Yeah it is called the network which every node runs on that verifys all transactions and confirms what has been spent. That network is the thing that keeps me from saying I have 1 Bitcoin when I infact have none or from saying I have 111 when I have 110. The future could be extremely bright however with Bitcoin being international currency in a matter of years or it could be poor and it could be the biggest debacle in history, time will tell.

It is worthwhile if you follow the best of airdrops other than that it is probably a complete and utter waste of time. Building on that forget about free born out of nowhere airdrops those will likely be a waste of time and instead focus on proper airdrops like Bitcore, Byteball, and DeepOnion. These coins are proven and they actually give out a coin worth value rather than valueless tokens and coins.

1) Already happening, don't view this as an attack but rather for taxation
2) Probably will happen for reason listed above they want a piece of that pie!
3) Could possibly happen although because cryptos are worldwide that would be hurting their bottom line and exchanges wouldn't be happy. Governments are more powerful but I don't think they are more powerful than the world put together, they can't stop crypto.

I think there is an overall decent chance of all of it happening, but none of this will stop crypto from happening. They will tax it, regulate it, but they cannot and will not be able to stop cryptos from occurring. The invention can't be uninvented and we now know the power behind decentralized network systems there is no going back!

Not all but I am involved heavily in a couple of drops right now the one I love the most is Bitcore (BTX) as it solves the current scaling issues we are having with Bitcoin (BTC). It is worth it if you already like a coin which I did, the airdrops are an added bonus if you will .

Sorry but your title to me suggests an oxymoron and it does not seem plausible in my brain. Can I instead offer you some proven shitcoins?

They should still get sMerit points but I think it would make more sense if lower status got more than a couple. I for instance got 4 yet my merit ranking was 100, I felt like I should have had anywhere from 10-25 would be more appropriate. Would have gotten the ball rolling so to speak, now I feel people are more stingy with their sMerits which is their right but doesn't help the community feel and vibe.

I don't read articles often but I am sooo glad I read that one oh boy! I already knew a bunch about Lightning but I wasn't aware that we are in the stage of the internet pre-global revolution that is phenomenal to know and I can't wait for Lightning to come out so I can watch this puppy unfold

Concisely put LN is an offline solution that will result in essentially zero fees and near instant transactions which will utilize payment channels still on the network but not necessarily on the blockchain.

Brilliant, it goes to show that other progressive countries are not going to stand by and let these silly bans happen. They are understand the technology, they aren't greedy about it, and thus they will adopt the technology at a much faster rate which will only benefit their citizens in turn. Shame on you Korea and China we all know why you are "banning" bitcoin and cryptos right now and it isn't for the good of the citizen (which is what you claim)!

Not only do I completely agree with your sentiment but I am now going to go one step further and begin discussing cryptocurrencies with individuals I don't know because the power is there we just need to educate individuals. I have also begun spending my cryptos and 2018 onward I don't want to ever cash out crypto as I think that defeats the purpose of what we are doing here.

Don't think we can be certain of this just yet because we have seen 50% retrace plenty of times over the last couple of years. I will concede though if bitcoin falls below 10k and stays there for a week then we are in some mighty hot water .

Agreed only way I would sell if I was in dire need of some cash and had no way to pay living expenses for the next couple of months. Outside of that dire situation I would not sell the tiniest amount of bitcoin.

Selling Raiblocks before it went completely parabolic. I sold most of my bag at a 4x when it went as high as 65x, kill me now .

By spreading the story about what bitcoin is and what bitcoin is about to be soon. Educate those who don't yet know what this technology holds and help them understand a new age is coming, that to me seems like it would give bitcoin the best growth spurt.

Yes I am pretty sure I can, bots happened. They compromised of most of the volume that was on Bit-Z and once that issue was taken care of then the volume vanished just as well. It is a bit unfortunate but now we have the true volume of Bitcore present, which is best. Another exchange wouldn't hurt either .

ICOs to me were already on their way out or at least reduced in number and asking sizes which is a good thing for investors. However state backed cryptocurrencies is a whole other beast and I think it would be incredibly short-sighted for governments to launch them not to mention they go against everything crypto stands for.

It is bizarre that a project with a concept and a white paper can garner millions if not tens of millions or hundreds of millions of dollars whereas a real project with a real alpha and real people shown can garner not even 5 million? Bizarre this industry is and sometimes I feel super confused  oh well those who have invested until now stand to gain more only better for us involved.

I have faith in only a few coins and out of those coins two seem to have a lot of potential and those are Zcash (ZEC) and Bitcore (BTX). I don't have targets set as I have faith in them and will continue to hodl until the project does well but from current prices in my opinion they both stand to gain a lot I believe.

Thanks for the airdrop and bounty dev. I do my best everyday to make the Bitcore community proud and actively encourage others to seek out our platform, with how we can scale there is no doubt we can become top 50 coin  .

I haven't had much success with free airdrops and think my biggest success was one coin called Iethereum which made me a couple hundred I believe. But if you want real value you should get involved in a real airdrop like the one I currently am in Bitcore. They have proper devs who answer all your questions when needed, the community is great, the airdrop method is beyond great for investors, and I can't speak more highly of it if I tried. I have already 3x my money here and have much more potential moving forward here. Come join us you can get 5% airdrop on BTX balance above 1, and next month it goes to 6%!