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ILPT: Guide to aging and passing counterfeit money (USD)

So first off, I'd ike to give some general guidance on cfs. You can make some decent, quick, money from doing this but you shouldn't expect to get rich off this or have this be a full time thing for you. Dont save up all ur money and buy 10k worth of bills. That's they way that people get caught. You're best off putting a couple thousand dolalrs of fakes (at most) into your city for some quick cash, then take a break from any counterfeiting for a few months before you even think of doing it again. Hitting other cities or even other states in the meantime is a good idea.

The most important part of the whole process and maybe even the most difficult is finding a good vendor. I know sourcing isnt allowed here so i wont mention any specific vendors but i will give some general tips. Youre gonna have to go on the dark net to find anyone. Any clearnet vendors are fake. Also, anybody u find off the hidden wiki or whatever other retarded site noobs stumble across after googling "how to get on the darknet" are scams. Theyre all just noob traps. Any sites advertising north korean supernotes or whatever else are scams too. Most of the "legit" counterfeit vendors (meaning people who will actually send u something) u find on the markets will really just be selling shitty wish bills. You cant trust market feedback, thats another noob mistake. it is easily faked. Also, it is very easy for vendors selling shitty unsuable bills to get away with it because of the way the market dispute systems work. They really only care about whether a package and product was delivered. If they send you actual prop money theyll probably still win the dispute because they have a tracking number to provide and proof that they sent u fake money. To find a good vendor ur gonna have to actually do some real digging and research. Most counterfeit vendors will briefly stay on a market to get some customers and make a name then will just leave and do business through a tor email or jabber and rely on word of mouth to get more customers. THis is very smart because counterfeit vendors attract a lot of heat. The secret service deals with counterfeiters and they have more free resources and time to hunt people down than agencies dedicated to tracking drug dealers.

The second most important part is aging the bills. A lot of people make the mistake of just trying to pass the bills as is after they recieve them. Even the best vendor's bills will still need work done on them. And any vendor advertising "pre aged bills" or saying their bills dont need any work to pass is lying and most likely scamming. The aging process is pretyy time consuming and no vendor is gonna actually do it for the thousands of bills they produce.

Below is a copy past of two differnet mehtods u can use. Theyre both good, but best way to go about it is to combine the two where possible. Both methods will cause the bills to pass the "pen test" and also seem aged and look real.

Best Ways to prep CNotes for the feel!

Almost every day I'm 'bombarded' with questions about what does prep notes means and the best ways of doing it...

I'll leave my opinion about it and would appreciate [italic] others views and opinions on how to do it. [/italic]

1st - Prep notes is the process of aging and make them 'feel' like the real deal after printing them and inserting the security features.

Did some research and talked to a few 'players' and, for me, the process applied that raises less 'double checking' from people when accepting them is below.

What you'll need;

Ashes,

Tea light candle,

Hairspray.

Process

- 'Dip' your notes into the ash recipient and 'massage' them (makes the brand new looking paper dirty, aged)

- With the back of a tea light candle rub slightly the entire note. (Be careful not to rub heavily, it will look streaked and raises suspicion, also on the silver security features you might scrape them off if not gentle. This will help with the feel)

- Spray them evenly at a good distance, let's say, 30 to 50cm distance. (Do NOT soak them, if you do it will give you the opposite effect you want. That will help with the normal crackling of notes and together with the candle composite help's you with the pen test, not full-proofed. Oh and avoid using a heavily fragrance hairspray it will stink and people will notice that making them look twice to the note and you don't want that!)

After this 3 steps, fold and scrunch the notes in various ways, don't overdo this step it will make the notes weird and, again, you don't want people looking twice to the notes. Put them on you pocket and 'spend' a day with them there while you go about your day.

My opinion is that if you do this process, it will increase your odds massively of passing them successfully... Not 100% guaranteed, keep in mind that the quality of printing and inserting security features is, about, 70% the most important bit when playing with 'novelty' note.

Massively important and most people forget this detail... WEAR GLOVES when prepping the notes, and if you can, when passing them.

Why?

Imagine this scenario, you create the notes and prep them. You go along pass them and go home with 'clean' cash, end of day when banking the counterfeit notes is detected that is fake, depending on quantity, value and strictness of MO from the company they decide to pass them to LE and they go about dusting them for fingerprints. You didn't use gloves so it shows your fingerprints plus the cashier and LE involved with the notes, who do you think they will suspect??!

Hope this helps, you artists, at least a little bit more about on this 'art'

And please share your expertise, so I can learn as well.

Be cautions and peace out!

Tea light candle is good for obtaining "waxy" feel.

What has worked in the past with people I dealt with:

-Graphite Powder

-Tea Candle

-Krylon 1311-matte finish. It's a spray-fixative often found at art supply stores. IMO superior to hairspray.

-Needle-nose or fine-toothed pliers

Crumple bills, straighten out, dust with graphite powder to make them appear older. Then blast a good 2-3 coats of Krylon matte over the bill. Good to go.

Finally, crimp the coat around the portrait area using needlenose pliers, with a good amt of pressure to mimic the intaglio ink.

Liquid bandaid is your friend when passing, btw. Gloves seem suspicious if you are not in a cold area.

Method 2

INSTRUCTIONS:

-Spray bills with Krylon 1311 and allow to dry. (I only do the front of the bills because that's the side pen tested most often and it won't saturate the bills as much).

-Now this step I will describe best as I can: Take one bill and fold it in half, hold it with your index finger and thumb and kind of pinch it in a way that you roll the bill up and down do this in both directions and you will notice the bill gets very soft because it tears some fibers doing this (This is what will soften the bill more than the hydrualic press believe it or not).

-MAKE SURE YOU HAVE NOT TRIED PEN TEST YET!

Get a small bowl of ashes like cigar ashes and pour onto a small piece of aluminum foil. Rub the borders of the bill in the ashes, so it's not bright white of course and makes the bill look aged. (Most counterfeit notes usually have dates of 2006 or earlier, this was 13 years ago remember. Bills should definitely have some kind of dirt on them).

-Get some vaseline. A very very small amount and rub it on your index finger to make a thin layer. Apply a very small amount on the face of the bill where you think would be pen test and spread it out so you can barely tell it was applied.

-Try the pen test, if it passes with a bright yellow line or dot that's good wipe it off as much as possible with a paper towel and the bill is good to go. If it turned light brown apply just a little more vaseline. IMPORTANT If the marker glosses over the bill and barely left a mark you've applied to much vaseline you can fix this by re-aging the note carefully.

In the second method, i disagree that u should only apply krylon to one side. It is a good idea to avoid oversaturation, but u want both sides to look and feel the same in case they turn the bill over. I recommend just lightly spraying the back of the bill.

Also, imo both guide's dont emphasize avoiding leaving fingerprints and dna enough. I reccomend liquid bandaid and gloves while working on the bills. I also recommend wearing a beanie to avoid any hair falling and sticking to the bill. If it is cold where u live then wear gloves while passing in addition ot the liquid bandaid. if it isnt then do not. If u cant reasonably wear gloves while passing the bills, then what u should do is run an electric sander and briefly tap ur finger prints on it while its running. this wont fuck up ur fingers or even break the skin. it doesnt even hurt, it just feels funny but will still temporarily distort ur fingerprints so that they wont match to u if pulled. Then after that, apply the liquid bandaid (some people recommend clear nail polish but i think bandaid is better)

Also, don't rely on any tv methods. Poker chips in a dryer fucks the bills up, using coffee is not as good as ashes or graphite.

Now suprsingly, the easy part of all this is passing the bills. This is what I consider to be the best method: buy counterfeit 20s. Hundreds and 50s attract a lot more attention and examination. After aging, take the 20s to a dollar store or any other small store that will not have cameras and does not experience a lot of serious theft. Since there isnt qnything to valuable in these stores the employees tend to be more relaxed and less on guard. Not to mention, its probably pretty shitty workting there so they probably dont realy give a fuck. I always avoid stores in the ghetto because theyre more likely to have been hit with counterfeits before.

Before going to the store, I recommend parking ur car in a different lot and then either walking or biking over to the store. This is in case any of the other stores have cameras that the police could pull footage from. Also, if u get very unlucky and any employee follows u out of the store, u wouldnt be able to get into ur car cuz theyd see the plates. And if the cops show up itll be easy to know which car is urs cuz itll just be abandoned and sitting there.

At the store, buy a couple dollars worth of items (not just 1 dollar, thats more suspicious) and then give them the 20 and get change. Talking to them during this proces is a good idea, ask them how their day is or whatever. You'll seem friendly and less suspicious and itll also distract them. I recommend going for elderly or teenage cashiers if possible.

If the worst happens and they realize its a counterfeit just start yelling at them and accusing them of trying to scam u then take the bill and leave.

IMO this is th ebest way to pass bills because the managers probably wont care too much if they only got scammed with 1 fake 20. They might not even care enough to involve the police or might not bother because they think the police wont care. Best case scenario is they dont ever realize and the bill goes to the bank. By then, it'll be too late for them to have any idea who could have spent it or even when it was spent.

Now here are some common methods i see posted that i feel are bad ideas:

using all ur bills at once to buy expensive things. Any store with expensive items will definitely have cameras and probably loss prevention too. Preventing theft and fraud will probably also be more highly emphasized and trained on at these stores. Also, if u scam one place out of hundreds of dollars theyre more likely to involve the police and do everything they can to get u caught.Handing over a bunch of bills at once is more risky too because the cashier will have to spend more time handling and examining the bills. Lastly, youre more likely to encounter some idiot employee wanna be cop that will try to chase u or detain u to protect their beloved companies laptop or whatever lmao.

Buying off of craigslist. This is often recommended but I feel this is a terrible idea. Craigslist has a reputation for being sketchy and dangerous so anybody selling is more likely to be on guard and looking out for any signs of danger or scams. Also, a dollar store cashier probably wont care too much even if they realize ur scmaming them. Theyll most likely just call the cops (giving u plenty of time to safely get away). In the craigslist scenario ur personally robbing the person, not just the shitty company paying them minimum wage. They might be so angered if they realize ur scamming them that they're willing to pull a gun or chase u down or beat u up to keep u from escaping.

Buying from drug dealers. Pretty much the same reasons as why i think craigslist is a bad idea. Also, the drug delaer might be more dangerous and willing to hurt u if they realize anyting is off. If its just some college kid selling weed, u have the opposite problem. if they get caught using the bill theyll definitely be willing to give the police a complete list of any customers that could have given them the counterfeit bills.

Buying gift cards. I see this recommended all the time but this is an awful idea imo. Gift cards are very high fraud risk items and buying them might cause the employee to pay more attention. Theyre frequent targets during counterfeiting and credit card fraug. Theyre the first thing every "genius" thinks of buying. Also, i dont thinks spending them is safe. People often recommend selling them for bitcoin but youll get a really terrible percentage of the value and itll really eat into ur profits between payng money for the cf notes and then selling the gift cards at less than face value.

good luck to anybody trying these methods! hope this was helpful

Do you want this or not? # YANGGANG CALL TO ACTION

If YOU want to read the long version of WHY I'm pushing these two, scroll further down to the OG post and do YOUR own research.

Strong language and caps ahead.

I am fucking done waiting for the Gang to trickle in and get on board with this stuff. WE need to put some damn effort into this and focus on what is working, money and textbanking.

I'm fucking done watching twitter drama and just normal ass pictures (I love them as much as the next guy, but seriously?) hit 20k+ upvotes, while dedicated calls for action and posts about hitting OUR GOALS crash and burn with <1,000k upvotes.

Do YOU want to secure the fucking bag?
Do YOU want to help make change for YOUR country?
- YOUR family
- YOUR friends
- YOUR neighbors
Do YOU want to help MAKE FUCKING HISTORY?
- First Asian-American POTUS
- (Insert comment here, I need to get this posted)

If yes: COMPLETE THE STEPS BELOW

If no: ily yanggang <3, but this is not an option. YOU are here for a reason. COMPLETE THE DAMN STEPS BELOW

TEXTBANKING

Textbanking (campaign has stated this is a priority, correct me if I'm wrong)
- u/yanggangman has been busting his ass off spreading the word trying to hit the #1000Texbankers4Yang goal.
- u/arijit1188 has also been pushing banking / donating hard, with little reception
- u/sintyre has made this pledge.

Here is the total as of 2 hours ago:

94 / 1,000

Yuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuup. That's what OUR goal is at. Leaving money on the table from willing donors, and upvoting twitter drama screenshots. That's how WE lose this fight.

Disappointed?
- Me too.

Do YOU want this man to be #46?
- ME TOO.

Stop procrastinating and get signed up to bank, canvass, host events, literally anything. Yes, I'm talking to YOU. YOU cannot sit there and watch this happen. YOU NEED TO FUCKING FIGHT IF YOU WANT THIS.

FUNDRAISING

2 million fundraising goal
- Sidebar is at $988,652 / $2,000,000 (49.4326%) as I'm typing this (11/29/19 @12:30pm)

I have been pushing the Cash App referral system hard. I've been called out for advertising for them or being a marketing shill. I honestly just like the damn app and we are leaving free money on the table.

85,700 SUBS x $10.00 FREE MONEY FROM THE REFERRAL = $857,000 of FREE MONEY FOR THE CAMPAIGN

That's the MATH, baby. Doesn't matter what % of subs we refer.

Why? It's free fucking money, Gang. C'mon, think harder.

I'm asking #yanggang to rally right fucking now.

If you do not have Cash App, I'm asking you to DM me and let's get that referral money (If I can post my referral link here, I will).
If you want more info, scroll down.
Skeptic like me? Scroll down.
"This dude is just gonna take the money and run"
- I will literally provide my home address so you can come and beat the fucking free money you just took 5 minutes to generate if I don't donate every cent to the campaign. I will provide every ounce of receipt.
- Not good enough? I'll make a public google spreadsheet detailing every transaction. Why haven't I already set this up? This has gotten 0 traction. We are leaving free money on the table, Gang.

There it is, Gang. This is me risking throwing my family's security in the public eye for Andrew Yang.

I believe in us, YangGang. We always double down and get shit done when the stakes are high. I know we can fucking rally and make history.

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OG Post:

I'm going to pull a page from u/arijit1188 's Yangbook and post this every day until we get the necessary traction to get this going!

This is actually a very serious opportunity for us!

Now that I have your attention:

I'm going to lay out a detailed plan on how we are going to generate a TON of money for the campaign.

If we organize and spread the word about this idea correctly, we can generate a free $10/person with less than 5 minutes of effort.
$10(\~84,600 Subs) = $846,000 in FREE FUNDING FOR YANG!

There is a well vetted, popular money sharing app called [Cash App](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cash_App) used by tons of people. My s/o and I use it daily to send our share of groceries, rent, meals, and bills. It's slick to use and free (Also supports bitcoin and cashcards). I genuinely love this app and vastly prefer it to Venmo or Paypal. Just my opinion.

Please note:

[Cash App Wiki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cash_App) (again)
Developed by [Square, Inc. \[NYSE: SQ\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square,_Inc)
Square, Inc. was founded in '09 by [Jack Dorsey](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Dorsey) and [Jim McKelvey](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_McKelvey)

Here's the logistics of the free fundraising:

Cash App includes a referral link system where one person can send out a referral link, Yang Gang not currently signed up with the app can use the referral link/code and enter bank info. After completing one successful transaction (minimum $5), each party will get $5 deposited into their Cash App account.

That's a net of $10 free dollars!

I've just tested this with u/TeslaMecca. They can attest how simple and slick this is. This is a huge opportunity for us Gang.

Here are some more details on the logistics:

I sent u/TeslaMecca my referral link.
u/TeslaMecca entered their card/bank info
u/TeslaMecca sends one transaction (Minimum $5)
Cash App deposits $5 into both u/jorjorbiinks and u/TeslaMecca 's digital wallet
u/jorjorbiinks completes a $5 payment back to u/TeslaMecca . My wallet now has $5, and Tesla now has $10.

Again, net of $10 free dollars! Awesome!

The sweet potato about this is that we can elect and vet volunteers to set up a sort of 'referral link hub' where trusted yang gang could sign up to collect funds and max out their individual donor limit, and transfer any remaining funds to the next volunteer. We could do a weekly push to keep maximizing referrals.

More on the referral system:

[Referral info page link](https://www.maximizingmoney.com/money-service-offers/square-cash-app-referral-bonus/)

For the lazy:

"Square Cash App Referral Program Details

\You must have the Square Cash App on your mobile device to access the referral program.*

Once you have opened the Square Cash App, just visit the “Invite Friends” link, where you can enter your friend’s phone numbers to send them a referral.

When your referrals download the Square Cash App, connect a debit card, and send $5 or more, you will both earn a $5 bonus credit.

It looks like you can refer as many friends as you like, and there is no limit to the amount of $5 referral bonuses that you can earn.

Referrals must be sent via your phone, as you cannot refer people from your online account."

Please note: if you do not have this app, please don’t download/sign up for it unless you have a referral link. It’s worth $10!

I'd like to get a discussion going in the comments about what we think about this plan. Any input/critiques are HIGHLY ENCOURAGED!
I will not be collecting any money until we come to a conclusion on a plan. If we come to an agreement, and I'm entrusted by the YangGang to spearhead this, I'd be more than happy to provide in/out receipts for everything (as should other volunteers for this funding campaign).

I think it's important for me to give a little background on myself before asking you all to trust me with this task. Below is a little about me if you're a skeptic, like myself.* ***I'm taking a leap of faith revealing a LOT about myself and locations, so please be courteous to me and my family. Iowa nice <3.***

About me:

My name is Jordan, I'm a normal 28yo guy from Central Iowa who has a similar background to many of you; never been actually involved in the political process until Andrew Yang. Andrew has really showed me that not only can the political process be fun and exciting, but also bring millions of Americans together in the process.

I'm from a small farm town of \~1,400 people. I graduated HS and moved out of state for college. I'd been involved, and in charge of several small-scale philanthropy and fundraising clubs (*I'm willing to provide more detail and background for those who are skeptics*). After graduation, I worked in several sectors. I've done a bit of marketing, TONS of customer service, retail, food service, management, and finally ended up in the healthcare sector. I'm currently working to help Americans in my state navigate their insurance to get their vital diabetic supplies. I have a s/o that I love to spend time with, as well as our two cats and dog. I'm very close with my family and friends, love to be outside, play video games, build LEGO (when I can afford it). I absolutely love helping people and making a difference (especially when I can SEE that difference!). I'm fortunate enough to be in a position in my life where I can dedicate some time and energy to this campaign that I so passionately believe in (<3 you YG!).

Anywayyyyy... I've been Yangin' since around debate 1 (late June).

Things I've been up to for YangGang:

Spreading the word to friends, family, coworkers, etc.
Canvassing
Text banking
Making recurring donations
Sending mailers to friends
Sporting/ordering merch
Spreading/sharing on social media
I am also helping u/TeslaMecca with spearheading the Overpass Banking on I-235 ([Original Post](https://www.reddit.com/r/IowaForYang/comments/dy5f5z/the_most_important_freeway_overpass_section_in/) ).
Bonus: You can hear me stuttering and stumbling over my words after I answered a random New York phone number while I was at work during [Andrew Yang's Halloween Power Hour](https://youtu.be/RpuLNrSpc6Y?t=1342) . I'm a real boy!

Shameless plug for textbanking:

I've been textbanking for the past few weeks and I've got to say, it's a pretty great experience. I've had numerous hilarious encounters with fellow Americans while simply volunteering my time and texting. It's really fun. One of my canned introductory texts was met with the following:

Contact: ok boomer

Me: What? lol I'm a millennial? born in 91

Contact: bs, name 3 pokemon

Me: just 3? like from any generation?

The conversation went on to just shooting the spit with a fellow American around my age about pokemon (and a dash of politics). There are countless memorable experiences I've had while volunteering. I'm still currently talking with a contact that started with; "what did the optometrist say to trump after his eye exam?", which after a minute I laughed and understood the punchline. We veered off the political discussion and now we are talking about our favorite comedians and shows we have seen live.

I'm strongly encouraging anyone with free time to get signed up and send a few texts out. It takes about an hour or so to get signed up, but once you get going, it takes a few seconds to get signed in and sending texts and making a difference. My favorite thing BY FAR about this is you can actually see the difference you are making. Sure, you're going to get a few people telling you to fuck off, yell at you to opt them out, or ask tough questions that you're not sure how to answer. BUT, you will have the ability to answer meaningful questions to genuinely curious Americans about this candidate that we are so passionately pushing to the highest office in our land. The banking community is extremely welcoming and helpful. Please consider donating your time and energy to this. It's a great way to contribute, especially when I can't afford to donate.

[Here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Eao47ri3BLlzWarmTOpBndA_zCVVpzlm0oW6gKSCIKo/edit) is the To-Do List for signing up. Let me know if you need help, I'm passionate about this campaign and will take time to walk volunteers through.

Whew, that was a long post! Took me a few hours between cleaning/laundry. I hope you all can see what I'm seeing for this opportunity.

-I worked really damn hard on this, please upvote and share for visibility friends-

TL;DR: Let's secure the fucking bag, YangGang!

Dog Bless,

~Jordan

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Why Monero will be outlawed by western nations and why it wont matter

Hello again freinds. I've broken a few stories with some reddit posts in the past and I felt like we are finally reaching the point where my prediction almost 2 years ago that Monero will be outlawed in western countries is starting to come to fruition. Several exchanges have recently delisted Monero for being "too private," but this decision has nothing to do with the preferences of those exchanges. The delistings are caused by the whims of a group of international organizations that ultimately operate in the interest of an alliance of countries called NATO.

About NATO

NATO has maintained its dominance in the world's power structures for over 70 years due to many factors, but one of the predominant prevailing factors is its control of the world's financial systems. Around the founding of NATO, humanity developed a new weapon called The Sanction which has been the most powerful weapon produced in many ages. It among many things toppled the nuclear super power USSR without firing a shot, but probably indirectly killed millions or perhaps hundreds of millions of people.

The Sanction is an attack on a country's markets' liquidity. Decreased liquidity increases the spread on prices of goods (the difference between a taker's price and an asker's price in a trade) and causes shocks to markets that ultimately cause recessions and depressions. Modern financial systems enable extremely high liquidity, and when they are taken away, liquidity is orders of magnitude lower.

Why does NATO care?

One of the primary reasons the international organizations that align with NATO are worried about cryptocurrency is its ability to be a back door around sanctions. If they were used in this way, they could potentially rewrite the power structures of the world.

The largest example of how crypto is being used as a back door on a large scale right now is in an independently governed area in Georgia called Abkhazia. Abkhazia amounts to a Russian puppet nation, and currently is one of the biggest mining areas in the world. The reason for this is it is a Russian money laundering hub. The way it works is Russia sells gas to Abkhazia with an unlimited line of credit, Abkhazia doesn't pay a dime of that credit, cryptocurrency is mined with the power from that gas, and those cryptos are then sold for western currency by Russian-aligned companies.

This operation in Abkhazia is an example of the primary reason there is international backing to hamper cryptocurrency and especially privacy coins. It all revolves around the battle to break the viability of sanctions so these countries can operate without that tool (I would call it a weapon) being part of the leverage against them.

One thing to watch for is any jargon speaking about "Anti-terrorism." "Anti-terrorism reform" actually means "Pro-NATO reform." These efforts are not really a bad thing if you live in NATO countries. They will keep you wealthier for now. However, they come at the direct expense of the other side's welfare (the other side being most countries outside of NATO).

Why does Bitcoin get a pass?

Bitcoin is not an issue for the west because the west will eventually track the identity of all the owners of "patriated" coins in existence, most of which will be in custodial addresses with no direct customer access. You can already see an example of how custodial bitcoin ownership is already prevalent with The Cash App and Robinhood's "Buy Bitcoin" investment features. Eventually these apps may add receive and send functionality to bitcoin, but it will be a centralized layer 2 system that only allows you to send to KYC-screened recipients.

In the future, there will be two varieties of Bitcoin according the western financial system: "patriated" coins where their history and identities are known, and a series of rules are followed in sending and receiving; and "unpatriated" or "wild" bitcoins that have anonymous or "bad actor" owners. This separation will allow the same sanctions to be performed in bitcoin as in the existing financial system.

Monero has no place in the future of the western financial system because it can not be sanctioned because it is the most fungible value transfer system in existence. This is also ultimately why I am extremely bullish for Monero.

Why does it not matter what the west does regarding Monero?

Ultimately fighting against the "wild" coins -- ones with no owners or centralization -- will be fruitless for NATO because the nations that stand the most to gain from reducing the power of a sanction are already building their own financial infrastructure in a coordinated way.

The most interesting development in my opinion is a new effort by the "BRICS" -- Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa to develop a cryptocurrency for international settlements:

https://cointelegraph.com/news/brics-nations-discuss-shared-crypto-to-break-away-from-usd-and-swift

When you consider that it is much cheaper to build a cryptocurrency than to build the banks, customer support, and auditing infrastructures of the dinosaur that is NATO's financial system, their decision to invest in a cryptocurrency makes a lot of sense.

Make no mistake that this "BRICS Crypto" is no panacea; it will be designed in the best interests of the nations not of the people. However, it is a great example of how NATO fighting cryptocurrency is fruitless. The reign of the Western Sanction will disappear in the next 10 years and the structure of power in the world will be stirred dramatically, and probably with considerable hardship for average people.

Why am I bullish on Monero?

I believe in the event any dramatic shift in power happens, that Monero is the most suitable currency for any people who "fall through the cracks" -- whether they be people in war torn areas, oppressed minorities, or simply those in poverty. If there is any shock to the western currencies, we already know how crypto is a suitable replacement. I believe Monero is the most suitable crypto for this type of use case.

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Beginners' Guide to Own Bitcoin Cryptocurrency

Bitcoin Cryptocurrency is buzzing all over the world, whether you are on the internet or any media. It is one of the most exciting and craziest things happened that comes into existence in the last few years only. More importantly, you can earn an awesome return by bitcoins trading or you can keep it for a long term.

You may be heard about Stocks, Commodities, Forex, and now a new currency called Bitcoin trading that impacts greatly on our lives. In this beginner's guide to Bitcoin cryptocurrency, you will get to know the A B C of Bitcoin.

About Bitcoin Cryptocurrency

The emergence of Bitcoin is still not known but a paper was published in October 2008 under the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto held from Japan. His identity is still unknown and believed to have approximately one million bitcoins valued more than $6 billion USD as of September 2017.

Bitcoin is a digital currency popularly known as cryptocurrency and is free from any geographical boundary. It is not regulated by any government and all you need is an internet connection. XRP Transactions As a newbie, Bitcoin technology may confuse you and a little bit tough to know about it. However, I will help you dig it deeper and how you can also do your first Bitcoin trading at ease.

Bitcoin Cryptocurrency works on blockchain technology which is a digital public ledger and shared by anyone in the world. You will find your transactions here whenever you do any Bitcoin trading and anyone can use the ledger to verify it. The transaction done will be completely transparent and is verified by blockchain. Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency are the parts of blockchain and are an awesome technology that runs on the internet only.

Key Terms Related To Bitcoin Cryptocurrency

Before you ready to own your first Bitcoin, it is better to know the key terms related to bitcoins. It is also termed as BTC which is a part of bitcoin and 1 bitcoin equals 1 Million bits. With the emergence of bitcoins, some other alternative cryptocurrencies also evolved. They are popularly called Altcoins and includes Ethereum(ETH), Litecoin(LTC), Ripple(XRP), Monero(XMR) and many others.

XBT and BTC are the same things and commonly abbreviated for bitcoin. Mining is another term used a lot and it is actually a process done by computer hardware for the Bitcoin networks.

Things You Can Do With Bitcoin

You will be able to trade, transact, accept and store bitcoin. You can send it to your friends, request from a friend and store it in your digital wallet. Even, now you can top-up your mobile/DTH directly by paying through bitcoin.

Transaction cost is low as compared to PayPal, Credit cards, and other online intermediaries. Furthermore, it also protects your privacy that may get leaked on the internet while using credit cards. It is extremely secure and nobody can seize or steal coins. Due to its transparency in the system, it is also not possible to manipulate because of the shared public ledger. You can verify transaction from anywhere and at any time.

Demand is likely to rise as the total production of bitcoins is to be limited to 21 million only. Japan has already legalized it and other countries may follow it soon and the price may hike further.

I will be covering more on Bitcoins in detail in the upcoming days where you will learn great stuff of bitcoin trading. You can comment your views and ask anything relevant to bitcoins.

Daily analysis of cryptocurrencies 20191129(Market index 31— Fear state)

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BoJ’s CBDC Research Report: Specific Design Of CBDC To Vary According To PurposeOn Nov 29, the Bank of Japan released the Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) research report, which analyzed and discussed the main legal arguments of the CBDC. The report concludes that the legal discussion of CBDC will involve a wide range of laws, such as the Bank of Japan Act, the Civil and Commercial Law, the Administrative Law and Competition Law, etc. Certainly, the specific design of the CBDC will vary greatly depending on the purpose of issuing. If the issue of the CBDC is discussed, more in-depth legal discussions are needed.

Russia May Ban Cryptocurrency PaymentsAs reported, the Russian Central Bank and the Federal Financial Monitoring Service are preparing to ban the use of cryptocurrencies to pay for goods and services. The initiative aims to combat crime in the cryptocurrency field. The Russian Central Bank has not confirmed that it is preparing relevant draft laws, but said it is ready to support. Russia’s Ministry of Finance holds a similar position.

New EU Bill On The Fourth Money Laundering Directive Allows Banks To Hold And Sell BitcoinA new proposed bill on the European Union fourth Money Laundering Directive will allow banks to buy, hold and sell Bitcoin. The amendment on the directive comes to ease stringent rules that prohibited banks from either offering virtual asses or providing custody services. The move is an excellent relief for financial institutions in the region.

NatWest Forms Blockchain Consortium To Streamline Home Buying In UKNational Westminster Bank, commonly known as NatWest, is a significant retail and commercial bank in the United Kingdom looking to streamline the process of home buying in the UK. Currently, it takes an estimated three months to finalize a purchase. Still, the hopes are through a new distributed ledger technology consortium with Coadjute and leading property software providers, this process might cut down to three weeks.

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Yesterday, bitcoin climbed above the key $7,300 and $7,400 resistance levels against the US Dollar. Moreover, there was a close above the $7,400 level and the 100 hourly simple moving average.

It opened the doors for more gains above the $7,500 level. Finally, the price tested the next key resistance near $7,700 (as pointed out in the weekly forecast). A high was formed near $7,676 and the price is currently correcting lower.

It traded below the $7,600 and $7,550 levels. Besides, there was a break below the 23.6% Fib retracement level of the upward wave from the $6,855 swing low to $7,676 high.

However, the $7,400 support area seems to be acting as a strong buy zone. If there is a break below the $7,400 support, the price could test the $7,300 and $7,295 support levels.

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Encrypted project calendar（November 29, 2019）

Zenon (ZNN): 29 November 2019 Awareness Fund Payout “Distribution of the fund takes place every Friday until Pillars Lock-in Phase is completed.”Tael (WABI); 29 November 2019 Founders AMA “Three days to go until our Founders #AMA, this Friday, hosted by @binance.”

Encrypted project calendar（November 30, 2019）

Ethos (ETHOS): 30 November 2019 (or earlier) Rebranding “In November, we unveil the broker token, a dynamic utility token to power our commission-free crypto trading and broker platform, Voyager.”Digitex Futures (DGTX): 30 November 2019 Public Testnet Launch “…We can expect to see the world’s first zero-commission futures trading platform live on the Ethereum public testnet from 30th November.”Monero (XMR): 30 November 2019 Protocol Upgrade “Preliminary information thread regarding the scheduled protocol upgrade of November 30.”Chiliz (CHZ): 30 November 2019 (or earlier) Fiat to CHZ Exchanges “We will add another two fiat to $CHZ exchanges in November…”Skrumble Network (SKM): 30 November 2019 (or earlier) P2P & Group Calling “P2P & Group Video Calling,” during November 2019.Aergo (AERGO): 30 November 2019 (or earlier) Mainnet 2.0 Upgrade Mainnet 2.0 Protocol update by end of November.Akropolis (AKRO): 30 November 2019 (or earlier) Beta Release “All functionality has been deployed to mainnet.”Nash Exchange (NEX): 30 November 2019 (or earlier) Mobile Strategy Phase 2 “Phase 2 of our mobile strategy will be live soon with our wallet and portfolio app hitting stores in November!”Akropolis (AKRO): 30 November 2019 (or earlier) Beta Release “All functionality has been deployed to mainnet.”Pakcoin (PAK): 30 November 2019 Staking Mobile App Android app for staklet is going to be launched on November 30th.

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Auxilium (AUX): 01 December 2019 AUX Interest Distribution Monthly interest distribution by Auxilium Interest Distribution Platform for coinholders. Also supports charity.I/O Coin (IOC): 01 December 2019 Pos Reward Halving IOC block reward halving is happening on December 1st 2019.ABBC Coin (ABBC) 01 December 2019 Migration Requests Start “Migration requests from the #AladdinPro Wallet will be accepted starting on December 1, 2019.”

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Bitcoin (BTC): 02 December 2019 CME Futures BTCX19 Bitcoin Futures Contract (BTCX19) settles on December 02, 2019.Waves (WAVES): 02 December 2019 Waves Exchange Launch “As of November 18, users will be able to import their accounts and seed phrases, and, on December 2, the new exchange will be launched.”BZLCOIN (BZL): 02 December 2019 New Website New website and pre-launch “Patron”.Decentraland (MANA): 02 December 2019 Creator Contest “Announcing the Creator Contest, from Dec 2–15. Submit your most creative interactive scenes for a share of $50k USD worth of prizes up.”Bitcoin (BTC); 02 December 2019 CME Futures BTCX19 Bitcoin Futures Contract (BTCX19) settles on December 02, 2019.

Encrypted project calendar（December 3, 2019）

Aeternity (AE): 03 December 2019 Sofia, Bulgaria Meetup “Come hear @noyyy and @em introducing the project, followed by talks by Karol Skočik, Juraj Hlista, and Stephan Verbücheln.”Quant (QNT) 03 December 2019 QuantX London Conference “QuantX is a half-day event being curated by Quant Network with an audience of 100 industry professionals from across the fintech…”

Encrypted project calendar（December 4, 2019）

Aeternity (AE) 04 December 2019 Sofia Hackathon “The next aeternity blockchain hackathon will be held in Sofia, Bulgaria, on December 4th, 2019!”

Encrypted project calendar（December 5, 2019）

***OKB (OKB)：***05 December 2019 OKEx Cryptour Kyiv Ukr “Join us in Kyiv as we journey through Ukraine for our OKEx Cryptour!”Horizen (ZEN) 05 December 2019 Weekly Insider Team updates at 4:30 PM UTC/ 11:30 AM EDT: Engineering, Node network, Product/UX, Helpdesk, Legal, BD, Marketing, CEO Closing thoughts, AMA.

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TenX (PAY): 06 December 2019 COMIT Hackathon “The #hackathon will be held over the weekend of 6–8 Dec at the TenX HQ in Singapore.”Noah Coin (NOAH) 06 December 2019 Japan Roadshow — Sendai “As you know, we are organizing the trip to the cities of Japan in December.”

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Storm (STORM): 07 December 2019 Loyalty Program Registration for our fourth and last loyalty program will end on December 7th!MediBloc [ERC20] (MEDX): 07 December 2019 Token Swap Deadline “Please submit your swap before 7th of December 23:59(UTC+9).”OKB (OKB); 07 December 2019 OKEx Talks 2019 Calabar “Join us on 7 Dec for our first OKExTalks in Calabar, where we will be discussing ‘Digital Assets and Tokenization’.”Dash (DASH); 07 December 2019 Open House “.. Dash Core Group will be hosting the Dash Evolution Open House on Dec 7th… in Scottsdale, AZ, from 1pm to 5pm MST.”Noah Coin (NOAH); 07 December 2019 Japan Roadshow — Tokyo “As you know, we are organizing the trip to the cities of Japan in December.”

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Noah Coin (NOAH) 08 December 2019 Japan Roadshow — Nagoya “As you know, we are organizing the trip to the cities of Japan in December.”

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OKB (OKB) 10 December 2019 OKEx Talks — Rotterdam “Join us on 10 Dec to explore “Decentralized Finance” & the benefits & opportunities it presents.”.Newscrypto.io (NWC) 10 December 2019 (or earlier) Platform Redesign Updates: Brand new Landing page, New Trading Tools and Updated School Program.IOTA (MIOTA) 10 December 2019 Karlsruhe Meetup “Come learn about the IOTA technology! Dec 10 at 6PM CEST.”OKB (OKB) 10 December 2019 OKEx Talks — Rotterdam “Join us on 10 Dec to explore “Decentralized Finance” & the benefits & opportunities it presents.”.Newscrypto.io (NWC) 10 December 2019 (or earlier) Platform Redesign Updates: Brand new Landing page, New Trading Tools and Updated School Program.

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This is my story. Ten thousands of Euros debt and no will to live at 21. Long story.

Imagine, you are a 18-19 years old kid.

You have everything you need, family, friends, girlfriend, own rent, parties,

university, health, happiness, future, peace of mind and a grand in your pocket.

You go and lose the grand.

You go a few more times and lose them all.

You just ask yourself what the fuck is wrong with you...Years pass and you realize you are a pice of worthless shit.

This is my first and probably my last reddit post. I read lot in this thread and unfortunately found similir stories.

I'm 21 now, I live in Hungary, Europe and English isn't my native language so sorry for grammar and spelling mistakes and for the poor vocabulary.

Here goes my story, I hope it will be instructive for somebody.

Lets go back in time to 1989-90, 8-9 years before I was born. The communism and socialsm ended in Hungary and in Eastern Europe.Around this time appeared slots and casinos in Hungary.

Huge change, new opportunities. This time was a goldmine for "entrepreneurs", you could make big money from almost everything.

My father has really good business sense, thats what I inherited. And gambling addiction.

I heard lots of stories about him, just a few to mention. So he made businesses (nothing illegal that time) and in two days he made more money than my mother earned as a teacher in a year. He could lose that in a night. Stealing money from my mom or from his parents. They sold lands,houses actually everything to pay off his debts.

One of his friends suggested him start to operate slots. A few years ago that man was one of the 100 wealthiest Hungarian.

My dad chose the wrong side of slots. Funny, isn't it?

This addiction went on, causing lots argument.

As a child I never understood this arguments, but I knew something isn't ok. They divorced when I was 5 or 6. Then my mom raised me.

I don't want to seem stuck-up, but I'm quite clever and have good logics, always had good grades with almost zero learning-but it doesnt matter-, I can memorize things, understand and solve problems easily.

I learnt to play chess and poker when I was around 6 or 7. My mom sometimes play poker and different card games with her friends at very little stakes-like 1 or 2 Euro. Just for fun.

I regulary played with them as kid and as a teenager.

I had to write this down, because I belive genetics, childhood arguments and playing with real money led to my addiction.

I have to tell after my parents divorced, my father started some not legal "business", making unbeliveable huge money in days.

As I was told once he made 6 million forints in one day, that time that money worth about 25k euros, for that money you could buy a flat in the downtowns of county capitals, or a house in the county.

He lost that money in a night. When I met him I got lots of stuff from him. New phone, best clothes, toys, Legos whatver I wanted.

Then got busted and spent some time in jail. Now he has nothing, no money, no house only a 20 years old car. You can fell from high.

But I cannot complain because my mom provided me everything, above her money and power.

I had everything, we weren't rich just a little above the avarage, but it wasn't a problem to go skiing or on holiday to aboard and things like that.

Probably this is why I didnt learn to handle money. If I asked for something, not for big things, just for lunch in the school bufet or to go out with friends I got money.

Now really start my story. First, it was a golden time.

I exactly remember the day. I was just 16. It was afternoon, and I was heading back to the high school because I had an exam.

I saw the postman and I bought a scratch ticket from him for no reason. That decision defined my life.

(Here in Hugnary you can buy scratch tickets from the postman, my mom used to buy once or twice in a month.)

After the exam with one of my older friend scratched the ticket and I won from ~4 euros about 30.

This is not big money, but for a 16 year old kid is quite good. I had everything what I needed that time, always got money for going out. That moment I felt really happy. Well, who isn't happy if get some extra money?

Then we went and changed the ticket for money. That friend always bet on sport events, but only at minimum stake. I was always intrested in sports. Played handball for years.

So he showed me how can I bet on them, I risked ~3 euros and I won 25. I was so happy, 55 euros from 3. A factory worker earns this money in 2 days here.

We went out with friends at the weekend. I invited friends and girls for drinks. I belived the world is mine.

Age limit doesn't really matter in Hungary so thats why you can play gambling and buy alcohol easily.

From this time I bet once, then twice a week and the stake was rising, not big amounts, but well for a teenager is big. Sometimes I won, sometimes I lost.

Mostly lost, but I always had money, beacuse I got and I always found out how to make money, but I don't want to say more detail here because, not really legal but nothing serious. My classmates started betting on sports too, but at the minimum stake, less then a euro. By that time I was playing with bigger stakes. Oh, I laughed at them. They laugh at me now.

At the end of the high school mostly everybody hold a party, banquet for friends and family before final exams.

Ussually friends and family members gives money and alcohol.

I had a quite big party almost like a small wedding and of course was given lots of money.

We decided with my mom, we put this money into my bankaccount, collect a little more and buy a car for me.

I lost more than a thosuand euro in two or three weeks, things started became very serious. I didn't even realized what a fool I am.

Then in next September I started the university, I moved from my little town to one of the largest city in Hungary, first to a dorm then I got a rent.

It wasn't far away, only one and a half hour bus trip, but I didn't wanted to travel 3 hours almost every day.

My mom paid everything. My dorm, my rent, my tuition fee, my living.

Once we went out with friends for a few beers and then went to the casino. 2nd worst decision in my life after buying that fucking scratch ticket.

Those lights, sounds. We played roulette, I won.

Then I started going to the casino with friends, when they didn't want to go I went alone.

Roulette and sport betting. Not the best pairing.

Usually I went back to the dorm Sunday afternoon, I almost every single time lost my money what I had for the week that night. I ate the food for 4 or 5 days what I took from home. I could live as a king, but I was the one who never had any money. Always borrowed from some friends to live, eat, for bus ticket to home and for gambling. Sometimes I hadn't eat for days.

Started having debts, not bigs but I always went back with more money than my friends and I had to borrow. What a shame. I claimed students loan, in one amount for a semester. Almost a grand. Lost it in two day. No debt was paid.

But, I did not give a f about it because I have to pay it back after I finish the university.

I decided to stop gambling, pay my debts. I decided to find a student job, I had much spare time so I will pay my debts and hopefully I learn to appreciate the money I have.

I didn't have so much opportunity, this part of Hungary is not so rich. Few jobs and they don't pay well, esspecially student jobs. I found one where I could start the next week. It's hard to explain, but I went to this agency's office, signed the papers, went to the doctor to get the papers.

On my first -and last day- went to this factory. It was a factory job, but they were looking for students. I went there. There were no students, only these 40-50 years old, uneducated people, who worked their whole life in the factory and the biggest joy in their life to watch some shit reality show in the TV.

-I have no problem with factory workers, a job is a job, its not a shame to work, but these people were horrible, we couldnt even talk. Worst 8 hour of my life.

Few days later went back to this agency office, gave back the keys I got and told I don't want to again. They said okay and they pay me in cash instead of transfer money. I assumed I will got about 20-25 euros, but they deducted their share and the price of the permit, what the doctor gave me.

I got 1120 hungarian forints(about 3.3euro now), that time I smoked Davidoff Classic costed 1180Ft. I couldn't even buy a fucking pack cigarettes from my favoruites after 8 hours of work. Went back to the dorm to the roof where smoking was allowed, lit up a cigarettes and almost started crying.

I asked myself, where is my life going.

A little break for 2-3 months. I paid the money what I owed to my friends. Find a really nice, loving girl.

Then I moved to a rent. 600m from the only casino in the county. Fuck. 3rd worst decision.

I started going again and betting online, losing money. I found a student job in an office. A worked lot there meanwhile coping with gambling. Once I noticed my salary arrived I lost it in less than a half hour. I worked a fucking month.

Losing student loan again. Well, started kind of "business" in big. More money. I don't want share details here, but I earned with a 6 hour "job" as much as in this office during a month.

Of course lost everything. I borrowed from richer friends money, because no capital left and they knew what I do and I earn really good money.

Lost the borrowed capital. Sold almost everything what I had. Macbook, clothes, childhood toys. Almost everything. Lost that money also.

My mom gave me in cash my tuition fee for the semester on a sunday, before I went back to my rent. From the train station I went directly to the casino instead of my rent. Lost all my money. Borrowed more money to pay the uni.

A few friends and my girlfriend knew that I gamble, but I always lied. Few times got busted, arguments, then I promised I won't gamble more. A few friends knew about my debts but they thought just a few hundred euros. This is how I lived for one and a half year. Paying some debts, borrow more money, gamble. Fucking circle. Was always late with my rent. My girlfriend bought me food, what a shame. I was so ashamed myself.

There was a time when I was studying at 4am because I had 1 exam in the morning and 1 afternoon. One of my friend wrote me a message, they had few drinks, they go to the casino. Im not that kind of sport man and smoke almost 2 packs a day. I ran as my life was at stake.

I spent the weekends in my hometown. We always played some games on xbox, drink few beers, had a good time. These always ended up driving to 30km to the nearest casino, losing everything.

Another time I was alone in my rent with no money no food left. I sat down in the kitchen. All i had a week old bread and mustard. I put the mustard on the bread and started crying. Whats going on, where my life is going to.

I could tell you so many short stories about what I did, what I lied.

And a very important story how I made broke my mom. So I was into cryptocurrencys and things like that. I convinced my mother to invest some money into Bitcoin and other stuff. She didn't knew about my gambling so the gave me a thousand euro, in a short time it became more so I conviced her to give me more money. I got 6k euro. Then later about 10k more. Its a big amount here. She earns about 800-900euros. I invested this money really, I didn't touched it. For a month. I lost it in about 3 months. Well, actually the exchange rate dropped to the half but I lost it.

Last year, October did the same lost my tution fee. Ah. Then my student loan. Then borrowed from another friend and I also lost that money.

By this time I was oweing to 20-30 people. From 3 euro to 3000. I couldn't get more money.

I was about to be kicked out of university so I decided I have to tell my mother I have problem with gambling. I told her I lost the money and I have debts. I lied. I said less debt than I really have, just the urgent ones. It was a little calming inside. I knew its not on me anymore. Partly.

Of course she was mad at me, after living with my father for 20 years. Her hell starts again. We agreed I move out of my rent and go home, I will travel with bus to the university when I have to go in and she pays my debts to my friends but I will have to pay her, so I will have to find a job. Oh and she gave me the money to pay the tuition fee. What did I do with it?

You can find out. I lost it.

What an idiot am I?

My girlfriend broke up with me, my mother is mad at me and I gambled again. Im stressed and depression takes over my mind. I thoguht I hit the rock bottom.

I lived for a few more weeks in my rent becasue that was paid. I didn't attended to the uni. Just sleeping and lying in the dark room all day thinking about suicide.

Finally my tution fee was paid my father, because I told him what I did again.

When I moved out and was collecting my stuff, so many memories came back. And I asked again. What an idiot am I?

So I moved home. I felt really bad. Arguments every day. I wanted to die. I didn't even went to my exams becasuse I couldn't study. I was doing nothing but lying in the bed whole day.

I decided I postpone one semester and go to Germany our England or somewhere, work a half year, pay back as much debt as much I can to my mom and to my friends.

This Febuary.

But I didn't want to step out my comfort zone. I decided going on with the university, I pay my tuition fee from student loan. I got a permit I don't have to attend to my class, just to the exams, because I started working at a gas station in the highway, not far from my home.

One of my friend helped me, he worked there for more than 2 years. So stared working. My first salary lasted for three day. I lost more than half of it, bought a few clothes, I went out with friends.

Somehow my mom come to know that I lied and I have more debts than I admited, and I gambled again. So she kicked me out. Rock bottom? Not yet.

So moved to my grandmother. Well, the circumstances were different from what I used to. I got my student loan. Lost it. Okay, no problem. I will pay it from my salary. I had a quite good salary, about 650-700Euro plus tip, no qualification needed, but you have to work your ass off. Of course I lost my salary. Borrowed money. Gamble. I could pay my uni and some debts. Lost that money too. Borrowed more money, win more. Lost it. Fuck it. It's easy to win big, but greed...I cannot cope with it. Winning more. Always wishing just win as much to pay off my debts.

Got warrants from the uni, finally then they kicked me off.

2 months after my mom kicked me out, I got a phonecall. She is in the hospital, probably stroke. Oh fuck, I went there. She didn't got stroke, but so much strees wasn't good for her. So I moved home, our relation got a little better.

But every single month I lost half of my salary at least. Paid off some debts. I lied to my parents I paid all off them. I just made more.

I paid my debt to the uni, I applied again so I could start it in September.

I also got fired from my work in the begining of September because I stole money. Absolutly not me. I can't tell you how ashamed about it. I regretted it the most in my life. I never stole before. I paid it back. From borrowed money, because I lost it. From my last paycheck I made a big money, I could pay off all the money I owe to my friends. Even some would left. I lost it. Okay. No money, no work. Its okay I can focus on my studies. That was the last I gambled.

In the last three months didn't do so much, attending to my class and got into some business, not a good kind, good money, big risk. Made some money paid off some debts. But I'm not into it anymore. I live day to day instead of prison. I've been in really deep depression for the last year, but finally seemed it will be better. Until yesterday. My father collected the money for my tution fee. I got it. Urge. Make more money to pay the rest of the debts to my friends. And I lost it. The deadline was a month ago, I already got warrants, I have no energy to ask money from friends or family. This is the end. I will be kicked out soon. Again. The university is the only thing that motivates me. Not anymore.

I just realize now it took me more than 4 hours and a half pack Lucky Strike to summarize my life. My life...actually my debts, which is more than 25.000Euro at this very moment.

I gambled everything. And now I dont mean financial things.

Friends became acquaintances.

My mind went broke.

My body went broke.

My future is ruined.

I lost my interest in girls, in studying, in parties, in games, in life.

All my will to live left me.

Now, I look back on my life. I see nothing. Its just a bunch of lies.

I do not blame anybody about my life. I made this. I bear the consequnces.

But if I could go back in time, I'm sure I wouldn't be writing the last line of my story.

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Dark web domestic or no?

I'm going to finally try my hand at purchasing from the DN, and while I think I (mostly) know what I'm doing, I have seen a number of people on here insist that U.S. folks should only buy domestically. I assume it's more secure to do so, but is it significantly safer to the point of justifying the price point? Anything I see that's from the USA is as expensive if not more so than street price, so the only real benefit would seem to be the convenience of not having to find "a guy", as it were. Does anyone have experience with this? Is it such a bad idea to purchase internationally?

Any other tips are appreciated, but that sums up my main question.

Edit: I remember seeing something of a "beginner's guide" to buying on the DN (specifically in regards to why & how to encrypt your personal info when ordering and some general bitcoin info), but I can't find it again for the life of me. Does anyone know of something similar? I'm an idiot and I want to make sure I'm doing everything right...or at least not disastrously wrong.