Welcome back to Bitcoin community but account hacking has nothing to do with Bitcoin and that's why you should be optimistic next time.

We always suggest everyone to stay away from custodial and exchange wallets when someone wants to invest in Bitcoin.

If you want to invest in Bitcoin then first get yourself a personal wallet, most preferable should be a personal cold wallet which is the safest way to hold Bitcoin for long term.

Bitcoin can be huge in future and we as community trust that and our beliefs are quite strong in that regard and that's why I suggest you to hold your Bitcoin for long term to gain good profits from that investment.

Well, I never really stopped holding bitcoin.  I mean, I still have a little bit left, but I haven't really bought any in 3-4 years.  I was distracted by other things in life and working three jobs, so it just kind of fell off my radar.  Ironically, I recently received an email newsletter from Trezor announcing the Trezor Safe 5, which I thought was interesting, so I went to their website and noticed they also had the Safe 3, which had the same security features without the touch screen for almost $100 less.  I was intrigued.  I started reading on different websites to see what the current impression of BTC was and it seemed very optimistic about the future, so I decided to take the plunge, buy the Safe 3, and start buying BTC again as I get the chance.

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Good advice, thank you.  I'm definitely trying to get my old account back.  We'll see what happens. *fingers crossed*

The fact that I'm still staying here for quite long years proves that I'm always optimistic with bitcoin. But anyways, welcome back and hopefully this time, you will create a good impact with bitcoin. Just stick to its basic, buy low and sell high and you will never be at loss. But of course, patience is a must, knowing bitcoin investment is always designed for a long term investment. Bitcoin's future is bright, as long as you know how to manage your bitcoin investment and maximize the opportunities whenever they're coming in.

The profile axel2078 was engaging in general discussion of the forum from when they started making post in the forum which was on October 09, 2014, 02:56:04 PM to October 27, 2016, 02:33:15 AM then from July 09, 2017, 04:25:31 PM the profile changed hands and started making posts on alternate cryptocurrency discussions till when they made their last post on July 20, 2019, 07:11:55 PM and the account became inactive since July 24, 2019, 08:47:17 PM.

Going by these findings, if the account was really hijacked then it should be around when the profile changed hand in July 09, 2017, 04:25:31 PM so there is some truth in what you are saying but however, had it been you have staked a Bitcoin wallet address and you can be able to sign a message with it to back up your claims then it would have made an easy way for the account recovery process.

However, forum users can still consider signing their Bitcoin address attached to their account to this thread Stake your Bitcoin address here so that in a case of their account being hijacked or hacked they can have enough evidence to back up their claims.

Yes. They are very confused.

First, they ban crypto transactions using banks. Then we resorted to P2P. Then they forced the crypto exchanges to delist the Naira pair on their platforms so as to stop people from getting involved in crypto, yet we found another way. And now they are back because it was a futile attempt that didn't work. So now, they are going to enable the naira pair but any crypto transactions will carry a 7.5% VAT. Well if this doesn't work, I won't be surprised if they raise it up to 10% which they had earlier proposed in their 2023 finance act

The thing now is that Binance if they want to continue doing business in Nigeria which is their biggest market in Africa, have no other option than to accept. In the end, it is about profit-making and staying in business and not the about the customers. I know their revenue dropped in the few months that Nigerians were no longer able to do any crypto transactions on their platforms.

To understand better, you can read this article - Nigeria introduces 7.5% VAT on crypto transactions

Optimistic of course especially for Bitcoin. To put it simple, it came across a lot of issues from the previous years, experienced a huge decline on its price, and now it is back on its "feet". If you're planning to re-invest then I think this is the right time. The market price fell recently and is about to go up again. Make sure you won't miss the ride. Bitcoin won't be having such reputation in this industry for no reason. If you are planning to get into other projects, well it would still be a good idea knowing that great projects are being introduced as well at this point but if it is Bitcoin you are eyeing then there's no problem with it as well. Just don't wait for its market price to again be at $70k before you make a decision. I once distanced myself from this industry as well but still found my way back because I don't want to regret anything if I would be missing out on this cycle.

There is always a significant reason why these dips always occur but I consider them a good entry point for whoever finds himself at the point as an investor.
But it should be known that the bull season isn't done yet as we still expect more momentum in the uptrend even though it is said that Germany is selling off bitcoins and MT Gox has started moving bitcoin from its wallet, these wouldn't last long enough to plunge the space into a bear market but just a mini retracement.

Is it that because of your hacked account you decided to quit everything about bitcoin,  but I think that was not a reason for you to just put a pause about your bitcoin investment. I don't really know when your account was hacked but if you were consistent with bitcoin I believe by now you would have been able to accumulate some bitcoin,  but it is all good you are back to start the journey again. Hoding bitcoin is a good decision, it will be nice you keep it up and not allowing anything to distract you.

Well, the hacked account certainly didn't help, but that wasn't the only factor.  A lot of other things happened around that time in my life (major death in the family, new job, wife just had a baby, new 2nd job) so I guess you could say that life got in the way and my focus shifted.