Beermoney for Busy People! (2021)

Hi! I try to make this post each year about sites that don't have DQs and are worth your time to use even if you have a busy life! I have removed sites and apps that no longer exist and have also added a new one I am using this yea! I am a full-time student and work while in school so I don't always have time to grind out surveys for hours at a time. To qualify for this list, the sites can't DQ and have to be worth your time to use! Hope these help! Let's get into it.
 

CrowdTap

CrowdTap is a great site for short polls and surveys that is available online and in a mobile app on iOS and Android! The questions are about things such as consumer goods, food products, and services. The polls pay 1.5 cents each and the short answer questions pay 10 cents each (converted from their points system). Some of these polls are combined into longer surveys, and some are single one question polls. All of them are well worth it for the time that they take and there are no DQ’s of any sort. Reward options include Amazon, Target, Walmart, Steam, Xbox, and more. You can cash out starting at $5 and I am able to cash out about once a week. Make sure to give quality answers and look out for attention checks because people have been banned for not giving quality answers. Definitely add this one to your routine if you have not yet.
 

PaidViewpoint (Non-Ref) (Referral)

This is a site with short surveys and no DQ’s. There are short surveys (10ish questions) to collect demographic data that pay $0.10. As you do these, your trait score increases. Having a high trait score makes it more likely to get high paying surveys. You have to be patient, and you might go weeks without a survey, but once you get to max trait score it is definitely worth it. I have a max trait score and I get at least one survey (if not more) per day. The real surveys that aren’t just for demographics can pay upwards of $2. You can cash out at $15 via PayPal, Amazon, or Walmart. Just as some inspiration to stick with it, after hitting max traitscore I am on track to make $150 on here this year!
 

Pinecone Research

Pinecone is a great survey site with surveys about consumer products and food that don’t DQ and pay $3 per 10ish minute survey. I get an average of one a week. They also sometimes send you samples of the products to review and I have gotten several of these this year! The catch is that you have to find an invite to join the panel. These can be found on offers or banner ads on GPT sites so keep an eye out for one! It is well worth your time to sign up. You can cash out for PayPal and many gift cards at a $5 minimum.
 

Prolific

This one is great. You take academic surveys for universities and researchers and get paid in cash. I have been getting tons of surveys on here right now about Covid-19. As long as you don’t miss attention checks you won’t ever get disqualified. Some people get multiple surveys a day and others get only a few a week based on demographics. Usually it slows down in the summer because school isn’t in session, but they’ve had a lot of surveys available this summer. Many surveys pay at least minimum wage. Pro tip, if you ever have a problem with a survey or miss an attention check that you noticed, try contacting the researcher and often they can fix the problem for you. You can cash out with PayPal with no fees (for U.S. users).
 

Zogo iOS | Android | Invite Code: 88W6A

Zogo is an iOS and Android app that pays you to learn about personal finance. It is backed by a variety of established banks and is actually quite interesting to learn through. While in the past it required a sponsor to be able to cash out, now anyone can earn in the app. You earn by answering a set of questions once daily through the “pineapple party” (the name for their currency). You earn pineapples based on your performance. You can cash out for a wide variety of gift cards such as Amazon and Target at $5. It is fun and worth it because you are learning valuable lessons about finance as well!
 

YouGov

YouGov is a survey site/app that pays anywhere from $0.50 to $2 per survey. You never disqualify. I get a couple surveys a week. Most of the surveys are about public policy, politics, or general opinions of companies. You get the best value for your points if you save up for the $100 cash out. They offer the $100 cash out in bank transfer and Amazon. The Amazon gift card option used to be a physical mailed card but now its an e-gift card so that makes it even better! They offer other gift cards but they are for smaller values at worse rates so I would avoid them. Available online, on android, and on iOS.
 

E-Poll Surveys (Non-Ref) (Referral)

E-poll is a survey site with surveys that don’t DQ. They send you surveys via email when they are available. The surveys are often about pop culture, TV shows, and celebrities. Some of them pay better than others for the time it takes to complete them, but most are well worth your time. Make sure to complete the surveys soon after you get the email, because some fill up within a day or so. You can cash out for several gift card options including Amazon and Starbucks. You get better rates with the higher valued gift cards so I always save up for the highest ones.
 

Be Forthright

Forthright is a survey site with a nice twist. You sign up and receive invitations to surveys via email. I don’t usually do their “partner surveys” because they often DQ and you can get stuck in an endless loop, which doesn’t really fit with the point of this post.. Their non-partner surveys are awesome. They pay well for the time spent but they also have one of the best disqualification bonuses I have ever seen. Every three surveys you take, regardless of whether you disqualify or not, you get a $2 bonus. That is $0.66 per survey on top of its base pay regardless of whether you qualify or not. The base pay for the surveys ranges from $1-3 depending on length, which varies from 10-30 mins. They usually take much less time than the estimated length. I get a non-partner survey about once every 1-2 weeks and made around $50 here last year with minimum time spent. They pay instantly with PayPal, Amazon, or Bitcoin with no minimum.
 

Perksy

Perksy is an app that sends you short surveys that they call “stacks”. These surveys generally pay anywhere from $0.30 to $1.00 and I get about one a week. You can’t DQ from these and they only take a minute or two. The minimum cashout is pretty high at $25 but when you sign up you get a signup bonus that gets you pretty close to your first cashout. I am able to cash out about once a year. They offer a lot of different gift cards but the most notable ones are Amazon and Target.
 

Google Opinion Rewards (Android) (iOS)

This one is quite popular and most of you have probably heard of it. This app is run by Google that will send you short surveys. If you have the app on iOS you can cash out to PayPal at $2, but on Android you can only cash out to Google Play balance. People who travel a lot or use a lot of Google services may get more surveys than others. I make $10ish dollars a year on here but I’ve seen others make more.
 

OnePulse (Android) (iOS)

This is one of my favorites. The app will send you “Pulses” that you can answer for cash. The surveys start out paying around $0.25 each but as you level up your account they pay more. Mine currently pay $0.34. They have non-paid pulses that can level up your account but those aren’t really worth doing. The minimum cash out is $20 via PayPal. I have made about $10 here just in the last week due to pulses about Covid-19.
 

SurveyMonkeyRewards (Android) (iOS)

This is an app that is owned by SurveyMonkey, the popular survey development company. It offers short surveys that pay anywhere from $0.25 to $0.50 depending on length. The surveys take no longer than 3-5 minutes. They technically can DQ, but this happens very rarely and only at the very beginning of a survey. The nice thing about the surveys is that they use SurveyMonkey's survey software so they are consistent and easy to complete. While they do send notifications, earnings on here depend on how often you check the app because they don't always notify you. I try to check the app at least once or twice a day. You can cash out at $5 for Amazon with instant payments.
 

SurveyMini (Android) (iOS)

SurveyMini is a little different. The app sends you surveys when you visit different stores to review your experience there. They ask you about your satisfaction with the store, what areas you bought from, etc. The surveys usually pay $0.10 and take about a minute, but some can randomly pay up to $0.75. The more you visit stores, the more surveys you will get. You can cash out at $10 but you get slightly better rates the more you save up. They offer e-gift cards such as iTunes, Xbox, and Visa, but sadly no Amazon. I am on pace to cash out for $25 twice this year.
 

Amazon Shopper Panel

This is a new one this year and has easily become the most worthwhile receipt apps out there. All you have to do is submit either 10 paper or email receipts per month to earn a $10 Amazon gift card at the end of the month. I have also received a short survey from them that paid in Amazon cards as well. While this app has a waitlist, go ahead and join. It only took me a couple weeks to get accepted. A dollar per receipt is extremely high for a receipt app!
 

Streetbees

This app has surveys with a more personal and fun spin. You get paid via PayPal for each task that you finish. There aren’t always tasks available but when there are, they often pay well. I had one for testing an app that paid $9! It’s a nice option for something a little different than traditional surveys.
 
Thanks for reading! Hope these beermoney sites/apps help you make better use of your beermoney earning time! Let me know if there are any sites that I didn't include that would fall into those categories. Give my profile a follow for more beermoney related posts in the future! If you want to read more of my posts, here's one of my favorites to get you started!

• How I Got Paid by 65 Beermoney Programs in 2018

Have a great rest of your week :)

Welcome to the /Bitcoin Sticky FAQ

You've probably been hearing a lot about Bitcoin recently and are wondering what's the big deal? Most of your questions should be answered by the resources below but if you have additional questions feel free to ask them in the comments.
It all started with the release of Satoshi Nakamoto's whitepaper however that will probably go over the head of most readers so we recommend the following articles/books/videos as a good starting point for understanding how bitcoin works and a little about its long term potential:

• Article: The Bullish Case for Bitcoin
• Book: The Bitcoin Standard
• Video 1: The Stories We Tell About Money - Andreas Antonopoulos
• Video 2: The Bitcoin Standard - Saifdean Ammous
• Video 3: Bitcoin 101 - Balaji Srinivasan
• Video 4: Bitcoin Macro Strategy - Michael Saylor & Ross Stevens
• Video 5: The Saylor Series - Michael Saylor & Robert Breedlove
• Video 6: Bitcoin S2FX, S2F and Evolution From Collectible to Financial Asset - Stephan Livera, PlanB & Saifdean Ammous

Some other great resources include Michael Saylor's "Bitcoin for Everybody"' course, Jameson Lopp's resource page, Gigi's resource page, and James D'Angelo's Bitcoin 101 Blackboard series. Some excellent writing on Bitcoin's value proposition and future can be found at the Satoshi Nakamoto Institute.
If you are technically or academically inclined check out developer resources and peer-reviewed research papers, course lectures from both MIT and Princeton as well as future protocol improvements and scaling resources. Some Bitcoin statistics can be found here, here and here. MicroStrategy's Bitcoin for Corporations is an excellent open source series on corporate legal and financial bitcoin integration.
You can also see the number of times Bitcoin was declared dead by the media (LOL) and what you could have earned if you didn't listen to them! XD

Key properties of Bitcoin

• Limited Supply - There will only ever be 21,000,000 bitcoin created and they are issued in a predictable fashion per the inflation schedule. Once they are all issued Bitcoin will be truly deflationary. The halving countdown tells you how much time until the next drop in block rewards.
• Open source - Bitcoin code is fully auditable. You can read and contribute to the source code yourself.
• Accountable - The public ledger is transparent, all transactions are seen by everyone.
• Decentralized - Bitcoin is globally distributed across thousands of nodes with no single point of failure and as such can't be shut down similar to how Bittorrent works. You can even run a node on a Raspberry Pi.
• Censorship resistant - No one can prevent you from interacting with the bitcoin network and no one can censor, alter or block transactions that they disagree with, see Operation Chokepoint.
• Push system - There are no chargebacks in bitcoin because only the person who owns the address where the bitcoin resides has the authority to move them.
• Low fee scaling - Most wallets calculate on chain fees automatically but you can view fee estimates and mempool activity if you want to set your fee manually. On chain fees may rise occasionally due to network demand, however instant micropayments that do not require confirmations are happening via the Lightning Network, a second layer scaling solution currently rolling out on the Bitcoin mainnet.
• Borderless - No country can stop it from going in/out, even in areas currently unserved by traditional banking as the ledger is globally distributed.
• Trustless - Bitcoin solved the Byzantine's Generals Problem which means nobody needs to trust anybody for it to work.
• Pseudonymous - No need to expose personal information when purchasing with cash or transacting.
• Secure - Blocks and transactions are cryptographically secured (using hashes and signatures) and can’t be brute forced or confiscated with proper key management such as hardware wallets.
• Programmable - Individual units of bitcoin can be programmed to transfer based on certain criteria being met
• Nearly instant - From a few seconds on the lightning network to a few minutes on-chain depending on need for confirmations. Transactions are irreversible by normal users after one confirmation and irreversible by anyone (including miners) after 6 confirmations.
• Peer-to-peer - No intermediaries taking a cut, no need for trusted third parties.
• Portable - Bitcoin are digital so they are easier to move than cash or gold. They can be transported by simply carrying a seed (a string of 12 to 24 words) on a device or by memorizing it for wallet recovery (while cool, memorizing is generally not recommended due to potential for forgetting the seed and the potential for insecure key generation by inexperienced users. Hardware wallets are the preferred method for most users for their ease of use and additional security).
• Scalable - While the protocol is still being optimized for increased transaction capacity, blockchains do not scale very well, so most transaction volume is expected to occur on Layer 2 networks built on top of Bitcoin.
• Divisible - Each bitcoin can be divided down to 8 decimals, which means you don't have to worry about buying an entire bitcoin.
• Designed Money - Bitcoin was created to fit all the fundamental properties of money better than gold or fiat

Where can I buy bitcoin?

Bitcoin.org and BuyBitcoinWorldwide.com are helpful sites for beginners. You can buy or sell any amount of bitcoin (even just a few dollars worth) and there are several easy methods to purchase bitcoin with cash, credit card or bank transfer. Some of the more popular resources are below, also check out the bitcoinity exchange resources for a larger list of options for purchases.

• Cash app
• Gemini
• Swan
• River Financial
• Bitstamp
• BitFinex
• Xapo
• Kraken
• Cex
• LocalBitcoins
• LibertyX
• P2P exchange list (decentralized)

You can also purchase in cash with local ATMs. If you would like your paycheck automatically converted to bitcoin use Bitwage.
Note: Bitcoin are valued at whatever market price people are willing to pay for them in balancing act of supply vs demand. Unlike traditional markets, bitcoin markets operate 24 hours per day, 365 days per year.

Securing your bitcoin

With bitcoin you can "Be your own bank" and personally secure your bitcoin OR you can use third party companies aka "Bitcoin banks" which will hold the bitcoin for you.

• If you prefer to "Be your own bank" and have direct control over your coins without having to use a trusted third party, then you will need to create your own wallet and keep it secure. If you want easy and secure storage without having to learn computer security best practices, then a hardware wallet such as the Trezor, Ledger or ColdCard is recommended.
  
• If you cannot afford a hardware wallet there are many software wallet options to choose from depending on your use case. Mobile wallets like BlueWallet are generally more secure than desktop wallets. Beware of fake mobile wallets and check reviews from reputable Bitcoin websites. Avoid paper wallets or brain wallets.
  
• If you prefer to let third party "Bitcoin banks" manage your coins, try Gemini or Unchained Capital but be aware you may not be in control of your private keys in which case you would have to ask permission to access your funds and be exposed to third party risk. There is a saying in the community, "Not your keys, not your coins" meaning if you don't store your coins in a wallet that you control the keys to then you do not really own your bitcoin as you have to ask permission from the third party in order to move them.
  

Note: For increased security, use Two Factor Authentication (2FA) everywhere it is offered, including email!
2FA requires a second confirmation code or a physical security key to access your account making it much harder for thieves to gain access. Google Authenticator and Authy are the two most popular 2FA services, download links are below. Make sure you create backups of your 2FA codes.
Avoid using your cell number for 2FA. Hackers have been using a technique called "SIM swapping" to impersonate users and steal bitcoin off exchanges.

Google Auth	Authy	OTP Auth	andOTP
Android	Android	N/A	Android
iOS	iOS	iOS	N/A

Physical security keys (FIDO U2F) offer stronger security than Google Auth / Authy and other TOTP-based apps, because the secret code never leaves the device and it uses bi-directional authentication so it prevents phishing. If you lose the device though, you could lose access to your account, so always use 2 or more security keys with a given account so you have backups. See Yubikey or Titan to purchase security keys.
Both Coinbase and Gemini support physical security keys.

Watch out for scams

As mentioned above, Bitcoin is decentralized, which by definition means there is no official website or Twitter handle or spokesperson or CEO. However, all money attracts thieves. This combination unfortunately results in scammers running official sounding names or pretending to be an authority on YouTube or social media. Many scammers throughout the years have claimed to be the inventor of Bitcoin. Websites like bitcoin(dot)com and the r / btc subreddit are active scams. Almost all altcoins (shitcoins) are marketed heavily with big promises but are really just designed to separate you from your bitcoin. So be careful: any resource, including all linked in this document, may in the future turn evil. As they say in our community, "Don't trust, verify".

• Avoid using ad-based search engines like Google or Yahoo: ads are shown based on how much the advertiser bids, and scammers can easily outbid legitimate providers for ad space, since immoral ways of earning money are far more lucrative than moral ways. Use DuckDuckGo instead, which has no ads, and never tracks you as well.
• Ignore private messages offering services.
• Never enter your seed words in a website of any kind. Hardware wallets will recover by displaying possible seed words on their own interface, never on a website.
• Always check addresses on your hardware wallet before sending or receiving. Some malware has been known to replace addresses in your web browser or that you copy-and-paste.
• Avoid clicking on links like that look like links, such as https://www.google.com/, without first hovering over it and actually checking where they go to. Just because a link is labelled with an HTTPS address does not mean it actually sends you to that address. It is trivial for someone to comment a link on Reddit that looks like it will send you to one website when it actually sends you to another, and you might not notice the difference until a scammer has gotten all your money, or you have downloaded and installed software that steals your money.

Common Bitcoin Myths

Often the same concerns arise about Bitcoin from newcomers. Questions such as:

• Is Bitcoin a Ponzi scheme?
• Will governments ban Bitcoin?
• Will quantum computers break Bitcoin?

All of these questions have been answered many times by a variety of people. Here are some resources where you can see if your concern has been answered:

• Common Bitcoin Myths
• Gradually, Then Suddenly
• Every Reason Bitcoin Will Not Fail

Where can I spend bitcoin?

Check out spendabit or bitcoin directory for millions of merchant options. Also you can spend bitcoin anywhere visa is accepted with bitcoin debit cards such as the CashApp card or Fold card. Some other useful site are listed below.

Store	Product
Bitrefill, Gyft	Gift cards for thousands of retailers worldwide including Amazon, Target, Walmart, Starbucks, Whole Foods, CVS, Lowes, Home Depot, iTunes, Best Buy, Sears, Kohls, eBay, GameStop, etc.
Spendabit, Overstock and The Bitcoin Directory	Retail shopping with millions of results
NewEgg and Dell	For all your electronics needs
Piixpay, Bitbill.eu, Bylls, Coins.ph, LivingRoomofSatoshi, Coinsfer, and more	Bill payment
Menufy and Takeaway	Takeout delivered to your door
Expedia, Cheapair, Destinia, Abitsky, SkyTours, the Travel category on Gyft and 9flats	For when you need to get away
Cryptostorm, Mullvad, and PIA	VPN services
Namecheap, Porkbun	Domain name registration
Stampnik	Discounted USPS Priority, Express, First-Class mail postage

Coinmap and AirBitz are helpful to find local businesses accepting bitcoin. A good resource for UK residents is at wheretospendbitcoins.co.uk.
There are also lots of charities which accept bitcoin donations.

Merchant Resources

There are several benefits to accepting bitcoin as a payment option if you are a merchant;

• 1-3% savings over credit cards or PayPal.
• No chargebacks (final settlement in 10 minutes as opposed to 3+ months).
• Accept business from a global customer base.
• Increased privacy.
• Convert 100% of the sale to the currency of your choice for deposit to your account, or choose to keep a percentage of the sale in bitcoin if you wish to begin accumulating it.

If you are interested in accepting bitcoin as a payment method, there are several options available;

• BTCPay
• Square cash
• Stripe
• Wyre
• Blockonomics (direct to your wallet)

Can I mine bitcoin?

Mining bitcoin can be a fun learning experience, but be aware that you will most likely operate at a loss. Newcomers are often advised to stay away from mining unless they are only interested in it as a hobby similar to folding at home. If you want to learn more about mining you can read the mining FAQ. Still have mining questions? The crew at /BitcoinMining would be happy to help you out.
If you want to contribute to the bitcoin network by hosting the blockchain and propagating transactions you can run a full node. You can view the global node distribution for a visual representation of the node network.

Earning bitcoin

Just like any other form of money, you can also earn bitcoin by being paid to do a job.

Site	Description
WorkingForBitcoins, Bitwage, Cryptogrind, Coinality, Bitgigs, /Jobs4Bitcoins, BitforTip, Rein Project	Freelancing
Lolli	Earn bitcoin when you shop online!
OpenBazaar, Purse.io, Bitify, /Bitmarket	Marketplaces
/GirlsGoneBitcoin NSFW	Adult services
A-ads, Coinzilla.io	Advertising

You can also earn bitcoin by participating as a market maker on JoinMarket by allowing users to perform CoinJoin transactions with your bitcoin for a small fee (requires you to already have some bitcoin).

Bitcoin-Related Projects

The following is a short list of ongoing projects that might be worth taking a look at if you are interested in current development in the bitcoin space.

Project	Description
Lightning Network	Second layer scaling
Liquid, Rootstock and Drivechain	Sidechains
Hivemind	Prediction markets
Tierion and Factom	Records & Titles on the blockchain
BitMarkets, DropZone, Beaver and Open Bazaar	Decentralized markets
JoinMarket and Wasabi Wallet	CoinJoin implementation
Decentralized exhanges	Decentralized bitcoin exchanges
Keybase	Identity & Reputation management
Abra	Global P2P money transmitter network
Bitcore	Open source Bitcoin javascript library

Bitcoin Units

One Bitcoin is quite large (hundreds of £/$/€) so people often deal in smaller units. The most common subunits are listed below:

Unit	Symbol	Value	Info
bitcoin	BTC	1 bitcoin	one bitcoin is equal to 100 million satoshis
millibitcoin	mBTC	1,000 per bitcoin	used as default unit in recent Electrum wallet releases
bit	bit	1,000,000 per bitcoin	colloquial "slang" term for microbitcoin (μBTC)
satoshi	sat	100,000,000 per bitcoin	smallest unit in bitcoin, named after the inventor

For example, assuming an arbitrary exchange rate of $10000 for one Bitcoin, a $10 meal would equal:

• 0.001 BTC
• 1 mBTC
• 1,000 bits
• 100k sats

For more information check out the Bitcoin units wiki.
Still have questions? Feel free to ask in the comments below or stick around for our weekly Mentor Monday thread. If you decide to post a question in /Bitcoin, please use the search bar to see if it has been answered before, and remember to follow the community rules outlined on the sidebar to receive a better response. The mods are busy helping manage our community so please do not message them unless you notice problems with the functionality of the subreddit.
Note: This is a community created FAQ. If you notice anything missing from the FAQ or that requires clarification you can edit it here and it will be included in the next revision pending approval.
Welcome to the Bitcoin community and the new decentralized economy!

CLOSED! I have chosen THREE users: u/AmeliaKitsune ($50ish Kroger Grocery order via Instacart) u/graavyboat ($50 Walmart Gift Card via e-delivery) and u/RunTellDat1 (has not yet contacted me will update when fulfilled) as the recipients of the grocery giveaway! I will work with them throughout the day to fulfill their orders and update with their choice of stores and means of obtaining groceries as I do. Thank you to the mods and everyone else for their birthday wishes!

Sunday is my birthday! I hate celebrating my birthday as is, but especially during this pandemic.... I know those second round of stimulus checks have hit, but for some of you out there I realize feeding yourself and your family is still a struggle. Let me share my Real Life Cake Day by buying around $50-ish in groceries for TWO Redditors in need via Amazon, Instacart, Walmart or Target. Pick up or delivery, your choice, but please note, some options require me to know a valid name that can be presented via ID for the store pickup of choice, so if you choose this method, please be ok with supplying that for me. NO CASH transfers, food only.

RULES:

*Must meet all criteria for this sub including account age and karma count.
*Must NOT have received/won something significant via this sub or similar subs within the past month. Consideration for small items or wins, especially if they were NOT food or cash.
*Will also include some food for the furbabies as well if needed as these are our family too!
*US only!
*Must be in real and genuine need.
*Bonus points for sharing any unique pandemic birthday party stories to brighten my day!
Keeping this posted until SUNDAY JANUARY 10th at 9:43 am EST (the precise time and date my mother unveiled me to the universe!!!!!) I will close the thread, announce two of you as recipients and begin getting that food to you by the means you find best suits you ASAP!

Number of People in Household: 2, me and S
Pets: 7 dogs, ma babies, one’s allergic to chicken.
Average Monthly Grocery Budget: $250 *US dollars (Around 5k pesos) Does not include eating out or alcohol, does include pet food.
Dietary Restrictions: None, although we try to avoid meat, as I’m allergic (just get super constipated if I eat a lot)
Occupation: me – IT, S – Investment banking back office
Location: Guadalajara, Mexico
Stores I typically shop at: Walmart, Costco, Sam’s, local stores, the butcher also sells veggies, fruits and grains so pretty much anything fresh comes from that store, Oxxo
We have been working from home since March 2020, we have a 2 bedroom house so one of the bedrooms is now our office, we’ll share our breakfasts in the desk we share in our office every day. We used to work at the same place back in 2019, and we had every meal together since 2016 we like to share plates/food a lot. We are actually very happy to be at home and to be able to work together again and be with our dogs.
DAY ONE, Monday:
9:30 am - S starts his shift at 7am, and I at 8 am. Mornings are crazy, lots of meetings going on. Finally have time to feed the doggos. All of them eat the same kibble, except one, that’s allergic to chicken (Hestia), she gets the fancy (expensive) salmon kibble. 3 of them will need their plates filled with water as they seem to have issues eating dry kibble, including Hestia. Kibble soup anyone? Hestia didn’t eat a thing, for the second day in a row, we’ll see how it goes, probably will need to go to the vet at some point this week. She’s been a complicated dog since birth, but I love her.
10:30 am – Coffee for both S and me. Instant coffee with cream and sugar for me, cream only for S. Not a good coffee, but we have tons of it. S’s office didn’t allow them to have a coffee machine, so they used instant coffee and they used to buy this big can for all the team to share. Since they are working from home the coffee can was left practically untouched at the office. A few weeks ago, they called S to have him retrieve his office stuff, mugs, pictures and such, since it seems they are closing that location and he took the coffee can (nobody else in the team wanted it). And now we are slowly working our way through 2 kg of bad coffee.
11:00 am - Breakfast, once S had a chance to leave the computer. Pita bread quesadilla, a classic from my family (part arab), S just loves them. Originally 1 with adobera cheese for me, two with turkey ham, hummus and jocoque seco preparado (similar to labneh) for S, but I ended up eating half of one of S’s fancy quesadillas. S is in charge of the kitchen. He enjoys it and he’s a very good cook. I can follow a recipe but hate cooking. I take other responsibilities around here like cleaning the bathrooms and the backyard (with 7 dogs that means lots of poops!).
11:30 am - More coffee! Again, cream and sugar for me, cream only for S.
5:00pm - Time to feed the babies again. This time all of them ate normally, hopefully that means Hestia is feeling better.
6:15 pm – Dinner time! Today we had leftovers, we had one stuffed portobello mushroom from yesterday and a bowl of miso soup from last week. The portobello was stuffed with adobera cheese, a little bit bacon and tomato sauce with veggies (zucchini, sweet corn, onions). Miso soup had potatoes, garlic, mushrooms and chili. Since it’s not enough for 2 people, S put some onion rings on the oven, 9 pieces for me, and 9 for S. We shared the bowl of miso and the portobello and had a couple of beers each.
9:00 pm – S and P (a friend) play Death by daylight almost every day at this time, sometimes I’ll pay attention to their game and chat, they invite me to their party every time so we can all hear each other. Sometimes I ignore them and scroll through reddit. Either way this is usually accompanied by snacks. Today I had a bowl of cereal (Trix) and S a couple baklava, we buy a big package every year in Costco, and a small matcha KitKat that my sister gave me for Christmas, I hate them, the intention was good, but don’t like matcha flavor at all.
DAY TWO, Tuesday:
8:00 am – Hectic morning for me, lots of meetings. S fed the doggos and made coffee for both of us. Hestia didn’t want to eat, again. We will be going to the vet today after work; she seems in pain all over. She has arthritis, so cold weather is bad for her, also seems like she’s having stomach issues and she’s scratching like crazy, which means she definitely ate some poop and her allergies are flaring up. She will never learn…
10:00 am – Just ended my last meeting and S brought our breakfast to the office, today we are having tacos. A taco is whatever in a tortilla, that’s all that’s required. S stir-fried some potatoes, onions, mushrooms, serrano pepper and a little bacon and heated some corn tortillas. 3 tortillas for each. He used just one serrano pepper and it was very spicy! Enough to make our noses watery, probably more spacy than a breakfast should be jaja, but those peppers are unpredictable, sometimes you’ll add 9 to a salsa and it’s “spicy” and sometimes you use ONE chili and it’s SPICY AF!
There were some leftovers, so S is already thinking about adding a couple eggs tomorrow and having that for breakfast.
11:00 am – Second coffee for both of us.
4:00pm – Had to request an early leave, since we live outside the city and I needed to go to the vet I wanted to go out as early as possible, so I don’t get stuck on traffic. S stayed home so he can make dinner do some cleaning around the house and feed the rest of the hairy creatures. Since me and Hestia are out, he gave some wet dog food we have on the freezer to ma babies. Since this wet dog food has chicken, we can’t give it to Hestia and she’ll refuse to eat kibble while the rest have a feast, so we usually give her a hotdog.
6:00pm – Back from the vet. Hestia is ok, but she had a shot for her allergies and must take some medicine for her tummy. Hopefully is just that, she ate normally after returning. We’ll keep an eye on her as she’s an older dog, so the vet recommended blood tests if she still refused to eat after the shot.
6:45pm – Dinner time. Today we ate chickpea soup. He had the chickpeas on water all morning and cooked them on the pressure cooker. After that it’s just adding dried chili, sesame oil, chopped onions and garlic. I’ve been asking for this soup since last week, it’s spicy and warm and just perfect for the cold weather. We accompanied the soup with a few tortilla strips to add some crunch, I had just a handful, but S loves the tortillas strips, so he added an extra portion to his plate. We drank just plain water with this meal.
9:10pm – No DBD tonight, we just cuddled on bed while we listened to creepy stories on YouTube. S has a sweet tooth, so eventually he got up and went to the kitchen to find something to eat. I was too cold to move and wasn’t hungry, so I stayed on bed. S came back with a cup of milk and a package of Meji’s Hello Panda chocolate cookies, also part of the assorted sweets my sister included on my Christmas gift. I’m very picky with my sweets, to be honest I don’t like just any chocolate, any cake, or any cookie so I had a couple cookies just to try them out and some sips of milk and left the rest for S to enjoy.
DAY THREE, Wednesday:
9:00am – S feed the doggos. I’m, as usual, going crazy with morning meetings. S made coffee for both of us and is preparing breakfast.
10:00 am – Finally free from calls! Today S made pita bread quesadillas again. Mine with adobera cheese and turkey ham (that’s what we would call a sincronizada, pretty much a quesadilla with ham). S’s quesadilla had adobera, ham, hummus and jocoque, a handful of baby carrots and some hummus and jocoque to deep them in. S also ate yesterday’s breakfast leftovers (stir-fried potatoes and mushrooms) but it was just a couple spoons maybe enough to fill in one of the quesadillas.
We had our second coffee and S refilled our water bottles as I don’t drink enough water… a never-ending struggle of mine.
5:00 pm – The hairy beasts have eaten, Hestia has eaten just fine, seems like the medicine is working. We went to the convenience store Oxxo, just like a 7eleven, but Mexican, they are EVERYWERE, to buy cigarettes for me (I know it’s bad… leave me alone) and also, I wanted to buy a snack for later today. We ended up buying two cokes and a package of cookies for me. When we came back we did some cleaning around the house and the Doggos got a couple chicken free treats.
6:10pm – Time to eat. Chickpea soup from yesterday with a handful of tortilla strips for me and a little extra for S. Today we are having a Mexican coke in it’s glass bottle to wash it down, I’m partially addict to coke, so I try not to buy too often. We bought two bottles, but we’ll share one today, and the other one will stay in the fridge until tomorrow. Those bottles are reusable, so you must save them and bring them back whenever you want to buy another one, even though they are common, you can’t get these cokes everywhere, we are lucky to have an Oxxo near us that does sells them, they are cheaper, $12 pesos, around $.50 US cents, and they are more ecological than the plastic version.
9:30 pm – DBD rank reset was today, we are all exited, and the games have been interesting. S made himself a drink, mineral water with salt, lemon and tequila, it was a big class (1lt). At some point S goes downstairs and comes back with a cup of milk and my cookies (that we will share). These are some of the few cookies I actually like, Tia Rosa’s blackberry Tartinas. I only ate two of them because they are very, very sweet and I get overwhelmed easily. I took a few sips of milk and contemplated the idea of going downstairs to get a handful of chips or maybe microwave some popcorn to get rid of the sweet flavor, but eventually gave up on the idea, thanks cold! you are keeping me thin(ish)! S ate his 3 cookies and kept paying, I eventually fell asleep, as usual.
DAY FOUR, Thursday:
8:00am – Early start today. Backstory: At the end of 2019 I realized my new job included some weird perks, like a free yoga lesson every Thursday at the office. I’ve always wanted to try yoga, so I started going and I loved it. It helped me to stay in the same weight, that even though is more than it should, it’s not that much, and it keeps me flexible. Around January 2020 S stated to join me at home, we would do 30 min – 1 hr a day of yoga together every day after work. S also run every day for at least half an hour, by this point he could easily run 15km a day
When the pandemic started, and we started to work from home, we took our lunch hours at 9am so we could do some yoga together, that way we managed to stay in the same weight since the beginning of the pandemic. We kept doing at least 3 days of yoga a week during most of 2020. S stopped running around march as we lived in a high-risk area and people just do not use facemasks.
Around mid-November I got my first tattoo ever; a relatively big piece and they cover it with a medical grade plastic thing to have it heal. That meant that sweating would made the plastic fall, and I had to keep it on for 15 days, so I stopped the yoga. After that it just snowballed with all the December festivities and we stopped all together. But we’ve noticed more prominent bellies and we decided we need to go back to yoga. We agreed to wake up at 6:30am so we can do some yoga before working, and at lest today, it was a success.
Came 8 am we already finished, and we are having our first cup of coffee of the day. S fed tha babies and stayed downstairs making breakfast. I had to run to my morning meetings.
9:00 am – Today S made a sandwich with turkey ham, American cheese, gouda, spinach and Dijon mustard. We had ½ of a sandwich each so we could have another piece of bread with cream cheese and strawberry marmalade, this way we’ll eat two pieces of bread each instead of 3, I really wanted both the sandwich and the cream cheese/marmalade. S refilled our coffees.
1:15 pm – S went to the kitchen and came back with more coffee and half a pita bread with hummus for himself. I’m just drinking water.
5:00 pm - I usually take my “lunch hour” from 4pm to 5pm, but instead of actually having lunch, we go out to walk with the hairy beasts. We don’t go out with all 7 of them at the same time, we walk them in groups of 2 and 3. Once we came back from our walk S fed them and since we were hungry we took a hand full of Bokado’s Chicharron, which is deep fried pig skin. I know, it sounds horrible, but as a picky meat eater I can tell you is not that bad, mostly cause those store brand packages are puffed cornmeal batter instead of actual pig skin. S is making dinner while I assist by providing entertainment (we like to read reddit, mostly relationships advise, am I the asshole, and discuss what would we do/feel)
7:10 pm – Dinner is ready, today we had to get rid of old veggies, so S made a creamy broccoli & carrot soup and stir-fried green beans. Since it’s not that much, he made onion rings, 8 pieces each. We shared our last can of leftover beer from the previous weekend and the other bottle of coke. As a dessert we had leftover berries with leftover homemade whipped cream (S doing of course).
In most cities in Mexico you can find people selling all kind of crap on at stop lights, mostly on big avenues. Since a couple years back, in our city you can go to some specific stop lights and buy berries. They will sell 4 1lt plastic cups filled with strawberries, raspberries, blackberries and sometimes grapes or peaches or some other fruit depending on the season for $5-8 dollars ($100-150 pesos). So whenever we go by one of these avenues and have cash at hand we’ll buy a package and freeze some of them to use them as snack, as dessert, or for smoothies.
9:30 pm – DBD, as usual, I’ve been craving some popcorn. S ran to the kitchen in between games to make some microwave popcorn and grabbed some more chicharron. We shared the bag of popcorn, and by that, I mean I ate most of it. Love popcorn. S ate the chicharron by himself cause I don’t like it that much, and I had popcorn, and because he added Velentina sauce), which I hate because it’s not even spicy, just has a lot of vinegar and that’s all I can smell. But then again I dislike all those bottled salsas, Vlentina, Tabasco, Tapatio (for people in the US, we can’t find it here very easily), unlike pretty much every other mexican jaja, even tho I do like homemade salsas and spicy/hot food.
S made himself 1lt of mineral water, tamarind vodka, lemon and salt, I had the rest of the tamarind vodka on a shot, I sipped my way through it while eating popcorn. I highly recommend you try this vodka… especially good for piñas coladas.
10:30 pm – S brought a couple baklava that he pretty much ate by himself, I’m too sleepy to eat.
DAY FIVE, Friday:
7:00 am – Up for Yoga, babies were fed, Hestia seems to be eating without any issues now.
8:30 am – I’m in my usual morning chaos when S brings breakfast. Today I’m having Greek yogurt with honey, raw oats and amaranth, and the usual instant coffee. S is having yogurt as mentioned above, 1 ½ pita bread with hummus to dip and a hot dog (without the bun).
Since it was my mom’s birthday on Tuesday we are going to their house for dinner. They are ordering to go in a restaurant, and we’ll eat at their house.
5:00 pm – We are almost ready to go, just fed the babies.
7:00 pm – Take out from Outback Steakhouse. I ordered “Chicken Fried Chicken”, which is fried chicken (duhh) with gravy, side dishes included are sweet corn with butter and mashed potatoes. S had “Alice Spring Chicken” which is grilled chicken with cheese, mushrooms and bacon; his included side dish was French fries. Additionally, we ordered a potato soup (garnished with cheese, bacon bits and chives) and a “California Salad” which is assorted lettuces, purple cabbage, spinach, green apples, walnuts, bacon bits, tomatoes, fetta cheese, and grilled chicken with honey-vinegar dressing. Both the soup and the salad were to share (S and me). S had a beer and a glass of coke during our stay with my parents and I had a “Charro negro” (tequila+coke) and later on just coke, as I was driving. No dessert, we are all full.
I didn’t eat my hole dish, I ate only half my corn, half my chicken and pretty much just tasted the mashed potatoes. I took it all to go, and we are planning on sharing it tomorrow.
I didn’t check exactly what everyone else had, but I remember everyone ordering BBQ ribs, but my grandpa, who ordered salmon.
11:00pm –We stopped at the liquor store before coming back cause I wanted more tamarind vodka and S wanted some beers, but they didn’t had the specific brand of beer we wanted (Victoria) so we just bought the vodka.
Once at home I poured myself a shot, and S made himself his usual 1tl of mineral water with lemon, salt and vodka. I watched S play for some time and fell asleep at some point.
DAY SIX, Saturday:
10:50 am – Late start today. I’ve been awake since around 8 am, but I refused to move, S slept late since he kept playing so he’s stayed in bed until later than usual. The fury creatures were restless, but they know (or I think the suspect) it’s a weekend and they just climbed into the bed with me for snuggles and stayed calm until S started moving.
Finally S woke up and got down to make breakfast while I feed ma’ behbehs. Today, 3 quesadillas (with corn tortillas and adobera) for each, and stir-fried potatoes, mushrooms and serrano peppers to stuff them, + salsa! To drink, a coffee each and a shared glass of cranberry juice.
6:00 pm (ish) – We re-heated my chicken, mashed potatoes and corn and added some leftover carrot & broccoli soup so it would be enough for both of us. We each had a bowl of soup but shared the plate with the chicken. I would never date someone that doesn’t like to share their meal. Sharing is caring!! (for me) and sometimes, most of the time, don’t ask, just go for it and grab a fry or a bite. Will never eat the last piece of anything nor eat most of your food tho! and my plate is always open for people to grab anything (except the last piece).
We fed the doggos around this time but I don’t remember the exact time… oops!
8:40 pm – We were watching Amazon Prime, S made himself a drink (the one you already know) and poured me a shot of vodka. He also made some chambray potatoes with salsa to nibble. They were spicy and sour, the salsa was pretty much serrano peppers, lemon, salt and pepper. The potatoes were boiled first and then sauteed. Second shot of vodka for me!
11:00pm – S wanted to make some cookies… We bought some Pillsbury cookie dough from Chedraui Select, a store that has many imports. This is the first time we saw cookie dough! So we had to try them. 15 minutes later, we had 10 beautiful cookies. S poured a glass of milk and we ate 4 cookies each and left 2 for tomorrow.
DAY SEVEN, Sunday:
11:20 am – The beasts are fed. S made 2 pieces of French toast with cinnamon and maple sirup for me and he had 2 pieces of bread with cream cheese and raspberry marmalade. He also grilled two hotdogs, one for me and one for himself, we had coffee to drink.
6:00pm – S made fettuccini alfredo for dinner today. Just the pasta with the sauce and water to drink. We had the 2 leftover cookies as dessert. Babies, as usual, ate around this time too.
9:00 pm – S made himself his vodka and mineral water and picked the rest of the potatoes to nibble while paying DBD. Today I decided to watch a documentary instead of joining their game and made myself a Chai tea (I was SO cold and wanted something to warm me up). I felt asleep at some point and moved to the bed later when S came to retrieve me jaja.
Reflection: I thought we ate waaay more than what we actually eat. Our portions are not as big and I notice it mostly when eating with more people, also, we tend to eat only two meals a day. I dislike most sweets; I didn’t notice how often I try cookies or chocolates and just to leave S to eat pretty much all of it. Also, I love sharing plates!!
Lastly, I don’t understand what people eat for breakfast. Tacos are life, but quesadillas are as important!

I'm posting this because Rod Stewart voice "I wish, that, I knew what I know now" haha
Qualifications and disclaimers: I've dashed for 6 months (not a continuous 6 months) in two different cities (one in the Northeast with a population of 200k metro, one in the South with a population of 1 mil metro) and completed over 1400 deliveries, never being below a 4.8 rating (zero ratings below 3 star that I know of) and never making less than $12/hr but averaging $20/hr before gas expense. I've typically driven 3-4 hours at a time 2x a day, 5-6 days a week. I drive a small sedan that gets 27-30 miles per gallon depending on how I'm driving.
This advice comes from a driving full time vantage but most if not all still applies to part time driving as I haven't always had "top dasher" (priority status based on ratings) and haven't always driven full time!
Tip #1: You get what you give. Like most things in life, if you skirt effort you get less. The "all I do is pick it up and drop it off" attitude will result in low scores, less tips, and leave you unhappy. I found the Uber Eats app took this attitude and driving Uber Eats was a bad experience for me. Treat the delivery like you're getting your own food. Check for accuracy when you can, make sure there are straws and utensils, don't let pizza/cake/etc tip over, make sure it's the right order (seriously). Will people still stiff you on tips and treat you poorly? Sometimes (sometimes often in one day) of course, but if you take care with every delivery, when you run into the people that add tips and leave good reviews you'll get them and it adds up!
Tip #2 Technology and people both can and will screw up. It's inevitable! The app crashes, the restaurant's app crashes, the employees do things wrong, customers do things wrong, and yes, even you will do things wrong. Even if you don't drive full time, you'll go to the same stores and see the same people, and if you're a jerk they'll remember you, and if you treat them with patience and understanding they'll remember you. When you've got the restaurant employees on your side things go faster and smoother, which means more orders, more tips, more good reviews, more money in your pocket. There are multiple locations that go out of their way to make sure I get my order fast and right when they see me because they like me. Lots of places give me free food and drinks because I do a good job. It can be common!
Tip #3: Communicate with your customer! I have a standard message I paste to every single delivery I do. Once I slide "arrived" at the restaurant I text the customer saying my name, that I always wear a mask and disinfect after each delivery, I'll default to contactless delivery unless they've instructed otherwise, and I end letting them know delivery service is super busy I usually have more than one order at a time but I'll be as quick as I safely can be. I've gotten tons of cash tips on top of app tips because I'm showing I care. If the restaurant is backed up, I'll let them know "hey just an update, McDonald's is super busy right now I'll do what I can to get your order as fast as possible." People love this and also helps prevent bad ratings.
Tip #4: I'm sure people will argue this but I stand by it because I make a lot of money with this philosophy: at least a dollar a mile, take it as long as it's not ending you more than 5-6 miles from a busy spot. If it's $10+ I'll probably take it as long as it's not over 15 miles. Are there times where this only makes me $5 an hour? Sure, but there are a lot more times where there's added tip, cash tip, and added on deliveries (more pay for usually a small added distance) when I'm en route because everyone else is crying about the distance! This is not a perfect philosophy, and there are plenty of times where I see $3 for 5 miles and think screw that jerk and decline or I see $9 for 10 miles and I'm just not in the mood but I'm never below 75% acceptance rate. Which leads to the next tip...
Tip #5: Accept all the grocery/Walgreens/etc deliveries! These are usually third party delivery requests and tips can only be added after the fact, but if you communicate with the customer you'll get tips. Not every time, but you can get some mondo tips (can take anywhere from that day to a few days after). Think about it, I just placed a delivery order for $300 in groceries and the dude bringing it is giving me confidence it's not gonna get screwed up, what's a $20 tip when I just dropped $300? Again, this isn't always going to happen but it happens more when you do it right. Also it's common to pick up multiple orders from a place like Walmart while sitting there waiting. The 4-5 batch Walmart orders are the bomb because each order is going to be a few small items and the drop offs are always close, easy to make $20-$30 in less than an hour with those. Then imagine if just one of those 4-5 people tip. It adds up!! Those batch orders make you scan the bag at pick up and drop off which makes it harder to screw up, by the way!
Side tip: per tip #2 these grocery pick up people will remember you, and they see who's picking up when you arrive. They like you, they make things go faster. I get out of my car and help them load and ask how their day is going. You've got to imagine a lot of people treat them like dirt! They'll appreciate and remember you and it will put more money in your pocket!
Miscellaneous add ons:
Lots of people have some kind of camera, place food gently not blocking an opening door and respect their property!
People will suck. You can't escape that anywhere you go! If they select "hand it to me" and then never answer the door or phone, the app has prompts to wait (it's just 5 minutes) and then leave the food. Karma people!
Text pictures!!!!!!! Before the app mandated that you take a picture I ALWAYS did and still do. Those text messages are saved to doordash and can save you from sucky people. Try to get the house number or something distinguishing so you cover yourself.
Be nice to support people, come on. Some person is on the other end getting chewed out all day over things they didn't cause. (Of course they outsource the call center to a foreign country, it's a for profit business). Be nice and you'll get better service. You'd be surprised how much they can do for you. I've had plenty of times where the support rep was able to pay me extra for trouble I couldn't prevent.
In closing, remember it's a gig job. You can make decent money but you've got to do it right to make it!
Edit: I talked about wearing a shirt, which I'll still do, but others have pointed out it highlights you for potential robbery. The car magnet can potentially cause problems with your insurance if you get in an accident so I won't be using that! Thanks to the people adding information.

I live in Texas, if that helps with anything
Ok, so these are the transcripts of our email exchanges over the past 3 week or so. I blocked out all identifying information to protect both parties.
I am copy and pasting from Date arrived first to latest.
On Tue, Dec 29, 2020 at 1:17 AM ME [email protected] wrote: Good morning MAYBE SCAMMER,
I received a follow-up email detailing me I should get in contact with you about my application for inspection Officer. Please get in contact with my through email as it’s the best way to reach me Currently.
ME.
On Sun, Jan 17, 2021 at 11:20 AM MAYBE SCAMMER [email protected] wrote: Good Day OP,
Thanks for showing interest in the position posted on the employment site, I will say the position available for now is for an Admin Personal Assistant.
I'm MAYBE SCAMMER Living just 5 miles from you, 56 years young and I work as a real estate and human capital investor and philanthropist maintaining established business relationships with diverse companies within and across the Globe. I will describe myself as a generous, fun-loving, youthful soul who loves his family and work partners.
i am looking for someone that can be trusted and reliable to work very well with good understanding. I'm establishing a new office location in your area where you will be a part of the team upon completion of the office. This position is part time and also full time for now and flexible and it can turn full time upon completion of my new office in the area. I'll need your services 3 times weekly which should be about 15 hours weekly for now.
The scope of assistance will vary based on need, and is not limited to the following:
· Receiving Phone Calls from my clients when I am busy. · Making Regular Drop offs at FedEx Stores for letters meant for my clients. · Basic Salary is $600 weekly. . Working 5 Hours Daily, and 3 Days weekly & Very Flexible
I'm sure you should have understood how busy my schedule should be on a daily basis. presently am in Canada due to a business meeting, and I think you are the right person for this job after going through your resume. I do have a number of things you will help me with if you will be available for me later this week or next, this can act as a stable foundation to our working relationship, you will receive some funds inform of check which will include your first week pay for you to know this is a stable paying job and once you receive the check you will purchase kids gift items which will be listed at the nearest store around you and mail it to a particular orphanage home info that will be provided to you once you receive the funds, this will serve as a test task as my new assistant prior to other tasks.
You will receive your normal pay of $600 for the starting week. I am a little bit hard of hearing and usually stay in touch through email and text messages, but if you would like me to call, I will be glad to do that also & am happy you responded to the ad in such a timely manner and look forward to working with you and I promise to be a good boss.
This is only an introductory e-mail, as time goes on we will set up a formal interview as soon as i'm back in the states next two weeks to meet with you and sign all necessary docs.
Fill The Below to Apply
Full Name: Home Address & Apt # : City : State : Zip Code : Cell/Mobile (For SMS) : Home Phone : Present Job If Any : You Have a Bank (Yes/No) Will Never Request For Your Info What is the name of the Banks which you currently operate with so as to see if it tallies financially with the official salary payment account : Your Availability :
Please take note that you have to be checking your email regularly including your text message.
Warm Regards
Mr MAYBE SCAMMER
On Mon, Jan 18, 2021 at 7:41 AM ME [email protected] wrote: Full Name: [Censored] Home Address & Apt # : [Censored] City : [Censored] State : Texas Zip Code : [Censored] Cell/Mobile (For SMS) : [Censored] Home Phone : [Censored] Present Job If Any : [Censored] You Have a Bank (Yes/No): Yes Will Never Request For Your Info What is the name of the Banks which you currently operate with so as to see if it tallies financially with the official salary payment account: [Censored] Your Availability :
Monday: Anytime Tuesday: Anytime Wednesday: Anytime Thursday: Anytime Friday: Anytime Saturday: Anytime Sunday: I’d like to have every other Sunday off due to church
FINAL MESSAGE:
Good Day ME,
I'm so happy inform you that the payment has been sent to you which is for your First Assignment including your first pay, and it will be delivered to you today via USPS..
Transaction Details Below: USPS Tracking Number: [censored]
The Package contains an Official Business Check for the amount of $3780 Once you receive the Check, go straight to your bank and have the check deposited into your account .. However, I am donating it to the orphans because that is your first task. I contacted the orphanage home, and I was given the list of the items to be bought, the items are much and will cost a lot to get them shipped, so we have reached an accord, They will be getting the items themselves. Once the Check has been deposit at your bank, you are to deduct $600 as your first week salary and you will be sending the remaining Money through Money Gram inside Walmart store, to the Orphanage home agent information i will be provide you in my next email as soon as you might have got the funds cash at your bank, so that they can make use of the funds to get the items them-self to avoid waste of time and stress for you.. meanwhile the teller might not cash it for you due to the huge amount, so you can have the funds deposited and it will be available tomorrow morning. but try and have it all cashed instantly. I will be waiting to read back from you ASAP today.I want you to be rest assured that I'll never stress you at all in any assignment given to you and i promise to pay your fees weekly as we both agreed. Take good care of yourself and have a blessed day.
Mr MAYBE SCAMMER

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Off-White Industrial Belts

- Black. Yellow, and Silver | 150cm | PayPal $21.99 Shipped | Cash App/Venmo price shipped - $19.99

One of Off-White's more viral pieces, The Off-White industrial tie-down strap belts are durable and overall fun to wear and look at, with their "5400lb Weight Securing System". Just put the belt on like normal, feed through the buckle, and pull, when you have it how you want it to let go of the buckle and the teeth secure it in place.
These feature a matte finish on the metal buckle and tip both include OW branding on them. The buckle piece has a great weight to it and the metal-tipped end looks great.
150cm = 59" - These belts are meant to wrap around and hang down. My favorite is the Black w/Black Buckle since it's very subtle and works well with everything, but if you want to be seen wearing it then I'd suggest the Yellow or Silver both with black buckles.
The only flaw I know of these belts containing is the W spacing, but like with all reps there are always something off.
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A fun little piece to hang up in your room or hang from your ceiling fan watch fly around
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- 4 linked armor pieces | Sz: 5 Ring | PayPal $29.99 Shipped | Cash App/Venmo price $25.99 shipped

Be prepared at all times with this Armour ring, the 4 links can protect inches of your body when in dire times. This ring is very out there as far as regular jewelry goes. I first saw this on the hand of my friend and started looking if there were reps, I had to meet a minimum so this is the other one. I've been wearing it on and off for the 3 weeks since I made a guide on how to resize this ring (linked below). It hasn't tarnished but I don't get reactions to mixed metals like some do so buy with caution or break out that clear polish.
This ring will limit movement in the ring you put it on a little. It's just how it is with the armor plates and links, you can still use your hand normally though. The ring was a little difficult to get a none modified size since it's curved a little, and has two different parts for your finger to go through. The flaws on this that I know of are the Westwood logo being a little dull and not well sharply defined, and no branding on it, I thought retail has branding inside it but I can't confirm at the moment so I'll listed it as a flaw.
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No Budge In Budget

Democrats have set the stage to pass President Biden’s coronavirus relief package without waiting around for Republicans to not vote for it anyway, in a very exciting illustration of what can happen when Democrats a) win elections and b) decide to act like it.

• The House has approved the budget roadmap that will allow Congress to pass Biden’s $1.9 trillion stimulus package through the reconciliation process—that is, without the need for bipartisan support. The Senate passed the same measure early on Friday morning by a 51-50 vote margin, with Vice President Kamala Harris casting the tie-breaking vote. The budget plan directs committees to start turning the stimulus proposal into actual legislation, which needs to be passed by mid-March at the very latest, when millions of Americans would otherwise start losing their federal unemployment benefits.
  
• The outline approved by both chambers still mostly looks like Biden’s original proposal, with a couple of potential changes. After Biden suggested he was open to further targeting the $1,400 stimulus checks (which were already limited to individuals making under $75,000 a year), the latest Democratic plan under discussion would only send checks to Americans who made under $50,000 in either 2019 or 2020 (still TBD). It would be extra insane to deny anyone a check based on their 2019 income as if a full year of pandemic chaos hadn’t swept through in between, but either way, $50,000 a year isn’t exactly Scrooge McDuck territory. That plan could change, and there’s still time to tell your reps if you think they should worry more about getting help to people in need than the specter of The Wrong People getting a little extra cash to put back into the economy. (202) 224-3121.
  
• The Senate also agreed to a GOP proposal to bar any increase of the federal minimum wage during the pandemic, though Senate Budget Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders has always proposed to raise the wage to $15 incrementally, and Sanders said that he would still push to get that increase included in the final reconciliation bill. Republican opposition aside, Senate Democrats will need to be in lockstep to get the bill passed, and at least one—America’s Sweetheart Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV)—has already said he won’t support a $15 minimum wage. Biden also said on Friday that he doesn't think the measure will make it into the aid package because of the Senate's reconciliation rules, but that he remains committed to negotiating a wage increase separately.
  

The biggest takeaway from Friday’s votes is that Joe Biden and congressional Democrats don’t plan to waste any time on further negotiations.

• The Labor Department’s new jobs report showed that the U.S. economy added just 49,000 jobs in January, reflecting a “weak-ass rate of growth” (in economics terms) that Biden highlighted in laying out his argument to pass a big relief package quickly, without Republican support: “Are we going to say to millions of Americans who are out of work—many out of work for six months or longer, who have been scared by this economic and public health crisis—‘Don’t worry, hang on, things are going to get better?' That’s the Republican answer right now. I can’t in good conscience do that. Too many people in the nation have already suffered for too long.”
  
• The White House Officials of Christmas Past have Biden’s back on this one. More than 200 members of the Obama administration (including a few of your friends from Crooked Media) signed an open letter urging Congress to learn from their mistakes and pass a big stimulus bill, bad-faith Republican criticism be damned: “The resistance we faced from deficit fearmongers seeking to water [the 2009 stimulus] down ate up valuable time and diluted the amount of aid that reached struggling families and small businesses. We know from history that they are wrong and sabotaging the ability of our nation to fully and equitably recover.” We also know from history that those same Republicans don’t give a shit about the deficit when they’re in power, so not only are they wrong, they’re pretending. In conclusion, make the money printer go brrrr.
  

Friday developments brought a major relief package one step closer to reality, and also drew an important boundary around Joe Biden’s pursuit of bipartisanship cooperation: It can’t come at the expense of the need in the country. As White House press secretary Jen Psaki said perfectly today, “He didn't run on a promise to unite the Democratic and Republican parties into one party.” (You listening, Jysten Smanchin?)

Look No Further Than The Crooked Media

A new episode of Rubicon is out now! This week Brian Beutler talks to climate-science writer Emily Atkin about the predictable first steps President Biden has taken to fight climate change, and the exciting but under-the-radar ways that Biden has woven climate science into offices throughout his administration. New episodes are out every Friday, make sure to subscribe to Rubicon wherever you get your pods →

Under The Radar

Early efforts to reduce jail populations during the pandemic have been reversed in a number of major cities. In some cities, including New York City, Chicago, Houston, and Miami, jail populations that declined briefly in early 2020 have returned to pre-pandemic levels. Many cities initially released thousands of people who were detained pretrial, but that didn’t amount to any kind of meaningful, long-term shift, and as officials allow jail populations to creep back up (mostly by refusing to release people detained pretrial, even if they pose no immediate danger), devastating coronavirus outbreaks have followed. In some cities, severe court slowdowns and failures to take preventative measures within jail systems have exacerbated the problem. As of February 2, more than 452,000 incarcerated people and prison staff across the country have contracted coronavirus, and nearly 2,400 have died.

What Else?

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has ordered more than 1,000 active duty troops to help speed up state vaccination efforts, and the Biden administration announced that it will use the Defense Production Act to boost supplies of PPE and scale up vaccine production.
Parler offered the Trump Organization a 40 percent stake in the company if Donald Trump made it his primary social network—while Trump was still in office. The deal seems to have been former Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale’s brilliant idea, but it was shut down after the White House counsel’s office caught wind of it.
Joe Biden said he doesn't think Trump should continue to receive classified intelligence briefings, citing his erratic behavior: "What impact does he have at all, other than the fact he might slip and say something?"
Reps. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) and Andrew Clyde (R-GA) have been fined $5000 for bypassing the House’s new metal detectors, after the House passed a rules change earlier this week to mandate fines for members who evade security protocols.
Amazon failed to delay a unionization vote by its warehouse workers in Bessemer, AL, for the second time. Some 6,000 Amazon employees will begin sending in their votes on Monday.
Fox News has canceled Lou Dobbs Tonight, a day after the voting machine company Smartmatic filed a $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News, Dobbs, and two other hosts.
A Trump-appointed federal judge has approved Capitol insurrectionist Jenny Cudd’s request to go on vacation in Mexico, after Cudd was indicted on five federal charges. Cool cool cool cool cool. (That judge, Trevor McFadden, also blocked the release of Trump's tax returns for made-up nonsense reasons.)
Moderators of the /WallStreetBets subreddit have turned on each other over the sale of movie rights to their story. A sad day when a group of people brought together by a shared desire to get rich quick are torn asunder by money, of all things.
OAN spent the day airing MyPillow guy Mike Lindell’s “documentary” about how the election was stolen for 12 straight hours, prefaced by a 90-second disclaimer about how OAN does not endorse anything the MyPillow guy might have to say about voting machine companies.
David Hogg plans to launch his own pillow company to “put MyPillow out of business.” Lie Down with Hoggs? Let Sleeping Hoggs Lie? David and Go-Lyeth? We offer up any of these perfect names in exchange for a humble podcast sponsorship.
Speaking of which (unfortunately), Mike Pence will launch his own podcast. Say what you will about Mike Pence, but no one ever gets bored of listening to that guy talk.
Actor Christopher Plummer has died, at age 91. Here’s a great bit from Plummer’s memoir about his sudden realization that The Sound of Music was...good.

Be Smarter

New Israeli studies found that the country’s rapid vaccine rollout has dramatically driven down coronavirus cases. Israel has outpaced every other country in vaccinating its population, and rates of both infections and hospitalizations among people who were vaccinated (in this first study, people 60 years and older) fell quickly in just a few weeks. Researchers were able to isolate other factors that reduce the number of infections, including lockdowns, and concluded that even taking those factors into account, the vaccines had a significant impact. Early data also suggested that the vaccines are working nearly as well in the real world as they did in clinical trials. Those results won’t be a breeze to replicate, with contagious variants on the loose and vaccines still in short supply, and Israel itself is still under a nationwide lockdown, but it’s a heartening first glimpse of vaccinations beginning to curb the pandemic in practice.

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Coronavirus vaccines have already caused a drop in coronavirus case numbers in nursing homes across the U.S.
Joe Biden has signed an executive order to increase the annual refugee admissions cap to 125,000 in the fiscal year that starts on October 1.
A 120-member volunteer force has made its mission to help Florida seniors navigate the process of booking vaccine appointments.
The NFL has offered up all of its stadiums as potential mass-vaccination sites.

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Welcome to the /Bitcoin Sticky FAQ

You've probably been hearing a lot about Bitcoin recently and are wondering what's the big deal? Most of your questions should be answered by the resources below but if you have additional questions feel free to ask them in the comments.
It all started with the release of Satoshi Nakamoto's whitepaper however that will probably go over the head of most readers so we recommend the following articles/books/videos as a good starting point for understanding how bitcoin works and a little about its long term potential:

• Article: The Bullish Case for Bitcoin
• Book: The Bitcoin Standard
• Video 1: Introduction to Bitcoin - Andreas Antonopoulos
• Video 2: The Stories We Tell About Money - Andreas Antonopoulos
• Video 3: The Trust Machine
• Video 4: Bitcoin 101 - Balaji Srinivasan

Some other great resources include Lopp.net, Gigi's resource page, and James D'Angelo's Bitcoin 101 Blackboard series.
Some excellent writing on Bitcoin's value proposition and future can be found at the Satoshi Nakamoto Institute.
Some Bitcoin statistics can be found here, here and here. Developer resources can be found here. Peer-reviewed research papers can be found here, also course lectures from the Princeton crypto series.
Potential upcoming protocol improvements and scaling resources here and here.
The number of times Bitcoin was declared dead by the media can be found here (LOL!)

Key properties of Bitcoin

• Limited Supply - There will only ever be 21,000,000 bitcoin created and they are issued in a predictable fashion, you can view the inflation schedule here. Once they are all issued Bitcoin will be truly deflationary. The halving countdown can be found here.
• Open source - Bitcoin code is fully auditable. You can read the source code yourself here.
• Accountable - The public ledger is transparent, all transactions are seen by everyone.
• Decentralized - Bitcoin is globally distributed across thousands of nodes with no single point of failure and as such can't be shut down similar to how Bittorrent works. You can even run a node on a Raspberry Pi.
• Censorship resistant - No one can prevent you from interacting with the bitcoin network and no one can censor, alter or block transactions that they disagree with, see Operation Chokepoint.
• Push system - There are no chargebacks in bitcoin because only the person who owns the address where the bitcoin resides has the authority to move them.
• Low fee scaling - Fees are chosen by the sender - you can choose your own fee. An appropriate fee for an on-chain transaction depends on network demand and how much priority you wish to assign to the transaction. Most wallets calculate on chain fees automatically but you can view fee estimates here and mempool activity here. On chain fees may rise occasionally due to network demand, however instant micropayments that do not require confirmations are happening via the Lightning Network, a second layer scaling solution currently rolling out on the Bitcoin mainnet.
• Borderless - No country can stop it from going in/out, even in areas currently unserved by traditional banking as the ledger is globally distributed.
• Trustless - Bitcoin solved the Byzantine's Generals Problem which means nobody needs to trust anybody for it to work.
• Pseudonymous - No need to expose personal information when purchasing with cash or transacting.
• Secure - Blocks and transactions are cryptographically secured (using hashes and signatures) and can’t be brute forced or confiscated with proper key management such as hardware wallets.
• Programmable - Individual units of bitcoin can be programmed to transfer based on certain criteria being met
• Nearly instant - From a few seconds on the lightning network to a few minutes on-chain depending on need for confirmations. Transactions are irreversible by normal users after one confirmation and irreversible by anyone (including miners) after 6 confirmations.
• Peer-to-peer - No intermediaries taking a cut, no need for trusted third parties.
• Portable - Bitcoin are digital so they are easier to move than cash or gold. They can be transported by simply carrying a seed (a string of 12 to 24 words) on a device or by memorizing it for wallet recovery (while cool, memorizing is generally not recommended due to potential for forgetting the seed and the potential for insecure key generation by inexperienced users. Hardware wallets are the preferred method for most users for their ease of use and additional security).
• Scalable - While the protocol is still being optimized for increased transaction capacity, blockchains do not scale very well, so most transaction volume is expected to occur on Layer 2 networks built on top of Bitcoin.
• Divisible - Each bitcoin can be divided down to 8 decimals, which means you don't have to worry about buying an entire bitcoin.
• Designed Money - Bitcoin was created to fit all the fundamental properties of money better than gold or fiat

Where can I buy bitcoin?

Bitcoin.org and BuyBitcoinWorldwide.com are helpful sites for beginners. You can buy or sell any amount of bitcoin (even just a few dollars worth) and there are several easy methods to purchase bitcoin with cash, credit card or bank transfer. Some of the more popular resources are below, also check out the bitcoinity exchange resources for a larger list of options for purchases.

• Cash app
• Gemini
• Swan
• River Financial
• Bitstamp
• BitFinex
• Xapo
• Kraken
• Cex
• LocalBitcoins
• LibertyX
• P2P exchange list (decentralized)

Here is a listing of local ATMs. If you would like your paycheck automatically converted to bitcoin use Bitwage.
Note: Bitcoin are valued at whatever market price people are willing to pay for them in balancing act of supply vs demand. Unlike traditional markets, bitcoin markets operate 24 hours per day, 365 days per year.

Securing your bitcoin

With bitcoin you can "Be your own bank" and personally secure your bitcoin OR you can use third party companies aka "Bitcoin banks" which will hold the bitcoin for you.

• If you prefer to "Be your own bank" and have direct control over your coins without having to use a trusted third party, then you will need to create your own wallet and keep it secure. If you want easy and secure storage without having to learn computer security best practices, then a hardware wallet such as the Trezor, Ledger or ColdCard is recommended. Alternatively there are many software wallet options to choose from here depending on your use case.
  
• If you prefer to let third party "Bitcoin banks" manage your coins, try Gemini but be aware you may not be in control of your private keys in which case you would have to ask permission to access your funds and be exposed to third party risk. There is a saying in the community, "Not your keys, not your coins" meaning if you don't store your coins in a wallet that you control the keys to then you do not really own your bitcoin as you have to ask permission from the third party in order to move them.
  

Note: For increased security, use Two Factor Authentication (2FA) everywhere it is offered, including email!
2FA requires a second confirmation code or a physical security key to access your account making it much harder for thieves to gain access. Google Authenticator and Authy are the two most popular 2FA services, download links are below. Make sure you create backups of your 2FA codes.

Google Auth	Authy	OTP Auth	andOTP
Android	Android	N/A	Android
iOS	iOS	iOS	N/A

Physical security keys (FIDO U2F) offer stronger security than Google Auth / Authy and other TOTP-based apps, because the secret code never leaves the device and it uses bi-directional authentication so it prevents phishing. If you lose the device though, you could lose access to your account, so always use 2 or more security keys with a given account so you have backups. See Yubikey or Titan to purchase security keys.
Both Coinbase and Gemini support physical security keys.

Watch out for scams

As mentioned above, Bitcoin is decentralized, which by definition means there is no official website or Twitter handle or spokesperson or CEO. However, all money attracts thieves. This combination unfortunately results in scammers running official sounding names or pretending to be an authority on YouTube or social media. Many scammers throughout the years have claimed to be the inventor of Bitcoin. Websites like bitcoin(dot)com and the btc subreddit are active scams. Almost all altcoins (shitcoins) are marketed heavily with big promises but are really just designed to separate you from your bitcoin. So be careful: any resource, including all linked in this document, may in the future turn evil. As they say in our community, "Don't trust, verify".

• Avoid using ad-based search engines like Google or Yahoo: ads are shown based on how much the advertiser bids, and scammers can easily outbid legitimate providers for ad space, since immoral ways of earning money are far more lucrative than moral ways. Use DuckDuckGo instead, which has no ads, and never tracks you as well.
• Ignore private messages offering services.
• Never enter your seed words in a website of any kind. Hardware wallets will recover by displaying possible seed words on their own interface, never on a website.
• Avoid clicking on links like that look like links, such as https://www.google.com/, without first hovering over it and actually checking where they go to. Just because a link is labelled with an HTTPS address does not mean it actually sends you to that address. It is trivial for someone to comment a link on Reddit that looks like it will send you to one website when it actually sends you to another, and you might not notice the difference until a scammer has gotten all your money, or you have downloaded and installed software that steals your money.

Where can I spend bitcoin?

Check out spendabit or bitcoin directory for millions of merchant options. Also you can spend bitcoin anywhere visa is accepted with bitcoin debit cards such as the CashApp card or Fold card. Some other useful site are listed below.

Store	Product
Gyft	Gift cards for hundreds of retailers including Amazon, Target, Walmart, Starbucks, Whole Foods, CVS, Lowes, Home Depot, iTunes, Best Buy, Sears, Kohls, eBay, GameStop, etc.
Spendabit, Overstock and The Bitcoin Directory	Retail shopping with millions of results
NewEgg and Dell	For all your electronics needs
Coinbills, Piixpay, Bitbill.eu, Bylls, Coins.ph, Bitrefill, LivingRoomofSatoshi, Coinsfer, and more	Bill payment
Menufy and Takeaway	Takeout delivered to your door
Expedia, Cheapair, Destinia, Abitsky, SkyTours, the Travel category on Gyft and 9flats	For when you need to get away
Cryptostorm, Mullvad, and PIA	VPN services
Namecheap, Porkbun	Domain name registration
Stampnik	Discounted USPS Priority, Express, First-Class mail postage

Coinmap and AirBitz are helpful to find local businesses accepting bitcoin. A good resource for UK residents is at wheretospendbitcoins.co.uk.
There are also lots of charities which accept bitcoin donations.

Merchant Resources

There are several benefits to accepting bitcoin as a payment option if you are a merchant;

• 1-3% savings over credit cards or PayPal.
• No chargebacks (final settlement in 10 minutes as opposed to 3+ months).
• Accept business from a global customer base.
• Increased privacy.
• Convert 100% of the sale to the currency of your choice for deposit to your account, or choose to keep a percentage of the sale in bitcoin if you wish to begin accumulating it.

If you are interested in accepting bitcoin as a payment method, there are several options available;

• BTCPay
• Square cash
• Stripe
• Wyre
• Blockonomics (direct to your wallet)

Can I mine bitcoin?

Mining bitcoin can be a fun learning experience, but be aware that you will most likely operate at a loss. Newcomers are often advised to stay away from mining unless they are only interested in it as a hobby similar to folding at home. If you want to learn more about mining you can read more here. Still have mining questions? The crew at /BitcoinMining would be happy to help you out.
If you want to contribute to the bitcoin network by hosting the blockchain and propagating transactions you can run a full node. You can view the global node distribution here.

Earning bitcoin

Just like any other form of money, you can also earn bitcoin by being paid to do a job.

Site	Description
WorkingForBitcoins, Bitwage, Cryptogrind, Coinality, Bitgigs, /Jobs4Bitcoins, BitforTip, Rein Project	Freelancing
Lolli	Earn bitcoin when you shop online!
OpenBazaar, Purse.io, Bitify, /Bitmarket	Marketplaces
/GirlsGoneBitcoin NSFW	Adult services
A-ads, Coinzilla.io	Advertising

You can also earn bitcoin by participating as a market maker on JoinMarket by allowing users to perform CoinJoin transactions with your bitcoin for a small fee (requires you to already have some bitcoin).

Bitcoin-Related Projects

The following is a short list of ongoing projects that might be worth taking a look at if you are interested in current development in the bitcoin space.

Project	Description
Lightning Network	Second layer scaling
Liquid, Rootstock and Drivechain	Sidechains
Hivemind	Prediction markets
Tierion and Factom	Records & Titles on the blockchain
BitMarkets, DropZone, Beaver and Open Bazaar	Decentralized markets
JoinMarket and Wasabi Wallet	CoinJoin implementation
Decentralized exhanges	Decentralized bitcoin exchanges
Keybase	Identity & Reputation management
Abra	Global P2P money transmitter network
Bitcore	Open source Bitcoin javascript library

Bitcoin Units

One Bitcoin is quite large (hundreds of £/$/€) so people often deal in smaller units. The most common subunits are listed below:

Unit	Symbol	Value	Info
bitcoin	BTC	1 bitcoin	one bitcoin is equal to 100 million satoshis
millibitcoin	mBTC	1,000 per bitcoin	used as default unit in recent Electrum wallet releases
bit	bit	1,000,000 per bitcoin	colloquial "slang" term for microbitcoin (μBTC)
satoshi	sat	100,000,000 per bitcoin	smallest unit in bitcoin, named after the inventor

For example, assuming an arbitrary exchange rate of $10000 for one Bitcoin, a $10 meal would equal:

• 0.001 BTC
• 1 mBTC
• 1,000 bits
• 100k sats

For more information check out the Bitcoin units wiki.
Still have questions? Feel free to ask in the comments below or stick around for our weekly Mentor Monday thread. If you decide to post a question in /Bitcoin, please use the search bar to see if it has been answered before, and remember to follow the community rules outlined on the sidebar to receive a better response. The mods are busy helping manage our community so please do not message them unless you notice problems with the functionality of the subreddit.
Note: This is a community created FAQ. If you notice anything missing from the FAQ or that requires clarification you can edit it here and it will be included in the next revision pending approval.
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Buen día!
Welcome to The Gateway City. You're probably reading this because you are relocating to Laredo for work. Moving somewhere new can always be a chaotic experience, but I hope this extensive guide on all aspects of Laredo living will help make your time in Laredo as memorable as mine was. Grab a Dos XX with Tajin or a Margarita and enjoy. A bit about myself: I lived in Laredo from early 2016 - to late 2017 after I graduated from college for work. I periodically go back to visit friends since I live in Houston now. I didn't make a ton of money when I was there for my flying job, but I still had the time of my life. Please keep in mind these are my opinions and thoughts from my time there. I had a blast being there in my early 20's, but I know priorities and interests change as people age, however, I've tried to be objective when writing this guide for everyone.
Mods please please feel free to pin this post to help others out down the road.
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Overall thoughts:
The best way I can describe Laredo is that it's like you took a trip to Mexico, but you get to keep all the cool benefits of being in the United States. It's kind of the best of both worlds, and I found both the people and culture of Laredo to be great. There is nothing like grinding at work during the week just to make it to hang out at the pool day drinking with your friends doing Carne's (short for Carneasada aka cookouts), going out, and the afters (after parties) on the weekends. Oh, I forget to mention the food is AWESOME. Also worth noting, anyone that is not Latino in Laredo is a minority which is kind of a cool experience in itself.
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The Weather:
Take a look at your weather app for Laredo right now, if it's winter you'll notice that it's probably in the 50-70 degree range. In very rare circumstances it has snowed in Laredo, but being from the Midwest I found the winters are super mild. Summer on the other hand is a whole other animal, expect hot temps in the low 100's especially in mid to late summer. In reality, there is Summer and Fall in Laredo. Fortunately, it is a normally dry heat. It can get slightly humid though if the winds are out of the East from the Gulf, but it depends on the day. It's usually sunny a majority of the time though which is cool. Your summer wardrobe will be in use 9-10 months of the year.
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Where to live:
Like anything this depends on your budget, however, Laredo is a very affordable city when it comes to renting and buying. I lived off Bob Bullock Loop and 359 (Southside). Like anything, economically driven rent in the city fluctuates but is extremely affordable compared to almost any other city. I paid 1000/mo for a nicer 2 bed 2 bath. Around town, a nice one bed runs in the 600-850/mo range and 2/2 runs in the 1100-1200/mo area at the nicer complexes.
My roommate and I lived where we did because we flew out of the airport so it was a quick drive for us, but if I had to do it again, I would have probably lived in a bit more of a "busier" part of town in the McPherson and Delmar area or on the north side since we found ourselves driving there when we'd go out most of the time. This area is also considered to be some of the more "higher end" part of town with nicer houses and stuff. apartments.com has been my go-to source the past 6 times I've moved, give it a look if you are shopping around.
I highly recommend picking a place with a pool and/or a grill if you're remotely interested in that sort of thing. Due to Laredo's climate the pool and grilling out are a way of life. It's also a great place to meet people.
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Getting Around:
Having a vehicle is the most practical answer for Laredo, however, Uber and Lyft markets have popped up in the last few years. The bus system for the city is called El Metro. Laredo is pretty easy to get around, the only major highway is 35 which starts at the river (the Rio Grande crossing downtown) and goes to points North like SA, Austin, and Dallas. Bob Bullock Loop orbits the city to the East.
**Important Notes About Driving in Laredo*\*: Uninsured motorists are abundant meaning expect some sort of increase in your car insurance. I thought I knew how to drive until I came to Laredo. People drive fast, yellow lights mean speed up, and red lights/stop signs are optional. For some reason, drunk driving is also a very abundant thing, especially in the evenings/late night hours. I'm hoping this issue has improved since I lived there since Uber and Lyft are now a thing. Either way, stay alert, be a defensive driver, and you'll be fine.
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What to do:
Many locals cite "things to do" while living in Laredo to be the toughest category to fill. Bottom line, it's a small town, however, there is something for everyone in town!
Bars:
Going out is the big thing to do in town most weekends as drinking is considered one of the biggest activities. I loved it, but I also know it's not for everyone. However, there are a wide variety of bars to pick from each having a different vibe. I've listed some of my favorites below. A lot of bars/restaurants have a DJ or band after a certain time. Bars are spread out across the city, but cluster in the McPherson/DelmaJacaman (pronounced Haca-man) area and now downtown. Bars close at 2 AM but people love to party till the sun comes up so after-parties at people’s houses are common.

• Vibe (Hip Hop spot with Vegas type vibes)
• Culture
• Cosmos (BaRestaurant with DJ)
• Average Joe’s(AJ's) DJs and bands, divey vibes but always a good time.
• Blue Moon Country Bar, was formerly another country bar, but still good spot when I visited last.
• TKO - Good to catch games and DJ Ba Restaurant on Sundays and Thursdays
• Planeta 80 - 80's bar
• Santo Remedio - Solid spot for cumbia type bands and stuff. I always had a blast here.
• Golondrina Food Park (food trucks and stuff)
• The Happy Hour Downtown - Kind of divey, but really good vibes.
• Laredo Rooftop Lounge
• Tabernilla

Restaurants:
So many good ones that can range from cheap to expensive, but the food is good at all of them! Here is my list of local spots, but Yelp is usually a good place to check for updated options.

• Border Foundry
• Trattoria Mia
• Sushi Madre
• Scratch Sandwich Kitchen
• Obregon's
• Tacos Kissi
• Palenque Grill
• El Capataz
• 550 Pizzaria (Best Pizza in town IMO)
• Rudy’s or Ringos for BBQ
• Taco Palenque is also an amazing "fast food" style Mexican restaurant I miss very much. SOlid place to hit after the bars for grub.
• Any taco stand is good, the sketchier the better.
• Los Pinguinos snacks for a cool Mexican style snack/dessert. Seriously, you got to check these out.
• Whataburger - A true Texas staple
• Laredo also has all the other brick and mortar places like Buffalo Wild Wings, Tilted Kilt, Cheddars, Papa Johns, Dennys, Olive Garden, etc.

Activities:

• Hanging out at the pool with your friends and getting some sun
• Farmers Market every 3rd Saturday held at the Veterans Memorial Jarvis Plaza from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
• Carnes! aka Cookouts are a blast and these people in Laredo are GRILL GURUS. Amazing meat.
• Ice Skating (Winter only) and concerts at Sames Auto Arena. They bring in all sorts of entertainment from a wide variety of genres. They used to have a hockey team and there have been rumors of one returning.
• Baseball games at Uni-Trade: Cheap tickets, cheap beefood, good baseball, nice stadium, and sit wherever you want!
• TAMIU Planetarium is a cool and cheap thing to go check out. It’s on the campus of Texas AM International University (TAMIU) and a nice way to cool off in the summer.
• If you're into the Arts Laredo has a pretty cool little Art community that can be found downtown
• If you’re into fishing, the Rio Grande or Lake Falcon is pretty cool and you can wave at the people in Mexico fishing on the other side. Some of the best Bass fishing in the country is down here due to the year-round warm water temps.
• On the contrary, if you like to hunt, plenty of hunt opportunities in the area. Do some research on hunting leases and ranches if this interests you as it is all protected and private land.
• Walk around downtown, a lot of history and cool places to see.
• Lake Casa Blanka State Park
• Iturbide St. bars in general
• WBCA in February
• The gun range (Get the full Texan experience and exercise your second amendment right!)
• If you get the opportunity to go to a ranch, GO! It's a cool Texas thing that not many people get to do.
• If you want to get away for the weekend I recommend San Antonio/Austin, Hill Country, Corpus Christi, or South Padre Island. All places are within a 4-hour drive.
• Allegiant runs to Vegas two days a week, makes for a great weekend trip
• If you are into volunteering there are plenty of opportunities to do so around town.

https://www.facebook.com/365thingslaredo Is a great group to follow to get daily updates on things going on around Laredo.
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Where to shop:
This one is a big no brainer for me personally, but HEB, the big Texas grocery chain, is the move. They have great selections (especially their meat and produce) and pretty good prices. If you want to save a bit more, Fiesta or Walmart is your only other big options that are worth a look. Laredo also has any major brick and mortar retail store Best Buy etc and a Mall with all the normal Mall stores. The outlet mall on the river is a super cool spot to I recommend doing some retail therapy at.
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Where to Workout/Active Stuff:
There are all sorts of gyms between cross fit, yoga, Orange Theory, and your brick and mortar gyms (Crunch, Anytime, Golds, etc.) If you're into outdoorsy trail stuff North Central Park has a nice set of trails and Lake Casablanca State Park on the East side has some pretty good trails for the area also. If golfing is your thing there are a couple of golf courses, Casablanca Golf Course is your run of the mill Par 3 and the Laredo Country Club is the nice golf course in town. I know Laredo also has some rec sports adult leagues if you're into that like Flag football and stuff, Google should be able to help you find out more about those.
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Safety and Crossing the border:
Laredo like any mid-size city has its share of crime, however, there is a very large presence of Local and State Police, DEA, FBI, and Border Patrol in the city due to its proximity to Mexico. Like any major city, lock your doors and take out any valuables in your car. The few homeless people stick to the I-35 corridor mostly. Lock your doors and windows and you'll be fine. There are sketchier parts of town the further south you go, but I never had issues as many of these people are often very humble and respectful people.
Cartels:
I remember watching the Border Wars show before I moved and thinking "Oh shit, what did I sign up for?" Cartels are simply a reality of life especially on the border, but they also exist in any major city around the world, they just happen to be a bit more prevalent in their activities at the border. They exist and have a hand in many things both in Nuevo Laredo and Laredo (businesses, politics, etc.). Like anywhere keep a street smart head, vigilant attitude, and don't hang out with the wrong types of people and you will be fine in Laredo. LADIES, please carry some sort of protection with you like mace and stay in groups when out, especially when downtown.
Crossing:
I'll start with this disclaimer that I'm a 6' white guy, so I don't blend in that well. However, I dated a girl I met at a bar who lived across in Nuevo Laredo for 10 months so I got my full share of the crossing experiences. I'm witting this during COVID times so things are a bit different atm. The crossing is an experience I could and probably should do a thread about on its own, but I'll summarize what I can here.
There are two ways to cross: 1. Driving or 2. Taking the footbridge both located downtown. I walked every time because my GF at the time would pick me up on the other side, but a word of caution. If you drive understand that having non-expired US plates and a nice car makes you a target for robbings and other non-fun stuff. I recommend getting a bank such as Charles Schwab with zero international ATM fee's and that gives you a 1:1 exchange rate when pulling out cash from an ATM, however, the border exchange places near the bridges work in a pinch. Cash is king there. If you do cross you need to at least have a remote working knowledge of the Spanish language or be with someone who does, it's amazing how different life can be across a 20-foot body of water.
I often heard stories where people crossed to go to places like Jose Frog's and other bars and shops every weekend in the ‘80s, but times have unfortunately changed since. There were relatively calm periods and today there are periods of literal war in the streets. Please ask one of the many locals that commute to Laredo daily for work if they think it is safe to cross for that day since it is truly a dynamic environment. If you work in any sort of government or law enforcement line of work, DO NOT CROSS.
If you do want to cross, understand that I recommend the following:

• It should only be done during the daylight hours
• Stick to the main streets and crowded areas
• Preferably go in a group if you can
• I highly recommend checking out their town square, street taco stands, main street shops, and my favorite restaurant "El Rancho".
• Only carry the amount of cash you are willing to lose
• Place your passport and some safety money you’d need to get back across the bridge somewhere safe. Those are your ticket home!
• Most cell plans include calling and texting in MX now, keep an eye on your data plan though. My phone would randomly switch to MX cell towers at times when I was close to the river so I turned off my roaming data.
• Be respectful, American's are often seen as arrogant people, let's destroy the stereotype!
• Know where you are going, use Google Maps or something.
• Make sure someone knows when and where you are going.
• Keep your head on a swivel and check your six periodically. You WILL be looked at by people, especially if you are not Latino. If you are being followed get to a uniformed official or if you are near the bridge go back. Use caution though as the Cartel has been known to have fake uniformed officials, albeit rare, remember that you really can't trust anyone there.
• Remember you are in a foreign country, you play by their rules.

Looking back I was pretty reckless at times when I went across because I was with my GF, her brothers, or her family most of the time so I felt relatively safe. Please live through my experiences if you are dying to push the envelope with crossing. If you're considering a visit to "La Zona", don't. It's cool, but you can get the same experience in Vegas without the fear of being kidnapped or killed. Going out over there is super cheap, but the bars all pay a "toll" to the cartels weekly to operate. It's not out of the ordinary for Federales/Cartel to come through a packed bar with AR-15's or the cartel to kick everyone out if the business didn't pay that week. We got stopped by the cartel a few times asking why I was visiting so much. They watch the bridges 24/7, they know the second you step on their turf, and they know what you do and who you do it with. Remember that you can also easily get mixed up with the wrong people on the Laredo side of the river which is equally as dangerous. Know who your friends are!
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Closing tips:
-Laredo is what you make it, if you do nothing and sit around it’s going to suck so make the best of it.
-I wish my Spanish was a bit better before I moved there. It comes in handy A TON as Spanish is the preferred language and a majority of folks speak it. Knowing it will make your life easier.
- Get one of those windshield sun shades for your car, they are a necessity in the hot weather
- Gentlemen. If your single don’t be creepy, go talk to that girl and ask her to dance! Latin culture is very cool, open, confident, and fun.
- Embrace the culture and enjoy it
- Go to a Quinceañera and a traditional Mexican wedding
- Learn how to Line Dance and Cumbia!