Speaking for investments I think that you don't mean ponzi schemes. So even though some can earn a few satoshis it's an investment. If someone wants to earn more, maybe could be better to trade with altcoins. But is a good experience without anything to worry you. Hence, if someone wants a bigger profit then why not try with bigger amount?

The government of Venezuela does not want their citizens to use bitcoin because she cannot control them. Bitcoin means freedom and their president will lose his chair if Venezuelans escape from the shackles of this worthless and undervalued local currency that is, bolivar. I don't know if after a while the situation will be the same like as in Zimbabwe where 1USD=35 quadrillion Zimbabwean dollars.

Really? where did you read this very good and deep financial analysis about 'tons of dirty money' and 'fiscal paradise'? Do you know any other worldwide paradises? What can you say about the Virgin Islands and the Luxembourg? 

   The causes of the crisis in Cyprus is largely due to the political treatment by the Cypriot government. In the election campaign in 2008, the president Christofias promised to conduct an expansionary fiscal policy through social transfers, which cost about 3 bln euros during a five-year term; it was the equivalent to 33.5% of the Cypriot GDP.
  Moreover, one of the major problems of the Cypriot banks were the unregulated lending, which was given for years and exceeded the needs of the Cyprus market and the strength of the economy.
  The other major problem was that the Cypriot banks holding Greek government bonds to an extent disproportionate to the size of the Cypriot economy (worth around 6 bln euros). A significant share of responsibility for this matter has the European Central Bank (ECB), which allowed the commercial banks of eurozone members to concentrate to such an extent distressed government bonds.

Merchants are pretty happy to accept bitcoin as payment if and only if their customers will demand on it. On the other side bitcoin technology is easy for everyone who want to learn. People learned to use facebook, and instagram why not learn to use bitcoin? If they don't can stick with favorite inflationary fiat money and let the technology to overtake them.

The way I see it the author wants only to say that even though the continuous and aggressive efforts of the Chinese government and bank (PBOC) to deter their citizen to invest and trade with bitcoin in the substance will not accomplish anything like as with the Russia when banned the bitcoin transactions with Localbitcoins in 2014. Therefore, with this way he expresses his rage and anger towards the local authorities.

It's not strange for me. There are and other exchanges too, like as Coinbase which follows the same policy that is tracking how their users spend their bitcoins not only for illegal activities but to gambling sites too.

I would like to say that India follows the China steps. Both of them are the countries with the biggest population in the world and even though Indian rupee is not like yuan as far as it concerns the bitcoin it seems to me that they follow Chinese's policy. On the other side as far as I read from the same article in Philippines the government accept bitcoin to be recognized as a valid payment method. There are many members in this forum from Philippines so could share with us their view about bitcoin regulation in their country.

I am pretty sure that you don't know how bitcoin works. Do you believe that quantity of bitcoin gives strength? Why not take a bag of Zimbabwean dollars where 1USD=35 quadrillion Zimbabwean dollars? Bitcoin has value because many people all over the world believe that it has. And as currency must have some properties where one of them is that would not be counterfeited. Without miners bitcoin network is not secure. If bitcoin looses its trust between people then will be a worthless software code like as we called it as shitcoin. So miners and devs and nodes and normal bitcoin users are very important in the bitcoin ecosystem where anyone of them has his own position, and distinct worth.

Up to a point I agree with you but there cities somewhere in the world where are so bitcoin friendly someone maybe could live without the need of fiat. This one is Arnhem in Netherlands. A more interested user can read this interesting topic in the forum

Really? you can't find any difference between bitcoin and fiat money that which you call it as real currency? Any fiat needs third party entities(banks) but bitcoin not. Is it the same? On the other side bitcoin is anonymous? Bitcoin is only 'pseudonymous' .

1. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1596316.0
2. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1045967.0

I found these topics interesting because the first one refers to PoW altcoins and the second to ICO Projects and Crypto Platforms. Both of them are self moderated by the same OP and are being updated regularly. Looking at your list I didn't find something like the above topics and as I saw in your ToDo list you want more altcoin material. If you believe that would be important for the altcoins section then add it in your list.

I agree with most; but the anonymity unfortunately is not one of the features that may have the bitcoin and usually people they refer to it as 'pseudonymous'. Of course anyone can use some different and known ways like as different addresses for each transaction or a bitcoin mixer, if he trusts one of them, in order to stay anonymous but in general is not an easy task.

As I see it and the law provides there is the possibility, the deceased have a will to a notary or a qualified attorney and he has kept the private key for example in one piece of paper in the deposit box of a bank. Hence when he dies his heirs can use this key according to the wishes of the deceased.

I don't believe that PBOC cares about bitcoin's price more than yuan devaluation. The only thing it wants to stop the outflow of local currency abroad. Of course they try to manipulate bitcoin claiming that is used for illegal activities because it is considered as the digital gold and most Chinese feel confidence to invest on it.

I have a blockchain.info as mobile and online wallet and an Electrum as a desktop one. My OS is Win7sp1 like yours and I have not face any problem with my electrum. I don't know what is yours when you state that does not start. Maybe if you post your case in this subforum which deals exclusively with electrum posts someone could help and answer to you.

It's a complicated issue but for a transaction which has size no more of 350 byte that is with 2 inputs and 1 output I would be comfortable with 1 dime for a fast confirmation; taking into account the today's price of bitcoin. But if the transaction size increases, because of more than 2 inputs then it's fair to pay more than this amount. Thereafter, with nowadays price about 35-40 satoshis/byte is a good price for a fast network confirmation.

Even though we live in the internet era as I have read many of the posts of this thread I was surprised that most of the people learned about bitcoin from a friend or a relative and not from internet. The way I see it it shows that the news by word of mouth is still alive.

Seeing this kind of coin I am really sure that I will only stick to bitcoin; Moreover I didn't find anything about the involvement of Rotschild Family except a thread in a forum but I can't believe that is reliable. So like as someone above already posted is a coin with a very limited buying interest so why anybody would like to trade with it?

The way I see it only saving bitcoins is not the best way to make a profit in the future. Nobody can assure you what will be the bitcoin's price after some years. Maybe the only way after trading, if someone is an experienced one, is only to buy/sell goods and services asking as payment bitcoin.

Of course PBOC, will try to find any cases just to excuse all of hers movements to traders that is, why she wants to regulate the bitcoin and at the same time she is trying to look globally that she is friendly with cryptos and especially with bitcoin.