Heading Text

Ive been telling peeps for 5 odd years now to stay away from Revolut

If you want to use a company like this try Wirex instead as they are much more relaxed with your crypto

It only takes a little investigating to understand revolut as a company and there goals so why anyone has any of there crypto with them is just madness to me

Ive mostly used kraken and CB for over 7 years now to receive / move crypto with about 10+ BTC moved easy

I’ve never ever had a single issue to this day

Well apart from the fact that CB now want sender details etc however that’s easy to adjust

Buying BTC is a different story though so this comment is really regarding receiving / moving / saving BTC of course

I’d only ever buy BTC with dirty fiat but it’s who you know in this life for such a route

I would like to add that anyone who is saving there BTC to plz use a cold offline method

Anyway stay away from Revolut my friends x

Anyone have any advice idk how one would buy crypto in person or how that would make a difference

I do the same method of buying on rev then sending to a external I thought that was as safe as you could go

If anyone has any advice or ideas please lmk

Thank you kickass for this post 💚

I doubt this problem is unique to revolut, just that they're being extra judicious after recently getting their banking license. crypto laws in the uk make it so legally operating businesses bare responsibility for doing more checks than they used to, which tickle down to a bad time for people like us.

buying crypto in person is less problematic in that it's a p2p transaction so doesn't require kyc checks. new problems arise from it being a random person you're doing the transaction with, so there's a certain amount of risk involved. websites like localcoinswap let you filter by this type of exchange. I can't vouch for it yet until I complete a transaction soon.

How big are your transactions? Tbh I’ve been doing <100$ orders for almost 2years now straight from Revolut to the transaxe wallet (ik not the best opsec but I don’t really understand the risks) and not had a problem

They have a limit of 50 wallet addresses you can send to, so I was doing btc orders of about $1k at a time to keep the number of transactions down.

Pm me bro

kraken seems to be mint

I can also say i have tried both coinbase and kraken. Coinbase wanted loads of i.d etc and froze the account eventually. Were as kraken works fine and has done for at least a year now. I would go with kraken haven't had any issues with them what so ever

p2p exchanges dont have this problem. local coin swap is one of the best and you don't have to deal in person, they have an escrow system like littlebiggy albeit everything is shitloads faster.

glad to hear other people on lb have heard of them before. have you used it before? im going to give it a try shortly.

another upside to p2p is not having HMRC emails suggesting they think you're holding crypto with a reminder to declare. likely after the exchanges hand over user data for compliance. I don't hold it and it's none of their business

Just use kraken its very good and easy to use, with the only downside i have experienced being that there is a limit on the number of transactions you can make every 24hours but its only happened to me once after making about 25 transactions in a day and it was back to usual the next day.

Yeh they eventually do that to you, you can bullshit your way out of it for a few months but they eventually just close the account. I’ve used Paybis now for a few years and just send straight to the receiving address, not had any issues as of yet

appreciate the thoughts. how did you bullshit your way out of it for a few months? did they hold up your exchanges each time?

Hi KickAss,

I've been using Paybis over a year now and i haven't had any emails from HMRC stating that you need to declare any crypto that your holding. Can you let us know a little more about that as when i read your comment above i was a little concerned myself.

I only buy crypto directly from Paybis and send it directly to an external wallet address without any issues. I also emailed Paybis today asking them if i had to pay tax or any associated fees when buying and sending crypto directly from my account in the UK and they said NO.

the government is using the information they acquire from legally operating crypto firms to "remind" people who have acquired crypto that any profit from fiat withdrawals are taxable. I know it was a legit email because the gov were bragging about it in the media shortly after that declared income from the associated taxes went up not long after taking the step.

you will in all likeliness be absolutely fine, but paybis and all other crypto firms declare all the information as required by uk law. just keep a record of your transactions incase they claim you're holding the crypto you bought. cheers

This all sounds like a bit of a nightmare. If I am buying crypto on CB and sending to exodus wallet and then sending from that to purchase things what kind of record could be requested and how could I prove I have no crypto, showing cb and exodus balance.

if you're buying from CB you should be fine. they keep a record of transactions in your account history. even if you send to another wallet first (good practise) the blockchain is a double edged sword in that it's transparent so you can follow the trail until it's mixed with something like XRP. so long as you never cash back out to fiat currency, and make up a good excuse for the transactions, you have nothing to declare and should be fine

ETA 9min (4h ago) ....

I guess I'll be dry for the weekend. 4 years buying exclusively through LB and I've had a lot of patience (specially during Christmas times) but this year it's getting annoying.

never seen it so bad, for my regular order i'd be paying towards hundred pounds in fees by the looks of it.

Yo BBDoom, I have linked my topic that may help you out.

I know it's still not ideal, a bit tedious also, signing up and everything. However it's a lot better than the fees you were quoted.

Appreciated, tho i'll invest in another hobby this week if the fees are same at end of week.
I like to send to my own wallet first and that always bumps fees.

same here. better safe than sorry. I paid 160sat/vb on 400GBP which worked out at £19 fees. 2x that for total fees of about 10% on the initial amount. buying smaller would be practically unaffordable right now.

I tried to treat myself to a Q for this weekend, but messed up my transaxe payment. So, all in, my fees for £60 of bud are sitting at around £30 now with no bud in sight and patiently waiting for a transaxe refund. Pretty gutted. Can't justify even treating myself with things as they are now.

Paid £2.96 to buy GBP200 of BTC today and a fixed fee of BTC0.0002 to send a little less than GBP210.

So a total of £13.64 and it took less than 10 mins for Transaxe to receive payment.

Wheres that from please

Kraken: check out Budz link above.

Obviously it works out cheaper to make fewer, larger buys.

Either way, if you're BTC-savvy then I'm sure you can do better; but I'm not and this is straightforward.

No problem BBDoom, I understand the more private, external wallet method is chalked for now.

update as of 25/04/2024. network fees are as low as I've seen them for some time now. who knows how long that will hold for though.

Theres only one greentech theres only one greentech !get on mr falcon my friend

all propaganda from billioniares who want to stop us travelling...co2 makes up just 0.4% of the atmosphere...of that 0.0001% is man made..you all smoke weed, weed eats more co2 than any other plant, they add it in every big grow...plants eat co2...it gets higher plants get bigger...its bullshit antiscience...methane is the same, the hydrogen and oxygen eat it...its a perfect system...the co2 levels when the antartic was warm was half of todays levels..so that ruins the warming scam in a second...all bullshit with no experiments behind it...more fake corporate covid science ,all bought and paid for...dont belive a word of it. it is our duty to use actual science and resist this stupid scam....sorry if this offends anyone but bullshit walks... wheres Doggerland? wheres Dunwich...read some history the climate was never stable. who gains fromn this ...just the b illioniares who want to tax and stop our democracy.....wake up..its not science its a coup.

Spot on, that man! It’s 0.04% 400ppm. Whoever managed to convince people that CO2 The Gas of Life or The Miracle Molecule essential to all carbon based life forms on Earth is also a threat to the climate, has done a first class job of a psyop. Hats off to the Communists, The Masters of Manipulation, they’re very good at what they do.

Scientists know perfectly well how much Co2 is in the atmosphere because they figured it out, that's how you know in the first place, so if you're saying don't trust Scientists, why would you trust them about Co2 content and not the harm it does?

Why would I trust who? Which ‘scientists’ are you saying I should trust or not trust? Should I trust this lying, serial litigating POS?

How about the scientists working for ExxonMobil who came to the same conclusion 40 years ago despite their bosses not wanting to hear that

Where did I say “don’t trust scientists”

YEs SIr

here we are, the population that exists now is the vanguard of what is to come. I fear, for our future generations, that it becomes worse before better. Though we as homosapien sapien (we're double sapien) will adapt to our environment regardless.
The Cop23 summit told us the ocean temperature has increased by 3% (correct me if this figure is wrong). Tearful to type And that means the death of our oceans as we know it. Maybe the nature of the oceans, like humans, is to die - and reincarnated also. But, that is now the temperature of the oceans. It cannot be decreased 'back to normal' through environmental friendly actions. The oceans are dying basically, bit grim to type, but we're all reasonably grown up here to handle the truth.
only thing that can cool them back down - to recognisable temperatures
(and stop the ocean from dying) - is an ice age. There may be intelligent lifeforms there that we are yet to kill.

Solar and Wind turbine require precious earth metals which is equally devastating to produce.

Plastics are the biggest problem in my opinion and that just seems to be getting worse there will be no rest bite to production of petro chemicals as profits and dividend payments to shareholders are the most important to these corps. And that will never change.

We are being screwed and we will continue to be screwed unless we all get together and dethrone this evil beast!

great post but i think when we're talking about the planet "we" is something bigger.

I highly doubt that the CCP hold the same opinion as you when it comes to "we" but I'll keep my fingers crossed.

When confronted with this principle of "1%" a climate activist I happened to listen to on LBC said;

"Well we're a leading power in the world and therfore I think we need to lead by example. When we change... countries like China and India will follow"

The utter arrogance of this is not just vulgar, but bewildering.

China (CCP) couldn't give a shit what the UK does and if you want an example of how much they respect our opinion, let's look at Hong Kong.

They walk in, Dominic Raab whinges a bit and fuck all happens. Because we're not a world power anymore. And Hong Kong wil soon be absorbed by the CCP.

Put your plastic in the recycling bins, fold up your cardboard all you want, it won't make a blind bit of difference. The only thing this movement has done is replaced religion in a secular UK society. That's it.

I wish it wasn't so, but it is.

Cheers BB

CO2 doesn’t affect the climate or the Earth’s temperature. It’s all bollocks. Anyone who thinks AGW/ACC is a thing, shouldn’t smoke weed. You have been played 😂

Well concrete on its own is about 8 to 10%

Between 2009 and 2011 China used more concrete to make its 'megacities' than the United States used in the entire 20th Century.

Get your head around that one. I sure can't. 🤔

Cheers BB

Picture round 10 times the people and concrete used 5 times as much per person now.

put the blunt down

just for a second . pick up the bong n start a new method

I only started using bitcoin to buy from here and am suitably unimpressed with it so far. Yesterday, I went to make a purchase but the network fees are so high it just wasn't worth it.
I'm going to spend the small amount I have in my wallet and then reevaluate why I'm paying so much to get so very little.
More then likely I will go back to buying locally.

feel you. nothing worse than handling bitcoin when it's so volitile and fees are sky high..lb needs to get their shit together and use another equally decentralised coin.

Just buying bitcoin to use on here is a bit perilous for me at these prices, I had a purchase on bittylicous take almost 2 hours to complete not long a go (usually takes minutes) and I was terrified the price would hit one of those sudden drops, suddenly a small drop can be a decent sum of money! Just ups the stress of buying, mo' money mo' problems for bitcoin I guess lmao it wont end well for most I don't think but as you say it's not what it was meant to be anyway and many have and will make money along the way.

We could do with an alternative option on here really, eventually, hopefully.

Agreed. Also want to have a look at the relationship between tether and bitcoin. Shady as fuck and if tether goes under then the arse will well and truly fall out of it all.
https://amycastor.com/2020/11/21/are-pixie-fairies-behind-bitcoins-latest-bubble/
https://amycastor.com/2019/01/17/the-curious-case-of-tether-a-complete-timeline-of-events/

2 for 2

not one for tradition ay? probably wise haha

what about
soppy right - cries watching royal weddings
dimwit left - thinks most protests achieve results

fun test :)

This has put my anxiety to rest.

Thanks

Stocking up and toppin up, same as always ;)

Just so all the biggas know LUD's is back with regular drops, British Bulldog is back around New Year and RB has been killing it with the monster buds - 3 great options for replenishing the stash without breaking the bank.

I'll also be using Smoggyman and ULC to top me up with fire and flavours as they're both amazing sellers :)

Wont be trying any new sellers over the period though as this isn't the time for taking punts! sorry to any new sellers who pop up!

Already bought ahead of Christmas it really is a must if you don’t wanna risk running out

My latest way of doing it smell free is by filling size 00 clear veg capsules and popping them at work ,quite nice and not to heavy ,started with 4

How many grams roughly to get baked? I don't have a dry herb vape but loving the fact you can use the old bud to make edibles etc, so very tempted.

Not sure weight wise , I use capsules as a measure tool , each person has got diffrent tolerance so ...

I've saved about 10g so far and been looking at what to do with it. Some people just eat it as is, I've no idea how they do this! I think the best thing to do is put it in coconut oil as people say it absorbs better than butter. Water curing before is also a good idea as it improves the taste and reduces the smell. Just watch out if the neighbors are a problem. I heard the abv farts stink to fuck :0

Water cured and decarbed my last lot and made some cookies!

Yeah, make edibles

what's the smell like baking? neighbours are a problem.

Fuckin stinks mate, make no mistake.

From vaped bud, the smell won't be that weedy anyway. More like popcorn.

That’s for the bin;) some people save it for droughts

thanks guy. some really great suggestions. will update how I get on.

Hey man, excuse the criticism on your post. Just like to see everyone getting along, and social media has certainly given people the greenlight to voice their opinions. We dont always agree but hopefully we can disagree with each other politely. Littlebiggy is largely great for that, and the tone is very positive. Voting system usualy for things you genuinely disagree with so downvoting old posts you werent involved in bit odd but hey ho.
Stick with the green bud, i have a similar history with alcohol... Older and a bit wiser now though. If you havent tried concentrates yet i would recommend you get yourself a Gpen Roam vapouriser and some shatter or rosin. Definitely the cleanest hit. Bit pricey but worth it. Peace

You will he a happier, more whole person for making the change! Welcome to the club :D

Welcome to weed world bro. If your not careful you'll still be here 35 years later, and hopefully just as happy.
I too had issues with drink and I didn't like who that made me. Feel much more comfortable with my hash though :)

Good decision mate. Nothing good comes from booze. With weed i get inspired and creative and do stuff, booze makes me sleepy and irritable. You should try eating it, its the best way to consume it.

Peep Show

might even see me make a cameo or two

The secret ingredient is crime!!!!

I’ve just run to Windsor

Just started watching 'Spaced' again.

I'm 40 now so it is my generation, but it's really good!

(yup showing my age)

It's on all4. Along with Peep Show (which yeah i like too!)

Don't judge me!

Haha

Cheers BB

I'm in the middle of re-watching Spaced and felt like I had to scroll for hours to find somebody who finally mentioned it! xD

Oh my god I've got some fucking Jaffa Cakes in my coat pocket. :-)

Hahaha, we've all been there!

https://youtu.be/EcfVqsiesmU

lol. Must give this watch

Thank you - you just reminded me I need to re-watch spaced again!

I was too old for it even back then, but the clever references still tickle me all these years later..

Well I’ll judge you... if I could give 2 upvotes I would, agree with you totally, 2 of my fave ever shows, making me think of hitting Spaced up again...

I loved the shows of that generation. Nathan Barley. Day Today. Brass Eye also. Then The Mighty Boosh.

Holy shit the Mighty Boosh. 😂. Literally only just remembered it.

That crack fox still gives me nightmares. 🦊

The Wire
The Ozark
Altered Carbon
Arrested Developement
People Just Do Nothing
Peep Show
Trailer Park Boys
Big Mouth
Fargo
Life On Mars
Dark Tourist
The Wolves Of Yellowstone
Utopia
It's Always Sunny In Philidelphia
Homeland
The Killing
Punisher
The End Of The Fucking World

This is what I can think of right now; definitely more to add. If anyone wants a little review/opinon or rundown on any of these shows let me know, more than happy. Also let me know what you're in the mood for, or usually like to watch and I can fire back with recommendations

Ah fuck it, nothing better to do, haha

The Wire - best thing ever written. Slow burner due to complication of story, but it is relatable as the war on drugs does not have a start or end to it, and street dealing doesn't just start, therefore you are immediately immersed in the story without even realising. Only figured that out the second time watching it. Also some great visual metaphors throughout. Also note there is no cue music to instigate feelings. All music is from source, i.e. car radio, night club. Only cue music is when Avon enters the lowrisers for the first time

The Ozark - Although breaking bad is good, it's not worth the hype. This is the older cooler brother of breaking bad. Calculated and intense at times. Story is always moving forward with real character progression

Altered Carbon - Absolutely fantastic sci-fi with great visuals and a great story line. Really left me itching to read the book, and I'm not a sci-fi fan

Arrested Development - Intelligent comedy with so much layered jokes you can watch this five times and still find punch lines you never noticed before

People Just Do Nothing - Threw this on not expecting much which is perhaps why I found it to be so good. Off the wall characters made completely believable by the actors playing the parts. Excellent idea, excellent execution.

Peep Show - This is a classic, you need to watch this

Trailer Park Boys - Another classic everyone here should be able to relate to

Big Mouth - Great for a background watch, but really funny and does take you back to your teenage years at times, haha

Fargo - Beautiful cinematography, great story captured very close to the original film. Billy Bob absolutely shines in this role in season one

Life On Mars - Made in early naughties, but just as relevant as today

Dark Tourist - good short run of a different kind of travel show. The kind of travel I like too

The Wolves Of Yellowstone - Nature documentary that has a story line Walt Disney would be proud of. Really makes you realise the balance of nature

Utopia - Such an underrated British TV series

It's Always Sunny In Philidelphia - Great zany show about dysfunctional friends who live in their own world, and drink in their own pub causing all kinds of ridiculous antics

Homeland - Great series that will always have you wondering what, or who is next

The Killing - Only recommend the first seasons. It drags you along on the witch hunt convincing you you know the answer

Punisher - About time they stuck to the gritty comic. Refreshing that this i not aimed at kids and fattening wallets.

The End Of The Fucking World - Two out there teens who decide to adventure together with, maybe, disastrous consequences

Peep show one of my all time favs and can't to wrong with arrested development what a classic

Sad that they never manager to run the show normally... And probably we won't se another season ever :( love arrested development

good job bro

Peep show and shameless uk!!

Currently halfway through the first series of Altered Carbon after reading this thread and seeing your recommendation. I'm a PhilipKDick fan and I'm really enjoying it, cheers 👍

Dark on Netflix. German show about time travel set in a village where kids keep going missing every 33 years. Stunning production values, really intricately plotted, three series, all ties together. Loved it. Has an English dub but the German audio with subtitles is best.

Dark is a masterpiece. Watching S2 whilst really baked was transcendent

End of the fucking world is really good. Strange and offbeat which I like. With some characters that don’t give a fuck. And it’s British and very relatable (even though it’s about a lad that thinks he’s a psychopath haha).

Better call saul is must after braking baf.

100% but do you think you could watch them the other way round and it’s all still as good? As I really do, integrated them amazingly well.

Watched breaking bad, thought it was good, maybe a little over hyped, better call saul never really appealed to me, maybe I should try the 1st few episodes.

Cheers

I think it is better than braking bad

Yeah I agree, I liked BB a lot but I came to it a bit late and like UKgrower hearing the hype maybe expected too much. Better call Saul I didn’t expect much of at all, didn’t think it’d get past Series 1 but now I think it’s better than BB.

Defo watch Saul.
Really new is Gangs of London, not too bad. The fight scenes are brutal.

If you enjoyed Breaking Bad, then give Better Call Saul a go. I always thought he stole every scene he was in during Breaking Bad.

The Wire ...

Best show ever made.

Hum.....

this man knows.....

I'm watching Detectorists at the moment. Really good. Funny and with beautiful scenery. On BBC iPlayer and Netflix.

Shout for detectorists.
Great theme tune btw.
Excellent characters.
Great series about the sackler family’s and there murderous medical misbehaviour ( painkiller )
Starring ferris bueller.

Succession

It’s a the best show in years imo

If you want a Change and a Tons of one line bombs to drop at work or with your mates there is only one place to go
"Letter Kenny" it will almost make you want to live there
10ply/Sally/Hard No and Bonny McMurryyyyyyyyyyyyyy

And if you want some of the best swearing on telly "The Thick of IT" / In The Loop
You will never watch a MP without Laughing again The Thick of it is almost a Documatary
Malcom Tucker is a
Best name calling every "Fuckbob Shitpants"

Sorry about the spelling
I am just dislexick @is there a strain that will help with this???

yes, they will all help make it worse. on the bright side, since everybody started typing on their phones, dyslexia is hardly noticeable anymore and you really don't have to apologise.

not a change if you just left that trailer park

My favourite show of all time is Bojack Horseman, trust me, give it a chance

Rick & morty puts any animated series in a corner sorry :p

Mindhunter on Netflix.

Still Game