Yeah, I made this mistake once - switched phones and mistakenly thought it would back up like all other Google apps. Didn't realize that wasn't the case before I wiped the old phone. I had a hard time with Bittrex support getting my account unlocked - I had to provide information about recent transactions and the like.

As other's have said, though, there's not a way around it without the QR or backup code. Hopefully the support team for whatever account you're locked out of will be helpful. Best of luck.

I suppose if you're a good trader, then hodl makes less sense as you can make money if the market's down or up. That being said, it's important to know your own limitations. My trading attempts have gone rather poorly, so hodl it is.

I like KuCoin pretty well. It's where I trade my Onions and I've never had any issues or delays from them.

It certainly can be, but the bear market has probably quelled things somewhat for me.

I have a history of addiction (sober two years now) so unless crypto is consuming and interfering with your normal life, I wouldn't worry about it too much.

Oddly enough, I got a call from BitcoinIRA today as a follow up for an informational call I made. The website is scarce on details, but there's an initial fee as well as a maintenance fee (custodian and security fee). The rep told me they're running a special until the 22nd where the initial investment can be as low as $5,000. I don't see that on their website, so that might have just been trying to get me to bite.

It's tempting, but I think I'm more likely to just put money for retirement towards my own crypto purchases and keep in a ledger hardware wallet. 

DeepOnion was one that wasn't a scam; Minereum hasn't done so hot but it wasn't a scam. The current campaign I'm involved in, PRIVCY looks to be on the up and up. In reality, though, it's hard to say until after the fact. As long as you're not giving out personal information and private keys, there's no harm in signing up for an airdrop.

I believe it will, although I'm tired of trying to guess the exact date or moment.

Regardless of whether it does or not, you either believe in the technology or you don't. If you don't, it's probably best to speculate in other areas of investment you're more comfortable with.

We're coming up on the one year anniversary of the start of this thread in a few days - hope the Dev comes back with some positive news soon.

PM sent

Is it too late to get in on this?

Craziness aside, I'm looking forward to this one.

All my crypto earnings have come from airdrops/signature campaigns. I'm nowhere near 7 figures, but I've done alright.

Day trading with volatile alts is a great way to lose anything you may have earned, lol. Best of luck, though.

The article links the actual report for anyone interested. It can be found here and starts on page 201.

https://www.congress.gov/115/crpt/hrpt596/CRPT-115hrpt596.pdf

Pretty positive stuff overall; I wonder who wrote that particular chapter.

Yeah, it's definitely below the minimal purchase. You're going to have to risk a bit more.

I've used GDAX hundreds to times though, with no issues. There's plenty of YouTube's out there to ensure you're doing the limit order properly.

Investments aren't a guarantee. If he can't handle the market swings, he should probably just cut his losses and get out. If he has a small amount of patience, however, he should eventually gain his capital back and then some.

Considering that most governments are actively trying to stop the use of physical cash, I wouldn't be surprised if it disappears from the mainstream in the next 20 years. There will be pockets of use in places where technology or the internet are scarce, but it's on its way out.

Cool resource, thanks for the post - I'll have to check it out when I have some free time. I'm amassing quite the library - now if I could only find time to actually read through it.

Neo is on sale right now, I'd pick that out of the two and start earning some gas and not give your money to a centralized coin like XRP.

If you're not too technically savvy, you can always use a turn creation service - like minereum, for example.

http://tokenservice.minereum.com

I've been using it since the second beta release - it's an interesting idea - hopefully it will introduce crypto to people that otherwise wouldn't bother.

Lots of people seem to be on here just to bump up their post count without actually looking into the tech - as has been stated many times - this doesn't actually use your phone to mine - it's simulated. The resource and data usage is negligible at best.

I think it'll probably get listed there sooner rather than later, but I'd rather spend my money on actual decentralized coins even if it means missing out on a pump.