It has been a while since discussion of Bitshares has been kept quiet. I wonder why, now that this crypto provides an innovative technology, even before Ethereum came to the Frontier release. I like the idea of BitAssets which are pegged to the value of fiat for commodities such as Gold, but I can see that there hasn't been much interest in Bitshares at all. I was waiting for something promising on the new Bitshares 2.0 like better TPS to outmatch Visa, but I guess this was far to become accomplished. Even still, BTS price has gone a lot cheaper than before with no indication of price increase in the next days. Perhaps 2016 would be the year of Bitshares or not? 

You have full support from me. I will follow and help the Hyper community with everything I can to see it succeed. I have plenty of techie friends that came interested into crypto currencies, and thus I would recommend them to vote for Hyper to be added into Poloniex exchange. Looking forward to see Hyper go to the moon real soon! 

One thing I would like to see is the ability to gamble at a gambling site with Coin Magi as an acceptable form of payment. That would be really great as you could directly used your mined XMG instead of exchanging it to Bitcoin for gambling. Hope to see this happen real soon. 

P.S. Happy birthday 111magic! 

It all depends on your choosing, whenever you like the flexibility of having control of your own money, or to have the ability to earn interest from your savings account, I would like to state that each has their advantages and disadvantages. So until Bitcoin becomes a mainstream currency, it is best to use both a bank account and a Bitcoin wallet. Just my opinion. 

Paycoin is just another scam coin for Garza to steal the people's money (as XPY'S slogan is "The People's Money") All failed attempts to make a $20 crypto currency has made many investors (including me) lose a ton of money, because it was all hype. I'm so glad I'm out of this scheme and never coming back unless there would be a total remake of the coin with better innovation. Until now, I will stick to Peercoin which is better. 

Thanks for the payment. I'm sorry I've made these mistakes when posting. I will try to be more careful next time. Once again, payment was great! 

Will Ethereum be able to implement Proof of Stake on Ethers? I think it would be a great idea to stake Ethers (like a bank account which earns you interest) as this would make it more energy efficient than mining them with a GPU. Still there is a lot to be developed on, and maybe in the next 2 to 3 years we would be able to see Ethereum's true potential. This is an excting journey for Ethereum. 

I totally agree with you. Price right now has been going up since the last few days, making it go to $0.03 and over today. This is actually pretty good news for Ambercoin as more investors will dive in and this would increase shareholders as well. Just my opinion.  

Perhaps when the next halving comes, Bitcoin's price would increase substantially, thus making it an interesting commodity for investors to dive in and reap the rewards. That is just my opinion. I could be wrong, though. 

I don't know if this is a good tip, but it has remained as a standard rule when doing trading. Just buy low and sell high. Take advantage of Bitcoin's price volatility. That is the secret. 

The only thing that Litecoin has useful is that it has faster confirmation times than Bitcoin itself. Maybe it is because Litecoin's network is not as crowded as Bitcoin's. Even still, it is good to keep both of them and play with the markets (if you know what I mean) 

If you want to see your Ether balance in geth, then you would type eth.getBalance(eth.coinbase)  That command would show you balance  in a jiffy. If I'm wrong, then please somebody correct my statement. 

So what kind of gambling game would be best to win more than rather lose? Now that with dice games, there is no real strategy at all (and it is based on pure luck), I would like to know a game which I could gamble and win better (if there is it). Perhaps, it would be Blackjack or Poker? 

As Bitcoin's future becomes uncertain, it is hard to determine whenever it will be used as a mainstream currency or not. However, if Bitcoin keeps growing in price and demand, we might be seeing a great future for it. There are many things that BTC needs to have fixed and among them they are: block size and TPS. Other than that, Bitcoin is totally awesome. 

The best thing about Bitcoin that I like is the ability to store large amounts of money on a paper wallet, without worrying about fees or restrictions such as banks do. A paper wallet would act as a vault or safe (like in a bank) where you keep all your savings there. I would always have control of my own money and spend it anytime, anywhere 24/7. 

The GUI wallet called Mist is currently in beta stage. You have to be careful storing large amounts of Ether there now that the software it is beta. In the meantime, you can use the command line wallet called geth to store all your Ether as this is the one that it is being used right now because it is stable. Hope this helps. 

P.S. You could also make a ETH paper wallet 

Exactly. Mining with GPU depends on the coin algorithm, whereas some are efficiently mined with the GPU while others are better mined with CPU. An example of this is Ethereum which can be mined with a GPU due to its Dagger Hashimoto algorithm. Please correct me if I'm wrong. 

The sites I go to, provides good news of Bitcoin everyday and they are a constant source of information. Those sites are CoinDesk and Bitcoin Magazine. They are the best.  

I think Litecoin would die in the next few years if there is no innovation at all. The only thing that Litecoin is good for is trading and holding it for long term. In the end, Bitcoin will stay for plenty of years to come. Just my opinion. 

If Bitcoin's price remains as it is or it goes higher, then we could expect a good year for Bitcoin to shine in 2016. Maybe the marketcap would increase and development as well, since block size issue has not been solved yet. I will wait until next year and see how good it would go for Bitcoin.