I agree that the probability is low. Two consecutive years of 10x increase (that would be 100x in 2 years) are highly unlikely, so I doubt we'll see $100k in 2018.

Right now it looks like a typical (for bitcoin) minor correction: drop from $17k to $14k and a quick bounce back to $15k.

And such assumption is a very wrong approach provided that there is no list of required dependences.


Thanks, I've found that I have dnspython for python 2.x, not for python 3.x (package python3-dnspython). Installing it fixed the first error, but now there is another:

Error: No module named 'pyaes'. Try 'sudo pip install <module-name>'

I've installed all cryptography-related packages for python 3 I was able to find, but it did not help.

Thanks. I've downloaded the bootstrap file, but importing is incredibly slow. I hope it can be interrupted and then restarted for the position where it stopped, otherwise I would probably not be able to complete the process at all.

Excuse me for posting here, but I hope it is appropriate to write about Electrum forks too. have a Electron Cash 2.9.4 and today i've tried to upgrade to 3.1.1 (I have a strong password and I rarely run Electron Cash so I'm not especially worried by the latest vulnerability). 3.1.1 does not run, showing a message:

Error: No module named 'dns'. Try 'sudo pip install <module-name>'

I have python-dns and python3-dns packages installed (I'm using Debian). I've tried to download and run 3.1 and 3.0 - they do not work too, version 3.1 fails with a different message:

Error: No module named 'xmlrpclib'. Try 'sudo pip install <module-name>'

Electrum 3.0.5 runs fine on the same system (in watch-only mode, but I suppose it does not matter).

It seems that Electron Cash 3.0 and 3.1.1 distributions lack 'packages' folder, which is present in both Electrum 3.0.5 and Electron Cash 2.9.4. There is such a folder in Electron Cash 3.1, but it seems to be incomplete.

Look like I have to continue to use 2.9.4 and wait for a new, working version.

It may sound strange, but I have found about this coin only yesterday. Fortunately, I have found an old wallet.dat backup from the times I used the full BTC client (no bitcoins there anymore). Importing worked and I've got some Clams, but the client cannot sync. First it became stuck on some old block (almost three years ago). I have downloaded the blockchain from cryptochainer.com, and now the client just writes 'out of sync' and does nothing (but it shows 19 active connections to the Clam network). Of course, stacking does not work.

Interesting list. Does anyone use DSX? It is in Tier 1 here, but there is very little information about this exchange.

Absolutely not. Banks and credit are inherent, irremovable parts of the current economic system. They may easily adopt cryptocurrencies, like they adopted paper money before, but they are not going away. It will require much more radical changes.

It's possible. The price seems to be recovering, so reaching the previous ATH should not be a big problem. It may take time, although.

In most cases you can. Some campaigns require participating for at least two weeks, but since most campaigns are at least four weeks long, skipping two weeks from the beginning is OK. There are some campaigns that limit the number of participants (so you have to apply early), but usually they are not for newbies and juniors.

In terms of market capitalization? Maybe, but probably not too soon and maybe only temporarily. Now Ripple is experiencing a huge rise, but I see a couple of peculiarities. Firstly, the price at Korean exchanges is much higher. Secondly, there was a very similar pump (to almost the same XRP/BTC rate) in May. Surely, Ripple allows fast and cheap transactions, but this may be just an artificial pump, followed by a dump.

Cash was used for criminal activities for many centuries, first coins, then paper money. It's just a tool, and bitcoin is a tool also.

You need no balance to receive tokens (transaction fees are paid by senders). However, some airdrops require receiving address to have some minimum balance (like 0.1 or 0.01 ETH) to discourage claiming tokens to multiple accounts.

I think $100k is an exaggeration. It would mean 100x increase in 2 years, which is extremely unlikely. I am optimistic about bitcoin, but the rise will be probably slower than in 2017.

I do not think bitcoin is going down the drain, and it may retain its first place, but the overwhelming domination is over. I think there will be several cryptocurrency niches. Bitcoin may be a good investment instrument, but it is not a viable payment system. Ripple may take this role, and some time it may even become no. 1 by market cap.

I doubt that 2018 will be crazier than 2017, at least for bitcoin. As for altcoins - there will be surprises, and probably big ones.

I am cautiously optimistic. Maybe there will be no huge pump, but I expect the price to slowly rise back to $20k.

Yes, we'll have to wait until next year. The sideways trend of the last days may continue until January.

One year is a big period in the world of crypto, and it is very difficult to make any predictions. But it may be a year of diversity, that is, of different coins not trying to be universal "Number 1", but occupying different niches. Depending on implementation of Lightning Network, bitcoin may start to be extensively used for payments or may fully move to the "digital gold" role - slow, expensive, but trusted and reliable. Ethereum network can be easily clogged too, so it may become a tool for contracts, ICOs , etc., but not for payments. Ripple is interesting, fully anonymous coins (like Monero) are also promising.

While I'm cautiously optimistic and think that the growth will continue, I doubt that bitcoin price can make another 10x increase in 2018. Slower and steadier growth is more likely and better.