I am wondering the same thing. People have the tendency to allow themselves to get delusional and entertain wild ideas when they are seeing profits in front of them...such is the case of people proclaiming the virtue of BCH and BSV which they conclude can kill the real Bitcoin in due course. This is just like politics, I must say. These people promote their wares by destroying all their perceived enemies. At the end of the day, they are not aware they are actually killing themselves. We should not allow ourselves to be deceived by them and their self-vested interests.

I believe that Huawei can never be wiped out by the US government as the market of this Chinese brand has already rooted in many countries across many continents. Though I am sympathizing with the USA on this trade war because I am sure that the Chinese hegemony is getting bigger and worldwide domination is what they are after for. Okay, enough of the politics. I understand that this trade war is helping to prop up interest on bitcoin, am I correct? In other words, the trade war just like any kind of crisis can make bitcoin more attractive as a safe haven (compared to the physical gold the original claimant for this title). The victims of this offing trade war can be USA companies that are doing business in China and vice versa but then again both countries are so open to negotiate so in no time at all I am certain this can be threshed out for good.

Tesla is good for marketing and they how to sell their wares so this must be a step they are taking to stay more relevant in the face of the blockchain's appealing popularity. They also want the brand Tesla to be associated with the blockchain so that it can appear to be innovative and always on the loop with modern and new discoveries. However, if they can implement this idea, then it can be a good additional feature to the things they currently have on the menu. I am sure their targeted market (the rich and famous, of course) will love to ride a car connected to the blockchain. I am thinking maybe they should use the word blockchain with their car soon.

We should suggest that OP just publish the infographic somewhere and get the link attached in here. We can use the infographic even with our social media shares to educate more people about the exciting and mesmerizing history of Bitcoin. I am sure that there are people who are interested to know more with this.

I applaud if indeed Craig Wright will be getting the Ig Nobel Prize Award into his own name as he is deserving of such a big dishonor. Craig Wright is a very interesting personality as he used forgery to get in his way and in the process he learned that he can make big money being a liar and popular. Everybody in the cryptocurrency world is acknowledging that he is such a big joke and should not be taken seriously. Now that he filed the copyright for something he does not own, let's see how will things will turn out for him. At the very least his biggest contribution to the industry is providing some "serious" entertainment.

Most scammers can appeal to our greed or that desire to earn money the fast and easy way. They have been doing that ever since and they are concocting many programs and establishing sites so they can promote their evil design. I was a newbie and got a victim with many HYIP type of programs before some can give us gains while many would say goodbye even days upon starting. With the coming of cryptocurrency, scammers found a big paradise to explore with so many new newbies to enthralled that is why education is always important.

Honestly, this is what I also felt when I started joining the bitcoin bandwagon back in 2017. You see, when we look bitcoin at its peak example the big bull run in 2017 maybe we can really say that we are already left behind but when we research and see what many analysts are saying about the future of this technology we can see that we are still in the pioneering stage. Why? Because with the blockchain this is a game-changer and it can many, many years for something like this to take a good root. As with bitcoin, many are predicting it can go as high as $100,000 conservatively over many years...but as to when that can happen it is so hard to predict and yet we are right now at $8,000 so yes we can conclude that the road is still a very long, winding one. People can enter this beast anytime so there is no basis to stay that one is already left. In fact, it is not even a train I would say that this is a movement.

Indeed, this is a big good news especially for the whole bitcoin community. We need more merchants big and small to accept bitcoin as mode of payment in their business and hopefully with AT&T onboarding this can attract more players within and without the telecom industry. However, this is just one side because it is very critical that there would be a sizable number of customers who will opt to use bitcoin in paying their bills or regular obligations with the company. It would be nice if AT&T will launch a special promotion to entice people to use bitcoin in paying to AT&T.

There is now a name for the cryptocurrency-based payment system that Facebook is planning to debut in 2020 and it is called as GlobalCoin. Indeed, as the name suggest, it would be available globally (well maybe except China, Russia, Iran, North Korea and nations USA is not doing business with) starting with some hand-picked countries. Right now, the team established by Mark to tackle on this project has been communicating with some people involved with regulatory matters to thresh out things so they can start the trial maybe within this year.

With the Facebook empire at the helm and behind the GlobalCoin, people are getting excited and there are now many big investors lining up to be part of the funding circle hoping to snatch part of the estimated $1 billion the project is looking for. With Mark having the Midas touch, investors are thinking that this can be another opportunity of a lifetime. I am not sure though if Facebook will decide to also open the crowdfunding with small investors like in the trending IEOs we have today.

Wow! And of course, there will always be critics of this move by Facebook to join the cryptocurrency craze. There are objecting that what Facebook is getting into is not decentralized and hence can not even be called as genuine cryptocurrency akin to what we see in Bitcoin, Ethereum and the rest of the gang.

Now, considering all of these things and the very big potential of this Facebook project called as GlobalCoin, do you think that soon we can see Mark Zuckerberg not just the emperor of the social media but also the king of cryptocurrency? Or you think that this should be treated just like a normal (though it is very big) project which might also go wrong if the market will not be responding positively? What is your opinion with the foray of Mark into cryptocurrency and will Globalcoin one day be a rival to that of Bitcoin?

What I learned is that the copyright claim filing by Craig Wright in U.S. Copyright Office can be disputed. This can be the best time to act on this because we don't want Craig Wright to win the copyright by default. I think that if there be a counter-claim then it can be put into record and they will let the court decide on the matter. I am hoping there will be a group that can tackle on this and I am sure that if they will be asking for small donations many will share.

Craig Wright, the self-proclaimed creator of Bitcoin, wants to stop the crypto community from referring to BTC as Bitcoin, according to his legal representation. The Australian computer scientist has filed copyright claims to prove his authorship of the seminal Bitcoin white paper entitled, “Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System”, penned by the pseudonymous Satoshi Nakamoto in 2008.

Wright says he invented Bitcoin while operating under the name Nakamoto. Now he wants to take it a step further. According to Wright’s lawyer, he plans to prevent the crypto community from referring to the original token as Bitcoin because he believes it doesn’t embody the qualities described in Nakamoto’s [his] white paper.

Further Road: https://dailyhodl.com/2019/05/23/btc-is-not-bitcoin-says-craig-wright-amid-crypto-copyright-kerfuffle/


And now the show has to go on...welcome to the world of Craig Wright where the truth can be twisted and realities turned into nightmares. Okay, I am just being carried away by the continuing "assault" of Craig Wright against the cryptocurrency community. I am suggesting that the whole community now declare Craig Wright as the official Joker and Comedian.

I am considering this a big good news for bitcoin! This can be a good addition to a growing list of big companies now under the Bitcoin umbrella and we are hoping that more can be coming from the telecom industry. AT&T is a recognized leader of this industry and am sure that its membership would be happy for this important news. This is the kind of adoption we are waiting for...we need famous merchants accepting bitcoin because partly they are also advertising for the whole cryptocurrency movement.

Sports and betting are two intertwined industries and with the emerging popularity of eSports of course expect betting sites to come up with what they can offer to the hungry crowd. I am just sharing here my top list of eSports betting site with added ratings:

https://www.esportsbets.com/reviews/

I am a current member of the top 3 (Betway, Cyberbet and Unikrn) though I am not anymore active as I used to be with them. eSports betting can be an exciting as well as additive type of gambling and one thing I like is that I can analyze the players seeing their weakness and strength before placing my bets.

The way I see it is that successful gamblers experience gain and suffer loss but the most important thing is that something is left at the end of the day so that you can continue on gambling for the next day. Some gamblers are looking at this akin to an enterprise and so they usually rely on mix of factors  -- certainly that includes experience and most importantly luck. There are gamblers who are superstitious and some even have rituals and will be waiting for some signs before proceeding to the game. And yeah, sometimes they can be funny really. I am wondering...is there a school or a degree in gambling?

I am really wondering how come Bittrex is not aware that the Verge wallet is offline or under maintenance so that you can never move your Verge out of the exchange. I am sure you have already contacted their customer support on this problem. Let's hope they gonna do something about it because yeah I agree it would be so unfair on your part in case you might lose your coin but not your own fault. We wish you luck for the fast resolution of this concern.

The cryptocurrency market has had its fair share of controversies, with the latest report from Cointelligence speculating that HitBTC, a popular cryptocurrency exchange, might be insolvent. Cointelligence has claimed that HitBTC has only $3 million in Bitcoin BTC and Ethereum [ETH] across its wallets. This information was provided by a cryptocurrency organization called Coinfirm.

The report has covered four different areas where HitBTC’s data did not match up to what was expected: proof of reserves, withdrawal issues following its new KYC/AML policy, increased withdrawal fees as well as the company’s team.

The cryptocurrency research website further added that they had contacted a user who complained about HitBTC and its reluctance to release funds from its roster after the new KYC/AML update. This issue was raised earlier by another user too, stating that a lot of users were facing trouble while withdrawing their virtual currencies for a couple of weeks.

Further Read: https://ambcrypto.com/hitbtc-insolvency-brought-into-question-as-new-research-points-to-red-flags/

HitBTC is now on the watch out list for possible problems which can lead to its demise. There have been rumors the past few weeks on operational and financial problems aside from the usual complaints of its users. And now a study are confirming about many red flags which can raise doubts on the exchange's viability. Will this be the signal for the end of one of top exchanges we have around?

This is interesting. So the banking industry is opting not to see the advantages and benefits of the blockchain technology and just buried their heads in the sand assuming that innovations can still happen even if they stick to traditional way of doing things. I am not into banking nor am I planning to enter that industry but I am aware that banking is playing a pivotal role in any country's economic progress. Maybe the banking industry is afraid of its own ghost...it does not want to expose itself to the light generated by the blockchain and lose control of something they are not showing to the public.

I really doubt if they will be taking some action on this. In my knowledge, decentralized exchanges do not implement KYC or do they? I am wondering as a decentralized exchange, can EtherDelta really block these transactions from happening or will they just pretend that they are not aware of those identified addresses? And will this not be an issue against the current set-up of decentralized exchanges?

There is no question that there is a strong positive sentiment for bitcoin and even the whole cryptocurrency marketplace. And even a dip which is being experienced right now can never deter many analysts who are predicting that something is brewing here as if bitcoin is just using this lull to gather more energy for the eventual big bull run. This kind of positive outlook will soon be spreading like a wildfire and we will have a market teeming with enthusiastic and energized bitcoin investors, hodlers and just plain supporters.

From what I understand, there is nothing wrong with stablecoin as long as it is properly backed by something and it is usually by the dollar though there are those now experimenting with gold, other fiat currency and yes even T-bills. Stablecoins are very useful in trading and they are there precisely to provide stability hence the name. You ask traders and most likely they are using stablecoins from time to time. Of course, the controversy in Tether got many to question the integrity of the coin and their utility.