Initially i thought you're talking about confirmation time (how fast transaction included in a block), but i was wrong. Anyway, i'm surprised that Bitcoin doing good in terms of TPS when there are so many altcoin which promise high TPS or block size.

What do you think, how important is speed and what does it mean for the future of each blockchain?

Some blockchain definitely benefit from higher TPS capacity, especially ones which various usage (e.g. token/NFT creation). Although we shouldn't forget many coin have L2 or sidechain network, where we could keep using "same" coin.

National security risks is really overused excuse to arrest someone or stop someone from doing something they don't like. ASIC designed only to mine cryptocurrency with specific algorithm. How can ASIC affect U.S. military installations? It doesn't make sense.

It is enough to read what their users think -> https://www.trustpilot.com/review/cryptobrowser.site

I initially thought this website is just one of many scam/shady website with poor promotion, but it's clear that i'm wrong.

Quote from: crypticrevelation on May 03, 2024, 08:44:43 AM

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I wonder how this works hmmm.
I still remember the time when I heard this years ago and to my curiosity, I also tried installing this with my old laptop (no important files or anything crypto related files on it at all).

Didn't wait for too long and I removed it immediately after a minute or two. I heard a noisy sound inside of my laptop and whenever I hear that, I know that something huge is running in my laptop that it requires lot of memory. Anyway, I don't also think that this is a good way to earn Bitcoins. You might earn some, but what are the costs? I don't know though if it's a scam or not because the browser extension itself doesn't ask for money from other people. Might as well ignore, or avoid it.

Yeah, laptop (especially old ones) shouldn't be used at 100% cpu usage all the time.

Quote from: ABCbits on May 18, 2024, 12:34:01 PM

I have different opinion about this matters. I would recommend CoinGecko instead, especially for newcomers.

Honestly, I tried to use Coingecko more for some other reasons, but CMC is still more user-friendly, or at least it is much more convenient for me to use.
Although lately, CMC has become quite slow, too much data is loaded, often completely unnecessary, plus various advertisements and javascript, and it has a lot of impact on the usefulness of the site itself.

In that case, have you tried using adblock add-ons or software (such as uBlock Origin) to block those ads?

I would like to see a better alternative that will be devoted exclusively to the needs of the user.

There are so many desktop or mobile application which shows cryptocurrency data, where it's data taken from either CMC or CoinGecko API. One of those probably could be more user friendly for you.

BTPI Launches Study on Bitcoin’s Impact on Financial Freedom in Authoritarian Countries

The Brooks School Tech Policy Institute (BTPI) at Cornell University has launched a $1 million research project to explore the relationship between Bitcoin and financial freedom in authoritarian countries.

Led by BTPI Director Sarah Kreps, the research aims to understand how individuals use Bitcoin and stablecoins for financial security in these environments... Read more here.

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While it's not started yet and we probably will see the result 2026, i find it's exciting news. After all, it's one of very real/important usage of Bitcoin. Although looking at institute's website, i also find they only focus on 12 country which is weird for me. Your opinion is greatly appreciated.

Quote from: ABCbits on May 17, 2024, 11:55:13 AM

@Aanuoluwatofunmi is right. So you probably better ask "Which Ethereum Wallet let me configure TX fee rate manually?". I recall both MetaMask and Exodus let you do that under advance/custom option.

As far as I know, most crypto wallets have the feature of easily customizing fees according to user needs. Users only need to search for instructions and follow them to be able to save transaction fees when necessary. MetaMask, Coinbase, Blockchain, TrustWallet, SafePal... - users have many choices.

You're probably right, since i personally only tried few wallet software which support ETH. Although in few cases, those wallet might offer limited customization instead (e.g. choose between low, medium or high fee where it's fee rate already defined by the wallet).

The only case where users are forced to accept high fees is when using the Swap feature on the crypto wallets. These wallets often charge high fees to ensure the fastest possible user experience. Users of the Exodus Swap feature will understand this very well ^^

Yeah. Those wallet also do that to prevent wasted ETH due to too low gas fee.

@Aanuoluwatofunmi is right. So you probably better ask "Which Ethereum Wallet let me configure TX fee rate manually?". I recall both MetaMask and Exodus let you do that under advance/custom option.