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10401  Economy / Service Discussion / Re: Can I Trust Hashflare.io ? on: February 24, 2018, 05:06:34 PM
As for me, Hasflare.io is a leader of low cost cloud mining deposits. HashFlare is decreasing their min. withdrawal, because of large harware upgrates and They are one of the solid cloud mining comp., so now thay can afford it. I’ve been with them more than 1 year. Even the dif. increase every 2 weeks it will always break-even.
In fact You can always put CCG mining as an alternative to Hasflare.io, and the company is young and quite promising. They have get worldwide recognition in less than a year present on the market. And besides on Hasflare.io you can still buy new capacities, but for how long. Genesis has nothing left in stock f.e. And in the field of cloud mining it is worth working for the future, rather than a one-time payment.


No one is disputing that Hashflare is a leader. They're right up there with Genesis and Bitcoin.com and Viabtc in terms of legitimate cloud mining service providers. What people are disputing is if they can really be profitable for their users. I feel like they take care of their big customers who buy tons of hashpower. But they let the little ones with small contracts suffer and get unprofitable after some time.

It's definitely worth thinking for the future as you say, but hashflare and cloudmining have been shady for years.
10402  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: How many different cryptocoins we need on: February 24, 2018, 02:46:15 PM
Nowadays there are thousands of different altcoins and everyday new altcoins appear. People especially newbees become more and more confused. Cryptoworld becomes more difficult to understand and ordinary people afraid to enter it. I think it should become more simple by leaving only several cryptocoins. What is your opinion?

Decentralization and democracy means that there really is no limit to currencies and tokens. We have to one day realize that we need to focus on only several important cryptos. The few as currency and means of payment (if not only one which is Bitcoin) and several utility tokens (if only there were tokens that also moved beyond trading and exchange utility). Ethereum is probably the closest in this regards, along with Monero that focuses on privacy. I see my alts and I only really need Ether for gas and Litecoin and Monero for buying. Bitcoin for everything else.
10403  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: ICO For African Netflix, Good Idea? on: February 24, 2018, 09:14:32 AM
On the top of that, no I doubt it's a very good idea, but it would depend a lot on market research, which is something you obviously haven't done if you're just asking us if it's a good idea. I know people in Africa already pirate to watch their stories/films, so it will boil down to cost and affordability. If your idea makes it cheap for them to use, maybe. But an ICO? Get the marketing done right, get the target audience excited, and you have a winner. So your ICO is plainly just to raise money, not a blockchain solution, right?
10404  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Speculation (Altcoins) / Re: Is holding for 1 year considered short term or long term? on: February 23, 2018, 05:37:53 PM
1 year is usually short term for traditional markets but crypto currency markets are too immature, it has only 10 years of history. So holding 1 year in crypto currency market count as long term investment. Everything is changing too quickly here.

Best answer for now, in your intro. But this is not really an excuse for crypto. Otherwise you can say there is no such thing as long term in crypto because it has to prove himself. That's not true either, because to have faith and belief in a project beyond what you know or even beyond the lifespan of yourself, that is long term. Sorry but 1 year is not long term in crypto, it never was and never will be. Even ICOs roadmaps are longer than 1 year, what more Bitcoin and other reputable coins.

I shudder to think of devs who see 1 year as long term.
10405  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Speculation (Altcoins) / Re: What's behind ETC ? why some consider it a better escape from ETH ? on: February 23, 2018, 02:05:19 PM
ETH and ETC are exactly the same. in fact ETC is the original ethereum despite what its name suggests. back in the days somebody used an exploit which still is not fixed in ethereum to take a lot of money from ethereum users including the foundation so they decided to roll back and create a new chain. they called that chain ETH and those who opposed the "roll back" remained on the original chain which is now called ETC.

as for price, ETC has a lot more potential of getting pumped, and it is getting pumped more because it has a lower price and it is always easier to pump low price coins than it is to pump big bubble coins.

I think you got it wrong there.  There was no 'exploit' in Ethereum.  If you meant the DAO incedent, there was something wrong with the smart contract itself allowing the attacker to make multiple withdrawals by exploiting a flaw.

But afaik, there was nothing with the platform itself.

Yeah I think that's more accurate, but it does point out the flaw of having a platform like Ethereum allowing for DAPPS to run on them. Since 2016, not just DAO but other smart contracts have flaws which are continuously exploited. Remember Parity? So you're right, Ethereum itself has no exploit... but all the dapps running on it are only as good and as bad as the programmers.

The flaw of ETH is the precedent set by DAO, the flaw that is centralized leadership. Imagine if every Parity hack was also rolled back. That's what ETC people were so upset about.
10406  Economy / Speculation / Re: slightly off the mark with predictions on: February 23, 2018, 10:57:57 AM
it seems like we are quite difficult to reach the next number. early preparation take off time was very good. but, the price is now up and down in the $ 10k - $ 11k figure. predicted later this month I think we will not get to the figure $ 15k, do not get $ 15k seems to reach $ 14k we should really work hard hopefully the numbers we expect will come in time.

Nobody ever expected bitcoin to go from $6k to $15k within one month.

Only the irrational bulls would believe that bitcoin can climb from $10k to $15k within a few days. I remember someone's thread that was made about that being a possibility, and someone even saying that it is going to be guaranteed. That's just crazy.

I mean, what do you expect? After a 100% increase in price there will be profit takers that are trying to cash out, and there are going to be shorters that know this happens every time there is a big pump. That's why price is going down right now.

Exactly. Even some of the charts that people tried to show 14 and 15k looked ridiculously lined up. It simply isn't logical to think that this would happen so easily, without any influencing factors coming into play. Of course, any sort of price is possible but it would really take an irrational mindset to think people who bought at the 6k dip wouldn't sell at 11k or 12k. I mean, who doesn't want to double their money in weeks, right? And if it keeps selling off at 11k, you can bet it will keep dipping below 10k.
10407  Economy / Speculation / Re: Bitcoin is Dropping, and Experts Can't Agree Why on: February 23, 2018, 09:52:28 AM
I think we accepted the bull run being over months ago... or haven't you been keeping up with all the threads since December? Haha.

But yes, experts can't agree because experts only advantage over the non-experts is they can come up with more possible explanations to explain market movements AFTER they happen. It's probably early days anyway, we can look forward to the amazing insights and expert opinions about 2018... in 2019. Right now, important to remember that experts are no better than us in their ability to predict Bitcoin price.
10408  Economy / Gambling / Re: BITDICE - 🎲🎲🎲 Treasure Chest Is Back! 🎰🎰🎰 on: February 23, 2018, 08:09:55 AM
Considering all the developments in the pipeline, CSNO is really undervalued imo.  I'm not saying this is the absolute bottom, but buying some now for a long term hold and for some dividends is smart.

But it could use some more volume tho...

Considering recent events it was bound to be undervalued and I feel people should get their hands on it, I feel with the year improving ahead, it shall be excellent to hold onto it.

As far poker is concerned I don't remember reading any update about it, or it may be under pipe line so I'll let Alex answer it, as he's the perfect guy to reveal as and when it'll come to the site.

Normally I would be saying "what? undervalued" but yeah CSNO is one of the few altcoins that actually can have a literal currency value assigned to them, even if only based on the performance of the first profit distribution. If I recall correctly, if performance maintained, any holder who reinvested profits into more CSNO tokens would be getting double digit profits annually. And that's just from holding. I imagine for a casino business with still a lot of room to grow, you could be looking at 5 years of double digit profits, and if you get tired you just liquidate the tokens.

There are very few alts with this kind of value. BTW it really is dropping now. just above the 2k mark I was waiting for on HitBTC. ED volume has completely reached zero, fell off coinmarketcap.
10409  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: List of WAVES Token Airdrops on: February 22, 2018, 08:53:39 PM
Funny thing about Waves tokens is that I seem to be getting random airdrops every now and then (not many but perhaps four or five since last year) without ever requesting any. I wonder where they get my addresses from, either, as I never gave them out, so my question is, does Waves platform make it easier for people to locate holders? Or are they just somehow scraping addresses from blockchain and then just distributing to people who happen to hold Waves?
10410  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Speculation (Altcoins) / Re: NEO Could Surpass Bitcoin By The Year 2019 on: February 22, 2018, 08:20:32 PM
Look, I think NEO has a lot of strengths, but to give it the label of Bitcoin killer shows everything that it really is and all it can ever be... an alt that sees itself as a competitor to Bitcoin, using Bitcoin as the standard and the benchmark. This article fails to see that technology is not and never will be the only thing that makes an alt "succeed" in price. Even Bitcoin Cash, which I dislike, has a better chance than NEO at surpassing Bitcoin.
10411  Economy / Speculation / Re: Anonymous trader buys $400 million in bitcoin on: February 22, 2018, 07:58:47 PM
It's actually Huboi according to this - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2966235.msg30473511#msg30473511

I doubt the real pros make such obvious moves. There'll be all types of autists watching wallets.

Well if it's Huobi or some other big exchange or hedge fund, they're surely trying to fulfill large individual demands, precisely not to make their moves obvious. Newcomers finally finding their way into bitcoin or whales simply about to dump their huge bags of alts? I guess in the big picture, these moves won't matter. But they certainly help prove that Bitcoin in no way is losing its attraction. All the so-called big sell offs have nothing compared to this amount.

I can feel the jealousy from Bitcoin Cash on this type of news!
10412  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: KYC for ICO buyers and bounty hunters? Better KYC for ICO & Bounties issuers! on: February 22, 2018, 04:44:05 PM
The tendence is rising to legally impose a KYC (Know Your Customer) procedure to people willing to buy tokens at an ICO. At the same time there have been rumors a KYC possibly to be imposed also to bounty hunters taking part to bounty campaigns. Polymath has already imposed a KYC procedure to anyone willing to receive its airdrop.
I'm not entering here the discussion, which has already been made in countless other threads, if those KYC are a good or a bad idea.
But I'd like to open here a discussion whether it wouldn't be more appropriate to start instead with making KYC a mandatory procedure for people who are actually launching an ICO and/or a bounty campaign, rather than for those who take part to them. This is in fact the case where most scams and more damage are happening. Anonymous teams are now and then still scamming investors and bounty hunters luring them into projects which are only a simulation of projects. The infamous ICO & bounty campaign "C" just a few months ago, just to name one (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2494912). But I could make a long list.
Personally I'd rather endlessly defend the right of anyone of staying anonymous in the world of crypto as well as in the world in general. But IF one decides to introduce limitations to this right (which I don't approve), THEN wouldn't it be more fair to start the other way round, prioritizing the verification of identity of those who are in the position to take advantage of their anonymity to scam or damage the public?

Those aren't rumors, they are happening everywhere. Partly because bounties are full of scamming hunters but partly because the ICO projects all need to be more compliant in future, so they have to start collecting data and Kyc info on all participants. After all, some bounty hunters earn even more than ICO investors, and if they don't need kyc, then it would cause a lot of outcry from the investors.

But you have good point. ICO owners need to do kyc For the investors, if they require it from investors. It's only fair. But that's actually part of due diligence which ICO investors ignore.
10413  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Bitcoin is useless so why high price? on: February 22, 2018, 08:28:49 AM
I wonder if OP is still around with his bitcoins that he couldn't wait to get rid off when the fee became low weeks ago. I wonder even if he would consider zero fee alts, there are quite a few around. Then I'd be extremely curious if he managed to find even one other user who would accept his alt, not to mention if he could find a merchant he could pay the alt to for a service or product.

Otherwise, he would truly have a "useless" crypto on hand.
10414  Economy / Gambling / Re: Watch me gamble with your money, (possibly) naked! on: February 21, 2018, 03:07:45 PM
Services going strong! Just turned 0.005 into 0.008ish for a Sr. Member on here. Note that if I am unable to cam for any reason, I'll set a stop-loss at only 1-2% for you, or personally insure your deposit (up to 0.01 BTC). Add me on Skype now!

Let it be said that I am said senior member (can refer to trust feedback). It was a strictly for gambling purposes (so, sorry guys, no review of adult services here, pure gambling) and alia did as she promised. Basically, I got back a return of almost 50% on my bankroll, so yes, definitely a win situation for me. Will I be back for more? Hard to refuse such a good prospect.

Thanks, alia!
10415  Economy / Services / Re: [CONTEST] 0.01 Reward for coming up with a creative name for our SportsBook on: February 21, 2018, 09:09:12 AM
Hey there Joel, never realized you had this thread going, would definitely try out your new site when it launches to support a fellow campaigner. Any peeks into what kind of cryptos you'll be accepting and what kind of sports you'll be looking to offer? Dying for a sportsbook with alt support and a lot more betting options that the Nitros out there offer. Not exactly the most creative guy around but:

1. MVPSports
2. CryptoBookie
3. ChampionshipCrypto
4. DecentraBets
5. SportsCoinist
10416  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Speculation (Altcoins) / Re: If I bought all my alt coins with ETH & ETH disappears, would I lose everything? on: February 21, 2018, 08:10:07 AM
Theoretically, as long as you still have ETH and somehow a copy of the blockchain, you don't lose your ETH. It's still there somewhere. Just that no one attaches any value to it.

Technically, this is a possible scenario for Bitcoin and all crypto. As long as people attach value to it, you don't need to worry. But yeah. Technically everything could be zero value one day. US dollar. Gold. Crypto.
10417  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Speculation (Altcoins) / Re: Rebrand: Vechain - Binance on: February 21, 2018, 07:47:24 AM
Vechain's a corporate led project, they've been very heavily featuring themselves in several big conferences. The only thing putting me off about it (apart from the corporate feel and highly centralized leadership) is that their whole product and whitepaper are extremely convoluted. Seems like they have good ideas but can't seem to settle on one main agenda. I saw one or two talks also from their management, I have to say it wasn't very convincing, even if they seemed to get a lot of applause from the crowd.
10418  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Speculation (Altcoins) / Re: Tron launching platform. Do you think trx will rise up now? on: February 21, 2018, 06:21:44 AM
One of the most hypes projects to come out recently. Even has a PR headline that says no more hype, and yet the platform hasn't launched yet. They really just don't get it, do they? Anyway, got to say that it is beginning to look attractive as a buy. i was tempte to get it during the huge dip 2 weeks ago, and was right as it almost doubled then. But I'll wait for it to just touch below $4, which is likely to happen this week. It'll get a mild pump at best for platform launch.
10419  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Speculation (Altcoins) / Re: Is Gulden a good investment? on: February 20, 2018, 03:06:59 PM
Okay, I've been looking at Gulden for a very long time, on and off, and finally decide this coin has had its fair share of patient people, and one of the few I've identified with actual merchants in the region mentioned above. I actually previously only earned this from playing Snakes (don't laugh, I like Snakes) but would like to get my hands on some. I missed the boat when it got to 600 satoshis, but I'm ready to buy now as soon as it dips below 1000, which it looks very much like doing now.

Bittrex looks like my option, but if there is anyone here willing to sell me at least 1000 NLG at a good price (has to be better than anything on coinmarketcap of course), for Bitcoin, let me know!
10420  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: What happened with etherdelta? on: February 20, 2018, 01:57:10 PM
what's the point of complaining, this exchange is not good, it hangs and other problems, use Bitrex and polonex and that's it.

Yeah guys, in case you haven't noticed, complaining on these threads don't do anything to solve the problems of any exchange, much less EtherDelta. Let's all move to Waves dex, why don't we? I'll be so happy if we even get to test THAT platform's supposed hundreds of txs capability per second. We should learn by now to 1, move to decentralized exchanges and 2, move to one where the platform CAN handle hundreds if not thousands per seconds. Yes, I realize I'm shilling Waves in a way, but we've to start thinking a bit far ahead when it comes to crypto. Ethereum network is simply not built to cope with the current demand.
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