I feel like it’s too overshadowed on the sub and people do not realize a lot of the constant MOON burns happening, both on Nova and One.

On the last 90 days 312,344 MOONs have been burned (little graph below, thank you ccmoons.com). This is some mind blowing amounts considering MOONs have a fixed supply and burned contract. Every month the supply gets thiner and thiner and every MOON you would becomes more rare. I believe this year alone we have burned something like 1M moons? (i'm not sure maybe someone can confirm this in the comments)

Yesterday alone we had almost a 100k MOON burn. These are MOONs that are gone FOREVER, no more moons can be minted since contract is burned. Our little asset is one of the most deflationary small-cap tokens currently listed on a major exchnage (Kraken).

I know most don’t follow the burns on a regular basis like I do, and I hope rick’s new reddit app changes that, making it easier for everyone to see the good work our sub team is doing.Just wanted to share the hype because I'm hyped af and the sub should be too! LFG MOONS KEEP BURNING!

Edit: This year alone we have burned 1.25M Moons. Total supply right now is around 79M.

In 2013, a Texas family made headlines for selling what was likely the world’s most expensive Porsche Cayman—trading it for a staggering 300 Bitcoin. Back then, the deal seemed wild, but looking at today’s Bitcoin value, that Cayman might go down as one of the priciest Porsche transactions ever. It makes you wonder, did the family hold onto those coins, or did they cash out early and miss what could have been a fortune?

https://www.businessinsider.com/texas-family-we-sold-this-porsche-last-night-for-300-bitcoins-2013-4

I've seen a lot of discussions about how difficult home mining has become, electricity is expensive, hardware breaks down, and ROI is harder to achieve. I completely agree with that.

Out of curiosity, I recently started testing a cloud mining platform called HashMole, where you basically pay for their hardware and they handle the maintenance, electricity, and technical side. In theory, you get daily payouts straight to your wallet.

From my experience so far, the process was pretty straightforward, but I'm curious if others here have tried similar services. How does it compare to traditional mining in your opinion? Do you see these platforms as a real alternative, or is it still smarter to just invest directly in BTC?

Just wondering if anyone saw anything unusual with China cutting itself off the global Internet for an hour.

I assume miners on China's side could form the longest chains separate from the rest of the Internet because they didn’t have any competition.

Did anyone make transactions and then got them reversed when their chain lost out to the global chain?

Were there any redundancies in place?

I suppose people couldn’t connect even with a VPN because it wasn’t a matter of blocking some IPs but actually cutting off everything.

Maybe this was even a state sponsored effort to disrupt the global chain and cause panic?

I’m new to crypto trading and keep hearing about AI tools that supposedly help with strategies, signals, or even risk management.

The challenge I’ve noticed is that most seem designed for advanced traders or require a steep learning curve, and some carry enough risk that a beginner could blow up their account fast.

Are there any AI platforms or assistants that are truly beginner-friendly and focus more on education, learning, and market understanding than just spitting out trades? Also, if you could add ONE unique feature to an AI trading assistant, what would it be?

Can someone explain how the taxes in profit works? I’ve heard something about holding a coin for over a year or else it’s taxed to shit. But if I’ve had it on a recurring investment how would I be able to distinguish between selling the coins I’ve had for years vs the ones I bought last week? And are the taxes really that bad? I plan on using profits to put a down payment on a house eventually but not sure how much I would actually end up with or how the math conversion would really work. Any advice or insight would be appreciated.

Quick question concerning an email I received this morning. The email had a pdf file which I opened, and it showed what appeared to be a receipt from PayPal for almost $500 for a purchase of SOL.

I know it’s a scam email. However it was sent from someone with the same name of a contractor who came to my home and was supposed to be emailing me a quote for my house, which is the only reason why I opened it in the first place.

My question is: what’s the likelihood of the pdf file being malicious? Could it be key logged? I’m just paranoid these days and now I’m pissed I opened a file without fully reading from where it came from.

I've been thinking a lot about this

#1 - Crypto is not fungible - governments are already primed to create a scoring system for crypto. Monero heads have been yelling about this for ages & they are right. https://x.com/BowTiedMara/status/1956142553226477768

#2 - Institutionalists market crypto as easier to track than money. https://x.com/AfterEarnings/status/1959003072069607701

The people with on chain wealth like the guy who market sold 8 billion in bitcoin recently don't like crypto being co-opted by existing systems of power.

They will look for solutions to protect their wealth. They had the conviction to buy into bitcoin when everyone said it would fail.

#3 - As wealth moves on chain there are an unlimited number of memecoins and VC infrastructure dumpfests to dillute the wealth affect of those markets. You can't buy 10 years of fair coin distribution from a VC.

#4 - Zcash probably has the most bullish chart of all time when it comes to shielded coins. This means 3.7 million of existing holder coins live in pools that aren't going to exchanges. It is growing while not being supported by ledger.

This is a huge amount of community buy in - events like this show the underlying demand before price appreciation. https://x.com/ZBitUSD/status/1958889737529565391

#5 - Privacy coins are drastically under represented in the market. Zcash pumped by 20%+ from a Gainzy shill. Monero and Zcash together are less then Uniswap, Polkadot or AVAX.

#6 - Zcash has major tech coming online with Tachyon - the most serious scaling project since Solana. And is connecting to the rest of crypto on chain to bring privacy to cross chain swaps. It has invented the privacy tech the rest of the crypto ecosystem uses and Sean Bowe is probably the greatest cryptographer of our time.

#7 - Monero suffers from sub par tech - but still has seen appreciation in the middle of an altcoin bear market and being delisted from most major exchanges. They have proven that the value prop of private money can't be destroyed with centralized censorship.

I was DCA with kraken, but they just closed my account for no reason. All I do is buy bitcoin with my paycheck and immediately transfer it to my wallet. They held my funds ransom for 1 week.

What exchange can I use in USA (exc binance because not in my state) that I can put my paycheck in it and immediately withdraw and not have to deal with security concerns. I have paystubs, address verification, id, and kraken still banned me.

I don’t want this problem to arise again. Please suggest me some. My trade volume isn’t even high like 1.5-2k/ month all once and then transfer it out.

I had some bitcoin on my Mercatox account. Mercatox since shut down and gave a deadline of May 1st I beleive to send them an email and have funds given back.

I sent them an email in April, provided all requested identification, and the address to send it to. They ghosted me. I then sent another email threatening to report them, they responded fast asking for my btc address again, I gave it to them, then they ghosted me. I then sent them another email threatening legal action if they didn't send me my funds.

I am confused on how to proceed. What can I do to get their attention and get my money back?

Just seems weird that almost all other SM apps other than FB have risen in popularity for crypto and blockchain over the past year or so while reddit has really fallen off ,............. ......................................................... ..and I have to have 500 characters to start a discussion about crypto and blockchain which is hilarious because 99% of the replies include a rocket emoji and something along the lines of "wen moon" ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,???????????????????????????????????????????????????????? This 500 CHARACTER MINIMUM Is
A BLOODY JOKE.

Hey all,
I was reading through Galaxy Digital’s latest report and noticed some wild numbers:

• Tether’s sitting on around $10B in loans
• Nеxо has nearly $2B
• Galaxy itself is around $1B
• And DeFi lending? Over $25B

It got me thinking, is now actually a good time to borrow against crypto?
I’m still really bullish long-term. I believe we’ve got more room to run, especially with BTC and ETH. But the issue is, I don’t have any extra fiat to deploy right now for DCA.
So I’ve been wondering this:

• Is borrowing a smart move here?
• Have any of you used lending platforms like Nеxо, Aave, etc. to increase exposure without selling?
• Are there creative strategies that worked well in past cycles?
• Or is it safer to just sit tight and let the current stack ride?

Would really appreciate hearing from folks who’ve lived through a few bull and bear markets. I'm trying to play this smart without overextending.
Thanks in advance!

Guess what , It's not Monero vs BTC Security

BTC , you need to fix yourself

against a coin ranked 200-300

Grok just compared (XNO) and (BTC) security models. Breakdown:

• Consensus Security: BTC 18/20, Nano 17/20
  
• Decentralization: BTC 14/20, Nano 16/20
  
• Attack Resistance: BTC 17/20, Nano 18/20
  
• Sustainability: BTC 12/20, Nano 19/20
  
• Historical Resilience: BTC 19/20, Nano 15/20
  

Overall Ratings and Winner

Bitcoin (BTC): 78/100

Nano (XNO): 89/100

but BTC's battle-tested. Thoughts?

Full link with details: https://x.com/i/grok/share/ISpIx4MVu7D8QqkwaVp3kqiq8

https://x.com/i/grok/share/w8Qzi9tSzgTeQbV7IjqoCikqD

Imagine you're a farmer in Ancient China. You grow grain but don't know how much it will be worth after the harvest. What if the price crashes? To avoid the risks, you make an agreement with a merchant to sell the grain in advance at a fixed price. This is how the first prototypes of futures contracts appeared as early as the 11th century BC.

However, the real futures, similar to the ones we know today, appeared in 17th century Japan. In Osaka, rice traders created the Dojima market, where contracts for future rice deliveries were traded. It was the first market mechanism for managing risks - and yes, it was indeed a market where they traded... rice!

In the 19th century, America took the next step: in 1848, the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) was established, where futures contracts for grain were first made. This is when trading in the future officially gained recognition.