It is the same with jewellery and expensive watches, if it's worth money they will go after it. Bitcoin can be hidden so if you don't flaunt it then you can safely hold it, much better than jewellery

Bounty campaigns are becoming a lot less profitable these days, many turn out to be scams, others do not reach the soft cap, and frequently now they change the rules rigt at the end. Don't do this full time, not worth it

Life as a crypto trader is draining, not only for energy but also your finances. This bear market has been punishing for the majority of us, to the extent that the OP is not the only one who has considered giving up trading, thinking about it myself!

The number of successful bounties in recent times is declining, it is hard to think of a reason for this. Could be due to a bad choice of campaigns or the sheer number of ICOs that are being released every day

There are many coins that are already better than bitcoin, even the ones lower down in the listings below 100 on the coinmarketcap listings. However, they cannot match the bitcoin brand and that is why it is dominating above all the other coins

Merit has certainly helped but there are more important things for the project team to focus on, like meeting the softcap. If someone uses multiple accounts it is not a big deal to them, as long they fulfill the requirements of the bounty then every form of promotion will help

Do you require KYC for investors and anyone participating in the bounty?

I don't know if they actually bother to verify, it would probably cost them money to check each application and it will take a long time administratively. The question is where people get these fake IDs, do people actually scour the dark web to find them?

Justin is a master of marketing, there are so many projects that are a million miles better than tron but they are no where near as successful due to poor marketing. I don't think much of tron but with him in charge i think it is a good investment

Liking the sound of zero tax on crypto, i'm surprised that more crypto companies have not set up shop in Belarus. If i was a whale i'd transfer some assets there and open a bank account, would certainly spend some time there as well

Zcash is the only one worth it's price, offering privacy features makes it a cut above the others. It has a list of corporate supporters and highly academic creators, it will probably surpass Monero later on

After this really long bear market i bet the number projects ending up on dead coins is going to increase. Most will have dumped their ETH to try and stay afloat which has resulted in ETH prices plummeting.

STO is the corporate version of an ICO which is both good and bad. It moves away from the concept of decentralisation which is the vision of Satoshi and his bitcoin, but it gives investors peace of mind that it is highly unlikely to be a scam

Most will be scammers trying to get your personal details to sell on the underground markets. I would only do a KYC for a trusted project with full transparency, and it would have to be a good profitable one, otherwise avoid like the plague

This is good advice, the problem is that once started and investing several weeks of time into it, it feels very annoying to give it up. However, you are right as there no point flogging a dead horse, just pack it in and leave

I'd say there are two types of investors. The ones that are in it for a fast buck by buying at the pre-sale (huge discount) and dumping early, or there are ones that really believe in it and buy at ICO for the long term investment.

Only $10k? You must have a small mind With bakkt and ETF bitcoin will pump to the moon again, think $20k and all time highs. Even if only one is approved there will be a pump, but with both we're talking triple price increases

It goes to show that when something is easy to use it will be exploited. Waves is a brilliant platform but because it is too easy to use, it is now filled with scammy ICOs. Ethereum is being simplified hence it is filling up with scams and worthless ICOs

There is no currency that is worth mining on a smartphone, you can get electroneum but it's not worth wrecking your phone for. It would be better to simply download an app and use it for trading coins instead.

Invest slow to being with, some newbies might decide that one coin like ethereum is amazing and go all in, then discover that it doesn't pump as much as ethereum classic. Do small investments then scale up when you become more experienced