I'm waiting for the day somebody wants to debate me live and I'm Let me rephrase that because their folks are gonna be like you're being prideful Hate talking to Christmas sometime because the moment you say aye, brother you've been prideful Okay, and look forward to let me spiritualize this I look forward to the day that I could have a Friendly debate on can a Christian have a demon because I am thoroughly doctrinally prepared to have that conversation That's you on tape Come on, please you sure about that begone Welcome everybody to the bcv channel. I am your host pass the seco woods Please do the following before we get started. 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Thank you so so much also bcv information bcv merchandise You can also click the link below and purchase merchandise there as well too, so Let's get into this video As you heard at the beginning of this video mr. Alexander Pagani That clip was dated in 2020 So three years later, maybe some things may have changed, but hey I was hoping and praying and believing that the opportunity to have a conversation and dialogue With mr. Pagani regarding the subject of whether or not christians can be demon possessed or in his term he says demonized well There is no difference between demon possession And demonization in fact, let me just go right ahead and just pull up the definition because words matter and definitions matter too The definition for demonized means number one to turn into as or as if into a demon Number one to turn into or as if into a demon number two to possess by or as if by a demon three To represent as evil or diabolic So I believe as christians christians cannot be demon possessed. We cannot be demonized We can be oppressed. That means the enemy His imps can mess with us. That's different, but demon possession No, the bible does not teach that the bible does not affirm such such teaching or doctrine, but That is what mr. Pagani Stated he wanted to make sure that I represented him accurately if I were to do A video In response to his statement I've welcomed him to come on and for us to have a dialogue and I still do that now And I know you're going to watch this video because I told you also Mr. Pagani that I was going to make a response and I would definitely tag you Once this video has been produced and uploaded and presented on my channel but That is the question. Can a christian be demon possessed or demonized emphatically no The bible says greater is he that is in us than he that is in the world First down for four the bible says in Ephesians chapter one We've been sealed with the holy spirit until the day of redemption in Ephesians chapter one verse 13 So we have the spirit of god residing in us never leaving us never departing from us. We are under the New covenant. We're not under the old covenant where we have to worry about the spirit leaving As david did in psalm 51 So we have the indwelling presence and indwelling power of the holy spirit whereby we are able to do what the lord commands us to do And only by his spirit, but again, I believe we should be able to have conversations like this With those who we may differ and disagree with because I believe it helps the body of christ grow I believe it helps the body christ see how people can have different opinions But be respectful in our dialogue And even as I am doing this video I was supposed to have been on jessie lee peterson's channel on Tomorrow to discuss and have dialogue and maybe even a little bit of a debate Regarding his views or questions that he may ask me, but that that interview has been canceled. Um, hopefully it will be Uh, continue that a later date as they as they promise, but we'll we'll see and I'll keep you posted with that but anyway If you're just joining this video just tune in Um, mr. Begani had made a statement regarding that he would love to have a live debate Regarding can christians be uh demon possessed or not? And so if you didn't hear that let's play it again for those who may just join this I'm waiting for the day somebody wants to debate me live and I'm Let me rephrase that because their folks are going to be like you're being prideful I hate talking to christians sometimes the moment you say I brother you've been prideful Okay, I look forward to let me spiritualize this I look forward to the day that I could have A friendly debate on can a christian have a demon? Because I am thoroughly doctorally prepared to have that conversation That's you story doctorally prepared to have the conversation I am thoroughly doctorally prepared to have a conversation with him And among other topics that I believe We should be able to have but that was not all that you said Alex you did say something else later in the video I really wish that I could find that video and if you have that video Alex I would love to Secure a copy of it. I I was able to secure the audio portion of it But for some reason I didn't find it on your channel anymore I'm not sure if you took it down as you had supposedly recanted Your statement and your position but For the sake of clarity and understanding because I wouldn't be anybody to think that I'm Twisting your words or taking anything that you've said out of context That's why I'm playing the audio portion of what you said making sure that people know it is exactly you so Pardon the the the the mild distortion or the low quality of this particular audio but I was not able to Transfer it over to a video file For some some unknown reason But that was not the only thing that you said though Alex in this in this so-called, you know challenge But you have you actually made an appeal which I do agree with and I do affirm with you 100 percent More conversations like this need to be had on large platforms Not just with Uh Markets But with other ideologies within the kingdom That are being perpetuated and one is deliverance You know so tonight is this everyone is subscribers Which means the one who has a lot of people thinking about I don't want to promote this other delivered from that You know a more dialogue with the one that has 50 000 views. I'm not gonna I'm not gonna give him or her You know, we need to get delivered from that because the bible says that him that he Have no problem to talk with the person of low degree. Scripture actually actually They actually actually say this You know and I think we need to And listen Pagani, I agree with you 100 percent Your your sentiments are the same as mine and in your reference actually to Roman chapter 12 verse 16, which I will just put on the screen is spot on It says clearly be of the same mind toward one another Do not be hearty in mind, but associate with the lowly do not be wise in your own estimation to king james says Be of the same mind one toward another mind not high things.  He says mind not high things but condescending come down The condescending to men of lower state do not be wise in your own conceits. Don't don't Puff up yourself. Don't believe your own press We can say paul is trying to say so sabra. I agree with you 100 percent I agree with you 100 percent My question is is is why wouldn't you want to have A conversation in a dialogue with a with a person like myself? Why would you not want to have You know discussions like this? I think it is I think it would be helpful. I think it'd be more than helpful I think it'd be beneficial to the body christ to have dialogue and have conversation And really what prompted me to make this video was me watching you on jessie lee peterson's channel Uh, I think maybe two weeks ago From from the time of this this production of this video You you were on jessie lee peterson's Channel and he was asking you questions and and and I mentioned to you in the in the comments on my channel One of the things that grieved me was your lack of response to clear softball Alley you questions The question that he that he asked you that really got my goat was Which is worse? The civil rights movement or abortion, which is worse Uh, I think he I think he said black lives matter or abortion, but but nonetheless he he he added abortion To those last two questions near the end of your interview with him And you said no comment But ironically you he asked you is abortion Uh murder and you said yes, so it was abortion wrong and you said yes So for you to refuse to answer the the other two questions it really it really bothered me It really bothered me and it really, uh made me look at you Uh, rather suspecting me if I can use that term This is not a disc, but I'm just being in real with you like I told you in the comments And so what what I said to you was this in the comments right here I said I'm going to keep it 100 with you, bro There were some things that you said in the interview with jessie lee peterson That greatly concerned grieve and angered me that I believe instead of cowering under pressure You should have courageously and clearly communicated a christian position Regarding the murder of the unborn versus not giving a comment, which is in which in fact is to give a comment Some of the things you said and answered I agreed with But for the most part it seemed to me that you're being on jessie lee peterson's podcast Wasn't about representing and promoting god's kingdom, but promoting yourself. However, to be fair I did a reaction video comparing your definition of regeneration versus corey minors definition of your generation and I must admit I was shocked Your response to jessie lee peterson was 100 was 100 spot on therefore I have to give you your propers on that one salute I publicly explain Why I agreed with your position and publicly disagreed with the chorus position live yesterday at the time of that video Live yesterday on my channel and presented exegetical evidence in doing so I'm not one to play favorites in the kingdom I want to call balls balls and strikes strikes Regardless who's up to that Nothing more nothing less Hopefully you'll hear the spirit and intent behind my words and be willing to have a dialogue That's what I had meant and since sent to you Alex that day in response to I believe it was How should you marry an older woman and that was one of the questions that jessie lee peterson Had asked about how old is your wife and of course his view on marriage and marry older women Is up in there, but anyway, and so later that day I believe or that evening you responded and said thanks for the agreement with me on the salvation through regeneration I didn't know you did that That was my honest answer when asked about how to get saved I'm a genuine brother in the faith delivered unto the saints and and and adhered to fundamental doctrine Outline in scriptures We might differ on the topic of deliverance, but I didn't know such secondary topics placed me in the heretic or the heretic category Maybe in the error category, but I'm definitely not a heretic Well, again, that's that's that will be up for debate And dialogue because I believe the people that you run with the people that make false prophecies that you call brothers Like isaac salivar and and and others You call these people brothers. I think you may even call marcus rogers a brother, but but but for a fact you call isaac salivar a brother and You defend isaac salivar and you've banned or blocked Excuse me you've blocked cori minor because you said that you don't like people to attack your friends. Well I understand that and you know what I I appreciate you are you're that type of you'll type of loyal cat That would defend your your friends That's that's to be commended that that is to be commended however, uh, we don't we don't affirm or Stand with things that the bible doesn't teach when a person gives a quote unquote prophecy And it doesn't come to pass. God says that they are a false prophet No different than marcus rogers giving a false prophecy even if I would give one if it doesn't come to pass And it's not true. God says I'm a false prophet. There's no true prophets in scripture that gives false prophecies and yet they're still prophets of God, but That's your position and I don't really follow your ministry too much I only I've only known about your ministry through cori minors. However um What the things that you believe when it comes to Christians being demonized And and I would just ask this question to you, uh Alex Because you said you don't want to come on and I'll read the statement for those for others to review it and see it as well, but You you believe in deliverance ministries What would a christian need to be delivered from and why would god need you or me To deliver someone or to lay hands on someone To deliver I mean if if I'm a christian Then it would presuppose that the Holy Spirit of God is in me. Therefore. Where do we find in the new testament? the early church where Christians are being delivered from demonization Really demon possession, uh Alex because again demonization means demon possession That's why I put the definition on the screen But for your for your definition for your understanding to make sure I'm not misrepresenting you Why would a christian need to be delivered delivered from what and by whom what do we find that in scripture? So yes, we would have a difference of view on that But the bottom line is where in the scriptures do we find the basis and the authority? By which we are to derive our doctrine and to apply it in our lives and encourage others and to buy their christ to apply it In their lives as well too, but let's continue with your statement You said we might differ on the on the topic of deliverance But I didn't know such secondary topics placed me in their in the heritage category Maybe in the error category, but I'm definitely not a heritage But thanks for the public agreement. I truly honor you for that And you asked me to send the link and I did you say as far as the Jesse Lee Peterson interview I honestly didn't know deeply who he was with the exception of a few interviews where people walked off the show I told my staff that I was pre-recording on a certain day on that day He many texted me to be careful because he loves to ask trick questions Well, I didn't see any of the trick questions being the trick question be there Yes or no, I mean you refuse to answer simple questions like abortion Which again that bothered me and I'm pretty sure it bothered a lot of christians who know Especially as a black man And you being a person of color as well too Um, I guess with Puerto Rican. I think you said Puerto Rican. I want to miss, you know, misrepresent your ethnicity But you said that you Puerto Rican But if you know anything about abortion and I'm pretty sure you do That abortion affects the black community in greater and disproportionate rates than our other ethnic counterparts 37 percent Of abortions among black people are made in this country Close to 20 million black babies alex Have been murdered and that's just the ones that we have that we are counting on record Since 1973 thank god that a roby way that's been overturned but nonetheless People are still murdering their babies and so for you being a minister quote-unquote of the gospel being a representative of of the gospel A brother in christ you would we would I would think being an ambassador you would represent our king better than you did Regarding that subject and you failed miserably in doing that but Let me continue You said truthfully I thought he invited me to discuss our upcoming movie As he also asked to interview my fellow demon slayers as well demon slayers. How do you slay a demon? alex I mean again So I I'm I'm looking for in scripture for you to show me in scripture. Where do we find demons being slayed by professing christians In fact what I find in scripture is that we're we're not to slay them We are to resist them resist the devil the bible says james says and he will flee from you He didn't say rebuke them He didn't say bind them. He didn't say cast them. He didn't say any of that You said resist the devil and he will flee and resist simply means in the greek to stand one's ground to stand One's position. It doesn't mean you talk to him. It doesn't mean you have any dialogue with them We don't see that anywhere in scripture He says resist the devil not rebuke those are two different words And the bible says he will flee from you So again, I'm I really believe if you would would be willing to have these conversations as you said in your in the audio That we ought to have these kinds of mars heel conversations How is it that the world can have conversations with us, but we can't converse with each other Why is it that you have you have that you would rather have echo chamber conversations with people who already agree with you You know, even with alan par Alan par doesn't want to have a conversation with me brujan doesn't want to have a conversation with me He had one but after he got dealt with in his position Pretty much. I guess I'm marked And anyone and any others like me who want to have conversations with people like yourself You guys refuse to do that But you made a public rebuke and I totally agree alex That some of you to have these bigger channels You make me wonder It's because you you are You are being high in your own estimation instead of and instead of Associating with the lowly instead of associated with those who have less followers less subscribers than yourself Is that the reason why I I just I just need to know because it's a question worth answering And I hope you would answer these questions I would prefer us to have a face-to-face conversation That the body of Christ can see two men Who may differ to have a respectful dialogue Look bruh if you can converse with jessie lee peterson Who's not a christian by any stress of the imagination and I would hope that you would know that Because he he denied core essential christian doctrines where he had you on his platform So if you're eager and willing to go to people who are not Of the light, but you profess to be of the light. Why is it that you don't want to have conversations with people like me? I have yet to see people like you ruslan and others You know isiah salivar and and and all these other guys Have conversations with people across the aisle you did a video Basically dunking and dissing quote-unquote reformers and quote-unquote calvinists And so this reform quote-unquote calvinists would love to have a conversation and dialogue with you alex And we could have it on your channel on my we can do it simultaneously But I believe a conversation is warranted. I believe a conversation and dialogue is necessary The bible says that there must be heresies and divisions and factions among you first Corinthians chapter 11 verse 19 That these things must take place these things must happen so that those who are approved May be made manifest may be made known among you Why you guys don't want to have conversations is be is beyond me other than the fact Maybe you're not believing what you've said about your own review. I don't know But let's continue with your comment You said truthfully, I thought he invited me to discuss an upcoming movie as he also asked to interview my fellow demon slayers as well But when I saw the interview turned into a different direction In my head when he asked various questions was entrapment So all that kept coming to me was answer not a fool according to his folly Let's see be wise in his own eyes. I chose to follow that verse and say no comment Now the only thing is though though Alexa, I Understand what you what you're saying and the point of what you're saying But he asked that question more than once he asked it twice And in the in the sense and in the context when it deals with morality In the sense and in the context when it deals with life and death like babies Verse five of proverbs 26 says answer a fool according to his folly lest he be wise in his own eyes So so the first stem Answer not a fool It's actually asking not a fool lest you be like him Answer not answer fool according to his folly. Let's see be wise in his own eyes as verse five But verse four says don't answer don't answer fool lest you be like a fool But then there are times when you answer fool like a a jester lee peterson Let's see be wise in his own eyes So when you did not answer that question you sent a message to the entire world who may have watched that video That christians don't have a position professing christians don't have a position regarding abortion regarding the murder and massacre of the unborn That was not the time not to answer That was a time to answer and answer authoritatively and answer biblically Based on the word of god and you failed to do that But you continue on and said it seemed like he was trying to entrap me in my words. Yeah, he probably was Again, I thought the interview was concerning the movie not to discuss the faith doctrine or ministry as far as our as far as Dialogue with you now It will be fruitless as my views concerning deliverance will never change as I used to preach against it For many years in my early days straight out of bible seminary. I eventually embraced it To then reject it again Makes no sense I'm ready to stand before god give an account for the ministry of deliverance And I will never turn anyone away who genuinely is seeking my help in this regards I've said this publicly on video for years since I've been in ministry since 1995 May god continue to bless your ministry as you seek to be a good berean May your channel continue to be a light and challenge falsehood on these social media streets on my end I call you a brother in the faith. I'm okay with you not thinking the same about me When we get to heaven I look forward to arguing about all these secondary topics for all eternity Stay blessed. Well, it won't be any arguments in heaven. You already know that But again Why the change Why the shift why the pivot that that that is what I'm always concerned with because again I don't care for echo chamber conversations There's no I mean they it has its place But if I'm only going to invite people on my channel who always agree with me Then when does the iron sharpening iron take place when when do we apply Proverbs 27 17 when when does when does as iron sharpens iron? So one man sharpens another when does that take place if we if we refuse to go across the aisle and address And and to respond and to question and to have dialogue with each other that we may disagree with but Later that later this later today You and I had an instagram conversation and You all can go to his instagram page on amazing church nyc. I'll go ahead and and share the screen here He's basically premiering his uh his movie And The question that I had asked him was regarding, you know, christians being demon possessed He said that's not what he holds to he says that that is heresy and anyone that holds to that is uh Is a heretic and they need to repent or they're gonna go to hell. Okay, but again, we just established the point That the definition of demonized means to be possessed or as if by a demon so demon possession and I'll just put it up here on the screen What is demon possession? Let's see if it's the same thing Demon possession definition Demon possession occurs when one or more evil spirits enter into a living entity example human and control in varying degrees They're mental and physical faculties to such a degree that the individuals Are controlled it is controlled are controlled Uh in whole or in part by the demon. So what really is the difference answer? There is no difference And you said in in the in the uh comments on ig That maybe you know, we we have a difference of definition. No definitions matter I mean the definition is the definition and I had encouraged you to amend yours because your understanding of demonization that's foreign To what the word actually means a christian cannot be demon possessed and god has not commanded christians in the new Testament to cast our devils He hasn't show me in scripture where he has commanded the church to cast our devils After ax and please don't use ax because ax is not The standard by which we derive doctrine we can gleaned from it, but it is a descriptive historical book but anyway You have responded to my comment and you all can look at it. You said I have publicly said During my during the pandemic on my live videos that I have recanted all of my previous statements to open dialogues As I am personally tired and don't have the energy anymore dialogue drains me So since I said it publicly I recanted publicly Corey will probably be my last open convo until christ comes I might be open to a convo with you years from now. You seem like a cool brother, but don't hold me to that You have my permission to say I reneged as I already publicly did publicly did that but it makes great content for your channel see again So remember to remember the the statement that you made Alex It's not about it's not about building up my channel I want my channel to be built up because of the truth that i'm presenting because it's of its substance Not because of sensationalization and because i'm just trying to get likes and follows that is never in my heart never been my intention You said on my end i'll continue to preach the gospel and help the captives be set free I'm logging off my brother in christ. I think I gave you enough content for your Pagani folder this morning So again, you know, you you make the comments you make the statements And you know, I've already extended the opportunity for us to converse But you seem not to want to do that And and it seems to be the attitude and mentality Of a lot of you guys who hold to this type of teaching this type of aberrant view of the of the of the holy spirit But you cannot say for the record Alex you cannot say you cannot fix your mouth going forward that people do not want to have a conversation with you because this people does I've reached out to you. I've reached out to others So what is what is there? I mean, what else are we to conclude? I mean If you're going to continue to keep saying the things that you say and then now you're calling yourself an apostle Which makes me also ask you this other question. Where do we find? apostles the continuation of apostles after the first century after The original With paul also being the exception and i'm talking about the ones who have seen our risen lord You know the ax chapter 1 verse 19 and 22 and following The criteria for an apostle the bible says that they have must have seen the risen lord after His crucifixion he they must have seen enough have been with him and witnessed his resurrection And paul is an exception because christ appeared to him personally We find that and acts and we also find that in galatians So again, where's the biblical precedent? For you to claim to be an apostle The criteria and the qualifications cannot be Changed if god himself has required it and stipulated it no different than for pastors pastors are for men They're not for women Doesn't matter what the society says. What is the word of god say? So again I'm extending this opportunity to you. I know you said you're not going to take it, but I want to make this public I'm extending an opportunity. I'm extending the a la brands to alexander pagani and to anyone else who believes that christians can be demonized Demon possessed alex because that's exactly what it means Show me how i'm mistaking your words and misrepresenting your words and then I'll publicly recant and repent, but I'm just stating your mate just making your statement that you said and Again, you can go to the instagram page And you can see where he has made the uh the comment and and and tried to Clarify his his uh his position because again The last thing I want to do is Change a person's uh words around and flip people's words around He makes this last comment right here You're on the right you see it What I did was I asked him a question I said correct me if i'm wrong But wasn't that the contention of debate you and cori minor had when he invited you on his channel When you affirmed that christians can be demon possessed and cori disagreed with you You said no, I did not please go back and watch the interview closely And you will see that I vehemently opposed that idea and stated that christian can be demonized In an area not submitted to the holy spirit by willful sin according to Ephesians 4 27 Neither get placed at the devil and I and I and I and I said to you Neither get placed at the devil does not equate nor does it conflate nor does it imply demon possession or demonization But you said again anyone teaching a christian can be possessed by the devil Is a false teacher heritage occurs and on their way to hell I said cori I didn't say cori did not disagree with me concerning the above mentioned as my interview with him Was not a debate for him to disagree on anything theological I agreed to get on his podcast to discuss deliverance methods Only any other discussion would be fruitless as I'm never going to change my mind on deliverance I even gave cori permission to slaughter my videos and help me accountable that I wouldn't respond No, no do any anti cori videos. I kept my word on that You said stay blessed again You can archive this convo and I sincerely hope you do a video on it and let it be known that I said a christian cannot be demon possessed Stay blessed and may God expand your channel. But again, I say please define a christian being demonized Giving place to the devil isn't being demonized Your definition is not accurate. You may want to rephrase and or amend your position And he said maybe the terms need to be defined a little better as as all schools of thought can define their worldviews better But at the moment, all I care about is my name being taken off that christian can be demon possessed list All I'm asking is that church folks be fair not saying that you're not and their assessment of us Hold us accountable to the ministry of deliverance itself. Not in something. We're not saying So ladies and gentlemen, I read that thread pretty much in this entirety and in this context. You tell me am I mistaking uh, alexander pagani's words and his understanding and definition of demonization and demon possession Let me know what you think in the comments Is demonization and demon possession the same thing? Or Does alex put pagani have a point that demonization and demon possession are not the same things and I need to Retract my statement to him and offer a clear apology to him for misrepresenting him But if it is the same then do you believe and do you think that alex pagani Definitely needs to come back and make his statement clear regarding those definitions that they're both one in the same That they're not separate things in and of itself. So Again, let me know what you think in the comments below ladies and gentlemen brothers and sisters. I do appreciate that Uh, again, if you like this video, please share it. Please subscribe to the channel. Love life and marriage with the woods Uh marriage channel, please support that channel as well. Again, I'd like to support the ministry You can do so by the donation link information below at the bottom of this video if you'd like to become a life Builder you can do that as well And you can support the ministry and the donation links are below at the bottom of this Channel, I said body lifer body lifer. Yeah, be a body lifer. So not a body builder But you can do that too as well. It builds a body. But anyway, that's my time. I thank you all so much for yours Again, let me know what you think in the comments below Trying to see something and oh by the way Alex remember That's you


How do babies learn to talk? From Ella, age 9. Before we learned to talk, we could tell people what we were feeling by crying, and babies do a lot of that. Even before birth, they are able to hear their mom's voice, as soon as the bones and cells inside their ears have grown and connected to their brains. This helps to introduce language to babies when they are still in their mom's tummy. Once born, baby's brains are sensitive to the language that is spoken around them. For example, a baby who hears lots of Cantonese or Mandarin will learn that difference in tones is important and can change the meaning of a word. This might be different from a baby that is learning English. Researchers say that talking to a baby with a higher pitch, more repetition, clearer vowels and slowed speech is good. This is called infant directed speech. It works because 1. Higher pitch gets baby's attention. 2. Exaggerating, simplifying, or repeating speech sounds like mama and dada gives babies a better chance of hearing the difference between words. 3. An affectionate tone of voice keeps them interested and draws their attention to different words. As they grow up, babies babble a lot. And that babble eventually turns into words. By the time of their first birthday, babies can usually understand as many as 50 words. And that is how babies learn to talk.


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Marius asks, have you heard about Vitalik's new proposal to impose gas fees on wallet transactions to fund developers? What is this about? Strictly speaking, this is a bit off topic, but I'll answer it quickly. There is a proposal in the Ethereum community that was started by Vitalik to have, as a common practice, not as a rule of the protocol, not as a rule imposed by consensus, but simply as a common practice. Have every wallet impose a slight fee on every transaction, a voluntary fee, that funds developers in the protocol, or at least funds wallet development. This is something that also happens in Bitcoin. There are wallets where, when you make a transaction, you have the option to make a donation or add a small fee that goes to the wallet developers. Usually, that's done with a payment channel. Sometimes it's done with a straight Bitcoin transaction. In Lightning wallets, it's done again with a payment channel. This isn't different in any way. Vitalik proposed to make this part of the best practices so that the development of wallet software is better funded. This is a problem in many blockchains. Wallets represent the cutting edge, the front-end of user interface development. A feature that is designed into the protocol or the consensus layer, for example, doesn't become active until a wallet can use it and exposes that to users in a way that's intuitive. Even though something may be available, let's take an example. In Bitcoin, for example, native Segwit addresses that start with VC1. Have you seen one of those? You probably haven't. Why? Because probably about 80% of wallets don't yet implement them. Only a few wallets implement them at the moment. Even though that feature has existed now for more than six months in the base protocol, its implementation in wallets is still lagging. This is a problem across all blockchains, and the problem is that wallets are not very well-funded. Most wallets are available for free, and they have to make money by advertising, by selling other services and things like that. That's Vitalik's proposal, better funded wallets, better developed wallets, through a mechanism of voluntary fees that are added to transactions. Steven asks, should we consider the number of dApps on a blockchain, the number of commits on the code, the blockchain activity, and the peer-to-peer account numbers of cryptos as valid performance indicators? It really depends on what you're trying to achieve. Performance indicators tell you something about the blockchain, but they also tell you a lot about the person who chose the performance indicators. If I look at which performance indicators you're interested in, I will be able to tell what's important to you in terms of a blockchain. Is it important as an investment? Is it something where you're looking for future increases in value? Are you looking at performance metrics that tell you whether it is sufficiently decentralized, or whether it is actively developed, showing a lot of innovation in the community, etc? No, it depends. If you're a trader, if you're a developer, if you're interested in the technology, if you're interested in it as an investment, or as part of your portfolio, you're going to choose different metrics. It depends really on what you consider good performance, what is the best blockchain, which depends on what you're trying to do with it. I've talked about this in the past, which is that we all have different metrics for success. To me, for example, the blockchain that has the most money invested into it isn't necessarily the most interesting blockchain. If that blockchain is centralized and run by a bank, of course it has lots of money invested into it. That's what banks have, lots of money. That doesn't make it the blockchain that delivers the most freedom, or the most political empowerment, or the most economic inclusion to people. It does not develop the most innovation. Those metrics are more important to me than other metrics. In general, however, it's difficult in many cases to measure these things accurately. What does it mean to look at the number of commits? How do you value code based on metrics of commits? What if a lot of these commits are changing the spelling of words and comments? Or do you count lines? What if it's written in a more expressive language, where you need fewer lines? Does that mean it's a less valid project? Probably the opposite. If you write your project in assembly, then your commits will have a lot of line changes. That doesn't make it any better. It just means the language you're using is more verbose and less expressive. It's really difficult to pick any kind of metric. In fact, in this industry, we see a lot of people trying to attach themselves to certain metrics, or argue certain metrics. Really, that reveals their biases, rather than any useful information about which blockchain is working. In the day, what really matters is which of these systems solves a problem for you, better than any of the other systems that you've used, as a user, as a developer, as someone who's making dApps, perhaps, or someone who's just using it to do something, may be cross-border transactions, micropayments, whatever. All of those things will determine which blockchain is good for you, so your criteria are different from everybody else's. Again, part of that is not seeing this as an investment zero-sum game, where one system wins and another system loses.


So a bit of a story time in this video on how I lost over six figures on a failed business just a few years ago in 2017, 2018. And people online, especially people talking about business, love sharing their wins. They love sharing their highlights and their high points, but not very many people talk about all the failures that come up to that point. But I actually think that there's a lot more to be learned from people who are sharing their failures, who have been before you and have made the mistakes so that you don't have to make those same mistakes as well. And so that's what I wanna do in this video is share a story about a failed business that happened in 2017 to 2018, took almost a year of my life and a lot of stress and energy and time wasted on this failed business so that you don't have to make the same mistakes that I did. Now before we jump into the video, make sure you like and subscribe so it shows it to other people who can benefit from this as well and who can also learn about these mistakes so that they don't make them in their own business and on their journey. And with that said, let's jump into the video now. So here's the story. Back in 2017, I had just quit my job in 2016 and I had a successful collection of e-commerce stores, dropshipping stores, but I wanted to create my own brand. So I started a supplement company and I don't know if you can see this, let's see if the camera will focus here. There we go. So it says proof nutraceuticals up here, this is my company and this is one of four supplements I was selling called Glucose Shield. This is a blood sugar supplement here and there was four different products I was selling. One of them was a custom supplement meaning I had to order them in bulk and pay a larger fee for this because it was custom ingredients. And I started this business back in 2017 because I wanted my own brand. And the span of about one year, I joined a 30K mastermind. It was a health supplement mastermind on how to build this business.  So I paid 30K for that. It was a year long event so I spent around $7,000 traveling to the different events, there were four different events so traveling and hotel and food and all the accommodations there. I also bought 5,000 bottles of a custom formulated supplement that was around $11.70 a bottle which is a lot more expensive than this which is a private label supplement. And custom formulated means I just pick, I worked with a scientist or I worked with someone who knew the ingredients and helped me to create that formulation. And I had to pay extra because it's custom and more high quality ingredients. So about 5,000 bottles of those at $11.70 per bottle. I spent another around $15,000 or so branding and videos and design work and all the different things that go into building a brand from the ground up. I also spent roughly 50K in Facebook advertising spend. So all in all with all the expenses it was around $160,000. So the business failed because I couldn't keep it profitable. So I was running Facebook ads and I was selling my supplements but it was at a loss. I wasn't making money. I was losing money on each bottle that I sold. And once I sold out of those 5,000 custom bottles the custom formula that I had I either had to go into my own personal savings and take more money out to invest in more bottles or I had to take out a loan from my bank or my business account and use that to keep running the business.  So what I wanna share with you in this video is what I believe are the mistakes that I made and why I believe the business failed so that you don't have to go and screw things up like I did there. So I made dozens of mistakes when I was starting and running this business but I think it all comes down to three big mistakes that I made where if I just worked on these a bit more I might have been able to make this business work. So I'm gonna go into those three mistakes those three things that I believe cause the failure of this business right now. So number one is I dove into the business before fully wrapping my head around what was involved and what I needed to do to make this successful. So what I mean by that are supplements and selling supplements and having a business around it is considered high risk. And with a high risk business there are all types of things that you have to worry about. So I had a hard time getting payment processing. I had a hard time getting any Facebook ads approved. I had to do some sneaky things with my submitting and uploading my ads to get them approved. There are FDA regulations and restrictions and problems I had to worry about there. I had to hire a lawyer to help me look at some of the documentation I was using in my copy and it was just a nightmare. There's so many things outside of just marketing and selling which is what I'm good at that I had to worry about every single day and it was a huge energy suck. So if I had spent a little more time just looking in and researching the business model what goes into running a supplement business? What are the risks and what are the things that I need to consider before jumping in? I could have saved myself so much time and money because I would have looked at that and said I don't wanna deal with the regulations. I don't wanna deal with the payment processing problems or the Facebook advertising problems. I don't wanna have to struggle just to get my business up and going. It's also why I appreciate stupid simple business models now like selling services, agency services or freelancing services or creating and selling digital products. Businesses like that are a lot easier because all I have to worry about is marketing and selling and taking care of my customers. I don't have to worry about all these restrictions and regulations and payment processor problems, at least not right now, hopefully now in the future but it's a lot more simple and I don't have to spend all that energy on things that I don't know about. So the lesson here is if you're gonna go and spend a lot of time and money and energy with the business and starting a business or growing a business, make sure that you understand everything that's involved with the business model and make sure it's legit and something that you're willing to go through with and invest time and energy and money into. The second big mistake that I made was I was trying way too hard to be different. So what I did was I made decisions based off of what I thought was cool instead of what was actually proven to already work. The smart thing to do in this situation was to find supplements that are already selling well instead of creating a custom formula and spending 50 to 60K and spending $0 and just selling more private label supplements like this of supplements that are already proven to sell. So with these private label supplements, I would spend $0 because I don't have to buy any inventory upfront. What I would do is use my marketing skills to sell it to a customer and as soon as it sells to a customer, then I pay for how many bottles I've sold and the fulfillment house ships it out straight to the customer. So again, if I would have started with the private label supplement and just used one of these and sold it and not spent any money on inventory, I would have saved about $58,000 on creating this custom formula that I had no idea would sell and I could have already sold a proven product and been a lot more profitable from day one. I also had a hard time selling it in the beginning because I had to figure out the right messaging, I had to figure out the right market to sell to and this was a product that I had no idea how to market because there was no one else out there really marketing the same product because it was a custom formula. So the lesson here is don't try to be different just because you think it's cool. Find something that's already working if you wanna make money and you wanna make a successful business and test that on a smaller scale first and then scale up as you find something that works. Don't make the same mistake that I did which is to sync multiple five figures into a product that I had no idea would sell and I had a hard time selling that in the beginning. So that is number two, lesson number two, don't try to be different and cool find something that's already working, model after that, test it on a smaller scale before you start to invest significant time, money and resources into it. The third mistake that I made was I was product focused instead of being market focused. And so what I did was I picked Neutropics as a product that I wanted to sell which helps with brain and memory and being able to focus more because I thought it was a cool product and because I took it myself. But after spending months formulating the product spending two to three months formulating and picking the ingredients and putting it all together I had no idea who I was gonna sell it to. Was I gonna sell it to myself? Was I gonna sell it to older people to help with memory? Was I gonna sell it to gamers or people who play extreme sports to help them focus? I had no idea who my market was and who I was gonna sell this product to. All of my time was focused on the product instead of thinking about who the market was that I wanted to sell to what are their specific problems and pain points and then creating a product to help them with that. So what you have to do here is always think about whether you're selling a product or a service I always think about the market first the niche or the industry or the market the people that you want to help and I look at their pains and problems and I create an offer or product or service around that. I spent all of my time focused on the product and making the best product instead of focusing on the people that the product would be for. So what I wish I did and what you should do as well is choose your market first, right? Who do you want to help? What are their pains and problems? And what can you create or bring them a product or a service? What kind of offer can you create for them? That's gonna help them solve those pains and those problems. Now the easiest way to do this regardless of your business model whether you're selling a physical product or a digital product or coaching or courses or services or even something like software if you choose your market first and you see what they're already buying it becomes pretty easy to figure out what you can create that's similar to the products they're already buying but just maybe slightly better or slightly different and they're already proven to want to buy that the market's already proven to buy that so you could just sell them more of what they're already buying. That is the easiest way to build a profitable business from scratch as quickly as possible is to choose your market first and then create a product that they're already buying and just add a few little tweaks to it, right? Something that's a little different or a little better or a little unique about what you have there. So the three mistakes again that I made that you should look to avoid whenever you're starting a business or you're growing your business is number one, I dove into the business model before understanding all the risks involved and everything involved from me that I would need to do to make this work. If I had spent a little more time researching I could have avoided all the time and stress and money and energy that was wasted in building this up. Number two was I was trying too hard to be different rather than just finding something that was already working and modeling after that and making it just slightly different or more unique and then selling more of what is already proven to sell. And number three is I was product focused instead of market focused. I created what I thought was the best product but I had no idea who was gonna sell it to and because of that I had a hard time selling it profitably. So in that case you wanna choose your market first understand the market and their pains and their problems and then you can decide what are they already buying and what can I sell them that's just slightly different or unique or a slightly better than what's already proven to sell. So that was my story of how I lost over six figures on a failed supplement business and also the three mistakes that I made that I think if you avoid those you're gonna be in a lot better shape than I was and I could have saved myself all that money and time if I didn't make those mistakes. Now I still learned a ton from this experience so personally I don't really regret it. I look back at it all the time and try to pull out lessons of what not to do and things to look out for. I'm a lot more cautious as well before I jump into either partnerships or different types of businesses or projects. So I don't regret this happening but I'm hoping that this video helps you so that you don't make the same mistakes and you don't have to waste all that time and money like I did. Now if you got value out of this give it a like, comment down below if you've had any rough patches or things that you feel that in business I'd love to hear your story. And also if you are interested in learning how to write money making emails which is what I do now for my own products as well as clients go to email rainmaker.com which will take you to my free Facebook group and my email list where you can learn more about that. And that's it for this video. I'll see you in the next one. Take it easy.


Right welcome everybody to the live stream. So today is just the thumbnail the title suggests we're gonna take a look at a Realistic Bitcoin price prediction now I have said in the past that I am not going to do any price predictions and this isn't for me This is actually just all based on math and it makes a lot of sense. It's a very wide range I will double give you that but it's a what I think is a little bit more safer So we're gonna take a look at a realistic Bitcoin price prediction based on math And then before we do that we'll take a look at some a little bit of data on what's going on in the market Also, we'll take a look at how India just got hit with a 30% Capital gains tax and that law just went into effect well It'll go in effect April 1st But the law was passed today and lastly we'll take a look at some good news on the horizon with what government is doing And also just to remind you that we'll be doing the DCA show It's me Ben into the cryptiverse and James my best answers later today at 4 p.m. Actually, sorry 3 p.m. Eastern time 12 p.m. Pacific so I'll give you all the information on that one as I get it But first let's take a look at the market and if you're here for the live stream welcome Thanks for stopping by appreciate it if you're watching the replay time stamps underneath there You can zip forward or whatever want to do But it's all logically just to go in the nice linear manner and then also if you want to continue your education Go to Dan teachers crypto comm. It's all my best information. I have 100% free is free always will be free Let's take a peek of what's going on. So here we are Here's the market. It's a good day. It's a great day here in Puerto Rico a lot of rain going on right now So if I lose Wi-Fi connection, you know, why it's not because the government to stop me It's because it's Puerto Rico. So Bitcoin is up today Fantastically 3.4 percent almost 10% in a week. I mean look these are great numbers What's the market cap? I know we're over 2 trillion 2.1 2.1 trillion. Nice trading volume at a hundred and seven billion dollars Looks like people are looking pretty Intently at crypto and we got a 40% Bitcoin market cap excellent excellent. I like these days I mean, it's not three trillion But again take the little wins because all those little wins add up to one big win And I'll take it a theorems up three and a half percent 3200 Just talk about the merger coming up pretty pretty fast proof of work on a proof of stake That's what's driving that 2.2 for finance coin Everything's up a little bit across the board some more than others crypto.com. They're coming to America good for them So they're probably up a little bit anything big FTX token 7.4 That's what I should take a look at ETH classic Congratulations Mike the investors been talking about forever. I just I just don't see it I don't know any of it. I'll grant 8% holy smokes I I get more excited on some cryptos and others because I own them and I'm biased So just so you know so obviously you can just tell that I went out of Iran just by my high-pitched tone 12% for 3rd and I don't really care again. See there you go 12% congratulations, Thor holders So that's what we got as far as the market. It's a great day. It's a good day. I mean, I'll take the win Let's jump into what I was talking about Realistic Bitcoin price prediction. So I need to preface this Intently I've said in the past. I've done price predictions and Some came true and some didn't and I think people took some of these price predictions to heart Even though I said it's not French advice me. I can only say that so many times before it just gives just belligerent so I'm just like look Some of these price predictions didn't work out. So I'm like, I'm not giving price predictions, but I will see if we use a little bit of some math and the logarithmic Prediction we can put a very big swath of a range I think it's a little bit safe for some people and I think that is probably the way to go as far as it's saying Hey, you know a Bitcoin's going to a million in December. That's not how it works I think this is a little bit better way but first I want to take a look at a little bit of data points and to do that first of all Let's see how we are doing as far as us in the traditional market Because I think we're a little bit attached to the hip. So S&P's up. Let me refresh this. This is one day Oh shoot forget that. Hey, we're down Negative 11. Well point. This is a quarter. How are we doing five days one month six months? Okay. Hey So maybe we're becoming uncorrelated. That's great. Let me refresh this. Yeah, a little bit down Five day one month six months But you know what what's what's impressive to me finally finally Is that we're having a good day as far as Bitcoin goes and the traditional market is going is sliding down I'll take it for what it is and hopefully I didn't just jinx us but that's what we have but Let's take a look at some data points real quick. Shall we okay? So on-chain analysis, we take a look at it This is from into the block and they've got a lot of good data points one of those is exchange net flows and if You've been on the channel for a while, you know that I believe that the more times that or the amount of Bitcoin that gets taken off That's a bullish indicator. So if people have crypto on an exchange That means they usually want to sell it and if they take it off into cold storage It usually means they don't want to just hold it all hold on to it for a while Because they're not gonna they're not gonna spend it They're not gonna sell it and they want to keep it someplace safe So the net flows is the net amount of inflows minus outflows of a specific Crypto asset going in and out of centralized exchanges Over the past seven days that and that could be any time frame that could be 24 hours seven days 30 days, whatever else So this is where Data sometimes gets skewed Again, this is from into the block nice little publication they put out there And it said a bitcoin saw net outflows of nine million After 1.1 billion withdrawn the previous week. Well, that's good, right? And Ethereum recorded the largest yearly outflows with over 1.7 billion ETH leading exchanges So again more that it leaves the better is however I think we should double check On these this analysis, right? So bitcoin saw net outflows of nine million After 1.1 billion withdrawn the previous week. Well, we take a look at On-chain flows. Here's the net flows what they're talking about and it says it right there This is right from into the block Net flow show just between tokens entering and exchanging and getting going in and out And if I take a look at seven days, well In actuality There's a plus here Of 1000 bitcoin now if we take a look over seven days. Yes. See this black line here. That's the price And then see this blue line anything positive And this is all this is what's called aggregated exchanges So you could it's binance crack and coinbase jimini bitfinex who will be okay. It's the same little Okay, so just so you know and you can break it down to individual Exchanges if you want to but if we look at this In all honesty for the last seven days and it says it right there It's actually a net positive people are putting bitcoin onto The exchange is a little bit now. There's been some times and we take a look at a month We can see there's been some dips here where it goes a little bit negative and this is in the thousands But overall it's not anything that's really fenced. Let's take three months. Maybe six months There's some big dips here, but I see a lot of positivity One year. Okay. Now now we're talking. Okay. Well after a year I can see where there's a lot of dips here people taking things off But still over the time frame. I'm not too convinced of that narrative. That's okay So We take a look also at the news Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah on chain flows One second. Ah, yeah So if we take a look at the news itself What is going on? There's been some pretty positive stuff and I think news sometimes moves a little bit first of all Not news and parts partnerships, but as far as holders So There are 40 million holders right now. I don't know if you knew that I didn't know that This is the first time the number of bitcoin addresses holding bitcoin Has surpassed 40 million Bitcoin addresses holding bitcoin allow myself to introduce myself. So if we take a look here This is over a continuum from the beginning 2009 the total address is a bitcoin and we can see it's gone up pretty steadily and and one of the biggest spikes was around 2017 Remember that time? Oh, that was a good time Everybody's getting a bitcoin. It was awesome and it plummeted like a rock. I remember those days but as we can see And if we always think to ourselves like are we in the right place the right time? I think we are I think There was a little bit of a regression here at this point in 2021, but right now as it stands The total with with balance mind you is 40.21 million addresses. That is the most It has ever been in bitcoin's existence. So okay, I can see that now we're talking Also, there's been a narrative of Tara's three billion accumulation We talked about this Yesterday I think yesterday or two days ago. No, I think it was yesterday where Tara and Doquan The founder they're going to be putting a ton of money Into bitcoin to have that actually prop up not prop up but to Have it stabilized as far as bitcoin for their stable coin So I think that's good news and that's a positive what it is also Just so you know, there's a fastest growing group over the past 30 days number of addresses Holding between 1,000 and 10,000 bitcoin has grown faster than any other. That's good news I suppose however to me and we can see right here. There's been quite a big increase To me that says that there's some pretty big people with a lot of money getting into bitcoin right now Maybe that whole theory that James has been talking about as far as interest is coming in finally is here we'll see Things are going crazy today and then Hash rate, I don't care and then of course there's a another little piece of story here I thought was interesting that uh, because there's an esg issue and this is what has been talked about as far as Kevin O'Leary and all the people that are so bent out of shape because bitcoin uses so much energy I get it I understand but uh, here's some positivity although bitcoin mining is typically associated with larger carbon emissions Exxon's pilot program seems to kill two birds with one stone excess energy production results in millions of gas being burned off because of flared and Exxon It has a pilot which comp Potentially began in 2021 as per a Bloomberg report has been using part of this excess energy to mine bitcoin as opposed to flaring So that's good news, but I will tell you I covered this a year ago as far as I understand as the data that I had taken a look at It's they're not using it that much. It's not like they're using like 50 percent to to push into bitcoin I think it's like less than a percent. I could be wrong Check me in the comments, but that's what I read. So It's a step in the right direction, but we need more of that And then if also real quick If we take a look here Just for positivity. We've got the most amount of wallets. That's good. We've got as far as addresses of time held See these this green line right? Let me pull this stuff so you can see this is Cruisers are people between one and 12 month old bitcoin holders are are more than a year and traders are less than a month That's very little Well, besides 2017 But we take a look the holders that have people who hold bitcoin for more than a year In actuality It's actually grown that is highest point as well And the ones that have gone from between one and 12 months is actually decreasing and then lastly I will just say this The average time that bitcoin is held for all the wallets across everything. We just took took a look at was 3.2 years. So We take a look at positivity that could be it and then also Just real quick So, you know a theorem continues to get steam ahead of a theorem is transitioned a proof of stake because they're going from proof Work to proof of stake the ethereum merge hidden all-time high There's been an increased amount of mainstream coverage about the ethereum merge Particularly around how it will lead to each supply decreasing becomes deflationary. I believe that actually has happened Additionally, the reduced environment may happens later in April. I forgot Additionally, the reduced environmental impact coming from the transition to proof of stake has also began making news This is something I didn't think about but it makes a heck of a lot of sense Going from proof of work for all the miners and everybody doesn't like that, right? They're all up in arms. That's the whole thing with bitcoin and now we're going to proof of stake Which means we don't use near as much energy. I don't know about How safe that is but that's for the geniuses to figure out That could be a huge narrative going down. I know people like who cares who cares? Well, apparently big money cares and if we go from proof of work to proof of stake in ethereum And they're able to pull off that e2.0, which we've been waiting for forever It is really going to explode. I think ethereum is going to be huge and don't and as I let me remind you something real quick I always talk about this defi lama if you take a look at the locked up value for defi I know some people are not going to want to hear this but it is the truth and data doesn't lie Ethereum has 125 billion locked up. The next closest one is terra 26 billion next one is binance chain Which is super Centralized or whatever avalanche 10 billion selana 7 billion phantom 6 billion Clayton she's okay 1 billion near protocol almost a billion so and then you know One of my faves cardano down here at 320. So I mean look it is what it is and That I think is a pretty positive narrative for ethereum and I'm not telling you what to invest into. It's just just an opinion so Lastly holders are front-running the narrative. It appears long-term holders and anticipate this growing interest That's me and you in case you don't know An address is holding eith over a year grew their positions by over 4 million eith within weeks as prices plummet late july january, excuse me So I kind of smashed in together bitcoin and ethereum. So let's just jump into The price prediction and I will say in the next couple of days or so this from will clement a Uh, we just saw that bitcoin was going like went up pretty high 44. Let's refresh it. Let's see what it is Who would want a four dollars? Okay, 44 268. This was a a tweet from will clement a the wall of asks Bison cells just stepped up and bit for next from 45k to 40k. Look at that wall So maybe we could see a pretty good run. I don't know. I'm just a dca or so this gets to the prediction again math This is benz website. It's fantastic. I've talked about it numerous times. It's probably my fourth time Talking about it. I'm not shilling it because it's I don't have affiliate link It's just app died into the crypt over so you can find a link in the description And it's got all this great data and information that he shares and then everything that he talks about he even made a video about Which is pretty cool And there was one that I'd love to show you but ben said don't show that And it was the risk the hell of the Risk risk risk risk rick. Oh, yeah, this one called risk Hope I don't show it Ah, yeah, okay, so risk levels time and risk bands and it really is great to see how Bitcoin and In a theorem are kind of in these these these risk levels and kind of where to like maybe consider getting out and getting in And uh, it's got on chain chart. That was crazy. So this is like some I like to look at bitcoin logarithm regression bands. What this is This chart shows the bitcoin price with bubbles and non bubbles green and red Logarithm regression lines the logarithm regression lines are based on the formula y equals 10 a times ln x minus b where x the blah blah That's ben stuff. Great. Good friend smart guy smart guy and when I take a look at this you kind of As we can see things and he's charted this out all the way from the beginning And he's got to see this upper band Upper lower band. This is real prices back in 2010. That's funny 12 bucks And then is this yeah 2017 the upper band did hit 19 almost 20,000 remember that the lower band where I think and then Non bubble upper was like 2,500 Non bubble. That's where like the fair value might be actually And then non bubble fit on bubble lower And these are very conservative and then he kind of just plots it along this So when I take a look at this, I'm like the most conservative I can do And I I like this approach because it's not telling you like okay, bitcoin's it going to go to 150,000 Which is what I thought which is totally wrong If I just take a look at this and use math. Well, if I just keep going out Let me blow this up Seriously what we got This is my prediction 29 december 2022 we could be between $20,000 and 172,000 That's the prediction That's where we're at That's where it could be and the non look at the non bubble 44,000.  I can't do that And all those other predictions out there. I don't think They're cute They're adorable But they're really not good And if you take a look at the long run, just take a look at this in the long run That's just there, but who cares what if we are We just move along this continuum and we just take and say, you know what I don't know I'm not I'm not going to be rich by the end of the year. But what about in two years? What about 2024? Would it be okay if bitcoin Hit 100,000 in 2024. Would I be okay with that? Would it be all right? Or maybe it goes a little bit higher than that? I think I'd be okay In two years Where else are you going to get those types of returns? And that is the most conservative you can possibly get Where can you get that? I don't know again Financial opinion that financial advice and even Dave from cryptos or us. He had a pretty good one. He goes this is He's using this thing The bellwether curve and he talks about phoenix. He's always big on theta And he talks about this is where the percentage wise it could be Here's theta right now of 14 bucks He thinks it'd be go between 14 and 44 dollars again If you want to invest in something like that that would be An option for you to take a look at and you can also find dave's channel over at crazy for cryptos I'll link in the description as well. And then just remember this Here's my price predictions in 20 january 7 2021. Let's blow up Let me get past my enormous head And here we go Because look at these These words And everybody was talking about 150 and 10k didn't didn't happen chain link worked out actually went to 50 I had 35 cradano worked out of three. It actually hit three Theta went way above 10 Celsius. I think it went to like 9 bucks. So I missed that one stellar maybe a dollar. I'm gonna even hit that Polkadot. I think we hit that one too. So it's all big hits and misses But if you just kind of take a step back and go, you know what? What's realistic? What's realistic because you have some realistic expectations and they overexceed? I think you'll be okay. So that Is the price prediction for 2022 And it's the safest one I can possibly get based on math Let me let you think about that in the comment section. Let's finish up with some good news bad news combos Which is Poor india man, this one sucks India passes a stiff crypto tax law despite industry uproar the amendments the amendments saw by the crypto were not accommodated even though they were Shouting at the top of the lungs and the policies will go into effect april first. Here's what's going on Indians will begin paying a capital tax of 30% on crypto transactions in just a week After the nation's parliament passed a controversial tax proposal on friday In addition to the capital gains tax because that's not the worst of it Indians transacting with crypto will also have to pay a 1% tax deducted at source or tds and taxes on crypto gifts With no ability to take deductions for losses. So you can't get it to anybody You can't take any deductions for your losses. So if you lose money too bad, you're still getting taxed Oh, and also the tds every transaction is 1% so even if you lose you're still paying Tds will be in play from july 1st, but this one 30% goes into effect april 1st. Here's what the government said Steering passage of the law through the lower house of the indian parliament was finance minister nirmala sitharaman Who introduced the proposal? So if you're mad at anybody Probably directed to that individual More than 20 members of the lower house of parliament reacted strongly to the bill calling out the lack of clarity and defining crypto With several mp saying that the crypto taxes will finish the industry Sitharaman responded by saying that hey, there's no confusing signal We have been very clear that consultations are going on as to whether we want to regulate it to some extent or Really very much or totally ban it basically what she's saying is like You're lucky We didn't ban it Because we were clear We could have gone that round. We didn't do that. Here's what we did. We taxed it because we want money. You want money everybody's a winner, right? So if you take a look at like uh, like a uh Very passive aggressive way the same thing. She's pretty much like hey, we could have banned it. You're just lucky Good news bad news Witnessing no amendments and the crypto taxation policies have discouraged firms and investors from investing in the volatile market This will hamper the overall growth Of the sector by reducing mass adoption and validation said abhi agarwal ceo and founder of nft marketplace collection Attacks on certain assets indicate that those assets are recognized tradeable asset class by the regulator That gives the industry a lot more clarity and legal status of crypto And it's arrived income hence It's good news for the industry in india with respect to building a more Regulated operating environment for crypto said lenox lied director of okx. So there is some positivity two ways to look at it I don't see it as very positive, but sure whatever and here's one more way to look at it Shivam Thakral CEO of Indian exchange by ucoin was also asked optimistic saying hey The government government did the best to the knowledge that they had He explained that this is just how india operates historically things move slowly Governments stay conservative But eventually governments get the point and they start to understand And when trading volumes will start to drop Which they will then they'll get it and then they'll come back and say we don't we we're not going to tax you 30% My opinion. I think they're going to get their money I think they're happy with that. I don't care. I don't think that they really care if you've got A couple hundred billion in transactions or just a couple billion. They're still getting paid a lot of money I think they're happy there. Maybe if it drops up a lot, but I don't see it going that way So that's one end of the spectrum And on this channel, I've been talking about how I think that regulation should come So we could kind of get into and we could tell or give these institutions and go this is what's going on That's not the regulation that we want I don't people will say but that's the regulation that you're going to get maybe but here's an alternative Check this out So governments and some good news. Remember that whole proof of work ban From the eu with I was going to go through. Well, I just got shot down EU's mica bill moves forward without the bitcoin limiting provision if that would have gone through They would have banned proof of work completely not they would have banned crypto But they would have banned the miners for crypto proof of work and that could have just led a nice little slippery slope But that's going to go through without so The EU's landmark legislative package for governing crypto assets is moving on to the next stage of negotiations Without the divisive provision seeking to restrict the use of proof of work for crypto In the past few days, EU lawmakers have been negotiating a mandate for the proposed landmark four digital assets Which does not contain a provision seeking to limit Or exclude the use of proof of work crypto in the EU Before it moves on to the trilog negotiations between the parliament council and commission The provision in question was defeated in a closed committee vote on march 14th The mica trilog is set to begin next week. So it's going to move forward Into legislation and parliament But it's going to move forward without the ban on proof of work and that Gives me hope so look nd I think Overregulated EU got it right in this situation, but I'm a little biased. I must tell you Where do you think things are going to go for places like the us In canada I'm interesting by that in the comment section because that will be an interesting topic And lastly just as uh, I wanted to make make mention of just to remind everybody Uh dca will be on james's channel today. I think it's a good day to talk because uh, you know Prices up and everybody loves when prices up. So We'll be there in a couple hours So that concludes today's news one a little bit long. Sorry tried to figure it figured it all in failed But uh, that concludes today's news if you want to stick around we're going to do five questions in five minutes And uh, we'll be done with that if you have to leave take off no big deal Give me a thumbs up or a thumbs down. Tell me what's wrong. We'll try to fix it. Consider subscribing Let's jump into some q and a and every time I do q and a just so you know There's always like a little bit of a delay between when I ask for it People actually gave me the question. So We'll see what we got. That's a good one As far as energy usage the glenimal says banks use seven percent of world's electricity interesting I wonder how much they use now because I don't know if you've noticed but uh, the Regular bank traffic physical locations are shutting down more and more so and mostly everything is done online So I wonder if they're really using that much. I don't think they are but I could be wrong Thought some theta still bullish. I still own it haven't bought any more, but I still own it. I think it'll do well Richard jang. Thanks, man. Appreciate it. Uh Why so handsome? I don't Just tough to be me Look, man, I gotta tell you guys, Puerto Rico wasn't a fan when I first moved here now Love this place. It's great. And I gotta tell you it is, uh If you're looking for a place to go to and Like if you're Indian and want to get away from that nonsense as far as capital gains tax You can come to Puerto Rico. Anybody can guess how much capital gains tax are here 0.0 percent So check that out. I got a nice video.  I can't say it. It's between Whatever that like 20,000 and 170,000. That's the range That's all I got Solomon Uh, you're 100 right rob. They just care about money here in India And I believe this is the gentleman who is from India by the time they come to their senses At the end of the world playing to leave India. Hey man, come do a Puerto Rico A lot of great place. Come to the meetups food's fantastic People are great. Everybody's in shape here, too That's the thing about Puerto Rico. Everybody's in shape man. Like I love Texas It's pretty big people sometimes but here everybody's in shape. Everybody looks good Great place to be make sure you want to work out So there's a question Philip says isn't the value of bitcoin not only scarcity, which it is it's not only scarce. It's finite Which is a it's a small distinction But it's a part one But also depending ability to the ease of transfer and not too hotel and that's just it That's what's great about bitcoin if you wanted to be a store of value for yourself You can and there is he's you know, you're right. You can Transfer it wherever you want to and it goes to show you like what's going on in Ukraine As the refugee situation escalates and they're trying to go over to Poland and other countries It's hard to take your entire life savings And and imagine this I mean, you're going across some very dangerous areas very easy for someone to Take whatever you have, right? So if that's the case, it's not feasible to carry 50 10 pound gold bars or whatever else or to take fiat cash out if it's even worth anything Later on but you can remember 12 words your mnemonic phrase and you can take your your value anywhere That's what I think so good question Flip mine. Thanks man. I don't know what the 10 bucks is for save it buy more buy more crypto Feel like every leader is a nut job. They're not all nuts. They're just they just uneducated I think when people educate them they then they get it not everybody but I think if A lot of people once they really get the right information Offer the races they go and they get it. I think though. It's the ones that Not only they have information but they get misinformation they get fed Disinformation and that's what leads to problems as far as like the regulators. That's just my opinion I'm an optimist though Flippin okay, there's what flippin wanted to ask. Okay. What's your thoughts on luna and us tear luna? Are you staking there also? I need to but i'm not because i'm missing out on money Uh, james did a video with luna possibly going to 80 000 on kwan's bigger word I saw the video from james did it was very interesting james always has these great models Data's data sometimes like you look at this stuff and and I think even james will admit There's a lot of things that have to come into play for 80 000 luna to to to hit and I don't think it's like the easiest thing of all time. I think Yeah, there's a lot of things have to go into the factor It's the same thing with like bitcoin going to 100 000 250 000 1 million things have to go into play before that actually happens could happen just Take it with a grain of salt. That's all I'll say Yeah, 80 k was the I know was the extreme Ah Thanks, man. The glenum. Bitcoin consumes 1113 terawatt hours Terawatt hours per year while the bank stream consumes 203 interesting interesting interesting Terawatt hours per year seems kind of I know it's it's it's the function of of the electricity output over time And how much time that actually does take place So if it's terawatt hours per year, it seems I don't have to take a look at that where's All this illegal corruption not everybody Just don't see I'm doubtful. That's funny. That actually is pretty funny Yeah, that's a good point It's a really good point. I wish the press would talk about Ukraine's use of crypto other than the rush's alleged use yeah I'd love to see that on like any of the big news channels Uh, I think I think I did my job today because I have no questions. This is fantastic Oh, here's one. That's a good one Uh, when you move crypto to voyager or Celsius is that classified as moving crypto off an exchange regarding stats you talk about? The thing is No, because when you put it into see voyager is is a broker So those They have their own wallets, but as far as them being like a brokerage They are connected to different various exchanges, which no nobody really can nail down exactly which ones they are I have my thoughts about which ones they are, but that is Uh, that you're not moving them off an exchange. Uh, so that wouldn't actually count Uh, hey Rob, how about XRP? Um Should do well once they win the case I'm sure I've got a pretty good feeling that they're going to win the case But again, that's just a feeling and you can't take a feeling to the bank. Can you so I feel it might do well. I feel it might actually win, but no one knows And that's it. All right guys, we've gone 34 minutes. That's way too long. It's friday Enjoy the weekend. It's going to be a great one. I feel it. I feel it and uh Hopefully it's good. So look thanks for sticking around. 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