Judging from above infographic on the members of Libra Association (some of which have already withdrawn),  I don't think its really aimed on remittance industry alone, since its partners came from varied industries such as blockchain,payment solutions, fintech, online marketplaces, telecommunications, Non profit NGO's, etc and If I'm not mistaken, non of which came from the remittance industry.

Although it could be used as currency for remittances, I assume that its use case could be far more bigger which could include almost any other industries where it is applicable.

Lastly, if they've really aimed Libra on remittances, then they could have partnered with the biggest names in international remittance in the likes of Western Union and MoneyGram but this has never materialized so far. Imho.

Link: https://libra.org/en-US/partners/

I was wondering if this is a coincidence or not since its has been observed and reported that there is a trend of increasing Bitcoin addresses that holds 1K BTC or more. While some are suggesting whales are accumulating, I personally believe big investors and institutions have  joined the bandwagon which could be an indication of a bullish sentiment in crypto.

Related thread: A rise on Bitcoin addresses that holds 1k BTC or more is a bullish sign!

Magandang impormasyon ito ukol sa clipboard malwares para sa kaalaman ng lahat at magsilbing din paala ala sa kapwa natin. Dahil dito, nais ko ding bigyan ng kahalagahan ang pagkakaroon ng mabuting depensa at seguridad ng ating mga komputer o net devices sa pamamagitan ng mga sumusunod:

1. pag install ng antivirus programs at pantilihing updated palagi.
2. regular na pag scan ng malwares gamit yung antivirus at least once a week.
2. pag install ng firewall
3. paggamit ng password manager (keepass)
4. paggamit ng VPN or TOR
5. ifamiliarize at ikompara ng mabuti yung mga BTC addresses na ginagamit natin bago gumawa ng ano mang aksyon.

Ang mga hakbang na ito ay hinde guarantee na makakaiwas tayo palagi sa mga malwares pero malaki yung chance na hindi tayo maging biktima ng malwares na katulad nito.

I don't think so! But for the sake of argument, based on what you've stated, its true that it cannot be controlled by any Government. So assuming that an investor bought Bitcoin on its ATH and kept it a cold wallet for long term hodling, and today he'd decided to sell it! Now, will he be thinking its a safe haven when he'd realized that  more than half of the value of his BTC was lost? I doubt he will!

Then I would also assume he would try to hodl it again and wait a little longer and hope it will regain its ATH just to make a break even with his original investment - praying for a bull market to come soon. In this scenario, I don't think he will ever think again that Bitcoin is a safe haven as possibly as it could. Imho.

Don't just be easily persuaded by a few eye catching articles promoting some crypto projects but rather, make your due diligence and conduct an adequate research on the project and act based on your assessment.

After all, its your money and if something goes wrong with your investment decision, then there is no one else to blame but you though at least you have done your part and could make it a part of your experience to further flourish in this endeavor.

If we could look at above chart on Paypal's payment transaction volume , then we could deduced that if that current rate of Paypal's volume continues its upward trajectory, then Bitcoin might have a hard time overtaking Paypal, not unless its volume will show a declining pattern  over a period of several years which I doubt wouldn't happen. But, I think its still a possibility and that many things could happen within a period of ten years.


Source: https://www.statista.com/statistics/277841/paypals-total-payment-volume/
           https://www.ccn.com/everyones-hodling-only-1-bitcoin-volume-merchants/

@OP, where did you get this idea? I think whoever had suggested this into you  about Bitcoin being a safe haven might be joking! How can BTC become a safe haven when we see its  regular price fluctuations which could be scary for someone planning to move their assets safely? This is ridiculous or maybe you are just plugging one of your stash for added exposure? 

Could the OP provide us link on that debate if available?

If its indeed true on what OP had observed on that debate, then it feels like fielding an inexperienced and weaponless soldier into a war where the enemies are veterans and have adequate firepower to demolish on those who will stand on their way! I guess we all know what will be the outcome with that kind of scenario!

I think it might be better if the crypto-community would pre select our own crypto ambassador(s), who have adequate knowledge in all things related to cryptocurrency and blockchain technology and its benefits in economics, finance and other related industries that might benefit from it - to represent us with those kinds of events and face these naysayers defeat them in a convincing matter! Imho.

Palagay ko may kunting issue lang siguro sa coins.ph side at mainam siguro na tawagan yung support nila para maasikaso issue mo. Sa experience ko naman kay M.Lhuiller nung first time akong mag cash out sa kanila ay muntik na akong makauwi ng bahay ng wala sa oras kasi sabi ng attendant bumalik nalang daw muna ako dahil yung program nila pang access ng coins.ph ay nag eeror daw at first time din daw nakaranas yung attendant na yun ng ganun sa front-end nila, inisip ko naman antayin ko nalang mga isang oras, kasi alam kong bago palang na tap ni coins.ph yung kanilang service so posibleng may mga konting issues pa na lalabas.

Sinabi ko nga pakitawagan mga ibang branch nila kung nakaranas ba din sila ng technical error o kaya sa support ng M. Lhuiller pero hinde ito nangyari kaya nag antay nalang ako mga isang oras at buti nalang at gumana na yung program nila. Pagkatapos nun, mga ilang ulit pa din akong gumamit pag cash kay M. Lhuiller pero so far ay wala namang ibang hassle at anumang issues na lumabas.

Duly noted Sir! I think you also have a point and I admire having a healthy discussion with you and the rest of the the community, to share our ideas and opinions in light of these developments with the aim of gaining some useful insights in this industry.

Anyway, as cryptoenthusiasts, I think we could both agree that an imminent bull run is about to happen, as what you've stated - regardless of any data or statictics that might or might not support it. I guess most of us here also share the same ideals of a robust crypto industry.

I have listed in my previous posts some kind of a checklist which could be used as a guide for identifying whether a project is a scam or not, regardless whether if its an ICO, IEO or STO. I hope this could be of use to you. - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5144508.msg51103208#msg51103208

Nais ko ibahagi yung mga phishing emails na natanggap ko noong 2017, nung gumagamit pako dati ng slack buti nalang nakita ko kaibahan ng url kasi pag na click mo link kopyang kopya talaga yung MEW site. Sanay mag silbing babala itong mga palatandaan ng phishing emails sa ating lahat.



Ito yung tunay na link ng MEW - pansinin nyo pagkakaiba - https://www.myetherwallet.com/#view-wallet-info

I guess most crypto  investors right now would shy away from participating in any STO or own any security tokens without being clear on where it stands in terms of compliance with securities laws and regulations especially in the U.S. where the SEC is probing tokenized securities if they are indeed compliant!

As we have observed, most projects conducting a STO have been affected or slowed down by this regulations clampdown and exchanges are getting hesitant to list tokens perceived as securities for fear of any Government actions that could put them together with the project and its stakeholders in a very disadvantageous position.

In line with this, it might be also interesting to note that a number of leading crypto companies have created the CRC or the Crypto Rating Council to classify coins or tokens if they are indeed a security or not and I think it will serve as a guideline for these companies to become more compliant in SEC rules and regulations.

Reference thread: The Creation of CRC (Crypto Rating Council) - Its influence on cryptocurrencies.

Sana magsilbi itong inspirasyon para lalo pa nating pag igihang mapabuti yung nilalaman ng mga posts nating lahat. At kung sakaling hinde makatanggap ng merit ay ok lang at mas lalo ko pang pagsisikapang makaipon ng merits. Salamat.

I believe the producer/director didn't do their homework or maybe doesn't have a clue about the difference of blockchain and internet. Though its true that there are some key blockchain innovations designed to improved internet functionalities such as file storage, messaging, etc., but it wasn't designed as an alternative to internet or much worst act as its replacement.


If only they knew whatever happened to Cryptopia back then,  I'm sure they would have gladly change the film's title.

Well lets just hope that this scenario indicates that more new whales are coming to the scene and not just with those veteran whales accumulating more BTC's as much as they could! What you've stated is probably true, and you're just like saying that "the rich becomes richer, while the poor becomes poorer" but I guess its a reality!

I just hope maybe someday, Bitcoin will achieve a more wider distribution and adoption which could result in us getting less fears from market manipulation and undue influence supposedly coming from some of these whales.

Just a quick thought! There are two possibilities that came to my mind about this developer. One is maybe he/she is a late bloomer in the ICO scene that is why he/she is charging a very low cost development fee which is ridiculous and in fact, I doubt if he/will get a 1k dollar income on more than 10 projects he/she will help setup or maybe be given a huge bonus if the scam ICO succeeds! I think if only he had experienced the ICO boom of 2017 then he/she would be more likely could have charged more than 1,000 times per project!

The other one is that maybe he/she is also a scammer whose target could be scammers also. In anyway, these are shameless and blatant examples of greed and should be outright avoided! I also wonder why Fiverr didn't act accordingly and discourage those obvious freelancers doing services that help propagate and encourage more scams and scammers alike.


I was referring to the general crypto scene where cryptosphere has been targeted by scammers even before Ethereum became operational and ICO's became buzzword.

I hope that documentary will be comprehensive enough to tackle  other crypto issues such as crypto security, government regulations, scam projects defrauding people with their hard earned money, etc.,  and could also give us more useful insights into this industry.

At least I'm hoping it will be projected in a balanced and objective point of view so that maybe people will hopefully one day would consider adopting this emerging technology.

I think those 3070 addresses mentioned on that article didn't clarify that it represents just 0.01 percent of the total Bitcoin addresses and not on the total Bitcoin supply. In fact, as per data from https://bitinfocharts.com/top-100-richest-bitcoin-addresses.html , those addresses that holds 1k BTC or more are comprised of only 2,166 addresses which is inconsistent on what the article had previously stated.

Moreover, those addresses which have of a consolidated total of about 7,530,271 BTC, is roughly 41.86 percent of the total BTC supply including those BTC on the top 4 addresses which are presumed belonging to exchanges.

Interestingly, those addresses which holds BTC in 1k - 10k range accounts for about 26.7 percent of the total BTC supply but I guess I must admit that its too early to assert if we are indeed in a bullish period right now considering there could many factors that have caused this surge in BTC addresses that are holding more than 1k BTC although I hope I'm correct on my assumption that indeed were starting in a bullish phase right now. Imho.



Source: https://bitinfocharts.com/top-100-richest-bitcoin-addresses.html

Recently, there has been a steady increase on the number of unique Bitcoin addresses that holds at least 1k BTC or more and this trend has been consistent for several months now, which started from the earlier period of 2019! As per news articles, most crypto observers had suggested the idea that its possible that big investors and institutions could be behind this trend where it seems they are possibly accumulating BTC under $10k price range.


To my understanding, I think this is a bullish sign for BTC, and whats more exciting is that this trend hasn't happened especially in the 2017 bull market! Kindly share with us your thoughts and ideas about this metric.

Sources: https://glassnode.com/
             https://cointelegraph.com/news/2-key-indicators-show-traders-are-accumulating-bitcoin-under-10k
             https://cointelegraph.com/news/growth-of-btc-millionaires-now-matches-bitcoins-early-years-new-data