what I learned: AMMs are basically open season for MEV bots. your trade hits the mempool and you're cooked private RPCs like flashbots protect help but they're not a complete solution. you're still trusting the builder not to screw you intent-based systems (cow swap etc) are better but they introduce solver trust assumptions and don't work for everything the only architecture where MEV extraction is structurally impossible is one where transaction ordering is provable and verifiable. not hidden, not trusted, but mathematically proven to be fair honestly the biggest takeaway is that most people have no idea how much they're losing. the "invisible tax" framing is accurate. you never see a line item that says "MEV bot took $4.50 from this trade" but it's happening on basically every swap. anyone else tracked their MEV losses? curious what numbers people are seeing. also curious if anyone has found a setup that actually eliminates it, not just reduces it. submitted by /u/ginete_tech [link] [comments]

Straits of Hormuz traffic tolls are being paid in crypto currency

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US, UK and Canada Freeze $12M in Crypto Phishing Operation

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Highlights from the All Core Developers Execution (ACDE) Call #234

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Japan Approves Legislation Granting Crypto Financial Instrument Status

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'It is decentralization theatre': Covenant AI exits Bittensor, TAO drops 15%

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Apparently a major Dev on one of the TAO subnets decided to bail. Other Devs are trying to do damage control, saying he acted irrationally and out of greed. The community isn't far away from this sentiment, and they believe it was a rugpull from the dev as well. Apparently, he made out with about $10M. That's a lot of money. The BITTENSOR price has been affected. What are you guys' opinions on the matter? Is this sudden drop in price going to affect sentiment over TAO to the point where recovery is going to be difficult, or impossible? Or do you think the dev that left was simply a bad faith actor, and his exist opens the door to stronger possibilities? I am personally not holding any TAO at all, by the way. Just want to see what you guys think. submitted by /u/daanishh [link] [comments]

Moons e-begging spam

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It’s getting frustrating to see so many posts in this subreddit turning into outright begging for moons. What was once a place for discussion and sharing has become cluttered with repetitive requests for moons, with no effort or meaningful contribution. It creates distrust and lowers the quality of the community. If people want rewards, they should earn them through genuine participation, not constant appeals for handouts. But really though, whose idea was this? Every e-beggar under the sun has started spamming with nonsense. Edit: I am talking about the "community-point" bot that uploads polls or pizza giveaways or pics of dogs from users that ask for moon tips submitted by /u/SecretProfessional65 [link] [comments]

What are the risks you should analyse before putting your stablecoins in the defi protocols?

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Losing your money due to the bad investment decisions is less painful than losing your stablecoins that are "parked" waiting. So, what are the top 10 risks of using stablecoins in DeFi on public blockchains? Smart contract bugs — Vulnerabilities or logic errors in protocol or stablecoin contracts can cause loss of funds (exploits, reentrancy, oracle manipulation). Check security audits. Counterparty/peg risk — Algorithmic or fiat-backed stablecoins can lose peg or fail to redeem 1:1, causing value loss. You can find a 3rd party risk ratings and investigate. Oracle manipulation / price feed failure — Compromised or stale oracles can trigger liquidations, bad trades, or loss of collateral. Try to understand the logic there. Liquidity risk — Low liquidity in pools or markets can produce large slippage, failed exits, or inability to unwind positions. Liquidation cascade / systemic risk — Rapid price moves or correlated liquidations can force forced sells and wipe out positions across protocols. Governance risk — Malicious or poorly designed governance (rug pulls via admin keys, governance attacks) can change protocol parameters or drain funds. Cross-chain bridge risk — Using wrapped or bridged stablecoins exposes you to bridge hacks, consensus failures, or custodial counterparty loss. Regulatory / legal risk — Regulatory actions (freeze orders, depegging due to reserve audits, sanctions) can limit usability or value of a stablecoin. Custodial/reserve risk — For fiat-backed stablecoins, issuer insolvency, insufficient reserves, or opaque audits can render the token worthless or unredeemable. Front-running / MEV & transaction risk — Miner/validator or bot extraction (sandwiching, griefing) can increase costs, worsen execution, or cause failed transactions and losses. submitted by /u/J-96788-EU [link] [comments]

Daily Discussion, April 10, 2026

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Bitcoin is experiencing a double S curve technology cycle

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This is common in almost every technology growth cycle. First there is the initial hype, then there is a period of innovation where the technology matures, then there is a secondary period of high growth and hype that reflects its built-out maturity, enhanced user experience, and mainstream integration. These three stages look like this with bitcoin. 2009 - 2017: Initial hype (parabolic price action) 2018 - 2026: Innovation (price stagnation) 2027 - 2035: Maturity (parabolic price action) After these three stages we will reach mass adoption, which would in theory equal a 26 year adoption cycle from whitepaper to mass adoption. The last 8 or so years in bitcoin have felt boring, but thats just because the price action has been going nowhere. for example we are currently at the same prices seen in 2021 and only 3x the prices seen in 2017. But this is exactly how the innovation stage works. It appears boring however there is a ton of building going on behind the scenes to make bitcoins user experience intuitive while integrating it into mainstream finance and technology apps. It just feels boring because we dont see all the innovation happening behind the scenes. Once all these years of innovation start to present themselves in the mainstream world the second hype/growth stage begins where the price moves into a parabolic stage once again as it reflects the maturity of bitcoin. The best is yet to come not just for price, but also for user adoption. submitted by /u/slvbtc [link] [comments]

France pulls all gold out of US Federal Reserve

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BTC just reclaimed every major EMA with the strongest trend signal in months — and nobody believes it because Fear & Greed is at 16.

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ADX hit 60.1 on the 4H. That's an absurdly strong trend reading. EMA ribbon flipped bullish. MACD is at +563. By every technical measure this is a confirmed uptrend. Meanwhile Fear & Greed is at 16. Extreme Fear. Retail is actually net short at 0.86 while smart money flipped long at 1.06. Let that sink in — smart money is long, retail is short, technicals are screaming bullish, and sentiment is at the floor. Ohhh and CPI drops in a few hours. If it comes in cool, this thing flies. If it comes in hot, we retest $69K and everyone says "told you so." Best asymmetric setup in weeks and almost nobody is talking about it. submitted by /u/OkMagician7867 [link] [comments]

A solo miner with just 70 TH/s, defies odds to mine Bitcoin block 944,306 and earn 3.128 BTC.

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Do you guys set limit orders or market?

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I noticed the spread is really wide on Bitcoin, so do you prefer to set limit orders or market buy? submitted by /u/Olson5678 [link] [comments]

Calvoro funded account not received

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My Complaint Against calvoro funding : I still haven't received my funded account from calvoro. I have already made the full payment. It has been nearly four days now; I reached out to support, but I haven't received any substantial response. They are just doing scam Please help me for this situation and tag calvoro funding INDIA submitted by /u/Fun-Paramedic2605 [link] [comments]

Joby Weeks (bitclub network scam) in Tommy Robinson interview.

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Just watched an interview featuring British activist Tommy Robinson speaking with a former BitClub Network figure, and I honestly think he’s been seriously misled in this conversation. The guest in the video claims BitClub Network was a huge success with “no victims” and that “everyone got rich.” That is not true based on public record. BitClub Network has been the subject of a major fraud case brought by the U.S. Department of Justice, with allegations that it was a large-scale crypto investment scheme involving misrepresented mining profits and returns funded by new investor money rather than real trading or mining activity. I say this as someone who personally invested in it and lost money. There absolutely were victims..... I was one of them. I don’t think Tommy has done basic background research on this individual or the case before giving him a platform. At minimum, I hope he looks into the actual court filings and evidence, because the claims being presented in that interview don’t match the documented facts. If anyone is watching that video and doesn’t know the history of BitClub Network, please do your own research before accepting what’s being said at face value. Please share this far and wide to hopefully get the creator to take this down. There have been too many scammer in the industry and this guy shouldn't be getting a victin pass. submitted by /u/Low_Variety_3226 [link] [comments]

Is Bitcoin set to skyrocket?

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Is it actually going to go up? submitted by /u/No-Nothing1711 [link] [comments]

Sick of the rumor mill

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This is a call to focus. This is a call for growth. There is only one way to know Satoshi. We are fairly certain Satoshi is a composite of all the minds that contributed to the original white paper, that founded what we have now. The first prophets of the financial rebirth. I get that publicity is a good thing, any news is good news to some degree. But I also hate that so much attention is being spent on trying to out a collective or individual that doesn’t want to be known. If Satoshi wanted to be known, we’d see a single transaction from one of the wallets. We haven’t seen it, we won’t see it, I wish they would stop the witch hunt. Some fabled mythos serve the purpose of being a faceless icon of things to come. Why can’t the world embrace this creation and stop trying to put a face to the name. Let the dust settle as we focus on the road ahead. It’s a sycophantic chase to have something to point a finger at by the non-believers. I call to the mods to ban posts of witch-hunt articles. Baseless claims need not be supported. This crap comes in waves and there has to come a point where we just stop listening. I vote that this wave is the last straw. I love them for what they gave us, but we are more than a name. More than a series of wallets. Shake the dust. submitted by /u/DeathPrime [link] [comments]

ok this is gonna be so cool

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CZ Memoir Claims U.S. Rivals Paid Millions To Block His Pardon

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What the hell is this new system? Points? Store? Please meet me behind the Wendy’s dumpster. Going to use my moons for some tendies to share.

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I got the power

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Iran’s $7.8 Billion Crypto Economy Finds New Way to Grow After Cease-Fire

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[POLL] Should MOON project migrate to ETH mainnet?

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Hormuz Strait Just Made Bitcoin 10x Easier to Understand ???? (281 BTC Ever...

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Cake Wallet + Cupcake, transform your old Android phone into a hardware wallet

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After using Electrum Bitcoin Wallet for so long, I had to try Cake Wallet + Cupcake and it so much better! If you have an old Android phone sitting alone in the corner of your drawer or shoes box, you can do a pretty easy setup: Download Cake Wallet on your main phone and load your public key there on Cupcake in the old phone, load your seed phrase and done, Cupcake is your offline air gapped signer while your main phone is your watch-only and broadcast device. Cake Wallet Repo: https://github.com/cake-tech/cake_wallet Cupcake Repo: https://github.com/cake-tech/cupcake Oh yea, Cake Wallet is compatible with Spark the newest Layer 2 Protocol which allow you to send Bitcoin through the lightning network but you own the keys to the Bitcoin. Cake Wallet: https://preview.redd.it/fcfu5usgc9ug1.png?width=1206&format=png&auto=webp&s=7853b222bda572c57fe55f0aa9804ad18a1e10f6 Cupcake: https://preview.redd.it/7daoru4dc9ug1.png?width=662&format=png&auto=webp&s=31c9211bf704cc245ebf038830c258d2dae2d502 submitted by /u/FunWithSkooma [link] [comments]

Sitting on Ice

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I'm waiting to see if $58k-$60k happens. If it does, I will be down for the 1st time im many years. So, Im stacking powder. submitted by /u/Unable_Illustrator_2 [link] [comments]

Hey, let me ask you something. . .

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Terrence Howard says Bitcoin is going to die. I the quality of Bitcoin’s critics makes me even more bullish

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Man these bitcoin critics are embarrassing. they just make me want to buy more submitted by /u/thesatdaddy [link] [comments]

Bitcoin Devs Reveal New Quantum Resistant Wallet

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Algorand is the only major L1 with a post-quantum transaction on mainnet with 140,000+ quantum-resistant transactions. Algorand shipped their first post-quantum update in 2022 far before anyone was talking about it. They have Chris Peikart, Head of Resear

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https://preview.redd.it/eras28zgf8ug1.jpg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=74ed3015e7e1d129a86fb700b0544892b9052971 "Algorand has been the leader in blockchain quantum resilience since 2022. By implementing Falcon signatures, a globally recognized post-quantum cryptography standard, Algorand already safeguards the entire history of its chain against the future threat of quantum computers. In 2025, Algorand further extended its post-quantum readiness by executing the first quantum‑resistant transaction on mainnet using NIST‑selected Falcon signatures. This expands Algorand’s post‑quantum protections to real digital assets on a live public blockchain, not just historical transactions. " Chris Peikart helped develop FALCON signatures, which other major L1s are or are going to adopt in the future. "The Falcon implementation is based on the pioneering GPV work by Craig Gentry (former Algorand Foundation Research Fellow), Chris Peikert (Head of Cryptography at Algorand Technologies), and Vinod Vaikuntanathan (MIT professor and Scientific Advisor to Algorand). Dr. Zhenfei Zhang from Algorand, working with collaborators, contributed to the Falcon proposal that was ultimately selected as one of the NIST-endorsed digital signature algorithms. Falcon is a lattice-based digital signature scheme selected by NIST in 2022 for standardization under the names Falcon-512 and Falcon-1024. It relies on the structure of NTRU lattice, which provides strong resistance to quantum attacks while maintaining compact signatures and fast verification. Falcon’s design goal is to achieve security comparable to RSA-3072 or Ed25519, but with quantum-resistant foundations suitable for deployment in bandwidth-and latency-sensitive environments such as blockchain systems." https://algorand.co/technology/post-quantum https://web.eecs.umich.edu/~cpeikert/ submitted by /u/gigabyteIO [link] [comments]

Algorand is the only major L1 with a post-quantum transaction on mainnet with 140,000+ quantum-resistant transactions. Algorand shipped their first post-quantum update in 2022 far before anyone was talking about it. They have Chris Peikart, Head of Resear

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China using cryptocurrency to pay for fees through Strait of Hormuz

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“Chinese ships were among a long line of vessels waiting for clearance to leave the strait, said Muyu Xu, a Singapore-based analyst with Kpler. She said that the overall picture was still confusing and cited how last week Iran said it was accepting Chinese yuan as payment for transit, but then changed to a preference for cryptocurrency“ I do mostly momentum trading but found this nugget on NBCNews, any idea which crypto this could be that Iran and China are in agreement for payment? https://www.nbcnews.com/world/iran/strait-hormuz-shipping-traffic-effectively-standstill-iran-ceasefire-rcna267391 submitted by /u/WobblyWidget [link] [comments]

The 7 Levels of Bitcoin Security, from zero to maximum control and resilience.

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Binance’s CZ Offers OKX Founder $1 Billion Bet Over Divorce Dispute

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Bitcoin core wallet Help

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I use the bitcoin core wallet on my PC, and I have an old wallet that I saved from another computer and I am trying to restore/get that wallet open. I have the .dat file and the entire wallet folder saved, but every time I try to load the wallet it says it’s not a recognized format. submitted by /u/Suspicious_Plate9397 [link] [comments]

What Is the Correct Investment Philosophy?

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What Does the Right Investment Philosophy Really Look Like? I’ve noticed that too many people jump into trading stocks, options, and cryptocurrencies without understanding the market at all. They treat investing like gambling I used to be exactly the same. I’d see one piece of news and think this is going to moon, or hear someone say a coin would 10x, and immediately open an account, add leverage, and go all in. The result? Emotions took over. I traded frequently, couldn’t stick to stop losses, and definitely couldn’t take profits. In the end, I lost a lot of money. That wasn’t investing, it was just being a really bad gambler Later, I switched everything to a long-term strategy, and it completely changed both my approach and my mindset. I stopped staring at candlestick charts every day, stopped getting anxious over daily price swings, and stopped trying to predict where the market would be next month In my opinion, the right investment philosophy can actually be summarized in a few simple points: Buy things you truly understand. Practice delayed gratification. Diversify and hold long-term. Control greed and fear. Treat investing as a business, not a casino.More learning and research, instead of mindlessly losing money. Even something as “boring” as VOO is far better than throwing your money into the abyss, at least it’s stable submitted by /u/facaila888 [link] [comments]

Do you run a Bitcoin node?

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Are you a user who contributes to the Bitcoin network? For example, by running a node or mining Bitcoin? submitted by /u/Equivalent_Dog6713 [link] [comments]

He stole 120,000 Bitcoins and outran the feds for 6 years, only to get caught by a single fucking Dropbox file ????

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I analyzed this massive DOJ consolidation address where the feds moved the 94,643 stolen Bitcoins from Bitfinex in 2022 stolen by Ilya Lichtenstein and his wife. He’s the one who sat on the Bitcoin loot for six years and blew it by saving the keys.txt in his Dropbox.. WTF?? ???? Crypto Bonnie and Clyde?! I mapped the whole mess and it’s wild to see $3.6 billion move into a single wallet just because this guy couldn't keep his keys offline. Moral of the story: You can outrun the blockchain, but you can't outrun a "keys.txt" file. ???? What do you guys think? submitted by /u/Realistic_Pizza4178 [link] [comments]

Online Bitcoin Meetup

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If anyone is interested, we have an online-only Bitcoin Meetup group where we have live video discussions on various Bitcoin topics with other Bitcoiners. No shitcoins allowed! Our next event is April 16th. https://www.meetup.com/bitcoin-worldwide/events/313614294/?eventOrigin=group_upcoming_events submitted by /u/ironmonger29 [link] [comments]

My no-nonsense notes on spot trading for total beginners

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When I started in 2024 I had no idea what a limit order even was. If you are just starting on BYDFi here is the 1 min summary of what actually matters. The Basics: You can open an accout with just an email and no kyc is required to start which is great for privacy. I usually just send USDT via TRC-20 because its cheap and fast. Market vs Limit: - Market: Buy now at the current price. Fast but you might get a slightly worse entry. - Limit: You set the price. It only fills up if the market hits your target. Use this to save on feess and get better entries. Mistakes I made: Fomo: Buying at the top because I was scared of missing out. Altcoin Overload: Buying 15 random coins at once. Most went to zero. Just stick to BTC or ETH until you learn the ropes. Overtrading: The 0.1 percent fee adds up if you click buy and sell every 5 minutes. Bottom line: Just try a small 20 dollar trade first. This exchage has been around for 6 years and is way easier for beginners than the bigger platforms that force you to upload 10 documents before you can even touch a chart. submitted by /u/ssr262 [link] [comments]

Bhutan Accelerates Bitcoin Sell-Off With $17.7M Transfer to Exchanges

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Computers Without Intermediaries And Custodians

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How Africa can build the entire continent on bitcoin

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Strategy made nearly $2 billion on Bitcoin this year but SEC filing hides a far bigger number

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Crypto Regulation Gets Real: GENIUS Act Rules Land, CLARITY Act on Deck

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Quick look at a simple self-custody setup with COLDCARD and Cove wallet

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A lot of people assume self-custody is too complicated, but with the right tools it's pretty simple. Curious what setups others here are using? submitted by /u/Subject_Reward [link] [comments]

‘Misinformation, hype, and fraud’: Inside Ben McKenzie’s scathing new crypto doc—featuring Sam Bankman-Fried

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Ben McKenzie knows that his main claim to fame is, still, starring in The O.C., a Fox TV series that bowed out nearly 20 years ago. That’s why he begins his new documentary with a self-deprecating medley of clips featuring him being introduced as such. It’s a disarming transition to the film itself, which is a dire warning about what he views as possibly “the largest Ponzi scheme in history.” When the pandemic hit, and acting work vanished, McKenzie, who majored in economics at the University of Virginia, began a now six-year-long quest to understand the crypto industry, a research odyssey that he developed into a 2023 book, Easy Money. Now he’s turned that book into a scathing new documentary that he wrote, directed, stars in, and funded called Everyone is Lying to You for Money. It hits theaters in New York and Los Angeles on April 17, followed by Boston, Washington D.C., Austin, San Francisco, and Portland. The movie depicts McKenzie’s journey toward trying to understand crypto, one that took him from Miami to London to El Salvador. It includes footage from interviews he did with victims and fraudsters alike, including the industry’s now-fallen hero, Sam Bankman-Fried. Bankman-Fried spoke with McKenzie in July 2022, months before being arrested and consequently beginning his 25-year federal sentence for seven counts of fraud, including stealing $8 billion from customers. Since Bankman-Fried’s conviction, decentralized digital currency has risen again, and McKenzie believes that his movie is even more relevant now. submitted by /u/_fastcompany [link] [comments]

Fully Homomorphic Encryption - The Key To Private And Secure DeFi

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This Week 4 different Solo Miners Took Home $853K!

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It's been a wild week for solo miners. Four different miners hit blocks in the past 7 days across three different solo pools, taking home a combined ~12.47 BTC (~$853,000 USD). The little guys keep winning. ???? [Block 943,411](https://mempool.space/block/00000000000000000000bef7f0870c24f2962cf83949e96c7288cf30f0d74bf0) (April 2) Pool: Solo CK Hashrate: ~240 TH/s Reward: 3.07 BTC (~$205,949 USD) 3,961 transactions | 1.4M sats in fees Fee range: 0.00 to 477 sat/vB 312th solo block on CKPool. First in 33 days. Odds: ~1 in 28,000 per day ???? [Block 943,466](https://mempool.space/block/943466) (April 3) Pool: Public Pool (the pool's first ever solo block) Devices: NerdOCTAXE (8.2 TH/s) + NerdQaxe+ (2.9 TH/s) + NerdQaxe++ (7.4 TH/s) Total hashrate: 18.5 TH/s Reward: 3.14 BTC (~$209,597 USD) 2,359 transactions | 2.3M sats in fees Fee range: 1.00 to 448 sat/vB All open-source hardware. Zero pool fees. ???? [Block 944,078](https://mempool.space/block/944078) (April 7) Pool: Noderunners Mining Pool Device: NerdQaxe++ Reward: 3.13 BTC (~$215,163 USD) 3,927 transactions | 706.4k sats in fees Fee range: 0.13 to 85.0 sat/vB Another open-source miner gets a win. ???? [Block 944,306](https://mempool.space/block/000000000000000000012d5e7b4745f92b9cd60241854e38be68d9b182feabcb) (April 9) Pool: Solo CK (EU) Device: Antminer S19 (~70 TH/s) Reward: 3.128 BTC (~$222,722 USD) 440 transactions | 299.2k sats in fees Fee range: 1.00 to 20.25 sat/vB 313th solo block on CKPool Odds: ~1 in 100,000 per day (once every ~300 years) For context, the entire Bitcoin network is running at ~1 ZH/s (1,000,000 TH/s). These miners represent a rounding error of the total hashrate, yet they're pulling full block rewards worth six figures. Solo mining is the ultimate Bitcoin lottery. You either win everything or nothing. No reward splitting, no pool politics. Just you, your hardware, and SHA-256. 4 solo blocks in one week is absolutely nuts. submitted by /u/XGod0fWarX [link] [comments]

Bitcoin isn’t a sprint and most holders forget that

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Every pump makes people greedy, every dip makes them panic. The real BTC gains go to those who think long-term and don’t react to every candle. How do you train yourself to ignore the noise and stick to your plan? submitted by /u/ChangeNOW_Community [link] [comments]

What changed in your understanding of Bitcoin after running your own node?

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Not talking about the technical setup, more the mental model shift. Before running a node I understood Bitcoin conceptually. After, the trust model clicked in a different way. Curious what other people noticed changed in how they think about it. submitted by /u/Necessary-Summer-348 [link] [comments]

Hyperliquid Suicide Liquidation: FARTCOIN Perpetual Attack Drains $1.5M from HLP Vault

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Ethereum Foundation keeps selling ETH after telling the market it was staking 70,000 coins

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Unofficial Daily Crypto Discussion - April 9, 2026 (GMT+0)

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Since the daily bot is dead let me do the honors: Welcome to the Daily Crypto Discussion thread. Please read the disclaimer and rules before participating. Disclaimer: Consider all information posted here with several liberal heaps of salt, and always cross check any information you may read on this thread with known sources. Any trade information posted in this open thread may be highly misleading, and could be an attempt to manipulate new readers by known "pump and dump (PnD) groups" for their own profit. BEWARE of such practices and exercise utmost caution before acting on any trade tip mentioned here. Please be careful about what information you share and the actions you take. Do not share the amounts of your portfolios (why not just share percentage?). Do not share your private keys or wallet seed. Use strong, non-SMS 2FA if possible. Beware of scammers and be smart. Do not invest more than you can afford to lose, and do not fall for pyramid schemes, promises of unrealistic returns (get-rich-quick schemes), and other common scams. Rules: All sub rules apply in this thread. The prior exemption for karma and age requirements is no longer in effect. Discussion topics must be related to cryptocurrency. Behave with civility and politeness. Do not use offensive, racist or homophobic language. Comments will be sorted by newest first. Useful Links: Beginner Resources Intro to r/Cryptocurrency MOONs ???? MOONs Wiki Page r/CryptoCurrency Discord r/CryptoCurrencyMemes Prior Daily Discussions - (Link fixed.) r/CryptoCurrencyMeta - Join in on all meta discussions regarding r/CryptoCurrency whether it be moon distributions or governance. Finding Other Discussion Threads Follow a mod account below to be notified in your home feed when the latest r/CC discussion thread of your interest is posted. u/CryptoDaily- — Posts the Daily Crypto Discussion threads. u/CryptoSkeptics — Posts the Monthly Skeptics Discussion threads. u/CryptoOptimists- — Posts the Monthly Optimists Discussion threads. u/CryptoNewsUpdates — Posts the Monthly News Summary threads. submitted by /u/Choice_Potato_6279 [link] [comments]

Tom Lee isn’t just bullish on ETH — he’s literally buying billions

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Tom Lee went on CNBC saying the market bottom is probably already in, and that crypto (especially ETH) could lead the next move up. But the interesting part is he’s not just talking — the company he chairs (BitMine) keeps stacking ETH hard. They’re sitting on ~4.8M ETH (close to 4% of supply), with a huge chunk staked. That’s not trading, that’s positioning. Feels like one of the first times we’re seeing a macro thesis + actual balance sheet move fully aligned around Ethereum. Source: https://btcusa.com/tom-lee-says-the-market-bottom-is-in-as-bitmine-doubles-down-on-ethereum/ submitted by /u/Enough_Angle_7839 [link] [comments]

Chat_164 - Skating To Where The Puck Will Be with Matt Hill

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Japan Cuts Crypto Taxes from 55% Progressive Tax to a 20% Flat Tax Rate

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Binance launches gambling platform

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Trump's Crypto Project That Borrowed From Itself Now Has a Sanctions Problem Too

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90% of tokens listed on major CEXs fell below their listing price within 1 year. The odds are heavily against buying new tokens.

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Research from CoinGecko showed that across the top 12 CEXs, only about 32% of newly listed tokens show positive price action in the first 30 days. It gets worse from here. By the 12-month mark, fewer than 10% of listed tokens on most top exchanges are still above their initial listing price. The interesting outlier is Upbit. It had the best immediate post-listing performance by far, with 67% of new listings in the green after 30 days. However, Upbit listings also declined the fastest. By the 300 - 329 day mark, EVERY single newly listed token on Upbit had gone underwater. The only exchange that broke the pattern was Coinbase, where listed tokens caught a second wind after the six-month mark. Make of that what you will. If you're buying tokens on listing day expecting to hold for a year, the data says the odds are heavily against you. Source: https://www.coingecko.com/research/publications/spot-centralized-exchanges-report-2026 submitted by /u/khai0001 [link] [comments]

What Is ADI Chain? The Blockchain Behind Predictstreet

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Caffeine V3 is Officially Live: The "Agentic" Shift Redefining On-Chain Development

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Ethereum Price Holds $2,100 as Foundation Leads Triple Sell-Off

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Iran's crypto tanker tolls are the latest step in its sanctions‑busting trade network

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ZachXBT Exposes DPRK Crypto Payment Network Processing $3.5M in Illicit Remittances

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Adam Back says he is not Bitcoin founder Satoshi Nakamoto

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On X, Adam Back addressed, external the New York Times' assertion that he was absent on Bitcoin forums at the time when Satoshi was most active and then came back once Satoshi had vanished - saying he actually "did a lot of yakking" on the forums at the time. He said the rest of the New York Times evidence is "a combination of coincidence and similar phrases from people with similar experience and interests". submitted by /u/TheresNoSecondBest [link] [comments]

⚡ Lightning Thursday! April 09, 2026: Explore the Lightning Network!⚡

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The lightning network is a second-layer solution on top of the Bitcoin blockchain that enables quick, cheap and scalable Bitcoin payments. Here is the place to discuss and learn more about lightning! Ask your questions about lightning Provide reviews, feedback, comparisons of LN apps, services, websites etc Learn about new LN features, development, apps Link to good quality resources (articles, wikis etc) Resources: Here is an awesome list of resources compiled by Jameson Lopp: https://bitcoinfo.org/lightning.html Want to test out your lightning fire power? tip the Bitcoin devs! https://bitcoindevlist.com/ Previous threads: Search Lnbook getting closer towards being finished and can already be seen at: https://github.com/lnbook/lnbook Lightning Dedicated YouTube Channel: https://youtube.com/renepickhardt Also there is the playlist by chaincode labs: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpLH33TRghT17_U3as2P3vHfAGL8pSOOY Lightning stores: https://www.lightningnetworkstores.com/ Learn more and talk about lightning right here in r/Bitcoin, r/bitcoinbeginners and r/thelightningnetwork submitted by /u/rBitcoinMod [link] [comments]

Fear & Greed dropped from 17 to 14 AFTER a $72.7K rally and $471M in ETF inflows. That's never happened before and nobody's asking why.

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Think about what just happened. Iran ceasefire. Morgan Stanley launches a Bitcoin ETF. $471M pours into BTC ETFs in a single day. Price hits $72.7K. $280M in shorts get liquidated. And sentiment got WORSE. Not better. Worse. Fear & Greed was 17 before the rally. Today it's 14. The market saw the most bullish news combination in months and responded by getting more afraid. I've been watching this index for a long time. A rally on major positive catalysts that DROPS sentiment instead of lifting it tells you one thing: the people with real money don't believe this move. The $280M in liquidations means the pump was fueled by short squeezes, not by new buyers who want to hold. Halving anniversary is April 20. CPI drops tomorrow. The next two weeks will tell us if this was the start of something or just noise. But that Fear & Greed number should bother everyone who went long yesterday. submitted by /u/OkMagician7867 [link] [comments]

Shake it out shake it out

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More dips, shake it out, shake it out the weak hands submitted by /u/unthocks [link] [comments]

Daily Discussion, April 09, 2026

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Bitcoin em 60 Segundos EP 1 - O Que é Bitcoin

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Olá pessoal. Estou começando uma série de vídeos curtos chamada “Bitcoin em 60 segundos”, onde explico os conceitos básicos do Bitcoin e do mercado de criptomoedas de forma simples e direta. A ideia é ajudar iniciantes a entender temas como: • O que é Bitcoin • Como funciona a blockchain • Por que o Bitcoin tem valor • Como funciona o mercado cripto Cada vídeo tem apenas 1 minuto, pensado para quem quer aprender rápido sem precisar assistir vídeos muito longos. Acabei de publicar o primeiro episódio e gostaria de ouvir a opinião da comunidade. Vocês acham que esse formato de explicações rápidas sobre Bitcoin ajuda quem está começando no mundo cripto? Sugestões de temas para os próximos episódios também são muito bem-vindas. submitted by /u/GilbertoPeresPro [link] [comments]

Iran To Earn 282 BTC Per Day From Straight Of Hormuz Toll: More Than 50% Of The Supply

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Iran Eyes Bitcoin Toll for Strait of Hormuz Oil Transit

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Crypto card boom hits $600 million monthly volume as USDC gains ground on USDT

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Im going to start buying again!

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Im so sorry guys! Im going to start buying in now meaning it’s going to crash! So for you regards out there that only buy when its high go ahead and make that purchase ???? submitted by /u/luisg888 [link] [comments]

MicroStrategy’s Saylor Rejects NYT Satoshi Nakamoto Claims

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Bitcoin’s rebound may be fragile as Wall Street warns Hormuz disruption is not really over

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Which platforms allow leverage crypto trading in Canada?

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From my research, because of the rules in Canada, I can't find any platforms that allow leverage crypto trading. Should I use a VPN to access these platforms? Is the VPN route safe? Thank you. submitted by /u/AllenownzGiveaway [link] [comments]

US SEC Names New Enforcer as Questions Loom over Agency‘s Direction

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Morgan Stanley’s bitcoin ETF draws $33.9 million on day one

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My favorite indicator is often opening the "minds" channel and spot where the masses are.

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It's easy, just watch for those compulsive comments like "SHORT SHORT SHORT" and guess the overall sentiment. If everyone is bearish i look for long opportunities and vice versa. These unprofitable retails will often scream buy or sell, completely unaware that the main trend is already exhausted: that's exactly when the large pockets step in to scale their positions. They will then get confused when BTC moves against them, and will never admit they were wrong, blaming it all on news. This works so many times, it's actually funny. If you're one of them, my guy, you should know where you stand as a retail trader: at the bottom of the food chain. submitted by /u/ne_el_maior [link] [comments]

Slow block validation on Signet: BIP-54 demo stream (2nd & 3rd run)

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There are three planned runs of mining slow-to-validate blocks on signet today. This is a stream of some of my monitoring for the 2nd and 3rd run. You can find more context on https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/consensus-cleanup-demo-of-slow-blocks-on-signet/2367/ submitted by /u/0xb10c [link] [comments]

Real Time USD Purchasing Power

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Live stream of slow blocks demo (BIP 54 / Consensus Cleanup) - YouTube

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Developer 0xb10c live streams the demo of slow(ish) blocks on Signet ran in the context of BIP 54 (Consensus Cleanup). submitted by /u/darosior [link] [comments]

Bitcoin day

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Paid a local cafe in sats and got 25 bucks back from the btc day promotion ????! submitted by /u/Puzzleheaded-King222 [link] [comments]

Is this you?

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White House study bolsters crypto's stance in stablecoin yield fight against bankers

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They hate this little trick

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Morgan Stanley launching its own spot Bitcoin ETF feels bigger than just another ETF headline

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Morgan Stanley has officially launched MSBT, a spot Bitcoin ETF listed on NYSE Arca. What makes this more interesting than a normal product launch is that this is the first major U.S. bank putting its own name directly on a spot Bitcoin ETF. The fund holds physical bitcoin, launched on April 8, and comes in with a 0.14% fee, which undercuts most of the existing spot BTC ETF field. To me, the bigger story is what this says about where Bitcoin sits now in traditional finance. Up to this point, most of the major spot ETFs came from asset managers like BlackRock, Fidelity, and others. Morgan Stanley changes that dynamic because it brings a bank balance sheet, a private wealth brand, and a massive advisor network into the same trade. The article notes roughly 16,000 financial advisors overseeing $6.2 trillion in client assets, which is a very different kind of distribution channel than retail-driven ETF demand. The fee also matters more than people think. At 0.14%, Morgan Stanley is basically telling the market this product is meant to compete seriously for long-term allocation, not just exist as another checkbox product. That kind of pricing usually means they expect Bitcoin exposure to become a persistent part of client portfolios, not a temporary trade. So the real question here isn’t just whether MSBT gets flows. It’s whether this is another sign that Bitcoin is moving deeper into core portfolio infrastructure and away from being treated as a niche satellite asset. Curious how others see it: is this mainly a fee war and distribution story, or does a major bank launching its own spot Bitcoin ETF mark a more important shift in how traditional finance now views BTC? submitted by /u/cashflashmil [link] [comments]

Morgan Stanley ETF + Iran ceasefire pumped BTC to $71.7K — but 3 things my system caught that nobody's talking about

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I run an automated monitoring system that tracks BTC orderflow, on-chain data, and macro signals around the clock. Today's rally looks amazing on the surface. $71.7K, +4.37%, $471M in ETF inflows. But my system flagged 3 problems: The sellers are hiding inside the rally. A metric I track called VPIN — it measures how much "smart money" is moving — hit 0.91. That's extreme. The sell-to-buy transaction ratio is roughly 7:1. Somebody big is using this pump as an exit. Volume is lying. On the 1-hour chart, actual buying volume is shrinking while price climbs. This divergence is how most "fake breakouts" start. My system targets $68,500-70,000 as the likely pullback zone. History says this pattern loses. Going long during a bear market bounce has a 90.3% loss rate in my dataset (31 instances). The bearish regime hasn't changed — one good day of news doesn't flip the structure. I'm watching $68,500-70,000. If BTC gets there and seller activity calms down, that's where things get interesting again. BTC halving anniversary April 20 could add positive sentiment heading into it. But CPI April 10 first. I don't touch anything around that release. What's your take — sustainable move or news-driven bounce? submitted by /u/OkMagician7867 [link] [comments]

Thoughts? I know it’s the daily fail but they did correctly identify Banksy about 20 years ago so..

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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15715043/Bitcoin-inventor-unmasked-55-year-old-British-encryption-expert-writing-style-gave-away.html# submitted by /u/Dry_Point_4924 [link] [comments]

BitBox vs Ledger - Vergleich 2026

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Wir vergleichen die BitBox mit den Krypto Hardware Wallets von Marktführer Ledger. Was ist euer Favorit? submitted by /u/fintech_portal [link] [comments]

One week of Qubic DOGE mining

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Week one post launch. For anyone who has been following my verification thread from the beginning, here is the data summary. Week 1 network stats dashboard: Total DOGE Blocks: 7 Peak % of DOGE network hashrate: 26.81 TH/s Average % over the week: 9.86 TH/s It seems like qubic hashrate is growing and gaining traction and I will keep an eye out to see how they progress. Currently they are outside of the top 20 biggest mining pools but I will guess they will enter the top 20 in the coming days. Interesting to see the technology being put to work, where do you guys think qubic will end up in terms of hash rate %? https://preview.redd.it/718db9cj70ug1.png?width=2534&format=png&auto=webp&s=bf2cd3e46184d6e4f83564d2553cc2edafbaae25 submitted by /u/CalzerMalzer [link] [comments]

Iran demands crypto fees for ships passing Hormuz during ceasefire

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Strait of Hormus Transit Tolls Payable in BTC?

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Bitcoin is above $70,000 on Iran ceasefire, but rally is turning cautious for good reasons

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Iran Wants Bitcoin Payments From Oil Ships Seeking Hormuz Passage: FT

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Live X Spaces on Bitcoin Circular Economies

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Exclusive: Iran demands crypto fees for ships passing Hormuz during ceasefire

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Still haven't filed your crypto taxes? Quick do's and don'ts

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WLFI Treasury Drains USD1 Pool on Dolomite: Rates Spike to 35%

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the $16m us-iran ceasefire market is a trap

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tbh the $16m us-iran ceasefire market is probably the most mispriced contract on the board rn. every time a de-escalation headline drops like trumps 14 day pause today people just blindly slam YES. but the real challenge isnt forecasting the middle east. its figuring out how the fine print actually gets settled through UMA. there are a couple obvious traps here. first off the current ceasefire is just a two week suspension mediated by pakistan. a temporary pause doesnt count as a permanent conclusion to 'operation epic fury' even if the headlines make it sound bullish af. second, proxy conflicts (like israel saying lebanon isnt included) make these geo contracts a mess. once a market goes to dispute it always comes down to technical wording over common sense. honestly thats why i stopped trading this stuff off headlines alone. lately ive just been dumping the raw text into [PolyPredict] to flag the rule-risk and map time decay cause doing it manually is brutal. it caught a pretty wild divergence here. headline sentiment pushed the april 30 YES odds up hard after hormuz reopened, but the rule-risk side basically says this 14 day window has almost zero path to meeting the strict definition of a formal end to the ops. imo your edge isnt having faster news. its just reading the rules better than the next guy. if your buying YES on every short term headline your just exit liquidity for the whales who actually read the contract. trade the contract not the news. dropping the exact rule phrasing in the comments for anyone who cares. submitted by /u/Hamesloth [link] [comments]

Things I wish I understood earlier about Bitcoin:

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short-term thinking leads to bad decisions trying to time the market usually fails patience beats constant trading What did Bitcoin teach you? submitted by /u/ChangeNOW_Community [link] [comments]

Bitcoin pumping, the war is over (probably, who knows) and one of the largest wealth managers in the world released its bitcoin ETF today. MS has 16,000 advisors managing $9.3 Trillion in assets for their clients

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Morgan Stanley's bitcoin ETF comes with a 0.14% annual fee, making it the lowest in the spot BTC ETF market and undercutting BlackRock's IBIT (0.25%) submitted by /u/21Bullish [link] [comments]

"I am not aware of the ability to send Bitcoin without some intermediating service"

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https://www.reddit.com/r/askanything/comments/1s8mrgl/comment/oenq0i2/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button I thought some of you might like to read this comment. I was debating this guy for a while until he finally spit this sentence out: I didn't misrepresent anything. How is "sending [XYZ] unlimited distance without a third party" unique at all? How is this any different than a wire transfer? I guess there is banking intermediation, but I am not aware of the ability to send Bitcoin without some intermediating service, either. This absolutely baffled me, as he was confidently debating me for quite a while, then accidentally admitted he thought bitcoin required an "intermediating service". I called him out and he has since not responded...lol. submitted by /u/Nice_Tap6818 [link] [comments]

How The Trumps Blew $1 Billion On Bitcoin

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CZ Memoir Rekindles Feud with OKX Founder Star Xu

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Bitcoin dip buyers gobbled up nearly 850,000 BTC between $60,000 and $70,000

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Iran eyes crypto toll for oil tanker transits through Strait of Hormuz

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FDIC setting standards for Stablecoins ft GENIUS ACT

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????FDIC will establish a prudential framework for FDIC-supervised permitted payment stablecoin issuers. ????Requirements related to reserve assets, redemption, capital, and risk management standards will also be set. ????We can expect FDIC-supervised payment stablecoin issuers and insured depository institutions that provide certain payment stablecoin related custodial and safekeeping services. Which blockchains will be chosen by stablecoin issuers supervised by FDIC? Will regulated stablecoins eat marketshare of incumbent players?? source submitted by /u/semanticweb [link] [comments]

HOLY! $70M BTC Long Just Opened! Is This the Pump Signal or a Bull Trap?

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0.075BTC at 18y old

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Shall i accumulate more? Or wait and hodl. submitted by /u/Adventurous-Bite3466 [link] [comments]

Polymarket Traders Net $663K on US-Iran Ceasefire in Suspected Insider Trade

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Quantum Threat to Bitcoin Not Immediate, Says Blockstream’s Adam Back

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Guilty people disappear. Real ones rebuild

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I heard this line recently and it hasn't left my head. Not because it’s a 100% universal truth, but because it happens often enough to notice the pattern. When a project goes south, a business fails, or a massive mistake is made, the most common response is the disappearing act. Wiping the slate clean and starting over somewhere new is the ultimate pressure release valve. You don't have to face anyone, and you don't have to explain the mess. It makes sense why it's the default choice. Rebuilding is the exact opposite. Rebuilding requires you to stay in the exact same environment, under the microscope of the people who watched things go wrong, and deal with everything head-on. You can't hide. It takes an entirely different level of commitment to stay visible when everything is falling apart. But it makes me wonder about the first part of that quote. Is disappearing actually about being "guilty"? Or is it simply that staying and rebuilding requires a capacity to carry heavy emotional weight that most people just don't possess? What do you think? Have you ever watched someone choose to stay and rebuild when they had every opportunity to just disappear? submitted by /u/augustcero [link] [comments]

Crypto Fear & Greed Index

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Just wondering: do you guys take this index into consideration at all (for buying decisions and such)? submitted by /u/Phantasizer [link] [comments]

Bitcoin Spikes Over $72K as Trump Announces Conditional Ceasefire With Iran

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NYT says Adam Back is Satoshi

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Trump’s Crypto Project Just Borrowed $50 Million Against Its Own Token and Broke the Lending Pool

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Need a little Help

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How do I get into bitcoin? I’m 19 and have always been intrigued by the way bitcoin works since I could fully process what it was and always wanted to get into it but could never figure out where to start submitted by /u/AdMental1375 [link] [comments]

Polymarket Traders Accused of Insider Trading on US-Iran Bet

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Attacking bitcoin mining with a quantum computer would require the energy of a star, academics say

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How often do your trading bots break because of exchange API issues?

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I’m trying to understand how common this actually is because I’m working on something in this space. For people running crypto trading bots (Binance, Coinbase, etc): - How often do you run into API issues? (rate limits, stale data, 500 errors, auth problems) - When it happens, does it actually affect your trades or cause losses? - How do you usually deal with it? (retry logic, custom fixes, just ignore it, etc) - Would you trust something that fixes this automatically in real-time? I’m thinking about building a tool that sits between the bot and the exchange APIs to handle these issues automatically, but I’m not sure if this is actually a big enough problem or just something most people already solved. submitted by /u/zerozero023 [link] [comments]

Google’s Quantum Breakthrough Is Already Reshaping Crypto Markets

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This doesn’t seem like an immediate break, but more like a shift in how close that scenario might actually be. The fact that timelines are being pulled forward is probably more important than the headline itself. Markets reacting with dispersion rather than a broad selloff makes sense if people are starting to differentiate between projects that can adapt and those that haven’t really addressed it yet. What’s interesting is that this turns into more of a coordination problem than a purely technical one. Upgrading cryptography across large networks like Bitcoin or Ethereum isn’t trivial, even if solutions exist. So the risk isn’t just quantum capability, but whether governance and adoption can move fast enough when needed. submitted by /u/JAYCAZ1 [link] [comments]

The Main Problem of Crypto Business

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Widespread adoption of cryptocurrency would enable businesses to make significant savings on acquisition fees, reach a global customer base and process payments instantly. However, slow fiat transfers within the banking system remain a problem. Moving a business into the crypto industry can fragment a company’s working capital. The inability to abandon fiat currency and the need to use intermediaries — crypto gateways — means funds are distributed across three channels: • bank account • crypto gateway wallet • hot and cold wallets. Consequently, companies are forced to maintain excess reserves in each account and wallet, resulting in capital being tied up. According to Cryptomus, this problem can be partially solved by issuing crypto cards that enable the direct spending of cryptocurrency with instant conversion to fiat. Fireblocks offers clients automatic rebalancing: as soon as the cryptocurrency accumulated in the crypto gateway wallet exceeds a set threshold, it is automatically transferred to a cold wallet. BitPay offers a solution that combines bank account and crypto wallet management in a single dashboard. This allows for the instant conversion of cryptocurrency to fiat currency to replenish a bank account on a 'just-in-time' basis. submitted by /u/tornavec [link] [comments]

Litescribe (MWEB-enabled Litecoin inscriptions wallet) v1.1.4 is out

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Strategy Is Buying Bitcoin 2x Faster Than New BTC Supply In 2026

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Daily Discussion, April 08, 2026

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Daily General Discussion April 08, 2026

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Cakewallet misleading transactions

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I’ve been waiting over two hours for a transaction that when I set it my wallet was set to sat 3 priority yet upon actually looking at the transaction id on mempool it says it’s in the sat 2 block, meaning it is stuck behind everything else (like what I was led to believe would be my transaction!) I find this to be a deceptive practice. Aitah for this? submitted by /u/RevolutionaryFig7203 [link] [comments]

Wake me up when

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Wake me up when Bitcoin finally submitted by /u/unthocks [link] [comments]

Morgan Stanley's Bitcoin ETF Goes Live Tomorrow

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Bitcoin Tops $72K as US-Iran Ceasefire Sparks Rally : But For How Long?

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Mission ₿

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Based on the level of responses, criticism, disbelief, and a few compliments...I believe I can help open the minds of many of you. Every week, I will talk with you about Bitcoin and explain why it is so important for our generation. IN BITCOIN WE TRUST. Let’s move forward… submitted by /u/BittyRunes [link] [comments]

Everyone right now

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Bitcoin and Oil Flips as Trump Nears Hormuz Deal with Iran

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How to lever up bitcoin safely

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Obviously bear markets have exposed the unwise. What are the safer, more legitimate ways to take on a very modest amount of leverage against my Bitcoin stake? I’d like to buy some more at these prices. Thank you submitted by /u/upupandaway_76 [link] [comments]

Immovable object (me) vs. unstoppable force (Bitcoin)

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My “decision” process over the last few weeks went something like this: 65.5k → don’t invest yet, it will drop further 66.0k → dead cat bounce! 67.5k → fake out, sellers will win this fight 68.0k → too high, invest when it drops to 66.0k 71.5k → what the hell is going on? Time in the market beats timing the market, I know. submitted by /u/Cartier1847 [link] [comments]

Daily Crypto Discussion - April 7, 2026 (GMT+0)

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Welcome to the Daily Crypto Discussion thread. Please read the disclaimer and rules before participating. Disclaimer: Consider all information posted here with several liberal heaps of salt, and always cross check any information you may read on this thread with known sources. Any trade information posted in this open thread may be highly misleading, and could be an attempt to manipulate new readers by known "pump and dump (PnD) groups" for their own profit. BEWARE of such practices and exercise utmost caution before acting on any trade tip mentioned here. Please be careful about what information you share and the actions you take. Do not share the amounts of your portfolios (why not just share percentage?). Do not share your private keys or wallet seed. Use strong, non-SMS 2FA if possible. Beware of scammers and be smart. Do not invest more than you can afford to lose, and do not fall for pyramid schemes, promises of unrealistic returns (get-rich-quick schemes), and other common scams. Rules: All sub rules apply in this thread. The prior exemption for karma and age requirements is no longer in effect. Discussion topics must be related to cryptocurrency. Behave with civility and politeness. Do not use offensive, racist or homophobic language. Comments will be sorted by newest first. Useful Links: Beginner Resources Intro to r/Cryptocurrency MOONs ???? MOONs Wiki Page r/CryptoCurrency Discord r/CryptoCurrencyMemes Prior Daily Discussions - (Link fixed.) r/CryptoCurrencyMeta - Join in on all meta discussions regarding r/CryptoCurrency whether it be moon distributions or governance. Finding Other Discussion Threads Follow a mod account below to be notified in your home feed when the latest r/CC discussion thread of your interest is posted. u/CryptoDaily- — Posts the Daily Crypto Discussion threads. u/CryptoSkeptics — Posts the Monthly Skeptics Discussion threads. u/CryptoOptimists- — Posts the Monthly Optimists Discussion threads. u/CryptoNewsUpdates — Posts the Monthly News Summary threads. submitted by /u/AutoModerator [link] [comments]

Surge.Credit - Newsletter #2

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How safe is Tokenized Gold?

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I've learnt that we can now invest in gold directly in crypto, which is quite exciting as I don't trust any bank or broker, so here's a few questions: Is this safe? What is the best within Paxos or Tether gold, is this as trustable as USDT/Stablecoins? How to buy it? EDIT: I'm getting a lot of dms asking for answers too, so I digged and understood. I was right, it's basically same as holding stablecoins like USDT in term of trust. The thing is that you easily lose -3% in slippage, I bought PAXG through https://leather.finance, which is a DEX aggregator I had 1:1, be careful when buying. submitted by /u/Purrfect_bu [link] [comments]

Ultimate Cheapest way to Buy Bitcoin?

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I'm looking for a cheap way to buy bitcoin, i'm getting a crazy rate on OKX which is all but okay. In Singaporean dollar BTC on OKX is 88.7k but when I preview my purchase it’s 90.0k, i'm speechless. submitted by /u/Trophy_waifuu [link] [comments]

Crypto Banks Reach Stablecoin Deal in CLARITY Act Talks

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ethlocal.world — a globe for Ethereum events and communities

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I just built ethlocal.world: a simple way to explore Ethereum activity around the world. The idea was pretty straightforward: Ethereum is global, but it can still be surprisingly hard to get a quick sense of what’s happening locally or regionally. So I made a site that maps events and communities in one place and lets you browse by region and type. It takes data from ethereum.org and was inspired by the Codex Ambassadors globe. Link: https://ethlocal.world Would love honest feedback from people here: Is this actually useful? What feels missing or confusing? Is the globe view helpful, or do you mainly want a cleaner list/filter experience? What would make something like this genuinely valuable for local Ethereum communities? Built it as a small project for the Ethereum community, and I’d love to improve it based on feedback. submitted by /u/not_qz [link] [comments]

Suspected North Korean IT Operative Exposed in Remote Job Interview After Failing Loyalty Test

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How important is it to you that you can fully control and can export your own wallet keys?

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Binance’s New Rule Could Have Prevented the $19 Billion October Crash

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Strategy Acquires 4,871 BTC and Now Holds 766,970 BTC

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Strategy has acquired 4,871 BTC for ~$329.9 million at ~$67,718 per bitcoin. As of 4/5/2026, we hold 766,970 BTC acquired for ~$58.02 billion at ~$75,644 per bitcoin. submitted by /u/TheresNoSecondBest [link] [comments]

84% of Polymarket traders are losing money. That says a lot about who prediction markets are really built for.

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The most interesting part of the latest Polymarket data isn’t just that most people lose. It’s how uneven the edge really is. An April 2026 analysis covering 2.5 million wallets found that 84.1% of participants were unprofitable. Only 2% made more than $1,000 over their full trading history, and just 840 wallets cleared $100,000 in cumulative profit. That’s not a small retail underperformance story. That’s a market structure story. The wallets making serious money are concentrated around arbitrage, market making, and execution speed. In other words, the advantage seems to sit with participants who treat these markets like infrastructure, not opinion. That matters, because prediction markets are often sold as a cleaner way to express views on real-world outcomes. But if most retail traders are consistently late, emotional, or trading without a structural edge, then the market starts looking less like “collective intelligence” and more like another venue where faster players extract value from slower ones. Real question is whether prediction markets are actually useful for retail traders, or whether they mostly reward people who already have tools and execution advantages the average user doesn’t. submitted by /u/cashflashmil [link] [comments]

The Real War Isn’t in Iran — It’s in the US Treasury Market | Luke Gromen & Lyn Alden

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Wallet of Satoshi now lets you use a self-custodial wallet with seamless access to the Lightning Network, thanks to Spark the new high speed L2 solution!

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There is a lot to talk about, but if you want to read more: https://www.xverse.app/blog/what-is-spark-bitcoin-l2 quick TL;DR: Spark is a Bitcoin L2 designed for fast, cheap, and self-custodial transactions, leveraging statechain tech and atomic swaps. Spark supports the issuance and transfer of stablecoins and tokens on Bitcoin, enabling new financial use cases such as payments, trading, and earning stablecoin yield. Spark provides a scalable ecosystem for wallets, developers, and businesses to build financial apps interoperable with Lightning Network and Taproot Assets. Wallet of Satoshi now integrates Spark, letting you create a self-custodial wallet, secure your 12 word seed, and seamlessly send/receive BTC on the Lightning Network while staying fully in control of your funds. hope many other lightning wallets such as Strike, Blink, Speed, Coinos implement Spark Welcome to the new era of scalability of BTC! Edit: After using the WoS self custody option with Spark, I noticed that WoS shows all your history with your Spark Key to the public, meaning that you should create your wallet in another app that has the privacy option as default such as Cake Wallet and then import your wallet to WoS. submitted by /u/FunWithSkooma [link] [comments]

Anyone else noticed different payouts between mining pools?

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Not trying to start anything — just genuinely curious. I’ve been looking a bit closer at my setup lately, and it got me thinking… Everyone talks about: hash rate power cost …but I don’t see as many people comparing actual pool payouts over time. For example: Two pools might say: 1% fee vs 2% fee But does that really translate to better returns? Things like: luck stale shares payout method (FPPS vs PPLNS) seem like they could make a bigger difference than the fee itself. I haven’t done a super deep analysis yet, but I feel like I’ve seen small differences depending on the pool. Could just be variance though. Curious what others here have experienced: Have you ever tested multiple pools side-by-side? Did you notice any real difference in payouts? Do you stick with one pool or rotate? Not saying anything is “wrong” with any pool — just trying to understand if I’m overthinking this or if there’s actually something here. submitted by /u/Just_Mining_Away [link] [comments]

bitcoin provides mathematical certainty in a world that is more fake and uncertain than ever. There will only be 21,000,000 bitcoin, forever

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Kaspa's Toccata Hard Fork: Covenants, ZK Opcodes, And A New June Target

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Nice one. Bitcoin for good.

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Split Capital Founder Says Crypto Hedge Funds No Longer Work

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XRP led crypto's $224 million ETF inflow rebound last week

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'A whole civilization will die': Crypto markets under pressure as Trump ups rhetoric towards Iran

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Anyone still using rocket pool?

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I’ve had my eth staked for about 2 years now, net negative on the eth itself but I’ve gained what would be ≈4 percent more worth of ETH than I had before. To me it was the easiest way to stake given that I don’t have 32 eth. I appreciate the protocol for being a decentralized way to stake, heard there’s some liquidity issues in terms of getting your Eth back after staking but that’s a problem for the future. Anyone have any input on rocket pool?! submitted by /u/TheLelouchLamperouge [link] [comments]

Crypto Exchanges, 1099-DA, and Crypto Tax Software?

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If you transfer crypto to a wallet outside the exchange, does the exchange track this as a sale or a transfer? More context: Crypto Tax Software has no problem tracking this as a transfer---since it knows about all of your wallets---but I suspect the exchange may track this on the 1099-DA as a sale. But then the 1099-DA reports a sale while the 1099-B generated by the crypto tax software reports a nothing burger---and may not even report this transaction since it's just a transfer. Question: do we need to report the 1099-DA is we use crypto tax software to track all transactions? If so, how to reconcile when the two are different? Update: if not clear this is about US taxes submitted by /u/bestjaegerpilot [link] [comments]

BLOOMBERG: Morgan Stanley Bitcoin ETF will launch this week

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I think Satoshi Nakamoto is Alive

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Google search trends vs Crypto Twitter sentiment: Which is more reliable?

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Crypto Twitter sentiment right now feels pretty bearish: lower engagement, quieter timelines, less hype overall. But when you look at Google Trends for “crypto,” the picture looks a bit different. Search interest has cooled off from a recent spike, but zooming out since mid-2023, it still seems to be forming a pattern of higher lows and higher highs. That got me thinking: CT reflects active participants (traders, builders, influencers) Google search likely captures broader interest (new users, retail research, institutions doing initial due diligence) In previous cycles, there have been periods where social sentiment felt weak while underlying interest (search trends, onboarding, etc.) was still building. Not saying this guarantees anything, but it does raise a question: Are we over-relying on Crypto Twitter as a market signal? Curious what others think. Do you track alternative indicators like Google Trends, app downloads, or exchange signups? submitted by /u/Ourcrypto_news [link] [comments]

Hackers Selling Fake Hardware Wallets and Pre-Loaded Seed Phrases to Steal Crypto

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Argentina President Javier Milei Under Fire in LIBRA Crypto Scandal: New Evidence Reveals Deeper Ties

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r/cryptocurrency

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Title: Exolix refunded my funds to a different address without authorization – need advice Body: Hi everyone, I’m dealing with a serious issue with Exolix and would really appreciate your advice. I sent 500 USDT via BSC for an exchange. The transaction was confirmed, but later their support said it failed AML checks and that they would issue a refund. I confirmed the refund to my original address: 0x94F1Fa345f242126a7FC18DcCEac4D3cA5BE0b69 However, after a long delay, they claim the funds were refunded to a completely different address: 0x659D2De729d254686d38107B69948de988549923 This address is NOT mine and I never authorized any change. What’s worse is that their support admitted that user identity can be verified using exchange ID and TXID (which I provided multiple times), yet they still processed the refund without proper verification. Now they are blaming me, saying I made information public. To me, this looks like a serious security failure on their side. Has anyone experienced something similar with Exolix or other instant exchanges? Is there anything I can do at this point to escalate this or recover my funds? Thanks in advance for any help. #exolix submitted by /u/DrAli1981 [link] [comments]

Transferring Bitcoin without actually moving it: explaining how Statechains work

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Cardone Capital Plans to Tokenize $5B Real Estate Portfolio

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What is the total amount you have in CRYPTO related products -- AND what percent is it of your overall portfolio?

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I know it's not polite to talk numbers but this isn't polite society, this is the ghetto of all ghetto's and we got to keeps it reals. The more I look at the market and overall macro pictures, the less interested I am in equity as opposed to bitcoin. I'm talking $700k into crypto related products which is a huge chunk of my swing portfolio. There's some beaten down stocks that have good entry points, but really, the risk reward of BTC while the govt keeps printing and there's talk of reducing the deficit but all budget proposals are wildly throwing money at the defense budget so we know it's not happening other than fraud (which is a good thing atleast). The overall runup of SPY since COVID always has you thinking when it starts to dump, it can really go a long ways down. In my 30s. submitted by /u/VivaLaBiome [link] [comments]

Worldcoin Prices Dips As Sam Altman’s Trust Crisis Deepens With New SBF Comparison

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The world is getting rid of cash, crypto is here to replace it.

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Cash is being quietly capped across the EU, Mexico just mandated digital-only payments at gas stations and toll booths, and Mastercard is training AI on hundreds of billions of your transactions including merchant locations, authorization history, and biometric data. The pattern is clear: every exit from cash pulls you deeper into a system that logs everything. People have been trying to solve this for years. Monero exists but merchants won’t touch it. Zcash has the cryptography but never cracked real adoption. Lightning Network is fast but fully traceable on-chain once you know what to look for. What’s changed now is that private payments are starting to work on chains people actually use, with assets people already hold, no separate ecosystem required, just pure plug and play privacy. submitted by /u/Repulsive_Counter_79 [link] [comments]

CAC26 - Fiat Chain: Rethinking Public Blockchain Infrastructure Without Native Tokens(Silvio Micali)

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On-chain commodities trading is the still an underrated narrative

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Everyone is panic watching macro right now. Tariffs, inflation, gold hitting new ATHs, oil swinging 5% in a day. The whole world is suddenly very interested in commodities again. And yet barely anyone in this sub is connecting the dots between what's happening in macro and what's being built on-chain. Think about what Hyperliquid already proved. You can trade perps on basically anything, permissionlessly, on-chain, with deep liquidity and no broker in the middle. It wasnt even designed for commodities and people are already using it to get exposure to oil and gold like its nothing. Now imagine a protocol built from scratch specifically for commodities perps. That's what **Sphinx** is doing alongside a couple of other next gen apps in crypto. Not a general DEX that throws in a few commodity pairs as an afterthought. The whole architecture is designed around on-chain perps for real world commodities, with compliance considerations built in from the start. That last part matters more than people realize because it opens the door to institutional capital that currently cant touch DeFi for regulatory reasons. The size of commodities markets is hard to overstate. Oil, gold, wheat, natural gas, copper. Multi trillion dollar markets running through legacy brokers with limited hours, high fees and endless middlemen. DeFi is about to eat into all of that. Slowly at first and then very fast. The traders who figured out Hyperliquid early did well. The ones who understand what purpose-built commodities infrastructure on-chain means might do a lot better. submitted by /u/spriteMeLeukoKrasi [link] [comments]

SEC close to putting out 'reg crypto' for fundraising questions, Chair Atkins says

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Daily Discussion, April 07, 2026

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Demonstration Of "Attack Blocks" On Bitcoin's Signet Test Network

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In two days, on Wednesday April 8th, a handful of Bitcoin Core developers are going to be doing a demonstration of “attack blocks” designed to take an inordinate amount of time to verify on Signet. The demonstration will take place at 10 AM EST (2 PM UTC). Anyone who wishes to participate can run Bitcoin Core node on Signet and watch the blocks be mined and processed by their node in real-time. Instructions can be found here to spin up a node and follow along (including how to check your node’s logs to see the verification times for the attack blocks). The demonstration is not going to show the worst case of the attack (the script and transaction structure required has not been publicly revealed to not give malicious actors even more information about the attack), but it will produce blocks that take orders of magnitude more time to verify than your average block. The aim of the demonstration is to show users the severity of one of the four severe consensus vulnerabilities that the Great Consensus Cleanup aims to address with BIP 54. Two more demonstrations will take place at 6 PM EST (10 PM UTC) on April 8th, and at 5 AM EST (9 AM UTC) on April 9th, to allow for Bitcoin users in different global timezones to directly participate as well. The Signet blockchain is currently at around 32-33 GB, so if you have any device with ample storage space, go ahead and spin up a Signet node to participate. For your awareness the following software patch was quickly put together for this demonstration and not audited thoroughly (though it is just a basic terminal based-GUI). If you are spinning up a brand new Signet node just for this demonstration on a machine without any funds on it, you should be fine even if you are the paranoid type like me. For those who don’t want to just poke at log files, AJ Towns provided a patch to the “bitcoin-tui” project, a Terminal based GUI for Bitcoin Core to display the attack blocks during the demonstration. The project creator is working on a proper release in time for the demonstration, but you can also compile it yourself. Run these commands on Linux (git commands will work on other OSes, and you should be able to find the equivalent CLI commands for your OS easily online): git clone https://github.com/ajtowns/bitcoin-tui.git cd bitcoin-tui git switch 202604-bip54blocks From there you should be able to just follow the build instructions at the repository here. After compiling, make sure your bitcoind has “server=1” set in the config file, and start up bitcoin-tui. You should find a “Slow Blocks” tab on the right of the top bar. submitted by /u/TheresNoSecondBest [link] [comments]

Help me get started

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Ok please explain bitcoin/crypto currency to me. This is my first time learning about it and I would like to invest my money in it. I don't know where to begin and how to start. If anyone can help guide me. Thank you! submitted by /u/Capricorn_79 [link] [comments]

Daily General Discussion April 07, 2026

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CLARITY Act Yield Deal Finalized by Banks, Crypto Firms: Act Could Be Signed This Month

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Bitcoin from Zero — Day 1: What is Bitcoin and why does it exist?

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Gm r/Bitcoin. ???? Starting an educational series — simple, direct, no jargon, no promises. Just verifiable facts. Day 1: What is Bitcoin? Bitcoin is digital money with a fixed supply of 21 million units — hardcoded by Satoshi Nakamoto in 2009. No government, bank, or company can ever change that. Verified data — April 2026: - Over 20 million BTC already mined (95%+ of total supply) - Less than 1 million remain — and will take 100+ years to mine - New block every ~10 minutes - Current reward: 3.125 BTC per block (after April 2024 halving) - Next halving: estimated April 2028 Why does this matter for someone who barely pays rent? The money you keep in the bank loses value every year to inflation. Bitcoin has a fixed supply — nobody can "print more." For the first time in history, an ordinary person has access to a genuinely scarce asset. Don't trust. Verify Next week — Day 2: Why does money lose value? #Bitcoin #Education #BitcoinFromZero submitted by /u/BittyRunes [link] [comments]

Trump’s World Liberty Strikes Deal With Binance-Backed Aster

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China Orders Removal of Jack Dorsey’s Bitchat App From App Store

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US Money Supply Hits Record $22.7, Inflation Fears Rise as Bitcoin Case Strengthens

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Daily Crypto Discussion - April 6, 2026 (GMT+0)

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Polymarket Becomes War Betting Hub, Lawmakers Demand Crackdown

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Make Money With Coinbase’s x402: A Practical Playbook for Product Developers

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You set up a hardware wallet and wrote down your seed phrase. Here’s what most guides don’t tell you.

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There’s a post near the top of this sub right now where someone sent Bitcoin to their Trezor and the wallet showed empty. They panicked. Turns out their Bitcoin wasn’t gone — it was in their passphrase wallet. They hadn’t known they created one. That’s the most common failure pattern in hardware wallet support forums, and it almost never gets explained at setup. Here’s what’s actually happening and three other traps that catch people the same way. The passphrase trap When you set up a Trezor using Trezor Suite, the passphrase feature is on by default. A passphrase — sometimes called the 25th word — creates a completely separate wallet derived from your seed. Any input during setup creates one. An accidental keystroke creates one. If you set a passphrase and don’t write it down, that passphrase is gone forever — and so is everything in that wallet. Your seed phrase alone opens a different, empty wallet. No error message. Nothing to indicate anything is wrong. Trezor’s support forums have dozens of threads that all read identically: “I have my seed, I’ve tried everything, balance is zero.” In most cases the passphrase was set accidentally during initial setup. Different software generates different addresses from the same seed This sounds impossible but it’s documented repeatedly. There are multiple standards for how wallet software derives addresses from a seed phrase — BIP-44, BIP-49, BIP-84 are the common ones — and different apps default to different ones. One user bought Bitcoin through Exodus paired with a Trezor in 2021. Exodus defaulted to P2SH-SegWit (m/49’/0’/0’). Trezor Suite defaults to Native SegWit (m/84’/0’/0’). Four years later, a firmware update forced a reset. The user opened Trezor Suite instead of reconnecting through Exodus. Empty wallet. His Bitcoin was on-chain and accessible — completely invisible to the software he was now using. Valid seed. Right device. Zero balance. This is not a bug. It’s two correct implementations of different standards. Electrum does not speak the same language as your hardware wallet If you ever try to import your Trezor or Ledger seed into Electrum as a backup option, it will show an empty wallet. Electrum uses a proprietary seed format and deliberately does not support BIP-39 — the standard your hardware wallet uses. To get it working you have to click a hidden “Options” button during seed entry, select “BIP39 seed,” then manually enter the derivation path your original wallet used. Without those steps, Electrum opens a valid empty wallet with no explanation. The Electrum developers are aware of this and consider it a feature. What to actually write down alongside your seed phrase The seed is the starting point, not the whole picture. What you also need documented somewhere safe: Which device and software you used to set up the wallet (Trezor Suite, Ledger Live, Electrum, etc.) Whether a passphrase was set — and if yes, exactly what it was, case-sensitive Which address format was used (Legacy, SegWit, Native SegWit, Taproot) — your software may show this during setup The derivation path if you can find it — usually visible in advanced settings That context, stored with your seed backup, is what makes the difference between recovery taking five minutes and recovery being impossible. submitted by /u/Infinite_Airline7705 [link] [comments]

i fixed my problem

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this is way to fix my problem One thing that really worries me is this: what if something happens to me? I’m afraid my family might lose access to the money completely. I’d really appreciate any tips or advice on how people securely store their seed phrases while also making sure their family could recover the funds if something happens. Hello, peace be upon you. How did I solve my problem in a safe way and make sure the control stays in my hands so I don't worry? I have two wallets stored on two metal plates. I made two new plates. I wrote the first 12 words on the first plate and the other 12 words of the first wallet on the second plate. For the second wallet I did the opposite. I explained this system to my wife and I will train her on it once every month. I also gave her a hard wallet because it is difficult to buy one in the third world. After that I bought a steel safe it open with key and password only one i know it and explained to her that two plate is inside it, while the other plate is with my uncle. I told him to give it to my wife only in the event of my death and for no other reason. I informed my uncle, my brother, and my uncle’s wife about the location of the second plate. If my uncle ever tries to use the plate he has, it will open a decoy (fake) wallet. What do you think of this solution? submitted by /u/LasyAsF [link] [comments]

I have $100K but I am certain that once I buy BTC will begin to drop to $35,000

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I just know it. So I won't buy just so the rest of you can make some money. submitted by /u/Glass-Translator2781 [link] [comments]

Polymarket’s Biggest Upgrade: New Stablecoin and Trading Engine

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best practices for public keyes

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A simple question for the community. I was recently asked for me public key (to my metamask wallet) I know that Bitcoin public keys should still be treated with some care as they disclose all transactions to that address in any blockchain explorer Is this the same with Ethereum? submitted by /u/izkornator [link] [comments]

LibertyX

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Is anyone else having issues being blocked out for no apparent reason? I have used this service for several months now and it worked wonderful for buying bitcoin with a debit card. They are in a number of stores, Walgreens, CVS and others! No matter what I do I can’t get signed back on! submitted by /u/TraditionalLife6281 [link] [comments]

The continued case for bitcoin. Despite the volatility, BTC is still in play.

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Bitcoing is extremely volatile, having thoroughly tanked this year. And yet it is still your best long term store of value play. BTC value vs. Tradfi 2020-2026 Despite the 4-year peak trough cycles, BTC still MASSIVELY outperforms TradFi. And what does that mean to you? LONG TERM Store of Value: Median US home price 2020-2026 One day you'll buy a home with a fraction of your BTC. In fact, you'll easily collateralize your BTC to back the loan - no cap gains tax, lower rates. BTC may not be "money" (currency) yet, but it is a store of value particularly against fiat currencies, as these two charts quickly demonstrate. What are you doing relative to BTC, running for the hills? I'm dollar cost averaging. submitted by /u/ElanInsights [link] [comments]

Bitcoin can build generational wealth..

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But only if you make a good serious plan for it. If you're able to save 1 BTC for your descendants, then one method looks like this. 2056 [ 4.5 hours ]. Generation shares 0.11 BTC. Generation shares 0.22 BTC. 2086 [ 576 hours ]. Generation shares 0.11 BTC. Generation shares 0.22 BTC. 2116 [ 150,000 hours ]. Generation shares 0.11 BTC. Generation shares 0.22 BTC. This is the distribution order of one of the multi-sig interlocking methods. [ hours ] indicate how long it will take all the worlds mining pools to create the same amount of BTC, that your grandchildren is gifted by your foresight, should the blockchain protocol continue uninterrupted. It's a guideline to the enormous potential of owning BTC into the next decade. Something very few of us will live to experience.. . But our grandchildren and their children will. submitted by /u/FromThePits [link] [comments]

How did you guys first discover Bitcoin?

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Curious how it started for all of us. submitted by /u/Imaginary_Ladder_553 [link] [comments]

US Senate Banking panel member confirms April timeline for crypto market structure

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Quantum - is it really that dangerous? No...

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Hi, I used to work as a technical full-stack developer and recently I spent some time investigating this thing everyone's talking about "Quantum computing destroying encryption". Well, there are many remedies already available: Example 1 - for not technical people: https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2024/08/nist-releases-first-3-finalized-post-quantum-encryption-standards Example 2 - for technical people: https://github.com/open-quantum-safe/oqs-provider Most companies / IT projects are not prioritising it only because quantum computing threads might be decades away, and businesses don't execute investments on security unless there is a true threat. That's why your email providers, messaging apps, etc. don't have post-quantum standards implemented (such as: ml-dsa, ml-kem, slh-dsa). Yes. It is more complicated to secure decentralized Crypto than a website, but - anyway most of us use platforms like CoinBase, Kraken, Binance, .. and those holding crypto in one-single physical wallet - are not really the targets here. Anyhow, please, I hope my post helps some of you to be a bit calmer about this topic. I am definitely calmer after my research. Let's not cause panic sell-off. Have a great day everyone! submitted by /u/ForwardByNature [link] [comments]

Pink Brains Publishes Revenue Sustainability Analysis Covering Katana, Monad, MegaETH, Ink, and Plasma

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Link to the thread: https://x.com/PinkBrains_io/status/2041184272586076449 Key takeaways: 1/ TVL ≠ value capture for chains: $2.85B TVL generates just $2.4M/year (0.08% capture). 2/ Monad leads in DEX activity: Highest trading volume and DEX turnover. 3/ Katana stands out as the most sustainable incentive model for token holders with diversified revenue and a self-sustaining loop. 4/ Tech ambition ≠ adoption: Ink shows the strongest perps activity, while MegaETH is the more ideal chain for instant trading. 5/ Poor capital efficiency: $1.06B raised for ~99K DAU (~$10.7K/user); at current revenue, ROI would take centuries. Leaders: Katana (85/100): - Chain-owned Liquidity recycles 100% sequencer fees into permanent. VaultBridge earns 3-5% on L1 assets. AUSD yield feeds the ecosystem. A roadmap to replace emissions with chain fees. - $25.29M/day perps volume on Katana Perps adds a high-margin fee vertical - Lowest stables/TVL (42.9%) confirms capital is deployed, not parked. - No VC selling schedule. Ink (70/100): - Kraken's 10M+ users as a zero-CAC funnel - Nado is the strongest organic trading signal in this cohort - $10M Aave guarantee ensures Tydro operates for 5 years - Risks: 84.4% TVL concentration in Tydro, $287/d chain capture, and post-TGE retention risk Monad (55/100): - Airdrop hangover is over - Uses heavy token incentives (38.5% supply) to bootstrap ecosystem activity and staking - Generates ~$19.7M annualized fees, but much is speculative - TVL is on an increasing trend. App ecosystem is interesting to try out. - Risks: big upcoming token unlocks and reliance on incentive-driven usage. MegaETH (40/100): - Unique model where stablecoin yield (USDm) subsidizes chain costs → potentially zero fees for users - $149K/d perps, $2.33M DEX, 3,833 DAU. $15M+ spent bootstrapping ($10M Aave + $5M+ listings) against $1.6M ann. fees = deeply negative ROI - KPI-gated TGE. Zero conditions met after 2 months Plasma (20/100): - Focused on zero-fee USDT transfers, prioritizing adoption over revenue - Minimal direct chain revenue ($97/day); relies on Aave as top yield source. - Risks: business model conflicts with fee generation and heavy token dilution pressure submitted by /u/ManBearPig9220 [link] [comments]

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Am I investing in mining… or just gambling? (be honest)

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I’ve been seeing a lot of people (including myself at one point) jump into mining thinking it’s some kind of guaranteed money printer. So I made a quick gut-check list. If most of these hit… you’re probably gambling. You’re probably gambling if: you bought a miner because a calculator said it was profitable today you have no idea what your actual monthly power cost is you’re assuming the coin price won’t drop (or will magically go up) you don’t really understand what J/TH means, you just picked a machine you chose the coin because it’s “hot” right now you’re expecting ROI in a few months no matter what you haven’t thought about difficulty increasing at all downtime/repairs haven’t even crossed your mind you think this is passive income with zero headaches you didn’t compare multiple machines, just pulled the trigger you’d be stressed if profits dipped for a couple months you’re checking profitability every day like it’s a stock ticker be honest — how many of these did you check before you started? and which one actually cost you money? submitted by /u/Just_Mining_Away [link] [comments]

The Digital Enclosure

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How Corporate Ledgers Will Swallow Your Money — And Why Bitcoin Is the Last Exit They're not going to take your money. They're going to make you want to give it to them. That's the part nobody talks about. Every conversation about CBDCs, digital dollars, programmable money — it always frames the threat as force. Government freezes your account. State shuts off your wallet. Authoritarian overreach. That's not how it happens. Not here. Not in the West. It happens through convenience. The Bridge You Don't Come Back From Here's the play. Fiat is already going digital. That's not a prediction — it's a process. Cash use is collapsing. Every central bank on the planet is either piloting a CBDC or pretending they're not. The endgame is a fully programmable state currency. Trackable. Freezable. Expirable if they want it to be. But the CBDC (Stable coins) isn't the final destination. It's the adapter. Once your money is programmable and KYC'd at the protocol level, it talks to everything. Every corporate ledger. Every ecosystem. Every loyalty program and rewards system that's been quietly building rails for the last decade. This is where it gets interesting. Amazon doesn't need to build a currency. They just need a ledger that accepts the CBDC — and gives you back something that only works inside Amazon. Call it Amazon Credits. Walmart does the same. YouTube does the same. Every platform with a massive consumer base builds their own internal economy, their own unit of account, their own closed loop. And they'll make the bridge in incredibly attractive. "Convert your dollars to Amazon Credits and get 12% bonus purchasing power." Same energy as credit card points. Same psychology as frequent flyer miles. You're not losing anything — you're upgrading. Right? Wrong. You're walking through a one-way door. The Sink Protocol These ecosystems are sinks. Value flows in. It doesn't flow back out — at least not on your terms and not at the rate you put it in. Think about it like a festival. The headliners are the brands you already use. The ones already in your house, your car, your daily routine. Amazon. Walmart. YouTube. Apple. Google. Netflix. The entire lifestyle stack. They're not strangers — they're the infrastructure of your life. So when they say "bridge over and we'll give you a little extra" — it's a no-brainer. You're already in. You've been in. The bridge just makes it formal. You stop holding dollars and start holding ecosystem tokens that only work inside their walls. And here's the thing nobody says out loud: that's company scrip. The exact same play coal companies ran in the 1800s. Pay workers in tokens that only spend at the company store. Except now the company store is the entire internet and the tokens have a blockchain under them so they feel legitimate. The CBDC is the universal on-ramp. Every ecosystem speaks the same compliance language — KYC'd, tracked, taxable, programmable. The "interoperability" they'll sell you as a feature is the surveillance mesh. Every bridge between ecosystems is a checkpoint. Every transaction is a data point. Every conversion is consent. Where Bitcoin Sits In All This Bitcoin doesn't fit their system. That's not a flaw — that's the entire point. It has no admin keys. No compliance API. No foundation that can push an update to make it play nice with Amazon's ledger. No upgrade mechanism that a government can lean on. It is, by design, the one digital asset that cannot be enclosed. And that makes it dangerous — not to users, but to the enclosure model itself. They'll want your Bitcoin. Badly. They'll offer you a premium to convert. "Bridge your BTC into our ecosystem and we'll give you 15% more purchasing power than the dollar rate." Maybe they'll even create Bitcoin-denominated ecosystem tokens — AmazonBTC, some stupid branded wrapper that looks like Bitcoin but lives on their ledger, under their rules. The moment your BTC touches a corporate ledger, it stays there. You become a number on that ledger. Permanently. The whole point of these systems is that value enters and doesn't leave — or if it does, it leaves diminished, taxed, tracked, and KYC'd into oblivion. The squeeze won't be a ban. It'll be a friction gradient. They make the walled garden so easy and sovereign Bitcoin so inconvenient that most people walk in voluntarily. Your BTC works fine on-chain — but Amazon won't accept it directly. Your Lightning payment clears in seconds — but Walmart's checkout only takes WalCredits. You could stay outside the walls. But everything inside is easier, faster, shinier, and all your friends are already there. Sound familiar? It should. That's the exact same playbook that moved the world from cash to cards. From ownership to subscription. From software you install to software that lives on someone else's server. The Parallel Economy So what does "staying sovereign" actually look like when the entire consumer economy has been enclosed? It looks like infrastructure. Cold storage and hot wallets that never touch a corporate ledger. Lightning nodes that route payments peer-to-peer without intermediaries. Mesh networks that relay signed transactions over Bluetooth when the internet isn't an option — or isn't safe. CoinJoins and ecash mints that break the chain between your identity and your UTXOs. It looks like a parallel economy running alongside the corporate-state layer. Its own payment rails. Its own communication channels. Its own financial infrastructure. Not a protest. Not a movement. Just a system that works without asking permission. And yeah — parts of it will get called a black market. That's inevitable. When the "legitimate" economy requires you to bridge into a surveilled ledger, anything outside that ledger gets framed as illegitimate. Using original BTC for goods instead of the ecosystem's blessed stablecoin will be a policy violation before it's a legal violation. The line between "noncompliant" and "criminal" gets thinner every year. But here's what they can't change: the network works. The math works. The protocol works. Peer-to-peer value transfer with zero infrastructure dependency — that's not a feature of Bitcoin. That's the thesis of Bitcoin. And every year that thesis gets more relevant, not less. The Choice This isn't about being anti-technology. I use Amazon. I use YouTube. I live inside these ecosystems like everyone else. The difference is understanding what the bridge actually costs. Every time you convert sovereign money into an ecosystem token, you're trading optionality for convenience. You're giving up the ability to leave. And in a world where your money is programmable and your spending is a data stream that feeds your social score, the ability to leave isn't a luxury — it's the only real form of financial freedom left. Bitcoin is the last exit before the enclosure closes. Not because it's perfect. Not because it's easy. Because it's the only digital asset that can't be co-opted by design. Keep your keys. Run your node. Build the parallel rails. Because once you walk through the bridge, you don't come back. — LowQ submitted by /u/Smooth_Mechanic8159 [link] [comments]

DeFi vs. Wall Street: Blockchain Association challenges Citadel over SEC's innovation exemption

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Pattern Hunters, Beware

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Bitcoin: The Silent Revolution of Our Generation

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While the world continues to trust systems that fail time and time again, a new alternative has emerged silent, unstoppable, and incorruptible. Bitcoin is not just technology. It’s not just money. It’s freedom. For the first time in history, a generation has the opportunity to truly own its wealth without intermediaries, without permission, without manipulation. We grew up watching crises unfold, inflation erode the value of our efforts, and rules change in the middle of the game. But now… we have a choice. Bitcoin is more than an asset, it’s a statement. A rejection of centralized control. A step toward individual sovereignty. There may be volatility. There may be doubts. But one thing is certain: The world is changing and Bitcoin is leading that change. Don’t trust, verify. ???? submitted by /u/BittyRunes [link] [comments]

Trump Launches Investment Accounts for Kids via Robinhood & BNY

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Hedera and the Bank of England | Why Hedera Keeps Appearing

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HBAR Weekly Update - Hedera's Ready for the Quantum Threat

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ZK-powered order book DEXs are quietly becoming the most interesting sector in DeFi. Is anyone else paying attention?

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Bitcoin is the best insurance policy I've ever had

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Sadly, most of the hard working people still have no idea how the printer keeps stealing their money. submitted by /u/TheresNoSecondBest [link] [comments]

Saylor’s Strategy buys 4,871 BTC for $329.9 Million – Total Holdings Reach 766,970 BTC

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Bitcoin miner Cango raises capital as it faces NYSE delisting risk with shares below $1

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Bitcoin miner Cango secures financing as NYSE delisting looms amid low stock price

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Has anyone used These to buy btc without kyk

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so im waiting for my re newaldriving license so I have id to set up and buy btc, but in the meantime, I need a way to buy small amounts. Has anyone ever used changehero or gardarian? if so, did it go smoothly? submitted by /u/Pillzmany [link] [comments]

Sparrow-LTC 2.4.3 Official Release - with MWEB support

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Circle future-proofs Arc blockchain against quantum threats

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DOT Deposit Sent to Kraken via Asset Hub (XCM) – Funds Visible On-Chain but Not Credited – Looking for Advice

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Trump-Iran deadline chaos sends crypto higher while ceasefire hopes rise

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Ethereum Transaction Failures Hit Historic Records

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Ethereum Transaction Failures Hit Historic Records On 22 March, the Ethereum blockchain failed to process 707,267 transactions. This is the highest number of failed transactions since 2016. According to CryptoQuant statistics, the network has experienced three significant spikes in activity since November — in December, February and now. There has been a steady increase in failed transactions over the past few months. The issue of transaction failures can be described as alarming; at the most recent peak, 35% of all financial transactions failed. Interestingly, activity on the Ethereum network decreased on that day, so congestion cannot be considered the cause. While Ethereum developers (Core Devs) have not issued any official statements, the situation is being actively discussed during working meetings (All Core Devs Calls). The problem lies in the smart contract code and cannot be resolved due to the lack of a mandatory audit. Cryptomus analysts have identified another issue. The influx of new users leads to errors in fee calculations, and newcomers may also fail to account for network requirements. Blocknative analysts have observed an increase in errors on the Layer 2 side and from MEV bots. A significant proportion of failed transactions are generated by bots attempting to execute arbitrage trades. If the terms of a transaction change before it is included in a block, the transaction is marked as 'failed'. submitted by /u/tornavec [link] [comments]

Educational: Recovering Bitcoin keys in HEX format (advanced tools & techniques)

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Hey everyone, I recorded a video about Bitcoin key recovery using HEX format. In this case, the keys are represented as 64 hexadecimal characters. The goal is to create more content in the future covering other key formats and wallet structures as well. All the tools shown in the video are open source. That said, I strongly recommend running anything like this on a completely offline computer for safety. Even though the video is fairly amateur in terms of production, I tried to include some of the most advanced tools and techniques currently available for this kind of work. I’d really appreciate any feedback or thoughts from the community. submitted by /u/Minute_Locksmith5224 [link] [comments]

Why is OKX ripping us off?

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Does this make sense? On OKX the current BTC price is 88.7k (Singapore currency) but when I preview my purchase it’s 90.0k. 1.5% higher! I’ve never seen these sort of fees written on their fees page. This page actually says “no fee” which I find highly misleading. I like the interface and also tried trading with USDT, however that’s also got hidden charges with the SGD to USDT conversion too. I bought a large amount and despite BTC going up 4% I’ll be breaking even if I sell now… I previously came from Moomoo which is a nightmare to use, however their fees were tiny in comparison. Anyone else analyse the fees they are paying? I want to start sinking large amounts over the next 3 years and don’t want to get ripped off. submitted by /u/desTROYer74 [link] [comments]

ranking staking options for the under-50-SOL crowd (since every guide out there is written for whales)

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I keep reading staking guides that are clearly aimed at people with 500+ SOL. Here's how I see the options for people holding smaller amounts. NOT STAKING At 20 SOL and 7% APY you're earning $0.88/day. The effort of picking a validator and monitoring it is arguably not worth that. This is why millions of wallets don't stake. Honestly kind of a rational choice if your time is worth anything. NATIVE STAKING (Phantom/Solflare) Safe, simple, boring. Your SOL gets delegated to a validator through Solana's native staking. Nothing sits in a smart contract. The problem at small amounts is the rewards are basically rounding errors in your portfolio. Good for people who want to set and forget and don't care about squeezing out more. LIQUID STAKING (Jito, Marinade, Blaze) Extra 1-2% from MEV plus you get a liquid token for DeFi. The tradeoff is your SOL gets deposited into a protocol smart contract and you hold a derivative token. If you're not actually deploying that derivative into lending or LPs then you're carrying smart contract risk and depeg risk for not much benefit. Makes more sense the bigger your bag is and the more active you are in DeFi. PREMIUM STAKING (Tramplin) Your SOL gets delegated to validators through native Solana staking, same as Phantom. No wrapper token, no smart contract holding your SOL. Rewards get pooled and redistributed so sometimes you get more than your proportional cut. Based on how UK premium bonds work. Still new in crypto so the track record is short. Good fit if you want native-level security for your SOL but find proportional staking returns too tiny to care about. How I'd rank these for a 20 SOL bag personally: Premium staking (the payout actually feels like something) 2. Native staking (if you just want zero complexity) 3. Sitting on it (valid if you're trading actively anyway) 4. Liquid staking (overkill and unnecessary risk at this size) This is just how I see it. What would you change? submitted by /u/Part_Time_Awesome [link] [comments]

Mentor Monday, April 06, 2026: Ask all your bitcoin questions!

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Daily Discussion, April 06, 2026

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Daily General Discussion April 06, 2026

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Bitcoin Casio Mods

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These watches do not exist, I am pressure testing this concept. Would you buy one of these modded casio watches for $100-130. submitted by /u/menloheavyweight [link] [comments]

Trader James Wynn Liquidated Sixth Time - Down From $100M To $900

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Too late to invest in btc?

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I am sat on some savings which I do not use and they gain minimal interest, I have been toying with the idea of investing for a while and I am wondering if It is too late to invest in btc or would now be an ideal time given the current dip? I was thinking about putting a chunk in now and then x amount every month indefinitely and somewhat forgetting about it, and hoping that in 30 years I will have accumulated a bit of profit from it to aid towards retirement. Would this be a wise idea, thinking long term? submitted by /u/Ok-Pass6371 [link] [comments]

The Hidden Infrastructure Costs of Ethereum dApps: EVM Tracing, RPC Overhead, and Indexing

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The true bottleneck in Ethereum dApp architecture isn't just on-chain gas, it's the off-chain infrastructure required to read the state. When protocols are designed without considering how data is indexed, they force massive hardware and cost requirements onto the ecosystem. The Blind Spot of Internal Transfers: Standard contract-to-contract ETH transfers (call{value: x}()) don't emit logs. Because they bypass block bloom filters, standard node queries like eth_getLogs miss them entirely. Trade-off: To index these reliably without protocol-level changes, you are forced into EVM tracing (debug_traceTransaction). This is incredibly I/O heavy, essentially requiring dedicated archive nodes or premium RPC tiers. Emitting custom on-chain events for internal transfers is a critical architectural pattern if you develop your own protocol that you want to monitor, it shifts the burden away from expensive execution traces and local state simulations, saving infrastructure operators massive overhead. Infrastructure Resilience vs. WebSockets: For low-latency dApps, eth_subscribe over WebSockets is the standard. However, long-lived WS connections are notoriously flaky and silently drop packets, leading to degraded, out-of-sync frontends. Architecture standard: A resilient Ethereum stack requires a hybrid model. Maintain the WS connection for real-time mempool and head-of-chain detection, but always run a background worker polling eth_getLogs with a sliding block window to patch missed events during WS reconnects. JSON-RPC Network Overhead: Spamming nodes with individual read requests congests RPCs. MulticallV3 batching is mandatory for minimizing network round trips. Trade-off: When wrapping complex calls, using tryAggregate handles partial successes gracefully. However, it significantly increases EVM execution cost due to internal CALL overhead and memory expansion when capturing return data you might discard. If your batch loop is too large, you will hit the strict execution timeouts or global eth_call gas caps enforced by commercial RPCs, causing the node to drop the entire request. Source/Full Breakdown:https://andreyobruchkov1996.substack.com/p/ethereum-dev-hacks-catching-hidden-transfers-real-time-events-and-multicalls-bef7435b9397 submitted by /u/Resident_Anteater_35 [link] [comments]

Daily Crypto Discussion - April 5, 2026 (GMT+0)

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Trump Meme Coin Rally Amid the US President’s Death Rumors

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Old ledger wallet. Just making sure I do things right

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First of all, I know not to respond to DMs. Second, I'm 99.999% sure that I don't have much on the wallet. So I'm not overly concerned. But I still want to see what's on there. I haven't plugged the thing into a computer in a few years. I just want to make sure that I don't screw anything up. Any advice? It's a ledger nano. Will there be any updates to do and should I do them? Thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you submitted by /u/formyburn101010 [link] [comments]

Where to swap ETH without slippage?

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I'm looking to swap my ETH with minimal slippage/fee. I'm trying to swap/bridge ETH to Base USDC actually but it shows -3% on the expected outpout amount. Which platforms or aggregators (must be DEX) give the best price without losing too much to slippage or fees? submitted by /u/Tchu_zee_bish [link] [comments]

Top 10 Crypto Hacks Total $5.7 Billion, But Proposed DeFi Fix Would Only Have Helped One

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The easy way to do taxes (USA)

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For those like me who trade on multiple exchanges, have private wallets and want to be fully compliant with the IRS, it's a nightmare trying to zero out on the years of trades. This was the year I wanted to go fully legit so here's my advice. 1) Upload everything into Coinledger. I'm sure there's others but I was happy with it. They have a generic template that you can populate your staking or DEX trades with. You can see if you get close to zero'ing out before buying the final tax report. 2) In TurboTax or whatever you use, upload the Schedule D from coinledger only. That's it. Don't let TurboTax try to do the math on the individual trades. Schedule D and done. Attach 8949's at the end only as a reference. 3) Do not upload the 1099-DA's that binance or coinbase give you. Don't even feed them into coinledger or similar. They only have the trades of that exchange on them, so the cost basis will always be wrong. Don't even bother. Hope this helps someone. ✌️ submitted by /u/tequilawhiteclaws [link] [comments]

Algorand just jumped 50% after a Google flags quantum risk for Bitcoin and Ethereum

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Analyst Identifies $63,000 As Key Support For Next Bitcoin Move

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How to live on a bitcoin standard during a bear market

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In an earlier post I explained how the power law floor is an incredible tool for understanding bitcoin growth and volatility. Definitions: Power law: not linear, not exponential, power law is very high growth at the beginning and tapering off year by year but never to zero. Power laws are found in networks like the internet and cities. And networks are generally immortal. Volatility: the power law is a trend line and bitcoin oscillates around it between an upper and lower bound. We see 2 standard deviations down and more up, but it seems like the extreme euphoria of the earlier days are over. Floor: what I find the most interesting statistical observation is the that price never systemically dropped below -2 standard deviations. Price seems to be capped at the downside. This is the marginal network adoption doing its thing: significantly more buyers than sellers at this price point. Trend is roughly time in days to the power of 5.688 check btcpowerlaw.nl for the starter pack so you can do your own discoveries. Floor is 0.432 times trend. Not systemically broken ever. Growing 50 USD and accelerating in USD every day. Now the post: Because if stack * floor growth > yearly expenses = financial freedom. People point out correctly that to ‘harvest’ the floor growth you need to actually sell bitcoin, which in turn reduced your stack and therefore hurts next year’s floor growth. There are two points I would like to make to clarify and then I’m going to show you how it actually works. 1: the floor is always growing 2: the price is almost never actually on the floor Point number 1: the floor grows every day You don’t sell an entire year’s worth of expenses today at $67K. We are currently at 0.51 times trend. Sell as little as possible at this current trend value. Borrowing would actually be wiser, but the math doesn’t need borrowing to work. Let’s say you sell $8,333 every month at the beginning of the month at floor levels. For the next 12 months that would be the following: https://preview.redd.it/koit3ckbwetg1.png?width=1514&format=png&auto=webp&s=6b7b7af43283f11c658c5e12e7dab5b9051d8be8 As you can see the amount of bitcoin sold is going down every month. A reassuring thing. This is actually the adoption happening. But as a commenter correctly pointed out: after 6.1 years, on May 2032, this stack runs out of bitcoin. Which brings me to point number 2. Point number 2: Bitcoin is actually almost never at floor prices Look at the price today: $67K and what is going on in the world? Massive downward pressure from an ATH in October. Fear and greed was below 8 in February, conflicts in Iran. And still bitcoin hovers about 20% above the floor. This is an interesting datapoint. And it is confirmed by historical data: In 2015 the price spent a total of 70 days at the floor. Then it left and didn’t come back for 6 years. In 2022 with FTX and all that the price was 34 days at the floor, then it left after two months. On average the price is at the floor for 10 days per year but it is not evenly distributed per year. Back to our example of 5 BTC allows $100K withdrawals: you run out of bitcoin after 6 years or 72 months of floor price. The price has never remained at the floor for 72 months. And it is not at the floor now. Here’s a table showing what happens when you sell quarterly at different floor values. https://preview.redd.it/89x1d7qcwetg1.png?width=1452&format=png&auto=webp&s=982275021bf1546238c138217d2e3d7684a6dbb0 1x floor depletes after 6 years like we discussed, so does 1.1x two years later. From 1.2x floor you actually kind of make it, but 1.5x and above is really thriving. And anything above is doing great. Now for perspective: how many days per year average was the price above 1.5x floor? 242 days on average. But it’s never average: there is usually a string of multiple years: 586 days in the 2017-2018 bull, 779 days in the 2020-2022 bull, and 801 days in the Nov 2023 to Jan 2026 period. Conclusion: So now you see the floor math in conjunction with the historical power law trend multiples. Together they show that withdrawing $100K from a 5 BTC portfolio is not just possible. It is the most efficient and therefore logical system for retirement. At 1.5x floor your stack survives 10 years and ends at $1.05M. Bitcoin trades above 1.5x floor two thirds of the time. These are really good odds. I am reminded of the principle of a well running factory: it produces top quality products as an average result. Not a heroic one. Not one depending on somebody doing amazing work every day. Just average inputs result in spectacular outcomes. Bitcoin is a retirement factory producing terrific outcomes as the average results. Honest caveat: 5 BTC works when the price is above the floor, which is 97% of the time. But if you want a stack that survives even permanent floor pricing, accounting for the fact that floor growth decelerates over decades, the number is 7 BTC. At 7 BTC your floor growth covers 155% of expenses in year one and the stack never depletes, even in the worst case the model can produce, assuming the power law holds. https://preview.redd.it/ylbcwivo2itg1.png?width=1200&format=png&auto=webp&s=85511ac5b7c2acdc20d436b4c36c047cbee6764a submitted by /u/Defiant_Ice_4860 [link] [comments]

Satoshi Nakamoto turns 51 today

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Didn't know CoinMarketCap had a free API until today, this changes everything for me

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I've been manually checking prices every morning like a caveman and today I found out CMC has an API that just gives you all that data automatically?? You can get live prices, market caps, volume, historical data, trending coins, literally everything. And there's a free tier so you can just sign up and start using it without paying. I'm already thinking about building a personal dashboard so I don't have to open 10 different tabs every morning. If you're into crypto and know even a little bit of coding, definitely worth looking into. Check it out here: https://coinmarketcap.com/api submitted by /u/Enlec [link] [comments]

I think I just recovered then lost all my bitcoins from 2016

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I had a multibit wallet in 2016, today I found the seed phrase on an old hard drive. After some research I imported the wallet into electrum with the seed phrase. The balance was showing. I send a $10 test transaction to my current BTC wallet and it arrived fine to my current wallet. But now my balance on the old wallet is showing as 0 It seems like the remaining balance has been sent to a change wallet that I do not control When I export the private keys in Electrum the change wallet is not showing. I have reimported the old seed phrase into Electrum and the balance is still showing as 0 Have I lost the funds the same day I managed to recover them? I won't reply to DM's submitted by /u/BlotterArt_ [link] [comments]

Nigeria is ranked #1 in global USDT and USDC ownership. Not the US. Not the UK. Not Singapore.

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A recent X thread from Abhinav Kumar lays out some striking numbers: Nigeria leads globally in stablecoin ownership. 59% of Nigerian crypto users hold USDT and 48% hold USDC... higher than the US, UK, or Singapore. The reason is straightforward. When the local currency loses 20-40% of its value each year, stablecoins become the practical way to protect savings without needing a foreign bank account. The catch is what comes next. Most of those holders still convert back to naira for every purchase, bill, or supplier payment. There is almost no merchant acceptance, no easy subscription billing, and no seamless on-chain spending options. The $308 billion in stablecoin circulation worldwide shows real demand for dollar-denominated value storage, yet the infrastructure to actually use it day-to-day lags far behind... especially in the places where the need is greatest. It’s a clear example of how adoption can outpace utility. The holding part works. The spending part still forces people back into the same broken rails they were trying to escape. What do you see as the biggest barrier here... regulation, merchant onboarding, or something else? Link to the thread: https://x.com/singhabhinav/status/2040086178657915079 Thoughts? submitted by /u/Feisty-Rhubarb-6718 [link] [comments]

He has risen…

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$285 Million Gone. North Korea Pulled the Trigger. Drift Loaded the Gun

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Whats the best wallet/cold wallet

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Hi so i store all my crypto in trustwallet, but people recomending me so many different places you can store your crypto. i wanna know Whats actually the number one, non KYC please to store crypto? submitted by /u/Ancient-Candy-1573 [link] [comments]

Telegram Wallet Launches Perpetual Futures Trading with Lighter DEX

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is it a bad idea to use btc as a savings

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like i put in a part of my pay check every time but I'll be using some of the money for a trip later this year. should i seperate the trip savings or put it all in btc. submitted by /u/AccurateNetwork5248 [link] [comments]

A modern CLI based Solidity transaction debugger and tracer

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Hi all, I build a new kind of cli based solidity debugger you might find useful. During the few days easter break I finally could finish a long standing project I had in mind: a cli based solidity debugger and tracer. I used to use truffle-debug a lot, but the whole project got sunset (and was painfully slow anyways, but thats a different story). Foundry as a successor always made sense to me. Its fast, its git based, its a workhorse, never let me down so far. But I always missed a properly formatted easy to use tracer and debugger like we know it from tenderly, but cli based, with local, text based outputs. I wanted something a human and an LLM can use. So I built soldebug. You give it a transaction hash and it gives you a decoded stack trace: $ soldebug 0xe1c962... --rpc-url https://sepolia.infura.io/v3/... --project-dir ./myproject Transaction 0xe1c962...b53fb6 REVERTED (gas: 29.8K) Call Stack: TestToken.mint(arg0=0xdEadDEAD..., arg1=9e23) <- REVERT REVERT: MaxSupplyExceeded(9e23, 5e23) It replays the transaction locally using revm (same as Foundry), matches contracts from your local Foundry project, resolves proxy implementations (UUPS, transparent proxies), and can fetch external contract ABIs from Etherscan/Sourcify. All in Rust, same style as Foundry itself. It's a first version, really early, but maybe useful for other Ethereum devs. If you find it useful (or not), let me know, or generally, any feedback very welcome. submitted by /u/tomtom1808 [link] [comments]

Update: I built the first ETH-only, grief-proof tournament infrastructure that's 100% on-chain.

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Hey all! Since my earlier post I've been rebuilding from the ground up, and your feedback helped shape everything. ETour V2 is simpler, faster, and more flexible: 1) You can now configure your own lobbies with anywhwere between 2 and 32 players. And you can choose the entry fee per-player, from $0.20 up to 1 ETH. 2) Moves happen in sub-1s (down from ~10s). 3) The fee structure is cleaner too: 95% straight to the winner, and 5% is my cut. No confusing raffle mechanics. And the winner gets more, winner's cut in V1 was only 90% of the pot, now it's 95%! 4) I also put together two docs: a focused whitepaper that explains the why, and a thorough user manual that answers every how question. Further, and very importantly, V2 positions ETour as the perfect platform to play games on-chain over ETH stakes with no middlemen with your friends, crew, or community, rather than a place for random online matchmaking. Which is more honest about what ETour is good at. Happy to answer your questions! Misc: https://etour.games https://etour.games/whitepaper https://etour.games/manual All contracts are verified and available in the footer submitted by /u/SourTangerine [link] [comments]

Besides Being Easter Sunday - Today is Also Satoshi Nakamoto's 51st Birthday - According To Satoshi's P2P Foundation Profile - Happy Birthday Satoshi! ????

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Justin Bieber purchased this Bored Ape NFT for $1.3 million in 2022. Today, it's worth $12,000

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understanding bitcoin system for the first time

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it might be weird to see something like this vague. anyways, I want to learn about the bitcoin and its system. how it work? why its such a big deal, especially in some bad stuffs? why it's the preferable choice over usd or any other currency? i'm just starting to learn about all these. so if anyone can just help me understand it briefly, something kind of starter before diving deep into this world. submitted by /u/x0corpse_99 [link] [comments]

Just bought 5btc

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i sold my house, and i dont think shares is best to put money in due to the iran war. so i bought 5 btc, hopefully we get to see 120k peak soon :) submitted by /u/Omniknight111 [link] [comments]

The "circular economy" is just a whale exit strategy - a theory on Monero strange price action.

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BTC adoption snapshot: 1.011 vs 2026-01-01 using 4 Glassnode BTC metrics only

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BTC adoption snapshot using 4 Glassnode BTC metrics only. Current reading: - Adoption Index: 1.011 - Active Entities: 163,944 - Non-Zero Addresses: 56,154,672 - Lightning Network Capacity: 4,971.03 BTC - L1 Change-Adjusted Volume: 92,074.70 BTC Method: - exact Glassnode BTC metric pages only - no mixed-source composite - baselines fixed at 2025-01-01 - index = geometric mean of 4 current/baseline ratios Baselines: - Active Entities: 145,000 - Non-Zero Addresses: 52,000,000 - Lightning Network Capacity: 5,358 BTC - L1 Change-Adjusted Volume: 100,000 BTC Ratios: - Active Entities: 1.131 - Non-Zero Addresses: 1.080 - Lightning Capacity: 0.928 - L1 Change-Adjusted Volume: 0.921 Interpretation: - overall adoption snapshot is slightly above the 2025-01-01 baseline - breadth metrics are above baseline - Lightning capacity is below baseline - on-chain adjusted transfer volume is below baseline - the positive breadth signal slightly outweighs the weaker LN and L1 flow readings Data dates used: - AE: 2026-04-04 - NZ: 2026-04-04 - LN: 2026-04-04 - L1: 2026-04-04 Source metrics: - Glassnode entities.ActiveCount - Glassnode addresses.NonZeroCount - Glassnode lightning.NetworkCapacitySum - Glassnode transactions.TransfersVolumeAdjustedSum submitted by /u/NoWall1006 [link] [comments]

The remittance payment infrastructure gap between pure crypto rails and traditional fiat that nobody talks about clearly

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The biggest frustration building on stablecoin remittance rails right now is that providers tend to fall into two buckets. Either they're pure crypto and expect you to handle the fiat side yourself, meaning you need your own banking partner, your own MTL coverage, your own FBO account structure, or they're traditional fiat rails with no stablecoin settlement option, which means you're stuck with 2 to 3 day settlement windows and per transaction wire fees that kill unit economics on lower value transfers. Finding infrastructure that actually sits in the middle and handles both sides of a remittance corridor cleanly is way harder than fintech media makes it sound. The licensing layer alone (money transmitter coverage, FBO structures, banking partnerships willing to work with stablecoin flows) is where most of the real complexity lives and it doesn't show up in any technical docs or api comparison If you're evaluating stablecoin infrastructure for remittance specifically, what's your experience been with providers that actually handle the fiat collection and the stablecoin settlement in one integration? Or is everyone still stitching together separate pieces. submitted by /u/ResistAny7777 [link] [comments]

is "Useful proof of work" real or just better marketing?

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I have been researching different projects recently and I keep seeing projects say their mining does AI training or protein folding or whatever instead of just securing the network. is there actually a technical difference or is this just regular mining with a better story? like at what point does the "useful work" become genuinely useful vs just something they tell VCs who want to invest. I'm interested if anyone's looked into this further than I have? Can anyone tell me about any information that you have found? submitted by /u/ardyes [link] [comments]

Cardano Founder Demands Apology as Midnight Launch Sparks Debate

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Could it really be that simple?

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Jack Dorsey Teases Bitcoin Faucet Revival With “Bitcoin Day” Post

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Daily Discussion, April 05, 2026

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BitMine Adds 40,000 ETH in $82M Buy From FalconX

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$285M Drift Protocol Hack: What Looked Like a Routine Exploit Was Actually a 6-Month State-Backed Intelligence Operation (explained)

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What first appeared to be a standard DeFi exploit that drained $285 million was in fact a highly sophisticated, months-long intelligence operation. It required serious resources, patience, and state-level backing. Their preliminary investigation shows the attackers began in Fall 2025 by approaching Drift contributors at major crypto conferences, posing as a legitimate quantitative trading firm. Over six months they built what felt like real professional relationships across multiple countries. They created a Telegram group, discussed trading strategies, onboarded an Ecosystem Vault with over $1M in real capital, and held multiple working sessions. The likely compromise came through two vectors: a contributor cloning a code repository that may have exploited a known VSCode/Cursor vulnerability, and another downloading a TestFlight app presented as their "wallet product." Post-exploit forensics and on-chain analysis point with medium-high confidence to the same North Korean state-affiliated actors (UNC4736 / Citrine Sleet / AppleJeus) behind the Radiant Capital hack. Drift has frozen remaining protocol functions, removed compromised wallets from the multisig, and flagged the attacker addresses. All multisig signers were on cold wallets, a reminder that even strong controls can be bypassed when the human layer is targeted. Key lessons for every team in crypto and DeFi: nation-state actors are now running long-game HUMINT operations. Device and access compartmentalization must be absolute. Never clone external repos, install third-party apps, or open untrusted links on machines that touch production keys or multisigs. Huge respect to the Drift team for this level of transparency while the investigation is still active. If your organization has been approached similarly, reach out to the SEALS 911 team or Mandiant (part of Google Cloud). source: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7446425992870412288/ submitted by /u/Malwarebeasts [link] [comments]

Self Custody 2026

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Just threw on some low budget movie - or what I thought was a movie. Self Custody is a 30min propaganda commercial to scare people away from Self Custody. There's no other reason for this pile of crap to exist. submitted by /u/DogartFilms [link] [comments]

Daily General Discussion April 05, 2026

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I have found my old computer from my teenage years in my grandfather's attic after thinking he had disposed of it years ago. I need advice on gaining access to my wallet.

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To add to the title - At some point in 2009-2012, I used to leave my computer on overnight and while I was at school, mining bitcoin. I can't remember how long for, it could've been for a couple of weeks or potentially months. I only remember it was within this time period because it overlapped with me playing Runescape (lol), and I quit playing in 2012 for 10 years or more. I have sort of moved away from computers although in those days I was interested in gaming and beginner hacking. I was 15-17 and the hacking part is daft looking back at it. But what I'm really trying to say is I used to be fairly computer literate and now, not so much. I've been using macs for 12 years now. So no matter whether it was a week or several months I left it mining overnight etc. for, there is likely a decent amount of bitcoin on the harddrive. I don't have access to the email address I used in those years, I lost it about 5 years ago and seemingly can't recover it. ChatGPT tells me this likely isn't an issue as emails weren't used for sign up in the early days. More advice was to remove the hard drive and back it up on a second hard drive, before opening. Do I have a stab at this myself? How do I do this? Can I plug hard drive into my mac to transfer to a second hard drive? What if the hard drive was wiped? Would it be in any way possible to recover it? If I manage to locate the wallet, will I need to remember the password? I believe it was a long set of random numbers and letters so will never remember unless I also have it saved on the computer somewhere. What are my next steps? Thank you in advance. submitted by /u/splinket69 [link] [comments]

Best Way to Buy Bitcoin for My Parents

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I want a way which is easier for them to check price and buy more. They aren't tech savvy. confused between CEX and ETF submitted by /u/Mission-Quote-4545 [link] [comments]

Bitcoin Sports

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Daily Crypto Discussion - April 4, 2026 (GMT+0)

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Gridcoin 5.5.0.0-mandatory "Natasha" is released for production!

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Russia Couldn’t Ban Bitcoin. So Now It’s Making 20 Million Users Register Their Wallets Instead

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XMR on track to become the first fully private crypto to reach quantumproof status.

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Firstly, 500 character minimum for a post or else a paid membership to post images is going to help kill crypto this cycle, gj mods. Anyway here's the irrelevant AI slop to extend on the title: XMR isn’t “quantum-proof” yet — but something far more important just surfaced: a serious proposal targeting July 2026 to begin integrating post-quantum resistance into Monero’s roadmap. While Crypto Twitter is busy LARPing breakthroughs, Monero devs are doing the slow, unsexy work: researching, designing, and stress-testing cryptography that can survive a post-quantum world. That includes potential changes tied to Seraphis/Jamtis and entirely new signature schemes. This isn’t a hype cycle upgrade. It’s groundwork for a future where current encryption could fail overnight. Most chains aren’t even thinking about this problem yet. Monero is already drafting solutions. If quantum computing accelerates faster than expected, the difference between “privacy coin” and actually private money is going to hit hard. submitted by /u/Serenaded [link] [comments]

Institutional desks are watching the Strait of Hormuz right now. Not RSI. Not MACD. Shipping lanes.

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With Trump's 48-hour Iran ultimatum in play and ceasefire odds below 1%, the Straight is the most important indicator in crypto. Energy disruption puts pressure on the dollar. Dollar pressure makes a fixed-supply asset with no central bank look very attractive. Bitcoin does not care about borders or settlement windows. What makes this week interesting is the setup at $67,000. Miners are selling in size. MARA and Riot have offloaded over $1.3 billion combined recently to cover operational costs. On the other side, Schwab is prepping spot BTC trading for $12 trillion in client assets and the ETF bid is absorbing more supply than the network is producing. Neither side is flinching. Something has to give. If $67,000 breaks, the Ethereum liquidation maps below $2,000 make this a much bigger story than just BTC. Full breakdown here: https://bigcoinreport.com/analysis/bitcoin-price-strait-of-hormuz-macro-2026 submitted by /u/1stplacelastrunnerup [link] [comments]

Crypto is so Confusing

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Last week I discovered an address to an old crypto wallet I used back in 2017. The wallet was out of date, and I had to do a lot of work to restore it. So today, quite by accident, I was able to see what I have in the wallet. I put about $200 into a coin that everyone calls a "shi__coin" back in 2017, and I was shocked to see the value had increased quite a bit. Anyway, I swapped it for Bitcoin, and I'm trying to transfer it, but I'm running into all kinds of problems. It could be that the wallet is very outdated, and maybe I need to update it? Would that cause issues with transferring it to another wallet? Does anyone have any suggestions on how I can do this? submitted by /u/Zealousideal-Elk3230 [link] [comments]

This article on Mashable, is it complete bollocks? (asks a long term HODLer) - Bitcoin gets new expiration date thanks to Google researchers

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Has anyone used smartmoneytracker.io yet?

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So I tried this out and its actually really helpful, basically they look at wallets that have succesful trade records and then they filter out bots and swarms/bundlers and give you insights on the left over wallets. Its a good way to navigate the trenches cause the bot detection alone really helps you know which tokens to stay away from, and the cool thing about the site is they dont claim to make you rich or to have 10000000x moonshots or anything its just good information about tokens. Cool dev team on X as well they talk about trying to create a tool for average degens against the PumpFun scam wave. Has anyone else tried using it? smartmoneytracker.io submitted by /u/AriShaker [link] [comments]

Drift Protocol Hack: $285M Stolen by Lazarus Group, Circle Under Fire

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Best way to buy crypto under 18

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I’m a 17 year old developer who’s been in the cryptocurrency field for a while now. I wanted to ask you guys about different ways of purchasing crypto under 18. All exchanges just as Coinbase, Kraken, etc. require you to be 18 and provide proof of identity to confirm this. I have my own bank account under my name with access to Zelle. What I’ve been doing so far is using P2P sites like LocalCoinSwap and paying with Zelle to buy crypto off other people. This method is extremely inefficient as many sellers on LocalCoinSwap ask for ID too and I really don’t want to send any documents to a complete stranger. The sellers that don’t ask for ID, add an insane premium like 15% or 20% on their prices. Buying crypto just to instantly lose 20% of my money is not worth it in any way. Do you guys have any other methods of buying crypto being under 18 where I won’t have to pay insane premiums? submitted by /u/TowelDifferent4027 [link] [comments]

Built a platform that stacks sats on autopilot — guaranteed daily Bitcoin earnings!

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Been building HashVault for anyone who wants to accumulate Bitcoin without the complexity. No mining rigs. No market timing. No crypto expertise required. You set it up once and it stacks sats every single day. Guaranteed daily earnings — not speculation, not trading. Plans start at $9.99/mo. Here's the site if you're curious: https://hashvault-zrs6.polsia.app Happy to answer any questions on how it works. submitted by /u/MacaronPuzzled5188 [link] [comments]

[Intel Dossier] The White Gold Trap: How Bird Droppings Built Empires and the 1913 Reset Exposed the Illusion of Sovereignty.

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It sounds like a dark joke, doesn't it? That the fate of empires once rested on something as humble as bird droppings. But in the 19th century, 'Guano' wasn't just waste; it was the 'White Gold' that fueled a starving world. As I look back at those isolated islands in the Pacific, I don't just see a resource. I see a mirror. I see the same madness we witness today—major powers clawing at each other for resources, while the common man is squeezed dry by inflation and taxes. I find myself asking a hard question: In this cycle of greed, where do we actually hide? Is it in Gold? Bitcoin? Or do we cling to the old dream of Real Estate, ignoring the fact that in a true global reset, a desperate government can seize your 'bricks and mortar' with a single pen stroke? I’m not here to give you a history lesson. I’m here because I’m haunted by a simple truth: Every nightmare starts as a quiet intuition that people choose to ignore. I’ve spent my life studying these patterns, and I feel a duty to plan for the 'Optimal Survival'—for myself and for those who still have eyes to see. Let’s dissect the Guano Wars together. Not for the history, but to understand the trap we are currently walking into. Part 1: The Alchemist’s Waste In the 1840s, the world was on the brink of collapse. Soils were depleted. When scientists discovered that nitrogen-rich Guano from Peru could multiply crop yields, a 'Gold Rush' began. This wasn't just trade; it was the first global commodity frenzy where 'waste' became the backbone of empires. Part 2: The Guano Islands Act (Imperialism 1.0) The U.S. passed a law in 1856 allowing citizens to seize any unclaimed island containing guano. This was the birth of American overseas imperialism. It proved that for a superpower, 'Sovereignty' follows the resource. Part 3: The Peruvian Mirage "Peru sat on a mountain of wealth, but it was hollow. They borrowed heavily against future guano sales. The economy didn't produce anything; it just extracted. This is the 'Resource Curse' we see today—wealth that builds palaces but not industries." Part 4: The Shadow of Monopoly British firms created an artificial scarcity to keep prices high. It was the 'OPEC' of the 19th century. He who controls the supply of a vital resource controls the survival of the masses. Part 5: The Synthetic Death Blow The bubble burst because of human ingenuity. When synthetic fertilizers were invented, the 'White Gold' became worthless overnight. Technology is the ultimate disruptor of 'permanent' wealth. Part 6: The Precipice of 1913 By 1913, the financial system built on these monopolies was cracking. The creation of the Federal Reserve marked the end of the 'Physical Resource' era and the birth of the 'Debt-Based' economy. The crash was the inevitable result of losing connection to real, tangible value. Part 7: The Final Briefing: How to Survive? We are back at 1913. The resources are different, but the greed is identical. If you think your house or your gold bar is 'safe' during a global seizure, you haven't read history. True sovereignty is the knowledge to see the reset coming and the agility to move before the door locks. submitted by /u/Prestigious_Mine_321 [link] [comments]

NerdOctaxe Gamma Bitcoin Miner im Test

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Der ausführliche Test des NerdOctaxe Bitcoin Miner. Leistung, Effizienz, Funktionen. submitted by /u/fintech_portal [link] [comments]

Platforms

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Where is everyone trading/storing their crypto specifically eth? I currently am in crypto.com and having issues. I want to pull all my positions and move to another platform. I currently have WeBull and fidelity but don’t want to cram too much into fidelity as I like my eggs spread out. Which platform would you recommend? submitted by /u/stinabug [link] [comments]

Has anybody exchanged much of their VTSAX for bitcoin like FBTC instead?

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I'm thinking even if BTC drops to $52k this year, VTSAX would likely also be tanking, so I'd be exchanging near a low anyways. Wondering if I should just do it now? Thinking 30% into FBTC. I really liked the post yesterday talking about the floor of BTC and how your portfolio can be a much greater multiple in BTC instead. submitted by /u/majesticideas2 [link] [comments]

The superior way to hold Bitcoin in my opinion

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In my opinion Bitcoin offers various benefits depending on how you use it. For example, the most basic level is holding Bitcoin through an ETF. You can't leave the country with your Bitcoin in just 12 memorized words, it's the most basic way to hold Bitcoin, only using it for the NGU. It's slightly better if you hold Bitcoin on an exchange, at least you could send the BTC to someone else as money. The next level is to hold it in self-custody with KYC. At least you no longer have the risk of the exchange going bankrupt or your accounts being blocked, but you're a slave to the government that knows about your BTC. And the ultimate, best way is to hold it in self-custody without KYC. This is where all the benefits of BTC are unlocked, the most powerful way to fight the system. If you're at the initial levels, I advise you to gradually work your way up to the higher level Bitcoin holding way. submitted by /u/Vegetable-Rabbit7503 [link] [comments]

The one Long Whale Position that is still in more than 100k profit is on 2x leverage since Feb 5. ~8 Million PNL in 12 months, biggest hits SOL, ETH and... WLFI and TRUMP shorts.

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So this one Whale is pretty much the only Long Position in profit (technically wintermute is also up more than 100k but I don't count them as trader, 0x015354106478dda69c4aae3c0cf801290b738052: Account summary Account value: $10,417,238.62 Margin used: $6,550,158.67 Position value (notional): $12,868,724.71 Open orders: none BTC LONG Size: 191.2257 BTC Entry price: $65,849.30 Leverage: 2x (isolated) Unrealized PnL: +$276,643.84 Liquidation price: $33,460.71 Top winners: SOL (short): +$1,142,213.04 ETH (short): +$1,416,308.17 SOL (short, another): +$645,235.20 ETH (short, another): +$488,739.83 It's a really large position but low leverage. Something I've started seeing lately, lot's of whales 1x or 2x. Maybe we'll get rid of some volatility. Interestingly also, they close losers quickly (less than a few hours) and hold winners for a really long time. Was up more than 1 million at one point in UPNL, didn't cash in but also hasn't really done anything since. submitted by /u/obolli [link] [comments]

Is Chainlink Selling LINK Tokens? $165M Unlock Raises Concerns

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So Much Winning. I Can't Take it

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The "Self-Writing Cloud" Has Arrived: What Caffeine v3.0 Means for the $1 Trillion Cloud Market

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Experts say 24/7 markets will stop brokers from 'hunting' your stop losses after-hours

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Is it a good time now to buy bitcoin?

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Hi, Whats your perspective on this? submitted by /u/ultraalbivalence [link] [comments]

Ethereum Foundation is Staking ETH Again, What Does It Signal?

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Is it possible to buy cryptocurrencies with a prepaid vanilla gift card? (No KYC preferred)

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Hi, I don't have a bank account and there isn't any ATMs around me I can use to buy cryptocurrencies. I bought a vanilla card online to buy crypto. How can I do so? Thank you. submitted by /u/Big-Importance2221 [link] [comments]

Polymarket Takes Down Missing US Pilot Market After Backlash

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