I wouldn't mind that myself. But $100 is going to strike fear in many users. Some could see that as a total lose in confidence.

Exchanges do not need to manipulate the price, they receive fees either way. There just isn't enough demand at the moment. That should soon change when bitcoin stays strong every time it touches $300.

Most alts are quick pump and dump coins. They can't ruin the price of anything except themselves. Bitcoin has market cap, active users and merchant acceptance alts can only dream of.

I did not make any predictions, I disproved your specific but weak arguments.

Regulation is not going to kill bitcoin but legitimizes it. Fall in price may hurt hoarders, but promotes mass adoption. Blockchain prunning is in the works. Besides, there are light wallets available, users do not have to use online wallets.

Bitcoin will die someday, not in the way OP described. He is spreading FUD.

Your trust is scaring users away. You might get a better response even from a newbie account. Consider escrow.if you are serious about this.

Bitcoin was created as an experiment to make a statement about the current fiat money system. The statement echoed, gathered many supporters around the world. Some started to mine it for its technical ingeniousity, others mined it for fun. Some had high hopes for bitcoin, but I do not think miners at the time could foresee the success bitcoin has now.

It wasn't designed to be pump and dump from day one, early hoarders made it that way, and now VC funds will continue that trend.

The question is not which one is the best, but which one has free slots for new participants. Go to the campaign overview thread and see for yourself.

Of course it does, that is the main reason of banning bitcoin in countries with exchange controls. They are currently focusing on the exchanges because they can't prevent users from owning bitcoins, only users conventing to local currencies.

Blockchain.info wallet is recommended many times, I will save my breath. I actually would recommend using electrum offline lightweight wallet instead.

I am using both, but I find myself using electrum more and more from a clean notebook at home, as blockchain.info is frequently down and increasingly less secure with all the malware out there.

Good luck to your challenge. I watch matches all the time, 0-0 is more likely than you think. Choose your matches wisely.

Keeping a regular backup of your wallet.json file emailed to you is adequate for recovering your coins when they go. You can also export your keys in plain text if you want, but keep them real safe.

With faucets, I think a higher minimum withdraw limit is good for faucet users and faucet owner in the long run. Less fees for both parties. But newbies wants to be paid dust to feel gratified. So let the users choose is the only work around.

I support this, especially accounts with positive trust. Too many scammers on the loose buying accounts for ponzis and fake mining sites. Good work nutildah.

A confirmation means the transaction is recorded on the blockchain. Anyone can send a transaction containing dust without a fee to pay for something and it may never confirm. Retailers wouldn't want those, so they need a confirmation. I think that is very reasonable.

Currency wars is not only battled on the gold front. Asian central banks are manipulating their exchange rates to boost export, transferring their unemployment to other countries

Linux is a lot mire stable than any M$ operating system. Software is mostly free, so you can build a complete working SOHO environment for nothing. OP may not like it, it is certainly not the worst OS.

Using bitcoin to send and receive money is not easy. There are fees, confirmations, blocks, address, keys... concepts to learn. Better to learn now and make mistakes while bitcoin is relatively cheaper. Do you want to make a mistake now, or when bitcoin is $5000 per piece?

I am a senior member now. I am still marked as full member on the spreadsheet.

I think people will buy bitcoin, make paper wallets and give them out as presents. That is what I will do this Christmas.