Anyone able to just clarify the last 3 questions above for me? Thanks

Thanks, that's very helpful  

1. If I claim the GAS though, doesn't that mean I hold the same amount of GAS whether I claim as I go along anyway, and as long as I don't sell it, it'll accrue the same monetary value?

2. And, the GAS earned is a separate thing to http://neocoins.net/index.php and staking, correct/incorrect? 

3. If I accrue say 5 GAS, I can keep those and sell NEO should I want to, without losing my GAS - correct/incorrect?

Ty for this. Questions from a complete neo n00b:

1. neon wallet, I can claim GAS... I can do this at any time? Any advantage/disadvantage to claiming it when it says I can claim?

2. what is GAS? Is it worth anything to me?

+1

Echo chambers are no good at the best of times, least of all when we are here to make money.

no doubt this is in here somewhere but I'm having trouble using search to give the relevant answer, so apologies for what's likely a duplicate post:

so I sent 0.1 ETH from bittrex to the hex address generated by the waves client... 140 block confirmations and no sign of it at all: 0xd6fce0a43505573d28e3d3607199839f56f5e5fade500eca6d05f0b81d2e653f

sent another 0.05 ETH from bittrex (waves client generated a different deposit address, which I found odd, have found 1 other instance of this on google, despite assumptions the guy was wrong, I'm seeing the same issue, albeit now get this 2nd-generated address if I again click on deposit) and so far up to 40 confirmations, nada in waves client: 0xf1decd7ec3d33fa091847d97de45ebf8dfd9959ca9d53e7e9a538aea80c69cfe

Brand new to waves, I need to deposit something to then go and claim the 0.0003 wav or whatever it is to then be actually able to do any trades, so help appreciated - thanks.

Think I might have to do the same actually, I do this with all my other crypto so not sure why it didn't dawn on me it's a far better way to increase my strat than staking... thanks for the lightbulb moment

I've been seeing the same issues on just over double the amount of strat, and around just under half of your expected reward times, I *think* I may have sussed it out... active connections (hover over the 'graph' between the 'lightning bolt' and the tick in bottom left of your staking wallet). Sometimes I have a very high number like about 51, other times (like now) I have a low number like 16 connections.

I recently (as in a few days ago) added the nodes to the config file in the hope those amount of connections would go up, but no dice, so I can only assume it's my shitty ISP... my comp/wallet is running 24/7 aside from a reboot or two a month, so I don't believe it's related to any kind of catch-up where I closed/opened the wallet after adding the nodes.

Gotcha, I did realise just after posting it was possibly (probably) a typo, all good :-)

Hi mate, you've thrown me a bit with this. You say there's no difference in staking weight/reward with unencrypted/encrypted, but then say to leave the wallet unencrypted 

I won't leave it unencrypted for the security reasons you've already said, but you seem to advise to do so, and I can't work out why? And why would current prices affect whether to encrypt or not?

1 stratis (or a very slight touch over, like 1.0002)

As anyone in the UK knows, that gov.uk site is about as useful as a kick in the nuts

I did hear back from the accountant, and does seem as I need to be up a level or several before being classed as trading and have to worry about income tax, though the CGT part is a pain in the ass... apparently they want a record of every btc transaction, a transaction being: buy btc, sell that btc

No scope for exchanging btc to other crypto, or usdt, or leaving various crypto in exchanges while trading; so as usual, a gov't tax department is far behind the curve of what is actually involved.

everyone still staking fine?

I have around 2500 strat, it took a while but finally got a mined strat on 12th july, another four days later on 16th july, another 5 days later on 21st july, but now 6 days later it shows that my next one is due in 7 days (13 days total, and weird pattern of expected coin: for a few days it showed 5 days remaining, for a few days 6 days remaining, and now today it shows 7 days remaining).

I did see that I made a bit of a cock-up and my wallet was neither encrypted nor locked - I must have left that from install thinking to do it and totaly slipped my mind, and I finally did that the day I got my last reward, so I'm wondering if having it encrypted/unlocked delays the process or something?

Ah, perfect, thankyou mate! 

Hi Guys, another new user to waves who needs some of them in order to make any transactions. Not sure if people are still doing the pay it forward but if they are, I could use a few to get started there

If I'm correct, I only need 3 to get the ball rolling, I can then just deposit some btc and buy some waves with that, the first 3 waves being the fee, then just keep some waves in my portfolio - that about right?

Thanks for any help

more like *around* 12500 stratis continually staking = 1 stratis per day.

little bump for last post in case anyone can help

Had a meeting with my accountant last week and I brought up bitcoins again. He had previously told me if I was buying to hold it's classed as speculating (ie gambling) and no income tax to pay, just CGT if I went over the threshold.

To clarify, I asked last week this question:

"so in theory, I can buy £100 worth of btc week one, sell for £200 week two, and repeat this process throughout the year, if the prices dipped/rose accordingly, and I gambled on that... and at the end of the year my profit of £2600 (£100 profit each 2 weeks) would be subject only to CGT (and ofc falls below the yearly threshold)"

^ Again, a theoretical question, so I could get confirmation that the ONLY thing I need to worry about is CGT (as I'm not a trader arbing on localbitcoins etc, simply a speculator 'gambling' on polo/bittrex/etc). This time I got as a reply:

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"We have reviewed various documents and the tax treatment is a very grey area. It appears profit on trading in Bitcoins may be taxable depending on the frequency and profit being generated.

To enable us to look at it in more detail and hopefully ensure we give you the correct advice could you please let me have the following information:

How often to you buy Bitcoins as an investment.

How much do you tend to invest each time.

How much profit have you made.

It appears if you are investing on a regular basis it may be considered to be trading and be subject to Income Tax or Capital Gain Tax."
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This has put the wind up me slightly (I have around £30k in various crypto at any one time), and I would love if anyone can point me directly to some more concrete 'evidence' so to speak, regarding the difference between being a trader liable for income tax on earnings versus a speculator trying to cash in on dips/lows. My thoughts are trader (in anything) = buy 'stock' from source A, sell said stock at place(s) B(C,D,E,etc)

I'll be stunned if what I do is classed as trading, but as fellow UK people will know, the taxman will grab any chance to anally probe all and sundry if it means they can make a pound from it. I also get that accountants are a bit like seo experts... ask 10 and get 10 different answers, and as for the HMRC it's pot luck whether you get a competent civil servant or a f**kwit giving you totally wrong info, so a bit of a long shot but if anyone KNOWS the answers to what constitutes a trader liable for income tax (CGT is pretty simple) I'd be forever grateful for some input.

Thanks in advance :-)

number 1: time. Far too many worrying about day to day or week to week. Look at 3 - 6 - 9 - 12 months. Stratis has no volatility like btc/eth so you aren't going to suddenly make bank over the course of a week or two. stratis is a long term buy, far different to btc and (of late) eth.

That's a very helpful video, thanks for sharing

perfect, thanks