Upload it to Imgur which'll customise links for you. I think you may not be able to post images that show up until your activity levels goes up. Put up a link, get someone more wizened to quote it and it'll appear.

Of course, but the exact same thing goes for Bitcoin itself. You can go fully down the third party route but the option to remain on your own terms is always there.

Do you honestly think the Lightning Network concept would've received a second glance if that was provably the case?

I thought that's what everyone presumed. You're telling me that some people don't believe this? Bitcoin is the perfect vehicle to relieve silly sausages of their money with minimal effort.

It already is. Check Localbitcoins volume for Nigeria. Then check MMM.

In the case of MMM though it's a Russian scamming Nigerians which is an impressive reversal.

I don't know who feels UKish, but I doubt very many people do. It's a convenient framework and that's about it.

You're likely to get an impressively hostile reaction from your UK brethren if you're from a part they don't appreciate.

Most of those coins never leave the exchanges.

https://live.blockcypher.com/ltc/

Here's an LTC block explorer. There are transactions happening but compared to a Bitcoin block explorer it's a very leisurely read.

Before any alt claims to have comprehensively solved scaling, we need to see it in operation for a few months before endorsing it. It's dead easy to come up with some cool tricks. It's a little harder to make them cast iron when the pressure is building by the second.

So here's another question, which crypto other than BTC has come closest to maxing out its capacity?

If that was grounds for banning this forum would be completely and utterly empty. Best of luck with your prediction.

If I was living in a barrel filled with shit in Guinea Bissau and the world's borders were thrown open, would I wait 15-30 years for my barrel of shit to dry out or move to New York tomorrow?

I'd go for NY. The average person wants it all now and why not?

All applications are 100% DOA even if it isn't declared yet. It'll take years before it changes sufficiently and even then they'll probably cite P2P stuff as the reason not to.

I lived in the most densely Muslim area of Glasgow for quite a while. It was absolutely fine and they were all perfectly pleasant people.

But even if Scotland did manage to go independent, getting into the EU would be a massive task and actually making a success of it would be even more improbable. I think they're stuck with the rest of the UK no matter what.

Congrats on making the diligent choice.

This one is the weirdest of all. 18,000 BTC volume yet there are less than 250 BTC in buy orders.

Possibly the least shocking development in the history of Bitcoin. Cannae believe they didn't withdraw it themselves but I suppose it was worth a punt if they'd gotten stoned that day.

I don't think merchant adoption was ever going to be the silver bullet that some thought it would be and they'll probably continue dropping like flies.

None of them can solve the straightforward and insurmountable issue which is BTC is wonderful for the merchants, and a shite proposition for customers unless they already have BTC.

Nobody wants to buy something to buy something. On top of that there's the volatility (for the customer), the pain of getting hold of it which usually has a premium and then storing it safely.

The people who already have it are reluctant to let go of it much of the time and they're mainly first worlders with other options anyway.

The fee thing may well have added to the demise but the fundamental turn offs are the same for all crypto no matter what the fee or coin is.

Storj is a separate thing and it sounds like the right choice for them. Circle's a darned shame for the average person but I'm not surprised by that either.

At this stage of the game a vast amount of shit is being slung at the wall. Most of it will slide off again.

The only people holding them would be the ones who initiated the bonkers uptrends. As far as I can tell they were borderline forgotten until this 'adoption' occurred. Oblivion will return in a few days or weeks.

For the really stupid pumps like these various Bitcoins, they'll select something forgotten with limited supply that they buy up. It's far easier to pump when you hold all the cards.

XEM's in the sort of middle ground. It's too big to attempt the really stupid games that pumpers get up to and not big enough to shrug off attempts either.

The unbanked will be just as likely to panhandle free money and bugger off as the little shits who were on BTCJAM already.

There must be a way of doing it right but I've no idea how myself.

Holding with plenty of spending at present. I'm stocking up for a summer adventure and it's all being funded with BTC. Time for it to do something other than sit there.

The BU mafia have told their alt pumpers that they're not allowed to like Bitcoin any more. So this is their little protest.