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    Cryptocurrency Daily Discussion - October 4, 2021 (GMT+0)


    Daily Discussion - October 4, 2021 (GMT+0)

    Posted: 03 Oct 2021 05:00 PM PDT

    Welcome to the Daily Discussion. Please read the disclaimer, guidelines, 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 The prior exemption for karma and age requirements is no longer in effect.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.

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    Pandora Papers: 12 million documents,35 current and former leaders,more than 3000 public officials did illegal transactions! But Crypto is bad for us people!

    Posted: 04 Oct 2021 12:17 AM PDT

    Some 35 current and former leaders and more than 300 public officials are featured in the files from offshore companies, dubbed the Pandora Papers.

    *Ex UK PM Tony Blair and his wife saved 312,000 pounds in Stamp duty when they bought a London office,they bought an offshore firm that owned the building.

    *Russian President Vladimir Putin's secret assets in Monaco

    *Czech PM Andrej Babis failed to declare an offshore investment company used to purchase two villas for 12million pounds in the south of France

    *Kenya President Uhuru Kenyatta and six members of his family secretly owned a network of offshore companies. They have been linked to 11 firms - one of which was valued as holding assets of $30m

    • Members of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's inner circle, including cabinet ministers and their families, secretly own companies and trusts holding millions of dollars

    The law firm founded by President Nicos Anastasiades of Cyprus appears to have provided fake owners to disguise the real owner of a series of offshore companies - a former Russian politician who had been accused of embezzlement. However, the law firm denies this

    Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky transferred his stake in a secret offshore company just before he won the 2019 election

    Ecuador President Guillermo Lasso, a former banker, replaced a Panamanian foundation that made monthly payments to his close family members with a trust based in South Dakota in the US

    The boy who owned a £33m London property

    Mayfair building was sold to a front company in 2009

    Other documents show how Azerbaijan's ruling Aliyev family have secretly acquired UK property using offshore companies.

    The files show how the family - long accused of corruption in the European nation - bought 17 properties, including a £33m office block in London for the president's 11-year-old son Heydar Aliyev.

    The building in Mayfair was bought by a front company owned by a family friend of President Ilham Aliyev in 2009.

    It was transferred one month later to Hedyar.

    The research also reveals how another office block owned by the family nearby was sold to the Crown Estate for £66m in 2018.

    The Crown Estate said it carried out the checks required in law at the time of purchase but is now looking into the matter.

    The UK government says it is cracking down on money laundering with tougher laws and enforcement, and that it will introduce a register of offshore companies owning UK property when parliamentary time allows.

    The Pandora Papers is a leak of almost 12 million documents and files exposing the secret wealth and dealings of world leaders, politicians and billionaires. The data was obtained by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists in Washington DC and has led to one of the biggest ever global investigations. More than 600 journalists from 117 countries have looked at the hidden fortunes of some of the most powerful people on the planet. BBC Panorama and the Guardian have led the investigation in the UK.

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    Monero is so completely private, the IRS has a $625,000 cash bounty out for anyone that can crack it

    Posted: 03 Oct 2021 06:38 AM PDT

    If you really value privacy, you may want to be holding some Monero (XMR). This token allows for completely private transactions, so much so that the federal government's IRS is convinced people are avoiding taxes with it and has issued a cash bounty of $625,000 for anyone that can hack the token to reveal any information on who uses it. So far, no one has claimed the prize. Other government agencies are also convinced that other illegal activities are being carried out with the token due to its anonynous nature. Do you believe a completely anonymous token has a valid place in the world?

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    Crypto tips for beginners.

    Posted: 03 Oct 2021 06:43 PM PDT

    I Know this shit is elementary for most. And been said 1000 times but for the new people joining the gang, here's some basics for ya.

    1. Never give out your seed phrase.

    Write this down in a combination that only you will remember and store in a secure location.

    1. Leverage is bad mkayyy.

    2. DYOR - Avoid Shitcoins -

    No Person from YouTube shilling you some coin that just launched promising you 10x is your friend. Listen too the red flags 🚩 🚩 https://coinmarketcap.com/ has a list of all coins by market cap that you can research till your heart is content. Top 100 is a good place to start.

    1. Bitcoin & Ethereum move the market.

    Diversification is a myth, Some coins might pump temporarily. But everything follows Dad.

    1. Millionaire's are made in BEAR markets.

    Bear market is a long period of downward consolidation. This is the best time to load up your bags. Don't be the guy who didn't average down and miss out on all those sweet green candles. ( ✋🏼I've been that guy)

    1. Extreme Fear = DCA in, Extreme Greed = DCA out.

    DCA (Dollar cost average) never spend all your money at once. Best to buy & sell over time, and Have an exit strategy. I know everyone here has the hodl forever mentality but this was something I wish I learned earlier. This index is a good tool to use to gauge market sentiment. https://alternative.me/crypto/?daily_hash=43784755cc76e503c98d82996285ba0b3a91e835

    1. Passive income is a game changer in the world of crypto.

    most exchanges / coins offer Interest or Staking. Take advantage of this and put ur coins to work for you.

    1. Consider your money a total loss from day 1.

      This will help you get thru volatility, as 20% swings in either direction are normal and happen often. Don't be the guy that sells to soon or for a loss.

    2. ALWAYS keep some skin in the game.

    If you do take profit best to hodl a percentage of your coins in case we get more green candles

    1. Time in the market, better then timing the market.

    No one knows shit about fuck in the Wild West of crypto, When In doubt zoom out.

    1. It's never to late to get into crypto.

    There are millions of people befor you who thought Bitcoin was too high at 100$, 1000$, even 10,000$.

    1. Friends don't let friends use Robinhood.

    Get ur friends on real crypto exchanges. Voyager, Coinbase-(pro), Kraken. Anything but giving The little boy from Bulgaria 🇧🇬 your money.

    1. Never open messages or sketchy links from people you don't know.

    Especially from this sub, most likely is a scammer/hacker trying to get your coins.

    1. When Transfering funds to a different address.

    Always send a test transaction of a smaller amount to avoid losing all your coins if something goes wrong.

    1. Zoom out on crypto & Zoom in on life.

    Spend time with your loved ones. The market is young and volatile, chart watching isn't gonna get you anywhere but anxiety.

    Hope this helps someone 🍻🙏🏼

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    UPDATE: Recovering a deceased persons crypto

    Posted: 03 Oct 2021 11:23 PM PDT

    Big thanks to the folks here who gave me some good pointers.

    I did manage to recover at least 95% of his portfolio. There are 1 or 2 small wallets that I couldn't find his keys or password but his wife is thrilled that we did manage to recover the bulk of his money.

    To those guys who messaged me with tips and tricks. Many thanks 🙏

    To those guys who accused me of stealing someone's money - I was prepared to dox myself last night to get the help I needed but won't be doing that now even though I have nothing to hide and nothing to lose. I'm not going to go out of my way to steal $20,000 when I have millions in crypto.

    To those guys who messaged me asking for a percentage to recover the funds … ummm really?

    And to the scammers who messaged me thinking I was born last night - fuck you and eat shit.

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    Today I live the dream.. I quit my job to trade crypto full time!

    Posted: 04 Oct 2021 02:29 AM PDT

    So I've never really been one for careers or managed to land on a job I really "loved". I began investing in crypto back in 2017/18, I started small (less than 500$) and began consuming every piece of crypto information I could from Reddit, I saw my investment rise and crumble in the next few years but I never stopped reading and investing.. something about crypto really sparked something in me and I couldn't help but get in deeper and deeper.

    Beginning in 2020, I tried my hand at trading, trying out numerous methods and experimenting quite a lot, there was certainly no immediate success, but a lot learned and profits started to drip through. Come 2021 and we hit mania once again and my steady trading and staking meant I was pretty consistently out earning my "regular" job.

    So I made a decision.. No longer will I slave away for someone else, making a meagre wage and giving up all my time and happiness, I'm going to trade for a living, work from home and reclaim my life! All thanks to crypto, today is the day I get to say screw you to the working world and live my dreams.

    Anyway it felt really good so I felt like I had to share it with the place that started it all. May crypto bring you all as much happiness as it has brought me!

    EDIT: Thanks for all the love, caution and sage advice guys, I'll let you all know what the view is like from my cardboard box in a years time..

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    Ask me anything about crypto and edit your comment to make me seem like an idiot

    Posted: 04 Oct 2021 12:45 AM PDT

    Ask me anything about crypto and edit your comment to make me seem like an idiot.

    This is a fun game I've seen across several subreddit's. Let's see how it works for crypto. Ask me any type of simple question, and then edit your original question to make me seem ridiculous. You can find threads all over reddit that demonstrate the power and hilarity that can ensure from changing the comment.

    Some example questions could be:

    • Should I wait to BTC at $40k?
    • What is the best target price for Ethereum?
    • Do you like crypto?
    • How often do you trade your crypto?
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    Am I the only one worried about the next 3 to 6 months?

    Posted: 03 Oct 2021 07:32 PM PDT

    The 500 character minimum explanation: Nearly everything I see on YouTube, Twitter and reddit from the layperson to the experts (including Plan B's STF) seem to be pointing to the next 3 to 6 months having a hyperbolic upswing for Bitcoin and crypto as a whole....Understand that I want nothing more than to be wrong and experience the massive gains the consensus seems to be predicting. Experience tells me however, (especially in crypto) that it never goes the way the majority believes it will and this is what has got me worried. ..any one else getting the same feelings?

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    Don’t forget to vote for 6.25% more Moons Bonus!

    Posted: 03 Oct 2021 09:36 PM PDT

    Friendly reminder to vote on the governance polls. To get a extra 6.25% bonus on your upcoming moons distribution.

    This month there are 2 polls

    First poll gives a 5% bonus, and each other governance poll gives a extra 1.25%

    Also if you HOLD your moons, wich you have earned. You can get a extra 20% on the next distribution.

    So HOLD and Vote for a extra 26.25%bonus on the next distributions.

    To the 🌕🚀

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    20 years from now the new generation will definitely RESENT us for our crypto, just like boomers are hated because of they bought real estate for cheap back in the 70s. And guess what? That's okay! I'd rather wipe my tears in a yacht than on a bicycle.

    Posted: 03 Oct 2021 11:45 AM PDT

    If you plan on becoming a messiah adored by all when crypto goes mainstream, abandon that hope.

    Wealth will always create resentment and the sooner you realize that and mentally prepare for that, the better. You think 20 years from now some 20 to 30 year old dudes and dudettes are gonna think you're a genius for owning cryptos? Maybe some of them will actually think that way. The vast majority, however, will hate your guts. What kind of genius was that, they say, that someone loaded up on all 'undervalued' ETHs and BTCs back in the Roaring 20s and now they're the top 1%? Fucking Millenials and fucking Gen Zs are ruining the economy. Fuck these old fucks.

    When crypto becomes big, ancient wallets from 2017 and 2020 will be akin to owning prime real estate assets in today's age. If you managed to hodl this long and survived all the way till 2040s, dear reader, then you can look back at this post and tell yourself that you have made it. Enjoy your wealth. You'll be hated for it. Your family will love you for it. Your children will either: a/ love you for it and help you build wealth or b/ they will sit on their asses all day playing Metaverse Pornos and spending your cryptos to simp for digital chicks. Younger people will think you ruined the economy by hoarding too much cryptos and they'll tell you to pay more taxes.

    That's okay. You can wipe your tears on those dollar bills. And you can keep doing what you love. Just know that it's impossible to please everyone. But even if just 1 of you make money from crypto, that is already 1 future family not ending up in either poverty or as corporate drone-slaves. And that's good.

    EDIT: this post assumes you'll all have families, but since we're all redditors, let's be realistic eh?

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    “ IMF warns of global risks from unregulated cryptocurrency boom” As usual the International Monetary Fund are shitting their pants when they realize crypto is booming..

    Posted: 04 Oct 2021 01:32 AM PDT

    Solana NFT rug pull

    Posted: 03 Oct 2021 06:18 PM PDT

    I'm surprised I haven't seen this blow up here but recently an NFT project (Baller Ape Club) was set to be released but after people tried to mint their apes no one received any NFTs. The website had an error built in when a Solana deposit was made to prompt the miter to try again (giving them more money). Auto confirm wallets were drained. The scam team made out with 2.2 million. 1 hour before the project was set to release they blocked comments on the discord and after an hour or so deleted the discord, twitter, etc.

    The mint wallet I believe is (4BGKKuj26cbxJNszGXMMzw1gettydfg8SVfaAnRWZ9ud) moving around 15k solana through various different wallets.

    Let this be a lesson folks. If the team is a ghost even if the discord community is great, the end result will be like this most often than not.

    Edit: Title should be "Solana NFT project Scam" not "rug pull". But… semantics.

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    We have to do whatever we can to protect the community from scammers

    Posted: 04 Oct 2021 01:19 AM PDT

    Scammers pose a serious risk for the community, the market and adoption.

    We shall do whatever we can to protect the community from scammers, not only ourselves.

    When we find out about a new scam strategy those bastards come up with to trick us, we have the obligation to tell the community about it.

    I think a popular tactic is private messaging people on reddit and coming up with a ways of getting access to our assets, either buy making us transfer funds to them or handing over the wallet keys. I don't engage in private discussions so I'm safe from that.

    Other popular is the dusting strategy by airdropping useless tokens to random wallets expecting the receivers to take action so they can chase people I don't know how. I've in my wallet some tokens I never acquired. I didn't touch them. You should do the same if you have tokens you didn't buy or you are not sure they came from a reliable source.

    Please contribute with your own story or opinion.

    EDIT 1: Fake support accounts. A disease. Please be careful from whom you take support advice for issues on exchanges and wallets. Never accept a PM on that subject. Never provide your passwords nor keys

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    In Tonga, MP Lord Fusitu'a is drafting a bill to make Bitcoin a legal tender in the Pacific nation, like what was done in El Salvador last month.

    Posted: 03 Oct 2021 08:58 PM PDT

    The Bullish Case for Tezos, with ETH-DOT-ADA advices (Update New Metrics)

    Posted: 03 Oct 2021 08:30 PM PDT

    The Bullish Case for Tezos, with ETH-DOT-ADA advices (Update New Metrics)

    Quick Overview of Tezos: Tezos is a public, open-source, self-amending smart contract protocol, one of the biggest ICOs ever, based on a liquid proof of stake consensus model and allowing for digital asset transactions and smart contracts execution. The network officially went live in 2018 known as the Genesis block (the network has upgraded 7 times since then and is currently on the Granada block) and the native currency on the Tezos blockchain is the Tez (symbol: XTZ). Expanded detail regarding on-chain governance, LPOS, Delegation.

    Tezos was founded by Arthur and Kathleen Breitman (married) and the money raised in the ICO was provided to the Tezos Foundation that is overseen by a committee/board with a variety of cryptoindustry experts. The Tezos Foundation helps oversee the Tezos ecosystem and part of the role it plays is the issuance of grants to prospective new platforms and protocols. The Tezos Foundation currently manages over $1.2 billion which is used for grants, awareness, development, marketing, etc

    Valuation: Figured I would cut straight to the juicy part first. I have found the best way to value smart contract platforms would be a multiple of their usage, which can be quantified by smart contract calls ("SCC"). Another way you could value these platforms is applying a multiple of TVL across the entire network, but those numbers are often inflated and not always accurate. Below is a comparison of valuations for Ethereum and Tezos:

    https://preview.redd.it/tugintdoqcr71.png?width=793&format=png&auto=webp&s=614f231ec75eac803bf3627c71f7ea3b83f63628

    At the time of writing, Ethereum trades at a higher multiple of smart contract calls compared to Tezos. This makes sense given the fact that Ethereum's network is much larger than Tezos and has the most widespread adoption. However, the growth in smart contract calls has slowed across Ethereum as seen in the chart below (Ethereum is currently at ~3.2M SCC per day):

    https://preview.redd.it/89drz6uxqcr71.png?width=1378&format=png&auto=webp&s=6091ce3ecc52d789189278870dc572d63da6b18b

    Tezos on the other hand is seeing exponential growth across the network and is currently averaging ~190k smart contract calls per day:

    https://preview.redd.it/3orbyth9rcr71.png?width=1012&format=png&auto=webp&s=d45b5a89197deb7a4919abcf1966bac5d4016d1b

    Using a daily run-rate of 190k SCC per day, Tezos in September reached 5.7M+ smart contract calls. Growing 35% monthly the remainder of 2021 will mean Tezos reaches 14M smart contract calls in the month of December.

    As a result, by year end Tezos should theoretically be valued at $23.49 per Tez.

    For those who enjoy sensitivity tables, see below what Tezos could theoretically be valued at across various monthly smart contract call volumes and multiples. If you assume that there would be multiple expansion from Tezos becoming a larger network with higher usage, the valuation of $23.49 by year end 2021 at a 1.4x multiple looks extremely conservative (again, Ethereum's multiple of SCC is 3.2x):

    https://preview.redd.it/t2rbymworcr71.png?width=893&format=png&auto=webp&s=b19737585acb5877225795c1d9ad9d7fd131ea46

    To close this section out, below are some interesting metrics on Tezos and Ethereum at the time of writing. Ethereum Daily Transactions (1.2M): Ethereum Daily SCC (3.2M): Tezos Daily Transactions (667k, almost 60% of Ethereum's): Tezos Daily SCC (190k).

    Smart Contract Calls: Interaction with a smart contract, for example, initiating a "Harvest All" of farming rewards. Transactions: On chain transactions, for example, after initiating a "Harvest All" for rewards, if you are providing to liquidity to 3 different pairs then your rewards will be sent to you in 3 separate transactions

    Why Tezos?

    Secure Smart Contracts: the process of formal verification, based on Michelson programming language, provides the mathematical proof of the correctness of the contract, that can be verified automatically. It is the golden standard of "trustless" guarantee in a blockchain system.

    Participative Governance: "Bakers" can submit and/or vote on a propose due to the very efficient on-chain formal voting procedure. By extension, all Tez holders can express their opinion by delegating their Tez to a Baker that shares the same view on a given subject (to consult the voting history of a given baker, click on a baker from the then access the "voting" tab)

    Proven Upgradeable Network without Forks: Tezos' formal on-chain governance model has already allowed for 7 (yes, 7) smooth, successful upgrades of the Tezos protocol and lets Tezos stay on top of innovation (Granada was the most recent upgrade:

    https://preview.redd.it/g4fg5u4rrcr71.png?width=1102&format=png&auto=webp&s=5d30b0182f16d90e1ae93d6689b0288810ef0c61

    This is a major advantage over other blockchains and gives Tezos the ability to quickly incorporate proven features of other chains or innovate with proprietary upgrades (liquidity baking: Additional notable upgrades include reduction of gas fees and block times (now 30 seconds), TPS (now around 200).

    While all this is great, what makes Tezos exciting is that there are always additional network improvements on the horizon, specifically the TenderBake upgrade coming sometime in Q4 2021/Q1 2022 will push that up to 1000 TPS and near instant finality meaning block times will be 1 second or less.

    Energy-efficient/Low gas fees: Tezos has been quoted at being 8000x less expensive and more energy efficient than its peer Ethereum. POS requires significantly less energy than POW (which is part of the reason Ethereum is looking to upgrade to ETH 2.0)

    POS Staking and Deflationary Economics: At each block, 80 new Tezos are created and distributed to the bakers and then to respective delegators. Currently you can earn between 5%-6% in rewards by staking your Tezos with a baker with ~80% of all Tezos currently staked (you can delegate your Tezos to a baker through Ledger Live, for example). You can also stake with centralized custodians such as Coinbase, but as the saying goes "not your keys, not your coins" and they also take a hefty fee leaving you with closer to 4% returns. The big misconception with the POS concept is that many people confuse Tezos with being inflationary (they think in % terms) when in reality the % will decrease over time because it is based on the amount of Tezos created at each block, which over time is divided by a larger Total Supply (i.e. Tezos is deflationary). As many of you are aware, Ethereum is attempting to switch to POS with ETH 2.0, so it is a similar concept but extremely hard to implement without having to fork the network. In the last section of this post, I provide an overview for beginners looking to stake their Tezos and earn 5-6%, which is a safe and secure way to earn a modest return.

    The recent Granada proposal that went live at the end of July added a new DEX contract to the Tezos protocol between Tez and tzBTC. This contract is unique because the protocol itself creates additional Tez at every block (2.5) and adds them to the contract. This incentivizes users to provide liquidity to the contract in order to capture a portion of the subsidy (this added bonus to liquidity providers is set to expire 6 months after the upgrade went, so it is not permanent).

    I'm Intrigued, Where Do I Start?

    All major CEX allow you to trade Tezos – if you're looking for DEX/AMM I would point you to Plenty and Quipuswap . Kukai and Temple are great wallets to use (similar to Metamask) that allow you to manage your Tezos and various FA1.2 and FA2 tokens (which are Tezos' equivalent to ERC20 / ERC 721 tokens, although FA2 has NFT capabilities for example, so it is not apples to apples). I typically link my Ledger Nano to Kukai which allows me to 1) view my Tezos and FA1.2/FA2 tokens and 2) interact with platforms such as Plenty to stake/farm/trade at extremely low gas fees (we are talking gas fees in USD pennies). If you have ERC20 tokens, you have the ability to WRAP those onto the Tezos network (examples include: wLINK, wAAVE, wWETH, wWBTC, wBUSD, wUSDC, wMATIC, etc.), you can actually do that on Bender Labs' WRAP platform. It is extremely easy and is an efficient way to get 5 your tokens onto the Tezos network to start playing around with DeFi on Tezos and earn high interest from farming.

    Below is a screencap of some (not all) of the farming options offered by Plenty – I encourage you to visit their site and poke around. Right now, Plenty offers high rewards in the form of Plenty DAO, which is extremely lucrative at the moment, and I would recommend anyone looking to dip their toes in DeFi to give this a shot. APRs currently are in the high 300%-400% (these APRs are not updated to reflect the temporary double rewards that are shown in the picture below so it is even higher at the moment). You will be amazed at how far less expensive it is to use DeFi on Tezos versus Ethereum which makes it more fun to interact with (again, gas fees are pennies). Even if you believe that Ethereum will hold the throne in the realm long term, you can still earn a significant amount of Plenty and exchange it over time to your favorite ERC-20 tokens that are wrapped on Tezos, and then unwrap them onto the Ethereum network (although once you see the fee difference between Tezos and Ethereum you may not want to!).

    QuipuSwap is also a great reliable DEX that is similar to Plenty. Personally, I have found Plenty a bit easier to use and the rewards are better than any other DEX built on Tezos (QuipuSwap does offer a few more trading pairs at the moment). Again, providing liquidity has its risk of impairment loss, but currently the reward potential seems to outweigh that risk at least in the near term. APRs of 300%+ you should be yelling sign me up!

    Additionally, Kolibri (LINK) is a lending platform that you can borrow kUSD with Tezos as collateral (BTB has touched on this strategy before, it is risky, but the same concept applies to what you can do in various ways on the Ethereum network). There are various other DeFi platforms that are listed in the below Ecosystem chart that you can do research on and play around with as well.

    Broader Tezos Ecosystem: As you will see below, the Tezos ecosystem is robust and flourishing with many different platforms and projects across a variety of buckets. One recent notable partnership that is noteworthy is the 6 launch of OneOf , a green NFT platform built on Tezos that connects artists and fans via NFTs. This partnership highlights the focus on the "Green"/energy efficient movement a lot of companies have and exemplifies that Tezos is the perfect network for that (in addition to its other advantages). Adoption of NFTs on Tezos have been exponential, those that currently are in the space might be familiar with Hic Et Nunc (which means "here and now") which is the most popular NFT marketplace on Tezos. For those looking to get into NFTs on Tezos, I would start here.

    Another recent platform that just launched is Homebase (LINK), a web application that enables users to create and manage/use DAOs on the Tezos blockchain. This application aims to help empower community members and developers to launch and participate in Tezos-based DAO's. An entire post can be written about DAO's in general, but this highlights the continued adoptability of Tezos as well as the various ways smart contract platforms are disrupting society (in addition to DeFi, NFTs, stablecoins, STOs, etc.).

    But what about Solana/DOT/Cardano?

    These platforms do share (according to their white papers) some similar characteristics to Tezos. One thing that makes them really stand out in the broader market is the incredible amount of marketing that each network and their teams have done. However, as many of you know, the hype created around coins often outweighs the actual fundamental value until the platform can actually prove out the concept and execute. Marketing, roadmaps, and hype only end up working for so long unless there is actual adoption of the network. At some point, these platforms will either succeed or fall hard on their face. Tezos on the other hand has taken a different approach over the past 3 years and instead focused on building out a strong ecosystem that has tangible widespread use (second to Ethereum as far as daily/monthly smart contract calls which is the main indicator of a smart contract network usage). Keep in mind that smart contract calls and transactions are two different things and are often times confused as being the same. The Tezos strategy of choosing to build out a network (first) and marketing (second) has been a point of contention within the Tezos community (the contention being the lack of marketing) which many people attribute slow price/valuation action, but the reality is Tezos is fully functional while many other smart contract networks are still a white paper / roadmap with far less adoption.

    What does that mean for you? You have the potential to enter a fully functioning smart contract platform that is seeing exponential growth at a steep relative value discount to where these other peer networks are trading. Cardano does not currently have smart contract capabilities (still a promise on the roadmap and in the whitepaper). Polkadot (copy pasta of ETH) is still in its testnet phase. Solana (copy pasta of ETH) is valued at $50B+ and claims to have a functioning network but can't seem to provide public smart contract call level data. Tezos, in comparison, has a strong fundamentally established network, has proven its ability to upgrade the network with its self-amending protocol, high-profile partnerships, exponential growth via monthly smart contract calls (due to growth across DeFi, NFTs, Stablecoins, and STOs), and a solid decentralized foundation / team. I am not suggesting that these other networks won't also continue to see success, but Tezos is a great investment considering its development over the past 3 years.

    Lastly, of the many partnerships that Tezos has (for example, Red Bull Racing), the one with the New York Mets (and subsequent mainstage advertisement in the stadium each game) is no coincidence. A quick Google of who the Mets owner is should have you chomping at the bit

    Quote: "I think we need a new term: Ethereum extenders. Because that is what they are doing. They all use the EVM and solidity. They copy paste Ethereum dapps. They inherit all the strengths and all the weaknesses of Ethereum. They are Ethereum. They are derivatives of Ethereum. (Spoiler alert: These chains exist primarily to overcome Ethereum's gas costs. What happens to all these EVMs when layer 2 matures or Eth 2 is launched?) Just like we have Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash, Bitcoin Gold, and Bitcoin Satoshi's vision (not to mention all the other clones without Bitcoin in the name). We also have Ethereum, Ethereum 2 (Polkadot), Ethereum 3 (Binance), Ethereum 4 (Avax), Ethereum 5 (Tron), Ethereum 6 (Near), Ethereum 7 (Solana)…and on and on."

    Vitalik, Gavid Wood and Charles HK respect:

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    You don't need 2.94 terabytes of Pandora Papers records to expose the system. This single statistic is enough

    Posted: 04 Oct 2021 03:29 AM PDT

    Check out this statistic.

    Before the pandemic there was one person in the world worth more than $100 billion. That's just 1 and a half years ago.

    Now there are 10 people in the world who are worth more than $100 billion.

    The combined wealth of these 10 people has gone from $650 billion before pandemic to $1.4 trillion now during a devastating macroeconomic crisis when everybody else has been struggling to even make ends meet.

    Average person can't afford food and rent. People living paycheck to paycheck suddenly don't have enough because they either lost their job or their wages can't keep up with inflation. At the same time the filthy rich got 2 or 3 times richer.

    These are the people avoiding taxes, money laundering and funding human rights abuses and criminal activities around the world.

    During the pandemic M1 money supply has risen from $4 trillion to $20 trillion. Guess where all the money went? And guess whose money got devalued by all that free printing out of thin air?

    How stupid is this system? How stupid are we to keep letting them treat us as slaves?

    You know why they tell you to hate bitcoin? Because bitcoin fixes this! It takes away the power they have over us. Rat poison squared my ass.

    Now tell me about how they told you to think that Bukele is a dictator and how you all living in beautiful democratic system.

    Tell me about how these corrupt scumbags want to regulate crypto because average person is hiding $600 dollars in crypto. I wanna hear it.

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    "Bitcoin soon to become legal tender in Brazil", says congressman as "Bitcoin Law" passes committee and is expected to be approved by the brazilian Congress.

    Posted: 03 Oct 2021 11:43 AM PDT

    Edward Snowden: "Sometimes I think back to this and wonder how many people bought Bitcoin then. It's up ~10x since, despite a coordinated global campaign by governments to undermine public understanding of—and support for—cryptocurrency. China even banned it, but it just made Bitcoin stronger."

    Posted: 04 Oct 2021 12:12 AM PDT

    El Salvador introduces fuel subsidy of $0.20 per gallon to locals who pay in BTC

    Posted: 03 Oct 2021 10:17 PM PDT

    Most of us can DCA in, but do we DCA out?

    Posted: 04 Oct 2021 01:44 AM PDT

    Dollar Cost Average (DCA) is a common term that we are all familiar with. DCA in is easy, especially during the dips in the market. However, can you say the same about DCA out during the gains?

    I am afraid but I notice I just can't DCA out. I know myself and it would be hard. All that green would make me want to sit and see my portfolio go higher and higher. So I have come to an agreement with myself. I will HODL my coins dearly and closely.

    How do you guys DCA out? I have given in and I would just HODL for a couple years. But for those of you who manage to DCA in and out. How the hell do you do it and what are your strategies? What are plans on your exit strategy. After all, we need to plan both our enter and exit strategy.

    Thank I'm advance

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    Crypto.com is doing good for the whole market

    Posted: 03 Oct 2021 03:00 PM PDT

    It seems that the sentiment around Crypto.com has changed in the past year. In addition to having easy to use products for crypto people and newbies, the company launched its exchange (available in Q4 in the US), and created its own chain with a Cronos sidechain coming on October 19.

    More importantly, they are marketing very aggressively, by sponsoring the UFC, F1 racing, the Italian soccer league, the PSG soccer team, the Philadelphia basketball team, a hockey team and others.

    It is the first company that has such a wide coverage in crypto, and the name crypto.com gives exposure to the space to millions around the world.

    Mainstream will not happen without companies like this spending millions of dollars to spread the good word. I know that centralized companies do not have a good reputation in the crypto community, for a good reason, but what's paradoxical is that we need companies like crypto.com to enable the transition to crypto.

    What's important is that such companies build decentralized products and slowly let the network step up to take over, and I think that's crypto.com is doing with their chain.

    What do you think about the role that companies will play in the transition to cryptocurrency ?

    How to make sure that companies do not keep control of the space once they become too big ?

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    Cryptocurrency payments slowly gain ground in India. In short the youth of India are bullish on crypto

    Posted: 03 Oct 2021 09:25 PM PDT

    How to get a passive income around/with crypto

    Posted: 04 Oct 2021 12:19 AM PDT

    So something that a lot of newer people might not know about is you can get a passive income with and around cyrpto very easily. Please note the scope of this isn't to teach the exact. This is just the basics to point you to the right direction.

    Centralized Lending, DeFi and Exchanges

    IMO this is the most profitable way of getting passive income. But there is some level of risk. I'm going to be using Pancake Swap as an example. But with places like Pancake swap you can put up a pair of requested tokens and in return with that exchange you get cake. The amount you get is depending on the pair. The amount can easily be around 130% APR. Normally 50% APR. Keep in mind as the value of stuff goes up so does this skyrocket your earnings. Note the pool and note some exchanges give the ability to compound daily.

    For Defi projects I'm picking on AAVE, and note while I do yeild farm with decentralized exchanges. I don't do this because the ARP normally is below 10%. Some tokens you can get in the 300% APR or more. But this is rare. More than less there is safer ways with many coins to make around that.

    Mining

    There is GPU mining, CPU mining, and then new type of "mining"

    CPU mining is almost never worth it. GPU mining with a RTX 2080 you're looking at about $3 a day. Keep in mind the more the coin price goes up after you get the coin, the more it's worth the more you actually made that day. So while $3 today, if the coin 10x over the years then you really made $30 a day.

    The new type of mining is things like Helium which uses radio towers or Chia which uses your hard drive. There is others but it comes down to not actual mining, but being paid for renting space on your computer or being paid to keep some sensor or radio tower up. Note the amount you get from such things is very low, and the miner tends to be extremely expensive. Like $500 on the low end for some radio tower thing which realistically you can't do anything with anyways. There is a 5G one coming out, but the cost of that after all the hardware can be $2,500+. Basically not realistic for most.

    Staking

    Staking in general can be down to locked or unlocked. Lock is basically where you need to lock for a set amount of time. Lets pick on Algo. Algo as of writing this has an unlock staking program. But they are switching to a lock program soon. This means at this time just by holding it you have more coins coming in. You can trade or move it any time. The locked for Algo will now require you to hold it for 3 months and vote each time there is a vote. Normally for locked staking you only need to lock it for a set amount of time.

    Normal staking amount you can get is 5%-10%. This means if you have a value of coins worth $1m. You will get $50k a year just for holding the coins.

    Far better than the banks :P

    Reflections

    Reflections are newer. Basically reflections in most coins like Octans, Safemoon, and others work by when you trade or transfer there is a "tax". Lets say 10% to keep the math easy. With most half of that is burnt and the other half is sent to you. But at the end of the day with all of them a part is sent to you. This is highly unreliable but might be profitable over the years.

    NOTE taxes.

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    Raiblocks MC | Nano Minecraft Server

    Posted: 03 Oct 2021 10:38 PM PDT

    Not mine, posted here with permission from /u/astronomerdecent3973. Original post here.

    I am thrilled to announce the release of our teams last months of work.

    It's with a great honor that we are releasing the first Minecraft server offering a working Nano implementation.

    Raiblocks MC

    Raiblocks MC Icon

    We created a Minecraft server implementing Nano transactions to showcase Nano's unmatched properties, making it the best cryptocurrency for in-game use.

    We developed a custom built Minecraft plugin allowing us to create a custodial Nano account for each player joining our server seamlessly. The account is then linked to the player UUID (Minecraft identification system) in addition to a secret password that allow us to create a secure and painless in-game crypto experience.

    Raiblocks MC is a basic survival Minecraft server built for the Nano community to have a place to meet & spend some time together around a passion we all have in common "Decentralised Cryptocurrency" & Minecraft.

    • Which Nano enabled features does the server support ?
      • Receive & Send
      • In-Game Reward : A few lucky winners are selected every hour (active players only)
      • Tip features : Every player can Rain Nano for other players & create Giveaways
      • In-game Faucet
      • Plots claiming : Plots have a purchase price and a rent system ( The plot's rent is collected every Saturday )
      • and more to come !

    Do not hesitate if you have any question or feature requests ( #features-request on discord ).
    We'll happily answer them, see you in-game !

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    Evergrande is not the only Chinese company to suspend trading. Seven other companies have also suspended trading. What is happening?

    Posted: 03 Oct 2021 09:13 PM PDT

    Other than Evergrande, companies like Xinyang Maojian group, GTI holdings, China bozza devolopments, China supply chain, million stars, I-cable communication, Dragon crown group and hopson dev also suspends trading in the Hong Kong markets.

    There are a lot of reason for suspension of trading but given the recent default of the Evergrande group, this seems suspicious. Investors won't be able to cash out and incase bad news comes out next trading day might be a blood bath and retailers will be left holding the bag.

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    If you invested in bitcoin when it was first launched in 2009, your returns could be in the millions or billions, because the initial value of the asset was $0. Is this even relevant now???

    Posted: 03 Oct 2021 09:45 PM PDT

    So i see a lot of comments, posts even advertisement like this....if you had invested x amount in crytos....in a specific year...you would have been a millionaire by now....like when are people going to understand its in the past and you will never be able to invest in that price range.

    Some hours ago i saw someone post if you have invested 1k$ in Solana during the start of 2021...it would have been 100k$+.....that ship has already sailed my friend....whats the point of posting stuff like that.

    If you are so good in analysing.... analyse whats going to happen in the near future.... predict which coin will blast off like Bitcoins....rather than dwelling in the past....help others understanding the ups and downs of the market.

    And if you can't stop thinking about the past opportunities.....i would suggest build a time machine and go back in time to invest lol

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