Wex.nz (formerly BTC-e) used to be my favorite exchange, until they closed down a few months back. Cryptopia was also one of my favorites, but they decided to close down their operations this month. A lot of the users have recommended Binance, but I am not a big fan of that exchange and I don't have an account with them. Right now for trading purposes, I am mostly using Livecoin and Bittrex. They have been around for a while, and the UI is quite comfortable for me.

So far this year, reputed exchanges such as Cryptopia and QuadrigaCX have closed down, leaving their users high and dry. All of them closed down abruptly, before the users could withdraw any of their coins (in case of Cryptopia, it was possible to withdraw some BTC before they closed down). These are not new exchanges. These ones were operating for many years and had hundreds of thousands of users. If these exchanges are closing down, then how can you trust the newer, smaller exchanges?

Even if the hackers are caught, the victims may need to wait for a few years to see any of their hard earned coins again. Look at what happened to Mt Gox. Out of the BTC850,000 that was stolen, around BTC200,000 was recovered. But rather than refunding this amount to the exchange users, the bankruptcy authorities used it to fund the legal process and then converted a large part of this stash to fiat at very low prices. But this process has been going on for 5 years and it may take another 2-4 years before the users get any sort of a refund.

If the crypto-market become healthy, then we can expect the transaction fee to go up. Because the number of transactions will increase in such a scenario, and for instant confirmation you may need to pay a significant premium. And this is one of the ironies with Bitcoin. A rise in adoption and acceptability may result in higher transaction fee, and this in turn can give ammunition for some altcoins such as Bitcoin Cash (BCH) and Ethereum (ETH) in their battle against Bitcoin.

One of the reason why we spend money on these online casinos rather than using the real life casinos is that there is added anonymity. And in case this anonymity is destroyed, then people may visit these sites less often. I can understand in case they ask for KYC if the user wins a very big reward. But to make KYC compulsory for all the users, regardless of their deposit amounts is a retrograde move. Or are they going to suspect anyone who gambles away $10 for money laundering?

Fast-bowling may be energy consuming. But then, nowadays most of the fast bowlers have a very short run-up. Gone are the days when bowlers such as Shoiab Akhtar and Brett Lee used to charge in from 50 yards. Now most of the bowlers have run-up length of anywhere from 15 to 25 yards... look at pacers like Jasprit Bumrah and Trent Boult, and it is obvious. Also, the pay grades should be in sync with the revenues they bring. If I am not wrong, the batsmen have more fans (in general) when compared to the bowlers.

When I first joined this forum (in 2014), most of the campaigns used to pay good amounts. It was easy for a Senior Member to earn $400 per month. But things have changed now. Signature campaigns which make the payment in BTC are few and far between and the payouts are very low. In case you go for the bounty signature campaigns that pays in alts, there is a good chance that you may not get any reward despite following all the terms and conditions. Many of them never distributes the rewards and even if the rewards are distributed, there is a good chance that you may not find exchanges to convert your tokens to ETH or BTC.

I registered way back in 2014, and for about 3 years (2014-2017), I was part of the Yobit signature campaign. Initially, their payment rates were good. But as time progressed, the payments became more erratic. I received my last payment in 2017 and even now have pending dues from them. After that I took part in 2-3 bounties and my current signature campaign may be my 4th in five years.

I can't hold back my laughter. Comparing TRX with ETH is like comparing the military of Somalia with that of Russia. TRX will never overtake ETH and even the TRX promoters know this fact. For people like Justin Sun, TRX is just a medium to get himself rich. Let him first settle his issues with Lucien Chen and the other developers, who were thrown out of the TRON project.

And how they are going to do that? Are they going to shut down the entire internet? Banning cryptocurrency is next to impossible and that is why none of the developed nations have done that. Even the Chinese government is aware of this fact and they have only banned the conversion of CNY to crypto and vice versa. At the most they can arrest a few users and try to frighten the remainder from using it.

This has happened to a few users here, such as BurtW.

The thread from theymos can be seen here:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=934268.0

But in his case, he was not involved in any illegal activity, and in the end the charges were dropped. But even then he had to undergo a lot of hardship and harassment. In your case I don't know whether you are hiding any important facts or not. You are not an old member of this forum and created this account after you were arrested.

Nope.. this forum has millions of members and only a small fraction of them have BTC1 in their wallets. I guess most of the users who registered after 2014 may be having less than 1 BTC, unless they had purchased Bitcoins at that time for investment purposes. But as I can see, the vast majority of the users get their coins from bounty campaigns and signatures, and few have actually invested their fiat savings in to BTC.

Well... you are right. If we take some very basic precautions, then more than 99% of the hacking attempts can be prevented. These steps are very simple and easy to implement. One such measure is the activation of 2FA for your wallet. Nowadays, it is beyond retarded not to have 2FA to protect your wallet. This step alone can prevent 90% of the hacking attempts.

I just checked the Bitstamp prices and we are at $7932.08 per coin. This is nothing short of miraculous. The correction has been wiped out in less than 48 hours. Either the supply has been trimmed, or the demand has increased tremendously. The trends indicate that the bull rally will resume shortly and we may witness the 10K level very soon (probably by next month, if not earlier). 

Pakistan used to rank among the top 3 teams, until 10-15 years back. But ever since they stopped playing their home matches in Pakistan, their standards have gone down. Another factor to remember is the IPL. Almost all the big players in the world derive majority of their revenue from the IPL, and this option is not available for the Pakistani players. And the refusal by India to take part in the bilateral series against Pakistan means that the PCB is also running out of funds. This may be the reason why promising players such as Fawad Ahmed and Imran Tahir decided to cancel their Pakistani passports.

Well, being a woman I hardly ever watch these women's matches. They are not as exciting as the men's matches. There are no big hitters like Kohli or Warner and the pace bowlers don't have the speeds that Mitchell Starc or Pat Cummins possess. Even the spin bowling is without variety. I have watched a few matches (long back), but never found it entertaining enough.

Rainfall is quite high to the western (Ireland) and northern (Scotland) parts of the British Isles, and that's why they have rain almost every day there. Things should be better in England and Wales. I checked the forecast for last week of May and June, and everything seems to be fine. The matches may not get abandoned, but at least during the initial phase you might see a reduction in the number of overs.

The United States is currently headed by Donald Trump, who is very aggressive and right wing. China's president (Xi Jinping) is also a very aggressive man and he has taken quite a few hawkish steps regarding defense (South China sea dispute, North Korea.etc), trade and religion (crackdown on Muslims and Christians). Hopefully things will calm down once some Democrat wins the POTUS elections next year.

The profit booking phase is ongoing right now and after that we require a few weeks for stabilization. Hopefully Bitcoin will move towards the 5 digit mark after that (probably by next month). The momentum can get disrupted in case we get negative news of any kind. Cryptopia closed down a few days back, and surprisingly it didn't had any impact on the prices. But the same can't be said about some of the bigger exchanges.

I don't think that converting to other coins and sending them is economical. First you need to convert your BTC to Bitcoin Cash, and then again BCH to Bitcoin. The exchange fee will be involved and the exchange rates can be quite volatile. I would rather pay the high fees, rather than taking the risk of converting to other coins.