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1561  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: What about NEO? on: January 11, 2020, 07:43:28 AM
I think that it'll do just fine.

However, long term I really don't see any sort of major developments especially when you consider that it, being a Chinese project, has competitors that do somewhat of the same things that have started to come about in recent days in TRON and whatnot.

So yeah, I'm not super bullish nor am I that pessimistic. I think it'll be one of the coins that just sits in the middle of the pack during this bull run, honestly.
1562  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Stable coin answer needed asap on: January 11, 2020, 06:56:35 AM
You obviously can't use the two interchangeably.

Most exchanges I think still accept the ETH version, that doesn't mean that you shouldn't check the address to see which blockchain it's on before you send it. Even though you shouldn't be able to send coins to the wrong blockchain, you still need to be careful on that off chance that somehow your wallet doesn't validate addresses before you send.

Follow each exchange's instructions careful because they may differ.
1563  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: ZCash vs ZCL on: January 11, 2020, 06:22:01 AM
Honestly, neither.

ZCL is probably better from a fundamental point of view because of the fact that the company behind the project does not take a cut of the mining profits for x amount of years while ZEC is famous for doing so.

However, it simply doesn't have sufficient liquiditiy or interest to make any sizable noise. If you want to invest in anonymous coin, go with Dash or XMR.
1564  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Crypto Pyramid Schemes are still Amongst Us on: January 09, 2020, 01:46:51 AM
Certainly, and it sucks to see a lot of people still dragged into these schemes that have been debunked time and time again.

Onecoin comes to mind, as one of the predecessors of even Bitconnect itself. And there are plenty of cloud mining tokens as well as flat out pyramid scheme tokens that are still listed on big platforms like CMC, which is an absolute blunder if you think about how far we've come already.

The greed of the market is ultimately driving use of these tokens - and people just have to learn the hard way.
1565  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Quick Survey: why do you specifically use crypto to gambooool ? on: January 09, 2020, 12:58:13 AM
Provably fair is definitely a big contributing factor. Traditional online casinos have big house edges and don't have provably fair mechanisms, which makes you aways skeptical of whether or not they are truly safe and fair especially when you see stories of very shady circumstances under which people lose money.

Also, convenience. As others have mentioned, crypto deposits take no time to hit (if you are playing on a casino with 0 confirmation deposits), and have no fees attached to them compared to something like Skrill or Neteller which could take a while to recharge from your bank.

I think the one thing that people failed to mention in general is the community. Crypto casinos generally do a much better job cerating a sense of community, through chatrooms, events, etc. compared to fiat ones.
1566  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Reality of Crypto Winter and what to expect from now on on: January 09, 2020, 12:27:10 AM
The crypto winter of 2018 and 2019 did flushed out many nonsense projects and the market has significantly matured over the last few years, it's exactly what i expect from the long crypto bear market.

In this year i expect accelerating crypto asset adoption and the key building blocks will come into place for crypto to achieve it's long term potential of revolutionizing how value can be stored and send around the world.

Well said.

The bear market was actually a positive event in the sense that it got rid of a lot of projects that had absolutely nothing to do in the cryptospace, were flat out clones and/or had fake teams and no development roadmap, etc. etc.

These projects, created for the sole purpose of furthering the founder's wealth, deserved to die off during the bear market. You could almost see it as crypto's way of self-cleansing Undecided
1567  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Too much projects, good projects cant reach crypto ethusiasts on: January 08, 2020, 11:38:13 PM
I would centainly agree with the fact that there are too many projects.

However, I can't say that I agree with the statement that good projects can't access funding. Good projects with solid teams and good development plans will have no trouble finding institutional angel investors or finding an exchange to have their IEOs done, even in this quite bearish market.

There's just too many projects created for the sole purpose of money making clogging up this scene.
1568  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: CoinApps developed a stablecoin called ZAR T, for the South African Reserve Bank on: January 08, 2020, 01:55:03 AM
Another day, another centralised stablecoin Roll Eyes

I'm not saying that the issuance of stablecoins is necessarily bad. No, that's is far from the truth. But honestly, these kind of news of new stablecoins popping up add absolutely no value to the crypto markets, especially the decentralised crypto markets.

These coins are issued for the benefit of centralised agencies and no one else. Some are even only used internally. So why are people making such a big fuss about them?
1569  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Coin you love to see die soon and why? on: January 08, 2020, 12:21:55 AM
The space is getting larger and have more coins than we expect, some just makes up the numbers even after 2-3 years of launch; no use case, incompetent teams and some with team exit scam but still on exchange . I dont know why I feel they should die than than adding up to the challenge of altseason pump, dont like the sight on the coinmarketcap as well as the exchange. Some feelings for death might be different, so share your thought on this.

There's too many to list.

Onecoin would probably be one. That project is nothing but a scam, yet apparently hundreds of thousands if not millions of people have fallen prey to this MLM scheme much the same way as Bitconnect, and they're still delusioned by this whole thing. It's crazy how controlling greed is in the crypto space.

To be honest though, scroll to like page 5 of CMC and the majority of coins there are simply redundant copies of existing cryptos - they make no sense to exist and just clog up markets.
1570  Economy / Gambling / Re: Search: Bookie with large basketball market on: January 07, 2020, 11:48:22 PM
Hey did you already try pnxbet.com


Yeah , sorry , but it's not good enough also .
I think it's impossible to find some bookie with similar ( or at least 60-70% market as at bet365 ) .

Thanks to all to try help me , anyway

Unfortunately that is close to impossible.

The best that you'll do is nitrogen as others have suggested. AFAIK they have NBA, NCAA, CBA, etc. which is a pretty good selection when you have other bookies in the crypto space only offering NBA alone.

I would honestly suggest just betting on bet365 if you had to have both high limits as well as a wide range of markets, because it's impossible to find this combination in crypto bookies. They generally have extremely low limits due to how easily you can open a second account to circumvent the limits, as well as very narrow market selections.
1571  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: John McAfee backs out of his $1 million bitcoin prediction on: January 07, 2020, 12:19:01 PM
I have been waiting for this moment for McAfee to show that he has no backbone to back up his word.  All his reasoning is just an excuse.  It is clear that we must not believe any word from this guy.  He is just a paid shill nothing more.

Absolutely. Especially when you consider the fact that he's publicly being paid by multiple companies to endorse their coins or products.

And the reason why he got these sponsorships in the first place is because of these publicity stunts that he has done time and time again.

The BTC space certainly don't need more of these types of people misrepresenting the much more logical and rational user base. The claims he makes simply make bitcoin look like some sort of get rich quick scheme when this is the image that BTC's trying to get rid of for a long long time now.
1572  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: An uncertain future of Libra! Is it good for the crypto traders? on: January 07, 2020, 11:39:41 AM

"What is Libra? A currency, a derivative, a security, a commodity pool or etc.? Lack of clarity in asset class is one of the regulatory challenges to launch this big initiative by Facebook. Cash withdrawal system is also a big challenge! Cell networks, working with retailers and others to sell consumers products can help them in this case" - This analysis is done by Coindesk.   

What's your opinion?

Another thing,

A report by QZ says that, Libra will not launch in 2020, the US election year. https://qz.com/1778527/2020-predictions-for-bitcoin-libra-and-the-digital-yuan/amp/

So, is it good for the crypto traders? What is the future of it? Want to hear from the experts.

First of all, don't believe that anyone is an 'expert' here. Everyone just has their own opinions and you just it yourself.

I personally think that whatever the next developments of Libra is it will be quite irrelevant to the wider, decentralized crypto markets. The reason is simple, Libra's fate is kind of already down the drain due to the fact that so many of their partners pulled out and regulators not having the best attitude towards it.

There is also no apparent connection between how Libra can benefit something like BTC. So I suggest that you stop looking so deeply into these irrelevant non-factors when it comes to pricing of BTC and other alts.
1573  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: The reason why you need to store your money in your hands! on: January 07, 2020, 11:25:14 AM
It is reported that exchanges began to freeze accounts for having been on the accounts of a "dirty" Bitcoin. Moreover, we are talking about Binance and about the Bitcoin, which was there 5 months ago. Sad Thus, exchanges can freeze any amount of funds in order to cover cash gaps simply by tinkering with their user's transaction history. If suddenly a user once bought from someone a “dirty” BTC on OTC, send it on the exchange and then conducted operations with other BTC there for a long time, then at one moment he can get a ban and the exchange can don't give him money as much time Exchange wants.  Embarrassed I think it can affect everyone. so I share this info with you guys because I recommend you hold your money ONLY in your own wallets! so be careful and Happy New Year!

The fungibility of your coins is really what is at stake if you choose to hold your coins in any third party wallet or exchange.

Especially when you could have absolutely nothing to do with what the previousr owner did with their coins, but you are the one that gets flagged and your coins seized due to the fact that your coins may be not mixed properly or simply due to an exchange's suspicion.

You don't want that to happen to you, despite how remote the possibilities sound. Just store your own coins in a wallet which you hold private keys to. It's as simple as that.
1574  Economy / Reputation / Re: Surebets01 committing fraud on: January 07, 2020, 09:57:10 AM
Users would be silly to believe he has insider knowledge in the 1st place. If he did, he would never have lost 1 bet and of course he lost multiple. He is just a normal tipster who was guessing match outcomes and yes trying to defraud by claiming fixed.

He did mention send him half your winnings but never really demanded it, he just kept posting more picks. I would just ignore the user.

There are a few members that actually attempted to bet. I don't know how they were so naive to believe in this stuff.

This guy in particular seemed to be extremely interested after winning the first bet with the "fixed matches", potentially convincing onlookers along the way as well.

Anyhow, this is just a warning and a request for DT members to tag this guy. This is not a new scam by any means.
1575  Economy / Reputation / Surebets01 committing fraud on: January 07, 2020, 08:48:09 AM
User in question: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=2663136;sa=showPosts

He is packaging sports tips in a way that suggests he has insider knowledge about the outcomes of the games (which is illegal) and misleading others in order to con others into giving him free money, essentially.

He's saying that he will refund double the bets that lose while demanding that you pay him half of what you win. There is no risk involved for him whatsoever in this venture as he can simply run away (which he has) whenever someone has lost a bet.
1576  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Quality or Price? - which one you look when buying altcoins? on: January 06, 2020, 02:38:10 PM
Price is an irrelevant aspect.

Perhaps looking at price for an indication of the volatility of the coin is more accurate than looking at price for the long term success potential of a coin. Psychologically, people are more willing to buy and sell coins which are priced lower because they feel less of an attachment to the transaction, and as a result lower priced coins are generally more volatile.

But if you're wanting to analyse a coin's long term potential, look at:

a) fundamental
b) market cap
c) team and developers

That's all you need, really. Unless you believe in TA.
1577  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Ripple and XRP received special recognition in cross-border payments on: January 06, 2020, 02:13:57 PM
It's interesting because BTC and other alts even have probably processed billions more in transactions prior to XRP even existing, yet XRP gets recognition.

Why? Because XRP co-operates with big institutions in their networks and doesn't operate as a decentralized blockchain.

But hey, this may be the reason why XRP has rallied significantly today and will probably continue to see bullishness come 2020. You might not like it, but with institutional investors coming into the market they will prefer these types of coins over traditional, decentralized coins like BTC imo.
1578  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Danger that awaits few coins on: January 06, 2020, 01:53:28 PM
I'm here to clear few facts about some crypto coins, i will start with exchange tokens, people are getting things mixed up when it comes to real use case, many thinks once a coin has a real use case it's a must buy well this is for you, let me start with binance, i love the exchange simply because of the seriousness of the team and CEO himself i believe that's why they made it this far but im not 100% sure about bnb token because it's use case ends on the binance exchange, outside the platform it's nada,  i belief any good real use case should be for the public but bnb token is limited in this area, everything about bnb ends on it's exchange.

My second point is pointing towards Proof of Stake coins, we all love earning with no big hassle like POW coins but at the same time have you ever think that apart from the POS ability what is the use case of the token or coin itself? Many keep making this mistake that once a coin has staking ability it's the best, this is why many POS coins loses value while you are holding them to get your reward annually.

I believe that POS ability is just a +, assuming the use case of a coin is for means of payments either with many merchants or so and the coin still has staking ability makes more sense than a coin with just staking ability alone, please be wise with the ways you define your real use cases

We all know the fact that a lot of coins have no long term utility whatsoever. That is common knowledge.

Unfortunately though with the way that the market is set up, it is set up in a way where it rewards short term risk taking in which certain coins with absolutely no or little value in the long term could and have seen significant growth. This could include the tokens that you're talking about, whether PoS or exchange tokens.

At the end of the day if you're looking at long term stuff, obviously you want to avoid them. But it doesn't necessarily deter people from investing in the short term.
1579  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: [UPDATED] Google banned Metamask from Play Store 1 week ago on: January 06, 2020, 01:14:05 PM
It makes no sense to ban an app which is backed by a company who has such a positive mission, in terms of their anti-phishing chrome extension or whatnot.

At the end of the day though we've obviously seen great purges from Youtube and Google in terms of crypto related stuff, whether it's youtube videos or google ads. So I wouldn't be surprised if they start censoring other stuff in the future as well, that's just the way it works when you have control over a significant portion of information's dissemination.

Hopefully apple doesn't follow suit, but it could be inevitable.
1580  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Best way to protect your crypto against a natural disaster? on: January 06, 2020, 12:47:25 PM
I think that you should aim for a combination of hardware wallets which are more resistant to natural damage than something like paper wallets, as well as a backup for your private keys or seed such as the cryptosteel (although there are many other alternatives out there that are available that could be potentially better in quality).

At the end of the day though, there is no perfect way to do this, so don't expect to be 100% safe.

The best you can do is to have multiple backups and do the aforementioned steps.
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