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10661  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Service Discussion (Altcoins) / Re: Questions - Bittrex on: December 30, 2017, 10:14:11 AM
Bittrex is heavily loaded already, which is why they have disabled new account registrations, until they clear their backlog and hire more support staff. So do not expect this to happen quickly, and expect the same to happen to all major exchanges. Everywhere, they are getting new users every day and their time is consumed just dealing with these guys, especially with verification (KYC/AML). If you want to trade at centralized exchanges, make sure you fully verify before ever depositing. If you do not want that hassle, then you must go for decentralized exchanges like Waves.
10662  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Are you buying altcoins on: December 29, 2017, 07:48:52 PM
I still buy sоmе аltcоin bеcаusе it is gооd fоr trаding еvеn it is sо tоо risky whеn yоu buy аn аccidеntаlly а shitcоin. Sоmе cоin nоt tоtаlly drоpping bеcаusе sоmе оf this, whеn it is stаrt оn mаrkеt аnd а gооd prоjеct if cоin, in just а singlе timе оf mоnth, it cаn pump аs а mаrkеt vаluе, sо yоu cаn buy а lоw thеn sеll it оn high.

When I was much "younger" and inexperienced, I'd have knocked you for saying that you could actually buy a shitcoin by accident. But yes, even with all the research available to us newbies, and with all the care we take, we can still make mistakes. Accidents, we could call them. I have had a couple of accidents, not exactly with buying shitcoins but by investing in ICOs that turn out to be poorly executed projects. I got dumped on, was upset at first and disappointed for a long time. But I now take this all as learning. Doesn't stop me from buying altcoins.
10663  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Ripple XRP is a complete fraud GET OUT! on: December 29, 2017, 05:32:42 PM
After this realization I had to give up on Ripple completely

how'd that work out for you?

Well come back and ask him over a couple of years once you have got screwed by ripple Wink just because the price have been manipulated now doesn't mean you have a winning ticket.  Sheeps get normaly slaughter when master thinks that time is right Wink

This types of posts make me feel bad about people who stayed away from something due to "principles" and because of those decisions, are stuck in a rut when it come to price and profit. Yes, I'm thinking of you Ethereum Classic supporters. Most of you thought it was an abomination to have the blockchain rewound so everyone would get their Eth back. I still respect you for sticking to your principles. And maybe there will be people who never use Ripple or Dash because they believe it was a scam. I still respect them too.
10664  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: will Altcoins Survive on: December 29, 2017, 04:48:12 PM
Definitely, for some. To the refactored question "which altcoins will survive ?", I think one should start by looking beyond poloniex and dig into the purpose and applications of a coin for the long run.

Take IOTA for example. It's being used by companies because it solves an industry's issue that BTC can't solve and you can easily explain how to commoners without getting too complex.

On the opposite, I think you could put a question mark on altcoins that "just improve" what BTC is and can do.

I like this refactoring of the question. Altcoins are a mass graveyard of dead projects, some revived twice and even thrice, some just abandoned, others look like they are alive but will only suddenly awake and pump after 2 or 3 years. But which are the ones that will survive, which are the ones that will grow stronger, and which are the ones that will remain with us tomorrow, and ten years in the future?

And for Iota, great coin yes, but can they survive their bad reputation for trying to "cheat" people on their partnerships? Eth survived the DAO hack, but which other alt has the same strength?
10665  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Will ICO die in 2018? on: December 29, 2017, 08:35:45 AM
ICO will not die on 2018. The process will still be on going. Many people patronize and engage in this ICO because of its decentralized kind of organization. And I think this is why ICOs will remain as long as people are still engage and forever will be patronizing this organization. There are lots of benefits that ICOs can give.

You said it already that companies improve their ways to get rid of scammers. In this way we can have a better access to ICO and be always mindful in every input that you did.

Actually, a lot of ICOs are centralized... the projects themselves are led by decision makers, the token owners have no voting rights on anything, they usually just have access to a decentralized ecosystem. But the future direction, profit sharing and everything, are actually decided by the project owners. It's very hard to design something that has leadership decentralized. An example is ETH itself. They raised funds to build something but every iteration since, including right after the DAO hack, was all out of the hands of most ICO participants.

That said, there is absolutely no death of ICOs for 2018. It will only get bigger.
10666  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Speculation (Altcoins) / Re: McAffee will not like this twitter on: December 28, 2017, 10:01:46 PM
It's called clickbait, and shame on you Wink But all right, if I am to give you a chance, what are your credentials? Why should we give value to your assessments? I don't like McAfee at all but at least he has some sort of track record at knowing a thing or two about computer security. You can be free, you can even give us money and free crypto, but what makes your advice good for us to listen to?

Oh and, tell us what you get out of this? We're an open community here, aren't we?

I work for a big client (and myself) in active crypto portfolio management services. Once I have a free hand to publish more I intend to disclose a "balance sheet" where you'd see if those coins signals outperform bitcoin. Otherwise what is the point.

Yeah, McAffee does have very strong credentials in an important field and he is a good entertainer. I just wanted to point out the incentives seem to me not aligned which means his self-interest doesn't correlate that much with a crypto investor's self-interest => don't model after his selfishness (not a moral statement, just a reference to game theory).

Thank you for responding. I usually don't expect a response so your reply alone says quite a bit about your ambitions and intentions! Ah yes, that balance sheet will be extremely important.  A lot of groups or signal services offer some sort of similar portfolio, but none are actually 100% transparent - since it would open them up to all manner of criticism. But since you're free you should do this, there's not much to lose, and a lot more to gain if you actually do well! And exactly, what would be the point if not sharing right?

And I know about the reference, was just a jab from me. Keep them coming, amigo.
10667  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Speculation (Altcoins) / Re: McAffee will not like this twitter on: December 28, 2017, 07:54:51 PM
It's called clickbait, and shame on you Wink But all right, if I am to give you a chance, what are your credentials? Why should we give value to your assessments? I don't like McAfee at all but at least he has some sort of track record at knowing a thing or two about computer security. You can be free, you can even give us money and free crypto, but what makes your advice good for us to listen to?

Oh and, tell us what you get out of this? We're an open community here, aren't we?
10668  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Speculation (Altcoins) / Re: Ethereum To Be $5000-$10000 in 2018? on: December 28, 2017, 07:19:25 PM
Surely if bitcoin can be valued at what it is, ethereum can easily be valued at 5k within the next years. Considering how ridiculous btc fees are, and how any advancement in btc creates drama everywhere, I think eth should be worth at least half for being superior in a few ways (IMO)

But I guess bitcoin's rise is due to mainstream money, without really knowing much about it.

So I would imagine that is Bloomberg starts talking about ethereum as much as bitcoin, we could see a quicker rise.

And there we have the starting point for every alt speculator, pumper and holder in buying an alt. If Bitcoin can be valued at X, why not my alt? Crypto logic or asset-for-asset comparison, it makes every sense, but not every logic. I agree that ETH should be worth a bit more (if compared to Bitcoin's price) but then people would argue that what we think is benefit is actually downside.

Bitcoin drama is a benefit, that's decentralization. Bitcoin fees are high, that's demand, and mainstream use. Some alts wish they had drama, and high fees, no?
10669  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Speculation (Altcoins) / Re: My portfolio top 10 gainers the past 30 days on: December 28, 2017, 05:24:35 PM
Gains the past 30 days as of 12/28/17 w/ the dip due to Segwit2x fork...

XVG - 1,127%
TRX - 810%
VOX - 454%
VEN/VET - 335%
RPX - 301%
ENG - 269%
XSPEC - 248%
ADA - 202%
ICX - 195%
BNB - 181%

What's yours?

I don't have anything anywhere as impressive as this list (well done, I must say), but I've already cleared more than 200% profits on Siacoin, Waves, Stratis and Digibyte - but instead of keeping those profits, what I've done is return to my wallet all the original Bitcoin used to buy those coins. So basically, I sold off about half my holdings in all the above, and now kept the other half (some slightly more) as their own coins in their own wallets. Yep, I'm a small time holder of those coins now.

Very impressive, but what on earth do you mean Segwit2x fork? That was dropped.
10670  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Speculation (Altcoins) / Re: Don't listen to John McAfee on: December 28, 2017, 08:14:23 AM
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 ...

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.
10671  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Speculation (Altcoins) / Re: Most potential ICO in January, Feb 2018? on: December 27, 2017, 08:22:20 PM
Wow. I know a couple or so launching over the next two months, and I thought they were going to be pretty big or pretty famous. But now that everyone's had their chance to post a few names here, I don't know what to feel. I don't recognize a single one of those names.

Want to know the other trend I noticed? Only one of the posts talked about what they actually were, and even then, nothing to say why it's good and why it's special. The rest of you just talk about price and market cap and hard cap. Really?
10672  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Speculation (Altcoins) / Re: [XRP] Ripple Speculation on: December 27, 2017, 05:41:50 PM
I think BTC is about to implode, which means XRP is going down also.  Don't ask me why, that's just what people do.  I'm out for now.  I'll be back in XRP at bitcoin $5000 or so.  I wish there was a way to short BTCUSD.

Good luck to people still holding.  I think you're gonna need it.

You and about half of the people out there are estimating this (the other half is estimating the other way). And no, no one is sitting on the fence, if they are, then they have half positions down and half positions up.

There are two ways to short BTC/USD... Buy USDT Tether with Bitcoin, or buy any alt with bitcoin. You're actually, in a sense, selling Bitcoin to get alts, in a sense. So there's the way to do it, and every day people are trying to do it. Good luck to everyone, you need it whatever your skill, whatever the market.
10673  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Speculation (Altcoins) / Re: Top 3 Coins to Watch in January? on: December 27, 2017, 04:41:39 PM
I believe the eth, waves and dgb are in the best position in 2018.Their new updates are coming in January.These coins will be a huge pump in 2018. These coins are my favorite coins.

Waves new updates have already come, and as you can see almost 250% appreciation already but still lots more room to go, I'm with you on that. ETH is doing surprisingly well to now hit back above $700, while LTC can no longer make a pass at $300 so while there won't be a $1k breakthrough this year or even Q1 2018, Eth can make a strong case now for "stability" at current levels.

I sold off my DGB to regain almost inital outlay, and was happy to do so as it has again slipped down 30%. Hold for June at least, for me, before reevaluating. Why's Digibyte your favorite again?
10674  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Undervalued coins available in Bittrex? on: December 26, 2017, 09:16:18 PM
I wanted to go over 2 undervalued coins that could be on the verge of exploding upward. Let's get right to it. ... In an industry where almost 80% of altcoins don't even have a product released yet this is a very good sign. ... I would expect this to rise when they hit a major exchange such as Bittrex or Binance.

Exploding I don't know, but if you bought into Siacoin and Digibyte, they both suddenly came up and then as expected profit taking happened. If you can get Sia below 100 any time is a good buy. But then again, I think Doge below 20 sats is always a good buy, so don't always mind me! I'd say getting it recently at 13 satoshi and selling it yesterday at close to 80 is an explosion of >x5 so why not?

yes verge and ada (Cardano)

Undervalued, man, not overrated. Verge and Cardano are living in their hype bubbles. Wait for them to fizzle out a bit if you're interested. Unless you want a two three year coin then Verge has the signs.
10675  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Crypto Mices or Mouses what souds better as grammar is perfect for both names ? on: December 26, 2017, 07:48:10 PM
This is one of those words with several ways to look at, especially with what they call "poetic license".

Strictly speaking the plural of mouse is mice. But it is not incorrect to say mices, especially when referring to many types of mices, and in poetry and creative writing, it is not uncommon. Mices, fishes, for example. Also, for a game, mice might sound nicer only because of the ear and how it rings. Crypto Mice. But Mouses could make it memorable actually. Sometimes you make a mistake to make the name stick.
10676  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: zero-fee coins list on: December 26, 2017, 06:16:46 PM
So that's two DAG coins listed above, with zero fee transactions. But are either in proper use by any community? And don't give me Iota community, none of them I've ever encountered have ever used it other than to speculate and trade. Just commented because it made me think, now reading up on ADK mentioned above, if DAG coins are suited for zero fees? I know Byteball has fees but this is to pay witnesses. I know it's been discussed and seems it could even be possible (not that I'd want it, just wondering about the technicality.
10677  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Mr.John McAfee's coin of the day - Humaniq (HMQ). on: December 26, 2017, 05:13:14 PM
McAfee and his mouth. Humaniq had a great ideal yes. So do a lot of other coins, arguably even better. Try searching online for "blockchain unbanked" and you will see a lot of projects. Yes it was among the first, and vitalik Buterin was promoting it so it got a lot of hot air. But the idea itself was never achievable. Smartphone app for the unbanked. Yes. The unbanked who live below the daily poverty rate are expected to suddenly become blockchain enabled with smartphone apps scanning their faces. Don't hate me, I actually liked HMQ but then I realized I was a bit silly.
10678  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Speculation (Altcoins) / Re: My altcoins are in proft. Should I take profits now, before BTC rises again? on: December 25, 2017, 07:08:48 PM
You're not completely wrong. Alts have been known to rise when Bitcoin is in decline. I also see some of mine finally in green versus original buying price in satoshi - mind you, first time in many months. Best thing to do now, in my opinion? Book in some profits, keep some for hodl, especially the ones that you bought first because you believed in them.

What I did today - sell off exactly enough to cover my initial Bitcoin buys, plus 1% more, to say I truly profited. The rest I have just kept, if they ever crash to 0, I lost nothing. If they one day become x10, I make a lot of small profits.
10679  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Speculation (Altcoins) / Re: Bitconnect and Regalcoin are dead? on: December 25, 2017, 04:30:44 PM
They have both, as you note, been pointed out to be ponzi type schemes, with a lot of credible allegations. In fact, just looking at their main websites and schemes tells you to avoid them like the plague. They may not be dead, since MLM type operations are very difficult to stamp out, but steer very far away from them.

Anything that guarantees profit has to be a scam, if not now, then down the line. You simply can't profit from others below you without the whole system eventually crashing down at some point. I still see people posting about Bitconnect though, so clearly it's not dead (yet).
10680  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Speculation (Altcoins) / Re: Don't listen to John McAfee on: December 25, 2017, 02:41:25 PM
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 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?
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