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Maybe you should have used a different search term. Behavioral Science. PSYOP in every sense of the term. The push for a cashelss society may involve a different subject matter but the techniques used will be very similar. https://theconversation.com/coronavirus-how-the-uk-government-is-using-behavioural-science-134097 https://www.bmj.com/content/380/bmj.p652

Convid also scared the living daylights out of me too and not due to something that had a 99.3% survival rate, but because of the mindless obedience to authority displayed by the vast majority. The cashless society is all about control masquerading as convenience, so for heavens sake people learn something from your 2020-2023 experience. Be prepared as they are going to push the CBDCs narrative just as they did the 'pandemic'. I prefer to call CBDCs slave coins, as that is exactly what they will be if we lose the cash option. If you think this is all some conspiracy theory you may not have noticed that most of those theories from the past 4 years are regularly turning into facts these days. Fiat paper is bad enough given the unlimited printing, debt and increasing restrictions associated with carrying it, but if you think it's bad now, just wait until we are all corralled into a CBDC only world.

I'm not 100% certain but I believe the ID side of this topic is a completely different issue. If I recall a while back I can remember reading in the BK Post about something that was called the 'Gender Recognition Bill' or something similar. Once again if I recall correctly, it was firmly defeated when it came to a vote. Basically it was deemed too devisive for reasons such as potential problems related to male and female prisons and hospital wards etc. i.e Someone who identifies as female but still has their equipment intact and fully operational could potentially be a threat in an all female facility for example. Unfortunately the problem can work both ways. Imagine a birth male who has had full reassignment surgery and now appears female in every outward respect, who then gets themselves into a spot of bother and ends up forced into a male prison? That can't be right either. A shared male only medical ward would be something similar. The only solution I can see to this dilemma would be completely separate transgender facilities, or those who have completed full physical transition surgery be the only ones permitted to change their gender on official documents.

Put alcohol on the narcotics list and make medical alcohol only available with a doctors prescription. Hey, got to keep the playing field level right? [Sarc off]

Needs to be abducted and strapped to a chair on beach road for a month. Brain implosion in 3.....2.......1........ we have ignition.

100% correct my good chap, glad I kept all of mine too, after saying that have never been tempted to sell even after the deepest retracements. Amazing init how the no-coiners and Bitcoin haters just keep scaring everyone else out of getting onboard then either disappear never to spread their FUD again. Or just like Peter Schiff, never know when to accept defeat and shut it. It'll be zero next year lol. Your not crazy mate I think $150,000 within the next 18 months. $1m+ sometime after the 2028 halving. Keep stacking those SATS and disregard the wise old AN 'experts'.

US Dollar undermines the US Dollar, doesn't need any help, just like every fiat currency on the planet. In addition fiat is and has been used in more criminal activities than crypto ever has. The propaganda that Bitcoin is a threat to the US Dollar is true but not because of criminal activity, but because of its decentralised nature and requires no permission to use. Can't have the PLEBS in control of their own wealth......That's the threat.

Edit typo 'The more powerful 1st would countries' 1st world. I'm sure you could open a Bitkub account too [if you love stress that is ha ha ha] My advice on how to handle the volatility after your penny drop moment is to have an ultimate goal and stick to it. Don't jump in and out trying to time tops and bottoms as you are more than likely to end up with less. As I said earlier my moment happened in 2018 and those 6 years have flown by. 2030 could be your 6 year stretch with a similar result. I'm convinced given enough time you won't regret it and I can guarantee not getting involved in 2024 after your eureka moment and it hits $1m you would lol. Welcome to the club and good luck.

Just for you...... It all depends on your time horizon, If you can take the short term risks, don't need the funds invested and can handle the notion of it going to zero [just to keep the FUDDERS happy] then you are still early. Personally speaking and not financial advice as the saying goes, if after you have considered the above and can sit back and wait, then just disregard the no-coiner bashings we all get here constantly. Ask yourself are they even going to be around in 2030 to admit they were wrong? If they are right, then if you accepted the risks it's a case of so what. Your life, your money, your choice. Then ask yourself what if Ark invest Cathy Woods is right along with Standard Chartered, BlackRock, Mastercard, JB Morgan, Fidelity on and on and on. Things are a changing in the Bitcoin and Crypto scene, the worlds legacy fiat financial system is in big trouble, ask the residents of Lebanon or Nigeria or Argentina or Turkey or or or. The more powerful 1st would countries are not immune from currency devaluation either. Up to you, as they say around these parts. https://news.todayq.com/ark-invests-cathie-wood-considers-3-5-million-target-for-bitcoin/

I'm way older than 37 but love hardcore electronic dance music. Not sure if the love of the music has anything to do with age right? Have a long term partner too so not looking for any new horizontal action but do still enjoy looking. Are you ever too old to enjoy looking also?

Last time I went to Lucifer [Jan and a week night] it was as you say dead [soulless maybe ;-)] Must have been less than 100 people at 01:00 and it was absolutely freezing. The staff were all arms folded teeth chattering posture lol. You would have thought it would have been Hot as Hell in there but more like the Arctic 5555. Republic seems to stay busy though especially at the W/E and haven't been to Myst in years. Has the old Marine renovation finished? as haven't been to Walking Street recently. Last time I was there I heard it was going to reopen as yet another Indian club. Real shame for me personally as I'm into Techno and Trance EDM and that used to be the only hardcore club in Pattaya that played that genre. The Warehouse [Buakhao] used to play sort of EDM with house and occasionally had a Trance night but it shut down late last year. Not into Hip Hop or this generic electro pop stuff that seems to be popular or Bollywood vibes either lol. If you know of a Techno venue in Pats would be interested to know. Another thing I have noticed regarding Pattaya night clubs is that they very very rarely have any visiting international DJ nights. Bangkok seems to have them all the time as I get email notifications from the likes of TicketMelon events agent website weekly.

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It would be a limit buy order set at $10,000 or $5000 BTC spot price, there would be no stop loss set? It would only trigger and buy if a flash hit your limit buy price. The price would then reset back to the normal market price of $73k in your example and you would have acquired a very cheap bag of Satoshis at whatever $ value you had placed on the limit buy order. People have done this and walked away with nice little earners.

There is always another way to play exchange flash crash dangers, if you are into trading that is. Have a limit buy order in for $10,000 and $5000 BTC price. You could end up with a very nice and cheap top up lol.

You are 100% correct. Listen to just about anything from Michael Saylor and he makes the exact same points about the dangers of being gradually fleeced of any wealth you may have due to inflation. Considering you have left the no-coiners Bitcoin is a Ponzi scam club [or are about to at least] I'll add it always makes me laugh when the no-coiners get all high and mighty on the dangers of Bitcoin, while getting raped every single day holding their beloved Fiat paper trash. Yea there are risks being in a new asset class that's only about 15 years young but it is worth it in my opinion. I hold both gold and silver too which have always been my inflation hedge after witnessing the 2008 crisis. Until my Bitcoin lightbulb moment of course, now I feel we have a 3rd and better option.

Welcome to the 'Lightbulb Moment' club. Mine went on in 2018 and I felt the exact same sentiments as you back then. I bought in at $12k then it went down to $4k and I bought more. Then it went back to $12k and then $20K and I bought more. Then hit $69K before dropping back all the way down to $16k and I bought more. Now it's back near the all time highs again. Moral of the story Maybe a bit late in the short term but not in the longer term. You are still early.

Roger that 👍

You may not like UpBits UI and I agree Bitkubs is better but you also hate using Bitkub as they are masters of frustration inducing stress, so what's your options then? Beggars can't be choosers and therefore it comes down to the lesser of two evils. There isn't many other alternatives if you want to use the Baht. Even the new Binance Thailand seems to be giving farangs problems too. Bottom line is the powers that be hate crypto. Gives the honest ordinary person too much sovereignty over their own wealth management. We will win in the end but it is going to be a long dirty and bitter fight.

I'm a HODLer, I'm happy with 70%/80% cycle swings as have been into crypto since 2018. Gambler? Depends on if you consider crypto an overall gamble or not. It is speculative for sure but It's becoming less so as institutional investors become more and more interested and involved. I don't trade it as I said I'm a buy and forget HODLer. What coins do I hold in cold storage? Bitcoin naturally, other coins well that's personal, but I like several. Why do you ask that specifically?

Maybe we are lacking some details from the OP. He did say 'I will be leaving Thailand'. Will that be for a month, for 5 years, forever? I got the impression not for a short break. He needs to way up the risk reward of the counterparty risk compared with mismanaging his keys. Personally speaking it is a no brainer, but I get it that not everyone is the same. Crypto for many still isn't seen as super user friendly but self custody is the holy grail for me. Yes you are correct, you are well and truly stuffed if you forget how to access a cold storage wallet.......so don't. The way I look at that is you can also kill yourself if you drink and drive, so don't. There are ways to safeguard your seed phrases such as a cryptosteel and/or storing the seed in several different secure places etc. Like everything in life there are pros and cons but getting his coins off Bitkub and under his own control is the solution and priority in my view. I'm also not sure if they would still allow you to withdraw your cash and crypto well past a KYC expiry. Knowing how they operate they are a difficult enough company to deal with at the best of times and your account is approved, let alone with expired visas and no longer living here. Same with regards his Thai bank, I hear so many reports that operating them from overseas can also result in access suspension. Why take the risk would be the best safeguards he is looking for.

JBChaingRai - Did a bit of digging for myself. Are these not the 'Investment Tokens' they are referring to? Nothing to do with regular crypto. https://cointelegraph.com/news/thailand-eases-restrictions-infrastructure-backed-digital-tokens https://www.legal500.com/developments/thought-leadership/thailands-exemption-of-cit-and-vat-on-transfer-of-digital-investment-token/

Why wait? I never keep a single Satang or a single Sat on an exchange. Get it all off now. Are you new to crypto? Unless you are trading crypto on a regular basis there is zero reason to leave it on a centralised exchange. Not your keys not your coins right? The whole point why crypto came about was to remove the dangers of counterparty risk, self custody in other words. This is the reason I ask if you are new to crypto, as someone who has a deeper understanding of the asset class would never really ask these questions. Not knocking you but you are asking questions related to counterparty risk. Get your crypto off and into a cold storage wallet, after which you don't even need to ask the questions you have asked. Same goes for your currency better in the bank than on the exchange. If you are nervous about self custody don't be, it's super easy. If you have already taken the leap into crypto then learning how to use a Trezor or Ledger will be a doddle. Don't wait for Bitkub to give you a headache.

OK so here's a very hypothetical 'WEN LAMBO' scenario in an attempt to help clarify things. Mr Lambo many moons ago bought a whole Bitcoin when it was $1000 [36,000 Baht] per coin. Being the HODLer type and firm in his belief that BTC was one day going to hit $1m [36,000,000 Baht] per coin, he declared his devotion and became a Bitcoin Maxi refusing to sell a single SAT. In 2030 Mr Lambos dream became a reality and the Bitcoin he bought all those years ago was now sitting at an amazing $1m [36,000,000 Baht] What would his options be? [Apart from moving to Dubai] A/ Sell his BTC for $1m - 36,000,000 Baht with a net gain of $999,000 - 35,964,000 Baht and file a tax return under the 35% PIT system [paying roughly 12,000,000 Baht in tax according to my back of a fag packet calculation] or B/ Move to Dubai.....sorry or B/ Go for the 15% CGT route in which case the tax would only be around 5,394,600 Baht. [See my point that's why the option to choose one or the other can't be correct. I think it is the tiered PIT calculation and no other.] All hypothetical of course, sort of. PS. Yes I am waiting for $1m+ Bitcoin so just need to live long enough. Smart or delusional? Thrilling ride into 'LAMBO HEAVEN' or a disappointing reality check that it was all an unrealistic dream. Not asking for advice or comment on the plan by the way, but I'll get some for sure knowing how Asiannow no-coiners love to have a dig. Just trying to understand what the best options would be? [Move to Dubai] I've already hoisted my colours to the mast. Glory or Death.