Just take the basic precautions, such as enabling 2FA and ignoring spam email and you would be fine. Don't be afraid about the hackers. I have been collecting crypto for more than 5 years and till now none of my wallets have got hacked. And trust me, I am not a tech geek and my computer knowledge is close to basic.

Cardano was on top of my list until 2-3 months back. But now it looks like ADA has run out of steam. The ADA developers should blame themselves. When they had the opportunity to make ADA popular, they got too arrogant. They should have rolled out a lite wallet or an online wallet in 2018. But they asked everyone to install the Daedalus wallet, which takes 10 GB of hard disk space.

Too early to feel confident about 2019. My inner feeling says that this year will be even worse. I have been around here for quite a while and I vividly remember what happened during 2014-15. What happening right now shows a remarkable similarity to that period. IMO, the bulls are not going to be active before 2020. That is when the next block reward halving is due.

I am currently residing in India and it will be quite impossible to get by if you don't want to use physical cash. But mobile wallets are getting very popular now. Even auto-rickshaws and street food stalls are now accepting mobile wallets such as PayTM and PhonPe. But I prefer to use physical cash while making smaller payments (such as $0.2 or $0.5).

I would agree with you. Many of the exchanges either artificially inflate the trade volume with the zero fee schemes, or claim fake volumes. This issue is more severe with the exchanges in East Asia and Southeast Asia, when compared to the American and European exchanges. That said, the reputation of Coinmarketcap has gone down over the years, as a result of errors in their data.

Exchanges such as Etherdelta use the https protocol and if you are careful, then it is easier to identify the fake websites. One important tip that I would give is to never open exchange sites from links in emails. In 99% of the cases, phishing emails are the culprits for wallet hacks. Bookmark all of your exchanges and open the sites only from those bookmarks.

First of all, they need to stop asking for the KYC from all the users. If I am a small time crypto user trying to sell my $10 worth of altcoin, then I have to go through this irritating KYC process. Do you think that is fair? KYC should be made mandatory only for the high volume traders. And secondly, they need to lower the withdrawal fee. Most of the exchanges are charging a fee of BTC0.001 to withdraw the coins, which I think is very unfair to the small traders.

Very valid point. This was the excuse given by Craig Steven Wright, after he backed out from proving that he was the real Satoshi. Can't blame him, as he was 100% right. If someone is identified as the real Satoshi, then the FBI and other agencies will charge that individual with thousands of crimes. Most probably, he will meet the same fate as that of Ross Ulbricht.

You need to quantify.

When you say that "cryptocurrency will very soon enter the life", you need to specify what do you mean by very soon. Is it 6 months? 1 year? 2 years? or even 5 years? Bitcoin has been in existence for more than 10 years, and as of now it is being used by less than 2% of the world population.

Similarly, when you say that "it will enter the life of every inhabitant of the earth", you need to specify what do you mean by "every inhabitant". Do you mean 100% of all the humans? Or a bit less at 90%? Or even lower? Also, you need to remember that even digital form of fiat currency (such as CCs and Paypal) are being used by less than half of all the inhabitants. 

And now the last thing... when you say that "it will remain for a long time".... How long? 10 years? 100 years? Or 1000 years? Normally technological innovations have a short lifespan... Anyone using floppy discs in your vicinity?

I hate to say this, but the vast majority of the crypto users are so optimistic about the future of Bitcoin that they tend to ignore the risks associated with it. I agree that there is a good chance that the prices can appreciate by 5 times or even 10 times within the next 5 years. But what if that doesn't happen? We'll end up with something like the Yahoo stock, which will go down with every passing year.

To tell the truth, there is no 100% reliable method to flag the scam projects. But from my experience, I would say that projects originating from countries with strict crypto regulation, such as Japan, South Korea, Germany and Singapore are less likely to be run by scammers. Also, avoid projects in which the promoters are anonymous.

The biggest issues that we face are high trading fees, high withdrawal fee.etc. Most of the big exchanges such as Livecoin and Bittrex have higher fee structure. If you want to save, then you should go for the less known exchanges such as Yobit. But I would always go for the more trustworthy exchanges, as I can't risk losing my coins.

Didn't made a bet this time, but watched the highlights later. Edson Barboza lasted for a total of 63 seconds more than James Vick...

Justin Gaethje was simply outstanding.. and after the match, he was challenging Khabib Nurmagomedov!!! I would love to see Gaethje fighting against the Russian. Nurmagomedov has never lost a match... till now.. and if anyone has got any chance against him, it is going to be Gaethje.

Unfortunately I need to leave this signature campaign, due to personal reasons. I confirm that I am forfeiting my earnings for this week.

Can I take one spot from the Legendary quota?

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There is no guarantee that whisky business will remain profitable forever. If this guy is intelligent, then he should tone down his demands, make sure that he gets 1-2 good fights per year and aim for around $100 million per fight (that was the amount he earned during his fight against Khabib Nurmagomedov)

https://www.forbes.com/sites/trentreinsmith/2018/10/05/dana-white-conor-mcgregor-could-make-100-million-for-ufc-229-fight-against-khabib-nurmagomedov/#781825cd6638

It is the duty of the player to represent the national team at least 2-3 times a year. If he can play 40 matches for the club side per year, then it is not fair to stay away from two or three matches representing the national aide.

Here in India, cable TV is still relatively cheap. You can have all the HD sports channels for as low as $5 per month. On the other hand, subscription to Netflix costs more than $12 per month.

Nowadays exchanges are getting hacked with relative ease (Cryptopia, BTC-e.etc). So I don't think that it is that hard to hack some of the online gambling sites. But getting away with the loot is the problem.

That depends on the identity of Satoshi. In case Satoshi is some internationally acclaimed mathematician or economist, then Bitcoin would be in a better state. On the other hand, if he is some controversial figure then it would just give more ammunition to the BTC haters.