Of course it is fair. As long as you have a farm full of Antminer 9s.
Seriously, if your definition of "fair" is that every PC owner can mine some bitcoins, then you should learn more about economics and market dynamics.
Consolidation happens sooner or later. Focus on other ways to earn BTC, IMO.

This fork definitely have some use cases as a currency and is much better than Litecoin, IMO. But it shouldn't be compared to Bitcoin, I think, despite the common history and code base.

I am seeing this trend lately, too. This is definitely a new evolution. The problem is that I just don't see how ordinary investors can gain out of it, nor do I understand what is the direct benefit of the stablecoin issuers. Any thoughts?

I saw the potential in Waves almost a year ago and I was an investor for that period. Due to the depressing market cycle, I lost faith in the project and sold just prior to the current spike and I regret it now.
I am doubtful about replacing Ethereum, but the Waves ecosystem is better than the overhyped NEO for sure.

I am seriously thinking that the Stablecoins will be the ones that achieve mass adoption for payments and not BTC.
The downside when holding stablecoins is, that you are still in the same fiat based economy, while BTC will be the hedge.

I am positive that Ethereum will recover and surpass the all time high levels, but I don't think it will be in the near future.
The sharding, plasma and Casper developments are long-term projects that God knows when will be delivered. They keep being resheduled and I don't see any other catalysts for moving ETH price (compared to BTC, not USD).

I completely agree this is the right time to start and renew all activities in the crypto sphere.
I was out for 6 months due to the poor market conditions, but I guess it can't get any worse and all the work done now will be equivalent to the 2017 pre-boom months.

Not exactly the case, OP!
From regulatory perspective every beneficiary of a token from the token issuance should be verified. It is in the grey whether bounty hunters should go through KYC, and the ICO teams prefer to play it safe and require it just in case.
I agree, that whether KYC will be required from bounty hunters should be annouced prior to starting the bounty campaign, though.

You don't find gems. You study projects like crazy and then you pray one of your long-shot educated guesses gets lucky! Because there is no way to make good judgements with start-ups on such an early phase of development.

I don't know what is happening with the Austrian economy, but this seems so desperate move from the government to get some fresh money. Things should be really, really bad there.

5$ for XRP sounds ludacris. This is a 10x over the current price. And for a token that nobody needs to hold and can be converted on the go for miliseconds.
Nobody will ever buy coffee with it. It's only the banks and they are not flocking to buy it, although xRapid is just around the corner.

XRP definitely have to potential to overcome ETH in the short to mid term. The developments around Ethereum will take years and I don't see any news catalysts to drive the price up.
XRP has much more under the hood right now, I think.

Everything that is not Bitcoin is an altcoin.
What is interesting to me is what happens in the very unlikely scenario when some of the forks overtakes the original Bitcoin? Will it still be considered an altcoin? 

It can, if you go hard, if you go big and if you go in the right moment. What I mean is 16-hour work days, without a rest day for 2-3 months just before a huge bull market. Then you are rich.

It doesn't make any difference. The marketcap won't be affected at all.
And it doesn't matter what we prefer. What matters is what will the use case of the token be and this will determine how many decimal points it needs for good user experience.
The ICO team decides this.

Even if the price of ETH goes to 30$ in the short-term, this project and this ecosystem of developers is so huge, that it can't go away.
Some of the world's most brilliant minds are working on it after all.

Crypto to me means freedom! It gave me so much! The opportunity to work from home! The chance to be my own boss! Crypto to me is a way of life! A lifestyle and a philosophy!

IDEX works the fastest and the easiest for me. There are no unnecessary distractions and choices that loses your time.
Simple interface, simple options, efficient job done.

Currently, I am selling my altcoins as soon as possible not because the projects are bad, but because the whole sentiment around ICOs is pretty negative and the market doesn't want to buy altcoins.

It is exactly the right time to invest in cryptocurrencies. It is not late at all. If you look at the prices, whether you invest now or a year ago, there is not much difference. Most assets are belows the prices of the same day last year. How can it be late then?