I'm not a fan either, but there are some things that are way easier to manage in docker containers, like personal mempool for example.  Almost anything that requires a dynamic web interface is frequently easier to manage through docker.  When I need docker for something I isolate it in it's own VM.

Same thing with NodeJs.  Fuck that shit, it ruins a Debian install faster than you can say NodeJs.

We're unable to do that (since you're not our user), unless GhostSwap requests we do so, which itself seems quite likely given that they stated they are looking at ways to refund you with their own reserves. However, as I understand it there's been some major issues that came up with respect to the funds that you sent them on the side of the liquidity provider they used.

Actually, verifying a PGP message should be as easy as verify a bitcoin signed message. PGP was designed specially for that verification....

Although I agree that in this cryptocurrency ecosystem  it is much easier to verify a bitcoin signed message and tool like Bitlist to verify PGP signatures in the browser is handy.

But in any Linux distro, you can verify a letter of verification using 3 simple commands in the CLI.

Download the b1exch key and b1exch_guarantee.asc and save in the Downloads folder.

Then just run

Quick update:

I contacted GhostSwap in private and sent them a screenshot of my proposal to OrangeFren. They replied that they are discussing it with their team.

I then asked them directly: if they agree with my proposal regarding OrangeFren � about returning my funds from their deposit � they can say it publicly here in this thread. I also asked for a timeframe for their decision.

Still waiting for their answer.

Unless I misunderstood you, "BTC" and "ETH" are reversed in the sentence you wrote inside the parentheses. I think you meant unless "I select BTC, then it changes to ETH", because in your first sentence, you already said that if the "You send is changed to any coin other than BTC", the "You receive" changes to "BTC".

Great one LoyceV.
Getting to a status where you state your intendent opinion without fear is an absolute freedom.

I really observed this, but was actually reluctant to say. If it is fully functional, everything should work. If the status can be tracked in percentage, 90% functional should be the score.

I was wowed by this suggestion. I don't think any service has done it this way before. If implemented will be great, but the extra efforts explaining to users that the "YOU RECEIVE" field is actually editable could be the problem.

I agree with you on this, and that has been my unsaid opinion. Someone visiting the exploit forum to claim escrow will consider the $200 lost because after receiving the escrow, they might have no need continuing to use the forum.

Also, someone might be trying to reclaim $150, then spending $200 to get $150 is ridiculous

It was a nice read.

What if I'm exchanging ETH for XMR, because that's what I have and want, do I need to download an unrelated Bitcoin wallet to verify their signed message?

FYI, BitList PGP verification runs entirely on your client.

The list of eligible users is shrinking real quick. I am not sure if it's because people are no longer as active as they used to be with their custom trustlists or just due to most old members who were once part of DT becoming inactive over the years.

Like Nutildah observed, I cannot even remember the last time I was removed.

Decentralizing trust system could only create more problems than we currently have.
I do agree that introducing something new to reduce signature spam would be a good idea, but with AI members can bypass almost anything.

Yes but not all spammers deserve to be banned, and I doubt moderators would be able to ban everyone correctly.

Yes, i search why.

Your posts on the sportsbooks in this forum are spot on. If the book takes the bet, then they should pay the bet. They can answer questions because the only question is what does degen consider abuse. What percentage does the line need to be off for them to void the bets of winners but collect from losers. There�s nothing secret about this.

thank you for hiding GhostSwap from your platform. I appreciate that you took this step.

I have a question: since you have a security deposit from GhostSwap, and my funds are roughly $20,000 (which is less than the deposit), would it be possible to release my amount from that deposit? Then GhostSwap can return the deposit to you later, once they finish their internal review.

This way, I get my money back, and GhostSwap can take as much time as they need to sort out their compliance issues � without me waiting another month or two.

I think this would be a fair solution for everyone. What do you think?

I mean does Fulcrum have like a Docker build or something? I don't like to host software directly on the metal because it makes it harder to uninstall.

I trust you and all that, but I'd rather not configure my Electrum to point solely at the loyce.club server - or whatever it's called, I read the domain but I don't really memorize those - so did you write instructions for how to recreate your 0.1 sat/vbyte server for myself?

Hardware won't be a problem - I have two very powerful servers at my disposal.

Re: Collectors gang. I have been working in the shadows of the Collectors gang for  a number
of years hence why GB hasnt included me. I was involved with Special operations. I am semi
retired now and have passed that role onto another member.

I can also confirm though that there is one prominent user who might be a member of both the
Collectors gang and the Italian Brotherhood - bitbollo. I gave been unable to ascertain which
gang he truly has allegiance to?

And it could mislead people, because people could falsely assume dust attack only works on Bitcoin address that already spend it's Bitcoin.

You hit the nail on the head and community sentiment should have changed 2 years ago on value betting aka weak or soft lines.

Since your post, the degencom has been busy posting several times including today but has not answered your questions. I read your neutral feedback on their account, it is very difficult for any member to argue to have the neutral tag revised/removed.

I am not impressed by their attitude, they should be posting in the threads where scams allegations have been made against them. It seems as though they wanted to give the impression they were taking the moral high ground by stating "We have intentionally refrained from responding in this thread while the matter is being handled through the Contest Hunters ADR process" but that stance might have some substance had it been related to tjat specific accusation.

There are questions not related to the specific allegation or are generic therefore should be answered. What is stopping them from addressing your points?

that would be annoying. most spare drives i would use have generally had some version or another of windows on it. if its on a drive would not a full format (and/or secure erase) delete it.

or are you implying that the gdid is in firmware somewhere (nvme/hd firmware, BIOS, something else?)

I admit that I�m sometimes a bit too cautious, but whilst exploring computer systems I have come across some truly mind boggling things. I came to trust open source and stopped using proprietary software many years ago, which is why I trust Bitcoin and have very little faith in third parties. Backdoors are everywhere, and they are there on purpose because the sums of money involved in personal data are enormous, and we all know that.

It�s actually a bad English and  that�s how it�s meant to be in the first place so that it will be easy for those who can�t speak English fluently , not those that are only  familiar with standard English itself.

The  bad English is meant to make it easier to understand but it can also successfully create confusion among those who speak it because it has no standard.. When we speak it, it�s more easier to understand than when we write it , that�s why it makes no sense to some attimes when a user writes in Pidgin.

The important part is that without understanding every word,  you can easily grab the whole idea a statement is trying to convey unless the writer makes it even more broken  .
7/10  of every Nigerians understands Pidgin anyway even if they can�t really speak it fluently.

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Nigeria language sys is complicated..
In Nigeria, we have hundreds of languages.. for example, I can speak 2 [one fluently ] but majorly we have 3~4  languages [according to the major tribes]. Breaking it down, each tribe can have upto hundred languages(most you won�t even see it on internet), so you can belong to a tribe and still won�t be able to hear what some set of people speak even though it still classified as the tribe language.. But each tribe generally have a major language they can all hear and speak[there�re still some isolated tribes in each tribe that won�t be able to speak the general though].

English is supposed to be the general but not everyone can speak it either, talk more of fluently . That�s where the Pidgin comes in , it has no rules / standards, a word can be replaced with as many as possible slangs or made up words, making it easier to communicate in English with others but not the standard English and not everyone can speak it . Yet, it works miraculously because someone that can�t speak it can still understand what you�re trying to communicate .

Yes, it might not be a problem, but it becomes one when a newbie ranks up faster with little effort, minimal contributions, or no meaningful contributions.. It can make other newbies with similar levels of contribution think �Why can�t I rank up like them?�. I�m not saying users can�t rank up with little contribution, it can depend on showing up at the right place &time on the forum , visibility and orhers..
Not sure which category OP falls in..

Probably for the mainstream,
Although Bitcoin isn't much different for them, most of them also store their bitcoins in Exchange, if not, in popular Multi-coin wallets like MEW.
But in my viewpoint, I'm seeing more posts throughout the internet about the latter.

But since there's no actual survey or study regarding this, we can't be assured on the actual numbers.

It's 100% bullshit. They offer the bet, they took the money, they look for a way not to pay. This community has just accepted whatever a casino says without really pushing back. If a casino doesn't want a players business, pay them and close their account seems like the correct action.

As I have stated dozens of times in multiple threads, a decent number of accusations in this section are bs, but there are accusations that I deem proper. Value betting IMO is 1 of the accusations I've seen that I disagree with, but the community has accepted it so I haven't tagged casinos using this excuse as scam operations. Maybe that needs to change?

Royse has only ever cared about his pocket, not the community.

I am being paid by the site but not for much longer I think. It's not a personal attack, it's an observation, I would think the same if I was wearing another signature or not a signature at all.

You are not always thick-skinned and that's a fact, you also get winded up in some AI-related matters. Maybe that means you are human after all.

About the Scamm Accusation, I think it is BS not to pay people their profits because they are value betting or whatever they are calling it. I made money playing poker for a long time precisely by value betting.

  I can access it.

Apart from that, I understand some of the points you are making but did you miss this?


You seem a lot more emotional than usual�not thick-skinned�.

We aren't comparing anything we are exemplifying a point.

There have been unfair terms imposed by banks and other companies�aside from casinos�that were accepted by customers but were later declared illegal by the courts, and the companies have had to pay the price.


They don't differ so much in developed countries as for unfair practices.


Of course. We are not talking about a hacker that gets into a banking system to steal money, we are talking about people who bets what the casino offers.


So, what? If the system is too complicated for you, don't offer those bets. What you want to do is place some bets and make sure you win, but if you see that the bettor is winning a lot, you make up an excuse�like saying he's value betting or some similar excuse�so you don't have to pay him.

Doesn't Unstoppable wallet already have integrated Tor inside their wallet?
That means your bitcoin addresses probably won't have the same IP address connections, unless you generate them all at the same time.
Other wallets also have something similar, and I really like this feature.

Wow, this feature already existed 10 years ago and I thought it was just an altcoin with a really strange name

From the thread, there doesn't seem to be a guarantee that the LN channels with maintained funds are actually self-custodial,; self-custodial LN is complicated, the only way is to run an LN node itself like LNDHub and so many others, but the intention of the encrypted messaging app operating on LN is interesting. For now, I'll just observe (although LN hasn't really caught my attention since 2021, I think).

This is inedible, now I'm suspicious, but what do they gain from this if not an interesting way to burn their reputation, in exchange for what? Although many disagree in the tweet and there's even a conspiracy theory that BTC is a surveillance tool created by the CIA for massive data collection... i.e, to what extent can we take these things we read into consideration?

Oh my God! This is too bad coming from someone whose name is Mr intelligence 

I have tried to reframe that post multiple times just to make sense out of it but I didn�t succeed. Considering that he's from Nigeria (based on his post in the local board) majority of us struggle with English but meh that was too bad. I noticed people complain about his bad post even in the local board.


Not really a bad English but it's difficult for non African people to understand. We call it Pidgin English (broken English) some people mix it with grammar while communicating but others enjoy using the pidgin to communicate thoroughly during conversation. It's actually easier to speak and write than the proper English.

Op, you're doing bad to our already damaged reputation. You've made similar thread on our local board about merit but you failed to realise that merits run away from people that chase it eagerly. You'll hardly earn merit complaining about the system but you'll surely earn it contributing to make the system better.

That's really a good advice, I'm not kidding. Let kids get good habits from the day one.
Personally, I was using windows for playing video games on my pc and I have a nostalgia for Windows XP and 7 too but it doesn't mean that I use windows today.

Not yet is a good answer. Too many people and too many companies don't pay taxes or fake the amount they have to pay. Using GDID for catching these people feels like planting a nuclear bomb in our computers to explode it one day. I think that if they use GDID for this, they won't be able to arrest everyone. Maybe a few at first but this will immediately be a clear message for absolutely everyone to move from Windows OS. But maybe then they'll make it mandatory to use Windows, who knows...

By the way, is Windows the only problem or does motherboard or other part of the computer carries the risk too that we don't know yet?

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^ Yes sir. It's LoyceV, how can (s)he be wrong!?

Yeah, actually this one:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5588303.0

Looks like LoyceV was correct on this:

Well, I recently said here that these topics bored me, and here I am again.

I've made a couple of decisions that some people on both sides are probably not going to like, but anyone who doesn't like them can go fuck themselves.

On the one hand, I've removed inspace from my trust list. To me, it's clear that the red is mostly due to the conflict between two sides (and that much of it is happening behind the scenes without us even knowing about it). Just like the red tag for BC Game when they changed managers. If you understand the context, you don't need a million examples to see the pattern.

Also, I checked out the �Scam Accusations� section to look at the threads about the casino I represent, and I found these:

Degen. $601 in bets voided, deposit refunded. SCAM

Degen.com Confiscated My Winnings

Degen Casino refuses to pay 513.98 USDT Sportsbook winnings

I'm going to wait for a resolution from contesthunters. As I see it, some cases are already there, and in other cases, holydarkness has advised those affected to post them there. I quite trust him and I will wait. But for now, I'm not happy with what I see, and can be summarized here:


I recently quit a campaign simply because I could see that the casino was being run in an amateurish way. I'll have no problem quitting this one if I don't see more satisfactory explanations from the casino and/or a fair resolutions on contesthunters.

That's true and their marketing should reflect the reality of the unreliability of their screening of incoming funds

100% agree with you

Thanks RedFlix, Benedesuuuk and LoyceV for the feedback. You presented good arguments.

In light of this we've decided to hide GhostSwap from OrangeFren.com until this matter is resolved.

Thank you mikel_012, LoyceV and others for the feedback.

We ultimately decided to hide GhostSwap from OrangeFren.com, because they advertised never-KYC to all users, not just ours. We'll restore them once that user's swap situation is resolved.

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The "DramaKon" situation has been resolved. The MK community reasserted that they want us to host next year's conference.

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Stats for searches on OrangeFren.com in June

XMR: 41.1%
BTC: 27.5%
LTC: 11.7%
USDT: 6.5%
ETH: 6.4%
USDC: 2.4%
SOL: 1.7%
XRP: 1.5%
BTCLN: 1.4%
TRX: 0.36%
ADA: 0.30%
ZEC: 0.29%
VET: 0.22%
TAO: 0.19%
DASH: 0.18%
ETC: 0.17%
BNB: 0.15%
DOGE: 0.15%
BCH: 0.14%
TON: 0.11%
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That�s exactly my problem � being too selective.
What occurred to me was to use the �recent posts� section to scrape profiles based on their most recent posts, without making too many requests on the forum.
However, this wouldn�t update the scores of profiles that haven�t posted for a long time.
I�m not sure if this idea would work well

You are absolutely right as far as I�m concerned, but in the last days I did some research because I�m well versed in regulations, though not as much as I am in IT.

It all comes down to the terms of the contract that the user accepts when installing software. At that moment, we forfeit our rights.

It turns out that the problem lies precisely in the regulatory hole between the US and Europe. The key point is that under the Cloud Act, the US federal government can force american companies to hand over data stored in their databases, even if those companies are based in Europe.

Just imagine the implications of this for AWS, Google, Apple, Microsoft� basically, most of the world�s servers. I find it absurd.

The problem is: if you do not accept the terms of contract, you cannot install the software, this is scandalous, the user have no choice.

They don't even need to do that. Most bookies limit or ban winners, you can google that but here is a link:

How betting agencies restrict punters who win too often or too much

Years ago I found out this was happening in Spain, and I thought it was only there, but no, it�s an international phenomenon, and tolerated by the authorities, even though bookies sell you the dream that you can get rich by betting from the comfort of your own home, and as soon as they see you winning a bit, they restrict your account or ban you.

That�s why I don�t usually place sports bets, apart from the odd one now and then.

They are new to forum, they only joined last month. It's entirely possible they aren't familiar with how scam accusation threads or red trust work yet.

The victim could have sent the forum representative a direct PM with a link to the scam accusation thread. They also could have asked someone like Little Mouse to step in and help get the rep's attention.



From what I can see, the victim opened a case on ContestHunter and is now waiting for a response from Degen representative
If the victim is willing to be patient and wait for the representative's response, then why are the rest of us in such a hurry to paint them red!

No, that's not what I meant. I am saying that if he is claiming to be the only one who got scammed out of hundreds or thousands of users, then it's quite possible he did something wrong himself that he's not mentioning. Of course he is only going to show the evidence that supports his side.
If the casino's forum rep had posted a detailed explanation in the thread, the whole situation would be much clearer.



You only quoted a part that could mislead people. The other part of my post is "If we immediately hit them with red tags the moment they show up, why would they even bother coming here to engage with people!"

I should have worded that better. I don't mean casinos specifically, I mean any project.
It's not right to slap a red tag on a project the moment they show up on the forum, especially if they're willing to communicate and resolve issues in good faith.

Now, if they start acting like 1xBit or Freebitco.in, ignoring users, refusing to address complaints, or engaging in shady behavior then a red tag is absolutely justified.

Sorry I should have write it before. Can you share some insights otherwise I assume you are asking everyone to trust you without a doubt on your judgement. You are not LoyceV yet.

Have you cross checked evidences from both sides? If so, please write me in PM.
Do you have the tools and resources to cross check the evidences provided?
Do you ignore that fact that a group of abusers can targeted the new platform Degen by thinking that they won't be able to detect the abusers. Credit idea.
Have you not seen such accusations that comes from accounts to take advantage from the community where a lot of them are fake?
How often you tag other casinos?

Leave everything aside, provide the convincing evidences that came from both sides and the facts that decided the accuser is innocent.

It sounds weird but it is what it is. We managers have fans/ideal assistances. The long explanation is because to provide enough reference of the weird culture we established. This is the main reason I always say giving merit source, and DT status to a campaign manager contradicts with the roles and interests. Managers get two powerful tools to manipulate the system.

We managers have communication between us. I do have the same communication with everyone except one specific manager. So when some weird things go around we are informed.

Not going to any accusation (maybe degencom is selectively scamming, maybe not - that's not my main topic of discussion) in details but in general, do you really think a business who is spending $6,000 to $8,000 a month on their campaigns with this community only (not adding any other platforms) is going to create a controversy on their PR for only $601 if there were no flags? I am sorry, you have not yet understood the reason of this topic otherwise you would not ask whey I did not post on the scam accusation.

You are talking about 4 days, can we ask inspace why he had to wait so long before tagging BC.Games (Please don't think I am defending BC.Games)? Obviously, I don't expect inspace to visit all accusations on the scam accusation board and tag contently to all accused casinos.

I hope you have my answer already.

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Off topic: I appreciate long ago you corrected me about an exchange called SplitNow. CCE.Cash with same feature (I see they disabled BTC to BTC, not sure when they did it but for other coins you still can exchange same asset to same asset)

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We saw similar with jambler. Manage was aware about everything but they continued advertising until the admin interfered.

No one took the job to follow all the cases. But when someone shows interest in the scam accusation board only if the casino's campaign is managed by a specific campaign manager, that shows the true color behind their motive (obliviously it�s not to protect the community).

So far we've only heard one side of the story. The victim will naturally only present the evidence that supports his case. We haven't heard any explanation from forum representative yet. Once we do, it might turn out they were actually in the right.



I respect his point but a casino has thousands of user. Why would something like this only happen to one player! If other players aren't having issues, there's probably a "but" hidden in this specific case, something their forum representative can clarify.

Besides, after mixer promotions got banned from forum, these casinos are pretty much the only ones left. If we immediately hit them with red tags the moment they show up, why would they even bother coming here to engage with people! We should be a bit more tolerant with new casinos, especially if they're willing to communicate with everyone via representitive/paid campaign/games&rounds etc,,,

I understand what you mean, but I�d like to point out that in sports betting there is no such thing as a �house edge� as such. There is no inevitable mathematical certainty of a profit for the casino (or a loss for the player) after x amount of bets.

Orangefren deserves the negative tag as well because they promote the "No KYC" slogan for a scam service, helping them to trap more victims.


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Merit.s I have broken your beautiful numbers so that you can reach the next milestone. I want to see you achieve 1000 merits very soon, friend.

AFAIR it's a feature called Microsoft Defender SmartScreen which I think is enabled by default or M$ sells it to the user as utterly important, necessary, inevitable, ...

I'll quote what Google's AI search result burped, because it summarizes it quite nicely:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/operating-system-security/virus-and-threat-protection/microsoft-defender-smartscreen/

I'm pretty sure M$ has it somewhere in the tiny footprints to label such data harvesting as "legitimate interest", especially when the user consents to the features under the label of safety and protection. Who reads the footprint, anyway? 


Tell that to the schools and universities, also! M$ and Apple know exactly why they heavily "sponsor" educational bodies.


Do real hackers use Windows? I wouldn't, if I were in their shoes. I was quite amused to read of above mentioned "hacker" that he actually used Windows while doing his dirty work. If you want to get caught at some point of level of dirtyness, use Windows. Safe bet. LOL, that's why I recommend using Windows to cybercriminals...


Windows and privacy has long ago become and is a contradiction in itself. I would also go so far to say, that with cloud^{by major players} usage you throw privacy out of the window. If not by content (rare cases of end-to-end encryption), then by usage metadata.


I won't be surprised if something like this GDID telemetry will be buried in UEFI firmware and Intel ME blackbox which is mostly beyond control anyway. ME has such an independent and low-level control of the device where any OS basically can't do anything about it (unless you remove ME, but that has implications we're told are bad). And it's not that AMD hasn't something similar to Intel ME...

the big drive MS has is (in win11) wanting to save all your stuff to one drive, where they pinkie promise no to peek at it.

the lengths one has to go through now for simple privacy is getting absurd.

I could, but I've refrained from mentioning anything like that - only because the last thing I need is someone to be all like: "Hey! You're not "BTC", bitcoin is decentralized - and belongs to no one! Reeeeeee�!!


Ok these people have issues, lmfao.

That's so true.. every link in below post is username :p
And not all of those are that annoying e.g. (.)(.)

It is useful even for people who are PC, but want to pay with their phones.

there are some mobile wallets, 100% of the exchanges requires a mobile app... Someone may want to send funds straight for binance, for example.

Yep. (Though, to be pedantic: it's their display name that I have an issue with, not their username; probably their username is not a BBCode tag.)

I guess it irritates me mostly from a technical perspective:

(*) Allowing BBCode-like display names leaves open an easily-closable avenue that slowly subtracts from the available BBCode "namespace". I know that that's a confusing sentence, but, what I mean is: Let's say someone decides/decided to call themselves [hide]? That would irritate me, because it would complicate this patch (as in, if the hypothetical user named [hide] were still active or could become active again, then I would not be able to pick hide for a tag name, and if that user were inactive and couldn't become active again, then I would need to date-gate the logic to avoid catching old mentions of their name; I mean, I probably should always include date-gating logic with any tag-introducing patch, but that thought doesn't take much away from the argument that I'm trying to make here).

(*) Allowing BBCode-like display names is the kind of trade-off that just... doesn't make sense to me. For example, what if someone wanted to be called [sup], [nbsp], or [/code]? Think about how those names interact with various posting norms and with most people's BBCode proficiency.

Thanks, Loycev. This shows that many of my suggestions are correct. It�s an interesting article, I would recommend everyone read this.



The GDID is under Article 4 of the GDPR because it is a unique code which, when combined with other information identifies a natural person. Therefore, the consent of the person being tracked should be required.
However, Microsoft is an American company and the request comes from the US federal authorities, there is no mutual agreement between the Americans and Europeans in personal data (more american sites are blocked in Eu, for example), and so Microsoft was able to hand over the data collected via GDID to the federal authorities. This is why biggest american companies operate on a different level; they are often above the rules and collect data on a global scale. And sell it.



As I have said, we are not quite at that stage yet, but tracking cryptocurrencies in the future using the GDID isn�t impossible. Up until 13 years ago, no one would have even imagined that regulations could tie CEXs to national authorities, yet that�s exactly what happened, and it has created problems.
Once the telemetry is available (past telemetry too), microsoft can query the servers in 1 minute to provide data on who has installed desktop wallet software or set up cold storage on a Windows PC, it�s simply a matter of analysing the available data. An eventual state in economic crisis (more of Eu states) can pay for this data and recover money from taxes.

Thread you linked have no mention of "signal" and i didn't find anything related from quick google search with keyword "site:obyte.org signal". But i found this podcast (i only read the transcript) that partly answer my question.