Solid idea, maybe for online shopping, but I am skeptical it could work in everyday life, the article makes the comparison with Starbucks, fair enough but how are you going to convince everyday life merchants to give away those tokens.
This would work in a perfect world... I think the idea sounds great but maybe it is too good too soon? It could work in year 2025 when blockchain technology has became adopted and understood by all? Hard to tell. But thanks for sharing, did not know about this project

Fork from Zcash if I am not mistaken. Not a bad project at all on paper.
When do they start running coins on their platform? Waiting for this...

Several such services already exist on the web.
For example this one > http://spendbitcoins.com

Very good news.
Of course you'll have to be very brave to bet against Bitcoin in the short term (middle term) but good news to give this option. After all this is possible in the stocks market too. This will make things more balanced, and we will see if the big mouths we hear around will dare to back their words with action?

This is an obvious mistake, I never heard of anyone paying 132 USD fee to make a transaction?
What is your wallet?

Is it related to Catalonia independence?
If so, that would be huge since Catalonia is seriously planning to launch a "national cryptocurrency". Last time I heard about it was a month ago and I don't think the coin is launched yet.
If I am off topic then I apologize.

I would guess 24?
One block is generated 4 times faster than Bitcoin (6 transactions). That is just a guess though.

As long as Bitcoin transactions get more and more expensive, more and more people will get into altcoins. Litecoin has proved to be a reliable one, it has been on the market for a long time now, and so benefits from its reputation which makes buyers feel safe about their investment.

Did you get your money back + small profit from the coin bought on the first exchange? Or did I misunderstand?

Hi akashark. First of all, you need passionate people behind the project who know what they are doing, with obviously experience in the field.
A good example, you can check The Abyss project here > https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2526681
When you know online gaming is at its very peak right now, the good number of specialists behind the project is a very good sign that we might see a very big success by this team.
Just don't be too greedy too quickly and wait for the projects to take form. 

If it can help the transaction fees it would be great.
Then it can lose its attractiveness to some investors when we get a more stable price, but also attract other kinds of investors, the ones who usually buy stocks, trade on stocks, are happy with a 10% profit over a period of six months (the "reasonable" investors), I mean especially when we know banks in US will probably now offer Bitcoin to their customers, that means more "average Joe" among the holders.





Your replies are all off topic if you took the time to read the questioning of the original poster.

The thing is, if I did not know anything about Bitcoin I would perhaps think the same, because the potential is huge. But question is: does McAfee know Bitcoin is not a currency?
Does it know it is impossible to buy everyday life products with Bitcoin because of big fees and transaction time?
I hope for him he knows a little about what he invested into!

Hi mate. I can read Chinese (decently) but cannot really type yet. By any chance, do you please have an article or source about this? From a local media support perhaps?

The skeptics are so because Bitcoin has became a pure speculative asset. I can understand where they are coming from.
I mean how many holders right now know the basics of blockchain, how it works, how mining works, etc.? Truth is there are many newbies investing now and looking to sell as soon as they can for a quick profit.
That's why I believe there will be major corrections on the price in the near future.
That being said I remain optimistic in the long term, as long as the fees concern can be looked into.

Coinbase is reliable, you should contact the support center.
Kraken have recurrent issues lately, check their Twitter > https://twitter.com/krakensupport/status/939771569118896129
Please check status here: http://status.kraken.com 
Staff are hard at work on testing upgrades soon to be deployed.
Kraken was my favorite broker until this year, they say the issues should be solved in two or three days, hopefully it is done for good this time.

Sorry to disagree but 3% is big, very big when you are a trader, those guys are looking at 0.5%, 1% profit on the trades they place. At least that was the case when I was doing arbitrage on sports odds five years ago. 

Not sure, I'll be honest their support center is not good. Sent them twice a question and I never got any reply from them, that's not professional and not a good way to keep your customers happy.
I bought from them because they were one of the fews to accept payment with bank card (the fee is intimidating though).
Don't think I will go back to them unless they work on their fees and their customer service.

That being said, they verified my KYC very quickly before I bought so I can not be too harsh on them.

Why don't you try another broker?

A major difference is the size of the block, not sure if you are aware but Bitcoin Cash is 8MB.

Great question, very relevant.
Holders back in 2011, 2012 etc had no problem holding even when the price was stable for a while, because they truly believed in the original idea behind Bitcoin, and were thinking long term.
These days are perhaps not over yet, but let's be honest, there are loads of people now buying Bitcoin to make a quick profit, they don't understand the concept and will sell as soon as possible.
This is a personal opinion but I believe the drop in price last two days is due to big investors buying at 10,000 because of the hype, and selling at 15,000... I mean they know nothing about cryptos, but made a 50% profit in two weeks time, can you blame them?

Hi akashark. I was still a newbie when Bitcoin Cash was born so I did not follow the story much and cannot really tell, but from what I know, many consider Bitcoin Cash as an altcoin, just like any other altcoin. Truth is, you cannot deny the power of Bitcoin Cash (transactions speed and fees) but many holder dumped it to get free Bitcoin. Those who hold Bitcoin before August 1 had the possibility to claim the same amount in Bitcoin Cash, and many just traded them for Bitcoin or sold them for fiats.
Now, I know Segwit2x was supposed to help Bitcoin, especially knowing that Bitcoin is too limited right now, because of the size of the block (1MB).
Segwit2x size block was agreed to be 2MB, to help transactions be quicker.
Truth to be told, it seems like a fork happens when the community behind Bitcoin disagrees on future developments, hence a fork to split the blockchain. It does not give Bitcoin a good image though. I think the more forks will happen and the more people will simply ignore them and keep their Bitcoins.
What's happening right now is a lot of people just profiting from these forks to get free money.