It is one thing to consider the theory and another thing is to see the practical use it is having and see how it is working. The application of Segwit in Litecoin is serving as a test field for Bitcoin and this application is giving very positive results, it is normal that more and more voices asking that it apply to Bitcoin.


$ 21000 the first option, $ 25500 the second one, and 2000 BTC/USD is a conservative prediction thinking in medium term. Once the scalability issue is resolved the price will rise significantly and the users will complaint when they have to pay 50 cents (0.00025) per transaction.

I think it wouldn´t make much sense to make this survey if they didn´t take into account the result afterwards. In fact it´s likely they have their decision almost made and are doing the survey to look for a confirmation in the form of popular support. I voted for it because it seems that the effect on other coins is being positive and I think the fastest and safest way to end the scalability debate is, nowadays, the activation of Segwit.

I don´t know exactly how it works, I guess it depends of the country. It´s true that goverments can´t tax bitcoin transactions but they can tax purchases made with bitcoin. For example, a company that accepts bitcoin makes a sale with this currency that they have to declare to the tax authority, the company would be taxed for this sale, they wouldn´t pay with bitcion but with the local currency. There are APIs that allow merchants to make sales with bitcoin and those coins are converted automatically to their local currency. It´s one example. At the end bitcoin is money, if you create an enviroment where people use bitcoin everyday it will will bring movement of money and economic activity.

There are three important aspects that can make the price of tokens grow exponentially. The first is that tokens will be issued at one time and there will be no more tokens, meaning that there will be no new mined or created coins entering the market. The second aspect is that the number of tokens, not only will not be bigger but on the contrary, will be smaller. With the repurchase of tokens their number will be decreasing with which they will be more valuable. And then there is the third aspect, which is very interesting from a psychological point of view. The fact that every month the platform repurchases tokens tells the holders that someone is going to buy their coins. That is, the person who owns the tokens knows that at least once a month someone is going to enter the market to buy those tokens which can allow higher selling prices to be maintained. It will be interesting to check the effects of this process over the months.

La idea es que la destrucción de esos tokens disminuya la cantidad total de tokens existentes y de este modo aumente su valor. Los tokens se emitirán de una vez, luego ya no se emitirán más. Un tercio de los tokens serán para los inversores que están invirtiendo en este periodo de venta, los otros dos tercios quedan reservados para desarrollo futuro y aumentar el tamaño del fondo de liquidez en el futuro. Al aumentarse el tamaño del fondo de liquidez eso hará que el proceso de destrucción de tokens sea más rápido y haya un mayor potencial de subida de valor de cada token.

Resumiendo un poco, su plan es aprovechar los beneficios obtenidos con el fondo de liquidez para recomprar tokens en el mercado, esos tokens los envían a una dirección donde son destruidos. Esto hace que haya menos tokens en circulación con lo cual el valor de cada token debe ser mayor.

That's because there are few bitcoin ATM machines, there is not much competition, nor are there many other places where users can exchange their bitcoins for fiat money. As more ATMs are installed and more establishments offer the possibility of exchanging bitcoin for fiat or directly making purchases with bitcoin, then the fees will tend to be smaller.

It´s for the second reason, it´s because the levels of adoption are increasing. There are more users and more companies focusing in bitcoin and virtual currencies. Even banks are working on this, forming consortiums to study blockchain technology (maybe they are more interested in blockchain that in bitcoin). We are living an era of transformation and there are governments that are seeing this and want to adapt as soon as possible because they see that bitcoin and cryptocoins are gaining users by leaps and bounds.

On the other hand it is clear that they also think that adapting to this may be good for their economy. Its intention is also to attract companies, promote technological development and be at the forefront of technology. This in the end becomes money and improvement of the economy of the country.

There is another concept that has been mentioned in this topic that is very interesting, about countries in debt that need funding. These countries, when they need money to meet their spending, have to ask other countries, the IMF or the European Central Bank to give some examples. When these countries obtain the borrowed money they are subject to very high interests and to political conditions that often are detrimental to their interests.

In a country completely adapted to bitcoin, where the currency were used daily, these governments could, hypothetically, go to the market to obtain funding in bitcoin to face their expenses with bitcoin, payment of employee payrolls, debts, etc. Then these people could also go to the market to sell their bitcoins. In this way the goverment would avoid facing interests, it is true that they would face the risk of a rapid price decrease but I think the option could be quite interesting for them.

I don´t think anyone will pay for a TV commercial to promote bitcoin. Companies usually buy advertising space to promote their product to earn money. What will happen in the future is that, for example, a betting house advertised on television will start accepting deposits and withdrawals in bitcoin, later a mobile payments app will also start accepting bitcoin, and in their ads they will explain briefly the operation of bitcoin, that is to say, the day will come when some business accepting btc and announcing it will do that advertising function.

I would not try to convince anyone to use bitcoin or the opposite. What I would do would be to explain what bitcoin is, how it works, its applications in the real world to this day and future expectations. If they are interested then I would explain more in detail, how to get a wallet, how to send and receive funds, etc. Once they had their wallet, I would lend them some funds to try for themselves. I would never recommend going to the faucets because they would get bored. Anyway I think over time you will not have to go tell anyone about bitcoin but it will be the other way around. As it becomes more popular and known, people will come and ask us about "that thing you do with the PC".

I thought that the correction was to last longer but the price is going up again. The best thing is that the price always stayed above $1450. Now it´s closer to $1600 than $1500 agian, I always prefer when the growth is slow and steady but it seems like this is not an option now.

Hola, el whitepaper se centra más en la idea del proyecto y sobre todo en lo relacionado con los tokens más que entrar en detalle sobre su método de arbitraje. En el último punto del whitepaper si que hacen referencia a que usarán modelos avanzados de gestión de riesgos para mitigar cualquier perdida potencial de fondos en el fondo de liquidez, modelos que han sido probados desde la incepción de bitcoin y que han sido modificados para adaptarlos a los perfiles de riesgo de cualquier moneda o activo digital que se comercie en los mercados. También dicen que los fondos a la espera de ser introducidos en el mercado permanecerán en una vault segura multifirma.

Echando un vistazo en su página web, en la sección FAQ, se amplia un poco la información y explican que los fondos del fondo de liquidez se diversificarán entre diferentes pares de divisas y diferentes mercados para prevenir pérdidas en el improbable caso de una bancarrota de un exchange o cualquier evento de mercado que pueda ocurrir en un futuro.

Leyendo en el hilo oficial si queda más claro que tienen la intención de funcionar como "market makers" o creadores de mercado. Sobre este concepto he encontrado dos artículos que explican en que consiste:

https://efxto.com/diccionario/market-maker
http://www.infoforex.es/conceptos-basicos/market-making


De todas formas, cualquier otra duda o pregunta si quereis se la puedo hacer llegar al dev directamente, saludos.

Nothing that wasn´t expected seeing how fast the price had been rising in recent days. The first dip has arrived, we will see if there is more. It has remained around $ 1500 which is very interesting, especially thinking about the medium - long term.

Yes, that may be the reason, it could be interesting to look at the volume of transactions to check if it has declined. It´s also normal that the difference, at a certain point, tends to be lower. Anyway it´s clear that an announcement favorable to the users of the platform would be positive, for them and in general for everyone because people wouldn´t lose the confidence of depositing money in the exchanges to trade.

I don´t think it´s for the price but for the popularity and levels of adoption that are growing but above all it´s the number of companies and banks that are investigating and entering the world of blockchain technology and virtual currencies. In the end this is like an unstoppable wave that comes and you have two options, either you get on the wave or let it drag you down. Japan, for example, has decided to surf the wave.

The news coming from Japan are very good for Bitcoin. Japan is a huge market, a huge number of users where there is a very close relationship with technology. It´s possible that the rise in the price of bitcoin we are experiencing is closely related to what is happening in Japan. It will be interesting to see if other countries follow their example, in particular will have to see the steps that occur in China, neighbor and rival.

I think this is the best advice. You always have to be careful with the stories of people who left everything to throw into an adventure and triumphed because just as there were people who succeeded, there were people who failed and if you have to pay bills and have a family you can´t risk. If you don´t have a job or income then, yes, look for ways to make money with this, but if you already have a job don´t let it unless the alternative is totally safe.

The price of Bitcoin continues to rise at a considerable pace. Even if a correction of about $ 100 would occur it would be kept at a very interesting price. I don´t know if this correction will take place, on the one hand we have accumulated many days breaking records but on the other hand it´s possible that we are simply before the effect on bitcoin of the news coming from Japan and that this wave will continue to advance.

Actualización del proyecto:

A día de hoy a falta de 11 días para el final de la ICO el proyecto presenta las siguientes estadísticas:



Sobre la naturaleza del proyecto el desarrollador del mismo en mensaje del 16 de Abril en el hilo oficial https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1870606.msg18615900#msg18615900 escribe que  "... Proyecto Quantum no es un cripto-proyecto habitual que promete un desarrollo futuro a cambio de los fondos de los inversores. Nosotros ya hemos desarrollado los sistemas de trading y arbitraje y ya los estamos usando. Queríamos llevar nuestras operaciones al siguiente nivel y decidimos empezar este proyecto. Eso es por lo que no tenemos una hoja de ruta listada aquí. Estamos empezando un sistema ya desarrollado y solo necesitamos fondos para crear mercados eficientemente...."

The important thing is that bitcoin brings opportunities and in the future I think there will be even more. I think that as adoption and interest in bitcoin grows, this will bring new jobs, new gaps to fill. For example, I think that a job for the future will be to be advisor for shops to adapt to bitcoin. There will be companies that will develop bitcoin applications for companies to accept payments in this currency, these companies will need trained people who know bitcoin to go to the stores and explain the operation of the system. This is just one example.

If some people is leaving their jobs to work with cryptocoins I guess they must be working as developers or they are trading. For both options you need to have certain skills. The best thing is to try before make a decision. For example, you can trade with small amounts and see how it works and if you are good in that.