That's a big fat no.

Maybe in the future there'll be more legit options to invest bitcoin in companies, proper ones. Don't go anywhere near bitcoin stocks or securities as they are now let alone gambling or ponzies or weird 'investment' schemes.

Giving your bitcoins to others to safely grow them is a few years away yet, if ever. Don't listen to anyone who tells you otherwise.

Yes.

They're ponzis or outright frauds so they depend on fresh blood constantly pouring in to pay out anything (that's if they pay out anything at all).

If you want to get more coins without spending money then look into signature campaigns, selling old stuff you have on here or offering a service. Don't bother with faucets either. Life is too short.

I don't think it'll be embraced by your average Ebayer or Amazonian unless it became shockingly slick, even then it requires too much thought for the average person.

There's still plenty of scope for growth. It could be superb for wholesaling and international trade, especially less developed markets.

It's a no for me. That would be too much noise.

That's an interesting idea. We'll be able to calculate the budget allocated to each shill. After that everyone could club together to pay them to be silent or change tack. I doubt they understand what they're posting anyway.

There's enough aggravation on this thread.

I cherish you very much and only want the best for you.

That's exactly how all these silly sausages want you to feel. Who knows who it is and who cares? By the sheer volume and persistence of diarrhea squirted out they've proven themselves to be utterly irrelevant.

Ignore and converse with those who you think are worth listening to. Look back into the deep past of this forum. There was the same squealing and doom all the way through.

If BTC was $100,000 a piece there'd still be the same old crap. People still yell about gold and it's only been around for a few thousand years.

I will leave a review for free - I have never heard of them until I read about them paying for reviews today. They can now gently kiss my ring piece but I will be charging for that.

It's such a fast moving story that they'd be better off letting it simmer and fully conclude. You don't want to spend a few tens of millions only for it to be irrelevant when it comes out. It's also certain to become an awful lot juicier yet.

Check his posting history. It rhymes with nipple and you get a slapped botty if you like it too much around here. I gave up attempting to figure out how the fucking thing works and feel better for it.

Maybe the only thing that would give stability would be world dominance. If it 'stabilised' at $250 it could be smashed upwards or downwards every time a fresh group of people discovered it. Said volatility on the way up pretty much negates potential world dominance but you never know.

You don't realise how foreign it is until you go there and spend some serious time. I loved wandering around. I loved coming back to knackered old commie Europe too.

There could've been a case for overt dodginess in 2010. Now anyone trying to paint it as evil incarnate looks like a fool after two seconds of googling.

The odds would point towards ending up with nothing if you're taking risks with a large amount. If you have a small and brave trading stash then you might end up with a nice bonus.

Not a bean - http://quotes.wsj.com/GBTC

It's based around escrow and reputation. Buyers and sellers agree on who will arbitrate. It's an amazing idea but it'll need a huge amount of streamlining before it could ever take off properly. It's one hard sell on top of another hard sell.

Maybe places that really need it will lead the way.

I'm currently undergoing a monster upload so that page isn't coming up for me. What's the gist of it all?

It's gonna be a hard sell to the average person. In the case of sending your money to strangers in return for their shit, most actively seek out an overbearing big brother to ruin everything. People seem to become especially mindless when indulging in retail. We'll see.

I'm pretty sure Bitstamp want your DNA sample for anything these days. They wouldn't even release coins to unverified accounts. You can drop coins onto Bitfinex without verifying I think.

Loads of exchanges have had problems. You'll have to wait for something like Gemini, the Winklevoss one, to find something safe, insured and dependable. You take your chances with all of the current crop but I don't think the really big Chinese exchanges have had major problems. Lots of little ones have.

Chinese all the way. OKcoin, Huobi, BTC China are all zero fee I think and have the huge volumes.

The volumes are probably made up and they might implode at any moment but if you get in and out as quick as possible your chances of surviving disaster are massively reduced.

Don't leave anything on there for any period of time.

It's been on the table for months. A few seconds of googling will show it up in the deep past too. You're not allowed to start April Fool jokes several months beforehand.