Not opening another thread would be a good start to earn some Merits.

No, you have to make a good post because that's the purpose of a forum.

Stop thinking about Merits. Contribute if it's useful. Read if you want to learn. The rest will follow automatically.

Which team are you talking about, man? Go to their site and click on Project Status to follow "live" how their development evolves. Or let me save you the time and energy: there's none.

Looks like it's over and out for this one. That sucks. Website down for weeks... They didn't get their projected amount either, didn't even come close... I really thought this was a promising, yet modest project...

Does anyone have any hopeful news about this?

Don't wanna sound all mellow but I think the idea of contributing positively to the quality of the forum, is already a reward on its own. In return, you get quality threads and quality replies from other members. That's at least how it's supposed to be: getting rid of all those useless spam replies.

Gaining Merit, thus gaining other members' respect, as well as receiving higher bounties, makes that reward even more worth the effort. But if receiving Merits to get higher bounties is your only purpose, you're condemned to leading a very bitter life, my OP friend, cuz you'll be searching so desperately to write something down that's been done before anyway, that you'll be making a complete fool of yourself.

Honestly, I have been reading "back" for as much as - say - 30 pages or 3 years for certain coins and projects, just to make sure I was making a well-considered investment and to make sure I wasn't buying something I didn't understand a thing about.

To me personally, it's easier to read about 1 coin/project/ICO in one or two long threads, than start doing my research spreaded over 20 differently posted threads all over the forum.

Yeah the blockchain market is so young and these cryptos like NCASH are even younger. So you really shouldn't expect them to rise to billions overnight. That simply doesn't exist. Just like for every other coin and project - especially the newer ones - patience is key...

There are so many predictions on this forum about getting rich and coins going to the moon, so I guess there is a chance that at least one of those predictions will be right.

Weak hands create perfect opportunities to buy some more, so let them have their moments of panic attacks  

I think as a long term investment you'd better consider one of the top 10 coins. However, lately there seem to be more and more altcoins that are less and less depending on Bitcoin's course. That could be a good sign, since more people are discovering other interesting crypto projects.

The world of crypto has become a billion dollar business with millions of users buying, selling and speculating on the new crypto-exchanges. No explanation needed to know that this is a VERY lucrative business.

Keeping in mind that Satoshi created his Bitcoin to put an end to the power monopolies which were resting in the hands of governments, banks and corporations, I am having the feeling that many of these crypto exchanges have formed a new group of corporations. Lately I've been reading quite some complaints about people who find themselves scammed by exchanges. Someone even suggested some of the exchanges are owned by whale groups. I have never been scammed but some actions clearly feel as unlawful practices which we have no choice but to accept.

I AM NOT SAYING THESE EXCHANGES ARE OR ARE NOT ABUSING THEIR POWER. What I am saying is this: should they want to abuse their power, you have no rights whatsoever.

My libertarian heart is bleeding when I am saying this, but: we have a lot more legal protection and rights against governments, banks and corporations, than we have against some of these exchanges.

I think we, the users, should stick together and create a Code of Conduct, as a kind of "Private Constitution", let's call it "The Crypto Constitution" or "The Crypto Code of Conduct", leaving the possibility to any exchange (voluntarily) to undersign this Code of Conduct. This Code should contain our rights as users/clients/investors.

I am thinking of the following suggestions:

- clear rules about how and where exchanges publish their fees
- clear rules about how to sign up and how to sign out
- clear rules about our privacy protection
- transparency about how and when new coins can be listed
- transparency about why and when existing coins will be delisted, and a minimum amount of time before delisting
- transparency about the owners and (possible) shareholders of the exchanges
- clear rules about what independent institution or which person will take a legal decision in case of a conflict or a discussion
- etc.

The institution or person who judges in case of a conflict, could be a court of law of a country. Personally, as a libertarian, I would suggest the creation of an independent private arbitrator institution, which could then be (voluntarily) accepted as judge by both parties in case of a conflict. If possible through the Blockchain. This could even create a whole new Blockchain industry. In the future, the Crypto Constitution could maybe even be expanded for ICOs and other crypto projects, so that these arbitrators could even be used for conflicts in ICOs and so on.

We all have read and understood the terms and conditions of these exchanges we've been using for months and even years now, telling us what we can and what we may not do. It's about time we stood up and ask them: how about OUR rights?

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Screening analysis of terms and conditions of some exchanges

I did some research in the last days to make a somewhat deeper analysis of the TERMS AND CONDITIONS of some of these exchanges. Most of the times it was really boring - the usual stuff, trying to limit liability as much as possible - but I discovered some really funny formulations and Kafkaesque errors, too. From a user's/customer's point of view, am I the only one who finds some of these results extremely disturbing?

KuCoin came out as undisputed number one when it comes to trustworthy, solid terms of use, finding a perfect balance between customer rights and liability, whilst fully respecting our privacy. On the other side of the spectrum, I am not sure who should win the price of worst user protection, but I think CoinExchange is one of the strongest contenders in this category.


I split up this thread and posted my findings in a new thread: you can read my detailed screenings of Mercatox, CoinExchange, Binance, KuCoin, IDEX, Etherdelta, Bitfinex and Cryptopia in this thread. Feel free to add your own suggestions and comments if you want me to screen more policies and terms & conditions!

I have been thinking the same thing in the last days. I've seen some very unpredictable price changes, random adding and unlisting from coins on several "no-rules" exchanges. There should be guarantees for users. I am not talking government protection, mind you but clear rules, to be followed by the users as well as by the exchanges themselves. At this point, a lot of these small exchanges seem to only have rules for its users and take no responsibility whatsoever for themselves.

Perfect long-term investment advice. I could think of some coins to add (two of my favourites are SYS, WAVES and maybe the rather controversial XRP) but with the above, I am sure you have a solid portfolio.

And how exactly do we subscribe?

How is it possible there's still so many scam coins moving around.

I'm not even talking about useless coins (I won't give any names cuz that would lead to shilling and FUD'ing) but real scams like ETHD or XMRG or BSN etc.

Many of these, by the way, are supported and traded on CoinExchange. I like that exchange less and less.

This year, some serious projects have really taken off, which should be an extra motivation to start looking for decent coins instead of investing in those risky crap coins.

Newbie opens the 10.000th thread on this forum asking about the next big ICO. Hero Member tells Newbie to DYOR. Newbie accuses Hero Member of wasting his time.

LMAO.

I receive their monthly newsletter. They decided some time ago to stop posting useless info just to keep ppl interested. Instead they are - on a monthly basis - posting a news video and sending a newsletter by email.

I think that's a good spirit, but I am also eager to hear more good news as much and as soon as possible...

I have been buying quite some LTC for the first time, some months ago. I will be holding. Small profit up till now. I've said before on this forum that I believe LTC is still seriously underestimated. I hope I am right!

Are you really asking for government regulation? Have you understood even a single word of the concept of decentralisation? Have you heard about a man called Satoshi?

You'd better keep to your regulated fiat money. That'll make the world a better place.

Beste Anycoin, je eerste antwoord klonk inderdaad dubbelzinnig en ik heb het verkeerdelijk als een automatisch antwoord opgevat. Dankzij je tweede bericht heb ik het nu wel begrepen. Ik hoop dat ik dat bij deze heb kunnen rechtzetten, en ik weet zeker dat je hulp ook zonder Merits geapprecieerd wordt. Dit is, zoals gezegd, gewoon een kleine community.

Greetz

FR1980