In 2012 i sent my brother 15btc for his birthday I totally forgot aboutt. I was talking abou the recent price rise and he, I got some of those. B he forgot the password, and has no clue as to what it is.
 When I was mining I sold 100bucks to a friend and it just kinda came to me that he had some btc. Guess what he cant remember his password either. I set up his blockchain wallet, watched him write down his pass word, fold it up and put in his wallet.. I put his seed words in a text doc, printed and gave it to his. He is now clueless and cant find the docs or folded note. Total about 6.5btc. I also put all that info in a text file left on his. I rember he got pissy when we had that big drop when MTGox went tits up.

Laptop stopped working and it was tossed. I sold him the btc in Dec 2013. So 21.5btc lockup forever and Bitcoin is higher than giraffe  pussy. If I had any hair, I would bull it all all out one hair at a time

After a week they sent me some of my coin back. My acct balance was 635usd.
They took out almost 200usd in fees. Details below.

Financial History


Date   Type   Amount   Status
2017-08-14   Withdrawal   $438.00   Complete
2017-08-14   Fee   $158.80   Processed Early Withdrawal Fee
2017-08-14   Fee   $17.50   Processed 3.5% Trading Commission on $500.00 Volume
2017-08-14   Fee   $20.64   Processed 3.25% Management Fee
2017-08-11   Withdrawal   $100.00   Cancelled
2017-08-11   Withdrawal   $500.00   Cancelled
2017-05-10   Deposit   $24.78   Processed
2017-05-10   Deposit   $11.84   Processed
2017-05-05   Deposit   $489.51

I count myself lucky, that I got anything back.   

They are a scam. I deposited 500 in BTC several months ago. AT first I saw and nice increase in by acc balance. It went from 500 to 635 in about three months. Then my balance stopped changing no ups no downs. BTC was up 100 per cent, and not change in my balance. I requested withdrawal and it was cancelled. I got a email stating that buy balace was too low and I did not consider fees.
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See the fees heare in this cut and paste.
Financial History


Date   Type   Amount   Status
2017-08-14   Withdrawal   $438.00   Pending
2017-08-14   Fee   $158.80   Processed
Early Withdrawal Fee
2017-08-14   Fee   $17.50   Processed
3.5% Trading Commission on $500.00 Volume
2017-08-14   Fee   $20.64   Processed
3.25% Management Fee
2017-08-11   Withdrawal   $100.00   Cancelled
2017-08-11   Withdrawal   $500.00   Cancelled
2017-05-10   Deposit   $24.78   Processed
2017-05-10   Deposit   $11.84   Processed
2017-05-05   Deposit   $489.51   Processed
2017-05-03   Deposit   $250.00   Failed
2017-05-03   Deposit   $500.00   Failed
2017-05-03   Deposit   $500.00   Failed


Batts
WHY WERE MY WITHDRAWAL CANCELLED
AND WHY WAS I CHARGED A 158 DOLLAR EARLY WITHDRAWAL FEE
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CoinCrest Support
Hello sir, i am not aware of this information in the support chat, though you should have received an answer about the cancellation of the withdrawal request . The fees are something you have probably discuss with your financial adviser, i will ask him to contact you so he will be able to answer your questions .
Batts
please have him contact me asap. mr harris was suppose to cointct me friday and did not
i am beginning to think this is a one way fune. Money in nothing out
CoinCrest Support
Mr harris will contact you as soon as he is able
I am not in control of his schedule but I am sure he will in the come hours
Batts
I would have been better off just holding BTC
BTC is up 109 per cent this month
MY 500 btc would have doubled
insted im baying you assholes a shit ton of fees and i my never get my funds back
438 acct balance and i guess you guy will keep charging fees thill its all gone
wow
online support is a joke
one question, how loing is a BTC withdrawal suppose to take
i love the fact you charged a early withdrawl fess and didnt send the fucking money
wake up asshole and do your job
answer a simple question
CoinCrest Support
you are fairly rude
Batts
what shithole of a country are you located
CoinCrest Support
good by sir


Maybe I will get 430 back, waiting. Best case is I will be out with a 70 dollar loss.
I would have been better off buying and holding the btc.
Stay away.

It is, at the very least, strange to believe that Bitcoin either will or won't be replaced by another cryptocurrency. On the one hand, at the moment is going strong, so why should be replaced? On the other hand, it has already, let's say, forked into 2, so no one can give a guarantee of it remaining stable in the future. Devoting oneself to Bitcoin implies living in the present moment.

Bitcoin is still very very young and of course it won't be replacing fiat anytime soon. But who know what will happen in the long run when the price stabilizes? Who know what will happen in a decade? Bitcoin will gain momentum and, very possibly, most people will be using it somehow.

Of course, not everything is as straightforward as that. Bitcoin is not tangible. This is the main factor why it will not be able to fully replace fiat money, whatever happens.

It has certainly proven to be an excellent way to make money. Especially if you have been holding it for the last couple of years  Anyway, I still think that even if you buy now and hold it for a while, it will still be profitable. I assume there is still growth potential for the price...

I don't tend to do arbitrage now. I remain faithful to one exchange, as I find it burdensome to constantly switch from one to the other. It is, however, highly individual. As it has been said many times: do what works best for you.

Yes!!! Absolutely - as I also wrote earlier - the hype does wonders  

Probably it's not too late yet. It still has some growth potential, even though the price is really high at the moment. It can go both ways, so maybe buying is somewhat risky. But NOT buying is also risky, if you want a Bitcoin career. 

I am pondering on whether to sell it in the near future or not. I'm not gonna sell it right now, cause I assume it has some growth potential still. But there may come an opportune moment to sell really soon, I agree here

Apart from everything else said here (Segwit - fair enough), I would say that it is also greatly influenced by how the Bitcoin concept is highlighted in the media these days. Naturally, the amount of hype raises the demand, more and more people think of investing in it. A fairly positive image has been created by the media, it just can't remain on the periphery for attentive readers:)

I am holding it for the moment, even though I am well aware that it's risky. But I reckon that it will probably keep growing, so a waiting stance is probably the best approach.

I try not to sell Bitcoin at all, but to hold it  As for Altcoins - I try not to keep them at all, I don't see this as a reliable investment. I sell as soon as there is even a small winning percentage, so to say. I go about it intuitively.

There is no such thing as the BEST coin to buy. Every type of coin has its benefits. As it has been said already, do your own research. It greatly depends on whether you want to acquire the asset for a long-term investment or not. It is safe to say that Bitcoin is the primary asset with long-term potential.

Pump and dump is usually a scam short term scenario. First, a certain group buys cheap cryprocurrency assets, then artificially heats up public interest towards these assets - then sells them overpriced. Then gullible people end up with these overpriced assets and lose money. This is a manipulative scheme that meddles with prices.

Without Christianity the current moral system wouldn't exist. What exactly would? Who knows

There will be just nothing...at least I hope so.

Purpose of life is just the life itself

You can turn anything into a religion, you just have to believe hard enough

Wanted to sell my BCC by Liqui, though now thinking about keeping it at least for a while. I think it will jump soon enough.