Things will get back to normal in no time, we have to understand that demand for ethereum has been overwhelming of late and this should be expected for any service...and need to leave eth has some good projects on its platform.
They are good times indeed and the only way to avoid these delays in confirmations is to have more miners.

Why not? if you will call your bitcoin or ethereum coins an investment then you need to be ready to break the bank regardless of the price .

Wouldnt say often but people do buy these crypto currencies including myself, somethings you just need to give up somethings to afford the cryptocoins.

One of the problems that makes it difficult to spot a fake site from a legit site is some projects use domains that are not yet popular and scammers have little to do by simply using the premium domains like  [dot] com, [dot] net etc and writing down these phishing sites will be to much work to do, i think the suggested solution of bookmarking is the best.

Some coins have always enjoyed a good run whenever bitcoin is bullish and some explode as a result of a strong supporting community but at the end of the day we just have to accept that we shall win some and lose some...thats just the nature of cryptos no need to get mad about this.

Bitcoin being decentralized means its difficult to control and if a country allows it, it simply means giving up control, but some counties like Japan are having it under their control through exchanges and traders who act as their proxy of control.

Some countries ban cryptos to keep certain crimes under their control, some are preventing people from getting away with money laudering or simply because the govt does want to lose out on revenue.

AFAIK we have some legit ICOs and of course some scam projects that are only interested in the money aspect and will disappear immediately after collecting these funds
My recommendation that comes to determining the right project is finding projects with team members that have a digital footprint that can be easily traced on recognizable platforms like LinkedIn if not that their past work should have easy reference and if possible the ICO should have a prototype of a project before crowd sourcing.

Bitcoin replacing gold is highly unlikely because these are in different worlds, bitcoin is based on technology and gold is basically a precious metal but where the real difference comes is based on demand and price. Bitcoin will have more demand than gold because btc is easier to get and more people will prefer to invest in bitcoins because of the high return on investment as compared to gold.

You already own two cryptocurrencies that are considered the most valuable in today's crypto market and with the rise of bitcoin value I honestly think the best coin to add to your investment portfolio should be Monero.. as feel governments sooner or later will start to intervene with all sorts of regulations to get digital currencies under their control.

At the rate at which bitcoin is moving its possible so see $25,000 before the end of the year or not to get our hopes to high earliest this could happen is in the first quarter of 2018.

I think people had a lot of time to research about what bitcoin is all about, maybe thats the reason behind why prices are skyrocketing right now because they are now actually investing in it.

According to the record books bitcoin is considered as the most important because it helped put the blockchain on the radar  which later on allowed other altcoins to be born but to be honest, both Bitcoin and ethereum are quickly important because they are compliments of each other and the devs themselves could use one or two code lines from either coins to perfect and ensure the smooth running of the network...which is why we have different devs forking the bitcoin network to fix all bottlenecks as its still a work in progress.

-First choosing that one currency to be the global currency can bring division if there is a deadlock as super powers would want their currency to be picked.
- I think the idea of having one currency would make trade much cheaper as countries would not require an exchange to do business.
If all countries are in support of a global currency, then Yes we just might have that unity and countries that have economies collapsing could be saved too.

Holding is one way of ensuring the value of bitcoin rises and it has nothing to do with greed, let us not forget bitcoin was worth peanuts some time back and very few people took this technology seriously.

Nothing like greed here, people want to be spoon fed all the time and for anyone to be successful they need to sacrifice resources to enjoy the investment in the future. Backfire lol just invest and stop asking too many questions

I  ❤️  cryptos because I find them easy to use
-cryptos give us the financial freedom that we do not get with fiat.
-cryptos are for everyone regardless of financial status or where that person is from.
-cryptos can be used for more than one purpose other than being used as currency, it can be used as an investment as well.

There was a time the club would have let Martial to leave the club but seeing how well his fighting for his place in the starting eleven, a sale for Martial is definitely off the table as his instrumental to the club. Right now money isnt a big deal for Manchester United but football being a business a club that would be willing to break the bank might get him.
Antonio Conte  is a smart manager, I don't not think he can leave a strong team like Chelsea for an A.C. Milan side I see to be struggling...I expect Conte to extend his contract and the good thing about rumours is they do not always turn out to be true.

I agree with you, apparently government support is what these businesses need as its the only way that will assure local businesses that accepting bitcoin will not put them in any sort of trouble with the authories(Law) as cryptos will be legalized to use.
If more countries replicate the manner in which Japan handled the whole idea of regulating cryptos, cryptocurrencies should start to boom all around the world.

Credit goes to the OP for bringing this to light and just like the old saying: a problem shared is a problem solved.
If we all remain vigilant, we are certainly going to put these cheap knockoffs out of business for trying to scam people of their hard earned money.

Agree, if all of these scams are exposed I think there will no tricks left for these scammers

Both facebook and google will have to keep up with the current competition from the likes of BitClave, Presearch, Nebulas and many others that already have a head start in this technology, and On the business side of things once these guys invest in cryptocurrencies it becomes a new product on the market which is either going to be a hit or a fail. Am sure these tech giants can't wait to explore the power of the blockchain.
This would be a game changer for us and themselves but would it be necessary for them to invest in their own blockchains or keep using already existing ones?

One thing I understand about regulations is it could either lead to increased adoption of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, or it could shift the traffic to a cryptocurrency like Monero that has privacy protocols already embedded in it as people would want to enjoy their financial freedom. But as things stand cryptocurrencies can either be regulated and legal or deemed illegal, so better than nothing regulated won't stop bitcoin from growing.

As far as I know, supply and demand are at the heart of things in deciding which direction bitcoin takes

then we have speculation that makes people to panic sell or panic buy and usaully forks do play a role in the rise and fall of the BTC prices.

An ATH before the year yes, but not anywhere near $15,000 but then again we cant write off this possibility because with bitcoin nothing is impossible, and I have noticed that as the price of bitcoin keeps growing more investors and more noticeably institutional investors are joining the bandwagon of bitcoin, which is evident that the digital currency is gaining mainstream acceptance and price should keep growing more naturally and we might hit mid $12000 .