First off wrong area, secondly lol Ripple is a piece of crap centralized coin don't even bother unless you want your purchasing power seriously reduce at a moments notice . I'd stick to big caps mainly and one that I believe will do well soon is ETC because there is a hardfork coming on roughly March 5th.

Wow that is just another scummy step for a government that continues to screw its people over. Whats next pay taxes on the amount you lose too? Lol what a freaking joke, I don't mind paying taxes but these corrupt governments piss me off.

You guys do understand the fundamental flaw of this whole story right? Don't name your highly speculative lucrative company after yourself, that is a good way to avoid most of this mess happening I believe .

Slow rise is best for sure as it shows organic growth more than hysteria which is what we want for Bitcoin. If you however, find yourself worried about BTC price a lot of the day it means a couple things

-you invested too much probably
-results orientated; focus on the tech not the results

It doesn't even matter if they wanted to help our not there is no way they could. Btw though the reason they stay underground is because there would be massive scrunity, media, and tons of drama everywhere this person or group of people went. Now they can live their life like a normal human which they should be able to do. Would be pretty dope though if like 20-30 years from now if Bitcoin is still in tact and Satoshi reveals themself!

There should be and if I am not mistaken somebody just ran their ICO based off that concept. Not sure how popular the service would be as it is a limited use case but nonetheless they will garner demand if they are the only people offering that service!

Although you were right about Bitcoin touching 7.5k which it touched by the way it didn't remain there, if we can close the week above 9.5k-10k I don't think we will end up going back to levels that low we will have much support at these current levels. The way I view it, Bitcoin has seen the worst of it now and we are on our ways up .

That is funny I just charted BTC today to see what is up and one of my predictions for year end is eerily close and sits at $47,923 although I am more bullish than that and believe we will end up higher than 50k by 2018 end.

A positive light to view the markets in, not standard but I like the idea . While I do tend to agree the worst of it is over I was never worried through this run because it had to end sometime and going through the run last July where coins lost 80-90% their value nothing seems as bad as that. Not saying I wish this of course but I have some back bone to bend on and it feels nice to not panic!

That is great news they are telling us how things are dictated because now things are transparent and fair. We knew that they were getting rid of securities, unfinished projects with empty promises, it is good to know they won't accept fully anon projects which will in turn protect the customers.

Why not? We are essentially living in this type of society right now. Depending on where you live there is 2-9% cash on hand in your given currency meaning the rest is all digital. Cryptocurrencies will thrive either legally or underground they cannot be stopped at this point.

That is how random spikes work they are unexpected . I don't know if we can expect a rise in days but I would be confident we will rise in months for sure.

Not only is Bitcoin a common good it is the best good to hit the human race since the invention of the car. It doesn't feel like we are living a time changing era but that is what is happening before our eyes, we are changing the way the world lives and it is awesome .

I personally think it is better due to the fungibility, store of value, and a good unit of account. I know gold is this as well but I think bitcoin does this on a better level and can be transferred much easier as well. Because it can be transferred easier and broken down into one hundred million bits in each bitcoin I fully prefer bitcoin and I think the incoming generation will too! Below I have linked a good info graphic for comparison. It does have bias on it obviously and doesn't hit on all the points I have in my post but still is good to know the history of monies .

https://www.jmbullion.com/bitcoin-vs-gold-infographic/

Don't know if this is in the works but it is something that should be done because most investors look at how cheap the pieces are rather than the value. It is dumb but we gotta cater to those investors as a result I believe we will achieve our true value much quicker. The reason I advocate for bigger supplies is because look at how the big supply coins did in December and January they did amazing because noobs want more coins. Lets give them more!

I would suggest learning about the industry prior to investing in it. It can be a good idea but then you won't understand why bitcoin goes -10% or +10% in a day and that will surely play on your emotions. Understand and learn what cryptos are all about then invest, otherwise you are likely in for a baaad time.

It may or may not aid third world countries but it will provide an option for those who are living in countries of hyperinflation as well as times of economic uncertainty. I don't know the exact numbers but I would bet anything that a couple hundred thousand people in Venezuela are using it and that isn't because BTC is cheap to transact in but they have more faith in BTC than they do their own gov't. That goes to show the power Bitcoin can have to help underdeveloped nations.

The gems are hidden gems for a reason they aren't going to be discussed thoroughly here I don't think. But hey on a real note you have zero chance at 100x from this point but you could potentially make some money when this moves to Binance. It certainly won't be 100x as risk to reward has decreased, but be careful because it could drop like a stone too you know.

Good to know there is active development, I was worried they would dump all coins and leave this chain alone. Gotta get rid of the few BTG I have, knowing there is development I wait for greener pastures then. Not gonna get rid of it at $300 when in this alt run could be $600 tomorrow .

I like Zcash the most out of all those options you had up. My 2nd privacy coin isn't even on the market yet and that one is called Blackbytes. It is the privacy version of Bytes and I think by 2018 end it will be worth a bit.