I see, thanks for letting me know

In fact it does surprise me. I found this source http://gs.statcounter.com/search-engine-market-share about worldwide search engine shares, but I see now that bing's US share is much larger.

So, yes bing could be be an important traffic source after all.

Interesting. With bing.com I tried what the OP suggested and for any search terms like this: "bitcointalk + anything else", or even this: "site:bitcointalk.org + anything else" I always get the home page of bitcointalk.org, no matter the search term. Probably no one uses bing for anything important these days so it doesn't matter. Their market share of bing compared to the other search engines (google essentially) is something like 3 percent.

Here it is:

https://support.bittrex.com/hc/en-us/articles/360015197572-Pending-Market-Removals-9-14-2018

It seems that only the recent videos are crypto-related. As you pointed out, they receive fairly small number of total views. Some of his older videos happen to be very popular, but unfortunately they have nothing to do with cryptocurrencies.

No, crypto is just getting started. Sure, a lot of shit-coins will be abandoned along the way, but they had it coming. I believe less than 10 percent of the current altcoins are going to survive in a couple of years time.  

There are only so many examples where the blockchain and the associated cryptocurrencies can be used. After the dust settles, the winners will remain, and if you are holding alts, you just have to make sure you are on the winning side. Hint: if you are not sure, stick with bitcoin.

Did you check the 24h volume? With such a small volume, the increase you mentioned is not a very good indicator:


Source: https://coinlib.io/coin/AU/AurumCoin

Then again, just to be clear, they do have a small total supply of something like 300,000 coins.

Can you stake in a multicoin wallet? I could be wrong, but I doubt that. Even if you could, why would you do that? Download and install the normal wallet, and you are good to go.


Neither is safe if your computers is compromised. Make sure you have a reasonably safe environment or a dedicated computer for staking.

The delisting is related to a double spending (51%) attack on the BTG network that happened some months ago.

The BTG organization published this statement:

Source: https://bitcoingold.org/statement-regarding-bittrex/

You can read the entire statement, but essentially they claim they can survive without Bittrex.

I'm sorry to burst your bubble, but

No wallet at all. You can't say that MEW is a real wallet, can you? I tried once to install a desktop wallet for ETH and gave up.

You can't compare it with Bitcoin's blockchain, not even close. (BTC hashrate = 1.8 ExaHash vs. ETH hashrate = 3 TeraHash, data from February 2018[1])

I'll give you that. But one of the obvious reasons is block time. BTC block time = 10 minutes. ETH block time = 15 seconds.

[1] https://99bitcoins.com/bitcoin-vs-ethereum-cryptocurrency-comparison/

I don't use margin trading because IMO it somewhat resembles gambling. That being said, I know that some non-margin traders use the signals collected from margin trading to short or long their positions on exchanges.

If you want to learn more about margin or leverage trading, here are some threads you might find useful:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4872003
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4320063
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1819261

P.S. If you are a newbie, don't get into margin trading straight away. Start with "normal" day trading, or long term investments.

I believe that bitcoin supremacy is not threatened, not in any significant way. Probably the main challenge is to identify where the strength of Bitcoin lies. And the obvious, or not so obvious answer is in the Bitcoin network and the people taking care of it. Look at its hash power, its stability, its uninterrupted operation.

Contrary to one may believe initially, Bitcoin's main strength is not in the code. Because the code is open source. Anyone can copy the code, change one or two things, and proclaim new coins. This we have seen in the past numerous times, starting with Litecoin, and so on.  


Sure, they are easy to compare because they are just a copy of BTC with minor modifications. But again, they don't have the strength of the Bitcoin network and its developers.


They cannot really be compared, because their modus operandi is different. They have traded the decentralized, distributed features of bitcoin for a more centralized solution with increased transaction speed. But then again, we already have Visa if we want high throughput and high degree of centralization.


I haven't seen any that will contain a significant number of coins. There are lists, or something like infographics comparing 2,3, or several at the time. So when you have successfully compiled this list, don't forget to share it here.

So according to the article, they have bought 20 percent of shares for $400,000. It is a pretty modest investment, if I may say say. On the other hand, both companies seem to be relatively unknown. Or, at least one can say so judging from their relatively small internet presence.

In any case, I wish them good luck. Especially because they are trying to develop bitcoin related service for the people in Africa, which is very commendable and deserves support.

I was also going to suggest crypto-bridge.org but then I didn't know how confusing (as a DEX) it can be for a beginner. I've never had any problems with it. It has always worked great for me, especially for trading small, lesser known coins. To be fair, some people report various issues with CryptoBridge. On the other hand, I did have some problems trading on Cryptopia in the past. Like inactive coin blockchains, withdrawal issues, etc. After a period of waiting, everything was eventually resolved. No exchange is perfect. That's why I thought trading on binance would be the best choice for a newbie.

Currently I can find the following exchanges (with rather low liquidity):

• TradeOgre
• Crex24
• SouthXchange
• Stocks.Exchange
• BiteBTC

I have also hear of DigitalOcean being strict on mining. But running a masternode has nothing to do with mining. Or at least it shouldn't be CPU intensive, which is the main concern VPS providers have or care about. In any case, they may not be able to discriminate between these two things. So I agree, one should clear this out before going with them. Other than that, my experience with their service is also great.

As far as I can tell, Masari has switch to a new variation of CryptoNight called CryptoNight Fast:

Source: https://coinguides.org/masari-mining-cn-fast-miner-hashrate/

I'm not an expert in these things, you can check the article for more info. As for how long this new algo variant will remain ASIC resistant, we can only speculate. If Masari gains on popularity, a new ASIC is probably just around the corner.

I'm currently using digitalocean, but strictly for web hosting. I've never tried hosting a masternode with them, but it might be possible. The cheapest plan is a $5 monthly plan that includes 1 GB of RAM and 25 GB of space. I have no idea whether this is enough for your MN coin of choice, but it might be worth checking out.

I'll second the other posters here suggesting that binance as a good start. At the beginning, it is better to stick with only one (binance) until you have learned the mechanics of trading. In terms of liquidity, it is also one of the best, so you as a beginner won't have any problem with smooth trading.

That's anybody's guess. I try never to listen to other people when it comes to buying tokens. Learn how to conduct your own research before buying a token and in time, you will perfect your skills.

Indeed, you don't want to pitch your offer to dictators, no matter how good or beneficial it might be.

With regard to TRON, he was pitching his crypto as having faster technology when compared to Ethereum (2,000 vs 15 TPS). But I don't think that the speed of transactions plays any role in this situation. The Venezuelan people currently need a store of value, and for that, any reliable cryptocurrency can do. They are certainly not intending to build the entire payment infrastructure based on crypto.

IMO, the most important property of Masari is not the mobile wallet. It is the fact that Masari is a Monero fork, much like LTC is to BTC. So Masari has privacy features by default. They try to improve on the mining process and possibly implement blocktree sharding, in an attempt to improve scalability.

Given the smallish marketcap, I have to say it seem like a really decent coin, probably worth looking a little bit more into it and maybe even investing. Thanks for sharing.