I mean, success is never guaranteed in the world of business, not matter which kind of business we talk about. The fact there are so many affiliate websites on the internet, it means there is much competition and only those who offer the best information and ranking on casinos will eventually stay in business and attract enough clicks from potential gamblers.

Obviously, this ecosystem is made for the best ones to succeed, and the mecriodre businesses will eventually left behind if they don't adapt. That is how a healthy market works.

I don’t really consider that news enough to cause a significant change in the market direction of Bitcoin. At most, we can find people move coins between wallets while preparing a more safe means that they would be confident in and not necessarily having to liquidate their asset. It was a wallet issue and not really a problem of Bitcoin.

When I read the OP, I had to check the charts real quick and price at the time of writing is around $63.9k that’s actually stable, considering how the market has faired between last month and now.

Me: I have an exchange, write me a sales promotion post to market my reseller exchange
Chatgpt: Since it is a reseller exchange, it will be right to mention the main project that performs the transaction.
Me: No, pass it like I own everything.
Chatgpt: Say no more...

Me: Suggest me a powerful name/slogan for my exchange that will make people patronize me.
Chatgpt: Say no more...

We are still saying the same thing here, your address must be connected to something, you perfectly mentioned social media and it’s actually a platform too where you leave your footprints that can get linked to you. Like addresses on social media, profile picture and many more on your bio which exposes you, this is not actually different from a KYC platform because the exception is a government ID that the exchanges requires as more than the social media.

Even on this forum you can remain anonymous until you reveal certain details that exposes you identity and it’s what I was actually pointing at, if you have an address already associated with your social media accounts and you consolidate UTXO that includes this addresses then it signals that it’s yours

This is about someone's career here, so I don't think they can just give out punishment to random players, including the ones who are fully involved in the game-fixing. They will need to conduct a serious investigation before they can confirm and punish only those who commit the crime, unless the entire team somehow indirectly participated.

And no matter how we try to stick with bitcoin logic, people will always have their final say so I think let's not pour too much effort on that. People will appreciate bitcoin when its time to, just like those bitcoin critics that are now supporting bitcoin that best way they can.

We should learn to accept the fact that we all have different philosophies with bitcoin, theirs are not wrong, they just see bitcoin the other way around.

I think this is heavily dependent on if one of those addresses have actually been linked with any KYC platform because if none of the addresses hasn’t been linked with any of the platforms then it’s only your privacy that will actually be affected as all the addresses containing those UTXO will be associated to one entity because of the consolidation but you yourself you will remain anonymous since your personal details are hidden.

Then the only way again you reveal more of your identity is through the nodes you connect to, if your IP isn’t hidden the node will connect those addresses together and eventually finds out that it’s coming from the owner of that IP address

Yasss, you have a point. Traffic is probably the biggest factor but i think it is not just about getting a lot of visitors. the quality of that traffic matters the most. a smaller site with the right audiences can sometimes gain more profit and do better than a bigger site but most visitors aren’t interested in signing up...you have to build a trust and getting consistent in what you need to do even though it takes time. Once the site has an outstanding reputation and starts ranking for the right keywords, the affiliate side becomes a lot more worthy... I think that it is mostly about building the site and audiences than expecting higher revenue at the beginning.

I think there's some confusion towards your answer in his statement, because maybe you are confused with the bolded text he mentioned.

But try to proceed reading because he also said that self custody is the best, which I also agree because. We cannot rely those exchange the safety of out funds, since they are most riskier place or platform to store our wallet.

So yeah hardware wallet is the best if we compare on the exchange you use as example or maybe any other one even if we say they are big or successful now.

In reality, not that many people use Coldcard or even noncustodial wallet. I agree that this is not a big enough issue to shake the market or cause a serious Bitcoin sell off.

Regarding bear market, Bitcoin is currently down around 48-50% from its ATH, which is a relatively modest drop compared to previous cycle. So if history repeats itself, it could still drop below $50k.

Lastly, sometime Bitcoin does not need a specific reason to go down. Just look at what happened in late 2025 and early 2026. Bitcoin reached $126k and then quickly fell to $60k, without any major event causing the drop.

The fact that everyone can do whatever they want with Bitcoin is the reason why some chose to do illegals with it by stealing from others, well it's not Satoshi's fault, that's not the reason for creating Bitcoin, his intentions was for a good cause but some decided to use it as a tool for crime, that's why some feel it supports criminals activities but "you don't blame the gun but the man behind the gun" and anyone that's not truely convinced about it should go for other options they feel is better.
 For someone to verify a hardware before using, cryptography is supposed to be understood by the person to a great extent so it could be audited properly but those who ain't capable of doing that should just go for extra security with an open source wallet that's non custodial and can be strengthened with passphrase.

Speaking strictly from my own experience, a lot of people (those around me) have already figured out the system is messed up, but the issue is on how to actually escape through Bitcoin. Bitcoin can't provide you your daily or monthly income, you basic and secondary needs, you have to be under the system to get that (speaking for someone who recently wants to get into Bitcoin); the only ones who can live comfortably with Bitcoin are the OG's those that have started accumulating or mining for up to or more than a decade ago, and they even need to be within the confines of the system to do that.

So I don't think there is any escaping the system with Bitcoin, you just have to exist with it while reducing its impact and effect with Bitcoin. Bitcoin is more like a shield than an escape.

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Well, from my POV, it's way off 

On a more serious note, those around me really do want to invest in Bitcoin, but they do have the issue of patience and capital. If I tell an average earner to invest in Bitcoin, after explaining it all, the mechanism, the potential etc, there response will be to hold on until they've made enough capital to invest. Meanwhile, the well to do are already pouring in a lot into it, at this point it seems the rich are just getting richer.

That sounds so inspiring that any ambitious youth should try to transcend a broken system and create his/her own destiny. I know it's harsh to say but, there's no individual talent can overcome a deeply flawed system, and a corrupt leadership resulting to a collapsing economy. Especially if there's a limited or inaccessibility for education, healthcare, and jobs, even if the person is determined will be constrained by these forces which is far beyond their control.

In this kind of situation, it will be hard for the youths to pave their own path. Unless they focus on having a small but powerful circles. They can use their personal growth to collective progress, by using each and every step forward to strengthen each other. This includes having to provide mentorship and where they can exchange resources. I know this might not immediately fix the broken system, but it means that progress is no longer defined by what the government allows.  The youths can slowly build alternate routes through shared effort.