Topic: [Interviews] with Bitcointalk members - page 5. (Read 29908 times)

I'll send you some questions later.

Am willing to share if am given a chance as I see this as a good way to enlighten others especially those willing to grow. Please give an opportunity

Am saying thanks to you @zasad@ for the opportunity you have given me to share my experience and views about crypto and the forum on this interview.



Ans.I think the forum is very cool the way it is,

Ans. I invested in Bitcoin, I did some Altcoins trading when I once start my crypto journey but I think I don't have any serious interest in Altcoins.

Ans. My biggest profit was in 2021 when I sold my Bitcoin, and the same year I had an altcoin that gave me about $600 in profit. My big loss was Binance Coin.


Ans.it's a Very vital necessity to me.


Ans.  Honestly none, but I have read this article, and also lot of article online.


Ans. I can only advise anyone to invest in Bitcoin; if they want to invest in any other crypto, that is their choice.


Ans. Around $ 40k or 50k I gues.

Thanks zasad@ to give me opportunity to interview...

Interview Questions

1. When and why did you become interested in cryptocurrencies?

Starting my journey in Bitcoin is not a long time, I came to know about Bitcoin in mid 2020 but I didn't involve myself in Bitcoin forums at that time because I was busy with my studies at that time. But I involved myself in Bitcoin trading in 2021. On October 19, 2022 I created an account on the Bitcoin Forum and consider myself a member of the Bitcoin Forum. I love bitcoin forums and value bitcoin forums as a hub for entertainment. Spending busy time every day on bitcoin forum and sharing some important information on the forum. Thus I promise to keep myself busy on bitcoin forum every day.

2. When and why did you buy your first bitcoin?

I can't remember exactly when I first bought bitcoin in 2020 but my bitcoin buying and selling started in a facebook group. I used to buy bitcoins from Facebook groups at a slightly lower price and sell them to various personal wallets for a small profit. But my shopping spree didn't last long. Because buying and selling bitcoins in my country is legally prohibited and being caught by the lawmen in public is punishable by fines and corporal punishment. So after a year of trading dollars, in mid-2021, I stopped myself from trading bitcoins.

3. How did you get on the forum?

As I said in the beginning I have not been familiar with Bitcoin for a very long time but in mid 2020 I have no idea about Bitcoin and I joined the Bitcoin forum on October 19, 2022. But I am very happy to include myself in bitcoin forum because I find spending time in bitcoin forum every day very entertaining.

4.1. How do you consider whether 2-3 years of experience in cryptocurrency is enough to successfully invest or does an investor need to receive special education?

Bitcoin is a virtual currency that you cannot master in a day or two. To gain an understanding of Bitcoin, you must do extensive research and analysis.  2-3 years of experience is by no means perfect for an important task like Bitcoin trading. To do bitcoin trading you must have work experience as well as educational qualification. Moreover, in the case of investment, it is very important to know and analyze the project idea, market analysis, trading volume analysis, and the importance and use of the project in the future. If you do not have knowledge about investing and trading along with educational qualifications and work experience, there will be more chances of facing losses instead of profits in the future.

4.2. What prevents mass adoption of cryptocurrencies?

There are several important issues that act as barriers to the widespread adoption of cryptocurrencies worldwide, especially among the issues that work for Bitcoin adoption in my country is the lack of widespread knowledge about Bitcoin, many claim that Bitcoin is a baseless transaction system, and they also say that Bitcoin has no  No ownership. Moreover, another important issue in my country that Bitcoin is not getting accepted is the hostile attitude of my country's government towards Bitcoin. Governments have put pressure on Bitcoin users in various ways, creating a public antipathy towards Bitcoin. So different currencies including Bitcoin are not well accepted in my country.

4.3. What do you think will happen to bitcoin in 2028 after the halving, when its mining will be very expensive?

After the Bitcoin halving in February 2024, many thought that Bitcoin would exceed $100k, but many commented that the market would go down again. Several experts have commented that the Bitcoin market will exceed 500k after the 2028 Bitcoin halving.
There are several factors behind mining being expensive such as electricity cost and mining maintenance cost etc. which have a great impact on mining profit. Moreover, if the Bitcoin market does not go up, mining companies face losses. If Bitcoin doesn't rally after the halving in 2028, mining companies will go bankrupt by 2022.

4.4. Are you using the Lightning network? If yes, for what purposes?

I don't know much about lightning network.  But I know that Lightning Network is used for Bitcoin transactions.

5. What do you think of the current Merit system and signature campaigns?  Do they harm the forum?

It is an important rule in the forum that a user will change his rank through a merit system in Bitcoin Forums. I applaud this rule. But the merit system in Signature Campaign doesn't make much sense to me. There are many qualified users who have not enough merit but their post quality is very good but currently there are many signature campaigns which only select candidates based on merit. Users who have more merit number have more possibility to be included in that campaign. For now I'm not giving any credence to the merit system but it would be nice if the signature campaign didn't dominate the merit system.

6. The most useful forum topic? Most helpful users?

Bitcoin forums are like a newspaper to me.  Bitcoin forums are constantly discussing various countries' cultures, currency policies, political and economic aspects, etc. Every topic in bitcoin forum is very important to me. Bitcoin forum is a mirror for a nation. However, there are several topics that are very interesting and important. The following topic is very important to me and there are several users in this topic who always share their important information in the forum.

Wall Observer BTC/USD - Bitcoin price movement tracking & discussion

7. 3 things you would implement on the forum?

The forum is constantly being modified and updated by various experts and developers. But it would be great if some of my updates are available on the forum in the future.

Pinned the Best Post
2Factor Authentication
Unlike/like system

8. Do you trade on exchanges or invest in projects?

I am not very interested in centralized exchanges because after the FTX scam in 2022, I lost faith in exchanges like many others. But sometimes I use the exchange to trade P2P on Binance Exchange. But I sometimes use Binance Exchange to invest on some projects.

9. Tell a story about your big profit or big loss?

In 2021, I invested on various Altcoins including Bitcoin ($20000) and after several negative events in 2022, my investments have gradually reached 3000 dollars. The amount of invested tokens in my portfolio in 2021, the amount of invested cryptocurrency is currently dumping the price and staying below the bottom of the portfolio.

10. What do you think about the DEFI ecosystem?

Not much to say about Defi. I have invested many Defi projects in 2021 extreme market and currently facing many losses. So the Defi project currently looks like a poisoned arrow to me.

11. Is your anonymity a vital necessity or precaution?

Anonymity is an important way for my country because Bitcoin is a banned currency in my country Bangladesh. In my country anyone who trades on bitcoins gets a police case and gets involved in various legal troubles. Moreover, it is important to keep our identity secret in Bitcoin forums and we usually engage in transactions like Bitcoin without the eyes of the law. So at Bitcoin Forum we are always conscious of maintaining our privacy.

12. The last cryptocurrency book you read?

I have not read any book written on Bitcoin so far but I have read Satoshi Nakamoto's Bitcoin white paper on Bitcoin. But hope to read some books on Bitcoin along with some movies in future.

13. Advise 3 cryptocurrencies/tokens for investment in the next 1-2 years?

Bitcoin
Bitcoin
Bitcoin
If I were asked to comment on the fourth project, I would still support Bitcoin.

14. How much will Bitcoin cost at the end of 2023?

Bitcoin may be between 40-50k by the end of this year.

Questions sent to you.

I would very much like to participate in such an interview. I request you to please select me for interview.
If you select me in the interview board then I will share some of my acquired knowledge with you.

Please let me select.

Thanks @zasad@

First of all my sincere thanks to @zasad@ who gave me the opportunity to share my emotions and feelings on the interview board.

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a. 2Fa
b. Like or dislike every post
c. Android Application


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Of course I do trading. Invest in various projects but not Shitcoin.


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When I invested in Bitcoin in 2018 and at the end of 2019 when Bitcoin surged to 69 thousand dollars I made the most profit. And the biggest loss of my life is holding bitcoins and not selling even after making maximum profit. This is my biggest loss among many losses.


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The entire year 2021 was occupied by DEFI.  But now DeFi projects are as old as ICOs.


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Bitcoin is officially banned in the country I live in, so I find it best to remain anonymous on my Bitcoin forums.


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No  I've only read the nine-page Bitcoin whitepaper by Satoshi nakamoto.


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3 coins to hold long term investment and high profit in future are Bitcoin, Ethereum and BNB.


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By the end of 2023 the price of Bitcoin will be in the range of $40k-$55k in my analysis. I can make this prediction.


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I Love You Bitcoin Forum. Bitcoin forums are my sole focus of entertainment. I spend a special part of my day on Bitcoin forums. I can never overestimate the contribution of Bitcoin forums.

It seems to me that many longer term bitcoiners realize that even though there might not be anything wrong with attempting to earn bitcoin, yet there are a lot of advantages in terms of buying bitcoin rather than merely relying upon earning (relatively small amounts of bitcoin through various services that might also be time consuming and less productive than having a fiat job and earning fiat and buying BTC with some of that), even if we might not be able to buy very much BTC at any one time, and so even the buying of something like $10 per week of bitcoin for the past 9 years would have gotten you around 4.35 BTC with a total of $4,700 invested, and I only went back 9 years because that is the maximum of that dcabtc.com website.

Of course, it is likely that if you started to buy BTC in 2013 for even $10 per week rather than in 2014 you would have been able to get even better quantities of BTC for having had started earlier rather than later.  For example, starting January 1, 2013 and going for 9 years shows that the $4,700 invested with $10 per week would have gotten you nearly 13.25 BTC, so that is quite a quantity of BTC for a relatively small amount of investment, and so part of the point that i am wanting to make is that there are likely times in which earning value (no matter how you are paid) may well give you a much better return in terms of getting BTC that way rather than relying upon trying to figure out ways to earn BTC which may well end up serving as inferior amounts invested and perhaps even inferior quantities of pay in terms of how many satoshis that you or anyone else might be able to reasonably/prudently and perhaps somewhat aggressively stack.  Through the years, we have seen that the assertive/aggressive BTC stackers have been rewarded quite handsomely, so long as they did not overdo it and to attempt to invest beyond their means and end up getting reckt because they were gambling rather than being prudently and reasonably aggressive.

Well, first of all, I would like to thank zasad@ for sending me the interview questions after I requested them via DM.  

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Questions:

1. When and why did you become interested in cryptocurrencies?

As far as I can recall, I became interested in cryptocurrencies in 2013 when the price of Bitcoin was under $1,000. It fascinated me back then because it offered several advantages, such as not needing a bank account or credit card to store and transact money, as well as anonymous transactions that couldn't be traced. It was just so cool! I delved deep into researching it, reading countless articles to gain knowledge about its creator and other related topics.

It felt like a dream to me since blockchain and using Bitcoin was so simple that anyone could create a wallet and use their Bitcoin without any restrictions. I remember spending hours on my computer, scouring the internet for news about it and sharing updates with my friends on small online groups. However, at that time, only a few people in my country were aware of this new technology since it was not yet popularized.

2. When and why did you buy your first bitcoin?

To be honest, I have never bought a single Bitcoin. All of my Bitcoins were earned through hard work over the years. I can't even remember buying any Bitcoins, but I have bought other cryptocurrencies using my earned Bitcoins. I think I earned my first few Satoshis in 2013 by claiming them through online faucets and then playing games. I remember playing a game on my phone that was similar to the popular game "Flappy Bird"    and I used to play it a lot. By playing it, I was able to make a decent amount of Satoshis, and on good days, I could earn around 100k to 250k Satoshis (equivalent to $28-$70 at the current Bitcoin price). I was really addicted to making money through this game because, after a lot of research, I discovered that it was the most efficient way to earn Satoshis in a short amount of time.

3. How did you get on the forum?

A few months after I made my first millions of satoshis, I discovered this forum by searching about stuffs related to cryptos in other local forums and I found out that it's the biggest bitcoin forum in the whole internet since it's created by the creator of bitcoin Satoshi nakamto. I started to interact with people and get my knowledge about bitcoin bigger and bigger, It was very informative than just searching on google.

4.2. How do you consider whether 2-3 years of experience in cryptocurrency is enough to successfully invest or does an investor need to receive special education?

I would say that the amount of experience you gain over the years is more important than the time you spend. It's all about how much you know about investing in crypto. While receiving a special education could work well, in my opinion, it ultimately depends on your initiative and how much time you can afford to spend learning the ways of trading.

4.3. What do you think will happen to bitcoin in 2028 after the halving, when its mining will be very expensive?

Anything could happen, but hopefully, by the time of the 2028 halving, Bitcoin's price would be over $100k, or possibly even more. However, it's just a guess, especially since we are talking about 4 years later. It's worth noting that mining will likely become increasingly expensive, and you will need expensive hardware to mine at that time. Furthermore, the amount of electricity that miners will consume will be enormous, so hopefully, in the future, they will be able to use more renewable energy sources and not waste too much energy on mining.

5. What do you think of the current Merit system and signature campaigns?  Do they harm the forum?

The current Merit system is truly one of the best things that has been added to this forum. However, before its implementation, there were many spammers and bounty hunters who did not care about the quality of their posts and just wanted to earn money from signature campaigns. On the other hand, in my honest opinion, signature campaigns are a good opportunity for some members here to earn a few bitcoins while also interacting with the forum and posting high-quality content. It's a win-win situation.

As long as they are well-organized by the manager and there are rules to follow and consider before enrolling in any of those campaigns, signature campaigns don't harm the forum.

6. The most useful forum topic? Most helpful users?

There are many useful topics on the forum, but the most helpful one for me is the section that explains ranks, positions, badges, as well as the one that outlines the rules, guidelines, and FAQ of Bitcointalk. I believe that every new member should be aware of these things to avoid any issues in the future. The Beginners and Help section is particularly informative for newbies. I've come across many helpful users on this forum, but I won't mention any names. Suffice it to say that you can find plenty of friendly people here to interact with and receive assistance from if you ever encounter a problem.

7. 3 things you would implement on the forum?

To be honest, the forum is really good in terms of its content and sections. However, one thing I would like to see implemented is a redesign of the forum interface as it looks outdated and hasn't been updated since the first time I get into it.

8. Do you trade on exchanges or invest in projects?

I trade on exchanges, and I haven't had the opportunity yet to invest in a project. I really enjoy trading on Binance, and I have more knowledge about it than choosing the right project to invest in. I have made a decent profit through the years from trading, and I am happy with that for now. Maybe I will consider investing in projects more in the future if I do more research about them.

9. Tell a story about your big profit or big loss?

Two years ago, I gambled with $10 worth of Bitcoin online and miraculously ended up making almost $12,000 in one night. It was my biggest profit to date and I felt extremely lucky. However, I also have a sad story to share about my biggest loss, but I prefer not to reveal it.
 
10. What do you think about the DEFI ecosystem?

What is DEFI ecosystem? I don't really know what it is, as I now I just searched for it and I found out that it's about borrowing or lending money but they've been operated on a public network, it's like a decentralized lending. I would say I'm neutral on this question, probably it could be better if there's no interest in lending money to be honest.

11. Is your anonymity a vital necessity or precaution?

It could be a precautionary measure against someone who might try to dox you or a hacker who could gain access to your personal information. Not revealing personal information is an effective way to maintain your privacy and keep your personal life secure.

12. The last cryptocurrency book you read?

None. Everything i was reading is on Internet.

13. Advise 3 cryptocurrencies/tokens for investment in the next 1-2 years?

I would say to only invest in bitcoin and only bitcoin even though I know some other cryptocurrencies would be really great to invest in, but I'm really such a fan of BITCOIN BTCBTCBTC, so yeah that's my answer.

14. How much will Bitcoin cost at the end of 2023?

Probably 50k$ by the end of 2023.

15. P.S. (Optional)

OK, I'll send you a list of questions.

I want to participate your interview... Please give me chance.
I want to share my feelings and wisdom.

Anyone willing to share their wisdom?

In my review of some of the latest questions, it may be a good idea to ask members their opinions in regards to ordinals/inscriptions on bitcoin.... or maybe something in relationship to the extent to which they have been using lightning network as compared with on chain bitcoin or their use of their own wallets versus having exposures to third parties, especially after how many third party implosions that we had seen in the last year including but not limited to whether they might have had exposure to any of them.. like Terra/Luna, Celsius, Blockfi, Genesis, GBTC, Voyager, 3 Arrows Capital, Voyager, FTX or any of the others that I might have left out.

As you likely realize, I hardly give any shits about using amorphous language to refer to cryptocurriences (because that hardly means anything except to confuse bitcoin with shitcoins, which the mainstream media loves to do (and politicians, bitcoin naysayers, shitcoin pumpeners and bankers) and so some of that infiltrates into this forum too), and asking about various shitcoin talking-points including ethereum.. but whatever, you do what you like in terms of including those potentially bitcoin related topics.. .it's your thread... and it seems that this thread is not really in a bitcoin exclusive section.. so there is that angle, too.

Before answering let me thank Zasad@ for giving me the opportunity to participate in this thread

1. When and why did you become interested in cryptocurrency?
Let me tell you a little story in this regard.
I used to be someone who worked in a private bank in the area that I lived in and I was one of those people who could be said to be contra about crypto because I still thought that banks and fiat were one of the best things that I had and the existence of crypto made me a little uncomfortable.
But in 2020 there was an incident that happened to me that made me rethink about what I was living in the bank was not as good as I thought. And that's how I got started in crypto. I decided to quit my job as an employee at the bank and start something new and of course this is how I got started in crypto.

2.   When and why did you buy your first bitcoin?
My first purchase was still the same year in 2020.  I had some friends and family who were already in crypto before so it wasn't too difficult for me to ask questions about how to create a wallet and buy bitcoin because there was some real help from people close to me.
I was advised to buy futures and my first purchase in 2020 was $70 for my first purchase.

3.   How did you get into this forum?
I got into this forum by accident because at that time I was just looking for some news on YouTube about crypto and accidentally there was a YouTube channel Steamtyme with its content entitled Bitcointalk.org Getting started with a new account made me interested in opening this forum even though previously only through silent rider and did not create an account because I only read and read but the longer I got interested which in the end decided to create this account in 2022.

4.1. What is the situation of cryptocurrencies in Indonesia? Are there any problems when exchanging with fiat? What are the best cities or places in Indonesia for cryptocurrency holders?
So far I don't think there are any significant problems for crypto in Indonesia because the government and the existing regulations are still quite good I think. Even now there is a government agency that is assigned to oversee and provide some more understanding for crypto because indeed in Indonesia today it seems that crypto is quite popular especially for young people.
As for the best place I'm not too sure about that because I still haven't researched about this but I think for the spread of crypto it is better in some big cities or the center of the city because sometimes for some remote areas in Indonesia sometimes sources of information or even the internet are still a little difficult.

4.2. How do you think the mass advertising of gambling projects has a positive effect on the development of the forum or is it detrimental to society?
I think there are two sides to this because everything has a positive and negative impact. The same is true in this case. The mass advertisement of gambling actually still has an impact on the forum where we are also aware of some shitposter which cannot be prevented but on the other hand this also still has some good conditions because we know not everyone who is in the gambling advertisement is all shitposter and even there are still many members here who in my opinion are very good even though it comes from the gambling advertisement.
As for the Community I don't think this will have much impact because with the presence or absence of advertisements on this forum gambling will still be known because this is not the only way to introduce gambling.
On the other hand, when talking about gambling, of course we agree that this depends on each person because if we are not affected by gambling, then no matter how many advertisements it will have no effect on us and vice versa. Even if there is very little information or gambling advertisements, as long as we like to do it, we will look for it.

4.3. What do you think will happen to bitcoin in 2028 after the halving, when mining will be very expensive?
Honestly, I still can't make a prediction when talking about halving. There are several conditions where I still can't do that because the first reason is that I am still new to bitcoin and maybe I have experienced halving in my early days in crypto but that condition I still don't really understand what halving is and what to do so there is no real experience that I can share. About mining is also the same, because from 2020 until now I have been in crypto I have never touched that because my focus is still on investing.

5. What do you think about the current Merit system and signature campaigns? Are they ruining the forum?
I think the merit system is still very good now, even though things like this there are still always people who circumvent it about giving merit to those who shouldn't but I still like this system. Because with this merit system I think we know about appreciation and of course this is one proof that the contribution of most people is still very good for the forum.

6. Most useful forum topics? Most helpful user?
Actually when talking about useful forum topics I think everything is still useful because there is indeed a lot of knowledge given but for the beginning of my being here, I prefer to read at Beginners & Help because indeed here there are some threads that are very useful for me in exploring and learning about the ins and outs of what to do when on forums and rules. so i like being here even though I sometimes only prefer to read rather than contribute there.
  
7. 3 things that you will apply on the forum?
My focus now for myself in the forum is to try my best to continue to seek experience and of course to seek or provide decent information here because this is one of my contributions to the forum to make it better. For other things I will probably always make the forum as one of the references in myself looking for some new information, be it in the form of crypto or other things such as economics, which is indeed here a lot of useful updated information.

8. Do you trade on exchanges or invest in projects?
I used to trade but I don't seem to be very good at it so for now I always do Investments.

9. Tell us about your big gain or big loss?
My biggest gain was probably when I was in early 2020 by buying bitcoin when the price was at $9k even though I panicked and wanted to stop when they dropped to $5-$6k but I was advised to buy back by some friends there until I finally got a profit beyond my expectations in 2021. For the biggest loss, I actually still haven't felt it because even though the conditions crashed and I was already here from the time they were at $45k, I still don't consider this a loss because the conditions are still covered by my previous profits.

10. What do you think about the DEFI ecosystem?
I don't know too much about this but what I do know is that if you look at the conditions, DEFI is still very vulnerable and there is a lot of negativity because it is considered less capable of making their projects develop which in turn becomes a field for scams. Because even though not all of them are like that but when talking about the average it is clear that they are really a field for scams.

11. Is your anonymity a vital necessity or precaution?
This is a very important thing for me. Because in this case even though it is known to be quite good for some people but I don't really like when people know too much about my personal life so anonymity is one way for me to express myself including in this forum.
At least in this case my privacy is not too disturbed in my personal life in the real world
 

12. Last cryptocurrency book you read?
Honestly, until now I have never read any book about crypto but recently I was lent a book entitled "Mastering Bitcoin" but I still haven't finished reading this. My laziness in reading is still holding me back at the moment

13. Suggest 3 cryptocurrencies/tokens for investment in the next 1-2 years?
I will only suggest 1, Bitcoin  

14. How much will Bitcoin cost by the end of 2023?
I don't really like to speculate on price but as we approach the halving and read some of the halving conditions that will start to rise, I expect their price to be no less than $40k.

15. PS (Optional)
For hodlers. chill bro, calm your neck veins because all will be green in the end

Thank you for the invitation.  


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1. When and why did you become interested in cryptocurrencies?

It's been almost 10 years that I know about cryptocurrencies and this is really a long journey until now, still in the crypto environment until I decide to stay here.
Interest in cryptocurrencies actually started with a friend, maybe we often hear about this from other people and a lot of friends around us helped us to understand and introduce cryptocurrency at that time, I don't remember who that friend was because I lost contact and making it difficult for me to contact him again.
Thanks to him I was able to get here and continue my career in being involved in cryptocurrency to focus on making investments for now.

2. When and why did you buy your first bitcoin?

I don't know when to buy bitcoin, for sure for the first time I entered the world of cryptocurrency, I didn't immediately buy bitcoin, but I was looking for some free coins from giveaways or faucets that I've experienced to get some satoshis from these faucets or from giveaway coins in a swap for bitcoin.
So buying bitcoin was when it was booming but, to be honest, I forgot how much to buy bitcoin the first time because it was a long time ago so I don't remember much about it but at that time I was more focused on the giveaway to get tokens and some of the proceeds the faucet mentioned above.

3. How did you get on the forum?

Registration on the ajiz138 account forum was August 09 2014, but I forgot about it for two years I came back again in August 2016 and there I learned a lot always asking about newbie problems but over time and the developed of my knowledge in this forum.

About logging into the forum is a friend also who suggested it here.

4.1. How do you think mass advertising of gambling projects has a positive effect on the development of the forum or harms the community?

The positive effect on forums is obvious because in my opinion gambling doesn't damage forums or harm them, it's just advertising here and of course, if there are lots of people who do it there must be a lot of enthusiasts including their audience now they are more focused on gambling (for those who like gambling) and myself prefer soccer betting which is the favorite bet.

Harming Society? I don't think so as long as we never invite anyone to gamble except for our own desires, if we come to a forum and just want to play a casino that is promoted on the forum then that is our desire not because of coercion but if we force something on other people to play casino then it is should not.

4.2. I see that you wrote a lot about ICO in 2017. Was this period successful for you or were there more negative experiences?

Aisio? Maybe ICOs.

If that is what is meant, of course the 2017 ICO period was very profitable because what I know was that it was the initial pre-sale which was booming at the time, with several projects that I worked on I got enough for the ICO and this is enough to say successful where I able to reap considerable profits during this period.

And since in the middle of 2018, ICO sales started a lot of fraud where almost what we did at that time in 2018 became dark ICO sales because some projects came and appeared which ended up being a fraud by taking away investors' money, here of course I experienced no small loss.

Now the ICO project is dead, with a few years ago it came out with the word pre-sale IEO, IDO, IGO, etc and now their hype is all over.

I think there will be a new trend again someday.  

4.3. What do you think will happen to bitcoin in 2028 after the halving, when its mining will be very expensive?

Bitcoin has a pretty good 4 year cycle to repeat history in bitcoin price it hit its previous ATH in 2021 the highest price at the time was $68K so that's a pretty good multiple of the previous ATH, right now I'm looking forward to the 2024 halving for less than a year we will achieve that, of course, it will change to a new cycle in the following year and what is clear is that we don't know how high ATH will be next after the halving in 2024.

So for it to happen in 2028 I still don't think about it because it will definitely go through several phases where bitcoin corrections are deeper so that during that journey I don't know what happened, sometimes with FUD news out there it can cause bitcoin prices to fall and collapse.
The important thing is that I got HODL until 2028 meaning I kept bitcoins for almost 10 years.

4.4  Will Bitcoin be a number one coin or the etherium will replace it?

Bitcoin will remain one of the top coins, and I don't think Ethereum can replace it.
I don't have a clear reason for this, but believe in bitcoin.


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5. What do you think of the current Merit system and signature campaigns?  Do they harm the forum?

Since it was implemented in 2018 regarding the merit system, I think it is quite effective where users can become more established members and be more creative in building their posts, actually with a merit system to prevent lots of spammers.
Almost all campaigns now apply a merit system of 120 last days, maybe that's how managers do it to find qualified participants.
This certainly doesn't hurt the forum.

6. The most useful forum topic? Most helpful users?

Beginners and Help maybe this board will be the most useful and helpful for newbies or others, here there is also some kind of concern starting from loss anticipation, fraud, how to rank up on the forum, some other ways senior members do to help others according to the topic discussed.
This Meta Board is also important for seeing developments on bitcointalk forum issues etc.
There are also other boards I think any information if it helps other members it will be very useful for them.

7. 3 things you would implement on the forum?

No need for 3 things, I'll do a lot on the forum in the best way possible.

One of them with this.
Want to continue to educate about bitcoin to everyone


source: twitter

8. Do you trade on exchanges or invest in projects?

I said for now in the period 2022-2023
More investing in bitcoins than investing in projects.
At the moment I am not really interested in investing in a project.
Trading: Well I do trade on CEX exchanges rather than DEX, but it's not very often as I only trade to buy bitcoins with the DCA system.

9. Tell a story about your big profit or big loss?

The big advantage is from the ICO project in 2017 when at that time I got more profit because when the ICO sale started it didn't last long so when the token entered the market it could immediately be sold at a high price and that was a very good time beautiful.
It was a loss in 2018 when bitcoin went under $5K and many other altcoins crashed and couldn't stay in the market, so that was the biggest loss.

10. What do you think about the DEFI ecosystem?

Actually, it's good with the DEFI ecosystem but it's always taken advantage of by many scammers who create new projects with the DEFI system so I'm not too interested in DEFI, now a lot of DEFI projects have sprung up but it's not impressive what they have developed.

11. Is your anonymity a vital necessity or precaution?

Being anonymity is very important to me as a form of my own privacy, I don't want to know more about myself.

12. The last cryptocurrency book you read?

No book I've ever read.

13. Advise 3 cryptocurrencies/tokens for investment in the next 1-2 years?

Only bitcoins in my portfolio.

ETH and BNB maybe some suggestions for tokens to invest in, but I'm on bitcoin myself.

14. How much will Bitcoin cost at the end of 2023?

December 2023 bitcoin price and this is my prediction ($35.000)

15. P.S. (Optional)

Don't forget to buy bitcoin while it's cheap.  

Lol you want us to pick the questions? Since when this forum become a whorewhitehouse? You should apply for mainstream media to become a journalist.🤣
Now where are the Qs? I'm dying to push my opinions down your throats. 😉

Thanks a lot, zasad@ for this opportunity  

Questions:
1. When and why did you become interested in cryptocurrencies?

Okay, I actually share this before, in another thread but I'm gonna share it again now. I become interested in cryptocurrency because I like how to earn money online and when did happen, it because my friend the year was 2014 then I found my friend do online gambling but he have some sort of cheat sheet so he can win a lot from it and I ask her how to withdraw the money and he said using Bitcoin, and that time I first the word "Bitcoin" and I ask again how much you deposited and he said a couple of bucks and this is not my money I got this from the faucet and then I do gambling.

and from there he gave me a site that gives very basic Information about bitcoin and faucets, with how to do gambling too hahaha.   My curiosity drove me crazy that tell me I should do a faucet every day. Got Hacked and got scammed several times but this is me now.


2. When and why did you buy your first bitcoin?

I actually never buy Bitcoin using my fiat money until the first year of 2020 before that I just withdraw the bitcoin  . back 2014-2016 doing signature and some bounty can earn a lot of money.

3. How did you get on the forum?

I forget about this part but if I don't wrong I just search online on the internet and found this forum or my friend give me the link.

4.1. What is the situation with cryptocurrencies in Indonesia? Are there any problems when exchanging for fiat? What is the best city or place in Indonesia for cryptocurrency holders?

Indonesia is actually a crypto-friendly country in my opinion. Back then when I found my first bitcoin there is no regulation here but there is a big exchange in my country called Bitcoin.co.id and Now INDODAX and there is no problem exchanging fiat and the boom began there is several bitcoin ATM and you can pay some of the store using bitcoin but then Government showed Up and say we can't accept bitcoin to buy and sell but We approve bitcoin as a commodity. and there is the government agency Commodity Futures Trading Regulatory Agency (BAPPEBTI) to regulate crypto under the Ministry of Trade. Now we can't spend crypto for buy and sell stuff but you can still trade it freely. Bali and Jakarta was the best city but now you can't spend it again there.

4.2. How do you think mass advertising of gambling projects has a positive effect on the development of the forum or harms the community?

In my religion gambling is prohibited. But in my opinion like it or not gambling contributes to the mass adoption of crypto. Even me knowing crypto because my friend doing gambling hehe. and I think we need to regulate gambling sites or at least there is some certification program so we can control if there scam site. The scammer is always hurting the community and making things get worse.

4.3. What do you think will happen to bitcoin in 2028 after the halving, when its mining will be very expensive?

Wow, 2028 is pretty far away from now but I think crypto will be more mainstream, and yes more governments will try to regulate them and of course don't forget about the sweet taste of ALL TIME HIGH. and yes mining will be very expensive but like the other year, I think ASIC chip manufacturing will find a way about it. More efficient hardware and we can expect more green energy to mine bitcoin. and maybe the end of Home mining.

5. What do you think of the current Merit system and signature campaigns?  Do they harm the forum?

When I joined this forum you only need activity and posts to rank Up the merit system is good but It needs more people to distribute it. the current signature system is pretty much the same as a couple of years ago but Now some signatures need Merit to join and I am neutral on this merit need to pick a good poster but the other hand earned merit is very hard sometimes we need help another user like fillippone, DdmrDdmr LoyceV GazetaBitcoin and the other.

6. The most useful forum topic? Most helpful users?

Beginner and Help are useful But I like hanging out on Bitcoin Discussion or Altcoin Discussion and Trading Discussion. Most of the forum member is trying to be helpful to others but I like Members who often share their merit with others

7. 3 things you would implement on the forum?

I don't know about this one the forum is already great but I have some advice I think we need to change the Design of the User Interface and make it more mobile-friendly.

8. Do you trade on exchanges or invest in projects?

Yes I do trade on several exchanges Centralized or Decentralized. and yes I do invest in several projects and joined a couple of Community Venture Capital but some of the projects are dead. and it also becomes one of my biggest mistakes don't put a lot of money in one basket

9. Tell a story about your big profit or big loss?

My Biggest profit is when I was doing some Translation you guys know LISK coin I get paid 2 BTC for translation imagine if I still had the money right now at the time 2 BTC was only worth $1000 the good old times day   My biggest lost was I traded on futures and lost more than $1K+ and another couple hundred dollars on Dead Project. Now I have 300$ left   to continue living

10. What do you think about the DEFI ecosystem?

Well, Bitcoin is revolutionary but altcoin like ETH is paved the way to open more possibilities to the crypto world. and I personally love DeFi Ecosystem because it continues to grow.

11. Is your anonymity a vital necessity or precaution?

Becoming anon is vital for some users because our privacy is important. But probably my data is everywhere Im highly dependent on google or cheap Chinese phone and maybe they already trade my data, and some hacker successfully break an Indonesia data app called PeduliLindungi and sell it for 100K in BTC https://breached.vc/Thread-Selling-INDONESIA-COVID-19-APP-PEDULILINDUNGI-3-2-BILLION crazy right.
For precaution right now I maybe Use VPN and use Incognito Browser and make a unique password for every site.

12. The last cryptocurrency book you read?

I don't read about cryptocurrency books . But I do read some books that discussed investing and Technical Analysis and the author mentioned cryptocurrency.

13. Advise 3 cryptocurrencies/tokens for investment in the next 1-2 years?

Bitcoin,ETH, and BNB maybe but always DYOR

14. How much will Bitcoin cost at the end of 2023?

Maybe around 40K, we will see.

15. P.S. (Optional)

I don't know what to say but, Dont give up and always control your emotion  

I will send you a list of questions.
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For all!
You do not need my permission or the permission of other forum members to participate in the interview. Your rank does not matter if you have experience in cryptocurrency and have something to say.

Questions 1-3 and 5-15 are the same. 4.1-4.x personal questions. You can choose any of the above or come up with your own. And publish your interview freely, I will add links in 1 post.

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I will send you an invitation for an interview.
In paragraph 15, you can share any experience.

I have seen that you are on list 23 which means you have been invited for this interview.

I'd better wait for an invitation from zasad to start the interview and answer it because I see there are no specific questions specifically in the OP, so I don't know what questions zasad will ask me if it's true that I'm invited maybe it will be a little different from another.
If it's the same as other people's questions, maybe I'll answer it right away, but I think it's better to wait from zasad first.

I cannot recall whether I had received an invitation or not when I had responded to the questions.

I am pretty sure that you do not need to receive an invitation in order to respond.. but there might be some specific questions that zadad might want to ask you since you are saying that you want to get interviewed or maybe if you did not wait for an invitation, then you would merely need to tailor whatever questions that you are answering in a way that they are largely current in the way that you answer them and that you try to tailor the question (or your answer) in a way that you are able to largely elaborate in regards to showing the way that you think about the topic, with examples and/or your own life experiences.


Fair enough.  Everyone has their area of interest and/or their specialty area... Hopefully you don't cause us to blush too much and some guys (and gals) are still able to relate to what might end up being your preferred talking points.

We know that innovations in a lot of new areas (including tech) might have some porn elements to them.. and even these days it seems that porn is more acceptable than it might have had been 20 years ago (not that bitcoin was even around back then, so likely you would not really be going back much further than bitcoin's introduction in the 2008/2009 time frame, unless you consider that a further background helps to tell your story, views of the world or whatever it might be that you are considering sharing with us...

Perhaps, it's like some politicians seeming to not answer the presented question because they have their own talking points that come up no matter what questions might be asked.