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I don't understand how this guy got so much fame in the crypto world. He's an old school computer programmer. He's insane. And he Predicted bitcoin would go up? Well it was either going to go up or down. Predicting it going up doesn't it make you some crypto God.

It's as if I predicted it will rain tomorrow and if it does, calling myself a weatherman. Then, instead of lots of people checking the news for the weather they check my twitter. Its nuts.

I'm occasionally reading his twitter account... and yes, he's insane for sure. IMO everybody who's listening people like McAfee and ending bad. They need to use their head instead of following 'gurus'.

One day before I did able to check his account I was curious why people are really crazy on following up this man even on some shills regarding on a coin it do make some effects on its price.I don't know why it do happen but I don't really believe on him on either way because hes just popped out from nowhere and now guessing on price movements. Seriously? It do sound sucks but there are still people who do really follow on the things he do said regarding price movements but well its their own money after all.

I think you just answered your own questions in a way... he's an old school computer programmer with a lot of leverage with his name, whom people will recognize for at least two generations of computer users. He's insane and people love following insane characters. He predicted it like a lot of others, but he made it louder than most and also said he'd eat his dick, so that alone makes him more popular with people.

So yes, don't listen to him. But can't stop people from following personalities. If people cried for boy bands, why wouldn't they buy on the talkings of a madman?

Ive just heared Mcafee lately its anew in my ears. I just check his twitter account he has so many followers and he is always tweeting about coin that will be next pump coin. Yes I think that also just for pump and dump he has many believers for the cryptocurrency.

haha.... I also wait for him execute his promise. As you can see now, Bitcoin is recovering but it needs a long time. I think that in 2018, it just reached maximum $30000.

I am looking since one week on his "coin of the day" and then watch the pumps on coinmarketcap. I can only warn beginners not to
invest. After 5 minutes of his tweets the price is already higher then 60-80 % only because of his many followers.

Success in the world of cryptocurrencies is: make your own decisions by finding and investing in projects. Be a participant of projects  that you believe and hold it for the middle or longterm. Otherwise you will be a victim and others will take your investments.

I don't know if it was true or a fake with John McAfee and Enigma by asking for 25 BTC and 15 % for promoting a project. That is so much uncool!

I've lost respect for him.

He's pumping and dumping, and he must be telling certain people hours before each coin tweet because the accumulation is obvious. Yesterday he pumped the shitcoin Reddcoin and the charts showed a sharp rise before the time of the tweet.

Today he has done HMQ. Bittrex was unusable 5 seconds after his tweet and I was on there trying to navigate and couldn't load a single page, yet somehow the HMQ order book was fattening and it tripled in price within 4 minutes, not sure how the hell this happened on a site that wouldn't load during the period. He's got his people and insiders using bots on this.


He's a clown.

it doesn't matter ! At least he's showing the people some valuable coins and people who actually read the whitepapers of the coins will understand why he's suggesting them !!!

Unlike many, he is not pointing out scam coins!

I agree, he is just telling people the project that has been out there but undervalued, for which people has their own decision if they listen to him. as far as I know, his intention is better than other scam projects.

Pump and dump game like this makes him ton of money , its easy everyday so why not if its not illegal ?

THIS is clearly price manipulation and in stock market this guy should be in jail ...
ITS Funny that still have so many stupid people following this clown and buy whatever he shits on twitter.
Dude , just stop . This guy dont even know that hes ruining the whole cryptomarket...

I don't agree to this idea. I'm listening to John McAfee and I'm always lucrative.
There are many people like me  :-\

He is just pumping all the coins that he has, he is just making money from the AIR, this guy is clever, but he is only clever because all the sheeps like you are following him, nothing more than this.
And it will finish at some point.

Do not trust anyone who speculates. They just want to win themselves. Do not believe the blind, first investigate yourself.

I do not like him either, but as long as he makes people earn profit, people will continue following him for sure.

It is realy stupid and does not make sense some guy writes something about a coin on twitter, and people rushes to buy expecting a rally. But hey, this is crypto and most things do not make sense in the end :)

Who is John McAfee ?
is this the guy that predict bitcoin price will hit 1 million USD in 2020 if not he will ear her D*ck ?
i heard few days ago he tweet about Redcoin then the coin price is up,,
i think he try to manipulated the crypto price with her famous name,, so beware and don't believe easily with this guy

He has already pumped reddcoin,dogecoin, humaniq, and a few other coins like electroneum, they all had something in common; no one off them was into the top 100 of coinmarketcap, dogecoin yes, but it does not counts as an altcoin since it is a meme coin..

He's an old dumbass.

well we cannot stop people following him what he will say about other coins..if his strat is only pump and dump let them to follow him..

Somethings he said dont make sence

like what? he is explaining and telling people what he knows about the project. People now has an idea or option to further study the project. As far as I know, Every coins that he mentioned, I already had it long time before, I am not telling we have same mind but he has a point about the projects.

the way I see it he is just speaking his mind and promoting alts that'll make him most money. that's what most people do on twitter so you have to do your research and go from there.

He is not pumping the coin but, reviewing the more valuable coins that are undervalued and legitimate than the other scam projects that is for pump and dump games obviously.
Im not supporting and not participating in his coin of the day/week, i just observed that some whales are taking advantage of his review to make a quick profit.

I think this guy is investing in some ICO or some coin like us..and he dont want lose..

He is a fucking madman! Did anyone see any interviews he did when he was running for president? He makes Trump look normal.

Complete fruitcake taking newbies for all they are worth.

Avoid him people, you will get burnt.

Yep McAffee tells his investors hours before his tweet what hes about to pump. Then tweets and pumps, and takes all the noobs for everything they got.

If you have time on your hands, buy his recommendations and sell with a nice profit shortly after. In general, however, I agree with the OP, he's not promoting coins based on validity but simply on how much they appear to be paying him.

Don't know if he's suddenly found his "god" in crypto or wants to get on Forbes' top 20 like his peers

Anyone who's taking investment tips from John McAfee should watch this documentary http://www.imdb.com/title/tt6071534/ about his life. From a antivirus entrepreneur to a yoga guru with his own sekt. Few years later a murder suspect in Belize with a heavily armed local gang working for him. Fled and returned to US where he tried to become the next President of united states:) Now he is a bitcoin guru...lol

Just another average joe's life...

One more "honest" guy that is pumping coins that dont really have a good future a head of them for wich he is paid for.There are already bots in action that reads his twits and insta buy the coins that he is shilling so people outher that are waiting for his tweets are already late for the party

Regardless of who it is, whether it is a great investor or not, a famous or not, we should not let ourselves be influenced by comments or any modinha launched by someone, we should have our research, our own strategy arsenal for an investment.

He is not just speaking his mind, this is crazy what he is doing and action like this is what will attract more regulations to the space, because he is influential and has big presence in the space he decided to be using this influence to pump tokens at will, do you want to tell me there won't be any inside trading here

John mcaffe only wants to pump those coins that  he was holding, i dont listen to everything he say specially the portion which he will introduce coins on his twitter page  everyday that will surely give them big profits.

Easy earn on his calls, so i dont care about who he is.

His name slaps to one of popular anti-virus program so that's where his fame comes from. In crypto world, people buy and sell base on trust or big name more than anything.

McAfee doesn't seem all too educated with cryptocurrencies anyway, heard a few interviews with him speaking and some of the stuff he was talking about was just clearly incorrect..

He has a decent history predicting numbers, his not like "it will go UP"..., sometimes beting agains real market analysts.
https://twitter.com/officialmcafee/status/938260102217457664?lang=es

And yep, he calls for BTC at 1M$ in 2020...

It is funny to see how a lot of people are desperated to see their signals.
This guy is a butthurt, and the ones who follow him are the same butthurts but for x2.

Exactly, people are praising him like a real deal
However, We gotta agree that hes one of the cool founder of an antivirus

Therefore, his words might have some sort of weighting especially for people who actually feels good with the product itself because it actually gave them confident to trust on his words.

Anyhow, hes not wrong tho as he do make his own analysis and etc

Key to success = Fact + Someone's analysis + Own analysis = Match = Perfect enter

do take note that apparently, his twitter account has been hacked by some one. He has posted coin of the day, but clearly he is only doing coin of the week. It is not a big deal for me, but it is very awkward that his account has been hacked. :)

About the fact that his account will be hacked write one week ago. I think it's still part of his game.

It is funny. You make me loughing. You are right. We can not be the weatherman because of our prediction is right only one or two times. But why more people seeing his twitter?

He started speculating when he realized that people were listening to him. Actually, he's right. I think it's nice to make money when there are so many idiots.

His tweet give some impactto the coin, actually..

I think we can take advantages for short term investment by following his tweet ~

I think this guy making this market become more popular since he bring big profit for some investors. Many people make bank with John tweet, and we can start buying low price altcoins for prepare his next tweet.  ;D

Anyone knows why this guy is always pumping all that he wants?

He got hacked today, and no one knows the real reason, but it seems that he is going to make suggestion for ICO's too.

Exactly. Its really amazing to see how easy it is to manipulate the crypto enthusiasts. Just take a look at Verge (XVG) now. It's dead. Hopefully people soon realize this pump and dump pattern and actually focus on investing their money in coins/tokens/teams/projects that really matter.

He is right in his calls tho, some of does coins he called out are really good and very undervalued but I don't think it's the way to go... His calls are nothing but pump and dump... I just hope he doesn't call any of my coins as I like nice slow and steady rise instead of pump and dump and make people afraid to buy ...

There's nothing wrong with him because he's just giving his opinion on social media. Just an opinion not saying invest at this price and sell at this price
Unfortunately many stupid people consider that opinion as a signal for trade

Well, he was famous because of his antivirus software — McAfee. A lot of newbies in crypto would be amazed like, wow the creator of McAfee antivirus is making cryptocoin price prediction I must follow him. I know it's nut and stupid. He obviously had no credential in cryptocurrency at all.

What disgust me the most is that he's making "Coin of the Day". He claimed that he had done a thorough research on some undervalued coin, then sharing them with his followers. That is basically a pump and dump. I don't understand how people didn't read that as "I have bought and loaded on some shitcoins, please panic buy them so I can dump on you". Fucking ridiculous.

Well, it's hard to be wrong in his calls when he's already backing top coins with a lot of documentation. Whether he truly knows about the tech and product doesn't make any real difference, just like all the thousands of experts making their calls. Maybe it's good that we now have a big pumper getting on to the internet and spreading his word. Let the crowds go and let them see what will happen at the end of the day. He just wants to contribute to trading volume, that will help drive Bitcoin up. He has a 1 million dollar bet to win.

John McAfee is a great promoter as Roger Ver. It is well known fact. Just use your own brain.

I think when you fell sad just open his interview and laugh laugh laugh  oglf the BS he is talking >:(

It doesn't matter how wise he is. The thing is that when he posts coin, everybody starting to buy it. Those who do it first would make profit. Those who enter the game to late will lose. Consider him like a gambling indicator.

don't listen to him..he is just like manipulating the coin price..even the bitcoin price..let's see if what he is talking about bitcoin will come true ;D

Do not believe the famous people. They just wanna use his name to pump or dump the market and get profit from it. I just trust myself

I think this guy just does random pump and dumps and uses it mainly to make money for himself. That is also the reason why he isn’t in the us anymore, just to be safe if he gets arrested..

LOL, i wondering if my bag of coin would be the call of john mcafee,,, everyone should thinking about it before!

There are many noobs and greedy around crypto market, market maker love it so much, they are also many of experience trader who excited for it, only follow the call as long as they got profit!

there are always human being !

whatever im still waiting the coffee~ cheers~