It is very possible that a country can ban bitcoin. But that is not a real concern because it will be very hard for a country to actually implement the ban. They cannot stop bitcoin from spreading because they cannot stop the internet. The only way to stop bitcoin is to kill the internet, which a country cannot do. They can penalize exchanges or stop them from operating, but there are still other ways to exchange bitcoin without going through centralized exchanges. So they can create a law to ban crypto, but will it be effective?

Can I hold both of them. I believe both of these coins will be very valuable in the future together with NEM and some ICO tokens that I am holding.

Since these thread started, the dollar value of ETH have tripled, I think it will be more and still have steam to push to higher value. But I cannot deny that bitcoin may still reach a new ATH. So I am holding them both.

ICO is riskier than trading just because most ICO does not have real product yet and you are risking that the devs won't run away with your money. And as I observed, most icos are overpriced.

While in trading, you have a history of the project to check and verify before you put some money on it.

Scalping is too risky for me, I prefer to go for long term investment as long as I am sure that the coin I am holding will have real value in the future. But I do not mind scalping those P&D coins who are on a verge of getting pumped. Just get in and out for those kind of coins. 

Be careful in clicking links from your email and be aware of the right mew address. Their are lots of fake mew sites trying to phish your private keys from you. That is how most of MEW accounts have been hacked. Otherwise, if you keep your private keys and careful where you log in, MEW is very safe.

Looks like you bought when the market is pumping and the alts are all in the bull run. But right now, cryptos are all bears but do not lose hope. Seems like you bought some good alt-coins that could be profitable in the long run. Hold them and aim for long term investment. This bear trend will turn around and you will be in profit soon.

I think those are safe enough as long as you keep them offline and you use it for crypto only and no other things. I use a dedicated unit for my wallet and keep them offline. I only put it online to make transactions or updates, otherwise it is safely kept inside my room.

You will need an account in etherscan. It is simple to register and you just need an email address. Then log in and search the address, then click the add to watch list just above the balance. Then you can watch your balance on the main page.

You can use etherscan.io to watch all your address and the good thing is, you do not have to use your private keys to do this. No private keys, more secure. But it have limits, it can only accomodate up to 10 addresses. You have to find another solution if you have more.

It is an eth address so you can atleast have 1 eth in it. For tokens you can buy pkt and CAPP, these projects are good long term investments.

You should also consider giving them NEM and ltc.

There are quite a few like SISA, Startima. SISA did not pay and scammed even the campaign manager. Startima cancelled their project and the bounty. It is the risk you have to take when joining bounty campaigns.


Yeah, I heard this one but it is not the cartaxi's fault. the campaign manager scammed the participant by changing eth address of some. But it did not go well with cartaxi and the ones suffering the most are the investors.

Start with low priced altcoins or tokens. Some tokens with very low price are having a good run right now like PKT and CAPP. PKT is priced at 3$ and CAPP is under 0.5$ but the potential is really great. You can make 3 or 4 times your money in a few months.

Then you can invest in a more serious crypto like NEM, ETH, LTC and BTC.

You are actually right. The year started right for altcoins reaching new heights and almost all of the alts are on green. But this is just maybe because bitcoin has been stagnant for a few weeks and only started to rise recently. If bitcoin started to make a bull run again, all the money will be poured back to bitcoin again, leaving the alts behind.

There are lots of exchanges you can use to trade bitcoin and altcoins. Currently I am using hitbtc, bittrex, poloniex, cryptopia, coinexchange. And there are lot more if you check coinmarketcap. Usually I use the exchange where the alt I want to trade is in because no exchange have all the alts listed.

Holding has been a very effective strategy for bitcoin ever since. You do not have funds anymore, so it is the only way to go for you. I would recommend trading but by the looks of it, you do not have enough knowledge for it, you may lose more than gain if you do it.

It still have lots of potential to grow since I think the ATH was 0.17 BTC. If it reach that high at the current price of bitcoin, more reasons to celebrate.

I think it is normal that you have to check your accounts or price every now and then. It is necessary to keep tabs of every thing that could affect your position like news, fluctuations and everything. But you need to balance your activities because you need to have a social life too. THat is why it is important to do the necessary research before opening a position so you will be confident in your trades and can leave it for a while without panicking.

Should not if the network can support the number of transactions. It should remain within 4-8 gwei but currently it is above 20 gwei which is quite expensive. The problem with bitcoin is happening with ETH, just proves there is still no real solution to scaling problems.

If you are day trading then there is no choice but to leave your funds in the exchange because it will be costly to constantly transferring them from wallet to exchange and vice versa. But if you are an investor and holding your coins for long term, I suggest transfer them to a safe wallet for safe keeping. The wallet should be under your control meaning you own the private key. Bittrex can be trusted but you still do not own the private key of the wallets. If anything happens like bittex got hacked or anything, it will be a total lost.

From now until end of February, bitcoin will have to pump and that could greatly affect the bull run of eth. It can push back the price of eth so I will not expect too much. But I think that price is possible within this year but not as soon as Feb.