This is pretty innovative, I didn't see any uses for blockchain like that. Cool to see if it works

My view of the future is one without cash. All states will have state run cryptocurrency. Take the developments with Venesuala, Iran. This is a macro trend that is set to continue. Now the thing with ripple is that it is completely centralised and in cohutz with large banks...for now. But lets say banks issue their own crypto, fully centralised, what use is there for ripple. I think the only hope is that ripple gets bought out by a big bank and they incorporate ripple into their system. This I think is still a slight possibility but I don't see why states wouldn't just make one they have complete control over

I think we are going to test the lower side a little more. I can't see another huge bull to new highs any time soon. I think any progress made from now until all time highs will be very staggered. Or I hope it will anyway because the kind of run up we saw in December was pretty unhealthy and full of speculation and exuberance.

Personally no. Although it is something I would love to introduce just basically out of my own live for crypto however there still isn't enough demand. I'm not really sure who has to take the initiative in this situation, do vendors have to list in crypto for the customers to come or do the customers need to lobby vendors into accepting crypto. I'm not too sure

I don't think there will be any tax implications for people who buy before any security declaration is made. After I think the taxs will have to be adjusted and also the amount of projects launched as ICO projects will dramatically reduce because there is not much difference between that and a IPO

Apparently it’s just a legal thing!

“the legally or formally recognized union of two people as partners in a personal relationship (historically and in some jurisdictions specifically a union between a man and a woman).“

The majority of pooling scheams in crypto are quite suspect in my opinion . Anything that involves handing nicer your private keys on the promise of future returns seems to be a risk considering the lack of regulation and the amount of exit scams have popped up. Not to say that this business model is bogus, I think it has huge potential, pooling limited resources together for a greater goal. It sounds great I just think maybe at the moment it's still to early for me

I think china along with many other of the major world powers are extremely cautious with engaging with bitcoin in any positive way given the potential it has the disrupt all aspects of society and more importantly transfer power away for more centralised institutions

I think bitcoins recent increase in price whilst the stock markets have declined will give people more confidence that it can act as a digital gold

I think overall you are correct. Given the current market cap and the value eth due to in being the main platform it will be a fantastic investment and you will see you investment increase. A better investment than bitcoin long term in not too sure I agree with. I see many ways eth can be surpassed with other platform coins however I don't see another coin that can hold value in the way bitcoin does at the moment so I think picking eth over bitcoin is a riskier play

I think the older generation are quite oblivious to be honest. I find the younger generation not very informed either. I see this as a positive however given the potential for growth that it indicates

Cnbc told their viewers to buy ripple 2months into its run up and the next day it crashes. What can we take from this? Don't listen to cnbc

I think when most people take a minute to really understand blockchain, the distributed ledger, decentralisation, consensus it really makes them view the inadequacies in our current system. These inadequacies are all over the place!

Hi I was wondering what the general consensus was on the use of technical analysis in making long term investments. I know short term day traders get allot of use out of it but if I'm investing in a project based on fundamentals does the technical analysis matter?

I think it's due to the threat to existing institutions it poses. Bitcoins success is almost a precursor to the downfall of the banking system.. I don't know if bitcoin deserves the negative publicity because I feel it's a revolutionary technology that will have the same impact as the internet

Well both are pretty centralised. NEO less than ripple. Neo also have future plans to decentralise which I'm not sure weather they will or not. They both have tremendous talent pushing them. They also have some eye wateringly strong partnerships. I could see ripple being the wests crypto of choice in the future and neo being the easts.

I think it has and probably is still getting used. I know for a fact a Saudi price was caught sending bitcoin to an Isis cell. Millions as well. This doesn't mean I'm saying bitcoin is evil, no I'm not bill gates. You can't blame the instrument

I think it's safe to say this is the direction our society is heading in. The banks want rid of cash so they can have more control. It's a basic human right to transact in privacy and this right is not far away from being wiped out. I think I'm the future bitcoin could be the equivalent of a digital cash surrounded by state issues cryptos but the only thing that worries me is bitcoin really isn't fully private and with enough effort you can track who made a transaction so it leaves me slightly uneasy with there being no cash because in its current form bitcoin doesn't replace the privacy element of cash

I think it's really important to keep an eye on platform coins and overall crypto infrastructure projects. This is where the real value lies. I think 3rd gen platform coins like NEO will do well. ADA EOS will also have strong 2018. Ive also been seeing allot of talk about decentralised trading platforms given the increasing regulatory tensions. My pick would be the NEX exchange launching on NEO