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Sia

The cloud storage industry is currently dominated by DropBox, Google, Microsoft and Amazon. These companies have taken the lion’s share of customers in the file hosting space however this is very likely to change. A small and fairly unknown blockchain startup going by the name of Sia aims to end this monopoly by redefining the technology and processes behind cloud storage.

The current methods of storage rely on massive data centres and server farms to both store and retrieve data. This centralised approach creates a number of issues. For example:

Control – One company having full control over your data.

Ownership – Who owns your data and how will they use it, sell it and profit off of it.

Security – Centralisation means bugs, malpractice and hackers can target very specific companies and infrastructure. In fact DropBox lost 68 customer million passwords not so long ago and for a short period of time and any user could access the data of other users at will.

Scalability – Each organisation needs to operate massive data centres to fulfill the storage and processing needs.

As these companies become even bigger the issues above become compounded.

The blockchain technology behind Sia is completely new for the industry and takes a more decentralised approach to solve the issues above.

When a customer uploads a file to the network it is automatically encrypted and split up into hundreds of tiny pieces. Only the uploader has the private keys to decrypt and view this data. All these encrypted pieces of data are then uploaded across many hosts and duplicated for impeccable redundancy.

With Sia storage is no longer controlled or owned by a company. Instead anyone can become a file hoster by leasing spare unused hard drive space to store encrypted data. File hosters and uploaders create a sort of digital handshake called a ‘smart contract’ which manages the storing of data between the two parties and pays the renter for the hard drive being used by the uploader.

With Sia clearly solving very real storage issues and making great progress with the project we believe it is a great time to invest in the project.

A $1,000 investment today would get you 113,000 Sia.
Ripple

Ripple takes blockchain technology and applies it to the traditional banking sector, resulting in trustworthy, verified, scalable, instant and cheap banking transactions.

For example the current Faster Payments banking service is an initiative between several banks to reduce the time of transfers between registered bank accounts. However transfers outside of that scheme take much longer and are routed through third party intermediaries. This process is not only risky but also labour and time intensive. Ripple solves these problems.

At the time of writing over 100 banks across the globe are trialling Ripple’s blockchain technology. Some of these banks include Santander, UniCredit and most recently the world’s largest Islamic bank, Al Rajhi Bank.

We think the technology behind Ripple will likely become the financial industry standard in the not too distant future.

Ripple has been within the top ten 24 hour volume across all cryptocurrencies and assets for several months now and it’s XRP currency has reached highs of $0.40.

A $1,000 investment today would get you 5,400 Ripple.
Stratis

The Microsoft backed Stratis platform is known as the C# equivalent to Ethereum. It enables programmers to produce decentralised, smart contract based apps very quickly and easily using a tried and tested programming language that has stood the test of time.

This opens it up to an already massive developer base with little to no additional learning required, giving it a clear edge over Ethereum.

Stratis is also poised to release its long awaited TumbleBit service and smart contracts in Q3 of this year and is developing the “Breeze Wallet”, a wallet feature that aims to boost privacy of both Bitcoin and Stratis users.

In the last month Stratis saw significant highs followed by a very quick drop. The coin reached all time highs of $11 but currently trades at $3. This is an ideal opportunity to buy in whilst the price is still low.

A $1,000 investment today would get you 160 Stratis.
Golem

Golem is on track to becoming the world’s first decentralised supercomputer. It utilizes the Ethereum blockchain to harness the unused/ idle power of millions of connected resources and turns it into sellable computing power.

Many companies and individuals require a service like this and currently have resort to small scale farms that can take days to process/ render and cost a small fortune.

For example games developers, film studios, data mining operations and medical researchers have to use vast amounts of processing power to complete very specific tasks. With Golem all these companies will have an always accessible, affordable supercomputer at their fingertips.

With its vast processing power Golem can also be used for making predictions across different industries such as betting, stock markets and even environmental changes.

Anyone with a computer can lease their unused processing power and in return get paid in GNT tokens. These tokens can be re-used, transferred to an exchange for trading or sold for more traditional currencies such as USD/GBP.

When taking a step back and assessing Golems end goal it offers a very unique investment opportunity not seen with any other project. It has many real world, life changing uses and the possibilities are endless.

Sitting at just $0.23 cents Golem is criminally cheap right now.

A $1,000 investment today would get you 3,500 Golem.
Monero

Monero is somewhat of a crypto veteran. The coin doesn’t mince its words and does one thing, albeit extremely well. It is currently the most secure and private coin on the market.

Anyone looking to make a safe long term investment would be wise to invest in it. The coin is seen as the ‘gold standard’ for privacy conscious users looking to stay permanently in the shadows. In fact Monero is in the top 5 most used cryptocurrencies for day to day purchases and traded across the Dark Web making it one of the few coins that is actually used as a currency.

A $1,000 investment today would get you 24 Monero.
Verge

Verge is an interesting (and possibly controversial) entry.

Like Monero it is aimed at users who take privacy seriously and combines Tor and i2p technologies to increase blockchain anonymity.

The project has one of the most active communities with a huge development team regularly ticking off new and exciting features on the roadmap. In June alone Seven major new features were pushed live.

Everything from Tor based Android wallets to RSK Smart Contracts are planned for July making this coin one to watch, especially at its current price. Despite recent price volatility the project is moving at a very quick pace and we believe this will be reflected in its price very soon.

So that’s it! There are many other projects we would have liked to add and others that ‘sound great’ (ICO frenzy anyone!!). As these projects mature and show their progress they will also be assessed and our verdicts shared. Good luck.

A $1,000 investment today would get you 324,000 Verge.

Thank you for placing here this information. I am sure these calculations will help many guys that deal with crypto and want to invest into some altcoins picking the most profitable ones. As for me, I’d choose Waves coin.

My top cryptocurrency to invest in is Propthereum.io. An asset backed cryptocurrency on the blockchain expecting a 1566% coin appreciation in a short period of time. All proceeds raised from their ICO will be used to purchase A-grade property worldwide. This property will generate a rental income and underlying value for the PTC token holder. Propthereum.io is the first coin backed by property in the world. The great thing about their concept is that the coin will always increase in value.

Lets take into consideration Civic. It is very legit project with wonderful team, founders and advisors. In 2018 they have many releases including open beta and so on. If banks and officials accept civic's concept, which is by the way one the strongests at the market, it price could make many Xs.

Thank you for the information you set out, it's good to be handed some details about different cryptocurrencies.

I would suggest trade.io that is a new Blockchain Trading platform.

It's currently on PRE-ICO and doing very well. It's solid team makes sure everything goes to plan and are always ready to help the community and answer any questions they have.
It's soft cap was $5M and they are on their way to hitting $10M in less than 2 weeks. With the help of their solid team, they will achieve a great many things. This is only the beginning for trade.io. You can find them at the links posted below.

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Looks you have placed the sia at the top of your list. But why must sia if there is another better project was similar with sia just like storj. I would choose storj rather than sia itself.
About the golem and when will the developer try to release the product? none can give an answer about that. I'm not 100% agree with you.

As of now my picks are Golem, Stratis, Verge, Zen and ETH. But I'm still have 30% in BTC. I wonder what maximum global capitalization we will see this year.

As far as I can see, especially from the projects you mentioned above, sia and ripple are truly unique projects. I will not say that I agree with you on other projects.

In most cases it's recommended you invest in the TOP 10 cryptocurrencies, and you can find these on coinmarketcap.com
Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, Waves and Ripple are within the TOP 10 of best currencies right now!

Thank to you for your detailed information :)
I see Bill Gates with Microsoft doesn't lag behind the crypto industry also

i suggest that you should invest your money in the top 10 cryptocurrencies like ethereum, waves, ripple and litecoin but don't invest on bitcoin cash because the price is manipulated by big block supporters and if you want to invest to the ICOs i suggest that you should invest to indahash, jibrel network (although the ico starts in 5 days) and also gazecoin.

Thank you so much for detailed review :) i think stratis is good more than others

Thanks for your list which you showed. In your list i like Golem, Stratis, Monero but I dont think Sia is a good coin :)

Appreciate your feedback on these altcoins, BTC cannot do everything. Hince why we need specialized coins/tokens, in some cases.

These are all good ones, yet we need something different. Maybe ERC20 tokens of promising and highly money collected ICOs. I would blindly invest in top-10 list of coinmarketcap, but I also want to discover new ones below.

Sia, ripple and verge all of them are good coins especially ripple and sia. A lot of people say that ripple is centralized and avoid to invest in but I see this as a company investment not just coin.

There are many crypto currencies and instead of investing in one crypto currency i would prefer you all to invest in different cryto currencies. This is because different currency is having their different market value, so just invest in top 5 crypto currencies by seeing their market statics. I will sugest ETHEREUM, MONERO, RIPPLE, BITCOINS ane LITECOINS.

Accordingly to me,
Ethereum: it is a great technology to invest in and is proving to be a lucrative one as well. Founded in 2015, this digital currency has since grown by more than 1,100%. It is an open-source network that is superior to other blockchain networks.
Bitcoin :To start with the different cryptocurrencies you can invest in right now, Bitcoin is your best wager. Of course, you would have heard of it. Still, let me tell you that Bitcoin is the most popular and common cryptocurrency making the rounds right now.
Litecoin: One of the leading rivals of Bitcoin and Ethereum is Litecoin, which is particularly designed to process smaller transactions swiftly. Created on October 2011 by Charles Lee, it is termed as "a coin that is silver to Bitcoin’s gold.” 
And there r many more.

You shared the large and valuable information. Thanks  :)
I have heard about such crypto veteran as Monero. I'm very surprised to meet him in this topic

Although one and the same question like this one has been constantly raised here, you have given us the information that each one can be interested in. I believe in Monero future, ETH stability and DASH growth. But less well-known alts can start growing unexpectedly. For instance, why not investing into Ardor?

Verge is probably one of my favourites of that list, it is incredible because they are really doing a great job in order to increase the price, and obviously, to increase the activity and demand of this coin.
Golem has been a very nice coin too, but there are not a lot of people really using them, i used to invest a lot of money on golem, and most when the price was upto $0,35 each.
Now it is below $0,25 and i am glad that i sold most of my Golems, because i would be at a huge loss right now, so i am quiet about this.
Ripple is probably the only one who is going to have the best future out of that list.

I liked Golem supercomputer.  :) It offers a very unique investment opportunity not seen with any other project.

When I invest into cryptocurrencies, i usually look through the platform before, and the potential. I check the cynamic of the altcoin. My choice is Ethereum — it is my favorite.
And from newest - crypto tickets on my signature!

I think Dash, ETH and ,of course, Bitcoin are interesting and profitable.
Talking about ICO, I recommend Beluga Pay. Hope all of them can help investors to make a profit.

The interesting subject is also conveniently collected information. It will be very useful to beginners. As for me, now only the bitcoin and ethereum is interesting to me. The bitcoin breaks all records of cost, and ethereum is very perspective.

At this moment its quite risky to invest in long term. I made in this week more than 100%, but I never hold shits more than few hours. Of course I made many mistakes because of that, but we never get the best go in , and the best go out from some shits.

I am altcoin collector and always reading and searching about new coins and ICO's. I believe in some altcoins which will rise in my opinion. I would recommend you to buy. Here are they:

IOTA (MIOTA)
 
Ripple (XRP)

Litecoin (LTC)

Tether (USDT)

BitShares (BTS)

Einsteinium (EMC2)

Siacoin (SC)

DigixDAO (DGD)

Top cryptocurrencies to invest
1.Bitcoin
2.Erethreum
3.Minexcoin
4.Neo

In my opinion, a good choice for investing is ethereum coins and bitcoin coins. They should grow at a significant pace in the near future.

In general, this is a difficult question. Now it is obvious that bitcoin was a very attractive crypto currency for investing. The ethereum also showed good growth. But it's a big question whether these crypto currencies will show growth in the future. Most likely yes, because a lot of people talk about it. Time will tell who is right.

Bitcoin will not grow too fast. Therefore, I will choose the alt coin for investment. For example Ripples, Waves, IOTA. These are very promising coins

I would invest in ICO's right now to be honest. Also I have some alts waiting to drop a little and I will make some buys. Do you guys have some advices ?  ;)

Very good list.  I suggest looking into DeepOnion.  Yes, I am biased (see signature) but I truly believe it is has unparalleled potential.

Why?

DeepOnion is built on the TOR-Network.  The TOR-Network adds anonymity to your browsing by hiding or altering your IP Address.  When you use DeepOnion you are supporting the TOR-Network.  DeepOnion is going to increase their privacy with the upcoming DeepSend feature which is similar to ZeroCoin's private send.  This is recognized as the best way to privately send crypto by many but not implemented in any current coins that I know of.  You will pay a small fee for the DeepSend feature but the end result is that your wallet ID will not be displayed to anyone on the network (nor will the IP because... TOR-Network).  Even the person that receives the DeepSend transaction will not see the sender's address.  I think this will be the most effective private send feature of any coin.  DeepSend is scheduled to be released very soon.

DeepOnion also has a DeepVault feature that's already available in the wallet.  DeepVault using cryptographic hashing to imprint a documents hash value directly to the DeepOnion blockchain.  Then, anyone can scan any document purporting to be that document through the DeepOnion wallet along with the original hasher's wallet ID.  The DeepVault will interact with the DeepOnion blockchain to confirm the hash value of the document scanned is a perfect match to the hash value of the document originally uploaded.  If the slightest change is made to the document then the person scanning it will be notified that the document has been altered.  This has real world use today and noone else is using their blockchain in this manner.  Contracts, photos, music, videos can all be verified for accuracy through DeepVault today.  

Then in the 2Q of 2018, DeepOnion is scheduled to release their own smart contract platform.  This is what I'm most looking forward to because they will have their own smart contract code and others can build upon it.  The possibilities are grand, such as a third party exchange built off DeepOnion's blockchain (which is on the TOR-Network).  Potentially ICO's could even be run off of it.  Who knows where it will go.

Finally, the coin is being airdropped to DeepOnion members.  Its free to join but there are requirement, such as having 100 Onions in your wallet.  That said, you can easily earn 100 Onions in a week through their bounties and DeepPoint airdrop which is similar to a bounty.  At the conclusion of the airdrops (we are on week 21 or 22 of 40 right now), vote central will be implemented which will allow "founders" of the coin to vote on the future developments.  A founder is someone who has been apart of DeepOnion's airdrops for at least 20 weeks, hodled 90% or more of the airdropped Onions and participated in the final airdrop.  alternatively, someone who doesn't meet this requirements can still be deemed a founder if they make extraordinary contributions to the community.  If you want to find out more about DeepOnion, check my signature.  There aren't any referral bonuses and I'm not required to market the coin though I do have an interest in the continued growth as a hodler.

I would better invest into Litecoin, Ethereum, NEO, NEM, Komodo and Cardano. These cryptocurrencies have all the chances to gain really a LOT in 2018.

For instance, look at Komodo charts: https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/komodo/

thank you for placing here this information.i suggest that you should invest your money in the top 10 crypto like etherium wave litecoin and ripple but don't invest on bitcoin because the price is manipulated by big BtC supporters.but etherium it is a great technology to invest in and is proving to be a lucrative one as well

Monetha, Substratum and of course Pundi X. Hodling the first two and promoting the last because I think it'll go places in 2018 otherwise I wouldn't waste my time doing the bounty for it.

Hoping that other bounty holders will just dump their coins so I can snap up even more and just see where the future takes the team.

It is necessary to wait for a serious drop in the ethereum and bitcoin and buy them while they are in a minimum. Then you need only wait to sell. If you look at the history of the cost of bitcoin, then you will understand that you will not have to wait long.

GoByte (GBX) on Cryptopia, best investment I've made so far. Run a masternode, rewards like $600 each day.

Now the best coin for investing is bitcoin. This coin every week conquers the next peak of value. If bitcoin continues to grow at the same rate, then soon it will cost $ 100,000.  ::)

AppCoins is also an interesting option. It is aimed for the app economy - primarily benefiting developers and users.

The project is backed by Aptoide, a 200 million users app store with a team that really knows the struggles in this industry, especially considering that they compete with Google in this field. Also, since they already have a product in hand, their roadmap projects a implementation of a beta version of the project in early 2018 (first quarter).

Also, they are ethereum based and have locked the ETH price so when they hit the hard cap (USD 15.3m) at the current ETH rate the sale stops and any left otkens will be proportionally burned.

The ICO started on December 13 and early investors will benefit from 20% bonus.

Yes, I also wonder what cryptocurrency to invest in ? does anyone have a good list?

I would also look into polymath. Platform for launching legal security tokens. Still haven't announced their ICO, but add it to your watchlist.

https://polymath.network/

Not Ico but I say ripple and hodl it's gonna rocket in next year   8) 8)

I feel Request Network would be a great choice. They have a clear goal and are way ahead in their roadmap. 2018 we should the implementation of this tech in real world usage. This coin will be a big hit next year.

Interesting list, but with some suggested coins in it, I do not agree. And as practice shows, over the last year it was enough to invest only in BTC and ETH and you would have done a good result with them. But diversification never happens much, my portfolio consists of more than 40 different coins. 8)

My top cryptocurrencies are bitcoin,minexcoin because the concept is good minevcoin have its own bank and giving coin on parking and ppt beacause of high trade

Top crypto to invest, this is a stable and promising crypto coin.
1.Bitcoin
2.Erethreum
3.Waves
4.Neo

My opinion best crypto in 2018:
Bitcoin
Power Ledger
ChainLink
Verge
Cardano

My 2018 list is:
1. WAVES
2. Cardano
3. Zcash
4. Monero
5. Ethereum

IOTA
XRP
XMR
DASH
QTUM
XLM
BAT
PPT

rIGHT NOW i WOULD SAY GO FOR rpx

If you are looking short-term you might check on cobinhood. They had somewhat of a difficult ICO but they are bringing in some serious hardware, will offer zero fee trading and generate revenue on the margin trading part. Currently 27 Cent on ED. Did not check where else they are being traded but with launch they should do a good move up.

My votes for top coins would be (in no particular order)

IOTA
NEO
XRB
WTC

I'm setting my eyes on
-Iota
-AppCoins
-Ada 

I love this 3 tokens because these are profitable and good to invest. : :-X

why do not you try to invest in Ethereum, Waves, Ripple and other great altcoins? if you want to play it safe try to choose a truly trusted altcoin

Hawala has a surging price right now which is very good to see on where will they be stable. Electroneum is still developing and we can see a lot of potential from that platform.

What consists of "top cryptocurrencies?" Currently, I'm looking at:

-ADA (Cardano)
-TRXN (Tronix)
-ARK
-WAVES
-XLM (Stellar Lumens)
-ARDR (Ardor)
-SUB (Substratum)
-XVG (Verge)

In my opinion, the etherium is very promising for investment. It shows a gradual and stable growth. The ICO released on its basis adds its value.

( Ripple-Iota-Cardano-Stellar Lumens-Verge-Pivx-Dogecoin-Btc-Stratis-Gulden-Civic-Siacoin)
my investasi

Bitcoin, Ethereum, Iota and Cardano. Cardano is looking very promising has a good team behind it and it is still cheap to buy.

Agreed. That's been my biggest problem with GNT. I got in back in May, and there was just nothing but empty promises for announcements. Everyone just saying "just wait! blah blah blah is coming out soon!" People lost faith quickly and in a month or two, I saw a 45% drop in value. As much as I am intrigued with the concept, the lack of delivery and bleeding money, I had to get out. I am not one to sell at a loss, but I had to cut my losses and reinvest. It has shown a decent rebound, but even at it's current value, I would still be down from my initial investment...

Now it is beneficial to invest in bitcoin, because he is at a minimum. The ethereum is also attractive for investment. It shows stable growth for a long time.

SIG related ;)

I was very encouraged by nem. Now it took the second place after the etherium in my portfolio of investment.

Invest in top 10 cryptocurrencies for sure profit. Once you get some profit. keep your initial investment in those still and move into smaller coins  and begin to trade.

I still believe that ethereum will be the most profitable crypto in the long turn. Numerous tokens are using his blockchain and it was first to introduce smart contracts which have actually a great practical use. If we are honest, bitcoin is useful just as an investment.

I would recommend to invest in ICON (ICX) though it already made more than 30x since ICO its cap is still too low. It has a huge potential to grow up to top 10 coins during the year.

Yes, I completely agree with you. This is a great coin for investment . I think they will ×3 at least 2018.

in my humbele opinion i think there are top five currencies to invest in this new year and they are as follow : indahash electroneum trade io dovu and livetree (sed)

I can tell you right now ICX will be massive. My other picks are Wanchain, 0x Protocol, ZenCash I like a lot, personally, but not investment advice, I like limited supply coins, looking at AVT, it's dirt cheap for it's supply level but they have delayed exchanges which has pissed off the community. If they get a partnership could rocket beyond the Moon. Team seems legit though. I am hodl RUBY, STEALTH, FLO. I think NEO stuff will take off also.

Some good picks are also VeChain, XLM, XVG, XMR is my fav dark coin, Zcoin, Zclassic, POS coins, etc. We have a nice amount to choose from just focus on high quality projects that have good dev teams and you are safe. Don't invest in Shitcoins.

Quantum Resistant Ledger - QRL

Mark my words, QRL price will see $250 by end of 2018.
qbit rates will increase faster than expected,
just look at the trend of worry:

https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=bitcoin%20quantum%20computer

Already double my money in 2 weeks, and it's only taking off now!

The uniqueness of the project, low price, low supply, the stability
when all altcoins go to the red...

It's definitely my choice for 2018 and beyond. Just my 2 cents!

on my self i ahve set a promissing list of the top  Alternate cryptocurrencies  that i am aiming to invest in and they are as follow trade io indahash and electroneum.

Now the ripple coin came in second place in terms of capitalization ahead of the etherium. I think this is a good option for investing. Its price should still grow significantly.  ;)

Bitcoin- being the best known cryptocurrency that made up about 87% in the cryptocurrency world and its value continued to skyrocket.
Ethereum - the pre-sale for ether received an overwhelming response.
Zcash - looks promising, claims to give its users the choice of shielded transactions.

More listed and promising crypto currencies to invest like Bitcoin of course, Ethereum, Litecoin, Steem, Monero and more, so all you need to do is to join in the largest trading and investing in 2018 to become a successful Bitcoiner.

This is good portfolio and review, i also invested in some that coin. But in my opinion coin that will populer in 2018 is coin that development IoT( Internet of Things), just like IOTA, DATA Streamr, IOTchain. And other new coin that want to be third blockchain that to connect different blockchain, that is AION. This is only my prediction, but mostly 100 top coin ranking in coin marketcap has big potential.

There are many cryptocurrencies that are good to invest not only they are cheap ( others are less than a dollar) but also the technology behind it like IOTA (technology is Tangle) and Oyster Protocol (web storage based on IOTA)

DeepOnion

There are alot of coin that has big potential, and during this month i also make and looking for review of some altcoin. I still newbie in crypto space but i pick some coin that entered the market more than 1 year, because these coin has big community already like DASH, WAVES, LTC, NAV, LISK.

yes it is there is a lot of currencies out there but we can say that only few are having the potential to be making atleast the good way of on how you are able to make it and to be known what are the best for make some research and study for it first.

for current investments are NXT and XLM because the price is very cheap and will find progress when holding for a long time. and will find the benefits of the investment

viberate has good potential for 2018, you can read more on it here: https://www.viberate.io/

BTC,LTC,XRP and Waves

In my opinion, in the near future, when investing in ethereum and in nem it will be possible to get a good profit. I think these platforms are very promising, because new ICO projects will support their growth.  ;)