For being stable Ripple could have a good year this 2018, however price for each coin will still not surpass that of leading coins, BTC, ETH, BCC. But I can see growth on this coin and could be the next big thing in cryptocurrency. A lot of people as well are talking about this coin so this means it will be easier to spread worldwide and influence investors to invest in Ripple. Once investors have interest in using ripple as their coin of choice this should slowly rise up in value.

Dapat naka coins.ph din sila na app para libre ang transaction. Katulad ng mga establishments sa taas. gamitin mo ang "scan & pay" option ni coins.ph walang transaction fee. ang babyaran mo lng tlga is kung magkano binili mo. Kung sa mcdo tanung nlng kung may coins.ph sila na app at direct mo na isesend dun ang bayad para libre, mabilis pa ang transaction d katulad sa block chain minsan aabuting 15mins.

A merit Measurement scale is also not attainable, since if my intentions is to game the system I could give 5 merits  each day regardless if it is an excellent post or not, No one can judge that since measurement scale can be subjective you can justify that it is an excellent post for you but not for others. So I guess limiting the merits being given is a more fair way of appreciating a post.

I hope I am not yet too late to give out my Opinion on the new merit system. I am really in favor of this system as this will encourage all users to write good quality posts. I have no issues with that, as that is very attainable. What I am worried is this system is prone to gaming and abuse. For example a person who has a lot of merits can give one person an instant 20 or more merits for just one post, might be good or bad post it depends on the one giving the merit how many he can give as long as he has a lot of merits. My suggestion is to limit the merits to 1 merit per instance per person per post. So for example I have a really good post, I can only receive a maximum of 1 merit from one person for that post. So If i gain 100 persons who thinks my post is good then that is the only time I can get 100 merits. I would also suggest if admin can lower the merit requirements to I guess 20 - 30 increments per rank  so it can be much attainable, especially for those people who are still starting out this will really promote them to post good content at the same time still motivated to rank up.

This is an example, but i am talking in general. I am not pointing fingers to who has given merits and how many they gave. Yes maybe they are just being generous, but com'on there are a lot of people still posting good stuff here but have not been merited. He could at least spread out those merits, than giving it to one person. For me one merit is enough to appreciate a post. If you do like the content of the post you can at least give one merit then spread the rest of the merits to other good posts. That is why this system is really prone to gaming. I am not against of the merits system. I am just worried on how the merits are going to be allocated and spread out.

limit of merits per day will add extra proofing on the system so that people would not game on the system. There are a lot of people giving out 20 or more merits but if you read the post it is not that good to be merited 20 merits, Rather than giving it to a single person why not spread it to others with also good post. Your generosity is not determined by the number of merits you give to one single person but the number of persons who are thankful for the merit you gave them even if it is only 1 merit, that is already more than enough to let them know that they did great on their post.

Here are the negative points I think of the Merit system:

1. The system is somewhat biased as for higher ranks they don't need to work hard already for their ranks, compared to lower ranks.
2. The system is somewhat not fair as a person with a lot of merits can award an instant 20 or more merits to one post. There are a lot of people who needs those merits which are also posting good posts, so rather than giving instant 20 merits to one person why not spread it to others. There should be a limit of merits you can receive from 1 source in a day. Let say 1 merit from 1 source per day should be fair enough.
3. The system encourages selling of merits in exchange for services or cash.
4. The number of merits required for a level up is just outrageous and not very attainable. Due to the number of merits a person need to have before a level up, this should be updated. Maybe increments of 20 merits per rank movement would be fine as long as they will also implement a cap of merits you can only receive in a person per day or maybe per week.

I really have no problem with the new system, this encourages us to think more, and to participate more with other people in the forum and soon enough we will get our merits. I just hope that admins will at least decrease the number of merits needed to level up, I guess increments of 20 merits will be fine enough as long as there is only a limit of 1 merit you can receive for like a day or so. The merit system now is somewhat biased though as a person who has a lot of merits can give out 50 merits in one post rather than distributing it to others with such good posts as well, so I guess a limit of 1 merit per person per day would be fair enough. The receiver of the merit is only limited to receive 1 merit per person who merits his post so if he could get 100 persons who likes his post for that day then that is an instant 100 merits for him.

this is good news, at least more and more establishments are recognizing the power of cryptocurrency, once more on more establishments are accepting cryptocurrency there will be a lot of opportunities for us to explore the cryptocurrency world. Price of cryptocurrency will surely rise due to scarcity of coins when time comes.

With Bitconnect's reputation I don't think someone will still invest their money with them. It will be the same thing that could happen. But if you are a risk taker than go ahead and waste your money. But I don't think this is going to be a legit one, give it 6 months operations and they will  report they are hacked or other lame excuses taking all your money. I will never trust my money with them.

First ko pa na encounter ang email na yan, Kaya d rin ako mkapag bibigay ng detalye. Pero kung ako ang nakatangap ng email na yan babawalain ko lng eto and cguro d ko na gagamitin ang address na yan for safety purposes na din. May shady part kasi sa operations nila paano ka nila ma cocontact sa email address mo, paano nila nalaman na ang may ari ng address na yan ay ikaw at paano nila nakuha ang email address mo usually naman hindi tied up yung dalawa. Sa tingin ko parang isang pananakot lng eto na kung pumatol ka ay mag babayad ka sa kanila ng pera. Baka may nasalihan ka lng na mga sites na nandun ang email mo pati ang address mo.. Advice ko lng din pag sumasali ka ng mga sites na yan wag mo ibigay ang tunay mong pangalan at gumawa nang email address na for bitcoins lng talaga.

Wag po mag alala sir, maraming mga nka bantay sa merit system na yan, at kung may tiwali man na nakitaan nila na bias po eh sinusumbong yan sa isang thread sa meta, kaya kampante lng tau na magiging patas parin ang bigayan ng merits. mag post ka lng ng mga content na nkakatulong or nkapagbigay alam sa mga tao mabibigyan ka rin ng merits.



Meron po sir.. punta ka po sa link na to: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2818350.0

tinangal yan kc tingal nadin ni gcash yung option na yun, malamng si coins.ph icoconvert lng din nya yung load na narecieve to gcash. Kasi ang load natin may expiry date kung ma expire yan na hawak pa ni coins.ph lugi pa sila.

Ang layunin po ng thread na to is ipagbigay ka alaman sa lahat ang mga establishmento na tumatangap ng digital currency as payment eto po ang mga na compile ko so far.

By using coins.ph app "Scan & Pay":

1. El Chupacabra - Poblacion Makati
2. Crying Tiger - Makati
3. YDG Coffee - Pasong Tamo Makati
4. Posporo - Makati
5. Dulo MNL - Makati
6. Faburitto - The columns Makati
7. Ambivert coffee - 4900 Durban Street, Makati Metro Manila —inside Wok by 4900
8. Faburitto - BGC
9. My Cuppa Fix - Paranaque
10. Kape Locale - Paranaque
11. Sweet Butter Bakery + Cafe - 46 Maginhawa, Diliman, Lungsod Quezon, 1101 Kalakhang Maynila
12. Frizzle - No. 9 Guerilla St.,  cor Gil Fernando Ave., San Roque, Marikina City
13. Up in the Clouds Ice Cream & Milk Bar - 99 Maginhawa, Diliman, Lungsod Quezon, 1101 Kalakhang Maynila
14. Faburrito - Eastwood
15. Meza Clara - 47 Visayas Ave., cor. Congressional Ave. Quezon City, Philippines 1128
16. BAKERĒ Café - Three Brixton Building, 3 Brixton Street, Kapitolyo, Pasig City 1603
17. Main Street - 10 East Capitol Drive, Kapitolyo, Pasig City
18. YDG Coffee - Shaw
19. The Broken Oven - Industrie Food Loft, Second Floor, City Golf Plaza, Julia Vargas Avenue, Ugong, Pasig City
20. D’Cup Coffee Republic - 2nd floor Pioneer Street Market, Reliance St, Mandaluyong, Metro Manila
21. The Black Boar - 78 East Capitol Drive, Kapitolyo, Pasig City 1603
22. The Good Seed by Edgy Veggy - #3 Brixton St, Kapitolyo, Pasig City


If mahilig kayo mag travel eto ang list na tumatangap ng bitcoin as payment:

1. Expedia.com - travel site to book on hotels
2. Cheapair.com - pwede mag book ng airline tickets using bitcoin.
3. pinoytravel.com.ph

If mahilig kau sa dating sites:

1. Okcupid - this is found sa appstore they accept bitcoin as payment for premium services.
2. Badoo - also found sa appstore / playstore accepts bitcoins as payment for premium services.

Kung mahilig mag laro ng Poker or online games:

1. Zynga

Paying bills online:

1. Coins.ph app offers a lot of options to pay bills / buy game credits etc.

I will update this thread once I get more information on other establishments that accepts bitcoin payments.

Additional entry from members:

Para sa akin ok lang naman ang merit system. Magkakamerit ka rin naman kahit dito sa local boards ka lng mag post. Hindi necessarily na magaling ka sa wikang english, Magpost ka lng o mag reply ng something na nkakatulong or nkabibigay ng halaga sa forum. At para na din sa higher ranks na pinoy wag po sana maging madamot sa merits kahit d2 sa local boards lng kung sa tingin nyo nkatulong sa inyo yung sagot nya eh bigyan po sana. Marami po ang umaalma dahil sa merit system na yan pero isipin po natin na ginawa ang forum na to para magbigay ka alaman lalo na sa mga baguhan sa cryptocurrency ang iba po kc nag hahabol lng tumaas ang rank dahil sa campaigns, isipin po natin na nandito tayo para matuto at susunod nlng ang pera kung meron man.

Ang una sa lahat, kung bagohan ka lng at pumasok ka sa forum dahil gusto mo matuto ng bagay bagay d mo  aalahanin kung mag kaka merit ka or hindi. At least diba may natutunan ka. Ang iba po kasi sumasali lng kasi gusto kumita sa mga campaigns. Dapat po unahin natin ang intensyon na matututo at kung medyo madami ka ng alam pwede ka na mag sulat ng mga ika nga quality posts na mkakatulong sa iba. Sa paraang yun maakakuha ka din ng merit eventually. So wag po natin isipin kung paano mapabilis mag pa rank up.

Your vision is great! But a vision like this is too complicated, there will be a lot of hard work and dedication that you need to invest to pull this off. If your vision is a cryptocurrency that will stay for a lifetime, You will need a good team that shares the same Vision and makes the vision a reality which is a very rare instance as most projects now a days are just after for the money once they have the expected money already they all flee without any sign then another project will emerge literally the same people, same great portfolios, just using different names and pictures to scam the public. If you have the right team, abundant resources, and a lot of patience you can at least try making your vision a reality. A vision like this will change how we view cryptocurrency now. It will be more meaningful to store coins for the future generations to inherit a thing which you can include in your last will and be inherited by someone special. I was thinking in order for this kind of thing to work you will have to create several coins with different rarity. Being a rare coin that has a value the grows over time is something you can have which you can share to future generation for them to inherit and might change their lives. Or a coin which is tied to a rare object of desire, it could be anything with value that grows over time might be like a land title of some kind. So there I have given you a feedback which you can think it over if it would really be possible to pull a vision like this to a success. But if ever this vision becomes a reality and will be successful I will be the first to congratulate you for having this kind of vision and support it for sustainability.

There is no definitive answer to which altcoin will really make you rich. The market is highly very volatile that prices rapidly changes in a matter of minutes or days. $500 is a good start up though if you want to proceed with trading. I would suggest for low risk takers go for coins which has already established names like litecoin / ethereum / ripple / monero and a lot more. Just to be on the safer side that you will not loose all your money in an instant. If you are more of a risk taker you can buy those new emerging coins and hold on to it until you get some profit. The only key here is whatever coin you choose to buy with that $500 try to buy at it's lowest price try on checking historical trends and buy at a low price then always sell at a high price.In case where the coin drops in value never sell if you can't get any profit from it as you are just loosing money in the process. Altcoins can't make you a one day millionaire that's for sure! But when you constantly do it to buy low and always sell high then this coins will make you rich someday.

Well that is too bad. it is very highly unlikely that someone who ever owns that address will send you back your money just because of honesty. And if that someone is truly honest and want to give back the money how would that someone trust that you were really the person who sent the money to him? Sure you can provide logs of the transaction but logs can also be copied somewhere else. I would say by by for your money now if it was really your money. I would suggest to just move on and try to earn it back through legal stuff and may it be a lesson for you to double / triple check the address before sending anything. Sometimes learning experience comes with a hefty price and your were just hit with it.

MLM is just good for early start-ups. A lot of people also made some money with MLM based crypto. If you choose to join an MLM based crypto you have to make sure you are one of the first start-ups then once you reach ROI, be ready to pack up your bags and leave. No MLM / HYIP / Pyramiding schemes that are successful based on what was promised. Only those people who started early will enjoy it's benefits but once a number of people will join already it becomes very dangerous and in any second it can go bankrupt. As we all know MLM based cyptos are just dependent on the investment of the new joiner that you have invited. If you are the type of person who is not good in convincing people better not join this kind of scheme you will just loose money in the long run.