BoE Warns Bitcoin Could Become “Worthless” — It’s True, and That’s Why Bitcoin Is So Valuable. No one forces you to believe that Bitcoin has value. You choose to believe that Bitcoin has value.

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Submitted December 21, 2021 at 07:23PM by sylsau https://bit.ly/3Fi21Ad

The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) attempt to delegitimize Bitcoin’s decentralization is the new low in spreading misinformation with no evidence.

The lack of knowledge of the researchers is mind boggling, completely ignoring all wallets for off chain applications, 2nd layer, funds, custodian’s, etc. I saw on Twitter after the backlash the journalist responsible for this garbage said they excluded all exchanges (see link below). Then what the hell did you guys study lol? Here is the real bitcoin distribution:https://insights.glassnode.com/bitcoin-supply-distribution/https://twitter.com/paulvigna/status/1473030205832941574?s=21 via /r/Bitcoin https://bit.ly/32lotKe

Banks in Argentina are not letting unvaccinated people to get inside... The only way to withdraw dollars from your account is to do it physically in your bank

Whether you are pro vaccines or anti vaccines, this is nuts.My decision to go all-in on Bitcoin has been the best decision I've made in my life. via /r/Bitcoin https://bit.ly/3yUzgHh

Valkyrie signs on to the Crypto Climate Accord, which seeks to decarbonize the global crypto industry by prioritizing climate stewardship and leading the industry to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2040.

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Submitted December 21, 2021 at 01:20AM by hushedIcecream32341 https://bit.ly/33EYMol

Roald Dahl gets bitcoin scarcity

Was watching Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory with my kids, when I came across this interesting scene:

Charlie is contemplating selling his golden ticket to support his poor and starving family.

His grampa pulls him aside and tells him:

There's plenty of money out there. They print more every day. But this ticket: There's only five of them in the whole world. That's all there's ever going to be. Only a dummy would give this up for something as common as money. Are you a dummy?

Submitted December 21, 2021 at 05:21AM by IchorOfTheElders https://bit.ly/3e7BCsS

How I lost my 0.6 BTC - buy a hardware wallet guys. Don't rely on software wallets.

Well I had an electrum wallet on my Laptop. It appears I visited a website (or clicked a link) that somehow breached my anti-virus. It installed ransomware and encrypted all my files. They asked me to send Bitcoin to decrypt the files. Their email was [helprecover@foxmail.com](mailto:helprecover@foxmail.com).

I DID NOT send them anything. I re-installed Windows on the whole hard drive - and then proceeded to install Electrum and tried to restore my wallet. The moment I entered my private key on the PC the coins (0.599 after transaction fees) were sent to the hacker's address (https://www.blockchain.com/btc/address/16Myr9GVhwRF6YKxLnQod5jZZgiXULbAYx)

I had accumulated 0.6 using 0.1 increments after selling most of my stuff on eBay!

NOW, the same address then sent their bitcoins to another address in January 2020 (https://www.blockchain.com/btc/address/bc1qw509mgwxy0trsws0254854fpdyux9sxqywguxj)

I called the police, called action fraud UK. Sent them all the details. They said they couldn't help, although they had tracked the foxmail address to China with an IP possibly in China or Russia, their words, not mine.

I then emailed the [helprecover@foxmail.com](mailto:helprecover@foxmail.com) many times literally begging them to return my Bitcoin. Obviously, I was naive.

I then proceeded to report these two addresses as scam on most sites who monitor crypto scams.

I then bought a new laptop (jeez, they are expensive!), as apparently even a deep rooted residual infection on the laptop can result in your soft wallet getting wiped. I could format the whole hard drive - but it was too much of a loss to tolerate should anything happen again.

Then I bought a Ledger device.

Then I sold off myself as a slave on eBay to buy my first 0.01 Bitcoin.

OK, that last line isn't true! LOL

But you know what - they haven't broken my spirit.

Peace!

Submitted December 21, 2021 at 01:54AM by Fun-Hamster-8457 https://bit.ly/3peq6SX

Roald Dahl gets bitcoin scarcity

Was watching Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory with my kids, when I came across this interesting scene:Charlie is contemplating selling his golden ticket to support his poor and starving family.His grampa pulls him aside and tells him:There's plenty of money out there. They print more every day. But this ticket: There's only five of them in the whole world. That's all there's ever going to be. Only a dummy would give this up for something as common as money. Are you a dummy? via /r/Bitcoin https://bit.ly/3e7BCsS